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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 28 No. 24

Mack the knife returns • Town Hall Theater will show a live broadcast of Brecht’s “The Threepenny Operaâ€? this week. See Arts Beat on Page 10.

Middlebury, Vermont

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Bright  idea:  Solar  arrays  &  bees Kiernan’s  plantings  provide  a  magnet  for  pollinators By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Mike  Kier-­ nan  has  for  years  been  concerned  about  the  perplexing  plunge  in  the  number  of  pollinating  creatures  throughout  the  world. Now  the  accomplished  Por-­

ter  Medical  Center  physician  has  made  a  commitment  to  â€œbeeâ€?  part  of  the  solution  to  a  problem  that  is  threatening  the  world’s  ecosys-­ tems  and  food  supply. Mike  Kiernan  and  wife,  Taw-­ nya,  this  past  spring  launched  a Â

new  venture  appropriately  dubbed  â€œbee  the  change,â€?  through  which  they  are  identifying  under-­used  pieces  of  property  â€”  most  no-­ tably  solar  farm  locations  â€”  for  WKH SODQWLQJ RI VSHFLÂżF Ă€RZHUV (See  Bees,  Page  22)

Local teens take first in Lego movie competition

Rain displaces cats and dogs • The local animal shelter takes in pets that lost their homes in /RXLVLDQD à RRGLQJ 3DJH

By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  Sixteen-­ year-­old  Jack  Nop  has  always  been  a  huge  fan  of  Lego  toys  and  stop-­ PRWLRQ ÂżOP FODVVLFV OLNH Âł:DOODFH &  Gromitâ€?  and  â€œJames  &  the  Giant  Peach.â€? He  decided  to  combine  his  two  passions  a  few  years  ago  under  the  banner  of  NopFilms  to  produce  sev-­ eral  stop-­motion  Lego  videos  that  KDYH EHFRPH D Âż[WXUH RQ <RX7XEH Jack’s  older  brother,  Jake,  and  friend  Peter  Dickerson  also  collaborated  RQ WKH IXQ ÂżOPPDNLQJ ² ZKLFK WKLV week  paid  some  big  dividends. 1RS)LOPVÂś VHFRQG VKRUW ÂżOP (See  NopFilms,  Page  6)

Tiger football faces home test • Brattleboro visited unbeaten MUHS at Doc Collins Field on Friday night. See what happened on Page 18.

Mt. Abe tweaks approach to middle school

Special time for young hunters

Students weigh in on the year’s curriculum

• Hunters age 17 and younger may sign up to shoot during Vermont Youth Waterfowl Weekend. See Page 17. TAWNYA  AND  MIKE  Kiernan  show  off  bees  from  hives  they  maintain  on  a  solar  farm  in  Middlebury.  The  Kiernans’  venture,  â€œbee  the  change,â€?  promotes  the  use  of  land  around  solar  farms  to  grow  plants  that  attract  pollinators. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

By  GAEN  MURPHREE BRISTOL  â€”  â€œIf  you  could  pick  anything  in  the  world,  what  are  some  things  you’d  like  to  learn  about?â€?  asks  Mount  Abraham  Union  Middle  School  teacher  Jocelyn  Foran. Every  last  head  in  Foran’s  sev-­ enth  grade  classroom  bends  over  as  students  start  thinking  in  earnest,  (See  Curriculum,  Page  34)


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