MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 26 No. 29
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, September 22, 2014
New  Haven  grapples  with  expansion  of  solar  arrays Local soccer rivals meet ‡ 98+6 08+6 DQG 0RXQW $EH WHDPV DOO PHW HDFK RWKHU ODWH ODVW ZHHN 6HH ZKDW KDSSHQHG LQ 6SRUWV 3DJH
By  ZACH  DESPART NEW  HAVEN  —  A  New  Haven  couple  has  raised  concerns  about  a  solar  array  that  was  re- cently  approved  —  over  their  objection  —  for  construction  near  their  Dog  Team  Road  home. This  episode  and  a  series  of  proposed  solar  projects  in  town,  including  one  that  would  be  among  the  largest  ever  built  in  Vermont,  have  many  residents  wondering  what  will  become  of  their  beautiful  views  of  the  landscape. 7KH 3XEOLF 6HUYLFH %RDUG RQ 6HSW DS- proved  a  1-Âacre,  150-Âkilowatt  solar  array  at Â
1195  Dog  Team  Road,  on  property  owned  by  John  Meshna.  The  project  will  be  built  by  6XQ&RPPRQ D VRODU ÂżUP EDVHG LQ :DWHUEXU\ and  will  connect  to  the  Green  Mountain  Pow- er  grid  for  distribution.  Jess  Whitney  and  Dale  Hastings,  who  are  retired,  live  on  the  property  adjacent  to  Mesh- na’s.  They  built  their  home  in  2001,  and  chose  the  location  because  of  the  scenic  views  of  the  Green  Mountains  to  the  east,  across  Route  7. “This  view  is  why  we  spent  our  money  to  (See  New  Haven,  Page  7)
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Healthy  menu  nets  national  kudos  for  Ferrisburgh  school By  ANDY  KIRKALDY )(55,6%85*+ ² 2QH GD\ HDUOLHU WKLV PRQWK WKH SXQJHQW VPHOO RI EDVLO ¿OOHG WKH )HUULVEXUJK &HQWUDO 6FKRROœV IURQW KDOOZD\ On  other  days,  students  carried  into  the  building  baskets  of  onions,  potatoes,  or  any  of  a  number  of  other  vegetables  from  the  school’s  garden,  almost  all  of  which  are  offered  to  and  then  eaten  by  the  (See  Ferrisburgh,  Page  14)
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RETIRED  40TH  ARMY  Band  members  James  Lanpher,  left,  Peter  Young  and  David  Ingham  are  spearheading  an  effort  to  stop  the  proposed  decommissioning  of  the  band.  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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Trio to brass: Keep 40th Army Band intact By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  If  it  weren’t  for  a  federal  rule  stipulating  retire- ment  by  age  60,  Jim  Lanpher,  Peter  Young  and  David  Ingham  would  still  be  performing  in  the  40th  Army  Band  of  the  Vermont  National  Guard.  For  them,  117  years  of  combined  service  among  them  really  wasn’t Â
enough  —  they  still  occasionally  show  up  at  band  rehearsals,  instru- ments  in  tow,  hoping  for  an  invita- tion  to  join  in. “Aside  from  my  family,  there  is  nothing  I  have  done  in  my  life  that  I  am  more  proud  of,â€?  said  Ingham,  a  Huntington  native  who  begrudg- ingly  packed  up  his  trumpet  after  41  years  with  the  40th  —  an  all-Â
time  record. “The  band  has  been  like  family  to  me  for  a  number  of  years,â€?  echoed  Young  of  Orwell,  a  trombone  play- er,  whose  38-Âyear  run  concluded  in  2003. “I  miss  it  a  lot,â€?  lamented  Lan- pher,  a  Vergennes  resident  and  trum- pet  player  who  in  2009  also  had  to  step  away  after  38  years.
With  that  many  years  of  love  and  GHYRWLRQ LQYHVWHG LQ WKH RXW¿W RQH can  understand  how  these  comrades  LQ EUDVV DUH KDYLQJ D GLI¿FXOW WLPH swallowing  this  bit  of  news,  con- ¿UPHG RQ 6HSW E\ WK $UP\ Band  leader  David  Myers:  The  40th  is  slated  to  be  decommissioned  at  the  end  of  2017,  and  Vermont  Guard  (See  Army  band,  Page  34)