MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 25 No. 19
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Hear the great men debate
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Brandon  schedules  VUHS  8th-Âgrader  helps  fourth  vote  on  budget show  program’s  success By  LEE  J.  KAHRS BRANDON  —  The  Brandon  se- lectboard  has  made  more  spending  cuts  and  approved  yet  another  town  budget  and  yet  another  vote  date  —  its  fourth  in  four  months.  Following  a  marathon  public  meeting  that  lasted  more  than  three  and  half  hours  this  past  Monday  night,  the  board  OK’d  a  $3,147,634 Â
VSHQGLQJ SODQ IRU WKH ¿VFDO \HDU WKDW began  July  1,  with  $2,331,134  to  be  raised  by  property  taxes.  That  spend- ing  number  represents  an  increase  of  3.7  percent,  or  $84,084,  from  the  budget  for  the  year  just  ended. If  approved,  the  budget  would  re- sult  in  a  tax  rate  of  71.27  cents  per  $100  of  property  value,  an  increase  (See  Brandon,  Page  27)
By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  —  Astronauts  on  the  1970  Apollo  13  moon  launch  had  to  abort  after  56  hours  and  barely  returned  to  Earth  with  their  lives.  Unlike  them,  Vergennes  Union  High  School  8th-Âgrader  and  space  DÂżFLRQDGR $O\VH %HDXFKHPLQ
successfully  completed  her  mis- sion  —  a  Capstone  Challenge  Project  on  that  ill-Âfated  NASA  operation. Beauchemin,  like  all  VUHS  8th-Âgraders  this  past  school  year,  chose  her  own  topic  for  the  in- tensive  Capstone  research  and  (See  VUHS,  Page  7)
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Strike up the band for July 4 festivities ADDISON  COUNTY  —  Folks  in  Greater  Addison  County  are  gearing  up  to  celebrate  237  years  of  Ameri- can  independence  on  and  around  the  Fourth  of  July  this  week.  No  matter  how  residents  like  to  spend  the  holi- day,  there  are  events  in  the  area  for  all  who  want  to  put  on  the  red,  white  and  blue  during  the  week  of  July  4. Activities  in  Brandon,  Bristol,  Salisbury  and  Vergennes  include  musical  performances,  contests, Â
food,  and  an  annual  outhouse  race,  QRW WR PHQWLRQ PDQ\ ÂżUHZRUNV GLV- plays.  Those  who  wish  to  focus  on  the  historical  aspect  of  the  holiday  need  look  no  further  than  Mount  In- dependence  in  Orwell  and  Fort  Ti- conderoga  just  across  Lake  Cham- plain. CELEBRATION  IN  BRISTOL Bristol’s  Independence  Day  cel- ebrations  will  begin  on  Wednesday,  July  3,  at  6  p.m.  Activities  will  be Â
held  at  the  recreation  area  ballpark  and  will  include  food  and  craft  ven- dors,  games,  and  live  music  from  the  Willoughbys.  The  night  will  end  ZLWK D ÂżUHZRUNV GLVSOD\ EHJLQQLQJ at  dusk. Events  will  continue  the  next  morning  at  7:30  a.m.  with  the  an- nual  5K  Road  Race  in  memory  of  Pam  Paradee.  The  race  will  begin  at  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  and  will  snake  its  way  through  the Â
village  and  end  at  the  town  green.  Somewhat  less  serious  competi- tion  continues  later  in  the  morning  with  the  Great  Bristol  Outhouse  Race.  Starting  at  9  a.m.,  spectators  are  invited  to  cheer  on  their  favorite  teams  of  entrants  pulling  outhouses  GRZQ :HVW 6WUHHW WR WKH ¿QLVK OLQH Teams  build  a  regulation  outhouse  —  or  some  sort  of  outrageous  fac- simile  —  and  then  push  it  (with  a  (See  July  4th,  Page  19)