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Aircraft maker mulls Middlebury By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@ denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY Ñ At a recent meeting of the Middlebury Select Board, Jamie Gaucher, director of the Office of Business Development and Innovation in Addison County, told Board members recently that he is involved in several recruitment efforts including a livestock project, discussions with a German aircraft manufacturer, a broadband communications company, an airambulance company, and several technology based start-up efforts. Gaucher also told Select Board members about recent and forthcoming outreach activities, including presentations at Middlebury College; working with the Better Middlebury Partnership on a new website, an international effort focused on Scandinavia, Germany and Canada.
Goshen burglar arrested
GOSHEN Ñ Vermont State Police New Haven troopers arrested Scott H. Clark, 30, of Goshen for burglary in November. Investigation revealed that Clark had entered the unsecured residence of Richard K. Conrad. 76. and Judith H. Irvenin, 72, of Goshen. While inside the home, Clark stole property including the victimÕ s travelers checks and a 65-year-old engagement ring worth more than $6,000. Clark subsequently pawned the ring in Rutland for $200. Clark was cited to appear in Addison District Court on Dec. 30 to answer to the charge of burglary.
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By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY Ñ Middlebury President Ronald D. Liebowitz announced Dec. 12 that he will step down at the end of the next academic year, on June 30, 2015. Liebowitz, MiddleburyÕ s 16th president since the founding of the College in 1800, has served in the office since 2004. Liebowitz shared his announcement with the campus community in an email this afternoon following the conclusion of a regular Board of Trustees meeting in New York City. He scheduled the announcement to coincide with the approval at that meeting of a new board governance structure that will take effect July 1, 2014. Ò It has been an honor of the highest order to serve as the 16th president of CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
The Middlebury College Snow Bowl, located on Route 125 above Middlebury Gap, opened for the 2013-14 ski season during the morning hours of Dec. 11. The Snow Bowl has 17 trails and three lifts on 110 acres. Snow Bowl pass holders can also ski or ride free on any non-holiday weekday at Suicide Six or the Dartmouth Skiway. They also receive discounts on lift tickets on weekends and holidays at the Snow Bowl. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Middlebury scuttles library request - for now By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY Ñ The Town of MiddleburyÕ s plan to build a new town office facility has sparked several new ideas offered by both residents and community establishments. In the case of the actual siting of the facility next the Ilsley Public Library, at least one resident has officially suggested the project be built out of town. At a Middlebury Select Board meeting in November, resident Alpine Bingham presented an alternative plan on the Sabourin property located across U.S.Route 7 from the Shea Motors Chevrolet auto dealership. On Dec. 10, Ilsley Library trustees returned with a request for the Select Board to consider an expansion of the official downtown Osborne House property, at 77 Main St., plan by up to 4,000 square feet to accommodate a new childrenÕ s library. According to Town Manager Kathleen RamsayÕ s Select Board meeting notes, a vote on a motion by Susan Shashok, a Board member, to consider the expansion of the new Municipal Building failed to CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
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College of St. Joseph volunteers pass 1,000 hours By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND Ñ College of St. Joseph Provider Scholars have passed the 1,000- hour service mark for the fall semester of 2013, including
work to help the efforts of many area organizations. The 74 students in the program were recognized recently in Tuttle Hall on the CSJ campus with representatives from Dismas House, Vermont Achievement Center, Rutland Commu-
nity Cupboard, and Everybody Wins on hand to talk about the positive impact the studentsÕ volunteer work has had on their organizations and the community at large. According Mark Gagnon, associate dean of student services at CSJ, the Provider Scholarship addresses college debt in a meaningful way. CSJ will invest in the success of its students throughout their undergraduate education. The college will add to the studentÕ s scholarship level each year they participate in the program, reducing the overall cost of education. Aid goes up and out-of-pocket expense goes down, keeping loan debt in check.
Gagnon noted that students are asked to remain in good academic standing, participate in one campus activity and 15 hours of community engagement each semester, and take college experience courses to develop a common bond. The program fosters personal leadership skills, civic responsibility and community service, while providing students of all income levels an education they can afford, he added. Ò Never underestimate the difference you are making every day,Ó Gagnon said. Ò This is the opportunity to be empowered to make a difference.Ó
A group of CSJ Provider Scholars gets ready to distribute bags of soap to the Provider Program’s partner agencies. CSJ has roughly 200 bars of soap, from Pacha Soap Co., to donate to those in need here in the Rutland community.
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The crime of outsourcing America’s future
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ot counting the loss of lives over the decades, if you donÕ t think itÕ s time for the U.S. to quit the War in Afghanistan cold turkeyÑ which, starting in 1979, has gone from being BrezhnevÕ s war, to being AndropovÕ s war, to being GorbechevÕ s war, to being BushÕ s war, to being (now) ObamaÕ s warÑ then the following $1 billion-plus Ò drop-in-the-bucketÓ news story about U.S. Department of Defense recklessness should be a profound wake-up call to the nation. To date, according to the National Priorities Project, the USA has spent $459.8 billion on this so- Russian-built Mi-17 helicopter. called Endless War. Imagine what other things this nation could accomplish with $495.8 billion. As millions of Americans are desperately searching for good-paying work, and fast-food workers are protesting for better wages (clearly, because there’s no hope of a better job or cost-of-living raises anywhere on the horizon), and as even more U.S. manufacturing is being outsourced, we learn about this disturbing tidbit: the DOD recently spent $1 billion on the purchase of Russian helicopters for use in the Endless War. Reported by the Associated Press just last week, I learned that DOD authorities picked the Russian (state-supported) Mi-17 helicopter over the private Boeing Chinook, built in Pennsylvania. Why spend $1 billion-plus on foreign-made choppers when Boeing could have supplied this need? Who knows how this kind of out-of-touch, inside-the-beltway thinking got started, but itÕ s the tip-of-the-iceberg of our governmentÕ s short-sighted, foreign-buying spree. And the DOD is not alone in thumbing its nose at the American worker: CGI Federal, a Canadian-owned firm (curiously, an old classmate of First Lady Michelle Obama’s is an executive at the firm) was hired, without any bidding process, to create the controversial Obama Care website. Even NASA outsources our nationÕ s once proud, man-in-space program to the Russian space agency, at the same time approving Russian RD-180 engines to power the Atlas V rocket fleet. Ò Politicians and labor unions demand that the Defense Department buy American when, in fact, the reliance on foreign suppliers has increased sharply in the last decade and is likely to do so even more in the future,Ó writes Scott Hamilton of National Defense magazine. Ò The risks to national security are clear. The use of foreign suppliers and concern about the decline of the U.S. defense industrial base has been on the radar among some for years... The Defense Department has reached a point of alarm about the deepening reliance on foreign suppliers.Ó When it came to getting some answers about the $1 billion-plus DOD shopping spree on Russian Mi-17 copters, officials were unavailable for comments. A.P. reporters hit a brick wall which is the “defense shield” these corrupt DOD officials like to hide behind (when they’re not tooting their horns about Ò the mission.Ó ) The political issue of the Russian copters is not going away and it is now poised to explode as a big topic in the new year. You can bet that it will get Democrats and Republicans to sit down together, as it should; this is a giant scandal in the making! Democrat U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, as reported by the A.P. last week, said, Ò The lack of straight-forward information from the Pentagon on the ability of American-made helicopters to meet the mission in Afghanistan is but another factor severly undermining credibility and justification for pursuing this sorely misguided procurement.” Republic Sen. John Cornyn of Texas also told A.P. last week, Ò So why are we buying Russian helicopters when there are American manufacturers that can meet that very same requirement?Ó I couldnÕ t agree more with DeLauro and Cornyn. ItÕ s time to blow the lid off of the U.S. GovernmentÕ s foreign-buying spree. Investigative defense reporter Hamilton has offered this warning to those of us workers with skin in the economic game: Ò The Pentagon leadership and Congress will be making decisions in the coming years that will have long-term effects on the U.S. industrial base. The wrong decisions will have implications for decades into the future.Ó Louis Varricchio, the Vermont Eagle
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will we overcome much of what his time of year family troubles our world today. members are always I wish more folks of good asking for clues on fortune would share some of possible Christmas gifts. IÕ ve what they have with others less learned over time that if I donÕ t fortunate. We all witness those give them useful ideas I end up who give from the heart reguwith things I have little or no use larly even at times when they for or even worse must proudly donÕ t have much. Just imagine wear in public. Despite strongly a world full of people helping advocating for buying simple Dan Alexander each other. and pleas of Ò donÕ t spend much Thoughts from I wish our government and on meÓ , IÕ ve learned if I donÕ t all governments would put provide specifics, I’ve no one Behind the Pressline aside their bickering and seek to blame but myself when the compromise for the people they goofy hat shows up or the thing govern by finding the common ground and requires a full explanation as to what it even recognizing the important leadership roles is. Christmas is all about hope, faith and love. they play in advancing society. I wish for those unemployed to find emItÕ s a time for giving and receiving, a time for friends and family and itÕ s a time to remem- ployment in fields they find rewarding. Equally important I wish for all those currentber the true meaning of the season and how a ly employed to value their careers and instill small child born in manger over 2000 year ago a strong work ethic in the tasks they perform. changed our world forever. With that thought in mind, this column pro- I also wish for their employers to value the efvides an opportunity to express my Christ- forts of those they employ. I wish for Christmas 2013 to be another mas wish list for the really important wishes turning point in a world that, at times, seems in life. The type of wishes that canÕ t be easily granted or fulfilled but yet in my heart they to have lost its way. Despite remarkable technology, advancements in the medical and sciremain the real wishes that IÕ m sure many of entific fields we need the saving grace of the you share with me. I wish for greater respect for all humans. miracle child born so many years ago. Many may say the wishes above are nothThat those who carry weapons, seek to do ing but fanciful dreams, but any one of those harm or hatred towards others, need to think about the pain they will cause not only to oth- fanciful dreams could become reality if each ers but to their own family. We all need to of us were to embrace them and make them our own. ItÕ s amazing what a little hope, faith respect people of different views, faith, skin and love can do in your life if you let them in color or nationality. They call it world peace. and share them with all who you come in conIÕ m sure we all would love to witness it, if tact. And letÕ s face it, with all of our running only for a day. around, Christmas preparations and gifting I wish for great opportunity for all children. To be raised in safe homes by loving parents, this season at the end of the day wouldnÕ t you rather trade all the gifts under this yearsÕ tree with food on the table, a warm roof overhead, for any of the wishes listed above? an education system that prepares them for On behalf of the Denton Publications staff fruitful lives full of promise and a lifetime of and family I would like to wish you and your Christmases everyday of their lives. I wish for the end to the many dreaded dis- family a very joyous and safe holiday, a proseases, ailments and birth defects that affect perous new year and for my last wish, that the population. I see so many brave individu- you are granted all of your Christmas wishes. God bless America and all of you. als who face life with these burdens and do so Merry Christmas. with such courage. I wish more people could experience faith Dan Alexander is associate publisher of New in a supreme being and openly practice their faith by attending services each week and Market Press. He may be reached at dan@newmarketpressvt.com. recognize that only through our trust in God
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Police Report Wallingford store robbed
WALLINGFORD Ñ Vermont State Police Rutland is investigating a report of a robbery that occurred on Nov. 28 at the Cumberland Farms located at 309 U.S. Route 7 in Wallingford. At approximately 11:50 p.m. Nov. 28, a lone white male dressed in a dark green rain poncho, sunglasses and a bandana approached the clerk and demanded money from the cash register. The suspect did not display a weapon but kept his hand under the poncho, indicating to the clerk that he had one in his possession. The suspect received an undisclosed amount of money and fled the area on foot. A K-9 was brought in and tracked the suspect behind the store where the bandana and some cash was recovered on the railroad tracks. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Vermont State Police at Rutland, 802-773-9101. Information can also be submitted anonymously online at www.vtips. info or text CRIMES (274637) to keyword VTIPS.
Driver fell asleep at the wheel
WEST RUTLAND Ñ On Nov. 29, at approximately 7:51 a.m., members of the West Rutland Fire Department, Regional Ambulance Service and Vermont State Police responded to U.S. Route 4 West Bound on the West Rutland Twin Bridges for a report of a single vehicle accident. Investigation at the scene found that Annabelle Trayah, 20, of Fair Haven was travelling west on US Route 4 when she fell asleep at the wheel. Her vehicle struck a guardrail on the bridge causing the above noted damage. Trayah was not wearing a seatbelt during the crash, and she suffered injuries to her back. She was helped from her vehicle by members of the West Rutland Fire Department and Regional Ambulance Service. At the time of this crash the road was wet and clear. The weather was cold and sunny. Drugs or alcohol do not appear to be factors in this crash. TrayahÕ s vehicle was removed from the scene by TurkÕ s Towing.
Teen lost control of vehicle
WALLINGFORD — On Nov. 29, at approximately 7:43 a.m., Vermont State Police responded to a one car motor vehicle crash near a residence at 1647 Route 140 in Wallingford. Investigation revealed that as Lauren Mackenzie,16, drove her 2010 Toyota Prius eastbound when the vehicle lost traction while traveling through a sharp curve at which time it began to rotate in a counterclockwise motion. The vehicle slid for a short distance before leaving the roadway and rolling over onto its roof. Once Lauren and her passengers exited the car, they proceeded to a nearby residence for assistance. The vehicle involved sustained a moderate amount of damage to the roof and hood and was subsequently removed by a local tow service. No injuries were reported. Drugs and alcohol were not a factor in this crash. The Wallingford Fire Department assisted at the crash scene.
Police aprehend Bristol man
Salisbury Ñ Vermont State Police arrested Andrew Malzac, 21, of Bristol on a felony escape warrant after he failed to appear for court ordered work crew. Malzac was arrested for petit larceny on Nov 25. He was lodged at the Marble Valley Correctional Facility without incident.
Lincoln teen fled scene
LINCOLN Ñ At approximately 9:30 p.m., Nov. 29, Vermont State Police responded to a report of a one-vehicle accident at the intersection of Quaker and Forge Hill roads in Lincoln. Upon arrival operator, Kim Jimmo, 18, of Lincoln had fled the scene on foot. Investigation suggests that Jimmo walked down the road to a friendÕ s house. New Haven troopers, with the assistance of Bristol Police, located Jimmo. Jimmo was taken into custody and processed for DUI at the New Haven State Police Barracks and released with a citation to appear in Addison District Court on Dec. 16.
Driver had no insurance, no inspection
CLARNEDON Ñ Vermont State Police stopped a motor vehicle driven by Jeremy Trombley, 32, of Poultney on U.S. Route 7 in Clarendon Nov. 28. Investigation revealed Trombley was criminally suspended; he was also given $411 in civil violations, for no insurance, no registration and no inspection.
Chainsaw stolen in Weybridge
On Nov. 21, Vermont State Police received a report of the theft of a chainsaw from a residence in Weybridge. The Jordan family went to use their chainsaw, a red Echo with a 16-inch-long bar and noticed it had been taken sometime between the summer months and Nov. 21. As the investigation continues State Police encourage anyone with information to contact New Haven State Police at 802-388-4919.
Caitlin Canty
Caitlin Canty sings, writes Vt folk, alternative-country
BRANDON Ñ Brandon Music welcomes back Caitlin Canty for a performance on Saturday, Jan. 4. For the first time in Vermont, Canty will be backed by Matt Lorenz, a one-man-band and fellow Vermonter who simultaneously plays the guitar, percussion, violin, and harmonies. Together, they have been writing songs and playing shows together for years, but this is the first time they’ve brought their show to Vermont. Canty will also debut songs from a new album, just recorded, also featuring Lorenz. The album was produced by Jeffrey Foucault and is to be released in the spring. Caitlin Canty receives high praise locally: managers of the Ripton Coffee House said that Ò CantyÕ s lyrical insight is razor sharp. The imagery in her songs is so rich that you can feel the rain on your cheeks and see the sun reflecting off the snow.”
Raised in Vermont and now based in New York City, singersongwriter Caitlin CantyÕ s sophomore album Ò Golden HourÓ was a fan-funded album and blends her folk roots with a western tone and an alt-country flavor. Canty has independently released several extended play recordings, including Ò Neon StreetsÓ (2010) and the full-length album, Ò GreenÓ (2007), which she recorded and mixed in her home studio. Matt Lorenz is part of the roots-rock-junk-folk trio Rusty Belle as well as the one-man-band Suitcase Junket. He will accompany Canty on guitar, fiddle, banjo and percussion. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Call 802-465-4071 for ticket prices and reservations. Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Rd. in Brandon.
Local broadcaster named to Hall of Fame By Eagle Staff
newmarketpress@denpubs.com STARKSBORO Ð Dan Dubonnet of Starksboro has been inducted into the Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The award is bestowed in recognition of his many contributions to local broadcasting, to the community and to the VAB. Dubonnet accepted his award at the AssociationÕ s annual dinner on Dec. 7 at the Hilton Hotel in Burlington. He was introduced to the audience by his 24-year-old daughter Kate, a thirdgeneration employee of Hall Communications. Dubonnet began his career with Hall Radio Group in 1985 as Program Director for WQCR and WJOY in Burlington. He was named general manager in 1989 and soon thereafter he was appointed senior vice president of Hall Radio Group. He guided a faltering WQCR through a format change, transforming it to the hugely successful WOKO Country Music station, that soon became the top rated radio station in Vermont. Under DubonnetÕ s leadership, the group expanded to five stations, adding WKOL (Kool 105), WBTZ (The Buzz) and WIZN (The Wizard). All five stations are active in community events and public service. Dubonnet has served on the Burlington Business Association, the Vermont Convention Bureau, the Vermont ChildrenÕ s Hospital Advisory Board, the ChildrenÕ s Miracle Network, the VAB and the Starskboro Sports Program. He also serves as Town Meeting Moderator each year at StarksboroÕ s Annual Meeting, affording him a chance to interact with community members, and, as daughter Kate pointed out during his introduction, to happily bang his gavel a few times to keep order. He has run unopposed for the position since 2001. DubonnetÕ s dedication to community and the radio groupÕ s public service did not go unremarked by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D). “In addition to being a fine broadcaster himself, as a General
Dan Dubonnet of Starksboro has been inducted into the Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The Dubonnet Family pictured: Dan’s sister Tina Schmitt of Canterbury, Conn., Dan Dubonnet, wife Alice, son Andy and daughter Kate (front). Manager, Dan has put the focus of the Hall Communications stations squarely on public service. The stationÕ s support for military families, the Vermont ChildrenÕ s Hospital and Camp Ta-KuTa among others, has been stellar, making Hall Radio in Vermont a fine example of the generosity of our state’s broadcasting and business communities,Ó Leahy said. DubonnetÕ s father, Alex, was the long-time Chief Engineer for Hall Communications Radio Group at sister stations WICH and WCTY in Connecticut. After his passing, Dubonnet decided to pursue his lifetime dream of a career in radio, working at a number of small F.M. and A.M. stations in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine and Virginia before joining Hall in Burlington. His daughter Kate, a graduate of Champlain College, is also employed by Hall Communications as traffic manager for WOKO, WKOL and WJOY.
Births A girl born Nov. 14, Hailey Ramona Brown, to Matthew and Carolyn (Griggs) Brown of Lincoln. A boy born Nov. 14, Sutton Willis Chittenden, to Jeremy and Kylie (Quesnel) Chittenden of Shoreham. A boy born Nov. 15, Bayne Bradley Thompson, to Amie Mars and Cory Thompson of Moriah. A girl born Nov. 19, Cameron Hadley Manning, to Danielle Charlebois and Travis Manning of Ferrisburgh. A boy born Nov. 20, Cameron David Wells, to Terra Fleming and Joshua Wells of Bridport.
A girl born Nov. 20, Zara Rose Trump, to Jeff and Melody Trump of Middlebury. A boy born Nov. 23, Tyler Hunter De Leon, to Baldemar & Kimberly (Kilby) De Leon of Vergennes. A girl born Nov. 25, Liberty Grace Fitzsimmons, to Ryan & Kathryn Fitzsimmons of Middlebury. A boy born Nov. 25, Benytt Wryan Gero, to Seth Gero & Holly Wry of Middlebury. A girl born Nov. 25, Peyton Elizabeth Brinkman, to Craig & Erica Brinkman (Jr.) of New Haven.
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Guest Viewpoints
Deflecting responsibility
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t a legislative briefing last month, Speaker Smith and the Shumlin Administration attempted to deflect responsibility for Vermont’s current financial shortfalls. They sugarcoated the severity of this problem and encouraged members to look at Vermont’s financial outlook through rose colored glasses. This message came one week after the Speaker, thankfully, announced that he would not support raising any new taxes or expand the lottery. We need to recall that this story began when Speaker Smith and then Senate President Pro Tem Shumlin orchestrated a historic override of Governor DouglasÕ budget veto in 2009. This was a crucial point in Vermont’s financial future. It was the first time in the stateÕ s history that the legislature, controlled by a liberal Democrat supermajority led by Smith and Shumlin, had overridden a GovernorÕ s budget veto. At that time, these two legislative leaders chose to put Vermont on an upward spending trend that is totally unsustainable. Each year since, they have passed budgets that grew spending at rates far exceeding the growth of VermontÕ s economy and the paychecks in taxpayersÕ wallets. Their spending choices have led the state to annual $50 plus million dollar budget gaps. Spending more money than revenues, creating new or expanding programs, using one time revenue sources to support ongoing programs and not adequately funding pensions is a path to demise from any perspective. Furthermore, they chose to unwisely spend a large portion of the nearly one billion federal stimulus
Spending beyond our means
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n the Vermont School Boards AssociationÕ s October newsletter, Paul Cillo claimed that Ò Vermont is getting its moneyÕ s worthÓ in education, based on the 2012 Picus report. While our system does work well at many levels, I strongly disagree that the money we are spending is worth it or necessary. WeÕ ve crossed a line of diminishing returns, and itÕ s taking a toll on our economy and quality of life. Our notorious highcost of living keeps going up, spurred by ever-climbing property taxes. What good is a great school system if families canÕ t afford to live here? Picus statistics do confirm that our schools are doing good job. For example, Vermont’s NAEP scores continually rank among the top ten in the nation, with a steady increase in high school graduation rates. From 2003 to 2011, VermontÕ s test scores for both math and reading in the 4th and 8th grades improved, with math and reading scores above the national average. All good news, and kudos to our teachers (who rank only 28th in salaries in the nation, by
dollars awarded to Vermont to help stabilize state services and its economy during the Great Recession. These spending trends can be found on a chart created at my request by the Legislative Joint Fiscal Office at http://www.leg.state.vt.us/jfo/appropriations/fy_2014/FY09-FY14%20Appropriations.pdf. (See page 34) At the briefing and even though revenue projections are slightly above target, we were told of a $55-70 million projected budget gap for FY15. This information clearly illustrates that Vermont has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. It is a spending problem that has been grown as a result of the poor choices made by the Shumlin Administration, Speaker Smith and the Democrat supermajority. Choices such as: ignoring the rapidly escalating cost of education and property taxes, reforming the healthcare system (Shumlincare) above and beyond what was required by Obamacare, hiring hundreds of new state employees, increasing reliance on questionable federal dollars to expand programs, misusing the federal dollars that were designed to stabilize our economy during the recession and not fully funding teachersÕ retirement healthcare and pension costs. These costly decisions will burden generations of Vermonters for years to come. Last session my caucus fought hard for the following items to be included in a budget: a general fund growth rate of 3 percent or less, no more than 30 new positions in state government (staff needed for the new psychiatric state hospital), increase state reserves by $20 million to address the decline in future federal dollars, satisfy the accruals for pension fund obligations and address teacher health care funding, reform our education funding system, and prohibiting the creation or expansion of programs until we can be assured that the state is on a stable and sustain-
able financial path. I am confident that had these items been included in the final FY14 appropriations bill we would not be facing yet another $55-70 million dollar budget gap in FY15. Today, we must evaluate every program to insure that the results are meeting or exceeding the expectations. Programs that do not perform as expected must be eliminated or modified. Eligibility requirements for all programs must be revisited to determine feasibility and sustainability. Duplication and overlap of programs must be eliminated. Priorities of the past must now be revisited to see if they have been accomplished or are still worth pursuing. Going forward, every program and function of State Government must be put on the table for discussion. This could be accomplished by directing each legislative committee to spend the first four weeks of the session delving into the operations and budget requests from agencies in their jurisdiction. The current process of relying on only eleven people to do this work is not transparent and does not allow enough time for members to ask and explore the tough questions. In closing, I am happy to see the Speaker has come around to our commonsense way of thinking about taxes. But, talking the talk is much different than walking the walk. I have to wonder if the fact that 2014 is an election year has anything to do with his sudden change of heart. Whether it has or not, my caucus is committed to keeping Vermont affordable for all Vermonters, which means we must adjust our spending priorities and not raise taxes
the way). LetÕ s keep things in perspective, however. Is our per-pupil cost of $16,788 money well spent or necessary? Other Picus findings show that the slight increases in NAEP math and reading scores for 4th and 8th grade students are less than the average increases nationally and among other New England states over this time period. Student performance on most aspects of the New England Common Assessment Program has only modestly increased. And, while VermontÕ s high school graduation rate of 88 percent is higher than the national average, only 60 percent of graduates enroll in college within 16 months of graduation -- a figure that is below the national average and any other New England state. As a point of reference, Campaign for VermontÕ s position paper, Putting Children First, calculates that if VermontÕ s per pupil spending equaled that of Massachusetts, which has better student outcomes than Vermont and likely the best in the nation, Vermont education costs would be $168 million less. Maybe public schools are a bargain elsewhere, but here in Vermont, weÕ re shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue, well beyond our
means. Our state has the third highest cost per student in the nation and the highest in New England, even though we rank only 19th in median household income. We have the smallest average school district size (299 students vs. 929 in New England and 3,212 in the U.S.) and the smallest pupil-to-teacher ratio with 9.8 to 1. At the same time, our student population declines every year, while our education costs keep going up (+8.3 percent from 2012 to 2014). This spending spree is unsustainable. ItÕ s time to balance good results and warm sentiments with the practical realities of what we can afford and really need to spend on education. ItÕ s time to start focusing on productivity: how to do more with less, with technology, leadership, and good old Vermont ingenuity. And, by the way, itÕ s time to stand up to the teachersÕ union. Only when these things starts to happen will I join Mr. Cillo in declaring that VermontÕ s truly getting its moneyÕ s worth.
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community cat room here at the shelter and I am fitting in quite well actually. I do not mind the company of the other cats at all and let me tell you, I really like people. In my last home I was an inside/outside cat but I have really enjoyed the life of an inside only cat here at RCHS. I may come off as shy but that is just because I am cautious at first. TYSON One year old. Neutered Male. Boxer mix. IÕ m an adorable, friendly fella who enjoys being with people. IÕ m a young guy and I love lots of exercise so IÕ m looking for a family that will take me along on walks, hikes and other outdoor journeys. I love treats and I already know how to Ò sitÓ so I hope my new family will work with me and teach me all kinds of commands. IÕ m a very sweet lad who will sit nicely while you eat your lunch in case you want to share a piece of it with me. SUMMER Six and half year old. Neutered Male. Domestic Short Hair Brown and Black Tiger. Well, we may have left summer behind, but this Summer is right here. I am a beautiful fella who arrived at the shelter on Nov. 27 with my sister Samantha after our previous owner was no longer able to take care of us. We have spent our days as indoor kitties and would love to keep up with this warm and comfortable life weÕ ve had. If you are looking for a guy like me or even a pair like us, which includes my sister, we would be glad to meet you.
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Congratulations!—VUHS Honor Roll released Those cited on the First Quarter Honor Roll at Vergennes Union High School include: 12th Grade High Honors Stephanie Anderson Tucker Babcock Jared Birchmore Alysia Coyle Cristian Diaz Mary Flood Brie Heath Thomas Hodsden III Taylor Paquette Kayla Sawyer Gabriel Smits Taylor Towle Levi Waterman 12th Grade Honors Juliana Adams Kenneth Alexopoulos Danielle Brown Rachel Clark Amanda Cousino Ruby Dombek Kimberly Eno Jordan Fleming Ethan Gevry Joseph Gould Kyle Grant Jade Houston Justin Kelly Jarret LaFleche
Breanna Lapan Kailyann Loven Kyle Mailloux Mathew Montgomery Ryan Moriglioni Shirley Muzzy James OÕ Brien Matteo Palmer Phoebe Plank Sierra Pomainville Brady Poquette Aaron Rowell Samara Sausville Nathaniel St. Cyr Joanna Tatlock Emilee Trudo Anna Willenbaker
11th Grade High Honors April Ambrose Siobhan Haggett Hannah Hatch Devin Lavoie Stephanie Praamsma Shawna Shortsleeve Paige Stolen Emily Tichonuk 11th Grade Honors Dana Ambrose, Jr. Kathleen (KC) Ambrose Brice Bean Ashlie Bodington Alexander Bushey Kayla Charron
Jason Clark Felicia Cornet Paige Coyle Emily Delgadillo Ericka Delisle Jacob Dombek Arianna Duprey Erik Eisenhower Peter Ferland Liam Godfrey-Jolicoeur Julie Grace Liam Hayes Elan Hugo Tia Hunt Samantha Kepes Tea Kiefer Cassandra King Katrina Mayer Wesley Miedema Lindsay Morley Joshua Paquette Lucas Paquin Tyler Proulx Cathrine Richards Allyson Stearns Marinna Wojciechowski
10th Grade High Honors Nyomi Bean Jacob Birchmore Hailey Cray Kyra Duggento Greta Exter Jaymee Fulcher Emma Gardner
Edward Haskell Jeb Hodsden Eleanor Hubbard Kira Johnson Emily Martin Joshua Newton Xavier Provencher Michael Safford III
10th Grade Honors Tamara Aunchman Damian Bougor Lathrop Brownell Broc Clark Zachary Comeau Justin Connor Brevin Cushman Quinlan DÕ Andrea Joshua Dam Kyle Dow Brianna Gebo Brynn Kessler Crystal King Megan Martin Tyrell Montani Silas Mullin Ethan Reardon Nathan Rowell Nikkilette Salley Joshua Sickles Bradley Sturtevant Karina Tarte Kimberly Terry Kareena Vorsteveld
9th Grade High Honors Alyse Beauchemin Max Bicknell Alexandria Brace Brandon Cousino Abigael Dobson Ian Gramling Caroline Johnston Lillianna Jones Eva Kamman Sadie Kass Courtney Morin Shay Pouliot Megan Rooney 9th Grade Honors Madison Ask Ashley Bourgeois Abigail Brace Camden Bushey Orion Chabot Sarah Clark Cailin Curler Zebadiah Dartt Emma Duprey Alyson Gebo Ayla Gill Charlotte Haigis Anna Huppuch Tinder Kiely Nicholas LaFleche Rebecca Maloy Hunter OÕ Connor Sophia Parker Zoey Parker Alyssa Saunders Lauren Scott Hunter Smith Lucas Thompson Howard VanderWey Annika Vorsteveld Samuel Webb, Jr. 8th Grade High Honors Ally Atkins Lance Bergmans Anneke Boelens Kaitlyn Brace Sierra Chamberlain Mason Charlebois Lillian Clark Norah Deming Peighton Duprey Nora Hatch Olivia Hawkins Kristina Jochum Benjamin Kayhart Saskia Kiely Casey Kimball Erin Lawrence Aaron Premont Bailey Smith Anya Sonwaldt Megan Tarte Emily Taylor 8th Grade Honors Philip Armell
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7th Grade High Honors Benjamin Clark Kylie Comeau Bess Gramling Jameson Haggett Jack Halpin Emily Jackson Morgan Lynk Cameron McLaughlin Ezekiel Palmer Hannah Philbrook Dylan Rapoport Madeline Smith Caitlin Walsh Cedar Winslow 7th Grade Honors Michael Alexopoulos Benjamin Babcock Emma Bryant Rachel Chapman Holden Clark Shannon Cole Ashley Cray Rudy Davis Bethany Delgadillo Cyrus Devine Kaelen Dobson Catara Doner Raven Duke Maya Farrell Connor Gill RosaLea Hearthstone Saige Henderson Spencer Hurlburt Olivia Hutchins Katherine Kandzior Kamren Kiefer Olivia Lorrain Wade Mullin Christien Paquin Sarah Peterson Averi Salley Angus Schwaneflugel Abigail Smith Emily Steen Sydney Tarte Brianna VanderWey Megan Vorsteveld Jasper Williams .
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Big Rutland blood drive signs 2,000 RUTLAND Ñ More than 2,000 people in the Rutland area signed up to donate blood to take a run at a national record. Organizers of the Gift-of-Life Marathon, aimed to collect at least 1,969 pints of blood Dec. 17, a collection that would outdo New York City, Boston, Los Angeles and Manchester, N.H., which holds the current record of 1,968 pints collected in a single day. Ò Despite the number of appointments, we are taking nothing for granted,Ó said Green Mountain Power Vice President Steve Costello, one of the organizers. Ò There are too many variables in an event like this to prematurely claim victory.Ó The annual Gift-of-Life Marathon has become a holiday phenomenon over the last 10 years, inspiring a documentary film, “The Blood in This Town,Ó breaking New England records three times, and recording the secondand third-largest blood collections in American history. Ò ItÕ s shocking to me that a community of less than 16,000 people has done what we have done over the past few years, but I donÕ t think there are many places with the heart and soul that lives here,Ó said WJJR program manager Terry Jaye. Castleton College President Dave Wolk, who signed on as the third sponsor of the event this year, along with WJJR and GMP, sounded a cautionary note as organizers made final preparations.
Ò The drive came within 13 pints of the national record last year, so we know what disappointment feels like, as if 1,955 was anything to be disappointed about,Ó Wolk said. Ò For the next few days, we will continue to do everything in our power to turn out walk-ins and ensure people with appointments keep them.Ó To that end, Wolk drove a shuttle between the college and various blood donation sites, carrying students, faculty and staff, and he will pick up anyone else in the region who wants a ride. While most appointment slots were filled, organizers said walk-ins remained critical to the drive. Some people forgot to show up, some woke up feeling sick, and others were prevented from attending due to unforeseen circumstances. Officials also noted that donors had to bring a photo I.D. or Red Cross donor card, and if 16, had to bring a parent or guardian, or a signed parental consent form. The Gift-of-Life Marathon, which included donation sites at the Paramount Theatre, College of St. Joseph, American Legion, Elks Club and Holiday Inn, was organized by Castleton College, WJJR and GMP, with lead support from the Paramount Theatre and Small Dog Electronics. Pictured at right: More than 2,000 people in the Rutland area signed up to donate blood to take a run at a national record Dec. 17.
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HOLIDAY FASHIONS — Orwell’s GFWC Fortnightly Club modeled clothes from Christopher and Banks of Rutland at a special town hall gathering last week. Special guest Linda O’Oaks dressed as Scarlet O’Hara. Discount coupons were offered to all attending. Proceeds from the event were donated to ShareHeat and the Whiting Food Shelf, according to club member Loretta Lee.
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Visit Rutland this holiday season
Here are just a few of the offerings featured in the greater Rutland area during this holiday season:
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Saturday, Dec. 21 Rutland presents Ò FalstaffÓ with Music Director James Levine conducting Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. Robert Carsen’s production—the first new Met Falstaff since 1964—is set in the English countryside in the mid-20th century. Ambrogio Maestri (last seasonÕ s Dulcamara in the Opening Night production of LÕ Elisir dÕ Amore) sings the title role of the brilliant and blustery Sir John Falstaff, opposite a marvelous ensemble that includes Angela Meade, Stephanie Blythe, Lisette Oropesa, and Franco Vassallo. Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St., 12:55 p.m., tickets $20 Adults $10 Students. Call 802-775-0903.
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Sunday, Dec. 22 Rutland presents the Albany Berkshire Ballet performing the holiday favorite The Nutcracker at the Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St., 2-6 p.m., tickets $39.50 Adults 29.50 Students. Call 802-775-0903. Tuesday, Dec. 31 The Town of Belmont presents New YearÕ s Eve at Star Lake at 9 p.m. Welcome in the New Year with good friends, good cheer, fireworks, a bonfire and skating. Co-sponsored with the Mount Holly Sno Drifter.
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In Killington, on the mountain east of downtown Rutland on U.S. Route 4, th community celebrates the holidays on skis. The Killington Resort hosts many holiday activiies during the season:
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The Week In Sports
NASCAR honors Middlebury’s own Todd Stone By Justin St. Louis
Special to the Eagle CHARLOTTE, N.C. Ð DevilÕ s Bowl Speedway champion Todd Stone was feted as one of the countryÕ s most accomplished stock car drivers on Dec. 13, as he was honored during an awards ceremony for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS). The black-tie gala was held in the Crown Ballroom at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., featuring top short track racers from more than 50 NASCAR-sanctioned tracks in the United States and Canada. Stone, of Middlebury, was celebrated as the National Rookie of the Year presented by Jostens, a title he secured on the strength of a record-shattering 10 victories in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division at NASCAR-sanctioned DevilÕ s Bowl Speedway.
As a first-time NWAAS Division I license holder, Stone outpaced asphalt Late Model drivers Bobby McCarty of South Boston (Va.) Speedway, Cole Williams and Matt Wallace of Lebanon I-44 (MO) Speedway, and dirt Modified driver Frank Cozze of Grandview (Pa.) Speedway for the national rookie championship. Stone also collected awards for his DevilÕ s Bowl Speedway track championship and NASCAR Vermont State Champion and Rookie of the Year titles. He finished 30th in NWAAS Division I national championship standings. Combining point funds and special awards, Stone is expected top $8,000 in post-season winnings. DevilÕ s Bowl Speedway will honor Stone and the local champions and top rookies from its four NWAAS weekly racing divisions at the Banquet of Champions on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Holiday Inn Rutland-Killington in Rutland.
Baseball’s “Champ” gets a reboot BURLINGTON Ñ The Vermont Lake Monsters, the New York-Penn League affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, unveiled a new team logo featuring the teamÕ s mascot, Champ, as the team begins its twenty-first season of Minor League Baseball in the northeastÕ s New York-Penn League. After using art with the variation of a gray “Champ” floating through the letter V during The Vermont lake Monsters’ new Champ logo. the franchiseÕ s first years as the Vermont Expos, or a “greener and meaner” Champ since becoming the Lake Monsters, the new logo features a lime green Champ aligned with the Oakland Asowned team mascot colors and features. The cartoonish lake-monster mascot has been in use since the baseball team’s first season in 1994.
Todd Stone of Middlebury was honored as the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series National Rookie of the Year in Charlotte, N.C.
Rosenberg named All-American By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com CORNWALL Ñ Lily Rosenberg of Cornwall, a student at Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Conn., was named National Field Hockey Coaches Association Academic All-American. In addition to the national honor, the Loomis Chaffee School Athletics Department awarded her the schoolÕ s CoachesÕ Award winner for the field hockey team. Loomis ChaffeeÕ s Director of Athletics, Coach Bob Howe, other members of the Athletics Department, Head of School Sheila Culbert, fall varsity athletes, parents, and coaches gathered to honor Rosenberg, and other atheletes, at a ceremony held on campus Dec. 8. Coach Bobbi Moran has led the 10-6 field hockey program since 2002. Five Loomis Chaffee student athletes were also honored for participating in the Western New England All-Star Games in November.
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Dr. John Perry’s industrial light and magic holographics By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com BURLINGTON Ñ Starting during the early 1980s, Vermont astrophysicist Dr. John Perry had a vision for developing large-format 3-D hologram technology. Teaching college-level courses in holography, astronomy and physics in the Burlington area, Perry was able to dovetail his passions of teaching, art and experimentation with the highly technical field of holography. Since that time, Perry has turned his holographics business, Holographics North located near the campus of Champlain College in Burlington, into the worldÕ s sole provider of largeformat holograms—up to 4 by 6 feet in size and 10 feet in depth. “I founded the lab in 1984 on South Union
Street,Ó Perry said. Ò IÕ ve been here ever since.Ó Essentially a one-man operation, with occasional part-time help, Holographics North occupies 3,000 square feet of the renovated former Adams School. The high definition and quality of Perry’s master holograms demonstrate both the past promise and future potential of the amazing optical technology which still uses traditional film. Ò A hologram is any information stored as a pattern of wave interference. In most cases, the information represents a three dimensional image and the pattern is recorded on film,” according to Perry. Ò After exposure and development, the film acts like a lens with a memory, focusing light into a 3-D image in the space around it. The pattern recorded on the film is not a focused picture, as in photography. Rather, it is a microscopic pattern of laser-light wave interfer-
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ence, which focuses the light passing through it, by the process of diffraction. The holographic image is very colorful, high in resolution and often animated. The effect on the viewer is like magic. You walk by a transparent sheet of film, and see a spectral image hovering, turning, and moving in the air in front of you.Ó Once touted as the next big tech revolution in television and communications, holograms never quite lived up to the what science-fiction visionaries had imagined starting in the late 1960s. While Ò Star WarsÓ character Luke Skywalker wowed cinema audiences when he viewed a talking Princess Leia being projected in a futuristic (special-effects) hologram beam back in 1977, the technology never penetrated American living rooms. Ò The early promise of holography didnÕ t materialize,” according to Perry. “It’s too difficult, too demanding, and too labor intensive; itÕ s also a very expensive medium.Ó Despite its mass-market disappointments, holograms never-the-less still impress; they
have a firm market place. In fact, artists continue to explore the medium with considerable vigor, according to Perry. Ò Since the 1970s the technology has really changed,Ó he noted. Ò Now theyÕ re bigger, brighter, even animated, and mass produced.Ó PerryÕ s own Holographics North clientele reads like a Ò WhoÕ s WhoÓ A-list of celebrities. For example—in 2004, Perry worked with U.K. artist Chris Levine and Queen Elizabeth II to create a life-size, 3-D portrait of HRH for Buckingham Palace. Ò Chris took hundreds of photos of the queen,Ó he said. Ò Then he visited Vermont and worked with me as I made the hologram in my lab.Ó Perry has also worked with the Charles Schultz estate and museum in Santa Rosa, Calif., to create a humorous display of the late artistÕ s Peanuts comic-strip characters which are viewed outdoors, in sunlight. He has also crafted 40 large-scale works for the award-winning CONTINUED ON PAGE 17
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Community Calendar Wednesday, Dec. 18
802-465-4071. RUTLAND - An Olde Fashion Christmas, Paramount Theatre, 7 p.m. Tickets $12/$6/free under 6. Info: 802-775-0903. MIDDLEBURY - Joe Moore Band, Two Brothers Tavern, 9 p.m. $3 cover.
Monday, Dec. 23
MIDDLEBURY - Rik Palieri, Sheldon Museum, 7-9 p.m. $10 admission, $8 for members, children under 6 free. Info: 802-388-2117.
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RUTLAND - U.S. Citizenship informational meeting, Vermont Adult Learning, 11 a.m. & 3 p.m. Free to public. Info: 802797-4045. VERGENNES - Christmas Caroling, Victory Baptist Church, 6:30 p.m.
MIDDLEBURY - Christmas Concert & Sing-along, United Methodist Church of Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free, benefits Charter House Seasonal Temporary Shelter. MIDDLEBURY - Trivia Night, Two Brothers Tavern, 7 p.m. $2 per player goes to winning team. All ages welcome.
Thursday, Dec. 19
MIDDLEBURY - Lights of Love Tree-Lighting Ceremony, Homeward Bound, 5:30 p.m. Free. BRANDON - Fundraising Sale, Brandon Town Hall, 4-8 p.m. MIDDLEBURY - Holiday Party & Turkey Dinner, Middlebury American Legion, 6 p.m. Free admission. Bring a meal to share.
Friday, Dec. 20
CLARENDON - Mill River Community Band Holiday Concert, Mill River Union High School Auditorium, 7 p.m. Free admission, MIDDLEBURY - Ò Night Fires,Ó Town Hall Theater, 8 p.m. Tickets $23/$20/$18. Info: 802-382-9222. MIDDLEBURY - Senior Lunch, RosieÕ s Restaurant, 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. Sponsored by CVAA, $5 suggested donation. Reservations required. Info: 1-800-642-5119. BRISTOL- Christmas Caroling, Holley Hall, 6-8 p.m. Info: 802-453-5885. RUTLAND - Light a Candle for the Homeless, Depot Park, 5-6 p.m. BRANDON - Heliand Consort, Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15, with pre-concert dinner available for $15. Reservations recommended for performance, required for dinner. Info:
MIDDLEBURY - “Night Fires,” Town Hall Theater, 4 & 8 p.m. Tickets $23/$20/$18. Info: 802-382-9222. RUTLAND - Ò FalstaffÓ at the Paramount Theatre, 12:55 p.m. Tickets $20/$10. Info: 802-775-0903 BRANDON - Breakfast with Santa, Compass Music & Arts Center, 9-11 a.m. Adults $5, $3 children under 12. BRANDON - Ò Charlie Brown HolidayÓ readings, Compass Music & Arts Center, 11:30 a.m. Free. ORWELL - Story Time with Santa, Orwell Free Library, 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. MIDDLEBURY - Old-fashioned visits with Santa, Danforth Pewter, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. VERGENNES - JoeÕ s Big Band at the Vergennes Opera House, 7 p.m. Info: 802-264-5405. MIDDLEBURY - House Rockers, Two Brothers Tavern, 9 p.m. $3 cover.
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STARKSBORO - Annual Candlelight Service, Starksboro Village Meeting House, 7:30 p.m. MIDDLEBURY - “Night Fires,” Town Hall Theater, 4 p.m. Tickets $23/$20/18. Info: 802-382-9222. RUTLAND - Albany Berkshire BalletÕ s Ò The Nutcracker,Ó Paramount Theatre, 2 & 6 p.m. Tickets $39.50/$29.50. Info: 802775-0903. MIDDLEBURY - Yoga Class, Otter Creek Yoga, 4 p.m. All proceeds of $5 class fee benefit H.O.P.E. Info: 802-388-1961. MIDDLEBURY - Annual Middlebury College Community Chorus Messiah Sing, Middlebury Congregational Church, 2 p.m. Free.
RUTLAND - Skate with Santa, Giorgetti Arena, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Free admission, $1 skate rentals. Open to ages 10 and under, with parents and grandparents encouraged to join children on ice. Info: 802-773-1853.
BRISTOL - Christmas Eve Candle Lighting Service, First Baptist Church of Bristol, 7 p.m. MIDDLEBURY - Candlelight Christmas Eve Service, East Middlebury United Methodist Church, 5 p.m. BRIDPORT - Ò The Joys of ChristmasÓ Sermon, Hope Community Fellowship Community Hall, 6:30 p.m. Info: 802-759-2922. MIDDLBEURY - Senior Lunch, Russ Sholes Senior Center, 11:30 a.m. Suggested donation $4, reservations required. Info: 1-800-642-5119.
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MIDDLEBURY - “I Spy 10 Tiny Gingerbread Men.” Try to find 10 gingerbread men in storefronts downtown for a chance to win $100 in Middlebury money. Part of Ò A Very Merry Middlebury!Ó Begins Dec. 1, continues through Dec. 31. Contest is free. MIDDLEBURY - Ò Be Your Favorite Christmas Character.Ó Pose for photos in an assortment of character cut-outs throughout town. Part of Ò A Very Merry Middlebury!Ó Begins Dec. 1, continues through Dec. 31. MIDDLEBURY - Annual Holiday Show at the Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater. Exhibit features 28 local artists, continues through Dec. 31. Info: 802-382-9222. BRANDON - Brandon Lions Club meets first and third Tuesdays of the month, 7 p.m. Brandon Senior Center, 1591 Forest Dale Rd. Info: 247-3490.
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From page 16 American light-and-space artist James Turrell. He also created a full-size hologram of former Middlebury College President John McCardell, Jr. Perry enjoys pushing the outside of the holographic envelope. Recently, he completed a mammoth hologram, Ò MemoryÓ , measuring 12 feet in lengthÑ this feat of optical magnificence is among the worldÕ s largest of its kind. Ò I recreated artist William Ordway PartridgeÕ s iconic sculpture, Ô MemoryÕ , as a hologram,Ó Perry said. Ò The original, on display at the University of RochesterÕ s Memorial Art Gallery, was commissioned in 1913 by gallery founder Emily Sibley Watson as a memorial to her son.Ó Perry is especially proud of the 3-D Ò MemoryÓ avatar especially since he received his PhD from the University of Rochester. Despite PerryÕ s triumph in creating giant holograms for art and industry, they come at a high price. Ò Creating custom-image holograms are about 3 to 4 times the cost of stock images, depending greatly on size, subject matter and the number of colors,Ó he said. Ò Extra copies are always far less expensive than the original, due to the mastering steps involved. Stock image prices are listed on my website; custom work can cost between $3,000 and $20,000, for multicolor work up to 1.1 by 1.8 meters.Ó A walk through the hologram gallery at Holographics North reveals a myriad of Perry’s stunning 3-D subjects— from the portrait of a prehistoric hominid and colliding galaxies to a flying Japanese dragon and animated California Gold Rush grubstaker. So, whatÕ s next for VermontÕ s hologram magician and astrophysicist? He appears tp have enough work to keep him busy for years and he sees a growing demand for holograms in global security as well as for future computer memory and storage. Ò ItÕ s a big cosmos out there,Ó Perry said.
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From page 1 this remarkable institution,Ó Liebowitz wrote. Ò With its dedicated and committed staff, superb faculty, and outstanding students, Middlebury has never been stronger or better positioned for the future.Ó In his email to Middlebury faculty, staff, and students, Liebowitz noted that the institution Ò will continue to pursue the ambitious agenda we have set for ourselvesÓ through the presidential transition and beyond. He stated that announcing his own transition plan now would provide the Board of Trustees with Ò the time necessary to select a search committee, to conduct a thoughtful search to identify the finest candidates, and, ultimately, to select MiddleburyÕ s next leader.Ó Under LiebowitzÕ s leadership, Middlebury has focused on curricular innovation to better integrate the traditional strengths of a liberal arts education with the political, technological, and social complexities of the 21st century. During his presidency, Middlebury acquired the Monterey Institute of International Stud-
ies; opened 23 new Schools Abroad sites; added 120 endowed student scholarships for financial aid and 15 endowed faculty positions; established the School of HebrewÑ MiddleburyÕ s 10th intensive summer language schoolÑ and the summer School of the Environment; sent two successful teams to the U.S. Department of EnergyÕ s Solar Decathlon competition; inaugurated the Franklin Environmental Center for the study of the environment and sustainability; created the Center for Social Entrepreneurship; and initiated an array of programs to help students acquire leadership and communication skills and to cultivate creativity and innovation. Many of these accomplishments took place against the backdrop of a deep economic crisis that began in 2007. Liebowitz guided Middlebury through that recession while maintaining a balanced budget, sustaining the institutionÕ s commitment to need-blind admissions, and without resorting to layoffs. Marna Whittington, chair of the Middlebury Board of Trustees, called Liebowitz a Ò transformational presidentÓ for Middlebury. Ò Ron has never been content with what Middlebury is,Ó said Whittington. Ò Instead, he has always
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Middlebury President Ronald D. Liebowitz announced Dec. 12 that he will step down at the end of the next academic year, on June 30, 2015. Liebowitz, Middlebury’s 16th president since the founding of the College in 1800, has served in the office since 2004.
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LEICESTER: Matthew Charles McDonough, 45, died Dec. 10, 2013, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, N.H. He was born in Rutland on April 19, 1968, the son of John and Heather (French) McDonough. He grew up in Leicester where he received his early education. He graduated from Otter Valley Union High School, class of 1986. He worked for Bill Brooks carpentry and L. F. Carter, Inc. He is survived by family members. Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made to the Rutland County Humane Society, 765 Stevens Rd., Pittsford, Vt. 05763 or the Brandon Area Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 232, Brandon, Vt. 05733.
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newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY Ñ According to Serena Eddy Guiles of the Addison County RSVP and the Volunteer Center/Green Mountain Foster Grandparent Program, community volunteer Karen Taylor of North Ferrisburgh, Ò is amazing.Ó Recently, Eddy Guiles told the Eagle, Taylor walked into the RSVP-Volunteer Center office with 273 pairs of mittens that she had crocheted throughout the year for the centerÕ s Warm Hearts Warm Hands program. Ò Every year, our wonderful volunteers lovingly make handmade knitted, crocheted and sewn items that we distribute to organizations throughout Addison County,Ó Eddy Guiles said. “Last year, 43 schools, hospitals, nursing care facilities and social service agencies received nearly 1,600 hats, mittens, socks, slippers, sweaters, shawls, lap robes, blankets, chemo caps and walker bags. Needless to say, we gave Karen as much yarn as she could carry to take home with her.Ó The Eagle thanks Serena Eddy Guiles of the Addison County RSVP and the Volunteer Center/Green Mountain Foster Grandparent Program for assistance with our salute to local volunteers. RSVP and the Volunteer Center is located at 48 Court St. in Middlebury.
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pass. Ramsay noted that Select Board member Dean George suggested that a design be contacted to evaluate the space needs of the library and suggest potential solutions. A steering committee will be organized after Town Meeting Day to study the library concerns. Not all residents, including at least one Select Board member, are onboard for atown office next to the library. The Osborne House was built in 1816 by Daniel Henshaw and is now the property of Middlebury College.
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Wishing You and Your Family a Happy Holiday Give the Gift of a Good Time! Holiday Gift Certificates Now Available For every $100 you spend on gift certificates you’ll receive a $25 gift certificate free of charge! Drop in or order by phone. (Offer good through 12/24/13) STARTERS - $7
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Escargots a la Provencale Chicken Liver & Bacon Pate Duck Cigar Rolls with Apricot Tarragon Dipping Sauce Thai Dumplings with Lemongrass Broth & Baby Bok Choy Lobster Ravioli with Tarragon Beurre Blanc
ENTRÉES - $19 Coriander Crusted Bistro Steak with Shallot & Red Wine Reduction Pork Scaloppini with Chanterelle Mushroom Gravy Seared Duck Breast with Demi Glace Gastrique Apple Wood Smoked Bacon & Brie Stuffed Chicken Breast with Balsamic Cream Roasted Haddock with Thai Green Curry & Coconut Sauce & Toasted Almonds
We take great care preparing the freshest ingredients however consuming undercooked animal product may lead to food borne illness 50445
G e h i t f e t of v i G New Menu Ta s t e ! Items: Appetizers Vermont Cheddar Ale Parsnip Soup $6 Baby Arugula and Smoked Salmon Salad $10 Marinated Fig and Pine Nut Polenta $10 Bacon Potato Fish Cakes $11 Daily Grilled Flatbread $10 Misty Knoll Farms Chicken Wings $8 & $12 Entrées Smokey Tofu Enchilada Verde $17 Peanut and Cilantro Chicken Skewers $18 Coriander Seared Haddock $19 Maple Brined Grilled Pork Loin $19 Vermont Venison and Chorizo Meatloaf $19 Bistro Steak au Poivre $20
5 Main Street • Bristol • 453-3311
PURCHASE GIFT CERTIFICATES OF $100 AND RECEIVE AN
ADDITIONAL $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE Offer good through 12/24/13
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