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State to receive $684,554 in CO2 “cap-and-trade” Gov. Jim Douglas announced that Vermont will receive $684,554 as its share from this week’s fourth quarterly auction of carbon allowances by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The selling price for 2009 allowances was $3.23 while 2012 futures sold for $2.06. “RGGI is helping set the example for a federal cap-and-trade program,” the governor said. “In Vermont, we are building a green economy and helping Vermonters save money on energy costs.” The 10 partnering states in RGGI hold quarterly allowance auctions and invest the proceeds in energy efficiency, renewable energy and other programs that benefit electricity consumers and create green jobs. The states have now auctioned a total of 110 million allowances for a total of $366.5 million since the first RGGI auction in September. The states are investing the proceeds in consumer benefits in four key program areas: energy efficiency, renewable energy, technology development, and energy cost reduction programs. Overall, the states have invested the vast majority of funds in energy efficiency and renewable energy. Vermont will auction 1.2 million carbon allowances each year, and while the auction prices will fluctuate, the revenue will significantly boost the state’s energy efficiency initiatives. A carbon allowance represents a limited authorization to emit one ton of CO2, as issued by a respective participating state. A regulated power plant must hold CO2 allowances equal to its emissions to demonstrate compliance at the end of each three-year compliance period. The first compliance period for fossil fuel-fired electric generators under the 10-state CO 2 Budget Trading Programs took effect on Jan. 1, 2009 and extends through Dec. 31, 2011. The 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states participating in RGGI (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont) have designed the first marketbased, mandatory cap-and-trade program in the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Power sector CO2 emissions are capped at current levels through 2014. The cap will then be reduced by 2.5 percent in each of the four years 2015 through 2018, for a total reduction of 10 percent.

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Peter Donin puts the finishing touches on a mural at the Hub Skatepark in Bristol. The work was painted by Donin and Jason Tooth to honor two deceased Bristol residents—Sam LaFramboise and Anthony Loyer. Sam was involved in building the skatepark, along with his father Phil Laframboise. Laframboise died in an auto accident last October. Loyer perished in a house fire last year. Photo courtesy of the Hub

Vermont State Police learned that fugitive Travis J. Desautels, age 28, was living at a residence on Route 22A in Shoreham. On June 11, troopers went to the residence to arrest Desautels; he fled out a backdoor and ran and hid in the woods. On June 16, Desautels was reported at the residence, but again fled into the woods when troopers approached. On June 17, troopers responded to the residence and took Desautels into custody as he tried to escape. He was transported to the Addison County Sheriff ’s Department and then to Addison County District Court for a hearing. He was then transported to the Correctional Center in Rutland. Desaultels was arrested on two outstanding arrest warrants: Addison County probation violation on domestic assault charge-hold without bail and a Rutland County charge of leaving the scene of an accident—bail was set at $5,000. As a result of this incident, Desautels is also facing three counts of resisting arrest.

Woman finds joy in raising a Guiding Eyes puppy Vermonter Patty Hurban is a volunteer puppy raiser for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. She just celebrated her puppy’s graduation as a full-fledged guide dog. Hurban raised Dawson, a Black Labrador Retriever. The dog became a member of Patty’s family at 8 weeks of age and was fully trained to be part of a Guiding Eyes team. The dog was placed recently in its permanent home with Sylvia ErWood. As the primary raiser of Dawson, Hurban said, “This entire experience has been very fulfilling and positive. Guiding Eyes is an organization that is professional and caring; it was a pleasure to be a puppy raiser. Dawson is the third puppy I have raised for Guiding Eyes”. The Guiding Eyes Puppy Raising Program is comprised of more than 400 puppy raisers from Maine to North Carolina. Lee Nordin, director of Guiding Eyes’ Canine Development, said, “caring, dedicated people like Patty Hurban are the heart and soul of the Guiding Eyes program. Puppy raisers nurture the young pups and familiarize them with everyday situations.” After approximately a year and a half, Hurban returned the Swanton-raised dog to Guiding Eyes

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Walk softly and carry a big stick...

Vermonter David Poirier portrays popular reformer and GOP President Theodore Roosevelt.

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Vermont actor David Poirier will bring America’s twenty-sixth president to life at the Vergennes Opera House on Friday, June 26, in the Jerome Alden penned one-man show, “Bully”. The play depicts the life and times of America’s most robust president to date—Republican politician, environmentalist, cowboy, soldier, husband and father, Theodore Roosevelt. David Poirier, a native of Enosburg, is a veteran actor with a master ’s degree in Shakespeare Studies. Since the start of his professional career in 1979 he has worked on more than 400 productions across the country. His Vermont work has taken him through multiple seasons and productions at the Lost Nation Theatre in Montpelier, Oldcastle Theatre in Bennington and at Heather McKeon’s Raincheck Theater in Berkshire. Recently Mr. Poirier finished his third season with the theater company at Apalachicola’s Dixie Theatre in Flroida. “Bully” was written by playwright Jerome Alden and debuted on Broadway in 1977 with James Whitmore as the star. Alden found his niche as a historical writer for radio, television and stage creating such scripts as “The Truman Years”, “A Gathering of One”, “The American Adventure” and the 1987 Broadway musical, “Teddy and Alice”. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students and are available in advance at the Vergennes Opera House and Classic Stitching on Main Street in Vergennes. For more information about the show see www.vergennesoperahouse.org or call 8776737.

The Quotable T.R.— “I don’t pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.” “Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.” “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” “Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” “For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.” “Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.” “Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.” “Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.” “I am a part of everything that I have read.”

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Bask in the sun at SolarFest ‘09!

There’s lots of fun for every generation at this year’s SolarFest held at the Forget-Me-Not Farm in Rutland County. Over 95 solar and wind energy, green building, agriculture and sustainable living workshops are presented under tent cover, with more than 100 exhibitors, craft vendors, food and three days of high-quality entertainment on two solar-powered stages. Photo courtesy of Makezine.com

SolarFest’s annual festival powered entirely by renewable energy takes place July 10-12 at the Forget-Me-Not Farm, McNamara Road in the Tinmouth/Middletown Springs area in Rutland County. Over 95 solar and wind energy, green building, agriculture and sustainable living workshops are presented under tent cover, with more than 100 exhibitors, craft vendors, healthy food and three

days of high-quality entertainment on two solar-powered stages. Keynote speakers are award-winning journalist and author Amy Goodman and Vermont publisher and author Stephen Morris. Amy Goodman is the producer and host of the liberal-leaning “Democracy Now!”, a national independent news program that airs on over 750 T.V. and radio stations nationwide, acclaimed for its independent grassroots journalism. Stephen Morris’ extensive credentials include executive positions at Real Goods, Vermont Castings, and Chelsea Green Publishing. He is an astute and witty observer of the challenges of seeking sustainability in modern life. Many beloved acts from former years return to celebrate the 15th SolarFest. Acclaimed favorites include Break of Reality (Eastman School of Music graduates rock the house with cello “thunder” heavy metal tunes), The House Jacks (vocal a capella from San Francisco who sound like a full-out band), Entrain’s big brass and funk rhythms, singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey, Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem mixing American roots music with plucky originality; encore family favorites include storytellers Jennings and Ponder, Rick Davis the Clown, and Roger the Jester. SolarFest attendees are used to an eclectic mix of performers that get them dancing. Top returning bands are Mawwal (world fusion with Middle East emphasis) and Xande Cruz and Batukis (an Afro-Brazilian band with a significant hip-hop influence). Favorite traditions continue with the Saturday night contra dance hosted by the Lissa Schneckenburger Band, children’s Theater-inthe-Woods, and the SolarFest singer-songwriter contest on Sunday morning. SolarFest’s volunteer organizers are looking forward to record attendance. With hourly workshops in six different tents - more than 95 in total - covering a multitude of topics relating to sustainable living, local economy, agriculture, green building, and renewable power for homes, businesses and cars, there is something for everyone. A workshop tent devoted to youth, the Solar Generation, aims sustainability education at people from early teens

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Police investigate Whiting crash Man arrested for drug dealing On June 7, at approximately 1:30 a.m., the Vermont State Police, New Haven Barracks, responded to a single vehicle crash on the Shoreham-Whiting Road, in Whiting. Upon arrival, troopers observed members from the Middlebury Rescue Squad, Whiting Volunteer Fire Department and Shoreham Volunteer Fire Department on scene and attending to John Burt of Whiting, the operator of a 2000 Chevrolet 2500 series truck. Preliminary investigation indicates Burt was traveling east on Shoreham-Whiting Road with a passenger, when he lost control of the truck while attempting to negotiate a sharp curve. Burt’s vehicle traveled left of center, crossing the west bound lane, left the roadway, traveled down an embankment and overturned several times prior to coming to a position of rest on its wheels. Burt was thrown from the vehicle and landed approximately 50 feet from the truck. The passenger had fled the scene prior to our arrival. Speed and possibly alcohol consumption are considered to be contributing factors in this crash. Anyone with information regarding the crash is urged to contact the Vermont State Police.

The Southern Vermont Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Middlebury Police Department, conducted an investigation that led to the arrest of James Moss of Middlebury. The task force was able to make two undercover controlled buys of heroin and one buy of crack cocaine from Moss. The investigation of heroin and crack-cocaine dealers in the Middlebury area is continuing. Moss was cited to appear at the Addison District Court to answer to the charges.

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Use Coupons and Get Paid to Shop

t’s no secret that I love $1 sales at the grocery store. They’re one of the easiest ways to get items for free – and who doesn’t like getting something for free? For example, when a bag of frozen vegetables is on By Jill Cataldo sale for $1 and I use a $1 coupon, the coupon’s value essentially “pays” for the vegetables – they’re free. But what if the frozen vegetable happens to be on sale for 75 cents and you use a $1 coupon? This is an example of what couponers call overage – and it’s one of my favorite aspects of couponing. Overage occurs when the value of your coupon exceeds the cost of the item you’re buying. If I use a $1 coupon on the 75-cent vegetables, what happens to that extra 25 cents? At checkout, most stores will apply the extra quarter to the rest of the items I purchase that day. So, if during the same shopping trip I also buy some bakery rolls for $1.25, the extra quarter of coupon overage is automatically applied to the rest of my total. In this example, after giving the cashier my $1 vegetables coupon I would owe just $1 in cash for the rolls. Overage can play a big role in reducing your total grocery bill. If I have many items in the same transaction, each with a coupon that exceeds the value of what I’m buying, I can gain several dollars of overage. That overage can be used to buy anything: fruit, vegetables, dairy or whatever I’d like. With a family of five, I can always find plenty of other items that my household needs. However, it’s important to remember that no store is going to give a shopper cash back for overage. I can’t walk into my local grocery store with that $1 coupon, buy the 75-cent vegetables and then ask for a quarter in change. It just doesn’t work that way. But because I’m also buying other items during the same trip, coupon overage helps save money on everything else I take home. When I explain overage in my coupon classes I’m sometimes asked if this is “ripping off the store.” The answer is, No! Remember, the manufacturer that issued my $1 vegetables coupon will reimburse the store not only $1 for the full value of my coupon but also an additional 8 to 12 cents per coupon. (Read the fine print on your coupon and you’ll find this spelled out.) So, think of your coupons as if they were cash. If I hand the cashier a $1 bill to pay for my 75-cent vegetables and $1.25 rolls, the extra 25 cents over the cost of the vegetables isn’t lost – it comes off the price of the rolls. Most stores automatically allow overage. A few reserve the right to “adjust down” the value of your coupon to the point that the item is free, but the shopper does not receive the overage. To determine how your store handles coupon overages, ask your store for a copy of its coupon policy. © CTW Features

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very Thursday, I phone-in to a popular morning radio show. The station bosses and show hosts are exceptionally generous; they let me spout whatever I feel like spouting. I can’t remember ever spouting anything they chose to use the dump button for—that’s because I, like you, have a sense of what one should and should not say on the air. Hell, the underworld, is a word our sense tells us we should not say on the air, or type on the page. Hereafter a lone H, will represent the geographical locale of Hell. I don’t know why we have that sense about H, we just do, or at least I do, and I suspect you do, too. Moreover, I would hold my saying H to a severe minimum while in your home, talking to a person whom I thought was under 14, or while speaking with your grandmother. What is the point of not speaking or writing the occasional H, or son of a b, or the naughty word for dang? It surely can’t be we’re at all put-off hearing those words, because many of us hear and even say those words allot, with no adverse effect. So it must be to protect our young children from hearing those words. These are words that they are going to be hearing early and often sooner than later; in fact young people probably already hear them often, in the comfort of their own home. We figure, too, protecting our young from bad words will help assure they grow up proper citizens. I guess is what we figure. I get it that for some reason we puritans aren’t willing to allow our ears and eyes to take in certain words. Therefore, I gladly adhere to the FCC’s guidelines regarding sinful language when I’m on the air, or writing for someone else’s publication. When it’s my live show, I’ll use cuss words to taste. Tell you what I find odd. H is a word that’s meaning is a destination millions and millions of people feel doesn’t exist. It’s cuss word “lite”. It’s an empty calorie word. To hear it used, I believe, will harm a youngster little to naught. If I were making the rules about what should be censored from television and radio air, and print, instead of censoring h, and other non-effective cusses, I’d choose to censor descriptive criminal reports. My favorite radio and television stations recently aired a report about a local nanny who was being tried for molesting a small child. The report included clear descriptive details of what the accused had done with the child, including manhandling and injuring the child, and—ah, whoops, I’ll stop there, which is what I would hope our news producing outlets would start doing. We, and the FCC, think a 12-year-old child riding to school with her mama listening to the radio should be protected from hearing the word H, yet we apparently don’t mind the child hearing, often, in glaring detailed descriptions, about what a pedophile or rapist or murderer has done to his or her victim? Young children shouldn’t have to hear disgusting details of

crimes. (Many of the crimes are against young children) Adults shouldn’t either. And to say reporting lurid details of outrageous crimes is a public service that makes us more aware of the everyday ills that surround us, which makes us more watchful and therefore safe, is a weak defense of high-ratings seeking reporting. If an adult is not aware there are bad people doing bad things, hearing about those bad things on T.V. isn’t going to shock the adult into having a clue. And believe me, I know we’re free to not watch or listen to anything we find offensive, but young children are not always in the position of power to chose what they’re viewing or listening to. Our news producing organizations, or the FCC, or the people providing this type of intense descriptive criminal detailed information to the outlets, should keep it off the air. What the h? P.S. The last paragraph was written as a tight ending, but since writing it, I’ve had another thought: The kind of jarring reports the above piece addresses also play in disrespect to the victims, and you could say, if you chose, the accused. 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

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supernova is one of the universe’s most awesome, violent events. In most cases, a supernova explosion can outshine an entire galaxy. Such catastrophic detonations leave behind spectacular legacies seen through telescopes—the Crab Nebula, as one example, is a rapidly expanding shell of beautiful, incandescent gas created by a 1054 A.D. supernova explosion. At the center of the nebula is a rapidly spinning neutron star—all that remains of a red supergiant star that once existed there. When a massive, old star has gobbled up all of its hydrogen fuel, a new thermonuclear process begins at its core—the remaining helium and carbon then serves as the star ’s new fuel. With the hydrogen gone, the laws of physics seek to counterbalance an inward pull resulting from the star ’s heavy outer mass. However, this counterbalancing act can never be pulled off; gravity inevitably causes the core to collapse. At the final moment of a collapsing core, a massive explosion occurs—this is called a supernova. As the explosion unfolds, plasma—ultra hot gas—is blasted far into space. For a brief moment, lasting hours or days, the supernova will outshine all the stars of its resident galaxy. As the explosion fades, the star remnant dims with only its core remaining. The remaining core is called a neutron star because it is composed entirely of densely packed neutron particles. In some cases, supernova compression will continue past the neutron star stage and create a black hole where not even photons (light) can escape due to the extreme gravitational force of the “hole”. There are two types of supernova explosions, types I and II. In a type-I supernova, two stars are involved. In a binary system, the larger companion star swells to a red giant, expanding dangerously close to its smaller partner. The smaller, but now more massive companion sucks gases off the red giant until what remains of the giant is a white dwarf star. In reverse roles, the companion now swells to a red giant and the dwarf sucks gases off its newly bloated companion. Finally, when all gaseous material is stripped away, two white dwarfs remain. But the odd dance of death is not yet complete. The two dwarf stars fall in toward each other and explode. According to most astronomers, type-I supernova explosions leave nothing behind. A type-II supernova explosion happens when a red su-

pergiant star, more than ten times the mass of Sun, burns up the last of its thermonuclear fuel. Since the object has nearly stopped generating nuclear energy to hold up its tremendous mass, gravity triggers a rapid collapse of the star ’s gaseous outer shell. As the collapse of the outer shell compresses the sun’s iron core, a stream of atomic and subatomic particles blasts away the outer shell in a violent detonation and explosion. Because our Sun lacks the mass to become a red supergiant, and because we lack a large companion star, there won’t be a fatal supernova explosion. Instead, billions of years from now, when our Sun burns up the last of its hydrogen fuel, it will swell to a red giant 100 times its present size—vaporizing the inner planets, including Earth— and then fade away until it is 100 times smaller than current size. At this point, all that will remain of our familiar Sun is a cold, black mass. What’s in the Sky: During the pre-dawn hours, check out the constellation Ursa Major, aka the Big Dipper. At the end of the Dipper ’s handle, Mizar forms an optical “double star” with Alcor. Nearby on the sky map, in 1996, two planets were found orbiting star 47 Ursae Majoris. This Sunlike star, 46 light years distant, is visible to the naked eye. It located to the right of Canes Venatici. Louis Varricchio. M.Sc., lives in Vermont. He was a NASA science writer. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in communications and space science studies.

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Starkboro farmer receives UVM award Midd Players celebrate 50 years of theater

By Cheryl Dorschner Cows have grazed the pastures of the Clifford Farm in Starksboro since 1793. Today, under the management of Eric and Jane Clifford, the farm contributes five and a half million pounds of milk to Vermont’s dairy industry every year. The Clifford farm has also become a magnet for University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) students and researchers, and in doing so, is practically a UVM outpost – a learning tool for animal science students. “The Cliffords have achieved excellence in their business, recognition as leaders in the dairy industry and commitment and service to the University of Vermont and Extension,” said Leon Berthiaume, chief executive officer of St. Albans Cooperative Creamery. If it weren’t enough to run a farm of 370 cattle on 500 acres, Eric Clifford founded the Champlain Valley Crop Association and the Concrete Grazer ’s Discussion Group, he was an organizer of the Vermont Large Farms Conference, and is an advisor to several organizations including: the Lake Champlain Citizen Advisory Committee, Large Farm Operations Group, UVM CREAM Program and the UVM/VTC 2+2 Program. Eric, a 1972 graduate of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, received the College’s 2009 Outstanding Alumni Award during festivities at the campus Davis Center on May 9. “Both Eric and Jane are respected members of the Vermont community, with a great passion for the dairy industry, UVM and the state. Each has achieved excellence,” said animal science Assistant Professor Adam Lock, in his nomination letter. Roger Allbee, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets, points out: “Eric supported UVM’s land-grant mission throughout the years by his willingness to provide access to the farm for countless stu-

The Middlebury Community Players invite theatergoers to “Party with the Players” as they celebrate 50 years of music and theater in Addison County. Gold and glamour is the theme of the Players’ golden anniversary show featuring song and dance from past and upcoming shows. The show takes the stage at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury Saturday, June 27, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Food and refreshments will be served, and a D.J. will provide dance music after the 7 o’clock show. Tickets are only $10, and may be purchased at the Town Hall Theater box office at 382 – 9222 or on line at www.townhalltheater.com.

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Starskboro farmer Eric Clifford receives a CALS Outstanding Alumni Award from Dean Tom Vogelmann at the 16th Annual Alumni and Friends Award Dinner at UVM’s Davis Center. Photo by Todd Pritchard

dents, to allow research to be conducted by UVM faculty, to be involved with UVM Extension as an advisor and to serve on numerous UVM committees.” “They are gracious hosts on their farm, and speak clearly, yet boldly on behalf of dairy farming,” said Jackie Folsom, president of the Vermont Farm Bureau. Clearly, yet boldly— In other words, as former UVM provost, now President of The Windham Foundation John Bramley said, “I always looked to them for great advice, and they always were willing to give it when asked. Actually, they were also prepared to give it when I didn’t ask,

but they felt I needed it!” Other alumni and faculty honored at the ceremony were: UVM Extension Forester Thomas McEvoy, Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Association general manager Brett Denny, Yale University forest ecologist and director of field studies Thomas Siccama, nutritionist and founder of Green Mountain at Fox Hollow Thelma Wayler and UVM senior Jacob McFadden. Cheryl Dorschner works with both the University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and UVM Extension as a writer, photographer and senior communications specialist. This article first appeared in Agriview.

Dames at Sea’ docks at Saint Michael’s Playhouse By Bill Wargo Joe Cino would have been happy. The Saint Michael’s Playhouse production of “Dames at Sea” is cheerful and ingratiating, and Cino would be ecstatic to see the audience’s continuing enthusiastic response to one of his children. Cino gave birth to “Dames” in May, 1966. The musical was presented on a tiny stage at his “Caffé Cino,” the original Off-Off-Broadway playhouse on Cornelia Street in New York City’s Greenwich Village. A parody of the lavish Busby Berkeley cinema spectaculars of the 1930s, “Dames” was one of the many successful shows that originated in Cino’s miniscule storefront Italian coffee house. It was not always a happy time for Cino. Constantly hounded by the City for ordinance violations because his business was not eligible for licensure as a theater, Cino survived because of alleged payoffs to the police and protection from the Mafia. The turmoil in his personal and professional life finally took its toll, and Cino committed suicide in 1967 at the age of 36. Fortunately, “Dames at Sea” sails on. The show’s plot is simple. Naïve Ruby (Lindsay Sutton) arrives in New York with “nothing but tap shoes in her suitcase and a prayer in her heart.” She yearns to make it big on Broadway. It’s love at first sight (well, actually, second sight) when she meets Dick (David Rossetti), a sincere, songwriting sailor. She’s also befriended by wisecracking Joan (Tessa Faye) and Joan’s own singing sailor, Lucky (Marc Tumminelli). But watch out, Ruby--devious diva Mona

(Abby Lee) has designs on Dick. Ruby’s theatrical future looks bleak when the theater is bulldozed before opening night. Should Ruby hang up her tap shoes? Can the Navy come to the rescue? Will the show go on? Although “Dames” seems like tame fare today, the songs are still snappy, the second act set is cleverly constructed (thanks to Carl Tallent), and all the Playhouse performers are properly perky. You can’t go wrong by spending a night on board. Want to see some wonderful Busby

Berkeley choreography before or after the show? Go to YouTube.com and catch “Young and Innocent Days” with background music by The Kinks. You’ll smile when you see what the “Dames” parody was all about. “Dames at Sea” will stay afloat at the Saint Michael’s College McCarthy Arts Center until June 27. Shows are at 8 p.m .on Tuesday-Saturday with a matinee at 2 pm on Saturday. For tickets and other information, call 654-2281 or visit academics.smcvt.edu/playhouse. Anchors aweigh!

The Cornwall Volunteer Fire Department will baste slowcooking half-chickens with its secret sauce throughout the morning of Sunday, June 28, getting ready for its popular lunch and take-out event that day from noon to 3 p.m. The annual barbecue will include side dishes and beverage for a complete meal, though lower-priced single chicken pieces will also be available, as will be hamburgers and hot dogs. Homemade pies will also be for sale. Located at the Route 30 fire station or take home meals throughout the event. Proceeds will benefit fire department and first response squad.

Hinesburg businesswoman completes UVM program The Vermont Business Center has announced that Jennifer Stanley, owner of Stanley Technical Services in Hinesburg successfully completed the professional certificate In leadership and management. The program, run by the University of Vermont, is unique in that it focuses on key concepts, vocabulary and analytical tools essential for effective management and strategic decision making. Jennifer Stanley is the owner According to Dean Rocki Deof Stanley Technical Services Witt, of the UVM Business in Hinesburg. School, “Companies who invest in their workforce capabilities through certificate programs realize multiple benefits. Not only do employees enhance their decision making skills but they come back with greater enthusiasm and energy about their responsibilities. Dedicating time to thinking about your role in enhancing performance and building your tool kit helps you see the paths to making a difference.” JStanley successfully completed courses in Strategic Human Resources, Organizational Performance, Business Finance, Accounting, Negotiations Strategies, Strategic Marketing, Financial Analysis, Increasing Sales, Marketing, Gaining Competitive Advantage, and Business Coaching.

STREET FEST—A couple dances to music hosted by D.J. Johnny Utah of WPTZ “The Buzz” radio station at Bristol’s Pocock Rocks Festival June 20. Bristol Police closed Main Street between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the street celebration which featured live music, food, wine and beer tastings and a silent auction. Pocock is Bristol’s 18th century name. Photo by Alice Dubenetsky

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MUHS athletes Sean Harrison and Johanna Kelley accept the Athlete of the Year Awards during Middlebury Union High School’s final assembly. The award is presented in honor of the late Paul Gonzalez (1944-1962). Sean Harrison and Johanna Kelley accepted the Athlete of the Year Awards during Middlebury Union High School’s final assembly. The award is presented in honor of the late Paul Gonzalez (1944-1962). The award statement said Gonzalez “was a superstar in the eyes of his teammates through his attributes of sportsmanship, positive role model, citizenship, dedication and selflessness. He was truly a team player. He represented his school with pride and dignity.”

The MUHS Class of 1963 honors his memory each year by presenting the Athlete of the Year Award to the young man and woman that best emulate these qualities. Faculty and staff said Sean and Johanna certainly deserve these awards through their dedication to their respective sports. Sean will be furthering his athletic career at Holderness and Johanna will be doing the same at St. Lawrence University.

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WEST HAVEN—It was only fitting that the man who operates “The Ridge” would win the Ridge Runners Series race at Devil's Bowl Speedway. C.V. Elms, promoter of Bear Ridge Speedway in New Hampshire, pulled off one of the biggest upsets ever Sunday night, taking the checkered flag in the 50-lap Ridge Runner Series feature at Devil's Bowl. The series brings together budget sportsman drivers from the Champlain Valley Racing Association, Bear Ridge and Glen Ridge Motorsports Park and drew some heavy hitters, but Elms, a jack of all trades who is also a farmer in addition to running every aspect of Bear Ridge. proved he still knows a thing or two about racing. Willy Knight and Jack Gentile started on the front row and controlled the early pace. Knight went out on the point, but Gentile, who is enjoying a great early season on the CVRA, never let him get far away. Knight and Gentile were still leading the pack at the halfway point, while Elms, who had started ninth, was sitting just outside the top five and biding his time. Cullen Howe, who had started 12th, was the car to watch. He moved past Gentile for second on lap 29 and began putting pressure on Knight, but Howe brought out the caution on lap 35 and suddenly, Elms was sitting in second place. Showing he still knows the quickest line around Devil's Bowl and isn't going to let a golden opportunity slip away, Elms finally got the lead with four to go, and came away with his first career victory at the Bowl. Elms' best finish at the Bowl, prior to Sunday, was a second, behind Cullen Howe, on June 15 last year.

Knight crossed the finish line second, followed by Jared McMahon, Gentile and Wayne Stearns. Cale Kneer rocketed past Carl Vladyka on the last lap to record his first win of the season in the 20-lap pro-street stock feature. Bill Duprey picked up his second win of the campaign in the limited feature, Kayla Bryant won the mini-stock main and Chris Murray was victorious in the Duke stock feature. All divisions, headlined by the mighty 358 modifieds, will be in action on Sunday, June 28, which will feature a fireworks display. Racing will begin at 6:45 p.m. Fans should start planning their 4th of July holiday, as Devil's Bowl will be in action on both Saturday, July 4, and Sunday, July 5. A complete list of events for the weekend in available on the CVRA Web site at www.cvra.com. BUDGET SPORTSMAN (RIDGE RUNNER SERIES, 50 LAPS): C.V. ELMS, Willy Knight, Jaron McMahon, Jack Gentile, Willy Stearns, Frank Hoard Jr., Hunter Bates, Seth Howe, Frank Hoard III, Chris Thorpe, Ron Casey, Jon Bates, Bodie Bellinger, Angela Hanson, D.J. Brundige, Josh Joseph, Cody Sargent, Joey Trudeau, Ken Towne, Cullen Howe, Anthony Warren, Andy Durie, Jason Vadnais, Derrick McGrew, Ron Wanamaker, Justin Comes, Jamie introne. PRO-STREET STOCKS: CALE KNEER, Carl Vladyka, Jeff Washburn, Fred Little, Lori Langevin, Chuck Towslee, Justin Perry, Mike Paquin, Walt Brownell, Joe Matzac. LIMITEDS: BILL DUPREY, Mike Clark, Lou Gancarz, Rob Ketcham, Joe Ladd, Garret Given, Mitch Sequin, Brian O'Reilly, Bill Vradenburg, Erwin Smith Jr., Frank Monroe, Ben Ladd, Paul Braymer, Dennis Sullinger, Curtis Condon.

Aiello earns All- Free yoga session American honors Middlebury College women's tennis player Victoria Aiello (Milton, Mass.) has been named to the 2009 ITA Division III Women's All-American Team. The Middlebury rookie advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Individual Championships in Lawrenceville, Georgia before falling in the second round a few weeks ago. Earlier this spring, Aiello was named both the NESCAC and the ITA Women’s Tennis Northeast Rookie of the Year. She finished the season ranked ninth in the northeast and 21st nationally, taking on a very competitive schedule of opponents. She had an impressive rookie season for the Panthers, playing at #1 singles for the entire spring. The firstteam all-league selection owned a 13-8 record in singles play, taking on several of the top-ranked players in the region.

On Friday, June 26, 2009 certified Laughter Yoga instructors will hold a free session of Laughter Yoga at Middlebury Commons Senior Housing located at 249 Buttolph Drive, Middlebury, VT. Laughter Yoga combines seated laughter exercises with yogic breathing to bring more oxygen to the brain and body. It is based on the fact that anyone can laugh for no reason at all, without jokes, comedy or a sense of humor. Laughter is a great form of exercise that also reduces stress, strengthens the immune system, and boosts mood. This program is presented by Neighbor to Neighbor AmeriCorps at Champlain Valley Agency on Aging (CVAA). The program is free of charge and open to anyone age 60 or older in the community. Call Mia at 1-800642-5119 to pre-register.

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Liberty elm To the editor: A beautiful liberty elm tree has taken up residence on the drive into the Patricia Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury. Jerry Duchaime, Steven Patterson and Zach Sullivan, with moral support from Ricky Brisson, planted the 19-foot tree as a final, hands-on project of Mrs. Cheryl Werner ’s Landscaping Class. The tree was obtained by the Town of Middlebury through the Elm Research Institute in Keene, N.H. The institute is dedicated to propagating and raising a disease resistant elm as a memorial to the 1775 “Sons of Liberty” and a hardy replacement for the thousands of trees that once graced towns large and small across America. Appropriately named “Liberty” by its student planters, the tree takes its place next to “Bob II” in a growing parade of trees that will someday provide shade and beauty to the MUHS/Hannaford Center campus. Here’s to the future—long may “liberty” survive. Peg Martin Middlebury

Middlebury priorities To the editor: Several days ago, I noticed Buttolph Road was being torn up near the entrance to the recreation park parking lot. I asked the workman why and was told that it was being slightly reconfigured. Only a few weeks ago, I went to the town manager and townboard to remind them, once again, about the culverts that should be rebuilt on Monroe Street. I was, as before, blown off. The town, as I understand it, is responsible for culvert maintenance. Many years ago, they removed the culverts on Monroe Street and never replaced them. The lack of culverts adds to an already troublesome water problem. So the town can’t meet its responsibilities, but it can ex-

www.Denpubs.com pend taxpayer dollars to fix a road that's not broken—at a time, I might add, when we should be more watchful than ever as to how tax dollars are being spent—waste not, want not. I’m certain that other taxpayers in Middlebury could suggest other projects that are more sorely in need of action than the slight road reconfiguration. I don’t know who makes the decisions on what projects get funding and what projects don’t, but I think that person needs to have their criteria redefined. If other taxpayers in Middlebury think as I do about this situation, I wish you would let our town manager and board know. We shouldn’t just sit back and let them waste our money, or else, next thing you know, they'll want more money to do what really needs to be done—in other words, a tax increase. Flanzy Chodkowski Middlebury

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his reading audience being, I’d guess, composed of sophisticated practitioners of contemporary political vernacular phraseology, there’s no need for me to waste any of my allotted column-inches on an explanation of “identity politics”. Nor, I’d guess, do I need to describe how identity politics leads inexorably to identity jurisprudence. More than a century ago, French author Anatole France (false name) wrote “Le Lys Rouge”, 1894, which contains this well-known quote: “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor from sleeping under bridges…” sarcastically illustrating through his Communist world-view, the Leftist support for the idea that members of different groups are entitled to different treatment under law and regulation. Lady Justice now peeks around her blindfold to determine who, appearing before her, should be treated more gently or more harshly, depending on their group identity, for the same crime—or, in modern Vermont planning and zoning situations, the same permit application. So the new logical sequence is: 1. identity politics, 2. identity jurisprudence, and 3. identity zoning. Just as, under the Anatole France view of things, the rich are to be judged more rigorously for stealing than the poor, so, under contemporary P&Z doctrine in many Vermont towns, corporate permit applicants are to be treated more rigorously than equally-for-profit mom-and-pop applicants, and both such identity groups are to be treated more rigorously than government or non-profit applicants; this explains why Middlebury has granted multiple variances for various non-profit housing applicants and why the Addison County’s shire town raised no environmental objection to the construction of its own exemplary countycourthouse-in-a-swamp—a bit of regulatory empathy which, I’d guess, wouldn’t have been accorded a for-profit private developer. Selective empathy is a big part of identity politics, jurisprudence, or zoning. Sometimes the empathy is negative, as exemplified by WalMart in St.Albans, a 20-year P&Z odyssey which the corporation has stuck with to the (almost) end; or Home Depot in Montpelier, where the corporation fairly quickly decided to exit from an unpredictable conditions-laden not-by-the-book permitting process. Most recently, corporate applicants in Ferrisburgh (fast-food/fuel-stop/convenience store) and Middlebury (first, high-end coffee and now office supplies) have been the targets of negative empathy expressed through identity zoning, In the latter instance, both withdrew once they realized what unpredictable permit conditions they were facing. Which, of course, is what the p&z folks, reflecting majority anti-corporate-identity-group community sentiment, wanted. It wouldn’t have been seemly to have denied the application for overtly-stated identity-group reasons, just as it wasn’t seemly for the next Supreme Court justrix to have overtly

declared Hispanic females juridically superior to white males—an arrogant policy statement which had to be “walked back from” (a little D.C. new-speak lingo, there) in order to keep the preference doctrine unspoken, invisible—but unchanged. I’d guess that it’s the desire of folk,s who enjoy occupying P&Z board seats, to exercise their superior discretion— in the Progressive model, the brighter have the obligation to govern the dumber for their own good, what Rudyard Kipling called “the white man’s burden”—by dealing with permit applications on a case-by-case basis, thus providing positive or negative regulatory empathy as members of various identity groups appear before them. The theory would explain why “conditional use” has acquired such increased popularity amongst planners and zoners in recent decades, and the regulatory process has become progressively (pun intended) less transparent and predictable over the same time span. It would likewise explain why P&Z folks who, decades ago, enthused theoretically over performance-standards zoning, have since become increasingly hostile to the concept. A regulatory model, which establishes quantitative measures for all the various aspects of development in various zones—such as traffic, lighting, lot size, building footprint, noise, smoke, utility requirements, service impacts, and so on—would transparently and predictably approve any proposal which met the printed quantitative and qualitative standards. Conversely, it would disapprove one which didn’t. The opportunity for the P&Z folks to exercise discretionary identity zoning would likely disappear because they wouldn’t have the courage to list—in writing—the favored or “disfavored” identity groups deserving of positive or negative empathy (which might appear before them with a permit request). More next week.

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Cox receives B.A. degree Alexander Abraham Cox of Ripton received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Drew University, May 16, at the university's 141st commencement. Gerald Stern, New Jersey's first poet laureate and a winner of the National Book Award, spoke to students at the ceremony along with Drew President Robert Weisbuch.

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Wednesday, June 24 BRISTOL BRISTOL — Annual Chicken Bar-B-Que fundraiser from 5:30-7 p.m. for the Bristol July 4 events, prepared by Sons of the American Legion, Post 19. Dessert by the Outlook Club. 453-2278. MIDDLEBUR Y — The Middlebury Farmer's Market is open every SatMIDDLEBURY urday and Wednesday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. outdoors at the MarbleWorks by the Falls. Fresh local produce, meats, cheese and eggs, baked goods, wine, flowers, plants, and crafts. 388-0178. R UTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Godnick Adult Center at 12:30 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568. R UTLAND — American Cancer Society's Man to Man Program announces a meeting of the Rutland Area Prostate Cancer Support Group at the Rutland Regional Medical Center, Meeting Room D–CVPS Leahy Conference Center at 5:30 p.m. 483-6220.

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DORSET — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Dorset Nursing Office at 9 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2.00 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568. FAIR HAVEN HAVEN — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Appletree Apartments at 9:30 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568. MIDDLEBUR Y — Henry Sheldon Museum Pops Concert featurning the MIDDLEBURY Vermont Syphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m; Grounds open at 5:30 for picnicking; Pre-concert Performance at 6 p.m. by the Vergennes Union High School Commodore Singers at the Middlebury College, behind the Center for the Arts, Route 30. Bring blankets and chairs. Rain site: Kenyon Arena. 388-2117. R UTLAND — Spiritual Australian Didgeridoo Interactive Workshop with Rev. Phil Jones from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, 120 Merchants Row. $20. 775-8080. STARKSBOR O — Community Garden, Starksboro Youth: Design and STARKSBORO build a gate and sign for the community garden with Matthew Perry, Art & Soul artist-in-residence, as part of the library's summer program. Youth ages 7-teen will work with Matthew on the Art Bus, a former school bus retrofitted with tables and counter space and packed full of art supplies, to create an entrance using natural materials like wood and grapevine. Programs for other ages, too. 453-3732. VERGENNES — The Addison County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce its Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament at the Basin Harbor Club. Participants will enjoy 18 holes of golf, lunch, pitching contest and an awards banquet at which the 2009 scholarship recipient will be recognized. 388-7951 or email ted@addisoncounty.com.

Friday, June 26 BRANDON — Brandon Farmer’s Market Fridays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Central Park. Seasonal Products, plants, flowers, honey, maple syrup, baked goods and much more. Rain or shine. 273-2655. CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE — Farmer's Market at Mt. Philo State Park on Fridays from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Come for a hike, have a family picnic, and support your neighborhood food producers. All Vendors farm within 10 miles of the Park! Park Fee's suspended for Market guests. Contact Matt for more details 425-2390. HINESBURG HINESBURG — Author Event at 7 p.m. featuring Charlie Nardozzi, autho. All events are free and open to the public. 482-5189. MIDDLEB URY — Addison URY County Republican Meeting: to be held at the Ilsley Public Library Meeting Room on at 6:30–8:30 p.m. General meeting 6:30 p.m. Guest speaker; Republican State Chairman Rob Roper at 7:15. 897-7400. MIDDLEBUR Y — Helen Mirren MIDDLEBURY stars in Racine's tragedy "Phèdre," the first of four high definition broadcasts from the National Theater of Great Britain, showing at Town Hall Theater, at 8 p.m. Tickets, $16, are available through the THT Box Office by calling 382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person on Merchants Row (noon-5 p.m.). MIDDLEBUR Y — Free Laughter MIDDLEBURY Yoga Session at 2 p.m., certified Laughter Yoga instructors will hold a free session of Laughter Yoga at Middlebury Commons Senior Housing located at 249 Buttolph Dr. Open to anyone age 60 or older in the community. Call 1-800-642-5119 to preregister. 45055

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NEW HAVEN HAVEN — New Haven Fire Volunteer Department Fundraiser Dinner hosted by Roland's Place 1796 House. There will be two seatings: 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Cash bar 4:30-9 p.m. Buffet plus Breast of Chicken BBQ Style. Adults $15 and Kids 10 and under $7.50. 453-6309. RICHMOND — The Richmond Bridge is reopening and the Richmond Farmers' Market wants to celebrate. One of everyone's favorite local groups wants to be part of this event. The Willoughbys will be on stage 5-6 p.m..The Market is open 3-6:30 p.m. on Volunteers Green. 434-5273 or cmader@surfglobal.net.

Saturday, June 27 CASTLETON CASTLETON — Castleton Area Yard Sale. Spaces are available for the annual Castleton Area Yard Sale to be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Outdoor spaces can be reserved on the Castleton Village Green and both indoor and outdoor spaces are available at the Castleton Community Center. The prices range from $10 to $25. 468-3093. CASTLETON CASTLETON — Fundraiser for Eva and Tom Parker who both have been diagnosed with Cancer. Tom and Eva are foster parents in the Rutland County, who provide care for teenage boys. A Basket Party will be held at the American Legion on Rt. 4A, Doors open at 11 a.m. Drawing will begin at 1 p.m. Refreshments will be sold. Admission ticket $5, Children 10 and under admission ticket $3,additional tickets $2 per sheet. All proceeds will be donated to the family. Maureen at 775-7343, Lori at 236-5595, or Linda at 3531244. CORNWALL— CORNWALL— Annual Strawberry Festival at the Cornwall Town Center. Shortcake, sundaes, lunch, music and kids' fun 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Cornwall Congregational Church and on the adjacent town green. Live music and kids' activities will round out the fun. 462-2170 or 462-3138. MIDDLEBUR Y — The Middlebury Farmer's Market is open every SatMIDDLEBURY urday and Wednesday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. outdoors at the MarbleWorks by the Falls. 388-0178. MIDDLEBUR Y — Middlebury Community Players celebrates their 50th MIDDLEBURY Anniversary with a cabaret of show-stoppers sung by top local talent. Light refreshments and cash bar. D.J. and dancing after the 7 p.m. show. At 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Town Hall Theater. Tickets, $10, are available through the THT Box Office by calling 382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person on Merchants Row. (Mon-Sat, noon-5 p.m.) R UTLAND — The Rutland Amateur Hockey Association (RAHA) will hold its annual benefit golf tournament at the Valley View Golf Course. The tournament will be a four-person team scramble with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. The cost per player is $60 which includes 18 holes of golf, cart and lunch. Call Diana at 775.9990. All proceeds will benefit the Rutland Youth Ice Hockey program. SALISBUR Y — Bake sale to benefit the Salisbury Feralcat Assistance SALISBURY Program at the Middlebury Beef Supply 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 352-4631.

Sunday, June 28 CASTLETON CASTLETON — Castleton Community Center members Carol Harsthorn, Laurie Knauer and Lindsey Hartshorn hang a banner announcing the Great Castleton Area Yard Sale 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Spaces are available outdoors on the Castleton Community Center Green or Castleton Village Green and indoors at the Community Center. To reserve a space call 4683093. MONKTON MONKTON — “Strawberry Festival” Russell Memorial Library Book Sale and Auction at the Monkton Firehouse, State Prison Hollow Road. Entertainment by the bluegrass band, The Hibernators from noon-3 p.m. Musical entertainment from 1-3 p.m. Strawberries, cake, ice cream, hot dogs and lemonade for sale. Silent Auction with items donated by area businesses. 453-4471 or 453-5393. VERGENNES — Vergennes Dorchester Lodge F&AM is holding it's last Sunday of the month breakfast at it's lodge on School Street in Vergennes 7:30 a.m.-10 a.m. All you can eat: pancakes, french toast, bacon, sausage, home fries, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee.

Monday, June 29 R UTLAND — Vermont Campaign for Liberty Meeting at the Godnick Adult Center, Deer Street 7-9 p.m.342-7970. VERGENNES — A Strawberry Festival and Band Concert will be held in the Vergennes City Park from 6-8:30 p.m. Homemade strawberry shortcake and beverages will be served and the Vergennes City Band will provide entertainment. Proceeds benefit the Champlain Valley Christian School. Marilyn at 759-3055.

Tuesday, June 30 CASTLETON CASTLETON — Lewis Franco and the Missing Cats - “Purr-Fect” Performance. Lewis Franco and his Cats are coming to Castleton for their debut performance on the Green. The concert is free. Rain or shine. Rain site is under the tent at Castleton State College. 273-2911. NEW HAVEN HAVEN — Monthly Sacred Healing/Sacred Sound Circle at Lightheart Sanctuary at 6:30 p.m. $20 per person. Meditate, chant, sing, drum, shamanic journey, pray, walk labyrinth in clear weather, tone with crystal singing bowls, share. Maureen Short at 453-4433 or e-mail Maureen@gmavt.net.

Wednesday, July 1 ESSEX JCT. JCT. — Circus Smirkus at the Champlain Valley Expo, from July 1-3 105 Pearl Street. Six shows: noon and 6:30 p.m. $18.75/Adult; $15.75/Child; free for under 2. Presented by Champlain Valley Expo. HINESBURG HINESBURG — Dennis and the Left Eye Jump Blues Band at 7:30 p.m. at the Carpenter-Carse Library. Free and refreshments will be served. 4822878. MIDDLEBUR Y — The Middlebury Farmer's Market is open every SatMIDDLEBURY urday and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. outdoors at the MarbleWorks by the Falls. Fresh local produce. 388-0178.

Friday, July 3 BRANDON — Brandon Farmer’s Market Fridays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Central Park. Seasonal Products, plants, flowers, honey, maple syrup, baked goods and much more. Rain or shine. 273-2655. CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE — Farmer's Market at Mt. Philo State Park on Fridays from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Come for a hike, have a family picnic, and support your neighborhood food producers. All Vendors farm within 10 miles of the Park.4252390. NORTH NORTH HERO HERO — The Annual Grand Isle County Fireworks Extravaganza will be held on Friday, July 3, at Knight Point State Park. This community event is presented by the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, the Islands Center for Arts and Recreation and the Lake Champlain Islands Chamber. Fireworks by NorthStar. Fee is $3 per person; entrance is free after 5 p.m. 372-4531.

SATURDAY June 27, 2009

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Brandon plans big July 4 parade, fireworks event

DAVID MAMET—Middlebury Actors Wordshop, a resident professional acting company of Town Hall Theater, presents Vermont resident and playwright David Mamet's "Speed-The-Plow", a world-class rollercoaster ride through the wilds of the Hollywood deal makers: July 8 - 11 at 8 p.m. and July 12 at 2 p.m. Tickets, $17, are available through the THT Box Office by calling 3829222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person on Merchants Row (Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.).

Brandon's Independence Day 2009 celebration promises to be an event to remember. The Saturday, July 4, celebration starts off early, 9 a.m., and ends at 10 p.m. Fireworks will start at dusk. Food vendors will open at 5 p.m. with the street dance starting at 6 p.m. Jam Man Entertainment, Radio station Z91.7, the Pittsford Fire Department Boo-Mobile, SADD, and the State of Vermont Fire Service Smoke House will all be part of the event. Activities kick off in Central Park at 9 a.m. with various vendors, a silent auction, and karaoke in the bandstand. There are activities for children while they wait for the downtown parade to start at 1 p.m. There will be several local and regional bands in the parade along with floats, Shriner units, area fire departments, and surprise marching units. Shortly after the parade ends, the Great Brandon Ball Race starts at the town green while a bluegrass concert begins in Central Park. Pony and bull rides, a petting zoo, D.J. music, and food and craft vendors, for all ages, will be held at Park Village one mile north of Brandon. Fireworks will follow at dusk. For details, call Linda Berry of the Brandon Independence Committee at 247-3275

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