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INDEPENDENT Vol. 69 No. 46

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PAGE  2A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  November  26,  2015

College alums turn out the tables Cornwall woman markets gift idea By  JOHN  FLOWERS CORNWALL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Dena  Greenman  and  Doug  Clarner  seemed  poised  to  follow  some  conventional  career  paths  when  they  graduated  from  Middlebury  College  in  1994.  Green-­ man,  who  majored  in  literature,  wanted  to  become  a  teacher.  Clarner,  who  focused  on  economics,  readied  himself  for  employment  in  the  world  RI ÂżQDQFH But  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  unusual  for  people  to  Ă&#x20AC;LS OLIHÂśV VFULSW DQG DXGLWLRQ IRU D dramatically  different  professional  role.

That  was  the  case  for  Green-­ man  and  Clarner.  The  two  longtime  friends  have  decided  to  eschew  the  VERMONT  TABLE  CO.  markets  white  collar  world  for  something  de-­ its  tables  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;recognition  giftsâ&#x20AC;?  for  cidedly  blue  collar  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  manufac-­ retirees,  newlyweds,  graduates  or  ture  of  personalized,  handcrafted  ta-­ anyone  with  an  achievement  de-­ bles  that  serve  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;recognition  giftsâ&#x20AC;?  serving  of  accolades.  Middlebury  &ROOHJH WKH FR IRXQGHUVÂś DOPD for  retirees,  newlyweds,  graduates  or  mater,  is  a  customer. anyone  else  with  an  achievement  de-­ serving  of  accolades.  They  are  call-­ machine. ing  their  business  the  Vermont  Table  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  thought,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What  else  can  be  Co.,  which  sources  the  bulk  of  its  raw  engraved  on  the  table,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Greenman  materials  from  the  Green  Mountain  recalled.

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They  reasoned  that  the  tables  could  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  has  been  exciting  to  set  it  be  offered  as  recognition  gifts  that  up,â&#x20AC;?  Greenman  said  of  the  busi-­ could  be  presented  by  institutions,  QHVV URXQGLQJ RXW LWV ÂżUVW \HDU RI businesses  and  clubs  seeking  to  re-­ table  production.  Clarner  ward  people  celebrating  makes  the  tables  in  his  special  achievements.  ADDISON COUNTY barn  workshop  in  east  The  duo  sold  Dartmouth  Burke,  while  Greenman  and  St.  Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Col-­ processes  orders  and  lege,  among  others,  to  conducts  marketing  from  her  fam-­ order  tables  for  people  they  wanted  ilyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Cornwall  home. to  salute  in  a  special  way.  Clarner  took  to  woodworking  soon  So  promising  was  the  concept  after  leaving  Middlebury  College  21  that  Clarner  and  Greenman  decided  years  ago,  Greenman  explained.  He  to  spin  it  off  late  last  year  as  a  sepa-­ established  his  workshop  in  a  barn  rate  business,  as  Vermont  Table  Co.  on  his  property  and  has  been  making  Clarner  would  focus  on  the  manufac-­ ÂżQH IXUQLWXUH IRU FOLHQWV WKURXJKRXW turing  end  of  things,  while  ceding  to  the  region.  Among  his  wares  were  Greenman  the  administrative  tasks  high-­end,  wooden  tables  that  had  be-­ that  were  not  his  forte. come  popular  wedding  presents.  The  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  realized  it  was  a  product  that  tables  are  capped  with  a  stone  surface  had  legs,â&#x20AC;?  Greenman  said  (no  pun  in  which  a  copy  of  the  wedding  in-­ intended)  of  early  feedback  on  the  vitation  or  other  appropriate  message  traditional  Shaker-­style  tables,  which  can  be  engraved  using  a  high-­tech  are  26  inches  tall,  with  a  17-­inch-­

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square  surface  in  which  a  12-­inch  stone  tile  is  inlayed.  The  tables  are  made  of  cherry  wood,  with  walnut  used  for  the  mortise  and  tenon  joints.

Clients  have  three  choices  of  stone  tiles:  black  granite,  Vermont  verde  antique  marble,  or  slate.  The  slate  and  marble  for  the  tiles  are  sourced  in  Vermont.  And  Greenman  noted  the  Vermont  verde  antique  marble  can  only  be  found  in  the  Vermont  town  of  Rochester.

The  legs  and  aprons  of  the  tables  are  provided  by  the  Newport  Furni-­ ture  Parts  company  based  in  Newport  in  the  Northeast  Kingdom.

Until  recently,  Clarner  had  to  con-­ tract  out  the  engraving  work  to  a  com-­ pany  in  St.  Albans  with  a  machine  that  can  translate  any  image  into  an  engraving.  Thanks  to  a  successful  grant  application,  Vermont  Table  Co.  was  able  to  acquire  its  own  engrav-­ ing  machine,  thus  ensuring  the  timely  ¿OOLQJ RI RUGHUV *UHHQPDQ KDV H[DP-­ ples  of  the  tables  with  the  Middlebury  College  and  Dartmouth  College  seals  engraved  in  stone.

Each  hand-­made  table  retails  for  $395,  a  price  that  Clarner  and  Green-­ man  believe  keeps  the  product  com-­ SHWLWLYH 7KH WDEOHV DOVR EHQHÂżW IURP being  Vermont  made. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  tables  are  like  Vermont  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  lovely,  but  hardworking  and  sturdy,â&#x20AC;?  Greenman  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The  product)  feels  like  it  is  connected  to  the  quarries  and  the  mountains.â&#x20AC;?

And  the  tables  are  far  more  than  eye  candy,  Greenman  said.  They  are  built  to  be  sturdy  and  utilitarian. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These  table  are  going  to  be  around  for  200  years,â&#x20AC;?  she  said. *UHHQPDQ LV FRQÂżGHQW WKH EXVLQHVV will  reach  its  target  of  selling  100  of  WKH UHFRJQLWLRQ WDEOHV LQ LWV ÂżUVW \HDU The  partners  have  set  loftier  expecta-­ tions  for  year  two,  when  they  hope  to  move  500  tables.  Greenman  con-­ tinues  to  work  the  phone  and  attend  shows  to  sign  up  new  clients.  Locally,  Middlebury  College  is  one  of  several  NESCAC  institutions  to  offer  the  Vermont  Table  Co.  product  through  DENA  GREENMAN  DISPLAYS  one  of  the  custom  gift  tables  that  she  and  business  partner  Doug  Clarner  sell  its  campus  stores.  Porter  Medical  Center  gave  recently  retired  CEO  XQGHU WKH EUDQG QDPH 9HUPRQW 7DEOH &R ZKRVH VDOHV RIÂżFH LV RSHUDWHG RXW RI *UHHQPDQÂśV &RUQZDOO KRPH Independent  photos/Trent  Campbell (See  Tables,  Page  2A)

Shoreham  sets  Dec.  2  vote  on  new  muncipal  truck

Judgment  time JUDGES  HEIDI  WILLIS,  left,  Barry  King  and  Jim  Andrews  get  a  close-­up  view  of  a  bird  nest  built  by  Weybridge  Elementary  School  second-­ grader  Zachary  Mason,  pictured,  and  two  other  schoolmates  during  a  month-­long  unit  on  birds  and  their  habitats.  The  students  presented  their  projects  last  week.

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By  JOHN  FLOWERS is  endowed  with  plow  attachments,  SHOREHAM  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Shoreham  vot-­ a  wing  and  a  sander,  Wood  noted. ers  on  Dec.  2  will  be  asked  to  ap-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  are  looking  to  unload  it  SURYH D ÂżYH \HDU ORDQ WR IXQG D for  a  savings  for  the  town  of  Shore-­ new,  $177,901  truck  for  the  com-­ ham,â&#x20AC;?  Wood  said  of  J&Pâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  offer,  munityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  road  department. which  he  termed  â&#x20AC;&#x153;tens  of  thou-­ /RFDO RIÂżFLDOV ZLOO H[SODLQ WKH sands  of  dollarsâ&#x20AC;?  less  than  such  a  proposed  purchase  at  a  special  truck  would  normally  cost. meeting,  slated  for  Tuesday,  Dec.  Wood  has  signed  a  letter  of  intent  DW S P LQ WKH WRZQ RIÂżFHV to  purchase  the  truck,  contingent  Residents  will  then  on  a  positive  vote  by  vote  on  the  issue  the  Shoreham  residents  on  next  day,  by  Australian  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are Dec.  2. ballot,  between  10  a.m.  looking to It  is  a  vehicle  that  and  7  p.m.,  also  at  the  would  dramatically  unload it for WRZQ RIÂżFHV KHOS D 6KRUHKDP Ă&#x20AC;HHW Shoreham  Road  a savings for that  includes  a  2007  Commissioner  Lo-­ the town of International,  a  2004  ren  Wood  explained  Shoreham Mac  and  an  older,  sin-­ the  town  had  been  gle-­axle  truck,  accord-­ scheduled  to  consider  (of) ... tens of ing  to  Wood. a  new  truck  purchase  thousands of The  town  would  be  on  Town  Meeting  Day  dollars.â&#x20AC;? in  line  for  a  2-­percent  this  coming  March.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Shoreham Road interest  rate  over  the  But  Wood  recently  Commissioner ÂżYH \HDUV RI WKH ORDQ recommended  to  the  Loren Wood RIÂżFLDOV VDLG selectboard  that  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  would  make  a  town  act  more  swiftly  beautiful  truck  for  in  light  of  a  time-­sensitive  oppor-­ Shoreham  for  years  to  come,â&#x20AC;?  tunity  that  would  offer  the  com-­ Wood  said,  adding  members  of  munity  considerable  savings  on  a  the  road  crew  have  given  the  2015  2015  Western  Star  truck.

Western  Star  a  thumbs-­up  after  The  truck,  currently  located  at  having  taken  it  for  a  test  drive  with  J&P  International  in  Colchester,  a  full  load  of  gravel. was  ordered  by  a  community  that  Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  ultimately  decided  not  to  follow  johnf@addisonindependent.com. through  on  the  purchase.  The  truck Â

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The  Pilgrims  as  refugees,  and  reasons  to  give  thanks Four  hundred  years  ago,  as  two  British  ships  loaded  with  colonists  reached  Georges  Island  off  the  Maine  coast  in  1607,  the  minister  on  board  offered  this  short  prayer  upon  their  safe  arrival  across  the  treacherous  Atlantic:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;God  thanks  for  our  happy  metinge  &  safe  aryval  into  the  country.â&#x20AC;?  It  was  a  prayer  of  thanksgiving,  an  early  celebration  of  the  arrival  of  refugees  to  a  new  land,  a  new  start  on  life  for  people  ZKR FKRVH IRU ZKDWHYHU UHDVRQV WR OHDYH WKHLU QDWLYH ODQGV 2QH FDQ only  imagine,  on  ships  sailing  to  points  unknown,  how  grateful  the  passengers  were  to  arrive  safely.

If  that  is  too  thin  a  connection  to  what  has  become  an  American  national  holiday,  consider  that  a  dozen  years  later,  on  Dec.  4,  1619,  the  Berkley  Hundred  colony  along  the  James  River  in  Virginia  held  a  religious  service  to  commemorate  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  day  of  our  shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  arrival,â&#x20AC;?  and  proclaimed  the  date  would  be  â&#x20AC;&#x153;yearly  and  perpetually  kept  holy  as  a  day  of  thanksgiving  to  the  Almighty  God.â&#x20AC;?  It  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  work  out  well  for  WKH %HUNOH\ FRORQ\ KRZHYHU DV WKH VHWWOHPHQW QRW ORQJ WKHUHDIWHU ZDV wiped  out  in  an  Indian  massacre.  Those  were  also  dangerous  times.

It  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  until  the  fall  of  1621,  that  the  Pilgrims,  who  had  landed  further  north  near  Plymouth  Rock,  shared  that  famous  three-­day  feast  with  Indians  in  which  â&#x20AC;&#x153;lobsters,  clams,  bass,  corn,  green  vegetables,  and  dried  fruits,  as  well  as  a  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;great  store  of  Wild  turkies,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  were  placed  on  the  table  outdoors  and  consumed  by  all,  with  the  Pilgrims  giving  thanks  to  their  good  fortune  in  the  new  land.

For  the  next  150  years,  Thanksgiving  was  celebrated  in  northern  colonies  as  part  of  a  religious  observance,  but  the  holiday  also  came  to  be  associated  with  military  victories.  Americans  along  the  eastern  seaboard  gathered  on  December  18,  1777,  for  a  day  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thanksgiving  and  Praiseâ&#x20AC;?  in  the  wake  of  the  Continental  Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  victory  over  the  %ULWLVK LQ 2FWREHU RI WKDW \HDU PDUNLQJ WKH ÂżUVW KROLGD\ RIÂżFLDOO\ celebrated  in  all  thirteen  statesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and  such  a  celebration  would  not  happen  again  until  Congress  declared  November  28,  1782,  a  day  of  national  thanksgiving.

Seven  years  later,  on  October  3,  1789,  President  George  Washington  ended  a  squabble  in  Congress  about  the  exact  day  Thanksgiving  should  be  honored  by  issuing  his  own  proclamation,  directing  Americans  to  celebrate  and  give  thanks  on  Thursday,  November  26.  As  a  symbolic  gesture,  the  new  president  sent  money  to  supply  debtors  in  the  New  York  City  jail  with  provisions,  while  he  attended  church  services,  thus  beginning  the  American  custom  of  local  charity  associated  with  Thanksgiving.  The  day  was  celebrated  annually  for  years  afterward,  but  it  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  until  President  Abraham  Lincoln,  in  the  midst  of  the  Civil  War,  issued  a  proclamation  in  1863  that  7KDQNVJLYLQJ ZRXOG EHFRPH DQ RIÂżFLDO QDWLRQDO KROLGD\ FHOHEUDWHG RQ the  fourth  Thursday  of  November.  The  President  stressed  abundance  and  unity,  invoking  memories  of  holidays  past,  and  striking  a  chord  that  resounded  across  the  war-­torn  Union.

From  the  somber  scene  of  the  Civil  War,  the  holidays  as  evolved  into  todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  commercial  extravaganza  with  the  Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Day  Parade  in  New  <RUN &LW\ DQG WKH XQRIÂżFLDO NLFN RII WR WKH KROLGD\ VKRSSLQJ VHDVRQ WKDW KDV VR GHÂżQHG WKLV WLPH RI \HDU <HW 7KDQNVJLYLQJ DOVR UHPDLQV D holiday  in  which  to  give  thanks  for  friends  and  family,  for  safe  arrivals  and  the  ample  blessings  we  have. ********** Jumping  from  the  past  to  the  present,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  hard  to  imagine  todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  refugees  from  Syria  in  a  similar  light  as  those  earlier  refugees  sailing  haphazardly  across  the  sea  to  America.  Certainly,  the  Syriansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  plight  is  more  desperate  and  fraught  with  more  immediate  political  and  religious  consequences.  But  the  journey  itself  is  similar;Íž  people  uprooting  themselves  from  the  homes  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  known  in  search  of  a  place  that  offers  safety  and  a  new  start  on  life.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tempting  here  to  cast  disparaging  remarks  on  those  Americans  who  would  turn  their  backs  on  these  refugees;Íž  who  prefer  to  shut  the  door  based  on  their  religion  and  the  fear  of  radical  elements  among  them.  By  succumbing  to  such  fear,  they  undermine  Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  values  and  the  strength  of  character  that  has  long  distinguished  this  nation.  But  we  need  to  unite,  not  further  divide,  the  nation  on  this  issue.  What  is  fair  to  ask  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  as  we  witness  the  destruction  of  cities  and  homes  across  Syria,  and  the  desperate  journeys  undertaken  by  families  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  is  how,  as  a  nation,  do  we  become  our  better  selves  in  the  face  of  what  could  be  a  credible  threat  to  our  safety?

The  answer  is  self-­evident.  We  rely  on  the  principles  that  founded  our  nation.  We  welcome  refugees  who  come  in  peace.  We  embrace  a  mixed  culture  knowing  it  makes  America  more  vibrant.  And,  if  necessary,  we  absorb  the  violence  of  outsiders  just  as  we  do  the  deadly  gun  violence  committed  by  our  own  residents  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  with  sorrow  and  grief,  and  a  resolve  for  justice.  That  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  mean  we  take  the  threats  of  the  Islamic  State  lightly,  but  that  we  are  magnanimous  in  our  open-­arms  policy  toward  accepting  refugees,  even  as  we  gird  against  the  few  radicals  who  pledge  to  do  us  harm  and  stop  them  in  their  tracks  when  possible.

Knowing  that  we  can  do  both  is  ample  reason  to  give  thanks  for  the  good  fortune  to  have  been  born  in  a  nation  and  culture  that  relies  on  political  and  religious  freedom  as  the  basis  of  our  societal  values,  not  on  propaganda  of  an  apocalyptical  end  and  a  brutal  code  of  violence  as  routes  to  divine  salvation.

Angelo  S.  Lynn

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New  kid MIDDLEBURY  ICE  HOCKEY  coach  Neil  Sinclair  urges  his  players  on  as  he  begins  his  Panther  coach-­ ing  career  with  a  4-­0  shutout  of  the  Colby  Mules  at  Kenyon  Arena  on  Saturday.  Sinclair  took  over  from  long-­time  Panther  coach  Bill  Beaney,  who  retired  at  the  end  of  last  year.

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For  nearly  10  years,  I  have  offered  the  same  item  for  the  service  auction  at  our  church: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go  to  a  Lake  Monsters  Game  in  Burlington  with  Doctor  Baseballâ&#x20AC;?:  four  people,  everything  included  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  ride  to  and  from  the  game,  tickets,  program,  hot  dog/ beer,  pretentious  inside-­baseball  conversation.

The  minimum  bid  is  $100.  The  actual  value:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Price-­ less.â&#x20AC;?  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  me,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doctor  Baseball.â&#x20AC;?

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  think  I  could  come  up  with  something  else,  some  variety.  Ida  and  Handy,  who  ran  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  auc-­ tion,  challenged  me  to  offer  a  sec-­ ond  item,  perhaps  in  addition  to  the  baseball  trip.  They  played  to  my  ego,  By  Karl citing  my  many  talents,  my  broad  in-­ Lindholm terests,  and  fascinating  long  life.  Such  a  variety  of  services  were  donated  for  auction  this  year,  like  WKUHH KRXUV RI \DUG ZRUN WD[L VHUYLFH ÂżYH URXQG WULSV

SLDQR WXQLQJ JXLGHG KLNH Ă&#x20AC;RZHU DUUDQJLQJ VL[ \RJD classes,  bike  tune-­up,  an  hour  of  musical  entertainment,  and  so  on.  But  I  came  up  empty.  What  I  have  to  offer  is  a  trip  to  a  ballgame.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  it.  Every  year.  Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  me  wrong,  I  always  have  a  good  time.  I  love  going  to  Lake  Monsters  games  in  Burlington  with  friends.

I  have  already  been  thinking  about  next  year.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  committed  to  doing  something  new  and  different  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  have  two  ideas  that  are  especially  promising.  Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  what  I  plan  to  donate  next  time:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lunch  with  Karl  at  his  favorite  place.â&#x20AC;?  Minimum  bid  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  $25.  Ac-­

tual  value  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  also  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Priceless.â&#x20AC;?

Of  course,  my  favorite  â&#x20AC;&#x153;placeâ&#x20AC;?  for  lunch  is  my  car.  See,  just  before  noon,  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  park  across  from  the  Middlebury  Market  and  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  buy  lunch  for  the  two  of  us,  along  with  the  Boston  Globe.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  turn  the  radio  on  to  Vermont  Public  Radio  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  listen  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vermont  Editionâ&#x20AC;?  with  host  Jane  Lindholm,  a  daily  ritual  for  me.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  eat,  and  read,  and  listen  to  the  radio.  Timeless  pleasures.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  trade  sections  of  the  Globe  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  even  OHW \RX KDYH WKH 6SRUWV 6HFWLRQ ÂżUVW One  rule:  no  talking.  OK,  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  one.  I  have  another  service  item  in  mind  too,  one  truly  based  on  my  special  gifts  and  expe-­ rience.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;One  week  of  bedtime  songs  from  Uncle  Karl.â&#x20AC;?  Minimum  bid  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  $100.  $FWXDO YDOXH 3ULFHOHVV RI FRXUVH

This  one  needs  a  little  explanation.

I  have  four  children,  ages  18-­36,  grown  up  now.  When  they  were  little,  I  loved  putting  them  to  bed.  I  was  really  good  at  it.  I  used  to  sing  them  to  sleep  (though,  in  truth,  I  often  sang  myself  to  sleep  ² ³'DGœV DVOHHS $JDLQ ´ WKH\ ZRXOG UHSRUW

I  think  this  one  is  a  real  winner.  Overworked  parents  love  a  break  at  bedtime.  Uncle  Karl  will  sing  your  kids  to  sleep  while  you  relax  at  the  end  of  the  day.  Actually,  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  sing  that  well  and  never  in  public.  I  can  carry  a  tune,  sort  of,  but  I  have  a  three-­note  range.  Kids  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  care.  From  ages  1-­6,  they  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  tell  if  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  any  good  and  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  understand  the  words  anyway,  which  can  be  a  good  thing.

(See  Clippings,  Page  5A)

Clippings

Phil  Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  vulnerability:  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  beefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  With  the  election  for  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  next  governor  less  than  a  year  away,  I  now  believe  that  both  the  Democratic  and  the  Republican  gubernatorial  primaries  in  August  will  be  competitive.  I  had  always  thought  that  the  Democratic  primary  would  be  a  close  election.  However,  I  now  see  the  Republican  primary  between  Lt.  Gov.  Phil  Scott  and  Bruce  Lisman  to  be  a  competitive  race  as  well.  While  Scott  still  has  the  advantages  that  go  with  in-­ cumbency  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  high  name  recognition  and  high  favorabil-­ ity  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Lisman  is  turning  out  to  be  a  stronger  candidate  than  I  gave  him  credit  for  in  a  column  I  wrote  earlier  this  year.  Lisman  has  been  working  hard  since  announcing  his  candidacy,  trying  to  meet  with  as  many  Republicans  and  independents  as  he  can  around  the  state,  appearing  at  candidate  forums,  putting  out  press  releases  and  meeting  with  local  and  statewide  media,  and  beginning  to  By  Eric  L.  Davis WDON DERXW VSHFLÂżF SROLF\ LGHDV HV-­ SHFLDOO\ UHJDUGLQJ HGXFDWLRQ ÂżQDQFH and  the  state  budget.

Scott  has  been  relatively  quiet  this  fall,  but  that  will  FKDQJH RQFH KH RIÂżFLDOO\ NLFNV RII KLV FDPSDLJQ LQ HDUO\ December.  Lismanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  challenge  will  force  Scott  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;up  his  gameâ&#x20AC;?  in  early  2016,  requiring  the  lieutenant  governor  to  spend  more  time  campaigning,  fund-­raising  and  devel-­ oping  policy  ideas  than  he  may  have  thought  would  have  been  necessary  a  few  months  ago.  If  Scott  has  a  vulnerability,  both  in  the  GOP  primary  and  in  the  general  election,  it  could  well  be  the  old  ques-­ tion  that  Walter  Mondale  asked  of  Gary  Hart  when  both  were  seeking  the  Democratic  presidential  nomination  in Â

Politically Thinking

1984:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  beef?â&#x20AC;?  Will  Scott  be  able  to  rely  on  affability  and  familiarity  to  get  him  through  to  Election  Day,  or  will  voters,  the  press,  and  Lisman  demand  more  VSHFLÂżFLW\ IURP KLP RQ D ZLGH UDQJH RI LVVXHV WKDQ VLP-­ ply  the  claim  that  Vermont  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;unaffordable?â&#x20AC;?

I  am  interested  to  see  how  the  two  candidatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  geo-­ graphical  bases  of  support  develop  in  the  Republican  SULPDU\ /LVPDQ VKRXOG GR ZHOO LQ PRUH DIĂ&#x20AC;XHQW FRP-­ munities  with  a  fair  number  of  Republicans,  such  as  his  hometown  of  Shelburne,  neighboring  Charlotte,  and  re-­ sort  towns  such  as  Stowe,  Manches-­ ter  and  Londonderry.  Scott  should  do  well  in  central  Vermont,  which  was  his  former  constituency  in  the  state  Senate,  and  in  traditionally  Repub-­ lican  small-­town  areas  in  northern  Vermont.  The  Republican  primary  could  end  up  being  decided  by  voters  in  two  other  areas  of  the  state.  First,  there  are  communities  that  will  likely  vote  for  the  Democratic  nominee  in  No-­ vember,  but  also  have  enough  Republicans  to  make  a  meaningful  contribution  to  the  GOP  primary  electorate.  These  areas  would  include  Chittenden  County  suburbs  such  as  Colchester,  South  Burlington,  Williston  and  Es-­ sex,  as  well  as  some  of  the  larger  communities  in  Wind-­ VRU &RXQW\ VXFK DV :RRGVWRFN +DUWIRUG DQG 6SULQJÂżHOG The  second  important  area  in  the  Republican  primary  will  be  southwestern  Vermont:  Rutland  and  Benning-­ ton  counties.  Recent  statistical  analyses  have  shown  the  southwest  is  now  the  region  of  the  state  where  the  econ-­ (See  Davis,  Page  5A)

In  his  Nov.  19  editorial,  Mr.  Lynn  describes  very  well  the  environmen-­ talistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  paradox  and  the  challenge  facing  Vermont.  There  has  to  be  a  thoughtful  balance  between  utiliza-­ tion  and  preservation  of  the  environ-­ ment.  Having  not  been  in  Vermont  IRU PDQ\ PRQWKV P\ ÂżUVW WULS GRZQ Route  7  was  nothing  short  of  shock-­ ing.  Solar  farms  were  popping  up  like  dandelions  in  the  spring.

Even  more  shocking  was  the  level  of  activity  prior  to  the  winter  months  when  there  is  nearly  no  return  on  investment  due  to  short  days  and  snowfall  covering  the  panels.  One  cannot  help  but  wonder  if  the  actual  production  of  electricity  is  the  driving  force  behind  the  farms  as  they  fall  well  outside  standard  capitalist  teachings  of  investment.

Anyone  taking  a  business  seri-­ ously  would  not  deploy  capital  on  a  large  scale  at  a  time  when  it  would  be  months  before  income  would  be  generated.  Even  in  the  best  of  circumstances  solar  power  generates  electricity  a  fraction  of  the  time  and  during  the  winter  generation  is  mi-­ nuscule.  Taxpayers  and  ratepayers  are  making  up  the  difference  with  subsidies  while  the  farms  sit  under  a  blanket  of  snow  and  ice.

I  was  equally  as  shocked  on  a  trip  to  Maui,  which  has  high  solar  poten-­ tial.  Despite  this,  hardly  a  panel  is  to  be  found.  Instead  there  is  a  massive  wind  farm  in  the  view  of  one  of  the  PRVW LFRQLF VXU¿QJ EHDFKHV LQ WKH world.  Locals  believe  it  was  sur-­ reptitiously  built  by  the  oil  industry  to  mar  the  reputation  of  renewable  energy.  The  outrage  the  farm  has  generated  has  nearly  halted  any  further  development,  which  may  not  be  in  the  best  interest.

Mr.  Lynn  is  right  on  that  overzeal-­ ous  and  thoughtless  placement  of  farms  now  may  hinder  development  in  the  future.  I  love  renewable  en-­ ergy  and  have  had  solar  panels  since  1987;͞  however,  I  love  Vermont  and  the  unique  character  it  offers  local  and  visitors.  As  a  former  local  and  a  current  visitor,  concern  is  growing.

There  is  plenty  of  data  available  to  do  an  audit  of  how  much  energy  EHQH¿W 9HUPRQWHUV DUH DFWXDOO\ GH-­ riving  from  the  farms  but  this  seems  to  be  absent  from  discussions.  Broad  statements  of  altruism  seem  WR VXI¿FH 7KDW QHHGV WR FKDQJH immediately  for  towns  to  be  able  to  accurately  assess  if  the  impact  is  ZRUWK WKH EHQH¿W DQG D YRWH PDGH based  on  facts,  not  dogma.

The  environmentalistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  paradox  is  out  of  balance.  A  trip  from  Burling-­ ton  to  Middlebury  on  Route  7  will  leave  no  doubt.  A  trip  to  Maui  will  too.

Anders  Holm Dousman,  Wis.

1HZ GHÂżQLWLRQ RI PAC  is  offered Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  all  in  favor  of  PACs  in  the  political  process,  provided  we  just  allow  for  a  small,  subtle  change  to  the  acronym  and  its  reading.  PACCC:  Public  Advocacy  for  Con-­ cerned,  Conscientious  Citizens.  Not  ZKDW ZH KDYH WRGD\ 3URĂ&#x20AC;LJDWH $J-­ gression  and  Control  by  Corporate  Contrivance.

Rustan  Swenson Shoreham Â

Green  energy  is  FUHDWLQJ EOLJKW Vermont  is  quickly  losing  its  quaint,  iconic,  quintessential  charm.  We  are  a  state  that  is  known  world-­ wide  for  its  green  mountains,  its  covered  bridges,  its  cute  rural  towns  and  its  aesthetically  pleasing  charac-­ ter.  It  is  why  I  moved  here  and  why  WRXULVWV Ă&#x20AC;RFN KHUH \HDU URXQG Now  there  are  massive  arrays  of  solar  panels  alongside  major  roads,  and  wind  turbines  lined  up  on  our  GLVÂżJXUHG DQG Ă&#x20AC;DWWHQHG PRXQWDLQ-­ WRSV 7KHUH PD\ VRRQ EH D ÂżYH VWR-­ ry,  100-­by-­300-­foot  metal  structure  in  New  Haven  for  Vermont  Green  Line,  and  an  enormous  development  on  ag  land  in  Randolph  adjacent  to  that  picturesque  long  stretch  of  I-­89.  The  number  of  trees  in  Middle-­ bury  is  dwindling.  The  photogenic  little  bridge  at  the  entrance  of  Old  Town  Road  is  now  a  crude  mix  of  metal  and  wood  no  longer  condu-­ FLYH WR VXPPHU Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV DQG ZLQWHU wreaths.  Little  by  little,  in  our  enthusiastic  attempt  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;save  the  environmentâ&#x20AC;?  or  to  make  progress,  ironically  we  are  destroying  the  natural  beauty  and  ecology  in  this  (See  Letter,  Page  5A)

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  November  26,  2015  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  5A

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re cold, getting warmâ&#x20AC;Ś warmerâ&#x20AC;Ś Enjoyment of knowledge leads to justice More  and  more  grandparents  are  based.  Community  Action  staff  assuming  a  parenting  role  for  their  screen  applicants  for  income  eli-­ grandchildren.  These  two  senior  gibility  and  need.  Applicants  must  citizens  are  solidly  in  their  ranks.  be  within  5-­7  days  of  running  out  The  grandchildren  are  both  under  of  bulk  fuel  or  in  danger  of  having  seven  years  old.  The  grandpar-­ their  utility  service  disconnected  ents  own  their  own  in  order  to  be  con-­ home  and  both  are  VLGHUHG IRU ÂżQDQFLDO on  Social  Security  assistance  through  Disability  Insurance.  Warmth.

They  live  in  a  beau-­ Community  Action  tiful  part  of  Vermont  staff  work  with  the  and  it  is  way  out-­ applicant  to  examine  side  of  town,  way  their  monthly  income  outside.  The  trips  and  expenses,  their  into  town  are  in-­ available  resources,  frequent.  Cold  will  and  their  capacity  to  bring  them  in  seek-­ make  realistic  repay-­ ing  just  a  little  extra  ment  arrangements  from  the  Warmth  (for  past-­due  metered  program  to  keep  heat  services)  or  to  cover  in  their  home.  While  Bridging gaps, part  of  the  cost  of  a  at  CVOEO  they  will  delivery  of  bulk  fuel.  use  the  food  shelf  building futures Community  Action  to  cover  food  for  By Jan Demers staff  also  screen  ap-­ the  extra  chairs  now  plicants  for  eligibility  Executive Director around  the  table. in  other  supportive  &KDPSODLQ 9DOOH\ 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH The  Warmth  pro-­ programs,  such  as  the  gram,  which  has  of Economic Opportunity Vermont  State  Sea-­ existed  since  1986,  sonal  Fuel  Assistance  is  administered  by  Program,  3Squares-­ CVOEO.  It  is  intended  to  supple-­ VT,  Weatherization,  and  Vermont  ment  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Seasonal  and  Health  Connect  insurance.  Crisis  Fuel  Assistance  services.  Warmth  funds  are  entirely  do-­ Warmth  funds  are  always  paid  di-­ nated.  CVOEO  uses  100  percent  of  rectly  to  the  fuel  or  energy  sup-­ all  donations  to  keep  people  warm. plier.  Last  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  autumn,  winter  and  The  program  is  emergency  early  spring  months  were  challeng-­

LQJ IRU IDPLOLHV UHOLDQW RQ ¿QDQFLDO assistance  to  get  through  the  win-­ ter.  It  was  a  long,  cold  and  extend-­ ed  season.  Warmth  funding  was  critically  important,  particularly  at  the  start  and  the  end  of  the  sea-­ son.  When  Seasonal  and  Crisis  fuel  EHQH¿WV DUH H[KDXVWHG WKH :DUPWK program  is  still  helping.

In  part  due  to  the  reduced  level  of  Seasonal  and  Crisis  Fuel  funding,  the  annual  per-­household  Warmth  limit  is  being  raised  for  the  pres-­ ent  heating  season  to  $300.  It  is  not  unusual  to  have  families  asking  for  help  with  utility  disconnections  in  excess  of  $1,000.  Warmth  provides  WKDW Ă&#x20AC;H[LELOLW\ WR WKH &RPPXQLW\ Action  Agencies  if  an  individual  household  has  an  extraordinary  need.  Karen  Haury,  one  of  CVOEOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Community  Action  directors,  de-­ scribes  the  Warmth  program  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  bridge.â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some  people,  especially  the  elderly,  need  just  a  little  bit  more  before  their  Social  Security  check  comes  in.  That  may  come  in  the  form  of  cash-­and-­carry  kero-­ sene  helping  to  hold  on  until  their  check  can  pay  for  a  full  delivery  of  fuel.â&#x20AC;?  The  Warmth  program  is  that  bridge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer  is  the  time  for  squab-­ bles.  In  winter,  we  must  protect  one  another,  keep  each  other  warm,  share  our  strengths.â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  George  R.R.  Martin.

Letters to the Editor State  should  mandate  paid  sick  leave  for  all  workers I  am  writing  to  express  my  sup-­ port  for  paid  sick  days  for  all  work-­ ers  in  Vermont.

There  are  nearly  100,000  Ver-­ monters  who  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  receive  any  paid  sick  leave.  People  need  a  minimum  standard  of  earned  leave  to  use  to  take  care  of  their  own Â

health  and  the  health  of  their  fami-­ lies.  Everyone  deserves  a  chance  to  recover.  Being  able  to  rest  when  ill  and  come  back  to  work  at  full  ca-­ pacity  without  the  stigma  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well,  you  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  here  yesterdayâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;?  would  be  a  huge  relief  for  me  and  many  of  my  coworkers.

I  urge  my  senators,  Christopher  Bray  and  Claire  Ayer,  to  pass  the  Healthy  Workplaces  Bill  when  they  return  to  Montpelier  this  Janu-­ DU\ IRU WKH EHQH¿W RI DOO ZRUNLQJ Vermonters.

Lauren  Andrews Bristol

After  that,  I  render  a  couple  of  old  Kingston  Trio  songs  that  I  have  known  since  I  was  a  teenager  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scotch  and  Sodaâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sloop  John  B.â&#x20AC;?  I  also  know  all  the  words  to  Joni  Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Circle  Gameâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both  Sides  Now.â&#x20AC;?

6FRWFK DQG VRGD PXG LQ \RXU H\H %DE\ GR , IHHO KLJK 2K PH 2K P\ GR , IHHO KLJK 'U\ 0DUWLQL MLJJHU RI JLQ 2K ZKDW D VSHOO \RXÂśYH JRW PH LQ 2K P\ GR , IHHO KLJK They  sleep  like,  well,  babies. Â

I  told  a  friend  about  this  great  idea,  but  she  was  hesitant.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are  you  sure  parents  want  some  strange  old  guy  sitting  in  their  kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  dark  bedroom,  singing  to  them?  Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  the  kids  be  scared?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No!â&#x20AC;?  I  reassured  her.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  a  strange  old  guy.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  me,  Uncle  Karl.  Scary?  Me?  Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  silly.â&#x20AC;?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  sure  to  let  you  know  when  next  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  service  auction  is,  so  you  can  tell  your  friends  about  these  ex-­ citing  opportunities.  Priceless. Â

cute  little  town.  His  factory  greed-­ ily  grew  and  grew,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;biggering  and  biggering  and  BIGGERING,â&#x20AC;?  until  there  were  no  more  Truffula  Trees,  DQG QR PRUH DQLPDOV ÂżVK RU ELUGV The  once  beautiful  village  was  now  a  pathetic  nothingness.  The  Lorax  tried  and  tried  to  warn  the  Once-­ler  man  of  the  inevitable.

I  am  not  against  renewable  energy  or  progress,  but  letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  please  be  rea-­ sonable  about  it.  I  am  a  proponent  of  balance,  moderation  and  common  sense.  I  wish  that  we  could  take  a  big  step  back,  catch  our  breath,  and  be  more  mindful  of  just  what  it  is  we  are  doing  to  the  charm  of  this  naturally  gorgeous  Green  Mountain  State.

Duane  Peterson  of  SunCommon  (in  the  Nov.  2  $GGLVRQ ,QGHSHQGHQW)  cites  tall  silos  and  long,  multi-­level  barns  as  ways  that  we  have  been  manipulating  our  landscape,  and  likens  them  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;planting  solar  as  our Â

new  cash  crop.â&#x20AC;?  I  love  to  photograph  barns  and  silos,  but  would  never  consider  photographing  a  solar  ar-­ ray.  I  cannot  ever  remember  a  Trent  Campbell  photo  of  a  solar  array. &DQ ZH QRW ÂżQG D EDODQFH between  forward  thinking  and  preservation  of  this  exquisite  state  in  which  we  live?  We  are  on  a  runaway  train  that  needs  to  slow  its  speed.  The  unsightly,  destruc-­ tive  changes  that  are  happening  all  over  the  state  are  irreversible  and  will  eventually  destroy  our  unique  character.  I  believe  that  we  will  eventually  regret  this  trendy  wave  of  strong  enthusiasm  for  renewable  energy  that  is  progressing  at  all  costs  to  our  world-­renowned  beauti-­ ful  environment.  Lynn  Coeby Ripton

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I  have  an  eclectic  repertoire,  heavy  on  tunes  from  the  1960s,  and  earlier.  I  know  six  songs  all  the  way  through  and  bits  and  pieces  of  a  few  dozen  more.  I  like  to  start  with  Bob  Dylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  Think  Twice  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  All  Right.â&#x20AC;?  Then  I  go  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love  Minus  Zeroâ&#x20AC;?  (â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  love  she  speaks  like  silence/ without  ideals  of  violence/she  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  to  say  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  faithful/ VKHÂśV WUXH OLNH LFH OLNH ÂżUH´ %HDXWL-­ ful  when  sung  soulfully,  like  I  do. Â

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amazing,  unique,  forested,  moun-­ tainous  state.

Though  I  feel  proud  to  live  in  a  forward-­thinking  state,  I  am  embar-­ rassed  by  the  disrespect  we  show  to  LWV PRXQWDLQV LWV Ă&#x20AC;RUD DQG LWV IDXQD In  our  quest  to  be  the  number  one  most  progressive  state,  we  seem  to  have  lost  sight  of  what  makes  us  so  special.  Decisions  are  being  driven  more  by  money  (bribes)  and  politics  (our  governor)  than  by  the  reasons  that  makes  us  a  vacation  destination.  Renewable  energy  trumps  aesthetics  even  though  tourism  is  our  number  one  industry.  The  solar  jobs  and  the  monetary  incentives  will  eventually  peter  out.

I  am  reminded  of  Dr.  Seussâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  book  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Lorax.â&#x20AC;?  The  Once-­ler  man  become  super  enthusiastic  about  knitting  Thneeds  from  the  fabric  of  the  colorful  Truffula  Trees  in  that Â

Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  note:  This  is  the  11th  like  them,  of  smooth  and  rough,  LQ D VHULHV RI HVVD\V RU UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWLRQV HDV\ RU GLIÂżFXOW DQG VRPHWKLQJ DERXW WKH 5HSXEOLF D ERRN ZULWWHQ like  an  idea  of  the  good,  for  they  WZR DQG D KDOI PLOOHQQLD DJR E\ DUH DFWLQJ DFFRUGLQJ WR D ÂżQDO SXU-­ pose.  So,  it  seemed  that  ants  like  WKH JUHDW SKLORVRSKHU 3ODWR us  make  an  ascent  of  Higher  education  is  the  mind  from  im-­ all  about  the  ascent  of  mediate  perception  the  mind  to  the  realm  to  thoughtful  assess-­ of  ideas.  Platoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  theory  ment,  perhaps  having  or  hypothesis  about  in  their  minds,  such  ideas  is  an  attempt  to  as  they  may  be,  ideas  explain  two  very  im-­ of  smooth  or  straight,  portant  questions:  How  rough  or  crooked,  is  knowledge  possible  along  with  a  capac-­ and  what  is  the  source  ity  to  apply  them,  and  of  all  value?  Know-­ of  direction,  for  they  ing  things  and  valuing  follow  a  course,  and  them  are  basic  to  life.  a  purpose,  to  get  the  To  illustrate  I  will  tell  Justice food  home,  and  maybe  a  story,  a  true  one.

One  day,  pausing  on  and Platoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also  a  discriminating  sense  of  what  is  good  a  local  sidewalk  dur-­ Republic food  and  what  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.  ing  my  daily  walk,  I  These  are  worker  ants,  looked  down  and  saw  An essay by all  of  them  female.  an  ant,  carrying  or  Victor Nuovo How  they  acquire  such  dragging  the  corpse  of  another  insect  several  Middlebury College knowledge  I  do  not  times  larger  than  itself.  professor emeritus know,  but  I  have  since  read  that  ants  commu-­ It  was  a  very  small  ant,  of philosophy nicate  to  each  other  no  more  than  an  eighth  and  that  such  activity  of  an  inch  long  carry-­ ing  a  dead  winged  body  a  third  of  may  be  instructional.

Higher  education  begins  with  an  inch  long  and  of  considerable  bulk.  Every  so  often  she  would  thinking  abstractly,  beyond  the  stop,  release  her  burden  and  pro-­ immediacy  of  the  senses,  having  ceed  on  a  slightly  different  path  ideas  of  large  and  small,  greater  than  before,  if  indeed,  it  could  be  or  less,  recognizing  in  thought  called  a  path,  for  she  would  often  that  a  tangible  object  immediately  zigzag.  Then  she  would  return,  present  to  us  may  be  one  sort  of  take  hold  of  her  quarry,  and  carry  thing  or  another  when  compared  on  with  it  overall  in  the  same  gen-­ with  others  things  like  it.  Socrates  eral  direction,  swerving  this  way  VD\V WR KROG XS WKUHH ¿QJHUV WKH and  that.  She  repeated  this  many  second,  third  and  fourth.  They  are  DOO ¿QJHUV DOWKRXJK RI GLIIHUHQW times.

Had  I  time  enough  I  would  have  lengths:  largest,  smallest,  and  one  liked  to  follow  her  to  her  destina-­ in  between,  which  is  both  large  tion,  for  it  was  clear  that  this  ant  and  small  relative  to  its  neigh-­ was  acting  purposively,  doing  bor.  And  we  can  apply  measures  work,  heading  somewhere,  duti-­ to  these,  and  sizes,  and  numbers  fully  bringing  food  to  her  nest  or  to  distinguish  one  from  the  other.  city.  She  was  doing  good.  It  also  And  once  we  have  numbers  we  seemed  clear  that  the  antâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  fre-­ can  add  and  subtract  them,  and  do  quent  stops  were  not  to  rest,  but  to  other  calculations,  which  require  survey  the  territory  ahead  and  plot  other  sorts  of  number  than  the  fa-­ her  course,  for  although  the  pave-­ miliar  counting  ones.

These  are  all  thoughts,  the  mind  PHQW ZDV Ă&#x20AC;DW HQRXJK IRU PH IRU her  it  must  have  been  rough  ter-­ having  ascended  from  its  immedi-­ ate  sensible  surroundings  to  the  rain.

I  also  noticed  that  the  ant  did  not  domain  of  intelligence.  Arithmetic  always  handle  her  burden  in  the  and  geometry  lead  the  mind  up-­ same  way.  Sometimes  she  half-­ wards,  for  the  properties  and  re-­ carried  it,  sometimes  she  dragged  lations  of  numbers  and  geometric  it  along,  and  she  would  take  hold  SODQHV DQG VROLG ¿JXUHV KDYH DQ of  it  in  different  places,  and  all  aspect  of  eternity,  of  what  is  eter-­ this  seemed  to  me  as  adapting  her  nally  real  and  unchanging  in  itself.  method  to  suit  the  path  she  had  And  from  there,  we  go  on  to  as-­ chosen  as  the  best  for  this  stage  of  tronomy  and  harmonics,  which  are  her  journey.  All  this  seemed  to  me  best  studied  mathematically,  but  evidence  that  ants  are  intelligent  also,  with  respect  to  the  latter,  aes-­ beings,  that  they  acquire  knowl-­ thetically,  for  the  values  of  beauty  edge,  make  judgments,  and  act  ac-­ or  nobility  and  good  enter  in  to  the  cording  to  values,  for  example  in  judgment  of  sound  considered  ab-­ choosing  the  smoother  path  and  stractly.

These  studies  are  preparative  the  best  way  to  move  their  quarry  for  the  highest  ascent  to  the  pure-­ along  it.

Therefore  they  must  have  ly  rational  investigation  of  things  thoughts,  or  something  very  much  themselves  through  a  logical  pro-­

cess  that  Socrates  calls  dialectic.  It  is  a  means  by  which  the  intel-­ lect  apprehends  pure  ideas,  things  themselves,  the  archetypes  or  true  models  of  things  and  values,  and  the  idea  of  the  good  upon  which  all  else  depends,  for  insofar  as  DQ\WKLQJ LV EHQHÂżFLDO VHUYHV D purpose  that  causes  the  well  be-­ ing  of  living  things,  it  is  an  ex-­ pression  or  manifestation  of  the  Good  itself.  Dialectic  is  a  process  of  pure  thought,  of  self-­clarifying  judg-­ PHQW DQG GHÂżQLWLRQ ,W LQWHUQDOL]HV the  process  of  question  and  an-­ swer  and  discriminating  judgment  that  Socrates  engaged  in  the  pub-­ lic  places  of  Athens.  Thinking  of  this  higher  sort  is  the  mindâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dia-­ logue  with  itself,  self-­critical  and  self-­purifying,  unrelenting  until  it  reaches  its  goal  of  truth  and  reality.  Empiricists  would  deny  that  this  is  possible.  One  must  build  knowl-­ edge  upon  careful  observation  and  WULDO RU H[SHULPHQW DQG DOO GHÂżQL-­ tions  that  follow  from  this  are  ten-­ tative.  Ants  are  empiricists.  Although  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  inclined  to  side  with  the  ants,  I  think  it  would  be  a  serious  error  to  dismiss  the  method  of  dialectic,  of  pure  thought  as-­ cending  to  reality.  Ants  are  skilled  transporters  of  goods,  masters  of  a  special  practical  knowledge,  which  so  far  as  I  know  is  not  ac-­ companied  by  a  theory  of  how  things  are.  But  Plato  supposed  that,  for  us,  theory  and  practice  must  be  joined.

Recall  that  the  best  sort  of  good  is  something  that  is  both  useful  and  desirable  for  its  own  sake.  Knowledge  is  like  this.  Take  natu-­ ral  numbers,  1,  2,  3  â&#x20AC;Ś  They  are  of  great  utility  for  accounting.  Yet,  as  we  examine  them,  they  seem  to  have  their  own  nature.  We  clas-­ sify  them  as  odd  or  even,  prime  or  composite.  And  by  pure  thought,  trial,  and  experiment  we  discover  that  every  composite  number  is  the  product  of  primes,  and  that  if  this  were  not  so  integers  would  not  be  rational.  Primes  are  divisible  into  only  the  prime  itself  and  one,  and  further  that  there  is  no  limit  in  the  number  of  prime  numbers  (see  Eu-­ clid,  Book,  vii,  proposition  31,  and  Book  viii,  proposition  20).

Knowledge  of  such  things  may  be  of  no  practical  use,  but  it  is  won-­ derful.  And  beyond  numbers  there  are  things  and  values,  and  it  is  by  careful  and  rigorous  thought  that  we  discover  what  they  are.  This  is  the  goal  of  higher  education,  and  if  Plato  is  right,  it  has  every-­ thing  to  do  with  politics,  because  the  enjoyment  of  such  knowledge  makes  the  individual  soul  indiffer-­ ent  to  honors  and  wealth,  and  all  WKH PRUH ÂżW WR GR MXVWLFH 7KLV LV something  that  ants  may  know  by  instinct,  but  we  humans  must  learn  it  in  school. Â

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Obituaries

Mary Joann Evarts, 79, formerly of Addison MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  On  Nov.  19,  Mary  Joann  Evarts,  a  resident  of  Helen  Porter  Healthcare  and  Rehabilitation  Center,  formerly  of  Addison,  said  KHU Âż QDO JRRGE\HV WR DOO RI WKRVH WKDW loved  her.

Joann  was  born  Jan.  15,  1936,  in  Pittsford  to  Raymond  and  Bridget  (Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien)  Evarts.  As  the  oldest  child,  she  leaves  her  siblings,  Terry  (Lucille)  Evarts  of  Waltham,  George  (Louise)  Evarts  of  Waltham,  Jean  (Carroll)  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor  of  Addison  and  Mary  Louise  (Bing)  Austin  of  Addison;Íž  a  special  nephew,  Shaun  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor,  his  wife  Stacy,  and  their  two  sons,  Grady  and  Hunter;Íž  a  great-­niece,  Sierra  Pomainville;Íž  several  nieces  and  neph-­ ews;Íž  and  many  cousins.

She  was  predeceased  by  her  parents  and  a  niece,  Brodie  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor.

Joann  attended  school  at  the  Hunt  School  in  Waltham,  and  Beeman  Academy  in  New  Haven.  Joann Â

very  much  enjoyed  going  to  Elderly  Services,  taking  long  walks,  listen-­ ing  to  music,  and  playing  bingo.  We  are  sure  that  our  beloved  sister  Joann  is  telling  the  good  Lord  of  all  of  the  happy  days  of  her  life,  especially  the  many  years  she  made  her  home  with  her  sister  Jean  and  husband  Carroll  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor.

Along  with  Joann,  her  family  wants  to  extend  a  thank  you  to  the  entire  staff  at  the  Helen  Porter  Nursing  Home,  Addison  County  Home  Health  &  Hospice,  and  Dr.  Laura  Weylman  for  the  special  care  she  received  the  last  few  years  of  her  life.

Joann  â&#x20AC;Ś  God  will  have  you  in  the  starting  lineup  of  his  softball  team,  and  he  has  all  the  Devil  Dogs  you  can  eat.

Joannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  wishes  were  that  there  would  be  no  calling  hours.  The  family  will  have  a  private  Catholic  burial  at  a  ODWHU GDWH ¸

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WEYBRIDGE  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL  students  Esra  Anzali,  left,  Sophie  Mason  and  Collette  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Meara  make  a  presentation  last  week  about  a  robinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nest  they  built  during  a  school-­wide  project  on  birds.

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Donald Metcalf, 88, New Haven NEW  HAVEN  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Donald  H.  Metcalf,  88,  of  New  Haven  died  Nov.  21,  2015,  at  Helen  Porter  Healthcare  and  Rehabilitation  Center  in  Middlebury.

He  was  born  June  13,  1927,  in  New  Brunswick,  the  son  of  Joseph  H.  and  Florence  Metcalf  (Kirker).  He  graduated  from  Clifton  (N.J.)  High  School.  He  served  with  the  U.S.  Navy  during  WWII,  from  May  14,  1945,  to  July  29,  1946.  He  received  the  American  Theatre  Medal  and  the  Victory  Medal.

He  moved  from  Clifton,  N.J.,  to  Brick  Township,  N.J.,  in  1954.  He  worked  as  a  plumbing  inspec-­ tor  for  the  township  of  Brick  for  27  years,  and  retired  in  June  1990.  Mr.  Metcalf  chaired  the  Plumbing  Subcode  Committee  of  the  New  Jersey  Uniform  Construction  Code  Advisory  Board  from  1987-­1991;Íž  he  was  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  Plumbing  Inspectors  Association, Â

serving  as  president;͞  he  was  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Plumbing  Engineers.  He  enjoyed  teaching  plumbing  and  the  plumb-­ ing  code  at  a  number  of  New  Jersey  colleges  and  technical  schools,  including  Ocean  County  College  and  Rutgers  University.

After  moving  to  New  Haven,  Vt.,  in  1997,  he  joined  the  New  Haven  River  Anglers  Association  to  share  KLV SDVVLRQ IRU Ă&#x20AC; \ Âż VKLQJ Mr.  Metcalf  was  predeceased  E\ KLV Âż UVW ZLIH -XQH )RUHVWHU

Metcalf,  on  April  3,  1971.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife  of  43  years,  Lois  A.  Metcalf  (Regan);͞  four  daughters,  Dona  J.  (Metcalf)  Laughlin  (James)  of  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  Deanna  L.  (Hirschbiegel)  Fredericks  /HH RI 6RXWK 3ODLQ¿ HOG 1 - Melody  L.  (Hirschbiegel)  Perkins  (Clayton)  of  Ferrisburgh,  and  Lisa  A.  (Hirschbiegel)  DeSimone  -HIIUH\ RI :KLWLQJ 1 - ¿ YH

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grandchildren,  Colin  H.  Laughlin,  Ryan  C.  Fredericks  and  Lindsay  B.  Fredericks,  and  Jillian  B.  DeSimone  and  Douglas  J.  DeSimone;͞  a  sister,  Lois  J.  Marshall  (Francis)  of  Tiverton,  R.I.,  and  her  chil-­ dren,  Kevin,  Richard  and  Francis  Marshall.

The  family  would  like  to  thank  Karen  Fromhold,  M.D.,  of  Little  City  Family  Practice  in  Vergennes  for  the  skilled  care  and  compassion  she  gave  Mr.  Metcalf.  They  would  also  like  to  thank  the  nursing  staff  at  Helen  Porter  Healthcare  and  Rehabilitation  Center  in  Middlebury  for  their  excellent  care  and  kindness  during  his  stay  there.

There  will  be  no  calling  hours.  Interment  will  be  in  Greenwood  Cemetery,  Brielle,  N.J.,  at  the  familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  convenience.  Memorial  contributions  may  be  made  to  the  Bristol  Rescue  Squad,  P.O.  Box  227,  %ULVWRO 97 ¸

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Two  out  of  three  Vermonters  are  eligi-­ for  Christmas.  On  Have  you  ever  EOH IRU Âż QDQFLDO VXEVLGLHV ZKHQ WKH\ Sunday,  Nov.  29,  made  a  gingerbread  apply.  Email  navigator@cvoeo.org  the  outside  tree  house?  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  or  call  860-­1417,  ext.  115,  for  more  will  again  be  lit  up  something  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  love  information  about  this  event  or  free  for  the  Advent  and  to  do.  One  year  I  Navigator  services.

Christmas  seasons. even  tried,  but  the  The  library  will  also  have  a  bazaar  Had  thought  walls  just  folded  on  Friday,  Dec.  4,  from  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.  about  putting  the  up  and  collapsed.  and  Saturday,  Dec.  5,  from  10  a.m.-­1  lights  on  my  porch  Perhaps  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  have  p.m.  For  sale  will  be  a  small  select  this  afternoon  but  better  luck  next  group  of  items  that  are  â&#x20AC;&#x153;new  with  tagsâ&#x20AC;?  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  very  far.  time.  The  correct  or  â&#x20AC;&#x153;new  without  tags.â&#x20AC;?  These  items  The  sun  disappears  recipe  might  be  a  were  donated  to  the  library  for  re-­sale.  quite  early  in  the  day  at  this  time  of  big  help.

Come  and  shop  for  the  holidays  and  year.  Maybe  tomorrow  after  work  I  can  The  Lincoln  Library  will  host  VDYH D EXQGOH <RXÂśOO Âż QG HDUULQJV get  a  little  more  done. a  Vermont  Health  Connect  Open  necklaces,  purses,  pins  and  more. Â

Lincoln  Library closed, Friday,  Nov.  27.  United  Church  of  Lincoln Christmas  decorating,  Saturday,  Nov.  28, tree-­lighting,  Sunday,  Nov.  29.

Reading series focused on authors helped by Bixby VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Bixby  Library  will  initiate  a  readi  ng  series,  starting  Tuesday,  Dec.  1,  to  highlight  the  work  that  writers  have  done  as  participants  at  writing  workshops  that  met  at  the  library.  The  success  of  workshop  participants  at  the  library  inspired  workshop  leader  Jay  Dubberly  and  Adult  Services  Librarian  Muir  Haman  to  share  some  of  their  creations  with  the  surrounding  communities.  Dubberly  and  Haman  hope  to  share  with  the  public  a  glimpse  behind  the  scenes  of  the  creative  process  and  a Â

taste  of  the  incredible  talent  that  may  be  unacknowledged  in  any  or  all  of  our  small  Vermont  communities.  The  series  will  focus  on  four  writ-­ ers  from  workshops  that  took  place  in  the  last  year.  Their  work  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  two  play  scripts,  one  television  pilot  script,  and  RQH Âż OP VFULSW ² ZLOO EH UHDG E\ D mix  of  actors  and  writers.  Starting  Dec.  1,  these  four  projects  will  be  presented  at  evening  reading  events  in  the  Bixby  Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Community  Room.  Each  event  will  be  open  to  the  public  and  begin  at  6  p.m.,  when Â

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Turkey  Trot  numbers  soar  with  mild  temps MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Clear  skies  and  mild  temperatures  helped  bring  out  a  large  number  of  runners  and  such  for  the  town  of  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  39th  annual  Turkey  Trot  and  Gobble  Wobble  this  past  Sunday.  The  winners  received  a  20-­pound  frozen  turkey.

The  5  kilometer  (3.1-­mile)  race,  which  ran  from  far  out  on  South  Street  Extension  north  into  the  village  and  ¿QLVKHG DW WKH WRZQ J\P VDZ ÂżQ-­ ishers.  The  10K  (6.2-­mile)  race,  which  started  at  the  same  spot  but  saw  run-­ QHUV ÂżUVW KHDG D PLOH SOXV LQWR &RUQ-­ wall  before  turning  around  and  head-­ ing  back  toward  Middlebury  village,  ERDVWHG ÂżQLVKHUV That  compared  to  155  racers  in  the  5K  race  last  year,  and  68  in  the  10K. Overall  5K  winner  Aaron  De  To-­ ledo,  a  senior  at  Middlebury  College  and  the  cross  country  coach  at  Middle-­ bury  Union  High  School,  ran  a  pace  of  5:40  per  mile.  The  16-­year-­old  sec-­ RQG SODFH ÂżQLVKHU 08+6 MXQLRU VRF-­ cer  player  Nick  Wilkerson,  ran  a  5:44  per  mile  pace.  Sarah  Homich  of  South  Burlington  ran  22:28  to  win  the  wom-­ enâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  division,  followed  by  Middlebury  Union  Middle  School  seventh-­grader  Camille  Malhotra  in  23:46.

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7KH IROORZLQJ DUH WKH ¿QLVKHUV LQ the  5K  race  listed  by  place,  name,  gen-­ GHU DJH WRZQ DQG ¿QLVKLQJ WLPH 1. Aaron De Toledo, M, 21, Salisbury, 17:33; 2. Nick Wilkerson, M, 16, 17:45; 3.

David Russell, M, 23, Middlebury, 17:49; 4. Willem Landis, M, 15, Middlebury, 18:21; 5. Cory Coffey, M, 37, Vergennes, 18:40; 6. Chris Berg, M, 42, Charlotte, 19:56; 7. Keith Wilkerson, M, 45, 20:06; 8. Ethan Reiderer, M, 14, Granville, 20:53; 9. Tyler James, M, 27, 21:08; and 10. Aidan May, M, 15, Monkton, 21:19.

And also 11. Conarey Bryant, M, 13, Middlebury, 21:20; 12. Taylor Sisson, M, 26, Underhill, 21:32; 13. Silas Con-­ lon, M, 14, Cornwall, 21:42; 14. Trey Bosworth, M, 10, Weybridge, 21:53; 15.

Nick Yardley, M, 51, Williston, 22:13; 16.

Sarah Homich, F, 25, South Burlington, 22:28; 17. Paul Sisson, M, 55, Under-­ hill, 22:47; 18. William Carpenter, M, 13, Middlebury, 22:56; 19. Angus Cheney, M, 42, Brandon, 22:56; 20. Michael Hu-­ ber, M, 13, Bridport, 23:45; 21. Camille Malhotra, F, 12, Middlebury, 23:46; 22.

Gabriel Cason, M, 12, Middlebury, 23:57; 23. Hunter Heffernan, M, 13, Middlebury, 24:03; 24. Katie Sisson, F, 27, Underhill, 24:23; 25. Kate Wallace, F, 14, Corn-­ wall, 24:38; 26. David Bosworth, M, 47, Weybridge, 24:41; 27. Devon Fuller, M, 52, Brandon, 24:47; 28. Joesph Meade, M, 21, Waterbury, 24:51; 29. Yina Moe-­ Lange, F, 22, Middlebury, 25:00; 30.

Maddy Stowe, F, 11, Weybridge, 25:06; and 31. Wendy Schneider, F, 47, 25:06.

And also 32. Clyde Malhotra, M, 10, 25:07; 33. Sutton Perry, M, 13, Middle-­ bury, 25:14; 34. Harry Curth, M, 68, Fer-­ risburgh, 25:18; 35. Chelsea Reynolds, F, 29, Burlington, 25:28; 36. Paige Mor-­ row, F, 22, 25:32; 37. Patti Fischer, F, 56, Moretown, 25:37; 38. Meg Groves, F, 52, Cornwall, 25:37; 39. Milo Fischer, M, 54, Moretown, 25:40; 40. Donald Maglienti, M, 44, Middlebury, 25:44; 41. Leah Mur-­ dock, F, 24, Essex Junction, 25:47; 42.

Karen Morris, F, 48, Salisbury, 25:48; 43.

Darcy Morter, F, 38, Cornwall, 25:53; 44.

Chuck Weyer, M, 51, Moretown, 25:54; 45. Isabella Smith, F, 11, Salisbury, 26:03; 46. Jenn Livingston, F, 33, Bristol, 26:23; 47. Isabel Olson, F, 14, Middle-­ bury, 26:32; 48. Taylor Moulton, F, 13, Middlebury, 26:32; 49. Ailey Bosworth, F, 14, Weybridge, 26:43; 50. Dianna Sharon, F, 36, Brandon, 26:43; 51. Kai-­ tlin Huber, F, 17, Bridport, 26:47; 52. Bill Mayers, M, 50, Weybridge, 26:51; 53.

Bridget Blacklock, F, 36, Bristol, 26:52; 54. Tricia Danyow, F, 41, Ferrisburgh, 26:53; 55. Michaela Sterling, F, 18,

Rochester, 27:05; 56. Wendy Livingston, Middlebury, 38:03; 3. Jake Pusey, M, 24, 38. Mike Sundstrom, M, 24, New Haven, F, 47, Bristol, 27:15; 57. Ashley Laux, F, Burlington, 38:20; 4. Campbell Wood, 50:44; 39. Dan Dapolito, M, 53, Middle-­ 31, Middlebury, 28:05; 58. Mary E. Men-­ M, 19, Middlebury, 38:37; and 5. Jamie bury, 50:49; 40. David Chioffi, M, 72, doza, F, 32, Weybridge, 28:05; and 59. Lumley, M, 19, Putney, 38:41.

Weston, 51:00; 41. Vilija Bizinkauskas, King Milne, M, 71, 28:35.

And also 6. Ben Yardley, M, 23, Car-­ F, 27, Middlebury, 51:06; 42. Lizzy Reed, And also 60. Rob Haney, M, 44, Mid-­ bondale, Colo., 38:57; 7. Colin Laurence, F, 22, Middlebury, 51:35; 43. Elizabeth dlebury, 28:55; 61. Fraser Milligan, M, M, 21, Middlebury, 40:00; 8. Jess Marini, Haney, F, 36, Middlebury, 51:53; 44.

13, Middlebury, 28:56; 62. Michelle Per-­ F, 25, Burlington, 40:19; 9. Colin Kriwox, Martin Irons, M, 52, Fair Haven, 52:29; lee, F, 50, Bristol, 29:09; M, 35, Cornwall, 42:55; 45. Cameron Lidestri, M, 53, Stratford, 63. Sara Domas, F, 16, Overall 5K 10. Rick Bunt, M, 47, Conn., 52:55; 46. Tim Parsons, M, 51, Rochester, 29:11; 64.

Middlebury, 42:56; 11. 53:22; 47. Sophia Miller, F, 21, Middle-­ Maddie Crowne, F, 10, winner Aaron De Romain Masliah, M, 36, bury, 53:39; 48. Todd Duguay, M, 34, 29:28; 65. Cecilia Baker, Toledo, a senior Middlebury, 43:21; 12. New Haven, 53:55; 49. Sophia Parker, F, F, 19, Waterbury, 29:44; at Middlebury Jeff Byers, M, 58, 44:03; 19, Middlebury, 54:13; 50. Clifford Piper, 66. Emerson Rice, F, 13. Matt Landis, M, 45, M, 47, Salisbury, 54:43; 51. Andy Toy, M, College and 9, Panton, 29:48; 67.

Middlebury, 44:21; 14. 49, Starksboro, 54:50; 52. Susan Bruce, Gretta Groves, F, 17, the cross Erica Goodman, F, 31, F, 49, Middlebury, 55:17; and 53. Molly Cornwall, 29:49; 68. country coach Brooklyn, N.Y., 44:48; Morgan, F, 40, Brandon, 55:22.

Amy Rice, F, 38, Panton, at Middlebury 15. Julian Bunch, M, 16, And also 54. Anna Roy, F, 19, Mid-­ 29:50; 69. Jeffrey Larkin, Bristol, 44:58; 16. Jeff dlebury, 55:55; 55. Mike Roy, M, 51, M, 48, Waterbury, 29:51; Union High Mangini, M, 45, Bristol, Middlebury, 55:55; 56. Anna Chamby, F, 70. John Burditt, M, 25, School, ran a 45:24; 17. Magda Miller, 21, Middlebury, 56:10; 57. Sydney Sand-­ South Burlington, 29:53; pace of 5:40 per F, 19, Middlebury, 45:44; ers, F, 21, Middlebury, 56:10; 58. Lauren 71. William Rickards, M, mile.

18. Sandy May, F, 45, Bruno, F, 32, Middlebury, 56:52; 59. Ju-­ 9, Middlebury, 30:00; 72.

Monkton, 46:19; 19. Al-­ lie Heffernan, F, 50, Starksboro, 57:28; Cleveland Rickards, M, lison Dibianca Fas, F, 33, 60. Anna Layden, F, 34, 58:56; 61. Liam 42, Middlebury, 30:03; 73. Carrie Fran-­ Middlebury, 47:02; 20. Andy Shuford, M, Murphy, M, 35, 58:56; 62. Alyse Heffelfin-­ kel, F, 42, Killington, 30:11; 74. Deborah 55, Montpelier, 47:24; 21. Jim Pugh, M, ger, F, 30, Colchester, 59:10; 63. Michele Huber, F, 44, Bridport, 30:18; 75. Nora 64, Cornwall, 47:45; 22. James Sawyer, Fay, F, 56, 1:00:20; 64. Stacey Greene, Wootten, F, 10, 30:39; 76. Thomas M, 35, Starksboro, 47:58; 23. Sanket Vad-­ F, 41, Rutland, 1:00:53; 65. Katha Pehm, Scheetz, M, 9, Bennington, 30:42; 77. lamani, M, 19, Middlebury, 48:25; and 24. F, 41, Proctor, 1:01:28; 66. Dustin Flem-­ Kathy Schneider, F, 58, Underhill, 30:48; Maddie Kinker, F, 22, Middlebury, 48:25. ing, M, 25, 1:02:10; 67. Suzanne Whita-­ 78. Linc Bonner, M, 13, 30:51; 79. Sam And also 25. Karen Regan, F, 55, ker, F, 26, Hinesburg, 1:02:10; 68. Em-­ Wootten, M, 8, 30:51; 80. Beth Eliason, Northport, 48:40; 26. Stacey Rainey, F, ily Fleming, F, 23, Bridport, 1:02:10; 69.

F, 49, Ripton, 31:00; 81. Lauren Brady, F, 42, Weybridge, 48:49; 27. Brian Morgan, Christina Wadsworth, F, 54, Weybridge, 25, Middlebury, 31:14; 82. Monica Benja-­ M, 43, Brandon, 48:54; 28. Missy Foote, 1:03:11; 70. Sophia Quay-­De Laval, F, min, F, 32, Middlebury, 31:14; 83. Jenni-­ F, 62, Bridport, 49:06; 29. Amy Buck, F, 21, 1:03:37; 71. Adam Milano, M, 23, fer Molineaux, F, 43, Middlebury, 31:48; 40, Brandon, 49:16; 30. Colin Greene, M, 1:03:38; 72. Katharina Knapp, F, 24, Wa-­ 84. Mary Yates, F, 50, 32:07; 85. Daniel 44, Rutland, 49:28; 31. Jessie Ralph, F, terbury, 1:03:45; 73. Megan Sears, F, 26, Huber, M, 44, Bridport, 32:18; 86. Tara 21, Middlebury, 49:30; 32. Chris Ander-­ Middlebury, 1:05:53; 74. Alex Sears, F, Case, F, 41, New Haven, 32:32; 87. Abbi son, M, 60, Weybridge, 49:31; 33. Me-­ 23, Cornwall, 1:05:53; 75. Leslie Taggart, Reiber, F, 26, Chittenden, 33:11; 88. Re-­ lissa Surrette, F, 21, Worcester, Mass., F, 57, 1:07:02; 76. Jamie Gaucher, M, becca Heaton, F, 27, Rutland, 33:12; 89. 49:32; 34. Jeff Prescott, M, 51, Montpe-­ 48, Middlebury, 1:08:31; 77. Lindsay Pa-­ Karen Deering, F, 58, 33:17; 90. Myriah lier, 49:54; 35. Caroline Moynihan, F, 21, quette, F, 39, 1:12:01; 78. Bonnie Han-­ Cogswell, F, 41, Bristol, 33:36; 91. Kay-­ Wellesley Hill, Mass., 50:13; 36. Andrea non, F, 29, Morrisville, 1:21:04; 79. Allen lyn Cottrell, F, 14, West Rutland, 33:55; Boe, F, 16, Middlebury, 50:40; 37. Kea-­ McEdward, M, 48, Wolcott, 1:21:07; and 92. Bill Moore, M, 40, Brandon, 34:00; gan Dunbar, F, 15, Middlebury, 50:40; 80. David Tier, M, 65, 1:25:16.

93. Sophie Moore, F, 9, Brandon, 34:01; and 94. Zoe Pike, F, 40, Ripton, 34:04.

And also 95. Michelle Shambo, F, 49, 34:44; 96. Morgan Gardner, F, 27, Rut-­ Knights of Columbus land, 34:50; 97. Ben Debisschop, M, 7, Father Daley Council 642 Middlebury, 34:55; 98. Courtney Debiss-­ chop, F, 35, Middlebury, 35:21; 99. Ann Irons, F, 48, Fair Haven, 35:51; 100. Gay-­ The Middlebury Knights of Columbus le Patria Dimasi, F, 50, Winooski, 36:05; extends its sincere appreciation and thanks to the 101. Robin Myers, F, 50, Brandon, 36:05; following for their support of our successful annual 102. Kim Kurak, F, 42, Middlebury, 36:05; 103. Elizabeth Sheldon-­Mo, F, 30, Fair St. Bernadetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raffle and Turkey bingo fundraiser: Haven, 36:06; 104. Emily Hoyler, F, 38, Ripton, 36:07; 105. Madysen Debisschop, Vermont Field Sports, Pam Pezzulo, Misty Knoll Farm, F, 10, Middlebury, 36:22; 106. Jackeline Shawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, American Legion, Joe DeGray, More, F, 29, Crown Point, N.Y., 37:08; K of C members, St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PTO, and all 107. Julie Blondin, F, 45, Essex Junction, 37:30; 108. Andrea Masse, F, 46, New of you who purchased raffle tickets and Haven, 37:31; 109. Jennifer Prue, F, 49, attended our Turkey Bingo.

Hinesburg, 37:36; 110. Cynthia Ballas, F, 48, Hinesburg, 37:36; 111. Mike Re-­ iderer, M, 44, Granville, 37:46; 112. Sarah Reiderer, F, 11, Granville, 37:46; 113. Mi-­ chelle Costello, F, 46, Port Henry, N.Y., 37:53; 114. Karen Schaefer, F, 46, Bristol, 38:21; 115. Lidia Kriwox, F, 64, Tupper Lake, 39:13; 116. Molly Cheney, F, 40, Brandon, 40:57; and 117. Dave Atherton, M, 43, Brandon, 40:57.

And also 118. CJ Bonner, M, 7, 43:23; 119. Monique Bonner, F, 45, 43:31; 120.

Erica Moody, F, 45, 43:32; 121. Nelida Lang, F, 25, Moriah, N.Y., 43:34; 122.

Alex Rice, F, 11, Panton, 44:41; 123.

Emily Kriwox, F, 22, Tupper Lake, N.Y., 44:42; 124. Ryan Butler, F, 43, Williston, 46:31; 125. Erin Mecca, F, 51, Essex Junction, 47:15; 126. Kathleen Ramsay, F, 51, Rutland, 48:43; 127. Aleksandra Savela, F, 9, Brandon, 48:47; 128. Jaco-­ lyn Savela, F, 35, Brandon, 49:27; 129.

Name unknown; 130. Brandie Cottrell, F, 42, West Rutland, 50:46; 131. Sophie Ryan, F, 19, 52:41; 132. Maggie Ryan, F, 48, 52:41; 133. Kathy Boe, F, 55, Middle-­ bury, 52:41; 134. Donna Dapolito, F, 72, Amsterdam, N.Y., 1:24:30; 135. Donna Sauer-­Jones, F, 58, North River, N.Y., 1:24:30; 136. Jeanne Lemner, F, 54, Ferrisburgh, 1:24:49; and 137. Diane Dapolito, F, 54, Middlebury, 1:24:49.

10K RACE RESULTS The following are the finishers in the 10K race listed by place, name, gender, age, town, and finishing time: 1. Jeremy Read, M, 21, South Paris, Maine, 37:20; 2. Ben Bruno, M, 31,

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Harmony  and  harp THE  LADIESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  NIGHT  Out  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Chorus  will  perform  at  the  Champlain  Valley  Unitarian  Universalist  Church  in  Middlebury  on  Tuesday,  Dec.  1,  at  7:30  p.m.  In  addition,  VSO  harpist  Heidi  Soons  will  perform  a  solo  set.

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Thanksgiving  dinner  in  Vergennes.  Thursday,  Nov.  26,  11  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Addison  County  Eagles,  67  New  Haven  Road.  The  Eaglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  annual  traditional  Thanksgiving  noontime  meal  for  anyone  who  would  otherwise  be  spending  the  day  home  alone.  Meal  delivery  by  11  a.m.  available  for  people  in  the  Vergennes  area.  Sign  up  by  Nov.  20.  Info  and  sign-­up:  877-­2055.

Thanksgiving  dinner  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Nov.  26,  noon-­3  p.m.,  VFW  Post  7823,  Exchange  Street.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Annual  Thanksgiving  'LQQHU /WG ´ QRQSURÂż W KRVWV WKLV IUHH GLQQHU Takeout  available  in  the  Middlebury  area.  Reservations:  388-­9468.

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Holiday  craft  fair  in  Bridport.  Friday,  Nov.  27,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Bridport  Masonic  Hall,  Middle  Road.  Two-­day  fair  featuring  over  50  crafters  with  handcrafted,  quality  merchandise  at  country  prices.

Holiday  open  house  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Nov.  27,  10  a.m.-­5  p.m.,  Middlebury  Community  House.  Featuring  watercolors  and  prints  by  Deborah  Holmes.  Paintings  of  lakes,  ocean  and  sky,  acrylagouache  panels  and  canvases.  Champlain  Valley  landscapes.  Refreshments,  door  prizes,  ornaments,  gift  prints  and  art  for  sale.  Info:  802-­897-­5775.  Continues  Saturday.  Winter  coat  distribution  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Nov.  27,  2-­5  p.m.,  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church.  Free  winter  coats,  jackets  and  other  warm  winter  items  in  many  sizes,  babies  through  adults.  Enter  form  the  parking  lot  at  the  rear  of  the  church.  Also  on  Nov.  28.

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SATURDAY

Hunter/early  bird  breakfast  in  South  Starksboro.  Saturday,  Nov.  28,  7-­10  a.m.,  Jerusalem  Schoolhouse.  Eggs,  pancakes,  bacon,  home  fries,  sausage,  baked  goods,  coffee,  etc.  Adults  $9,  kids  5-­12  $4,  kids  under  5  free.  Info:  453-­4573.  Climate  justice  vigil  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Nov.  28,  10  a.m.-­noon,  Triangle  Park.  A  vigil  for  climate  justice  and  to  support  the  Paris  Climate  Summit.  Free.  Holiday  open  house  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Nov.  28,  10  a.m.-­5  p.m.,  Middlebury  Community  House.  Featuring  watercolors  and  prints  by  Deborah  Holmes.  Paintings  of  lakes,  ocean  and  sky,  acrylagouache  panels  and  canvases.  Champlain  Valley  landscapes.  Refreshments,  door  prizes,  ornaments,  gift  prints  and  art  for  sale.  Info:  802-­897-­5775.

Holiday  craft  fair  in  Bridport.  Saturday,  Nov.  28,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Bridport  Masonic  Hall,  Middle  Road.  Two-­day  fair  featuring  over  50  crafters  with  handcrafted,  quality  merchandise  at  coun-­ try  prices.

Winter  coat  distribution  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Nov.  28,  10:15  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church.  Free  winter  coats,  jackets  and  other  warm  winter  items  in  many  sizes,  babies  through  adults.  Enter  form  the  parking  lot  at  the  rear  of  the  church.  Alpaca  open  house  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Nov.  28,  11  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Maple  View  Farm  Alpacas,  185  Adams  Road.  Learn  about  alpacas.  See  ¿ EHU EHLQJ FDUGHG DQG VSXQ LQWR \DUQ DW WKH Vermont  Fiber  Mill  &  Studio.  Continues  on  Nov.  29.  Info:  247-­5412  or  www.mapleviewfarmal-­ pacas.com.  The  2015  Internet  Cat  Video  Festival  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Nov.  28,  2  and  7  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Enjoy  80  minutes  of  hilarious,  touching  and  sometimes  bizarre  cat  videos  curated  by  cat  video  expert  Will  %UDGHQ 6XLWDEOH IRU DOO DJHV 3URFHHGV EHQHÂż W Homeward  Bound,  Addison  Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Humane  Society.  Tickets  $10  adults,  $5  12  and  younger,  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH ZZZ townhalltheater.org  or  at  the  door.  King  Pede  party  in  Ferrisburgh.  Saturday,  Nov.  28,  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Ferrisburgh  Community  Center  and  Town  Hall.  Sandwich  supper  followed  by  an  evening  of  fun  and  card  games.  Come  planning  to  play  King  Pede  or  bring  your  own  favorite  card  game.  Requested  donation:  $2.50. Â

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Public  breakfast  in  Vergennes.  Sunday,  Nov.  29,  7:30-­10  a.m.,  Masonic  Lodge,  54  School  St.  Only  $8  for  eggs,  bacon,  sausage,  pancakes,  blueberry  pancakes,  ZDIĂ&#x20AC; HV )UHQFK WRDVW KRPH IULHV FRUQHG EHHI hash,  sausage  gravy  and  biscuits,  juice,  coffee  and  tea.  Proceeds  support  various  local  commu-­ nity  needs  and  organizations.  Tours  of  the  lodge  room  available.

Alpaca  open  house  in  Brandon.  Sunday,  Nov.  29,  11  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Maple  View  Farm  Alpacas,  185  Adams  Road.  Learn  about  alpacas.  See  ¿ EHU EHLQJ FDUGHG DQG VSXQ LQWR \DUQ DW WKH Vermont  Fiber  Mill  &  Studio.  Info:  247-­5412  or  www.mapleviewfarmalpacas.com.  Chess  club  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Nov.  29,  S P ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ VHFRQG Ă&#x20AC; RRU nook.  For  all  ages.  Club  will  meet  every  Sunday  in  November.  Free.  Info:  349-­7739  or  green-­ monty@earthlink.net.

Memory  tree  lighting  and  singing  in  Brandon.  Sunday,  Nov.  29,  3:30  p.m.,  Central  Park.  Annual  tradition  of  remembrance.  Donate  $1  per  name  of  remembered  loved  one  to  Brandon  Area  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  mail  to  BACC,  PO  Box  267,  Brandon,  VT  05733,  or  drop  them  off  at  Carrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Florist  &  Gifts.  Include  your  name,  phone  number  and  loved  ones  name(s).  Info:  247-­6401  or  www.brandon.org.

Bolshoi  Balletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giselleâ&#x20AC;?  broadcast  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Nov.  29,  7  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  A  high-­def  broadcast  of  one  of  the  oldest  and  greatest  ballets  in  classical  reper-­ WRLUH Âż OPHG DW WKH %ROVKRL %DOOHW LQ 0RVFRZ 7LFNHWV DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH 382-­9222  or  www.townhalltheater.org.

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Preschool  story  time  for  children  in  Shoreham.  Monday,  Nov.  30,  10:30  a.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  For  chil-­ dren  ages  3-­5  with  caregiver.  Info:  897-­2647  or  www.plattlib.org.

Storymatters  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Nov.  30,  7  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  The  local  storytelling  group  will  tell  stories  with  the  theme  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catch  Your  Breath.â&#x20AC;?  Come  to  share  or  listen  to  stories  of  pauses,  or  a  mental  attitude  of  rest,  between  Thanksgiving  and  December  festivities.  Info:  lar17g@comcast.net.

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Gaga  movement  class  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  Dec.  1,  8-­9  a.m.,  Virtue  Field  House  Lounge.  Enjoy  stress  relief  with  movement  for  well-­being.  Strengthen  WKH ERG\ ZKLOH LQFUHDVLQJ Ă&#x20AC; H[LELOLW\ VWDPLQD DQG agility.  No  experience  necessary.  For  ages  16  and  up.  Wear  comfortable  clothing.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.  Also  on  Dec.  3.

Community  College  of  Vermont  information  session  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  1,  10  D P &&9 RI¿ FH 0HUFKDQWV 5RZ &RPH learn  about  taking  classes  at  CCV,  and  register  for  spring  and  summer  classes.  Info:  388-­3032.

HOPE  50th  anniversary  celebration  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  Dec.  1,  5-­7  p.m.,  Kirk  Alumni  Center.  HOPE  (formerly  known  as  Addison  County  Community  Action  Group)  invites  the  public  to  a  50th  anniversary  party.  -RLQ +23( ERDUG PHPEHUV DQG VWDII IRU ¿ QJHU foods,  displays,  speakers  and  run.  RSVP  to  receptionist@hope-­vt.org  or  802-­388-­3608.

Brain  Injury  Support  Group  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  1,  6-­7:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library  Meeting   Room.  Topic:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday  Time  and  Mindfulness  with  Bill  Eichhorn.â&#x20AC;?  Info:  388-­2720.  Stress  relief  workshop  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  1,  6  p.m.,  REV  Fitness,  at  Middlebury  Fitness.  Laurie  Webb,  co-­owner  of  Waterfalls  Day  Spa,  presents  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Distress  to  DE-­Stress:  5  Ways  to  Feel  More  Relaxed  Now.â&#x20AC;?  Free  with  donation  of  nonperishable  food  for  the  Addison  County  Food  Shelf.  Limited  seating.  Register  at  989-­0096.

Make  Your  Own  Wreath  workshop  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  1,  6:30-­7:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  All  ages.  Free.  Info:  388-­4095. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tales  from  the  New  Haven  River-­Walkerâ&#x20AC;?  talk  in  New  Haven.  Tuesday,  Dec.  1,  7:30-­8:45  p.m., Â

New  Haven  Town  Hall,  78  North  St.  The  New  Haven  Conservation  Commission  welcomes  University  of  Vermont  Field  Naturalist  Sonia  DeYoung  for  this  presentation.

Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Night  Out  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Chorus  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  1,  7:30  p.m.,  Champlain  Valley  Unitarian  Universalist  Church.  Sixth  annual  Advent  concert  featuring  this  chorus  of  over  20  women  from  the  Champlain  Valley.  VSO  harpist  Heidi  Soons  will  perform  a  solo  set.  Requested  donation  $10.

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WEDNESDAY

Vermont  Health  Connect  enroll-­ ment  event  in  Lincoln.  Wednesday,  Dec.  2,  5-­8  p.m.,  Lincoln  Library.  Free  in-­person  information  and  support  about  health  insurance  coverage  from  an  experienced  Navigator.  The  deadline  to  enroll  or  renew  coverage  for  Jan.  1  is  Dec.  15.  Info:  navigator@ cvoeo.org  or  802-­860-­1417,  ext.  115.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reading  Homer  with  Veterans:  Narratives  of  Return  and  Rageâ&#x20AC;?  talk  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Dec.  2,  7  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Dartmouth  Classics  professor  Roberta  Stewart  describes  her  work  with  veterans  and  exam-­ ines  what  the  story  of  Odysseusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  long  journey  home  from  war  has  to  say  to  veterans,  and  to  all  of  us.  A  Vermont  Humanities  Council  First  Wednesdays  event.  Info:  www.vermonthuman-­ itiescouncil.org  or  802-­262-­2626.

Warren  Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chasing  Shadowsâ&#x20AC;?  on  screen  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Dec.  2,  8  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Tickets  $18,  available  at  the  7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU org  or  at  the  door.  Also  on  Dec.  3.

Celtic  jam  session  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Dec.  2,  8-­10  p.m.,  51  Main.  All  are  welcome.  Info:  www.go51main.com. Â

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THURSDAY

Working  Board  Luncheon  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Dec.  3,  11:30  a.m.-­1:30  p.m.,  Carolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Hungry  Mind.  Common  Good  Vermont  invites  members  of  any  board  to  a  luncheon  and  talk.  Merryn  Rutledge  of  ReVisions  LLC  presents  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strategic  Planning.â&#x20AC;?  Network  with  fellow  board  members.  Register  at  http://bit.ly/1QX7dds.  Senior  meal  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  Dec.  3,  noon,  First  Baptist  Church.  Menu:  Lasagna,  salad  bar,  garlic  bread,  cottage  cheese  and  ginger  cook-­ ies.  Suggested  donation  $4.  Call  453-­5276  to  be  on  the  list.  Lunchtime  concert  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Dec.  3,  12:15-­12:45  p.m.,  St.  Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Episcopal  Church.  Middlebury  Community  Music  Center  faculty  members,  soprano  Jessica  Allen,  violinist  Emily  Sunderman  and  pianist  Sadie  Brightman  give  a  concert  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Early  and  Modern,  Sacred  and  Secular.â&#x20AC;?  Bring  a  bag  lunch  or  enjoy  a  snack  in  the  back  of  the  church.  Free.  Gaga  movement  class  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  Dec.  3,  4:30-­5:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts,  Room  109.  Enjoy  stress  relief  with  movement  for  well-­being.  Strengthen  WKH ERG\ ZKLOH LQFUHDVLQJ Ă&#x20AC; H[LELOLW\ VWDPLQD DQG agility.  No  experience  necessary.  For  ages  16  and  up.  Wear  comfortable  clothing.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

Video  art  screening  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  Dec.  3,  7  p.m.,  Johnson  Memorial  Building,  Room  304.  Students  from  Gigi  Gatewoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  fall  class  Video  Art  screen  their  short  original  works,  illustrating  the  numerous  approached  for  expression  that  this  medium  allows.  Free.

Twist  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Wool  Spinning  Guild  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Dec.  3,  7  p.m.,  49  Wilson  Road.  General  meeting  followed  by  a  Yankee  swap  to  celebrate  the  beginning  of  the  holiday  VHDVRQ 7R SDUWLFLSDWH EULQJ D ZUDSSHG Âż EHU related  gift,  either  handmade  or  purchased.  Info:  453-­5960.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clickshareâ&#x20AC;?  on  stage  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  Dec.  3,  7:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  A  group  of  employees  at  a  popular  news  website  live  and  die  by  the  viral  content  of  their  pieces.  But  when  they  break  a  story  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  bigger  than  anything  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  ever  seen  before,  their  lives  hang  in  the  balance.  Written  by  Lucas  Kavner  â&#x20AC;&#x2122;06.5.  Tickets  $12  public,  $10  Middlebury  ID  holders,  $6  Middlebury  student.  Runs  Dec.  3-­5.

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Warren  Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chasing  Shadowsâ&#x20AC;?  on  screen  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Dec.  3,  8  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Tickets  $18,  available  at  the  THT  ER[ RIÂż FH ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU RUJ or  at  the  door.

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AS A RESULT OF UNPAID DOCUMENTS & REPOSSESSED MERCHANDISE AT IMMEDIATE LIQUIDATION SALE

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Sunday, November 29, 10 am to 5pm at the Middlebury American Legion Post 27 49 Wilson Rd, Middlebury

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We have been commissioned to liquidate large inventory of oriental rugs complimented with our goods of equal value, contracted in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, China, etc.

All rugs furnished with certificate of appraisal and authenticity.

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Spectacular  skiing PROFESSIONAL  SKIER  INGRID  Backstrom  attacks  a  steep  slope  at  Portillo,  a  resort  in  the  Chilean  An-­ GHV 6HH EUHDWKWDNLQJ IRRWDJH RI WKH ZRUOGÂśV ELJJHVW VNLHUV DQG VQRZERDUGV LQ :DUUHQ 0LOOHUÂśV ODWHVW Âż OP â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chasing  Shadows,â&#x20AC;?  at  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Town  Hall  Theater  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  Dec.  2  and  3,  at  8  p.m.

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Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  start  with  road  construc-­ tion.  Nobody  likes  it,  do  they?  If  you  are  in  the  unfortunate  habit  of  leaving  your  house  with  just  enough  time  to  drive  to  work  and  you  come  upon  those  yellow  â&#x20AC;&#x153;road  work  aheadâ&#x20AC;?  signs,  you  know  you  are  in  trouble.  Maybe  it  is  just  a  little  trouble  or  maybe  it  feels  like  Big  Trouble.  It  depends  on  how  long  that  darn  traffic  line  is  and  how  long  that  person  holding  the  red  â&#x20AC;&#x153;stopâ&#x20AC;?  sign  refuses  to  spin  it  around  to  the  yellow  â&#x20AC;&#x153;slowâ&#x20AC;?  side.  Or  at  least  it  seems  like  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  refus-­ ing.  Surely,  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  got  something  against  you  personally,  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  he?  He  definitely  does  not  want  you  to  get  to  work  on  time.  Why?  What  did  you  ever  do  to  him?  And  so  the  conversation  in  your  head  starts  to  go  â&#x20AC;Ś  for  who  knows  how  long,  how  fast  and  with  what  un-­publishable  vocabulary.  Is  that  you?  Is  that  me?  Probably  sometimes,  but  with  luck  and  practice,  maybe  not  so  much.

Now  luck  is  luck,  but  can  you  practice  traffic  tranquility?  Yes.  The  challenge  in  situations  like  these  is  not  so  much  the  traf-­ fic  on  the  road,  but  the  traffic  in  our  heads.  We  humans  are  great  storytellers  and  the  stories  we  tell,  through  rap  and  opera,  novellas  and  plays,  bedtime  books  and  campfire  tales,  are  stories  we  cannot  live  without.  But  the  daily  little  stories  we  make  up  on  the  spot  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  about  this  situation  and  that  person  and  what  we  did  wrong  yester-­ day  are  stories  that  often  impede  our  inner  travels.

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gifted  to  HVS.  Many  people  who  bought  tickets  expressed  their  wish  to  support  HVS.  And,  of  course,  one  lucky  winner,  Tom  Marrinan,  took  home  the  painting.  As  Rachel  Teachout,  manager  of  Edgewater  Gallery,  explained:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Partnering  together  and  contribut-­ ing  in  small  ways  can  have  a  large  impact.  It  is  a  win-­win  situation.  Artists  who  donate  their  work  become  known  in  the  community,  the  gallery  becomes  a  destination  DQG VPDOO QRW IRU SURÂżWV  IXOÂżOO their  mission  of  educating  the  community  about  their  work.â&#x20AC;?

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Town Hall Theater to show filmed ballet â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Giselleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  To  kick  off  the  holiday  season,  Town  Hall  Theater  will  show  the  Bolshoi  Balletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giselleâ&#x20AC;?  on  Sunday,  Nov.  29,  at  7  p.m.  )LOPHG LQ KLJK GHÂżQLWLRQ DW the  world-­famous  Bolshoi  Ballet  in  Moscow,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giselleâ&#x20AC;?  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  greatest  ballets  in Â

digital  projector,  which  creates  a  stunning  image,â&#x20AC;?  says  THT  artistic  director  Douglas  Anderson.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;These  beautiful  productions  will  now  have  a  clarity  we  simply  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  seen  before.â&#x20AC;?   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giselleâ&#x20AC;?  is  the  story  of  a  young  peasant  girl  who  dies  when  she  learns  that  the  man  she  loves,  Albrecht,  has Â

betrayed  her.  Against  her  own  will,  she  joins  the  Wilis,  vengeful  spirits  who  now  turn  against  Albrecht  and  condemn  him  to  dance  until  he  dies  of  exhaustion.  Tickets  are  available  at  the  THT  %R[ 2I¿FH  802-­382-­9222,  www. townhalltheater.org,  or  in  person  Monday-­Saturday,  noon-­5  p.m.

Vt.  wild  turkeys  were  almost  extinct  until  the  â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s Cleared  forests  and  unregulated  hunting  took  a  toll VERMONT  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  One  of  our  native  wildlife  species  historically  played  an  important  role  on  Thanksgiving  Day.  North  Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  native  wild  turkeys  were  the  ancestors  of  the  Thanksgiving  turkey  on  our  dinner  table.

Originally  found  only  in  the  wild,  turkeys  now  exist  as  meat-­ producing  domesticated  derivatives  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  broad-­breasted  white,  broad-­ breasted  bronze,  white  Holland,  Bourbon  red,  and  a  host  of  other  breeds  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  all  of  them  descended  from  our  native  wild  turkey.

Wild  turkeys  exist  throughout  Vermont  today,  but  that  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  always  the  case.  Wild  turkeys  disappeared Â

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classical  repertoire,  touching  upon  the  great  romantic  themes:  a  doomed  love  affair  ending  in  tragedy,  a  dive  into  fantasy  and  ultimate  redemption  through  the  power  of  love.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  added  ballet  to  our  list  of  broadcasts  from  around  the  world,  EXW WKLV LV WKH ÂżUVW VHDVRQ WKH %ROVKRL will  shown  with  our  new  $35,000 Â

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from  Vermont  in  the  mid-­to-­late  1800s  due  to  habitat  destruction  and  unregulated  shooting.  The  land  was  cleared  for  farming,  and  only  25  percent  of  the  state  was  covered  by  forest.

The  wild  turkeys  we  see  in  Vermont  today  originated  from  just  31  wild  turkeys  stocked  in  Rutland  County  by  the  Vermont  Fish  &  Wildlife  Department  in  1969  and  1970.  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  forest  habitat  was  once  again  capable  of  supporting  turkeys.  State  wildlife  biologists  moved  groups  of  these  birds  northward,  and  today  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  population  of  turkeys  is  estimated  to  be  about  50,000.

This  is  just  one  of  many  wildlife  restoration  success  stories  we  can  be  thankful  for  in  2015.  Funding  for  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  wild  turkey  restoration  7+( 7+$1.6*,9,1* 785.(<6 RQ RXU WDEOHV WKLV KROLGD\ RULJLQDWHG was  derived  from  the  sale  of  hunting  IURP QDWLYH ZLOG WXUNH\V ZKRVH SRSXODWLRQV KDYH EHHQ UHVWRUHG DFURVV licenses  and  a  federal  tax  on  hunting  PXFK RI 1RUWK $PHULFD WKDQNV WR VFLHQWLÂżF ZLOGOLIH PDQDJHPHQW SUDFWLFHV equipment.

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Boyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  (Continued  from  Page  1A) Inside  you  can  see  where  the  logs  have  fallen  into  coals,  putting  out  that  distinctive  wood  heat.

The  sugar  shack  is  new  and  is  pan-­ eled  inside  with  white  cedar  logged  off  the  orchardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  property.  It  does  double  duty  as  the  tasting  room  for  the  Boyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  line  of  wines  and  hard  ciders,  which  include  Frontenac  Gris  and  La  Crescent  varietals  and  a  sparkling  hard  cider.  For  the  next  few  weeks,  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  offering  a  Vermont  twist  on  Beaujolais  Nouveau,  a  seven-­week-­ old  Marquette.

Later  Mark  tours  me  through  the  vineyard,  planted  just  seven  years  ago.  The  slanting  rays  of  the  sun  make  the  vines,  now  bare  except  for  a  single  bunch  that  still  clings  to  the  vine,  glow  golden.  The  best  part  is  a  cedar  post,  drilled  repeatedly  by  pile-­ ated  woodpeckers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  love  the  Brianna  grapes,â&#x20AC;?  says  Mark,  who  seems  delighted  to  share  with  the  birds  hammering  away  at  his  grape  posts.

Between  the  two  facing  hillsides  planted  in  close  to  20  varieties  of  cold  hardy  grapes  is  a  new  orchard,  the  trees  barely  waist  high,  planted  in  heirloom  apples  that  the  Boyers  have  selected  both  for  eating  and  for  mak-­ ing  hard  cider.  Mark  describes  how  his  son  and  father  worked  together  to  graft  the  new  trees  onto  root  stock,  using  switches  of  old  fashioned  hard  cider  apples  like  Kingston  Black,  Chisel  Jersey  and  Yarlington  Mill  tak-­ en  from  Poverty  Lane  Orchards  and  Farnum  Hill  Ciders  in  Lebanon,  N.H.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Antique  apples  are  important  for  English-­style  hard  ciders  because  of  how  their  tannins,  acids  and  sugars  provide  structure  and  contribute  to  WKHLU XQLTXH FLGHU Ă&#x20AC;DYRUV DQG DUR-­ mas,â&#x20AC;?  says  Mark.  Next  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  buds  are  popping  out  all  along  the  twig-­like  limbs  in  this  young  orchard.

Just  west  of  the  heirloom  apple  or-­ chard  is  an  abandoned  beaver  pond.  Mark  Boyer  explains  that  the  beavers  moved  in  years  back,  made  the  pond,  chewed  it  out  and  have  since  moved  on  to  other  quarters.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  dad  would  haul  in  trees  for  them  to  build  with,  and  then  my  par-­ ents  would  spend  hour  after  hour  just  sitting  by  the  pond  watching  the  bea-­ vers,â&#x20AC;?  Mark  said.

Driving  back  through  the  main  orchard  toward  the  sugar  shack,  it  strikes  me  that  November  is  an  espe-­

GENNY  BOYER  LADLES  some  fresh  apple  syrup  into  canning  jars,  which  will  be  sold  as  a  condiment  or  to  be  used  in  sweet  or  savory  cooking.

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cially  beautiful  time  to  sets,  Northern  Spy,  Boyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Orchard  and  visit  an  apple  orchard.  Galas,  Golden  Deli-­ Cider  Mill The  trees  are  stripped  cious,  and  Cortlands.

1823  Monkton  Rd.,  bare  of  leaves,  which  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hard  to  get  a  Monkton,  VT  05469 makes  them  look  a  better  apple  than  a  802-­453-­2248 bit  like  trees  drawn  McIntosh,â&#x20AC;?  says  Da-­ Sugarhouse  &  Tasting  by  kindergarteners  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  vid  Boyer,  who,  with  Room,  11  a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4  p.m.  stark  brown  branches  his  wife  Genny,  pur-­ through  Sunday,  Dec.  6.  with  red  globes  cling-­ The  Sugarhouse  &  Tasting  chased  the  original  ing.  Underneath  the  orchard  from  Walt  Room  will  reopen  for  trees  lies  a  red  Persian  Brown  in  1976. maple  sugaring  season carpet  of  drops.

David  believes  that  in  early  spring.

MAKING  APPLE  apple  cider  should  be  SYRUP OHIW XQÂżOWHUHG 7KH To  make  apple  syrup,  the  Boyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  pressed  cider  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;truckedâ&#x20AC;?  the  160  ¿UVW SUHVV FLGHU XS DW WKH DSSOH VKHG feet  or  so  down  to  the  sugar  shack  and  using  their  1859  apple  press.  The  day  pumped  15  gallons  at  a  time  into  the  I  visit,  the  cider  was  pressed  from  a  ¿UVW FKDPEHU LQ WKH HYDSRUDWRU $V LW mix  of  Macs,  Empires,  Roxbury  Rus-­ condenses,  the  syrup  makes  its  way Â

ONLY  A  FEW  apples  cling  to  trees  in  Boyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Orchard  in  Monkton  this  month,  and  some  of  those  harvested  earlier  in  the  fall  were  being  boiled  down  to  apple  syrup  in  the  farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  new  sugarhouse.

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through  the  four  chambers,  moving  from  one  to  the  next  as  it  reaches  the  right  viscosity.  Fifteen  gallons  has  been  reduced  to  three.  From  the  evaporator,  the  apple  syr-­ up  goes  into  a  large  tub  where  it  is  ei-­ ther  decanted  into  jars  immediately  or  left  to  settle  overnight  to  be  reheated  and  jarred  for  consumers  who  might  want  a  product  that  looks  clearer  and Â

has  less  apple  sediment.  Mark  says  it  takes  about  40  minutes  to  condense  the  cider  into  syrup.

Apple  syrup  can  be  used  like  maple  syrup,  as  a  condiment  or  as  an  ingre-­ dient  in  both  sweet  and  savory  cook-­ ing.  Roast  pork  with  apple  syrup,  anyone?

The  Boyers  grow  over  50  variet-­ ies  of  apples.  Visitors  can  purchase Â

picked  apples  or  pick  their  own.  Boy-­ erâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Orchard  also  raises  plums,  pears,  raspberries,  pumpkins  and  other  veg-­ etables  and  sells  baked  goods.  Bite  into  a  warm  cider  donut  and  you  will  not  regret  a  single  calorie.

The  brief  apple  syrup-­making  sea-­ son  is  over,  but  look  for  a  chance  to  see  it  made  at  Boyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Orchard  next  year.

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By  the  way  Addition  (Continued  from  Page  1A) in  the  sink  under  running  water  to  thaw  it  before  the  guests  arrived.  If  you  have  questions  about  your  bird  or  any  of  the  other  dishes  you  are  putting  on  your  Thanks-­ giving  dinner  table,  help  is  just  a  phone  call  away.  Anyone  can  call  the  USDA  Meat  &  Poultry  Hot-­ line  at  1-­888-­MPHotline  (1-­888-­ 674-­6854)  to  talk  to  a  food  safety  expert.  On  Thanksgiving  Day,  the  hotline  will  be  available  from  8  a.m.  to  2  p.m.  Eastern  Standard  Time.  Last  November  the  hotline,  which  has  been  around  for  30  years,  received  more  than  3,000  calls  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  mostly  about  Thanksgiving  dinner.  You  can  also  chat  live  with  a  food  safety  expert  online  at  Ask-­ Karen.gov,  available  from  10  a.m.  to  4  p.m.  EST,  Monday  through  Friday,  in  English  and  Spanish.  Consumers  with  more  food  safety  questions  can  visit  FoodSafety.gov  to  learn  more  about  how  to  safely  select,  thaw,  and  prepare  a  turkey.  If  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  enough,  the  USDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Food  Safety  Inspection  Service  will  provide  Thanksgiving  food  safety  information  during  Novem-­ ber  on  Twitter,  @USDAFoodSafe-­ ty,  and  on  Facebook,  at  Facebook. com/FoodSafety.gov.  Bon  appetit!

We  got  an  appropriate  Thanksgiv-­ ing  note  from  the  United  Way  of  Ad-­ dison  County.  This  past  weekend,  the  Friends  of  Panther  Hockey  helped  the  United  Way  raise  money  to  support  local  social  services  organizations  during  the  Middlebury  College  home  hockey  games.  United  Wayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Nancy  Luke  asked  us  to  pass  on  her  thanks  to  Friends  of  Panther  Hockey,  Scott  Needham  and  all  of  the  community  members,  students  and  team  parents  who  made  this  past  weekend  a  fun-­ draising  success.  Over  the  course  of  four  games,  they  raised  $2,046,  which  will  go  into  the  United  Way  of  Addison  County  general  fund.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your  support  of  United  Way  of  Addison  County  is  truly  appreciated  by  those  who  need  it  most,  the  thousands  of  needy  children  and  adults  who  par-­ ticipate  in  our  year-­round  programs  providing  access  to  health  care,  food,  shelter,  educational  opportunities,  safe  havens  for  teens  and  victims  of  domestic  violence,  transportation,  FRXQVHOLQJ ÂżQDQFLDO OLWHUDF\ FODVVHV tax  assistance,  and  so  much  more,â&#x20AC;?  Luke  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;On  behalf  of  the  partici-­ pants  in  these  programs  and  service  recipients  countywide,  we  thank  you  Friends  of  Panther  Hockey  for  in-­ cluding  us  in  your  philanthropy  and  for  your  continued  caring  for  those  in  need  in  our  community.â&#x20AC;?

(Continued  from  Page  1A) to  reach  the  goal.

Plans  submitted  to  the  DRB  show  a  two-­story  addition  with  a  standing  seam  roof  with  white  clapboard  exte-­ rior  designed  to  blend  seamlessly  into  the  historic  church  building  that  was  completed  in  1809.  So  important  is  the  building  to  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  The landscape  that  addition, its  image  has  among other become  part  of  things, Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  RIÂżFLDO VHDO is slated The  addition,  to host among  other  a â&#x20AC;&#x153;youth things,  is  slated  room,â&#x20AC;? four to  host  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;youth  classrooms, room,â&#x20AC;?  four  and a multi- classrooms,  and  a  multi-­purpose  purpose room with a room  with  a  kitchenette  that  kitchenette the  church  could  that the also  rent  out  to  church could other  groups.

Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also rent Design  Advi-­ out to other sory  Committee  groups. reviewed  the  addition  plans  three  times  before  giving  the  project  a  thumbs-­up.  The  DRB  late  last  month  reviewed  the  plans,  listened  to  a  pre-­ sentation  from  church  leaders,  and  then  unanimously  gave  the  project  its  conceptual  approval.  The  DRB  is  scheduled  to  take  another  look  at  the  project  on  Dec.  14.  The  addition  will  ultimately  require  a  setback  waiver,  as  related  to  its  positioning  along  Route Â

A  PLANNED  8,023-­square-­foot,  two-­story  addition  to  the  Congregational  Church  of  Middlebury  would  include  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;youth  room,â&#x20AC;?  four  classrooms,  and  a  multi-­purpose  room  with  a  kitchenette  that  the  church  could  rent  out.

7.  The  project  would  also  result  in  the  loss  of  a  few  parking  spaces  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  an-­ other  issue  that  the  DRB  will  ask  the  applicants  to  resolve.

Plans  also  call  for  the  congrega-­ WLRQ WR WDNH D ¿QDO YRWH RQ WKH SURMHFW ¿QDQFLQJ SODQ SULRU WR &KULVWPDV according  to  Hallam.

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smoothly,  Hallam  believes  con-­ struction  could  begin  next  fall,  with  work  lasting  around  a  year.  He  does  QRW H[SHFW ZRUN WR GLVUXSW WUDIÂżF LQ downtown  Middlebury.  A  key  factor  in  the  timing  of  the  project  will  be  the  churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  promise  to  give  Cobble  House  tenants  six  monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  notice  before  they  have  to  leave  that  build-­

ing.  The  Cobble  House  currently  contains  six  apartments,  according  to  Hallam.  Some  minor  asbestos  removal  work  will  need  to  be  done  before  the  Cobble  House  can  be  de-­ molished,  he  added. &KXUFK RI¿FLDOV QRWHG WKH QHZ DG-­ dition  will  be  built  up  to  Leadership  in  Energy  and  Environmental  De-­

sign  (LEED)  standards.  That  com-­ PLWPHQW WR HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQF\ VKRXOG minimize  operating  expenses  for  the  structure,  Hallam  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone  we  have  talked  to  be-­ lieves  the  project  is  outstanding,â&#x20AC;?  Hallam  said.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

The  Vermont  Agency  of  Edu-­ cation  will  recognize  two  dozen  outstanding  Vermont  students  as  the  2015  Vermont  U.S.  Presiden-­ tial  Scholars  at  a  ceremony  at  the  Vermont  Statehouse  next  Thurs-­ day.  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nominees  will  be  eligible  to  apply  for  the  U.S.  Presi-­ dential  Scholars  Program.  Among  those  being  honored  will  be  Otter  Valley  Union  High  School  senior  Emma  Cijka.

In  our  story  earlier  this  month  about  longtime  Middlebury  volun-­ teers  Al  and  Barbara  Stiles,  who  are  unfortunately  leaving  town,  we  mentioned  their  daughter  Ruth  but  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  mention  their  younger  daugh-­ ter,  Beth.  A  correspondent  told  us  that  despite  her  handicaps,  Beth  has  lived  on  her  own  for  years  and  years,  followed  her  parents  lead  in  being  an  active  volunteer,  traveled  to  many  places  around  the  world,  and  taught  herself  to  knit  with  one  hand.  Beth  lived  in  Middlebury  with  her  parents  from  age  16  to  22  and  graduated  from  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  told  that  Beth,  who  lives  in  Raleigh,  N.C.,  learned  to  play  the  trumpet  this  year  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  one  handed  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  so  that  she  could  salute  her  parents  at  their  recent  going-­away  party. Â

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Practices (Continued  from  Page  13A) Small  Farm  Operations  must  now  certify  annually  and  must  follow  the  RAPs.  Among  the  requirements,  small  farms  must: Â&#x2021; &UHDWH D IRUPDO QXWULHQW PDQ-­ agement  plan. Â&#x2021; *HW LQVSHFWHG HYHU\ \HDUV Â&#x2021; 5HGXFH RYHUDOO HURVLRQ WR WKH same  current  standard  as  MFOs  and  LFOs,  which  cuts  in  half  the  accept-­ able  rate  of  erosion. Â&#x2021; )ROORZ WKH VDPH UXOHV DV ODUJHU farms,  in  terms  of  storing  and  spread-­ ing  manure,  cover  cropping,  manag-­ ing  erosion,  and  excluding  livestock  from  waterways.

For  medium  farms  (200-­699  ma-­ ture  dairy  cows)  and  large  farms  (700  or  more  dairy  cows),  the  changes  are  OHVV VXEVWDQWLDO EXW DUH VLJQL¿FDQW nonetheless.

Under  current  Accepted  Agricul-­ tural  Practices,  medium  and  large  farms  already  must  keep  permits  up  to  date,  report  annually  and  create  a  formal  nutrient  management  plan.

The  new  Draft  RAPs  require  MFOs  to  have  more  frequent  inspections  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  HYHU\ WKUHH \HDUV LQVWHDG RI HYHU\ ÂżYH â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  pay  a  permit  fee  of  $1,500.

The  new  Draft  RAPs  require  LFOs  to  continue  to  be  inspected  annually  and  to  pay  a  permit  fee  of  $2,500.

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AN  UNIDENTIFIED  MAN,  above,  and  Middlebury  resident  Sean  Fahey,  right,  are  among  the  diverse  number  of  people  who  have  enjoyed  play-­ ing  bocce  on  temporary  courts  that  have  been  set  up  in  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  recreation  park.

Bocce  (Continued  from  Page  1A) local  courts  for  the  sport.  Bocce  players  toss/roll  metal  balls  (about  the  size  of  a  softball)  down  the  court  to  come  closest  to  a  small  ball,  known  as  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;jack.â&#x20AC;?  Strategy  often  includes  dislodging  an  oppo-­ nentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  ball  out  of  prime  position.  The  team  ending  up  with  balls  closest  to  the  jack  scores  points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  growing  sport,â&#x20AC;?  said  McFer-­ ran,  who  has  played  bocce  on  several  continents  and  now  regularly  partici-­ pates  in  tournaments  in  Rutland  and  Burlington.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  it  would  be  easy  to  get  public  interest.â&#x20AC;?

Bocce  is  particularly  popular  in  Europe.  It  is  common,  notably  in  It-­ aly  and  Spain,  to  see  people  engaged  in  spirited  bocce  games  in  village  parks.  In  Vermont,  the  Italian  Ameri-­ can  Club  has  an  active  bocce  sched-­ ule  in  Rutland,  while  the  Burlington  Bocce  Club  holds  regular  competi-­ tions  in  Oakledge  Park.

With  Middlebury  midway  between  those  two  cities,  McFerran  sees  an  opportunity  for  a  local  bocce  facil-­ ity  to  host  tournaments  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  thus  bring  shoppers  and  diners  to  Addison  Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  shire  town.  He  added  oper-­ ators  of  local  inns  have  agreed  that  the  sport  would  provide  a  fun  recre-­ ational  outlet  for  lodgers  looking  for  a  low-­impact  game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  as  competitive  as  you  want  it  to  be,â&#x20AC;?  Arnold  said  of  the  sport.

McFerran  said  putting  bocce  courts  at  the  recreation  park  would  be  convenient  for  many  potential  players.  The  spot  is  close  to  Mary  Hogan  Elementary  School  and,  of  course,  the  warming  hut,  which  will  soon  be  the  location  of  the  Addison  Central  Teens  center.  The  spot  that  is  targeted  for  the  bocce  courts  has  been  the  home  of  a  one-­day  bocce  tournament  sponsored  by  the  Coun-­ seling  Service  of  Addison  County  for  the  past  few  summers.

And  Middlebury  is  home  to  two  substantial  retirement  communities  whose  residents  have  transportation  options  to  get  to  the  courts.  In  addi-­ tion,  Middlebury  College  has  many  students,  faculty  members  and  staff  of  diverse  backgrounds  who  have  al-­ ready  had  a  lot  of  exposure  to  bocce. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  a  sport  that  is  low  cost  or  no  cost  to  people,â&#x20AC;?  McFerran  said,  pointing  to  the  potential  for  sets  of  bocce  balls  to  be  loaned  to  players  for  matches.

Arnold  and  her  colleagues  are  busy  trying  to  turn  the  bocce  idea  into  reality.  To  that  end,  they  are  tar-­ geting  two  grants  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  one  through  the  state  of  Vermont  that  requires  a  lo-­ cal  match,  and  the  other  through  the  National  Recreation  and  Park  As-­ sociation  (NRPA).  The  NRPA  grant  comes  with  a  crowd-­funding  effort,  an  online  platform  through  which  donors  will  be  able  to  target  their  FRQWULEXWLRQV VSHFLÂżFDOO\ DW WKH SUR-­ posed  Middlebury  bocce  courts.  That  crowd-­funding  campaign  will  take  place  during  a  30-­day  period  early  next  spring.

Arnold  has  also  proposed  to  use  $12,500  in  municipal  capital  funds  DOORWWHG IRU IXWXUH UHFUHDWLRQ ¿HOG improvements  and  $5,000  in  sup-­ plies  money  in  the  budget  to  apply  to  the  local  match  requirement  for  the  state  grant.

Private  donations  will  also  be  criti-­ cal  for  the  project,  estimated  to  cost  around  $65,000,  according  to  Ar-­ nold.  That  would  include  a  70-­foot-­ by-­120-­foot  area  for  bocce  courts  and  a  pavilion  structure  that  would  provide  a  74-­foot-­by-­120-­foot  cover  for  the  facility.  A  pavilion  would  al-­ low  folks  to  play  bocce  during  every  season  but  winter.

Arnold  noted  the  project  could  ini-­ tially  be  limited  to  one  court  if  fund-­ ing  lags.

Organizers  of  the  bocce  project  will  need  to  receive  an  OK  from  the  ID-­4  school  board,  which  has  au-­ thority  over  new  construction  in  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  recreation  park.  Arnold  said Â

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she  has  reached  out  to  ID-­4  board  Chairwoman  Ruth  Hardy  to  schedule  a  presentation  of  the  plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  gotten  good  response,â&#x20AC;?  Arnold  said  of  community  reaction  thus  far  to  the  bocce  proposal.

Anyone  interested  in  contributing  to  the  bocce  courts  project  can  send  their  checks  to  Middlebury  Parks  &  Recreation,  c/o  Town  of  Middlebury,  94  Main  St.,  Middlebury,  VT  05753.  Donors  should  mark  â&#x20AC;&#x153;bocce  courtâ&#x20AC;?  in  the  memo  line  of  their  check.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

BLUE  SPRUCE  FARMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S  Marie  Audet  speaks  out  about  the  importance  of  environmental  stewardship  at  last  Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Agency  of  Agriculture  hearing  in  Middlebury.  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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Highlights  of  these  new  rules  in-­ clude: Â&#x2021; :LGHU EXIIHUV ² QRZ IHHW up  from  10  feet  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  between  ma-­ QXUH VSUHDG RQ ÂżHOGV DQG DGMRLQLQJ streams  and  rivers. Â&#x2021; :LGHU EXIIHUV ² QRZ IHHW up  from  100  feet  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  between  manure  stacks  and  wells,  public  water  sup-­ plies,  streams  and  rivers. Â&#x2021; *UHDWHU Ă&#x20AC;H[LELOLW\ IRU WKH 6HF-­ retary  of  Agriculture  to  extend  the  winter  ban  on  manure  spreading, Â&#x2021; $ EDQ RQ VSUHDGLQJ PDQXUH RQ ÂżHOGV WKDW WHVW IRU JUHDWHU WKDQ parts  per  million  for  phosphorus  RU LQ VRPH FDVHV ÂżHOGV WKat  have  a  slope  of  greater  than  10  percent  and  that  adjoin  a  stream  or  river. Â&#x2021; &RYHU FURSV EHLQJ UHTXLUHG RQ ÂżHOGV VXEMHFW WR Ă&#x20AC;RRGLQJ Â&#x2021; /LYHVWRFN EHLQJ IHQFHG RXW RI rivers  and  streams  except  at  desig-­ nated  crossing  and  watering  areas.

Additionally,  all  operators  of  SFOs,  MFOs  or  LFOs  must  get  at Â

OHDVW IRXU KRXUV RI WUDLQLQJ HYHU\ ÂżYH years.  Those  who  do  custom  manure  VSUHDGLQJ PXVW QRZ EH FHUWLÂżHG DQG JHW HLJKW KRXUV RI WUDLQLQJ HYHU\ ÂżYH years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  more  aware  than  ever  that  anyone  who  owns  land,  these  rules  apply  to,â&#x20AC;?  said  Marie  Audet  of  Blue  Spruce  Farm  in  Bridport,  which  milks  500  dairy  cows  and  is  a  recipi-­ HQW RI WKH *RYHUQRUÂśV $ZDUG IRU (Q-­ vironmental  Excellence.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many  of  us  who  have  had  these  operating  permits  for  years  and  years,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  common  language.  We  un-­ derstand  the  science,  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  comfort-­ able  with  the  science,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  more  about  educating  all  of  us  who  live  here  even  if  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  a  large  farm  or  a  medium  farm,â&#x20AC;?  said  Au-­ det.  Then,  looking  around  the  room  VWLOO ÂżOOHG ZLWK IDUPHUV DQLPDWHGO\ discussing  the  Draft  RAPs,  she  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;To  get  this  many  farmers  to  come  out  and  do  this  is  huge.  This  is  huge.â&#x20AC;?

Reporter  Gaen  Murphree  is  at  gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

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