MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 25 No. 20
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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36 Pages
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Shoreham  questions  IP  on  pipeline Triathletes are blazing ‡ 7KH ZLQQHUV RI WKH ÀUVW 9HUPRQW 6XQ WULDWKORQ RI WKH VHDVRQ SRVWHG YHU\ IDVW WLPHV 6HH 6SRUWV RQ 3DJH
By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  After  several  months  of  rel- DWLYH VLOHQFH ,QWHUQDWLRQDO 3DSHU &R RIÂżFLDOV ODVW week  gave  one  of  their  most  extensive  public  pro- nouncements  to  date  on  why  the  company  is  bank- ing  on  a  proposed,  controversial  Addison  County  natural  gas  pipeline  to  help  drive  down  costs  for  what  they  termed  as  the  most  costly  paper  mill  in  the  world  to  operate  in  terms  of  energy  consump- tion. “(Natural  gas)  gives  us  a  survival  chance,â€?  IP  spokeswoman  Donna  Wadsworth  said,  adding, Â
ÂłWKH SURÂżW PDUJLQV LQ SDSHU DUH YHU\ VPDOO ,WÂśV very,  very  competitive.â€? Wadsworth  was  one  of  around  a  dozen  panelists  who  assembled  for  a  July  2  public  forum  in  Shore- ham  that  focused  on  a  proposed  natural  gas  pipe- line  that  would  extend  from  Middlebury  through  Cornwall  and  Shoreham  —  then  underneath  Lake  Champlain  —  to  IP’s  mill  in  Ticonderoga,  N.Y. The  forum,  called  by  the  Shoreham  selectboard,  included  various  experts  and  interested  parties  in  the  $70  million  pipeline  project,  including  state  UHJXODWRUV DQG HQYLURQPHQWDO RIÂżFLDOV IDUP UHSUH-Â
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History  on  the  march REVOLUTIONARY  WAR  RE-ÂENACTORS  stride  down  Main  Street  in  Bristol  during  the  town’s  Fourth  of  July  parade  last  Thursday  morning.  For  more  photos  from  the  parade,  see  Pages  3,  4,  18  and  19. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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New  support  group  forms  to  aid  county’s  cancer  patients By  JOHN  FLOWERS ADDISON  COUNTY  —  Fran  Boglioli  was  enveloped  by  several  emotions  when  she  was  diagnosed  with  breast  cancer  seven  years  ago.  Along  with  the  understandable  fear  and  trepi- dation,  she  felt  a  sense  of  isolation. “Despite  all  of  the  people  around  me  who  cared  and  wanted  to  help,  I  felt  very  alone,â€?  Boglioli  recalled.  “I  think  that’s  a  pretty  com-Â
mon  problem  when  you’ve  been  diagnosed  with  something  like  (cancer).� So  she  began  looking  for  people  with  simi- lar  diagnoses,  kindred  spirits  “who  can  relate  to  where  you  are  and  what  it  is  you  have  to  deal  with  to  get  better,�  the  East  Middlebury  resident  said. Boglioli  was  able  to  make  contact  with  a  (See  Support,  Page  28)
Hurd  to  call  it  quits  on  Weybridge  selectboard  after  13  eventful  years By JOHN FLOWERS WEYBRIDGE — Weybridge Selectwoman Gale Hurd has announced that she plans to retire from the board, effective Oct. 10, after almost 14 years of service. She joined the board in 1999 after having retired as victims’ advocate with the Addison County (See  Hurd,  Page  28)