MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 25 No. 31
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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36 Pages
75¢
Ecology  classes  hit the  water
Maritime  museum  to  train  teachers By  ANDY  KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH  —  An  $18,000  federal  grant  awarded  to  the  Lake  Champlain  Maritime  Museum  will  allow  museum  staff  to  offer  the  re- gion’s  teachers  free  hands-Âon,  on- the-Âwater  training,  and  the  materials  they  need  to  offer  that  same  outdoor  ecology  education  to  their  students  over  the  next  two  years.  According  to  Lake  Champlain  0DULWLPH 0XVHXP /&00 RIÂż- cials,  the  Ferrisburgh  museum  is  the  ¿UVW LQ 9HUPRQW WR UHFHLYH D Âł1HZ England  Bay  Watershed  Education  and  Trainingâ€?  —  B-ÂWET,  for  short  ² JUDQW IURP WKH 1DWLRQDO 2FHDQLF and  Atmospheric  Administration.  Those  nine  B-ÂWET  grants  awarded  last  week,  according  to  an  LCMM  SUHVV UHOHDVH DUH LQWHQGHG ÂłWR IRVWHU greater  understanding  of  and  connec- tion  to  local  watersheds.â€? As  Ben  Mayock,  the  LCMM’s  2Q :DWHU (FRORJ\ &RRUGLQDWRU D (See  Ecology,  Page  7)
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Local groups staging play to spur dialogue about death
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Gotcha! LINCOLN  COMMUNITY  SCHOOL  student  Eli  Burgess  gets  tagged  by  classmates  Creed  Stilwell  and  Neil  Guy  while  Dustin  Lavigne  looks  on  during  a  game  of  touch  football  at  recess  last  Wednesday  afternoon. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  As  Hospice  9ROXQWHHU 6HUYLFHV 'LUHFWRU 3ULVFLOOD Baker  knows,  death  can  be  a  tough  subject  to  discuss  —  particularly  when  it  involves  one’s  own  mortal- ity  or  that  of  a  loved  one. ³:H DUH D GHDWK SKRELF VRFLHW\ ´ VKH VDLG RQ 7KXUVGD\ ³:H ZDQW WR KHOS SHRSOH ¿QG WKH ULJKW ODQJXDJH and  safety  in  the  conversation.� What  better  way  to  do  that,  she  (See  Hospice,  Page  22)
Dairies endangered as farm bill expires By  ZACH  DESPART $'',621 &2817< ² 7KH DQWLFLSDWHG H[- piration  of  the  U.S.  farm  bill  on  Tuesday  could  increase  uncertainty  for  one  of  Addison  Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  major  business  sectors,  as  well  as  cast  doubt  on  the  future  of  food  security  programs  used  by  local  residents. Âł'DLU\ IDUPHUV ZLOO EH OHIW ZLWKRXW D VDIHW\
QHW ´ 5HS 3HWHU :HOFK 9HUPRQWÂśV ORQH FRQJUHVV- man,  said  on  Friday.  The  farm  bill  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  the  only  looming  deadline  Congress  is  facing.  If  Congress  does  not  agree  on  D EXGJHW IRU ÂżVFDO \HDU ZKLFK EHJLQV 7XHV- day,  the  federal  government  will  shut  down. As  Congress  attempts  to  avoid  a  shutdown,  which  would  close  many  federal  agencies,  includ-Â
ing  the  USDA,  passing  a  new  farm  bill  anytime  soon  seems  increasingly  unlikely. THE  FARM  BILL The  farm  bill,  formally  known  as  the  Food,  &RQVHUYDWLRQ DQG (QHUJ\ $FW RI VHWV WKH nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  food  and  nutrition  policy.  First  created  by  Congress  in  1933,  the  farm  bill  is  tradition- (See  Farm  bill,  Page  34)