Monday, Jan. 1, 2018

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

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Vol. 29 No. 36

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y Happ ear! Vt. educators share school merger stories Board members New Y see money saved

By MICHELLE MONROE St. Albans Messenger NORTHFIELD — State officials used Gov. Phil Scott’s Dec. 18 Education Summit to drive

home the point that Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories from the student population of school mergers have education summit; the first ran in our Dec. 21 edition. just over 900 students, saved significant said board member Peter amounts of money Evans. Before the merger, and enabled merged districts to and school board members from both districts had their own improve educational opportunities merged districts. superintendent and supervisory for students.

The merger of the Northfield union staff. One of those offices Two panel discussions at the and Williamstown school districts was eliminated.

(See School mergers, Page 7) summit featured administrators created a single district with a

Band offers eclectic mix

• Night Tree will bring its diverse instrumentation to Ripton Community Coffee House on Saturday. See more in Arts Beat on Page 10.

Food co-op to unveil new space • The newly expanded Middlebury store will hold a big celebration this Saturday, Jan. 6. See Page 2.

Going under

TWO CORNWALL BARNS appear to be partially buried by snow the day after Christmas.

Girls’ hockey hosts tourney

• The Tigers met a Vermont rival as their annual tournament opened. See the result in Sports on Page 16.

New director takes charge at Rokeby Board president brings strong museum and marketing experience

By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — Rokeby Museum’s board of directors did not have to search far and wide when museum director Jane Williamson announced this summer she would retire at the end of 2017 after 22 years leading the Ferrisburgh nonprofit.

Instead, the board looked around the table toward its president, Vergennes resident Catherine Wood Brooks, and she agreed to assume the title of Rokeby director, effective Dec. 3.

It did not take much convincing for Brooks to sign on to manage the Route 7 heritage site, known not only for

its association with the Underground Railroad but also as the well-preserved farmstead of the multi-talented Robinson family, who were Quaker abolitionists and lived on and farmed the site for nearly two centuries.

“I love the history of the Robinsons and the ways in which each generation made significant contributions,” she said. “I think their work as farmers, abolitionists, writers, artists and active community members can inspire us today.”

Brooks, a 65-year-old native of Canada who grew up in Oswego, N.Y., brings plenty of relevant experience (See Rokeby, Page 3)

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Middlebury to prepare plan for its public forests

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — A group of area mountain biking enthusiasts, municipal officials and environmentalists are seeking input for a comprehensive recreation and stewardship plan for a large swath of Middlebury’s publicly owned forestland.

(See Forest plan, Page 27)

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MIDDLEBURY NATURAL FOODS Co-op Manager Glenn Lower and Marketing, Education and Membership Manager Karin Mott stand in front the salad and hot bar in the store’s new addition. MNFC will hold a grand opening celebration for the newly expanded Washington Street store on Jan. 6.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Middlebury co-op unveils expanded store

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op (MNFC) sells hundreds of wholesome, organic products.

But its customers are positively thrilled with the store’s latest offering, which can’t even be consumed.

It’s more space.

The MNFC on Saturday, Jan. 6, will officially celebrate the grand opening of its newly expanded store at 9 Washington St. The celebration will recognize eight months of work that allowed the retail portion of the store to grow from 5,000 square feet to 9,000. The many devoted customers now have more

generous aisles through which to navigate their carts to new and expanded MNFC offerings, including more meat and deli products, a customer service desk, more seating for diners and two new bathrooms.

A “hot bar,” featuring warm snack and lunchtime foods, will soon be unveiled in the bigger-and-better MNFC space.

Glenn Lower, longtime MNFC manager, is thrilled with how the $3 million project turned out. And like the rest of the co-op’s more than 4,800 owner-customers, Lower is pleased the expansion was able to occur at the Washington Street site.

“We’re really excited we pulled it

off in a downtown location, which was our number one goal,” Lower said during a recent interview.

“Each time (the co-op has needed to grow), we think, ‘Is this the time to move out of the downtown and look for a little more elbow room?’

But we want to keep the downtown vibrant, and the co-op is very important to that.”

Indeed, the MNFC has taken on an even more important role in light of some changes in the Addison County grocery scene during the past few years.

There was the closing of Bristol’s Mountain Greens, which provided a variety of organic and locally

grown foods for folks in the fivetown area. Greg’s Meat Market in Middlebury shut down a few years ago, though local businessman Tony Neri is now trying to resurrect that local, independently owned supermarket on Elm Street.

Both of those store closures contributed to the MNFC gaining 150 owner-customers during the year leading up to the new project, according to Karin Mott, the co-op’s marketing, education and membership manager.

Co-op leaders recognized the need to make the store even more customer friendly. So they hired a team — led by Andrea Murray of

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Middlebury-based Vermont Integrated Architecture — to design an expansion plan that earned approval by the Middlebury Development Review Board. The firm Naylor and Breen of Brandon began construction last spring. A good portion of that work occurred at night in order to minimize inconveniences for shoppers. But Lower and Mott gave major kudos to customers who kept MNFC financially healthy during the construction commotion.

“Quite honestly, we expected to lose some folks during this (building) process with disruption in the store and in the parking lots,” Mott said. “But people were just wonderful. They put up with jackhammer noises and parking issues and trying to get your shopping cart out through mud. The support was just unbelievable.”

In fact, the MNFC didn’t experience a fall in sales during any month of the project, according to Lower.

“When people asked, ‘What’s the most important thing we can do to help the co-op?’ we said, ‘You can keep shopping here,’” Lower said.

Rather than pointing out obstacles, some shoppers went out of their way to hail the store upgrades as they gradually materialized.

One shopper even told Mott how impressed she was with the cleanliness of the temporary porto-potties.

“They thanked us for being here and remaining open,” Mott said.

Co-op staff often pitched in to help shoppers overcome construction-related hindrances, whether it was directing traffic from the parking area onto Washington Street, or clearing debris to allow better access.

More sales space and better customer flow has resulted in the co-op adding approximately 20 positions to a staff now placed at around 100 full- and part-time workers. Newly created posts have included an operations manager and a coordinator for the newly expanded meat department.

That expanded meat-deli section has allowed MNFC officials to add (See Food co-op, Page 3)

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Rokeby (Continued from Page 1) to the National Historic Landmark.

After three years of teaching elementary school in central Vermont and another six years as the children’s librarian at Montpelier’s Kellogg Hubbard Library, she worked at the Shelburne Museum from 1984 until 2006.

Brooks started at the Shelburne Museum as its director of school programs, and then became its director of education.

“It was basically all aspects of onsite educational experience, the museum guides, youth programs, adult lecture programs and symposia. I did some exhibit work,” she said. “It was wonderful.”

After her years at the Shelburne Museum, during which she moved to Vergennes in 1997, Brooks gained more experience relevant to her new job: From 2007 to 2016 she served as the Cultural Heritage Tourism Coordinator for the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing.

There she managed the development of Vermont’s African American Heritage Trail, of which Rokeby, given its significance to the Underground Railroad, is a key element.

“I was still working with museums and cultural organizations, but more from the promotion and marketing end of things, helping organizations with establishing partnerships among them, and helping them with marketing, taking advantage of the state resources,” Brooks said.

SIGNING ON Through her new home and job Brooks became more familiar with Rokeby and would have volunteered there if work had allowed.

Through her career she also met Williamson, and when Brooks left the state job in 2016 (in part to accompany her husband, boatbuilder

CATHERINE BROOKS HAS taken over as executive director of the Rokeby Museum. Brooks hopes to build a stronger financial base for the Ferrisburgh non-profit.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Douglas Brooks, on a long trip to Japan) Williamson recruited her to the Rokeby board.

Back in the U.S., Catherine Brooks volunteered for other nonprofits and worked as a substitute teacher, but sought to do more.

“This September rolled around, and I was like, ‘OK, what now?’ I was pulled in a lot of different directions and I wanted to focus on one thing,” she said.

After Williamson announced she would step down, Rokeby board members looked at Brooks’ résumé.

She signed on and is enthusiastic to

Food co-op (Continued from Page 2) a lot more variety to its chilled display cases. Mott explained that in the past, some area meat producers couldn’t do business with the co-op simply because the store’s deli section couldn’t accommodate enough of their product to make a contract worthwhile.

That’s no longer the case.

“It is nice now to be able to offer really broad offerings of meat that are coming from sources we are really familiar with,” Mott said.

The MNFC is owned by its members, who can purchase up to 15 shares in the business at $20 per share. Each member-owner has an equal vote on co-op decisions.

Anyone can shop at the co-op, though members qualify for special deals. Around 71 percent of the annual purchases at the MNFC are made by its member-owners.

Lower added that 34 percent of the MNFC’s current transactions

involve Vermont products. The coop works with around 300 Vermont companies, at this point, according to Mott.

Officials said they are always eager to work with more Addison County-based food producers.

The Jan. 6 grand opening, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., will include a variety of freebies, giveaways and raffles, according to an event flyer.

Customers will also receive a free on-tap beverage (coffee, tea, kombucha or cider) with a co-op mug.

Those who buy or donate a share in the business will receive a handmade “Vermont co-op” mug.

Lower, Mott and other members of the co-op community know they have a lot to be grateful for this holiday season.

“We’re thankful we got the project done on time and on budget,” Lower said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

carry the torch forward.

Brooks said Rokeby’s summer program of lectures and presentations, made possible by the fiveyear-old visitor center built under Williamson’s watch and held in the gallery named in her honor, helps keep the museum relevant.

Brooks cited, for example, the Black Lives Matter Forum Rokeby

hosted in June with a Vermont State Police representative, Middlebury College historian Jim Ralph, and UVM Professor Stephanie Seguino, co-author of the “Driving While Black and Brown in Vermont” study.

“I also really believe in Rokeby and its potential to really add to our understanding of the whole is-

sue around race and abolition and the contemporary situation of African-Americans,” Brooks said. “The emancipation, the Civil War, these things happened, and it’s all still unfolding, just thinking of contemporary events.”

In 2018 the Rokeby will offer as its main summer exhibit “Fabric (See Catherine Brooks, Page 13)

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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Editorial Six local resolutions to help our communities thrive The positive force behind making New Year’s resolutions is it focuses our attention — however briefly — on the things we need to improve. It’s goal-setting to make things in our lives better.

That could mean eating healthier foods, less sugar and more veggies, and, of course, exercising more. Or it could mean to get to bed earlier, get a full eight hours of sleep, read more and watch less (far less) television. Or it could mean spending more time with friends and family, volunteering for a community cause, or being more active in your church, school or social club.

The downside of making resolutions is well known: We often fall short, give-up mid-way, or never really get started.

But not to try is a premise foreign to most of us. Most of us want to do good, to live in thriving towns with excellent schools; we want to be successful and we want to see our larger communities thrive in ways that make us glad we are a part of them.

Here, then, are six resolutions we can each make to help our communities thrive in the New Year, while leaving your personal resolutions up to you.

• First, know your neighbors: If you don’t, make it a point in the next four weeks to introduce yourselves. It’s not hard. Make a batch of cookies, gingerbread or whatever, put a handful on a small plate with a ribbon and just drop by to say hello. If you don’t know them, there is no need to stay long, no need to go inside. Tell them you simply wanted to introduce yourself and if ever they need anything you could do for them, don’t hesitate to ask. (This applies to the neighbor two doors down as well.) If you make this the one resolution you do all year, you’ll be glad you did.

• Understand the new healthcare model: As Vermont, and Addison County’s Porter Medical Center in particular, transition to capitated payment model — rather than fee-for-service — it becomes more imperative that we each take greater responsibility for our personal health. If we each take that responsibility seriously, it’s money in the bank that we can use to create even stronger local systems to address the toughest problems we face. The Addison Independent will do stories on this new system and environment, so stayed tuned.

• Shop locally: We know Amazon makes it incredibly easy to spend your money elsewhere, but understand that each time you buy goods out of town, you’re taking money away from the local stores that need your patronage if they are to stay in business. It’s your choice.

• Get involved: Nothing can be more important to the vitality of any community than the personal involvement of its citizens. Get on a town committee, run for office, volunteer at one or two events each year. Tailor your commitment to the time you have. If you don’t have a lot of time, keep it simple but do something. Sitting on the sidelines and benefitting from the contributions of others in your community is not sustainable for communities that hope to thrive.

• Schools, changing workforce and your kids: Here’s a plea to be receptive to new ideas as Vermont searches for ways to deliver a quality, but affordable, education to a declining student population that is also facing significant disruption in the workforce. Automation will increasingly replace manual labor in the next generation; higher education or specific skills for the trades will be in higher demand. Are we ready? It starts at home, but schools and taxpayers must be receptive to approaches that address this changing landscape.

• Politics: Resolve to be open to all sides, while being wide-eyed enough to understand the shortcomings of our own bias. That means liberals need to understand their political shortcomings just as supporters of the current Republican Congress and Trump need to understand theirs. And in this environment of political propaganda — in which social media is easily used by those in power to deceive, distract and misinform — it means to resolve to read multiple sources, liberal and conservative, and to take it upon yourself to be fully informed.

Embrace any or all of these, and our communities will be that much stronger. Happy New Year to all.

Angelo Lynn

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Winter angles

AN OUTBUILDING IN Cornwall looks over an apple orchard coated by a recent snowfall.

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Letters to the Editor European energy advances may leave U.S. behind Germany and other European countries are paying customers to take excess energy. With solar panels and wind turbines, sometimes there is more energy on the grid than is being used. “Power prices go negative in Germany, a positive for consumers,” New York Times, Dec. 26, 2017.

For years Germany and other countries have been pushing alternative sources of energy

since their coal mines and other old sources are running out. One farmer was getting 45 cents/kWh for panels on his roof. (Normal pricing is closer to 15 cents.)

Germany didn’t want to run out of energy with its booming economy.

Now most cities have many buildings topped off with solar panels, and they have competitions among them for which town has the most panels. Big wind generators

are seen everywhere. There was a joke that one can’t sail in the Baltic since wind generators are slowing the wind too much.

This is another reason that the European Union is doing better than we are. Why is Trump holding onto coal? Industries don’t want it and most coal workers are going elsewhere for jobs. China is gaining economic strength all (See Letters, Page 5)

Scott misses the mark on climate change To the surprise of many, a recent tion is recommending that we leave Agency of Natural Resources report open the possibility of using a large showed that Vermont’s statewide percentage of Volkswagen funds to greenhouse gas pollution emissions help purchase new diesel vehicles. are rising. Given all the impressive Why is the Scott Administration work we’ve done developing clean making this wrong-headed recomlocal renewable wind and solar ener- mendation? gy, and the well-documented success Perhaps it’s because Gov. Scott of our cutting-edge energy efficiency doesn’t seem to see climate change programs, how could that be? as a major threat to Vermont. At a A key factor is that Vermont has recent press conference, he said, yet to make serious inroads in tran- “I’m not sure that there’s a financial sitioning to low-carbon heating and threat. I think if you look at it, clitransportation solumate change could be tions. Transportation, in some ways beneficial in fact, contributes alto Vermont.” Climate most half of our state’s change’s threats to our climate pollution. economy and commuThat’s why the transnities are alarming and formation of our transwell-documented and This week’s portation system is es- writer is Lauren include, among other sential. That transition Hierl, political things, harm to iconic will require thoughtful director at Vermont Vermont industries like new policies to incen- Conservation Voters maple syrup, skiing, tivize the transition, in Montpelier. and outdoor recreation, such as well-crafted as well as the increased carbon pricing. And, threat and cost of exexcitingly, funding from the Volk- treme weather events like Tropical swagen legal settlement related to Storm Irene. their diesel emissions scandal — According to a Vermont Public Vermont’s share is $18.7 million Radio analysis in October of 2016, — provides an opportunity to help the Scott gubernatorial campaign’s jumpstart that transformation. top financial contributors were: Comments at a public hearing in construction companies, real estate December were overwhelmingly developers, the fossil fuel indusin support of investing the Volk- try, and automotive industry — all swagen funding in electric vehicle of whom could potentially benefit infrastructure and electric vehicles from investments in new diesel velike public transit and school bus- hicles. In one particular example, es. The Vermont Climate Solutions a significant donor to Scott’s camCaucus, a group of dozens of state paign was the family who owns a legislators, and the Legislature’s Lake Champlain ferry company.

Joint Energy Committee also The Scott Administration’s VW weighed in to urge the administra- proposal specifically recommends tion to use the Volkswagen funds to using a portion of the funds to help spur electrification of our transpor- support the purchase of new ferries tation sector.

— even though the report acknowlThat’s why it’s extremely disap- edges that only an estimated 0.1 pointing that the Scott Administra- percent of diesel emissions in Ver-

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Letters (Continued from Page 4) over while Trump keeps pushing America first (whatever he means by that?) China is building roads through Afghanistan and South Africa to improve commerce. When

we can vote Trump out of office the U.S. will have a lot of catching up to do to avoid becoming more of a third world country.

Peter Grant Bristol

mont come from ferries.

In Washington, D.C., we’ve watched the national GOP reward campaign donors at the expense of working families, as seen starkly in numerous provisions in the tax bill enacted this week. I certainly hope Gov. Scott and the Vermont GOP are not going down the same road of prioritizing wealthy campaign donors’ interests over the public interest.

Even the Governor’s own Climate Action Commission disagreed with the administration’s proposal, voting last week to recommend prioritizing electric vehicle infrastructure and electric school and transit buses. The Commission is also recommending that Gov. Scott support funding a study on carbon pricing, a potentially powerful policy that could not only reduce carbon pollution in the transportation sector, but could be shaped to benefit Vermont’s economy, create jobs, and protect the most vulnerable.

We must not squander the opportunity for innovative new policies, as well as the one-time opportunity provided by the Volkswagen funding to jumpstart the transformation of our transportation sector. By helping create a more affordable electric vehicle transportation system, we will ultimately help all Vermonters transition off expensive and polluting fossil fuels.

Vermonters should continue to weigh in with Gov. Scott to support the Climate Commission’s recommendations, including funding a study on how carbon pricing could work in Vermont, and using the Volkswagen settlement to invest in the 21st-century transportation system we deserve, with clean electric vehicle infrastructure and electric transit and school buses — not doubling down on dirty diesel.

Addison Independent, Monday, January 1, 2018 — PAGE 5

Letters to the Editor The Golden Touch The President’s lies are a cruel currency, an unfair trade in the marketplace of American ideals — He couches then in the tinsel wrapping of raucous campaign stops: red meat for the loyal, the believers, the die-hards who will come to the table one day

and find it was all fool’s gold, a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing but thin gruel, while the super-rich rest in the cool comfort of their entitlements.

Charles Sabukewicz Middlebury

Thankful for beautiful coyote story

I want to express my appreciation to the Outside Story’s Susie Spikol Faber for her beautiful piece on coyotes in the Dec. 7 issue. In times as divisive as we are living in it was heartening to read her piece about understanding and appreciating the perspective of another, especially when that perspective is that of a species that is subject to such abuse and cruelty as the coyote is.

The last sentence in particular was a pleasure to read and highlights our commonalities with all living things. Here’s what she wrote: “If I could, I would grow my underfur too, and howl at the night sky as my own growing children

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

Byron Gallison, 79, Ferrisburgh FERRISBURGH — Byron “Tinker” Gallison, 79, of Ferrisburgh, passed away Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017.

He was born in Burlington on March 22, 1938, the son of Myron and Beulah Gallison.

He attended school in Fair Haven. he served in the National Guard from 1956-1967 in Rutland. He was a milk hauler for many years with H.P. Hood, then started Gallison and sons in 1971 and operated the business until his retirement in 2009.

He was predeceased by his parents; his wife Frances (Van Guilder) Gallison; two sisters, Shirley Gallison and Gwendolyn Sumner; and brother Gerald Gallison. He is survived by his sisters, Betty Ellis and Beverly Wood; two sons, Lyle and wife Teresa Gallison of Ferrisburgh and Darin Gallison and Partner Sara Smith of New Haven; grandchildren Lindsay, Mitchell, and Chase Gallison and Anna-Jo Smith; great grandson Cason Gallison; and

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“Grieving is private, but it can be public, too.

We need to stop being afraid of public mourning. We need to be open to mourners. We need to look each other in the eye, and say ‘I am so sorry.’”

— Jess Decourcy Hinds

BYRON ‘TINKER’ GALLISON long-time partner Jean Payne.

There will be no visiting hours. A private ceremony of remembrance will be held at a late time at the convenience of the family.◊

  Deborah Clark, 70,

formerly of Vergennes BURLINGTON — Deborah Jane (Poquette) Clark, 70, of Phoenix, Ariz., went to be with the Lord on Nov. 30, 2017. She was born Jan. 7, 1947, in Burlington, the daughter of Richard R. Poquette and Elizabeth (Jordan) Poquette. She grew up in Vergennes and graduated from VUHS in 1965. Deborah married Brian R. Clark on May 21, 1966.

They had seven children together.

The family moved to Arizona in 1971, but Deborah’s heart was always in Vergennes.

She was an avid gardener and could grow vegetables anywhere; she did her best to pass on her gardening knowledge to her children. Debby also enjoyed sewing and taught her granddaughters to sew, crochet, and knit. Debby was known as a “baby whisperer” as she could always soothe a crying baby (including her 14 grandchildren) with her calm, nurturing spirit.

She delighted in traveling to spend time with all her children and grandchildren and siblings the past few years. She was passionate about her family history and traced

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her family back several generations through Canada and France; recording her research for her children and grandchildren.

Deborah is survived by her children: Louisa (Ron) Koistinen, Stephanie Clark, Jeffrey (Mindy) Clark, and Jeremiah (Stacy) Clark, all of Phoenix; Danielle (Mike) Gallegly of Washington; Joshua Clark of South Dakota; and Laurie (Aaron Laur) of Montana; Also 14 grandchildren: in Phoenix, Jane Koistinen, Trevor Graves, Andy Graves, Maddy Clark, Jillian Clark, Rylan Clark and Avalon Clark; in Washington, Allison Fatone, Brooklyn Kircher, and Robbianna Gallegly; in South Dakota, Landon Arrowood-Clark and Norah Clark; and in Montana, Reese Laur and Weston Laur.

Debby is also survived by her sisters Cheryl (Bill) Patten, Penny (Richard) Austin and brothers Gary Poquette, Peter Poquette, Bill (Linette) Poquette, and Darren (Laurie) Poquette.

She was predeceased by her husband Brian and her parents.

No service is planned at this time.◊

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In a previous column we noted that grief is a natural as well as very personal process.

People who are grieving can be comforted by our presence and acknowledgement of their loss and grief. Because we want to say something to comfort the person who is grieving, but not sure what to say or do, here are

a few ideas of what some people have found to be helpful — and what might not be helpful.

Imagine this situation: Your neighbor, Sam, recently died of a terminal illness. His wife took care of him at home for nearly two years. You run into her as she retrieves the newspaper from the mailbox.

What you might say: I’m so sorry for your loss. It was an honor to know Sam — or to be Sam’s neighbor/friend/co-worker. (Speak the name of the person who died. This conveys that you are not afraid to talk about him or to hear what the grieving person might want to say.)

I admire you for your courage and strength throughout Sam’s illness.

(Acknowledge her role as the caregiver.)

Sam touched so many lives. (Say how Sam touched your life; share something you remember about him.)

Sam was such a wonderful neighbor. We all share in your loss and sadness, and will really miss him. (It is never too late to express this; the residual pain will never completely disappear.)

I would like to bring you dinner tonight, or we will keep your sidewalk shoveled this winter, or I can help with keeping your birdfeeders filled. (Offer something specific.)

What not to say: Give me a call any time you need something. (Don’t make them have to initiate contact or a request for help.)

Just keep yourself busy. (Don’t assume what they need at any given point.)

I know how you feel. (We can’t begin to know how an individual feels — but we can listen and learn.)

You must be relieved — his care was becoming such a burden. (It is their loss, not yours.)

At least Sam isn’t suffering anymore, or Sam is in a better place. (This conveys that you’re not open to hearing any negative thoughts/feelings.)

God only gives us what we can handle. (Platitudes like this might make us feel better, but they may be insulting to the person grieving.) f words escape you, don’t escape from the grieving person. Simply be with them in the moment. Listen for where they are. Show up

with sensitivity and kindness.

Follow your heart.

“When encountering someone who has experienced the loss of a loved one, don’t run

away, hide or ignore. Smile, embrace, hug, show your love, it will mean more than words,” says Daphne Diego of ARCH.

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School mergers (Continued from Page 1) “We wouldn’t do anything “There’s immediate savings different if we didn’t have there,” said Evans. challenges,” said Honigford. “How The district continues to operate we’re educating kids in Vermont two K-12 schools, but is looking has to change. We need to rethink at duplication of services, he how we do everything.” said, and has been able to expand Addressing the notion that language offerings and create towns in Vermont are too different classes with more than 10 students. and varied to create a single school “We’re both learning about the district, Honigford said, “We’re not other community,” said Evans. different. You need to Many of the larger go to West Africa to decisions are still “What we’re see difference. Our to come, he said, differences are really including should doing for kids is small.” each of the high terribly exciting Collectively, those schools become a and we’re 10 towns operated magnet school with saving taxpayers four high schools a particular focus, money.” graduating just 80 or should the district — Tom Honigford, kids a year. “We’ve create a merged Royalton School done nothing but middle school and a Board cut programs,” said merged high school?

Honigford. “We saw Bridget Nease is the the smaller schools superintendent at the falling apart … and Harwood Unified Union School we knew that’s where we were District, which operates seven heading.” campuses with 1,800 students.

Half of the classes in the high “We have a capacity now that schools had fewer than seven kids we have never had,” she said. The in them. district has saved $130,000 in its By combining, the new district first year, but is looking to make no longer has eighth grade students larger changes. playing on high school sports “We still have too-small teams, because the board was able classes,” said Nease. to restore junior varsity sports, said Addressing the larger problem Honigford. They’ve also been able of school costs that continue to to bring back band and increase climb, Nease said, “We have a academic offerings. statewide problem. It requires a The merger is statewide solution.” projected to save Property tax rates $800,000, some of are projected to “What small is which is going to be increase an average helpful for is used to hire two new of 9.4 cents statewide relationships.” teachers. next year, absent — Jeanne The district has also spending reductions. started an exploratory Collins, “This is unsustainable education program.

Otter Valley for taxpayers,” said “What we’re doing for superintendent kids is terribly exciting Nease.

Part of the postand we’re saving merger challenge is taxpayers money,” having people come out of their said Honigford. comfort zones, she said. There are Michael Clark, a superintendent in plenty of opportunities to share the Northeast Kingdom, advocated resources, Nease suggested, if of the elimination of his own job people are willing to act on them. with the merger of two supervi“We buy microscopes in six sory unions and the reduction of 22 buildings, for example,” she said. school districts to just three.

There are also opportunities The elimination of a supervito learn from successes at sory union office alone will save schools in other parts of the $500,000, said Clark. district. Waterbury-Duxbury, for The merger, he said, is creating example, has a strong program for “lots of opportunities preschoolers, which for students and lots of is attracting young “We sat at the savings for taxpayers.” families to the area, Echoing Honigford’s table and said, said Nease. remarks, Clark said S i m i l a r l y , ‘We can’t keep all schools have W i l l i a m s t o w n doing what essentially the same students are able to we’re doing.’” mission statement. take advantage of “We’re really not that — Tom Northfield’s success Honigford, different,” he noted. with dual enrollment David Youngstown, Royalton School in college courses, said superintendent at the Board Evans.

Mill River Unified CHANGE IS A Union School District MUST in Rutland County, said his district Tom “Geo” Honigford is a has saved $250,000 just in buildings school board member from and grounds, and that’s after paying Royalton, which was part of a 10- the salary of a new director to town school merger. “We sat at oversee maintenance at the district’s the table and said, ‘We can’t keep schools. doing what we’re doing.’”

The merged district has a $16

million budget and is projecting a 17-18 kids. “There’s an economy $700,000 surplus at the end of this of size and scale that you get school year, the result of operational when you’re able to unify,” said savings.

Alberghini.

The district has four elementary The equalized class sizes are the schools ranging in size from 50 result of elementary school choice students to 160 students. Closure within the district, which has also is always a fear for the smallest allowed MMMUSD to avoid hiring schools, said Youngstown. “We’re additional teachers. focusing on how do we make sure The merger has enabled each of our schools is viable.”

MMMUSD to increase art ECONOMY OF offerings at small SIZE & SCALE schools.

Mount Mansfield “We have a Another advantage Modified Union statewide problem has been that School District (of ever-rising MMMUSD has been (MMMUSD) was able to retain good school costs). one of the first teachers by moving mergers in the It requires a them between state, predating Act statewide solution.” schools when student 46. It combined — Bridget Nease, numbers changed. all but one of the Harwood Unified “The benefit of elementary schools Union School District that is huge,” said that cooperatively Alberghini. It also operated Mount allows teachers to Mansfield Union broaden their own High School with the high school experience by transferring to other in a single district. schools and/or grade levels.

Since the merger, parents “The future’s wide open,” said have been excited about what Kirson-Glitman. “You don’t know the new district has been able what you can do in a merged to do for students, including a system until you get in one.” language immersion program and Representing a merged district is consolidating special education more work for board members, she services to create a stronger said: “We’re building a community program, according to school not around a town, but around a board member Diane Kirson- group of towns.”

Glitman.

IN LEICESTER, WHITING John Alberghini, superintendent which operates five elementary of the Chittenden East Supervisory schools in the Brandon area. The Union, said, “We’ve realized a lot largest has 400 students and the of administrative savings,” since second largest 220. The remaining the creation of MMMUSD. three — Leicester Central and Prior to the merger that created Whiting and Sudbury elementary the MMMUSD, class sizes were — are all located within five “all over the place,” he said. miles of one another and have a Last year, the district was able to combined total of 10 teachers and stabilize elementary class sizes at 92 students.

Merging the three schools would reduce the number of teachers from 10 to seven, said Collins.

“What small is helpful for is relationships,” said Collins.

Parents like small schools because all of the adults know their child, she suggested. But where small can hurt is when there is just one student in a grade level, or just one boy or one girl in that grade level, she said.

It also makes hiring a challenge.

“It’s so hard to find someone who will work one day or a half day a week,” said Collins.

As a result, only the largest of the five elementary schools has been able to offer a world language.

Collins remarks were echoed by Bonnie Bourne, chair of the Otter Valley board. “One of our small schools had no librarian,” said Bourne. But the largest school had more librarian time than needed.

So the first thing the board did was to share the librarian between the two schools.

“We were able to accomplish the same thing in band,” Bourne said.

By sharing a teacher, they were able to bring instrumental music instruction back to two of the small schools.

The small schools were also having to create multi-age classrooms. “We were being reactive in terms of multi-age classrooms,” said Bourne. When multi-age isn’t done sequentially, it can be harmful for kids, she said.

Staff retention can be a challenge for small schools. “Sometimes the entire faculty would turn over in a year,” said Bourne, undoing the benefit of a multi-age classroom where students can build longterm relationships with teachers.

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give an introduction and Q&A. Watch the trailers, read more about the films and buy tickets at middfilmfest.org. A series pass, covering admission to all Blood pressure/foot care six films, is available for $60. Individual clinic in Brandon. Tuesday, VERGENNES OPERA HOUSE — Beginning tickets to the films are $12. Also availJan. 2, 9:30 a.m., Brandon Senior Center in Forestdale. Sponsored by VNA Swing Dance. Partner dancing keeps both able on the THT website, at the THT box office or day of show. & Hospice of Southwest Region; $10; brain and body fit while having a great time. “The Western Star” storytelling in no appointment necessary. More info: Presenting East Coast Swing in a friendly, Vergennes. Sunday, Jan. 7, 4:30-6 802-770-1536. easy format. Classes are 6:30‑7:30pm with a p.m., St. Paul’s Church, Vergennes. is a transportive storytelling event, practice session, open to all, from 7:30‑8:30 This inviting its audience into a world of Thursdays, starting January 4‑February 1. $10 blinding blizzards, mysterious magi per class. Partners are not necessary. Please and the healing glow of one bright “In This Here Place”: Race, Nation, and Toni Morrison’s bring clean, dry, soft soled shoes. Call Jim star. Actor and singer Jack DesBois original verse and song into a Beloved,” in Middlebury.

Condon for more information at 475‑2349 or weaves striking tapestry of the Biblical Three Wednesday, Jan. 3, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public email jscondon@mac.com.

Kings story. Join the Kings on their Library, 75 Main St. UVM professor Emily journey through winter’s darkness to Bernard will discuss the significance of Toni the Savior’s side in Bethlehem, and Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of interest around Addison County. A visit to share in their gentle message of hope. $10 “Beloved,” exploring how the novel argues that the Henry Sheldon Museum will follow. More suggested donation supports local charities; all America must reckon with the consequences info contact Jan Walker at 802-388-4220 or are welcome regardless of ability to pay. of our nation’s original sin — slavery. janwalkervt@together.net.

“The Western Star” storytelling in Middlebury. Skate with the Panther ice hockey team in Middlebury. Sunday, Jan. 7, 5 p.m., Kenyon Saturday, Jan. 6, 430-6 p.m., St. Stephen’s Arena. Fans young and old are invited to join Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. This is a transMiddlebury College men’s hockey team on the portive storytelling event, inviting its audience ice after their 3 p.m. game vs. Trinity. Team Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, into a world of blinding blizzards, mysterious pictures will be provided. The event is sponJan. 4, noon, First Baptist Church of magi and the healing glow of one bright star. sored by Friends of Panther Hockey.

Bristol, Park St. The menu will include Actor and singer Jack DesBois weaves original shepherd’s pie, corn or peas, coleslaw, verse and song into a striking tapestry of the homemade rolls, and white cake with maple Biblical Three Kings story. Join the Kings on frosting. Suggested donation $4. To sign up their journey through winter’s darkness to the call 802-453-5276. Come early and talk with Savior’s side in Bethlehem, and share in their Tobacco Cessation Program in friends and make new ones. gentle message of hope. $10 suggested donaMiddlebury. Begins Wednesday, Jan. Twist O’ Wool Spinning Guild meeting tion supports local charities; all are welcome 10, 5 p.m., at Porter Medical Center. The in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 4, 6 p.m., regardless of ability to pay. first session in a five week program designed to American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. It’s the annual Night Tree on stage in Ripton. Saturday, Jan. help you decide to quit, develop a plan to quit, pot luck, so bring a dish to share, plate and 6, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, prepare, rehearse and know what to expect on forks. Show and tell and a spin in following 1305 Rt. 125. Open mic followed by featured your “Quit Day”, and more. Free. Registration dinner. All are welcome. performers. $10 general admission/$15 generrequired. Contact Michele Butler, Community ous admission/$3 kids under 12. Doors open at Health Team, 802-388-8860 or mbutler@ 7 p.m. Open mic sign-up and info at 802-388portermedical.org.

9782 or rcch.org.

Festival-On-The-Green annual meeting in Middlebury. Wednesday, Jan. 10, 6:30 p.m., Merry Mulch in Middlebury.

Middlebury Union Middle School, 48 Deerfield Saturday, Jan. 6, begins 8 a.m. Have Ln. Enthusiastic volunteers wanted to help plan your Christmas tree at the curb by 8 a.m. the Middlebury’s annual summer music event. free of decorations, tinsel, etc., for Rotary Club “California Typewriter” on screen This will be the Festivals’ 40th year. Come of Middlebury to pick up. in Middlebury. Sunday, Jan. 7, 2 to this meeting and find out how you can get Traveling Sightseeing Associates planning p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant involved. meeting in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 6, St. The MNFF Winter Screening Series pres12:30-2 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. ents this documentary directed by Doug Katherine Arden in Middlebury. Wednesday, Jan. 10, 6:30 p.m., the Vermont Book Shop, Join in the planning for 2018 trips to places Nichol. Jay Craven, MNFF artistic director, will

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AUTHOR KATHERINE ARDEN will be at the Vermont Book Shop on Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 6:30 p.m. to read from, discuss and sign her new book, “The Girl in the Tower,” the second book in the trilogy that began with “The Bear and the Nightingale.”

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38 Main St. Arden, Middlebury College alumna returns to the Vermont Book Shop to read, discuss and sign “The Girl in the Tower,” the second book in the trilogy that began with acclaimed “The Bear and the Nightingale.”

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“Animals of the North: What Will Climate Change Mean for Them?” presentation in Addison. Thursday, Jan. 11, 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, 966 VT Route 17. Naturalist Sue Morse, founder and science director of Keeping Track, a wildlife conservation nonprofit based in Jericho, will give a lecture and slide presentation from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and then she will lead the group on a nature walk at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area until 1:30 p.m. Free and open to the first 20 people who contact Amy Alfieri at amy.alfieri@vermont.gov or 802-759-2398.

Addison County Right to Life meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 11, 6:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish Hall, College St. Enter via the side door on Shannon St. The agenda includes election of officers, arrangements for the Rally for Life in Montpelier on Jan. 13, and preliminary planning for the annual dinner. All members are encouraged to attend and visitors are welcome.

More info contact Chris Holden at 802-388-3563 or bobbillchris@rwch.net.

Crows and ravens lecture in Middlebury.

Thursday, Jan. 11, 7-8 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. These birds are considered harbingers of evil by some, and for others endless curiosity. In Otter Creek Audubon’s Cabin Fever lecture series, bird Diva Bridget Butler pulls back the shroud on these birds known as corvids.

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exceptional artistry, musical integrity, and creative insight. He returns to Middlebury with a program of late Schubert sonatas, including opuses 42, 51, and 78, the “Fantasie.” Reserved seating.

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Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury.

Saturday, Jan. 13, 8-11 a.m. Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland, corner of Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. Otter Creek Audubon and the Middlebury Area Land Trust invite community members to help survey birds and other wildlife. Birders of all ages and abilities welcome. More info call 802-388-6019 or 802-388-1007.

Green Mountain Club Skylight Pond and Skyline Lodge hike in Ripton. Saturday, Jan. 13. A moderate 5.2-mile hike or snowshoe up to the ridge on switchbacks for a gradual ascent to Skylight Pond and Skyline Lodge. Lunch at the Lodge. Optional short spur trail for great western overlook. Wear appropriate clothing, bring water, food and hiking poles if desired. This is a dog friendly hike. More info contact Ivor Hughes at brhughes@gmavt.net or 802-453-4412. For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org.

Invasive insect presentation in Shoreham.

Saturday, Jan. 13, 2 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, 279 Main St. Learn about invasive insect species with Meredith Whitney, Forest Pest Education Coordinator with the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program. A kidfriendly, insect-heavy experience. An insect craft and a snack are included.

“Beach Rats” on screen in Middlebury.

Saturday, Jan.13, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, 356 College St. Frankie, a teenager from the outer edges of Brooklyn, struggles to escape his troubled home life and reconcile his conflicting sexual desires. Free.

“The Western Star” storytelling in Middlebury.

Saturday, Jan. 13, 4:30-6 p.m. The Abernethy Room at Axinn Center, Middlebury College.

This is a transportive storytelling event, inviting its audience into a world of blinding blizzards, mysterious magi and the healing glow of one bright star. Actor and singer Jack DesBois weaves original verse and song into a striking tapestry of the Biblical Three Kings story. Join the Kings on their journey through winter’s darkness to the Savior’s side in Bethlehem, and share in their gentle message of hope. $10 suggested donation supports local charities; all are welcome regardless of ability to pay.

Sponsored by the Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life.

Contra dance in Cornwall. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7-9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30.

Featuring Don Stratton calling to live banjo and fiddle music by Red Dog Riley. $5-10/ person (sliding scale). All are welcome. No experience or partner necessary. More info at 802-462-3722.

Joel Cage performs in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come hear this award-winning veteran singer/songwriter from Boston, once a member of the internationally acclaimed rock and roll group Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes.

Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and

Changes ahead

IN “ANIMALS OF the North: What Will Climate Change Mean for Them?” naturalist Sue Morse, founder and science director of Keeping Track, a wildlife conservation nonprofit based in Jericho, will give a lecture Thursday, Jan. 11, 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, 966 VT Route 17.

recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295, info@brandonmusic, or Brandon-music.net.

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Green Mountain Club Young Adventurers Mt. Independence hike in Orwell. Sunday, Jan. 14, 10 a.m.

Geared towards adventurers 4-8 but all are welcomed. Outings are tailored to individual participants. More info contact YAC Leader Lauren Bierman at 802-349-7498 or laurenbierman1218@gmail.com. For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org.

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TUESDAY Blood pressure/foot care clinic in Brandon. Tuesday, Jan. 16, 11 a.m.,

Conant Square. Sponsored by VNA & Hospice of Southwest Region; $10; no appointment necessary. More info: 802-770-1536.

Talk by Addison Godine in Middlebury.

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 4:30 p.m., Room 304, Johnson Memorial Building. Godine is director of construction for Getaway, a “tiny house hotel” company in Brooklyn. He also created the uhü (urban housing unit), a compact apartment space on wheels that traveled through Boston as a pop-up exhibition. As an architectural studies major at Middlebury, Godine was a leader of the 2011 Solar Decathlon team.

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Soup supper in New Haven.

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 6 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church. The Ladies Union will offer a variety of soups,

bread, crackers, beverage and dessert. $8 adults. More info: call Carol at 453-5059.

LIVEMUSIC The Mangroves in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 5, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Notte (Two Brothers Tavern).

Night Tree in Ripton. Saturday, Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House.

Shai Wosner at Middlebury College. Friday, Jan. 12, 8-10 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Joel Cage in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Hamjob in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 13, 10 p.m.-6 a.m., Notte (Two Brothers).

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Eclectic musicans & typewriters on tap The Ripton Community Coffee top artist) in the compilation by House, a nonprofit community Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L concert series, welcomes acoustic playlists based on 12,417 airplays band Night Tree on Saturday, from 127 different DJs. Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ripton These six conservatory-trained Community House in Ripton. musicians have absorbed genres In September 2016, from across the globe. six wildly diverse Night Tree is unique, musicians came not only for its abnormal together unexpectedly instrumentation of within the walls of two fiddles, cello, Boston’s New England accordion, saxophone, Conservatory of Music percussion, and the to form Night Tree. occasional viola and

by Greg Pahl The group, all students mandolin, but for their at NEC, was named collective representation the Conservatory’s and incorporation of WildCard Honors Ensemble for traditions from Irish, classical, 2016-2017. Awards for this title Swedish, jazz, klezmer, and Afroincluded a headlining performance Cuban music. at the historic Jordan Hall and a Each artist’s personality is year of working with Winifred given a spot to emerge with Horan, fiddler and co-founder fiery improvisation, individual of Irish super-band Solas. Night compositions, and a pristine ear.

Tree released their debut album The band thrives on playing in in September 2017, produced by darkness to allow themselves the Séamus Egan, another founding opportunity to solely listen with member of Solas. Their album the absence of any possible visual was ranked in the top 15 of every distractions. They react to each category (top song, top album, other at any given time, in a matter

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TOM HANKS IS one of the artists loyal to the typewriter as a muse who will appear in the film “California Typewriter” at Town Hall Theater on Sunday, Jan. 7, at 2 p.m.

of seconds. They have learned to get inside each other’s musical minds, creating one blossoming and unpredictable wave of sound that is Night Tree.

As always, the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. with an open mike

KathyPolitical Polarization Clarke in the United

States: Causes and Artist Opening Reception Consequences “The landscapes and still life paintings in this show represent a dozen years of painting study. As a long time potter and studio manager at Middlebury Studio School. I was first exposed to for painting classes at Frog Join us a thought-provoking Hollow Craft Center. This fascination lecture exploring the causes led me to seek out local artists for and consequences of the their expertise.

I have traveled to Maine, New York, polarized Pennsylvania and increasingly public France for workshops.

You could say opinions in America. it is an obsession and the longer I am engaged it the difficult it gets.

Free andin open to more the public!

If you like a good challenge, take up Light refreshments will be served. painting!”

Kathy Clarke

Lecture by Eric L. Davis

set, followed by the featured performers. Open mike performers are encouraged to call in advance and reserve one of the four openmike slots.

Admission to the coffeehouse is $3 kids (12 and under), $10 general admission, and $15 generous admission. The economically challenged may pay what they can afford. Refreshments will benefit the coffeehouse. The coffeehouse is held on the first Saturday of each month, except August. For more information, contact Richard Ruane or Andrea Chesman at 388-9782.

CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER AT TOWN HALL THEATER The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Winter Screening Series continues at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 7, with “California Typewriter” at Town Hall Theater.

A documentary portrait of artists, writers, and collectors who remain steadfastly loyal to the typewriter as a tool and muse, this intriguing and

beautiful film features Tom Hanks, John Mayer, David McCullough, Sam Shepard and others.

It also movingly documents the struggles of California Typewriter, one of the last standing repair shops in America dedicated to keeping the aging machines clicking. In the process, the film delivers a thoughtprovoking meditation on the changing dynamic between humans and machines, as the digital age’s emphasis on speed and convenience redefines who’s serving whom, human or machine?

Tickets $12, and may be purchased at townhallteater.org, by calling 382-9222, at the THT box office (Monday - Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.) or at the door, if available.

LIVE MUSIC AT NOTTE There will be two live performances this week at Notte, formerly Two Brothers Tavern, located at 86 Main St. in Middlebury. Join Notte every Wednesday at 9 p.m. for The Open (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

Nationally recognized as an expert on politics, Eric L. Davis is professor emeritus of Political Science at Middlebury College. Professor Davis frequently provides political analysis for multiple Vermont news organizations.

Refreshments served.

Event is free and open to the public.

Kathy’s paintings will be on display in our Main Dining Room through January.

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THE ACOUSTIC BAND Night Tree will bring its abnormal instrumentation and their range of musical traditions from Irish, classical, Swedish, jazz, klezmer and Afro-Cuban to the Ripton Community House on Saturday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m.

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SEE THE MANGROVES perform a little bit of funk, jazz, and rock with the sensibilities of a jam band at Notte (formerly Two Brothers) on Friday, Jan. 5.

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(Continued from Page 10) Mic, an evening of music, comedy or anything else. The lounge is a laid back atmosphere where collaborations and libations fuel creativity. Open Mic is hosted by the ever-talented Mark Sikora. Play solo or join Mark and friends for a jamming good time. All talent levels are welcome. You never know what you are going to see and hear at open mic: musicians,

comedians, poetry, slam poetry or short stories. It’s free to enter and there is no cover charge.

Then, on Friday, Jan. 5, the tavern presents The Mangroves at 10 p.m.

The Mangroves are a little bit of funk, a smidge of jazz, a dollop of rock, jam sensibilities and more than enough groove to get your body moving. There is a $3 cover charge. For more information, call Notte at 388-0002.

Snowmobile riders encouraged to put safety first this winter RUTLAND — With additional snow expected in the coming weeks, the U.S. Forest Service is looking forward to a successful snowmobile season and wants to encourage all riders to put safety first. Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) officials are recommending that snowmobilers exercise caution when operating in the National Forest and all lands in Vermont this winter. GMNF officials remind snowmobile enthusiasts to heed to all gates and signs and to stay off roads and trails that are closed.

Weather permitting, snowmobile use is allowed on designated trails within the GMNF for four months beginning on Saturday, Dec. 16, and ending on Sunday, April 15.

“We are concerned about user safety. Patrols which are aimed at enforcing rules and regulations, monitoring trail conditions and providing visitor information will occur throughout the Forest,” said John Sinclair, Forest Supervisor for the Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests. The GMNF will continue to work closely with state and local law enforcement agencies, as well as the Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST) to make sure that users of the trail system are respectful, responsible, law abiding, and safe.

The GMNF and VAST cooperate to maintain more than 470 miles

of National Forest System trails —part of the larger statewide snowmobile network. VAST is one of a few snowmobile associations in the United States that has a cooperative partnership agreement with the U.S. Forest Service. “All of these trails allow mixed uses, so people are snowshoeing, hiking, and cross-country skiing, as well as using snowmobiles. Snowmobilers should travel responsibly and yield to other users,” said Sinclair. The maximum speed is 35 miles per hour on state and federal land and Vermont has a tough Snowmobiling While Intoxicated Law that covers alcohol, as well as drugs.

The U.S. Forest Service is also warning the public of the dangers associated with riding, hiking and skiing on frozen water bodies. Trail users are encouraged to be mindful of fallen trees and other hazards they may encounter. Operators must maintain control of their snowmobile while riding; keep to the right at all times, wear helmets, and stay on designated trails only.

All snowmobiles must be legally registered, have liability insurance, and operators must purchase a VAST Trails Maintenance Assessment decal. Officials also encourage winter trail users to pack a flashlight, cell phone, food, and extra warm clothing in case of an emergency.

ARIES: March 21-April 20. Expressing yourself authentically is proving difficult, Aries. But this will pass shortly. Eventually, your persistence will pay off, and others will see that your intentions are genuine.

TAURUS: April 21May 21. If your dreams are within reason, there is no reason why they can’t come to fruition, Taurus.

You just may need a few friends in your corner to help make things happen.

GEMINI: May 22-June 21. Gemini, don’t obsess about a specific approach to working through a problem. Seek feedback from a number of people and explore all of your options.

CANCER: June 22July 22. Cancer, it may take an intense effort to concentrate on your work this week because your thoughts keep drifting elsewhere. You must rein in your wandering mind.

LEO: July 23-Aug. 23.

It may be challenging to separate your fantasies from reality right now, Leo. Even though things are vivid in your mind, others may help clarify things for you.

VIRGO: Aug. 24-Sept.

22. Surprising news leaves you a little bit frazzled, Virgo. However, once you work your way through the surprise, you’ll see that this news bodes well for you.

LIBRA: Sept. 23-Oct. 23. Libra, others feel like you have everything figured out this week and are as sensible as can be.

But there’s a fun side of you that is just waiting to pop out.

SCORPIO: Oct. 24-Nov. 22. Something in your life is causing you undue stress,

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Bristol

Police Log

Police have typical week of activity BRISTOL — Bristol police on Dec. 20 investigated a report of a person falling off a bike and allegedly sustaining an injury on Mountain Street.

Police checked that area and could not find the person.

In other activity from Dec. 18 to 24, the Bristol Police Department: • Conducted foot and vehicle patrols throughout the village area, including the Mountain, North and Main Street areas in the vicinity of Bristol Elementary School and the town park.

• Conducted enforcement of the winter parking ban ordinance in the Main Street area, and attempted to locate violators.

• Fulfilled several fingerprinting requests made by area residents for volunteer or employment purposes.

• Conducted traffic enforcement in several areas of the community in response to concerns voiced by neighborhood residents. Enforcement areas included North Street near Plank Road, the southeast area of town, Burpee Road, Monkton Road and East Street. Police said they issued some warnings for speeding and defective equipment.

• Conducted several security checks at Mount Abraham Union High School.

• Helped a local resident on Dec. 18 complete a trespass notice to be served against an unwanted person.

• Initiated a truancy investigation involving a local student on Dec. 20.

• Joined Vermont State Police in conducting a drunken driving checkpoint on Monkton Road near Hazel Drive on Dec. 20. Police said they flagged no drunken drivers.

• Interviewed the drivers involved in a minor accident in the Maplefields store parking lot on West Street on Dec. 21. The drivers exchanged insurance information.

• Referred a local resident on Dec. 21 to Addison County Superior Court to get relief in an ongoing citizen dispute.

• Observed a person believed to have been driving with a suspended license in the village area on Dec. 21.

Police said the driver left the scene before the officer could get confirmation of the suspension. When confirmation was received, the officer mailed the driver a ticket for the DLS offense.

• Closed a door that had been left open at a local business on Dec. 24.

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Catherine Brooks (Continued from Page 3) of Emancipation,” put together by Harlem Needle Arts of New York City. Brooks said the group invited artists to respond to the idea of emancipation, the history of the Emancipation Proclamation, and the status of its goals.

The exhibit’s curator will speak at Rokeby this summer, Brooks said. She hopes it will spark the same sort of discussion the Black Lives Matters forum did.

“This coming year’s ‘Fabric of Emancipation’ has the potential to continue the conversation, and start new ones,” she said.

VISITORS, CHALLENGES As well as the historic Robinson home and outbuildings, through which Rokeby volunteers offer tours four days a week, the museum’s second main attraction is the permanent exhibit on the upper floor of the new visitor center: “Free and Safe: The Underground Railroad in Vermont.”

The exhibit is based in part on letters written by freed slaves and their former owners. It offers both a national overview and an intimate look at the institution of slavery.

The exhibit has proven to be powerful, Brooks said. She described recent reactions at a Rokeby gathering.

“People were going upstairs, and they were coming down going, ‘Wow, that’s something,’” she said.

Although Brooks said Rokeby this year set a record for visitors, more are needed if Rokeby is to improve its current break-even financial status and truly thrive.

“That’s our challenge, to get people here. They tend to go away satisfied. And then, of course, spread the word of mouth. Word of mouth continues to be the big seller,” Brooks said, adding, “Because we’re living within our means there are some things we can’t do.”

What she described as a strong board and core of volunteers are good places to start, Brooks said, but better funding could allow seven days of tours and possibly an education director or curator to better run exhibits or involve schools with Rokeby, and free her to pursue more grants and marketing opportunities.

The board will go on a retreat early next month and brainstorm ideas, including on how to make the museum more family-friendly and to increase offerings.

“Museum visitors are more and more sophisticated, and they are expecting more and more things.

People are very happy with our guided tour, which we offer four days a week. We need to be offering it more often. And we need to increase opportunities for families, people with young children,” she said. “Abolition and the fact there was an Underground Railroad, certainly kids can get a feel for that, but there’s also the fact this was a working farm. There’s a lot they can experience here.”

Brooks will also pursue lucrative bus tours, which are possible with

the new visitor center but have yet to materialize.

“It may take literally sitting at the telephone and calling and making a personal connection with these people and telling them what our resource is,” she said. “We would like to get more bus groups.”

Other steps have already helped, and Brooks plans more: The Rokeby board has created a marketing committee, and Rokeby has underwritten Vermont Public Radio pro-

gramming, taken out social media advertising, and started to reach out to regional magazines and bloggers to seek better exposure.

“I think we’ve already made a difference in increasing promotion of the museum,” Brooks said.

What won’t change is the essence of a museum that Brooks said offers a treasure trove of insight into the past that remains relevant today, and that under Williamson’s leadership has earned the respect of histo-

rians throughout New England and beyond.

“We believe that Rokeby is this remarkable time capsule in a way.

We always want people to come up the driveway and get out of their cars and feel that they are in a different time and place, so we don’t see that changing,” Brooks said.

“But we need to increase visitation.”

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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

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Diesel is ready to start his engine and drive right into your home! He is a very sweet dog who does well with people; his previous guardians stated that he is very outgoing.

Diesel loves to play and to snuggle – if that isn’t the perfect combination, we don’t know what is! Diesel really likes to go for car rides, he knows his basic commands and he has a preference for rubber toys. Diesel is questionable with other dogs and will do best in a home without a lot of chaos. Diesel will need very regular exercise and would love, love, love a fenced in yard because he really likes to be outside (though not a requirement). Come meet this handsome man today!

Sammy. 2 years, Australian Cattle dog/hound mix, male. Sammy is a super sweet young dog who just loves, loves, loves to snuggle! Until he gets outside, then his hound nose goes to work and he’d happily spend hours walking with his nose to the ground. Sammy has gotten along well with dogs here at the shelter and has shown no interest in the cats. If you are looking for an active, goofy, snuggly walking companion, then Sammy is your guy!

Elsie. 11 years, shorthaired tiger & white, spayed female. Sweet Elsie is so perfect words can hardly do justice. Elsie’s previous guardian described her as a quiet couch potato. Elsie does great with others cats (mainly she just ignores them and sticks to herself) and she has also lived with a dog.

Here at the shelter, everyone who meets Elsie immediately falls in love with her. She is super affectionate and loves endless companionship and attention. Elsie is very content if she has a warm bed to snuggle in or human body to lay beside. Elsie will make a great match for many families! If you are age 55+ you can adopt Elsie with a donation in lieu of her adoption fee through our Senior to Senior program.

Wintering birds can use your help (MS) — Cold weather can be taxing on many wild birds throughout the year. Although some species migrate each winter, many stay put and ride out winter in their normal habitats. Birds that tend to stay put include finches, sparrows, titmice, jays, woodpeckers, chickadees, and cardinals.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology says that, in much of North America, winter days can be windy and cold for birds, and nights are even more challenging. In winter, birds no longer have berries and vegetation to consume and insects have died or gone underground.

Since finding food can be difficult, and shelter may be scarce, many birds can benefit from a little help from their human friends.

Shelter

Wild Birds Unlimited says shelter for birds is hard to come by in winter. Trees have shed their leaves, and evergreens may not be as abundant or protective.

As a result, birds frequently seek manmade structures that can provide refuge from the elements.

People can provide shelters for birds, which may include traditional birdhouses, windbreaks and snow shields.

Even a brush pile can simulate the

natural shelters of trees and shrubs that birds prefer. Roost boxes are another option and one that can accommodate small flocks that will group together and share their body heat.

Use leaves and branches to provide natural camouflage and help attract birds to the shelter. Offer yarn, fabric scraps, cotton, and other insulating materials that birds can use to help make their shelters more comfortable.

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Birds require high-calorie and high- who need food in winter. fat foods in the winter so they can keep up their metabolism to generate to the food supply and may depend on warmth. Also, since birds’ feeding these supplements to survive. habits vary depending on the type of Bird Watcher’s Digest suggests a bird, it may be necessary to place feedvariety of foods for birds. Black-oil ers at varying heights to maximize sunflower seeds, peanuts, suet, cracked access. corn, millet, thistle seed, safflower, Feeders should be located out of the and various fruits can help many birds wind and in an area that offers safe thrive. It’s also suggested to include refuge from predators. The National mealworms, which can be purchased Wildlife Federation also says indiat bait stores or pet stores. These larvae viduals should put out sizable feedof beetles can be presented in a shallow ers and/or use multiple feeders to dish with slippery sides so the worms provide ample food during snow and cannot crawl out. ice storms. Feeders should be checked Birds typically need extra support to regularly and kept full. survive harsh winters. Offering food Consistency is also important and shelter during these bleak months because birds will grow accustomed can help.

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Appreciating the comforts and securities of home Late at night when other lights are dim, the sparkle from the tree and the glow under the angel are particularly beautiful. Sitting in the quiet, it is easy to absorb a sense of calm and enfolding peace and safety.

The temperature has been quite cold and although we keep our home at a moderate temperature, this night the heat is turned up one more degree to add warmth to the room. At a moment like this, reflections turn to gratitude and knowing that being in this home is a great gift.

When you have a home many things are easier. It is easier to get a job and keep a job. We know that at CVOEO. Last year barriers to employment were reduced or eliminated for 433 households when they obtained safe and affordable housing. These jobs then enabled those people to keep their homes.

Two hundred and fifty-nine people who were unable to work (including seniors, individuals with disabilities, and caregivers) obtained or maintained safe and affordable housing with assistance from the three Community Action Offices in Middlebury, Burlington and St. Albans.

In fiscal year 2017, 747 people

Jack DesBois to celebrate Epiphany with verse & song MIDDLEBURY/VERGENNES — Actor and singer Jack DesBois is readying a performance of “The Western Star” for Addison County audiences twice this coming weekend and once more the following.

“The Western Star” is a transportive storytelling event, inviting its audience into a world of blinding blizzards, mysterious magi and the healing glow of one bright star. In it, DesBois weaves original verse and song into a striking tapestry of the Biblical Three Kings story. Audience members will be asked to join the kings on their journey through winter’s darkness to the Savior’s side in Bethlehem, and share in their gentle message of hope.

The 90-minute piece will be presented at 4:30 p.m. first on Saturday, Jan. 6 — Three Kings Day — at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on the Green, 3 Main St., in Middlebury; then again in Sunday, Jan. 7 — the Feast of the Epiphany — at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on the Green, Park and Main streets, in Vergennes; and finally on Saturday, Jan. 13, at The Abernethy Room at Axinn Center on the Middlebury College campus.

The suggested admission is $10, which will be used to support local charities including the John Graham Shelter (Vergennes performance) and The Charter House Coalition (College performance), but all are welcome regardless of ability to pay.

DesBois is a recipient of this year’s Vermont Folklife Center Flanders Award for Traditional Vermont Music.

Bridging gaps, building futures

By Jan Demers,

Executive Director Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity

M O T I V AT I O N

received rental assistance that prevented homelessness and 16 people completed Rent Right training helping them to remain in stable housing. Life is safer when you have a home.

When one home isn’t safe, another can bring respite. One hundred twenty individuals, (65 of whom were victims of domestic violence) received emergency shelter in during 2017.

When you have help saving money, owning a home is possible. Five people who participated in the Financial Futures Individual Development Accounts matched savings program were able to purchase a home this past year. Owning your own home brings stability.

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CVOEO’s Weatherization Program helped make 270 homes safer, warmer and more affordable.

Linda works with CVOEO’s Housing Assistance Program, as does Laura, Rick, Sandrine and Jennifer.

They can tell you that finding and keeping a home is hard work. The application for housing assistance is 12 pages long and filled with questions and disclosures. Gathering the documentation for eligibility can be daunting. Going before a review team brings increased wisdom and added patience as more paperwork is included in the folder.

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appointed rounds.” Linda will tell you that neither lack of affordable housing, low income, reduced services nor scarcity of section eight vouchers will keep her and others from pursuing housing for all.

There was a gentleman who was homeless and attended our Rent Right class. After three classes he was comfortable enough to say “I’m tired.” “I want to have a home.” It started there. The work began and, in this instance, three months later he was in an apartment.

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MMU/CVU, injuries too much for MUHS girls

MONDAY

Depleted skaters drop home game

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The shorthanded Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team hung with the cooperative Mount Mansfield-Champlain Valley team for most of two periods on Thursday, but the visiting CougarHawks pulled away for a 4-0 victory.

The game came in the first round of the Tigers’ annual Fletcher “Buster” Brush Holiday Classic. MUHS was set to take on Spaulding on Friday as the tournament wrapped up after the early holiday deadline for the Independent.

The Tide lost to defending D-I champion Rutland, 7-0, on Thursday in the other first-round game at the Memorial Sports Center.

The Tigers fell to 1-3 with their third straight loss, a streak in which they have been outscored by 16-0. But the setback to the 1-2-1 CougarHawks could not be called a surprise: Three of Tigers’ best players watched from the bench, all out with injuries.

The Tigers knew in September the team’s leading point-getter from last season, Andi Boe, would miss the season with a knee injury, and that two starters from last winter, when MUHS won 16 games, had opted for prep school.

But then one of the team’s best defenders, Satchel McLaughlin, went down with an injury in the preseason, and a top forward, senior Helen Anderson, was hurt in a loss at BFA-St. Albans last week. Both are four-year starters.

Coach Matt Brush said the team

Score BOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 12/28 Mt. Mansfield/CVU vs. MUHS........4-0 Boys’ Hockey 12/28 MUHS vs. Milton.............................2-1 Girls’ Basketball 12/27 Mt. Abe vs. Burr & Burton...........48-24 12/28 Mt. Abe vs. Fair Haven...............33-29 12/28 West Rutland vs. OV..................52-44 Boys’ Basketball 12/27 MRU vs. OV................................47-43 12/27 Mt. Abe vs. Randolph.................66-38 12/27 MUHS vs. Colchester.................65-58 12/28 Harwood vs. VUHS.....................69-55

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior Abigail Gleason, above, charges up the ice during last Thursday’s game against the MMU/CVU CougarHawks. Below, Tiger freshman Audrey Schnoor maneuvers around CougarHawk senior Lydia Maitland. Middlebury lost the game, 4-0.

hopes McLaughlin and Anderson can return at some point this season, but it won’t be right away, and in the meantime there’s “no easy button” to push to fix the problem.

“It’s hard to adjust to those injuries. We don’t have a lot of depth to the roster, so it puts a lot of burden on a few kids to carry the torch,” Brush said. “But that’s the reality of the situation.”

For sure, younger skaters and veteran role players alike are getting extended minutes that could help them develop their skills, but Brush said that “baptism by fire” is not necessarily always ideal.

“It’s a double-edged sword, learning on the job without losing confidence if things aren’t going well.

So we would like to bring those players along at a different pace,” Brush said. “But they’re battling as hard as they can. We just don’t have a lot of energy for three periods.”

Certainly the effort was there on Thursday, when the Tigers and freshman goalie Abby Hodsden (36 saves) did not allow the CougarHawks to score until 12:55 was gone in the second period.

“They empty the tank every time. That’s all you can ask, a lot of hard work,” Brush said.

Seniors Abby Gleason and Raven Payne and freshman Audrey Schoor started in the back, and seniors Justine Smith saw plenty of time, with senior Polly Heminway playing both in the back and up front. The primary pairs up front were senior Tulley Hescock and sophomore Taylor Moulton, sophomores Isabella Pistilli and Anna McIntosh, and senior Georgina Mraz and sophomore Meredith Kimble. Sophomore Devyn Pratt was ill and did not play, sapping the Tigers’ depth further.

(See Girls’ hockey, Page 26)

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Looking back at 2017

Local athletes excelled

Editor’s note: In this past Thursday’s edition sports writer Andy Kirkaldy cataloged, month-by-month, local sports news in 2017. Here he takes a closer look at some of the year’s top athletes and most enjoyable games (from a spectator’s point of view).

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — Many local high school athletes enjoyed exceptional years in 2017.

Of course, there were the Independent Players of the Year: • In boys’ basketball, now-graduated Adam Gill, who reached the 1,000-point plateau for Vergennes.

• In girls’ basketball, Keagan Dunbar, a Middlebury junior who also scored her 1,000th point and excelled on defense for the Tiger girls’ lacrosse team.

• In softball, now-graduated Payton Buxton, who recorded her 500th strikeout in her four-year Middlebury career and also starred for the Tiger girls’ hoop team.

• In baseball, now-graduated Derek Aines, whose pitching and hitting helped Otter Valley win the Division II title and also led the OV boys’ hoop team in scoring.

• In field hockey, senior Emily Aldrich, whose work at midfield and defense helped lead Mount Abraham to a D-II semifinal.

• In boys’ soccer, senior goalie Santiago Fernandez, who backboned a Middlebury side that earned the No. 5 seed in D-I. • In girls’ soccer, senior center midfielder Casey Ober, whose play at central midfield helped the Eagles obtain the No. 4 seed in D-II. All are among the area’s top athletes, but others can make equally strong cases, including: • Mount Abe senior Lydia Pitts added

another half-dozen indoor and outdoor track and field titles to her trophy case and scored 11 goals for the Eagle girls’ soccer team.

• Mount Abe senior Emma Carter led the Eagle girls’ hoop team in scoring and rebounding (again), scored her 1,000th point, earned a basketball scholarship to NCAA Division II school Franklin Pierce, and racked up seven goals and seven assists for the soccer team.

• Tiger senior lineman Jack Deppman excelled on both sides of the ball for the football team, as did senior fullback and nose guard Tyler Hotte and quarterback and safety Cody Pomainville, who also played well for the hoop team.

• OV senior Gabriela Poalino is an allstar as goalie for the girls’ soccer team, a post player for the basketball team, and a third baseman for the softball team.

• Tiger senior Andi Boe led the Tiger girls’ hockey, lacrosse and soccer teams in scoring, all while playing tough defense and sharing the ball or puck selflessly.

• Tiger senior Helen Anderson displayed grit and hustle while piling up points for the girls’ hockey and soccer teams.

• Now-graduated VUHS wrestler Brandon Cousino was unbeaten in Vermont for the second straight season at 182 pounds, set a new school record for career wins as he won his second straight state title, raised money for charity on a perwin basis, and placed at the New England tournament.

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Games created memories

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — A few high school games in 2017 stood out. In some cases the stakes were high; in others the twists and turns or late drama made these rise above the crowd: These were the most memorable: • In January the Middlebury Union boys’ hockey team scored three times in the final 6:27 to erase a 2-0 deficit and defeat previously unbeaten U-32, 3-2. Tiger senior Brett Viens netted a rebound to start the rally. After junior Ziven McCarty knotted the score with 2:41 to go, Viens knocked home another rebound, this one of a Kolby Farnsworth bid in the slot at 1:17, and the Tigers held on.

• Early May offered a tense showdown between two of the state’s top softball teams when Mount Abe visited Middlebury — and ace pitchers squared off, the Tigers’ Payton Buxton and the Eagles’ Rachael McCormick. The game saw two double plays, Eagle center fielder Jenna McCardle throw out the game-tying run at the plate in the sixth, and the Eagles escape two bases-loaded jams.

Hits by Buxton helped the Tigers take a 2-0 lead. McCardle singled in McCormick in the fourth and later scored to tie the game, and McCormick doubled home the go-ahead run with two out in the fifth to give Mount Abe the win.

• On a June afternoon at the University of Vermont two girls’ lacrosse teams met for the Division I title with identical 17-0 records: No. 1 MUHS and No. 2 Mount Anthony.

It was a matchup of defense vs. offense: The Tigers had allowed only 5.4 goals per game, and the Patriots averaged 17.0 goals.

Defense — senior Riley Fenster, juniors Keagan Dunbar and Abby Gleason, and sophomore Lacey Greenamyre — and goaltending — junior Raven Payne (six saves) — prevailed as the Tigers won, 10-8. Junior Andi Boe (three goals) gave MUHS the lead for good in the second half,

and the final two of junior Satchel McLaughlin’s four goals clinched the win. Junior Isabel Rosenberg added a pair for MUHS. • Later that same day at UVM’s Centennial Field the Otter Valley baseball team won the D-II final when sophomore Nate Hudson lined a two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the seventh inning to score senior Colby McKay, who had doubled to lead off the inning, and deliver the No. 3 Otters a 3-2 walk-off victory.

OV senior ace Derek Aines tossed a complete-game five-hitter, fanning seven, vs. No. 4 U-32, which tied the game in the top of the seventh.

• In late October the No. 4 Mount Abe girls’ soccer team went double overtime to subdue No. 5 Harwood, 3-2, in a D-II quarterfinal. Senior Casey Ober banged in the game-winner from near the penalty stripe after taking a feed from senior Abby Mansfield. Eagle striker Lydia Pitts pounded home the game-tying goal with 9:29 to go, also with an assist from Mansfield, who notched Mount Abe’s opening goal.

• And last, but not necessarily least, in January two boys’ hoop teams that would ultimately combine for eight wins, Mount Abe and VUHS, met in the Commodome. The Eagles led early as senior Chris Wood rained three-pointers — he hit seven in all.

VUHS fought back to lead by three with seconds left and looked to have things locked up.

Until, that is, Eagle senior Jack Willis nailed a buzzer-beating three-pointer from the somewhere near the Shaw’s parking lot. In overtime Wood drilled back-to-back threes and the Eagles led, 66-63.

Commodore senior Adam Gill then scored 11 points over the next 1:40 to lead VUHS to a 7669 win. In all, Gill scored 15 of his 23 points in overtime.

Sometimes the saying, “expect the unexpected,” applies to high school games.

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Please see the MCTV website, www.middleburycommunitytv.org, for changes in the schedule; MCTV events, classes and news; and to view many programs online. Submit listings to the above address, or call 388-3062.

MCTV Channel 16 Tuesday, January 2 7 a.m. Bear Pond Books-Bill McKibben 8 a.m. The Story Matters 9 a.m. First Wednesdays 12 p.m. Bear Pond Books-Bill McKibben 1 p.m. Senior Moment: Music History 5 p.m. First Wednesdays 6:10 p.m. Principal’s Challenge 6:30 p.m. ACSD Board Meeting 9:05 p.m. Hannaford Career Center (HCC) 10:15 p.m. Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) Wednesday, January 3 5 a.m. Senior Moment: Music History 8:30 a.m. First Wednesdays-Rich Wolfson 10 a.m. The Singer 10:30 a.m. The Story Matters: Jack Mayer 11:30 a.m. Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) 4 p.m. First Wednesdays-Rich Wolfson 5:30 p.m. ACSD, HCC Board Meetings 10 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 11 p.m. The Story Matters-Jack Mayer 12 a.m. Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) Thursday, January 4 5:30 a.m. All Things LGBTQ 6:30 a.m. Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) 8 a.m. HCC, ACSD Board Meetings 12.p.m. First Wednesdays 1:30 p.m. Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) 5 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 6 p.m. The Story Matters-Jack Mayer 7 p.m. The World Fusion Show, Bear Pond Books 8:30 p.m. First Wednesdays-Rich Wolfson 10 p.m. Women On the Long Trail Friday, January 5 5 a.m. HCC, ACSD Board Meetings 9 a.m. The Story Matters 10 a.m. Women On the Long Trail 4 p.m. Bear Pond Books-Bill McKibben 5 p.m. First Wednesdays

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Spotlight on Vergennes

Vergennes seeking to dole out money from revolving loan fund

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Vergennes officials are looking for a resident to volunteer to serve on a committee that helps award loans to Vergennes businesses from a city revolving loan fund — and they would like to find a business that might need such a loan.

Vergennes City Manager Mel Hawley told council members at their Dec. 19 meeting the fund, formally called the Maynard Building Revolving Loan Fund, has $60,000 available to lend out to city business.

“I’d like to put that money to work,” Hawley said in an later interview.

The loan fund originated from a Community Development Block Grant in the 1990s to renovate the Maynard Building, a Main Street property. According to the terms of the block grant, once the loan made from the grant was repaid, the city had the discretion to loan the funds out to enhance its business climate.

Most recently the city has twice used the fund to make loans to Shear

Cuts, a beauty salon at 171 Main St. In 2008 the seven-member loan fund committee, for which the council now seeks a citizen volunteer as an at-large member, recommended to the council that it loan money to Shear Cuts to help it move from Panton Road to Main Street.

In 2011 the council backed a loan to Shear Cuts that allowed the business to consolidate debt, pay the firm’s share of the cost of handicap-access ramp for its building, add a nail salon, and pay off the balance of the 2008 city loan.

As well as the resident needed to complete the committee and a business to which to loan money, the city council also must identify a one of its own members to join the committee. Hawley said Alderwoman Lynn Donnelly had been serving on the committee and would do so again, but wondered at the meeting if another council member would take her place.

In other business on Dec. 19, the city council: • Declined to chip in another

$1,100 on top of the $1,000 it had budgeted to pay for holiday lights on the city green. Downtown business owner Shannon Mahoney volunteered to spearhead the effort this season and said she spent about $6,400, according to Hawley, and had raised about $4,300 on top of the city contribution.

Hawley said the council reached a consensus that it would stick to the budgeted amount, noting the 2016 display cost $740. Mahoney, he said, was upset with the decision.

• Made a $400 donation to the Addison County River Watch Collaborative. Hawley said that money had been budgeted, but for bookkeeping purposes an official act was necessary.

• Donated $150 to the Vermont Rural Development Council, the group that held a well-attended community visit several years ago that ultimately helped in the creation of the city’s Downtown/Basin Master Plan. Hawley said that money came from a small miscellaneous line item in the administrative budget.

Property transfers in Panton PANTON — The following arms-length real estate sales were recorded in Panton between October 2016 and December 2017 (Note: Due to changes in Vermont property-transfer forms only one buyer and seller are listed in most transactions): • Oct. 28, 2016: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Richard and Jodie Roorda, home at 2156 Panton Road, $114,000.

• Feb. 10, 2017: Heather Rheaume to Margaret Ploof, home at 965 Allen Road, $190,000.

• May 12, 2017: Douglas Newton to Wells Fargo Bank, home at 97 Sunset Knoll Road, $126,150.

• June 22, 2017: Mary Kipp to Emily Gaulkner, home at 513 Lake Road, $339,000.

• July 21, 2017: Anita Hayden to Benjamin Provencher, home at 78 Pease Road, $160,000.

• Aug. 21, 2017: Wells Fargo Bank to Brady West, home at

97 Sunset Knoll Road, $84,000.

• Aug. 30, 2017: Molly Bull to Reilly Laberge, home at 1177 Panton Road, $212,500.

• Sept. 18, 2017: Nance Munson to Michael Catillaz, home at 2106 Lake Road, $555,000.

• Sept 29, 2017: Haight Trust to Diane Du Brule, home at 5640 Jersey St., $72,500.

• Oct. 23, 2017: Mark Adams to 141 Stove Pipe City LLC, home at 141 Stove Pipe City Road, $212,500.

• Oct. 30, 2017: Valentine Trust to Andrew Olsen, home at 1927 Lake St., $374,000.

• Oct. 31, 2017: Sorenson Trust to Marie-Claude Johnson, seasonal home at 246 Staton Drive, $415,000.

• Nov. 15, 2017: Kenneth McEwan to David Sullivan, home at 1508 Lake Road, $1.425 million.

• Dec. 15, 2017: Steven Mundell to 238 Staton LLC, home at 238 Staton Drive, $530,000.

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THE TRAVELING SIGHTSEEING Associates, or TSA, is a travel group exploring local sites and places of interest. Last month the group visited the Vergennes Opera House on the December TSA trip to Vergennes. Enjoying a tour of the opera house are, from left, Vivian Maheu, Lynn Perry (Opera House volunteer), Eleanor Coeby, Shirley Perkins, Judith Siegel and Liz Sears. Since September, the TSA has been to the Robert Frost Trail in Ripton, the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury and the Bixby Library, in addition to the Vergennes Opera House.

The group has used the ACTR bus whenever possible and visited local businesses when in towns. All are invited to learn more and join the group at its mid-year planning meeting this Saturday, Jan. 6, 12:302 p.m. at the Ilsley Library in Middlebury. More info: Jan Walker 388-4220 or janwalkervt@together.net.

City Lions wrap up a busy fall VERGENNES — The Vergennes Lions Club members have been busy this fall doing service projects such as food for Thanksgiving, building accessible ramps, purchasing eyeglasses, testing school children’s eyes, and donating funds for numerous local organizations.

The Vergennes Rotary Club joined with the Lions to collect food for Thanksgiving, which was distributed through the Vergennes Community Food Shelf. Lion President Debbie Brace said more than 70 turkeys, all the fixings and $500 were collected from customers at the local Shaw’s Supermarket.

To accomplish the many things the club does, several fundraisers take place. In early December, a lucky Vergennes resident, who had lost her home to a fire a few years ago, had her number drawn for the Cash for Christmas 50/50 drawing earning her over $3,000.

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After the holidays, another 50/50 ticket sale will take place with all proceeds used to fund college scholarships for deserving, community service minded, graduating high school seniors in June.

The Lions Club placed numerous Toys for Kids barrels around the city where folks dropped off toys that were distributed through the Food Shelf just prior to Christmas. Last year, nearly 300 toys were collected.

The Lions Club members wish to thank the community for the support and encouragement they receive on a regular basis. Thank you for 63 years of helping us as we strive to meet our motto of “We Serve.”

The club is also looking for community minded individuals, interested in helping with meeting the needs of our communities of Vergennes area and Bristol, to join as members of the Vergennes Lions Club. Anyone interested can call 759-2448 or 324-1758.

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Best of Luck in the future to all Addison County Students!

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Students of the Week from area High Schools Middlebury Union High School

Middlebury Union High School is proud to present Laura Whitley as its Student of the Week. Laura is a senior at MUHS and lives in Weybridge with her parents, Pat and Lisa. Her older brother, James, is a junior at UVM and Brian is an eighth-grader at MUMS. Laura thanks her teachers for their unwavering support and encouragement during her time at the high school. She has pursued a rigorous curriculum and has thrived academically. She especially enjoys math and science and has truly loved her coursework in chemistry and biology.

Laura has completed some of the most challenging courses at the high school and her name regularly appears on the honor roll. As a senior, she is serving as a teacher’s assistant and is enrolled in Introduction to Psychology at the college.

She rounds out her coursework with two independent studies, one in Molecular Biology and the other in Organic Chemistry.

Athletically, Laura captains the school’s varsity field hockey team. She represented the Tigers as part of the gymnastics Laura Whitley team in her 9th and 10th grade years, where she focused on MUHS the beam and the bars. Last summer she participated with a group of her friends on a house painting crew and honed her interior painting skills. Laura is an active member of St. Mary’s Church in Middlebury and teaches Sunday School and assists with confirmation classes.

As Laura looks ahead to college, she knows she wants to pursue a major in the sciences. She is focused on institutions in or a near a city and is considering going to medical school one day.

She thinks that she may potentially focus on geriatrics as she has enjoyed her volunteer role with Elderly Services here in Middlebury. She spends her free time playing games, going on walks and engaging with Addison County senior citizens.

Laura is a valued member of the MUHS school community and she will be missed after she graduates in June. The faculty and staff know that a bright future awaits her as she moves on to college study.

Middlebury Students of the Week receive a free pizza from Green Peppers.

Vergennes Union High School

Vergennes Union High School is pleased to recognize Lance Bergmans as its Student of the Week. Lance lives in Ferrisburgh with his parents, Sue and Gerry Bergmans. Lance has two younger brothers; Luke, a 10th grader at VUHS, and Tyler, a 6th grader at Ferrisburgh Central School.

A great student, Lance has been on high honors every quarter of high school. As a junior he was inducted into the National Honor Society. He has challenged himself by taking upper level classes such as AP Calculus, AP Biology, Health Psychology, and Humanities. Lance’s received the outstanding achievement in math award as a sophomore, the outstanding achievement award in science award as a junior, and the Clarkson high school achievement award as a junior. Lance also attended Boy’s State.

Lance played JV Soccer as a freshman and Varsity Soccer as a sophomore, junior and senior. He also played JV Basketball as a freshman and sophomore and Varsity Basketball as a Lance Bergmans junior and senior. Lance is also in the symphonic band at VUHS. VUHS Over the summer Lance worked at Fine Lines in Wood, a woodworking shop, in New Haven, Vermont. Lance also delivers bread for Better Off Bread, a small, locally owned bread company in North Ferrisburgh.

Lance says this about his high school career: “All of the hard work pays off. I am always doing homework or studying for tests when I’m not at practice, and it does get tiring, but I can tell everyone that it will work out and you will see results. I’ve also learned that having close friends in high school really helps take away a lot of the stress that accompanies it. … Always do your homework, and do it well. Put your full effort into it and it will help you do much better or assessments when they come up.”

Following graduation from VUHS, Lance plans to go to college for exercise and movement science or another major along those lines and then to become either an athletic trainer or physical therapist. The faculty, staff and students of VUHS wish Lance the very best in the future.

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ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Wednes‑ days, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery.

Bring a friend in recovery.

For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

AL‑ANON: FOR FAMILIES and friends affected by some‑ one’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. Newcomers wel‑ come. Confidential. St. Ste‑ phen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS FRIDAY: Discussion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SUNDAY: 12 Step Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM held at the Middlebury United Method‑ ist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Came to Believe Meeting 1:00‑2:00 PM held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS WEDNESDAY: Big Book Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM is held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleas‑ ant Street. Discussion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS RIPTON MEETINGS: Mon‑ day, As Bill Sees It Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM. Thursday, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Meet‑ ing 7:15‑8:15 AM. Both held at Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd.

GRIEF ANONYMOUS MEET‑ ING every Tuesday @ 6:00 pm at Grace Baptist Church, 52 Merchants Row, Middel‑ bury, Vt. A support group for those grieving the loss of a love one.

AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anony‑ mous, confidential and free.

At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRANDON MEETINGS: Monday, Discussion Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. All held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRISTOL MEETINGS: Sun‑ day, Discussion Meeting 4:00‑5:00 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Meeting, 6:00‑7:00 PM. All held at the Howden Hall, 19 West Street.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS MONDAY: As Bill Sees It Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM. Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SATURDAY: Discussion Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM at the Middlebury United Methodist Church. Discussion Meet‑ ing 10:00‑11:00 AM. Begin‑ ners’ Meeting 6:30‑7:30 PM. These two meetings are held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

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Volunteer Drivers Needed for Dial-A-Ride Program!

Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) is seeking Dial-ARide Volunteers to transport residents of Addison County to necessary services such as medical appointments, shopping and community meals. ACTR also transports critical care patients for dialysis, radiation and chemotherapy. An orientation, ongoing Or contact The United training and supervision will be provided. Volunteers will Way of Addison County’s receive mileage reimbursement. Must have at least five years Volunteer Center at www. driving experience and complete a background check. Please unitedwayaddisoncounty.org/ contact RSVP at 388-7044 or rsvpaddison@volunteersinvt.org VolunteerDonate for more information. Thank you! and click on VOLUNTEER NOW!

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS T H U R S D AY: B i g B o o k Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

Speaker Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green).

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meet‑ ings; Noon‑1:00 PM. AND 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NEW HAVEN MEETINGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at the Congre‑ gational Church, New Haven Village Green.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NORTH FERRISBURGH MEETINGS: Sunday, Daily Reflections Meeting 6:00‑7:00 PM, at the United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd.

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The Open Door Clinic is currently looking for individuals fluent in Spanish and English to become volunteer medical interpreters. All volunteer medical interpreters must complete an application process, pass a reference check and a language evaluation, and attend Open Door Clinic interpreter training offered twice a year.

If this opportunity interests you, please contact RSVP at 388-7044 or rsvpaddison@volunteersinvt.org for more information.

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ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednes‑ day at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confi‑ dential, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

Babysitting available.

Medical Interpreters Needed

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS VERGENNES MEETINGS: Sunday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Dis‑ cussion Meeting 8:00‑9:00 PM. Both held at St. Paul’s Church, Park St. Tuesday, Discussion Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM, at the Congregational Church, Water St.

Wood Heat Animals Att. Farmers Motorcycles Cars Trucks SUVs Snowmobiles Boats Wanted Adoption

MAKING RECOVERY EAS‑ IER (MRE). Wednesdays, 1‑2 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). This will be a facilitated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and discussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understanding of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs.

NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednes‑ days, 9 am, held at The Turn‑ ing Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Fridays, 7:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. OA (OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS) MEETS on Thurs‑ day’s at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT. (OA) OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS Saturday’s at 1:00pm.

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OPIATE OVERDOSE RES‑ CUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required.

For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

4 BURNER GE RANGE and oven. Set up for propane, but comes with natural gas conversion kit. Perfect working condition and less than two years old. $100 OBO. Call Christy. 349‑4778.

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT, 1 mile south of Brandon. $700/mo. plus utilities. Ab‑ solutely no pets or smoking.

802‑352‑6678.

OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS (OA) big book meet‑ ing. Thursday’s, 2 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am. We meet at The Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS MEETING of Alcoholics Anon‑ ymous, 7:30‑8:30 a.m., Fri‑ day, upstairs at St. Stephen’s Church., Middlebury, VT. WOMEN OF AA Mondays, 5:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, tap‑ ing, skim coat plastering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.

CONSTRUCTION: ADDI‑ TIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

HOUSE CLEANING ‑ SMALL or large jobs. References available. Call 802‑558‑6136 or email at: ennis987@gmail. com.

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PROFESSIONAL PAINTING; interior/exterior, residential/ commercial, pressure wash‑ ing. 20 years’ experience.

Best prices. References.

802‑989‑5803.

For Sale 1998 DODGE VAN from Cali‑ fornia. Not rusted and well kept. All Seats. $3,300. Please call and leave message or text 802‑349‑4230.

ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge.

Beautiful vintage firearm. $185. 802‑989‑5803.

FORD TRACTOR CIRCA 1950’S Model NAA. Good tires, two speed rear end with 6’ brush hog. Runs like a charm. $4,400. Please call and leave a message or text 802‑349‑4230.

SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $4,397. Make & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info/ DVD: NorwoodSawmills.com.

1‑800‑578‑1363, Ext. 300N.

2 CAR GARAGE in Brandon.

24’x24’ with two 7’8”x6’8” high garage doors. Electricity and snow plowing included. $250/ mo. Available immediately.

802‑352‑6678.

BRANDON, GARAGE STOR‑ AGE. 10’x25’. Dry, secure.

802‑349‑4212.

BRIDPORT 1 BEDROOM, 4 room apartment with porch/ lawn. Washer/dryer, heat/hot water included. No smoking, no pets. References and credit check. $700/mo. plus security deposit. For more info, David 802‑758‑2546.

YARD MACHINE 23” TWO stage snow blower. 8 Hp elec‑ tric start, 2 stage 12” impel‑ ler. Teaumsen motor. Gears 5 forward, 2 reverse. Use very little. $250 firm. Contact 802‑989‑5091. Leave mes‑ sage.

For Rent 1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE commercial space. As is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802‑558‑6092.

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DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease. The entrance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BEDROOM near downtown. Appliances, off street parking, lease. No pets. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

M I D D L E B U RY O F F I C E SPACE for rent. 400 sq.ft., second floor. Available Janu‑ ary 1, 2018. Contact Eric at 802‑388‑6054.

MIDDLEBURY: RETAIL/OF‑ FICE space for rent. 1,303 square feet. Front door park‑ ing. Contact Eric at 388‑6054.

(Countryside Carpet and Paint)

FOR RENT: BRIDPORT, Commercial/retail office. 1,200 Sq. Ft. High traffic visibility. tbrought@middlebury.edu.

TWO BEDROOM APART‑ MENT, central location near schools and stores. Includes s t o v e a n d r e f r i g e r a t o r.

Available immediately. Call 802‑349‑7555.

MIDDLEBURY 3 BEDROOM ranch. Two car attached ga‑ rage with automatic opener.

Fully furnished, even beds and bedding. Big screen Sony.

Central vacuuming, central air, 2 bathrooms, dishwasher, garbage disposal, all appli‑ ances, including washer and dryer. Front and back porch.

Paved driveway. Nice lot, nice neighborhood. 3 miles or 7 minutes to Middlebury Col‑ lege, or Porter Hospital. Lawn mowing, snow, and satellite dish included. $2,000 plus utilities. One month security deposit. (802) 388‑5474.

LAKE DUNMORE: Winterized 2‑bedroom lakefront cottage available until June 1, 2018, shorter periods. Sleeps 5.

Comfortably furnished, ful‑ ly‑equipped kitchen, bath‑ room with shower. Plowing, trash collection, recycling, WiFi, satellite television included. 802‑352‑4236; karen@northcovecottages. com.

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SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $4,397. Make & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info/ DVD: NorwoodSawmills.com.

1‑800‑578‑1363, Ext. 300N. USED RESTAURANT EQUIP‑ MENT plus chairs, tables and hood systems. 802‑388‑4831.

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Income Limits Apply. No Utilities Included. Modern apartment, carpet/tile, W/D connections plus onsite laundry facility. Efficient gas heat/hot water.

Ample parking and storage. Includes trash, lawn care, snow removal, professional management and 24-hour emergency maintenance. In quiet Middlebury neighborhood. References Required.

To request an application, call 802-472-5016 or e-mail pinemeadow@maloneyproperties.com.

VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com

Beautiful, historic building located right in downtown Middlebury. Features heat and air conditioning, extra tall ceilings, lots of natural light and a highly customizable space. Walking distance to all downtown amenities.

Available January 1st, 2018. $800/ Month gross including electric and heat.

Contact Christine cgolden@neddere.com or 802-651-6888 Listed by Nedde Real Estate 747 Pine Street, Suite 501, Burlington, VT 05401 www.NeddeRealEstate.com

OPENING FALL 2017

And it’s easier to break the law than you might think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.” There is lots you can’t say.

The federal government is watching for such discrimination.

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BATTELL BLOCK MIDDLEBURY OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE

ONE BEDROOM UPSTAIRS apartment located in Shore‑ ham village. $700/month plus security deposit. Heat, water and all appliances included.

No pets and no smoking.

Please call 759‑3119.

S U G A RW O O D A PA R T‑ MENTS is currently ac‑ cepting applications for 2, 3 and 4 BR apartments in Middlebury. All income/as‑ sets must be verified to de‑ termine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent.

NP/NS. W/D hook‑ups. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg. com. Equal Housing Op‑ portunity.

Wood Heat FIREWOOD. CUT, SPLIT and delivered. $210/cord seasoned. $185/cord green.

802‑282‑9110.

NEXT WINTER’S WOOD, cut, split. Truck your own. $200 per cord. 802‑247‑6061.

Particularly on sites like Craigslist.

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NEW HAVEN VILLAGE APT. Bright, hard wood floors, possible home office space.

No pets, no smoking. Ref‑ erences, security deposit, lease. $895/month plus utili‑ ties. 802‑236‑2040.

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94+/‑ ACRES IN WARREN, VT. Foreclosure auction Fri., Jan. 26, 11 a.m. Close to area skiing in the Mad River Valley. THCAuction.com.

800‑634‑7653.

STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Mid‑ dlebury. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities. Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

CORNWALL, VT‑ A BEAU‑ TIFUL building lot for sale.

Amazing view. Septic permit in place. Please call between 9a.m‑10a.m 802‑349‑4230.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Only three lots remain in the Daisy Lane Residen‑ tial Development. One is a beautiful wooded 1 1/4 acre with a small year round stream. Lots are supported with village water and ap‑ proved for simple in‑ground septic. Located in East Mid‑ dlebury, just 15‑20 minutes from the Snow Bowl, 2 golf courses and beautiful Lake Dunmore. 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350.

Att. Farmers 2016 FIRST CUT HAY, nice quality. If you get 100 bales or more it’s $3 per bale.

Otherwise $3.50 per bale.

802‑349‑8891.

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SHOVELING HELP NEED‑ ED this winter. Must be avail‑ able anytime, day or night to salt, shovel accounts. Could lead to landscape work in the spring. Call 388‑4529.

BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156.

HOPE’S RESALE STORE seeks a 29.5 hour/week warehouse assistant. The position requires the ability to stand, walk, and lift up to 25 pounds, be self‑motivated and detail oriented. To ap‑ ply, send resume and letter of interest to receptionist@ hope‑vt.org.

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NOW HIRING: Part-time cashiers & deli help needed for flexible schedules, especially afternoons & evenings.

Plus Cooler Person for nights & weekends.

NIGHTS & WEEKENDS A MUST FOR ALL PART- & FULL-TIME POSITIONS. Apply in person at: East Middlebury Maplefields 3201 Rte 7 South, E. Middlebury

WHISTLEPIG CURRENTLY HIRING FOR full time bottler.

Eye for detail and accuracy.

Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unassisted lifting of 25 pounds. Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whis‑ tlepigrye.com.

Help Wanted

Ask for Brittany or pick-up an application EOE

HOPE IS HIRING‑ HOPE’s growing resale store seeks a 29.5 hour per week retail associate. Position requires the ability to stand, walk, and lift up to 25 pounds, be self‑motivated and detail oriented. To apply, send re‑ sume and letter of interest to receptionist@hope‑vt.org.

Help Wanted

BUY YOUR ANIMAL lover the gift of hay this holiday.

Excellent quality, 35 pound, 2nd cut small square hay bales. Delivery available.

Call Shawn at 802‑349‑8938.

FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281.

HAY FOR SALE small first cut, $3.00. Small second cut, $4.00. 802‑377‑5455.

SECOND AND THIRD CUT baleage. 18‑23 percent pro‑ tein. 45 percent moisture.

759‑2135.

WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Searching for someone to complete your team? or

Are you searching for a job?

Wanted TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer special‑ izing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, an‑ tique collectibles, etc. Visit www.bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527.

Consulting/appraisal ser‑ vices available. House calls made free of charge.

Either way, you are on the right track with the

58 Maple Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 addisonindependent.com • 388-4944

FAMILY LUMBER OPERATION

Seeks To Fill The Following Positions: MACHINERY OPERATOR for skilled lumber mill positions due to employee retirement. You must be in good physical condition, have a desire to learn, be reliable, have a strong safety awareness and work well with others. We will teach you the skills you need to use the technology investments we are putting in place. Mill work has a production bonus.

SKILLED FORKLIFT OPERATOR to run large forklifts at our operation in Bristol. Other work includes light construction, planing, lumber stacking. Must be reliable, energetic, work well with others and have good safety awareness. Previous experience operating heavy machinery is a plus but not required, we will teach you the skills you need.

Call 802-453-4884 or visit The A. Johnson Co., 995 S 116 Rd, Bristol VT 05443 for an application.

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Public Notices Girls’ hockey can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on this Page 26.

Addison Northwest School District – Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham (1) Bridport (1) Ferrisburgh (2) Middlebury (1) TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY SELECTBOARD TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018 7:10 P.M. TOWN OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM

PUBLIC HEARING and INFORMATION MEETING on PRELIMINARY PROPOSED TOWN GENERAL FUND BUDGET (Includes capital project funds) for FY19 (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019) Your comments, suggestions and input are important and appreciated. If you can’t make the meeting on the 9th, we invite you to submit your input via e-mail, kramsay@townofmiddlebury. org, or mail, 77 Main Street, Middlebury, Vermont 05753.

Copies of the proposed budget may be obtained from the Town’s website, www. middlebury.govoffice.com, at the Town Manager’s office, 77 Main Street, or by calling 802-458-8000.

If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the Town Manager’s Office as early as possible.

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TOWN OF FERRISBURGH OPEN POSITIONS

The following positions in the Town of Ferrisburgh will be on the March 6, 2018 ballot.

Petitions are available at the Town Clerk’s office. Petitions must be in the Town Clerk’s office by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 29th, 2018.

Moderator – 1 year term Selectboard – 3 year term Selectboard – 2 year term Auditor – 3 year term Lister – 3 year term First Constable – 1 year term Town Grand Juror – 1 year term Town Agent – 1 year term Rogers & Hazard Fund Trustee – 2 year term ANWSD School Director – 3 year term ANWSD School Director – 3 year term Please contact the Town Clerk at 877-3429 or ferrisburghclerk@comcast.net to find out more about these positions and how to apply.

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INVITIATION TO BID TOWN OF BRIDPORT

Bids are being accepted for the following: Exterior painting of; Masonic Hall, Hearse House & DPW Salt Shed (with minor repairs needed). Bids may be sent to: Town of Bridport, P.O. Box 27, Bridport, VT 05734. Bids must be received no later than January 15, 2018.

For questions contact Dusty Huestis at 758-2113 with any questions.

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Check out the Public Notices every Mon. & Thurs. in the

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Wednesday, January 24

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Independent photo/Trent Campbell

“Seventeen seconds left in the second period, giving up that goal after we had kept the puck in their end for an extended period of time, I think really hurt,” Brush said.

In the third the Tigers ran out of gas, launching only one shot after putting nine shots on goal in the second.

MMU/CVU tacked on scores from Kayley Bushweller and Peck to create the final score.

Brush said the Tigers will be looking to break through on the attack.

“We changed our forecheck tonight, and we had more offense tonight than we did last week against BFA,” he said. “We’ll keep changing the recipe until we find the combination that give us a little more offense.”

TOWN OF FERRISBURGH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLANNING COMMISSION JANUARY 17, 2018 AGENDA

1. 7:00 PM Opening of meeting; approval of minutes for meeting of October 18, 2017.

2. 7:05 PM Resubmission of mylar for two-lot subdivision, approved 16 April, 2008; application # 07-134, applicant Renee LaFountain, zoning district RA5, tax map id no. 05/01/82.11.

3. 7:15 PM Application for boundary adjustment, #17-143, applicant Christopher Hindes, zoning district SD, tax map id no. 21/20/08.

4. 7:25 PM Application for amendment to subdivision permit to merge lots, # 17-146, applicant Mark Franceschetti, zoning district VIL-2, tax map id nos.

05/01/11.3, 18/20/71, 05/01/11.32.

5. 7:35 PM Other business.

The above applications are available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s office. Persons wishing to appear and be heard may do so in person or be represented by an agent or an attorney. Communication about the above applications may be filed in writing with the Commission or at the hearing.

PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take an appeal to the Environmental Division.

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The following schedule of the Board of School Directors’ meetings is announced for the month of JANUARY, 2018.

6:00 PM

MUHS SENIOR POLLY Heminway lifts a pass behind a CougarHawk defender.

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ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS

Wednesday, January 3

(Continued from Page 16) MMU/CVU outshot the Tigers, 13-3, in the opening period. Hodsden made big saves on Lydia Maitland, Katie Peck and Kiley McClure (on a breakaway with two minutes to go) to keep the game scoreless. Hescock created the best chances for the Tigers, early on with twoon-ones with Heminway and Gleason, and then late in the period she pounced on a loose puck on the slot and backhanded a shot on goal that CougarHawk goalie Joanna Wright deflected high.

The Tigers had a chance early in the second, but Wright stopped Kimble’s power-play bid from the slot.

For most of the second period Hodsden continued to make sound positional saves and alertly cover up loose pucks. Her work gave MUHS two good chances to take the lead, both courtesy of Gleason. At 8:40 Wright stopped Gleason from the slot, and at 3:20 a Payne pass sprung Gleason for a breakaway, but Wright (13 saves) blocked her close-range forehand bid.

Brush said things might have been different if that shot had found the net.

“It’s a momentum thing. Abby has a breakaway there with three minutes left in the second period, if we bury that one there and go up, 1-0, it’s a different feel, it’s a different game. All of a sudden tired legs get a little energy,” he said.

Instead, at 12:55 CougarHawk Jackie Ryan skated out of the left-wing corner and ripped a 15-footer into the top left corner, and her team led, 1-0. And as time wound down Hodsden denied a similar Ryan shot, but Maitland poked home the rebound in a scramble out front — a play that came after the Tigers had pressed and Wright denied Gleason again from the slot.

ANWSD Board Special Budget Meeting at VUHS Library Facilities Committee Meeting at ANWSD Office ANWSD Regular Board Meeting at VUHS Library ANWSD Board Special Budget Meeting at VUHS Library Community Engagement Committee Mtg. Bixby Library ANWSD Board Special Budget Meeting at VUHS Library

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MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior Tulley Hescock fires a shot on goal during the Tigers’ 4-0 loss to the CougarHawks last Thursday night.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/3 MUHS at Rutland............................ 4 PM Boys’ Hockey 1/3 MUHS at South Burlington........ 5:20 PM 1/6 MUHS at Burr & Burton.................. 5 PM Girls’ Basketball 1/2 South Burlington at Mt. Abe............ 7 PM 1/3 MUHS at Mt. Mansfield................... 1 PM 1/3 OV at Mill River............................... 7 PM 1/3 VUHS at Harwood..................... 7:30 PM 1/5 MUHS at Mt. Abe............................ 7 PM 1/6 VUHS at Mt. Mansfield............ 12:30 PM 1/6 OV at Springfield....................... 1:30 PM 1/8 MUHS at Mill River......................... 7 PM

Boys’ Basketball 1/2 MUHS at Mill River......................... 7 PM 1/3 Mt. Abe at OV................................. 7 PM 1/5 Mt. Abe at Winooski........................ 7 PM 1/5 MUHS at Colchester....................... 7 PM 1/5 VUHS at Fairfax.............................. 7 PM 1/6 OV at Brattleboro............................ 1 PM Gymnastics 1/3 MUHS at Randolph......................... 6 PM Wrestling 1/3 Mt. Abe Hosts................................. 7 PM 1/3 VUHS Hosts................................... 5 PM 1/3 OV at Springfield............................ 6 PM 1/4 MUHS at Essex.............................. 6 PM 1/5&6 ................ MUHS/Mt. Abe at Peru, NY

1/6....................................OV at Mt. Anthony COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 1/6 Wesleyan at Midd........................... 7 PM 1/7 Trinity at Midd................................. 3 PM Men’s Hockey 1/5 Midd. at Amherst............................. 7 PM 1/6 Midd. at Amherst............................. 3 PM Women’s Basketball 1/5 Conn. at Midd................................. 7 PM 1/6 Wesleyan at Midd........................... 3 PM Men’s Basketball 1/5 Midd. at Conn................................. 7 PM 1/6 Midd. at Wesleyan.......................... 3 PM

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Real Estate equal housing opportunity

ADDISON COUNTY BIKE Club members Ashar Nelson, left, and Andrew Hirsch stand near the trailhead of the Battell Woods Preserve, one of several public, forested areas that will become part of a new comprehensive management plan.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Forest plan

(Continued from Page 1) Town Forest Recreation Planning At issue are the Battell Woods, Community Assistance Program Chipman Hill, and D. M. Means invited communities to apply for up to Memorial Woods, which together $10,000 in assistance to develop town comprise a combined total of around forest recreation and stewardship 264 acres of forested land bequeathed action plans. to Middlebury residents generations Nelson and fellow ACBC member ago. The land’s use has been governed Carl Robinson helped organize a local by legal covenants and overseen steering committee that applied for by volunteer trustees. In general, one of the $10,000 assistance grants.

Middlebury residents and their guests Much to their delight, Middlebury have used it for passive recreation, was one of 10 grant winners, setting including hiking, sightseeing and up a public process that could lead to biking. Members of a revitalized completion of a Middlebury public Addison County Biking forest plan by late this Club (ACBC) have had summer. An important For more particular fun peddling first step in the process information about through the rustic, will be a “Battell Woods the Middlebury bumpy trails that spider& Chipman Hill Public woods planning web portions of the lush, Visioning Workshop process, and how wondrous acreage. and Open House,” set to provide input, Ashar Nelson is a for Monday, Jan. 15, log on to tinyurl. member of the ACBC, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the com/y8hqel2f. he has enjoyed the large conference room convenience of pedaling of the Middlebury from his downtown municipal building at 77 workplace to the public woods for Main St. occasional lunchtime workouts. More Attendees will be asked to share than 30 fellow bike club members their priorities for a plan that will have also grown to appreciate the address many aspects of the public woods and related trails. woods and their upkeep, including: “The proximity (of the trails) to the • How to improve the property use, downtown is a plus,” Nelson said on signage, trail mapping, access, and Thursday. users’ recreational experience.

“The trails are there, and they are a • How to manage potentially draw.” conflicting uses.

Many of those trails have been • How to promote the forest as an blazed by folks through the years. educational resource.

Some of the trails are well-worn and • How to manage for wildflowers popular, while others don’t see much and other wildlife habitat, as well as traffic. Many weren’t sanctioned at planning for possible invasive species. the time by Battell and Means Woods • How to promote the lands for trustees, though Nelson said they increased public use and as an have since been formally recognized educational tool. by those overseers. Nelson and Middlebury’s steering committee other devotees of the public woods includes representatives of the ACBC, have often thought of the benefits of the Battell Trust, the Means Woods a comprehensive plan to formally Trust, Middlebury town staff, and the recognize and nurture the informal Middlebury Area Land Trust board. recreational opportunities taking place Former Middlebury Selectwoman there.

Cindy Hill is one of the two Means Their notion inched closer to reality Woods trustees serving in the steering earlier last year, when the Vermont committee. She’s eager to hear local

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residents’ views on how their public woods could be more fully and effectively used.

“There’s so much potential,” she said of the property, adding “it’s so unique to have a woodland park so close to the downtown community.”

She also hopes the planning process and final report will lead to more recognition for the families who donated the property so many years ago.

The $10,000 grant requires an inkind match of volunteer hours, such as public education and community engagement. To be eligible for assistance, applying communities were required to have, or to soon acquire, a publicly owned parcel of land suitable for a town forest. The selection committee also looked at each town’s long-term stewardship goals, conservation status and other community planning efforts — such as its open space plan or recreational use planning.

Much of the value of the grant will come through professional staff to be supplied to Middlebury through SE Group, a consulting firm that specializes in community planning.

That planning will include public visioning sessions, needs assessments, facilitated walks in the forests, and ultimately a plan that provides some actionable strategies to help the 10 communities move to implementation.

Nelson believes the resulting plan will be advisory in nature.

The Middlebury selectboard and/or planning commission could choose to formally adopt some of the report’s specific recommendations for forest management. Organizers are happy all of the public forest stakeholders will have a seat at the planning table, which will be key in building a consensus on future plans for Middlebury’s incredible forest assets.

“This is the first step — getting a vision in place,” Nelson said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@ addisonindependent.com.

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