May 26, 2016 — A section

Macbeth in song

Memorial Day

Sticking to it

Singers are tuning up for a Verdi opera at Town Hall Theater. See our preview in Arts + Leisure.

The keynote speaker in Vergennes knows a lot about service. See our 12-page Memorial Day section.

A fourth-quarter goal decided Tuesday’s Mount Abe -VUHS lax game. See Sports, Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 70 No. 21

Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

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58 Pages

New Haven says yes to Vermont Green Line

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By the way

Of  the  18  Vermonters  participat-­ ing  in  the  2016  Miss  Vermont  and  Miss  Vermont’s  Outstanding  Teen  pageants  in  Barre  on  this  coming  Friday  evening,  four  of  them  are  Addison  County  residents.  In  the  Miss  Vermont  Pageant,  Erin  Con-­ nor  of  Bridport  is  competing  on  the  platform  “Tailwinds:  Training  a  New  Generation  of  Women  Sci-­ entists.â€?  Her  talent  is  ASL  inter-­ pretation.  The  Outstanding  Teen  By  EMILIE  MUNSON Howe  says  she  is  going  to  start  look-­ pageant  features  three  contestants  After  a  year  of  phone  calls,  wait-­ ing  for  a  preschool  spot  for  her  now.  from  Vergennes.  They  are,  with  OLVWV DQG VWUHWFKHG SDWLHQFH .DWLH %DVHG RQ KHU REVHUYDWLRQV ZRUN-­ their  talent  and  platform,  Cait-­ +RZH KDV MXVW IRXQG D SUHVFKRRO LQJ DW WKH 3DUHQW &KLOG &HQWHU +RZH lin  Walsh,  vocalist,  “Underprivi-­ RSHQLQJ IRU KHU \HDU ROG VRQ says  this  experience  is  not  uncom-­ leged  Children  Who  Can’t  Get  a  Performing  Arts  Educationâ€?;Íž  ³,W KDV EHHQ YHU\ GLIÂżFXOW ´ VDLG mon  for  many  local  families.  (See  By  the  way,  Page  11A) Howe,  a  mother  of  ³7KHUHÂśV DOZD\V WZR DQG DQ RXWUHDFK “I’ve learned as a some  families  who  ZRUNHU DW WKH $GGLVRQ JHW LQ WR FHU-­ pre-K teacher and GRQÂśW &RXQW\ 3DUHQW &KLOG WDLQO\ WKHLU ÂżUVW RU a parent that if you VHFRQG FKRLFH DQG Center.  Howe  put  her  son  are offered a spot, WKHQ \RXÂśUH NLQG RI Obituaries  ................................ 6A RQ ÂżYH ZDLWOLVWV IRU it is important that VFUDPEOLQJ WR ÂżQG D &ODVVLÂżHGV  ......................... 5B-­9B SUHVFKRROV LQ $GGLVRQ you take it.â€?

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Is  there  room?

Pre-­K  providers,  parents  ponder  hurdles  before  Act  166  goes  into  effect  Sept.  1

Index

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Photo  by  Emilie  Munson

PAGE  2A  —  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  May  26,  2016

Young writers dive deep into their craft

High school students converge on Bread Loaf By  GAEN  MURPHREE 5,3721 ² ³:HœYH KDG GHDWKV ² we’ve  had  really  gruesome  deaths,  actually  —  and  we’ve  had  accidents.  We’ve  had  a  lot  of  things  ...  but  the  mouse  in  the  oil  —  we’ll  never  forget  it.  Thank  you  for  that,�  says  Monk-­ WRQ QRYHOLVW (XJHQLH 'R\OH WR 1HZ Hampshire  teenager  Susanna  Barger,  enumerating  the  vivid  and  expansive  world  of  the  imagination  that  Barger  and  her  10  compatriots  in  Doyle’s  ¿FWLRQ ZULWLQJ ZRUNVKRS WRJHWKHU summoned  up,  read  aloud,  described,  praised,  queried  and  critiqued  over  the  previous  three  days.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Saturday,  May  21,  day  three  of  WKH QG DQQXDO 1HZ (QJODQG <RXQJ Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Conference  at  Middlebury  Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Bread  Loaf  campus  in  Rip-­ ton.  Here,  atop  the  spine  of  the  Green  Mountains,  close  to  200  high  school  writers  have  come  together  with  a  cadre  of  professional  poets,  novel-­ ists,  essayists,  journalists,  songwrit-­ ers,  playwrights,  you  name  it  for  four  days  focused  solely  on  writing.  Students  from  Addison  County  schools,  like  Lane  Fisher  from  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School,  not  only  get  to  share  their  love  of  writ-­ ing  with  a  large  group  of  peers,  they  also  get  the  chance  to  look  behind  the  scenes  at  a  serious  conference  and  even  lend  a  hand.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  so,  so  lucky  to  be  here  as  host  students,â&#x20AC;?  Fisher  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  get  to  help  out  and  do  some  behind-­the-­ scenes  stuff,  which  is  really,  really  cool.â&#x20AC;?

At  the  Young  Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Conference,  all  students  critique  each  otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  piec-­ es,  get  one-­on-­one  feedback  sessions  with  professional  writers,  explore  new  techniques  and  genres,  attend  readings,  have  fun  together  and  get  time  to  simply  sit  in  the  sun,  stare  up  at  the  surrounding  Breadloaf  Wilder-­ ness  and  write. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  incredible  history  of  this  place  for  writers,  the  whole  history  of  the  Bread  Loaf  Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Conference  being  here  and  this  whole  campus  being  donated  towards  the  spirit  of  writing,â&#x20AC;?  said  conference  administra-­ tor  Karla  Van  Vliet.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kids  can  stand  at  the  same  podium  as  Robert  Frost, Â

as  all  kinds  of  incredible  writers.â&#x20AC;?

1RW MXVW )URVW EXW DOVR 5LFKDUG Wright,  Katherine  Anne  Porter,  Willa  Cather  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  for  a  writer,  the  names  are  just  as  awe-­inspiring  as  the  views.

0RVW VWXGHQWV FRPH IURP 1HZ (QJODQG DQG 1HZ <RUN EXW WKH FRQ-­ ference  has  been  expanding  to  bring  LQ VWXGHQWV IURP DV IDU DZD\ DV 1RUWK Carolina,  Texas  and  California,  Van  9OLHW VDLG 2QH VWXGHQW WKLV \HDU FDPH all  the  way  from  France;Íž  past  years  have  seen  young  writers  from  Puerto  Rico  and  Switzerland.  Admission  is  competitive.  A  school  can  nominate  ¿YH VWXGHQWV ZLWK XS WR WZR DGPLWWHG This  year  around  400  students  sought  one  of  the  conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  200  slots.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  inspiring  to  be  with  all  these  students  who  remind  me  of  what  I  was  like  when  I  was  that  age,â&#x20AC;?  said  Middlebury  journalist  and  essay-­ ist  Susan  Greenberg,  now  in  her  third  \HDU RI WHDFKLQJ DW 1(<:& Âł, WKLQN a  lot  of  them  think  and  feel  very  in-­ tensely,  and  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nice  to  be  with  other  students  who  feel  the  same  way  and  who  care  about  writing.â&#x20AC;?

Sponsoring  English  teachers  at  local  high  schools  take  on  an  even  broader  role  and  work  behind  the  scenes.  Teachers  at  Middlebury,  Ver-­ JHQQHV 2WWHU 9DOOH\ DQG 0RXQW $EUD-­ ham  union  high  schools  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  all  host  schools  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  help  critique  submissions  and  provide  logistical  and  administra-­ tive  support,  especially  at  the  confer-­ ence  itself.  They  get  the  added  bonus  of  getting  to  bring  more  students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  host  schools  provide  a  lot  of  support.  They  provide  everything  from  photocopies  to  time  to  pizza,â&#x20AC;?  VDLG 1(<:& 'LUHFWRU .DULQ *RWW-­ shall.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coffee  and  snacks,â&#x20AC;?  adds  Van  Vliet.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  incredible  the  support  they  give  us.â&#x20AC;?

Host  students  might  take  on  tasks  like  making  signs,  showing  arriv-­ ing  students  to  their  dorm  rooms  or  helping  fellow  attendees  sign  up  for  classes.

WORKSHOPS The  heart  of  the  experience  for  most  attendees  is  their  assigned  work-­ shop,  made  up  of  10-­12  students  and  led  by  a  professional  writer.  Students  FDQ FKRRVH WR EH LQ ÂżFWLRQ SRHWU\ RU QRQÂżFWLRQ ZRUNVKRS JURXSV The  group  meets  four  times  over  WKH ÂżUVW WKUHH GD\V DQG IROORZV D IRU-­ mat  familiar  to  anyone  whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ever  taken  part  in  a  writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  workshop.  Each  young  writer  reads  his  or  her  work  out  loud.  In  response,  listeners  ¿UVW GHVFULEH ZKDW WKH\ JRW IURP WKH SLHFH ² IRU ÂżFWLRQ DQVZHULQJ TXHV-­ tions  like,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where  are  we?â&#x20AC;?,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going  on?â&#x20AC;?,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who  are  these  charac-­ ters?â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  then  offer  critiques  of  what  worked  and  what  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.  Finally  the  author  gets  a  brief  chance  to  re-­ spond  and  answer  questions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  so  different  from  high  school  in  the  sense  that  everybody  that  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  working  with  is  so  devoted  to  writing,  MUHS  STUDENT  TULLEY  Hes-­ and  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  so  intent  on  expressing  cock  answers  questions  about  WKHLU RSLQLRQV RI ZULWLQJ ´ VDLG 2WWHU herself  as  part  of  an  exercise  in  ZULWLQJ MRXUQDOLVWLF SURÂżOHV GXULQJ Valley  student  Hannah  Roberts.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Middlebury  writer  Susan  Green-­ really  helpful  to  get  critiques  from  everybody  and  nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  jok-­ bergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  class.

+(15< %$57 2) 2WWHU 9DOOH\ 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO VHFRQG IURP OHIW WDNHV SDUW LQ D 1HZ (QJODQG <RXQJ :ULWHUVÂś &RQIHUHQFH ÂżFWLRQ ZRUNVKRS OHG by  Monkton  writer  Eugenie  Doyle.  The  conference  at  Middlebury  Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Bread  Loaf  campus  in  Ripton  hosted  around  200  high  schoolers  last  week.

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ing  around.  Everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  very  serious  about  it.  And  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  great  to  be  in  an  environment  where  writing  is  encour-­ aged  and  where  everybody  is  thriving  and  growing  as  a  writer.â&#x20AC;?

This  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  cadre  of  profession-­ als  brings  together  Vermont  writ-­ ers  like  Greenberg,  Doyle,  Matthew  'LFNHUVRQ DQG -DQLFH 2EXFKRZVNL together  with  wordsmiths  from  the  ZLGHU 1RUWKHDVW DQG RWKHU SDUWV RI WKH country  altogether.  Songwriter  Grade  Pettis  came  from  Lookout  Mountain,  $OD 3RHWV $QJHOD 1DUFLVR 7RUUHV DQG Keith  S.  Wilson  came  from  Chicago.  Lucas  Gonzalez,  a  high  school  Eng-­ lish  teacher  and  Bread  Loaf  alum,  FDPH IURP &DOLIRUQLD 1DWXUH ZULWHU Lisa  Densmore  Ballard  came  from  Red  Lodge,  Mont.

The  conference  concludes  with  a  ¿QDO UHDGLQJ DW ZKLFK HDFK ZRUN-­ shop  is  represented  by  one  student  reading  his  or  her  work.  Vergennes  student  Saskia  Kiely  was  selected  by  her  workshop  to  read  a  poem.  Something  of  the  spirit  of  both  the  conference  and  of  this  emerging  gen-­ eration  was  captured  by  the  collabor-­ ative  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Team  Weems  Q&Aâ&#x20AC;?  presented  E\ ÂżFWLRQ ZULWHU 5LFKDUG :HHPVÂś workshop.  Weems  explained,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each  student  wrote  a  question  and  an  an-­ swer.  The  questions  will  not  always  precede  the  answers  written  for  them.â&#x20AC;?

Questions  posed  included  â&#x20AC;&#x153;What  keeps  life  from  being  perfect?â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why  are  we  here?â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;What  is  it  that  keeps  us  falling  in  and  out  of  love?â&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is  there  an  alternate  dimension  where  humans  are  extinct  and  dinosaurs  are  prospering?â&#x20AC;?  The  groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  answers,  in  no  par-­ ticular  order,  were  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  hippopota-­ mus  has  a  name  way  too  similar  to  the  hippocampus  because  that  part  of  our  brain  evolved  from  hippos  REYLRXVO\ ´ Âł%HFDXVH 2EDPD VDLG (See  Questions,  Page  3A)

YOUNG  WRITERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  CONFERENCE  participants  Hadley  Evans  Nash,  left,  and  Greta  Hardy-­Mittell  of  Middlebury  Union  High  School  discuss  a  short  story  while  also  enjoying  the  idyllic  Bread  Loaf  campus  in  Ripton  last  week.

Local students at the New England Young Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Conference MAUHS Will  Aldrich Kylie  Brown Hannah  Funk Molly  Funk Gillianne  Ross Faculty  sponsors:  Vicki  Bronson  &  Melanie  Stultz-­Backus MUHS Janet  McIntosh  Barkdoll Andi  Boe Tobias  Broucke Meigan  Clark Alyssa  Crogan +DGOH\ (YDQV 1DVK Greta  Hardy-­Mittell

Tulley  Hescock Charlotte  Keathley Katherine  Koehler Hattie  Lindert Ezra  Marks Sophia  Marks D.J.  Sandler 2]LDK :DOHV Faculty  sponsor:  Kate  Carroll OVUHS Henry  Bart Brigid  Enright Jonna  Keith Jacob  Miner Hannah  Roberts Faculty  sponsors:  Kerry  Burns-­

Collins  &  Alex  Crivici VUHS Tinder  Kiely Saskia  Kiely Sierra  Chamberlain 6DGLH 1HZPDQ Jeb  Hodsden Taija  Fish Eli  Goldman Mason  Charlebois Emma  Gardner Kobe  Lee Ian  Gramling Malcolm  Donovan-­Cook Crystal  King Faculty  sponsor:  Karl  Steen

Voting  set  for  June  2  on  $1  million  Salisbury  bridge  replacement  plan  By  JOHN  FLOWERS SALISBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Salisbury  residents  on  June  2  will  be  asked  to  approve  a  $1  million  plan  to  replace  the  Maple  Street  Bridge,  a  well-­traveled,  97-­year-­old  span  in  the  village  that  has  been  steadily  deteriorating.

The  bridge  replacement  project  is  one  of  three  referenda  local  citizens  ZLOO ÂżHOG WKURXJK WKH $XVWUDOLDQ ballot  vote.  Residents  will  also  decide  whether  to: Â&#x2021; 0DNH D KRXVHNHHSLQJ FKDQJH LQ their  property  tax  payment  schedule.  Starting  this  year,  property  tax  bills Â

are  being  split  into  two  installments,  WKH ÂżUVW GXH 2FW WKH VHFRQG $SULO 6DOLVEXU\ KDV DOZD\V charged  interest  on  taxes  unpaid  after  the  due  date.  But  now  that  there  are  two  payment  deadlines,  this  vote  is  needed  to  specify  the  consequences  of  unpaid  taxes  after Â

each  installment  date,  according  to  Salisbury  selectboard  Chairwoman  Martha  Sullivan. Â&#x2021; &KDQJH WKHLU DQQXDO WRZQ meeting  date  from  the  Monday  prior  WR WKH ÂżUVW 7XHVGD\ LQ 0DUFK WR WKH 6DWXUGD\ SULRU WR WKH ÂżUVW 7XHVGD\ LQ March.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Several  people  have  indicated  they  would  prefer  to  come  during  the  day  on  Saturday,  instead  of  Monday  HYHQLQJ ´ 6XOOLYDQ VDLG Âł:H ÂżJXUHG weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  put  it  on  (the  ballot)  and  see  what  the  people  think.â&#x20AC;?

The  marquee  item  on  the  ballot,  however,  will  be  the  Maple  Street Â

Bridge  project.  Residents  will  VSHFLÂżFDOO\ EH DVNHG WR Ă&#x20AC;RDW D \HDU ERQG WR FRYHU Salisburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  share  of  the  $1  million  project.  The  town  has  secured  a  JUDQW IURP WKH VWDWH WR cover  the  remaining  expenses.

(See  Salisbury  bridge,  Page  3A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, May 26, 2016 — PAGE 3A

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SALISBURY RESIDENTS ON June 2 will vote whether to support a $1 million replacement of the Maple Street Bridge, which is in major disrepair.

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Making  college  affordable  front-­burner  issue  in  state By  Jeb  Spaulding Of  the  6,000  or  so  Vermonters  about  to  graduate  from  high  school,  more  than  2,000  are  unlikely  to  further  their  education  after  June.  They  will  join  a  growing  cohort  of  young  Vermonters  who  lack  the  credentials  necessary  to  succeed  in  our  economy.  In  fact,  Vermont  has  the  lowest  college  enrollment  rate  in  New  England.

More  troubling  is  that  less  than  40  percent  of  our  economically  disad-­ YDQWDJHG VWXGHQWV FRQWLQXH RQ WR FROOHJH $ UHFHQW VWXG\ E\ WKH QRQ SURÂżW Education  Trust  found  that,  nationally,  80  percent  of  young  people  from  middle-­class  families  earn  bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  degrees  by  age  24,  versus  only  11  percent  of  students  in  the  lowest  income  quartile.

The  poverty  rate  is  twice  as  high  for  those  with  only  a  high  school  di-­ ploma  compared  to  a  bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  degree.  Their  median  income  is  $11,000  less,  their  health  outcomes  are  worse,  too  many  require  a  lifetime  of  public  assistance,  and  the  odds  that  their  children  will  pursue  college  are  considerably  lower.

The  best  way  to  combat  the  growing  income  and  opportunity  disparity  LQ 9HUPRQW ZRXOG EH WR VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ LQFUHDVH WKH QXPEHU RI 9HUPRQWHUV pursuing  education  after  high  school.  Harvardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Robert  Putnam  asserts  that  the  dividing  line  between  the  haves  and  have  nots  is  increasingly  a  college  education.  Higher  education  is  the  surest  escape  route  from  poverty.  Helping  many  more  Vermonters  pursue  higher  education  is  an  eco-­ nomic  imperative  for  the  state.  A  2013  Economic  Policy  Institute  study  found  that  one  of  the  most  important  Vermont is at a turn- ways  to  boost  a  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  economy  is  to  ing point. It is time to raise  the  education  level  of  its  citi-­ zens.  It  concluded,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;States  that  have  recognize that post- educated  workforces  have  stronger  secondary education is and  higher-­wage  economies  than  critical to our economy. those  that  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

Thankfully,  the  state  has  agreed  It is time to agree that upon  a  critically  important  goal  to  sig-­ it is unacceptable that QL¿FDQWO\ LQFUHDVH WKH SHUFHQWDJH RI 40 percent of our high Vermonters  with  a  postsecondary  de-­ school graduates do gree  or  meaningful  credential  over  the  next  decade.  The  Advance  Vermont  not go on to college. initiative  seeks  to  boost  to  70  percent  the  number  of  Vermonters  with  mean-­ ingful  post-­secondary  credentials  and  degrees  by  the  year  2025.  To  suc-­ ceed  in  reaching  that  goal,  we  will  need  commitment  and  aggressive  action  by  many  parties.

The  Vermont  State  Colleges  stand  ready  to  do  our  part.  As  a  group,  Castleton  University,  Community  College  of  Vermont,  Johnson  State  College,  Lyndon  State  College  and  Vermont  Technical  College  enroll  more  Vermonters  than  all  of  the  other  colleges  and  universities  in  Ver-­ mont  combined.  We  are  the  extension  of  the  public  school  system  into  the  postsecondary  years  and  offer  an  exceptional  education  at  a  very  reasonable  cost.  Like  the  public  schools,  we  enroll  a  diverse  student  population,  from  high  school  valedictorians  to  students  who  have  struggled  in  life  and  in  VFKRRO +DOI RI RXU VWXGHQWV DUH WKH ¿UVW LQ WKHLU IDPLO\ WR JR WR FROOHJH and  we  have  a  much  higher  percentage  of  students  from  low  income  families  than  most  other  colleges.  Many  more  of  our  students  require  a  higher  level  of  academic  support  and  counseling  in  order  to  graduate  than  at  other  institutions  of  higher  learning.

We  are  increasing  our  capacity  to  provide  workforce  education  pro-­ grams  to  employers  around  the  state.

The  Vermont  State  Colleges  will  continue  to  aggressively  take  steps  to  limit  our  cost  of  delivery  and  target  available  funding  to  things  that  contribute  to  a  high  quality  educational  experience  for  our  students.  If  we  are  to  succeed  in  making  it  possible  for  all  Vermonters  to  go  to  college,  we  must  confront  the  clear  connection  between  low  state  sup-­ port  for  public  higher  education  and  low  college  enrollment  rates.  When  state  support  is  low,  tuition  is  high,  students  take  on  more  debt  or  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  go  to  college,  and  increasingly  counterproductive  cost  cutting  becomes  unavoidable  at  our  public  colleges.  According  to  the  College  Board,  Ver-­ mont  has  the  second  highest  in-­state  tuition  at  four-­year  public  institu-­ tions  in  the  country.  We  are  the  47th  out  of  50  in  terms  of  state  support  for  higher  education.  The  Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  decision  to  increase  state  funding  to  the  Vermont  6WDWH &ROOHJHV IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH LQ \HDUV LQGLFDWHV JURZLQJ UHFRJQLWLRQ RI the  need  to  make  college  affordability  a  front  burner  issue.  We  need  to  build  on  that  recognition.

Vermont  is  at  a  turning  point.  It  is  time  to  recognize  that  post-­sec-­ ondary  education  is  critical  to  our  economy.  It  is  time  to  agree  that  it  is  unacceptable  that  40  percent  of  our  high  school  graduates  do  not  go  on  to  college.  The  status  quo  in  higher  education  is  leaving  too  many  be-­ hind,  at  great  expense  to  our  economy,  our  communities  and  individual  Vermonters.  We  need  to  come  together  and  provide  an  open  door  to  post-­ secondary  education  for  all  who  wish  to  secure  a  better  future.  We  need  to  break  through  the  dilemma  of  affordability  caused  by  low  state  sup-­ port  if  we  want  to  make  any  headway  on  closing  the  opportunity  gap  that  is  growing  in  our  state.

Jeb  Spaulding  is  chancellor  of  the  Vermont  State  Colleges

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There  has  been  a  great  deal  of  negativity  surrounding  the  Porter  Medical  Center  in  the  recent  past.  I  want  to  describe  a  strong,  positive  experience  with  the  hospital.

I  received  a  hip  replacement  at  Porter  on  March  28.  From  that  day  until  now  (I  am  still  receiving  out-­ patient  physical  therapy)  both  my  husband  and  I  have  been  extremely  pleased  and  impressed  by  the  pro-­ fessional  care  that  I  have  received.

First,  the  nurse  who  prepared  me  for  the  procedure  was  clearly  highly  competent  with  regard  to  all  the  steps  required  to  get  me  ready.  She  was  patient  with  all  the  questions  and  concerns  that  I  had.

Next,  the  anesthesiologist  clearly  explained  everything,  too,  listened  to  me  (I  stated  no  opiates)  and  agreed.  He  was  also  friendly  and  personable.

The  surgeon,  too,  was  entirely  ap-­ proachable,  and  did  not  rush  when  he  came  to  see  me  after  the  opera-­ tion.

My  post-­operative  care  remained  totally  positive.  The  nursing  staff  was  caring,  always  responsive,  as  was  the  in-­house  physical  therapist,  the  physicianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  assistant  and  the  housekeeping  staff.  It  was  really  remarkable  how  pleasant  my  stay  at  Porter  was  after  a  major  surgical  procedure.

My  aftercare  at  home  by  Home  Health  and  Hospice  was  also  excel-­ lent,  the  physical  therapist  skilled  and  caring,  as  is  the  outpatient  care  now  being  provided  by  Porter  Reha-­ bilitation.

All  in  all,  nothing  negative,  only  praise  and  appreciation.

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You  kids  get  off  my  media  landscape Apparently  Facebook  wants  to  tell  me  what  news  to  follow.  Have  you  been  following  the  controversy  over  Facebook  and  how  it  is  secretly  feeding  us  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  well,  only  its  users,  but  with  Facebookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  1.2  billion  users  that  amounts  to  pretty  much  all  of  us  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  news  stories  it  wants  us  to  see?  According  to  the  Internet,  there  are  people  at  Facebook  who  are  manipulating  what  goes  into  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trendingâ&#x20AC;?  news  feed  on  my  Facebook  page  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  on  yours,  too  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  so  that  we  see  more  â&#x20AC;&#x153;liberalâ&#x20AC;?  sto-­ ries  and  fewer  â&#x20AC;&#x153;conservativeâ&#x20AC;?  ones.  The  brouhaha  has  exploded  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  at  least  it  has  on  the  Internet  (well,  a  part  of  the  Internet),  but  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  all  on  the  Internet  (at  least  sometimes  we  visit  it  via  our  screens)  so  essentially  it  has  exploded  even  if  there  was  not Â

By John an  audible  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bang!â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  a  Repub-­ McCright lican  U.S.  senator  and  right-­wing  TV  and  Internet  news  agitators  are  call-­ ing  for  investigations.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  news,  after  all,  and  that  affects  how  we  all  think.  In  response,  Facebook  did  a  thorough  one-­week  investigation  and  determined  that,  hey,  you  know,  there  were  some  people  at  the  compa-­ ny  who  had  an  anti-­conservative  bias  but  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  brought  up  to  speed  on  Facebookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  policies  and  really  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nothing  to  see  here,  move  along,  folks,  move  along.

In  some  ways  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  in  A  LOT  of  ways  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  this  is  not  real-­ ly  a  big  deal.  The  Trending  newsfeed  that  is  at  the  heart  of  this  is  not  the  main  newsfeed  we  all  follow  in  the  cen-­ ter  of  our  Facebook  pages;Íž  the  ruckus  is  about  the  little  box  on  the  right  side  of  your  Facebook  page  that  fea-­ tures  about  10  truncated  headlines  that  are  usually  com-­ pletely  overlooked  by  Facebook  users  who  are  more Â

consumed  with  family  milestones  and  pet  videos  in  the  main  feed.  On  Tuesday  afternoon  three  headlines  in  my  Trending  feed  were  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nile  crocodile:  3  reptiles  captured  near  Miami,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kenneth  Wilson:  Auction  house  to  sell  late  scientistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  1982  award  for  condensed  physics,â&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;World  Turtle  Day:  May  23  marks  annual  observance.â&#x20AC;?  Earth-­shattering  stuff.  There  were  also  some  headlines  around  the  themes  of  politics,  sports  and  entertainment,  but  I  had  to  click  on  an  icon  (one  I  hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  ever  seen  un-­ til  I  decided  to  write  this  column)  in  order  to  see  them.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  terribly  worried  that  Face-­ book  is  showing  me  and  my  1.2  bil-­ lion  friends  only  the  news  it  wants  us  to  see;Íž  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  convinced  that  they  can  make  it  so  compelling  that  we  will  use  it  to  the  exclusion  of  other  news  sources.  However,  I  do  take  note  of  the  fact  that  a  social  media  website  has  a  serious  aspiration  of  being  a  purveyor  of  news.  And  Facebook  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  the  only  Internet  Age  behemoth  looking  to  be  the  conduit  of  in-­ formation  that  formerly  came  through  old  media  pipes  (like,  for  instance,  community  newspapers).  Google,  of  course,  offers  â&#x20AC;&#x153;personalized  news,â&#x20AC;?  which  also  uses  algorithms  to  show  you  only  the  news  that  interests  you  â&#x20AC;Ś  just  like  Facebookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Trending  newsfeed.  Apple  News,  like  Google  news,  is  an  aggregator  of  other  news  producersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  content;Íž  and,  like  Google,  has  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;For  Youâ&#x20AC;?  feature  that  narrows  the  pipe  so  that  it  only  spits  out  stories  and  videos  personalized  to  your  tastes.

What  seemed  most  weird  to  51-­year-­old  me  was  that  the  social  media  app  Snapchat  (launched  in  September  (See  Clippings,  Page  5A)

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Sanders  can  make  a  strong  case Bernie  Sanders  claims  that  he  would  be  a  stronger  Democratic  candidate  than  Hillary  Clinton  in  a  General  Election  campaign  against  Donald  Trump.  This  claim  is  borne  out  by  several  reputable  polls  released  by  na-­ tional  news  organizations  in  recent  days.

The  latest  CBS  News/New  York  Times  poll  shows  Sanders  13  points  ahead  of  Trump,  compared  to  6  points  for  Clinton.  The  NBC  News/Wall  Street  Journal  poll  has  Sanders  15  points  ahead  of  Trump,  while  Clin-­ ton  leads  by  only  3  points.  In  the  ABC  News/Washing-­ ton  Post  poll,  which  did  not  include  a  question  about  a  Sanders-­Trump  trial  heat,  Trump  leads  Clinton  by  2  points.  These  polls  should  be  interpreted  cautiously.  Election  Day  is  nearly  six  months  away,  and  no  candidate  has  yet  geared  up  a  voter  mobiliza-­ tion  and  turnout  operation  aimed  at  November.  The  expected  Democrat-­ ic  barrage  of  negative  ads  against  By  Eric  L.  Davis Trump  is  just  beginning.  Unlike  Clinton  and  Trump,  Sanders  has  to  date  not  been  the  target  of  attacks  from  other  candidates  and  their  surrogates,  or  from  well-­funded  Super  PACs. In  order  to  overcome  Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lead  among  elected  delegates,  Sanders  would  need  close  to  75  percent  of  the  vote  in  California  and  New  Jersey,  the  two  large  states  voting  on  June  7.  Such  an  outcome  is  most  un-­ likely.  However,  if  Sanders  could  get  nearly  half  the  votes  in  these  two  states,  Clinton  would  not  be  able  to  clinch  the  nomination  solely  on  the  basis  of  elected  delegates.  She  would  need  the  votes  of  superdelegates  at  the  convention  to  be  nominated.

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Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  campaign  in  recent  weeks  has  emphasized  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;riggedâ&#x20AC;?  nature  of  the  Democratic  nominating  pro-­ cess,  and  what  he  believes  is  the  Democratic  National  Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  favoritism  toward  Clinton.  While  such  arguments  may  help  arouse  young  voters  and  indepen-­ dents  to  vote  for  him,  particularly  in  California,  they  are  unlikely  to  carry  much  weight  with  superdelegates,  many  of  whom  have  been  Democratic  elected  or  party  RIÂżFLDOV IRU PXFK RI WKHLU DGXOW OLYHV A  more  effective  strategy  for  Sanders  would  be  to  emphasize  his  greater  electability  in  November  than  Clinton.  The  NBC  News/Wall  Street  Journal  poll  shows  that  while  large  majorities  of  respondents  have  neg-­ ative  opinions  of  both  Trump  (minus  29)  and  Clinton  (minus  20),  Sanders  has  a  positive  rating  (plus  7).  Rather  than  attacking  the  DNC,  Sanders  should  be  arguing  that  Democratic  superdelegates  should  think  seri-­ ously  about  nominating  a  candidate  whose  net  approval  rating  is  27  points  lower  than  her  challenger.  Breakdowns  of  all  the  recent  polls  by  subgroups  show  that  while  Clinton  does  very  well  against  Trump  among  both  groups  that  strongly  supported  her  in  the  primaries  (African-­American  and  Latino  voters),  and  among  groups  that  supported  Sanders  (voters  aged  18  to  34),  Trump  defeats  Clinton  among  independents.  Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  best  showings  against  Clinton  were  in  states  that  allow  independents  to  vote  in  Democratic  prima-­ ries.  Again,  Sanders  should  emphasize  to  superdelegates  (See  Davis,  Page  5A)

College  layoffs a  bad  memory Thank  you  to  Judy  and  Michael  Olinick  for  bringing  to  the  surface  the  great  disastrous  day  at  Middle-­ bury  College  in  May  of  1991.  They  GLG D ¿QH MRE RI WHOOLQJ WKH VWRU\ DV it  happened.  I  remember  it  well  as  one  of  our  staff  members  of  about  30  years  of  faithfully  working  at  the  Egbert  Starr  Library  was  abruptly  taken  IURP KHU RI¿FH DQG HVFRUWHG RXW RI the  building,  not  even  able  to  get  her  pocketbook  to  take  with  her.  We  had  heard  rumors  of  cuts  in  staff  on  campus  and  the  rude  awakening  came  before  we  were  aware  of  it.  I  could  hardly  believe  she  was  the  chosen  one.

The  whole  campus  was  in  shock.  Nothing  could  compensate  for  such  underhanded,  discourteous  handling  of  faithful  workers.  I  went  on  to  work  in  the  Library  30  years,  and  was  treated  well  by  my  fellow  staff  and  the  administrators  of  the  library.  Because  I  loved  the  work  on  the  campus. +RZHYHU , VWLOO ¿QG D EDG WDVWH LQ my  mouth  for  the  day  of  the  mass  ¿ULQJ RI VWDII PHPEHUV DQG D JRRG friend.

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1R MXVWLÂżFDWLRQ IRU FR\RWH NLOOLQJ Since  becoming  a  Vermont  resident  in  2003,  I  periodically  have  been  shocked  by  the  behavior  RI VRPH KXQWHUV 6SHFLÂżFDOO\ ,ÂśP referring  to  hunters  who  participate  in  coyote  contest  hunts  or  just  â&#x20AC;&#x153;run  their  dogsâ&#x20AC;?  on  coyotes  for  the  thrill  of  the  kill.

There  is  no  biology  or  other  sci-­ ence  behind  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  egregious  open  season  on  coyote.  Coyotes  may  be  killed  day  or  night,  seven  days  a  week  and  365  days  a  year.  There  is  nothing  prohibiting  some-­ one  from  killing  a  nursing  coyote  and  leaving  her  pups  to  starve.  There  are  no  laws  that  forbid  killing  young  coyotes  or  even  just  leaving  a  wounded  coyote  to  suffer.  Yet  there  LV QR ÂżQDQFLDO UHPXQHUDWLRQ IRU NLOO-­ ing  coyotes  because  their  pelts  are  almost  worthless.  The  most  recent  Vermont  Trappers  Fur  Auction  listed  coyote  pelts  selling  for  less  than  $5  each.

While  it  is  true  that  coyotes  can  kill  small  livestock,  that  is  true  of  many  predators  (most  of  which  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  hunted  to  the  brink  of  extinc-­ tion  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  bobcat,  lynx,  catamount,  etc.).  Predators  are  a  critical  part  of  our  ecosystem  by  preying  on  the  old,  sick  or  injured  animals  (which  improves  those  populations)  and  by  (See  Letter,  Page  5A)

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  May  26,  2016  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  5A

Education  end-­of-­session  report The  2016  session  in  the  Education  Also  contained  in  the  Education  Committee  was  a  productive  one.  We  Property  Tax  Bill  are  two  reports  addressed  two  important  issues  by  GXH IURP WKH -RLQ )LVFDO 2IÂżFH RQ passing  a  Special  Educa-­ how  we  might  change  tion  Bill  and  an  Education  Act  60/68  in  a  way  that  is  Property  Tax  Bill.  Both  more  equitable  and  better  bills  received  bipartisan  UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWV D IDLU WD[ V\VWHP support  from  the  commit-­ There  have  been  many  tee  and  the  Legislature. concerns  about  how  citi-­ We  worked  to  keep  zens  are  taxed  for  educa-­ education  taxes  level  tion  purposes,  both  for  its  from  last  year.  To  ac-­ heavy  reliance  on  property  complish  this  we  returned  taxes  and  the  distribution  surplus  revenue  collected  of  equitable  tax  respon-­ last  year  to  taxpayers  sibility  across  the  state  while  local  school  dis-­ and  across  school  dis-­ tricts  worked  to  keep  by Rep. David Sharpe tricts.  Many  unworkable  costs  within  the  spend-­ ideas  have  been  brought  D-Bristol ing  thresholds  included  in  forward  with  little  sup-­ Act  46.  The  non-­residen-­ port.  Finally,  there  are  two  tial  tax  rate  is  the  same  as  last  year  proposals  for  our  consideration  that  and,  on  average,  the  residential  tax  have  good  ideas  and  do  not  violate  rates  are  the  same. the  Supreme  Court  ruling  in  the  On  average  across  the  state,  edu-­ Brigham  decision. cation  taxes  paid  will  be  the  same  Our  second  bill  is  looking  to  re-­ DV ODVW \HDU 6SHFLÂżFDOO\ HGXFDWLRQ vamp  how  we  fund  and  deliver  spe-­ taxes  in  Bristol,  Lincoln,  Monkton,  cial  education  services.  We  learned  New  Haven  and  Starksboro  are  go-­ from  the  study  conducted  by  the  ing  down  this  year  before  the  com-­ Picus  Co.  that  we  spend  about  the  mon  level  of  appraisal  (CLA)  is  ap-­ right  amount  on  regular  education  plied.  Only  Bristol  education  taxes  and  spend  too  much  on  special  edu-­ will  go  up,  one  penny,  after  the  CLA  cation.  Part  of  the  problem  is  how  we  is  applied.  fund  special  education:  by  reimburs-­

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ing  school  expenses,  which  leads  to  burdensome  costly  bureaucratic  waste  and  employing  less  than  best  practices  in  the  delivery  of  services.  Consequently,  we  will  be  contracting  with  UVM  to  explore  better  ways  to  fund  special  education.

We  also  help  school  districts  pay  for  the  consulting  services  of  Dis-­ trict  Management  Council  (DMC),  which  will  help  them  employ  best  practices  in  delivering  services.  DMC  has  provided  valuable  help  in  the  Chittenden  South  Supervisory  Union  (Champlain  Valley  Union)  and  the  Franklin  West  Supervisory  Union.

Ongoing  this  year  are  the  many  active  study  groups  looking  to  move  forward  with  larger,  inte-­ grated  preK-­12  school  districts  en-­ visioned  in  Act  46.  We  invested  a  little  more  money  in  the  Agency  of  Education  in  order  to  allow  them  to  assist  districts  in  this  effort.  When  $FW ZDV ¿UVW ZULWWHQ ZH H[-­ SHFWHG IRXU RU ¿YH GLVWULFWV WR PRYH forward  under  the  provisions  of  the  accelerated  mergers.  Instead,  we  al-­ ready  have  nine  districts  that  have  voted  to  move  forward  and  three  or  four  more  that  are  planning  to  vote  before  June  30.

Letter (Continued  from  Page  4A) reducing  the  spread  of  illnesses  like  Lyme  disease  through  their  con-­ sumption  of  whitetail  mice  (carriers  of  deer  ticks).

The  behaviors  of  coyote  hunters  damage  the  reputation  of  all  hunt-­ ers.  They  routinely  disrespect  land-­ ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  rights  by  running  their  dogs  through  private  land  against  the  ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  wishes.  There  is  evidence  hunters  have  intimidated  landown-­ ers  and  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  known  to  GDPDJH ÂżHOGV OHDYH IDUP JDWHV open  and  shoot  in  compromising  areas.  This  paper  covered  this  story  recently:  www.addisonindependent. com/201602shoreham-­coyote-­hunt-­ spurs-­anger.  On  a  recent  trip  to  a  popular  hik-­ ing  spot,  the  Bristol  Watershed,  I  came  across  two  coyotes  killed  by  hunters  and  tossed  into  a  ditch  by  the  parking  lot.  They  were  left  to  rot  like  someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  garbage.  Fami-­ lies,  school  groups  and  others  use Â

this  natural  area  to  learn  about  and  build  respect  for  the  natural  world.  It  has  been  alleged  that  the  same  hunters  who  dumped  the  coyotes  also  shot  and  killed  a  porcupine  and  left  it  in  the  middle  of  a  trail.  What  message  is  that  sending  to  the  community  at  large?  And  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  it  also  tarnish  the  reputa-­ tion  of  all  hunters?  A  game  warden  I  spoke  with  recently  said  that  he  is  frustrated  because  he  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  enforce  laws  if  no  one  comes  forward  to  accuse  these  hunters  of  their  unethical  behavior.  Discarding  dead  wildlife  is  illegal  but  the  hunters  will  not  EH ÂżQHG EHFDXVH QR RQH ZLOO FRPH forward  out  of  fear  of  retribu-­ tion.  In  recent  conversations  with  landowners,  both  of  whom  hunt,  I  was  told  they  will  post  their  land  IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH EHFDXVH RI WKLV behavior.

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stated  that  he  has  never  received  a  call  complaining  about  the  reck-­ less  coyote  thrill  killing.  I  believe  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  because  the  complainants  are  too  intimidated  to  come  forward.  I  would  be  intimidated  too  since  coy-­ ote  hunters  arrive  on  their  property  with  loaded  guns  and  often  a  pack  of  dogs.

If  he  looked,  Mr.  Lawrence  could  ¿QG DQ DEXQGDQFH RI DUWLFOHV DQG organizations  that  have  sprung  up  to  address  the  current  lack  of  hunt-­ ing  regulations  for  coyotes  and  the  subsequent  roguish  behavior  of  those  hunters.  Our  Fish  and  Wildlife  Department  perpetuates  this  lack  of  respect  and  depraved  behavior  because  the  department  refuses  to  acknowledge  coyotes  as  a  valued  predator,  important  to  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ecosystem.  Ask  yourself:  How  often  do  you  see  a  deer  or  moose  carcass  left  to  rot?  Holly  Tippett Bristol

Young  matters,  I  get  that  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  ad-­ vertisers  count  on  the  fact  that  once  someone  gets  in  the  habit  of  buying  a  certain  product  they  often  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  switch.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  bought  the  same  brand  of  toilet  paper  for  20  years;Íž  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  to  have  to  think  and  weigh  op-­ tions  every  time  I  go  down  the  toilet  paper  aisle.

What  sits  uneasily  with  me  is  that  these  potential  new  news  conglom-­ erates  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  the  same  culture  as  the  old  media  bastions.  When  an  energetic  young  reporter,  brimming  with  enthusiasm  and  little  experi-­ ence  or  understanding  of  the  world,  comes  to  an  old  media  company,  they  are  guided  and  nurtured  by  a  crew  of  experienced  journalists.  While  the  old  school  may  be  tired  and  low  on  new  ideas,  they  have  WKH EHQHÂżW RI SHUVSHFWLYH DQG WKH long  view,  which,  we  tell  ourselves,  gives  them  judgment  about  what  QHZV LV LPSRUWDQW DQG ZKDW LV Ă&#x20AC;XII It  also  generally  has  an  explicit  goal  of  helping  the  community;Íž  most  journalists  are  generally  public-­ spirited  people.  What  worries  me  about  people  behind  the  scenes  at  Facebook  and  Google  and  (gasp) Â

Snapchat  making  news  judgments  is  that  they  live  in  a  world  that  is  driven  by  the  bottom  line.  7KH ROG PHGLD LV ÂżOOHG ZLWK JDWH-­ keepers  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  they  see  what  comes  across  the  transom  and  they  decide  what  the  consumer  of  their  news-­ paper  or  news  program  will  get  to  consider.  The  new  media  either  has  gatekeepers  that  come  from  a  dif-­ ferent  mindset  or  it  has  completely  foresworn  gatekeepers  and  it  lets  SHRSOH GURZQ LQ DQ XQÂżOWHUHG VHD RI zeroes  and  ones.  We  need  gatekeep-­ ers  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  you  want  to  pay  the  gatekeep-­ ers  to  do  the  thinking  for  you  about  what  to  consume  and  what  not  to  waste  your  time  on.  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  exactly  what  kinds  of  mistakes  new  media  organizations  will  make,  but  I  know  that  they  have  a  different  culture,  and  I  fret  about  what  that  could  mean  to  our  public  conversa-­ tions  in  the  years  ahead.

Clippings (Continued  from  Page  4A) 2011)  is  also  vying  to  become  a  channel  for  news.  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  use  Snap-­ chat,  and  I  think  of  it  only  as  being  that  app  on  a  young  personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  cell  phone  that  is  used  to  send  embar-­ rassing  body-­part  photos  that  disap-­ pear  within  six  seconds.  It  still  is  that,  but  it  has  become  a  much  big-­ ger  communications  medium,  of-­ fering  videos  from  major  producers  like  Comedy  Central,  a  platform  for  creating  and  sharing  stories  about  (what  else?)  you,  and  even  an  abili-­ ty  to  make  real-­world  payments  like  a  debit  card.  And,  like  the  others,  it  is  a  source  for  other  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  news  content  (The  Daily  Mail  and  Cosmo  offer  news)  through  Snap  Discover.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  surprising  that  old  media  companies  would  partner  with  new  media  companies.  First,  Snapchat  and  the  like  offer  the  Holy  Grail  for  media  companies:  18-­29-­year-­old  consumers.  More  than  80  percent  of  Snapchat  users  are  younger  than  35,  and  around  60  percent  are  younger  than  25.  How  many  people  is  that?  The  company  claimed  100  million  daily  users  last  year,  so  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lot  of  young  and  impressionable  minds.

Lucretius: Epicurean Virtue Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  note:  This  is  the  14th  in  supposed  that  the  Gods  dwelt  in  an  a  series  of  essays  on  Lucretius,  an  enduring  sanctuary  in  outer  space.  early  philosopher  who  provides  a  7KH *RGV H[HPSOLÂżHG WR WKHP D link  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;lost  classicsâ&#x20AC;?  through  life  of  perfect  order,  tranquility,  his  epic  poem  â&#x20AC;&#x153;On  the  Nature  of  freedom  from  any  want,  friend-­ ship,  and  contentment.

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And,  although  they  denied  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  life  without  virtue  is  not  worth  livingâ&#x20AC;?  is  a  moral  maxim  the  Gods  created  us,  or  that  they  that  Epicurus  might  have  coined.  gave  us  a  law,  after  which  we  He  conceived  human  life  as  more  should  order  our  lives,  and  accord-­ than  striving  for  contentment  and  ing  to  which  we  will  be  judged  avoidance  of  pain.  It  required  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  which  is  why  they  have  been  something  greater,  namely  virtue,  branded  as  atheists,  they  were  in  agreement  that  we  which  is  the  perfec-­ should  venerate  them  tion  of  human  charac-­ just  because  and  only  ter,  human  excellence.  because  they  are  no-­ And  of  these,  he  high-­ ble,  and  by  that  qual-­ lighted  three:  wisdom,  ity  they  exemplify  the  nobility,  and  justice. sort  of  life  to  which  we  This  is  not  a  stan-­ should  aspire. dard  list  of  virtues.  It  Their  idea  of  the  may  be  recalled  that  Gods  was  visual  and  Plato  listed  four:  wis-­ even  tangible,  for  they  dom,  courage,  self-­ were  supposed  to  have  control,  and  justice,  bodies;Íž  they  were,  like  and  this  became  stan-­ us  and  everything  else  dard.  Of  course,  Greek  Lucretius: the that  is,  material  be-­ philosophers  recog-­ nized  many  more  vir-­ nature of things ings.  And  then  there  were  models  of  the  tues  than  these.  In  his  An essay by Gods  everywhere  for  own  account,  Aristotle  Victor Nuovo everyone  to  see  in  the  included  many  others:  philanthropy,  mag-­ Middlebury College temples  of  ancient  QLÂżFHQFH JUHDWQHVV professor emeritus Greece,  the  very  im-­ ages  of  the  Gods  were  of  soul,  gentleness,  of philosophy housed  within  them.  In  truthfulness,  and  even  their  sanctuaries,  the  more  for  which  we  Gods  by  their  sculpted  have  no  names.  These  short  lists  are  merely  summaries.  beauty  revealed  the  quality  of  ex-­ Courage  and  self-­control  are  im-­ cellence.  They  also  offered  a  tran-­ plied  in  all  of  Epicurusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  written  re-­ quil  refuge  from  human  madness.  This  is  not  to  say  that  Epicurus  mains;Íž  they  are  not  lacking.  Here  he  wanted  only  to  make  a  point,  as  imagined  that  the  life  of  the  Gods  did  Plato,  when  he  compiled  his  is  essentially  better  than  our  own;Íž  they  are  not  better  than  us  because  list  of  four.  Epicurusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  point  is  that  the  life  of  they  are  better  looking,  or  ever-­ virtue  must  be  noble.  The  Greek  lasting;Íž  their  lives  are  consistently  word  for  this  is  kalos,  which  sig-­ noble,  and  if  in  our  short  span  of  QLÂżHV ZKDW LV EHDXWLIXO QREOH DQG life,  any  one  of  us  were  to  achieve  ¿QH LW LV VXSSRVHG WR EH WKH TXDO-­ such  perfection,  then  that  person  ity  of  all  virtues.  But  what  is  the  would  be  a  God,  albeit  a  mor-­ point  of  this?  Epicurus  wants  us  to  tal  one.  It  is  not  the  duration  of  a  see  that  a  virtuous  life  has  an  aes-­ life,  but  its  character  that  makes  it  thetic  as  well  as  a  moral  quality:  it  noble.

Thus  Lucretius  attributes  divin-­ PXVW EH EHDXWLIXO QREOH ÂżQH And  it  is  just  here  that  we  see  ity  to  Epicurus.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  was  a  God,  Epicurus  in  the  role  of  religious  ZKR ÂżUVW GLVFRYHUHG WKDW UHDVRQHG reformer.  The  Gods  are  beautiful,  plan  of  life,  which  we  now  call  QREOH DQG ÂżQH ,W PD\ EH UHFDOOHG wisdom,  who  by  great  art  rescued  that  neither  Epicurus,  nor  Lucreti-­ our  minds  from  turbulence  and  us  after  him,  denied  that  the  Gods  profound  darkness  and  established  H[LVW UDWKHU WKH\ DIÂżUPHG WKHLU H[-­ wisdom  in  a  calm  clear  light.â&#x20AC;?  Es-­ LVWHQFH ZLWKRXW TXDOLÂżFDWLRQ 7KH\ pecially,  he  is  a  God,  because  he Â

Davis (Continued  from  Page  4A) that  his  demonstrated  appeal  to  in-­ dependents  would  make  him  a  stron-­ ger  candidate  than  Clinton  against  Trump.  Sanders  also  did  well  in  primaries  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;rust  beltâ&#x20AC;?  industrial  states  such  as  Michigan,  Wisconsin  and  Indiana,  states  to  which  Trump  is  likely  to  devote  special  attention  in  the  General  Election.

Closer  to  home,  the  recent  polls  raise  important  questions  for  Ver-­ montâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Clinton  superdelegates  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Howard  Dean,  Patrick  Leahy  and  Peter  Shumlin.  Is  it  a  risky  strat-­ egy  to  continue  supporting  a  can-­ didate  with  high  negatives,  who  is  in  a  dead  heat  with  Trump  in  multiple  national  polls,  and  whose  negatives  might  continue  to  climb  through  November?  Why  not  sup-­ port  the  candidate  who  won  86 Â

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taught  us  to  live,  like  the  Gods,  a  life  free  of  care.   Also,  it  is  for  this  reason,  that  Lucretius  could  regard  nature  as  divine:  Venus,  whose  generative  SRZHU LV LQÂżQLWH QHYHU IDLOLQJ LQ potency,  vast  and  wonderful,  and  whose  wonders  can  only  be  en-­ countered  by  an  intelligence  that  boldly  goes  where  no  one  has  gone  before.  Nature  is  the  never-­ending  UHDOP RI EHLQJ DQ LQÂżQLWH SRZHU that  gives  and  takes  away,  which  HQGRZV RXU VHQVLEOH ÂżQLWH OLYHV with  pleasures  and  delights,  and  ennobles  our  minds  by  revealing  the  sublime  secrets  of  her  everlast-­ ing  self.  To  embrace  the  thought  of  QDWXUH LV XSOLIWLQJ DQG WUDQVÂżJXU-­ ing.  We  are  her  offspring.  Such  is  human  wisdom,  when  it  is  most  UHÂżQHG And  what  of  justice,  in  what  re-­ spect  can  we  think  of  it  as  beau-­ WLIXO QREOH DQG ÂżQH" -XVWLFH LV the  virtue  of  civil  society.  Unlike  Plato,  Epicurus  did  not  suppose  that  there  exists  an  archetype  of  the  state,  pristine  in  its  ideal  beauty.  It  is  a  product  of  human  intelligence  motivated  by  human  need,  and  negotiated  and  agreed  XSRQ E\ HTXDOV FHOHEUDWHG E\ ÂżQH monuments,  all  the  work  of  mortal  beings.  Yet,  because  it  is  a  product  of  trial  and  error,  of  imagination,  UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWLRQ FDOFXODWLRQ ZH PD\ UH-­ gard  the  state  as  a  work  of  art  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  art  of  politics.  It  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;conceived  in  liberty,  and  dedicated  to  the  proposition  that  all  men  are  cre-­ ated  equal.â&#x20AC;?

A  noble  society  is  one  that  is  so  conceived,  whose  laws  are  rules  of  mutual  advantage  and  respect,  ZKLFK DUH QRW Âż[HG IRU DOO WLPH EXW ZKLFK UHOLDEO\ UHĂ&#x20AC;HFW UHDO QHHG DQG SURYLGH UHDO EHQHÂżWV and  advantages,  so  the  state  is  an  XQÂżQLVKHG ZRUN RU D OLYLQJ ZRUN of  limitless  adaptability,  like  med-­ icine  or  architecture  or  plumbing.  Moreover,  a  noble  society  is  one  that  is  secure  from  its  neighbors,  because  it  is  at  peace  with  them.  It  is  internally  stable,  because  it  pos-­ sesses  a  mechanism  for  rational  and  deliberate  change,  its  laws  and  practices  are  fair  and  equitable;Íž  and  besides  the  bond  of  mutually  EHQHÂżFLDO ODZV LWV PHPEHUV FDQ rely  on  bonds  of  friendship.  This  is  as  good  as  it  gets.

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Obituaries

Lise Port, 56, formerly of North Ferrisburgh

ESSEX  JUNCTION  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Lise  Marie  (Charbonneau)  Port  left  us  on  May  20,  2016,  surrounded  by  family  after  a  brave  battle  with  pancreatic  cancer.  Born  Nov.  23,  1959,  in  Burlington,  Lise  spent  most  of  her  childhood  in  North  Ferrisburgh,  attend-­ ing  Ferrisburgh  Central  School,  Vergennes  High  School  and  Rice  Memorial  High  School.  She  was  a  very  loving  person  who  always  worked  hard  and  put  her  daughters  on  the  top  of  her  list.   Lise  spent  much  of  her  adult  life  in  Stark,  N.H.,  where  she  raised  her  three  daughters  and  worked  as  town  clerk.  She  later  returned  to  Vermont  and  resided  in  Essex  Junction  where  she  was  employed  by  the  Valuation  Group.        She  was  recently  thrilled  ZLWK WKH DUULYDO RI KHU Âż UVW JUDQG child  Olivia  Lise.  Lise  loved  all  that  was  wild  and  free.  Peace,  Love  and  Harmony  would  best  describe  Liseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  character.  Lise  was  predeceased  by  her  father,  William  (Jerry)  Charbonneau;Íž  mother,  Elizabeth  (Betty)  JORDAN  CHANDLER Charbonneau;Íž  and  sister,  Andrea  (Charbonneau)  Spade.  Lise  leaves  behind  her  husband,  David  Port  of  Essex  Junction;Íž  daugh-­ ters  Christina  Heppding  of  N.H.,  Caitlin  Coulombe  of  Essex  Junction  and  Catherine  Coulombe  of  N.H.;Íž  David  Jonathan  Fleck;Íž  and  her  grand-­ granddaughter  Olivia  Lise  Heppding  daughter,  Carolyn  Beth  Jeffers.

She  is  survived  by  three  children:  -RHO )OHFN 0DULO\Q RI :HVWÂż HOG N.J.;Íž  Ellen  Forshaw  (Harold)  of  Urbana,  Ohio;Íž  and  Karen  Jeffers  5REHUW RI %LOOHULFD 0DVV Âż YH grandchildren,  Jennifer  Fleck  VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Virginia  H.  Biundo  (Joseph)  of  Chatham,  N.J.;Íž  Hurd  passed  away  Saturday,  May  21,  Kaitlin  Fleck  and  Meaghan  Fleck  of  2016,  at  Vergennes  Residential  Care  :HVWÂż HOG 1 - /DXUHQFH )RUVKDZ RI in  Vergennes.

Urbana,  Ohio;Íž  and  Margaret  Jeffers  She  was  born  April  27,  1924,  in  Campbell  (Glen)  of  Lancaster,  Mass.;Íž  Addison,  the  daughter  of  Frederick  and  two  great-­grandchildren,  George  and  Helen  Hilton. and  Carolyn  Campbell  of  Lancaster,  Virginia  and  Walter  owned  and  Mass. operated  a  farm  in  Addison  for  many  A  brief  graveside  interment  will  be  years.  She  loved  going  to  the  senior  held  in  the  Friends  Burial  Ground  in  center  and  visiting  with  her  friends  4XDNHU 6WUHHW DW D P RQ 6XQGD\ and  playing  bingo.  She  resided  at  May  29,  with  a  memorial  service  on  Valley  View  Apartments  and  recently  July  3.  There  will  be  no  visitation.  moved  to  Vergennes  Residential  ,Q OLHX RI Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV GRQDWLRQV PD\ Care.

EH PDGH WR WKH 4XDNHU 6WUHHW )ULHQGV Predeceased  by  her  husband  Walter  Meeting,  c/o  Amy  White,  Treasurer,  Hurd  on  Aug.  11,  2005.

218  Gardnersville  Road,  Cobleskill  She  is  survived  by  several  cousins.

NY  12043,  or  Lincoln  Public  Library,  Calling  hours  are  from  10  to  11  222  West  River  Road,  Lincoln,  VT  a.m.  on  Saturday,  May  28,  with  a  05443. funeral  service  following  at  11  a.m.at  Local  Arrangements  by  White  Brown-­McClay  Funeral  Home  in  VanBuren  Funeral  Home,  Delanson,  Vergennes.  Interment  will  be  in  1 < ¸ *UDQG 9LHZ &HPHWHU\ LQ $GGLVRQ ¸

Jordan Chandler, 2, Castleton CASTLETON  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Jordan  Michael  Chandler,  2,  died  Friday  evening,  May  20,  2016,  at  Porter  Medical  Center  after  lengthy  medical  issues.

He  was  born  Jan.  8,  2014,  the  son  of  Richard  L.  Chandler  and  Sabrina  Gero.

He  is  survived  by  his  mother  of  Castleton,  his  father  of  Pawlet,  his  brother  Brayden  Byran,  grandparents  Tonya  Lamb  of  Castleton  and  Eric  Gero  of  Cornwall,  and  his  uncles,  Devin  Gero  and  Dylan  Murphy.

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Thursday,  May  26,  2016,  at  11  a.m.  at  the  Sanderson-­Ducharme  Funeral  Home  in  Middlebury  with  the  Rev.  <YRQQH 5R\HU DV WKH RI¿ FLDQW Burial  followed  in  South  Pleasant  Hill  Cemetery  in  Cornwall.

Arrangements  are  under  the  direc-­ tion  of  the  Sanderson-­Ducharme  Funeral  Home.

Online  condolences  at  www.sand-­ HUUVRQIXQHUDOVHUYLFH FRP ¸

Emma Fleck, 86, Lincoln LINCOLN  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Emma  Mae  &KDWÂż HOG )OHFN RI 4XDNHU Street  passed  away  quietly  on  Sunday,  May  22.  Born  in  South  Lincoln,  she  was  the  daughter  of  Daniel  /HZLV &KDWÂż HOG DQG &DUULH $QQLFH Pierce.  She  graduated  from  Bristol  High  School  and  the  University  of  Vermont.

Emma  was  involved  in  several  community  activities  including  Scouting,  Mohawk  Valley  Hiking  Club,  local  libraries,  and  many  histor-­ ical  societies.  Emma  was  also  very  active  with  the  Religious  Society  of  )ULHQGV 4XDNHUV ZKHUH VKH VHUYHG in  many  capacities,  such  as  clerk  of  the  local  meeting,  representative  to  regional  meeting,  and  clerk  of  the  Indian  Affairs  Committee.  Emma  enjoyed  many  types  of  needlecraft  including  quilting  and  knitting.  She  could  be  counted  on  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;cook  up  a  stormâ&#x20AC;?  for  almost  any  occasion.  She  delighted  in  telling  others  about  the  maple  syrup  produc-­ tion  which  has  been  occurring  on  her  family  farm  in  Vermont  for  over  a  century.  Mrs.  Fleck  was  predeceased  by  her  husband,  Joel  Juden  Fleck;Íž  her  son, Â

LISE  PORT of  N.H.;͞  son-­in-­law  Josh  vHeppding  of  N.H.;͞  sisters  Mary  Ellen  Martell  of  Colchester,  Joyce  Curry  of  Burlington  and  Theresa  Labanara  of  Stony  Brook,  N.Y.;͞  and  brothers  William  Charbonneau  of  Ferrisburgh  and  Thomas  Charbonneau  of  Hinesburg.  She  also  leaves  behind  many  nieces  and  nephews  along  with  her  two  canine  companions,  Ira  and  Coco.   Arrangements  are  being  made  by  the  family  and  are  unclear  at  this  time.   In  memory  of  Lise  please  be  kind  to  all  around  you  and  to  all  animals,  both  domestic  and  wild.  Any  contri-­ butions  may  be  made  to  All  Breed  5HVFXH ¸

Virginia Hurd, 92, Vergennes

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William Randall, 55, Ripton RIPTON  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  William  R.  Randall,  55,  of  Ripton  died  May  18,  2016,  at  home  surrounded  by  his  family  after  a  brief  illness.

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  of  35  years,  Pam  Lackard,  and  their  son,  Joshua.

He  was  born  June  1,  1960,  in  Rutland  to  Edna  (Diane)  Randall  and  the  late  Rodney  Randall.  He  graduated  from  Middlebury  Union  High  School  in  1978.

He  was  predeceased  by  his  niece,  Danielle  Lackard,  and  brother  Tom. He  is  survived  by  his  brother  James  Randall  of  South  Carolina;͞  his  sisters,  Robina  Mailoux  of  Winooski  and  Becky  Labor  of  Middlebury;͞  and  several  nieces,  nephews  and  great-­ nieces  and  -­nephews.  For  the  last  20  years,  Bill  owned  and  operated  Lackard  Service  in  Weybridge.  He  was  in  the  automotive  business  all  his  life.  After  high  school  he  went  to  technical  college  in  Arizona  where  he  earned  his  degree  as  an  auto-­ motive  technician.

Bill  loved  being  outdoors  and  was  DQ DYLG ¿ VKHUPDQ DQG KXQWHU +H was  compassionate,  thoughtful  and  a  caring  man,  especially  toward  his  family.

He  and  his  wife  were  on  a  racing  team  with  Fosters  Motors  and  won  Rookie  of  the  Year.  Every  year  for  his  birthday,  a  group  of  friends  would  celebrate  and  go  four-­wheeling.

His  favorite  saying  was  â&#x20AC;&#x153;pay  no Â

WILLIAM  RANDALL attentionâ&#x20AC;?  and  he  always  said  â&#x20AC;&#x153;tomar-­ rowâ&#x20AC;?  instead  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;tomorrow.â&#x20AC;?  His  son  Josh  was  his  pride  and  joy;Íž  their  ritual  was  to  share  a  bedtime  movie.   A  memorial  celebration  will  be  held  at  Sanderson  Funeral  Service  in  Middlebury  on  May  28,  2016,  from  2-­5  p.m.  Contributions  may  be  sent  to  Homeward  Bound  at  236  Boardman  St.,  Middlebury,  VT  05753.  Following  the  service  there  will  be  a  celebration  of  Billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  life  at  the  home  of  Danny  Lackard  in  Leicester.   Arrangements  are  under  the  direction  of  Sanderson-­ Ducharme  Funeral  Service.  Online  condolences  can  be  made  at  www.

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Paul Mayer, 90, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Paul  Emile  Mayer,  90,  of  Middlebury,  passed  away  unexpectedly  on  Saturday,  May  21,  2016.  He  was  born  March  18,  1926,  in  Casselman,  Ontario,  Canada,  one  of  10  children  of  Edmond  and  Elie-­Anna  Bourbonnais  Mayer.

After  coming  to  the  United  States  when  he  was  3  years  old,  he  attended  schools  in  Cornwall,  Bridport  and  Shoreham.

Paul  married  Genevieve  James  in  June  of  1950  at  St.  Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Catholic  Church  in  Middlebury.

Paul  graduated  from  culinary  school  while  in  the  U.S.  Army,  601st  Triple  A  Artillery  at  Fort  Meade,  Md.  He  worked  at  Simmonds  Precision  Products  in  Vergennes  from  1956  to  1971.  He  was  then  employed  by  Vermont  Marble  Co.  as  a  Power  House  Operator  for  the  New  Haven  and  Weybridge  power  plants.  He  remained  working  there  for  18  years  until  his  retirement  in  1989.  In  his  younger  years,  he  enjoyed  hunting  DQG ¿ VKLQJ Paul  was  predeceased  by  his  wife,  Genevieve;͞  brothers  Fernand  and  Rene  Mayer;͞  sister,  Jeanette  Mayer;͞  and  a  grandson,  Brian  Mayer.

He  is  survived  by  his  son  Paul  J.  Mayer,  daughter  Paula  Mayer  and  companion  Phillip  Williams,  all  of  Middlebury;Íž  grandchildren  Kami  Pepe,  Darci  Mayer,  Merina  Bigos  and  Elesha  Larrow;Íž  and  great-­grandsons  Ryan  and  Nolan  Pepe,  Colby  Bigos  and  Bryan  Norton.   Additional  survivors  include  his  siblings,  Peggy  St.  George,  Pauline  Welch,  Lucille  Smith,  Jeanne Â

PAUL  MAYER Ciemniewski,  Rael  Mayer  and  wife  Beverly  and  Raymond  Mayer  and  wife  Veronica;͞  and  several  nieces  and  nephews.

A  graveside  service  will  he  held  at  St.  Genevieveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Cemetery  in  Shoreham,  Vermont  on  Saturday,  May  28,  at  10:30  a.m. ,Q OLHX RI Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV LI GHVLUHG PHPR rial  contributions  in  Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  memory  may  be  made  to  Middlebury  Regional  Emergency  Medical  Services,  55  Collins  Drive,  Middlebury,  VT  05753.

Arrangements  are  under  the  direc-­ tion  of  Sanderson-­Ducharme  Funeral  Service.  Online  condolences  can  be  made  at  ZZZ VDQGHUVRQIXQHUDOVHUYLFH FRP ¸

Clarence Owen, 69, Bristol BRISTOL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Clarence  W.  Owen,  69,  passed  away  Monday,  May  23,  2016,  at  University  of  Vermont  Medical  Center  in  Burlington.

He  was  born  Jan.  15,  1947,  in  Bristol,  the  son  of  Claude  and  Ruth  (Sargent)  Owen.

He  was  president  of  Champlain  Valley  Flyers,  ham  radio  operator  and  a  mechanic  for  over  30  years,  and  worked  at  Burlington  Subaru.

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Predeceased  by  his  parents  and  a  son,  Christopher.

A  graveside  service  will  be  held  11  a.m.  on  Tuesday,  May  31,  at  Greenwood  Cemetery  in  Bristol  with  a  reception  following  at  the  house,  11  Fitch  Ave.,  Bristol.  Donations  may  be  made  to  Champlain  Valley  Flyers,  11  Fitch  Ave.,  Bristol,  VT  ¸

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New  Haven (Continued  from  Page  1A) how  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going  to  work,â&#x20AC;?  Barrett  a  lot  of  hard  work  into  this,  and  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lot  of  things  that  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  hoping  that  the  town  can  need  to  be  discussed.  And  like  the  come  together  and  make  this  a  original  term  sheet,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going  to  good  project,â&#x20AC;?  she  take  a  while  to  get  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  are  DOO RI WKDW Ă&#x20AC; HVKHG some  people  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a lot out.â&#x20AC;? are  upset  about  of people that Said  Rossignoli,  the  survey  results  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  we  need  to  and  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  unfor-­ put a lot of hard work  closely  with  tunate.  We  heard  work into this, the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  leader-­ their  concerns  VKLS LQ Ă&#x20AC; HVKLQJ at  the  informa-­ and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping out  the  framework  tional  meetings,  that the town can thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  already  been  and  we  now  have  set  forth  in  the  to  mitigate  those  come together and term  sheet  that  concerns  as  much  make this a good was  executed  and  as  possible  in  the  approved  by  the  project.â&#x20AC;? Âż QDO DJUHHPHQWV ´ town.  So  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kathy Barrett, New be  spending  the  Next  steps  for  both  the  New  Haven selectboard chair coming  months  Haven  selectboard  doing  that.â&#x20AC;? and  for  the  National  Grid-­Anbaric  Meanwhile,  the  VGL  partnership  partnership  behind  the  project  is  is  taking  the  survey  results  and  the  to  move  from  the  terms  of  agree-­ unanimous  yes  from  the  New  Haven  PHQW ERWK UDWLÂż HG LQ $SULO WR D Âż QDO selectboard  as  satisfying  their  contract. repeated  pledge  to  get  support  from  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  going  to  get  down  to  the  the  town  before  going  to  the  Public  nitty-­gritty  and  nail  down  all  the  Service  Board  to  get  necessary  state  what-­ifs  and  all  the  details  as  to  permits.  The  VGL  partnership  plans Â

to  submit  its  45-­day  notice  on  the  project  at  the  end  of  May  and  to  go  to  Public  Service  Board  toward  the  end  of  August.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  feel  strongly  that  the  vote  at  the  selectboard  level  plus  the  survey  JLYHV XV WZR GHÂż QLWLYH H[SUHV sions  of  support  that  I  pledged  to  get  before  going  to  permitting.  That  being  said,  we  have  to  work  out  the  details.  And  we  want  to  proceed  with  New  Haven  as  expe-­ ditiously  as  possible,â&#x20AC;?  Rossignoli  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  obviously  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  feel  that  we  need  to  have  all  the  details  worked  out  before  we  go  to  make  the  application  â&#x20AC;Ś  We  feel  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  important  to  keep  the  project  on  schedule.â&#x20AC;?  PROJECT  OUTLINE Anbaric  and  National  Grid,  both  based  in  Massachusetts,  want  to  run  60  miles  of  underground  high-­ voltage  direct-­current  cable  from  upstate  New  York,  under  Lake  Champlain,  and  then  convert  it  to  AC  power  and  plug  into  the  elec-­ trical  grid  at  the  VELCO  substa-­ tion  in  New  Haven.  The  power,  which  carries  Renewable  Energy Â

Credits,  would  be  sold  to  custom-­ inflation. ers  in  Massachusetts,  Connecticut  Â&#x2021; PLOOLRQ WR EXLOG D QHZ ILUH and  Rhode  Island. station  and  a  new  town  garage.

As  described  by  VGL  repre-­ Â&#x2021; $FFHSWDEOH VRXQG OHYHOV IRU sentatives,  the  the  project  set  at  converter  station  â&#x20AC;&#x153;World  Health  requires  a  site  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously we O r g a n i z a t i o n  roughly  four  to  five  guidelines  of  40  acres  and  the  main  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel that dBa  broadband/35  building  would  be  we need to have dBa  tonal  at  the  roughly  the  size  of  exterior  of  any  a  football  field  and  all the details residence.â&#x20AC;? five  stories  high.  worked out before Â&#x2021; $ 9*/ Developers  have  C o m p e n s a t i o n  estimated  the  value  we go to make the Fund  for  desig-­ of  the  converter  application â&#x20AC;Ś We nated  abutters,  station  at  between  with  an  initial  feel itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important amount  of  $1  $100  million  to  $150  million.  The  to keep the project million. entire  VGL  project  on schedule.â&#x20AC;?

Some  of  those  itself  is  estimated  opposed  to  the  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joe Rossignoli, VGL project  to  cost  roughly  have  representative warned  that  the  $650  million.

The  VGL  part-­ noise  level  will  be  nership  has  agreed  disruptive.  to  benefits  to  the  town  of  New  Anbaric  and  National  Grid  Haven  including: this  winter  began  talks  to  put  the  Â&#x2021; 3D\PHQWV RI PLOOLRQ SHU converter  station  in  Middlebury  year  to  the  town  for  40  years,  with  yearly  1  percent  adjustments  for Â

if  New  Haven  said  no.  Rossignoli  said  the  New  Haven  survey  results  â&#x20AC;&#x153;better  defines  our  plan  going  forward.â&#x20AC;?  But  he  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  rule  out  some  role  for  Middlebury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  want  to  work  with  Middlebury  on  some  project,  and  we  look  forward  to  having  discussion  with  them  on  that,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  with  respect  to  VGL,  this  obviously  moves  the  project  strongly  in  the  direction  of  New  Haven.â&#x20AC;?

Barrett  expressed  appreciation  for  the  hard  work  that  brought  the  project  to  this  stage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  just  want  to  thank  everyone  who  has  worked  so  hard  on  this:  Carole  and  Steve,  the  selectboard,  the  people  that  sat  there  all  day  long  waiting  for  people  to  come  in  and  fill  out  the  survey,  the  office  staff.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  a  huge  group  effort  and  a  lot  of  people  have  gone  above  and  beyond  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  very  appre-­ ciative  of  that.â&#x20AC;?

Reporter  Gaen  Murphree  is  at  gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

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wearing  helmets  on  an  ATV.  Police  allege  that  Bassettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  evidentiary  blood-­alcohol  test  read  0.112;Íž  the  legal  limit  for  driving  is  0.08.  Police  cited  him  for  DUI,  ticketed  him  for  operating  an  ATV  on  a  public  road,  and  also  notified  the  Department  for  Children  and  Families  (DCF)  about  the  incident.

In  other  incidents  between  May  16  and  20,  Vergennes  police:  Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ KDQGHG FKLOG custody  paper-­ work  to  city  residents  on  behalf  of  DCF;Íž  the  paperwork  notified  the  parents  they  had  at  least  temporarily  lost  custody  of  their  children. Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ FDOPHG D distraught  Second  Street  woman  on  the  phone,  and  then  received  a  second  call  from  another  woman  alleging  the  same  woman  had  threatened  to  harm  the  callerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  son  and  herself  with  a  knife.  Police  learned  the  report  of  threats  was  false,  but  discovered  an  argument  at  the  home  when  they  responded  along  with  Vermont  State  Police  and  calmed  the  scene.  Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ KHOSHG WKH Vergennes  Area  Rescue  Squad  at  a Â

Hillside  Drive  apartment.  Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ FDOPHG DQ DUJX ment  at  a  Macdonough  Drive  home  after  a  women  called  to  say  her  grandsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  girlfriend  had  just  slapped  the  callerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  daughter  at  the  home.  Police  stayed  until  the  younger  couple  left  the  scene. Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ GHDOW ZLWK D PLQRU two-­car  crash  at  the  intersection  of  Main  and  South  Maple  streets. Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ ORRNHG LQWR D EDG check  complaint  from  Vergennes  R e d e m p t i o n ;Íž  the  offender  agreed  to  make  the  business  whole. Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ 18  checked  an  illegal  dumping  issue  on  Comfort  Hill:  Someone  had  left  wood  on  a  property  with  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;freeâ&#x20AC;?  sign. Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ WRRN D UHSRUW WKDW D car  parked  at  Shawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Supermarket  had  been  struck  by  a  car  that  left  the  scene. Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ KHOSHG D FDU RZQHU get  into  a  locked  vehicle  in  a  Panton  Road  parking  lot. Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ FKHFNHG D ORFNHG Main  Street  business  after  a  suspi-­ cious  noise  was  heard  inside;Íž  nothing  was  found. Â&#x2021; 2Q 0D\ KHDUG D FRPSODLQW

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VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Between  May  16  and  22,  Vergennes  police  cited  two  city  residents  for  driv-­ ing  under  the  influence  of  alcohol  while  operating  ATVs  illegally  on  city  streets.  On  May  17  city  police  responded  to  a  report  of  ATVs  being  operated  on  Meigs  Road  and  eventually  tracked  three  ATVs  being  driven  on  King  Street.  Police  allege  Norman  Dunham,  55,  of  Vergennes  was  operating  one  of  them  and  that  he  was  showing  signs  of  intoxication.  When  Dunham  refused  breath  testing  for  blood-­alcohol  content,  police  cited  him  DUI-­4  refusal.  They  also  cited  him  for  driv-­ ing  with  a  criminally  suspended  license,  a  suspension  they  said  was  due  to  three  earlier  DUI  convic-­ tions,  and  for  operating  an  ATV  on  a  public  highway.  Police  said  they  also  cited  in  the  incident  another  man  and  a  woman  for  operating  ATVs  on  public  roads.

On  May  20  police  went  to  the  High  Street  and  Macdonough  Drive  neighborhood  to  check  another  complaint  of  an  ATV  being  driven  on  the  road  and  also  on  Northlands  Job  Corps  property.  They  allege  Justin  R.  Bassett  was  zigzagging  on  High  Street  and  doing  donuts  on  Job  Corps  prop-­ erty  while  carrying  children  not Â

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United  Way  community  celebration  in  New  Haven.  Thursday,  May  26,  4:30  p.m.,  Tourterelle  Inn  &  Dining.  Free,  family-­ friendly  event  to  honor  the  people  and  businesses  who  help  friends  and  neighbors  achieve  better  lives.  Hors  dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres  served.  RSVPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  requested:  388-­7189.

Book  discussion  in  Lincoln.  Thursday,  May  26,  7  p.m.,  Lincoln  Library.  This  monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  title:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Between  the  World  and  Meâ&#x20AC;?  by  Ta-­Nehisi  Coates.  Info:  453-­2665.

Gardening  discussion  in  Salisbury.  Thursday,  May  26,  7  p.m.,  Salisbury  Public  Library.  Come  talk  gardening  with  some  local  experts.  Bring  your  expe-­ rience,  questions,  and  extra  seeds  or  seedlings.  Learn  about  the  libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Seed  Savers  collection.  Refreshments  served.

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Open  Studio  Weekend  in  Addison  County  and  Brandon.  Saturday,  May  28,  10  a.m.-­5  p.m.,  at  various  studios  around  the  county  and  Brandon  area.  Map  showing  all  the  area  artists  who  are  opening  their  workspaces  to  the  public  during  this  annual  statewide  event  are  available  at  Vermont  welcome  centers,  at  participating  galleries  or  online  at  vermontcrafts.com.  Continues  Sunday.

Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  28,  11  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Edgewater  Gallery  on  the  Green.  Celebrating  the  opening  of    â&#x20AC;&#x153;James  P.  Blair:  Chicago.â&#x20AC;?  Blair,  a  retired  National  Geographic  photographer,  shares  an  intimate  collection  of  photos  taken  in  1954  of  a  family  living  in  Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  south  end.  Exhibit  runs  through  June  12.  Info:  edge-­ watergallery.co  or  989-­7419.

King  Pede  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Saturday,  May  28,  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 Â

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Water  treatment  facility  Lego  Challenge  Hour  in  Shoreham.  open  house  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  June  1,  2:45  p.m.,  Platt  Friday,  May  27,  10  a.m.-­2:30  Memorial  Library.  Kids  ages  5  and  older  are  p.m.,  Middlebury  waste  water  treat-­ invited  to  beat  the  clock  and  challenge  themselves  ment  facility,  243  Industrial  Road.  In  with  the  libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  enormous  celebration  of  Vermont  Water  Quality  collection  of  donated  Legos.  MIXED MARTIAL ARTS EXPO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at Middlebury Town Gym Day.  Come  get  a  glimpse  of  the  people,  Snack  served.  Info:  www.plattlib. science,  and  high-­tech  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hosted by TaeKwon Do KICKS. Saturday June 4th from 8:30 org  or  897-­2647. water  treatment  system.  Info:  802-­388-­ <RXU FKRLFH RI Ă&#x20AC; YH KRXU ORQJ VHPLQDUV VRPH GR QRW UHTXLUH Art  show  opening  and  recep-­ 6514  or  rwells@townofmiddlebury.org.

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Special  event  for  seniors  in  potatoes,  gravy,  vegetable  and  dessert.

Bridport.  Wednesday,  June  1,  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  HIGH INTENSITY, INTERVAL WORKOUT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for strength, 4  p.m.,  Bridport  Grange.  Silent  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  27,  5-­7  p.m.,  FDUGLRYDVFXODU Ă&#x20AC; WQHVV DJLOLW\ HWF %DFN\DUG ERRW FDPS VXPPHU auction  and  teacup  auction  at  4  Jackson  Gallery  at  Town  Hall  Theater.  p.m.  Prizes  include  plants  and  DQG IDOO FODVVHV VWDUW -XQH D P DQG -XQH A  solo  exhibit  of  works  by  Deborah  Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV DV ZHOO DV RWKHU SUL]HV Sharpe-­Lunstead,  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Full  Circle:  D P ,Q :H\EULGJH 97 $OO OHYHOV ZHOFRPH 2QJRLQJ FODVVHV Live  music  by  Ed  Germon  at  Emerging  Images  Within  Handmade  FDOO 802-343-7160 RU HPDLO ginger54@sover.net ZHEVLWH 4:15  p.m.  Dinner,  catered  by  Paper.â&#x20AC;?  On  exhibit  through  July  2.  Info:  www.gingerlambert.com Rosieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,  at  5  p.m.  On  the  menu:  382-­9222  or  www.townhalltheater.org.   chicken  and  biscuits,  coleslaw  Exhibit  opening  in  Bristol.  Friday,  May  and  fruit  crisp.  Suggested  dinner  27,  5-­8  p.m.,  WalkOver  Gallery,  15  Main  St.  Opening  donation  $5.  Dinner  open  to  seniors  60  or  older  and  King  Pede  or  bring  your  own  favorite  card  game.  and  reception  for  a  group  art  show  of  works  by  local  their  spouse  of  any  age.  Guests:  $6.  Bring  your  Requested  donation:  $2.50.  artists.  Exhibit  runs  through  the  month  of  June.  Info:  8  Cuerdas  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  May  own  place  setting.  Reservations  required:  1-­802-­ 453-­3188,  ext.  2,  or  walkover@mac.com.

377-­1419.  Sponsored  by  the  Bridport  Seniors  28,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  The  duo  of  American  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mothâ&#x20AC;?-­style  storytelling  event  in  Bristol.  Friday,  Association  and  CVAA. soprano  Sarah  Cullins  and  Colombian  guitarist  May  27,  7:30  p.m.,  Holley  Hall.  Come  tell  your  story.  Daniel  Gaviria  combine  their  classical  training  with  Addison  County  Community  Trust  member-­ Suggested  donation  $10.  All  proceeds  go  to  improv-­ ship  meeting  in  Vergennes.  Wednesday,  June  their  love  of  traditional  Latin  American  and  Spanish  ing  acoustics  in  the  building.

1,  6-­7  p.m.,  Armory  Lane  Senior  Housing.  The  rhythms  and  folklore.  Tickets  $20.  Reservations  Senior  Week  Choir  Concert  at  Middlebury  College.  ACCT  invites  its  membership  to  come  vote  on  recommended:  802-­247-­4295  or  info@brandon-­ Friday,  May  27,  8  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  several  issues  pertaining  to  its  bylaws  and  proper-­ music.net.

Arts.  Annual  performance  by  the  Middlebury  ties.  Residents  and  community  members  invited  College  Choir  featuring  the  favorite  repertoire  of  to  weigh  in  on  affordable  housing  issues  in  the  the  members  of  the  class  of  2016.  Free.  Info:  www. county.  Attendance  required  for  those  who  wish  to  middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  be  considered  ACCT  members  going  forward.  Info:  Public  breakfast  in  Vergennes.  elise@addisontrust.org.

Sunday,  May  29,  7:30-­10  a.m.,  Vergennes  Small  ensemble  spring  concert  in  Middlebury.  Masonic  Lodge,  54  School  St.  Only  $8  Wednesday,  June  1,  7  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  for  eggs,  bacon,  sausage,  pancakes,  blueberry  School  courtyard  (bring  a  lawn  chair).  Rain  location:  Early  Bird  Nature  Walk  in  Orwell.  SDQFDNHV ZDIĂ&#x20AC; HV )UHQFK WRDVW KRPH IULHV FRUQHG auditorium.  Performing  will  be  the  state  festival-­ Saturday,  May  28,  8-­10  a.m.,  Mount  beef  hash,  sausage  gravy  and  biscuits,  juice,  coffee  winning  Jazz  Ensemble,  State  Jazz  Scholarship  Independence  State  Historic  Site.  Bird  and  tea.  Kids  $3.  Proceeds  support  local  commu-­ winner  Marcelo  Hanta-­Davis,  the  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  expert  Sue  Wetmore  introduces  participants  to  the  nity  needs  and  organizations.

Ensemble  and  the  Camarata  Ensemble.  Free.  birds  of  spring  and  spring  migration.  Wear  sturdy  Town-­wide  yard  sale  in  New  Haven.  Sunday,  May  Historical  society  program  in  Shoreham.  shoes  and  dress  for  the  weather.  No  pets.  Meet  in  29,  9  a.m.-­5  p.m.,  around  town.  Maps  available  Wednesday,  June  1,  7:15  p.m.,  Platt  Memorial  front  of  the  museum.  Info:  802-­948-­2000.

VWDUWLQJ :HGQHVGD\ 0D\ DW WKH WRZQ RI¿ FH DQG Library.  The  Shoreham  Historical  Society  welcomes  Plant,  Book  and  Bake  Sale  in  Orwell.  Saturday,  May  library,  Village  Green  Market,  New  Haven  Jiffy  Mart  Jim  Peden,  who  will  talk  about  his  climbing  expe-­ 28,  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Orwell  Free  Library.  Find  annuals,  and  New  Haven  Mobil.  Info:  802-­453-­5978.  ditions  in  the  Arctic  Circle.  Info:  www.plattlib.org  or  perennials,  baked  goods  and  loads  of  used  books.  Open  Studio  Weekend  in  Addison  County  and  897-­2647.

Proceeds  go  to  purchasing  books  and  supplies  for  Brandon.  Sunday,  May  29,  10  a.m.-­5  p.m.,  at  vari-­ the  library.  Info:  802-­948-­2041. ous  studios  around  the  county  and  Brandon  area.  Plant  sale  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  May  28,  9  a.m.-­1  Map  showing  all  the  area  artists  who  are  opening  p.m.,  Brandon  Congregational  Church  Fellowship  their  workspaces  to  the  public  during  this  annual  John  Elder  reading  and  performance  Hall.  Shrubs,  perennials,  annuals,  vegetables  and  statewide  event  are  available  at  Vermont  welcome  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  June  2,  2-­3  herbs,  priced  to  sell.  Locally  grown  in  Brandon.  Also,  centers,  at  participating  galleries  or  online  at  p.m.,  Vermont  Book  Shop.  Elder  will  read  some  gently  used  gardening  books.  vermontcrafts.com. from  his  latest  book,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Picking  Up  the  Flute,â&#x20AC;?  and  will  Town-­wide  yard  sale  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  May  Chamber  music  concert  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  SOD\ ,ULVK Ă&#x20AC; XWH DV SDUW RI WKH SUHVHQWDWLRQ 5HFHSWLRQ 28,  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  around  town.  Food  available  May  29,  6  p.m.,  Middlebury  Community  Music  to  follow.  Info:  388-­2061. at  the  Lincoln  Fire  Department.  Maps  available  at  Center.  Featuring  Olivia  Hajioff,  Marc  Ramirez,  the  library  and  Lincoln  General  Store.  Look  for  the  Jon  Weber  and  Miho  Zaitsu  playing  a  program  Twist  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Wool  Spinning  Guild  potluck  and  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  June  2,  6  p.m.,  49  Wilson  orange  arrow  signs.  Info:  453-­4280. of  Dvorak,  Ravel,  Haydn,  Bartok  and  Brahms.  Road.  Potluck  at  6  p.m.  followed  by  a  general  meet-­ Book,  Plant  and  Bake  Sale  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  Suggested  donation  at  the  door:  $25.

LQJ HOHFWLRQ RI RIÂż FHUV GLVFXVVLRQ DERXW VXPPHU May  28,  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Lincoln  Library.  Many  tables  activities  and  a  spin-­in/knit-­in  at  7  p.m.  All  are  of  good  used  books,  lots  of  plants  and  yummy  welcome.  Info:  453-­5960. food.  Seeking  donations  of  books  and  CDs  (no  VCR  tapes),  plants  from  your  garden  (labeled  Memorial  Day  parade  in  Middlebury.  and  dropped  off  on  Friday,  May  27),  and  cookies,  Monday,  May  30,  9  a.m.,  downtown  PXIÂż QV HWF IRU WKH EDNH VDOH GURSSHG RII RQ Middlebury.  This  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  theme:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honoring  Friday  or  Saturday  (sign-­up  sheet  at  library).  CVAA  senior  luncheon  in  Middlebury.  Our  Heroes.â&#x20AC;?  To  participate,  call  the  Middlebury  Town-­wide  yard  sale  in  New  Haven.  Saturday,  May  Friday,  June  3,  11  a.m.,  Middlebury  VFW.  American  Legion  at  388-­9311.

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Memorial  Day  parade  in  Vergennes.  Monday,  May  30,  11  a.m.,  downtown  Vergennes.  This  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  theme:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honor  and  Remember.â&#x20AC;?  A  chicken  BBQ  luncheon,  $8  per  person,  follows  at  the  Vergennes  American  Legion.

Memorial  Day  observance  in  Monkton.  Monday,  May  30,  2  p.m.,  Monkton  Ridge  Cemetery.  Members  of  the  Monkton  Museum  and  Historical  Society  will  stop  at  each  veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  gravesite  with  a  review  of  their  service.  Wear  comfortable  shoes.  Rain  loca-­ tion:  Monkton  Town  Hall.  Info:  monktonmhs@gmail. com.

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Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  get  gardening THE  SALISBURY  PUBLIC  Library  invites  the  public  to  a  gardening  discussion  on  Thursday,  May  26,  at  7  p.m.  Get  guidance  from  local  garden-­ ing  experts  and  learn  about  the  libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Seed  Savers  collection. Â

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Best  foot  forward THE  VERGENNES  UNION  High  School  band  marches  past  the  Vergennes  Opera  House  during  the  2014  Vergennes  Memorial  Day  parade.  This  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  event  is  set  for  Monday,  May  30,  at  11  a.m.  Middlebury  holds  its  annual  parade  at  9  a.m.  that  day.  ,QGHSHQGHQW Âż OH SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO

Noon  meal  of  BBQ  beef  steak,  various  salads,  dinner  roll  and  fresh  fruit  with  cream.  Regular  and  decaf  coffee.  Suggested  donation  $4.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  1070.  Free  transpor-­ tation  with  ACTR:  802-­388-­1946.  Flea  market  in  South  Starksboro.  Friday,  June  3,  noon-­5  p.m.,  Jerusalem  Schoolhouse.  Proceeds  to  be  used  for  the  upkeep  of  the  schoolhouse.  Donations  may  be  dropped  off  Thursday,  4-­7  p.m.  or  Friday,  9  a.m.-­noon.  Info:  453-­4573.

President  John  Adams  portrayed  by  George  Baker  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  June  3,  2-­3  p.m.,  EastView  at  Middlebury  community  room.  Info:  802-­989-­7501.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbethâ&#x20AC;?  opera  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  June  3,  8-­11  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  Opera  Company  of  Middlebury  presents  Verdiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rarely  performed  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbeth,â&#x20AC;?  with  a  cast  of  professional  singers  directed  by  Douglas  Anderson,  and  orchestra  conducted  by  musical  director  Emmanuel  Plasson.  Pre-­performance  talk  at  7  p.m.  Tickets  $55/$60/$75,  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH RU ZZZ townhalltheater.org.  Also  on  June  5,  9  and  11. Â

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*UHHQ 0RXQWDLQ &OXE VSULQJ WUDLO work  day  in  Ripton.  Saturday,  June  4,  time  TBA,  meet  at  Ripton  Community  House.  Contact  Trail  Manager  David  Morrissey  at  dfmorrissey117@gmail.com  or  802-­352-­1060  to  FRQ¿ UP SDUWLFLSDWLRQ 7RROV DQG KHOPHWV SURYLGHG Bring  water  and  snacks/lunch.  Rain  date  June  5.  More  info:  www.gmcbreadloaf.org.

Flea  market  in  South  Starksboro.  Saturday,  June  4,  8  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Jerusalem  Schoolhouse.  Proceeds  to  be  used  for  the  upkeep  of  the  schoolhouse.  Donations  may  be  dropped  off  Thursday,  4-­7  p.m.  or  Friday,  9  a.m.-­noon.  Info:  453-­4573.

Vermont  Gran  Fondo  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  June  4,  9  a.m.,  starting  from  Woodchuck  Cider,  Exchange  Street.  Third  annual  event  with  rides  over  the  Roxbury  Gap,  Moretown  Mountain,  Appalachian  Gap  and  Lincoln  Gap.  Choose  from  Gran  (105  miles),  Medio  (64  miles)  and  Piccolo  (43  miles)  rides.  Registration  info:  www.vermontgranfondo. com.

Tennis  Play  Day  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  June  4,  10  D P QRRQ %ULVWRO UHF Âż HOG UDLQ ORFDWLRQ +ROOH\ Hall).  Families  and  children  of  all  ages  welcome  to  come  play  tennis,  even  if  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  never  held  a  racquet  before.  Equipment  provided.

Rhubarb  festival  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  June  4,  10  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Champlain  Valley  Unitarian  Universalist  Society.  Seventh  annual  celebration  of  all  things  rhubarb.  Turkey-­rhubarb  luncheon,  three  sittings:  11:15,  noon  and  12:45  p.m.  Adults  $8,  kids  under  12  $5.  Takeout  $10.  Rhubarb  pies  and  sweets  for  sale;Íž  used  bling,  plants,  books.  Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  activities,  live  music.  Half  of  the  proceeds  go  to  HOPE.  Park  at  the  high  school.  Info:  388-­8080.

National  Trails  Day  and  Hike  Into  History  in  Orwell.  Saturday,  June  4,  2-­3:30  p.m.,  Mount  Independence  State  Historic  Site.  Mount  Independence  Coalition  board  member  and  retired  history  teacher  Mark  Brownell  leads  a  hike  into  history.  Info:  948-­2000. %HQHÂż W FRQWUD GDQFH LQ 1HZ +DYHQ Saturday,  June  4,  6:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Tourterelle  Restaurant.  All-­ages  event,  with  the  music  of  Brian  Perkins  and  friend,  with  Mary  Wesley  calling.  Adults  $10,  kids  $5,  fami-­ OLHV &DVK EDU $OO SURFHHGV EHQHÂż W %HH)ULHQGV Beeman  Elementaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  PTA.  Old-­time  radio  plays  from  the  1940s  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  June  4,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall.  The  Brandon  Town  Players  turn  the  town  hall  into  an  old-­time  cabaret  theater  with  classic  readings  of  shows  such  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Burns  &  Allen,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Superman,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dick  Tracyâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flash  Gordon.â&#x20AC;?  Complete  with  costumes  and  original  sound  effects,  cash  bar,  complimentary  cheese  and  crackers  and   concessions.  All  tickets  $4.  Reservations  and  info:  247-­6720.

Jeremiah  McLane  and  friends  in  concert  in  Ripton.  Saturday,  June  4,  7:30  p.m.,  Ripton  Community  House.  The  Ripton  Community  Coffee  House  welcomes  Jeremiah  McLane,  who  will  be  joined  by  an  all-­star  band  featuring  Tim  Cummings,  Christine  Bellec,  Owen  Marshall  and  Corey  DiMario.  Featured  performers  follow  an  open-­mike  set.  Tickets  $10/$15/$3.  Info:  http://rcch.org  or  802-­388-­9782.

Jun

5

SUNDAY

Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Brandon.  Sunday,  June  5,  1-­3  p.m.,  Compass  Music  and  Arts  Center.  Celebrating  the  opening  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Skyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  Limit,â&#x20AC;?  a  juried  exhibit  of  work  by  members  of  the  Vermont  Pastel  Society.  Exhibit  runs  June  3-­July  29.  Info:  www.cmacvt.org.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbethâ&#x20AC;?  opera  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  June  5,  2  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  Opera  Company  of  Middlebury  presents  Verdiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rarely  performed  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbeth,â&#x20AC;?  with  a  cast  of  professional  singers  directed  by  Douglas  Anderson,  and  orchestra  conducted  by  musical  director  Emmanuel  Plasson.  Pre-­performance  talk  at  1  p.m.  Tickets  $55/$60/$75,  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH RU ZZZ townhalltheater.org.  Also  on  June  9  and  11.

Historical  society  meeting  and  potluck  in  Addison.  Sunday,  June  5,  4  p.m.,  Addison  Fire  Station.  The  Town  of  Addison  Historical  Society  will  hold  a  busi-­ ness  meeting  followed  by  a  program  based  on  Bill  Doyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  television  program  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Addison  County  in  the  Early  1900s,â&#x20AC;?  led  by  Geoff  Nelson.  Audience  partici-­ pation  encouraged.  Potluck  supper  follows.  Bring  a  dish  to  share,  place  setting  and  cup.  Coffee,  decaf, Â

tea  and  juice  provided.  Free  community  dinner  in  Vergennes.  Sunday,  June  5,  5-­6:30  p.m.,  St.  Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Parish  Hall.  Bring  family  and  friends  for  a  home-­cooked  meal.  This  monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  theme,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take  Me  Out  to  the  Ball  Game,â&#x20AC;?  features  a  menu  of  hot  dogs,  macaroni  salad,  potato  chips,  fruit  and  ice  cream.  Info:  802-­877-­2367.

Jun

6

MONDAY

7DL &KL IRU 6HQLRUV FODVV LQ Middlebury.  Monday,  June  6,  4-­5  p.m.,  ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ )UHH 7KH ¿ UVW FODVV LQ DQ 8-­week  series  for  seniors  (50  and  older).  Meets  Mondays,  4-­5  p.m.  Info:  388-­2651.

9HUJHQQHV &LW\ %DQG UHKHDUVDO LQ 9HUJHQQHV Monday,  June  6,  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Vergennes  Union  High  School  Band  Room.  All  ages  and  abilities  welcome.  Summer  concerts  on  Mondays  at  7  p.m.  in  City  Park,  starting  June  27.  Info:  vergennescity-­ band@gmail.com.

Legislative  breakfast  in  Bridport.  Monday,  June  6,  7-­8:45  a.m.,  Bridport  Grange  Hall.  Breakfast  at  7,  program  at  7:30  a.m. Â

Jun

7

TUESDAY

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young  Artists  in  Recitalâ&#x20AC;?  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  June  7,  8-­9:30  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  Opera  Company  of  Middlebury  presents  a  recital  by  the  participants  of  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Young  Artist  Program,  directed  by  Dawn  Pierce  of  Ithaca  College.  Eight  talented  young  singers  will  sing  their  favorite  arias.  7LFNHWV DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH 382-­9222,  www.townhalltheater.org  or  at  the  door.  Â

Jun

8

WEDNESDAY

Historic  architecture  talk  in  Addison.  Wednesday,  June  8,  7-­8  p.m.,  Chimney  Point  State  Historic  Site.  Architectural  historians  Glenn  Andres  and  Curtis  B.  Johnson,  present  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buildings  of  Vermont,â&#x20AC;?  an  illustrated  talk  on  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  architectural  heritage.  Info:  802-­759-­2412  or  www.historicsites.vermont.gov/ chimneypoint.

Jun

9

THURSDAY

Brass  band  concert  in  Vergennes.  Thursday,  June  9,  7  p.m.,  Vergennes  Opera  House.  A  free  public  concert  by  U.S.  Air  Force  Heritage  Brass,  which  is  currently  touring  northern  New  England. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbethâ&#x20AC;?  opera  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  June  9,  8  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  Opera  Company  of  Middlebury  presents  Verdiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rarely  performed  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbeth,â&#x20AC;?  with  a  cast  of  professional  singers  directed  by  Douglas  Anderson,  and  orches-­ tra  conducted  by  musical  director  Emmanuel  Plasson.  Pre-­performance  talk  at  7  p.m.  Tickets  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH 382-­9222  or  www.townhalltheater.org.  Also  on  June  11. Â

Jun

10

FRIDAY

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbethâ&#x20AC;?  opera  cover  cast  perfor-­ mance  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  June  10,  8  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  Opera  Company  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  cover  cast  presents  Verdiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rarely  performed  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbeth,â&#x20AC;?  with  a  cast  of  professional  singers  directed  by  Douglas  Anderson,  and  piano  accompaniment.  Pre-­performance  talk  at  7  p.m.  Tickets  $30,  available  at  the  THT  box  RIÂż FH RU ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU RUJ

Jun

11

SATURDAY

Monthly  wildlife  walk  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  June  11,  7-­9  a.m.,  Otter  View  Park  and  Hurd  Grassland.  A  monthly  OCAS-­MALT  event  inviting  community  members  to  help  survey  birds  and  other  wildlife.  Meet  at  Otter  View  Park  parking  area,  corner  of  Weybridge  Street  and  Pulp  Mill  Bridge  Road.  Birders  of  all  ages  and  abilities  welcome.  Shorter  and  longer  routes  possible.  Info:  388-­6019  or  388-­1007.  Silhouette  Portrait  Day  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  June  11,  10  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Sheldon  Museum.  Silhouette  artist  Carolyn  Guest  will  cut  silhouette  SRUWUDLWV ERWK EXVW DQG IXOO Âż JXUH UHVHUYDWLRQV required  for  15-­minute  time  slots.  Info,  pricing  and  reservations:  802-­388-­2117.  Offered  in  conjunc-­ tion  with  the  Sheldonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  exhibit  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Addison  County  in  3URÂż OH 6LOKRXHWWHV IURP WKH 6KHOGRQ $UFKLYHV ´ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting  to  Know  the  Heroes  of  the  Revolutionâ&#x20AC;?  lecture  in  Orwell.  Saturday,  June  11,  2-­3:30  p.m.,  Mount  Independence  State  Historic  Site.  Historian  and  journalist  Jack  Kelly  discusses  Revolutionary  War  characters  Seth  Warner,  Henry  Knox  and  others.  Info:  948-­2000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Otter  Rompâ&#x20AC;?  in  New  Haven.  Saturday,  June  11,  6-­9  p.m.,  Lincoln  Peak  Vineyard.  Family-­ friendly  fundraiser  for  Otter  Creek  Child  Center  in  Middlebury.  Free  admission.  Music  by  Discolicious.  Food  sold  by  Green  Pasture  Food  Truck.  +RPHPDGH SLH UDIĂ&#x20AC; H ,QIR Old  Bones  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  June Â

11,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall.  Bill  Casavant  and  his  band  bring  down-­home  Vermont  folk  singing  to  the  town  hall.  Family  friendly.  Adults  $6  adults;͞  seniors,  students  and  military  $4.  Info:  247-­6720.

Gypsy  Reel  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  June  11,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  Tickets  $20.  Celtic  and  Old  World  mix.  Reservations  recommended:  802-­247-­4295  or  www.brandon-­music.net. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbethâ&#x20AC;?  opera  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  June  11,  8  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  Opera  Company  of  Middlebury  presents  Verdiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rarely  performed  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbeth,â&#x20AC;?  with  a  cast  of  professional  singers  directed  by  Douglas  Anderson,  and  orches-­ tra  conducted  by  musical  director  Emmanuel  Plasson.  Pre-­performance  talk  at  7  p.m.  Tickets  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH 382-­9222  or  www.townhalltheater.org.

L IV E M U S I C &RRSHU /D9RLH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ Thursday,  May  26,  7-­9  p.m.,  51  Main.

Gumbo  Ya  Ya  in  New  Haven.  Friday,  May  27,  6-­8  p.m.,  Lincoln  Peak  Vineyard.

Deb  Brisson  and  the  Hay  Burners  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  27,  8:30-­10:30  p.m.,  51  Main.

Hamjob  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  27,  9  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.

7KH *UDWHIXO +RW &OXE LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ Saturday,  May  28,  8:30-­10:30  p.m.,  51  Main.

Discolicious  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  28,  9  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.

ONGOINGEVENTS %\ FDWHJRU\ )DUPHUVÂś 0DUNHWV 6SRUWV &OXEV 2UJDQL]DWLRQV *RYHUQPHQW 3ROLWLFV Bingo,  Fundraising  Sales,  Dance,  Music,  Arts  (GXFDWLRQ +HDOWK 3DUHQWLQJ 0HDOV $UW ([KLELWV 0XVHXPV /LEUDU\ 3URJUDPV FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  MARKETS Brandon  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Fridays,  9  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  0D\ 2FW &HQWUDO 3DUN 9HJHWDEOHV Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV plants,  Vermont  maple  syrup,  honey,  baked  goods,  organic  beef,  goat  cheese,  hand-­crafted  and  tie-­ dyed  items,  jewelry,  paintings  and  more.  Middlebury  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Marble  Works,  9  a.m.-­ 12:30  p.m.  Saturdays,  May  7-­Oct.  29;Íž  Wednesdays,  June  15-­Oct.  12.  Baked  goods,  organic  products,  FKHHVH DQG GDLU\ SURGXFWV FUDIWV FXW Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV IUHVK fruit  and  vegetables,  honey,  jam,  jellies,  preserves,  maple  syrup,  meat  and  poultry  products,  wine,  bread,  plants,  pickles,  prepared  foods,  soap  and  body-­care  products,  eggs,  yarn,  and  cider.

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

SPORTS &R HG YROOH\EDOO LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ Pick-­up  games  Monday,  7-­9  p.m.,  Middlebury  Municipal  Gym.  Jack  Brown,  388-­2502;͞  Bruce  at  Middlebury  Recreation  Department,  388-­8103. *29(510(17 32/,7,&6 $GGLVRQ 3HDFH &RDOLWLRQ Saturday,  10:30-­11  a.m.  Triangle  Park  in  Middlebury. &LWL]HQV IRU &RQVWLWXWLRQDO *RYHUQPHQW LQ Bridport.  Thursday,  7-­9  p.m.  Bridport  Community  School.  Learn  about  the  U.S.  and  Vermont  constitu-­ tions  and  how  to  defend  our  rights.

Five-­Town  Area  Vigil  for  Peace.  Friday,  5-­5:30  p.m.  Bristol  green.  All  welcome  to  speak  out  for  world  peace.

Vermont  Department  of  Motor  Vehicles  Mobile  Service  Van.  Second  and  fourth  Wednesdays,  8:30  a.m.-­4  p.m.;͞  Every  Thursday,  8:30  a.m.-­3:15  p.m.  Addison  County  Courthouse,  in  Middlebury.  The  van  offers  written  exams,  customer  service  and  road  tests.  828-­2000.

BINGO American  Legion  Hall,  Middlebury.  Wednesday.  Doors  open  5:30  p.m.  with  early  birds.  Jackpot  )RRG DYDLODEOH %HQH¿ WV YHWHUDQV VFKRODU ships  and  community  programs.  388-­9311. %UDQGRQ 6HQLRU &HQWHU %UDQGRQ First  and  third  Mondays.  6  p.m.  Refreshments  sold.  247-­3121.

Brandon  American  Legion.  Tuesday,  warm-­ups  6:15  p.m.,  regular  games  7  p.m.  Food  available,  complimentary  hot  tea  and  coffee.  Info:  247-­5709.

VFW  Post  7823,  Middlebury.  Monday.  Doors  open  5  p.m.,  quickies  6:15  p.m.,  regular  bingo  7  p.m.  388-­9468.

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AT  MOUNTAIN  ROAD  Preschool,  Cookie  Cummings  has  puzzle  time  with  (from  L  to  R)  Silas  Gorton,  1,  Noah  Gorton,  3,  and  Sophie  Glover,  3.

 Photos  by  Emilie  Munson

Preschool  (Continued  from  Page  1A) Salaries  for  Early  Childhood  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pre-­K  can  be  very  competitive.  So  Educatorsâ&#x20AC;?  initiative  and  Sen.  Bernie  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  learned  as  a  pre-­K  teacher  and  a  Sanders  wants  to  expand  his  2011  parent  that  if  you  are  offered  a  spot,  Foundations  for  Success  Act,  which  it  is  important  that  you  take  it.â&#x20AC;? provides  grants  to  states  to  improve  '5$0$7,& &+$1*(6 their  early  childhood  education  The  world  of  pre-­K  is  undergoing  programs.  dramatic  changes  right  now,  though.  Passed  by  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin  in  Act  166,  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  heralded  â&#x20AC;&#x153;uni-­ 2014,  Act  166  provides  funding  for  versal  pre-­K  law,â&#x20AC;?  comes  into  effect  10  free  hours  per  week  of  preschool  this  September,  giving  for  children  ages  3  to  parents  across  the  state  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Day care 5  who  opt  into  state-­ a  much-­needed  rebate  on  costs were approved  programs  and  pre-­K  costs. are  not  in  kindergarten.  The  law  is  part  of  a  GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ D Parents  who  opt  in  will  culture  shift:  In  1950,  ELJ IDFWRU LQ snag  a  savings  of  $3,092  women  were  only  34  RXU GHFLVLRQ per  year  per  child  in  percent  of  the  work  preschool  tuition.  At  QRW WR KDYH force;Íž  in  2000,  they  many  local  preschools,  made  up  60  percent  of  PRUH NLGV Âľ this  savings  is  about  a  it.  And  modern  women  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 6DUDK :DUQHU third  of  the  cost  of  annual  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  just  doing  part-­ preschool  tuition  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  time  jobs:  Today  66.5  representing  an  annual  percent  of  women  work  more  than  expense  of  about  $9,000  or  more  per  40  hours  a  week.  year  per  child.

These  changes  are  receiving  For  many  Vermont  families,  this  growing  recognition  across  the  savings  will  dramatically  help  their  country,  marked  by  initiatives  ¿QDQFHV $FFRUGLQJ WR %XLOGLQJ aimed  at  improving  the  affordability  Bright  Futures,  families  with  two  and  quality  of  early  childhood  parents  and  two  children  in  Vermont  education.  Both  Democratic  typically  spend  between  28  and  40  presidential  candidates  have  made  percent  of  their  household  income  early  childhood  education  a  part  of  on  childcare.  their  platform:  Hillary  Clinton  has  ³'D\ FDUH FRVWV ZHUH GHÂżQLWHO\ proposed  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Respect  and  Increased  a  big  factor  in  our  decision  not  to Â

have  more  kids,â&#x20AC;?  said  Sarah  Warner,  school  district,  the  district  should  mother  of  two  children  and  a  teacher  partner  with  their  regional  Building  at  Vergennes  Elementary  School.  Bright  Futures  council  to  try  to  Although  she  and  her  husband  both  address  that  need.  At  this  point,  the  work,  Act  166  will  help  alleviate  ACSU  has  not  decided  to  partner  WKH ÂżQDQFLDO VWUDLQ RI SD\LQJ IRU with  BBF. preschool.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  will  make  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  sure  yet  what  the  VLJQLÂżFDQW ÂżQDQFLDO GLIIHUHQFH IRU capacity  issues  will  be  at  local  our  family.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  able  to  do  some  centers  as  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  what  the  home  repairs.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  thinking  of  demand  will  be  for  10  hours  a  week  building  a  new  house.â&#x20AC;?  and  who  will  take  part,â&#x20AC;?  wrote  While  excitement  about  the  new  Superintendent  Peter  Burrows  in  an  increased  affordability  of  pre-­K  email.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most  families  need  full  time  is  widespread,  some  parents  and  and  we  believe  that  many  cannot  preschool  coordinators  are  also  afford  to  take  part  in  pre-­K  next  wondering  how  the  law,  which  is  year.â&#x20AC;?  predicted  to  increase  demand  for  ())2576 81'(5 :$< preschool,  will  affect  parents  who  are  Since  this  report  was  released  in  DOUHDG\ VWUXJJOLQJ WR ÂżQG SUHVFKRRO October,  Baker  has  been  working  hard  openings  for  their  to  help  more  preschools  children.   become  approved  by  the  The  picture  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  clear.   ´:H¡YH EHHQ state  to  receive  universal  According  to  a  capacity  PRYLQJ pre-­K  funding.  report  prepared  by  â&#x20AC;&#x153;One  of  the  things  we  Addison  County  Universal  IRUZDUG DV want  to  be  able  to  do  is  Pre-­K  Coordinator  Meg  D VWDWH DQG to  build  capacity  to  make  Baker,  as  many  as  472  ZH¡UH DW D sure  that  every  child  that  children  are  anticipated  SLYRWDO SODFH wants  a  (publicly  funded)  to  enroll  in  preschool  in  pre-­K  opportunity  can  Addison  County  next  ZKHUH HDUO\ get  one,â&#x20AC;?  said  Baker. year.  (A  copy  of  the  full  FKLOGKRRG In  order  to  be  report,  and  the  Addison  HGXFDWLRQ approved,  a  preschool  Independentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  coverage  or  childcare  center  must  LV EHLQJ of  its  release  this  past  fall,  PHHW ÂżYH TXDOLÂżFDWLRQV can  be  found  online  at  UHFRJQL]HG They  must:  addisonindependent.com  DV SOD\LQJ DQ Â&#x2021; +DYH D FXUULFXOXP or  at  http://bit.ly/1VgT9jr). 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BRADLEY  PARKER,  5,  smiles  during  circle  time  at  Otter  Creek  Child  Center.

Other  preschools  in  the  area  have  teacher  on  site,â&#x20AC;?  said  Baker.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  KDG WR PDNH VLJQLÂżFDQW FKDQJHV WR KDYH IRXU RI ÂżYH SURJUDPV ULJKW QRZ rise  to  the  new  standards.   For  many  that  are  interested  in  contracting  a  of  these  programs,  the  Teaching  teacher  for  that  position.â&#x20AC;?  If  a  licensed  early  childhood  Strategies  Gold  Assessment  system  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  which  requires  a  small  subscription  education  teacher  can  be  contracted  fee  for  each  child  enrolled  and  staff  to  these  programs  part-­time,  time  to  conduct  and  record  their  approximately  40  more  children  would  have  the  observations  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  was  opportunity  to  attend  a  new  and  substantial  ´2QH RI WKH preschool  in  Addison  addition  to  their  budgets.  County  and  receive  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Programs  that  have  WKLQJV ZH universal  pre-­K  funding  been  coming  on  board  ZDQW WR EH for  it.  have  actually  been  DEOH WR GR â&#x20AC;&#x153;At  this  moment,  working  toward  this,â&#x20AC;?  LV WR EXLOG I  anticipate  at  least  said  Melissa  Riegel-­ IRXU PRUH SUHTXDOLÂżHG Garrett,  program  FDSDFLW\ WR programs  by  fall  in  coordinator  at  the  make sure addition  to  the  programs  Vermont  Agency  of  WKDW HYHU\ that  are  already  Education.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  have  FKLOG WKDW SUHTXDOLÂżHG DQG DP probably  gotten  some  highly  optimistic  about  pressure  from  families.  ZDQWV D pre-­K  capacity,â&#x20AC;?  said  So  maybe  they  have  been  SXEOLFO\ working  to  move  their  IXQGHG SUH . Baker  in  an  email.  7+( :$,7,1* quality  up  to  that  three  *$0( star  or  four  star  range  RSSRUWXQLW\ Preschool  educators  or  have  been  working  to  FDQ JHW RQH Âľ hire  a  licensed  teacher.â&#x20AC;?  ³ 0HJ %DNHU have  mixed  reports  about  how  Act  166  is  The  biggest  sticking  point  for  many  preschools  was  the  affecting  demand  for  their  programs.  required  Vermont  Early  Education  For  some  educators,  like  Cookie  FHUWLÂżHG WHDFKHU 8QWLO WKLV \HDU Cummings,  their  phones  have  been  numerous  preschools  have  operated  ringing  off  the  hook.  Cummings,  director  of  Mountain  ZLWK D WHDFKHU FHUWLÂżHG LQ HOHPHQWDU\ HGXFDWLRQ RU ZKR DUH XQFHUWLÂżHG EXW Road  Preschool,  a  home-­based  have  years  of  experience.  Becoming  program  in  Addison,  reports  that  FHUWLÂżHG LQ HDUO\ HGXFDWLRQ RU her  waitlist  has  increased  three-­fold  KLULQJ D QHZ FHUWLÂżHG WHDFKHU LV D since  last  year.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  always  had  a  waitlist,â&#x20AC;?  said  major  hurdle  for  these  preschools  Cummings.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  noticed  since  Act  providers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  looking  at  the  possibility  166  has  come  into  play  that  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  of  hiring  a  contracted  teacher  who  getting  more  and  more  calls  from  could  go  to  some  of  the  programs  that  those  families  who  are  just  looking  PHHW DOO RI WKH RWKHU TXDOLÂżFDWLRQV for  two  days  (of  child  care).â&#x20AC;?

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CLOCKWISE  FROM  TOP:  Silas  Gorton,  1,  plays  with  blocks  at  Mountain  Road  Preschool.  Noah  Gorton,  3,  Isaac  Roesch,  2,  and  Sophie  Glover,  3,  (L  to  R)  grin  at  the  table  at  Mountain  Road  Preschool.  Teacher  Kristen  Dunne  helps  Lachlan  Sears  with  his  drawing  at  Mary  Johnson  Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Center  in  Middlebury. Â

Bristol  Preschool Discovery  Hill Mommy  &  Me  Childcare Orwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Village  Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Center Sunshine  Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Center

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MATTHEW  STEEL,  5,  Rucker  Cram,  5,  and  Aruther  Esser-­Calvi,  5,  at  Otter  Creek  Child  Center  in  Middlebury.

Photo  by  Emilie  Munson

Waiting  (Continued  from  Page  10A) PD\ DWWHQG SUHVFKRRO LQ $GGLVRQ her  calls  are  coming  from  families  County,  Chittenden  County  or  with  a  stay-­at-­home  mom  who  Rutland  County  and  still  receive  are  interested  in  the  socialization  funding  from  Addison  Central  EHQHÂżWV RI SUHVFKRRO IRU WKHLU FKLOG 6XSHUYLVRU\ 8QLRQ $&68 DV ORQJ QRZ WKDW $FW PDNHV SURJUDPV DV WKH\ DUH DWWHQGLQJ D SUH TXDOLÂżHG more  affordable.   SUHVFKRRO 6HYHUDO DGGLWLRQDO â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  waitlist  has  also  increased,â&#x20AC;?  SUHTXDOLÂżHG SURJUDPV H[LVW LQ said  Linda  January,  director  of  Otter  border  towns  such  as  Charlotte  and  Creek  Child  Center  in  Middlebury.  Hinesburg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since  January,  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  had  eight  It  is  the  goal  of  Baker  and  other  RU VR FDOOV IURP SUHVFKRRO SHRSOH VFKRRO RIÂżFLDOV WKDW QR FKLOG VKRXOG about  being  added  to  our  waitlist,  KDYH WR IRUJR WKH XQLYHUVDO SUHVFKRRO ZKLFK XVXDOO\ LVQÂśW WKDW W\SLFDO :H IXQGLQJ RXW RI D ODFN RI FDSDFLW\ are  seeing  an  increased  Baker  has  LQWHUHVW LQ SUH . VSRWV ´ FRQÂżGHQFH WKDW WKHVH Co-­director  of  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We truly FDSDFLW\ TXHVWLRQV Addison  County  Parent  believe these can  be  sorted  out,  Child  Center  Donna  and  the  transition  to  Bailey  says  that  waitlists  kind of XQLYHUVDO SUH . ZLOO JR DUH DOZD\V SDUW RI WKH experiences are smoothly  throughout  equation.

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7KHVH EHQHÂżWV FRXOG KDYH ODVWLQJ LPSDFWV ZHOO LQWR FKLOGUHQÂśV IXWXUHV Âł $FW ZLOO KDYH DQ LPSDFW RQ a  whole  generation  of  children  WKDW ZLOO QRZ KDYH WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR EHQHÂżW IURP SUH NLQGHUJDUWHQ HGXFDWLRQ H[SHULHQFHV ´ VDLG 0HOLVVD 5LHJHO *DUUHWW SURJUDP coordinator  at  the  Vermont  Agency  RI (GXFDWLRQ Âł:H WUXO\ EHOLHYH WKHVH NLQG RI H[SHULHQFHV DUH really  good  for  all  kids.  And  we  certainly  have  a  lot  of  information  suggesting  that  for  children  who  come  from  more  challenging  backgrounds  or  situations,  it  can  UHDOO\ KHOS PLWLJDWH WKLQJV OLNH WKH DFKLHYHPHQW JDS ´ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Investments  in  early  childhood  education  are  a  solid  investment  in  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  futures,  as  has  EHHQ UHSHDWHGO\ GHPRQVWUDWHG through  research  on  early  brain  GHYHORSPHQW DQG WKH HFRQRPLF LPSDFWV RQ FRPPXQLWLHV WKDW PDNH this  investment,â&#x20AC;?  added  Meg  Baker,  $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ÂśV XQLYHUVDO SUH . coordinator.  2YHUDOO SUHVFKRRO HGXFDWRUV across  the  state  believe  Act  166  is  a  SRVLWLYH VWHS WRZDUG LPSURYLQJ WKH state  of  early  childhood  education  in  Vermont.  ³7KH GDWD GRHVQÂśW VXSSRUW WKDW KRXUV LV WKH ULJKW GRVDJH RI SUH . IRU NLGV DQG UHDOO\ LW VKRXOG EH PRUH WKDQ WKDW ´ H[SODLQHG Anderson.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  a  great  starting  SRLQW DQG ZKDW , KRSH ZH VHH LV that  the  dosage  will  be  a  full  school  ZHHN RU RSWLRQV IRU PRUH ZHHNV LQ the  future).â&#x20AC;? Âł, VHH $FW DV EHLQJ SDUW RI D SURJUHVVLRQ ´ VDLG 5LHJHO *DUUHWW Âł:HÂśYH EHHQ PRYLQJ IRUZDUG DV D VWDWH DQG ZHÂśUH DW D SLYRWDO SODFH where  early  childhood  education  LV EHLQJ UHFRJQL]HG DV SOD\LQJ DQ LPSRUWDQW UROH LQ RXWFRPHV IRU NLGV DQG IXWXUH VXFFHVV ,WÂśV SDUW RI D history  that  we  have  in  Vermont  of  wanting  to  right  by  our  youngest  citizens.â&#x20AC;?  .DWLH +RZH WKH 6KHOEXUQH PRP ZKR GLG ÂżQDOO\ ÂżQG D SUH . VORW IRU her  3-­year-­old  son,  has  a  different  WDNH Âł, DOPRVW IHHO OLNH WKLV LV SDUW % EXW ZH IRUJRW SDUW $ , IHHO OLNH the  creation  of  new,  high  quality,  affordable  childcare  is  Part  A  and  3DUW % LV KHOSLQJ IDPLOLHV WR DIIRUG that  childcare.  But  I  think  Act  166  is  a  great  start  and  I  would  not  want  to  see  it  go  away.â&#x20AC;?

By  ANDY  KIRKALDY 9(5*(11(6 ² 5HFHQW SUHVHQ-­ tations  by  Vergennes  Union  High  6FKRRO VWXGHQWV PDUNHG DQ LPSRUWDQW milestone  in  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  decade-­long  transition  to  requiring  students  to  dem-­ onstrate  mastery  of  material  before  they  graduate,  rather  than  just  sit  in  their  seats  and  earn  classroom  credits.

All  VUHS  students  throughout  WKHLU FDUHHUV DUH QRZ UHVSRQVLEOH IRU documenting  their  learning  through  WKH VFKRROœV 3UR¿FLHQF\ %DVHG *UDG-­ XDWLRQ 5HTXLUHPHQW 3%*5 SUR-­ JUDP DQG IRU SUHVHQWLQJ HYLGHQFH DW the  end  of  each  academic  year  of  their  SURJUHVV 3%*5 UHTXLUHPHQWV DUH EHLQJ SKDVHG LQ %\ JUDGXDWHV ZLOO have  to  demonstrate  mastery  in  all  QLQH 3%*5V 7KLV \HDUœV VHQLRUV ZHUH WKH ¿UVW WR KDYH 3%*5 UHTXLUHPHQWV they,  as  well  as  underclassmen,  had  to  GR \HDU HQG SUHVHQWDWLRQV GRFXPHQW-­ ing  their  growth  as  learners  (see  story  on  Page  1A).

Classrooms  will  remain  at  the  heart  of  learning  at  VUHS,  administrators  said,  but  teachers  will  assess  students  based  on  their  mastery  of  the  nine  3%*5V DV ZHOO DV VSHFL¿F DFDGHPLF PDWHULDO 6WXGHQWV ZLOO EH UHVSRQVLEOH for  making  sure  they  are  on  track  to  PDVWHU WKH 3%*5V

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multi-­faceted  understanding  of  my-­ self,  of  others,  and  of  the  natural  world.

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PBGR  5: , UHDG FRPSUHKHQG DQG FDQ UHVSRQG WR D YDULHW\ RI WH[WV DQG I  am  an  active  member  of  a  literate  community.  PBGR  6: , FUHDWH RU SHUIRUP LQ DQG UHVSRQG WR WKH )LQH $UWV WKURXJK SXUSRVH SURFHVV SURGXFW DQG JURZWK PBGR  7:  I  use  written  communi-­ FDWLRQ DQG DSSURSULDWH WHFKQLFDO ODQ-­ guage  for  a  variety  of  audiences  and  SXUSRVHV PBGR  8:  I  use  oral  communica-­ tion  for  a  variety  of  audiences  and  SXUSRVHV PBGR  9:  I  use  technology  effec-­ WLYHO\ WR ÂżQG RUJDQL]H DQG FRPPX-­ nicate  information  for  a  variety  of  SXUSRVHV Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  note:  For  a  fuller  account-­ ing  of  PBGRs  check  out  a  longer  ver-­ sion  of  this  story  at  addisonindepen-­ dent.com.

:LOGHUQHVV RQ 0D\ )LYH other  men  from  Brandon  were  either  killed  or  fatally  wounded  that  day,  the  worst  in  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  history.  Free-­ ZLOO GRQDWLRQV ZLOO EH DFFHSWHG DQG DSSUHFLDWHG ZLWK DOO PRQH\ JRLQJ toward  the  ongoing  restoration  and  UHSDLU RI WKH WRZQ KDOO

([SHGLWLRQ ´ 7KH PHHWLQJ VWDUWV DW S P DW WKH 3ODWW 0HPRULDO Library  in  Shoreham.  Refreshments  will  be  served  immediately  follow-­ LQJ WKH SURJUDP

By  the  way  (Continued  from  Page  1A) Rebecca  Maloy,  Irish  step  danc-­ ing,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raising  Awareness  for  Poly-­ cystic  Kidney  Diseaseâ&#x20AC;?;Íž  and  Alyse  Beauchemin,  dramatic  mono-­ logue,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honoring  and  Supporting  our  Service  Members.â&#x20AC;?  We  wish  our  Addison  County  contestants  the  best  of  luck  as  they  compete  for  over  $27,000  in  scholarships  and  awards. +RZ H[FLWHG ZHUH SHRSOH LQ %UDQGRQ WR VHH WKH SUHPLHU RI .HY-­ LQ 7KRUQWRQÂśV &LYLO :DU URPDQFH PRYLH ODVW ZHHNHQG" :HOO DQ RYHU-­ Ă&#x20AC;RZ FURZG VSLOOHG RXW RI WKH %UDQ-­ don  Town  Hall  for  the  screening  of  ³'HDWK LQ WKH :LOGHUQHVV $ /RYH Story.â&#x20AC;?  As  a  result,  there  will  be  an  encore  screening  of  the  locally  PDGH ÂżOP RQ 6XQGD\ -XQH DW S P DJDLQ LQ WKH %UDQGRQ 7RZQ Hall.  This  is  the  story  of  Brandonite  )UDQNLH 'DYHQSRUW DQG WKH VHDUFK IRU KHU KXVEDQG *HRUJH ZKR ZDV fatally  wounded  in  the  Battle  of  The Â

The  Leicester  selectboard  is  seeking  an  individual  to  serve  as  selectboard  member  until  Town  Meeting  Day  2017.  Selectman  Ken  Young  resigned  his  seat  on  the  board  earlier  this  month.  Anyone  who  is  interested  needs  to  send  a  OHWWHU RI LQWHUHVW WR WKH WRZQ RIÂżFH no  later  than  Friday,  June  3.  Inter-­ views  will  follow.  For  more  infor-­ mation,  contact  selectboard  Chair  Diane  Benware  at  247-­3786.  The  Shoreham  Historical  Society  LQYLWHV WKH SXEOLF WR DWWHQG LWV PRQWK-­ O\ PHHWLQJ QH[W :HGQHVGD\ -XQH ZKHQ -LP 3HGHQ ZLOO PDNH D SUHVHQ-­ tation  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Arctic  Parachutes Â

The  USDA  on  Monday  an-­ nounced  awards  to  19  â&#x20AC;&#x153;essential  community  anchor  organizationsâ&#x20AC;?  with  more  than  $8  million  in  di-­ rect  loans,  guaranteed  loans  and  grant  funding.  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire  USDA  Rural  Devel-­ opment  State  Director  Ted  Brady  announced  the  recipients  during  a  ground  breaking  for  an  expan-­ sion  of  the  Poultney  Public  Li-­ brary,  which  received  a  $50,000  grant.  The  only  local  town  to  get  a  piece  of  that  pie  was  Hancock,  which  garnered  a  $40,700  grant  to  renovate  the  town  hall  for  use  as  a  community  center.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  sure  of  the  direct  connection  to  agricul-­ ture,  but  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  glad  that  nice  old  building  will  continue  to  be  put  to  good  use.

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Warren, Titus LANDRUM,  S.C.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  and  Renee  Warren  of  Landrum,  S.C.,  and  Mrs.  Lorraine  Titus  and  the  late  Mr.  Jeffrey  Titus,  formerly  of  Charlotte  and  New  Haven,  Vt.,  announce  the  engagement  of  Kayla  Warren  to  Ryan  Titus,  both  of  South  Carolina.

An  August  wedding  in  South  Carolina  is  planned.

Vergennes invites musicians to join band concerts in City Park VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Vergennes  City  Band  is  gearing  up  for  another  year  of  summer  concerts  in  Vergennes  City  Park,  and  member  invite  their  fellow  community  members  to  dust  off  their  instruments  and  join  them  in  playing  a  variety  of  music  includ-­ ing  marches,  Broadway  medleys,  and  other  popular  songs.  All  ages  and  abilities  are  encouraged  and  welcome. Â

Rehearsals  take  place  in  the  Vergennes  Union  High  School  Band  Room  on  Mondays,  June  6,  13  and  20,  from  6:30-­8:30  p.m.

Concerts  are  on  Monday  evenings  at  7  p.m.  in  the  park,  starting  June  27.  This  concert  is  concurrent  with  the  Champlain  Valley  Christian  Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Strawberry  Festival,  also  in  the  park.  For  more  information  email  vergennescityband@gmail.com.

Many  voices THE  MIDDLEBURY  UNION  High  School  concert  choir  performs  in  the  school  auditorium  Monday  night.

Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Three  Midd.  events  boost  human-­powered  transportation MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Next  Wednesday  is  a  big  day  for  young  bicyclists  in  Middlebury,  with  the  annual  Bike  Safety  Fair,  an  abandoned  bike  sale,  and  the  last  Walk  &  Roll  to  School  of  the  year.  The  annual  Bike  Safety  Fair  at  Mary  Hogan  Elementary  School  will  be  held  on  Wednesday,  June  1,  from  3-­4  p.m.  The  fair  will  offer  helmets,  bike  checks,  a  safety  course  and  prizes.

There  will  also  be  a  display  of  recov-­ ered  or  abandoned  bikes  collected  by  Middlebury  Police  Department.  These  will  be  on  view  starting  at  2  p.m.,  giving  owners  the  chance  to  resolve  prior  ownership  claims.  Proof  of  ownership  can  be  established  through  proof  of  purchase,  registration  or  a  police  (or  public  safety  agency)  report  of  the  bike  having  been  lost  or  stolen.  Other  docu-­ mentation  will  be  considered  on  a  case  by  case  basis.

From  3-­4  p.m.,  during  the  fair,  the  from  Buttolph  Drive  to  the  school  or  SROLFH GHSDUWPHQW ZLOO VHOO UDIĂ&#x20AC;H RU along  one  of  the  walking  school  bus  give  away  any  remaining  unclaimed  routes,  or  promise  to  walk  for  at  least  bikes  that  have  been  in  storage  for  more  20  minutes  during  recess  on  June  1.  than  a  year.  Middlebury  Safe  Walk  &  Roll  Routes  will  count  to  School  Day  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be a those  who  arrived  happens  every  by  bike,  scooter,  ¿UVW :HGQHVGD\ display of recovACTR  or  school  of  month  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  rain  ered or abandoned bus  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  as  long  or  shine.  Students  bikes collected by as  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  and  families  have  dropped  off  right  in  been  great  partici-­ Middlebury Police front  of  the  school  pants  all  year.  Department.â&#x20AC;? by  car.  Students  Congratulations  to  who  arrive  by  bus  Ms.  Bergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  class  are  asked  if  they  at  Mary  Hogan,  which  had  the  most  walked  to  their  bus  stops.  Bookmarks  walkers  and  rollers  for  May.  The  class  are  given  to  students  and  they  are  asked  received  the  golden  shoe  trophy  and  a  what  they  observed  by  walking  that  day  fancy  fruit  plate. and  tips  for  safe  walking  and  riding.

Students  may  be  counted  if  they  As  the  last  Walk  &  Roll  to  School  walk  from  at  least  the  top  of  the  rec  Day  of  the  year,  June  1  is  the  day  park  by  the  courthouse,  on  the  path  when  Middlebury  Safe  Routes  takes Â

sixth-­graders  on  a  bike  ride  from  Mary  Hogan  to  Middlebury  Union  Middle  School  and  back  to  teach  them  how  to  navigate  the  route  safely.  The  kids  also  JHW URRW EHHU Ă&#x20AC;RDWV Middlebury  Safe  Routes  asked  Mary  Hogan  families  to  complete  a  Parent  Survey  for  Walking  and  Biking  to  School  and  got  a  great  response  (over  50  percent  of  families  reporting).  The  data  is  being  tabulated.  They  rely  on  it  to  track  progress  and  get  grants  to  improve  road,  sidewalk  and  parking  lot  safety,  as  seen  in  the  Mary  Hogan  School  parking  lot  and  with  crosswalk  VDIHW\ Ă&#x20AC;DJV /RRN IRU UDSLG Ă&#x20AC;DVKLQJ beacon  lights  coming  soon  to  some  of  the  more  troublesome  crosswalks  at  the  Middlebury  Inn,  Cross  Street  and  Creek  Road.  Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  note:  This  article  was  submitted  by  Laura  Asermily  of  Middlebury  Safe  Routes.

College  counseling  workshop  offered  to  all MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Middlebury  College  will  offer  its  free  annual  College  Counseling  Workshop,  sponsored  by  the  collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  admis-­ VLRQV RIÂżFH RQ )ULGD\ -XQH IURP 8:15  a.m.-­12:30  p.m.  at  McCardell  Bicentennial  Hall.  The  event  is  open  to  the  public  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  high  school  age  chil-­ dren  and  grandchildren  of  Middlebury  alumni,  faculty  and  staff  are  invited,  as  are  students  from  Vermont  high  schools  and  their  parents.  Preference  is  given  to  high  school  juniors.  The  program  gives  an  overview  of  the  general  selective  college  applica-­ tion  process  and  does  not  focus  on  Middlebury  College. Â

Parents  and  students  will  attend  of  college  advising  at  the  Hotchkiss  separate  events  that  take  place  School;͞  Allison  Stebe,  guidance  concurrently.  Students  will  learn  counselor  at  Middlebury  Union  what  their  respon-­ High  School;͞  sibilities  are  as  they  and  Middlebury  Registration is take  the  lead  in  the  College  admissions  application  process.  staff.  There  will  free but required.

The  workshop  will  also  be  a  presenta-­ Deadline to register: tion  and  discussion  cover  the  duties  of  DGPLVVLRQV RIÂżFHV of  college  applica-­ Monday, June 6 as  well. tion  case  studies.  The  sessions  for  Separate  sessions  parents  will  outline  how  they  can  be  ZLOO SURYLGH D ÂżQDQFLDO DLG RYHUYLHZ supportive  and  effective  through-­ as  well  as  a  hands-­on  review  of  the  out  their  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  college  search.  common  application  process.  Parents  will  attend  a  panel  discussion  )ROORZLQJ WKH ÂżQDO SUHVHQWDWLRQ that  includes  Rick  Hazelton,  director  workshop  participants  may  schedule Â

individual  afternoon  appointments  with  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Student  Financial  6HUYLFHV RIÂżFH Any  students  who  are  interested  VSHFLÂżFDOO\ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH may  join  a  group  information  session  at  1:30  p.m.  followed  by  campus  tours  at  2:30  p.m.  Registration  for  the  free  workshop  is  required,  and  the  deadline  to  regis-­ ter  is  Monday,  June  6.  A  complete  schedule  and  registration  for  the  workshop,  information  session,  and  tour  are  available  online.  For  more  information,  contact  Joanne  Leggett  at  jleggett@middlebury.edu  or  802-­443-­5388.

New Haven contra dance at Tourterelle on June 4 NEW  HAVEN  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Tourterelle  Restaurant  in  New  Haven  will  hold  a  contra  dance  on  Saturday,  June  IURP S P WR EHQHÂżW BeeFriends,  the  Beeman  Elementary  School  PTA.  Mary  Wesley,  a  Beeman Â

alumna,  will  call  the  dance  to  the  music  of  Brian  Perkins  and  Friend  in  the  open-­air  space  at  Tourterelle.

Contra  dance  refers  to  a  folk  dance  that  is  similar  to  a  square  dance,  except  instead  of  the  square Â

formation,  it  is  danced  in  lines  of  couples,  with  every  other  couple  facing  up  or  down  the  hall.  It  has  mixed  origins  from  English  coun-­ try  dance,  and  Scottish  and  French  dance  styles  from  the  17th  century, Â

ZLWK VWURQJ $IULFDQ LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFHV IURP Appalachia.

Admission  is  $10  for  adults,  $5  for  children  and  $25  for  families,  with  a  cash  bar.  All  proceeds  from  the  bar  and  admission  go  to  BeeFriends.

Parade  ready LOOK  FOR  MILLIE  Coursey  of  Weybridge  in  this  coming  Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Memorial  Day  parade  in  Middlebury.  This  will  be  the  52nd  Memorial  Day  parade  in  which  the  89-­year-­old  member  of  the  local  VFW  Ladies  Auxiliary  has  marched.  Her  late  second  husband  was  a  veteran  of  World  War  II.  Independent  photo/John  S.  McCright

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 VERGENNES  SENIOR  KYRA  Duggento  is  encouraged  about  how  the  PBGR  program  will  be  implemented  for  future  students.

VERGENNES  UNION  HIGH  School  senior  Nikki  Salley  found  some  growing  pains  in  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  PBGR  program.

SENIOR  AARON  GAINES  found  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  PBGR  program  to  be  very  helpful  in  guiding  his  growth.

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VERGENNES  UNION  HIGH  School  Principal  Stephanie  Taylor  sits  with  senior  Dylan  Bougor  and  discusses  WKH VFKRROœV 3UR¿FLHQF\ %DVHG *UDGXDWLRQ 5HTXLUHPHQW SURJUDP Independent  photos/Trent  Campbell

(Continued  from  Page  1A) email  saying  this  is  what  you  have  to  do  to  graduate,â&#x20AC;?  Martin  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here  we  are,  end  of  the  senior  year.â&#x20AC;?

But  Martin  said  she  came  away  with  a  positive  experience,  and  be-­ lieves  the  younger  VUHS  students  will  do  well  with  the  PBGR  process.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  helpful  to  see  my  growth  between  this  year  and  last  year.  I  used  my  writing  pieces,  just  because  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  where  I  grow  the  most,  and  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  where  I  show  my  growth  the  most,â&#x20AC;?  Martin  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even  just  for  the  two  years  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  grown  quite  a  bit,  and  it  was  amazing  to  see  it.  In  the  IXWXUH , WKLQN LW ZRXOG EH EHQHÂżFLDO to  the  freshmen  of  this  year.â&#x20AC;?

Addisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Dylan  Bougor  said  a  light  bulb  also  went  off  for  him  and  some  of  his  friends  as  they  prepared  for  and  then  did  their  presentations.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  kind  of  procrastinated.  I  did.  I  admit.  Then  I  took  the  time  and  ac-­ tually  did  it,  and  I  think  there  are  a  ORW RI EHQHÂżWV ´ %RXJRU VDLG Âł)RU people  in  your  morning  meeting  and  people  who  just  come,  it  shows  them  what  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  done,  your  work  and  your  goals  and  struggles  during  your  high  school  years  and  everything  like  that.â&#x20AC;?

REQUIREMENTS There  are  nine  Performance  Based  Graduation  Requirements  in  all  (see  related  story  on  Page  11A)  that  list  the  skills  members  of  future  classes  will  have  to  master.  They  include  oral  skills,  writing,  research,  math  and  sci-­ ence,  technology,  community  service  DQG DZDUHQHVV DQG WKH ÂżQH DUWV Students  will  also  have  Personal-­ ized  Learning  Plans  in  which  they  will  track  their  progress  toward  mas-­ tery  and  collect  evidence  that  docu-­ PHQWV SURÂżFLHQF\ 7KH\ PXVW DOVR UHĂ&#x20AC;HFW DORQJ WKH ZD\ LQFOXGLQJ DW the  year-­end  presentations.  VUHS  Principal  Stephanie  Taylor  VDLG SURÂżFLHQF\ ZLOO PRVW RIWHQ EH demonstrated  in  the  classroom.  The  decade-­long  PBGR  effort  at  VUHS  has  included  work  to  incorporate  SURÂżFLHQF\ EDVHG JUDGLQJ DQG LQ-­ struction  into  classrooms.  Last  weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  presentations  are  im-­ portant,  but  not  the  heart  of  the  work  to  install  the  PBGR  approach,  Taylor  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building  them  into  class  is  easy  once  people  (teachers)  reconnect  with  them  and  understand  these  are  just  things  we  want  people  (stu-­ dents)  to  know  and  be  able  to  do,  and  to  show  that  they  know,â&#x20AC;?  Taylor  VDLG Âł3URÂżFLHQF\ LV JRLQJ WR EH GH-­ termined  in  the  classroom  as  they  go  through  all  the  classes.â&#x20AC;?

Students  as  well  as  teachers  have  more  responsibility,  she  said  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  they Â

must  work  with  advisers  and  teach-­ ers  on  their  own  personalized  learn-­ ing  plans.  Those  plans  do  not  mean  â&#x20AC;&#x153;they  get  to  study  what  they  want  when  they  want,â&#x20AC;?  Taylor  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  putting  the  learner  in  the  middle  of  the  learning.  Actually,  the  onus  is  on  the  student  in  the  shift.  It  says,  these  are  the  standards.  This  is  ZKDW , QHHG WR GR WR VKRZ ,ÂśP SURÂż-­ cient  in  this  area.  Where  am  I  in  rela-­ tion  to  these  standards,  and  what  do  I  need  to  do  to  get  there,  and  how  could  I  get  there,  perhaps  in  a  dif-­ IHUHQW ZD\" :KDW ÂżWV P\ QHHGV DV D learner?â&#x20AC;?  Taylor  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is  it  taking  a  class,  because  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  best  way  to  understand  calculus,  or  are  there  other  alternatives?  But  this  is  the  end  goal.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  just  60  or  70  hours  in  a  classroom.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I  need  to  show  evidence  of  this  kind  of  learning.  I  need  to  do  this  as  a  12th  grader.  What  experiences  do  I  need  to  get  from  here  to  here?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

YEARS  OF  CHANGE What  sounds  good  on  paper  is  not  always  easy  to  put  into  place.  Tay-­ lor  acknowledged  that  not  all  teach-­ ers,  who  serve  as  morning  meeting  advisers,  bought  into  the  change.  Morning  meeting  advisers  play  key  roles  in  communicating  information  and  supporting  students  and  initia-­ tives  at  VUHS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  know  morning  meeting  is  only  as  good  as  the  morning  meeting  adviser,â&#x20AC;?  Taylor  said.  )HUULVEXUJK VHQLRU 1LNNL 6DOOH\ and  Bougor  said  they  had  a  series  of  morning  meeting  advisers  before  WKHLU ÂżQDO DGYLVHU SURYHG WR EH KHOS-­ ful.  Salley  said  the  PBGR  process  suffered  from  growing  pains  that  the  class  of  2016  felt.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  was  a  lack  of  support  and  information  up  until  a  few  months  ago,â&#x20AC;?  Salley  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  changed  so  PXFK $QG , NQRZ DW ÂżUVW RXU WHDFK-­ ers  had  no  idea  what  was  going  on,  DQG WKDW PDGH LW GLIÂżFXOW ´ Vergennes  senior  Kyra  Duggento  called  the  presentation  process  ul-­ WLPDWHO\ ÂłYHU\ EHQHÂżFLDO ´ EXW UH-­ called  some  of  the  seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  frustra-­ tion.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  had  a  lot  of  ups  and  downs.  There  were  times  when  we  were  told  you  have  to  do  this  part  of  it,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  going  to  count.  You  have  to  do  this,  wait,  now  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  to  do  that.  It  spiraled  into  you  have  to  do  at  least  something  to  graduate,â&#x20AC;?  Dug-­ gento  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;That  kind  of  uncertainty  made  it  so  students  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  to  do  it  (the  presentation)  or  feel  inclined  to  do  it.â&#x20AC;?

Part  of  the  confusion  was  a  year-­ long  independent  project  concept Â

started  while  the  seniors  were  sopho-­ mores.  The  class  believed  it  was  part  of  the  PBGR  effort,  but  longtime  VUHS  PBGR  coordinator  Kristine  Kirkaldy,  a  Spanish  and  Community  Based  Learning  teacher,  said  it  was  actually  separate.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  got  so  confusing  for  the  kids,  the  decision  was  made  to  stop  it,â&#x20AC;?  said  Kirkaldy,  whose  $100,000  Row-­ ODQG )HOORZVKLS DQG VXFFHVVIXO DS-­ SOLFDWLRQ IRU RI 1HOOLH 0DH )RXQGDWLRQ JUDQWV KDV KHOSHG IXQG the  PBGR  effort.

Students  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  speaking  freely  with  Taylor  and  Kirkaldy  in  the  room  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  also  cited  a  lack  of  communication.  ³)UHVKPDQ \HDU , VWDUWHG RXW D OLWWOH FRQIXVHG ,W GHÂżQLWHO\ FKDQJHG from  freshman  year  to  senior  year,â&#x20AC;?  said  Vergennes  senior  Aaron  Gaines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  were  given  so  little  guidance  up  to  this  year,â&#x20AC;?  Duggento  said.

Kirkaldy  pointed  out  the  news  of  the  presentation  had  actually  been  emailed  to  all  seniors  in  August,  but  had  gone  unnoticed.  Then  she  drew  a  laugh.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old  school.  We  sent  it  to  you  by  DQ HPDLO 1RZ ZHÂśUH JRLQJ WR VWDUW Tweeting  it  at  you  140  characters  at  a  time,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  Taylor  and  Kirkaldy  said  future  communication  would  be  designed  to  make  sure  it  had  been  received.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  tried  in  multiple  ways  to  com-­ municate  our  message,  and  we  tried  to  do  it  in  different-­sized  chunks,â&#x20AC;?  Kirkaldy  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  task  will  be  to  communicate  and  seek  feedback  to  say,  this  is  what  we  think  we  said,  what  did  you  hear?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;HUGE  MILESTONEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; The  seniors  said,  however,  their  younger  peers  would  be  more  ready  for  the  PBGR  process  than  they  ZHUH )RU RQH DOO PLGGOH VFKRRO students  now  do  Capstone  projects  WKDW DUH \HDUORQJ SURÂżFLHQF\ EDVHG efforts  that  end  with  presentations.  And  the  seniors  believe  younger  stu-­ dents  and  teachers  alike  understand  the  process  better.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  noticed  teachers  are  starting Â

to  get  a  much  clearer  idea  of  what  needs  to  happen,â&#x20AC;?  Duggento  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;So  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  setting  it  in  stone  and  starting  with  the  freshmen  on  up.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  getting  clearer  and  clearer  what  needs  to  happen.â&#x20AC;?

Taylor  said  she  learned  from  sur-­ veys  handed  out  after  the  presenta-­ tions  that  most  students  and  faculty  members  shared  the  feelings  of  the  half-­dozen  seniors:  They  were  worthwhile,  and  cast  a  new  light  on  the  PBGRs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overwhelmingly,  the  adults  in  the  building  made  the  connection  while  viewing  those  presentations,â&#x20AC;?  Taylor  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;People  came  to  under-­ stand  just  a  side  of  students  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Â

always  see  in  the  classroom.  And  WKDWÂśV UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWHG LQ WKH VXUYH\ 2YHU and  over  again  in  the  adult  surveys  we  gave  and  the  students  we  gave  there  was  a  sense  that  these  were  valuable  because  of  the  opportunity  WR UHĂ&#x20AC;HFW DQG WR WKLQN DERXW ZKDW LW LV we  do  every  day.â&#x20AC;?

Kirkaldy,  on  the  front  line  for  a  decade,  saw  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  huge  milestoneâ&#x20AC;?  in  last  weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  presentations  because  teachers  and  students  began  to  un-­ derstand  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  whole  processâ&#x20AC;?  better. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People  came  to  that  powerful  mo-­ ment  of  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I  get  it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  This  means  some-­ thing.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  another  hoop.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  making  connections  and  building  relationships,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â

kind  of  cool  in  a  school.â&#x20AC;?

And  for  some  students,  includ-­ ing  Gaines,  creating  a  Personalized  Learning  Plan  and  going  through  the  PBGR  process  meant  personal  rev-­ elation.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  actually  wanted  to  be  a  dentist  going  through  my  junior  year.  But  while  doing  this  and  taking  my  per-­ VRQDO ÂżQDQFH FODVV , GHFLGHG , GLGQÂśW really  want  to  do  that,  and  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  go-­ ing  to  go  into  business  instead.  So  personally  I  found  this  helped  me,â&#x20AC;?  *DLQHV VDLG Âł,W GHÂżQLWHO\ FKDQJHG my  point  of  view  on  where  I  wanted  to  go  in  life.â&#x20AC;?

Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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Bristol,  VT  Homeowner  Recommends  Bristol  Electronics We  are  so  pleased  with  our  electric  solar  panels  that  we  want  to  tell  everyone  about  our  great  experience!   The  wonderful  team  at  Bristol  Electronics  installed  the  ground-­mount  array  last  fall.  We  had  them  put  in  our  solar  hot  water  system  several  years  prior  and  had  established  a  good  working  relationship  with  them.  We  already  knew  WKHP WR EH UHOLDEOH DQG TXLFN WR Âż [ DQ\ SUREOHPV WKDW DURVH  We  enjoy  the  idea  of  being  a  part  of  protecting  the  environment  so  when  it  came  time  to  deciding  on  what  type  of  solar  panels  to  install  for  HOHFWULFLW\ ZH FRQWDFWHG %ULVWRO (OHFWURQLFV Âż UVW ZKLOH DOVR FRQVLGHULQJ other  companies  and  products  as  well.  Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  big  world  out  there  with  a  variety  of  choices  and  it  was  hard  to  know  whose  product  was  actually  best  for  our  needs.  Finally  in  the  end,  we  decided  on  choosing  Bristol  Electronics  because  of  their  reliability,  best  SULFH WKH EHVW LQVWDOOPHQW WLPH IUDPH DQG PRVW HIÂż FLHQW V\VWHP XVLQJ PLFUR LQYHUWHUV LQVWHDG RI WKH FRQYHQWLRQDO less  expensive  string  inverters.  7KH WHDP SURYLGHG YHU\ SURIHVVLRQDO DQG SOHDVDQW VHUYLFH DOO WKH ZD\ IURP WKH SODQQLQJ VWDJHV WR Âż QDO FOHDQ XS :KHQ ZH Âż QDOO\ PDGH WKH GHFLVLRQ WR ÂłEUHDN JURXQG´ WKH\ ZHUH H[FHSWLRQDOO\ IDVW SURIHVVLRQDO DQG HDV\ WR ZRUN ZLWK )URP VWDUW WR Âż QLVK ZH ZHUH PDNLQJ HOHFWULFLW\ LQ DERXW ZHHNV ,QGHHG RXU \DUG ORRNV EHWWHU QRZ WKDQ EHIRUH WKH\ VWDUWHG ,Q WKH HQG ZH DUH VDYLQJ D ORW RI PRQH\ RQ ERWK RXU VRODU KRW ZDWHU DQG VRODU HOHFWULF V\VWHPV Thank  you  Bristol  Electronics  for  your  excellent  service  in  meeting  our  hopes  and  expectations!

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Sincerely,  Ed  &  Emily  Hilbert  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  Bristol,  VT  Â

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Sharpe Sharpe  believes  his  past  (Continued  from  Page  1A) He  also  sees  the  speakership  as  a  professional  and  civic  work  has  platform  through  which  to  shepherd  helped  prepare  him  for  the  role  of  legislation  to  address  many  of  the  House  speaker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All  of  my  life,  I  have  considered  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  perennial  priorities,  including  reforming  health  care,  making  gains  myself  a  leader  in  a  certain  sort  of  in  renewable  energy,  improving  way,â&#x20AC;?  he  said,  alluding  to  his  past  the  quality  and  affordability  of  ownership  and  operation  of  Hill  education,  and  cleaning  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Automotive  for  18  years,  then  (beginning  in  1991)  as  an  waterways.

Sharpe  is  already  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing automotive  technology  at  regional  experienced  in  dealing  a tremendous teacher  technical  centers  in  ZLWK VWDWH ÂżQDQFHV DQG Middlebury  and  then  in  education.  He  served  turnover in Essex  Junction.  He  was  for  more  than  a  decade  leadership, an  early  practitioner  on  the  House  Ways  and  and that during  the  1980s  of  best  Means  Committee,  a  practices  in  pollution  panel  that  deals  with  means control  for  vehicles  at  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tax  laws  and  somebody his  garage.  As  a  teacher,  revenue  picture.  Sharpe  has to step he  always  promoted  the  is  also  a  member  of  up.â&#x20AC;? importance  of  pollution  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Joint  Fiscal  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rep. Dave control  features  for  Committee.

Sharpe vehicles,  he  said.

Soon  after  the  Sharpe  also  served  as  2014  elections,  Smith  appointed  Sharpe  chairman  of  chairman  of  the  Bristol  selectboard.

House  Education,  a  committee  that  SCHOOL  FUNDING  REFORM While  in  the  Legislature,  Sharpe  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  among  other  things  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  drafted  and  promoted  Act  46,  a  new  law  said  he  took  on  some  leadership  that  seeks  to  unify  the  school  responsibilities  within  House  Ways  governance  structure  and  budgeting  and  Means  (as  its  ranking  member),  practices  within  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  almost  and  has  set  the  agenda  for  the  60  supervisory  unions.  Voters  in  all  House  Education  Committee  as  its  four  supervisory  unions  in  Addison  chairman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  passed  Act  46  out  of  our  County  have  either  approved  XQLÂżFDWLRQ SODQV XQGHU $FW RU committee  unanimously,â&#x20AC;?  Sharpe  said,  pointing  to  that  vote  as  an  will  hold  referenda  later  this  year.

Meanwhile,  Orwell  residents  on  example  of  the  collaborative,  June  21  will  go  to  the  polls  for  a  bipartisan  climate  he  has  tried  to  second  time  to  vote  on  their  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  foster  during  his  chairmanship.

More  work  needs  to  be  done  SRWHQWLDO SDUWLFLSDWLRQ ZLWK ¿YH Rutland  County  towns  in  a  Slate  to  improve  the  quality  of  public  9DOOH\ 8QL¿HG 8QLRQ 6FKRRO 'LVWULFW education  in  Vermont  during  this  era  of  declining  enrollment  and  rising  which  was  organized  under  Act  46.

expenses,  Sharpe  believes. Âł:H PDNH LW YHU\ GLIÂżFXOW IRU schools  because  of  the  reporting  requirements  and  the  funding  mechanism  we  have,â&#x20AC;?  Sharpe  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  we  can  change  those  things  DQG JLYH VRPH Ă&#x20AC;H[LELOLW\ DQG DOORZ best  practices  in  our  school  districts.â&#x20AC;?

Federal  law  gives  each  local  school  district  the  authority  to  decide  how  to  run  its  special  education  programming,  and  at  what  cost,  according  to  Sharpe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As  long  as  we  have  these  tiny  school  districts  strewn  throughout  the  state  and  you  have  two  or  three  additional  kids  come  into  the  district  who  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  budgeted  for,  it  makes  LW H[WUHPHO\ GLIÂżFXOW WR UXQ D VSHFLDO education  program  within  tiny  school  districts,â&#x20AC;?  Sharpe  said.

While  education  has  been  Sharpeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  primary  focus,  he  knows  that  as  quarterback  of  the  House,  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  have  to  march  his  legislative  team  down  ¿HOG RQ PDQ\ RWKHU LVVXHV â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  other  passions  are  the  environment,  energy  and  health  care,â&#x20AC;?  Sharpe  said.

He  called  Vermont  Health  &RQQHFW ² WKH VWDWHÂśV Ă&#x20AC;HGJOLQJ health  insurance  exchange  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;disaster,â&#x20AC;?  epitomized  by  a  website  that  has  been  fraught  with  technical  problems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  continue  to  hear  serious  concerns  about  how  the  exchange  is  working  and  how  the  health  care  system  functions,â&#x20AC;?  Sharpe  said  of  a  recurring  refrain  from  constituents.  He  said  the  current  state  of  the  exchange  has  forced  Vermonters  to  ask  their  lawmakers  and  social  VHUYLFH DJHQF\ RIÂżFLDOV DERXW KRZ

they  can  access  affordable  health  insurance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  health  care  system  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  supposed  to  be  transparent,  easy  and  functional,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not,â&#x20AC;?  Sharpe  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  many  ways,  Vermont  was  in  better  shape  before  the  (federal)  Affordable  Care  Act  came  along,â&#x20AC;?  he  added.

Sharpe  believes  the  state  is  on  the  right  path  in  terms  of  cleaning  up  Lake  Champlain,  and  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  like  to  be  at  the  helm  of  the  House  to  continue  to  make  sure  environmental  legislation  is  high  up  on  the  Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  agenda.

7KH 'HPRFUDWLF FDXFXV ZLOO meet  late  this  year  to  decide  a  nominee  for  the  speakership.  Sharpe  hopes  to  be  that  nominee.  At  this  early  stage,  Rep.  Sarah  &RSHODQG +DQ]DV ' %UDGIRUG

LV DPRQJ D KDQGIXO RI 'HPRFUDWV to  have  also  expressed  interest  in  becoming  the  next  House  speaker.  Copeland-­Hanzas  is  the  current  House  majority  leader.

Sharpe  will  spend  the  next  few  months  very  informally  discussing  his  political  aspirations  with  House  colleagues.  His  lobbying  would  become  more  intensive  if  he  were  UHWXUQHG WR RIÂżFH LQ 1RYHPEHU 7R WKDW HQG 6KDUSH ÂżUVW IDFHV D 'HPRFUDWLF SULPDU\ FRQWHVW LQ WKH two-­seat  Addison-­4  House  district  WKLV $XJXVW 7KH WRS WZR 'HPRFUDWLF vote-­getters  from  among  Sharpe,  Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Mari  Cordes  and  Monktonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Stephen  Pilcher  will  then  go  on  to  the  General  Election  to  face  incumbent  Rep.  Fred  Baser,  R-­Bristol,  and  Republican  Valerie  Mullin  of  Monkton.

It  should  be  noted  that  this  7KXUVGD\ 0D\ LV WKH ¿OLQJ deadline  for  candidates  for  Vermont  House,  Senate  and  statewide  positions.  So  the  list  of  competitors  in  Addison-­4  (and  in  other  districts)  could  still  grow.

Sharpe  hopes  to  be  part  of  a  changing  demographic  in  the  House  during  the  next  biennium. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  great  to  have  new  young  people  come  in  with  new  ideas  to  reinvigorate  the  Legislature,â&#x20AC;?  Sharpe  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  looking  forward  to  that.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  good  to  have  a  little  bit  of  history  and  leadership  left  behind.  Those  of  us  veterans  who  return  I  think  have  an  added  responsibility  to  come  forward  to  provide  leadership  in  one  way  or  another.â&#x20AC;?

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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The  president  pro  tem  presides  sources  and  Energy  deal  with  some  over  the  state  Senate  in  the  absence  of  challenging  bills  during  the  past  bien-­ the  lieutenant  governor,  and  serves  as  nium.  Along  with  S.230,  these  bills  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Com-­ included  the  Clean  Water  Act,  the  mittees.  That  panel  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  made  up  of  the  Renewable  Energy  Standard,  Farm  lieutenant  governor,  president  of  the  to  Plate,  numerous  forestry  bills,  and  Senate  and  a  state  senator  chosen  by  initiatives  addressing  toxic  substanc-­ his  or  her  peers  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  is  responsible  for  es  and  water  quality. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Passing  laws  involves  working  making  committee  assignments  and  choosing  leadership  for  the  chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  productively  with  both  the  House  and  the  Senate,  and  at  this  various  committees. time,  I  am  the  only  pro  Bray  and  Ayer  already  tem  candidate  who  has  HQMR\ KLJK SURÂżOHV LQ served  in  both  chambers  the  Senate.  Ayer  is  the  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  four  sessions  in  each  House  majority  whip  body,â&#x20AC;?  Bray  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  and  chairwoman  of  the  experience,  and  the  con-­ 6HQDWH 1DWXUDO 5HVRXUF-­ nections  I  have  main-­ es  Committee.  Bray  is  tained  over  the  years,  chairman  of  the  Senate  have  enabled  me  to  work  1DWXUDO 5HVRXUFHV DQG well  with  the  House  and  Energy  Committee,  a  successfully  advance  the  panel  that  has  been  in  the  Senateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  work.â&#x20AC;? headlines  during  the  past  Bray  served  two  terms  two  years  for  its  work  on  representing  the  Ad-­ S.230,  a  bill  designed  to  BRAY dison-­5  House  district  improve  the  siting  of  re-­ 1HZ +DYHQ :H\EULGJH DQG %ULG-­ newable  energy  projects.

Serving  as  Senate  president  is  port)  prior  to  running  for  lieutenant  something  that  Bray  has  thought  governor  in  2010.  He  was  elected  to  the  state  Senate  in  2012.  Bray  also  about  for  the  past  two  years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  number  of  other  senators  came  currently  serves  on  the  Senate  Com-­ to  me  and  asked  me  if  I  might  be  in-­ mittee  on  Government  Operations.

He  founded  and  still  operates  Com-­ terested  (in  running),  after  seeing  the  Ă&#x20AC;RRU ZRUN DQG FRPPLWWHH ZRUN , ZDV mon  Ground  Communications,  which  provides  writing,  editing  and  produc-­ doing,â&#x20AC;?  Bray  said.

He  said  he  looks  upon  president  tion  services  to  technical  clients  and  pro  tem  as  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;service  position,â&#x20AC;?  as  op-­ the  book  publishing  industry.  He  and  his  family  operate  The  Equestry,  an  posed  to  a  position  of  power. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  most  rewarding  experiences  DFUH IDUP LQ 1HZ +DYHQ RIIHULQJ Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  had  have  been  in  working  with  horse  riding,  full-­service  boarding  a  group  of  people,â&#x20AC;?  he  said,  citing  and  training  in  dressage  and  jumping.

Research  into  pro  tem  positions,  SDVW DIÂżOLDWLRQV ZLWK VFKRRO FROOHJH VSRUWV WHDPV D WKHDWHU JURXS D ÂżUH according  to  Bray,  indicates  that  sev-­ and  rescue  squad,  and,  of  course,  the  eral  senators  have  held  that  position  Vermont  House  and  Senate.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  with,  like  himself,  four  years  in  the  things  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  most  proud  of  having  ac-­ stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  highest  chamber. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From  my  point  of  view,  seniority  complished  were  not  things  I  have  done  myself.  It  was  always  working  certainly  counts  for  something,â&#x20AC;?  Bray  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  about  how  you  work  with  a  group  of  other  people.â&#x20AC;?

Bray  said  he  enjoys  reaching  goals  ZLWK \RXU FROOHDJXHV 1HYHU KDYLQJ through  the  collective  talents  of  a  lost  a  bill  makes  me  a  dependable  col-­ league  to  work  with.  I  have  had  many  group  or  committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As  a  chair,  I  have  learned  that  get-­ bills  that  have  been  complicated  and  ting  good  work  done  means  bring-­ technical,  and  I  think  people  have  ing  out  the  best  in  others,  rather  than  trusted  me  to  do  my  homework  and  simply  pursuing  oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  own  agenda,â&#x20AC;?  bring  forward  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  with  the  help  of  oth-­ Bray  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  strong  committee  is  a  ers  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  reliable  and  solid  bill.â&#x20AC;?

Bray  said  he  respects  all  of  sena-­ strong  team,  and  the  same  is  true  for  the  Senate  as  a  body.  I  think  the  very  tors  in  the  running  for  pro  tem.  He  same  approach  is  essential  in  a  pro  stressed  he  is  running  for  the  position  tem.  It  is  a  service  position.  Further,  rather  than  against  anyone  else.  Sen-­ I  want  to  promote  an  atmosphere  of  DWH 'HPRFUDWV ZLOO FRQYHQH QH[W 'H-­ fair-­minded  balance  in  which  all  sen-­ cember  in  caucus  to  decide  on  their Â

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The  town  hall  restoration  commit-­ WHH ZLWK WKH KHOS RI 3ULGH 'HYHORS-­ ment  LLC,  has  sent  out  a  request  for  proposals  for  architectural  and  engi-­ neering  services  for  the  feasibility  study  to  renovate  the  building.  A  copy  of  the  proposal  is  available  at  the  WRZQ RI¿FH SURSRVDOV DUH GXH -XQH

nominee  for  pro  tem.  The  full  Senate  ZLOO YRWH RQ LWV OHDGHU 'HPRFUDWV FXU-­ rently  hold  a  21-­9  numerical  advan-­ tage  over  Republicans  in  the  Senate.

Running  against  Ayer  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;awk-­ ward,â&#x20AC;?  Bray  conceded.  He  raised  the  possibility  that  all  of  the  candidates  FRXOG PHHW EHIRUH D ÂżQDO YRWH WR ÂłWU\ to  come  to  a  conclusion  amongst  our-­ selvesâ&#x20AC;?  on  a  consensus  pick  for  pro  tem.

Asked  to  comment  on  Brayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  bid  for  pro  tem,  Ayer  replied,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  a  little  surprised.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sen.  Ayer  and  I  have  thus  far  only  had  a  brief  conversation  about  our  mutual  interest  in  the  pro  tem  posi-­ tion,â&#x20AC;?  Bray  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  look  forward  to  sitting  down  with  her  soon  and  learn-­ ing  more  about  her  interest  in  the  po-­ sition.  I  think  we  both  want  to  see  a  well-­run  Senate.â&#x20AC;?  Bray  pledged  to  happily  work  with  whomever  is  picked  to  lead  the  Sen-­ ate.

Of  course  running  for  Senate  presi-­ dent  pro  tem  will  be  a  moot  point  for  Ayer  and  Bray  if  they  are  not  re-­elect-­ ed.  As  the  Addison  Independent  went  WR SUHVV WKH WZR 'HPRFUDWV IDFHG opposition  from  Republicans  Peter  %ULJJV RI $GGLVRQ DQG /\QQ 'LNH RI Bristol.  Both  GOP  hopefuls  were  slat-­ ed  to  submit  their  nomination  papers  RQ 0D\ WKH ÂżOLQJ GHDGOLQH â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  feel  honored  to  have  represented  Addison  County,  Huntington  and  Buelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Gore  in  the  Senate  for  the  past  four  years,  and  I  am  currently  focused  on  running  for  re-­election,â&#x20AC;?  Bray  said.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@ addisonindependent.com.

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