MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 26 No. 31
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, October 6, 2014
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44 Pages
75¢
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Hands off!
Know what devices you can use in cars
By  EVAN  JOHNSON ADDISON  COUNTY  —  As  most  Vermont  drivers  know,  a  new  law  that  went  into  effect  this  past  Wednesday  makes  it  illegal  to  use  a  variety  of  electronic  devices  —  including  hand- held  cell  phones  and  MP3  players  —  while  driving  on  Vermont  roads.  Vio- ODWRUV DUH VXEMHFW WR ÂżQHV DQG SRLQWV assessed  against  their  driving  record. Â
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In  the  early  days,  local  police  had  not  charged  anyone  for  infractions  of  the  law,  but  they  said  they  fully  intend  to  enforce  it.  “If  we  see  you  with  a  device  you’re  going  to  get  the  requisite  ticket,�  said  Middlebury  Police  Chief  Tom  Hanley.  The  ban  doesn’t  mean  you  can  never  talk  on  a  cell  phone  in  your  car.  (See  Hang  up,  Page  43)
Trash  district  faces  hike  in  recycling  handling  costs By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  The  Addison  County  Solid  Waste  Management  District  board  next  month  will  con- sider  a  proposed  2015  budget  that  would  maintain  the  same  $123-Âper- ton  tipping  fee  for  trash,  while  re- quiring  an  increase  in  rates  for  clean  wood  and  single-Âstream  recyclables Â
dropped  off  by  commercial  haulers  at  the  district’s  Middlebury  transfer  station. The  draft  spending  plan  of  $2,627,262  would  also  pay  for  a  new  public  outreach  staffer  to  edu- cate  area  school  students  and  other  groups  about  solid  waste  and  recy- (See  District,  Page  14)
Event to give insights into visual impairment By  EVAN “The  world  has  JOHNSON really  opened  up  MIDDLEBURY  for  blind  people,  —  Linda  Good- thanks  to  digital  speed  of  Rutland  technology,â€?  she  is  a  freelance  writ- said. er  who  lost  her  But  the  one  tool  sight  25  years  ago.  that  she  uses  ev- Today,  she  uses  a  ery  day  is  much  variety  of  tools  to  more  low-Âtech.  help  her  with  ev- When  Goodspeed  eryday  tasks.  Her  began  to  lose  her  laptop  computer  sight,  she  started  uses  a  program  using  a  white  called  JAWS,  for  cane.  It  is  a  fa- Job  Access  With  miliar  long,  white  Speech,  that  reads  pole  with  a  red  tip  MOE   COOK items  on  the  com- that  many  people  puter  screen  to  her.  She  uses  an  who  are  blind  or  have  poor  sight  app  on  her  iPhone  to  count  de- tap  in  front  of  them  as  they  make  nominations  of  money,  a  scanner  their  way  through  public  spaces. to  read  mail  and  a  barcode  reader  “In  the  beginning  there  is  a  to  read  food  labels  in  the  pantry. (See  White  canes,  Page  42)