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MIDDLEBURY | Vermont has so-called sin taxes on products such as liquor and tobacco. And while it doesn’t have a gambling tax per se, the Green Mountain State collects a “sin tax” with its own brand of sanctioned gambling, the Vermont Lottery. But lookout if you win the lottery: Lottery winnings over $5,000 are subject to Federal Income Tax Withholding of up to 25 percent and Vermont State Income Tax Withholding of at least six percent. Of course every state is known for its own quirky virtues and vices, however, Vermont showed itself to be on the right path, at least as the nation’s least sinful state, accroding to a new WalletHub online report. » Vermont sins Cont. on pg. 3
MUSIC LECTURE UPCOMING: Emory Fanning, Middlebury college profes-
sor emeritus of music, will deliver a lecture as part of the Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 6 at 4:30 p.m. Fanning will discuss the topic “Bach Publishes: The Six Schübler Chorale Preludes of Johann Sebastian Bach” at Mead Memorial Chapel on campus. The event is free. Photo by Todd Balfour
MIDDLEBURY | The late Walter Cerf, one of Vermont’s wealthiest philanthropists of the latter part of the 20th century, left a lasting impact on the Addison County and northern Rutland County area; the former World War II refugee left a legacy that still gives back to local communities he supported during his long life. Last week, the Walter Cerf Community Fund (WCCF) of the Vermont Community Foundation awarded $251,060 in grants to 35 organizations, many in Addison County, to support work through 2019. Cerf relocated to the United States as a refugee of Nazi Germany. » Cerf Cont. on pg. 5
The Middlebury-based Walter Cerf Fundhas been giving back to the community since its establishment in 2001. Walter Cerf relocated to the U.S. as a refugee of Nazi Germany. He retired to his summer home in Leicester in 1972. Pictured: Walter Cerf, 1907-2001. Brooklyn College photo
A potential for sinkholes in Vermont By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
While no major sinkhole event has been reported in Vermont in recent years, there is a potential, according to Vermont State Geologist Marjorie Gale. Pictured: A sinkhole forming in Florida.
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MIDDLEBURY | When you think of sinkholes, the state of Florida comes to mind. Built atop a Swiss cheese network of ancient coral reefs, the sunshine state’s karst basement terrain (topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite and gypsum) is ideal for sinkhole formation. But what about Vermont? Similar karst features exist in Addison County and elsewhere in the Lake Champlain drainage basin.
Vermont State Geologist and Director Marjorie Gale of the Vermont Geological Survey told the Eagle that the occurrence of sinkholes isn’t impossible here. “Although we have not had sinkholes reported, karst and micro-karst (terrain) is possible in the limestones, dolostones and marbles in Vermont,” Gale said. “Sinkholes occur in any carbonate due to dissolution of the carbonate minerals such as calcite.” Gale points to a series of caverns and disappearing streams around the springs in Dorset as an example of local, active karst geology. » Sinkholes Cont. on pg. 2
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