Sept 30 2013

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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  â€”  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-­on,  on-­ the-­water  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€?  â€”  B-­WET,  for  short  ² JUDQW IURP WKH 1DWLRQDO 2FHDQLF and  Atmospheric  Administration.  Those  nine  B-­WET  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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Big weekend games played

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  â€”  As  Hospice  9ROXQWHHU 6HUYLFHV 'LUHFWRU 3ULVFLOOD Baker  knows,  death  can  be  a  tough  subject  to  discuss  â€”  particularly  when  it  involves  one’s  own  mortal-­ ity  or  that  of  a  loved  one. Âł:H DUH D GHDWK SKRELF VRFLHW\ ´ VKH VDLG RQ 7KXUVGD\ Âł:H ZDQW WR KHOS SHRSOH ÂżQG WKH ULJKW ODQJXDJH and  safety  in  the  conversation.â€? 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  County’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  isn’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-­

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 nation’s  food  and  nutrition  policy.  First  created  by  Congress  in  1933,  the  farm  bill  is  tradition-­ (See  Farm  bill,  Page  34)


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