Monday, Oct. 24, 2016

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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 28 No. 29

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, October 24, 2016

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40 Pages

$1.00

High schoolers grapple with Harwood tragedy Simulating dementia • Caregivers get to know what their older patients experience through a simulation. Read our Senior Lifestyles section on Pages 17-24.

Area students offer photos, cards, brownies and chants

wood  Union  High  School,  who  are  reeling  after  the  unspeakable  Oct.  8  tragedy  that  claimed  the  lives  of  four  current  and  one  former  Harwood  stu-­ dents,  all  either  15  or  16.  By  ANDY  KIRKALDY Black  and  gold  are  Harwood’s  school  colors.  ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  In  the  past  two  weeks,  Steven  Bourgoin,  36,  of  Williston  has  been  black  and  gold  became  temporary  colors  of  choice  charged  with  murder  after  he  crashed  his  vehicle  for  many  Addison  County  students,  teachers  and  into  the  teens’  car  while  driving  the  wrong  way  school  employees. on  Interstate  89  in  Williston  just  before  midnight  Sadly,  it  was  not  a  fashion  trend:  They  were  ral-­ on  Oct.  8.  lying  around  their  peers  at  South  Duxbury’s  Har-­ At  Middlebury  Union  High  School,  many  stu-­

dents  signed  a  poster  of  support,  while  teachers  and  staff  members  made  what  Activities  Direc-­ WRU 6HDQ )DUUHOO FDOOHG ÂłD VLJQLÂżFDQW DPRXQW RI baked  goods.â€?  Farrell  delivered  both  the  food  and  poster  to  Harwood  on  Oct.  13.  In  addition,  the  Tiger  boys’  soccer  and  hockey  teams  mailed  cards  of  support,  girls’  soccer  and  ¿HOG KRFNH\ WHDPV ZRUH EODFN DQG JROG ULEERQV and  the  cross-­country  team  brought  a  card  with  them  to  the  Harwood  Invitational  race  on  Oct.  15.  (See  Tragedy,  Page  32)

Mongolian song, dance in Brandon • A group from Central Asia will perform the arts of the “horeseback peopleâ€? on Wednesday. See Page 33.

Rivalry games highlight slate • VUHS hosted the Tiger soccer teams, while football squads faced crucial contests. See Sports, Pages 26-28.

Fun  with  science Bag piper to team XS ZLWK D Ă€GGOHU • Tim Cummings and Pete Sutherland will perform together in Brandon. Read Arts Beat on Page 10.

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Summer blossoms lead to strong honey harvest

Farmers  are  uneasy  about  sale  of  local  food  distributor

By  GAEN  MURPHREE ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  The  same  lack  of  rain  that  has  led  to  a  smaller  apple  crop  in  Addison  Coun-­ ty  and  statewide  has  for  the  most  part  been  a  boon  for  bees  in  terms  of  clover-­based  summer  honeys.  But Â

By  GAEN  MURPHREE ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  Any  businessperson  will  tell  you  that  it  takes  more  than  just  a  great  product  to  make  a  success;Íž  you  also  have  to  get  the  product  to Â

the  slide  from  low  rainfall  to  mod-­ erate  drought  the  past  three  months  has  also  dried  up  fall  harvests  that  DUH EDVHG RQ ZLOGĂ€RZHUV “The  clover  bloomed  beautifully.  There  was  clover  everywhere,â€?  said  (See  Harvest,  Page  7)

the  buyer. Many  local  growers  and  meat  producers  are  wondering  what  will  happen  now  that  ownership  of  their  primary  distributor  â€”  (See  Distributor,  Page  38)


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