MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 25 No. 32
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, October 7, 2013
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44 Pages
75¢
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A  good  toss LINCOLN  COMMUNITY  SCHOOL  sixth-Âgrader  Rosemary  Thurber  enjoys  trying  her  hand  at  tossing  pizza  dough  while  schoolmates  Jess  Oldham,  left,  and  Bill  Breault  look  on  during  a  bread-Âmaking  dem- onstration  late  last  month  by  bakers  from  King  Arthur  Flour. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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