Monday, January 7, 2013

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 24 No. 46 Middlebury, Vermont Monday, January 7, 2013 40 Pages 75¢

MONDAY EDITION

Happiness

& heartache

Addison school

spending to drop

Series of lectures

is for the birds

County teams

return to action

Dairy cliff averted, farmers relieved – for now

Busy meeting schedule hurts ACSU leader search

Ferrisburgh eyes school budget hike of about 4.9%

Welcome!BECKY

(See Farmers, Page 38)

(See Ferrisburgh, Page 7)(See ACSU, Page 7)

By XIAN CHIANG-WARENVERMONT — Under the shadow

By JOHN FLOWERS By ANDY KIRKALDY

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By JOHN FLOWERSADDISON COUNTY — Sen.

Claire Ayer, D-Addison, considered running for Senate majority leader this year but ultimately decided against such a move in order to re-main actively involved in ongoing health care reform legislation.Ayer acknowledged in a recent

Burlington Free Press report that she had considered running for Sen-ate majority leader at the Democrats’ leadership caucus that was held this past Saturday, Jan. 5. But Ayer con-

had decided to remove herself from consideration for the post in view of

her expected time commitments as chairwoman of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. That panel will play a lead role this biennium in helping Vermont implement provi-sions of the federal Affordable Care Act and put the state on a path to a single-payer health care system.“That was my dilemma,” said

Ayer, the former assistant majority leader of the Senate.“I ended up deciding that health

care was more important.”As the Addison Independent went

to press, only Sen. Philip Baruth, D-Chittenden County, had declared in-terest in serving in the Senate major-

ity leader position. Former Sen. Bill Carris, D-Rutland, most recently held the job.Ayer said she hoped a senator

“with experience” lands the major-ity leader position. The Senate drew scrutiny during the last biennium for the sometimes discordant way in which business was conducted. But ultimately, Ayer believes, it will take many to keep the Senate on track.“We are going to have to be good

bees together,” Ayer said. “Keeping an organized and productive Senate is not just one person’s responsibility.”Reporter John Flowers is at

[email protected].

Ayer takes pass on majority leader

MIDDLEBURY — Otter Creek Audubon’s sixth annual Cabin Fever Lecture Series for winter

evening. All events take place at 7 p.m. at Ilsley Library in Middle-bury on the second Thursday of each month between January and March. They are free and open to the public.On Thursday,

Jan. 10, local bird-ing legend Warren King will recount his years of work-ing with seabirds in a program titled “From Christmas to Easter: Sea-

Islands.” King worked as an or-nithologist for the Smithsonian Insti-tution, which published his book “The ICBP Bird Red Data Book: The Endangered Birds of the World in 1980.” He was an envi-ronmental educator for the Kee-waydin Environmental Education

He received the 2002 Vermont State Award of the New England

Charles H. Callison Award from National Audubon for volunteer service. On Feb. 14 Mike Winslow will

introduce attendees to “Owls of Vermont.” Seven species of owls are known to breed in Vermont and another four species are rare winter visitors. Learn how to tell them apart with both visual and auditory clues. Winslow has surveyed owls for the Middle-bury and Ferrisburgh Christmas bird counts and for the Vermont

Breeding Bird Atlas. He is the staff scientist for the Lake Cham-plain Committee and the author of “Lake Champlain: A Natural History.” He is the recipient of the Steven Young Environmental Award given by Audubon Ver-mont.On March 14 birding guide Su-

san Roney Dren-nan will present “Albatrosses and Their Interactions with Longline Fisheries.” Dren-nan will introduce the beauty and grace of albatross-es that inhabit the Southern Ocean, the practice of

how it affects the albatrosses, and

some possible solutions to mini-mize these effects.Drennan has enjoyed a lively

career. She served for many years as editor-in-chief of Audu-bon’s ornithological publication, American Bird, and Audubon’s vice president for ornithology. She is recipient of the Bushnell Distinguished Birder Award and the prestigious Arthur A. Allen Medal, awarded to individuals who have dramatically advanced ornithological knowledge through their writings, publica-tions, teaching and inspiration. She is the author of numerous

and books, including “Where to Find Birds in New York State: The Top 500 Sites,” “The Bird-er’s Field Notebook,” and “The North American Birder’s Library Lifelist.”

A MALE GREAT Frigatebird displays over McKean Island in the

‘Cabin Fever’ bird talks to take flight on Jan. 10

Otter Creek Audubon reminds local educators that the organization is accepting applications for funding for environmen-

Applications are due this Wednesday, Jan. 9. For more information visit ot-tercreekaudubon.org and view the Dec. 4 post in the Latest News section.

CORRECTION: -ticle about Encore Redevelopment’s offer to lease land from the town of Ferrisburgh and install a solar ar-ray misstated the potential power generation output of the proposed solar farm. The article said the ca-

pacity (or the total amount that could be produced at any one time) was 700,000 kilowatts, but we should have said that the solar panels could generate a total of 700,000 kilowatt hours over the course of an entire year.

Addison Independent, Monday, January 7, 2013 — PAGE 3

By ANDY KIRKALDYADDISON — The Addison Cen-

tral School board will meet on Tues-day and could then adopt a budget proposal for the 2013-2014 school year that would drop spending over current levels by almost 4 percent. If board members adopt the draft

now before them, they would be cutting about $66,600 from the cur-rent $1.68 million budget to arrive at spending of roughly $1.61 million.

be approved by voters.The proposed spending plan would

continue to avoid the state penalties for high per-pupil spending that had added to some ACS budgets before the current academic year, Addison

-cials said. ANwSU Superintendent Tom

O’Brien and business manager Kathy Cannon last week said two person-nel changes account for most of the savings: Principal Wayne Howe’s expected move to become ANwSU’s part-time assistant superinten-dent, and a cutback in the hours of the ACS math interventionist. The ANwSU board is

expected this month to -

pointment as the ANwSU assistant superintendent, effective this summer. That job will have the equivalent of two days a week of responsibility and reduce Howe’s role at ACS to a three-day-a-week responsibility — with re-sulting savings to the school’s budget. O’Brien and Cannon said the

school only reluctantly made the other move, cutting the hours of math spe-cialist Tara Trudo, who they said has

helped ACS achieve some impressive test scores. But O’Brien said ACS,

which in the 1990s had up to 140 students, will have an enrollment of less than half that next year. The post had to be reduced

two, he said. “We couldn’t afford

to have a full-time math interventionist for 65 stu-

dents,” O’Brien said.

Trudo in the district, noting there are needs at Vergennes Union Elemen-tary School, for example. “She’s an outstanding teacher, and

we hope we can keep her,” Cannon said. There are some factors driving

spending higher, but not enough to offset the savings from those two personnel moves. O’Brien has bud-geted health insurance costs to rise by 13.5 percent after being told by

-crease of between 10 and 15 percent, and the board is budgeting a $7,000 raise for administrative assistant Su-sie Hodsden, who will assume greater responsibilities when Howe is not in the building. Contracted raises for teachers and

support staff are also driving spending higher, O’Brien said, but not enough that Addison has to consider more multi-age classrooms — at least for the time being. “I think that it will put us in good

standing for next year anyway, and perhaps the following year. If the trend continues in terms of enroll-ment, we’ll have more work to do,” he said. The Vergennes Union High School

board will meet on Jan. 14 to make its

is the only one in ANwSU that is struggling to keep an increase under 5 percent.Once the VUHS spending plan is

assessments of the impact of ANwSU school spending on individual district towns can be made.

bond, if approved at either the $4.2 million or $6.2 million level in early February, would have no impact on either the 2013-2014 VUHS budget or ANwSU tax rates.

Addison school board considering budget with 4% drop

“We couldn’t

afford to

have a full-

time math

interventionist

for 65

students.”

— ANwSU

Superintendent

Tom O’Brien

Fire strikes home

on Lake Dunmore

while owners away

FIRE DAMAGED THIS Leicester home on the shore of Lake Dunmore last Thurs-

day morning.Independent photos/Trent Campbell

LEICESTER — Vermont State Police are inves-

damage to a home on the shores of Lake Dunmore in Leicester last Thursday morning.

-ed at a little after 10 a.m. on Jan. 3 to a residential

-

reported. The Rutland Herald reported that home-owners Jeff and Cheryl McDonough were away on vacation.The residence, about a mile south of Branbury

State Park, sustained substantial damage to a large portion of the structure. Vermont State Police Det. Sgt. David Sutton said the home was spared from total destruction thanks to the rapid response of the

The Vermont State Police Fire Investigation Unit was requested for an origin and cause investiga-tion. A Vermont State Police Detective, as well as a Vermont Division of Fire Safety Investigator re-

was not suspicious.

asked to contact Det. Sgt. Sutton at 802-773-9101.


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Proposed water quality rules need to be strengthenedHigh-quality water is Ver-

mont’s premier forest product. The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation has recently completed a review of its approved management practices for maintain-ing water quality on logging opera-tions and has published draft AMP (acceptable management practices) revisions that will be presented to the Legislature in January 2013. The revisions warrant very careful review.The Clean Water Act (CWA) of

1972 was designed to clean up this nation’s waters. The idea was to

bring back clean, clear, cold, highly oxygenated waters to the maximum practical extent. The CWA required developers to go through an exten-sive process to obtain a discharge permit. For a variety of reasons, forest management operations did not have to obtain a permit as long as the forest access networks were designed, constructed, maintained and closed according to state-adopted best management practices (BMPs).In 1987 Vermont adopted what

were called “Acceptable Manage-ment Practices” (AMPs) that would

serve as the recommended ingredi-ents for the management of roads, skid trails, log landings, stream crossings, and riparian zones. Ver-mont adopted 24 practices to guide forest access network steepness, surface erosion control structure types and installation frequency, buffer distances and stream crossing methods.If properly used in a well-

designed access system, sound research had demonstrated that the AMPs would protect water qual-ity in managed forests even in the

Frozen and fragileTHE TINY, FRAGILE branches of a barren shrub, frozen by last Thursday’s arctic chill, shimmer

against a Green Mountain backdrop in Middlebury.Independent photo/Trent Campbell

The rapid pace of change

Review the Addison Independent’s top 10 Stories of the Year and what you realize is that while many things seem like they stay the same, change is more rampant than we realize. Take our number one story: changes on the ag scene. The topic may surprise

the state’s non-farm community. No particular headline would come to mind for most readers, yet it is a rapidly changing scene. Congress stalled on the 2012 Farm Bill and dairy farmers lost a critical safety net when the federal milk subsidies program, known as MILC, expired on Sept. 30. That failure left farmers exposed to price drops if and when milk prices drop below the cost of production. Thank a short-sighted House (led by Tea Party conservatives) intent on cutting domestic spending regardless of the value those programs deliver. Dairy farmers are also in the crosshairs of activists pushing for a cleaner

Lake Champlain, citing high phosphorus levels from cow manure (and lawn fertilizers) as primary culprits. State aid is helping, and farmers are doing what they can, but solutions are not inexpensive, putting farmers between those proverbial hard rocks.Not all ag news was bad. A Vermont working lands grant of $1 million

hopes to jump start food, agriculture and forestry entrepreneurship. Mean-while, Ferrisburgh’s Kimbrook Farm started its organic milk operation and two new slaughterhouses were proposed for the New Haven/Middlebury area. But the declining farm numbers tell an indisputable story on the dairy scene:

the state is losing dairy farms, even as milk production is up. The current num-ber of dairy farms in Addison County is 145, compared to 970 in the state. The number of dairy farms in the state has seen a steady decline since 1991 when a .046 percent increase was reported. But that momentary blip hasn’t stemmed the tide of closures and consolidation over the decades, which, since 1951, demonstrate the changing face of agriculture: There were 10,608 dairy farms in 1951;; 8,465 in 1961;; 4,083 in 1971;; 3,356 in 1981;; 2,381 in 1991;; 1,565 in 2001;; and 984 in 2011.The dollars from those farms are still strong, and milk production is up, but

there are not nearly as many farm families working the land as there used to be and that shows up in the state’s demographics in numerous ways.On the business scene, the language-based start-up eCorp English in Mid-

dlebury closed its doors after a two-year struggle, and RetailVision, a maga-zine sales promotion company, shut down with a loss of 25 local jobs after years of declining sales. Good news came from Vermont Hard Cider Compa-ny, maker of Woodchuck Hard Cider, when it was purchased by an Irish cidery and announced it would proceed with plans to build a new $30 million facility in town that would more than double its production capacity and continue to add jobs to its current workforce of 125. Vergennes-based Goodrich Corp. was bought by United Technologies Company with a promise to work on a “busi-ness as usual” basis with its 850 employees. Bristol Works made great strides with its long-range plans in that community, and in Middlebury the town ap-propriated money to hire an economic development director to help jump-start a number of promising activities and ideas. Adding to the business news, the proposed advancement of a natural gas

pipeline into Vergennes, Middlebury and the Route 7 corridor through Addi-son County (as well as a spur to Ticonderoga) will mean lower prices on fuel for major users like Middlebury College, Agri-Mark, Woodchuck Cider, and many other businesses in town, as well as residents. That’s good news to help recruit businesses and industry, as well as residents seeking lower fuel bills. Public transportation also got a boost with news that the state has committed to a western rail corridor project that would put higher-speed passenger train service from Burlington to Rutland and on to Albany, N.Y. in the near future — perhaps by 2014.Less grandiose events, issues and developments, of course, are part of the

every-changing world around us as illustrated by a review of our top online stories as gauged by reader interest. Those stories ran the gamut from the EEE scare in southern Addison County to crime stories, the loss of local leaders, robots that act like humans, and rural phone calls that are dropped too often. All that, just as you were thinking “nothing ever happens in my small town.”

It does. Read, remember and get involved in your community to become part of the ongoing change.

Angelo S. Lynn


Our education system is among the best in the country. On that strength, Campaign for Vermont suggests we set our sights even higher.We rank among the 10 best edu-

cation systems in America That’s good, but we are in a country that now ranks outside of the top 20 in-ternationally. That means Vermont ranks about 30th in the world. Our high school graduates have a lower college graduation rate than we ex-pect;; and evidence mounts that in Vermont, like in the rest of America, children of the poor often remain trapped in poverty, de-spite the education pro-vided them. How important is

it to have the world’s greatest education sys-tem? Imagine what that means. Every child is ready for a job or col-lege. An educated, fully employed workforce has replaced poverty, and safe communities and the pow-erful aspirations of our young have supplanted drug use and crime. The magnetic pull of the world’s great-est education system proves irresist-ible to young families wanting the best for their children. And Vermont builds an economy where no one is left behind and everyone prospers.Is it worth considering new ap-

proaches to achieve this grand goal? What would we do for our children? Anything.Vermont currently has more than

300 local and regional administrative entities, plus the State Department of Education, serving slightly over 85,000 students. This costly bureau-cratic system diverts resources from the classroom.How about 15 Education Districts

instead of 64 supervisory unions that

How about developing an accept-able and fair evaluation methodol-ogy for our teachers? While we’re at it, shouldn’t we pay our teachers more because, in fact, they are the most essential ingredients to a great education? How about property tax

systems that better connect Vermont-ers with school funding and re-es-tablishing local control? And, how about giving every family the option of offering their children early edu-cational services?Change is in the air. On the same

day Campaign for Vermont released its position paper on education, Randi Weingarten, president of a large national teachers’ union, sug-gested that we consider bar exams for newly minted teachers just as

we do for lawyers. The U.S. Secretary of Edu-cation has developed an aggressive set of ini-tiatives that just a few years ago might have been broadly rejected. We know our country’s education system has slipped. Vermont has an opportunity to build among the best educa-

tion systems in the world. What are we waiting for?Campaign for Vermont believes

that we can achieve an economy of

saves taxpayers money. It will also create a greater range of offerings for our children. And, with the state con-

responsibilities, and preservation of a functional excess school spending mechanism, these reforms will be entirely consistent with our obliga-tion to ensure every child has access to a “substantially equal” education-al opportunity under the law.Vermont should have — and is

currently paying enough to have — an education system that leads the world in results, empowers children with the tools they need to succeed, attracts more young families and great jobs of all types. With the right reforms, our education system can be the cornerstone of an economy where everyone is secure and no one lives in poverty. We believe it must be. If you share this view, please join the conversation.You can read our entire proposal

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event of disruptive storm events. Therefore, it was reasonable to assume that if the approved AMPs were used fully and well then no discharge permit would be re-quired to protect water quality in Vermont’s working forests.Though the practices were ef-

fective, the Legislature recognized that the AMPs were very costly to build and to maintain. They also recognized the high level of vari-ability in harvesting sites, extent and equipment. To give landown-ers leeway, the law stated that full compliance with the recom-mended practices was not required as long as the discharge of waste into the waters of the state was avoided.In other words, landowners

could employ their own methods for maintaining water quality on logging operations or even

However if their practices — or -

vent stream sedimentation, woody debris discharges or elevated stream temperatures, the landown-ers would be responsible for the water pollution they created.This approach had and still has

that it places the burden of proof squarely on the public to prove that its waters have been polluted. Identifying severely eroded access networks was not enough. Actual stream sedimentation, woody debris deposition, or temperature elevation resulting directly from the timber harvesting had to be documented.

Being that most water pollution resulting from timber harvesting can be attributed to storm events, the detection of actual water pol-lution based on citizen complaints is not particularly effective. More monitoring of compliance and/or water quality impacts is needed. Also, though many of the AMPs

AMPs had language that could be interpreted in a variety of ways. This made establishing the cases of discharge and failure to comply fully with the AMPs very chal-lenging.In April of 2012 Vermont Fam-

ily Forests proposed a variety of ways to address the shortcom-ings of the AMPs as seen from the public’s perspective. These recommendations were based on the assumption that the people of the state of Vermont wanted to successfully limit water pollution from timber harvesting operations even during periodic storm events. VFF’s recommendations included:

-ing language in the AMPs;;

as brushed fords;;-

pliance assessment protocols;;

would assist landowners to iden-tify and avoid sensitive areas such as steep slopes, shallow soils and riparian zones;; and

-agement Practices (CMPs) and Optional Conservation Strategies (OCS’s) that would give landown-ers even more options.In December 2012 the Vermont

Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation published draft recom-mendations that will be presented to the Legislature in the upcoming session. These will eventually be reviewed through an extensive public involvement process. The draft recommendations maintain and clarify many of the existing AMPs. However, they:

truck roads, and log landings;;

compliance with erosion control

located in areas with adverse site conditions;;

-tices such as brushed fords;; and

to different interpretations.We are now in an age where

disruptive storm events like tropi-cal storms Irene and Sandy are increasingly frequent and where fresh water supplies are grow-ing scarce. Flowing waters are publicly held assets. It is one of the state’s most important tasks to protect and to conserve them.

of concurrently protecting forest health. To conserve the health of Vermont’s working forests and

from them, the draft revisions to Vermont’s AMPs will need further re-working. This process will continue when the Legislature reconvenes in January.

David BrynnVermont Family Forests

Bristol

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The family of Kenneth St. George would like to express our sincere thanks and

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ObituariesADDISON COUNTY BENSON — Henry E. Dufresne,

78, of Benson died Jan. 1, 2013, at his home.He was born on April 22, 1934, in

Waterbury, Conn., the son of Henry Dufresne and Martha Kuhn.Hank served in the U.S Army. Fol-

lowing his honorable discharge he opened an automobile repair busi-ness in South Burlington and Ver-gennes.He was an outdoorsman who

-ing, golf, camping and traveling.He took pride in his family, his

home, his lawn and his garden. He was the happiest when he could help a friend.He leaves his wife, Rosanna;; his

daughters and their families, Lean-dra Straight and her husband Rich-ard of South Hero, Carolyn Burke and her husband John of Addison, and Jacqueline Dufresne and her

partner Scott Burdo of Shoreham;; his stepsons (who he loved as his own sons) John Grover and Bob Grover of Breckenridge, Colo.;; a

brother, Walter, and his wife Margit-ta of Texas;; sisters Janice Rossi and her husband Paul, Martha Ricciardi and Edna Dufresne of Connecticut;; brother-in-law Raymond Bodette and his wife Alice of Addison;; sis-ters-in-law Marie Lisa of Oneonta, N.Y., and Lucille Wright of Reno, Nev.;; his former wife, Irma Heeter;; four grandchildren, Marla Straight, Ryan Straight, Catherine Burke and John Henry Burke;; and several niec-es and nephews.He was predeceased by a brother,

Bobby, and a sister, Virginia.As per his wishes he will be cre-

mated and there will no services at this time.Committal services will be in the

springtime at the Lakeview Cem-etery in West Addison.Arrangements are with the Durfee

HENRY E. DUFRESNE

Henry E. Dufresne, 78, Benson

Anne B. Lewis, 76, MiddleburyMIDDLEBURY — Anne B. Lew-

is, 76, of Middlebury died Wednes-day, Jan. 2, 2013, at Porter Hospital in Middlebury.She was born Dec. 14, 1936, in

Philadelphia, Pa., the daughter of Charles G. and Mary F. (French) Hinkle. She resided in Island Heights, N.J., and Toms River, N.J., for over 40 years before moving to Middle-bury in 1993. She was a master teacher and had

a teaching career that spanned 50 years, having taught 35 years in New Jersey and 15 years in Vermont. She obtained a BS degree from Beaver College, Jenkintown, Pa., in 1958 and an MA degree in education from The College of New Jersey, Trenton,

include elementary teacher, read-ing specialist, curriculum specialist, supervisor and learning disabilities teacher-consultant.She was a communicant of St.

Mary’s Church in Middlebury and served as a member and chairperson of the town of Middlebury zoning board.She was wed to A. Thomas Lewis

in November 1959 and is survived by him;; two sisters, Mary M. Meagher, Southampton, N.J., and M. Yvonne

Chapman, Bayville, N.J.;; and numer-ous nieces and nephews.Her brother, Charles G. Hinkle Jr.,

predeceased her.A memorial Mass of Christian buri-

al will be celebrated on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury. The Rev. William Beaudin, pastor, will be the celebrant.Burial will take place at a later date

in the family lot in the cemetery of the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, N.J.

ANNE LEWIS

Peter Douville Orvis, 69, Brandon

PETER ORVIS

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BRISTOL — Lawrence Memorial Library at 40 North Street in Bristol

for preteens called “Reading is an Inve$tment” on Wednesdays, Jan. 9-30, from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

-er Ludwigsen, at the National Bank of Middlebury, will be teaching the classes at the library and one session at

the NBM Bristol branch. The program is made possible through the Vermont Treasurer’s Department and the Ver-mont Department of Libraries and is part of an ongoing series. Games, reading, and role play will open up the

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BRANDON — Peter Douville Or-vis, 69, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at his home in Brandon.He was born in Middlebury on

March 5, 1943. He was the son of Wendell and Roseanne (Douville) Orvis. He grew up in Middlebury where he received his early educa-tion. He graduated from New Leba-non (N.Y.) High School, class of 1961.Following his education he joined

the United States Air Force and served in Libya and other North Af-rican countries. Upon his honorable discharge he returned to Vermont and began a career with Standard Register in Middlebury that spanned more than 25 years. He retired in 2004.He was a member of St. Thomas

& Grace Episcopal Church, where he served as junior warden and was a Eucharistic minister. He belonged to American Legion Post 27 in Mid-dlebury.Surviving are his wife, Mary

(Johnson) Orvis of Brandon, whom he married in Shoreham on July

3, 1981;; three sons, Todd L. Or-vis of Tampa, Fla., Douglas New of Leicester and Steven New of Ballston Spa, N.Y.;; three daughters, Tracy Abel of Glenville, N.Y., and Tammy Johnson and Lana Travers, both of Brandon;; 11 grandchildren;;

10 great-grandchildren;; and several cousins also survive him.He was predeceased by his par-

ents;; a daughter, Karen Currier;; and his only sister, Bonita “Bonnie” Petty.The memorial service “In Cel-

ebration of His Life” will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at Grace Episcopal Church in Forest Dale. The Rev. Margaret Fletcher, rector,

Following the ceremony the fam-ily will receive friends in the church hall, for a time of fellowship and re-membrance.The graveside committal service

and burial, with military honors, will take place at a later date in Pine Hill Cemetery in Brandon.Friends may call at the Miller &

Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon on Monday, Jan. 7, from 2-4 p.m.Memorial gifts may be made to the

Rutland Area Visiting Nurse & Hos-pice, 7 Albert Cree Drive, Rutland, VT 05701, or to The Foley Cancer Clinic, 160 Allen St., Rutland, VT 05701.


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entails multiple evening meetings each week. It is a situation that elic-ited comments of concern from one

in the most recent, ill-fated search.“It is a challenging thing for any-

one who is going to be our superinten-

Perrin said of the current meeting re-quirements. “I think it is something that sets someone back on their heels if they are not prepared to spend that kind of time.”

-cials have spent more than two years gauging public support for pos-sibly streamlining the supervisory union’s governance structure.

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tee was formed during the fall of 2010 to take advantage of Act 153, a state law that provides incentives for school districts to voluntarily consider mergers. Act 153 allows individual school communities to consider merging into a “Regional

-erned by a common board. The state is offering up to $20,000

to RED study committees to defray consulting and legal services. The

whether to consolidate its governance within one board, but the effort ulti-mately failed to win support from all the communities involved.

year held multiple forums in the dis-

While residents were receptive to sharing resources and making their

been no resounding call in any of the communities to phase out boards or merge schools.“In Vermont, giving up that local

of districts,” acknowledged consul-

in its most recent su-perintendent search.There are 63 su-

pervisory districts in Vermont, and 46 of them fall into the cat-egory of supervisory unions that serve mul-tiple communities and schools represented by a combined total of 288 elected boards, ac-

executive director of

Boards Association.

with multiple boards have been a feature of Vermont’s pub-lic education system since 1915, accord-

ing to Dale.“They were created not as manage-

ment units;; they were created for the supervision of teaching,” Dale said. It was the superintendent’s primary job to travel to the many rural schools to monitor teaching practices. It was the school boards that coordinated the actual operation of the schools, Dale noted.

changed dramatically,” Dale said. “Over the past 100 years, it has evolved from an instructional focus to much more about management and leadership.”

That has led to more adminis-trative functions and responsibili-ties, Dale noted, which can add up for superintendents — some of whom must answer to as many as a dozen individual school boards “all of which might have separate agendas and aren’t necessarily in agreement.” A supervisory union board — which represents all of the boards — can provide a forum for all of the individual school boards to come together to codify a joint vi-

out a way to operate in

possible so that the su-perintendent’s job is “doable,” Dale said.“I think it’s very

legitimate for super-visory unions, like

spend time talking about ‘how can we be as functional as we can possibly be to both make this a very attractive place to be, but also a very effective place to be,’ because people value local boards, they val-ue local voice and at the same time they need to be able to function as a single entity that is worried about the education of all of the kids in that region, not just town by town,” Dale said.FEWER MEETINGS

He described some strategies that some supervisory unions have been trying to lessen the evening meeting burden on their respective superin-tendents.

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dolph area encompasses three towns with four elected boards. But those boards basically function as a uni-

month to make decisions jointly for

-cording to Dale.“Even though they are separate

boards, they have mutually agreed that a lot of the major decision mak-ing will be done jointly,” Dale said.

-visory union meeting, they break into their town board meetings and

that needs to be voted town-by-town. But the substance of what goes on takes place in a consolidated way.”

boards essentially meet once per month to take care of their business jointly and separately, according to Dale.Other supervisory

unions have employed a “carousel” meeting system. This “one-stop shopping” method calls for school boards within the supervisory union to meet on the

same evening under the same roof, thereby allowing the superintendent to visit and conduct business with each group.

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tee that screened candidates for the most recent superintendent searches.

take a close look at the strategies other supervisory unions have em-ployed to cut down on meetings to enhance the supervisory union’s chances of recruiting and retaining a superintendent.“It’s just one more potential obsta-

cle for this school district as we go about solving our leadership issue in

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-rently enjoys a strong reputation as

a good school district, but the com-plexity of our organization makes it

And those good candidates that we do attract certainly think about the impact of our structure on their lives.

think about creative solutions to this because we do not want our organi-zation to be a deterrent in attracting the best possible candidates,” he added.

good window of opportunity for the -

intendent search. The window of op-portunity usually runs from late fall to early spring, he said.

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alone in dealing with many boards holding many meetings.

for single districts or two boards,”

people from out of state where there aren’t supervisory unions, they are kind of amazed with Vermont’s

that inhibits some of the out-of-state candidates from wanting to come to supervisory unions in Vermont.”

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serve out the balance of this school year. He is not interested in extend-

-ley agreed to come out of retirement during the summer of 2011 to lead

permanent replacement for former

contract was not renewed.“It’s time for me to be retired

retired as a superintendent in 2005.Reporter John Flowers is at

[email protected].

driven higher by contracted raises for teachers and support staff and an increase in health insurance costs. O’Brien budgeted that hike at 13.5 percent af-

said the increase would come in at between 10 and 15 percent. “Those are the big

items,” he said. The budget does

not include two sepa-rate spending votes, one to add $20,000 to the school’s capi-tal improvement fund, and another to devote $10,000 to create a new fund to buy technology

Another small spending increase comes from the addition of a 20 percent information technology

Elementary IT employee Will

Hatch next year will work for all

the expense will be shared.

a two-year upgrade of its wireless technology, while one speech para-educator will be cut from the budget.

some money because -

nounced she would ac-cept an early retirement package after three de-cades at the school. The combination of the sala-ry of a less-experienced teacher and the cost of

will be spread out over several years, will still

-ing to O’Brien. “It gives us a little bit of wiggle

room,” he said.O’Brien said the budget meets

the twin target of meeting students’ -

sible. “All the boards felt 5 percent or

less would be good given we’ve been so frugal in prior years,” O’Brien said. “Right now the only thing we’re working on is the high school to get to that point.”

assessments of the impact of AN-

district towns can be made.

-ther the $4.2 million or $6.2 mil-lion level in early February, would have no impact on either the 2013-

rates.Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at

[email protected].

Ferrisburgh(Continued from Page 1)

TOM O’BRIEN

“The (superin-

tendent’s) role

has changed

dramatically.

Over the past

100 years, it

has evolved

from an instruc-

tional focus

to much more

about manage-

ment and lead-

ership.”— Steve Dale,

executive director,

Vermont School

Boards Association

“It (the number

of board meet-

ings) is a chal-

lenging thing

for anyone who

is going to be

our superinten-

dent.” — ACSU Chairman

Mark Perrin


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‘Gasland’THIS 2010 DOCUMENTARY, which explores the darker side of the natural gas industry

and its practices, will be screened at Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury on Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 6:30 p.m. It is free.

Hey, JoeTOWN HALL THEATER in Middlebury will screen a never-before-seen, digitally restored version of the full set Jimi Hendrix played at

Woodstock in August 1969 on Friday, Jan. 11, at 8 p.m.

TUESDAYjan8 Public skating in Middlebury.

Tuesday, Jan. 8, 9-10:30 a.m., Me-morial Sports Center.

Figure skating in Middlebury. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 10:45 a.m.-noon, Memorial Sports Cen-ter.

“Weybridge: Change Over Time” talk in Mid-dlebury. Tuesday, Jan. 8, noon-1 p.m., Shel-don Museum. Fifth- and sixth-grade students and teachers at Weybridge Elementary School used maps, photographs and documents to create a timeline of Weybridge, now on ex-hibit at the museum. Teachers Sarah Flinn and Catharine Canavan present a talk about this collaborative study project. Bring a brown bag lunch;; dessert and beverage provided. Non-member fee $2. Info: 388-2117 or www.henrysheldonmuseum.org.

“Know the 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s” program in Middlebury. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 3:30-5 p.m., Eastview at Middlebury, 100 East-view Terrace. Register at (800) 272-3900.

Aurora Middle School informational meeting. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Middlebury Community House. A meeting for prospective parents and students. Light refreshments will be served.

Spaghetti dinner in Vergennes. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m., VUHS cafeteria. Presented by the Vergennes Union High School Student Council. Enjoy spaghetti, salad and cookies and then cheer on the JV and varsity basket-ball games against Mount Abe. Cost $5 per person, $12 per family.

GED testing in Middlebury. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 8:45-9:45 a.m., Vermont Adult Learning, 282 Board-

man St. Pre-registration required. Call 388-4392 for info and to register.

Toddler TaeKwon Do in Middlebury. Wednes-day, Jan. 9, 10:15-11:30 a.m., Ilsley Library. Instructor Kellie Thomas leads a playful intro-duction to an ancient martial art. Toddlers and preschoolers will learn basic movements to

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help improve their balance, focus and coordi-nation. Drop in. Info: 388-4097. Wednesdays through Feb. 13.

Adult stick & puck hockey in Middlebury. Wednesday, Jan. 9, noon-1 p.m., Memorial Sports Center.

Financial literacy workshop for preteens in Bristol. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 3:15-4:30 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library. In collabora-tion with Heather Ludwigsen, community of-

in Bristol, the library presents “Reading Is an Investment.” First class in a four-week se-ries on Wednesdays in January. Sign up at [email protected] or call 453-2366.

Youth media lab in Middlebury. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Ilsley Library. Kids in grades 3 and up are invited to join library and MCTV staff to make movies and learn about

technology using MCTV’s state-of-the-art me-dia stations. Every Wednesday. Space is lim-ited;; pre-register at the children’s desk, by call-ing 388-4097, or by emailing [email protected].

Wednesday Night Tea and Talk Series in Bris-tol. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 7-8:30 p.m., Mount Abraham Union High School library. Chris Ne-zin presents “Let’s Talk Turkey,” a slideshow, discussion and Q&A about Turkish culture. Info: 453-2333, ext. 1100, or [email protected].

Public skating in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 10, 9-10:30 a.m., Me-

morial Sports Center.

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Early Literacy Story Time in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 10, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Ilsley Library. Join children’s librarian Sarah Lawton for stories, rhymes and songs that help young children develop early literacy skills. Drop in. Every Thursday( Jan. 21) through Feb. 14.

“Bats in Your Belfry?” presentation in New Haven. Thursday, Jan. 10, 7-9 p.m., New Ha-

coordinator for Vermont Fish and Wildlife, dis-cusses Vermont’s bats. Part of the New Haven Conservation Commission’s Armchair Natural-ist Series.

“The Threepenny Opera” auditions at Middle-bury College. Thursday, Jan. 10, 7-9 p.m., Ax-inn 229. Auditions for Middlebury Community Players’ April production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s “The Threepenny Opera.” Audi-tions continue Jan. 12, with callbacks Jan. 13. Info: www.middleburycommunityplayers.org or 373-2556.

Otter Creek Audubon lecture in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 10, 7-9 p.m., Ilsley Library. War-ren King presents “From Christmas to Easter:

Creek Audubon’s 2013 Cabin Fever Lecture Series.

Relay For Life volunteer meeting at Middle-bury College. Thursday, Jan. 10, 7:30-9 p.m., Hillcrest 103. Volunteers are needed for the 2013 Relay For Life at Middlebury College on April 26. All types of support, from organizing to providing refreshments, are needed for this American Cancer Society event. Info: 802-872-6307, [email protected] or www.Re-layForLife.org/middleburycollege.

Lunchtime public skating in Mid-dlebury. Friday, Jan. 11, noon-1

p.m., Memorial Sports Center. “Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock” on screen in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 11, 8-9:30 p.m.,

the complete set that Hendrix played at Wood-stock in 1969, digitally restored. Tickets $10,

www.townhalltheater.org. Cyrus Chestnut Trio in concert at Middlebury College. Friday, Jan. 11, 8-10 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Jazz pianist Cyrus Chest-nut’s hard-swinging, soulful music blends con-temporary jazz, traditional jazz and gospel, with a taste of Latin and samba. Tickets $25/20/6, available at www.middlebury.edu or 443-3186.

Eagle Scout bottle drive in Monk-ton. Saturday, Jan. 12, 9 a.m.-noon, Monkton Recycle Center. Scout Ben

Charboneau of Boy Scout Troop 525 is holding this drive as an Eagle Scout project to raise funds to replace part of the fence at the Monkton Friends Methodist Church.

Library open house in Orwell. Saturday, Jan. 12, 10 a.m.-noon, Orwell Free Library. A cel-ebration of the new children’s books the library has acquired through a grant from the Libri Foundation. Story reading, crafts, library scav-enger hunt, prizes and refreshments.

“The Threepenny Opera” auditions in Middle-bury. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2-4 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Auditions for Middlebury Community Players’ April production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s “The Threepenny Opera.” Call-backs Jan. 13. Info: www.middleburycommuni-typlayers.org or 373-2556.

“Skate with the Panther Women” event at Mid-dlebury College. Saturday, Jan. 12, 5-6 p.m., Kenyon Arena. Skating begins following the 3 p.m. game against Amherst. Team photos pro-vided. This event is sponsored by Friends of Panther Hockey.

Roast pork supper in Vergennes. Saturday, Jan. 12, 5-6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Meth-odist Church. Roast pork, mashed potatoes,

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buffet-style. Adults $8, children $4. Takeout available. Info: 877-3150.

Saturday, Jan. 12, 7-9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall. Nancy Turn-er calling, with live music by Red Dog Riley. Cost $5 per person, $20 maximum per family. Info: 462-3722.

Saturday, Jan. 12, 7:30-9 p.m., Burnham Hall. The next performance in the Burnham Music Series. Adults $8, seniors and teens $6, chil-dren $3. Info: 388-6863.

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Saturday, Jan. 12, 8-10 p.m., McCullough Social Space. An interactive performance with visiting artist in residence Samuel Bakkabulindi, music pro-fessor Damascus Kafumbe and dance profes-sor Christal Brown. Attendees are encouraged to bring a drum or come ready to dance. Info: 443-6433 or http://go.middlebury.edu/arts.

Sunday, Jan. 13, 8-10 a.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Eggs,

hotcakes, French toast, bacon, sausage and more. Adults $8, seniors and kids 6-12 $6,

bottle drive;; don’t forget to bring your bottles to support the Youth Ministry.

Sunday, Jan. 13, 2-3:30 p.m., Memorial Sports Center.

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Monday, Jan. 14, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Ilsley Library. Join chil-

dren’s librarian Sarah Lawton for stories, rhymes and songs that help young children de-velop early literacy skills. Drop in. Every Mon-day and Thursday through Feb. 14.

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Monday, Jan. 14, 7-8 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish Hall. Visitors welcome. Info: 388-2898 or [email protected].

Monday, Jan. 14, 7-8 p.m., Carl Norton Highway Department conference room. Discussing “The Robber Bride” by Margaret Atwood. February’s title: “Mystic River” by Dennis Lehane. Info: 758-2858.

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Tuesday, Jan. 15, 9-10:30 a.m., Me-morial Sports Center.

Tuesday, Jan. 15, 10:45 a.m.-noon, Memorial Sports Center.

Tues-day, Jan. 15, 1-2 p.m., Northlands Job Corps.

meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 7. Sponsored by CVAA, these free

and muscle strength in seniors. Register at 1-800-642-5119 or visit www.cvaa.org.

Tuesday, Jan. 15, 3:45-5 p.m., Memorial Sports Center.

Tuesday, Jan. 15, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221. Presented by visiting master

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drummer and dancer Samuel Bakkabulindi. Info: 443-6433 or http://go.middlebury.edu/arts.

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Wednesday, Jan. 16, 10:15-11:30 a.m., Ilsley Library. Instructor

Kellie Thomas leads a playful introduction to an ancient martial art. Toddlers and preschool-ers will learn basic movements to help improve their balance, focus and coordination. Drop in. Info: 388-4097. Wednesdays through Feb. 13.

Wednesday, Jan. 16, noon-1 p.m., Memorial Sports Center.

Wednesday, Jan. 16, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Ilsley Library. Kids in grades 3 and up are invited to join library and MCTV staff to make movies and learn about

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technology using MCTV’s state-of-the-art media stations. Every Wednesday. Space is limited;; pre-register at the children’s desk, by calling 388-4097, or by emailing sarah.lawton@ilsley-publiclibrary.org.

Wednesday, Jan. 16, 6-8 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church. The Ladies’ Union hosts a soup supper, with soup, bread, crackers, beverage and des-sert, $5. Info: 453-3947.

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Wednesday, Jan. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Ils-

will be served and there will be a brief discussion of natural gas and “fracking.”

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Wednesday, Jan. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Middlebury Union Middle School. Enthusiastic volunteers sought to help plan the 35th annual Festival on-the-Green, one of the premier sum-mer arts events in Addison County. Festival dates July 7-13 this year. Info: 462-3555.

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Wednesday, Jan. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Mount Abraham Union High School library. Mount Abe’s sophomore class presents local history in “Discovering Community: Photostories of Our Five Towns.” Info: 453-2333, ext. 1100, or [email protected].

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Thursday, Jan. 17, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Ilsley Library. Join children’s

librarian Sarah Lawton for stories, rhymes and songs that help young children develop early lit-eracy skills. Drop in.

Thursday, Jan. 17, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Ilsley Library. Kids in grades 4-12 are invited to drop in on work on their writing, with short exercises and writing prompts. Third Thursday of every month.

Thursday, Jan. 17, 3:45-5 p.m., Memorial Sports Center.

Thurs-day, Jan. 17, 7-9 p.m., Town Hall Theater. John Lithgow returns to the English stage in Arthur Wing Pinero’s ripping comedy, “The Magistrate,” broadcast in HD from London. Tickets $17/10,

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Virtuosic and playful, jazz pia-nist Cyrus Chestnut brings his hard-swinging, soulful sounds to Middle-bury College on Friday at 8 p.m. Chestnut, a Middlebury audience favorite, makes his return to the col-lege as part of a trio with acclaimed bassist Eric Wheeler and rising star Billy Williams on drums.Blending contem-

porary jazz, traditional jazz and gospel, plus the occasional sea-sonings of Latin and samba, Chestnut’s style gives him plenty of freedom to explore different emotions, while keeping his music in recognizable form. His “lush chords, playful grace notes, worshipful trem-olos and effortless runs up and down the 88s” (Marc Silver, National Pub-lic Radio) are sure to impress, but it’s his warm demeanor and irresist-ible sweetness that make him one of jazz’s most beloved ambassadors.Chestnut has played with many

leaders in the national and interna-tional music scene, including Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Bran-ford Marsalis, Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Hendricks and Betty Carter, recording and performing live around the world. An extremely versatile pianist, Chestnut has also collaborated with Vanessa Williams, Brian McKnight, Kathleen Battle, Freddy Cole, Bette Midler, Jimmy Scott, Isaac Hayes, and Kevin Ma-hogany. His leadership and prowess as a soloist has also led him to be a

Chesnut to offer jazz, gospel and samba

arts beat

BY GREG PAHL

including the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, and Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra.For his concert in Middlebury,

Chestnut will be joined by bassist Eric Wheeler, a Wash-ington, D.C., native who began studying classical music at the age of nine at the D.C. Youth Orchestra Program. At 13, he was accepted into the Duke El-lington School for the Arts, where he began to study jazz music. Since receiv-

ing his master’s degree from Howard University in 2006, he has performed with other notable jazz artists such as

Heath and many others.Rounding out the trio on drums is

Billy Williams, a native of Virginia Beach, who began playing drums at the age of 10 at church. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, and now 25, Williams has worked professionally with master musicians including Larry Willis, Christian Mc-Bride, Donald Harrison, and Charles McPherson, in addition to Chestnut.Tickets are $25 for the general pub-

lic. Ample free parking is available. For more information, call 443-6433 or go to http://go.middlebury.edu/arts.HENDRIX AT WOODSTOCKIn celebration of the 70th anniver-

sary of his birth, and available for the -

forgettable August 1969 Woodstock concert will be shown in its entirety

(See Arts Beat, Page 11)

on the big screen at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater at 8 p.m. on Fri-day.The performance stands as one of

includes “Voodoo Child (Slight Re-turn),” “Fire,” “Purple Haze” and “Foxy Lady” as well as Hendrix’s dramatic interpretation of “The Star Spangled Banner.”

-ceded by a fascinat-ing road to Wood-stock documentary, directed by Grammy Award winner Bob Smeaton (“Bea-tles Anthology,” “Band of Gyp-sies,” “Festival Express”), which reveals the struggle to stage the legend-ary festival and secure Hendrix as its headline artist. It includes foot-age and interviews with his band members such as Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell, and Woodstock’s promoter, Michael Lang.This presentation features the

original 16mm footage digitally re-stored together with a stunning new sound mix by legendary engineer Eddie Kramer. Kramer originally recorded the Woodstock festival and also served Hendrix as his recording engineer throughout his entire career.Tickets are $10, and may be pur-

chased at townhalltheater.org, at 382--

day-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.) or at the door.MODERN GRASS QUINTETThe Modern Grass Quintet will be

performing at Burnham Hall in Lin-coln on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. “Contemporary and accessible,

progressive and time-honored” — these are the words that best describe the unique bluegrass sound of the Modern Grass Quintet. Formed in

CYRUS CHESTNUT

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MODERN GRASS QUINTET

2009, the group comprises veteran pickers and singers, including Scott Hopkins on banjo and vocals, Todd

Greene on guitar and vocals, Stephen Waud on mandolin and vocals and Kirk Lord on upright bass.Vermont Public Radio’s Robert

Resnik, host of “All the Traditions,” says, “...in addition to being great musicians, the members of the MGQ create a natural swing which makes them stand out among many pickers. Great music, and it’ll make you want to jump.” Their debut recording was released in the spring of 2012 and met with rave reviews.“Whether it’s a bluegrass classic, a

Beatles favorite or one of their many strikingly original compositions, the Modern Grass Quintet performs risk-taking, high-energy acoustic music for fans and newcomers alike.”Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for se-

niors and teens and $3 for children. For more information, call 388-6863.UGANDAN DRUMMERUgandan master drummer and

dancer Samuel Bakkabulindi will give an interactive performance called “Percussion and Dance Ex-plosion!” on Saturday at 8 p.m. in Middlebury College’s McCullough Social Space.The performance will also feature

ethnomusicologist and Assistant Professor of Music Damascus Ka-fumbe, and Assistant Professor of Dance Christal Brown. Attendees are encouraged to bring a drum, or come ready to dance in the party at-mosphere of the evening.Bakkabulindi is the founder and

director of the Nanda Music Cul-tural Organization in Uganda. Be-sides being a master percussionist, dancer, and drum technician knowl-

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edgeable in various East African and West African musical traditions, Bakkabulindi is also a song writer, music teacher, and research assis-tant. He has worked with numer-ous organizations and performing groups all over Africa, Europe, the U.S., and the Middle East. His most recent solo albums include “The Heart Beat” (2009) and “Talk to the World” (2010).The performance is free. For more

information, call 443-6433 or go to http://go.middlebury.edu/arts. The McCullough Social Space is located on Old Chapel Road off College Street.TWO BROTHERS TAVERNThere will be three live musical

performances this week at the Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury. On Wednesday, Open MikeNight

will begin at 9 p.m. Hosted by Kai Stanley, the Open Mike Night fol-lows Trivia one Wednesday per month. The stage is open to musi-cians and performers of all kinds on

it is free to enter. Patrons 18-20 are welcome, $3;; those 21 and older get in free.Then, at 7 p.m. on Friday,

Two Brothers presents Cooper & LaVoie. Bob Recupero and Mark LaVoie, both veterans of the local music scene, return to the Lounge for a special dinner-hour show. Cooper & LaVoie play a great mix of acoustic blues and folk classics — the perfect complement for din-ner and drinks. Reservations and walk-ins are welcome. There is no cover charge.Finally, at 7 p.m. on Saturday,

The Zack DuPont Trio takes to the Tavern’s stage. The trio — featur-ing Zack duPont (guitar), Pat Mel-vin (upright bass) and Tim Shar-baugh (assorted world percussion) — has been breaking new ground, both nationally and in the Burling-ton area. DuPont has opened for the great Taj Mahal and describes his sound as “Bill Frisell meets An-drew Bird.” They return to the stage for a special dinner-hour show. For more information, call 388-0002.

UGANDAN DRUMMER SAMUEL BAKKABULINDI

BURLINGTON — Vermont stu-dents are invited to submit essays on “The Road Not Taken,” the theme of the 2013 Vermont Flower Show, for a contest co-sponsored by Green Works — the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association and Univer-sity of Vermont (UVM) Extension.The top three essays in each age

group (6 to 9, 10 to 13 and 14 to 18 years old) will be awarded prizes of $50, $30 and $20. The winning es-says and other selected entries will be on display at the Vermont Flower Show, March 1-3 at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction.The contest deadline is Feb. 8

(postmarked or e-mail date). Sub-missions may be mailed to Essay Contest, attn. Dr. Perry, UVM De-partment of Plant and Soil Science, Jeffords Hall, 63 Carrigan Drive, Burlington VT 05405, or sent as an e-mail attachment to leonard.per-[email protected] with the subject line: Essay Contest. Include name, ad-dress, phone, e-mail address, school and age as of Feb. 8.

Complete rules and a registration form may be found at pss.uvm.edu/ppp/vfs13essayform.pdf.All essays must be original and

relate to the theme “The Road Not Taken,” a popular poem by Robert Frost, an American poet who lived in Vermont for nearly 40 years and

Entries should relate to a real or imaginary situation and tell an inter-esting or compelling story about that personal road not chosen and where it might lead or end.Essays should be 250 words or

less and may be handwritten or typed. Any entries that exceed the word count or are not written legibly will not be judged.The judges will score entries on

uniqueness and creativity;; use of descriptive language;; passion for the topic;; and spelling and grammar, among other criteria. The judging team will include representatives from the sponsoring organizations and the UVM Extension Master Gardener program.

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SudokuEach Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium

Level: Medium.

This week’s puzzle solutions

can be found on Page 39.

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Hard

7 2 6 99 4

8 7 4 55 3

4 5 9 2 7 62 3

9 6 7 34 57 3 1 8

This Way and ThatBy Myles Mellor and Sally York

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22

23 24

25 26 27 28 29

30 31 32 33 34 35

36 37 38 39

40 41 42

43 44 45

46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56

57 58 59

60 61 62

63 64 65

Across

1.

5. One way to be taken

10. Fly, e.g.

14. “It was ___ mistake!”

15. Parlor piece

16. Head or night starter

17. Film unit

18. Cockamamie

19. Battering wind

20. One way to move

23. Rock fracture

24. Gardener’s soil

25. Whips

28. Astringent

30. Achieving Moksha is one of its goals

31. Rivera product

33. Elusive one

36. One way to move

40. Balancing pro

41. Order

42. Chills and fever

43. Hordeolum

44. Monovalent radicals

46. Île de la Cité locale

49. Free-for-all

51. Every which way

57. Boor

58.

59. D.C. al ___ (musical direction)

60.

61. Hinder

62. Opposite of charge

63. Actor Green of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”

64. Fop’s footwear

65. Wraps (up)

Down

1. Rattles

2. Promise, e.g.

3. Cheese variety

4. Playa

5. Farewells

6. Double

7. “Stop!”

8. Empty talk

9. Had down cold

10. Organized persecution

11. Duck

12. Goes (for)

13. Deuce toppers

21. Ate

22. “Be-Bop-___”

25. Accord

26. Campus store

27. Indian tourist stop

28. Chichi

29. Kind of partner

31. Just

32. G8 member

33. Provocative

34. Jewish month

35. Strong cleaners

37. More than unpopular

38. Crooked

39.

43. Rat

44. Nuptial sites

45. Island ring

46. Flies alone

47. Chew the scenery

48. Indigenous Canadian

49. Peach ___

50. Pomp

52. Does in

53. Alternative to steps

54. “Blue” or “White” river

55. Avon anti-aging brand

56. Historic Virginia family

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Students of the Week from area High Schools

Students of the week from all area high schools will receive a gift certificate from Vermont Book Shop.Students of the Week are chosen by school teachers and administration.

Vergennes Students of the Week receive a free sandwich and drink from 3 SQUARES. Middlebury Students of the Week receive a free pizza from Green Peppers.

Vergennes Union High School

Justus SturtevantV.U.H.S

Middlebury Union High School is pleased to recognize Lisel Peters-deCourval as its Student of the Week. Lisel is the daughter of David Peters of Salisbury and Lexa deCourval of Weybridge.

Lisel has achieved Honors all four years and is a member of the local chapter of the National Honor Society. She received the American Legion Department Award for Physical Education in grade 10. Lisel has challenged herself academically by enrolling in AP Environmental Science, AP English, and AP World History. She was selected for the Honors Choir at Castleton State College in grade 11. This year, Lisel was selected to be a Peer Leader to aid grade 9 students with a successful transition to high school. She recently was selected to be a guide for the NEASC Visiting Team during the MUHS accreditation process.

Lisel has been a member of the MUHS Dance Team all four years, competing at the varsity level since grade 10. This year, she is an assistant captain. Lisel served on the Prom Committee in grade 11. She has been a member of the Concert Choir all four years. Lisel was onstage for the MUHS theatrical productions of “Grease” and “Guys and Dolls.” She worked backstage for the fall production “Anything Goes” and will be involved in this year’s senior play, “Beauty and the Beast.”

Lisel has volunteered at the Mary Johnson Children’s Center and at the Community Suppers at the Congregational Church in Middlebury. She assists the J.V. Dance Team coach and has participated in the United Way Days of Caring. In addition, Lisel volunteers with the National Honor Society’s Blood Drive and Food Drive. She also serves as a Girl Scout ambassador.

Outside of school, Lisel enjoys theater, dance and singing and was in the Town Hall Theater production of “Cinderella.” She has played piano since fourth grade. Lisel skis, writes and reads in her spare time. She has been a counselor-in-training at Camp Hochelaga in South Hero. Lisel has traveled to Montreal and Austria with her family. She recently went on a cruise with the Girl Scouts to the Bahamas and looks forward to going to France with the MUHS French program in April.

Lisel will attend a four-year liberal arts college next fall, with the goal of becoming a professor of English or languages. Our community recognizes Lisel for her positive energy, hard work and kindness, qualities that will serve her well in all her future endeavors.

Congratulations, Lisel, from everyone at MUHS.

Middlebury Union High School

Lisel Peters-deCourvalM.U.H.S.

Vergennes Union High School is pleased to recognize Justus Sturtevant as its Student of the Week. Justus lives in Ferrisburgh with his father and mother, Todd and Laura Sturtevant. His sister Jessica is a senior at Marist University and his sister Hannah is a sophomore at Bowdoin College.

Justus was elected to the National Honor Society as a junior and has been on high honors and honors since ninth grade. He has been taking advanced placement classes since his sophomore year, including U.S. History (10), European History (11), and AP Language (12). In addition, Justus has been recognized for academic excellence in several subjects including Social Studies (10-11) and French (10).

His school activities and community involvement include JV baseball (9), varsity baseball (10-12), JV soccer (9-10, captain 10) and Addison United Soccer (10-11), and he is a proud member of the 2011 champion Division II Baseball Team.

An avid musician, Justus has been a part of the Commodore Music Program since middle school and has been in VUHS Band (9-12), Concert Band (9-12), Jazz Band (9-12) and the Green Mountain Music Festival. His skills with lights and sound have been invaluable for four VUHS musicals and Justus also lends his mathematics skills to the VUHS Math Team (9-12). In his spare time, Justus volunteers each summer at a day camp at Branbury Beach, working with groups of 4-to 6-year-olds in activities involving nature, arts and crafts and recreation.

When asked about his philosophy on life Justus said, “Find something that you’re passionate about and use that to motivate you in school. If you have something that drives you, being successful will come much more easily.”

About Justus, VUHS Social Studies Department Chair Rebecca Coffey commented, “Justus is one of the most reliable students I have ever met. I love reading his essays. He contributes to class discussions with an intuition that surpasses many of his peers. I can also rely on him to pick up my son after school!”

Following graduation from VUHS, Justus hopes to attend college as a communications major at Syracuse University, Quinnipiac

The faculty, staff and students of VUHS wish Justus the very best in the future.

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Imagine… !e Best Care PossibleA special introduction to the community conversation series

Honoring Life !rough the End

A presentation by Dr. Ira ByockNationally acclaimed Physician, Professor and Author

January 29, 2013Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society2 Duane Court, Middlebury, Vermont

Parking at MUHS

Book available at !e Vermont Book Shop

Dr. Byock is the Director of Palliative Medicine atDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and anadvocate for dying patients and their families.

“Ira Byock is that rare doctor: a humane guide leading uswith honesty and compassion through complex stories

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Otter Valley Union High School honor rollBRANDON — The following Ot-

ter Valley Union High School stu-dents received recognition for their academic achievement during the second marking period of the 2012-2013 school year.SCHOLARS’ ROLLGrade 9: Emma Cijka, Danielle

Eddy, Ben Francoeur, Alexis Hed-ding, Amy Jones, Jonna Keith, Keegan LaRock, Sierra Norford, MacGregor Shannon and Lucas Tremblay.Grade 10: Nora Enright, Vytas

Nielsen, Isaac Roberts and Margaret Smith.Grade 11: Taylor Aines, Devin

Beayon, Joseph Dempsey, Mallory Johns, Christopher Keyes, Suma Lashof, Savannah Lynch, Nicole Webster and Marley Zollman.Grade 12: Alyssa Adamsen, Kirsty

Greeno, Eli Karren, Ryan Kelley, Hannah Lones, Thomas Roberts, Alysen Smith and Morgan Whitney.PRINCIPAL’S LISTGrade 7: Brittney Danforth, Saw-

yer Heath, Owen Kulp, Courtney Lee, Joshua Letourneau, Adrianna

Mitrano, Gabriela Poalino, Jacob Sherwin, Brittany Stewart, Thomas Whitney and Maxwell Williams.Grade 8: Sophia Bloomer, Court-

ney Bushey, Brigid Enright, Alyssa Falco, Sasha Fenton, Meghan Hal-lett, Conor Mackie, Angelo Mc-Cullough, Molly McGee, Colby McKay, Nicholas Moriglioni, Mar-go Nolan, Abigail Pinkowski, Han-nah Roberts, William Ross, Brayden Shannon, Kendra Stearns, Maria Wiles and Sophie Wood.Grade 9: Jamee Eugair and Alyssa

Sweatt.Grade 10: Francis Dolney and

Heather Johnson.Grade 11: Heika Colton.Grade 12: Nathan Brown, Megan

Cram, Meghann Patten and Brett Patterson.HONOR ROLLGrade 7: Henry Bart, Sabrina

Brown, Storm Brown, Saman-tha Carroll, Robert Cook, Kyla Dodge-Goshea, Hunter Eddy, Ol-ivia Gaissert, Derek Hatch, Carson

Jankosky, William Kelly, Jeremiah

Lapre, Zachery LaRock, Waseya Lawton, Alexandra Lear, Brandi Leno, Ian McRae, Jacob Miner, Em-ily Perry, William Ringey, Justyn Su-arez, Jade Tanjung, Justin Tremblay, Christina Wiles, Payson Williams, Wilson Worn and Cody Young.Grade 8: Tyson Cram, Kayleigh

DeRosa, Sarah Dolney, Olivia Drew, Chad Eddy, Grace Euber, Jeremy Frasier, Matthew Harding, Benjamin Jerome, Elijah Keane, Allison Low-ell, Syvanna Martindale, Dominic McCullough, Myliah McDonough, MacKenzie McLaren, Alexa Moyer, Ethan Nerney, Ryan Nicklaw, Col-lin Parker, Trevor Quigley, Courtney Randall, Ghislaine Robin, Erik Sher-man, Chloe Speyers, Aron Therrien and Charlotte Winslow.Grade 9: Tyler Allen, Jacob Ber-

trand, Alycia Boudreau, Colby Case, Chyenne Dayton, Nathan Doty, Maia Edmunds, Emily Fox, Haley Gear-war, Shana Houle, Alyssa Kennett, Caitlyn Ketcham, Isabelle Kingsley, Alexis Lape, Carson Leary, Kris-ten Lee, Ann Manning, Austin Mc-Cullough, Robertas Nielsen, Porter Noble, Trevor Peduto, Callista Per-ry, Logan Riesterer, Nicole Rossi, Dennis Ryan, Samantha Sumner, Matt Wedin, Annmarie Welch and Tyler Whittemore.

Grade 10: Dacey Anechiarico, Mei Lin Barral, Hunter Birchmore, Kylee Bissette, Brenna Coombs, Brenda Cram, Randi Fjeld, Con-nor Gallipo, Andrew Jerome, Sang Yoon Lee, Benjamin Lones, John Lowell, Amy Mailhiot, Kristen Mo-rale, Liam Noonan, Laura Roberts, Josef Scarborough, Katrina Taylor, Emmett Thurston, Kirsten Werner, Graham Whitney and John Winslow.Grade 11: Austyn Baker, Grace

Bart, Tamisha Belcher, Rafael Comes, Peggy Sue Cram, Corey Dodge, Emily Flanders, Jessica Fra-zier, Amy Gauthier, Keith Gearwar, Peter Harrison, Brianna Hedding, Julie Jackson, Arica Johnson, Ping-Wen Lin, Luke Martin, Michelle Maseroni, Megan McKeighan, Cort-ney Poljacik, Garrett Robin, Alicia Rossi, Claire Smith, Erik Stage, Jus-tin Wedin, Cody Welch and Michael Winslow.Grade 12: Meranda Bassette, Mi-

randa Connelly, Jeffrey Corbett, Samantha Fox, Louisa Jerome, Lauren Lee, Andrew Levandowski, Kyle Mailhiot, Amy Morale, Elyas O’Classen, Candice Price, Noah Sgorbati, Kirstyn Simonds, Ryan Smith, Erik Werner, Kenneth White and James Winslow.

RIT announces fall 2012 dean’s listROCHESTER — The following

local residents were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 quarter at Rochester Institute of Technol-ogy:Moriah Buckley Jamison of

Starksboro, a fourth-year student in the College of Science;; Jack-son Fuller of Middlebury, a third-year student in the College of Sci-

ence;; Neil Guertin of Cornwall, a

Science;; Samantha Shandrow of New Haven, a fourth-year student in the B. Thomas Golisano Col-lege of Computing and Informa-tion Sciences;; and Kayla Weiss of

the College of Applied Science and Technology.

BRISTOL — State Librarian Mar-tha Reid, on behalf of the Winnie Belle Learned Fund of the Vermont Public Library Foundation, recently announced a grant of $740 to the Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol. The li-brary will use the funding to introduce “Fairy Tale Kits” and perform puppet shows.The Vermont Public Li-

brary Foundation was es-tablished in 2000 by the Vermont Department of

Vermont’s public librar-ies and to date, with the assistance of the Freeman Foundation, has awarded more than $12 million in grants to qualifying li-braries. The Winnie Belle Learned Fund was estab-lished in 2006 by Dr. Burnett Raw-son in cooperation with the Vermont Community Foundation, in honor of Winnie Belle Learned, a Vermonter, educator and his benefactress.

Learned was born in 1863 in Westford. Despite many personal hardships, she received her teach-

and principal in Massa-chusetts for many years before returning to her native Vermont in 1911. With a relative, Jennie Burnett, she operated Cherry Hill Farm in Wil-liston until her death in 1941. Her generosity and vision allowed Rawson to attend the University of Vermont and its medical school. He practiced urol-ogy in New York for many years before retiring to his native Vermont.Rawson’s goal for the

Winnie Belle Learned Fund is to help the public

libraries of Vermont foster literacy, love of learning, critical analysis and intellectual exploration in their communities, among children of all ages and their families.

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Snowy owls

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 66 No. 2

Middlebury, Vermont ! Thursday, January 12, 2012 ! 38 Pages

7

5¢

Snowy owls from the Arctic have

descended on Addison County in

record numbers. See Page 14A.

In a duel between boys’ teams

seeking to get on track, the Otters

edged the Eagles. See Page 1B.

An exhibit at the Vermont Folklife

Center features student work from

the natural classroom. See Page 2A.

Bytheway

Addison

County

IndexObituaries .

............................... 6A

......................... 5B-9B

Service Directory ........

...... 6B-8B

Entertainment .............

........... 15A

...... 8A-10A

Sports .........................

....... 1B-4B

(See By the way, Page 6

A)

‘J-term’ expands student opportunities

MiddCORE takes liberal

arts out of the classroom

(See River, Page 18A)

(See MUMS, Page 13A)

(See J-term, Page 13A)

(See CORE, Page 16A)

(See UD-3, Page 18A)

(See VUHS, Page 18A)

(See ACSU, Page 13A)

By KAITLYN KIRKA

LDY

MIDDLEBURY —

For the

biochemistry or economics.

writing to Motown.

As they return fro

m their

casually as J-term. In a

four-week

which they are not abl

e to explore

more often than a typic

al semester-

“J-term is a time to take

something

not routinely in t

heir course

College who this winte

r is teaching

teaching a class abou

t Motown

music this winter. He

welcomes

have the time to really g

et into the

topic.

By ANDY KIRKALDY

VERGENNES — The Vergennes

Union High School board on Monday

settled on an $8.97 million budget

proposal to put before Addison

Northwest Supervisory Union voters

in March. The plan would increase

spending at VUHS by a little less

than 2 percent — essentially back to

the school’s 2007-2008 level.

Monday’s action followed a Jan.

3 meeting at which the VUHS board

asked administrators to cut back their

recommendation of a 2.47-percent

hike to less than 2 percent.

ANwSU Superintendent Tom

O’Brien said that request was met

by reevaluating the services required

by special education students and

cutting two aides for the next school

year.The savings in salaries and

O’Brien said.

has proposed another responsible

budget. “The board has over the past

two and three years made focused

while realizing the burdens on its

The budget would increase

proposed increase at VUHS in at

least four years.

High School board’s budget of a little

less than $8.8 million earned solid

school serves; it decreased spending

By JOHN FLOWERS -

tral Supervisory Union

(ACSU) vot--

-

-

the seven ACSU-memb

er towns af-

-

-

the surface harbors la

rge chunks of

-

sibility of recouping m

oney through

no longer in business.

By JOHN FLOWERS

representing a 1.4-per

cent

school expenses for e

ach

December.

two-vote requiremen

ts

MUHS principal Bi

ll

section of art class. It a

lso

three full-time spe

cial

paraprofessional cuts

are

an expectation of few

er

“We were

trying to

keep it

under 3.4

percent.

These were

careful

reductions.”— ACSU

Superintendent

Gail Conley

By ANDREA SUOZZO

business or English

class —

requires a time commit

ment larger

College January term

class that

up by the CORE

acronym:

By ANDREW STEIN

put earthmoving equi

pment in the

Clean Water Act viola

tion for what

the U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers

between the compe

ting interests

of homeowners living

along the

manager for the Arm

y Corps of

to work on the river —

between the

after the spring to see

how the river

recovers on its own.

Bud Leeds, the lead

er of the

Dixieland Jazz band

that will

be performing this F

riday night

at the Porter Medi

cal Center

Auxiliary’s “Beat Bac

k the Blues”

By JOHN FLOWERS

Central Supervisory Un

ion (ACSU)

than two weeks.

Her resignation came a

t the same

-

Dec. 22.

to unfortunate circums

tances that

I have to submit my l

etter of res-

2012 TO

PADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 24 No. 7 Middlebury, Vermont Monday, March 26, 2012 36 Pages 75¢

MONDAY EDITION

Thespiansimitate art

Kunin considerswomen and work

Women’s lax team in action

Legislators talk ag in Bridport Sorrell seeks aid to battle pornography

Attorney general asks for $200K

MCTV plans digital

future with Ilsley

East Middlebury struggles to

(See MCTV, Page 13)

(See Middlebury River, Page 25)

(See Sorrel, Page 23)

By ANDREW STEINEAST MIDDLEBURY — On Thursday night,

members of the Middlebury River task force

— comprised of citizens, scientists and local

East Middlebury about the contentious future

Tropical Storm Irene.

Funding for an engineering analysis of the

a river scientist and Middlebury planning

force. But additional funding to mitigate future

By JOHN FLOWERSMIDDLEBURY — Vermont At-

torney General Bill Sorrell is ask-

ing the state Legislature to allocate to investigate and prosecute child

able to pursue only a small fraction

of such cases under current budget

constraints.

-

ing a re-election challenge this fall

Ad-

dison Independent on March 21 in bringing child porn purveyors

to justice and the tools that public -

going battle.The attorney general also dis-

cussed his litigation track record

and recent federal court setbacks in -

Vernon.

and distribute child pornography.

He explained the material is most

commonly shared on peer-to-peer

Just a little biteBURLINGTON

By ANDREA SUOZZOMIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Commu-

nity Television (MCTV) and Ilsley Public Li-

brary are becoming more and more aligned

in seeking to not only distribute published

content, but to help people create and distrib-

Think gardens Crunch time Like siblings

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENTVol. 66 No. 44

Middlebury, Vermont ! Thursday, November 1, 2012 ! 40 Pages 75¢

College mentors encourage middle

school girls to try new things and

grow. See Page 12B.The Mount Abe/VUHS football

team earned a playoff berth with a

big win. See Sports, Page 1B.Master gardener graduates urge

others to apply for garden class

scholarships. See Page 20A.

Bytheway

AddisonCounty

IndexObituaries ..........

................ 6A-7A

....................... 6B-10B

Service Directory .............. 7B-9B

Entertainment ........................ 17A

...... 8A-10A

Sports ................................ 1B-4B

(See By the way, Page 23A)

‘Moderation’ stressed

by Brock in campaign

GOP Senator challenges Gov. Shumlin

Candidates ready for

After gravel compromise, Bristol plan goes to vote

Four House races

headline local ballots

12

Panel puts VSP at

lead in searches

Legislature to make ultimate decision

ANwSU towns to vote on $6.5M VUHS bond

(See Brock, Page 24A)

(See Studio, Page 22A)

Rockers launch recording studioBy JOHN FLOWERSMIDDLEBURY

— Making

can earn you a visit from the loca

l

constabulary.

Unless, of course, you’re mak-

-

come in with a musical concept

,

time your performance for be

-

while there are no sleeping neigh

-

bors to rouse, there are businesse

s

that might want their customers t

o

“Any time at night we can roll

-

LionTone came together rather

-

jewelry store, right across from Li

-

onTone, at 61 Main St.

Head in the sand

COLIN

If you need to catch up on some

sleep, this is the weekend for you.

Daylight Savings Time ends this coming Sunday at 2 a.m., at which time

clocks go back one hour. It’s your choice whether you reset your clock before you go to

in the morning;; ei-ther way Saturday night will be an hour longer this weekend.


By JOHN FLOWERSMIDDLEBURY

— Former Rip-

senator.-

the Swanton Republican is taking

on

-

lin County in the state Senate f

or

-

as a Democrat. Salmon subsequen

tly

-

services companies.

he wants to play a role in making

it

stronger.

RANDY BROCK

-

But Brock’s optimism is some

-

is a perilous economic course t

hat

-

(See Bristol Plan, Page 23A)

By XIAN CHIANG-WARENBRISTOL — Af

ter eight years of

on Election Day, Nov. 6. The Br

is-

input from public hearings, una

ni-

-

-

-

ning commission has put in a lot

of

-

By ANDY KIRKALDY

whether to support a $6.5 milli

on

School.

The biggest ticket items are im-

-

-

ing. -

-

ANwSU business manager Kathy

annual property taxes per $100,0

00

-

wSU towns.

-

assuming its owners are not eligib

le

for tax prebates. More than half

of

ANwSU homeowners were eligib

le

towns’ Common Levels of Appra

isal

towns’ assessments are near fa

ir

pushing taxes higher.

(See Election, Page 15A)

By JOHN FLOWERSADDISON CO

UNTY — The

Nov. 6 ballot will feature thr

ee

three-way runoff for the count

y’s

Area town clerks are anticipat-

ing a hefty turnout as is usually t

he

-

-

ocrat Barack Obama.

LOCAL HOUSE RACES

Ripton, is facing a challenge fro

m

business owner Tim Ryan in th

e

(See Search and rescue, Page 15

A)

By CINDY ELLEN HILL

-

to the upcoming Legisla-

former state police search

from the vote taken at the

-

lier Oct. 24.

The Committee was

Legislature to re-think the

-

untimely response to the report th

at

COMMITTEE’S PROPOSAL

as the primary entity

-

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create up to four regional

state police along with

any volunteer resources

The Committee envi-

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vise the state police as to

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resources in these regional teams

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“The work done was good and it moved the ball forward, but it’s not enough … This doesn’t make the grade yet.” — Willem Jewett

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Vol. 24 No. 20 Middlebury, Vermont Monday, June 25, 2012 36 Pages 75¢

MONDAY EDITION

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Baby on board!

Business group changes leaders

Local teams vie in swim opener

Play shows dramain a drama class

What to do about the river?

East

Little City downtown

By ANDY KIRKALDY

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Libraries cook up summer fun

By KAITLYN KIRKALDY

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DENNIS WARING WORKS with Amanda Kearns, 8, of Middlebury to make music with a wooden stick, a

couple of broken guitar strings and a large cardboard box during a presentation at Ilsley Library last Thurs-

day morning. Waring’s demonstration of a variety of musical instruments made mostly out of trash is one of

many summer library programs scheduled throughout the county.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By JOHN FLOWERS

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AMY SHELDON

(See Drowning, Page, 3)

(See River, Page, 28)

(See Libraries, Page, 35)

(See Vergennes, Page, 7)

By ANDREA SUOZZO

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Boys’ lifeSeven straight

The long run

ADDISON COUNTYINDEPENDENTVol. 66 No. 19 Middlebury, Vermont ! Thursday, May 10, 2012 ! 38 Pages 75¢

Perfect weather and enthusiastic volunteers greeted runners in Sunday’s Maple Run. Page 21A.

The MUHS girls’ lacrosse team held off Burr & Burton on Mon-day; tougher tests await. Page 1B.

A Middlebury native returns to a rite of passage for boys. Page 2A.

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AddisonCounty

IndexObituaries .......................... 6A-7A ....................... 7B-11BService Directory ............ 8B-10BEntertainment ........................ 13A

...... 8A-10ASports ................................ 1B-4B


Hair of a different colorST. MARY’S SCHOOL kindergartner Grace Leduc is all smiles as she sits with classmates Maggie Lane, far left, and Mason McAdams before

performing a skit in front of the school last Friday morning.


BRISTOL HUB DIRECTOR Jim Lockridge, left, and Program Coordinator

Ryan Krushenick are giving $100 to every teen who participates in a

federally funded sex education program starting next week.Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Bristol’s HUB furnishes cash for sex education

New Haven man to run for House

Acinapura will not seek re-election to Brandon House seat

(See Acinapura, Page 22A)

(See McGuire, Page 22A)

(See Crèche, Page 20A)

(See Sex ed, Page 22A)

(See VUHS, Page 3A)

Lawmakers cap ’12 sessionCite health care reform, Irene recovery among big wins

(See Session, Page 19A)

ANwSU eyesbond to fundprojects at high school

Shumlin says Legislature laid foundation for new jobs

(See Shumlin, Page 20A)

City panel to oversee park displaysAldermen to create committee for green

By ANDREW STEIN

“Parents and society often don’t want to think or talk about teens having sex, and this $100 is meant to tear down the clandestine nature of teen sex.”

— Ryan Krushenick

By LEE J. KAHRS

By JOHN FLOWERS

By ANDY KIRKALDY

recreation committee.

By JOHN FLOWERS

Irene.

Addison

Independent

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By JOHN FLOWERS

By ANDY KIRKALDY

The Vermont Agency of Transportation sent out an announcement this week that they will begin major construction — with speed restrictions — on Route 7 in Brandon. The work is scheduled to last until June 29.

GOV. PETER SHUMLIN

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 24 No. 25

Middlebury, Vermont Monday, July 30, 2012 32 Pages 75¢

MONDAY

EDITION

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Beer, wine

and music

College working

on upgrades

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Pro tournament

coming to Midd

Folk music gets

a Russian twist

LOCAL STU

DENT AMB

ASSADOR

Maura Ri

ley, right,

meets wit

h Chinese

students

before hea

ding out o

n a

scavenge

r hunt in M

iddlebury

last Wedn

esday afte

rnoon. Th

irty Chines

e students

are visitin

g Middlebu

ry as

part of an

exchange

program t

hrough S

PIRAL Inte

rnational.

Independe

nt photo/T

rent Cam

pbell

Vermont awes Chinese students

New ANeSU

superintendent

grabs the reins

‘Earthship’

sets sail in

Huntington

Rustic abode a model

(See Hous

e, Page 2)

(See Stude

nts, Page 1

3)

(See Adam

s, Page 30

)

By ANDREW STEI

N

VERMONT — L

ast Monday,

30 students and

two teachers

from China arrived

in Vermont to

experience a way of

life and learning

different from anyth

ing they’ve ever

known — very diffe

rent.

Coordinated by Burlingto

n-

based SPIRAL In

ternational and

the Stilwell Intern

ational Student

Exchange Program,

the students and

teachers from Guiz

hou province and

Chongqing municip

ality are part of

an inaugural exchan

ge program with

Middlebury Union

High School.

The students will s

pend one more

week in Vermont, a

nd, as part of the

exchange, 16 Midd

lebury students

are slated to visit Ch

ina next summer.

The program has

already given

the Chinese student

s and teachers a

taste of Vermont lif

e, sending them

on scavenger hunts

through Middle-

bury last week and

roaming across

the Vermont country

side on visits to

Lake Dunmore in S

alisbury and the

By ANDREW STEI

N

BRISTOL — At the

beginning of

this month, new A

ddison Northeast

Supervisory Union

Superintendent

David Adams took ho

ld of the ANeSU

helm, replacing Eve

lyn Howard who

held the position for

12 years.

Adams comes to

ANeSU with

more than 30 ye

ars of teaching

and administrative

experience. His

wife, Judith Adam

s, is the assistant

superintendent at Benningto

n

Rutland Superviso

ry Union. The

avid outdoorsman

is currently

renting a home in

Huntington, and

he has two daug

hters and three

grandchildren.

A career educator, A

dams left the

Windsor Southwes

t Supervisory

Union at the end of

June, having run

the show as superin

tendent for the

past two years.

The reason he left,

he said, was to

make a good super

visory union —

ANeSU — even bett

er. He liked the

educational framew

ork, policies and

commitment that t

he Bristol-based

supervisory union s

howed.

Adams said he was most

impressed by the

dedication to

community educati

on that he saw

from administrators, teachers,

maintenance staff,

parents and the

students. “Everybo

dy makes a contrib

ution

By JOHN FLOWE

RS

HUNTINGTON —

“One man’s

trash is another m

an’s treasure” is

more than an old pro

verb for Amitava

Biswas. It is literall

y the foundation

of a new ultra-gre

en home that he

and his wife, Phe

tcharat Saelim,

are building into th

e side of a hill in

rustic Huntington.

Wednesday saw m

ore than two-

dozen people —

many of them

volunteers — pour

ing cement and

organizing the plu

mbing for the

couple’s “Earthship

,” a passive solar

house made of natu

ral and recycled

materials, including

more than 1,000

and will ge

nerate all

of its own

heat and

electricity

needs — e

xcept for

a small am

ount from

the grid to

power

a Jacuzzi.

Independe

nt photo/J

ohn Flowe

rs


ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 24 No. 22 Middlebury, Vermont Monday, July 9, 2012 48 Pages 75¢

MONDAY EDITI

ON

First timehome buyers

Music in the air

in Middlebury

City to celebrate

French heritage

Berry cousins

roll into history

On parade

THE SETH WAR

NER Mt. Indepe

ndence Fife an

d Drum Corps

marches in Bri

stol’s Fourth o

f July parade W

ednesday morn

ing. For more

photos from Br

istol, see Pages

16 and 17.

Independent ph

oto/Trent Campb

ell

Holzapfel back in

running

for Addison-3 Ho

use seat

Dairy farmers u

rge

reform in farm

bill

(See Farm bill, Page 7)

(See Ferrisburgh, Page 22)

(See Algae, Page 5)

By JOHN FLOWERS

FERRISBURGH — Vermont’s

political landscape has chang

ed

quite a bit since Ferrisburg

h

Democrat Arabella Holzapfel ra

n

for the Vermont House back

in

2000.That was a yea

r during which

the GOP claimed a decisi

ve

majority in the House followi

ng

a session that saw passage of t

he

running in the 2000 election i

n

a Vergennes-area district th

at By ANDREA SUOZZO

MIDDLEBURY — If marke

t

reform measures do not pass in

this

year’s federal farm bill, Verm

ont

dairy farms will have a hard

time

staying in business, local d

airy

farmers told Rep. Peter Wel

ch,

D-Vt., last Thursday morning.

Without dairy reform, said M

a-

rie Audet of Blue Spruce Farm

in

Bridport, “I just don’t underst

and

how our little farms will surv

ive

this fall. The farms that were

on

the brink three months ago

, I

don’t know how they can loo

k to

Algae blooms h

it Champlain

Cyanobacteria b

reaks out in wake

of record phosp

horus runoff

By ANDREW STEIN

VERMONT — Jeff Severson

has

spent much of the past 50 summe

rs at his

family’s Lake Champlain camp

in West

Addison. But it wasn’t until tw

o weeks

ago that the born-and-raised V

ermonter

had ever seen blooms of the po

tentially

toxic cyanobacteria, or blue-gre

en algae,

While Severson and his son

were

Windhausen, who teaches middl

e school

science in Jericho, watched fro

m above

as Oven Bay turned from a

pool of

glistening glass to chunky gree

n sludge

within hours. “We have neve

r witnessed anything

like what we witnessed on Frid

ay,” she

said. “It was crystal clear Friday

morning

... and then within six hours it w

as thick

pea soup. Every hour, it just kep

t getting

thicker and thicker and thicker.”

Oven Bay is not an isolate

d

incident. After a banner year

in

2011 for runoff of phosphorus,

the

photosynthetic bacteria’s favor

ite

food, major parks along La

ke

Champlain have had to close th

eir

waters this past month.

Last week, Ferrisburgh’s

Kingsland Bay State Park clos

ed its

beach due to heavy blooms, and

South

Farmers deal with more challengesAddison County’s dairy farmers, long the back-

-cult year in 2012. After months of watching Con-gress stall on the 2012 Farm Bill, dairy farmers lost a critical safety net when the federal milk subsidies program known as Milk Income Loss Contract, or MILC, expired on Sept. 30, leaving farmers without help if and when wholesale milk prices fall below the break-even cost of produc-tion. Meanwhile, grain prices skyrocketed as Western and Mid-western states ex-perienced drought

throughout the summer. In Addi-son County, several longstanding fam-ily-run dairy farms closed their doors this fall, citing market condi-tions, age and lack of inter-est in farming from younger gen-erations.Dairy farmers, fairly or not, also came

as several Vermont beaches closed after dangerous amounts of E. coli and cya-nobacteria (blue-green algae) appeared in Lake Champlain, Otter Creek, the Winooski River and other Vermont wa-

terways. Scientists determined runoff of cow manure and agricultural fertilizers were among the culprits. Some coun-ty dairy farms, including the Audets’ Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport and Eric Clifford’s Clifford Farm in Starksboro,

are taking conscientious measures to reduce pollution. Four Hills Farm in Bristol, one of the county’s largest

dairy farms, got approval for a $2.5 million, 300-kilowatt-hour methane digester to convert cow manure into electric-ity. Four Hills joined other Vermont farms participating in Cow Power, a manure-to-energy program started by Central

Vermont Public Service Corp. and now managed by Green Mountain Power. Eventually, the methane digester at Four Hills will pow-er 18 percent of energy needs in Rip-ton, Lincoln, Starksboro, New Hav-en, Huntington, Bristol and Buel’s Gore, which are all served by the same substation. Ferrisburgh’s Kimball Brook

at the former Saputo cheese plant in Hinesburg in May and began selling its own brand of organic milk in Vermont.Dairy operations weren’t the

only local food businesses making news. Two new slaughterhouses were

proposed in Middlebury: one from local entrepreneur Mark Smith, which would be

mobile, and another from the owners of Ferris-burgh-based Vermont Livestock Slaughter, to be based in the industrial park on Exchange Street. For its part, the Pa-

-en slaughterhouse and launched a butter and meat cutters program in conjunction with Vermont Technical College.As the year ended, a new pool of state money began to

become available for funding new local food enterprises. The Working Lands Enterprise Board, at the Financing the Working Landscape Conference in Middlebury, announced that the state had made a generous $1 million grant fund available to support food, agriculture and forestry entrepre-neurship.

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Middlebury, Vermont ! Thursday, March 29, 2012 ! 44 Pages 75¢

A Mount Abe sophomore leads the 2012 Addison

Independent high school girls’ basketball all-star

team. See our selections in Sports, Page 1B.Find out more about local religious organizations

and see a complete list of services at area houses of

worship in our special pull-out directory.

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IndexObituaries .......................... 6A-7

A ....................... 6B-10B

Service Directory .............. 7B-8B

Entertainment ........................ 15A

...... 8A-10A

Sports ................................ 1B-3B


Feds won’t renew pact for Northlands operator

State looks to fund new road repairs

Young students embrace

classic Shakespeare play

Middlebury to undertake $6 million

in water, sewer, street upgrades

(See Northlands, Page 17A)

By ANDY KIRKALDYVERGENNES — The U.S

.

Department of Labor will not

renew Alutiiq LLC’s contract to

(See Sease, Page 17A)

By JOHN FLOWERSSease further claims he was n

ot not to renew his contract for the

One clause in Sease’s contract

(See Middlebury, Page 17A)

By JOHN FLOWERS

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lion in infrastructure improvements

to those areas. -

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Operations Dan Werner. --

same time.

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tary sewer system starts at that point.

Main Street.

from Main Street all the way to the

hospital.

(See Hamlet, Page 18A)

By XIAN CHIANG-WARENMIDDLEBURY — On

Town Hall Theater will host its

cast members will present

William Shakespeare’s

marks the culmination

with elementary

staff spent the last two

workshops at three area

in what Shakespeare has

THT instructors broke a

“It’s a known

fact in educa-

tional circles

that drama

is a good

learning tool

… The more

senses one

can involve,

the better

chances you

have of stu-

dents actual-

ly learning.”

— Linda Horn

You’re never fully dressed without a smile

MANY OF THE orphans from the Middlebury Community

Players’ production of “Annie” rehearse on stage at the

Town Hall Theater last

week. The classic musical opened last Thursday night and

continues with evening shows on March 29, 30 and 31 an

d a matinee on April 1. For

more photos from the show, see Page 2A.


Late fees no longer applyTHE LAST REMAINS of the f

ormer Waterfront Video store building in Middlebury’s M

arble Works are scooped into a dump truck Monday afte

rnoon. The building was

deemed unsafe and was demolished over the course of s

everal days.Independent photo/Trent Ca

mpbell

(See Transportation, Page 18A)

By JOHN FLOWERSBRISTOL — Local lawmak

ers

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tain key services for Ver-

repairs to the Vermont’s

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but will not require any

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Breakfast in Bristol. The Ripton

Democrat serves as assistant ma-

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increases.

seven years that the state -

member of the House Transporta-

tion Committee. -

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LANPHER

A disease ecologist says the

Northeast should prepare for a

surge in Lyme disease this spring.

Researchers say ticks that carry

the disease will be more voracious

in looking for mammals to bite.

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kids and your pets for the tiny deer

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Towns upgrade buildings and roadsAddison County’s largest population centers either em-

barked on or contemplated major construction projects in

2012. Most notable was Middlebury’s $4.6 million effort to

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Voters backed that plan in March, and by October the

smaller East Middlebury building stood complete

By year’s end, work on the larger Seymour

Street effort looked on track for comple-

tion by its February 2013 target date.

Middlebury selectmen and a

board subcommittee spent many

meetings discussing and studying

community center to replace the

aging former high school that

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pal building. Selectmen at year’s

end were edging closer and closer

to making a proposal for an energy-

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ing.

Also in Middlebury, the delayed major rebuild

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historic Pulp Mill Bridge that spans Otter Creek between

Middlebury and Weybridge. Other major water and road

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mer. But high cost estimates delayed major work to South

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ing.

Speaking of road work, Route 17 between Routes 7

and 22A was torn up down to its foundations this past

summer and kept in a constant state of repair from July to

the rough road didn’t scare too many away from Field Days.

In Vergennes, aldermen after a months-long process whit-

tled down a list of a dozen possible sites for a new police sta-

tion to one: A parcel of a little less than an acre on North Main

Street that was the former home of Vergennes Auto Sales.

Aldermen worked with Bread Loaf Corp. to come up with a

price tag of about $1.8 million.

Most at a public forum backed the

about the need for a building that

large for a department of 10 full-

-

the past two years — out of their

tiny, two-and-half-room, City

end, aldermen were set to meet

details, and were preparing for a

asked for a $6.5 million bond to fund ma-

School, notably to its auditorium, kitchen, cafete-

Voters in Vergennes, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Addison and

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cember came back with a two-part, split-ballot plan for a Feb-

By year’s end, nothing was as far along in Bristol — but

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Independent

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 24 No. 29 Middlebury, Vermont Monday, August 27, 2012 40 Pages 75¢

MONDAY EDITION

Locals beat dread disease

‘Stray Birds’ land at coffeehouse

High school sports arrive

Changes await pupilsas school year opens

Business development goals set and contributions sought

Debate continues on VSP rescue role

Peak performanceJOHN QUESNEL, LEFT, and Mike M

cKee of F.B. Construction work on the peak of a new cold storage an

d cider press barn for Happy Val-

ley Orchard in Middlebury on Friday.


(See Rescue, Page 6)

(See Middlebury, Page 39)

(See Students, Page 16)

By JOHN FLOWERSMIDDLEBURY —

A local ad-

visory board has been collecting

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gish regional economy in an effort

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March that residents endorsed the

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-

By JOHN FLOWERSMIDDLEBURY

— Middle-

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Interim Principal Patrick Reen antic-

ipates an incoming 2012-2013 class

and the largest seventh-grade class

Helping to greet those incoming

dean

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By CINDY ELLEN HILL

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reported missing on a frigid night

Group mulls role of game wardens

Duclos tragedy spurs state action

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After setbacks, biz scene on reboundElection 2012

Working OTThrone game

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 66 No. 43

Middlebury, Vermont ! Thursday, October 25, 2012 ! 42 Pages

75¢

A local acting troupe will stage

Shakespeare’s “Richard III.” See a

preview on Page 15A.A remarkable overtime goal gave

the Eagle boys’ soccer team a berth See who is running locally for the

Legislature and read their views on

the issues in a special pull-out.

Bytheway

AddisonCounty

IndexObituaries ......

.................... 6A-7A

....................... 8B-12B

Service Directory ............ 9B

-11B

Entertainment .......................

. 15A

...... 8A-10A

Sports ................................ 1

B-4B


Autumn warmthTHE LATE AFTERNOON

sun illuminates a white fence and a golden tree in

New Haven Tuesday.Independent photo/Trent

Campbell

Aldermen set forum on

6,000-sq.-ft. police station

Bigger Bristol police district ey

ed

Pressing aheadWoodchuck H

ard Cider sold in $305M dea

l

State commits to rail route

through Middlebury by 2017

Towns trying a Halloween alternative

Candy doled out

at ‘Trunk or Treat’

By XIAN CHIANG-WAREN

BRISTOL — The Police

the entire town of Bristol.

Election Day.

the cost of such an expa

nsion

The public’s participation

By ANGELO LYNNMIDDLEBUR

Y — For a company

the past two years.

In a press conference at

the

-

“Woodchuck

was born in Vermont and

it needs to stay here, and they know that.”— Bret Williams

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in the 1700s. So they are true

believ-

-

since 2008 with a lot of new

styles

(See Woodchuck, Page 16A)

(See Vergennes, Page 14A)

By ANDY KIRKALDY

approval from law enforc

ement

foreseeable future.

SEVERAL ADDISON COUNTY communities will

be holding “Trunk

or Treat” events for local children to safely ga

ther, show off their

costumes and collect candy in the days leadin

g up to Halloween.

Pictured is last year’s “Trunk or Treat” event in L

eicester.Photo courtesy of Heath

er LaPorte

By JOHN FLOWERS -

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son County communities to

scare

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tion. It’s not a replacement f

or the

(See Halloween, Page 2A)

(See Passenger train, Page 5

A)

By JOHN FLOWERS

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The replacement of those

over-

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an overall improvement plan

to en-

CHRIS COLE

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score the membership’s co

llective

support for the resurrection

of pas-

service continues to be a pri

ority of

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If you’re ambling along Main

Street in Vergennes on Friday you

may notice a change in the land-

scape. Workers will be lifting the

cupola off the beautiful Italianate

home owned since August 2011 by

Jeff and Andrew Fritz and plac-

ing it on the roof of the new “Back

Barn.” Designer Rebecca Duffy of

Vergennes said this marks the of-

home. Perkins/Smith of Shelburne

is the builder.

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With the national economy making hopeful steps toward recovery from the recession, Addison County experienced a mixed bag on the business front.The biggest disappointment came from the closing of

eCorp English in Middlebury, which closed its doors in late September after receiving a lot of state aid and private investment money. The company, which taught English skills to business professionals, relocated to Middlebury two years ago promising to create more than 100 well-paying jobs by 2013. Founder and President Deborah Schwartz said that the closure had been sparked by an inability to raise funds to launch WordFortune, a lan-guage software the company had been counting on for its future success. At the time of its closing, eCorp owed local vendors a reported $150,000 for odds and ends like furniture and electric-ity, a sum that did not include the amount owed to investors, creditors, lawyers, the state of Vermont and some former em-ployees.The demise of eCorp came only a

month after magazine sales promotion compa-ny RetailVision announced it would close its Middle-

Hard Cider Co., maker of Woodchuck Hard Cider, announced that the company had been sold to Irish cidery C&C Group for around $305 million. Presi-dent and CEO Brett Williams said at the time of the announcement that the company’s 125 employees

Cider, the national leader in its market, was on target to add 30 jobs in 2013, and to break ground on a

new $30 million facility off Middlebury’s Exchange Street that Williams said would more than double its production capacity and add even more jobs.Also this past year, Hartford, Conn.-based United Tech-

nologies Company purchased Goodrich Corp., including a major defense manufacturing plant in Vergennes. The Little City’s plant was part of Goodrich’s Sensors and In-tegrated Systems Division, which provided new equipment

and spare parts, and offered repairs, moderniza-

equipment to both commercial and mili-tary clients. Company spokespeople offered assurances at the time the sale was announced that all would be “business as usual” for the Vergennes plant’s 850 employ-ees, though 15 workers were laid off in 2012.The revitalization of Bris-

tol Works, the “smart-growth, mixed-use” redevelopment project in the industrial park on Munsill Avenue and Pine Street in Bristol, made great strides in 2012.

In February, Bristol Internal Medicine announced that it would move in, giving

tenant. Over the summer, local kombucha company Aqua Vitea followed suit, using a 3,000-square-foot space at Bristol Works to ramp up its production. In November, organizers of a proposed Addison County Dental Center applied for a $300,000 grant to equip a dental facility in Bristol Works that would provide dental care to people of all incomes in Addison County. In the county’s shire town, Middlebury College, local

businesses and townspeople pledged to put money in an economic development fund and hire a director to recruit new businesses to the area. At year’s end the search for a director was narrowing.

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Addison Independent, Monday, January 7, 2013 — PAGE 21PAGE 20 — Addison Independent, Monday, January 7, 2013Trent’s Top

Picksof 2012

ANOTHER YEAR’S PASSING affords me the

some of my favorite photos from the year. In June I visited the Addison County Parent/Child Center, top, and was eyed curiously and suspiciously by Dalvin Newman and Jordyn Ringey. In August I caught Dylan Frost, above, taking full advantage of a foam pool set up by the Vergennes Fire De-partment for Vergennes Day festivities. In late May Middlebury College students, stressed out by exam week, were given a chance to unwind with a visit from local dogs and puppies;; this little guy, left, was the star attraction. After photographing fall colors in Ripton one glorious October day I

-ermen, above left, in the Middlebury River and it made for a postcard moment.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP left: I froze Woodhead in the middle of the hilari-

Waldo and Woodhead’s performance at Middlebury’s Festival on-the-Green in July. In April I stumbled upon a crew cleaning dozens of Middlebury College carpet runners that had been laid out on

the graphic element of the runners and

of the cleaners. The Bridge School in February brought a National Geographic giant map to the school gym for its stu-dents to explore;; Lucy Ursitti took a mo-ment to rest on Eastern Europe and the Middle East. In June Vergennes Union High School staged a mock accident to teach students the dangers of inat-tentive driving;; after the event some of the student actors, still dripping fake blood, relaxed in the school gym. For a different take on election coverage in November I rode along with some Lodge at Otter Creek residents as they took a bus into town to cast their ballots;; Mary Stuart, pictured, and others had a grand

great actor Ed Asner came to town for a one-night performance as F.D.R. at the Town Hall Theater;; Vergennes residents Peter and Liz Markowski happen to own a classic car used by the real F.D.R. and they brought it into Middlebury for the actor to pose with. Asner was scrappy, funny and generous, just like I expected.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell


Natural gas pipeline plan advancesCowabunga! Contenders In the ‘zone’

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENTVol. 66 No. 28 Middlebury, Vermont ! Thursday, July 12, 2012 ! 30 Pages 75¢

‘ZoneThree’ is a new Middlebury gallery for modern and experi-mental art. See Page 2A.The county Legion team suffered

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‘Addison Natural Gas Project’ takes new steps forward

Middlebury, Lodge settle property appraisal dispute

(See Lodge, Page 15A)

(See Gas pipeline, Page 15A)


(See Quinn, Page 15A)

Local grad discovers planets in star cluster

Auditorium, track push VUHS bond costs up

Plans could range from $5M to $7M


Path cleared to develop

city propertyDeal on Shade Roller lawsuit to fund clean-up

By ANDY KIRKALDYVERGENNES — Vergennes

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Neil Kamman.

Supervisory Union business manager

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By ANDY KIRKALDYVERGENNES — A settlement

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the months to come to revive plans to -

properties.

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We have to get an Act 250 permit

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The civil suit sought a jury trial.

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By KAITLYN KIRKALDY

State University.

S m i t h s o n i a n

As t r ophys i c s .

possible planets orbiting stars.

Union High

continue that line

“That really

Quinn began researching an

By JOHN FLOWERS

Vergennes that have been seeking a cheaper

By JOHN FLOWERS

“We’re on our way now to … starting to learn how these giant planets come to be. I’m hoping this will energize people to start looking in (star) clusters because there’s a lot to be learned.”— Sam Quinn

The month of July will be a

homecoming of sorts for Laureen

Oxley Carson. The former Middle-bury resident’s oil paintings will be

on display at 51 Main, a spot where

Carson — now a resident of Port

Henry, N.Y. — routinely brings her

trumpet for jazz and blues jams.

The opening reception for Carson’s

show will be held this Friday from

5 to 9 p.m. Carson is the daughter

of the late Richard Oxley, former

music teacher at Middlebury Union

High School. She performed beside

her father in the Vermont Sym-phony Orchestra from the time she

Summer funCONCERTGOERS RON SLABAUGH, a

bove left, Carol Forsey, Harry

Forsey and Nigel Wormser take the stage with the Vaudevillian duo

Waldo and Woodhead on Monday night at the Festival on-the-Green

and share in the comedic, musical, eclectic performance. Andy Kar-

lok, below left, and Robin Bean, below right, of River City Slim and the

Zydeco Hogs serve up a little musical gumbo. For Trent Campbell’s

few days of the week-long event see Page 13A.


Number

5

After two years of planning and several public meetings in Addison County, Vermont Gas Systems on Dec. 20 an-nounced that it had formally applied to the Vermont Public

a $70 million pipeline project to connect Middlebury and Vergennes to Canadian natural gas reserves that are al-

The South Burlington company also an-nounced in 2012 a related deal to install a separate, 10.5-mile pipeline extension to provide natural gas to the Interna-tional Paper Co. plant in Ticond-eroga, N.Y.The “Addison Natural Gas

Project,” slated for completion by 2015, calls for the instal-lation of 43 miles of under-ground pipeline through 11 communities. The pipeline extension would begin in Col-chester and follow existing rights-of-way along a path once proposed for the Circumferential Highway in Chittenden County and then a series of utility and public road corridors to Middlebury and Vergennes

Advocates for the pipeline pointed to potential dra-matic savings for area businesses and homes. Don Gilbert, president and CEO of Vermont Gas, estimated that more than 3,000 homes and businesses in Addi-son County would save $1,500 to $1,900 per year by switching to natural gas from fuel oil or propane. He claimed that in total, the project would reduce Addison County’s energy bills by more than $200 million over the next 20 years and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by almost 300,000 tons over that same period.

range plan is to expand the Addison Natural Gas Project into Rutland County and ultimately connect with domestic

for the system.

business leaders but was met with trepidation by some residents who voiced concerns about the project route near

homes, the volatility of natural gas and the hy-draulic fracturing method sometimes used in its extraction. Property owners along

how the massive construction proj-ect would affect their land and

from potential natural gas ex-plosions.

-dents signed a petition stating concerns about the pipeline and its proposed route along por-

Road. The Addison County Re-gional Planning Commission also

signaled its reservations to Vermont Gas and the Public Service Board. In

get access to gas from the pipeline.

of support for the project based on the savings that natural gas could provide for local businesses and homeowners. But the board also heard from residents concerned about

that involves using highly pressurized water and unspeci-

from the ground.Local environmentalists said they feared the increasing

availability of natural gas could forestall the development of green, renewable energy alternatives.

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The 7-1 Panther football team beat

Tufts on Saturday to cap off a record-

setting campaign. See Page 1B. Eagle goalie Lizzie Huizenga tops

the 2012 Independent Field Hock-

ey All-Star Team. See Page 1B. Youth Hunting Weekend was a

to a slow start. See Page 1B.

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Vermonters lend a hand after Hurricane SandyVergennes EMTs, ambulance

provide relief on Jersey shoreRipton first responder helps

on night shift at N.J. Red Cross

Debate hits fever pitch on Middlebury retail store cap

Weybridge clerk admits to embezzlement

City picks N. Main St. for police

Survey showssome favor bigger Bristol police district

Legally OzSTUDENTS FROM

BOTH Mount Abraham and Otter Valley union high schools will stage plays this weekend. Above from left, Mount Abe’s Tyler Jewett, Ade-line Crosthwait, Ethan Allred and Taylor Allred portray the classic team of Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow during Tuesday’s rehearsal of the school’s produc-tion of “The Wizard of Oz.” Right, Otter Valley students, including Meghann Patten, on left, as Elle Woods — rehearse a scene from the school’s production of “Legally Blonde” Monday night. For more photos see Pages 2A and 14A.

Photos by Trent Campbell and Alyssa Zollman


(See Ripton, Page 16A)

By JOHN FLOWERS

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the Ripton Volunteer Fire Depart-

of their homes by a lack of electric-

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CEREDWYN ALEXANDER

(See Brisson, Page 16A)

By JOHN FLOWERS

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inary estimates.

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ment as the Addison Independent

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(See City police site, Page 14A)

By ANDY KIRKALDY-

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their open session.

They also ac-

lot is too small to

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the 0.6-acre lot to

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Sons Inc. concrete company.

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“We would

not want

anyone to

prejudge

the

outcome

of the

building

... Give

it a full

chance.

Hear it

out … If

something

needs

to be

changed,

it will be.”

— Mayor

Michael

Daniels

(See Middlebury, Page 12A)

By JOHN FLOWERS-

square feet.-

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(See Bristol, Page 12A)

By XIAN CHIANG-WARENBRISTOL — The

results of a sur-

public for a vote.”-

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tance Compact.-

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The East Middlebury Memory

Tree Lighting will celebrate its

20th year on Dec. 2. Beginning at 4

p.m., the public is invited to come

enjoy a sing-along and blessing of

the memory tree at the Method-

ist Church across from the East -

ments in the church will follow

the lighting of the tree. Organiz-

ers said that lights given in dedi-

cation to particular people can be

had for a suggested donation of $1

per name. Send the donations to

Sandy Hayes, PO BOX 225, East

Middlebury VT 05740.

from schools from all over Ver-

mont in a series of races at the Ot-

Bristol, Middlebury pass town plans

Number

6

Bristol and Middlebury passed hotly debated town plans in 2012, each one stalling at times over issues of development and, in Bristol’s case, resource ex-traction. Town plans are visionary documents in Vermont, charting a municipality’s priorities on en-ergy, housing, transportation and resource steward-ship, and are also the basis on which zoning rules are written. Town plans are typically updated

Bristol’s plan passed with nearly 70 percent of the vote on Election Day after an unusually lengthy eight-year period of debate and compromise. Bris-tol’s bounty of gravel resources turned out to be somewhat a bur-den to the town plan, which found itself entwined in disagree-ments over proposed gravel extraction projects in town. Some citizens, no-tably the environmentally in-clined group Smart Growth for Bristol, opposed drafts of the town plan that would have allowed gravel extrac-tion near Bristol village. Proponents of those opera-tions cited opportunities for economic growth, as well as personal property rights.After a version of the plan was soundly defeated

in 2010, the Bristol Planning Commission went back to the drawing board and in 2012, with leadership from planners Kris Perlee and John Elder, was able to broker a compromise. A single no-extraction zone was drawn up, preventing resource extraction in the downtown and surrounding areas while allowing for economic development opportunities in areas north and south of the village.

In Middlebury, a debate ensued after the planning commission produced a draft of the town plan with a 50,000-square-foot cap on future retail establish-ments. The selectboard balked at the cap;; some noted that the absence of a department store since the closing of Ames over a decade ago meant Middle-bury residents took some of their shopping out of town. Those who favored the size cap countered that a “big-box” store would take business away from downtown retailers and change

the town’s character. At several well-attended public meetings, it be-

came clear that all parties were divided over how best to keep spending local. The se-

lectboard adopted the town plan without a retail cap in early December, noting that the 50,000-square-foot cap already existed in town zoning ordinances, which they said was an adequate protection.

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Middlebury, Vermont ! Thursday, August 2, 2012 ! 74 Pages 75¢

A Monkton institute of Japanese

philosophy and psychology marks

20 years. See Page 3A.The county Legion baseball team

took third in the state tourney af-

ter a strong season. See Page 1B. Program inside the paper, then at-

tend the county fair next week.

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OFFICIAL PROGRAM

2012Addison County

Bristol gathers to grapple with drug crime Burlington man chargedwith Ferrisburgh murder

CAPT. SHERMAN F. DRAKE, USNR (Ret.), speaks

Monday about his experiences during World W

ar II and

how he was present for the Japanese surrender

aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945.


World War II vet recalls front-row seat at V-J Day

Drake witnessed surrender on Missouri

(See Drake, Page 12A)

4-H kids ready animals for star turns at fair

(See 4-H, Page 16A)

MVAA will stop asking for town aidIncrease in calls gives

service more stability

Critical farm bill stalled inHouse

(See Bolduc, Page 14A)

By ANDY KIRKALDYFERRISBURGH — A

Burlington man with ties to

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nocent to that charge as well as a

number of other charges stemming

By JOHN FLOWERSMIDDLEBURY — The

it will cease requesting Town

10 communities it serves in light

— which will cost the association a

Meeting Day contributions — will

practice that was built into the

organization was able to bill for what

3 percent of its total operating

Center off South Street.

Meeting Day requests for the past

(See MVAA, Page 14A)

(See Farm bill, Page 14A)

By ANDREA SUOZZO

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prospect of a one-year extension of

potential effects -

ers.

be very harmful

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Welch on Tues-

price stabilization measures pro-

measures as their best hope for a

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is gearing up for the November elec-

WELCH

By JOHN FLOWERSMIDDLEBURY — It’s a

scores of people fanning

USS

Missouri

The family pauses at a

giants as Gen. Douglas MacArthur

W. Nimitz.

the Missouri for almost three years

“It was something I

passing years have not

voice that must have come

the service.

Missouri

among the biggest battleships in

The

Japanese

contingent

at the

surrender

was “a sad

looking

lot, I’ll tell

you that.

They were

utterly

defeated.”

— Capt.

Sherman

Drake

By ANDREA SUOZZO

wool clothing.

“Once I’m

in the show

ring, that’s

the best

feeling,

whether you

or last.”

— Siri Swanson

(See Bristol meeting, Page 1

2A)

By ANDREW STEINBRISTOL — A noticeab

le rise

Bristol this past year.

into the muggy basement of Bristol’s

not quantify the increase in local

getting worse. can buy heroin for cheaper than you

personal observations.

most might imagine.

ADDY PARSON, A member of the Weybridge 4-H C

lub, shares a tender moment with Claire, the calf s

he will be showing at Addison County

Fair and Field Days next week. Kids across the c

ounty are prepping their cows, sheep and horses

for the annual fair.Independent photo/Tren

t Campbell

The Vergennes Union High

School Friends of Music has

invited music lovers — and anyone

who likes a cold drink on a summer

evening — to enjoy the Vergennes

City Band this Monday at 7 p.m.

on the City Green. The Friends

Communities confront drug crimes

Number

7

Drug crime loomed larger than usual in the news in Addison County in 2012. On the heels of forums in Vergennes in late 2011, Bristol residents gathered several times in 2012 at forums to hear law enforce-

related criminal activity here, and to discuss what as

to grow in magnitude.

addiction affects everyone. Not

someone who suffers from

Law enforcement agencies were not just

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and citations. In 2012, the Vermont State, Vergennes and

eight arrests or citations in eight cases for heroin

arrest of three at a Leicester home, one of them a

ready to sell. He allegedly still had more than 300

ended with arrests after lengthy investigations. The

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VSP.Many of the other cases were also the result of Bristol,

-gether.

-gennes Police Chief George

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The work of Pat Oliphant is fea-

tured in a local exhibit of political

cartoons. See Page 10B.

women’s soccer teams will host

NCAA regionals. See Page 1B. Our special section features a sailor

recalling D-Day and vets from

various wars talking about service.

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ANwSU residents say ‘no’ to VUHS bond

Lanpher, Clark re-elected as

Vergennes-area lawmakers

Jewett wins, to

vie for House

majority leader

Local voters join Democratic tide

Addison County provides strong backing for presi

dent, Vermont’s victors

Ayer, Bray grab seats in Senate

Smith tops

McGuire in

Addison-5

House race

Bristolbacks new town planCompromises vital to document



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sive 68.7 percent of the vote o

n Tues-

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source extraction.

contentious question.

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Addison

Independent

the Nov. 6 General Election.


By JOHN FLOWERSVERGENNES

— Incumbent

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(See Smith, Page 22A)

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assistance from the politic

al ac-

SMITH

(See Races, Page 13A)

By ANDY KIRKALDY

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Double delightBOTH MIDDLEBURY AN

D Vergennes union high schools open mu-

sicals this weekend. Alix Kauffman, above, rehea

rsed “White Christ-

mas” Tuesday night with fellow Vergennes cas

tmates, while Elliot

Franklin, far right, and DJ Piper worked through

the second act of

Middlebury’s production of “Anything Goes.” For

more photographs,

see Pages 2A and 16A. Photos by Keith Darwin and Trent Campbell

(See Senate, Page 19A)

By JOHN FLOWERS

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crat Chris Bray to represent

them in

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votes.

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Senate.

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By ANDY KIRKALDY

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no by 57.6 to 42.4 percent to

a plan

improvements.

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Oops! Apologies to Betty Hampel

of Middlebury. We published her

poem “Haunted” on Page 11A of

last Thursday’s paper, but we forgot

to include her name as the author

of the poem. Our mistake. Thanks

WEYBRIDGE POLL WATCHER John Meakin instr

ucts voter Lisa Thompson how to cast her ballot

during Tuesday’s election. Voter turnout

was above 70 percent in many county towns.


Number

8

The decennial reapportionment of the state’s legis-lative districts brought an interesting change in Addi-son County’s two-seat senatorial district in the spring, but that change did not fuel much intrigue for the No-vember elections that were to come.Reapportionment — done every 10 years to ensure

of one person, one vote — resulted in re-drawn House and Senate maps. A special committee, which included for-mer Democratic Sen. Gerry Gossens of Salisbury, rec-ommended no changes to Addison County’s House districts. But it produced a Senate map that initially suggested the Addison County senatorial district shed the town of Brandon to the south and instead absorb Charlotte to the north. Charlotte residents opposed the move, which was taken off the table in place of a new scenario that eventually won bipartisan approv-al: Swapping Brandon instead for the communities of Huntington and Buel’s Gore.It is a swap that did not generate widespread op-

position from the affected communities. Some Hun-

in their community getting better representation in the Senate than they had been getting from the Chittenden County delegation.Political observers noted the newly constituted

Democratic candidates over Republicans. That’s be-cause the district was shedding the largely conserva-tive voting bloc of Brandon and replacing it with the more left-leaning electorate of Huntington and Buel’s Gore.That shift in demographics apparently resonated

with prospective Republican candidates during the ensuing months, as not one GOP hopeful would

Senate seats. That was even more sur-prising in light of an open seat;; in-cumbent Sen. Harold Giard, D-Bridport, had announced he would not seek re-election.Indeed, there weren’t a lot

in Addison County. All of the incumbent Addison County lawmakers on the ballot won re-election, most of them Dem-ocrats who ran unopposed. The county did add one new-but-famil-iar face to its legislative delegation:

New Haven Democrat Chris Bray, who won election to the state Senate. Bray had

previously represented the Addison-5 House district for four years. He joins longtime incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire Ayer of Addison in the state’s highest chamber.

against Salisbury independent Tim Ryan, was Rep. Willem Jewett. In December, Jewett, a Ripton Demo-crat, ran successfully for the post of House majority leader.

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Middlebury, Vermont ! Thursday, April 19, 2012 ! 58 Pages 75¢

A special section inside takes a

look at all the spring varsity teams

at the four local high schools.

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Addison County Sheriff Jim Coons dies at 59

By JOHN FLOWERS

“Jim Coons was the iconic face of la

w

Coons, a bear of a man with a boom

ing

perform the functions of

Shumlin picks a replace-

ment to serve the balance

of Coons’ term, which ex-

pires in February of 2015.

“I never took the posi-

tion (of high bailiff) really

he sat pensively in Coons’

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“Jim Coons was like a brother to

me

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as acting chief prior to the

hiring of former Chief Al

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bury chief’s vacancy, that

post was not in his career

plans.

One of the reasons was

that his late father, Mor-

-

Coons.

Coons’ chance at the sheriff’s j

ob

Jim Coons, a Republican, easily bea

t his

County law enforcement scene.

ADDISON COUNTY SHERIFF Jim Coons, shown

in 2010, died April 16 after serving more than three

(See Coons, Page 20A)

“He was very fair,

and I think that

was the way he

treated everyone

in the county. I

think that was the

reason he was so

respected.”

— Judge Frank

Broughton

By ANDY KIRKALDY

Vergennes Union Elementary

University of Vermont, is now

experience at Mount Abraham

high schools.

points on June Sargent’s résumé

still live in Vergennes.

“We were looking for someone

-

World tourneyA trio of Addison County cancer

survivors will race in dragon boats

in Hong Kong. See Page 2A.

VUES picks former pupil

(See Sargent, Page 20A)

Bristol farm approved for Cow Power project

(See Four Hills Farm, Page 16A)

FERRISBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL kindergartners Ryder Mes

singer, left, Amelia Spahr, Natalie Jackman, Tyah Zimmerman,

Tyler Bergmans,

Kindergarten class presents local legend

(See Ferrisburgh, Page 20A)

By ANDY KIRKALDY

the nation’s history — or at least a

— will come to life at Ferrisburgh

At 10:30 a.m., the 17 members of

class will present their version

British at the mouth of Otter Creek.

In the pupils’ short play,

MacDonough receives help from,

Boys.-

454-foot canal — or moat or natural

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came to put on the play starts back

Revolutionary War battle site Fort

Jo LaFontaine of Bristol will

deliver what we expect to be an

exciting presentation Thursday,

April 19, on her experiences

traveling in Africa. The

presentation is titled “Lessons

from Zambia: Volunteering With

Mothers Without Borders.”

Unfortunately we gave the wrong

location for the talk in a photo

caption in Monday’s paper.

LaFontaine will speak at Bristol’s

Lawrence Memorial Library

beginning at 7 p.m. — not at the

(See Slaughterhouse, Page 17A)

By JOHN FLOWERS

proposing to establish

slaughterhouse for large

animals, a business he

facilities in Vermont.

Mark Smith, a former

alpine skiing coach at

Green Mountain Valley School, has

purchase of a mobile slaughter

area to serve as a base of

sales of meat.

Smith’s business —

processing facility to

month in the Addison Independent

,

Livestock is seeking permission to

“The humane

way to process

or slaughter

these animals,

in my opinion,

is to bring that

component to

the farm, or as

close to it as

possible.”

— Mark Smith

By JOHN FLOWERS

light to a major methane-to-electrici-

ty facility at one of the county’s larg-

It was this past Jan. 6 that Four

-

erate a 525kW methane

electrical generating fa-

cility at its 722 Burpee

are currently being

Functioning as part of Central Ver-

be able to repurpose its manure into

-

-

one central substation,

-

million investment for

the farm owners will

-

coup through a couple

Dunne.

-

ergy Enterprise Development pro-

“Even if it

just cut our

bedding costs

in half, we

would be

happy.”

— Shannon Hill

of Four Hills Farm

County mourns loss of Clark, Coons

Number

9

Addison County in 2012 bade farewell to two well-

respected, veteran public servants — one following ill-

ness, the other very unexpectedly after a tragic accident

on Route 7.

Addison County Sheriff Jim Coons died in April at age

59 after a battle with cancer. He had spent almost four

decades in local law enforcement, including

30 years as sheriff. Hundreds of people

packed Middlebury College’s Mead

Chapel to give Coons a moving

send-off. Among those present

were former police colleagues,

-

sponders, past and present

judges, state and municipal

-

lar folks, some of whom

had broken from a criminal

past thanks to Coons’ guid-

ance.

Coons was remembered as

a dedicated leader who would

go out of his way to assist others.

He was also credited with having

dramatically transformed the Addison

County Sheriff’s Department, both physi-

cally and bureaucratically, since taking its helm in

1982.

Addison County High Bailiff Don Keeler — him-

self a 40-year veteran of the sheriff’s department

— was picked by Gov. Peter Shumlin to serve out

Coons’ term. Keeler quickly immersed himself in

the rigors of job while dealing with the major task of

closing of the county jail following the expiration of

a federal contract.

Nov. 30 proved a very dark day at Mount Abra-

ham Union High School, the Vermont Statehouse

and in the city of Vergennes. That’s the day when

veteran teacher and state Rep. Greg Clark, a Republican rep-

resenting Vergennes, died after being struck by a car while

clearing his icy windshield at the side of Route 7 in Waltham.

Clark’s death at age 65 touched many people of many age

groups and walks of life.

For almost two decades, Clark had taught the “Age of

Legality” class at Mount Abraham, where he was

recalled as a warm-hearted educator, always

quick with a smile and a playful nick-

name to assign to his young charges.

More than 600 students, teachers and

friends packed the Mount Abe audi-

torium on the day of his funeral to

pay tribute to their beloved teach-

er. A similar outpouring came at

Vergennes Union High School,

where Clark’s wife, Eileen, has

long worked.

Clark’s death also stunned

people at the Statehouse, where

Clark had represented the Addi-

son-3 House district for a decade.

Legislative colleagues remembered

Clark, who served on the House Educa-

tion Committee, as a hard working lawmaker

who could always deliver a quip that could break

The Vergennes community also mourned Clark for his

contributions on the city council, as past deputy major, and

at his local church.

“Greg elevated the moment, and those moments are what

we should be living in,” said the Rev. Gary Lewis, pastor

of the Congregational Church of Vergennes, in eulogizing

Clark.

Vergennes-area Republicans are expected to soon forward

Gov. Peter Shumlin the names of candidates interested in

elections.


City resolves crèche display policyShine a light Skateboarders Dragonhearts

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENTVol. 66 No. 29 Middlebury, Vermont ! Thursday, July 19, 2012 ! 32 Pages 75¢

A Vermont team of dragon boat competitors takes world honors in Hong Kong races. See page 15A.

Bristol’s skateboard park hosts the BYOBacon competition, drawing many top competitors. Page 1B.

A dream prompts a fundraising campaign by area artists to com-bat domestic violence. Page 3A.

Bytheway

AddisonCounty

IndexObituaries .......................... 6

A-7A

....................... 8B-12B

Service Directory ............ 9B-10B

Entertainment .................... 6B-7B

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Sports ................................ 1B-4B


Claudon’s boatworks business runs like clockwork

MICHAEL CLAUDON, STANDING next to a restored 1959 Cutter Jet deVille, is the owner of Snake

Mountain

Boatworks in Weybridge. Claudon opened the shop after retiring in 2010 as an economics

professor at

Middlebury College. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

New dental center eyed for Bristol’s downtown

Planning Commission approves selectboard revisions

community support

25 positions, prepares for school year

City OK’s new policy for park displays

(See Claudon, Page 16A)

(See Dental clinic, Page 14A)


(See City policy, Page 16A)

(See ACSU, Page 14A)

Swingin’NIKKI JUVAN, ABOVE left,

Lisa Powell, Meg Guilfoy, Liz Cleveland and Julie Banach, and Cleveland, left photo, rehearse for the Middlebury Community Players production of “Swingtime Canteen.” The show, which was performed

back by popular demand for the Town Hall Theater’s MiddSummer Nights Theater Festival. For more photos and information, see Page 2A.


By KAITLYN KIRKALDYW E Y B R I D G E

three of his passions

–– antique clocks,

boats –– into one

successful business

venture.

Snake Mountain

opening it for

customers in 2011.

the jump from restoring clocks to

it seems.

“Long ago I ran one of the largest

antique clock businesses in northern

just really big clocks.

It’s that same urge to

Snake Mountain

from the college soon

intent of just restoring

barn into a state-of-the-art boat

Snake Moun-

tain Boat-

works is one

of the featured

sponsors of the

annual Small

Boat Festival

at Basin Har-

bor this Satur-

day and Sun-

day, July 21-

22. The event

is held at the

Lake Cham-

plain Maritime

Museum.

By ANDREW STEIN BRISTOL — After almo

st a

At its monthly meeting, the

planning commission unanimously

to the planning commission for its

By JOHN FLOWERSVERGENNES — The

Vergennes City Council on

for placement of such features as

scene.

months in the making, caps a

crèche on municipal property at

a public meeting on the issue that

By JOHN FLOWERS

Central Supervisory Union (ACSU)

-

-

S u p e r i n t e n -

-

Development

Carol Feni-

more;; Busi-

ness Manager

Laura Nassau;;

services;; Jason

-

tor of technol-

English, asso-

-

vices.

-

year, there is a positive excitement

“As I look

forward to

my second

year,

there is a

positive

excitement

because of

some of the

talented

people

who will

be joining

us…”

— ACSU

Superintendent

Dr. Gail Conley

By ANDREW STEIN BRISTOL — For roughly

half a

align in Bristol.

to another eager tenant.

Middlebury College is holding

Number

10

In an decision that required the Vergennes City Council to navigate the tricky wider questions of free speech, religious freedom and the separation of church and state, aldermen in July adopted a new pol-icy that allowed groups to install religious and other displays on the city’s central downtown green.Aldermen created that policy after a citizen com-

plained about the popular Christian nativity scene that has been displayed on the green for decades with tacit city approval.The crèche was not stored

on city property or main-tained or erected by Ver-gennes personnel, but the city retained a small fund to help pay to maintain it. That fund was cleared from the city’s books this past summer. Vergennes aldermen ad-

opted their new policy af-ter a four-month process that included a number of drafts;; a public forum attended by about 140 area residents, most of whom wanted to preserve that crèche;; residents

them aside for informal chats;; social media posts, and letters to the Independent;; and extensive research by aldermen into the legal issues and precedents estab-lished elsewhere.The result, which incorporated some of that exten-

application process and timeline for placement of any

display desired by any group, not only the longstand-ing Christian crèche.The new policy:

other organized groups, all activities for the city green must be scheduled through the city clerk, who will

groups must be approved by the city council.

-uals seeking to place a display on the green to apply at city of-

advance. The application must include a photo or sketch with dimensions, which are limited to 400 square feet and 10 feet tall. Applicants must also put a sign on or near the display stating the name of its owner or sponsor.

committee to review display applications.

and other similar proposals that meet the city’s criteria, requires that displays be removed within 45 days.

that it neither endorses nor sponsors any private display placed there.

the holiday season the crèche stood again on the green.

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Top online stories, plus more newsADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 24 No. 42 Middlebury, Vermont Monday, December 3, 2012 36 Pages 75¢

MONDAY EDITION

Fiscal blow to city youth

Local woman

shares memories

Men’s hockey

back at Kenyon

Seasonal show of

sweet sculpture

Rep. Clark killed in Route 7 acci

dent

Colleagues and students stunned

ANwSU school head sets date for retirement Second, part-time superintendent on tap

Now-vacant Vergennes nursing

home eyed as treatment center State creates $1M grant fund for food

(See O’Brien, Page 22)

By ANDY KIRKALDYVERGENNES — Addison Nor

th-

west Supervisory Union Superinten-

dent Tom O’Brien will retire follow-

ing the 2013-2014 school year after

13 years in Vergennes, and on Nov.

28 he received the ANwSU board’s

approval to work less than full-time

— on a 60-percent basis — during

the upcoming academic year.

Last Wednesday the ANwSU

board also gave approval to O’Brien

to negotiate with longtime Addison

Central School (ACS) Principal

Wayne Howe about coming aboard

(See Valley Vista, Page 7)

By JOHN FLOWERSVERGENNES — The former

Briarwood

Manor nursing home at 1 Alden Place in Ver-

gennes could soon be the headquarters of a 19-

bed residential treatment facility for adoles-

cent girls and young women who are battling

drug addiction and/or “self-injury behaviors.”

Owners of Bradford-based Valley Vista — a

private, 80-bed alcohol and chemical depen-

dency treatment center serving men, women

their plans to acquire the 9,146-square-foot Al-

den Place building on 3.9 acres, a property cur-

rently listed for sale by Redstone at $1.2 million.

“It has just about everything we need,” Val-

ley Vista co-owner Rick DiStefano said of the

former nursing home, which has been vacant for

around two years. “The building is extremely at-

tractive and ideal for what we want to do.”

Operating as the Helping Others Pursue Em-

powerment (HOPE) program, the facility would

employ more than 20 doctors, nurses, clinicians,

counselors and other professionals to help ado-

lescent girls and women (ages 13 to 22) move

away from self-destructive behavior — primar-

ily drug addiction and/or the practice of self-

injury, usually manifested through cutting and

(See Clark, Page 14)

(See Working lands, Page 15)

Reading buddiesFRIENDS LIOR

TODD, left, and Lily Kidde read

books in the children’s room

at the Bixby Library in

Vergennes last Thursday morn

ing.Independent ph

oto/Trent Campbell


announced that they are soliciting applications from

entrepreneurs who want a portion of nearly $1 mil-

lion in grant funds set aside for food and forestry

businesses.Grants ranging from $3,000 to

$100,000 will be

awarded later this winter by Vermont’s Working

Lands Enterprise Board from a $986,5000 fund de-

signed to fuel the Green Mountain State’s economy

and build its local food system while maintaining its

By JOHN FLOWERSVERGENNES — Longtime st

ate

Rep. Greg Clark, R-Vergennes,

died on Friday, Nov. 30, after be-

ing struck by a southbound vehicle

while scraping ice off his windshield

at the side of Route 7 on Woodman

Hill just south of Vergennes. He was

65.News of Clark’s death reverb

er-

ated throughout Addison County,

but particularly in the Vergennes

area — where Clark had served as

GREG CLARK

a city councilor — and at Mount Abraham Union High School, where he had taught since 1994.“It is shocking,” said

Rep. Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, who had been Clark’s colleague in the two-seat Addison-3 Ver-mont House district for the past four years.She talked about how

she and Clark had ap-peared together less than 24 h

ours

earlier talking to members of the

Addison County Retired Teachers’

Association about the employee

-pelier. First elected to the

House in 2002, Clark had

spent his entire legislative

career on the House Edu-cation Committee.“Oh my God, he was

such a nice man,” she

said.Indeed, Clark was

known as a gregarious,

conscientious man both at

the Statehouse and in the

halls of Mount Abe, where he built

a solid rapport with other lawmakers

and his students.“When he stood up on the Hou

se

was not only germane to the issue,

but that also made everyone laugh,”

said Lanpher of her colleague. Clark

and Lanpher easily won re-election

to new two-year terms earlier this

month.The leader of the Vermont Hou

se

of Representatives also recalled

Clark’s easygoing style.

comes to mind was that quick smile;;

he was great to be around,” Vermont

House Speaker Shap Smith, D-Mor-

risville, said during a phone inter-

view. “He was friendly, caring and

O

n the W

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The preceding Top 10 catalogs what the news staff of the Addison Independent chose as the most important stories of 2012, but readers have their own opinions about what interested them most last year. To get one indication of that, look at the top 10 stories on our website. Here are the headlines for the most-read stories of 2012 on addisonindependent.com, with their page views according to Google Analytics. We’ll post this list with links to the stories at addisonindependent.com.1. Despite new policies, rural

phone calls often dropped

page views: 7,0342. EEE takes life of second

area man

page views: 3,7593. Rep. Greg Clark killed

in Route 7 car accident

page views: 3,2144. Man badly burned in

truck crash on Route 116

page views: 3,212 5. Community rallies after

dad dies

page views: 2,8606. Police jail Bristol woman for

60-plus bags of heroin

page views: 2,5507. Route 7 reopens after seven-hour standoff

with drunken shooter

page views: 2,4608. Police recover body of drowned man in

Otter Creek

page views: 2,2899. Robot blurs biological boundaries

page views: 2,20610. Rep. Greg Clark mourned by colleagues, friends

page views: 2,151

Picking only 10 top stories in 2012 proved to be a challenge.

Addison County saw ever so many important, interesting, touching and fun stories last year that the Independent staff kept

stories of 2012 that caught our eyes.

action and sprayed parts of Addison and

and the disease next summer.

shot and killed by Middlebury

home after an armed standoff. Demarais told police he “wanted to die via suicide by cop.”

Middlebury College this past year, but we didn’t manage to

get any particular story into the top 10. Certainly the successful effort by

a group of college students this past fall to get Middlebury College decision makers to begin

discussing divestment of the endowment from companies dealing in fossil fuels and weapons was important news.

facilities. The 10-year-old structure was always meant to be temporary. Now the college envisions a permanent replacement

was the visit to campus of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Thousands attended the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s two talks at Nelson Arena this past October.


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MONDAY

SPORTS

Schedule

ScoreScoreBOARD

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTSGirls’ Hockey

1/2 Rutland vs. Midd. ........................ 5-11/5 MUHS vs. Woodstock ............... 10-0

Boys’ Hockey1/2 CVU vs. Midd. ............................. 5-11/5 MUHS vs. Stowe ......................... 4-1

Boys’ Basketball1/2 Fair Haven vs. OV .................... 65-471/3 Fairfax vs. Mt. Abe ...................69-521/3 VUHS vs. South Burlington ...... 67-501/3 Fair Haven vs. MUHS .............. 59-551/4 Leland & Gray vs. OV ............. 52-461/5 VUHS vs. Montpelier ............... 53-431/5 Randolph vs. Mt. Abe ...............57-47

Girls’ Basketball1/4 Burr & Burton vs. MUHS ......... 57-181/4 Mt. Abe vs. Fair Haven .............38-251/4 Montpelier vs. VUHS ................52-401/5 Mt. Abe vs. Randolph .............. 39-18

COLLEGE SPORTSMen’s Hockey

1/4 Midd. vs. Wesleyan ..................... 4-31/5 Trinity vs. Midd. ........................... 2-1

Women’s Hockey1/2 Midd. vs. Utica ............................. 4-11/4 Midd. vs. Wesleyan ..................... 6-11/5 Midd. vs. Wesleyan ..................... 3-1

Men’s Basketball1/4 Midd. vs. Bates ........................ 59-561/5 Midd. vs. Tufts ..........................70-69

Women’s Basketball1/4 Midd. vs. Bates ........................ 72-681/5 Tufts vs. Midd. .......................... 54-41

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTSGirls’ Hockey

1/10 Stowe at MUHS ................... 4:30 p.m. ..............4:45 p.m.

Boys’ Hockey1/9 Essex at MUHS .......................... 7 p.m.1/12 Rice at MUHS ........................... 7 p.m.

Boys’ Basketball1/7 Burr & Burton at MUHS .............. 7 p.m.1/8 Mt. Abe at VUHS ........................ 7 p.m.1/10 Mt. Abe at Winooski ............ 6:30 p.m.1/10 Montpelier at MUHS ................. 7 p.m.1/11 OV at Mill River .................... 7:30 p.m.

Girls’ Basketball1/7 Windsor at OV ....................... 7:30 p.m.1/8 Mt. Abe at Milton ......................... 7 p.m.1/10 VUHS at Colchester ..................7 p.m.1/10 OV at Poultney .................... 7:30 p.m.1/11 S. Burlington at MUHS ............. 7 p.m.1/12 Mt. Abe at Missisquoi .......... 2:30 p.m.

Wrestling1/8 Mt. Abe at St. Johnsbury ............ 6 p.m.1/8 VUHS et. at. at MUHS ............... 7 p.m.1/11&12 .........MUHS at Livermore Tourney1/12 ........................................... OV at MAU

Indoor Track1/12 VUHS at UVM .......................... 9 a.m.

Gymnastics1/12 St. J at MUHS ........................... 1 p.m.

Nordic1/8 MUHS at OV ...........................2:30 p.m.

(See Schedule, Page 31)

-

By ANDY KIRKALDY

MIDDLEBURY — The Middle-

bury College women’s hockey team

on Saturday overcame a hot goalie and

-

won a non-league game at Utica on

-

to work on … but there are always

Saturday’s game shone a light on

one thing he would like to see im-

-

Lauren Greer as soon as this week will

help — she has been out since late No-

vember with a broken ankle — espe-

cially on a power play that went one-

Mandigo believes the Panther pow-

er play can bounce back to typically

“Our power play throughout the

-

-

-

ther goalie Madeline Marsh sticked

But Marsh couldn’t stop another

(See Hockey, Page 31)

Boys’ hoop: Big week for VUHS and SlatersADDISON COUNTY — Last

week in local high school boys’ bas-

-

COMMODORES

visiting South Burlington on the

-

10-0 and swept its season series with

Montpelier by beating the host So-

SLATERS SWEEP

-

and Orwell’s Dakota Euber scored

points in the third quarter to help the

Connor Collins scored a game-

OTTERS

EAGLES

Cody Alexander and Nick Driscoll

Abe as Ghost Jacob Sprague scored

Eagle scoring night with nine points-

Mount Abe will renew its rivalry with


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MCTV Channel 15Tuesday, Jan. 8 4:30 a.m. Public Affairs 8 a.m. Congregational Church Service 9:30 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 10 a.m. Selectboard 12:30 p.m. Development Review Board (DRB) 2:30 p.m. Vermont Today 4 p.m. Chronique Francophone 4:30 p.m. Vershire Bible Church Service 7 p.m. Selectboard 10 p.m. Mid East Digest 11 p.m. Vermont Today Wednesday, Jan. 9 4:56 a.m. Vermont Today 6:30 a.m. Mid East Digest 7:30 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 9:30 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 10 a.m. Selectboard/Public Affairs 3 p.m. Salaam Shalom 4 p.m. Words of Peace 5:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 6 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6:30 p.m. Public Affairs 7 p.m. DRB/Public AffairsThursday, Jan. 10 5:30 a.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace 6:30 a.m. Salaam Shalom 7:30 a.m. Public Affairs 9:30 a.m. Lifelines 10 a.m. Vershire Bible Church 11:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone Noon Selectboard/DRB 5 p.m. Selectboard

7:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 9 p.m. Rep. Betty NuovoFriday/Saturday, Jan. 11/12 6 a.m. For the Animals 6:30 a.m. DRB 8:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 9:30 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 10 a.m. Selectboard/Public Affairs 2:30 p.m. Mid East Digest (Friday only) 3:30 p.m. Lifelines (Friday only) 3:30 p.m. For the Animals (Saturday only) 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 5:30 p.m. Congregational Church Service (Dec. 24, 7:30 p.m. service) 10:30 p.m. Salaam Shalom (Saturday only)Sunday, Jan. 13 5 a.m. For the Animals/Public Affairs 7 a.m. Words of Peace 7:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 8:30 a.m. Lifelines 9 a.m. Catholic Mass 10 a.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace 11 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 12:30 p.m. For the Animals 1 p.m. Vershire Bible Church Service 4 p.m. Congregational Church Service 6:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 7 p.m. Catholic Mass 7:30 p.m. Acorn Energy Co-op Series 9:30 p.m. Words of Peace 10 p.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace

Monday, Jan. 14 5 a.m. Public Affairs 8:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9 a.m. Lifelines 10 a.m. Selectboard 2:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 3 p.m. Mid East Digest 4 p.m. Congregational Church Service 5:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 6 p.m. Public Affairs

METV Channel 16Tuesday, Jan. 8 5 a.m. From the College (Middlebury College Environmental Colloquiem) 8 a.m. State Board of Education 12:30 p.m. ID-4 Board 4 p.m. Burlington Book Festival 6 p.m. UD-3 Board (LIVE) 9 p.m. Hannaford Career Center (HCC) Board 10:30 p.m. State Board of Education Wednesday, Jan. 9 5:30 a.m. New England Review Reading Series 7 a.m. HCC Board 8:30 a.m. First Wednesday 10 a.m. UD-3/ID-4 Boards 3 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 4 p.m. From the College (MCEC) 6:30 p.m. HCC/ACSU Boards 10 p.m. New England Review Reading Series 11 p.m. State Board of EducationThursday, Jan. 10 4:30 a.m. Vermont Media Exchange/Burlington Book Festival

8 a.m. State Board of Education 12:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 1 p.m. New England Review Reading Series 2:30 p.m. At the Ilsley 4 p.m. From the College 5:30 p.m. Jackson Katz: The Macho Paradox 6 p.m. HCC Board 7:30 p.m. UD-3 Board 9 p.m. ACSU BoardFriday/Saturday, Jan. 11/12 7 a.m. ID-4 Board 9:30 a.m. HCC Board 11 a.m. UD-3/ACSU Boards 4 p.m. MUHS Boys’ Basketball 5:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 6 p.m. Speak Up! Speaks Out/Awareness Theater 7 p.m. MUHS Boys’ Basketball 9:30 p.m. First WednesdaySunday, Jan. 13 6 a.m. Ice Show 2012 (No. 2) 9 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 Noon First Wednesday 2 p.m. MUHS Boys’ Basketball 4 p.m. From the College 6:30 p.m. Reel Local 7:30 p.m. MUHS Boys’ Basketball 9 p.m. New England Review Reading SeriesMonday, Jan. 14 5 a.m. VMX/Burlington Book Festival 8 a.m. State Board of Education 12:03 p.m. VMX 4 p.m. From the College 7 p.m. ID-4 Board (LIVE)

1/11 MUHS at Stowe ........................ 3 p.m.

COLLEGE SPORTSMen’s Hockey

1/8 Norwich at Midd. ..........................7 p.m.

1/11 Midd. at Plattsburgh .................. 7 p.m.

Women’s Hockey1/11 Amherst at Midd. ........................7 p.m.

1/12 Amherst at Midd. .......................3 p.m.

Men’s Basketball1/11 Conn. College at Midd. ..............6 p.m.

1/12 Wesleyan at Midd. .....................2 p.m.

Women’s Basketball1/8 Midd. at Suffolk ........................... 6 p.m.

1/11 Conn. College at Midd. ..............8 p.m.

1/12 Wesleyan at Midd. .....................4 p.m.

Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

Schedule(Continued from Page 30)

screened shot, Hannah Jellinek high drive from the left-wing circle at 8:03

-fender. Wesleyan then took a series of pen-

alties that were forced by the Panthers’ clearly superior skating ability, but successfully killed off three, including two that overlapped. Corvi stopped Bielawski twice from the left circle again, made a nice blocker stop on an Ugalde bid ticketed for the upper left corner, and denied a Jen-nifer Krakower

Finally, the Panthers broke through on an-other power play at 18:29. Madi-son Styrbicki’s hard shot from the right point hit Corvi and dropped outside the crease, and Cornwall fresh-man Katie Man-digo one-timed it into the right side of the net. The Panthers

weren’t through in the period. Their effective forecheck paid off after Julia Wardwell poked the puck loose behind the Cardinal net. Katie Sullivan — a thorn in Wesleyan’s side throughout — sent it out diagonally through the slot toward Krakower closing from the right point. Krakow-er slammed a 25-footer home, and the Panthers had the lead at 0:43.More Panther pressure — an 11-1

advantage in shots — paid off in the

third. Martin and Maggie Woodward stripped the puck from a Cardinal behind the net, and Woodward set up Mandigo on Corvi’s doorstep at 12:34. It was Mandigo’s fourth of the

her Panther career.“She’s good in front of the net. She

can snap it,” said her coach and father. “And she … can get the puck some-times that other people can’t.”

In Friday’s 6-1 win, Mar-tin had a goal and two as-sists;; Mad-eline Joyce, B i e l a w s k i , Marrison and

-ished with goal and at least one assist;; and Styrbicki chipped in two assists. Corvi

37 stops, while Laura Pinsent (three saves) and Marisa Dreher (two saves, one goal against) shared time for Mid-dlebury. In the 4-1

win at Utica, Ugalde, Mandigo, Joyce and Fluke scored for the Panthers, and goalie Annabelle Jones made 15 saves as the Panthers outshot Utica, 32-16. Coach Mandigo noted the schedule will toughen: Amherst (5-1 NESCAC, 7-4 overall) visits this weekend, and a trip to Bowdoin (4-0 league, 8-1-1 overall) follows the weekend after. “As I told the kids, there are no easy

games left,” he said.

Hockey (Continued from Page 30)

WOODSTOCK — The Middle-bury Union High School girls’ hockey team split a pair of Division II road games last week and stand at 3-3 overall. On Wednesday, the Tigers couldn’t

convert a 31-16 advantage in shots on goal into a win at Rutland, fall-ing by 5-1. The Raiders scored on four straight second-period shots to break open a close game, and got 30 saves from goalie Brittany Pelkey in improving to 3-2. Timi Carone scored for MUHS in

the second period to make it 3-1, and MUHS goalie Baily Ryan stopped 11 shots. The Tigers failed to con-vert on four power plays.

On Saturday at Woodstock, the Tigers coasted past winless Wood-stock, 10-0. Ryan played a saveless

recorded one save over two periods for MUHS in net. Sara Boe scored three times for

MUHS, and Emma Best and An-gela Carone set up three goals each. Ali White and Rachel Howlett each had a goal and an assist;; senior Nora McLaughlin, Harper Smith, Lauren Bartlett, CareyAnne Howlett and Erika Carroll scored one goal each;; and Timi Carone and Emily Ticho-nuk added an assist each. Carey-Anne Howlett and Carroll’s goals

Tiger girls’ hockey splits two road games

ADDISON COUNTY — Mount Abraham topped Fair Haven in a battle of the unbeaten to highlight last week’s local high school girls’ basketball play.In other games, Vergennes and

Middlebury came up short. Otter Val-ley was idle last week and will return to action on Monday, when the 2-3 Otters will host Windsor at 7:30 p.m.SLATER TOURNEYThe Eagles on Friday defeated the

Haven’s holiday tournament, which had been postponed from the week before.Tournament MVP Ashlie Fay

scored 15, Meghan Livingston add-ed nine, and the Eagle defense forced 22 Slater turnovers in the big win for Mount Abe. Livingston was also named to the all-tournament team.Bethany Lanfear scored 10 for

the 5-1 Slaters, and Orwell’s Hunter Pedro hauled down a game-high 10 rebounds.On Saturday, the Eagles improved

to 7-0 with a 39-18 win at Randolph. Livingston’s 13 points led the Mount Abe attack in that game. In the Fair Haven tournament con-

solation game, Burr & Burton im-proved to 3-3 with a 57-18 win over the winless Tigers. Olivia Carpenter (six points) and Tiffany Danyow

named to the all-tournament team. COMMODORESOn Friday, Montpelier (4-2) used

a late surge to post a 52-40 win over visiting VUHS, which remained in

close in the fourth quarter until a 12-0 Solon run. Scoring details for VUHS were unavailable.

In girls’ hoop Eagle wins a highlight

STOWE — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team split two Division I road games last week and stands at 3-2. On Wednesday, host Champlain

Valley (4-2-1) earned a 5-1 victory over the Tigers. The shots favored the Redhawks by only 22-21, but CVU goalie Greg Talbert stopped all of them except a second-period strike by Trevor Emilo. Edgar Sher-man made 16 saves for MUHS.On Saturday, the Tigers toppled

Stowe, 4-1, as Sawyer Hescock and Devin Dwire each recorded a goal and an assist. Justin Stone and Nick Audet also scored for the Tigers, and Sherman backstopped the win with 11 saves. Raider goalie Wyatt Gal-fetti stopped 26 shots.

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skaters

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NORTH FERRISBURGH MEETINGS: Sunday, Daily Reflections Meeting 6:00-7:00 PM, at the United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS VERGENNES MEETINGS: Sunday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM. Friday, Dis-cussion Meeting 8:00-9:00 PM. Both held at St. Paul’s Church, Park St. Tuesday, Discussion Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM, at the Congregational Church, Water St.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRISTOL MEETINGS: Sun-day, Discussion Meeting 4:00-5:00 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Meeting, 6:00-7:00 PM. All held at the Federated Church, Church St.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRANDON MEETINGS: Monday, Discussion Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM. Friday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM. All held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, RT 7 South.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NEW HAVEN MEETINGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM at the Congre-gational Church, New Haven Village Green.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SUNDAY: 12 Step Meeting 9:00-10:00 AM held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Discussion Meeting 1:00-2:00 PM held at the Turning Point Center in the Marbleworks, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS MONDAY: As Bill Sees It Meeting Noon-1:00 PM. Big Book Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM. Both held at the Turning Point Center in the Marbleworks, Middlebury.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS WEDNESDAY: Big Book Meeting 7:15-8:15 AM is held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleas-ant Street. Discussion Meet-ing Noon-1:00 PM. Women’s Meeting 5:30-6:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center in the Marbleworks, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS THURSDAY: Big Book Meet-ing Noon-1:00 PM at the Turning Point Center in the Marbleworks, Middlebury. Speaker Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St.(On the Green).

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS FRIDAY: Discussion Meeting Noon-1:00 PM at the Turn-ing Point in the Marbleworks, Middlebury.

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Work WantedEXPERIENCED PERSONAL CARE Attendant looking to care for you or a loved one in your Vergennes area home setting. References available upon request. For more infor-mation call 336-309-1828.

Help WantedADMINISTRATIVE ASSIS-TANT: Ilsley Public Library, 20 hrs / wk, excellent organi-zational, interpersonal, and computer skills. Job descrip-tion on website. Cover letter and resume to: [email protected] .

BANKRUPTCY: Call to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 388-1156.

FIRE AND ICE is accepting application for waitstaff and bartenders, apply in person. 26 Seymour St., Middlebury.

HIRING CARE GIVERS for 11pm-7am shift. Email your resume and references to [email protected] .

LOCAL FOOD SERVICE Company seeking drivers for our VT, Boston and CT routes on a flexible schedule from Thursday through Monday. CDL is not required. Clean driving record required. Driv-ing experience a plus. Must be capable of loading and unloading bins up to 40 lbs. with good customer service skills. Problem solving ability and attention to detail critical. Email resume and references to: [email protected] .

OFFICE ASSISTANT for Property Management com-pany in Bristol. Perfect can-didate will possess excel-lent people skills, be detail-oriented, comfortable with numbers and billing, and have the willingness and ability to multi-task. Expertise with Word and Excel and the in-ternet required. Generally 12-15 hours / week mostly from 9am-1pm, but some flexibility necessary. Send resume to [email protected] or call 802-453-4065 to have applica-tion emailed to you.

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MO’S COUNTRY RABBITS: Fresh Rabbit Meat for sale. Average weight: 4-5 lbs. Charging $14.00 per rabbit. Also selling live adult rabbits, as well as baby rabbits for negotiable price. Many differ-ent breeds including “Giants”. May be seen by appointment. Call Mo O’Keefe at 802-349-8040. Great Meat. Great Pets. Great Prices.

PIANO: SPINET PIANO- Fits nicely in small space and will move easily. $275. To see, email [email protected] or call 802-848-7092.

THE BARREL MAN: 55 gal-lon Plastic and Metal barrels. Several types: 55 gallon rain barrels with faucets, Food grade with removable locking covers, plastic food grade with spin-on covers (pickle barrels). Many types of bar-rels including 275 gallon food grade totes. 55 gallon salt / sand barrels PT legs. Delivery available. 802-453-4235.

Vacation Rentals1, 2 AND 3 BEDROOM rentals on Lake Dunmore, Nicely fur-nished. Most with drilled wells, satellite, internet, washer / dry-er. All non-smoking, most no pets. 2-6 people max. Week-end or weekly starting at $500. 802-352-6678.

FALKENBURY FARM Guest house. Nightly rentals. You rent the whole house. 30 min-utes from Middlebury. www.falkenburyfarm.com or call 802-537-2979.

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BRANDON 1 BDRM down-stairs apartment with office for $675 / month. Includes heat up to 70 degrees, trash and snow removal. First, Security and 1 year lease required. No smok-ing, no pets. 802-247-0115.

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BRANDON 3BR APART-MENT Private entryway, full bath, carpetted bedrooms, laundry hook-up, basement / storage, desirable parking. $940, heat, w&s included. 802-352-4700.

BRANDON SUNNY 1 Bed-room, Second floor, pets welcome. $400 / month. 203-253-4389.

BRANDON, DOWNSTAIRS 2 Bedroom apartment. Without utilities. $600 / month. 802-247-5280.

BRANDON: 55 & OLDER. First floor, 1 bd unit in a se-cured building (Tamarak Build-ing). Country setting yet close to town. Rent is $680 plus tenant pays electricity. Heat is included in rent. Coin operated laundry room and elevator on site. 24 hour emergency maintenance available. For an application, call Patty Howard at EP Management, Corp at 802-775-1100. EHO.

BRIDPORT;; 1 BEDROOM, bath and 4-room apartment with porch / lawn. Washer / dryer, heat / hot water included. No smoking, no pets. Ref-erences. $775 / month plus security deposit. Only living unit in building. For more info, David 802-758-2546.

BRISTOL 1 BEDROOM heated apartment. Lease, references, credit check. No pets. $585 / mo. 802-453-3712.

BRISTOL 2 BEDROOM bun-galow. $1100 / month, heat in-cluded, radiant floor heating. Parking for 2 cars. 802-453-2009.

BR I S TOL COTTAGE HOUSEMATE: Charming! Fully furnished. Private bed-room with attached living room. No pets, non-smoking. $700 / month. Share utilities. 1 mile from village. Call 802-363-4789.

BRISTOL LARGE ONE bed-room apartment. Walking dis-tance to town. No pets. No smoking. $700 / month and utilities and deposit. Call 802-388-0730.

BRISTOL MOBILE HOME in Bristol Notch. $700 per month. Deposit required. 802-363-3341.

BRISTOL, LARGE ONE / PLUS Bedroom Apt. Efficient gas heat, includes water and sewer, no pets / smoking, $700 plus electric and heat, call Tom at Wallace Realty. 802-453-4670.

BRISTOL: 2 BEDROOM, quiet building. Lease, refer-ences, credit check. No pets. $625 / mo. 802-453-3712.

BRISTOL;; 3 BEDROOM Apartment, 1-1/2 baths. In-cludes heat, water / hot water, lawn care, snow removal, appliances, garage. $1050 / month plus security. 802-453-2566.

CORNWALL: LARGE ROOM (15’ x 15’) in 200 Year Old Farmhouse. Full use of kitchen, all utilities included. Rented by the month. Call 802-349-6811 for more de-tails.

HOUSE;; $850 / MONTH. 1 bedroom plus loft. Includes: stove, refrigerator, w/d hook-up. Located 2 miles north of Middlebury. Deposit required. No pets. No smoking. 802-349-7557.

LAKE DUNMORE 2 Bedroom unfurnished year round home. Includes all appliances, mow-ing and snow plowing. $1000 / month. No pets, no smoking, no utilities included. First, Last and Security deposit required. Application and references required. 802-438-5385.

LAKE DUNMORE LOVELY two bedroom winterized lake front cottage. Available Jan-uary-June, 2013. 10 miles to Middlebury or Brandon. Rates start at $720 / month plus heat and utilities. Plowing, trash collection, satellite tv and wi-fi included. Call 802-352-4236 or email info@northcovecot-tages.com .

LAKE DUNMORE;; 2 bed-room, completely furnished house for 6 month rental. $800 / mo. plus utilities. Washer / dryer, screened porch, 85’ of private lake frontage across road with gorgeous views of Moosalamoo. No pets, no smoking. 802-352-6678.

MIDDLEBURY 1 BEDROOM apartment near downtown. Appliances, lease, security deposit. No pets. Real-Net Management, Inc. 802-388-4994.

MIDDLEBURY 2BR APART-MENT, all new, close to col-lege. Heat, water, and electric included. Washer and dryer. $1400 / month. 388-4831.

MIDDLEBURY 4 BEDROOM house available with Washer / Dryer. Electric included. $1100 / month plus heat. To inquire, mail to P.O. Box 702, East Middlebury, VT 05740.

MIDDLEBURY NEAT 2 bed-room apartment by Pulp Mill Covered Bridge. $1200 / month includes utilities. Security de-posit. Available now. Call 802-388-2446 or 802-989-1751.

MIDDLEBURY OFFICE SPACE: Ground floor Court St. location. Off street parking. 600 to 2,000 sq. ft. Real-Net Management, Inc. 802-388-4994.

MIDDLEBURY: 4 BEDROOM House. $1400 / month plus utilities. Great Green Mountain view. Please no smoking, no pets. 802-388-6363.

MIDDLEBURY: BEAUTIFUL, BRIGHT, Furnished second floor apartment with private entrance. One bedroom with queen bed, full shower / bath. Living room / kitchen with futon. There are no other tenants in this recently restored farm-house which is on two acres, surrounded by woods and trails. One mile from Middle-bury and the college. Rent includes all utilities: electric, heat, hot water, cable tv, wi-fi, microwave, linens, trash / recycling, washer / dryer, snow plowing. No pets, no smoking. Security deposit and refer-ences required. $950 / month. Flexible lease terms. 802-382-9467.

MIDDLEBURY;; 61 COURT STREET. 1 bedroom apart-ment. Completely furnished. All inclusive. 802-388-4831.

NEW HAVEN: $825 / MO. 2 bedrooms. Includes appli-ances, heat, hot water, trash / snow removal, Dish TV. Green Mountain views, very quiet. No smoking, no pets. no W/D. References required. 802-453-7487.

NEW HAVEN: 2 BEDROOM with all appliances, washer / dryer, heat and rubbish pickup. No pets. No smok-ing. $775 / mo. $825 deposit. Employment and rental history required. Call 802-453-2275.

NEW HAVEN;; 1 bedroom apartment. Utilities and heat included. No pets. $830 / mo. plus security. 802-453-3870.

OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE. 5 separate rooms, confer-ence room, reception area. Large parking lot. Exchange Street, Middlebury. $700 / mo. 802-388-4831.

OFFICE SPACE. 61 Court Street, Middlebury. Newly renovated, 1000 sq.ft. All inclusive. $1200 / mo. 802-388-4831.

RIPTON TWO bedroom

deck, 600s.f. $650/ month plus utilities. No pets. No smoking. Call 382-8567.

RV, BOAT AND HEATED MOTORCYCLE STORAGE Available. Call 802-453-5563.

SELF-STORAGE, 8X10 units. Your lock and key, $50 / month. Middlebury. 802-558-6092.

TWO & THREE BEDROOM apartments, carpet / tile, w/d hookups plus onsite laundry. Ample parking and storage. Includes trash, lawn care, snow removal, professional management and 24 hour maintenance. Efficient gas heat / hot water. In quiet Middlebury neighborhood. References required. Please call (802) 472-5016 for more information, rental prices, and to obtain an application. Equal Housing Opportunity.

TWO- BAY GARAGE, de-posit, references. Middlebury. 802-558-6092.

UP TO 7500 SQ.FT. avail-able for food processing or light manufacturing. Exchange Street, Middlebury. 802-388-4831.

VERGENNES 1BR, subsi-dized rent, apartments for elderly or disabled. Now ac-cepting applications for wait list. 1-800-496-9449. Equal Housing Opportunity.

It’s against the law to discriminate when advertising housing related activities.

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And it’s easier to break the law than you might

think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.”

There is lots you can’t say. The federal government

is watching for such discrimination.

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VERGENNES 3BR washer / dryer hookup. $900 / mo. Pets negotiable. On Monkton Road across from Vergennes Vari-ety. 240-281-1508. Available Jan. 15. [email protected].

VERGENNES, 285 MAIN ST. available now. Medium 2-bed-room, full bath, laundry hook-ups, large enclosed porch, includes heat and hot water. $900. Call only 8am-8pm, 349-4125.

VERGENNES: NICE TWO bedroom unit available Janu-ary 1 at Willow Apartments. Must be 55 or older. Rent is $765 per month plus all utilities. Located on a quiet dead end street with nice lawn space. Coin operated laundry room. For an application call Patty Howard at EP Manage-ment, Crop at 802-775-1100 or pattyhoward@epmanage-ment.com. EHO.

WEYBRIDGE 1 BEDROOM furnished cottage 2 miles from Middlebury. Great view, screened porch, washer, dryer, dishwasher. Pets ok. $850 / month plus utilities. Ref-erences, deposit. ihwashing-[email protected] .

Wood HeatCORNWALL, VT: WELL Sea-soned 3”x5” diameter, 16 inch length firewood. Mostly hard-hack. $300. per cord. You pick up $245 cash. Get it while it lasts. 802-462-3313.

DRY FIREWOOD. ALL hard-wood. $250 / cord;; cut, split, delivered. 802-352-1034, 802-349-5457.

DRY FIREWOOD. CUT, split and delivered. $275 / cord. 802-388-7300.

FIREWOOD, cut, split and delivered. Green or seasoned. Call Tom Shepard at 453-4285.

LOOKING FOR A low impact logging / wood job. 802-453-2673.

MOUNTAIN ROAD FIRE-WOOD: 50 cords dry hard-wood for sale. Call for price. 802-759-2095.

SABOURIN FIREWOOD: Top Quality. Dry. $250 per cord. Delivered. Call Gerard, 802-989-1371 or 802-897-2697.

SEASONED FIREWOOD, CLEAN de-barked, mixed hard woods. $250 / cord, de-livery available. Phone orders and credit cards accepted. 802-453-2226.

Real Estate4 ACRE CORNWALL Hilltop building site with expansive view- Camel’s Hump to Kil-lington. Approved septic de-sign. All permits on file. 220 acres also available. www.landwoodwater.com 619-208-2939. [email protected] .

6.8 ACRES HILLSIDE land in Salisbury. Beautiful south-westerly exposures and sun-sets. Secluded site. Right of way to land in place;; in-cludes water and power ease-ments. New town assessment $36,900. Cash price $25,000. Serious inquiries only please. 802-352-6678.

FORESTDALE 3 BEDROOM house, 2 story, 2 bath, large kitchen, dining area, large living room, foyer attached to 2 car garage. .8 acres, large fenced in yard. Appraised at $149,000. 802-855-8262 or 802-349-0065.

Att. Farmers145 ACRES AVAILABLE for five year lease. Organic pre-ferred. $5500 per year. First and last year rent paid at sign-ing of contract. 619-208-2939. www.landwoodwater.com .

DAIRY FARM FOR RENT in Addison. freestall & milk-ing parlor, along with 400+ acres. 300 Tillable. Serious inquiries only. Email first at [email protected] and 802-735-4725.

FOR SALE: ONE Agri metal round bail feed cart. Call 802-759-2135.

HAY FOR SALE: Small square bales. First cut, sec-ond cut, and mulch. Delivery available. Call for pricing. 802-453-4481, 802-349-9281, or 802-989-1004.

HAY FOR SALE;; first and second cut. Call 352-4686.

SAWDUST;; STORED AND undercover. Large tandem silage truck $600, delivered. Large single axle dump $250, delivered. Single axle dump $185, delivered. Pick up also available. Phone order and credit cards accepted. 802-453-2226.

WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK Pond agitating, liquid manure hauling, mouldboard plowing. 462-2755, John Whitney.

CarsFREE JUNK CAR REMOVAL. Cash paid for some complete cars. Call 388-0432 or 388-2209.

SUVs

2003 JEEP LIBERTY: Green, 105,508 miles. Recently re-furbished. $3500 OBO. 802-349-6874.

WantedWANTED TO BUY 1 item or houseful. Also old books. Call Blue Willow Antiques. 802-247-5333.

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AGENDAPATRICIA A. HANNAFORD

CAREER CENTERWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2013

5:00PM – ROOM A2081. Introduction of Board Members

2. Visitors Comments

3. Presentation by STEM Academy Faculty

& Students

4. Correspondence

5. Report from the Chair

Consent Agenda6. 1. Minutes of Dec. 12, 2012

7. 2. Monthly Accounts Payable for Jan.

a. Adult Program

b. Revolving

c. Director’s Orders

Action Agenda8. Announced Tuition

9. Policy. 2.3 Financial Conditions and

Activities

10. Executive Session – if needed

Informational Agenda11. Director’s Report

12. Assistant Director’s Report

13. Facility Committee Report

14. Budget/Policy Committee Report

15. NEASC 5-Year Focused Visit Update

16. Board Evaluation 1/7

NOTICE OF HEARING MONKTON DEVELOPMENT

REVIEW BOARD Notice is hereby given that the Monkton

Development Review Board will consider

the following applications at its regularly

scheduled Public Hearing on Tuesday,

January 22, 2013 at the Monkton Town

Hall. Application materials are available for

review during normal business hours at the

At 8:00 PM Application # 2012-02-Change of Use. Brisson Stone, LLC

gravel extraction operation.

Located on: West side of Monkton Road The above applications are available

Persons wishing to appear and be heard

may do so in person or be represented by

an agent or an attorney.

proceeding is a pre-requisite to the right to

take any subsequent appeal.

Board, or at a said hearing.

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STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION

Addison Unit Docket No. 254-9-10 Ancv

PHH Mortgage Corporation a/k/a Century 21 (R) Mortgage (SM), Plaintiff, v. Charles F. Vaughn and Occupants residing at 1771 Vermont Route 22A, Shoreham, Vermont, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Charles F. Vaughn to Century 21 (R) Mortgage (SM) dated January 18, 2008 and recorded in Volume 69, Page 561 of the Land Records of the Town of Shoreham, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:30 A.M. on January 30, 2013, at 1771 Vermont Route 22A, Shoreham, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage:To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Charles F. Vaughn by virtue of a Warranty Deed from Patrick J. Whitley dated November 9, 2004 and recorded November 12, 2004 in Volume 62, Page 426 of the Land Records of the Town of Shoreham. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Shoreham. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 660-9000. DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 3rd day of January, 2013

PHH Mortgage Corporation a/k/a Century 21 (R) Mortgage (SM)By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq., Lobe & Fortin, PLC

1/7, 14, 21 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 1/7

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY

REGULAR SELECT BOARD MEETING

TOWN OFFICES CONFERENCE ROOMMEETING AGENDA

1. Call to Order 2. *Approval of Minutes of the Dec. 18, 2012 Select Board Meeting 3. *Approval of Agenda

4. Citizen Comments [Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this agenda]

5. *Authorize Signature of Closing Documents for the Purchase of 38.3 acres of Conservation Land off Washington Street Extension adjacent to Chipman Hill

6. **Jim Moulton, Executive Director, Addison County Transit Resources re: FY14 Budget Request

7. **Donna Bailey, Addison County Parent/Child Center re: FY14 Budget Request

8. *Award of Cruiser Bid

10. **Proposed Grant Agreement with the Vermont Agency of Transportation for the Replacement of the Railroad Overpasses on Main Street and Merchants Row (if available)

11. **Committee Reports a. Update on Business Development

Fund Advisory Board, including fundraising & recruitment of a Director

b. Middlebury Energy Committee Meeting of January 2, 2013

c. College Lunch Meeting of December 19, 2012

12. *FY14 Budget: Review and Revise Budget Proposal & Prepare for Public Hearing on Budget Proposal on January 22nd

13. *Approval of Lister’s Errors & Omissions

14. *Approval of Check Warrants 15. Town Manager’s Report 16. Board Member Concerns 17. *Executive Session – If needed 18. **Action on Matters Discussed in

Executive Session 19. *Adjourn

If you need special accommodations to attend this

at 388-8100 x 202 as early as possible. Additional information about most Agenda items is available

com, on the Selectboard page.*Decision Item **Possible Decision Item

ADDISON COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING

COMMISSIONPUBLIC HEARING

Public Hearing for the replacement of the “High Knob Brook” box culvert located on Vermont Route 116, milepost 2.22 within the Town of Starksboro, VT.

DESCRIPTION:This culvert ranked as the highest

priority for restoration of the salmonid

116 corridor section that was subject to a 2012 study (please visit: http://acrpc.info/transportation/AOP/ for further details).

from reaching a 5.4 square mile area of spawning habitat to the east of VT Route 116. Replacing this culvert will help to restore connectivity of this area to High Knob Brook, a major tributary of the Lewis Creek. A public hearing for the project will be held during the Starksboro Selectboard meeting at 6:30pm on 15 Jan 2013 at the

Starksboro, VT.1/7

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FREE WORKSHOP – January 17 – You’re Invited!

Do you do work on renovation or demolition projects where lead or asbestos may be present?

Would you like to know more about best management practices for handling these materials

in construction and demolition debris?

A FREE workshop on January 17 will answer these and many more questions about the management of lead and asbestos in renovation and demolition projects.

WHO: This workshop is for contractors, waste haulers, construction

project supervisors and municipal (public works) managers.

WHAT: FREE Workshop on Lead and Asbestos

WHERE: American Legion Post 27, 10 Boardman Street, Middlebury, VT.

(behind G. Stone Motors)

WHEN: Thursday, January 17, 2013, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

(snow date of January 24).

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION This two hour training event will focus on portions of Vermont’s asbestos and solid waste

disposal regulations. Sponsored by the Solid Waste District, Vermont Department of Health’s

Asbestos and Lead Regulatory Program and the Vermont Department of Environmental

Conservation Solid Waste Management Program, the workshop will discuss how Vermont’s

lead and asbestos regulations apply to you and your business. A variety of issues will be

covered, including best management practices for handling construction and demolition debris,

and how to keep asbestos and other hazardous materials out of the waste stream.

In addition to the presentations, there will be time allowed for questions from workshop attendees.

Snacks and beverages will also be provided.

HOW TO REGISTERSeating is limited. Please reserve your seat by calling

When you call, please be sure to indicate if more than one person from your business will be attending.

WE HOPE YOU CAN ATTEND!

(802) 388-2333

House when Congress adjourned in October after GOP factions prevent-ed it from going to vote.Included in the 2008 Farm Bill

programs is the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC), which subsidizes dairy farmers when milk prices drop below certain levels. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., managed to get the critical safety net extended until

-lions of dollars in federal MILC sub-sidies were triggered in 2012, a no-

in Vermont and around the country.The deal to extend MILC was

made at the expense of over $100 million in food assistance programs. The budget for the Supplemen-tal Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed), which provides nutri-tional education to families on food

stamps, was slashed by a third. “It is not the agreement that I or

any one of us would have written on our own, but it does include several important provisions that

-er, our state’s economy and the nation,” Leahy said, in a statement.For Addison County

dairy farmers, who strug-gled throughout the year as national milk prices sagged and grain prices shot sky-high throughout the sum-mer’s long drought out West, the measures kept critical safety nets in place without offering any real solu-tions.“It’s more of the same,” said Ma-

rie Audet of Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport. But she stressed that she was very

pleased by the work that Vermont’s congressional delegation had done on behalf of dairy farmers. Their work came in opposition to groups

like the International Dairy Farmers Associa-tion (IDFA), which lobbied against progressive dairy reform.“They understand it,

they get it, and they aren’t affected by the IDFAs of the world,” Audet said. “They’ve done the right thing by us … Unfortu-

nately, it’s not just them (in Wash-ington).”Audet, along with several other

large dairy producers in Addison County, is a supporter of the Dairy Securities Act, a dairy reform pro-gram meant to replace MILC that was included in the Farm Bill that

cleared the Senate last year but was never called to a vote in the House. The Dairy Securities Act would

the current supply-demand system in which a small overproduction of milk triggers a tenfold drop in milk prices. In that situation, many farm-ers have no choice but to continue to overproduce in order to keep up with falling prices, which aggravates the supply-demand system even more. That draft of the farm bill died in the House when Congress adjourned be-fore the General Election.“I’m quite disappointed with the

process,” Audet said. Of last week’s legislative mea-

sures, she added: “At least MILC is in there. It’s a Band-Aid but it’s something that can keep a lot of farms going, through some really hard times.”

LEICESTER — The Leicester Historical Society is not sponsoring Prize Bingo in January or through the winter months. The next Prize Bingo will be Saturday, April 13, at 1 p.m.Petitions for positions in town

government require eight signatures

They are due on Jan. 28. See Town Clerk Julie Delphia for details as to what positions are needing to be

town meeting warning require 40 signatures and are due at the town of-

A representative for the town to the Addison County Regional Planning Commission is still being sought. Duties include attending the monthly meeting in Middlebury and peri-odically reporting to the selectboard. Contact Selectboard Chair Diane Benware at 247-3786 for more infor-mation.

NEWS

LeicesterFarmers(Continued from Page 1)

“It’s more of the same.”

— Marie Audet of Blue Spruce Farm

in Bridport


WALLACE REALTY48 Mountain Terrace

Bristol, VT 05443 FAX 802-453-5898

Visit our websites at:www.wallacere.com

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Kelly Claire TomPlease call Kelly, Claire, or Tom

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or persons receiving public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportu-nity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

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THE ADDISON COUNTY BOARD OF REALTORS wishes to inform the

Realtors may use this term. It is a registered trademark. Realtors must abide by a strict code of ethics, take continuing education and attend lo-

cal monthly meetings, annual state conferences, and yearly national conferences, hence making them better informed on all aspects of real estate. Your REALTOR appreciates your business.

NOTICE FROM REALTORS

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Vt. minimum wage up 14 centsMONTPELIER (AP) — Ver-

mont’s minimum wage went up 14 cents an hour, effective New Year’s Day, to $8.60 per hour.That’s according to a

state law that says the wage will go up each year by either 5 per-cent or an amount that matches the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less.The minimum wage

for workers in places like hotels and restaurants, who rely on tips for a

from $4.10 to $4.17.Such increases often trigger raises

for workers making just above the minimum wage, as well.According to the Public Assets

Institute, the increase will affect an

MIDDLEBURY — Weybridge Elementary School art teacher Sarah Flinn and 5/6 teacher Catha-rine Canavan will present a talk on their collaborative student project, “Weybridge: Change Over Time,” on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at noon, at the Henry Sheldon Museum in Mid-dlebury. The talk is part of the mu-seum’s Brown Bag Lunch series.The exhibit, detailing the his-

tory and development of the town of Weybridge, was inspired by Weybridge’s 250th anniversary celebration and the Henry Sheldon Museum outreach program “Maps to the Past.” Flinn and Canavan will discuss how the students and teachers used maps, photographs and documents to create their ver-sion of a Weybridge development timeline. The work features drawings

from students, aerial photographs from the Henry Sheldon collection of Weybridge, and a hand-painted, hands-on timeline of the history of the town from 10,000 years ago through the mid-20th century. The exhibit is on display at the museum through Jan. 12.Attendees are invited to bring a

brown bag lunch;; beverages and dessert are provided. Museum members get in free, others are asked for a minimum donation of $2. The Sheldon Museum is lo-cated at 1 Park St. in Middlebury across from Ilsley Public Library. For information call 388-2117 or visit www.henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Vermont’s mini-mum wage in-crease means an extra $240 per year in wages for the average affect-ed worker.

estimated 11,000 low-wage work-ers in the state. Vermont’s minimum

wage increase means an extra $240 per year in wages for the aver-age affected worker, and the increased con-sumer spending gener-ated by the minimum wage hike will boost gross domestic product by $1.4 million, accord-ing to an analysis by the nonpartisan Economic

Policy Institute. Vermont was one of 10 states that raised state minimum wage rates on New Year’s Day, boosting wages for nearly one mil-lion workers nationwide.“Vermont’s modest annual mini-

mum wage increases have proven incredibly valuable in promoting economic growth and protecting the real value of low-wage workers’ paychecks during the weak post-recession recovery,” said Paul Cillo, president of the Public Assets Insti-tute. “Congress should learn from Vermont’s example and pass a fed-eral minimum wage increase with annual cost of living adjustments to promote consumer spending and help cash-strapped workers make ends meet.”As of New Year’s Day, 19 states

plus the District of Columbia have minimum wage rates above the fed-eral level of $7.25 per hour, which is just over $15,000 per year for a full-time minimum wage earner.

Exhibit offersa glimpse intothe history ofWeybridge

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