MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 27 No. 20
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, August 3, 2015
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28 Pages
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By  JOHN  FLOWERS ADDISON  COUNTY  —  Bob  Donnis  of  Bristol  knows  how  a  solid  drug-Âaddiction  recovery  program  FDQ EHQHÂżW D SDWLHQW KH VDZ RQH work  for  a  relative.  Hoping  to  see  additional  success  stories,  Donnis  and  other  members  of  the  Addison  County  Opiate  Treat- ment  Committee  recently  hailed  the  launch  of  a  new  website  that  will  give  people  the  information  they  need  to  steer  away  from  drug  abuse,  or  get  help  if  they  are  already  in  the  throes  of  addiction. The  site  is  titled  Addiction  Help  Vermont  and  can  be  found  at  www. addictionhelpvt.com.  It  is  a  clearing- house  of  information  for  those  seek- ing  information  on  drug  education  and  prevention,  treatment  and  long- term  recovery.  Its  content  includes  information  and  input  from  the  Vermont  Depart- ment  of  Health,  Counseling  Service  of  Addison  County  (CSAC),  Turn- ing  Point  Center  of  Addison  County,  (See  Addiction  help,  Page  27)
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A  750-ÂGALLON  copper  still  is  at  the  center  of  the  new  distillery  being  built  at  WhistlePig  Whiskey.  The  com- pany,  established  in  Shoreham  in  2007,  plans  to  be  producing  whiskey  in  the  new  facility  later  this  summer. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
WhistlePig readies its new distillery By  JOHN  FLOWERS SHOREHAM  —  WhistlePig  LLC  is  busy  installing  distillery  equip- ment  and  is  lining  up  plenty  of  oak  barrels  —  some  of  them  made  from  Vermont-Âgrown  white  oak  —  in  an- ticipation  of  beginning  on-Âsite  pro-Â
duction  of  its  rye  whiskey  at  its  Quiet  Valley  Road  farm  in  Shoreham  as  soon  as  next  month. &RPSDQ\ RIÂżFLDOV DOVR FRQÂżUPHG on  Tuesday  that  WhistlePig  will  soon  open  a  tasting  room  in  Middlebury,  in  association  with  Danforth  Pewter. Â
Danforth  is  a  nationally  renowned  manufacturer  of  pewter  products  that  is  headquartered  on  Middlebury’s  Seymour  Street. “The  vision  has  always  been  to  have  a  grain-Âto-Âglass  operation  here  (See  Whiskey,  Page  19)
By  GAEN  MURPHREE WEST  ADDISON  —  Can  a  farm- er  sustain  a  life-Âchanging  injury  and  keep  working  in  agriculture?  Lee  Kayhart,  Merton  Pike  and  Kenny  Young  provide  proof  that  the  answer  is  yes. The  three  long-Âtime  Vermont  farmers  spoke  at  the  Kayhart  Broth- ers  Dairy  in  West  Addison  this  past  Thursday  at  a  Farmer’s  Field  Day  sponsored  by  UVM  Extension’s  AgrAbility  Project. Kayhard,  67,  of  West  Addison  lost  both  arms  in  an  accident  more  than  three  decades  ago  and  returned  to  work  but  a  few  months  later.  Young,  D 6SULQJÂżHOG UHVLGHQW EHFDPH SDUD- lyzed  from  the  waist  down  nine  years  ago  and  is  still  farming.  Pike,  (See  AgrAbility,  Page  14)