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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 27 No. 27

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United  Way  targets  $700K  in  fund  drive Bristol  family’s  story  fuels  campaign By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â€”  The  United  Way  of  Addison  County  typically  calls  on  people  with  extra  resources  to  help  bankroll  its  annual  fund  GULYH WR DLG ORFDO IDPLOLHV ZKR DUH less  fortunate. This  year  UWAC  is  getting  a  big  assist  from  one  of  those  less  fortu-­

nate  families  as  the  organization  seeks  to  raise  $700,000  to  help  more  than  two  dozen  Addison  County  QRQSUR¿WV WKDW GLVSHQVH IRRG FORWK-­ ing,  counseling,  transportation  and  RWKHU YLWDO VHUYLFHV WR ORZ LQFRPH residents. Helping  UWAC  this  year  is  a  (See  United  Way,  Page  24)

Monday, September 21, 2015

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New Haven native takes love of dancing around the globe By  GAEN  MURPHREE NEW  HAVEN/NEW  YORK  CITY  â€”  Like  a  lot  of  little  girls  in  Addison  County,  Zoe  Rabinowitz  VWDUWHG VWXG\LQJ GDQFH DW DJH ÂżYH with  longtime  dance  teacher  Patty  Smith.  7RGD\ WKH 1HZ +DYHQ QDWLYH LV OLYLQJ WKH GUHDP DV D 1HZ <RUN City-­based  dancer  and  choreogra-­

pher  about  to  set  off  on  a  tour  of  Jerusalem,  Japan  and  Korea  with  Yaa  Samar!  Dance  Theatre,  a  dance  group  that  she  co-­founded  10  years  ago  and  of  which  she  is  the  associate  artistic  director. Though  dancing  has  allowed  WKH \HDU ROG WR WUDYHO WKH world,  she  always  remembers  (See  Dancer,  Page  14)

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LEONARD  JOHNSON,  A  seasonal  apple  picker  from  Jamaica,  picks  with  both  hands  in  New  Haven  last  week  as  he  works  to  clear  a  tree  of  apples  that  will  be  used  for  cider  making  at  Happy  Valley  Orchard  in  Middlebury.  Johnson  is  one  of  more  than  200  seasonal  pickers  currently  working  in  Addison  County. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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Jamaicans  ensure  apple  crop’s  success  310  working  in  Vermont By  GAEN  MURPHREE ADDISON  COUNTY  â€”  The  success  of  one  of  Vermont’s  most  iconic  crops  â€”  crisp  Vermont  apples  and  the  acres  of  picturesque  orchards  that  produce  them  â€”  rests  quite  literally  in  the  hands  RI ZRUNHUV IURP DQ LVODQG QDWLRQ RYHU PLOHV to  the  south. 6HDVRQDO ZRUNHUV IURP -DPDLFD KDYH EHHQ KDU-­ YHVWLQJ 1HZ (QJODQG FURSV VLQFH WKH V ZKHQ

WKH EDWWOHÂżHOGV DQG PXQLWLRQV IDFWRULHV RI :RUOG War  II  left  gaps  in  the  agricultural  workforce.  Most  local  orchardists  can’t  actually  remember  a  time  when  the  Vermont  apple  crop  hasn’t  been  picked  by  workers  from  Jamaica,  but  the  consen-­ VXV LV WKDW VLQFH DERXW WKH V -DPDLFDQ KDQGV KDYH SOXFNHG DSSOHV IURP WKH WUHHV DQG UROOHG them  into  bins  with  the  speed,  skill  and  numbers  QHFHVVDU\ WR KDUYHVW FRPPHUFLDO FURSV 7R EULQJ LQ WKLV \HDUÂśV KDUYHVW WKHUH DUH DSSOH SLFNHUV IURP -DPDLFD LQ 9HUPRQW RYHUDOO

² RI WKHP LQ $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ DFFRUGLQJ WR Alyson  Eastman,  who  brokers  the  complicated  federal  and  international  paperwork  that  brings  the  workers  from  Jamaica  to  America  as  part  of  WKH IHGHUDO + $ SURJUDP IRU VHDVRQDO DJULFXOWXUDO workers. Âł7KH\ DUH FULWLFDO ´ VDLG 6WHYH -XVWLV H[HFXWLYH director  of  the  Vermont  Tree  Fruit  Growers  As-­ sociation.  â€œGrowers  spend  a  fair  amount  of  money  to  ad-­ (See  Apples,  Page  15)


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