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ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 67 No. 18

Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

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46 Pages

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Farms get LQFHQWLYH to protect bobolinks

Forums aim to address on-­campus violence

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Bloomin’ spring

Local childcare center to close;; HOPE seeking tenants

By the way

Doyle to graduate after 49-year career

Index

PAGE  2A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  May  2,  2013

BES  principal  accepts  district  job DiNapoli  takes  reigns  from  Cornell  as  curriculum  director By  XIAN  CHIANG-­WAREN %5,672/ ² $ UHVKXIĂ&#x20AC;LQJ RI SRVL-­ tions  is  under  way  in  Bristol  schools,  as  Bristol  Elementary  School  Prin-­ cipal  Catrina  DiNapoli  takes  a  one-­ year  interim  position  with  the  Ad-­ dison  Northeast  Supervisory  Union.  The  school  district  is  looking  to  LQWHUYLHZ FDQGLGDWHV WR ÂżOO WKH %(6 principal  position  for  a  year.

DiNapoli  will  take  on  the  role  of  curriculum  and  professional  devel-­ opment  director  for  the  2013-­2014  DFDGHPLF \HDU ÂżOOLQJ LQ IRU 1DQF\ Cornell,  who  is  taking  a  one-­year  leave  of  absence  for  personal  rea-­ sons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  role  of  curriculum  director  RYHU DW WKH FHQWUDO RIÂżFH ZLOO DIIRUG me  a  chance  to  kind  of  step  back  and  look  at  our  system  overall,  which  is  work  that  I  really  enjoy,â&#x20AC;?  DiNapoli  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  always  enjoyed  looking  at  the  bigger  picture  and  seeing  how  our  schools  can  work  together  and  be  more  resourceful.â&#x20AC;? Âł,Q WKH ÂżHOG RI HGXFDWLRQ HQVXULQJ we  have  a  well-­managed  staff  and  a  FOHDUO\ GHÂżQHG FXUULFXOXP LV PRUH important  than  ever  before,â&#x20AC;?  said  Su-­ perintendent  David  Adams.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catrina  is  well-­respected  within  her  school  and  the  community.  Having  her  in  WKH GLVWULFW RIÂżFH LV JRLQJ WR EH D UHDO pleasure  for  us.â&#x20AC;?   Adams  said  that  DiNapoli  is  XQLTXHO\ TXDOLÂżHG WR WDNH WKH UHLQV from  Cornell,  as  the  two  are  close  colleagues  who  share  a  vision  for  the  ANeSU  district.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  expecting  a  seamless  tran-­ sition,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  DiNapoli,  who  taught  in  Shelburne  for  seven  years  and  then  served  as  the  assistant  principal  at  the  Char-­ ORWWH &HQWUDO 6FKRRO IRU ÂżYH \HDUV before  coming  to  BES,  says  she  is  excited  for  the  big-­picture  adminis-­ trative  tasks  the  curriculum  director  WILLIE  COUSINEAU,  LEFT,  Taylor  Ryan  and  J.C.  Cousineau  put  a  fresh  coat  of  orange  paint  on  picnic  job  will  bring.  tables  by  the  Middlebury  A&W  last  week  as  they  prepared  for  the  drive-­inâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  opening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  able  to  do  a  little  of  that  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell ZRUN DW %(6 P\ ÂżUVW FRXSOH RI years,  because  we  had  a  principal  and  an  assistant  principal  position,â&#x20AC;?  DiNapoli  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now  we  have  just  the  principal  role  so  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hard  for  me  to  be  able  to  branch  out  quite  that  By  JOHN  FLOWERS an  estimated  six  months  or  less  to  Local  House  members  voting  in  much.  So  I  miss  it,  and  seeing  this  MONTPELIER  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  live  to  ingest  a  lethal  dose  of  medi-­ favor  of  the  broader  bill  on  Tuesday  County  House  members  on  May  1  cine.  S.77  is  patterned  after  a  law  included  Reps.  Michael  Fisher,  D-­ were  evenly  split  in  an  80-­57  vote  that  has  been  in  effect  in  Oregon  for  Lincoln;Íž  Willem  Jewett,  D-­Ripton;Íž  giving  preliminary  approval  to  a  bill  years.

David  Sharpe,  D-­Bristol;Íž  and  Will  that  would  allow  physicians  to  pre-­ The  bill  supported  by  the  House  Stevens,  I-­Shoreham.  Voting  against  By  ANDY  KIRKALDY  scribe  a  lethal  dose  of  medication  to  was  similar  to  a  version  that  the  Sen-­ the  bill  were  Reps.  Diane  Lanpher,  VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Vergennes  terminally  ill  patients  seeking  to  end  ate  ultimately  eschewed  (by  a  split  D-­Vergennes;Íž  Paul  Ralston,  D-­ aldermen  have  scheduled  a  pub-­ their  own  lives  (12  lawmakers  were  vote)  in  February  in  favor  of  a  mea-­ Middlebury;Íž  Harvey  Smith,  R-­New  lic  informational  meeting  for  this  absent). sure  that  would  have  simply  granted  Haven;Íž  and  Warren  Van  Wyck,  R-­ coming  Tuesday  on  their  proposed  The  House  voted  on  the  bill  on  immunity  to  physicians  who  pre-­ Ferrisburgh. $1.45  million  bond  to  fund  a  new  Tuesday  after  many  hours  of  emo-­ scribe  a  lethal  dose  of  medicine  to  Rep.  Betty  Nuovo,  D-­Middlebury,  4,611-­square-­foot  police  station  on  tionally  charged  debate.  Bill  S.77  terminally  ill  patients.  It  would  also  was  absent  for  the  vote.

North  Main  Street.  sets  up  a  series  of  steps  that  would  KDYH LQGHPQLÂżHG DQ\ SHUVRQ ZKR City  residents  will  vote  on  May  14  The  measure  must  now  be  recon-­ allow  terminally  ill  Vermonters  with  was  with  the  patient  at  time  of  death. ciled  in  the  Senate. on  the  police  station  bond  proposal Â

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CATRINA   DINAPOLI come  up  in  sort  of  a  one-­year  capac-­ ity  was  attractive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The  school  district)  has  some  new  standards  coming  and  new  as-­ sessments  coming,  so  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  hoping  that  I  can  be  a  help  to  all  of  our  schools  as  we  embark  on  some  new  changes,â&#x20AC;?  said  DiNapoli.  Adams  said  some  of  those  changes  include  piloting  a  new  incarnation  of  Common  Core  curriculum  next  spring.  The  Common  Core  is  a  na-­ tionwide  education  reform  program  that  each  state  administers,  which  emphasizes  performance  on  stan-­ dardized  testing.  The  Common  Core  curriculum  is  enacted  through  the  2004  No  Child  Left  Behind  Act,  with  which  Adams  said  that  DiNapoli  is  very  familiar.

The  BES  school  board  granted  DiNapoli  a  leave  of  absence,  which  gives  her  the  opportunity  to  return  to  BES  once  the  one-­year  term  is  com-­ pleted.  Meanwhile,  the  search  for  an  inter-­ im  principal  for  BES  is  progressing  according  to  schedule.  DiNapoli  said  that  an  interview  committee  has  been  formed  with  members  who  represent  the  BES  staff,  as  well  as  community  and  board  members.  As  of  early  this  week,  the  job  posting  had  closed  af-­ ter  the  board  had  received  responses  from  what  DiNapoli  called  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;nice  EDWFK´ RI TXDOLÂżHG FDQGLGDWHV 7KH committee  planned  to  set  up  inter-­ views  with  those  candidates  begin-­

ning  next  Monday,  May  6.

And  the  qualities  that  DiNapoli  hopes  her  successor  will  bring  to  BES? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Someone  who  has  a  passion  for  education  and  kids,  of  course,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  who  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  mind  being  really,  really  busy  â&#x20AC;Ś  and  a  good  sense  of  humor  would  be  nice.  A  lot  of  patience,  a  great  listener.â&#x20AC;?

DiNapoli  also  stressed  that  the  ideal  candidate  would  take  the  reins  of  some  important  initiatives  that  she  and  her  staff  have  begun  in  recent  years.  Aside  from  the  Common  Core  pi-­ lot  program  and  other  reforms  that  affect  all  Vermont  schools,  BES  has  opted  to  undergo  extensive  audits  and  evaluations  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  like  participat-­ ing  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Green  Mountain  Star  Web-­based  evaluation  program,  and  inviting  consultants  from  the  Uni-­ versity  of  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Project  Evolve  education  program  to  give  BES  feed-­ back  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  to  identify  areas  where  the  staff  and  school  could  better  serve  its  studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  academic  and  non-­academ-­ ic  needs.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  collecting  input  from  staff,  data  about  how  our  kids  are  do-­ ing  academically,  behaviorally,  and  identifying  focus  area  that  we  really  want  to  put  our  energy  into,â&#x20AC;?  DiNap-­ oli  said.

She  hopes  that  the  recommenda-­ tions  from  those  audits,  studies,  and  feedback  sessions  will  help  guide  her  successor.  ³:H DUH DOZD\V ORRNLQJ WR UHÂżQH our  support  systems  for  kids  and  families  who  are  struggling  or  hav-­ ing  some  challenges  in  and  outside  of  school,  so  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  working  UHDOO\ KDUG WR ÂżQG KRZ EHVW WR EXLOG structures  around  that,â&#x20AC;?  DiNapoli  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  just  want  the  staff  and  the  community  to  continue  to  feel  sup-­ ported  and  moving  in  a  really  posi-­ tive  direction.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  made  a  lot  of  changes  in  the  past  couple  of  years  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  on  school  improve-­ ments  and  folks  have  worked  really  hard.  So  I  think  to  have  a  principal  come  in  and  acknowledge  that,  and  then  help  them  continue  along  the  path  that  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  on  now  for  years,  will  be  really  important.â&#x20AC;? Â

City  sets  forum  on  police  station  proposal and  also  join  residents  in  neighbor-­ ing  towns  to  decide  on  a  $600,000  ORDQ SURSRVDO WR IXQG QHZ URRÂżQJ for  Vergennes  Union  High  School  (see  related  story).  The  police  bond  informational  meeting  will  begin  at  7  p.m.  on  May  7  in  the  basement  of  the  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Green  6WUHHW ÂżUH VWDWLRQ ZKLOH D 98+6 bond  forum  will  be  held  at  6  p.m.  on Â

Monday,  May  6,  at  the  school.  City  Manager  Mel  Hawley  said  Bread  Loaf  Corp.  architect  Chris  Huston  will  present  details  of  a  plan  that  cuts  about  1,300  square  feet  and  $400,000  from  the  police  department  proposal  that  city  residents  defeated  in  March  by  a  handful  of  votes.  &LW\ RI¿FLDOV 3ROLFH &KLHI *HRUJH (See  Police,  Page  3A)

Two  men  plead  innocent  to  multiple  charges  in  Ferrisburgh  heroin  bust By  ANDY  KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  A  Philadel-­ phia  man  and  a  Burlington  man  both  pleaded  innocent  on  Tuesday  in  Ad-­ dison  Superior  Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Criminal  Di-­ YLVLRQ WR KHURLQ VDOHV DQG WUDIÂżFN-­ ing  charges  that  stemmed  from  their  Monday  arrest  in  Ferrisburgh  by  Ver-­ gennes  police,  a  bust  made  with  assis-­ tance  from  Vermont  State  and  Bristol  police.

Todd  Green,  23,  of  Philadelphia  pleaded  innocent  to  a  felony  charge  RI KHURLQ WUDIÂżFNLQJ IRU ZKLFK KH faces  up  to  30  years  in  prison  and  a  PLOOLRQ ÂżQH D IHORQ\ FKDUJH RI selling  heroin,  for  which  he  faces  XS WR \HDUV DQG D PLOOLRQ ÂżQH and  a  misdemeanor  charge  of  provid-­ LQJ IDOVH WHVWLPRQ\ WR D SROLFH RIÂżFHU with  the  intent  to  implicate  another,  for  which  he  could  be  imprisoned  a Â

\HDU DQG ÂżQHG the  two  men  were  ar-­ Teiontay  J.  Brax-­ rested  on  Monday  at  a  ton,  33,  of  Burlington  )HUULVEXUJK WUDIÂżF VWRS pleaded  innocent  to  a  on  Route  7  after  police  felony  charge  of  sell-­ made  what  they  de-­ ing  heroin,  for  which  he  scribed  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  controlled  faces  up  to  20  years  and  buyâ&#x20AC;?  of  heroin  in  the  D PLOOLRQ ÂżQH DQG D Vermont  Agency  of  misdemeanor  charge  of  Transportationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Route  possession  of  less  than  22A  Park  and  Ride  Lot  two  ounces  of  marijua-­ on  the  Ferrisburgh-­Ver-­ na,  for  which  he  could  gennes  boundary.  be  imprisoned  for  six  According  to  Ver-­ PRQWKV DQG ÂżQHG XS WR gennes  Police  Chief  BRAXTON $500.

George  Merkel,  Green  According  to  court  and  Braxton  were  pas-­ RI¿FLDOV ERWK PHQ ZHUH KHOG DIWHU sengers  in  the  car  that  police  stopped  their  arraignments  at  the  Marble  Val-­ RQ 5RXWH $IWHU WKDW WUDI¿F VWRS SR-­ ley  Correctional  Center  in  Rutland  lice  said  they  seized  266  bags  of  her-­ for  lack  of  $50,000  bail.  oin,  almost  nine  grams  of  marijuana  According  to  a  Vergennes  police  and  $905  of  cash.  press  release  and  court  documents,  0RUH GHWDLOV HPHUJHG ZKHQ DI¿GD-­

vits  were  made  public  over,  made  the  arrests  after  Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  Brax-­ and  took  Green,  Brax-­ tonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  arraignments.  ton,  another  passenger  $FFRUGLQJ WR DIÂżGD-­ and  the  car  owner  to  YLWV ÂżOHG E\ 9HUJHQQHV the  VSP  barracks  in  Police  Detective  Jason  New  Haven.  Ouellette,  he  and  other  There,  police  said  Vergennes  and  Bristol  *UHHQ PLVLGHQWLÂżHG RIÂżFHUV DUUDQJHG IRU himself,  and  they  dis-­ an  informant  to  buy  covered  there  was  an  40  bags  of  heroin  from  outstanding  Pennsyl-­ Braxton  in  the  VTrans  vania  warrant  in  his  lot  and  gave  the  infor-­ name  â&#x20AC;&#x153;for  Dangerous  mant  $600  in  marked  Drugs.â&#x20AC;?

GREEN money  to  do  so.  The  Police  allege  they  informant  told  police  he  also  found  the  $600  in  had  purchased  heroin  from  Braxton  marked  bills  in  Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  possession,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;multiple  times  in  the  past.â&#x20AC;? and  police  said  they  also  found  261  Police  observed  the  alleged  contact  bags  of  heroin  in  a  shopping  bag  be-­ between  the  informant  and  the  sus-­ ORQJLQJ WR KLP DQG DQRWKHU ÂżYH EDJV pects  at  about  10:15  p.m.  on  Monday,  in  a  toilet.  Police  also  allege  they  and  shortly  afterward  pulled  the  car  found  6.6  grams  of  marijuana  on Â

Braxton  at  that  time,  and  another  bag  of  the  drug  weighing  2.2  grams  in  the  car.

Police  questioned  and  released  the  two  other  men  in  the  car.  One  said  he  had  been  â&#x20AC;&#x153;driving  Teiontay  â&#x20AC;Ś  around  Chittenden  County  where  Todd  would  have  Teiontay  sell  heroin  for  him.â&#x20AC;?

The  Vergennes  police  press  release  said  further  charges  are  possible  on  one  of  the  carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  other  occupants.

Merkel  said  the  three  law  enforce-­ ment  agencies  had  been  working  hard  together  on  the  case  prior  to  the  arrests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  the  result  of  an  ongoing  in-­ vestigation,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

In  recent  months,  Vergennes  and  Vermont  State  police  have  also  co-­ operated  in  major  heroin  arrests  in  Leicester  and  Starksboro  and  another  bust  in  Ferrisburgh.

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Middlebury offers venue for networking BMP  reaching  out  to  young  professionals

teleconference  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  have  been  meet-­ ing  monthly  to  share  their  stories  and  build  friendships  and  sometimes  pro-­ fessional  relationships.  The  BMP  has  58  people  on  its  telecommuters  e-­mail  By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  American  in-­ list,  with  the  regular  gatherings  draw-­ GXVWULDOLVW +HQU\ )RUG VDLG WKDW Âł&RP-­ ing  between  15  and  40  participants.

Wilson  has  hopes  for  even  more  ing  together  is  a  beginning;͞  keeping  together  is  progress;͞  working  together  success  with  the  young  professionals  group.

LV VXFFHVV ´ Âł:H H[SHFW WKLV JURXS ZLOO EH ODUJ-­ The  Better  Middlebury  Partner-­ ship  (BMP)  is  looking  to  put  Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  HU ´ KH VDLG He  acknowledged  entrepreneurial  advice  Middlebury  has  sought  into  practice  through  to  establish  a  young  D QHZ Âł\RXQJ SURIHV-­ professionals  group  in  VLRQDOV´ JURXS WKDW QH[W the  recent  past,  but  it  Wednesday,  May  8,  will  failed  to  hit  its  stride.  begin  what  organizers  2UJDQL]HUV DUH PRUH KRSH ZLOO EH WKH ÂżUVW RI optimistic  this  time  many  regular  meetings  around,  noting  this  for  like-­minded  people  foray  will  be  casual,  to  associate,  compare  with  the  emphasis  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  notes  and  perhaps  col-­ at  least  at  the  outset  laborate  on  new  busi-­ â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  on  people  getting  ness  ventures. to  know  each  other  and  ³,W LV D GHPRJUDSKLF becoming  more  famil-­ that  everyone  is  trying  iar  with  the  county  in  to  recognize  and  pro-­ which  they  are  work-­ PRWH LQ 9HUPRQW ´ %03 ing.  Speakers  and  pre-­ President  Ben  Wilson  BMP  PRESIDENT  sentations  could  be  VDLG RI Âł\RXQJ SURIHV-­ BEN  WILSON added  later  if  there  is  VLRQDOV ´ ZKLFK LQ WKLV demand. case  is  being  loosely  de-­ Wilson  stressed  the  young  profes-­ ÂżQHG DV DQG XQGHU DQG HQJDJHG LQ sionals  group  will  cater  to  all  work-­ any  vocation  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  white  or  blue  collar. Âł:H ZDQW WR FUHDWH D YLEUDQW QHW-­ HUV UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWLQJ 9HUPRQWÂśV GLYHUVH business  landscape.  That  means  ZRUN IRU WKHVH SHRSOH ´ Wilson  is  hoping  the  new  venture  farmers,  bank  executives,  teach-­ will  replicate  the  success  of  a  tele-­ ers  and  sugarmakers  are  likely  to  commutersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  group,  which  the  Addison  be  among  those  rubbing  shoulders  Independent SURÂżOHG LQ LWV 2FW DW XSFRPLQJ JDWKHULQJV WKH ÂżUVW RI 2012,  edition.  Area  telecommuters  which  is  scheduled  to  begin  at  6  p.m.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  professionals  who  live  in  Addison  at  51  Main  in  downtown  Middle-­ County  and  who  are  able  to  do  their  bury.

Among  those  attendees  will  be  jobs  at  home  by  phone,  computer  and Â

Michael  Corbett,  a  30-­year-­old  cred-­ it  analyst  with  the  National  Bank  of  Middlebury.  Corbett  and  his  wife,  Brandi,  a  teacher  at  Mary  Hogan  El-­ ementary  School,  moved  to  Middle-­ bury  from  Colorado  in  2009.  Corbett  was  involved  with  the  previous  in-­ carnation  of  the  Middlebury  young  professionals  group  and  has  sup-­ ported  similar  associations  within  the  banking  industry.

A  young  professionals  group,  Cor-­ bett  explained,  can  be  a  much-­de-­ sired  resource  for  people  who  might  have  just  moved  from  a  large,  urban  setting  to  a  more  rural  community.  He  knows  of  transplants  who  have  come  to  the  area  and  left,  in  part  be-­ cause  they  were  not  able  to  assimi-­ late  readily  into  the  social  fabric  of  the  town. Âł)RU D VLQJOH SURIHVVLRQDO LQ SDU-­ WLFXODU LW FDQ EH GLIÂżFXOW WR MXPS right  in  and  become  part  of  the  com-­ PXQLW\ ´ KH VDLG And  more  young  professionals  have  been  landing  in  Middlebury  in  recent  months,  some  of  them  DIÂżOLDWHG ZLWK 0LGGOHEXU\ ,QWHU-­ active  Languages,  a  new  company  that  creates  and  distributes  on-­ line  learning  courses.  If  the  young  professionals  group  catches  on,  it  could  become  part  of  the  magnet  that  attracts  more  entrepreneurs  to  the  county,  according  to  organizers  and  supporters. Âł$V ZH FRQWLQXH WR GHYHORS Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  economy,  the  energy,  vision  and  diversity  afforded  by  a  strong  cluster  of  young  profession-­ als  will  undoubtedly  pay  dividends  GRZQVWUHDP ´ VDLG -DPLH *DXFKHU Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  business  develop-­ ment  director.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  jungle  out  there YVON  POULIOT,  FACILITIES  and  operations  supervisor  for  the  town  of  Middlebury,  works  in  the  Can-­ non  Park  garden  Tuesday  morning.

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(Continued  from  Page  2A) 0HUNHO DQG +XVWRQ ZLOO WKHQ ÂżHOG questions  about  the  proposal,  which  would  allow  the  department  of  six  full-­time  and  four  part-­time  person-­ nel  to  move  out  of  its  800-­square-­foot  City  Hall  headquarters,  possibly  by  the  end  of  2013  or  the  beginning  of  2014.  The  new  plan  calls  for  savings  of  about  $300,000  in  construction  costs  over  the  initial  proposal,  mainly  due  to  the  building  redesign,  but  also  due  to  savings  on  site  development  and  ODQG FRVWV WKDW FLW\ RIÂżFLDOV VDLG DUH also  due  to  the  smaller  structure.  The  By  ANDY  KIRKALDY replacement  of  its  auditoriumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  failing  expanded  and  renovated  the  school  is  project  cost  is  now  roughly  $1.55  mil-­ VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Vergennes  heating  and  ventilation  system;Íž  and  paid  off  in  2020  to  make  major  future  lion.

Union  High  School  board  will  host  an  site  improvements  they  also  called  upgrades.  Alderman  also  now  plan  to  tap  the  Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Water  Tower  Fund  for  $100,000  informational  meeting  on  Monday  on  critical,  including  stopping  water  in-­ andyk@addisonindependent.com.

LWV SURSRVDO IRU D ÂżYH \HDU ÂżOWUDWLRQ to  lower  the  projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tax  impact.  That  loan  to  put  a  new  roof  on  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  That  bond  plan  would  also  include  leaky  classroom  wing  and  auditorium.  more  favorable  long-­term  funding  for  Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  forum  will  begin  at  6  p.m.  WKH URRÂżQJ ZRUN WR UHSODFH WKH VKRUW in  the  VUHS  library.  term  funding  called  for  by  in  the  May  5HVLGHQWV RI WKH ÂżYH $GGLVRQ 1RUWK-­ 14  plan. west  Supervisory  Union  towns  will  be  VUHS  board  members  said  the  asked  in  a  district-­wide  May  14  vote  URRÂżQJ ZKLFK LV OHDNLQJ EDGO\ DQG to  support  the  proposal,  which  follows  thus  causing  more  damage  to  other  defeats  in  both  November  and  Febru-­ building  elements,  was  the  most  cru-­ ary  of  multi-­million-­dollar  bond  issues  cial  of  the  work  that  needs  to  be  done. that  would  have  also  funded  In  choosing  the  $600,000  major  renovations  to  VUHS,  When they loan  option  for  a  May  vote,  notably  to  the  auditorium,  adopted the the  said  they  did  not  want  kitchen  and  cafeteria.  to  risk  another  bond  defeat,  In  Vergennes,  balloting  $600,000 and  thus  a  potential  delay  in  will  coincide  with  a  vote  on  proposal in WKH URRÂżQJ SURMHFW a  $1.45  million  bond  to  build  mid-April, In  November,  a  $6.5  mil-­ a  new  North  Main  Street  VUHS lion  proposal  with  major  police  station  (see  related  board auditorium  upgrades,  an  story).  DUWLÂżFLDO WXUI ÂżHOG DQG D VL[ members If  voters  back  the  lane  track  lost  soundly  on  $600,000  loan,  payments  said they Election  Day.  A  split  bond  would  add  about  $10  of  tax-­ would proposal,  one  for  $4.2  mil-­ es  per  $100,000  of  assessed  probably lion  for  almost  all  the  work  home  value,  according  to  an  this fall put inside  and  around  the  school  estimate  offered  on  Tuesday  forward and  one  for  $2  million  for  by  ANwSU  business  man-­ WKH ÂżHOG DQG WUDFN WKHQ ORVW ager  Kathy  Cannon.  Those  another in  early  February.  The  vote  who  pay  based  on  their  in-­ bond on  the  $4.2  million  of  work  come,  not  on  the  full  value  proposal. was  close;Íž  the  athletic  im-­ of  their  homes,  and  thus  are  provements  were  defeated  eligible  for  prebates  would  not  pay  the  in  a  one-­sided  tally.  full  amount  of  that  increase.  VUHS  board  members  may  well  That  estimate  is  before  any  adjust-­ also  be  willing  next  week  to  discuss  ments  for  townsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  common  levels  of  their  plans  to  take  better  care  of  the  fa-­ appraisals  (CLAs),  but  the  CLAs  in  cility  in  the  future.  They  have  outlined  ANwSU  towns  will  not  move  the  D ÂłIRXU SRLQW´ SODQ WKH ERDUG SODQV WR number  much,  she  said.  Most  resi-­ follow  to  improve  maintenance  there: dents  in  ANwSU  towns  do  not  pay  Â&#x2021; %RQGLQJ WR PHHW WKH PRVW SUHVV-­ taxes  based  on  the  full  values  of  their  ing  needs. homes  and  would  not  feel  the  full  ef-­ Â&#x2021; 'HYRWLQJ PRUH PRQH\ LQ WKH fect  of  the  tax  increase.  budget  to  maintenance.  Board  mem-­ When  they  adopted  the  $600,000  bers  said  comparable  schools  spend  proposal  in  mid-­April,  VUHS  board  more.   members  said  they  would  probably  Â&#x2021; &UHDWLQJ D FDSLWDO LPSURYHPHQW this  fall  put  forward  another  bond  pro-­ fund  that  voters  will  consider  sepa-­ posal. rately  on  Town  Meeting  Days.  That  That  bond  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  possibly  in  the  $2  mil-­ fund,  as  has  been  the  case  for  the  three  lion  range  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  would  probably  at  least  ANwSU  elementary  schools,  would  fund  an  upgrade  to  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  aging  be  used  to  help  pay  for  long-­term  kitchen  and  cafeteria,  which  feature  building  needs  and  reduce  reliance  on  equipment  dating  back  to  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  bonding.   construction  more  than  50  years  ago;Íž  Â&#x2021; :DLWLQJ XQWLO WKH ERQG WKDW

Info  meeting  on  VUHS  bond  set

CORRECTION:  An  article  on  the  proposal  to  allow  migrant  laborers  to  get  Vermont  driving  privileges  requires  WKH IROORZLQJ FRUUHFWLRQV DQG FODUL¿FD-­ tions:  1)  The  bill  discussed  in  the  story  originated  in  the  Vermont  Senate,  not  the  House;͞  2)  the  written  tests  for  driv-­ ing  licenses  would  be  administered  in  many  languages,  while  the  road  test  would  be  administered  by  English  speakers;͞  3)  Natalia  Fajardo  prefers  to  EH LGHQWL¿HG DV DQ ³LQWHUSUHWHU ´ QRW D ³WUDQVODWRU´ DQG WKH )UDQNOLQ &RXQ-­ ty  farm  where  the  farmer  hired  a  driver  should  have  said  the  driver  would  take  workers  only  on  errands,  not  anywhere  they  want  to  go.  In  addition,  due  to  an  editing  error,  the  article  incorrectly  stated  that  Fa-­ MDUGR GLG QRW JLYH H[DPSOHV RI VSHFL¿F farms  that  she  characterized  as  putting  ZRUNHUV LQ ³HVVHQWLDOO\ VODYH ODERU FRQGLWLRQV ´ 6KH GLG JLYH H[DPSOHV which  the  Independent  could  not  ver-­ ify  before  press  time.

fund  is  fed  by  cell  phone  companies  that  pay  Vergennes  to  hang  broadcast  equipment  on  the  former  water  tower  behind  city  hall.

Hawley  has  estimated  the  tax  impact  of  a  $1.45  million  bond  at  roughly  $59  a  year  per  $100,000  of  assessed  value,  down  from  $75  a  year  for  the  original  plan.

Gone  from  the  proposal  that  was  GHIHDWHG LQ 0DUFK DUH VHSDUDWH RIÂżFHV for  the  departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  sergeant  and  de-­ WHFWLYH ÂżWQHVV DQG LQWDNH URRPV DQG a  drive-­in  evidence-­processing  ga-­ rage.  The  function  of  the  latter  feature  can  be  handled  by  the  buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  sally  SRUW RIÂżFLDOV VDLG Some  rooms  have  been  moved  around  in  the  new  plan.  Most  notably,  an  evidence  storage  room  has  been  placed  closer  to  the  sally  port  on  the Â

buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  left  side,  the  central  patrol  room  has  been  expanded  to  make  room  for  the  sergeant  and  detective,  the  sizes  of  the  hallways  and  front  lobby  were  reduced,  and  the  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  locker  rooms  were  moved  to  the  right  side  of  the  patrol  room,  essentially  changing  places  with  the  evidence  room. +DZOH\ VDLG WKLV ZHHN FLW\ RIÂżFLDOV are  still  working  with  Bread  Loaf  on  some  design  elements,  especially  the  layout  of  the  holding  cells  and  book-­ ing  room,  but  that  the  building  size  and  overall  cost  would  not  be  affected  by  design  tweaks  that  could  be  ongo-­ ing  through  early  summer.  Merkel  told  aldermen  and  mem-­ bers  of  the  public  last  month  the  new  plan  would  be  adequate  for  the  de-­ partmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  operational  needs.

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An  individual  choice  the  state  should  not  prevent

Help  sought  in  ¿QGLQJ FDQRH Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  writing  with  a  request  for  anyone  who  might  be  spending  some  time  by  Lewis  Creek  this  spring.  Please  keep  your  eye  out  for  a  15-­inch-­long,  bright  red  canoe.  My  grandsons  Leo  and  Dylan  made  it  with  me  this  winter,  inspired  by  reading  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paddle-­to-­the-­Seaâ&#x20AC;?  to-­ gether.  We  launched  it  on  Saturday  morning,  April  27,  near  the  Starks-­ boro  Little  League  Field  where  they  both  hope  to  be  playing  after  they  graduate  from  tee  ball.  The  little  wooden  canoe  in  that  book  made  it  all  the  way  through  the  Great  Lakes  and  into  the  sea,  but  ZH MXVW KRSH WKDW RXUV ZLOO DUULYH at  Lake  Champlain  after  passing  through  Starksboro,  Monkton,  Char-­ lotte  and  Ferrisburgh.  We  like  the  idea  that  it  might  trace  the  water-­ shed  that  begins  for  them  in  a  brook,  unnamed  on  any  map,  running  only  a  few  feet  from  their  familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dooryard.

Our  canoe  may  well  end  up  stuck  under  a  log,  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  okay  with  that.  But  if  you  should  happen  to  see  it  please  let  us  know.  If  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  like  to  do  so  you  could  even  send  a  note  and  picture  of  yourself  with  the  canoe  to  my  email,  which  is  on  the  bottom  of  the  hull.  Also,  if  you  are  enrolled  in,  or  know  someone  in,  a  school  along  the  way,  feel  free  to  take  it  out  of  the  water  and  show  it  to  other  students  who  might  be  LQWHUHVWHG 7KHQ SOHDVH MXVW VHQG LW on  its  way  toward  the  lake.

Thanks  in  advance  from  Dylan,  Leo  and  me,  your  neighbors  in  the  Lewis  Creek  Watershed.

John  Elder Bristol

Death  with  dignity  is  no  small  matter  and  we  commend  the  Vermont  Leg-­

islature  for  moving  such  legislation  out  of  the  House  and  to  conference  committee  and  likely  action.  In  this  age  of  medical  miracles  in  which  life  can  be  prolonged  far  past  any  natural  state,  it  provides  a  choice  for  some  patients  to  suffer  less  and  die  on  their  own  terms. ,W VWULNHV QHDU WR P\ IDPLO\ DW WKLV SDUWLFXODU WLPH DV P\ IDWKHU ORVW a  brief  bout  with  cancer.  He  died  a  week  ago  Wednesday.  Interestingly,  the  legislation  being  considered  in  Montpelier  would  not  have  made  much  difference  to  Dad.  Healthy  and  relatively  active  until  re-­ cently,  Dad  had  made  the  trip  by  himself  to  Vermont  from  Kansas  to  spend  this  Christmas  with  his  two  sons  and  grandchildren,  as  was  tradition  for  the  past  couple  of  decades.  Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  always  insisted  on  renting  his  own  SUV  and  driving  to  and  from  St.  Albans  and  Middlebury  unaccompanied.  We  had  a  good  visit  this  year,  as  always,  except  the  snows  and  storms  hit  at  the  wrong  time  this  year  (we  were  without  power  at  Lake  Dunmore  the  IHZ GD\V EHIRUH &KULVWPDV DQG DIWHUZDUG D VWRUP FDQFHOOHG Ă&#x20AC;LJKWV RQ WKH day  he  was  set  to  leave  and  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  him  home  for  the  next  couple  of  GD\V EXW KH ÂżQDJOHG KLV ZD\ RQWR D OLPRVHQH VHUYLFH DQG JRW WR 1<& ZKHUH KH ZDV DEOH WR FDWFK D Ă&#x20AC;LJKW KRPH WR KLV DFWLYH OLIH WKHUH Two  weeks  later  he  was  unexpectedly  in  the  hospital  in  Topeka  ready  to  have  a  cancerous  tumor  the  size  of  an  orange  removed  from  his  up-­ per  spinal  column.  We  would  learn  he  had  inoperable  bone  cancer  in  his  spine,  thus  also  precluding  radiation.  He  was  bed-­ridden  for  the  next  three  months  as  doctors  tried  to  control  the  cancerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  spread  with  chemo  medication.  By  early  April  we  learned  the  cancer  had  spread  into  his  liver  and  other  vital  organs  and  that  the  medicine  was  not  working.  He  elected  to  go  into  hospice  care  and  would  die  less  than  three  weeks  later.

The  idea  of  hurrying  his  death  was  not  on  our  radar.  Until  early  April,  doctors  held  out  the  hope  that  the  cancer  medicine  might  make  him  better  DQG KHÂśG DW OHDVW EH DEOH WR EH FRPIRUWDEOH LQ D ZKHHO FKDLU ² DQG PRUH PRELOH ² IRU VRPH XQGHWHUPLQHG WLPH ,Q WKH PHDQWLPH HDFK RI XV PDGH as  many  trips  as  we  could  to  see  him  in  those  last  couple  of  months.  It  was  a  valuable  time  to  say  how  much  we  loved  him  and  how  much  he  KDG LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFHG RXU OLYHV +H KDG EHHQ D ZRQGHUIXO IDWKHU DQG GRQH ZHOO by  all  of  us.  He  said  that  made  him  happy  to  hear.  We  put  together  digital  VOLGH VKRZV DQG UHOLYHG PDQ\ PHPRULHV +H WLUHG TXLFNO\ EXW HQMR\HG the  visits.

My  sister  Susan,  who  also  lives  in  Kansas,  was  able  to  hold  his  hands  that  last  Tuesday;Íž  and  while  he  could  hear  her,  he  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  able  to  speak  RU RSHQ KLV H\HV +H QHYHU ZRNH WKDW QH[W PRUQLQJ DQG GLHG DW D P  Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  case  might  be  an  argument  against  the  proposed  legislation;Íž  an  example  that  shows  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  step  not  needed.  But  in  our  case  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  because  GRFWRUV FRXOG QRW GHÂżQLWHO\ VD\ KRZ ORQJ PHGLFLQH PLJKW EH DEOH WR NHHS Dad  alive  until  near  the  very  end,  and  then  we  all  wanted  a  bit  of  time  to  YLVLW DGMXVW WR WKH LGHD DQG SUHSDUH IRU WKH LQHYLWDEOH ² 'DG LQFOXGHG Those  were  precious  and  valuable  weeks.  Rather,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  good  example  of  how  unlikely  it  is  that  the  legislation  will  EH DEXVHG MXVW DV WKH H[SHULHQFH LQ 2UHJRQ KDV SURYHQ WKDW IHDUHG DEXVHV were  largely  unfounded.  In  our  experience,  the  closer  death  is  to  a  family,  the  more  precious  life  becomes,  and  as  long  as  the  pain  and  suffering  can  be  managed  well,  the  time  together  may  be  bittersweet  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  still  sweet.  Other  cases  may  have  involve  more  pain  and  suffering  for  the  patient  and  a  death  that  lingers  longer.  Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  cancer,  we  were  told,  was  particu-­ larly  aggressive.  To  endure  three  more  months  in  a  semi-­conscious  state,  might  have  been  more  suffering  than  Dad  would  have  wanted  and  an  option  might  have  been  welcomed.  It  is  simply  an  individual  choice  the  government  should  not  prevent.

Angelo  S.  Lynn

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Just  one  of  183,000;Íž  but  a  special  one The  other  day  I  heard  some  self-­obsessed  celebrity  RQ WKH UDGLR VD\ WKDW LI \RX JRRJOHG KLV ÂżUVW QDPH D UHIHUHQFH WR KLP WXUQHG XS RQ WKH ÂżUVW SDJH RI WKH ,Q-­ ternet  search  engineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  results.  I  thought  it  would  be  fun  to  see  how  high  I  would  come  up  when  I  googled  P\ ÂżUVW QDPH $ODV P\ ÂżUVW QDPH LV QRW XQXVXDO LQ IDFW LW LV RQH RI WKH OHDVW XQXVXDO QDPHV LQ WKH (QJOLVK language.

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By John niacal  road  trip  I  googled  my  last  McCright name,  which,  according  to  Rhyme-­ =RQH FRP UDQNV RQ WKH OLVW RI surnames  in  the  United  States  (inci-­ dentally,  my  last  name  rhymes  with  â&#x20AC;&#x153;egg  white,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;car-­ pet  knightâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;ultraviolet  lightâ&#x20AC;?).  *RRJOH UHWXUQHG D PHUH UHIHUHQFHV WR P\ ODVW name.  Guess  where  I  landed?  Third!  I  was  a  little  sur-­ prised  but  not  terribly,  since  I  work  for  a  news  organi-­ zation  that  regularly  posts  my  name  on  its  website,  and  WKH VDPH LV WUXH RI P\ ODVW MRE 2QH WKLQJ WKDW LV NQRZQ about  Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  search  algorithm  is  that  the  more  times  a  search  term  appears  on  the  Internet  the  higher  a  result  appears  in  the  rankings.

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is  a  business  and  probably  pays  someone  to  do  a  thing  FDOOHG ÂłVHDUFK HQJLQH RSWLPL]DWLRQ ´ RU 6(2 ² D UHDO MRE LQ ZKLFK D Ă&#x20AC;XQN\ WZHDNV \RXU ZHEVLWH VR LW ZLOO appear  high  in  search  engine  results.  So  I  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  feel  WRR EDG DERXW QRW EHLQJ ÂżUVW DW OHDVW , FRXOGQÂśW XQWLO WKH local  schools  begin  to  teach  my  kids  real  world  skills,  OLNH KRZ WR GR 6(2 IRU 'DGG\

But  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  still  second  place  on  search  results,  and  the  guy  in  second  had  better  watch  out.  I  know  the  guy  ZKRVH QDPH SRSV XS EHIRUH PLQH ² DJDLQ QRW VXUSULV-­ ing  since  most  of  us  McCrights  in  the  United  States  are  not  too  distantly  related.  But  with  WKLV JX\ LWV SHUVRQDO ² KHÂśV P\ ROG-­ est  brother,  Joe  McCright.  I  guess  Joe  is  a  little  more  famous  than  me.  But  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  still  more  famous  than  my  second-­oldest  brother,  Matt.  I  was  a  little  surprised  that  he  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  higher  (his  name  appeared  on  the  second  page  of  results),  since  he  actually  works  with  computers  for  a  living.  Then  again,  he  works  in  computer  VHFXULW\ DQG SUREDEO\ OLNHV WR NHHS D ORZHU SURÂżOH Our  third  brother,  Mark,  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  show  up  until  the  third  page  of  results.  I  like  Mark,  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  basically  a  social  worker;Íž  but  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  never  going  to  become  a  celebrity  that  way. , ORRNHG WKURXJK SDJHV RI *RRJOH UHVXOWV DQG GLGQÂśW ÂżQG RXU GDG 1R KXJH VXUSULVH OLNH PRVW \HDU ROGV KH GRHVQÂśW KDYH D ELJ RQOLQH SUHVHQFH (though  he  is  checking  his  stocks  online  all  the  time).

As  I  scanned  the  pages  of  McCright  references  I  got  increasingly  interested  in  the  further  branches  of  my  family  tree.

(YHU\ IDPLO\ KDV LWV VWDUV DQG URWWHQ DSSOHV , IRXQG (See  Clippings,  Page  5A)

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Congress  weighs  e-­commerce  tax In  1992,  the  U.S.  Supreme  Court  ruled  that  states  could  not  collect  sales  taxes  from  businesses  that  do  not  have  physical  locations  within  state  borders.  With  the  explosion  of  e-­commerce  since  1992,  the  National  Gov-­ ernors  Association  claims  that  more  than  $20  billion  in  sales  tax  revenue  is  going  uncollected  each  year  because  of  tax-­free  Internet  sales.  The  U.S.  Senate  is  moving  to-­ ward  passage  of  legislation  that  would  overturn  the  1992  Supreme  Court  ruling,  but  whether  this  bill  will  actually  pass  both  houses  of  Congress  is  very  much  an  open  ques-­ tion.

Last  week,  the  Senate  voted  by  a  ¿OLEXVWHU SURRI PDMRULW\ RI WR to  advance  the  bill,  known  as  the  Marketplace  Fairness  Act.  Final  Sen-­ ate  passage  is  expected  next  week.  The  bill  would  allow  states  to  require  all  businesses  selling  online  to  con-­ sumers  in  their  states  to  collect  sales  By  Eric  L.  Davis taxes  and  remit  them  to  the  state  gov-­ ernment.  The  only  exemption  would  be  for  online  merchants  whose  total  annual  sales  to  out-­of-­state  customers  are  less  than  $1  million.

Rep.  Peter  Welch,  D-­Vt.,  is  one  of  the  Marketplace  Fairness  Actâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  principal  sponsors  in  the  House,  along  with  Rep.  Steve  Womack,  R-­Ark.  The  House  bill  has  more  than  50  cosponsors,  roughly  evenly  divided  be-­ tween  Democrats  and  Republicans.  In  spite  of  the  billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  bipartisan  sponsorship,  it  may  not  even  come  up  for  a  YRWH RQ WKH +RXVH Ă&#x20AC;RRU 6SHDNHU -RKQ %RHKQHU DQG 0DMRULW\ /HDGHU (ULF &DQ-­ tor  do  not  consider  the  bill  a  priority,  in  spite  of  vigorous  lobbying  of  the  House  leadership  by  Republican  gover-­

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nors  whose  states  could  use  the  revenues  that  would  be  collected  under  the  billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  provisions,  and  by  retailersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  or-­ ganizations  concerned  about  online  competition.  Many  Tea  Party-­oriented  House  Republicans  will  not  vote  for  any  tax  bill,  especially  when  Grover  Norquistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Ameri-­ cans  for  Tax  Reform  organization  says  that  it  will  con-­ sider  a  vote  in  favor  of  taxing  online  sales  as  a  violation  of  legislatorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  anti-­tax  pledges.

(YHQ LI WKH 0DUNHWSODFH )DLUQHVV $FW ZHUH WR SDVV ERWK houses  of  Congress,  it  may  not  be  the  panacea  for  brick-­ and-­mortar  businesses  that  many  of  its  sponsors  claim,  although  state  JRYHUQPHQWV ZRXOG FOHDUO\ EHQHÂżW from  the  new  revenue.  Fiscal  experts  in  Montpelier  say  that  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  revenues  would  go  up  by  about  $20  million  a  year  if  all  online  sales  were  taxed.  This  amount  would  help  con-­ siderably  in  closing  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  persis-­ tent  budget  gaps.

Businesses  on  the  eastern  side  of  Vermont  already  face  competition  from  tax-­free  New  Hampshire,  so  their  situation  would  not  change  even  if  more  online  sales  were  taxed.  It  is  no  surprise  that  downtowns  in  St.  Johnsbury,  White  River  -XQFWLRQ 6SULQJ¿HOG %UDWWOHERUR DQG RWKHU HDVWHUQ 9HU-­ mont  communities  are  struggling,  when  thousands  of  Vermonters  cross  the  Connecticut  River  daily  to  shop  in  tax-­free  Littleton,  West  Lebanon  and  Keene,  N.H. Away  from  the  New  Hampshire  border,  smaller  busi-­ QHVVHV LQ 9HUPRQW PD\ QRW EHQH¿W JUHDWO\ IURP WKH UH-­ PRYDO RI WD[ IUHH RQOLQH VDOHV (YHQ LI RQOLQH PHUFKDQWV were  to  collect  the  Vermont  sales  tax,  many  of  them  have  (See  Davis,  Page  5A)

3LSHOLQH RXWUHDFK LV VWLOO ODFNLQJ The  ever  changing  ...  bait  and  switch.  Just  keep  them  running  in  circles.  Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  running  it  here  or  there,  running  it  who  knows  where?  Sudbury  and  Leicester  are  off  the  table  one  week  and  back  on  the  next.

Poor  Shoreham  had  little  to  no  notice  about  their  meeting  Thursday  night.  Some  people  got  letters  on  Thursday,  the  day  of  the  meeting.  Most  people  received  nothing.  There  was  nothing  on  the  town  website  and  nothing  on  Vermont  Gas  site.  Just  a  piece  of  paper  posted  on  the  SRVW RI¿FH ZDOO RQ )ULGD\ DIWHUQRRQ Meeting:  7  p.m.  at  the  Fire  Sta-­ WLRQ S P DW WKH (OHPHQWDU\ School  ....  oops,  wait  it  is  7  at  the  Fire  House.  Stakeholders  only.

Well,  how  the  frack  are  you  sup-­ posed  to  know,  if  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  a  stake-­ holder  or  not,  when  no  route  has  been  chosen!  The  selectboard  chair  seems  to  know  more  than  anyone  as  to  where  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going.  He  knew  a  long  time  ago,  when  he  met  with  Vermont  Gas  to  negotiate  a  price  on  his  land,  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  very  nice  people.  Quite  accommodating.â&#x20AC;?  He  is  one  of  the  two  large  land  owners  in  Shoreham,  who  seems  to  think  WKLV ZLOO EH D EHQHÂżW Communication  is  beyond  lack-­ ing.  Distrust  is  quickly  building.  Tomorrow  will  bring  more  disinfor-­ mation.

Fight  the  Pipe!

Mary  Martin Cornwall

:LQG HQHUJ\ LV DERXW WKH PRQH\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  easy  being  green.â&#x20AC;?  Those  immortal  words  spoken  by  Kermit  the  Frog  keep  running  through  my  brain.  Over  the  last  few  years  the  environmental  concept  of  being  green  has  been  turned  upside  down  here  in  Vermont.

A  term  that  once  meant  to  protect  the  natural  environment  has  now  been  usurped  by  power  industries,  politicians  and  activists  to  mean  whatever  they  deem  necessary  to  further  their  interest,  regardless  of  the  true  reality.

Ridgeline  wind  power;Íž  free  energy,  carbon  neutral,  green!  Like  the  Sirensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  irresistible  call  for  many,  whether  unknowingly  or  refusing  to  know,  pay  little  heed  of  the  rocks  ahead.

The  facade  about  wind  energy  in  Vermont  is  about  being  green.  Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  be  clear,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  all  about  money.  Would  Lowell  allow  their  ridgelines  to  be  used  if  money,  a  great  deal  of  money,  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  offered?  Would  Green  Mountain  Power  have  con-­ sidered  the  industrial-­sized  develop-­ ment  of  ridgelines  if  there  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  VLJQLÂżFDQW DPRXQWV RI PRQH\ WR EH (See  Letter,  Page  5A)

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  May  2,  2013  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  5A

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by Gregory Dennis inches  of  new  snow  Â&#x2021; 'UHDP \HW DJDLQ RI and  conditions  that  taking  up  the  extremely  improved  with  every  frustrating  game  of  golf.

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ZHUH EODQNHWHG ZLWK DUWLÂżFLDO VQRZ *** Nonetheless,  a  few  truly  dedicated  Other  springtime  ramblings: skiers  spent  much  of  April  climbing  Yahoo  has  to  be  the  worst  email  to  earn  their  turns  at  the  Bowl.  program  this  side  of  Nigeria.  We  Sugarbush,  after  ceasing  daily  op-­ laugh  at  those  friends  stuck  in  the  eration  last  Sunday,  plans  one  last  1990s  with  AOL  email  addresses.  hurrah  this  weekend.  But  judging  by  my  experience,  Ya-­ And  at  Killington,  the  lifts  are  still  hoo  is  the  true  Sad  Sack.  spinning  every  single  day.  But  the  Microsoft  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  done  well  in  re-­ resortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  website  cautions  that  due  to  cent  years.  But  the  smartest  decision  patchy  snow,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some  walking  may  be  they  ever  made  was  not  to  buy  Ya-­ required.â&#x20AC;? hoo. *  *  * Some  years  ago  I  visited  Yahoo  The  movement  to  get  colleges,  headquarters  for  a  meeting  on  behalf  pension  funds,  and  others  to  divest  of  a  business  client.  This  was  when  out  of  fossil  fuels  was  launched  by  Yahoo  was  seen  as  smart  and  trendy,  350.org,  which  was  founded  in  Mid-­ and  before  it  became  a  punchline.  dlebury.  But  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  others  who  are  tak-­ The  attitude  of  the  employees  was  ing  the  lead  now. essentially,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  Yahoo.  Who  the  At  least  two  colleges  and  about  hell  are  you?â&#x20AC;?  So  when  the  company  D GR]HQ FLWLHV DURXQG WKH 8 6 KDYH began  to  falter,  those  of  us  who  had  recently  moved  toward  withdrawing  dealt  with  Yahoo  could  see  the  fatal  ¿QDQFLDO VXSSRUW IURP RLO FRDO DQG arrogance  behind  its  stumbles. natural  gas  companies. Â

Between The Lines

The  San  Francisco  Board  of  Su-­ pervisors  unanimously  supported  divestment.  And  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  talking  small  numbers  here.  San  Francisco  has  an  estimated  $580  million  invest-­ ed  in  fossil  fuel  companies.

The  city  â&#x20AC;&#x153;can  divest  responsibly  without  affecting  the  fundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  secu-­ rity  or  yield,â&#x20AC;?  said  Supervisor  John  Avalos.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  a  great  time  to  make  a  statement  about  how  we  can  hold  the  fossil  fuels  companies  account-­ able.â&#x20AC;?

Divestment  is  still  up  for  debate  DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH KRZHYHU ² even  though  the  college  positions  it-­ self  as  an  environmental  leader,  and  even  though  the  dollar  amounts  are  much  smaller.

Seven  very  articulate  Middlebury  students  were  on  the  college-­spon-­ sored  panel  that  debated  divestment  this  past  Sunday  night.  $W WKH 5KRGH ,VODQG 6FKRRO RI Design,  by  comparison,  students  on  6XQGD\ QLJKW ZHUH PDNLQJ ¿QDO SODQV for  the  protest  sit-­in  they  launched  on  Monday,  in  the  waiting  room  of  the  SUHVLGHQWœV RI¿FH Middlebury  College  students  staged  a  sit-­in  over  divestment,  too.  But  that  was  back  in  the  mid-­1980s.  The  sit-­in  was  part  of  a  morally  inspired,  and  eventually  successful,  attempt  to  pressure  college  trustees  to  withdraw  their  investments  from  companies  invested  in  apartheid  South  Africa.

This  past  Sunday  nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  panel  re-­ inforced  the  point  that  students  over-­ whelmingly  favor  divestment.  Many  faculty  members  do,  as  well,  includ-­ ing  those  featured  in  a  new  video  about  why  the  college  should  di-­ YHVW 6HH WKH WUDLOHU DW KWWSV YLPHR FRP

&ROOHJH 3UHVLGHQW 5RQ /LHERZLW] has  done  an  admirable  job  in  promot-­ ing  campus-­wide  dialogue  about  di-­ vestment.

But  it  remains  to  be  seen  whether  the  trustees  themselves  will  do  the  morally  right  thing  and  withdraw  college  investments  from  companies  whose  activities,  every  single  day,  are  GHVWDELOL]LQJ WKH FOLPDWH RQ D JOREDO scale.

Gregory  Dennisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  column  appears  here  every  other  Thursday  and  is  ar-­ chived  on  his  blog  at  www.gregden-­ nis.wordpress.com.  Twitter:  @green-­ gregdennis.  Email  him  (for  now)  at  gregdennisvt@yahoo.com.

Letter (Continued  from  Page  4A) made  for  them?

So  letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  get  off  our  high  horse  about  being  green.  Building  ridgeline  wind  turbines  is  more  about  big  business  than  anything  else.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  easy.

Easy  for  electric  companies  to  pay  gobs  of  money  to  pay  off  towns  for  ridgeline  access.  Easy  with  political  support  from  Gov.  Shumlin.  Easy  with  the  promise  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;seeing  the  prom-­ ised  land,â&#x20AC;?  as  one  local  columnist  wrote  upon  rallying  in  Washington,  D.C.,  for  green  energy.

While  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  opposed  to  the  mak-­ ing  of  money,  I  draw  the  line  when  that  endeavor  negatively  impacts  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lives. :KDWÂśV KDUG" $SSDUHQWO\ ÂżQGLQJ money  in  the  Vermont  state  budget  IRU UHWURÂżWWLQJ KRPHV ZLWK HQHUJ\ saving  insulation  to  name  but  one  important  item.

Conservation;Íž  I  guess  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  a  sexy  word.  It  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  generate  revenue.

It  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  help  you  get  elected.  It  UHTXLUHV VDFULÂżFH D ZRUG RIWHQ XVHG in  support  of  wind  energy  in  Vermont.  I  know  something  about  the  conserv-­ ing  energy.

Twenty-­seven  years  ago  I  built  my  super-­insulated  house.  I  have  reduced  my  home  heating  usage  by  60  percent  every  single  year  since.  Imagine  what  the  reduction  of  CO2  emissions  would  have  been  if  all  new  construc-­ tion  in  Vermont  since  1986  could  boast  this  kind  of  savings.  Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  tell  me  conversation  is  ineffective  or  too  little  or  too  late.

I  have  walked  the  Long  Trail  from  Mt.  Horrid  at  Brandon  Gap  through  WR 0W 0DQVÂżHOG 7KH WUDLO IROORZV the  western  Green  Mountain  ridge-­ line,  particularly  from  Mt.  Abraham  northward.  I  am  not  a  spiritual  person Â

in  the  traditional  sense  yet  when  on  these  mountaintops  one  cannot  deny  the  feeling  of  being  close  to  something  truly  unique  and  special.  With  their  alpine  vegetation,  wilder-­ QHVV DSSHDO DQG PDJQL¿FHQW YLHZV WR GH¿OH WKLV LQFUHGLEOH HQYLURQPHQW with  ridgeline  wind  towers  would  be  unconscionable.

These  Green  Mountains  should  not  belong  to  the  highest  bidder.  They  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  belong  to  me  or  you  or  wind  energy  developers.  The  Green  Mountains  are  a  legacy  held  in  trust  to  be  passed  on  to  future  generations.  Those  who  would  advocate  for  the  wanton  destruction  of  them  for  a  little  bit  of  electricity  and  lot  of  money,  in  the  words  of  Mr.  Wilder,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;know  the  price  of  everything  and  the  value  of  nothing.â&#x20AC;?

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Thankfully  Vermont  passed  legis-­ lation  to  ban  fracking  because  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  so  bad.  So  why  are  we  now  consider-­ ing  allowing  Vermont  Gas  Systems,  hereby  known  by  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;realâ&#x20AC;?  name  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vermont  Fracked  Gas  Company,â&#x20AC;?  to  construct  a  pipeline  that  would  carry  fracked  gas  through  our  farmlands,  villages  and  towns  on  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  way  across  the  lake  to  New  York?  One  reason  is  many  people  know  very  little  if  anything  about  this  project  because  little  information  has  been  dissemi-­ QDWHG WKH SURMHFW LV JHWWLQJ EXOOGR]HG through  as  quickly  as  possible  by  the  gas  company  and  the  public  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  had  much  if  any  input  on  it.  A  meeting  with  the  gas  company  held  last  week  in  Shoreham  illustrat-­ ed  to  me  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vermont  Fracked  Gas Â

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For  starters,  many,  if  not  all  Shoreham  residents  received  notice  by  mail  just  hours  before  the  meeting  began;Íž  VGS  also  failed  to  post  it  on  their  website.  The  location  of  the  meeting  was  changed  several  times  that  day,  which  caused  confusion,  especially  for  anyone  from  outside  the  Shoreham  community  who  wanted  to  attend.  I  believe  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vermont  Fracked  Gasâ&#x20AC;?  was  hoping  for  a  small  turnout;Íž  something  that  the  numerous  executives  who  showed  up  and  CEO  of  the  company  Don  Gilbert  could  easily  handle,  especially  without  press  there.

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the  entire  meeting  along  with  special  comments  people  wanted  docu-­ mented  was  recorded.  Numerous  questions  and  concerns  were  voiced  DERXW VDIHW\ LVVXHV OHDNV DQG H[SOR-­ sions),  environmental  degradation,  possible  route  selection,  the  potential  contamination  of  water  supplies  LQFOXGLQJ /DNH &KDPSODLQ DQG WKH threat  of  the  gas  company  invoking  eminent  domain.

CEO  Don  Gilbert  tried  to  reassure  the  crowd  and  allay  our  concerns  by  telling  us  as  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;former  executive  of  the  DuPont  Corporationâ&#x20AC;?  we  were  in  good  hands.  If  he  had  said  he  was  a  former  executive  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seventh  Gen-­ erationâ&#x20AC;?  I  would  have  felt  much  bet-­ ter!  The  monolithic  DuPont  Corpora-­ tion  has  contributed  in  large  measure  to  the  very  worst  problems  we  face  today  on  the  planet.  If  DuPont  is  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;high  standard,â&#x20AC;?  then  we  are  in  deep  trouble!  Elizabeth  Frank Orwell

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But  then  I  see  that  he  may  actu-­ ally  be  the  anti-­John  McCright,  as  far  as  this  John  McCright  goes.  He  grew  up  and  continues  to  live  in  0LGODQG 7H[DV OLNHV 0LWW 5RP-­ QH\ *HRUJH : %XVK VWLOO DQG country  music;Íž  and  is  apparently  a  ELJ IDQ RI ÂżVKLQÂś DW OHDVW DSSHDUV WR EH IURP WKH QXPEHU RI GHDG ÂżVK photos  he  posts  on  his  Facebook  page.  I  would  guess  John  Boy  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  make  it  to  cousin  Jihadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  welcome  home  from  jail  party.  But,  who  knows?  Maybe  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  closer  UHODWLYH WKDQ PH WR 5D\ 0F&ULJKW ² DOVR D PHPEHU RI WKH VRXWKHUQ EUDQFK RI WKH IDPLO\ ² ZKR ZDV convicted  of  horse  stealing  in  Okla-­ homa  in  1921  in  a  case  that  went  to  the  state  supreme  court.

Using  the  Google  feature  that  lets  you  search  for  inventors  named  McCright  who  had  patents  , IRXQG WKDW SDWHQWV FLWH VRPH-­ thing  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;New  Tool  Kit  to  Link  Groove  with  Microsoft  SharePointâ&#x20AC;? Â

by  JS  McCright.  Turns  out  this  JS  McCright  is  actually  John  Steven  0F&ULJKW ² PH 7KH\ DUH UHIHU-­ ring  to  an  article  I  wrote  a  decade  ago  when  I  worked  for  a  high-­tech  publication  in  Boston.  After  the  initial  blush  of  excitement  faded  I  ¿JXUHG RXW WKDW WKLV LVQÂśW DFWXDOO\ such  an  honor.  One  aspect  of  the  software  industry  is  that  companies  ¿OH SDWHQWV IRU (9(5<7+,1* VR they  can  sue  potential  competitors.  As  part  of  the  patent  applications  they  have  to  cite  some  need  in  the  industry  for  their  â&#x20AC;&#x153;inventionâ&#x20AC;?  so  they  cite  news  articles  ad  nauseam.

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hubs,  will  continue  to  have  advan-­ tages  over  small  local  merchants  in  terms  of  availability  of  products  and  the  range  of  items  offered.

If  online  sales  were  taxed,  big-­ box  stores  in  Chittenden  County  selling  high-­value  electronics  and  other  products  might  see  an  increase Â

in  sales.  Fewer  consumers  would  engage  in  comparison  shopping  in  physical  stores  and  then  order  mer-­ chandise  online  to  avoid  the  sales  tax.  Eric  L.  Davis  is  professor  emeritus  of  political  science  at  Middlebury  College.

Clippings (Continued  from  Page  4A) Cright,  an  academic  who  exposes  global  warming  deniers.  In  one  of  his  pieces  he  and  a  colleague  found  â&#x20AC;&#x153;that  conservative  white  males  are  VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ PRUH OLNHO\ WKDQ DUH other  Americans  to  endorse  denial-­ ist  views  ...  and  that  these  differ-­ ences  are  even  greater  for  those  conservative  white  males  who  self-­ report  understanding  global  warm-­ ing  very  well.â&#x20AC;?  Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  welcome  at  the  family  barbecue  any  time.

Then  there  is  Michael  D.  Mc-­ Cright  in  Seattle,  who  also  goes  by  the  name  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mikhial  Jihad.â&#x20AC;?  Google  showed  me  a  picture  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;cousinâ&#x20AC;?  Mike  wearing  a  turban  and  many  news  stories  describing  him  as  a  Muslim  extremist  who  pleaded  guilty  a  year  ago  to  an  attack  on  U.S.  Marines  during  a  road  rage  incident.  Just  between  you  and  me,  I  hope  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  still  in  jail  so  I  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  to  invite  him  to  the  next  fam-­ ily  reunion.

7KH ÂżUVW -RKQ 0F&ULJKW WKDW wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  me  appeared  on  page  8.  We  KDYH D IHZ WKLQJV LQ FRPPRQ ² DI-­ ter  a  little  online  stalking  I  see  that  this  John  McCright  is  the  father  of  WZR FXWH OLWWOH JLUOV OLNH PH DQG LV

Davis (Continued  from  Page  4A) such  market  power  that  their  prices  would  continue  to  be  lower  than  in  brick-­and-­mortar  stores,  even  with  the  sales  tax  advantage  eliminated.  Online  merchants,  especially  those  that  have  large  warehouses  located  near  FedEx  and  UPS  distribution Â

Real  Estate  and  You by  Ingrid Punderson  Jackson

NAME  YOUR  PRICE Every  home  is  different  and  unique  to  its  own  market,  making  your  asking  price  one  of  the  most  important  factors  in  getting  it  sold.  Since  your  home  is  unique  in  its  location,  design  and  amenities,  it  needs  to  be  judged  on  its  own  merits,  and  compared  to  similar  homes  in  your  locality.  Your  agent  will  research  your  homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  value  by  a  calculating  its  previous  sale  price,  adding  in  any  improvements  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  made,  their  cost  and  the  appreciation  of  other  homes  in  your  area.   If  your  home  showcases  any  specialized  amenities,  your  RealtorÂŽ  may  have  to  go  outside  your  immediate  DUHD WR ÂżQG FRPSDUDEOHV ZLWK similar  features  and  adjust  for  the  differences  between  your  housing  market  and  the  housing  market  where  comparable  statistics  can  be  found.  Independent  appraisals  and  pre-­ appraisals  should  be  conducted  with  a  trusted  professional  who  is  familiar  with  your  area  and  its  marketâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  shy,  ask  for  references.  With  an  accurate  appraisal  and  the  help  of  your  RealtorÂŽ,  you  can  set  a  price  for  your  home  that  shows  a  return  on  your  investment  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  realistic  in  what  the  market  will  bear.  Ingrid  Punderson  Jackson Real  Estate Â&#x2021; FHOO WROO IUHH www.middvermontrealestate.com

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CLIMATE  CHANGE  WINNING  ENTRY PROMPT:  CLIMATE  CHANGE  This  week,  Young  Writers  Project  publishes  one  of  the  winning  entries  in  the  YWP-­Vermontivate  Climate  Change  Challenge.  Seven  writ-­ ers  were  honored  and  given  $50  awards  by  Vermontivate,  the  community  sustainability  game,  at  an  Earth  Day  celebration  and  launch  of  Vermontivate  on  April  20.  Go  to  youngwritersproject. org/vermontivate  to  read  all  the  winning  submissions.  You  can  join  the  Vermontivate  game,  KDSSHQLQJ IRU ¿YH ZHHNV LQ 0D\ and  June,  at  vermontivate.com.  ABOUT  THE  PROJECT Young  Writers  Project  is  DQ LQGHSHQGHQW QRQSUR¿W WKDW engages  students  to  write,  helps  them  improve  and  connects  them  with  authentic  audiences  through  the  Newspaper  Series  (and  youngwritersproject.org)  and  the  Schools  Project  (ywpschools.net).  YWP  is  supported  by  this  news-­ paper  and  foundations,  businesses  and  individuals  who  recognize  the  power  and  value  of  writing.  If  you  would  like  to  contribute,  please  go  to  youngwritersproject. org/support,  or  mail  your  dona-­ tion  to  YWP,  12  North  St.,  Suite  8,  Burlington,  VT  05401.  Special  thanks  this  week  to  Vermontivate.

Eternal Night

BY  TAYLOR  ROUCOULET  GRADE  8,  OTTER  VALLEY  UNION  MIDDLE  SCHOOL  (\HV ZDQGHU DURXQG D EURNHQ ZRUOG WR ¿QG QRWK-­ ing  but  darkness.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  searching  â&#x20AC;Ś  What  am  I  searching  for?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  waiting  â&#x20AC;Ś What  am  I  waiting  for?

The  whole  world  is  at  the  edge  of  the  cliff,  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  stuck  in  the  moment  of  suspense.

The  air  is  too  quiet, The  trees  are  silent, No  more  whispers  or  lullabies  from  the  wind, The  moon  is  holding  up  the  sky,  the  sun  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  pull  away  the  stars.

Why  do  the  stars  look  so  devious  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  like  they  are  wise  eyes  full  of  secrets?

Catastrophe  is  building  in  our  hearts.

The  night  is  swallowing  us  whole,  the  darkness  brings  out  our  deepest  fears,  our  darkest  desires.

A  poor  man  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  seen  as  he  steals.

A  wise  man  has  watched  his  sanity  run  from  his  grasp  on  two  feet  of  ignorance. , ZDQW WR VHW ÂżUH WR WKH ZRUOG ZDWFK WKH Ă&#x20AC;DPHV leap  and  lick  at  the  sky,  I  want  the  stars  to  melt  on  my  tongue,  so  the  sun  may  once  again  burn  up  the  sky.

The  night  sky  is  heavy  with  thoughts;͞  we  all  lie  here  with  memories  drenching  us  in  regrets.

We  never  had  the  chance  to  kiss  the  sun  goodbye.

We  never  had  the  chance  to  caress  the  clouds.

We  never  had  the  chance  to  taste  the  light  blue  spilling  through  the  trees.

Night  was  beautiful.  A  time  to  rest  and  remember  everything.

We  had  always  had  the  sun  to  look  forward  to  in  the  morning.

Morning  â&#x20AC;Ś  Is  it  morning  now?  Is  this  our  morn-­ ing  cast  in  the  shadows  â&#x20AC;Ś  are  we  being  resented?  Resented  by  the  beautiful  day-­lit  sky?

I  see  no  smiles  on  these  faces  of  the  shunned.

We  destroyed  our  Earth.  We  tore  down  its  trees. :H ¿OOHG WKH DLU ZLWK JDVVHV We  drenched  the  world  in  sins.

And  now  the  world  resents  us,  and  has  cast  us  in  a  forever  shadow.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  dancing  with  my  fears;Íž  they  take  my  hand  and  guide  me  to  a  river. /RRNLQJ GRZQ , VHH WKH UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWLRQ 6KH LV GUHVVHG in  midnight,  and  her  eyes  are  full  of  hate.

Is  this  me?

Has  the  night  pulled  me  from  my  grace,  tore  away  P\ ZLQJV DQG VHW PH RQ ¿UH ZLWK GDUNQHVV" These  angels  surrounding  me  are  sooted  with  sins,  their  white  dresses  have  been  torn,  their  halos  shat-­ tered,  and  their  wings  stained  with  raven  feathers.

What  have  we  done?

A  cruel  smile  rests  in  the  moonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lethal  glare.

The  sky  looks  as  though  it  will  devour  our  souls.

I  can  feel  the  stars  pulling  me  in.

They  want  to  taste  my  fears,  they  want  to  know  my  heart.

This  was  our  doing,  we  destroyed  ourselves,  and  the  sky  has  placed  us  in  the  darkest  of  shadows.

This  is  our  shunning.

This  is  our  eternal  night.

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Music.  Choose  a  piece  of  PXVLF DQG ZULWH D VWRU\ WKDW Ă&#x20AC;RZV from  it.  Tell  us  what  music  you  were  listening  to.  Alternate:  Three  wishes:  What  would  you  wish  for?  Tell  us  in  three  sentences.  Due  May  10.

Vt.  childcare  providers  to  be  honored  on  May  10  MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Provider  Appreciation  Day  is  Friday,  May  10.  On  that  day,  Vermont  Birth  to  Three  will  be  paying  tribute  to  home-­based  childcare  professionals  across  the  state,  who  do  the  impor-­ tant  work  of  caring  for  our  babies  while  we  are  out  working.  Because  more  than  70  percent  of  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  children  under  age  5  are  cared  for  out  of  the  home  during  some  part  of  the  work  week,  childcare  providers  are  poised  to  be  the  unsung  heroes  of  a  thriving  Vermont.

Childcare  providers  lay  the  groundwork  for  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  future  success  and  well-­being.  Science  says  that  stable,  responsive  rela-­ tionships  and  positive  learning  experiences  are  key  ingredients  in  the  developing  brain.  High-­quality  early  care  helps  assure  that  children  develop  to  their  full  potential,  with  effects  that  last  a  lifetime.  Vermont  Birth  to  Three  is  committed  to  help-­ ing  create  the  best  care  possible  for  young  children.  The  organiza-­ WLRQ UHFUXLWV DQG WUDLQV TXDOLÂżHG mentors,  who  then  work  one-­on-­one  with  other  providers  in  their  homes,  free  of  charge.  Presently  there  are  20  Vermont  Birth  to  Three  mentors  working  with  more  than  257  provid-­ ers  around  the  state  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  that  number  is  growing.

Founded  in  1996  in  New  Jersey,  Provider  Appreciation  Day  occurs  every  year  on  the  Friday  before  Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Day.  The  holiday  is  now  celebrated  by  individuals  and  orga-­ nizations  across  the  globe.  For  more  information  visit  http://providerap-­ preciationday.org.

1.  The  year  is  2050.  Looking  back,  the  climate  crisis  was  solved  in  the  most  unexpected  ways.  You  were  there  for  a  crucial  moment.  What  happened?

2.  Do  you  believe  the  world  can  solve  the  climate  crisis?  Tell  us  why.

My  garden  is  full  of  ghosts.  tree.â&#x20AC;?  And  by  golly,  in  a  couple  At  this  time  of  year  when  I  am  of  years  we  did!  And  then  10  enjoying  the  gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  awaken-­ years  later,  we  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t!  The  ing,  the  ghosts  are  also  awaken-­ tree  blew  over  in  a  windstorm,  ing.  They  are  the  spirits  of  the  showing  its  roots  to  the  western  family,  friends  and  neighbors  horizon.  So  sad.  My  husband  from  whose  Bill  and  I  began  to  gardens,  or  clean  up  the  mess,  through  whose  and  a  neighbor  efforts,  some  of  came  by  with  a  the  plants  origi-­ chainsaw  to  hasten  nally  came.  My  the  process.  After  loved  ones  are  a  few  large  limbs  there,  peeking  were  removed,  through  winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  tree  began  to  cover,  to  live  shift,  then  lift,  with  us  for  then  majestically  another  season. rise  up  to  place  its  Right  outside  roots  back  in  the  our  front  door  hole  they  came  is  a  row  of  old-­ out  of  and  stand  fashioned  coral  straight  up!  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  bells,  from  the  our  resurrection  time  before  there  tree.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  little  bit  were  hundreds  of  Joe  out  there  on  of  types  of  coral  the  point,  a  trick-­

By Abi Sessions bells  with  every  ster  with  a  twinkle  imaginable  color  in  its  eye,  just  like  of  leaf  (includ-­ Joe. ing  nearly  black!)  and  a  tremen-­ Tulips  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  supposed  to  last  dous  variety  of  flowers.  These  more  than  a  few  years,  but  some  simple  coral  bells  come  from  wild  and  crazy  multicolored  my  grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  garden  in  parrot  tulips  that  my  mother  Taftsville,  Vermont,  where  she  gave  me  for  Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Day  20  lived  at  the  home  of  her  friend  years  ago  are  still  blooming.  And  Margaret  after  her  husband  died.  some  of  my  favorite  poppies  My  grandparents  had  been  hill  came  from  my  mother,  too.  One  farmers  in  Pomfret  until  they  day  when  she  was  bicycling  in  sold  the  family  homestead  in  the  Shoreham  she  saw  some  coral-­ mid-­â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s  and  moved  into  a  two-­ colored  poppies  she  admired.  room  apartment  in  Woodstock.  Most  of  us  would  just  ride  on  I  wonder  how  my  grandmother  by,  but  my  mother  stopped  and  decided  what  to  bring  and  what  knocked  on  the  door.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  to  leave  behind,  after  genera-­ your  poppies  need  dividing,â&#x20AC;?  she  tions  of  her  family  had  lived  and  offered,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  know  a  garden  that  farmed  and  gardened  on  that  hill-­ would  be  glad  to  have  some.â&#x20AC;?  side.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  glad  she  brought  these  Fortunately,  the  owner/gardener  coral  bells,  and  was  amused  I  cherish  her  and  coopera-­ These presence  here  tive.  And  this  at  my  door. garden  is  still  plants are At  the  end  glad  for  the  a living of  our  prop-­ gift  of  those  erty  is  a  large  luscious  coral  memory of willow  tree,  poppies  from  beloved people large  enough  that  bodacious  to  hold  a  tree  bicycle  rider. now departed. perch  (you  These  plants  Every spring my really  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  are  a  living  appreciation of call  it  a  house)  memory  of  and  a  couple  of  beloved  people  them is rekinswings.  Thirty-­ now  departed.  dled and their five  years  ago  Every  spring  our  neighbor  my  apprecia-­ stories fondly down  the  road  tion  of  them  remembered. brought  up  a  is  rekindled  little  willow  and  their  I love living whip  from  one  stories  fondly  surrounded by of  the  many  r e m e m b e r e d .  willows  out  I  love  living  these ghosts! behind  his  surrounded  by  house.  Joe  was  these  ghosts! a  retired  farmer  and  storyteller  Abi  Sessions  is  a  retired  educa-­ extraordinaire.  He  stuck  the  tor  with  three  grown  children  thicker  end  of  that  little  willow  and  three  grandchildren.  She  whip  into  the  ground  and  said,  lives  and  gardens  in  Cornwall  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There.  Some  day  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  have  a  with  her  husband,  Bill.

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'HUE\ 'D\ EHQHÂżW IRU 3RUWHU $X[LOLDU\  Saturday,  May  4,  2-­9  p.m.,  Home  of  Sue  and  Bruce  Byers  in  &RUQZDOO Âł.HQWXFN\ 'HUE\ 'D\ %HQHÂżW´ ZLWK PLQW (GXFDWLRQDO VHPLQDU RQ UHWLUHPHQW MXOHSV ÂżQJHU IRRG DQG FKHHULQJ RQ KRUVHV LQ WKH SODQQLQJ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Thursday,  annual  horse  race  broadcast  from  Louisville.  $45  May  2,  6-­7:15  p.m.,  Middlebury  Inn,  Willard  per  person  ($40  for  Porter  Medical  Center  Auxiliary  Room.  Learn  about  the  importance  of  saving  for  members).  Reservations  at  388-­4738  or  www.porter-­ retirement,  saving  through  an  employee-­sponsored  medical.org.  plan,  tax-­advantaged  options  for  retirement  savings.  6SDJKHWWL GLQQHU DQG VLOHQW DXFWLRQ LQ 0RQNWRQ  Reservations:  877-­6559.  Refreshments  and  snacks  Saturday,  May  4,  5-­7  p.m.,  Monkton  Central  School.  will  be  served.  Annual  event  of  the  Monkton  Boy  Scouts  Troop  525.  %DKDÂśL GHYRWLRQDO PHHWLQJ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Thursday,  Cost  $8  adults,  $5  children  under  10.  Fresh-­baked  May  2,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  location  TBA.  The  Middlebury  bread,  a  variety  of  pasta  sauces,  fresh  salad  and  Bahaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;i  Community  is  holding  a  meeting  to  remem-­ GHVVHUW $OO SURFHHGV EHQHÂżW WKH (ULN 'DYLV 0HPRULDO ber  all  those  imprisoned  in  Iran  for  their  Campership  Fund,  which  provides  funds  for  Scouts  to  UHOLJLRXV EHOLHIV 7KLV LV WKH ÂżIWK DQQLYHU-­ attend  summer  camps.  sary  of  the  imprisonment  of  leaders  of  .LQJ 3HGH SDUW\ LQ )HUULVEXUJK  Saturday,  May  4,  the  Bahaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;i  faith.  Call  802-­238-­5306  for  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Ferrisburgh  Community  Center  and  location.  Town  Hall.  Sandwich  supper  7ZLVW 2Âś :RRO 6SLQQLQJ *XLOG PHHWLQJ NATURAL FIRST AID & SIMPLE HEALTH SOLUTIONS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; followed  by  an  evening  of  fun  DQG DXFWLRQ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ Thursday,  Discover easy, holistic methods to help you cope with daily and  card  games.  Come  plan-­ ning  to  play  King  Pede  or  bring  May  2,  7-­9  p.m.,  American  Legion.  your  own  favorite  card  game.  $QQXDO DXFWLRQ IHDWXULQJ ÂżEHU HTXLSPHQW health needs and emergencies. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll leave with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;tool kitâ&#x20AC;? of 5HTXHVWHG GRQDWLRQ and  materials.  All  are  welcome.  Info:  great techniques and products. Saturday, May 18, 9:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;noon, 453-­5960.  MVAA. Instructor is Barbara Clearbridge. By donation. More &DVLQR 1LJKW LQ 9HUJHQQHV  Saturday,  May  4,  7-­11  p.m.,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Castleâ&#x20AC;?  on  stage  at  Middlebury  information: www.FeelingMuchBetter.org; (802) 324-9149.

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 on  stage  at  and  adults,  household  goods,  toys,  0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH  Saturday,  books,  footwear,  knick-­knacks.  May  4,  8-­10  p.m.,  Mahaney  3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW PLVVLRQV ORFDOO\ DQG Center  for  the  Arts.  Howard  around  the  world.  Continues  May  4.  Barkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  play  is  an  epic  work  7ZR GD\ UXPPDJH VDOH LQ 6DOLVEXU\  blasting  with  humor,  bawdiness,  Friday,  May  3,  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Salisbury  violence  and  the  limits  of  desire,  Congregational  Church.  To  make  dona-­ pain  and  sexuality.  After  an  tions,  call  352-­4375  or  388-­6260.  absence  of  seven  years,  a  group  Continues  May  4.  of  Crusaders  returns  â&#x20AC;&#x153;homeâ&#x20AC;?  to  6HQLRU OXQFKHRQ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Friday,  ¿QG DXWKRULW\ UHOLJLRQ DQG KXPDQ May  3,  11:30  a.m.-­1:30  p.m.,  Middlebury  relations  all  upended.  Tickets  VFW.  CVAAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  monthly  First  Friday  $12/10/6,  available  at  www. luncheon,  roast  pork,  vegetable  lasagna,  middlebury/edu/arts  or  443-­3168.  Mesclun  salad,  and  vanilla  ice  cream  with  &DUPLFKDHO VLQJV *HUVKZLQ chocolate  chunk  cookie  pieces.  Suggested  LQ 9HUJHQQHV  Saturday,  May  4,  GRQDWLRQ 5HVHUYDWLRQV UHTXLUHG E\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;SPRING  FLOURISHâ&#x20AC;?  AND  other  kinetic  sculptures  by  Patty  Sgrecci  8-­9:30  p.m.,  Vergennes  Opera  May  1:  1-­800-­642-­5119.  Free  transporta-­ House.  The  cabaret  series  returns  join  Lyn  DuMoulinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  watercolor  landscapes  in  a  new  exhibit  at  the  Bran-­ tion  by  ACTR:  388-­1946.  GRQ $UWLVWVÂś *XLOG WLWOHG Âł1DWXUH 5HĂ&#x20AC;HFWHG ÂŤ :DWHU /LQH DQG )RUP ´ with  delightful  Broadway  veteran  $UW RSHQLQJ UHFHSWLRQ LQ %UDQGRQ  Friday,  7KH H[KLELW RSHQV ZLWK D UHFHSWLRQ RQ )ULGD\ 0D\ DW S P DQG UXQV Bill  Carmichael  singing  the  songs  May  3,  5-­7  p.m.,  Brandon  Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Guild,  WKURXJK -XO\ of  George  and  Ira  Gershwin,  7  Center  St.  Celebrating  the  opening  including  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Embraceable  You,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  RI Âł1DWXUH 5HĂ&#x20AC;HFWHG :DWHU /LQH DQG got  Rhythmâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  Love  Is  WDEOH LQVLGH RU RXWVLGH WKH ÂżUHKRXVH RU WR KDYH \RXU Form,â&#x20AC;?  kinetic  sculptures  by  Patty  Sgrecci  of  Cornwall  Here  to  Stay.â&#x20AC;?  Cash  bar  and  desserts  available.  $17  house  listed  on  the  tag  sale  map,  plus  a  sign  marker  and  vibrant  watercolors  by  Lyn  DuMoulin  of  Brandon.  for  singles,  $30  for  couples.  Info:  877-­6737.  for  your  driveway.  Register  by  April  27  at  weg@gmavt. &RPHG\ FOXE FDEDUHW LQ %UDQGRQ  Saturday,  May  4,  On  exhibit  through  July  2.  net  or  453-­6067.  Maps  available  May  4,  8  a.m.,  at  the  6WXGHQW H[KLELW RSHQLQJ UHFHSWLRQ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  8-­10  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall.  The  Vermont  Comedy  ¿UHKRXVH 3URFHHGV ZLOO JR WRZDUG D IUHH FRPPXQLW\ Friday,  May  3,  5-­7  p.m.,  Vermont  Folklife  Center.  &UHZ ZLOO SHUIRUP LQ D EHQHÂżW FDEDUHW FRPHG\ FOXE concert  on  June  14.  Celebrating  the  opening  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Discovering  Community:  (ages  21  and  older  only).  Tickets,  $20,  include  a  glass  Showcase  of  Student  Work,â&#x20AC;?  an  exhibit  of  documen-­ &DU ZDVK LQ 9HUJHQQHV  Saturday,  May  4,  9  a.m.-­3  of  wine  or  beer  or  nonalcoholic  beverage  and  snacks.  p.m.,  Gaines  Insurance,  across  from  Aubuchon  tary  media  works  produced  in  the  last  nine  months  by  &DVK EDU DOVR 5HVHUYDWLRQV UHTXLUHG RU Hardware.  Fundraiser  for  VUHS  Project  Graduation,  K-­12  students  and  at-­risk  youth  populations  around  3URFHHGV EHQHÂżW RQJRLQJ UHVWRUDWLRQ RI a  celebration  that  allows  graduating  seniors  to  enjoy  the  state.  On  exhibit  through  June  8.  Info:  388-­4064  the  town  hall.  WKHLU ÂżQDO QLJKW ZLWK FODVVPDWHV LQ D VDIH VXSHUYLVHG 6RXQG ,QYHVWPHQW -D]] (QVHPEOH FRQFHUW DW or  www.vermontfolklifecenter.org.  environment.  6SDJKHWWL GLQQHU DW .HHZD\GLQ  Friday,  May  3,  6-­8  0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH  Saturday,  May  4,  8-­10  p.m.,  p.m.,  Fraser  Dining  Hall,  Camp  Keewaydin  on  Lake  GMC  Young  Adventurersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Club  Green  Up  Day  in  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  This  17-­piece  big  band,  9HUJHQQHV  Saturday,  May  4,  9-­11  a.m.,  Spirit  in  Dunmore,  Salisbury.  Dinner  with  music  by  Maiden  directed  by  Dick  Forman,  will  play  the  best  of  contem-­ Nature  trails.  Andrea  Kane  leads  this  GMC  kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Vermont  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  barbershop  chorus,  proceeds  to  SRUDU\ MD]] FRPSRVLWLRQV DQG DUUDQJHPHQWV DV ZHOO event,  a  cleanup  at  Vergennes  Falls  Park  and  Trail.  EHQHÂżW ORFDO VFKRROV SDUWLFLSDWLRQ LQ WKH .HHZD\GLQ DV FKDUWV IURP WKH FODVVLF VZLQJ DQG MD]] UHSHUWRLUHV Info:  877-­6597  or  dreakane@comcast.net.  Environmental  Education  Center.  Tour  the  campus.  Free.  Info:  443-­6433  or  go.middlebury.edu/arts.  Adults  $15,  children  $8.  RSVP  to  Tim  Tadlock  at  tim@ 5XPPDJH VDOH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Saturday,  May  4,  9  ³'DQFH 0XVLF /LJKW 3HUIRUPDQFH ,PSURYLVDWLRQ´ a.m.-­noon,  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church,  keewaydin.org  or  352-­1052.  DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH  Saturday,  May  4,  8-­10  p.m.,  corner  of  Seminary  and  North  Pleasant  streets.  Bag  )DPLO\ 0RYLH 1LJKW LQ %ULVWRO  Friday,  May  3,  6:30-­8:30  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  An  ensemble  of  dancers  day:  $2.  Clothing  for  children  and  adults,  household  p.m.,  Bristol  Elementary  School,  57  Mountain  St.  and  musicians  demonstrates  the  ability  to  compose  goods,  toys,  books,  footwear,  knick-­knacks.  Proceeds  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homeward  Bound:  The  Incredible  Journey,â&#x20AC;?  rated  G.  engaging  and  coherent  pieces  â&#x20AC;&#x153;in  the  momentâ&#x20AC;?  after  a  EHQHÂżW PLVVLRQV ORFDOO\ DQG DURXQG WKH ZRUOG Free.  Come  in  PJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  bring  something  comfy  to  sit  semester-­long  study  of  improvisation  as  a  performing  RU OLH RQ 6QDFNV DQG ZDWHU IRU VDOH WR EHQHÂżW NHHSLQJ 6FKZDQÂśV WUXFNORDG VDOH IXQGUDLVHU LQ 9HUJHQQHV  art.  Tickets  $12/10/6,  available  at  www.middlebury.

Saturday,  May  4,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Aubuchon  Hardware  the  Four  Winds  Nature  program  at  BES.  edu/arts  or  443-­3168.  parking  lot.  A  portion  of  Schwanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  sales  will  support  3HWH 6HHJHU &RPPXQLW\ 6LQJ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Friday,  the  Vergennes  Junior  Fishing  Derby.  Pre-­orders  May  3,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Champlain  Valley  Unitarian  recommended  at  www.schwans.com.  Universalist  Society.  Celebrate  Pete  Seegerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  birth-­ day  will  a  Community  Sing,  hosted  by  Ron  Slabaugh  6SULQJ WDJ VDOH LQ %ULVWRO  Saturday,  May  4,  9  a.m.-­2  *UHHQ 0RXQWDLQ &OXE ZLOGĂ&#x20AC;RZHU ZDON p.m.,  First  Baptist  Church  of  Bristol.  Toys,  furniture,  and  featuring  Rik  Palieri  of  Hinesburg  and  other  local  RQ 0W 0RRVDODPRR  Sunday,  May  5,  kitchen  items  and  much  more.  talents.  Info:  388-­9857  or  ron.slabaugh@gmail.com.  meeting  time  and  place  TBA.  Easy  4-­mile  ³7KH &DVWOH´ RQ VWDJH DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH  Friday,  7ZR GD\ UXPPDJH VDOH LQ 6DOLVEXU\  Saturday,  May  round-­trip  hike  on  the  Mt.  Moosalamoo  Trail,  with  4,  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Salisbury  Congregational  Church.  To  May  3,  8-­10  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  an  optional  additional  2-­mile  round-­trip  hike  to  the  make  donations,  call  352-­4375  or  388-­6260.  Howard  Barkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  play  is  an  epic  work  blasting  with  Moosalamoo  summit  (1,530-­foot  ascent).  Bring  humor,  bawdiness,  violence  and  the  limits  of  desire,  $SSUDLVDO 'D\ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Saturday,  May  4,  10  FDPHUD ZDWHU DQG VQDFN &DOO OHDGHU 5XWK 3HQÂżHOG DW a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Courtyard  Marriott.  Expert  appraisers  will  pain  and  sexuality.  After  an  absence  of  seven  years,  388-­5407  for  meeting  time  and  place.  RIIHU YHUEDO DSSUDLVDOV RI DQWLTXHV LQFOXGLQJ IXUQLWXUH D JURXS RI &UXVDGHUV UHWXUQV ÂłKRPH´ WR ÂżQG DXWKRU-­ art,  jewelry,  military  items,  sports  memorabilia,  glass,  0DSOH 5XQ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Sunday,  May  5,  9  a.m.-­1  ity,  religion  and  human  relations  all  upended.  Tickets  S P VWDUWLQJ IURP 09$$ RIÂżFH &ROOLQV 'ULYH toys,  books  and  ephemera.  Photos  of  large  objects  $12/10/6,  available  at  www.middlebury/edu/arts  or  Annual  half-­marathon,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Sweetest  Half,â&#x20AC;?  through-­ will  be  accepted.  Cost  $7  per  item,  $25  for  four  items.  443-­3168.  out  downtown  and  outlying  Middlebury.  Go  to  www.

Sponsored  by  the  Henry  Sheldon  Museum.  Info:  *RVSHO FKRLU FRQFHUW DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH  Friday,  middleburymaplerun.com  for  info  and  registration.  388-­2117.  May  3,  8-­10  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  François  Clemmonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Spiritual  Choir  will  perform  tradi-­ &KLOGUHQÂśV IDLU LQ 9HUJHQQHV  Saturday,  May  4,  10  &KLFNHQ DQG ELVFXLW GLQQHU LQ 1HZ +DYHQ  Sunday,  May  5,  noon-­2  p.m.,  New  Haven  Congregational  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Vergennes  Union  High  School.  Evergreen  tional  and  innovative  spirituals,  some  gospel  selec-­ Church,  on  the  green.  Two  sittings:  noon  and  1  p.m.  Preschoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  fair  returns  with  Josh  Brooks  tions  and  more.  Info:  443-­6433  or  go.middlebury.edu/ Meal  includes  sides,  desert  and  beverage.  $9  adults,  entertaining  all  day,  plus  mini  golf  course,  face  paint-­ arts.  $4.50  children  age  6-­12,  under  6  free.  Walk-­ins  LQJ Ă&#x20AC;RZHU SODQWLQJ %%4 SL]]D DQG EDNH VDOH UDIĂ&#x20AC;H Âł'DQFH 0XVLF /LJKW 3HUIRUPDQFH ,PSURYLVDWLRQ´ welcome  and  take-­out  available,  but  reservations  very  and  more.  Admission  is  free,  as  are  many  of  the  activi-­ DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH  Friday,  May  3,  8-­10  p.m.,  much  appreciated.  Call  Nancy  at  545-­2422.  ties.  Info:  877-­6380  or  jenaraujo@yahoo.com.  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  An  ensemble  of  dancers  and  musicians  demonstrates  the  ability  to  compose  Middlebury  Studio  School  pottery  sale  in  6SULQJ +DQGEHOO &RQFHUW LQ :H\EULGJH  Sunday,  May  5,  3-­4  p.m.,  Weybridge  Congregational  Church.  0LGGOHEXU\  Saturday,  May  4,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  1  Mill  engaging  and  coherent  pieces  â&#x20AC;&#x153;in  the  momentâ&#x20AC;?  after  a  The  Weybridge  Parish  Bells  play  a  spring  concert  St.,  below  Edgewater  Gallery.  Pottery  sale,  featuring  semester-­long  study  of  improvisation  as  a  performing  ZLWK JXHVW EUDVV WULR 6QRZĂ&#x20AC;DNH %UDVV )UHH ,QIR pottery  by  many  local  artisans,  jewelry,  student  work  art.  Tickets  $12/10/6,  available  at  www.middlebury.

545-­2895.  DQG VHFRQGV )XQGUDLVHU WR EHQHÂżW WKH VFKRRO edu/arts  or  443-­3168.  %RRNV RQ WDSH VDOH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Saturday,  May  4,  .L]XQD 6WULQJ 4XDUWHW LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Sunday,  May  5,  S P 0DKDQH\ &HQWHU IRU WKH $UWV ,Q WKHLU ÂżQDO 11  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  As  part  of  the  libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  concert  at  Middlebury  College,  these  students  perform  regular  book  sale,  there  will  be  a  special  table  featur-­ Felix  Mendelssohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  last  major  piece,  the  String  ing  recorded  books  on  tape.  Proceeds  fund  library  %RWWOH GULYH LQ 9HUJHQQHV  Saturday,  4XDUWHW 1R LQ ) PLQRU RS )UHH ,QIR ZZZ programs.  Info:  388-­4095.  May  4,  5  a.m.-­8  p.m.,  Vergennes  6SULQJ 5HDGLQJ &DUQLYDO DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH  middlebury.edu/arts  or  443-­3168.  Redemption  Center.  Also  9  a.m.  to  noon  at  Saturday,  May  4,  1-­3  p.m.,  McCullough  Student  6HQLRU SLDQR UHFLWDO DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH  Sunday,  the  Vergennes  Recycling  Center.  Please  donate  your  May  5,  7-­9  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Center.  Volunteers  in  the  collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Page  1  Literacy  returnables  to  support  the  Vergennes  Area  Youth  0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH VHQLRU )UDQFHV 4L $GHUKROG Project  invite  area  children  to  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  spring  read-­ League  (tee  ball,  softball  and  baseball).  plays  of  program  of  works  by  Debussy,  Beethoven  ing  carnival,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marvelous  Mysteries.â&#x20AC;?  Books,  games,  &KXUFK WDJ VDOH LQ &RUQZDOO  Saturday,  May  4,  8  a.m.-­1  and  Chopin.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  crafts  about  mysteries,  for  kids  of  all  ages.  Parents  p.m.,  Cornwall  Congregational  Church.  A  variety  of  443-­3168.  are  asked  to  stay.  Info:  pageone@middlebury.edu. Â

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Presentation  on  the  military  and  the  War  on  Terror  at  Middlebury  College.  Monday,  May  6,  4:30-­6:30  p.m.,  Hillcrest  103.  British  author  and  freelance  journalist  Matt  Kenard  presents  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irregular  Army:  How  the  U.S.  Military  Recruited  Neo-­Nazis,  Gang  Members  and  Criminals  to  Fight  the  War  on  Terror.â&#x20AC;?  Nutrition  and  Wellness  Night  in  Ferrisburgh.  Monday,  May  6,  6:30-­8  p.m.,  Ferrisburgh  Central  School.  The  school  will  host  a  screening  of  ³&RQVHTXHQFHV ´ WKH ÂżUVW LQVWDOOPHQW RI WKH IRXU SDUW HBO  documentary  on  obesity,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Weight  of  the  Nation,â&#x20AC;?  followed  by  a  discussion  led  by  a  Vermont  Department  of  Health  nurse.  RSVP  to  drusik@ anwsu.org  or  kboyle@anwsu.org  by  May  1.  Preschool  registration  and  informational  meet-­ ing  in  Salisbury.  Monday,  May  6,  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Salisbury  Community  School.  The  school  is  offer-­ ing  a  program  for  children  who  will  be  four  by  Aug.  31,  one  for  children  who  will  be  3  by  Aug.  31,  and  playgroups  for  children  four  and  younger.  Preschool  openings  are  limited,  so  sign  up  at  the  school  if  you  are  interested.  Swim  team  registration  in  Vergennes.  Monday,  May  6,  6:30-­8  p.m.,  Vergennes  Union  Elementary  School.  Signups  for  the  Vergennes  Swim  Team.  Fee  $70  per  swimmer  with  a  $180  family  maximum.  Members  must  also  purchase  Vergennes  pool  pass  at  registration.  Registration  also  available  at  the  city  KDOO 'HDGOLQH -XQH ,QIR PNHQÂżHOG#FRPFDVW net.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Future  of  the  Middlebury  Community  Houseâ&#x20AC;?  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  May  6,  7-­9  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  The  community  houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  board  of  directors  are  looking  for  community  guidance  in  how  to  keep  this  historic  building  available  for  the  people  of  Middlebury  and  the  vicinity.  Info:  388-­2071  or  www.middleburycommunityhouse.org.  Met  Opera  broadcast  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  May  6,  7-­11:30  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  A  high-­def  broadcast  of  Handelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giulio  Cesara,â&#x20AC;?  starring  countertenor  David  Daniels  and  soprano  Natalie  Dessay.  Final  opera  in  the  Metâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  20noon-­2013  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live  in  HDâ&#x20AC;?  series.  Tickets  $24/$10,  available  at  the  THT  ER[ RIÂżFH RU ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU RUJ Concert  of  Indian  classical  music  at  Middlebury  College.  Monday,  May  6,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Internationally  acclaimed  sarod  player  Rajeev  Taranath  performs,  accompanied  by  revered  tabla  player  Anindo  Chatterjee.  Free.  Info:  443-­6433  or  http://go.middlebury.edu/arts. Â

May

7

TUESDAY

Middlebury  Farm  Stand  showcase  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  May  7,  noon-­2  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts,  lower  level.  Local  farmers  and  producers  will  offer  samples  of  their  foods  and  goods,  plus  offer  items  for  sale.  This  program,  offering  weekly  pickup  of  local  fresh  food  with  online  payment,  has  been  offered  to  Middlebury  College  faculty  and  staff  for  nearly  a  year;  now  it  is  open  to  the  community.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taking  Flightâ&#x20AC;?  dance  performance  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  May  7,  4:30-­6:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  A  â&#x20AC;&#x153;lightly  producedâ&#x20AC;?  showing  of  dance  experiments  by  the  new  batch  of  choreogra-­ phers  emerging  from  the  Advance  Beginning  Dance  course.  Free.  Program  at  www.middlebury.edu/ academics/dance.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  443-­3168.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Weight  of  the  Nationâ&#x20AC;?  screening  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  May  7,  5:30-­7:30  p.m.,  MVAA  Conference  Room,  55  Collins  Drive.  This  HBO  documentary  examines  the  major  driving  forces  causing  the  obesity  epidemic.  Part  four,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Challenges,â&#x20AC;?  will  be  screened.  Discussion  follows.  Light  refreshments  provided.  For  info  or  to  RSVP,  call  388-­5742  or  email  megan.lausted@state.vt.us.  ANeSU  Fine  Arts  Festival  in  Bristol.  Tuesday,  May  7,  5:30-­8  p.m.,  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School.  Celebrating  ANeSU  studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  accomplishments  in  the  visual  and  performing  arts.  Open  gallery  in  the  gym;  elementary  and  middle-­school  choral  concert  at  7  p.m.  Continues  May  8  and  9.  Student  music  compositions  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  May  7,  8-­9  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Students  in  Su  Tanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  class  present  their  new  works  after  a  semester  of  creative  study.  Free.  Info:  443-­3168  or  www.middlebury.edu/arts. Â

May

8

WEDNESDAY

ANeSU  Fine  Arts  Festival  in  Bristol.  Wednesday,  May  8,  8:30  a.m.-­8  p.m.,  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School.  Celebrating  ANeSU  studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  accomplishments  in  the  visual  and  performing  arts.  Open  gallery  in  the  gym;  local  artist  demonstrations;  8:30  a.m.-­2:30  p.m.;  school  visits  and  performances  by  Michael  Zerphy;  Lincoln  Elementary  School  theater  perfor-­ mance,  6-­6:30  p.m.;  Vermont  vocal  ensemble  Counterpoint  performance  with  Mt.  Abe  chorus,  7  p.m.  Continues  May  9.  GED  testing  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  May  8,  8:45  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Vermont  Adult  Learning,  282  Boardman  St.  Pre-­registration  required.  Call  388-­4392  for  info  and  to  register. Â

6HQLRU QLJKW PHDO DQG UDIĂ&#x20AC;H LQ %ULGSRUW  Wednesday,  May  8,  4:30-­6:30  p.m.,  Bridport  Grange.  CVAA  sponsors  an  evening  meal  of  meat-­ loaf,  mashed  potatoes,  peas  and  fruit  cobbler.  Door  SUL]HV DQG UDIĂ&#x20AC;H 6XJJHVWHG GRQDWLRQ Bring  your  own  place  setting.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  615.  Community  forum  in  Ferrisburgh.  Wednesday,  May  8,  6-­8  p.m.,  Ferrisburgh  Central  School.  Ferrisburgh  residents  are  invited  to  share  their  vision  for  the  future  of  their  school.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Standard  Poodleâ&#x20AC;?  dance  collective  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  May  8,  7-­9  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Professional  Vermont  dancers  Karen  Amirault,  Shelley  Ismail  and  Patty  Smith  present  an  evening  of  dance,  joined  on  stage  by  a  few  of  their  young  protĂŠgĂŠs.  Tickets  $15  adults,  $10  children,  available  DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂżFH ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU RUJ RU 382-­9222,  or  at  the  door.  History  Day  presentations  in  Ferrisburgh.  Wednesday,  May  8,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  Ferrisburgh  Historical  Society,  Route  7.  Ferrisburgh  Central  Students  present  their  History  Day  projects.  Topics  LQFOXGH (PPD :LOODUG 6QRZĂ&#x20AC;DNH %HQWOH\ DQG the  Flood  of  1927.  Refreshments  served.  Info:  425-­4505. Â

May

9

THURSDAY

ANeSU  Fine  Arts  Festival  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  May  9,  8:30  a.m.-­8  p.m.,  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School.  Celebrating  ANeSU  studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  accomplishments  in  the  visual  and  performing  arts.  Open  gallery  in  the  gym;  local  artist  demonstrations,  8:30  a.m.-­2:30  p.m.;  daytime  school  performances  by  comedian  Brent  McCoy.  Senior  luncheon  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  May  9,  11:30  a.m.-­1:30  p.m.,  Bristol  Masonic  Hall.  CVAA  spon-­ sors  this  favorite  meal.  Menu  to  be  announced.  Suggested  donation  $3.  Reservations  required:  453-­4877.  Transportation  via  ACTR:  388-­1946.  Educational  seminar  on  investing  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  May  9,  6-­7:15  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Learn  about  the  key  features  of  bonds,  stocks  and  mutual  funds  as  well  as  the  importance  of  proper  asset  allo-­ cation.  Reservations:  877-­6559.  Refreshments  and  snacks  will  be  served.  Gardenersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  roundtable  in  East  Middlebury.  Thursday,  May  9,  6:30-­8  p.m.,  Sarah  Partridge  Community  Library.  Experienced  gardeners  will  discuss  market  gardening,  organic  gardening,  YHJHWDEOH DQG Ă&#x20AC;RZHU JDUGHQLQJ JUHHQKRXVH gardening,  shade  gardens  and  seed  saving.  Plants  IRU VDOH SURFHHGV EHQHÂżW SXUFKDVH RI OLEUDU\ ERRNV and  materials.  Plant  sale  on  May  11  as  well.  Info:  sarahpartridge@ilsleypubliclibrary.org.  Jazz  Showcase  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  May  9,  8-­9:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Student  instrumentalists  and  vocalists  present  jazz  stylings  in  an  informal,  cabaret-­style  setting.  Free.  Info:  443-­3168  or  www.middlebury.edu/arts. Â

May

10

FRIDAY

Senior  luncheon  and  bingo  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  10,  10:30  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Russ  Sholes  Senior  Center.  CVAA  sponsors  bingo,  starting  at  11  a.m.,  followed  by  a  lunch  of  pork  chow  mein,  vegetable  rice  pilaf,  Japanese  blend  vegetables  and  Mandarin  oranges.  Suggested  donation  $4.  Bring  your  own  place  setting.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  634.  Free  transportation  via  ACTR:  388-­1946.  Arts  Walk  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  10,  5-­7  p.m.,  downtown  Middlebury  and  the  Marble  Works.  Monthly  outdoor  stroll  through  town  featuring  art,  PXVLF IRRG DQG IXQ 6HH PRQWKO\ Ă&#x20AC;LHU DW ZZZ middleburyartswalk.com.  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  10,  5-­7  p.m.,  Edgewater  Gallery.  Celebrating  the  opening  of  an  exhibit  of  oil  paint-­ ings  by  local  artist  Rory  Jackson,  with  glass  work  by  Ethan  Bond-­Watts.  On  exhibit  through  May.  Info:  802-­458-­0098  or  www.edgewatergallery-­vt.com.  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  10,  5-­7  p.m.,  PhotoPlace  Gallery,  3  Park  St.  Celebrating  the  opening  of  the  juried  photography  exhibition,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mysterious  Visions,  Dreams,  Fantasies  and  Mirages.â&#x20AC;?  On  exhibit  through  May  18.  Free  Food  for  Life  preview  class  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  10,  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  &HUWLÂżHG )RRG IRU /LIH FRRNLQJ LQVWUXFWRU DQG /HYHO 1  diabetes  educator  Beth  Perera  will  offer  a  free  cooking  class  offering  a  preview  of  the  various  well-­ ness  classes  she  teaches.  Register  online  at  http:// foodforlifepreviewmiddlebury.eventbrite.com.  Middlebury  College  Community  Chorus  concert  in  Brandon.  Friday,  May  10,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall.  Nearly  100  singers,  including  Middlebury  College  students,  faculty  and  staff  and  community  members,  will  perform,  accompanied  by  Tim  Guiles  and  a  chamber  orchestra  including  area  instrumen-­ WDOLVWV 'RQDWLRQV EHQHÂżW WKH WRZQ KDOOÂśV UHVWRUDWLRQ Info:  443-­6433  or  go.middlebury.edu/arts.  François  Clemmons  in  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  May  10,  8-­10  p.m.,  Mahaney  &HQWHU IRU WKH $UWV &OHPPRQV JLYHV KLV ÂżQDO VROR performance  before  retiring  at  the  end  of  the  school  year.  Accompanied  by  Cynthia  Huard.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  443-­3168. Â

SATURDAY

Green  Mountain  Club  bike  ride  in  Addison  County.  Saturday,  May  11,  time  TBA,  leave  from  the  boat  launch  below  the  IDOOV LQ 9HUJHQQHV (DV\ PRGHUDWH PRVWO\ Ă&#x20AC;DW ULGH LQ the  Champlain  Valley.  Followed  by  optional  lunch  at  3  Squares  restaurant  in  Vergennes.  Helmet  required;  bring  snacks  and  water.  Contact  Ginny  Heidke  for  meeting  time  at  989-­7272  or  ginnypots@comcast.net.  Lincoln  Mountain  Magic  5K/10K  run/walk  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  May  11,  8-­11  a.m.,  starting  from  the  Lincoln  Community  School.  Third  annual  event,  fun  for  all  ages.  2Q VLWH UHJLVWUDWLRQ DW D P UDFHV DW 7R EHQHÂżW WKH Friends  of  the  Lincoln  Community  School.  Pancake  breakfast  ($3-­$5)  for  participants  and  spectators.  Info  DQG UHJLVWUDWLRQ IRUPV ZZZ IULHQGVRĂ&#x20AC;FV RUJ Car  wash  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  May  11,  9  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Gaines  Insurance,  across  from  Aubuchon  Hardware.  Fundraiser  for  VUHS  Project  Graduation,  a  celebration  WKDW DOORZV JUDGXDWLQJ VHQLRUV WR HQMR\ WKHLU ÂżQDO QLJKW with  classmates  in  a  safe,  supervised  environment.  Plant  sale  in  East  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  11,  9  a.m.-­noon,  Sarah  Partridge  Library.  A  variety  of  plants  ZLOO EH RQ VDOH 7R EHQHÂżW SXUFKDVHV RI OLEUDU\ ERRNV and  materials.  Info:  sarahpartridge@ilsleypubliclibrary. org.  Spring  Rummage  and  Food  Sale  in  Shoreham.  Saturday,  May  11,  9  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Shoreham  Congregational  Church.  Great  bargains.  Bag  sale,  $2,  starts  at  noon.  Drop  off  clean  clothing  donations  May  9  and  10.  Info:  897-­8591.  Apple  Blossom  Derby  in  Shoreham.  Saturday,  May  11,  10  a.m.-­noon,  Shoreham  Elementary  School.  Annual  10K/5K/5K  walk  fundraiser  for  Shoreham  Elementary.  Registration  at  9,  fun  run  at  9:30,  race  at  10.  Info  and  registration  at  www.shorehamderby.com.  Free  T-­shirt  IRU ÂżUVW SDUWLFLSDQWV Historical  society  museum  open  house  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  May  11,  10  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Bristol  Historical  Society  Museum,  Howden  Hall,  10  West  St.  Take  a  step  back  in  time  to  see  images  of  the  Civil  War,  the  Bristol  Inn  and  the  Bristol  Manufacturing  Co.  Talk  to  members.  Refreshments  served.  Free.  Plant  and  bake  sale  in  Monkton.  Saturday,  May  11,  10  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Monkton  Friends  Methodist  Church.  Annual  event.  Also,  the  Monkton  Boy  Scout  Troop  525  will  be  selling  blueberry  bushes.  Info:  453-­5192.  Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Day  tea  party  in  New  Haven.  Saturday,  May  11,  2-­4  p.m.,  New  Haven  Congregational  Church.  Tea,  hors  dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres  and  dessert.  Cost  $5  per  person.  RSVP  to  Sara  at  877-­3080.  Walk-­ins  welcome  if  space  is  available.  Wear  your  best  bonnet  and  a  chance  to  win  a  bouquet.  Roast  pork  supper  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  May  11,  5-­6:30  p.m.,  Vergennes  United  Methodist  Church.  5RDVW SRUN PDVKHG SRWDWRHV VWXIÂżQJ YHJHWDEOH applesauce,  rolls,  apple  crisp  with  ice  cream  and  beverage.  Served  buffet-­style.  Adults  $8,  children  $4.  Takeout  available.  Info:  877-­3150.  Silent  movie  screening  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  May  11,  7-­9  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall  and  Community  Center,  Route  7.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peter  Panâ&#x20AC;?  (1924),  accompanied  by  live  music  by  Jeff  Rapsis.  Free,  but  donations  to  the  town  hall  restoration  fund  appreciated.  Info:  www.brandon-­ townhall.org.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scenes  and  Songsâ&#x20AC;?  musical  theater  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  May  11,  8-­10  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Music  students  pres-­ ent  a  lively  evening  of  musical  theater,  from  opera  to  Broadway.  Free.  Info:  443-­6433  or  go.middlebury.edu/ arts. Â

May

12

SUNDAY

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Warbler  Warm-­upâ&#x20AC;?  in  Bristol.  Sunday,  May  12,  7:30-­10:30  a.m.,  Bristol  Waterworks,  Plank  Road  east  of  North  Street.  Ron  Payne  and  Warren  King  lead  a  search  for  newly  arrived  spring  migrants.  Hone  your  birding  ID  skills  before  leaf-­out.  Free,  open  to  the  public.  Call  Warren  at  388-­4082  if  in  doubt  about  the  weather.  Middlebury  College  Community  Chorus  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Sunday,  May  12,  3-­5  p.m.,  Mead  Chapel.  Nearly  100  singers,  including  Middlebury  College  students,  faculty  and  staff  and  community  members,  will  perform,  accompanied  by  Tim  Guiles  and  a  chamber  orchestra  including  area  instrumental-­ ists.  Free.  Info:  443-­6433  or  go.middlebury.edu/arts. Â

May

13

MONDAY

Addison  County  Right  to  Life  meet-­ ing  in  Bristol.  Monday,  May  13,  7-­8  p.m.,  St.  Ambrose  Church.  Visitors  welcome.  Info:  388-­2898  or  L2Paquette@aol.com.  Book  club  meeting  in  Bridport.  Monday,  May  13,  7-­8  p.m.,  Carl  Norton  Highway  Department  conference  room.  Discussing  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Namesakeâ&#x20AC;?  by  Jhumpa  Lahiri.  Juneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  title  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Boneâ&#x20AC;?  by  Daniel  Woodrell.  Info:  758-­2858.  Middlebury  Wind  Ensemble  in  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Monday,  May  13,  7-­9  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  The  Midd  Winds  ensemble  draws  around  40  Addison  County  residents  to  perform  classical  wind  ensemble  and  concert  band  repertoire.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  443-­3168. Â

May

14

TUESDAY

Adult  auditions  for  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Midsummer  Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Dreamâ&#x20AC;?  in  Bristol.  Tuesday,  May  14,  6:30-­9  p.m.,  Holley  Hall.  The  Bristol  Gateway  Players  have  parts  available  for  male  and  females  of  all  ages  for  this  Shakespeare  production  on  the  Bristol  green  Aug.  15-­17.  See  character  descrip-­ tions  and  audition  pieces  online  at  www.facebook.com/ BristolGatewayPlayers.  Also  on  May  15.  Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  auditions  May  18.  Retirement  savings  strategies  class  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  May  14,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  Middlebury  Community  +RXVH 6DJH %DKUH ÂżQDQFLDO DGYLVHU ZLWK WKH 9HUPRQW Agency,  helps  retirees  get  the  most  out  of  their  retire-­ ment  income.  Repeats  on  May  16.  RSVP  at  (802)  861-­7987  and  include  names  of  people  attending  and  on  which  date.  Student  play  reading  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  May  14,  8-­10  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Reading  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Ugly  Rich:  A  Romance,â&#x20AC;?  the  work  of  senior  playwright  Stephen  Mrowiec.  Equal  parts  baroque  extravaganza,  comic  opera  and  erotic  nightmare.  During  the  Great  Depression  a  remote  community  in  Florida  is  rocked  by  a  series  of  unspeak-­ able  crimes.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  443-­3168. Â

May

15

WEDNESDAY

eBook  and  Audiobook  Drop-­in  Day  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  May  15,  9  a.m.-­5  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Bring  your  Kindle,  Nook,  iPad  or  other  e-­reader  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  help  you  load  it  with  books  from  the  libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  downloadable  collection.  Info:  388-­4095.  Adult  auditions  for  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Midsummer  Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Dreamâ&#x20AC;? Â

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in  Bristol.  Wednesday,  May  15,  6:30-­9  p.m.,  Holley  Hall.  The  Bristol  Gateway  Players  have  parts  available  for  male  and  females  of  all  ages  for  this  Shakespeare  production  on  the  Bristol  green  Aug.  15-­17.  See  character  descriptions  and  audition  pieces  online  at  www.facebook.com/BristolGatewayPlayers.  Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  auditions  May  18.  Amaryllis  vocal  ensemble  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  May  15,  7:30-­8:30  p.m.,  St.  Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  on  the  Green.  Amaryllis,  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Early  Voice,  will  perform  an  a  cappella  program  featuring  works  by  the  great  Renaissance  composer  Josquin  des  Prez.  Suggested  donation  $12.  Blues  jam  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  May  15,  8-­10  p.m.,  51  Main.  Dennis  Willmott  from  Left  Eye  Jump  will  provide  lead  guitar,  bass  and  drums  if  you  need  backup  or  take  a  break  and  let  you  play.  Bring  your  instrument  and  get  ready  to  jam.  Info:  www.go51main.com. Â

May

16

THURSDAY

Senior  luncheon  in  Vergennes.  Thursday,  May  16,  10  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  St.  Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Parish  Hall.  CVAA  sponsors  this  special  senior  meal  of  roast  turkey,  PDVKHG FDXOLĂ&#x20AC;RZHU VSLQDFK OHWWXFH EOHQG VDODG GLQQHU UROO and  hot  apple  crisp  with  cream.  Entertainment  by  the  Harwicks  at  11  a.m.  Bring  your  own  place  setting.  Reservations  required:  1-­800-­642-­5119,  ext.  615.  Free  transportation  through  ACTR:  388-­1946.  Educational  seminar  on  the  stock  market  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  May  16,  6-­7:15  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Learn  about  the  stock  market  in  simple  terms,  including  its  basic  structure  and  three  principles  that  can  help  you  become  successful  in  invest-­ ing.  Reservations:  877-­6559.  Refreshments  and  snacks  will  be  served.  Historical  society  presentation  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  May  16,  7-­9  p.m.,  Howden  Hall,  19  West  St.  Bristol  Historical  Society  SUHVLGHQW 6\OYLD &RIÂżQ ZLOO VSHDN DERXW WKH %ULVWRO 3RQG Association,  using  recently  uncovered  information.  Handicap  accessible.  Free.  Refreshments  will  follow.  Info:  453-­3439  or  453-­2888.  Horticulturalist  Charlie  Nardozzi  in  Ripton.  Thursday,  May  16,  7-­9  p.m.,  Ripton  Community  Church.  Renowned  horticul-­ turalist  and  Vermont  treasure  Charlie  Nardozzi  will  give  a  brief  presentation  and  answer  audience  questions.  All  are  welcome.  Suggested  donation  $5.  Retirement  savings  strategies  class  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  May  16,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  Middlebury  Community  House.  Sage  %DKUH ÂżQDQFLDO DGYLVHU ZLWK WKH 9HUPRQW $JHQF\ KHOSV UHWLU-­ ees  get  the  most  out  of  their  retirement  income.  Repeats  on  May  16.  RSVP  at  (802)  861-­7987  and  include  names  of  people  attending  and  on  which  date.  Student  travel  presentation  in  Vergennes.  Thursday,  May  16,  7-­9  p.m.,  Bixby  Memorial  Library.  VUHS  senior  Mary  Langworthy  presents  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bahamas  Bound  with  the  â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rents,â&#x20AC;?  an  illustrated  talk  in  which  she  discusses  the  9-­month  sailboat  trip  she  took  with  her  parents  to  the  Bahamas  and  back.  Questions  and  light  refreshments  follow.  Free.  Info:  877-­2211.  The  Caswell  Sisters  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Thursday,  May  16,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  The  repertoire  of  vocal-­ ist  Rachel  and  violinist  Sara  covers  music  from  the  Great  American  Songbook  to  contemporary  jazz,  including  their  own  compositions,  propelled  by  arresting  improvisation.  Admission  $15.  Info  and  reservations:  465-­4071. Â

LIVEMU SIC Andric  Severance  Quartet  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  3,  8-­11  p.m.,  51  Main.  Funkwagon  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  3,  8-­10  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern. Â

The  Would  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  4,  10  p.m.-­midnight,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  The  4:30  Combo  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  May  9,  8-­10  p.m.,  51  Main.  The  Michele  Fay  Band  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  10,  5-­7  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  The  Bob  MacKenzie  Band  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  10,  6-­8  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  The  Justin  Perdue  Quartet  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  10,  8-­11  p.m.,  51  Main.  Equanimity  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  10,  10  p.m.-­midnight,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  Sol  &  Kiel  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  11,  6-­8  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  The  Ben  Carr  Music  Project  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  11,  8-­11  p.m.,  51  Main.  Toast  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  May  11,  10  p.m.-­midnight,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  Mint  Julep  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  17,  8-­11  p.m.,  51  Main.  Jamie  Kent  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  May  17,  10  p.m.-­midnight,  Two  Brothers  Tavern. Â

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FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  MARKETS Middlebury  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Saturdays,  9  a.m.-­12:30  p.m.,  on  the  green  at  the  Marble  Works,  starting  May  4,  as  well  as  on  Wednesdays  starting  June  12.  Local  produce,  meats,  cheese  and  eggs,  baked  goods,  jams,  prepared  foods  and  more.  EBT  and  debit  cards  welcome.  Info:  www.MiddleburyFarmersMarket. org  or  on  Facebook.

SPORTS Co-­ed  volleyball  in  Middlebury.  Pick-­up  games  Monday,  7-­9  p.m.,  Middlebury  Municipal  Gym.  Jack  Brown,  388-­2502;  Bruce  at  Middlebury  Recreation  Department,  388-­8103.

CLUBS  &  ORGANIZATIONS ACT  (Addison  Central  Teens).  Drop-­in  hours  during  the  school  years:  Monday,  Tuesday,  Thursday,  3-­6  p.m.;  Wednesday  and  )ULGD\ S P 0DLQ 6W 0LGGOHEXU\ 7RZQ 2I¿FH EXLOGLQJ

below  rec.  gym.  Teen  drop-­in  space  for  kids.  Hang  out  with  friends,  play  pool,  watch  movies,  and  eat  great  food.  Baking:  every  Thursday  from  3:30-­5  p.m.  Info:  388-­3910  or  www.addi-­ sonteens.com.

Addison  County  Amateur  Radio  Association.  Sunday,  8  p.m.  On  the  air  on  club  repeater  147.36/147.96  MHz,  100  Hz  access  tone.  Nonmembers  and  visitors  welcome.

Addison  County  Emergency  Planning  Committee.  Last  Wednesday,  5  p.m.  State  Police  Barracks.  Public  invited.

Addison  County  Republican  Party.  Third  Friday,  7  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library,  Middlebury.  897-­2744.

American  Legion  Auxiliary  Post  27.  Fourth  Monday,  7  p.m.  American  Legion,  Wilson  Road,  Middlebury.

Addison  County  Council  Against  Domestic  and  Sexual  Violence.  Fourth  Tuesday,  noon-­1:30  p.m.  Addison  County  Courthouse  in  Middlebury.  388-­9180.

Brandon  Lions  Club.  First  and  third  Tuesday,  7  p.m.,  Brandon  Senior  Center.

Brandon  Senior  Citizen  Center.  1591  Forest  Dale  Road.  247-­3121.

The  Hub  Teen  Center  and  Skatepark.  110  Airport  Drive,  Bristol.  2SHQ PLNH QLJKW ¿UVW 7KXUVGD\ RI WKH PRQWK S P free  for  all  ages;  reserve  a  spot  at  thehub@gmavt.net.  Info:  453-­3678  or  www.bristolskatepark.com.

LGBTQ  (Lesbian,  Gay,  Bisexual,  Transgender,  Queer).  Youth  support  group  meets  Monday  nights,  4-­6  p.m.,  Turningpoint  Center,  Marble  Works,  Middlebury.  Info:  388-­4249.

Middlebury  Garden  Club.  Second  Tuesday.  Location  varies.  Barbara:  388-­8268.

NEAT  (Northeast  Addison  Television)  Channel  16.  Fourth  Monday,  5-­7  p.m.  NEAT  studio  in  Bristol.  Bruce  Duncan,  bdun-­ can@madriver.com.

Neshobe  Sportsman  Club.  Second  Monday,  6  p.m.  potluck;  7  p.m.  meeting.  97  Frog  Hollow  Road  in  Brandon.

Otter  Creek  Poets.  Open  poetry  workshop  held  Thursdays,  1-­3  p.m.  Ilsley  Library  in  Middlebury.  Poets  of  all  ages  are  invited  to  share  their  poetry  for  feedback,  encouragement  and  optional  weekly  assignments.  Bring  a  poem  or  two  to  share  (plus  20  copies).  Led  by  David  Weinstock.  Free.

Orwell  Historical  Society.  Fourth  Tuesday,  7:30  p.m.  Orwell  Free  Library.

PACT  (People  of  Addison  County  Together).  Third  Thursday,  11:30  D P S P 9HUPRQW VWDWH RI¿FH building  on  Exchange  St.  in  Middlebury,  Health  Department  conference  room.  989-­8141.

Salisbury  Historical  Society.  First  Saturday,  9:30-­10:45  a.m.  Salisbury  Congregational  Church.

Samaritanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Cupboard.  Assembly  of  God  Christian  Center,  1759  Route  7,  Vergennes.  Third  Thursday  through  October.  Come  share  ideas  and  craft  simple  items  for  Operation  Christmas  Child  shoeboxes.  Vergennes  Lions  Club.  First  and  third  Wednesday,  6  p.m.,  Vergennes  American  Legion.  Social  hour  at  6,  Big  Loveâ&#x20AC;?  is  among  the  photo-­ GEOFFREY  AGRONSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  â&#x20AC;&#x153;BIG,  Big,  dinner  at  6:45  with  meeting  follow-­ bition,  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mysterious  Visions,  graphs  in  the  current  juried  exhi ing.  Visitors  welcome.  Info:  (802)  t  the  PhotoPlace  Gallery  at  3  Park  s,â&#x20AC;?  a rage d  Mi s  an Dreams,  Fantasie n  is  on  Friday,  May  10,  at  5  p.m.  870-­7070  or  membership@vergen-­ eptio St.  in  Middlebury.  An  opening  rec neslions.com. during  the  Middlebury  Arts  Walk.

GOVERNMENT  &  POLITICS Addison  Peace  Coalition.  Saturday,  Wide  variety  10:30-­11  a.m.  Triangle  Park  in  of  books,  many  current.  Proceeds  support  library  programs  Middlebury. and  materials.

Citizens  for  Constitutional  Government  in  Bridport.  Thursday,  7-­9  Brandon  Free  Public  Library  Book  Sale.  May  3-­Oct.  13,  2012.  p.m.  Bridport  Community  School.  Learn  about  the  U.S.  and  Thursday  and  Friday,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.;  Saturday,  10  a.m.-­2  p.m.  Vermont  constitutions  and  how  to  defend  our  rights.

Sales  support  the  purchase  of  materials  for  the  circulating  Five-­Town  Area  Vigil  for  Peace.  Friday,  5-­5:30  p.m.  Bristol  green.  library  collections.

All  welcome  to  speak  out  for  world  peace.

Ilsley  Public  Library  Book  Sale.  First  Saturday,  11  a.m.-­3  p.m.  Info:  Vermont  Department  of  Motor  Vehicles  Mobile  Service  Van.  388-­4095.

Second  and  fourth  Wednesdays,  8:30  a.m.-­4  p.m.;  Every  Ripton  United  Methodist  Church  Flea  Market/Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Thursday,  8:30  a.m.-­3:15  p.m.  Addison  County  Courthouse,  Saturdays,  9  a.m.-­noon  until  late  fall.  Food,  antiques,  quilts,  in  Middlebury.  The  van  offers  written  exams,  customer  service  ERRNV DQG PRUH 9HQGRUVÂś IHHV EHQHÂżW FKXUFK UHVWRUDWLRQ ,QIR and  road  tests.  828-­2000.

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BINGO St.  Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Closet  in  Vergennes.  Behind  St.  Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.  Open  Fridays  American  Legion  Hall,  Middlebury.  Wednesday.  Doors  open  5:30  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Saturdays,  10  a.m.-­noon,  and  by  appointment  S P ZLWK HDUO\ ELUGV -DFNSRW )RRG DYDLODEOH %HQHÂżWV at  759-­2845.  Sales  support  St.  Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.  Info:  877-­2367  or  www. veterans,  scholarships  and  community  programs.  388-­9311. stpetersvt.com.

Brandon  Senior  Center,  Brandon.  First  and  third  Mondays.  6  p.m.  Two  Brothers  Tavernâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Charitable  Mondays.  First  Monday.  10  Refreshments  sold.  247-­3121. percent  of  entire  dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  proceeds  go  to  designated  charity.

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

Go  online  to  see  a  full  listing  of  VFW  Post  7823,  Middlebury.  Monday.  Doors  open  5  p.m.,  quick-­ ies  6:15  p.m.,  regular  bingo  7  p.m.  388-­9468.

FUNDRAISING  SALES Bixby  Memorial  Library  Book  Sale,  Vergennes.  Monday,  12:30-­8  p.m.;  Tuesday-­Friday,  12:30-­5  p.m.;  Saturday,  10  a.m.-­2  p.m. Â

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Addison, Panton see more break-­ins Ferrisburgh Vt. State ADDISON  COUNTY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Vermont  State  Police  are  investigating  a  re-­ cent  spate  of  break-­ins  in  the  lake-­ side  towns  of  Addison  and  Panton.

On  April  24,  troopers  responded  to  a  burglary  complaint  on  Lake  Street  in  Addison,  where  someone  entered  the  residence  between  8  a.m.  and  6  p.m.  and  took  various  items.

On  April  26  between  9  a.m.  and  4  p.m.  someone  broke  into  a  residence  on  Lake  Road  in  Panton  and  stole  various  items.

On  April  29,  between  12:30  and  1:30  p.m.  someone  forced  open  the  garage  door  at  a  Panton  Road  home  in  Panton  and  entered  the  residence.  Items  reported  taken  included  jew-­ elry,  collectable  coins,  loose  change  and  jewelry  boxes.  Anyone  with  information  on  any  of  these  incidents  is  asked  to  contact  the  VSP  at  802-­388-­4919  or  submit  an  anonymous  tip  online  at  www. vtips.info  or  by  texting  â&#x20AC;&#x153;CRIMESâ&#x20AC;?  to  keyword:  VTIPS. In  other  recent  activity  VSP  troop-­ ers: Â&#x2021; 2Q $SULO UHFHLYHG D UHSRUW of  a  wallet  found  in  a  ditch  after  the  snow  had  melted.  The  trooper,  who  was  off-­duty,  later  met  the  Good  Samaritan  and  retrieved  the  wallet  DW WKH 0RQNWRQ WRZQ RIÂżFHV 3ROLFH were  able  to  locate  the  owner  of  the  wallet,  a  Stowe  man,  who  very  hap-­ pily  recovered  his  wallet  and  all  of  its  contents  including  the  original  mon-­

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State  Police,  who  reported  that  at  around  3  a.m.  that  morning  a  vehicle  registered  to  a  resident  of  Ferrisburgh  had  been  struck  by  a  train  in  Crown  Point,  N.Y.  The  vehicle,  a  red  Ford  van,  was  abandoned  and  had  been  left  parked  partially  on  the  railroad  tracks.  Upon  contacting  the  owner  troopers  determined  the  vehicle  had  been  sto-­ len  from  in  front  of  the  ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  resi-­ dence  sometime  during  the  night  by  an  unknown  person.  An  investigation  is  under  way.  Anyone  with  informa-­ tion  is  asked  to  call  VSP. Â&#x2021; 2Q $SULO DW D P UHVSRQGHG to  a  collision  between  a  2012  Dodge  WUXFN GULYHQ E\ -RKQ 3XJOLVH RI Underhill  and  a  tree  off  of  Hinesburg  Hollow  Road  in  Starksboro.  No  in-­ juries  were  reported  but  the  truck  was  towed  from  the  scene  due  to  dis-­ abling  damage. Â&#x2021; 2Q $SULO EHJDQ LQYHVWLJDW-­ ing  a  single-­vehicle  accident  that  occurred  on  Lincoln  Gap  Road  in  Lincoln  at  10  a.m.  Preliminary  in-­ vestigation  suggested  that  Kenneth  P.  Wrisley  of  Colchester   lost  control  of  his  vehicle,  a  2004  Toyota  truck,  and  drove  through  a  wooden  fence  and  into  an  adjacent  wooded  area.  No  injures  were  reported.  Â&#x2021; 2Q $SULO VWRSSHG D PRWRU vehicle  on  West  Street  in  Bristol  and  FLWHG WKH GULYHU 5DQGDOO %URZQ of  Lincoln,  for  possession  of  mari-­ juana.  Â&#x2021; 2Q $SULO DW S P ZHUH called  to  a  report  of  a  motor  vehicle  crash  on  Route  7  in  Ferrisburgh.  Po-­ lice  cited  Evan  Michaud,  22,  of  Char-­ lotte  for  possession  of  marijuana. Â&#x2021; 2Q $SULO DW S P FLW-­ ed  Evan  Harry,  17,  of  Underhill  on  Swamp  Road  in  Cornwall  for  pos-­ session  of  marijuana.  Â&#x2021; 2Q $SULO DW D P stopped  a  motor  vehicle  driven  by  Thomas  Plantier,  26,  of  Bristol  on  Route  116  in  Bristol.  Police  cited  3ODQWLHU IRU GULYLQJ XQGHU WKH LQĂ&#x20AC;X-­ ence  of  alcohol. Â

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PAGE  14A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  May  2,  2013

AARP  Driver  Safety  course to  be  offered  in  Vergennes VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Armory  Lane  Senior  Housing  in  Vergennes  will  host  an  AARP  Driver  Safety  class  on  Friday,  May  24,  from  11  a.m.-­4:30  p.m.  The  4.5-­hour  refresher  course  is  open  to  all  drivers  50  years  and  old-­ er.  It  includes  a  lunch  break;Íž  attend-­ ees  should  bring  their  own  lunch.

The  curriculum  addresses  the  nor-­ mal  physical  changes  brought  on  by  the  aging  process  and  how  these  changes  can  affect  driving  ability  and  then  offers  ways  to  compensate  for  those  changes.  The  course  also  deals  with  changes  in  vehicles,  regu-­ lations  and  roads.  Participants  will Â

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MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  STUDENTS  Addie  Cunniff,  left,  Emily  Pedowitz,  Kristina  Johansson  and  Caitlin  Waters  discuss  their  recent  trip  to  Wash-­ ington,  D.C.,  where  they  attended  an  event  focused  on  teen  dating  violence.  The  students  are  part  of  a  group  that  has  developed  a  forum  that  is  being  used  at  Middlebury  and  other  colleges  to  help  victims  of  sexual  assault.

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At  the  forum,  the  students  also  made  a  presentation  on  their  re-­ cent  trip  to  the  White  House,  where  Carroll-­Brown  interned  last  fall.  Middlebury  juniors  Carroll-­Brown  and  Kristina  Johansson  and  seniors  Addie  Cunniff,  Emily  Pedowitz  and  Caitlin  Waters  were  invited  to  par-­ ticipate  in  an  event  focused  on  end-­ ing  teen  dating  violence.  The  event  included  a  speech  by  Vice  President  Joe  Biden  and  was  organized  by  Lynn  Rosenthal,  White  House  advis-­ er  on  violence  against  women.

The  students  said  they  were  im-­ pressed  by  national  leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  com-­ mitment  to  developing  programs  to  changing  the  culture  that  can  lead  to  sexual  assaults. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  really  emphasized  engaging  men  and  boys  in  social  norms  chang-­ ing,â&#x20AC;?  Johansson  said.  Liebowitz  and  Collado  noted  the  groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  success  at  capturing  stu-­ dent  interest  and  engagement  on  the  subject  and  requested  feedback  from  an  administrative  standpoint.  The  students  suggested  that  training  dormitory  staff  and  creating  interdis-­ ciplinary  courses  on  gender-­based  violence  would  be  important  areas  to  explore.  Campus  forums  on  sexual  assault  have  drawn  record  crowds  in  recent  weeks.  On  April  22,  one-­fourth  of  the  student  body  turned  up  at  the  groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  second  annual  It  Happens  Here  event,  where  students  read  stories  aloud  and  participated  in  a  two-­hour  forum.  While  most  authors  chose  to  re-­ main  anonymous  with  volunteers  UHDGLQJ WKHLU VWRULHV ÂżYH VH[XDO DV-­ sault  survivors  volunteered  to  read  their  own  narratives.  With  increas-­ ing  attention  on  the  issue  of  sexual  assault,  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  event  had  a  much  higher  turnout.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  totally  different  in  emo-­ tional  quality  than  last  year,â&#x20AC;?  said  &DUUROO %URZQ Âł+DYLQJ ÂżYH VWX-­ dents  read  their  own  stories,  I  think, Â

MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  STUDENT  Luke  Brown  speaks  at  the  college  Tuesday  about  the  student  group  It  Happens  Here,  which  aims  to  raise  awareness  about  sexual  assault  on  college  campuses.

was  so  important.â&#x20AC;?

Organizers  hoped  that  survivorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  willingness  to  share  their  stories  publicly  indicates  a  shift  in  culture.  But  they  are  all  too  aware  that  the  dialogues  are  not  reaching  those  who  are  most  likely  to  perpetrate  a  culture  of  sexual  violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most  of  the  people  there  were  women,â&#x20AC;?  Johansson  said.

They  hope  in  the  future  for  more  ways  to  increase  male  attendance,  such  as  an  It  Happens  Here  event Â

co-­sponsorship  by  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  athletic  department,  a  tactic  that  has  worked  in  the  past.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  is  a  certain  demographic  that  just  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  caught  dead  at  a  sexual  violence  forum,â&#x20AC;?  Carroll-­ Brown  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some  people  who  re-­ ally  need  to  be  hearing  these  stories  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,  because  somehow  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  an  af-­ front  to  masculinity.â&#x20AC;?

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:H KDYH VWHZDUGHG D ODUJH FHUWLÂżHG organic  farm  in  Leicester  for  27  years.  We  have  devoted  time,  money,  and  hard  work  to  regenerate  the  soil,  to  lower  nitrates  in  the  water,  and  to  co-­ operate  with  agencies  in  hopes  of  pro-­ at  our  latitude,  that  should  be  a  good  tecting  and  nourishing  this  eco-­system  spur  to  progress of  precious  food  use  agricultural  land,  4.  It  seems  to  me  that  Middlebury  woodlands,  and  wetland/swamp  for  College  may  want  to  reexamine  its  generations  to  come.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  addi-­ support  for  the  pipeline.  But  I  think  tionally  explored  the  archeological  it  must  be  said  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  supported  VLJQLÂżFDQFH RI WKLV KLVWRULFDO VLWH WKDW it  for  the  best  of  reasons:  to  make  a  is  scattered  with  centuries  of  evidence  proposed  biomethane  project  from  of  Native  American  habitation. a  nearby  dairy  easier  to  imple-­ It  came  to  our  attention  just  over  ment.  That  would  be  one  very  good  two  weeks  ago  in  reading  the  Addison  byproduct  of  this  pipeline,  and  Independent  that  one  route  for  the  hopefully  there  will  be  other  ways  pipeline  might  run  by  the  Salisbury  to  make  it  happen.

Community  School,  go  through  the  5.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  very  good  to  see  that  people  important  Salisbury/Leicester  wetland  have  engaged  this  discussion  on  areas  down  the  Velco  corridor  from  many  fronts.  There  will  be  more  Middlebury,  through  the  center  of  our  like  it,  as  we  come  to  terms  with  the  farm,  through  more  wetlands,/swamp,  fact  that  our  current  energy  system  across  Otter  Creek,  ending  with  a  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  working  for  the  planet  and  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;pigâ&#x20AC;?  station  in  Leicester  Depot.  Now,  change  is  required.  LQ D Ă&#x20AC;DVK WKLV HQYLURQPHQW FRXOG Bill  McKibben very  well  be  jeopardized,  in  addition  Ripton to  putting  the  safety  and  health  of  the  people  in  Leicester  and  in  Salisbury  at  risk,  especially  with  the  Salisbury  School  location  and  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;pigâ&#x20AC;?  station  being  sited  near  a  small  residential  crossings,  the  route  of  the  nearby  stableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  trail  rides,  runners,  bicyclists  community.

DQG KXQWLQJ WUDI¿F Cornwall  selectboard,  got  the  picture  yet?

RIPTON  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Ripton  Elementary  Then  there  is  the  part  of  proposed  School  will  hold  two  events  next  week  Route  No.  2   along  the  Velco  power  for  youngsters  who  may  be  interested  line  corridor.

Boy  will  our  farmers  be  surprised.  in  attending  the  public  school.  First,  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;New  Student  Informa-­ Surrender  an  easement  or  eminent  tion  Nightâ&#x20AC;?  will  be  held  on  Tuesday,  domain!  They  already  have  the  dou-­ May  7,  beginning   at  6:30  p.m.  Fami-­ ble  high  tower  lines  disrupting  their  lies  with  students  in  pre-­kindergarten  ¿HOGV QRZ WKH\ JHW FRQVWUXFWLRQ through  6th  grade  are  invited  to  come  equipment,  trenches  and  industrial  pipes  on  their  land.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  forget  Velco  runs  right  next  to  our  school.  Talk  about  safety.  Do  you  want  to  risk  an  explosion  like  the  one  that  leveled  a  city  block.  Our  children  could  be  vaporized.

(Continued  from  Page  1A) Cornwall  selectboard,  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  you  faxed  over  the  key  pages  for  proof.  get  it?  Nobody  wants  or  need  this  And  right  there  in  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Datelineâ&#x20AC;?  pipeline.  Stand  with  us  and  just  say  section,  which  lists  all  the  upcoming  no  together. operas  and  their  venues  around  the  Wally  Bailey world,  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opera  Company  of  Salisbury Middlebury  (Town  Hall  Theater), Â

McKibben  weighs  in  on  Addison  Natural  Gas  Project Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  away  from  home  more  than  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  like  in  recent  months,  as  the  global  resistance  to  climate  change  grows.  But  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  followed  the  cover-­ age  of  the  proposed  gas  pipeline  in  the  Independent,  and  a  number  of  people  have  encouraged  me  to  add  my  few  thoughts  to  the  ongoing  thoughtful  consideration.  Here  are  a  few  points  that  seem  important  to  me.

1.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  clear,  thanks  to  the  candor  of  the  builders,  that  this  pipeline  will  eventually  be  carrying  fracked  natural  gas  from  Alberta.  I  have  many  friends  in  the  indigenous  com-­ munities  of  that  part  of  Canada  who  have  watched  their  homeland  badly  disrupted  by  energy  development;Íž  LWÂśV WKH GHÂżQLWLRQ RI D EDG VFHQH 2.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  entirely  unclear  that  natural  gas  helps  at  all  with  climate  change. Â

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  for  two  reasons.  If  more  than  three  percent  or  so  of  the  methane  leaks  unburned  into  the  atmosphere,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  worse  than  coal  for  warming  the  earth.  And  in  any  event  it  seems  to  be  undercutting  the  conversion  to  truly  low-­carbon  technologies  like  sun  and  wind  very  quickly.  We  really  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  to  lock  in  a  few  decades  of  fossil  fuel  burning.

3.  This  is  one  more  reminder  that  we  should  be  doing  all  we  can  to  spur  development  of  renewables,  instead  of  proposing  moratoriums  on  new  wind  turbines,  as  some  legislators  did  in  Montpelier  this  session.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  going  to  use  power,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going  to  come  from  somewhere,  and  the  sun  and  the  wind  are  two  of  the  best  places.  Since  Germany  is  already  generating  nearly  a  quarter  of  its  power  from  these  sources,  and Â

Cornwall  shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  try  to  dump  pipeline  on  other  towns Our  school  children  vaporized?  Well  thanks,  Cornwall  selectboard,  for  trying  to  shove  an  unwanted  pipeline  onto  three  other  towns.  Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  had  months  on  the  Multi-­ Town  Siting  Committee  (Salisbury  was  not  invited),  months  to  organize  your  citizens  and  board  against  the  pipe.  And  now  you  want  to  dump  the  International  Paper  pipeline  on  Salisbury  and  Leicester.

Finally  invited  to  the  committee,  Salisbury  received  an  immediate  unpleasant  surprise.  Guess  what,  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  decided  that  Salisbury  should  get  what  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want.  You  thought  it  would  be  easy.  Our  citizens  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  know  about  it  and  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  had  time  to  organize.  Here  are  some  facts.

Route  No.  2  for  the  proposed  Ver-­ mont  Gas  Systems  pipeline  is  along  Shard  Villa  Road  and  Leland  Road  to  Leicester.  Shard  Villa  Road  with  55  homes  would  be  burdened  with  two  pipelines:  the  methane  digester  line  and  a  12-­inch  transmission  line.  And Â

you  are  whining  about  having  one  line  and  only  10  inches  at  that.

This  road  is  winding  with  blind  curves  and  blind  hills,  numerous  rock  ledges,  sometimes  on  both  sides.  Ledges   means  blasting,  which  means  shattered  wells  and  founda-­ tions.

6DIHW\ ,PDJLQH D KXJH ¿UHEDOO explosion  next  to  the  Shard  Villa  elderly  care  home.

Documented:  An  extraordinary  number  of  fox  crossings.  Heck,  they  even  play  in  the  road.

7UDI¿F $ UHFHQW WUDI¿F VWXG\ VKRZ 445  vehicles  per  day.  Now  imagine  all  the  construction  equipment  to  lay  WZR SLSHOLQHV DQG ¿UHWUXFNV WU\LQJ to  squeeze  by  them  on  those  blind  curves  and  hills  and  add  in  slow-­ moving  tractors  hauling  manure.

Leland  Road  is  much  the  same  only  a  narrower  dirt  road.  Blind  hills  and  curves.  ledge,  through  swamp  with  threatened  blue  spotted  sala-­ mander  habitat,  bears  and  bobcats.  Oh  yes,  more  houses,  livestock Â

A  â&#x20AC;&#x153;pigâ&#x20AC;?  station  is  where  they  bring  the  gas  above  ground  to  do  cleaning,  maintenance  and  monitoring  using  a  piece  of  equipment  referred  common-­ ly  as  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;pigâ&#x20AC;?  and  they  call  the  proce-­ dure  â&#x20AC;&#x153;pigging.â&#x20AC;?  They  acknowledged  at  the  route  siting  committee  meeting  last  week  that  unburned  methane  is  released  each  time  and  that  this  gas  contains  ethyl  mercaptan.

The  pipeline  will  convey  fracked  gas  from  Alberta,  with  an  odorant  that  PD\ EH WR[LF WR ÂżVK DQG WKRXJK QRW yet  proven  safe  for  birds,  bees,  and  humans,  although  approved  by  the  EPA.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pigâ&#x20AC;?  stations  emit  acknowl-­ edged  quantities  of  unburned  methane  and  odorant  every  time  they  do  a  procedure  for  monitoring  and  main-­ tenance.  The  data  for  leakage  and  explosions  due  to  human  accidents,  lightning,  earthworks,  corrosion  of  pipes,  you  name  it,  is  increasing  with  more  public  awareness  such  as  can  be  viewed  on  numerous  websites  like  ProPublica  (for  instance,  go  to  www.propublica.org/article/pipelines-­ explained-­how-­safe-­are-­americas-­2.5-­ million-­miles-­of-­pipelines  to  see  one  just  for  major  accidents.)

Jane  and  Nate  Palmer,  dedicated  Monkton  organic  farmers,  are  under  the  gun  right  now  in  the  Phase  1  pro-­

ceedings  of  PSB.  The  Palmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  farm  situation  and  the  pre-­route  selection  in  Addison  County  is  an  opportunity  for  everyone  in  Vermont  who  cares  about  natural  resources,  natural  environ-­ ment,  and  organic  farming  to  speak  out  in  this  critical  moment  of  the  gas  pipeline  development  about  to  expand  to  Addison  County.  NOFA-­VT  has  just  come  out  with  a  statement  assert-­ ing  that  unless  an  organic  or  transi-­ tioning  farm  is  avoided  altogether,  an  organic  or  transitioning  farm  could  be  DW ULVN IRU ORVLQJ LWV FHUWLÂżFDWLRQ In  a  state  that  has  banned  fracking,  praises  renewable  energies,  suppos-­ edly  supports  organic  farming  and  supposedly  protects  natural  resources  and  natural  environment,  the  idea  of  developing  further  infrastructure  for  a  fossil  fuel  here  while  also  moving  vast  volumes  to  a  paper  plant  in  New  York  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  make  sense.  Addition-­ ally,  this  Addison  County  community  of  neighbors  and  friends  is  currently  being  broken  apart  and  pitted  against  one  another  to  keep  the  pipeline  out  of  whichever  back  yard  it  is  targeting  in  the  moment.  All  the  more  proof,  that  many  residents  and  land  owners  do  not  want  it  here  at  all.  Suki  Fredericks Leicester

Ripton  school  to  host  events  for  prospective  students and  meet  the  classroom  teachers,  learn  more  about  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  instructional  programs,  and  receive  registration  ma-­ terials  for  the  2013-­2014  school  year.

This  event  is  intended  for  parents  and  guardians  only.  Then,  prospective  students  are  in-­ vited  to  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;New  Student  Open  Class-­ roomâ&#x20AC;?  on  Thursday,  May  9,  from Â

9  to  11  a.m.  Students  will  have  the  opportunity  to  meet  teachers  and  stu-­ dents,  spend  time  in  the  classrooms,  and  join  in  the  learning  activities  for  the  morning.  A  light  snack  will  be  provided.  To  RSVP  to  the  open  classroom  event  or  for  more  information,  call  388-­2208.

Drivers  need  to  be  alert  and  cautious  because  moose  are  on  the  move,  ac-­ cording  to  the  Vermont  Fish  and  Wildlife  Department.   Moose  are  more  likely  to  be  crossing  roadways  at  this  time  of  year,  especially  after  dark  or  early  in  the  morning  as  they  move  from  wintering  areas  to  spring  feeding  locations.  More  moose  are  hit  by  motorists  in  the  spring  than  at  any  other  time  of  the  year.  There  is  another  peak  of  activity  in  Sep-­ tember  and  October,  the  breeding  season  for  moose.  Motorists  hit  98  moose  on  Vermont  highways  in  6WDWH RIÂżFLDOV UHFRPPHQG WKDW drivers  actually  reduce  their  speeds  when  they  see  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moose  Crossingâ&#x20AC;?  signs,  drive  defensively  and  slow  or  stop  when  they  see  a  moose  rather  than  trying  to  speed  past.  Eighteen  people  have  died  in  motor  vehicle  collisions  with  moose  on  Vermont  highways  since  1985.  Â

We  wish  Hannaford  Career  Center  students  Hunter  Carl  of  Bridport  and  Hunter  Bates  of  Middlebury  the  best  of  luck  on  May  11,  when  they  will  face  off  against  juniors  and  seniors  from  nine  other  Vermont  technical  schools  at  the  Ford/AAA  Student  Auto  Skills  competition  in  Epping,  N.H.  They  will  be  accompanied  by  instructor  R.  Hayden  Thomsen.  The  students  will  race  the  clock  to  correctly  identify  and  repair  intentionally  installed  â&#x20AC;&#x153;bugsâ&#x20AC;?  in  identical  Ford  vehicles.  After  prop-­ erly  diagnosing  and  repairing  the  ve-­ hicle,  teammates  must  drive  their  Ford  DFURVV WKH ÂżQLVK OLQH ZKHUH WKHLU DFFX-­ racy  and  workmanship  will  be  judged.  In  addition  to  receiving  scholarships  and  prizes,  the  winning  team  will  rep-­ resent  Vermont  at  the  National  Finals  at  Ford  World  Headquarters  in  Dear-­ born,  Mich.  There  they  will  compete  against  students  from  49  other  states  for  the  national  title.

By  the  way

Letters  to  the  Editor  can  be  found  on  Pages  4A,  5A  and  16A.

May  31,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eugene  Onegin,â&#x20AC;?  etc.,  etc.  Also  playing  June  2,  6,  7  and  8.â&#x20AC;?   Right  below  that  listing  is  the  Opera  Company  of  Montreal.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nice  to  be  among  good  company.

While  winter  appears  to  be  decided-­ O\ RYHU WKH VHDVRQ IRU EUXVK ÂżUHV LV LQ IXOO VZLQJ 0LGGOHEXU\ ÂżUHÂżJKWHUV SXW out  a  blaze  south  of  town  last  week.  2Q 6XQGD\ LW ZDV 0RQNWRQ ÂżUHÂżJKW-­ HUVÂś WXUQ WR SXW RXW D EUXVK ÂżUH LQ WKHLU town.  Take  care  when  burning  out-­ GRRUV 5HVSHFW WKH SRZHU RI ÂżUH DQG donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  let  it  get  out  of  control. %UXVK ÂżUHV DUHQÂśW WKH RQO\ WKLQJV to  watch  out  for  this  time  of  the  year. Â

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Smoking  (Continued  from  Page  1A) makes  it  hard  to  enjoy  the  event,â&#x20AC;?  Brace  said.  Johnston  talked  about  the  pool  area.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  usually  go  to  the  pool,  but  when  I  do  I  see  people  outside  who  drop  their  kids  off  and  just  stand  out  there  and  smoke,â&#x20AC;?  Johnston  said.  Benton  said  the  students  made  a  good  case.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  thought  that  their  presentation  was  good,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  were  fairly  thorough  in  their  research.â&#x20AC;?

Benton  also  did  some  of  his  own  homework  and  learned  there  are  Ver-­ mont  towns  that  limit  smoking  on  municipal  property,  and  he  said  he  is  inclined  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  if  other  aldermen  agree  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  to  look  into  doing  so  in  Vergennes,  but  only  in  the  areas  recommended  by  the  students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  those  two  spots  are  the  only  two,â&#x20AC;?  Benton  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  more  than  happy  to  pursue  it  â&#x20AC;Ś  in  a  reasonable  way.â&#x20AC;?

Smoking  is  more  likely  to  be  banned  in  the  pool  and  recreation  area.  The  property  was  deeded  to  the  city  in  2010  by  the  Vergennes  ID  school  board  when  that  board  was  dissolved,  per  a  2009  citywide  vote.  Both  Benton  and  City  Manager  Mel  Hawley  noted  that  smoking  was  ef-­ fectively  banned  on  the  property  prior  TREVOR  ENGLISH,  LEFT,  Amira  French  and  Brooke  Lloyd  make  fruit  and  vegetable  prints  at  the  Vermont  Adult  Learning  Child  Care  Center  in  to  that  2010  transfer,  as  it  is  on  all  Ad-­ Middlebury  Wednesday  morning.

GLVRQ 1RUWKZHVW 6XSHUYLVRU\ 8QLRQ Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell property.  Benton  went  so  far  as  to  call  ban-­ ning  smoking  around  the  pool  and  in  the  rest  of  an  area  heavily  used  by Â

Childcare

(Continued  from  Page  1A) Children  and  Families.  Most  of  the  children  served  have  received  subsi-­ dies  for  their  childcare  placement.

Betsy  Ouellette,  longtime  director  of  the  VAL  Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Center,  is  sor-­ ry  to  see  the  facility  close.  She  plans  to  continue  her  ca-­ reer  in  the  childcare  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are ÂżHOG LQ WKH QHDU IX-­ working ture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  want  to  con-­ toward tinue  staying  active  plachelping  families  and  ing (the children,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

In  the  meantime,  children) VAL  is  collaborat-­ someing  with  families  where WR ÂżOO LQ WKH VHUYLFH else.â&#x20AC;? void. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joe â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  work-­ LaRosa ing  toward  placing  (the  children)  some-­ where  else,â&#x20AC;?  LaRosa  said.

Bailey  said  she  had  hoped  the  center  could  be  saved,  but  the  num-­ bers  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  working  out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  hard  enough  (for  a  center)  to  break  even,  let  alone  make  money,â&#x20AC;?  Bailey  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  looked  at  the  pos-­ sibility  of  keeping  it  going,  but  with  the  loss  of  Head  Start  money,  that  was  (funding  for)  a  whole  teacher.â&#x20AC;?

Jeanne  Montross,  executive  di-­ rector  of  HOPE,  said  closing  of  the  VAL  childcare  center  will  be  bad  news  on  several  fronts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  a  big  loss  to  the  social  ser-­ vices  community  and  to  those  we  DUH KHOSLQJ GHDO ZLWK ÂżQDQFLDO GLI-­ ÂżFXOWLHV ´ 0RQWURVV VDLG Âł,W LV JR-­ LQJ WR PDNH OLIH PRUH GLIÂżFXOW IRU people  in  this  community  who  are Â

already  facing  some  serious  chal-­ lenges.â&#x20AC;?

It  will  also  mean  another  va-­ cancy  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  therefore  less  rent  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  for  HOPEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Community  Services  Building,  which  depends  on  such  revenue  to  keep  the  large  struc-­ ture  operating.  The  VAL  childcare  center  vacancy  of  a  little  less  than  1,000  square  feet  will  be  added  to  two  others  totaling  725  square  feet  and  another  of  1,253  square  feet Â

that  will  open  up  this  summer  when  Addison  County  Transit  Resources  is  expected  to  move  into  new  Mid-­ dlebury  headquarters  now  under  construction.

Montross  said  HOPE  must  rent  VSDFH WR QRQSUR¿W WHQDQWV LQ RUGHU WR ensure  the  building  remains  exempt  from  property  taxes.  The  organiza-­ tion  makes  an  annual  payment  of  SHU QRQSUR¿W WHQDQW LQ OLHX RI property  taxes  to  the  town  of  Mid-­

dlebury.  That  sum  currently  adds  up  to  $3,740,  which  is  considerably  less  than  the  more  than  $70,000  in  property  taxes  HOPE  would  owe  on  the  building  if  it  were  subject  to  taxation,  according  to  Montross.

Montross  said  HOPE  must  work  KDUG WR ÂżOO WKH YDFDQFLHV â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  continue  to  have  this  happen,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

VERMONT  ADULT  LEARNING  Child  Care  Center  student  Vieshawna  Woodhouse,  3,  works  with  Headstart  Early  Care  Advocate  Jan  Carter  at  the  Middlebury  preschool  Wednesday  morning.  The  center  opened  in  2000  and  will  close  in  late  June  due  to  a  lack  of  funding.

Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Doyle (Continued  from  Page  1A) Grades  5  and  6  were  served  in  what  ter-­of-­factly.  She  remains  vital  and  is  now  Middlebury  Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Twi-­ inquisitive  but  wants  to  relocate,  light  Hall  off  College  Street. with  husband  and  occasional  class-­ Doyle  said  she  had  28  students  in  room  volunteer  Ray,  to  family  prop-­ KHU ÂżUVW VW JUDGH FODVV 6KH ZRXOG erty  in  Bradford. later  transition  to  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;loopingâ&#x20AC;?  policy  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  an  easy  decision.â&#x20AC;? through  which  she  would  take  the  Same  as  her  decision  to  join  the  same  1st  graders  as  a  2nd-­grade  Middlebury  graded  teacher  the  following  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  teaching  staff  year,  to  provide  more  back  in  1964,  follow-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a educational  continuity. ing  her  graduation  from  real passion She  has  never  regretted  Johnson  State  College.  for reading. teaching  the  younger  stu-­ It  was  the  year  after  the  dents,  most  of  whom  she  assassination  of  Presi-­ And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s described  as  being  â&#x20AC;&#x153;very  dent  John  F.  Kennedy,  ZKDW , Ă&#x20AC;QG eager  to  go  to  school.  and  his  successor  Lyndon  That  makes  it  more  fun.â&#x20AC;? students B.  Johnson  had  declared  She  of  course  taught  at  a  national  â&#x20AC;&#x153;War  on  Pov-­ have a least  two  generations  of  erty.â&#x20AC;?  The  United  States  passion for many  Middlebury  fami-­ was  still  in  a  largely  lies,  and  undoubtedly  a  military  advisory  role  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; learning few  third  generations.  in  Vietnam.  The  Beatles  how to And  she  also  has  taught  KDG VFRUHG WKHLU ÂżUVW 1R read.â&#x20AC;? a  lot  of  siblings.  The  1  U.S.  hit  with  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  Want  to  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mary Doyle younger  ones  sometimes  Hold  Your  Hand.â&#x20AC;? tag  along  with  the  broth-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  few  teachers  (at  er  or  sister,  so  Doyle  Johnson  State)  said  Middlebury  was  would  get  a  preview  of  some  of  her  the  place  to  go,â&#x20AC;?  Doyle  recalled.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  next  students. really  respected  those  teachers,  so  I  First  grade  is  about  learning  fun-­ went  for  an  interview.â&#x20AC;? damentals,  and  Doyle  makes  no  se-­ She  liked  what  she  saw. cret  about  her  specialty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  had  a  1st  grade  opening,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  a  real  passion  for  read-­ which  is  really  what  I  wanted,â&#x20AC;?  she  ing,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  what  I  said,  alluding  to  her  previous  ex-­ ÂżQG VWXGHQWV KDYH D SDVVLRQ IRU ² periences  mentoring  her  younger  learning  how  to  read.â&#x20AC;? brother.

In  her  earlier  teaching  days,  The  rest  is  history  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  a  lot  of  Doyle  noted  that  kindergarten  at-­ it. tendance  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  compulsory.  That  Those  were  the  days  when  grades  meant  some  students  would  show  K-­4  were  based  in  a  much  smaller  up  with  little  or  no  knowledge  at  all  building  that,  of  course,  did  not  yet  of  how  to  read. bear  Principal  Mary  Hoganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  name.  She  said  literacy  rates  and  habits Â

have  gotten  a  lot  better  through  the  years  as  kindergarten  attendance  has  become  the  norm  and  as  computer  technology  has  ushered  in  fun  and  innovative  programs  that  encourage  reading.  Students  have  been  able  to  choose  their  own  books  and  do  a  lot  of  independent  studying,  which  makes  them  more  avid  learners,  ac-­ cording  to  Doyle.

It  has  also  helped  that  Mary  Hogan  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  principals  who  fol-­ lowed  her  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  have  been  progressive  and  forward  thinking  in  their  ap-­ proaches  to  education,  according  to  Doyle.  She  explained  that  teachers  have  had  access  to  enrichment  pro-­ grams  and  workshops  from  which  to  borrow  techniques  that  they  can  weave  into  their  own  instructional  strengths.

When  Doyle  started,  there  were  no  classroom  computers  in  the  school.  Teachers  had  to  hand-­crank  carbon  copies  of  educational  mate-­ rials,  as  there  was  no  photocopying  machine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  copy  machines  these  days  are  wonderful,â&#x20AC;?  Doyle  said  with  a  smile.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  copies  are  clean  and  you  can  print  back-­to-­back.  You  can  put  together  a  whole  book  by  push-­ ing  the  right  buttons.â&#x20AC;?

LOTS  OF  STORIES Doyle  has  collected  a  lot  of  fun-­ ny  stories  during  her  49  years  as  a  teacher  at  Mary  Hogan  Elementary.  One  of  her  favorites  goes  back  to  KHU ÂżUVW \HDU RI WHDFKLQJ 6KH VDLG D dad  dropped  his  son  off  in  class  on  WKH ÂżUVW GD\ RI VFKRRO 7KH GDG OHIW while  the  child  sat  in  a  chair.  After  a  few  minutes,  it  dawned  on  the  child Â

that  his  dad  had  left,  so  he  tore  out  after  him.  He  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  very  far,  be-­ cause  he  ran  into  Mary  Hogan,  who  told  him  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;turn  around  and  sit  back  in  that  chair.â&#x20AC;?  He  quickly  complied  with  the  order,  she  recalled.

Doyle  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  thought  much  about  her  longevity  at  the  school.  Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  having  too  much  fun.  And  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  DOVR KDG WKH EHQHÂżW RI VRPHWLPHV sharing  her  classroom  with  longtime  husband  Ray,  a  retired  teacher  and  veteran  of  the  Middlebury  Elementa-­ ry  School  system.  Ray  Doyle  taught  at  the  Twilight  Hall  location  and  also  served  as  assistant  principal  for  a  few  years.  They  married  in  1966.  He  now  volunteers  in  his  wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  class,  lending  his  math  and  science  exper-­ tise  to  students,  thereby  allowing  Mrs.  Doyle  to  focus  on  her  teaching  strengths  of  reading  and  English. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  laughs  that  when  he  gets  tired  (of  teaching)  he  can  go  home  and  take  a  nap,â&#x20AC;?  Doyle  chuckled.

Both  the  Doyles  will  soon  have  the  freedom  to  do  what  they  want.  They  plan  to  relocate  from  Salisbury  to  Bradford,  where  Mary  Doyle  has  a  brother,  an  uncle  and  soon  a  sister  who  will  be  moving  in  from  Ohio.

She  will  look  back  fondly  on  her  teaching  experiences  at  Mary  Hogan  Elementary.  She  will  miss  the  chil-­ dren  in  particular. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  excitement  the  children  have  each  day,â&#x20AC;?  Doyle  said  of  her  in-­ spiration,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;to  see  how  proud  they  are  of  themselves  when  they  can  read  a  certain  thing  or  solve  a  math  prob-­ lem.â&#x20AC;?

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com. Â

children  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  no-­brainer.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  the  idea  of  banning  smok-­ ing  down  near  the  pool  makes  sense,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

But  Benton  said  the  question  is  not  so  clear-­cut  on  the  park.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  park  is  kind  of  a  different  is-­ sue,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  public  place.â&#x20AC;?

Then  there  is  the  question  of  wheth-­ er  there  should  be  an  ordinance  that  would  be  backed  by  police  enforce-­ ment  and  that  would  subject  violators  WR ÂżQHV RU ZKHWKHU D SROLF\ ZRXOG EH a  kinder,  gentler  approach  that  might  prove  more  effective.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  arrested,  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  JHW ÂżQHG ´ %HQWRQ VDLG Âł,WÂśV EDVLFDOO\ peer  pressure,  public  pressure.â&#x20AC;?

A  policy  could  even  transition  into  a  law  if  it  meets  with  general  public  approval  after  a  year  or  more,  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  can  introduce  that  and  see  if  smoking  stops  ...  and  then  maybe  you  can  enact  an  ordinance,â&#x20AC;?  Benton  said.  The  next  steps  will  be  to  see  if  the  students  want  to  continue  the  dialogue  with  an  ad  hoc  committee  of  Hawley,  Benton  and  Alderman  Joe  Klopfen-­ stein.  Benton  said  he  has  emailed  Stetzel  to  try  to  arrange  a  meeting  to  discuss  the  process.  Benton  also  wants  to  talk  further  with  residents  and  aldermen  to  make  sure  that  process  comes  up  with  the  right  result.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  want  more  input  on  how  to  pro-­ ceed  â&#x20AC;Ś  from  the  public,  from  the  council,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

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

Bobolinks (Continued  from  Page  1A) hay  several  times  a  year  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  the  HQG RI WKHLU ÂżUVW FXW RU EHJLQQLQJ RI their  second  often  coincides  with  the  bobolinkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nine-­week  nesting  period.

So  far,  nine  farms  in  Addison  and  Chittenden  counties  have  signed  on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  Vermont,  birds  like  the  bobo-­ link  that  nest  in  tall  grass  depend  KHDYLO\ RQ WKRVH PDQDJHG KD\ÂżHOGV ´ said  Allan  Strong,  a  wildlife  biolo-­ gist  with  the  Rubenstein  School.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  harvests  during  the  nesting  season  GHVWUR\ QHVWV RU H[SRVH Ă&#x20AC;HGJOLQJV to  predation  with  mortality  near  100  percent.â&#x20AC;?

Once  the  most  populous  spe-­ FLHV RI JUDVVODQGV VRQJELUG LQ 1RUWK America,  bobolink  populations  have  dropped  by  40  percent  in  recent  de-­ cades.  The  birds,  which  have  the  ORQJHVW PLJUDWLRQ SDWK RI DQ\ 1RUWK American  songbird,  face  habitat  de-­ struction  from  their  winter  home  in  the  grasslands  of  Brazil  and  Argen-­ tina,  all  the  way  up  the  Atlantic  sea-­ board  to  the  grasslands  of  Canada,  where  they  spend  their  summers.  They  have  been  exterminated  as  pests  in  South  America.  1HZ (QJODQG LV DQ LPSRUWDQW VWRS for  the  birds  because  they  are  most  vulnerable  when  raising  their  chicks.  While  nesting  habitat  destruction  only  accounts  for  part  of  the  reason  why  bobolink  populations  are  declin-­ LQJ LW LV D VLJQLÂżFDQW SDUW The  Bobolinks  Project  is  designed  to  allow  farmers  to  think  of  habitat  preservation  as  a  commodity,  one  that  can  be  sold  the  same  way  as  hay  bales  or  dairy  products. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  a  variety  of  needs,â&#x20AC;?  Strong  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;One  of  our  challenges  has  been  to  assess  the  needs  across  this  very  diverse  group  (of  dairy  farmers).  The  conversation  with  ev-­ ery  farmer  is  different.â&#x20AC;?  PAYMENTS  TO  FARMERS )DUPHUV ÂłELG´ WKHLU KD\ÂżHOGV WR WKH project,  and  are  reimbursed  by  the  acre  for  not  cutting  hay  during  the  nesting  period  (usually  early  June  to  early  $XJXVW (DFK ÂżHOG PXVW EH ZLWKLQ suitable  bobolink  nesting  grounds,  as  mapped  by  the  Rubenstein  Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  researchers,  and  not  already  home  to  predatory  invasive  species.  Project  organizers  encouraged  farmers  to  be  up  front  about  what  they Â

considered  reasonable  compensation  SHU DFUH DQG WKDW PRQHWDU\ ÂżJXUH LV declared  when  they  submit  their  ap-­ plication. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  really  trying  to  stress,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bid  the  price  that  works  for  your  bud-­ get,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Strong  said.

Bidding  will  close  on  May  15.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Af-­ ter  that,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  a  matter  of  cutting  checks,â&#x20AC;?  Strong  said.

Organizers  say  that  the  Bobolinks  Project  is  a  pilot  of  potential  habitat  preservation  models  for  other  species.  Strong  said  the  project  had  begun  with  bobolinks  because  it  seemed  manage-­ able  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  unlike  other  birds,  bobolinks  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  require  too  many  acres  for  nest-­ LQJ VR LW ZDV ÂżQDQFLDOO\ IHDVLEOH WR compensate  farmers  for  their  acreage.  And  though  bobolink  populations  are  declining,  the  situation  is  not  so  dire  that  a  conservation  project  faces  a  low  chance  of  success.

7KH FRPPXQLW\ ÂżQDQFHG PRGHO LW-­ self,  Strong  said,  could  also  be  used  to  preserve  wetlands  birds  or  species  in  a  number  of  habitats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  project  is  not  only  about  con-­ servation,â&#x20AC;?  said  Lisa  Chase,  UVM  Extension  natural  resources  special-­ ist.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;(It)  is  also  university  research  into  the  most  effective  ways  of  cap-­ turing  the  publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  value  for  habitat  protection.â&#x20AC;?

For  Orwell  farmer  Elizabeth  Frank,  participation  in  the  Bobolinks  Project  was  a  no-­brainer. Âł,W UHDOO\ ÂżWV ZKDW ,ÂśP WU\LQJ WR do  here,â&#x20AC;?  said  Frank,  whose  54-­acre  farm  in  Orwell  uses  permaculture  principles  to  grow  crops.

Frank  stressed  that  she  is  in  a  dif-­ ferent  situation  from  most  Addi-­ son  County  dairy  farmers,  since  she  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  a  dairy  herd  that  needs  feeding.  ³, WKLQN LWÂśV WKH ÂżQDQFLDO SLHFH WKDWÂśV going  to  be  persuasive,â&#x20AC;?  Frank  said  of  the  Bobolinks  Project.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Participa-­ tion)  causes  a  gamble,  so  of  course  there  has  to  be  an  assurance  that  there  ZRQÂśW EH D ÂżQDQFLDO ORVV â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  encourage  people  to  think  about  the  overall  importance  of  eco-­ systems  and  habitat,â&#x20AC;?  Frank  added.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  got  an  excess  of  milk  hap-­ pening,  and  an  under  excess  of  land.  If  someone  has  the  opportunity  to  preserve  habitat  by  waiting  it  out  (on  cutting  hay)  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  worth  it.â&#x20AC;?

Maple  Run (Continued  from  Page  1A) DERXW WKH ¿YH PLOH PDUN Organizers  said  at  that  point  the  run-­ ners  are  dispersed  enough  not  to  re-­ TXLUH WUDI¿F FRQWURO EXW VWLOO IUHTXHQW enough  that  motorists  need  to  use  extra  caution  when  passing  the  runners.

The  route  takes  a  left  at  the  junc-­ tion  of  Weybridge  Street/Route  23  and  Sheep  Farm  Road,  heads  back  into  Middlebury  and  veers  right  into  Middlebury  College  and  runs  through  the  campus  back  to  South  Street  right  past  Old  Chapel  and  through  the  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts  parking  lot  and  past  the  soccer  ¿HOG DQG WUDFN 7KH ÂżQDO ÂżYH PLOHV is  a  loop  out  South  Street  Extension  and  back  to  the  hospital.  Area  drivers  are  asked  to  try  to  avoid  using  those  downtown  roads  affected  right  after  the  9  a.m.  start, Â

or  to  be  patient  while  the  runners  head  up  South  Street  and  on  out  Weybridge  Street.  Allow  about  10-­ 15  minutes  for  the  runners  to  thin  from  those  two  roads,  and  afterward  QR XQGXH WUDIÂżF GHOD\V DUH H[SHFWHG â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  hope  everyone  appreciates  that  Middlebury  is  hosting  this  grow-­ ing  event  as  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  spreading  a  good  vibe  about  the  town  and  the  greater  Middlebury  area,  and  bringing  more  and  more  commerce  to  town  over  the  weekend,â&#x20AC;?  race  co-­director  Andrea  Solomon  said  about  the  race,  adding  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  also  encouraging  resi-­ dents  and  drivers  who  happen  to  get  FDXJKW LQ WKDW LQLWLDO WUDIÂżF GHOD\ DW the  start  to  get  outside  their  homes  or  cars  and  cheer  on  the  racers!  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  go-­ LQJ WR EH D WHUULÂżF GD\ DQG ZH KRSH everyone  has  a  lot  of  fun  and  a  great  race.â&#x20AC;?