The Eagle 03-06-2010

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Second ferry slip open; big trucks ok onboard

Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) Secretary David Dill and New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Acting Commissioner Stanley Gee today announced that the second ferry slips at the Lake Champlain Ferry between Crown Point, N.Y., and Addison, Vt, have been completed and are open for service.

The states have lifted the temporary weight and axle

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Addison man allegedly stole school buses ADDISON — On the morning of Feb. 18, New Haven Trooper Andrew Leise responded to the report of a school bus theft from the Addison Central School in Addison.

Betcha Transit reported one of their school buses was stolen from the school sometime between Feb. 17 and the morning of Feb. 18. The bus was later located on Market Road in Bridport.

The operator of the bus lost control and came to rest in a field after striking a tree. The operator was not present when the bus was located. The bus sustained approximately $1,219 in damages and repair costs as reported by Betcha.

Follow up investigation was conducted and Jeremy P. Roberts, age 27, of Addison, was interviewed at the New Haven State Police Barracks Feb. 23.

Investigators learned that Roberts took the school bus without permission and subsequently wrecked it on Market Road.

Investigation revealed that Roberts also took four other school buses without permission over the past 2-3 years after losing his job at Betcha-Transit in Middlebury.

Roberts had been employed with Betcha-Transit in Middlebury as a bus driver.

Roberts was issued a citation for aggravated operation without owners consent as well as operation without owners consent and will be required to appear in Addison County District Court on March 22.

Middlebury Police Department Detective Vegar Boe also issued Roberts a citation for operation without owners consent in conjunction with the cases Middlebury P.D. was actively investigating.

CHILI FOODFEST — Various Addison County restaurants and local volunteer organizations, as well as other groups from outside the county, participated in the second annual Winter Carnival and Chili Festival in downtown Middlebury last weekend. Here, an employee of Tourterelle Restaurant serves up a cup of sensational chili to a hungry customer. Tourterelle was one of the chili winners at this year’s event. See story on page 3.

Photo by Lou Varricchio

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Burglaries, DUIs on the rise Feb. 15, 2010 * Welfare check, West Shore Road, Salisbury. * Mailbox vandalism, Old Jerusalem Road, Leicester. * Theft of tools and other items from a residence, Bennett Road, Monkton. * Theft of prescription medication from a residence, Halpin Road, New Haven. * Assisted Ticonderoga Police Department in attempting to locate a subject, Shellhouse Mountain Road, Ferrisburgh. * Traffic hazard, dead deer in road, Bristol Road, Monkton.

Feb. 16 * Threats made to a resident of Shoreham. * Threats made to a resident of Addison.

Feb. 17 * Theft of tools from a residence, Vermont Route 30, Cornwall. * Phone problem, Vermont Route 116, Bristol. * Theft of a school bus, Vermont Route 17, Addison. The bus was recovered.

Feb. 18 * Cited Neil Connors, age 23, of Burlington into court for driving with license suspended and possession of marijuana, U.S. Route 7, Salisbury.

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* Cited Neil Connors, age 23, of Burlington into court for driving with license suspended, U.S. Route 7, Salisbury * Theft of speakers from a vehicle, Vermont Route 22A, Panton. * Welfare check, Ripton Road, Lincoln. * Trespassing, East River Road, Lincoln. * Assisted Vergennes Police Department with a family fight, Maple Manor, Vergennes.

Feb. 19 * One vehicle rollover, no injuries, Vermont Route 125, Bridport. * Assisted Vergennes Police Department with a subject, Maple Manor, Vergennes. * Trespassing, Lincoln Road, Ripton. * Assisted Addison County Sheriff ’s Department with a subject, Hollow Road, Monkton.

Feb. 20 * Welfare check, Ripton Road, Lincoln. * Burglary, Vermont Route 30, Cornwall. * Burglary at a residence, Lake Dunmore Road, Leicester. * Animal problem, cows loose, Botsford Road, Ferrisburgh. * Threatening telephone calls to a resident of Ferrisburgh.

Feb. 21 * Assisted Bristol Police Department with a motor vehicle stop, Liberty Street, Bristol. * Burglary and theft of a check book and other items from a residence, Singing Cedars Road, Orwell.

During the past week State Police responded to two burglar alarms, four 911 hang-ups, and one Relief From Abuse order.

Additional citations issued during the past week: * Cited Jesse Martin, age 29, of Brandon into Court for Simple Assault, Horton Road, Orwell – Dec. 26, 2009. * Cited Jason Smith, age 30, of Rutland into Court for Violation of an Abuse Prevention Order–Jan. 30. * Cited Rupert Larock, age 37, of Whiting into Court for Simple Assault, Leicester Whiting Road, Whiting–Jan. 30.

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* Cited Stephen Elmore, age 27, of Charlotte into Court for Driving Under the Influence & Careless & Negligent Operation, Botsford Road, Ferrisburgh–Feb. 13.

Feb. 22 * Internet fraud, Delorm Road, Leicester. * Two vehicle accident, no injuries, East River Road, Lincoln. * One vehicle accident, no injuries, Monkton Road, Bristol.

Feb. 23 * Family fight, Philion Road, Shoreham. * Phone problem, Jersey Street, Panton. *One vehicle accident, no injuries, Lake Dunmore Road, Leicester.

Feb. 24 * One vehicle accident, no injuries, US Route 7, Salisbury. *One vehicle accident, no injuries, Vermont Route 22A, Orwell. * Two vehicle accident, with injuries, Vermont Route 17, Bristol. * Family fight, Vaughn Court, Monkton. * Animal problem, horse loose, Vermont Route 116, Bristol.

Feb. 25 * Wanted person, Lovers Lane, Bristol.

Feb. 26 * One vehicle accident, no injuries, Stillmeadow Lane, Addison. * Attempted burglary, Hunt Farm Road, Bristol. * Two vehicle accident, no injuries, U.S. Route 7, Ferrisburgh. * One vehicle accident, no injuries, Cobble Road, Bristol. * Family fight, Main Street, New Haven.

Feb. 27 * Trespassing, Perkins Road, Weybridge. * Assisted Bristol Police Department in arresting two subjects wanted on warrants, Main Street, Bristol.

Feb. 28 * Cited Abigael Hoeschler, age 22, of Middlebury into Court for Driving Under the Influence, U.S. Route 7, Middlebury. * Vandalism to a vehicle, Lake Dunmore Road, Leicester. * Welfare check, Hunt Farm Road, Bristol. * Trespassing, Horton Road, Orwell.

Additional citations issued: * Cited Nicholas Recalde, age 19, of New York into Court for Excessive Speed and Careless & Negligent Operation, Vermont Route 22A, Orwell–Feb. 4. * Cited Michael Stephan, age 41, of New York into Court for Possession of Marijuana, Cold Spring Road, Bristol–Feb. 6. * Cited Johnathan Berry, age 26, of Rutland into Court for Possession of Marijuana, U.S. Route 7, Leicester-Feb 6. * Cited Christian Jordan, age 24, of Burlington into Court for Driving Under the Influence, U.S. Route 7, Salisbury–Feb. 14. * Cited Christopher Christian, age 21, of Orwell into Court for Careless & Negligent Operation, Vermont Route 73, Orwell–Feb. 16. * Cited Craig Shepard, age 20, of Starksboro into Court for Possession of Marijuana, Vermont Route 116, Bristol–Feb. 17.

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The lottery will be held on March 19, 2010.

If you have any questions, please contact Deena Miller at 877-1312.

PROFESSIONALS: •Best Overall Chili American Flatbread at the Marbleworks (Pork Chili) •Best Beef Chili Winner: The Middlebury Inn 2nd: The Waybury Inn 3rd: Greg’s Meat Market •Best Poultry Chili Winner: The Grapevine Grille 2nd: Subway 3rd: Tully & Marie’s tied with Basin Harbor Club •Best Pork Chili Winner: 51 Main St. tied with American Flatbread at the Marbleworks 2nd: The Grapevine Grille 3rd: Tourterelle •Best Game Chili Winner: Two Brothers Tavern 2nd: Middlebury College 3rd: Tourterelle •Best Lamb Chili Winner: The Grapevine Grille 2nd: Mister Up’s •Best Veggie Chili Winner: Basin Harbor Club 2nd: The Waybury Inn 3rd: Two Brothers Tavern •Best Kitchen Sink Chili Winner: Middlebury Bagel & Delicatessen 2nd: Café Provence tied with The Antidote 3rd: Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op

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The second Annual Middlebury Winter Carnival and Chili Contest was a big success, according to event organizers. An estimated 2,000 people walked the streets of Middlebury Feb. 27 to sample 76 different kinds of chili served by 43 statewide vendors.

Several attendees told the Eagle that they had never seen so many people on the streets of downtown Middlebury.

The open-air event also boasted music from the Bristol folk quartet Fire in the Kitchen, D.J. Benno and the Middlebury College a cappella group the Mamajamas.

Attendees also enjoyed sled dog demonstrations and snowshoe races on the town green, a fire throwing demonstration by the Flying Fists, as well as an open house at the Middlebury Fire Station.

Below are the recipients of the top professional and amateur prizes in contest. Results will also be posted on the Better Middlebury Partnership website: www.bettermiddleburypartnership.org.

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AMATEURS: •Best Beef Chili Winner: Middlebury Fire Department 2nd: Bruce Grove 3rd: MVAA •Best Poultry Chili Winner: Cornwall Fire Department 2nd: Orwell Fire Department •Best Pork Chili Winner: Middlebury Fire Department 71792

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Sex and the Logger H

ere I am sitting at a fancy Stowe, Vt., sandwich shop—the kind with WiFi and $5 a cup coffee— typing my weekly column on a sleek, silver laptop.

Normally, I do my work at my home, but this time my appointments—which start with the funeral of a friend’s mother—are scattered in such a “spray” as to not allow me to return home until past midnight. So, I’ve thrown in the towel and joined the in-crowd by doing my personal work in front of strangers.

It feels funny, stupid—even elitist—to be engrossed in my own little world at a shop counter blasting the keyboard in a way that implies I’m getting something important done; something much more important than eating.

In many towns in Vermont these days, paths of life lead us to stand-up ordering overpriced hummus-stuffed Falafels. One could say $9 organic pulled-pork wraps are nothing more than a sign of the trendy times. But if my dad (pre-dementia) were to come down from heaven and see me typing on this electronic metal tablet, he wouldn’t recognize me. It would be the thought of the Logger stepping foot into one of these pannini boutique food shops that would get me laughed out of town—but it doesn’t.

I’m bemused—and maybe more to the point: insecure—knowing the Lord designed and built my mind and body to do physical work, not namby pamby typing, dreaming, and thinking-type work.

Physical work would require that I eat at places designed for the common man: places that cook with Crisco not Orzo. Places where everybody knows your name (and not so much your alma mater).

My job is evidence that I’ve let the Lord, and myself down; but still I rest well knowing that if my job doesn’t require me to heavy lift, I’ve certainly worked hard at intending it to uplift.

Is where you are where you thought you might be? Is where you

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the constellation. M41 is located south of the star Sirius and is approximately 195 million years old. Most of M41’s approximately 100 stars are aging from the main sequence growth stage to the red-giant stage.

If you’d like to try your hand at deep-sky astrophotography, M41 is a good target; its red-giant stars provide rich colors with long-exposure photography.

Two other Canis Major galaxies worth mentioning are NGC 2207 and IC 2163, located 144 million light years from Earth.

Vast gravitational forces emanating from NGC 2207 are stretching and contorting IC 2163. As a result, IC 2163 is in the process of flinging streams of plasma and dust 200,000 light years into space. Both galaxies will continue this slow motion head-on collision for millions, perhaps billions of years. When the collision stops—and the titanic event will eventually come to rest—both galaxies will cease to exist as separate entities. The afterbirth will form a completely new galaxy, a galaxy that will incorporate the stars and planets from the original structures.

Visit the Internet and check out the Hubble Site’s stunning NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of

are where you want to be?

Have you recently stood on the outside looking in at yourself to see where you are? Well, tell you what—I like where I am even if the palm of my hands are soft.

I started adult life being a calloused-handed man, but my passion led me to where I am today: sitting typing, eating a granola parfait.

But I’m okay with that. Why wouldn’t I be? It’s a pretty easy life. If you aren’t okay with where you’re at, make some changes soon; we’re all getting old even if you’re age 19.

On that same subject…well, not really, I want to recommend a DVD I watched the other night. Don’t laugh—the movie is titled, “Sex in the City.”

My Mom told me her girlfriends were planning on watching “Sex in the City;” I wondered if my mother knew what she was getting herself into? I am sure she hadn’t seen the television show and I told her there would be graphic nudity, cussin’, and frank sexual conversation; knowing her, I was pretty sure she would be uncomfortable watching it. She agreed with me and said she’d pass.

For me, however, the video started out a bit slow, boring, and predictable. It never reached a level of unpredictability, but after the first 20 minutes or so it layered into believability. When I see a flick I want to be able to believe the story, and I want to care about the characters.

I’m not saying I cared a great deal about all the characters throughout, but there were certainly many more moments of truth in the movie than I expected. There were funny moments, too. The gals in the ensemble are sharp as far as I’m concerned, they got the job done—and than some. I liked actor Chris Noth who plays the lead male character. I’m surprised—the DVD will appeal to men almost as well as women. I liked “Sex in the City,” but you know what? You might hate it. Who’s to say really?

So I’ll just say, for me, “Sex in the City,” was entertaining. Of course, I rented it with low expectations; so see that colors my positive recommendation right there.

Guys, as far as the nudity goes you won’t like it—‘cause the nude scenes are mostly shot for the voyeuristic pleasure of the female audience.

By the way Mom, you’re definitely not allowed to see this DVD movie.

Rusty DeWees tours Vermont and Northern New York with his act “The Logger.” His column appears weekly. He can be reached at rustyd@pshift.com. Listen for The Logger, Rusty DeWees, Thursdays at 7:40 on the Big Station, 98.9 WOKO or visit his website at www.thelogger.com

Ceres triumphant

A skyful of galaxies hen it comes to galactic objects and clusters, the constellation Canis Major has a lot to offer. This constellation includes a variety of island universes; it even contains a stunning example of two colliding galaxies famously photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Below is a lineup of a few of the galaxies and star clusters lurking within Canis Major. We have provided magnitude numbers in parentheses for telescope and binocular observers.

According to SUNY Stony Brook astronomer Aaron Evans’ Internet article on magnitude: “Very bright objects have negative magnitudes. For example, Sirius, the brightest star of the celestial sphere, has an apparent magnitude of -1.4. The modern scale includes the Moon and the Sun; the full Moon has an apparent magnitude of 12.6 and the Sun has an apparent magnitude of -26.73.

The Hubble Space Telescope has located stars with magnitudes of +30 at visible wavelengths and the Keck telescopes have located similarly faint stars in the infrared.”

Here’s a sampling of Canis Major ’s deep sky objects: Basel 11A (+8.2), Cr 121 (+2.6), Cr 132 (+3.6), Cr 140 (+3.5), Haffner 6 (+9.2), Haffner 8 (+9.1), M 41 (+4.5), NGC 2204 (+8.6), NGC 2243 (+9.4), NGC 2345 (+7.7), NGC 2354 (+6.5), NGC 2360 (+7.2), NGC 2362 (+4.1 naked eye in a very dark sky), NGC 2367 (+7.9), NGC 2374 (+8.0), NGC 2383 (+8.4), NGC 2384 (+7.4), NGC 2396 (+7.4), Ru 18 (+9.4) Ru 20 (+9.5), Tr 6 (+10.0).

Most observed of Canis Major ’s objects is the open cluster M41 (aka NGC 2287)—it’s the only “M” or Charles Messier object in

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this colliding pair of Canis Major. It’s a jaw dropper that is best viewed by opening the 28.7 kB image file. The URL is: http://hubblesite.org/galle ry/album/entire/pr200404 5a.

What’s in the Sky: Seen in the evening western sky this weekend are many galaxies in Pisces, but only one is worth gazing through a modest telescope—galaxy M74, approximately one degree east of Eta Piscium.

Lou Varricchio, M.Sc., is a member of the NASA-JPL Solar System Ambassador Program (Vermont). His website is located at www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/profiles/Louis_Varricchio.htm. You can e-mail him at aerospacehorizons@gmail.com . He is available for school assemblies and classroom chats about astronomy and the future of space travel.

f, on your next hegira to Montpelier, you elevate your deferential gaze to the symbolic statue topping the Golden Dome, you’ll see the image of Ceres the Roman goddess of agriculture.

Why Montpelier’s “goddess” is pagan and isn’t the likes of either Christian St. Benedict or St. Isidore, both recognized post-pagan patron saints of agriculture, I know not, but I might guess that if a male choice were acceptable (subjunctive contrary to fact) today, it wouldn’t be St. Benedict because his motto is “Pray and Work”—somewhat unwelcome notions in a predominantly irreverent Western culture in general and an increasingly passive-income-oriented Vermont economy in particular.

But in that context, Ceres is a very appropriate icon: not only isn’t she dressed for serious farm work, she’s also shown in Roman iconography as the elite “buy local” goddess with “green” food co-op fiber shopping bag in hand who comes in to collect the goodies after the real labor of plowing, seeding, and cultivating has been done by subordinate stiffs.

Thomas Jefferson—separation of religion and governance notwithstanding— would like a religious symbol for agriculture atop the state house; it was appropriate in 1790 when farming was 90 percent of the economy in Vermont and all through the country. But now, in Vermont, it’s only 12 percent of Gross State Product and 3 percent of employment, Wikipedia states.

The StateMaster.com website shows Vermont as no. 52 in GSP, well behind both the non-states of District of Columbia at no. 36 and Puerto Rico at no. 37, but the Wikipedia site show the state as no. 1 in craft breweries per capita, a grain-based ag enterprise.

Even so, as I’ve documented in previous commentaries, agriculture is the fastestshrinking major sector of the Vermont economy. Vermont’s passive income, some of it doubtless spent on craft beer,

is the fastest growing.

The domain of Ceres the grain goddess is now more symbolic than real; the fake stuffed sheep on the manicured “pastures” on the sidehills of Route 4 east of Woodstock is the best example of the local elite’s mostly themepark approach to the real job of agriculture.

When you consider that agriculture is well under 1 percent of both Gross National (Domestic) Product and the total U.S. labor force, you have to recognize that Vermont’s higher numbers reflect aggressive state policy in that policy direction. After all, there aren’t many Vermont farms which can match the 200 bushel per acre corn yield in Illinois and the state isn’t the wheat basket for Atlantic coast cities that it was two centuries ago.

Vermont’s Golden Domers can’t do anything to raise farmgate commodity prices, but they can use their fiscal-policy (tax-and-spend) powers to reduce farm tax burdens and improve farm survivability.

They’ve done just that with a variety of well-known programs.

Although they would vociferously deny it, Golden Domers adopted the basic legislative principle articulated by conservative Jack Kemp more than 20 years agoand economist Alan Greenspan more recently: whatever you tax more, like smoking, you get less of; and conversely, whatever you tax less, like agriculture, you get more of.

Similarly for the statistically-illustrated outmigration of business, the age 25-44 cohort (with their children, thus reducing school enrollments) and now the tax-targetted upper-income quintile, all are driven in part or whole by Golden Domers’ deliberate use of the first part of the Kemp principle: whatever you tax more, you get less of.

As I argued last week, the Golden Domers are our intellectual superiors. They are fully cognitive of the predictable results of their decisions and one must conclude that these outmigration patterns are therefore desired objectives. If

they weren’t, these highly articulate folks would have said so.

My conclusion: it goes to the underlying political-calculus reason for using tax policy to encourage folks and businesses to depart. I’d argue that, to quote similar language from CNN commentator Lou Dobbs, they constitute an attack on the middle- and upper-middle class of active income earners (not passive-income retirees and trust-funders). Why? Well, because it’s the active-income voter who is most likely to resist—and has historically done just that—the various fiscal policy initiatives which Montpelier has installed for them to pay for. If you can get them out, they can’t vote against your programs or you.

There’s a minor proof for the above thesis: it’s the almost-absence of a Vermont exit fee (I’m told there’s one for property sales by recently fled owners).

New Jersey has one, it denies the label but not the escrow fee, requiring homeowners who sell and flee to leave some money behind—supposedly as a deposit against future unpaid tax liabilities.

Within Vermont, public school supervisory unions have long had one, requiring towns districts which might “want out” to pay their future share of bond liabilities before they can secede.

Surely, Vermont’s above-average-intelligence Golden Domers could have implemented an exit fee if they had wanted the money of the fleeing sectors. But I’d guess they want their departure from the voting rolls more.

Former Vermonter Martin Harris lives in Tennessee.

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Local sites selling Girl Scout Cookies Cookie orders taken by local Girl Scouts are being delivered, so look for yours to arrive soon. If you didn’t see a Girl Scout this year, cookie booth sales are being extended through mid March—so stock up now for a good cause.

Middlebury: Shaw’s, March 5.

Hinesburg: Lantman’s and Town Dump, March 6; Hinesburg Mobil, March 7; Town Hall, March 14.

Brandon: OVUHS, March 6.

Rutland: Girl Scout Office (Howe Center), March 1-5; Creed’s Ice (Route 7), March 5. Also, McDonald’s, Noble Ace Hardware, Wal-Mart, Diamond Run Mall, March 6-7.

To find additional booth sales locations in the ChittendenAddison-Rutland region, call 888-474-9686 ext. 201. Leave your name, telephone number and town; you’ll receive a personal call back, or see www.girlscoutsgwm.org and click on the “cookie booth locator” tab to find a booth sale near you.

There are eight varieties for $3.50 a box. Girl Scout Cookies are kosher foods and contain 0 grams of trans fats per serving.

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OnCampus Local students earn top honors BURLINGTON—The following area residents have been named to the fall 2009 Champlain College student honors list: Nicole Baker, of Bristol, is on the dean's list. Baker is majoring in international business.

Caitlyn Davis, of Bristol, is on the dean's list. Davis is majoring in Mass Communication.

Kate Dubenetsky, of Starksboro, is on the dean's list.

Dubenetsky is majoring in mass communication.

Tiffany Dragon, of East Middlebury is on the dean's list.

Dragon is majoring in radiography.

Taylor Hadden, of Huntington, is on the dean's list. Hadden is majoring in game design.

Patience Hurlburt-Lawton, of Salisbury, is on the dean's list. Hurlburt-Lawton is majoring in professional writing.

Jennifer Johnson, of North Ferrisburg, is on the dean's list.

Johnson is majoring in elementary education.

Karrinne Johnson, of Bristol, is on the dean's list. Johnson is majoring in accounting.

Deanna Vaida, of Middlebury, is on the dean's list. Vaida is majoring in game art and animation.

THAT’S SHOW BIZ — Shelburne Players will offer a summer theater camp experience to children in fifth through eighth grade at Shelburne Town Center. The camp will be held Aug. 2-6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The director and musical director will again be Tim Maynes and Nate Venet. At the end of the week kids put on a musical show on the Shelburne Town Center stage. The cost is $210. For more information and to register, call 985-9551. Enrollment is limited, so register early.

Your town’s treasures are at the Sheldon Museum MIDDLEBURY—Every town has its treasures and many of them will be showcased when ten of Addison County’s historical societies present a collaborative exhibit at the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury now through April 17.

The second annual exhibit, Town Treasures: The Local History Show, will present stories and treasures from each of the participating towns. This year the town of Addison will feature Prentiss Cheney, an early doctor. Bristol’s display tells the story of Merritt Parmalee Allen, a boys’ fiction writer in the 1940s.

Lincoln and Orwell will showcase the veterans from their towns from the post-revolutionary period to the Iraqi conflict.

New Haven tells the story of the Dog Team Tavern complete with a model of the restaurant and Monkton shares tales of the early schools in their town.

Shoreham’s Levi Parsons Morton who went on to become Vice President of the United States under Benjamin Harrison adds a little national interest to the exhibit while Ferrisburgh’s flax wheel and articles of clothing offer a glimpse into the daily lives of Vermont’s early settlers.

The Henry Sheldon Museum will display documents and photos detailing the history of the Museum. Don’t miss this celebration of Addison County’s local history.

There will be an Opening Reception for the exhibit on Thursday, March 11, from 4-6 p.m.

In conjunction with the exhibit, Eldon Sherwin will speak on Tuesday, March 9 at noon about the history of the Dog Team Tavern. This talk is part of the Sheldon’s Brown Bag

Smith studies abroad Molly Smith, a junior at Connecticut College, is currently studying away at Middlebury Uruguay in Uruguay. Smith is the daughter of Mary O'Shea and Steve Smith of Middlebury.

Kort on Ithaca dean’s list Kelly Kort, Daughter of Robert and Kathleen Kort of Huntington,was named to the Dean's List at Ithaca College's School of Health Sciences and Human Performance for the fall 2009 semester with a GPA of 3.5.

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Death notice SALISBURY — Robert Charles Amblo, age 65, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, at his home in Salisbury. Amblo was born in Rutland on Dec. 23, 1944. He was the son of Robert and Diane (Quesnel) Amblo. He received his early education in local Rutland and Brandon Schools and had attended Brandon High School. He was a member of Morning Star Masonic Lodge. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and trapping. He belonged to the Vermont Trappers Association. The graveside committal service and burial will take place, at a later date, in the family lot at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Brandon.

BRANDON—Franklin Clayton Sanderson, Jr, age 73, died Feb. 10, at Helen Porter Health & Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury. Sanderson was born on Jan. 29, 1937, in Proctor. He was a life long Brandon resident and was raised on the family farm. Memorial gifts may be made, in his memory to Brandon Area Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 232, Brandon 05733 or to a charity of one’s choice.

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Remembering the Dog Team Tavern at the Sheldon Museum now through April 17.

Lunch History Talks series. The April 13 Brown Bag Lunch Talk will also relate to the exhibit. Participants may bring a brown bag lunch; beverages and dessert provided. Fee: $2.

The Henry Sheldon Museum is located at 1 Park Street in downtown Middlebury across from the Ilsley Library. Museum hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Research Center hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. 1-5 p.m., Thurs. 1-8 p.m. Admission to the Museum is $5 Adults; $3 Youth (6-18); $4.50 Seniors; $12 Family. During the run of the exhibit, the Sheldon will be free on Tuesdays for Addison County residents. For more information call 802/388-2117.

Church to present “Gospel of Mark Alive” On Sunday, March 14, at the Congregational Church in Middlebury, Rev. Bert Marshall will perform the New Testament’s Gospel of Mark from memory. “Gospel of Mark Alive” will begin at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary. The event is open to the public. There is no charge and donations will be accepted.

Marshall committed the Gospel of Mark to memory while on a three-month sabbatical in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2003.

Marshall is a native of Weeping Water, Neb. He has played professionally in a regionally-popular rock ‘n roll band based in Lincoln, Neb. The band opened for groups such as The Who and Herman’s Hermits. In 1997 Marshall and his band (known as The Chancellors) were inducted into the Nebraska Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame.

Marshall spent 10 years driving tractor-trailer trucks for a

New England health-food distributor. Prior to that he apprenticed on Vermont dairy farms, co-managed a small farm and country inn in northern Vermont, and worked with troubled teenagers from New York City at a residential setting in Pleasantville, N.Y. He is a graduate of Yale University Divinity School, where upon graduation he was awarded the top prizes in “religion and the arts” and in “the public recitation of scripture”.

Marshall was pastor of the First Congregational Church UCC in Lee, Mass., from 1997 to 2006; he is now New England regional director for Church World Service, an international disaster relief and economic development agency.

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Rock n’ roll to help opera house raise needed funds VERGENNES—The Friends of the Vergennes Opera House will open the doors of the Little City’s historic theater on March 6 at 8 p.m. for an evening of rock and roll, dancing and merriment all to raise money for a sprinkler system. The event will include a silent auction, raffles, door prizes, snacks, a cash bar by Bar Antidote and music by local favorites Panton Flats and Justin Levinson.

A veritable super-group of local talent, Panton Flats features: Andy Smith (Prydien, Jenni Johnson, Mighty Sam McClain) on bass, Bob Levinson (Bob Levinson Trio, Myra Flynn Band, Moving Music Studio) on lead guitar and vocals, Chris Myers (Wagan, Shotgun Blues, Uncle Buzz) on drums, Chris

Wyckoff (Stone Cold, Native, Uncle Buzz, Blues Vipers) on keyboards and vocals, and Josh Brooks on rhythm guitar, harmonica and vocals.

The music is a sweltering blend of Motown, blues, funk, country and rock and roll, including songs by Neil Young, Amos Lee, the Rolling Stones, the Band, Bill Withers and more.

Justin Levinson has been a rising star on the northeastern singer-songwriter scene for a number of years. His original music is full of personal narrative and expertly infused pop sensibilities.

The push to install a sprinkler system began in June when the organization that restored and now operates the 1897 theater above the Vergennes City Hall learned that due to changes in Ver-

mont Fire Safety Code, that the hall would now be required to have a sprinkler.

Since then work has been done to secure key funding sources to cover the roughly $70,000 project costs including a Vermont Cultural Facilities Grant for $20,000 and a Vermont Downtown Tax Credit for $32,000. A series of upcoming events beginning with the Sprinkler Party will help the organization close the roughly $20,000 funding gap.

Admission is $8 and advanced tickets may be purchased at Classic Stitching and the Vergennes Opera House.

For information, call 877-6737 or visit www.vergennesoperahouse.org.

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To the editor: I don't get it. What am I missing? Every year VtTRANS and local road crews spread thousands of tons of salt and salt brine on our roads which runs into our streams—and no one says a word.

Every year the city of Burlington's sewage treatment plant over flows into Lake Champlain due to summer storms which closes multi million dollar beaches—and no one says a word.

About 2 years ago, a sewage pipe under the Winooski river burst, sending 50,000 gallons of raw sewage per day into Lake Champlain—and no one says a word.

Yet, let a farmer spread a load of manure onto his fields for fertilizer and the environmental police from Montpelier are right there to fine them and regulate them out of business. Why? Here's what's going to happen folks: The Vermont farmers are on the verge of being regulated to the point where they can no longer do business. They are going to sell their property to developers. The developers are going to install side by side condos/houses on postage stamp size lots. Then, .the very people who regulated them out of business will be the first to complain that Vermont is losing it's 'rural culture'. And they will demand that something be done about it.

You can't have your cake and eat it, too. When a Vermont farm goes out of business—we all lose.

Burt DeGraw Bristol

Hannaford Center helps To the editor: To Mike Cains and the Hannaford Building Trades class: A great big 'thank you' for the handicap ramp. It certainly is easier getting in and out of the house for appointments. It looks great. Our deepest appreciation!

Ed and Dolores Walton Middlebury

Special Olympic champ To the editor: My name is Joanne Obryan. I have been in the Special Olympics for 30 years. I do Bocce. I do not do anymore swimming. I do snow shoeing but not cross country. I do basketball and bowling but not soccer. My favorite is bowling. I like Special Olympics.

Joanne Obryan Middlebury

Osama’s still in hiding To the editor: Osama Bin Laden is worried about man-made global warming or could he just want the U.S. and Israel to self impose massive taxes and regulations to "fight" global warming in an effort to make us much weaker? Is he trying to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize? He supports increased terrorist rights, which worked for Jimmy Carter. He supports damaging the U.S. economy to reduce global warming, which worked for Al Gore. He has legions of spellbounds followers, which worked for Obama.

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To the editor: So, Vermont Yankee is scheduled to be closed. The Vermont legislators have voted to not renew VY's license. The pictures on the TV news said it all. They were jubilant in their vote. (Six hundred plant workers to be out of work and on the street in 2012 thanks to our state senators.) How about the Vermont politicians tell us just where we are going to get our power from and at what price? The environmental weenies don't want hydro, wind, fossil fuel, nuclear power for one reason or another (solar is unreliable in Vermont).

So, let's have them look into their magical crystal ball and tell all of us 'dummies' just where our power needs are going to come from? And just who can afford the new rates?

Hundreds of jobs will be lost.

Do you still think IBM will stick around or expand their operations in Vermont? State revenues, which are already in the toilet, will not be there to support our ridiculous Democrat budget. The unemployment fund is empty. The cure is raise taxes (are you surpised?).

Now, let me see: Unemployment taxes are being raised.

Electric rates are going to go through the roof. And our skilled workers are leaving the state. Those three factors should really entice new businesses to migrate to Vermont.

Wrong.

Still want to vote Democrat?

Burt DeGraw Bristol

To the editor In a recent voice message, Congressman Peter Welch respectfully responded to my e-mails pointing out many constitutional scholars who make their case that the healthcare bills as passed the U.S. House or Senate expands the role of the federal government beyond the limits prescribed by the Constitution.

I very much appreciate being personally contacted on this matter; however, for three reasons I feel my response needs to be public as well as personal.

First, Congress appears determined to–at almost any cost–push through Congress a bill that is neither constitutionally legal nor supported by a majority of Americans. Second, Rep. Welch’s own deep commitment to getting such a bill passed. Last, but surely not least, are the sweeping longterm consequences his rationale would have on our very form of government.

My letter, being too long to print here, was posted on my 2006 congressional campaign website, www.ShepardForCongress.org, along pertinent writings from James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. My letter challenges the constitutional inaccuracy of his view of our three-branch system of government as well as pointing to how his view moves government further and further from citizen input and closer and closer to a very few people controlling more and more of our lives.

Please take a few minutes to read my letter and then consider respectfully expressing your thoughts to Rep. Welch via the provided link to his website.

Mark Shepard Bennington

A letter of gratitude To the editor: There are several people to thank, but all unknown to me.

As I lay on the sidewalk on Green Street in Vergennes on Feb. 15, having tripped over that very high and dangerous curb stone in front of the bank and Daily Chocolate, many people came to my aid. And because I was lying face down and counting see who was helping me, I want to thank all of you who covered me with blankets, called rescue (who came quickly and tended to me so professionally), an dealt with my bleeding face. Many words of gratitude to you Good Samaritans. I appreciate it so much. You were caring and tender folk who stood by, particularly the man who just put his hands on my shoulders to keep me calm. The healing power of touch! My gratitude to all.

Dorie Bechtel Cornwall

HOPE and thanks To the editor: The staff at HOPE would like to thank everyone who contributed to this past weekend’s “Food from the Heart” food drive. Thanks to this great effort, the Addison County Emergency Food Shelf has been replenished with a wonderful supply of useful items. We so much appreciate the work and thought that went into this. Thank you to Greg Wry for his excellent organization, and to all the Lions who stood outside stores cheerfully asking for food. Thanks to those who drove it over to the Food Shelf on Monday morning. Thanks to the stores who hosted the drive. And thanks to every community member who bought a can of soup, a bag of potatoes, a block of cheese, some cereal, diapers, and so many other important items to donate. Every contribution is very much appreciated and will be helpful to us as we work to feed hungry families. All of us here at HOPE thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts.

Jeanne Montross, M.S. Executive Director John V. Craven Community Services Center Middlebury

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To the editor At an EPA budget hearing on February 24, Senator Bernie Sanders burst out with this attack on people who disbelieve the phony science behind the Menace of Global Warming.

Said Sanders, “It reminds me in some ways of … the late 1930s. During that period of Nazism and fascism’s growth … there were people in this country and in the British parliament who said ‘Don’t worry! Hitler ’s not real! It’ll disappear!”

This outburst is of course contemptible, but it’s even more contemptible when you look at Sanders’ checkered political past.

In the late 1930s the radical Socialist Workers Party had been kicked out of the socialist movement for staunchly favoring Leon Trotsky’s theory of permanent revolution against capitalism.

The party opposed U.S. entry into World War II, on the side of freedom against Nazi fascism. They apparently felt that “Hitler ’s not real and will go away.” Nice.

What has this got to do with Bernie Sanders? In 1980 Sanders agreed to be one of the three Vermont Presidential electors of that very same Socialist Workers Party.

So, I say to Bernie, before you link scientists and others who don’t believe the manipulated data and phony computer programs behind the global warming scare with Nazi deniers, maybe you ought to explain why you put your name on the ballot for a radical communist party that had opposed America’s fighting a war to defeat Hitler and the Nazis.

I’ll be waiting for your explanation.

John McClaughry Concord

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A season of patience I

consider myself a pretty patient person most of the time. I don’t honk immediately when the light turns green. It doesn’t bother me when I have to wait 10 or 15 extra minutes at the doctor ’s office. But there are times when I do lose my patience. Unexpected necessities, like car repair, really drive me crazy. I like to be able to get where I need to be and not worry about transportation! I guess we all have things that cause us to lose our patience.

In the Christian Year we have entered the season of patience, the season of waiting, the Season of Lent. My dictionary defines patience as quiet, steady perseverance, even tempered care, or good natured tolerance of delay.

Speaking in terms of faith, patience is a Fruit of the Spirit.

I’ve heard it said that patience is waiting without worrying. Patience is being long-tempered instead of short-tempered.

Yet patience is not often encouraged in our culture today. We are told we should have what we want when we want it. Instant meals. Instant credit. Instant weight loss.

Fast food. What ever happened to the idea that good things come to those who wait? We know the adage, but we don’t think it applies to us. We want good things, and we want them now.

Maybe this is why Lent can sometimes be a difficult time of year. We know that good things come at the end of the season, including resurrection and new life, but we have to wait for them. Lent is a time of preparation and waiting.

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By Rev. Krista Beth Atwood to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.” During Lent we can be patient because we believe that God really is reliable and really does care. We have no need to panic because, no matter what, we trust God is with us. That’s not to say that our patience will be rewarded the way that we think it should. As one pastor put it, “God is not a Burger King God that lets us have it our way.”

One illustration I’ve found helpful is to see patience as a perfectly baked batch of brownies. Fresh and warm, right out of the oven. When we make brownies, we can’t be in a rush. We have to be patient. If the brownies were cooked at 700 degrees for 15 min instead of 350 for 30 minutes they would be ruined. Some things are just worth waiting for.

Maybe that is how Lent works in us. If we try to rush it, we won’t be ready. So we wait with patience as we prepare and allow God to work in us these forty days, trusting that what comes at the end is worth waiting for. Amen?

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Rate changes vary by industry and classification. Of particular note among 2010 rates are significant reductions for two iconic Vermont industries: dairy farms (-18.9 percent) and ski areas (-12.9 percent).

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“Preparing and maintaining a dirt race track is extremely time consuming,” said track promoter Jerry Richards. “We could easily spend 30 hours a week on track prep under ideal conditions. When it rains all week, that number doubles or triples. The fans are loyal to the sport and extremely patient during these times. We had a fairly miserable 2008 season, which was followed by the disaster of 2009 in terms of rain. We were always chasing the track, even during the show. This affects not just our fans, but our race teams endure the pain Mother Nature inflicts as well. If the racing surface has issues, then race cars get torn up.

With pavement, the teams can focus on racing.”

Richards said, “If it’s speed you like, we should be able to provide it. Once paved, Devil’s Bowl will be without a doubt, the biggest and fastest speedway in the state of Vermont.” For those who know their racing history, they may remember when C.J. Richards paved the track in 1970, returning to dirt two years later. Those were still the early days of racing in the northeast, and the fans and racers were not yet ready for the novelty of pavement. The Richards family is betting that they are now.

Jerry Richards has consulted with promoter Tom Curley of Thunder Road in Barre who is pleased to see the Bowl returning to asphalt and has inked a deal for his Thunder Road late models to open the new era with a 100lap feature event, Thunder at the Bowl, on May 23rd. “We hope this will be just the be-

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ginning of a new relationship between Devil’s Bowl and Thunder Road,” commented Richards.

Management has also laid the foundation for a new Modified Tri-Track Series in conjunction with AlbanySaratoga Speedway and Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y. AlbanySaratoga is located in Malta NY and is also owned and operated by the Richards family. Airborne Park promoter Mike Perrotte has shared his knowledge to help with the transition of the modified-type cars from dirt to asphalt. His facility in Plattsburgh has seen great success in racing dirt-style open wheel cars on a paved surface.

“We are excited to offer this Tri-Track Series which will see our modifieds from both Albany-Saratoga and Devil’s Bowl traveling to Plattsburgh and vice versa in a series of 50- and even 100lap races at all three facilities, the first of which is scheduled for Memorial Day weekend at the Bowl. There will be six races in total with $6,000 in point money up for grabs.

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Devil’s Bowl will continue its tradition of great entertainment for everyone, offering several free admission nights for seniors, students, and veterans, among others.

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The concert Feb. 13, was the annual Valentine's Day celebration for the Lane Series, and this year brought us Jane Monheit and her trio.

Monheit is in the tradition of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and of Keeley Smith at Dakota Staton. It is also the tradition of the Great American Songbook, the works of Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and others equally famous. In addition to these standards, Monheit is accomplished in Brazilian popular music as well as more contemporary American composers. Her method of delivery is exactly right. That she takes some songs at a nontraditional speed is not a matter of concern—remember Streisand and one of her earliest recordings, 'Happy days are here again’.

Technically her voice encompasses quite a nice range, with its especially plangent lower voice, and she uses her voice freely in the service of the music. My only concern centered around the questionable intonation Monheit sometimes employed, especially in the Brazilian part of her repertoire and of some of the more contemporary ballads (to be certain that I heard what I thought I heard at the concert itself, I listened to two of her CDs, and found misintonations in several of the tracks). Prescinding from that, it was a marvelous evening.

The Trio carried me back to my college days, when I used to go with friends to the lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, CA and listen to West Coast jazz. I loved every minute of it.

One thing I missed? She didn't sing 'My Funny Valentine' despite the fact that Valentine's Day was the next day. Oh, well, you can't win them all.

Feb. 19, found me at the Redstone Recital Hall; same time, same place, same seat. This time the proceedings were more formal. The Ebene String Quartet was making its Lane Series debut with pianist Orion Weiss, whose presence was necessitated because one of the Quartet members was out on medical leave.

There program opened with a Schubert string trio, and from the first notes played there went forth a clarion call that this was not going to be an ordinary concert. And that premonition turned out to be on the nose, because the entire evening was spent on musical Cloud Nine or wafted off to seventh heaven.

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After the break they offered us the Brahms Piano Quartet, called the 'Werther ’, and the group’s playing suffered no letdown, not the smallest flaw or mistaken intonation, just Brahms at his supreme best. How the four musicians and especially the string players manage performances of this supreme quality is quite beyond me, but they do. They do.

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Meeting to discuss Lewis Creek plans FERRISBURGH—The Ferrisburgh Conservation Commission is sponsoring an information session on Tuesday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ferrisburgh Town Offices and Community Center on the subject of erosion. Guests speaking on this topic are Ethan Swift and Marty Illick.

Ethan Swift is the Watershed Coordinator with the Department of Environmental Conservation, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. Among its many tasks, the Department of Environmental Conservation manages water quality programs.

As the Watershed Coordinator, Ethan helps to develop and implement river basin plans.

Illick is the director of the Lewis Creek Association. The mission of Lewis Creek Association is to protect, maintain and restore ecological health while promoting social values that support sustainable community development in the Lewis Creek watershed. Ferrisburgh is a watershed town of Lewis Creek.

Ferrisburgh has Kimball Brook, Otter Creek, Lewis Creek, Little Otter Creek, other unnamed meandering brooks, and Lake Champlain shoreline.

Municipalities can have the mapping, planning, and zoning tools to minimize river-related erosion hazards. Individuals can take the lead in learning about mitigating flood and erosion hazards.

The Tuesday night program will focus on the processes of a river and erosion hazards. Specific information on some of our streams and currently available programs designed to avoid or lessen the effects of erosion will be available.

Excessive erosion can cost a lot of taxpayer money to fix or mitigate.'

Mitigation options include education, regulations, passive restoration investments like riparian area easements, and CREP (the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture). Any one living on or near the lake or one of Ferrisburgh’s streams may find this topic of personal interest.

If you have any questions, contact Craig Heindel, chairman, Ferrisburgh Conservation Commission at 425-3620 or via e-mail at cheindel@gmavt.net.

Senate votes to close Vt. Yankee; 600 employees to be out of work in 2012 Legislators have no clear energy back-up plan

By Louis Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com MONTPELIER — The Vermont State Senate voted to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant Feb. 24 without a clear backup plan for the state's utility mix. The vote by senators will also add approximately 600 plant employees to Vermont's swelling unemployment lines when the plant is closed in 2012.

The vote, seen by many as a vote against the plant and its employees, also put an end to the Public Service Board's plan to consider 20 additional years of life for the plant. The plant went on-line in 1972.

"Get set for higher electricity prices, 600 more highly paid workers unemployed, and present and potential employers starting to edge nervously toward the door. On the other hand, some day southeastern Vermont will have a nice, new riverside park for anti-nuclear picnics," John McClaughry of the Ethan Allen Institute of Vermont told New Market Press Newspapers. “And the idea that Vermont Yankee's 230 Mw of base load power at 90 percent load factor can be replaced with a forest of wind turbines and square miles of solar PV panels—here or anywhere else—is likely to prove invincibly optimistic.”

The 26-4 vote, which will close the plant in two years, is likely to have serious effects on Vermont's economy, according to long-time Vermont energy observer McClaughry.

“The national publicity about the Vermont Senate voting 26-4 to shut down a safe, reliable nuclear power station, is largely because the Senate President needs anti-nuke votes to win a hot Democratic gubernatorial primery later this year. The vote will lead to a renewed rash of ‘nutty Vermont’ jibes,” McClaughry added.

The loss of Vermont's only large-scale, zero greenhouse gas power plant is expected to create a ripple effect that doesn't bode well for the state's struggling economy including large utility rate increases.

“This can not be good for the national perception of Vermont's economy and the nature of its legislature, that will likely be described as mindlessly liberal’,” McClaughry said.

A Vermont legislator and U.S. Senate candidate have noted President Obama's recent decision to support the construction of new nuclear reactors on the sites of existing NRC-approved power plants; they have proposed that a new nuclear unit should be built on the Vermont Yankee site in Vernon, Vt. It is uncertain if there is enough support for renewed in-state nuclear capacity, however, if built, such a new reactor would likely be Vermont's largest construction project since the first reactor was built in Vernon.

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Thursday, March 4 MIDDLEBURY — Stephen Kiernan, singer-songwriter and master guitarist, as well as an award winning journalist and author, inaugurates the Eastview Cabaret Series at Town Hall Theater with an evening of original acoustic material. Two shows at 7 and 9 p.m. Enjoy intimate seating and a cash bar in the Byers Studio on THT's lower level. Tickets, $10, are available through the THT Box Office by calling 382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person on Merchants Row, Middlebury (Mon-Sat, noon5 pm).

MIDDLEBURY —Twist O' Wool Guild Meeting from 7:00– 9:00 p.m. at the American Legion on Wilson Way. There will be a spin-in, project sharing, and a general membership meeting. All are welcome. Questions call 453-5960.

RUTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at Parker House at 10:00 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2.00 for blood pressure screenings and $5.00 for foot care. For more information, please call 775-0568.

RUTLAND — Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice and Rutland Regional Medical Center will be hosting a film and discussion event about connecting to those with Alzheimer’s disease from 4-6 p.m. The film and discussion will take place at the CVPS/Leahy Community Education Center at 160 Allen Street. This film is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. An RSVP to 770-1537 or rcohn@ravnah.org is preferred, but not required.

RUTLAND — United Way of Rutland County will hold their annual allocations meeting for funding for the calendar year 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the United Way office, in the first floor board room, located at the Longfellow School, 6 Church Street. Any non-profit agency with a 501 ( c ) 3 status, meeting additional qualifications ( available by calling 773-7477 ) may apply for funding. Any organization requesting consideration for funding MUST attend this meeting for participation in our allocations process. Please call 7737477 or fax 770-5133 with your RSVP by February 19, 2010.

Friday, March 5 CHITTENDEN — "First Friday" Open MIC Night at 7 p.m., Church of the Wildwood, Holden Rd. Local musicians and poets invited to perform.

Desserts/coffee available. Portion of free-will donation benefits Vermont Haiti Project. Come to entertain, listen and/or sing along. Call 483-2234 or email dmartin@sover.net for a spot.

MIDDLEBURY — The After Dark Music Series presents celebrated country-folk artist Iris Dement at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury on Friday, March 5. Doors open at 6 pm, concert at 7:00. Tickets, $27 in advance, $30 at the door, are available by calling 388-0216. Information online at www.afterdarkmusicseries.com.

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union High School Senior class will be performing the Leonard Bernstein classis “West Side Story”. Fri at 2 p.m. Sat 3/6 at 7 p.m. and Sun 3/7 at 2 p.m. $10 Adults and $8 Students and Seniors.

Shows performed MUHS auditorium. Info: 382-1192. Tickets sold at the door. All proceeds Project Graduation.

MIDDLEBURY — CVAA's First Friday Meal at Noon at the VFW . Don't need the luck of the Irish to enjoy this St. Patrick's Day Meal of Corned Beef and Cabbage, Boiled Potatoes, Carrots, Rye Bread and St. Patty's Day Cake!

You only need to reserve with Mary at CVAA at 800-642-5119 x607. Suggested donation of $3.00. Bring your own place setting. Celtic Music provided by Tom Hanley and friends. Transportation provided by ACTR, call 3881946.

POULTNEY — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Young at Heart Senior Center at 9:30 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2.00 for blood pressure screenings and $5.00 for foot care. For more information, please call 775-0568.

Saturday, March 6 BRISTOL — Dodgeball Tournament at the Mount Abraham Gym from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Hosted by the Mount Abraham field hockey team. Team registration is $30, and each team must consist of 6 players, with at least one member of each gender. With any questions, or to register your team, please contact Mary Stetson, at mstetson@anesu.org, or 453-2333 ext. 2030.

BRISTOL — Benefit for Impoverished Children of Uganda - Lasagna Supper and Country Gospel Concert by the talented ‘Old Bones’ singers and friends starting at 5:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Bristol.The Lasagna Supper will be only $10 for adults, half portions $6, children 5 and under free.

Take outs available. The menu includes lasagna, (vegetarian and regular), bread, salad bar, delicious bar cookies and drinks. The concert starts at 6:30 p.m. after the supper. Donations will be taken at the Concert. All proceeds will go to Village2Village Project to help orphans and vulnerable children and their extended families.

GRANVILLE, NY — 3rd Annual Seabee Ball at the Old Hofbrauhaus (Ramada Inn). $25 per person brought to you by the Adirondack Island X-14 of the Seabee Veterans of America. Music by DeeJay Paul Patterson. Cocktail hour 5 p.m., Dinner at 6 p.m. All you can eat. RSVP by 2/15. Info & Reservations call Nick 518-642-0506.

HINESBURG — ‘Once in Afghanistan’ a film by Jill Vickers and Jody Bergedick at 7 p.m. at Brown Dog Books. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers recall their experiences as female members of Afghan male vaccinator teams in the late 60s.The women vividly recall trying to convince the women to be vaccinated and their dependence on the Afghan counterparts and the people in the villages. Their stories and photographs go behind the walls where people of completely different backgrounds could recognize one another in spite of their differences. In a world in which messages of hate travel faster than ever before, this is a message of understanding. All profits support selected NGO's in Afghanistan and Afghan students in U.S. high schools. Call 482-5189 for more informationThis event is free and open to the public. The DVD will be available for purchase at the event from Brown Dog Books & Gifts. Refreshments will be served!

HINESBURG — Stone wall workshops - A series of one-day stone wall workshops is taking place this winter. Participants in the workshops learn the basic techniques for building dry-laid stone walls, with a special focus on stone native to Vermont. The hands-on workshops are held in warm greenhouses and led by Vermont stonemasons trained through Britain’s Dry Stone Walling Association. The workshops are organized by Charley MacMartin of Queen City Soil & Stone. Upcoming workshop dates are Saturday, February

6, and Saturday, February 20. The one-day workshops continue in March on Saturday, March 6; Friday, March 19; and Saturday, March 27. The price for the one day workshop is $100, and space is limited. For the complete schedule and registration information, contact Charley MacMartin at (802) 3182411 or click on the workshop link at www.queencitysoilandstone.com.

MIDDLEBURY — Piecework: When We Were French, presents ten dramatic portraits of Franco-American Vermonters, written & performed by Abby Paige. "Humorous, gripping, touching. Don't miss it!" - David Budbill. In Middlebury for one night only at Town Hall Theater, March 6 at 8 pm. Tickets, $17, are available through the THT Box Office by calling 382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person on Merchants Row, Middlebury (MonSat, noon-5 pm).

RUTLAND — Indoor Yard Sale at the RutlandUnited Methodist Church In the Fellowship Hall, 71 Williams Street, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Rain or Shine in the Fellowship Hall. Items of all kinds. Furniture, household items, toys, etc. Homemade Baked Goods for Sale. Info call the RUMC office at 773-2460. http://www.gbgm-umc.org/rutland.

SOUTH BURLINGTON —University Mall Old Fashioned Kid’s Winter Carvial from Noon-3 p.m. Plinko, ring toss, duck pond, face painting, Joey the Clown, prizes, and FUN! Free event, recommended for ages 2-7. In the Center Court in the University Mall.

VERGENNES — The Friends of the Vergennes Opera House will open the doors of the Little City’s historic theater at 8:00 p.m. for an evening of rock and roll, dancing and merriment all to raise money for a sprinkler system.

The event will include a silent auction, raffles, door prizes, snacks, a cash bar by Bar Antidote and music by local favorites Panton Flats and Justin Levinson. A veritable super-group of local talent, Panton Flats features: Andy Smith (Prydien, Jenni Johnson, Mighty Sam McClain) on bass, Bob Levinson (Bob Levinson Trio, Myra Flynn Band, Moving Music Studio) on lead guitar & vocals, Chris Myers (Wagan, Shotgun Blues, Uncle Buzz) on drums, Chris Wyckoff (Stone Cold, Native, Uncle Buzz, Blues Vipers) on keyboards and vocals, and Josh Brooks on rhythm guitar, harmonica & vocals. Their music is a sweltering blend of Motown, blues, funk, country and rock & roll, including songs by Neil Young, Amos Lee, The Rolling Stones, The Band, Bill Withers and more. Justin Levinson has been a rising star on the northeastern singer/songwriter scene for a number of years. His original music is full of personal narrative and expertly infused pop sensibilities. Admission is $8 and advanced tickets may be purchased at Classic Stitching and the Vergennes Opera House. Info call 877-6737 or visit www.vergennesoperahouse.org.

Sunday, March 7 VERGENNES — St. Peter’s Church will serve a delicious buffet breakfast in the parish hall from 8:00 – 10:30 a.m. Come and enjoy a delicious breakfast with family and friends. There will be drawings for free breakfasts and a raffle. Adults - $8; Seniors over 60 and kids 6-12 $6; children under 6 years free; families with five or more $27.

Monday, March 8 BRISTOL — Bristol Federated Church is hosting a Lenten Bible Study on Monday nights from February 22nd through April 5th. The study will highlight "The Life and Times of Jesus, a fast passed journey through the Gospel of Mark" and begins at 7 p.m. It is recommended that those interested read the following chapters before the date of discussion: Feb. 22: Mark, Chapter 1; March 1: Chapters 2 & 3; March 8: Chapters 4-6; March 15: Chapters 7-9; March 22: Chapters 10-12; March 29: Chapters 13-15; April 15: Chapter 16.

Bring your Bible or speak to Pastor Bill Elwell to use one from the church.

The church is located at 37 North Street on the corner of Church Street and North Street. For more information contact Pastor Bill Elwell at 453-2321 or email him at rescueme97@yahoo.com.

BRISTOL — Addison County Right to Life will meet at 7 p.m. at St.Ambrose Church. On the agenda will be plans for the Annual Dinner Meeting to be held at the Middlebury American Legion Friday evening, April 30. Info 3882898 L2Paquette@aol.com.

SOUTH BURLINGTON — "MUSIC WITH MIA" weekly musical story time at University Mall. Kids can enjoy music, stories, and sing-a-longs with local singer/song-writer Mia Adams. Located in the JCPenney Court every Monday at 10:30 a.m. Free. Mondays, Jan. 4 - March 22, 2010. For more information, please call 863-1066 x11.

VERGENNES — Otter Creek Choral Society will hold practices for its spring concert Monday nights from 7-9 p.m. at the Vergennes Congregational Church. 2010 is a celebration of the 10th season that OCCS has been performing and commemorating this milestone, the group will be singing favorite pieces from the past 10 years. Anyone who enjoys singing is welcome to join the group. For more information, contact Maria at 877-2921.

Tuesday, March 9 MIDDLEBURY — Eldon Sherwin, a member of the New Haven Historical Society, will present a talk on the history of the Dog Team Tavern at the Sheldon Museum at Noon. Participants will have the opportunity to view the New Haven Historical Society's part of that exhibit which includes a hooked rug depicting a dog team from the Sheldon's collection and a model of the restaurant made by Sherwin. Bring a brown bag lunch; beverages and dessert provided. Fee: $2. The Sheldon Museum is located at 1 Park Street in Middlebury across from the Ilsley Public Library. For information call 3882117.

Wednesday, March 10 MIDDLEBURY — Glass Onion Gets Four Stars! at 11:30 a.m. Seniors are raving about this luncheon sponsored by CVAA and prepared by Woody Danforth and his culinary students! It's no wonder with meals like this: Grilled Filet of Salmon with Pesto Aioli, Seasonal Vegetable Medley, Rissole Potatoes, Whole Grain Roll and Lemon Raspberry Roulade. Suggested donation of $5.00. Reservations are required. Call Tracey Jerome at CVAA, 1800-642-5119 x615.

Thursday, March 11 BRISTOL — Masonic Lodge Meal at Noon -- Bring a friend and don't miss this favorite meal of Soup-n-Salad, Chicken and Biscuits, Fruit and Dessert all for a suggested donation of $3.00! Sponsored by CVAA. Call Marion to reserve at 453-3451.

CASTLETON —The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at Castleton Meadows at 12:30 p.m.There is a suggested donation of $2.00 for blood pressure screenings and $5.00 for foot care. For more information, please call 775-0568.

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From the editor Could H.484 ban ammunition in Vermont?

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here’s no rest for the weary interested in securing basic American freedoms in a dangerous era of creeping—or should we say sweeping—Euro-style socialism.

No matter where we turn today, some busy body, or some activist group, or some faceless government entity, are chipping away at our basic rights. Excessive laws and regulation, political correctness, and uncommon sense leadership is a constant threat in Washington and in Montpelier.

Here’s a recent example of a threat to a very unique American freedom that should alarm Vermont gunowners and nongunowners alike— The Vermont State House Fish, Wildlife & Water Resources Committee is currently considering legislation (H. 484) which could potentially ban the sale and use of virtually all ammunition in Vermont.

The bill would require the Vermont Secretary of Natural Resources to set up a program to identify and ban the distribution of certain toxic chemicals.

During recent questioning before the House committee, regarding the potential impact of H. 484, Department of Environmental Conservation Deputy Commissioner Justin Johnson said that it was foreseeable that the enactment of this legislation could outlaw the ammunition Vermont residents use for hunting, plinking, or self-defense.

Following Johnson's testimony, proponent Charity Carbine of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group testified about the bill’s contents and did not challenge the commissioner's assertion that H. 484 could result in the banning of ammunition.

Is a move to reclassify ammo as a “toxic chemical” really something to worry about? You bet it is.

Let your state legislator know you’re mad as hell with this kind of sneaky move to limit your constitutional right to bear arms—and ammo.

Louis Varricchio

Taxpayer funds to help local biofuels R&D

By Louis Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY — Biofuels research and development in Vermont got another incremental boost last week in the form of a U.S. Department of Energy grant. The grant, underwritten by U.S. taxpayers, was announced by Vermont Sustainable Jobs Funds as part of a series of grants that will support the biofuels movement in Vermont.

Grants, totaling $125,000, will be made available for a variety of R&D and demonstration projects.

The funds will be part of a series of grants presented through the state’s Vermont Biofuels Initiative.

“The purpose of the VBI is to foster the development of a viable biomass-to-biofuels industry in Vermont that uses local resources,” according to VSJF Executive Director Ellen Kahler.

The effort will help support the State of Vermont’s goal of meeting 25 percent of its energy needs via renewable sources by the year 2025.

2-1-1 helpline enters new year Vermont 2-1-1 turned five years old recently with good reasons to celebrate. In 2009 the health and human services helpline logged a 53 percent increase in calls over 2008, and two additional staff members have earned Information and Referral Specialist certification by the Alliance for Information and Referral Systems, the national professional organization.

Vermont 2-1-1, a program of the United Ways of Vermont, was launched in 2005 to help people with health and human services needs connect with private, local, state and national agencies that can help meet those needs.

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Ferry From page 1 vehicle restrictions imposed when the new temporary ferry opened earlier this month.

Two boats have been operating as part of the free ferry service since early February. Opening a second slip for vehicles to board and disembark the boat increases ferry efficiency, and provides a backup for mooring a ferry boat in the event that one needs service.

For the ferry’s first few weeks of operation, a two-axle, 15-ton weight limit was in place for all vehicles. This temporary restriction has been lifted to allow standard-weight vehicles up to 40 tons and with multiple axles, within the states’ respective legal limits. The states are in the process of changing signage to reflect this change that the ferry is now un-posted for weight.

The temporary ferry, operated by the Lake Champlain Transportation Company (LCTC), will run continuously 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, 365 days-a-year until the new bridge is opened, in accordance with LCTC operational policies. The ferry departs Vermont on the hour and half-hour, and New York on the quarter hour and three-quarter hour.

The Crown Point ferry crossing takes about 20 minutes, which includes boarding and disembarking the boat. This lake crossing, located a few hundred feet south of the former Lake Champlain Bridge, cuts commuting time between Vermont and New York drastically, and has reestablish commerce and emergency services along the corridor.

Continuous operation of the ferry boats throughout the day prevents ice from forming in the vicinity of the ferry route and former Lake Champlain Bridge.

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WEST ADDISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday, 9am HAVURAH, THE JEWISH CONGREGATION OF ADDISON COUNTY. Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St. A connection to Judaism and Jewish life for all who are interested. Independent and unaffiliated. High Holy Day services are held jointly with Middlebury College Hillel.

Weekly Hebrew School from September to May. Information: 388-8946 or www.addisoncountyhavurah.org BRANDON BRANDON BAPTIST CHURCH - Corner of Rt. 7 & Rt. 73W (Champlain St.) Brandon, VT • 802-247-6770. Sunday Services: 10a. Adult Bible Study, Sunday School ages 5 & up, Nursery provided ages 4 & under. Worship Service 11 am *Lords supper observed on the 1st Sunday of each month. *Pot luck luncheon 3rd Sunday of each month. Wednesdays 6:30pm, Adult prayer & Bible study, Youth groups for ages 5 & up LIFEBRIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 141 Mulcahy Drive, 247-LIFE (5433), Sunday worship 9am & 10:45am, www.lifebridgevt.com, LifeGroups meet weekly (call for times & locations)

HINESBURG LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH - 90 Mechanicsville Rd., Hinesburg. Sunday Service at 10:30am. Pastor Hart, info: 482-2588.

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MIDDLEBURY CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY Sunday service & church school, Sunday 10am

STARKSBORO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STARKSBORO - An American Baptist fellowship meeting for worship at 11am at the church, 2806 VT 116. To conserve energy please use the rear door to enter the church. Chat, Chew and Renew at FBC: a Sunday coffee fellowship meeting from 10am11:45am. All are invited to come and make new friends, enjoy homemade baked goods and join in discussions in small groups. Guest Pastor, Ramona Guadalupe can be contacted at helloramona@@yahoo.com

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY - Middlebury. Middlebury Community House, Main and Seymour Sts, Sunday Service and Church School-10am; Wednesday-7:30pm.

SOUTH BURLINGTON NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH SBC - 1451 Williston Rd., South Burlington. 863-4305

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sunday 10am worship service

VICTORY CENTER - Holiday Inn, Williston Road, South Burlington • 658-1019

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Sunday Sacrament 10am-11:15am

BURLINGTON UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH - Pastor Paul Lyon • 860-5828. Sundays: 10am & 6pm. Wednesdays: 7pm. at 294 North Winooski Avenue.

LINCOLN UNITED CHURCH OF LINCOLN - Sunday worship service 9:45, Church school 11:15am, united Student Ministries for grades 7-12, 6:30pm Sunday evenings. 453-4280

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORSHIP - Service in Middlebury area: call 758-2722 or 453-5334.

HAVURAH, THE JEWISH CONGREGATION OF ADDISON COUNTY - Saturday morning Shabbat services, 388-8946

BRIDPORT BRIDPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Middle Rd., Bridport, VT. Pastor Tim Franklin, 758-2227. Sunday worship services at 8:30am and 10:15am with nursery care provided. Children’s ministries include Sprouts for children age 3-Kindergarten and WOW for grades 1-6, during the 10:15am service.

MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH - 97 South Pleasant St., Middlebury. Sunday morning worship & church school 10am, Wednesday evening Bible Study, 6:30pm. 388-7472.

HOPE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP - Meets at Bridport Community Hall. Bridport, VT • 759-2922 • Rev. Kauffman. Sunday 9am, 10:30am, evening bible study.

SAINT MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday, 5:15pm, Sunday 8am, 10am

ST. BERNADETTE/ST. GENEVIEVE - Combined parish, Saturday mass 7:30pm Nov.1-April 30 (See Shoreham) BRISTOL BRISTOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP - The River, 400 Rocky Dale Rd., Bristol. Sunday Worship 9:00am. 453-2660, 453-4573, 453-2614 BRISTOL FEDERATED CHURCH - Sunday service at 10:15am FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRISTOL - Service Sunday, 10am ST. AMBROSE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday service 5:15pm, & Sunday 9am BRISTOL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - 839 Rockydale Rd. - Saturday Services: Bible Studies for all ages-9:30am to 10:30 am, Song Service, Worship Service at 11am. Prayer Meeting Thursday 6:30pm. 453-4712 THE GATHERING - Non-denominational worship, second & fourth Saturday of the month, 7pm Sip-N-Suds, 3 Main St. • 453-2565, 453-3633 CORNWALL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF CORNWALL - Sunday worship 9:30am EAST MIDDLEBURY/RIPTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday worship, 9am VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH, Rev. Ed Wheeler, services on Sundays: Sunday School for all ages at 9:30am, morning worship at 10:45am (nursery provided), and 6:30pm on Wednesdays; Youth Group and AWANA meet on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm

MIDDLEBURY FRIENDS MEETING - (Quakers), Sunday worship & first day school 10am (meets at Havurah House)

SUDBURY SUDBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Sunday worship service and Sunday school, 10:30am SOVEREIGN REDEEMER ASSEMBLY - Sunday worship 10am VERGENNES/PANTON ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHRISTIAN CENTER - Sunday school 9:45am, Sunday worship service 8:30am, 10:45am and 6pm CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH - Sunday worship svcs. 10am & 7pm

ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH - (On the green in Middlebury). Reverend Terence P. Gleeson, Rector. Sunday Eucharist 8 & 10:30am Child care & Sunday school available at 10:30am service. Wednesday at 12:05pm Holy Eucharist in the chapel. www.ststephensmidd.org or call 388-7200.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 10am Grades K-5: Activities, Grades. 6-8 & 9-12: Church School Classes, Refreshments & fellowship time: 10:45am-11am. Sunday morning worship service 11am. Nursery provided both at 10am & 11am.

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MONKTON MONKTON FRIENDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday service & Sunday school, 8:45am

ST. PETER’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday 5pm, Sunday 8:30am, 10:30am

NEW HAVEN ADDISON COUNTY CHURCH OF CHRIST - 145 Campground Rd., 453-5704. Worship: Sunday 9 & 11:20am; Bible classes: Sunday 10:30am, Tuesday 7pm. Watch Bible Forum on MCTV-15 (Middlebury) or NEAT-16 (Bristol)

VERGENNES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 10:30am

NEW HAVEN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Church services 10am on Sunday. All are welcome.

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Sunday Worship with Sunday School, 10am; Adult Study Class, Sunday 8:30am

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH - 862 US Rt. 7, SUNDAY: 9:45am Bible Hour For All Ages Including 5 Adult Classes; 11:00am Worship Including Primary Church Ages 3 to 5 & Junior Church 1st - 4th Graders; 6pm Evening Service Worship For All Ages. WEDNESDAY 6:30pm Adult Prayer & Bible Study; AWANA Children’s Clubs (3yrs to 6th grade); JAM Junior High Group (7th & 8th grade); Youth Group (9th 12 grade). Nursery is provided for children up to 3 years old. Classes are provided for children age 3 and up.

802-877-3393 WEYBRIDGE WEYBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Worship and Sunday School 10am. Daniel Wright, Pastor. 545-2579.

WHITING WHITING COMMUNITY CHURCH - Sunday school 9:45am, Sunday Service 11am & 7pm WILLISTON CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - 1033 Essex Road, Williston.

878-7107. St. Minister Wes Pastor. Services: 8:30am and 10:30am

ESSEX CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY ALLIANCE ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH - 36 Old Stage Rd., Essex • 878-8213

RIPTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 388-2510

ESSEX JUNCTION CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH - 61 Main St., Essex Junction 878-8341

SALISBURY SALISBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sun. worship svc., 10am

CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - 1033 Essex Rd., Williston 878-7107

FERRISBURGH/NORTH FERRISB. FERRISBURGH METHODIST CHURCH, Sunday worship 9:30am

SHELBURNE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SHELBURNE - 127 Webster Road, Shelburne • 985-2848

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE - 30 Morgan Parkway Williston, VT 05495 • 802-878-8591 bwnazarene@juno.com

NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 227 Old Hollow Rd., North Ferrisburgh, VT 802-425-2770. Rev. Kim Hornug-Marcy. Sunday worship 10am, Sunday School 10am, Nursery Available. http://www.gbgm-umc.org/ nferrisburgumc/

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 2166 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne. 985-2269 Sunday Services: 8am & 10am.

Bible Study 9:00am • Sunday School: 9:50am.

The Reverend Craig Smith

CAVALRY CHAPEL - 300 Cornerstone, Williston. 872-5799

ALL SOULS INTERFAITH GATHERING - Rev. Mary Abele, Pastor. Evensong Service and Spiritual Education for Children Sun. at 5pm. 371 Bostwick Farm Rd., Shelburne.

985-3819

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY - Route 2, Williston 878-4513

CROSSROADS CHAPEL, 41 Middlebrook Rd., Ferrisburgh, VT 05456. (802) 425-3625. Pastor: Rev. Charles Paolantonio. Services: Sunday 10am.

FERRISBURGH CENTER COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH, Rt 7, Ferrisburgh - next to the Town Offices / Grange Hall.

New Pastors Rev. John & Patrice Goodwin. Worship time is now 10:45am.

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MARANATHA CHRISTIAN CHURCH - 1037 S. Brownell Rd., Williston. 862-2108

SHELBURNE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 30 Church St., Shelburne • 985-3981 • Rev. Gregory A. Smith, Pastor, 8:00am - Holy Communion Service • 9:30am - Family Worship Service with Sunday School

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SAVAGE MODEL 93R17 Cal 17 with two boxes of shells. $275. 802-434-3107 WINCHESTER MODEL gun 100 semi auto 308 caliber, excellent shape, $475 518-5467221

MUSIC HALLET, DAVIS & Co. upright piano, good condition, FREE, 518-546-3131

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FOR SALE 2 CAT Bulldozers

1-D7F Both owned since new 1-D6C Have all service records 802-373-9109 MUNSON-EARTH MOVING CORP.

Call 1-802-460-11107

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ADOPTION

BROWN MICRO-Suede Futon with storage underneath. 1 year old. $125. 293-7683.

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Real Estate

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APARTMENT FOR RENT BELLOWS FALLS, VT. Spacious 2nd-floor, 2-bdrm, front/back porch. No smoking/pets.

1st, security/references required. $725/mo.

Call 802-226-7357.

CHESTER, VT. Exquisite 1-bdrm, large LR, DR & plenty of closet space. HT/HW/trash removal included. $785/mo. Call Neil 802885-6292.

CHESTER, VT. Totally remodeled, 1-bdrm, large LR, bedroom and closet space.

HT/HW/trash removal included. $765/mo.

Call Neil 802-885-6292.

SPRINGFIELD, VT. 1 bdrm apt. Appliances, all utilities included. No pets. Minimum security. 802-886-2703.

SPRINGFIELD, VT. 3-bdrm, 1,100 sq. ft. apt.

Large LR/DR, eat-in kitchen w/pantry. New carpets & shiney wood floors. HT/HW/trash removal included. $950/mo. Call Neil 802885-6292 SPRINGFIELD, VT. South Street. 1-bdrm gr. floor. $595/mo. Includes heat/trash/snow removal. No pets. Call Jake or Gary 802-8855488.

SPRINGFIELD, VT. South Street. Large 2bdrm. $675/mo. Call Jake or Gary 802-8855488.

SPRINGFIELD, VT. Totally remodeled, 750 sq. ft. 1-bdrm. Large LR, DR, eat-in kitchen w/DW. Beautiful hardwood floors & carpet.

HT/HW/trash removal included. $795/mo.

Call Neil 802-885-6292

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Automotive

Need an auto? Need someone to take that auto off your hands?

Find what you’re looking for here!

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AUTO ACCESSORIES

AAAA DONATION Donate your Car, Boat or Real Estate, IRS Tax Deductible. Free Pickup/ Tow Any Model/ Condition. Help Under Privileged Children Outreach Center. 1-800883-6399.

EXIDE PREMIUM ‘’60’’ BATTERY STILL NEW. 26R CCA 0-DegreesF 525 CA 32degreesF. Used once. $35. 802-773-8782.

CARS FOR SALE

TIRES HERCULES H/P 4000 MXS 87+ 195/60RI5 excellent tread, excellent condition, pair $40 518-668-3106

2005 Ford RangerXLT 4x4, 4.0LTR, 4DR, AC CDplayer, Leer Cap, 41K, Cobalt Blue looks like new. Books $11,600, asking $10,000 Call after 4:30p.m. 518-645-0813

AUTO WANTED DONATE YOUR CAR. FREE TOWING. “Cars for Kids”. Any condition. Tax deductible Outreach Center. 1-800-597-9411

MOTORCYCLE/ ATV

WANTED JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES KAWASAKI,1970-1980, Z1-900, KZ900, KZ1000, H2-750, H1-500, S1-250, S2-250, S2-350, S3-400. CASH PAID. 1-800-7721142. 1-310-721-0726.

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L OANS A VAILABLE NO CREDIT? BAD CREDIT? BANKRUPTCY?

60 ETHAN ALLEN DRIVE

SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403

Hometown Chevrolet Oldsmobile 152 Broadway Whitehall, NY • (518) 499-2886 • Ask for Joe

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2002 SKIDOO 500 MXZ liquid cooled, 1700 miles, show room condition, runs great $3000 518-597-9412

AUTO DONATIONS

Over 30 Yrs. Experience • Complete Auto Service

2005 360 Kawasaki\’a04-wheeler,\’a04wd, Red, $2500. 518-962-2376

(802) 660-0838 (888) 9 WRENCH WE SERVICE HONDA, SUBARU & TOYOTA SEDANS

SNOWMOBILE FOR SALE

DONATE A CAR - HELP CHILDREN FIGHTING DIABETES. Fast, Free Towing. Call 7 days/week. Non-runners OK. Tax Deductible. Call Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. 1-800-578-0408

DONATE A Car Today To Help Children And Their Families Suffering From Cancer. Free Towing. Tax Deductible. Children’s Cancer Fund of America, Inc. www.ccfoa.org 1-800469-8593 DONATE YOUR CAR! Breast Cancer Research foundation! Most highly rated breast cancer charity in America! Tax Deductible/Fast Free Pick Up. 800-771-9551 www.cardonationsforbreastcancer.org

JOB HUNTING? Find the job of your DONATE YOUR CAR Help Families in need! dreams right here in the Help wanted listings Fair Market Value Tax Deduction Possible of our Classifieds- you’ll be glad you did!

Through Love, Inc. Free towing. Non-runners Call and place your listing at 1-802-460-1107 OK. Call for details. 800-549-2791

In the market for a new job? See the areas best in the classified columns. To place an ad, Call 1-802-460-1107.

H & M AUTO SUPPLY “EVERY DAY LOW PRICES” FOREIGN ~ DOMESTIC ~ CUSTOM MADE HYDRAULIC HOSES

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482-2400 482-2446 Route 116

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Open 8-5 Monday - Saturday

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Help Wanted

Need a job? Looking for that “right fit” for your company?

Find what you’re looking for here!

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ALL CASH Vending! Be your own boss!

Local Vending route. 25 machines + candy. $9,995. 1-800-807-6485. (Void/SD/CT) ALL CASH VENDING! Do you earn $800 in a day? Your own Local Vending Route. 25 Machines and Candy for $9,995. 1-800-9208301 (Not valid- CT).

FOR SALE: Small family diner with 3 bedroom house on 2 acre lot. Operating business, turn-key operation. Information call Shirley 493-7035 or leave message at 4932041.

HELP WANTED $$$ 13 PEOPLE WANTED $$$ Make $1,400 - $4,600 Weekly Working From Home Assembling Information Packets. No Experience Necessary! Start Immediately!

FREE Information. CALL 24hrs. 1-888-2036672 $$$ START NOW $$$ Earn Extra Income.

Assembling CD Cases from home! No Experience Necessary. Call our Live Operators for more information! 1-800-4057619 Ext 2181 www.easywork-greatpay.com MYSTERY SHOPPERS! Earn up to $150 daily. Get paid to shop pt/ft. Call now 800690-1272.

SALES & ACCT Execs Needed! Make $45,000-$80,000/yr No Exp Needed, Paid Training! Benefits, Bonuses-FT/PT avail. For more info 866-809-3957 ext. 196

$$$HELP WANTED$$$ Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home! No experience necessary. Call our Live Operators for more information! 1-800-267-3944, Ext 2400. www.easywork-greatpay.com

GOVERNMENT JOBS - $12-$48/hr Paid Training, full benefits. Call for information on current hiring positions in Homeland Security, Wildlife, Clerical and professional. 1-800320-9353 x 2100

**AWESOME CAREER** Government Postal Jobs! $17.80 to $59.00 hour Entry Level. No Experience Required / NOW HIRING! Green Card O.K. Call 1-800-370-0146 ext. 52

TRAVEL, TRAVEL, Travel! $500 sign-on bonus. Seeking 5 sharp guys and gals. Rockn-Roll Atmosphere, Blue Jean Environment!

Call Wanda 866-386-5621 today!

**BODYGUARDS WANTED** FREE Training & Job Placement Assistance for members. No Experience OK. Excellent potential $$$. Full & Part Time. Traveling expenses paid 1-615-228-1701 www.psubodyguards.com

HELP WANTED/LOCAL

AGENCY NEEDS SURROGATE MOTHERS the Rewards are more than Financial.

Seeking women 21-43 w/ healthy pregnancy history. Call 1-888-363-9457, or visit us at www.reproductivepossibilities.com

DRIVERS: HOME Daily! CDL A drivers needed for Earl T. Wadhams Inc. in Cambridge NY. 1-800-334-1314 x1178 www.wadhams.com

ASSEMBLE MAGNETS & CRAFTS at home! Year-round work! Great pay! Call toll free 1-866-844-5091 Travel Consultant/Agent. Full-time/Parttime. Commission plus bonuses. Will train.

802-782-1187.

Juggling your budget? Advertise small, get big results!

Call 1-802-460-11107

RUTLAND COMPANY is looking for a bookkeeper who is knowledgeable in Quickbooks and accounting. Hours are flexible. Part-time in summer - more time in fall/winter. Please e-mail resume to mailto: chuckgotc@aol.com or send resume to 125 Adams Rd, Pittsford, VT. 05763

EARN UP to $500 weekly assembling our angel pins in the comfort of your home. No experience required. Call 813-699-4038 or 813-425-4361 or visit www.angelpin.net

DIRECTOR OF Nursing Small southern Vermont nursing home Good survey, excellent salary.

Send resume to 51 The Square Bellows Falls, VT 05101

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Graduate in 4 Weeks! FREE Brochure. CALL NOW! 1-866562-3650 Ext. 30 www.southeasternhs.com

POTENTIAL $75,000-$120,000 yearly.

Radio & TV sales. Ground floor opportunity.

25% commission + bonuses. 518-5363215/802-922-9654 between 9:30am & 6pm.

INSTRUCTION & TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Graduate in 4 Weeks! FREE Brochure. CALL NOW! 1-800532-6546 Ext. 412 www.continentalacademy.com 34612

Porter Hospital is a small community hospital, where what you do makes a difference.

NEW POSITIONS AVAILABLE FAMILY PRACTICE: Full time opening for a BC/BE Family Practitioner. Competitive pay and benefits. Please contact David Fuller, HR Manager for details.

INTERNAL MEDICINE: Full time opening for a BC/BE Internist. Competitive pay and benefits. Please contact David Fuller, HR Manager for details.

NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PA: Part time midlevel provider position to work in a 14,000 visit per year ED in collaboration with 24/7 physician coverage. 8-10 hour shifts.

CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST: Full or part time position available. Please contact David Fuller, HR Manager for details.

MT/MLT: Full time position for a MT or MLT. Responsible for all areas of the laboratory, including phlebotomy. Must be able to work independently. Generalist preferred. ASCP certification preferred.

RELIEF SHIFT SUPERVISOR: Per diem position responsible for oversight of all Hospital Departments. Previous supervisory experience preferred. Vermont RN Licensure required.

NUTRITION ASSISTANT: Full time position, includes every other weekend rotating shift. Responsibilities include food preparation, assembly, delivery and pickup of patient trays and working with therapeutic diets on a daily basis. Successful candidate must be a team player. ServSafe experience a plus. Experience preferred but will train.

For more information call 388-4780. Please send resume w/cover letter to:

HOSPITAL, INC.

David Fuller, Human Resources Manager 115 Porter Dr., Middlebury, VT 05753 Fax: 802-388-8899 • dfuller@portermedical.org Check out our latest listings at: www.portermedical.org.

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HOLISTIC: “Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts” FLEXIBILITY: “Susceptible of modification or adaptation” These are some of the attributes Addison County Home Health & Hospice ascribes to and provides to our professional staff. We DO have a holistic approach toward each staff member, considering both their personal and professional growth. We DO provide a culture of flexibility allowing for your desire for growth, need for support and the unexpected. NO weekends, NO nights! Spend some time with us exploring these positions and find out for yourself!

FULL TIME PHYSICAL THERAPIST: Qualifications include a current Vermont Physical Therapy license and a minimum of two years of experience preferably within a rehabilitation program.

FULL TIME COMMUNITY HEALTH RN’s: Two 40/hr per week positions Qualifications include prior experience in a medical-surgical environment and a current Vermont license.

Please visit our website at www.achhh.org/ and apply directly online. Or, please send your resume to cpaquette@achhh.org or to ACHHH, Human Resources; PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753. Fax your resume to (802) 388-6126 or drop by for an application and interview.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Marble Works Complex ~ Middlebury ~ 388-3385 • John Hamilton & Carolyn Costello, Owners Visit our website: www.costellosmarket.com 49278 49271

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Possibility for views with some clearing.

MIDDLEBURY - Industrial Park location with 3 buildings for a total of 13,200 square feet on 3.5 +/- acres.

Can accommodate retail, office, commercial, industrial, trucking and more.

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MIDDLEBURY - Airplane hangar with recent upgrades located at Middlebury State Airport. Runway is currently 2500’ long with plans for lengthening to 4000’.

BRISTOL - Six unit apartment house within walking distance to downtown and schools. Good rental history and potential for future growth.

MIDDLEBURY - Two unit home that has been meticulously cared for by the current owner. Includes two-car garage. Many upgrades and renovations.

MIDDLEBURY - Two unit property with high visibility and flexible floor plan. Convenient in-town location with good sized back yard and off street parking.

$275,000

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