MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 25 No. 28
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, September 2, 2013
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32 Pages
75¢
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a  Thursday  email  to  the  Independent.  ³6R WKLV RSHQV XS D JRRG FKDQFH RI RQJRLQJ HGXFDWLRQ ZLWK VWXGHQWV IDFXOW\ DQG DOXPQL , DGPLUH 5RQ /LHERZLW] HQRUPRXVO\ DQG , ORRN IRUZDUG WR WKH WLPH ZKHQ KLV WUXVWHHV enable  him  to  make  a  statement  more  FRQVLVWHQW ZLWK WKH FRUH YDOXHV RI WKH (See  Divestment,  Page  14)
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Nice  kitty JOHN  HOUSKEEPER  OF  the  Middlebury  College  Museum  of  Art  removes  some  excess  wax  from  the  panther  sculpture  at  Youngman  Field  as  part  of  a  cleaning  and  polishing  he  performed  last  Tuesday.  Houskeeper,  a  sculptor  himself,  visits  sculptures  around  the  college  campus  on  a  regular  basis  to  check  on  their  condition  and  give  them  some  TLC. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
Burrows caps ‘Tour de ACSU’ By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  When  Addison  Central  Supervisory  Union  (ACSU)  Superintendent  Peter  Burrows  says  he’s  going  to  cycle  through  the  dis- trict’s  seven  elementary  schools  to  wish  the  stu- GHQWV ZHOO RQ WKHLU ÂżUVW GD\ RI FODVVHV KH PHDQV it  —  literally. 6R LW ZDV ZLWK GHOLJKW DGPLUDWLRQ DQG D OLWWOH LQ- credulity  that  teachers  and  students  at  Cornwall’s  %LQJKDP 0HPRULDO 6FKRRO JUHHWHG D ÂżW DQG SHU- VSLULQJ %XUURZV RQ :HGQHVGD\ DV KH VWHSSHG RII KLV WUXVW\ ELNH IROORZLQJ WKH WKLUG OHJ RI D PLOH
meet-Âand-Âgreet  odyssey  that  took  him  to  seven  schools  in  roughly  seven  hours. “I  could  drive;Íž  it  would  probably  have  been  a  ORW HDVLHU ² HVSHFLDOO\ LQ WKLV KXPLGLW\ ´ KH WROG DQ LQTXLVLWLYH &RUQZDOO ÂżIWK JUDGHU ZKR DVNHG why  the  new  superintendent  hadn’t  simply  made  the  trip  by  car. Âł, JXHVV , SLFNHG D EDG GD\ WR GR WKLV ´ KH DF- NQRZOHGJHG ZLWK D FKXFNOH KLV ZKLWH VKLUW DQG EODFN WLH VDWXUDWHG ZLWK VZHDW +H GXWLIXOO\ ZRUH KLV ELNH KHOPHW DQG FXII FOLSV IRU KLV WURXVHUV (See  Burrows,  Page  23)
Town  land  sale  could  aid  gallery  expansion By  JOHN  FLOWERS 0,''/(%85< ² 0LGGOHEXU\ RI¿FLDOV KDYH JLYHQ WKHLU SUHOLPLQDU\ QRG WR WKH VDOH RI D VPDOO VWULS RI WRZQ RZQHG ODQG WKDW ZRXOG DOORZ WKH Edgewater  Gallery  building  at  1  Mill  St.  to  ex- pand  to  perhaps  include  a  new  restaurant. According  to  a  proposed  agreement  between  WKH WRZQ DQG (GJHZRRG 3URSHUW\ +ROGLQJV //& WKH WRZQ ZRXOG VHOO D VWULS RI ODQG ³DW OHDVW IHHW DQG QR PRUH WKDQ IHHW ZLGH´ DGMDFHQW WR (See  Edgewater,  Page  31)
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