MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 28 No. 28
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, October 17, 2016
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36 Pages
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Brock  stresses  jobs,  the  economy Downtown icon is sold • A Burlington developer who already owns several Middlebury properties is buying the Battell Block. See Page 2.
Former  auditor,  Midd.  grad  seeks  Lt.  Governor  post By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  A  half-Âcentury  after  earning  his  bachelor’s  degree  from  Middlebury  College,  Randy  Brock  returned  to  his  alma  mater  on  Wednesday  to  encourage  a  new  gen- eration  of  Republican  activists.  He  and  former  Gov.  James  Douglas  of  Middlebury  were  among  the  senior  VWDWH *23 RIÂżFLDOV ZKR KHOSHG WKH Vermont  College  Republicans  group  celebrate  an  election  countdown Â
event  on  campus. Brock  has  made  a  Brock,  73,  was  happy  “Information second  career  out  of  to  offer  counsel  to  the  technology is politics  and  public  ser- young  party  faithful  —  a core skill vice  following  many  but  he  was  also  asking  that we need. years  as  a  businessman.  them  for  votes. He  founded  and  subse- That’s  because  the  Why aren’t quently  sold  (in  1983)  former  Vermont  state  we focused on Brock  International  auditor  and  Franklin  building an IT Security  Corp.  He  then  County  state  senator  industry here in worked  as  a  consultant  is  currently  running  Vermont?â€? for  several  years  before  for  lieutenant  gover- joining  Fidelity  Invest- — Randy Brock nor.  He  is  facing  state  ments  as  its  executive  Sen.  Dave  Zuckerman  vice  president  for  risk  of  Hinesburg,  who  is  running  as  a  oversight,  a  job  that  took  him  all  Democrat/Progressive.  Current  Lt.  over  the  world. Gov.  Phil  Scott,  R-ÂBerlin,  is  running  He  got  involved  in  state  politics  for  governor. (See  Brock,  Page  16)
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Re-enactors go for gold in Granville • Competitors in a wilderness race pretended to be part of a historic fur trading company. See Page 24.
Crucial games on the gridiron • The Tigers hosted Rice and the Eagles visited OV, with playoff implications in both contests. See Page 18.
Actors bringing ‘Macbeth’ to life • The Shakespeare tragedy takes the stage in Middlebury this Thursday. See Arts Beat on Page 10.
All  smiles BRIDGE  SCHOOL  STUDENTS  react  with  glee  to  a  performance  at  their  school  last  week  by  students  from  the  Hannaford  Career  Center  A.R.T.  program.  The  A.R.T.  actors  performed  “Beans,  Bags  and  Bravery,�  a  retelling  of  classic  and  contemporary  stories.  For  more  photos,  see  Page  6. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
Film explores imprisoning world of eating disorders By  GAEN  MURPHREE VERMONT  —  In  her  20-Âsome  \HDUV DV D GRFXPHQWDU\ ÂżOPPDNHU the  Northeast  Kingdom’s  Bess  O’Brien  has  taken  on  such  hard- hitting  subjects  as  heroin  use, Â
prescription  drug  addiction,  domestic  violence,  sexual  abuse  and  the  1994  rape  and  murder  of  17-Âyear- old  Stephanie  Sady  of  Rutland  by  her  own  uncle.  Now  the  award-Âwinning  O’Brien Â
has  trained  her  lens  on  the  self- destructive  and  often  secretive  world  of  eating  disorders. “There’s  something  about  telling  stories  and  going  places  that  are  often  invisible  and  making  them Â
visible  again,�  said  O’Brien,  reached  at  the  Peacham  headquarters  of  her  and  husband  Jay  Craven’s  Kingdom  County  Productions. O’Brien’s  latest  documentary,  (See  Eating  disorders,  Page  7)