Monday, April 8, 2013

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 25 No. 7 Middlebury, Vermont Monday, April 8, 2013 44 Pages 75¢

MONDAY EDITION

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Mac Parker seeks closure

Players give new

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Women’s lacrosse

off to strong start

Seniors exercise

and socialize

‘The Ever After’THE BRISTOL ELEMENTARY School Players performed their annual spring show, “The Ever After — A

Musical,” last week. The show takes a look at favorite fairy tale characters 20 years after “ever after.” Pictured from Friday morning’s show are Olivia Heath, left, Eden Ginsburgh and Kimberly Gibson.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Local Rotarians trot globe to help othersPolio vaccines, clean water top agenda

Middlebury to vote on $6.4M school budget(See Middlebury, Page 35)

(See Mission, Page 36)

(See Schools, Page 7)

Schools make connections with county’s ag community

By JOHN FLOWERSMIDDLEBURY — The Middle-

bury Rotary Club is well known for its good works in and around Addi-son County’s shire town.But members of the group are now

increasingly making a philanthropic impact in all corners of the world.Two of those members, Judy

Brown and Jason Schnoor, recent-ly returned from trips to India and Ghana, respectively, during which they helped further Rotary Inter-national’s efforts to eradicate polio and provide clean water to rural vil-lagers.These trips not only resulted in

critical, health-related services be-ing extended to people in need, but made life-long impressions on the travelers who are now excitedly sharing their experiences with oth-ers.“It was wonderful,” a beaming

Brown said of her trip to India, dur-

By JOHN FLOWERSMIDDLEBURY — Middlebury

voters on Wednesday, April 10, will meet at Mary Hogan Elementary

School to decide a proposed 2013-2014 spending plan of $6,418,788, which represents a 4.46-percent in-

other things, a growing commitment to science, technology, engineering and math programs.But thanks in part to a student

enrollment that’s expected to grow by 10 next fall (to a total of around 405), the property tax-affecting por-

By XIAN CHIANG-WARENBRISTOL — Dozens of farmers,

students and educators from around the county gathered to celebrate the growing farm-to-school movement at Addison County Relocalization Network’s (ACORN) Stone Soup summit last Thursday, held at Mount Abraham Union High School.“ACORN’s work in this area is to

try to facilitate the connection be-tween food service and local farm-ers,” said Lea Calderon-Guthe, man-ager of ACORN. The organization’s annual event was an opportunity to bring diverse players in the farm-to-school movement from around the region into the same room to learn, network and be inspired by one an-other.The event featured inspirational

stories from the county’s school

MIDDLEBURY ROTARY MEMBER Judy Brown, right, administers polio vaccine to a young child in north-western India as part of a recent humanitarian trip.

PAGE 2 — Addison Independent, Monday, April 8, 2013

ADDISON — An Addison woman was killed late Wednes-day afternoon in a one-car crash on Route 17 near the intersection with Jersey Street in West Addi-son.Vermont State Police said Hei-

di Brousseau, 54, was killed at around 4 p.m. on April 3 after the 2002 Chevy Tahoe she was driv-ing westbound on Route 17 left the south side of the road and hit a series of trees before coming to rest. A local resident said the accident happened in the curve between Jersey Street South and Church Street, behind the Meth-odist church.Brousseau, the only occupant of

the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.The Tahoe was totaled.Police on Wednesday evening

said they were still investigating the exact cause of her death and the cause of the accident itself, but they did not suspect alcohol was involved. The weather was clear and the road was dry.Brousseau operated Heidi

Brousseau Accounting Services out of Addison and Williston. The company offered accounting, bookkeeping and payroll services.

Heidi Brousseau

killed in car crash

on Route 17 west

Parker eyes restitution as partner readies pleaStoryteller hopes

to repay investors

(See Parker, Page 43)

By JOHN S. McCRIGHTADDISON — As his silent partner

in a failed movie project prepares to plead guilty in federal court to fraud charges next week, Addison resident Mac Parker is working to do what he can to erase the black mark against

his name.He’s doing that

by writing books and planning other creative projects through which he hopes to raise money to pay off investors in “Birth of Innocence.”

the works for near-ly a decade until state authorities in 2009 put a halt to Parker’s efforts to raise money to pay for production, and federal authorities in 2012 ac-cepted Parker’s promise to plead guilty to swindling his investors.“Clearly I made a mistake — that

much was a personal mistake,” Park-er said in an interview with the Inde-pendent. “The most painful thing to me is that I involved other people … For that I am deeply sorry.“I live with the fact that other

people are suffering because of my

stupid mistake.”Malcolm “Mac” Parker, 55,

gained fame in the 1980s and 1990s as a Vermont storyteller entertaining crowds at festivals as well as creat-ing a popular video that introduced children to farm life in Vermont. In 1999 the well-liked entertainer began soliciting funds for a new project — “Birth of Innocence,” a

essence. He had remarkable success getting many Vermonters to loan him money with a guarantee of a relatively high rate of return.“Time after time people said, ‘I

know exactly what you mean.’ I was communicating with these people.

I began to recognize how common and deep a feeling this was,” Parker said.What he wasn’t telling people he

asked for money was that he was in partnership with Louis J. Soteriou, a Middlebury, Conn., chiropractor whom he and his wife had known for 10 years. Through years of treatment that included invocations of god and surrendering to a higher power, So-teriou became a spiritual adviser to Parker, according to Parker and his lawyer, John L. Pacht. Pacht de-scribed the “nature of Mac’s rela-tionship with Soteriou (as) one of a student to a master.”Parker said Soteriou, who, as his

spiritual advisor had a central cre-

not to divulge his role in “Birth of Innocence.” Nevertheless, Parker made payments to Soteriou of mil-lions of dollars, as Soteriou prom-ised him that all the investors would get their money back.“I wouldn’t have taken one of

these loans if I didn’t think Lou (So-

Parker said. “Not telling the lend-ers about Lou, that never felt right to me.”While some people did get their

money back, others agreed to extend the terms of their loans to Parker as

MALCOLM “MAC” PARKER

“Clearly I made a mistake — that much was a personal mistake.”

— Mac Parker

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By JOHN FLOWERSMIDDLEBURY — Work on Shore-

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— Rep. Mike Fisher


Guest EditorialADDISON INDEPENDENT

(See Letter, Page 5)

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Letters to the Editor

Gas tax is a greater burden for working VermontersA recent issue of the Indepen-

dent featured an article with the Addison County Democratic

contingent commenting on the

proposed gas tax increase. To sum-

marize, Mike Fisher commented

that “There are times when people,

in literally the same breath, will

say, ‘Fix my road but don’t raise

my gas tax.’ I have got to say, ‘We

don’t print money.’”

Fair enough. Increased expenses

require increased revenues. To

ward off the predictable criticism

that the gas tax is a burden on

working people, Dave Sharpe is

quoted as saying, “If we (taxed the

wealthy) that would leave Ver-

mont as an island, it would be very

problematic. These are national tax

problems and they need to be dealt

with fairly by our national govern-

ment.”

Nothing we can do but raise the

right? Angelo Lynn’s editorial

supports this and suggests that it’s

simple arithmetic.

Time out, and let’s do the math.

A 7-cent gas tax increase on an

Addison County contractor driving

15,000 miles a year in an F150

(sorry, Chevy fans) works out to

$75/year. If our contractor earns

$40,000 per year, that works out to

0.2 percent of her income. Might

what most would call real money.

On the other hand, the same

tax on a UVM professor earning

$195,000 and driving 15,000 miles

in a Prius works out to be $21 per

year or .01 percent of his income.

Not likely that he is going to get

upset about this.

Do UVM professors really make

$195,000? Well, not usually, but

that is the professor’s income that

Addison County senator and UVM

trustee Chris Bray voted to ap-

prove as part of the compensation

package for ousted former presi-

dent Thomas Fogel. To carry this

Puttin’ on a showMEMBERS OF THE Bristol Elementary School Players perform a scene from “The Ever After — A Musi-

cal” in the school gym last Friday morning. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Demographics, Burlington and the future of VermontIf one were to visualize Vermont as a glacier at the sea’s edge and if those

counties losing population were shown as falling into the sea, the only part

yet to fall would be the state’s northwest corner — Chittenden, Lamoille,

Grand Isle and Franklin counties. All other counties are underwater.

It’s most dramatic in the state’s southern tier, according to a report by the

Vermont Economy Newsletter. In the two-year period from 2010-2012, Rut-

land County lost 691 people, Windham County lost 505, Windsor County

lost 416, Bennington County lost 394 and Washington County lost 135. Ad-

dison County was in negative territory, but just barely, losing only 45.

The Northeast Kingdom — Essex, Orange and Orleans counties — lost

as well;; however, the numbers were lower than those in the southern part of

the state.

The growth center is Chittenden County, which added 1,693 inhabitants.

Franklin County added 425, Lamoille County added 423 and Grand Isle

Even among those four counties that added population, only Lamoille

managed to grow at a rate that equaled the national average.

Only Chittenden and Lamoille counties could boast of a migration rate

that showed more people moving in than moving out. (Franklin County

shows population growth because its birth rate exceeds its death rate.)

The two-year span is a small time frame by which to judge long-term

trends. Still, the information is consistent with the census data collected over

the past several decades.

that are in decline;; people migrate to areas that show promise and opportu-

nity. The further the drop, the faster the drop.

This also explains Chittenden County’s growth, and its outsized contribu-

percent of the state’s job growth was in Chittenden County, although it only

constitutes 25 percent of the state’s population. It’s the only place in Vermont

that is growing in meaningful numbers.

This creates an obvious economic development challenge for a state that is

out-migration numbers? Is there the recognition in Montpelier that Vermont

has more to it than Burlington? When legislators consider policy changes,

or new programs, do they weigh how those decisions affect their constituen-

cies, or how they affect the growth in their respective counties?

It’s understood that whatever good happens in Chittenden County trans-

lates to Vermont as a whole. Tax revenues are tax revenues. Jobs are jobs. We

get that. We’d rather have people move to Chittenden County than to leave

the state altogether.

But Vermont as a state suffers if Chittenden County prospers and all others

lose. And all others will lose if it’s not understood that there needs to be a

countervailing force in Vermont. Chittenden County has the population, the

will only increase.

What is happening in Vermont is happening elsewhere. Rural counties

continue to lose population;; urban centers are expanding.

But it needn’t happen in Vermont, at least not to the extent it is. We’re

small enough to counter the trends if we just will.

But it’s a journey that begins by accepting the fact that the disparity ex-

ists and that it’s not healthy to continue as we are. It’s part of a process that

recognizes the relevance of the decisions we make. For example, as Vermont

speeds along the path to health care reform, there will be increased pressure

to centralize our care. That may be the prudent thing to do from a global

perspective, but each time something is weakened, things around it weaken

as well. We need to be aware of the collateral damage. The same applies to

education, or to policies that encourage innovation.

It’s time Vermont recognizes its demographic issues and their various im-

plications. We can’t think of a more pressing issue, nor can we think of one

that is more steadfastly ignored. — Emerson Lynn,St. Albans Messenger


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a bit further, Sen. Bray also voted for a $600,000 severance package for Mr. Fogel. Our 7-cent gas tax increase would work out to .003 percent of this amount. That’s .003 cents per dollar of income. Not sure anyone in that income bracket is going to notice a gas tax, even if they trade the Prius for a Hummer.What is my point? Our governor

and Democratic legislators are not proposing to keep taxes where they are, or to raise taxes on the wealthy, or to raise taxes across the board. They are currently work-ing to dramatically raise taxes on

working people while defending and strengthening wealth inequal-ity. This is true of the proposed gas tax, the proposed beverage tax sponsored by Mike Fisher, and the proposal to cut the earned income credit introduced by the governor. They have said and will continue to say that there are no other op-tions. It is important that we chal-

lenge that math.Shifting tax burdens onto work-

ing people is not our only option. Unless, of course, our party and our reelections demand the myth that protecting the middle class is impossible without an act of Congress.

Len Schmidt

New Haven

Letter(Continued from Page 4)

Letters to the Editor

Terminally ill patients have rightsThe inalienable right of the

patient to choose life or death is the issue. Physicians and surgeons with thousands of hours and years of training to save life have no desire to lose the struggle.In Vermont’s End-of-life

Choices Bill, the social, legal and moral issues must be addressed in reasonable logical laws and legislation to guide us all in the proper manner to deliver the care and humanity to the unfortunate brothers and sisters so affected

pact and relationship between the physician, the patient and/or fam-ily wishes must be primary with no outside judgments.

Now retired after 40 years’ experience as an active trauma surgeon, I was often exposed to others’ much, much pain, suffer-ing and death. A very, very few multiple system trauma cases in the modern day were beyond hope of survival. The hopelessly termi-nal patient, whatever the cause, needs relief from pain and suffer-ing. They have the right to choose. The Hippocratic Oath requires no less. This is possible. No mythol-ogy but rather pragmatic, logical, reasonable, dispassionate solu-tions are possible and desirable. Be courageous, be bold.

Frank H. Russell, M.D.

Bridport

Wind towers mar state’s landscapeDriving across northern Ver-

mont this past month I was star-tled with the fact that our focus on our landscape has completely changed.Going to and from St. Albans

it’s the wind towers and Georgia Mountain that dominates. Mount

hills took a back seat.Going to Newport and coming

back by way of Lyndon towers again dominate the views and ridge tops.Towers could be seen from the

back roads in the most unexpected places.If the towers are to be put upon

the Seneca Range a Vermonter or tourist will never be able to drive across northern Vermont and not see a tower. Will the state tourism guide depict pris-

tine towers amongst the foliage, with words, “Come see Vermont, a tower sighting virtually from every Kingdom road”? Will we have words proudly proclaiming how Vermont managed to bring global warning to the forefront of the world’s consciousness in four short years? I get the feeling they are laughing at us and elated

conform.Some Vermonters proclaim

that the towers are the saviors to global warming. Some Vermont-ers know they are being trampled upon and losing their mountains, their views and their identity. And the vast majority will be scratch-ing their heads and wondering what the hell just happened.

Dhyan Nirmegh

Starksboro

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MIDDLEBURY — David M. Marshall, 62, of Middlebury and formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa., died early Thursday morning, April 4, 2013, at his home.He was born on Dec. 27, 1950, in

Pittsburgh, Pa. After high school he enlisted in the United States Navy. He worked as a custodian for a reha-bilitation hospital in Harmarville, Pa., and later in the kitchen at UPMC St. Margaret. After moving to Middlebury he was a faith-ful volunteer at the Community Suppers at the Congregational Church in Middlebury.He is survived by his mother,

Jean Marshall of Middlebury;; his sisters, Helen Marshall of Englewood, Fla., and Bristol, R.I., and Margaret Carothers of New

Haven and her husband, Peter;; his nephew, R. Andrew Burtt of Hinesburg;; and his niece, Laura B. Hetherington of Preston, Conn.He was predeceased by his

father, Watson C. Marshall.A memorial service was held

on Saturday, April 6, at 1 p.m. at the Middlebury Congregational Church with Pastor Andrew Nagy-

private and at a later date.Arrangements are under the

direction of Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home.Donations in his memory

may be made to the Middlebury Community Care Coalition: Community Supper Fund, 27 Pleasant St., Middlebury VT 05753.

VERGENNES — Edward Robert Tasko, a Vermont resident for the last 21 years, passed away at the Burlington Health & Rehab Center on April 1, 2013, at the age of 82.Edward, known as Bob to family

and friends, was predeceased by his son Richard;; his mother, Dorothy;; and his father, Edward.Bob is survived by his loving

wife of 60 years, June. They were married in South Bend, Ind., on June 1, 1952.Bob is affectionately remem-

bered by his son William and daughter-in-law Janice, his daugh-ter Marcia and son-in-law Peter, his grandson Jared and granddaughters Susannah, Sarah and Rebeccah, his great-granddaughter Kaya and great-grandson James. He will be remembered fondly by his brother-in-law Jared and sister-in-law Marcia and many nieces and neph-ews. Bob also leaves behind broth-ers David and Michael and sisters

Beverly and Lois.Bob was born in New Britain,

Conn., in 1930. He graduated

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in the United States Navy and was stationed in Jacksonville, Fla. Bob worked for various Department of Defense contractors and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. He supported these employers as a nuclear physicist and geophysicist.Bob enjoyed growing fruits and

vegetables in his many backyard gardens, landscaping his homes,

Mountain Lake, N.Y. Bob loved

and classical music.The family will have a celebra-

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community, round-table discussions that focused on challenges faced by the farm-to-school movement, awards for students and educators, and a “local foods feast” with a menu invented and prepared by stu-dent teams from the Addison County Jr. Iron Chef competition.The participants heard from

MAUHS sophomores Izzy Moody and Louissa Rozendaal, who shared triumphs from the school’s com-posting initiative. Ruth Beecher, the fourth-grade teacher at Robin-son Elementary School, and Eug-enie Doyle, a Monkton farmer who started a pen pal correspondence with Beecher’s students about life on the farm, also gave presentations, as did Gay Truax, the meals director at Salisbury Community School. Also presenting were Billy Con-

nelly, a member of the Mary Ho-gan Elementary School board, and Suzanne Young, a Child and Adult Care Food Program coordinator at Mary Johnson Children’s Center.“Ten years ago these conversa-

tions weren’t happening at all,” Truax said. “When we started our wellness program in Salisbury, there wasn’t a lot of discussion about this happening… It’s really fun to watch what’s happening to the kids.“They had a lot of ingrained ideas

about what food was and how it

came from a box. There’s a lot of money spent in our country on the box,” she added. “Being a small school we really wanted to show the kids and help them learn, to expose them to different ways of eating and you can’t, in my mind, do that with-out showing them where food comes from.”Participants also broke into small

groups to discuss initiatives and challenges that are common to many farm-to-school programs and to give people the opportunity to share ad-vice and insights. Group topics in-cluded recipe idea swaps, creative fundraising techniques, and ways that service learning programs might be developed on farms.After that, awards were given

based on nominations submitted by people from around Addison Coun-ty. The Student Entrepreneur Awards honored Middlebury Union High School’s Elizabeth Scott, a junior who launched a sustainable green-house project, and Vergennes Union High School junior Ethan Gevry, for his work at his family’s Champlain Valley Farm. Gevry is now raising pigs, cattle and turkey and netted a contract with Black River Produce for pork.The Farm-to-School Inspiration

award went to Lynne Rapoport, a nutrition liaison to VUHS.“She’s a powerhouse for the farm-

to-school movement at Vergennes,” Calderon-Guthe said. “She does so many different things in so many

from everywhere.”“Our other nominees were doing

equally amazing things,” Calderon-Guthe added. She credited nomi-nee Jenn Staats, a para-educator at Middlebury’s Mary Hogan School, with spearheading farm-to-school initiatives in that school. She also made note of the dedicated work of the third nominee, Lisa Sprague, the food service manager at Vergennes Union Elementary School.After awards were doled out, par-

ticipants ended the day’s events with a feast of kale salad, root vegetable frittata, tofu burgers, soup and shep-herds’ pie prepared by teams of lo-cal students, whose recipes had won them recognition at last month’s Ad-dison County Jr. Iron Chef competi-tion.“As everyone left they had this

look on their face of, ‘OK, I’m gonna go out and do something!’” Calderon-Guthe noted. “It’s so good

having people know that the best resource in Addison County are the other people involved in this move-ment.”Reporter Xian Chiang-Waren is at

[email protected].

Schools (Continued from Page 1)

College on March 9 hosted “Elect

only nationwide program that trains collegiate women to run for and win student government elections. Mid-dlebury was one of 30 campus sites across the United States and Jamaica to receive a grant last fall to host the event. Over 50 students attended.Since 2008, the American As-

since 1881 one of the nation’s lead-ing voices promoting education and

-nization that brings young women

to encourage college women to run for student government. Building on their initial successes, the organiza-

-pus Women Win training program in 2010, and the effort is already show-ing results for college women.“We’re training women to bridge

the gender leadership gap by starting early,” said AAUW Executive Di-rector Linda D. Hallman, CAE. “By encouraging and supporting more women to be political leaders on their own campuses, we are helping to set them up for success in leader-ship roles later.”“Running Start is proud to part-

ner with AAUW in offering college women a leg up in running for stu-dent government. Programs like

-en feel comfortable with political power,” said Running Start President

and Founder Susannah Wellford Shakow. “We give college women the

and practical skills they need to run and win in their schools. We hope their experience will encourage them to con-sider running for public

-uate.” “There was never another young

woman running against me. In fact, of the three women currently serving in the Student Government Associa-tion (SGA), I am the only one who

ran opposed. There hasn’t been a female SGA president in 10 years,” said sopho-more Rana Abdelha-mid, who together with Karin Hanta, director of Chellis House, the college’s women’s re-source center, initially applied for the grant. Together with their

fellow organizers, sophomores Alex Strott and Mandy Kwan, Rana Abdelhamid and Karin Hanta suc-ceeded in bringing Kesha Ram, Ver-mont’s youngest legislator, and Alex

MacLean, Gov. Shumlin’s former campaign manager and deputy chief of staff, as guest speakers to the col-lege. Jessica Grounds, executive director of Running Start, led the workshop.Exercises included drafting an “el-

evator speech,” to teach participants to get their core message out with three or four sentences. Several of the students volunteered to perform them. Sophomore Naina Qayyum, a student from Karachi, Pakistan, spoke about her experience working with women’s health in Pakistan. She succinctly explained her reason for supporting her issue with the im-

promptu catechism, “The health of a woman is wealth of the nation.”And the workshop did have the

attendees running, as it were. In a mock election, the college women had to get as many votes as possible within 30 minutes. As they rushed all over campus, they received sig-natures from their colleagues. In the

received 75 endorsements from other students and a scholarship to attend the AAUW-sponsored National Conference for College Women Student Leaders to be held in Washington, D.C., from May 31-June 2.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE SOPHOMORE Naina Qayyum, at the recent Elect Her — Campus Women Win workshop, practices presenting her core message: “The health of a woman is wealth of the nation.”

VERMONT REP. KESHA Ram, left, and Alexandra MacLean, Gov. Shumlin’s former campaign manager, meet with Middlebury College students Alexandra Strott and Mandy Kwan at a March 9 conference teaching women how to run for and win student government elections.

Young women get leadership training

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women to bridge

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leadership gap

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calendarcommunityMONDAYApr

8 “The Diary of Anne Frank: From Page to Stage” lecture at Middlebury

College. Monday, April 8, 7:30-9 p.m., Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest. Info: 443-5935.

TUESDAYApr9 Senior luncheon and baseball

history presentation in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 9, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Russ

Sholes Senior Center. Rudi Haerle presents “Spring Is Almost Here, It’s Time for Baseball: History and Collecting,” followed at noon by a lunch of top round of beef with gravy, mashed potatoes, peas and mushrooms, oatmeal bread and carrot cake. Suggested donation $4. Bring your own place setting. Reservations required by April 5: 1-800-642-5119, ext. 634. Free transportation via ACTR: 388-1946.

Behind-the-Scenes Lunch and Discussion at Middlebury College. Tuesday, April 9, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Wright Memorial Theater. Hear a discus-sion with cast, crew members and the audience about the upcoming production of “Undressing Cinderella: A Festival of New Plays.” Lunch is free to college ID holders; community donations are accepted. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168.

Culinary herbs presentation in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 9, 1-2 p.m., Ilsley Library. The Middlebury Garden Club welcomes past president Shari Johnson, who will discuss culinary herbs. Free. Refreshments served. Info: 388-4095.

Garden club meeting in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 9, 1-2 p.m., Ilsley Library. The Middlebury Garden

who will demonstrate how to create a simple spring arrangement. Then club member and profes-sional photographer Maggie Nocca will give a photographic tour of the Gardens of Wales. Free. Refreshments served. Info: 388-4095.

College. Tuesday, April 9, 4:30-6 p.m., Franklin Environmental Center, Orchard 103. Libby Jewett,

With Oysters?” The talk discusses how the rise in atmospheric CO2 is already causing harm to marine ecosystems.

The Harlem Superstars comedy basketball team in Bristol. Tuesday, April 9, 6:30-9 p.m., Mount Abraham Union High School gymnasium. The Harlem Superstars play against the Bristol Dream Team, made up of the Mount Abe coaching staff

Family fun, trick shots, dunks, music, dancing and an interactive halftime show. Advance tickets $8, available at Martin’s Hardware and the school

this will be a sellout.

WEDNESDAYApr10 “Maple Sugaring Memories”

program in Lincoln. Wednesday, April 10, 10 a.m.-noon, Lincoln Library.

Linda Barnard leads this “Walk Down Memory Lane” presentation of the Lincoln Library Senior Program. Corresponds with the library’s current display on maple sugaring. Refreshments served. Info: 4530-2665.

Gallery talk in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 10, noon-1 p.m., Henry Sheldon Museum. Bill Brooks, executive director of the Sheldon, will lead a talk on items from the museum’s current exhibit, “Treasures from the Sheldon.” Info: 388-2117 or www.henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Rural Vermont annual celebration in Vergennes. Wednesday, April 10, 6:30-9 p.m., Vergennes Opera House. Rural Vermont supporters from around the state gather for a special evening featuring keynote speaker Philip Ackerman-Leist of Green Mountain College. Finger food potluck, wine

223-7222 or [email protected]. School safety community conversation in Bristol. Wednesday, April 10, 6:30-8 p.m., Mount Abraham

Union High School large cafeteria. Five-town resi-dents are invited to come get updates from Bristol Police Chief Kevin Gibbs and ANeSu Super intendent David Adams on the school safety c o n v e r s a t i o n . Small- and large-group discussions on the current sense of student safety, options that contribute to student safety and what we envi-sion for enhanced student safety in school and in the community.

“Wyeth’s Space” poetry reading and presentation in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 10, 7-9 p.m., Ilsley Library. Cornwall poet Gary Margolis will read poems from his latest collection, a book that responds to paintings by Andrew Wyeth in Maine and Pennsylvania. Slides of the paintings will be shown. Info: 388-4095.

Book discussion group in Lincoln. Wednesday, April 10, 7-9 p.m., Lincoln Library. This month’s book: “The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. Info: 453-2665.

Historical society presentation in Ferrisburgh. Wednesday, April 10, 7-8:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Historical Society, Route 7. Silas Towler will review the discoveries buried within an 1842-1843 credit account book for the general store that once stood on the Ferrisburgh town green. Free. All are welcome.

Mount Abe Family Swim in Bristol. Wednesday, April 10, 7:30-9 p.m., MAUHS pool. Cost: $5 per family, $2 per individual. Info: 363-5877.

“Undressing Cinderella: A Festival of New Plays” on stage at Middlebury College. Wednesday, April 10, 8-10 p.m., Wright Memorial Theater. Kicking off Middlebury’s inaugural New Play Festival, playwrights from around the nation have turned the Cinderella tale upside down, writ-ing short plays using any character other than Cinderella as the main focus. Two different play selections: Program A to be presented April 10 and 12; program B to be presented April 11 and 13. Tickets $12/10/6. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168.

Zolotoj Plyos in concert at Middlebury College. Wednesday, April 10, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. The popular ensemble Zolotoj Plyos

Russian folk songs and instrumental music as well as demonstrations of traditional and newly impro-vised instruments. Children will love it! Free and open to all. Info: 443-5532.

THURSDAYApr11 Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury.

Thursday, April 11, 8-10 a.m., Otter View Park and Hurd Grassland. A monthly

OCAS-MALT event, inviting community members to help survey birds and other wildlife. Meet at Otter View Park parking area, corner of Weybridge Street and Pulp Mill Bridge Road. Shorter and longer routes possible. Leader: Ron Payne. Come for all or part of the walk. Beginning birders welcome. Info: 388-1007 or 388-6829.

Church rummage sale in North Ferrisburgh. Thursday, April 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church. Continues April 12 and 13.

Senior luncheon in Bristol. Thursday, April 11, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Bristol Masonic Hall. CVAA spon-sors this favorite meal. Menu: shepherd’s pie, soup and salad, and dessert. Suggested donation $3. Reservations required: 453-4877. Transportation via ACTR: 388-1946.

Lecture on BPA/plastics and research at Middlebury College. Thursday, April 11, 4:30-6 p.m., Bicentennial Hall, Room 216. The Biology Department welcomes guest speaker Patricia Hunt of Washington State University with a talk

Credibility: When a Scientist Collides With Industry and the Media.” Info: www.middlebury.edu/academics/bio/news. Free.

“Armchair Visit to China” presentation in Middlebury. Thursday, April 11, 5:30-7 p.m., Ilsley Library. Addison County resident Mike Norris will share stories and photos of his recent trip to

Community Crime Forum in Addison. Thursday, April 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Addison Central School. Addison residents are invited to an open discussion

about crime in the town of Addison. The group will brain-storm ideas on how to help law enforcement and themselves to be more aware, and determine if there is potential to start a neigh-borhood watch program. Visiting architect lecture at Middlebury College. Thursday, April 11, 7-9 p.m., Johnson Memorial Building, Room 304. Carl Fredrik Svenstedt, a Swedish-born, Yale-trained architect now based in Paris, presents “Built/Unbuilt.” Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168. Northeast Tenor Sax Summit in concert in Brandon. Thursday, April 11, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Brandon Music. A unique band comprised of several of

New England’s professional tenor saxophon-ists backed by a premium rhythm section. Part

admission $15; reservations encouraged. Info:

“Undressing Cinderella: A Festival of New Plays” on stage at Middlebury College. Thursday, April 11, 8-10 p.m., Wright Memorial Theater. Kicking off Middlebury’s inaugural New Play Festival, play-wrights from around the nation have turned the Cinderella tale upside down, writing short plays using any character other than Cinderella as the main focus. Two different play selections: Program A to be presented April 10 and 12; program B to be presented April 11 and 13. Tickets $12/10/6. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168.

FRIDAYApr12 “Off the Wall: Informal Discussions

About Art” at Middlebury College. Friday, April 12, 12:15-1 p.m., Museum

of Art. Middlebury College Museum of Art intern Adrian Kerester ’15, presents “Fabergé,” exploring Russia’s social history at the turn of the last century through an examination of Russian decorative arts and the culture of the ruling aristocracy. Followed by a light lunch in the lobby. Free to college ID card holders; community donations accepted. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168.

Church rummage sale in North Ferrisburgh. Friday, April 12, 1-6 p.m., North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church. Continues April 13.

Open dance class and lecture/demonstration at Middlebury College. Friday, April 12, 3-5 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. “What Is This Thing Called Improvisation?” Student dancers and musi-cians invite you to witness the process as they prepare for performances in early May. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168.

Spaghetti dinner in Bristol. Friday, April 12, 5-7 p.m., St. Ambrose Church.

Brain Injury Association support group meeting in Middlebury. Friday, April 12, 6-8 p.m., Hannaford Career Center, Charles Ave., Room A214. Offering survivors and family members, caregivers, friends and the community a place to access valuable resources and information about brain injury.

Tuesday of the month. Info: 877-856-1772. Spring Fling auction in Middlebury. Friday, April 12, 6-10 p.m., Middlebury American Legion. Eleventh annual silent and live auction that includes supper/

the Champlain Valley Christian School Capital

art, lawn and garden, recreation and technol-ogy, farm and automotive, maple syrup, jewelry, many “premium” items and more. Tickets $10 in advance, $12.50 at the door. Info: 877-6758.

Ballroom dance in Orwell. Friday, April 12, 7-10 p.m., Orwell Town Hall. The GFWC Fortnightly Club sponsors this event; $10 per person. DJ is John Danyew. Light refreshments will be served.

“Undressing Cinderella: A Festival of New Plays” on stage at Middlebury College. Friday, April 12, 8-10 p.m., Wright Memorial Theater. Kicking off Middlebury’s inaugural New Play Festival, play-wrights from around the nation have turned the Cinderella tale upside down, writing short plays using any character other than Cinderella as the

Starksboro screening

Starksboro Village Meeting House belfry replacement project.

‘I wish’TWO YOUNG BROTHERS separated by divorce embark on an odyssey to reunite

their family by wishing on the energy of a new bullet-train line. This moving and magi-

Middlebury College campus on Saturday, April 13, at 3 and 8 p.m.


calendarcommunitymain focus. Two different play selections: Program A to be presented April 10 and 12; program B to be presented April 11 and 13. Tickets $12/10/6. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168.

Senior piano recital at Middlebury College. Friday, April 12, 8-10 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Kaveh Waddell shares a program of Haydn, Schubert, Chopin and Debussy. Free. Info: 443-3168 or www.middlebury.edu/arts.

SATURDAYApr13 Green Mountain Club bike ride

in Addison County. Saturday, April 13, time and meeting place TBA. Cycle

miles. Helmet required. Contact Ave Haviland at (802) 496-6677 or [email protected] for meeting time and place.

Addison County. Saturday, April 13, 5 a.m.-3:45 p.m., on four local waterbodies. Fifth annual open-ing day tournament. Catch-and-release “paper” tournament to celebrate the opening day of trout season, hosted on the Middlebury, New Haven and Neshobe rivers and Otter Creek. Rules, regis-

New Haven River Anglers Association.

Saturday, April 13, 8-11 a.m., North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church. Bag day.

Saturday, April 13, 9 a.m.-noon, New Leaf Organics Farm, 4818 Bristol-Monkton Road. Free workshop titled “Forwarding Path and Skid Trail Closure.”

Lewis Creek Association. Rain or shine. No pre-registration necessary. No pets. Info: 453-7728 or www.familyforests.org.

Saturday, April 13, 10-10:45 a.m., Bixby Memorial Library. Call 877-2211 for more information.

Saturday, April 13, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library. Kids in grades 1-3 are invited to help build a miniature city in the library. Pre-registration required: 877-2211. Space limited to 15.

Saturday, April 13, 1-3 p.m., Leicester Senior Center. Refreshments will be served. All are invited.

Saturday, April 13, 2-4 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center. Art Cohn of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will give a presentation on the War of 1812.

Saturday, April 13, 3-5 p.m., Dana Auditorium. Two young brothers separated by divorce embark on an odyssey to reunite their family by wishing on the energy of a new bullet-train line. In Japanese with English subtitles. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168.

Saturday, April 13, 5-7 p.m., Crossroads Chapel, Route 7. All are welcome.

Saturday, April

Church. A buffet of roast turkey, mashed potatoes,

beverage. Cost $8 adults, $4 children. Takeout available. Info: 877-3150.

Contra dance in Cornwall. Saturday, April 13, 7-9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall. Lausanne Allen calling, with live music by Red Dog Riley. Cost $5 per person, $20 maximum per family. Info: 462-3722.

Middlebury College. Saturday, April 13, 7-8 p.m., Pepin Gymnasium. A lively show with lots of audi-ence participation. A fundraiser for the Middlebury Police Explorers. Tickets: $10 suggested donation. Info: [email protected].

Starksboro. Saturday, April 13, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Starksboro Town Hall, 2827 Route 116. A screen-

replacement project. Suggested donation $6 at the door, but any and all donations are appreci-ated. Refreshments for sale. Info: 453-3755 or 877-2262. Film is appropriate for ages 10 and older, or with parental guidance.

Saturday, April 13, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Burnham Hall.

Part of the Burnham Music Series.

Saturday, April 13, 8-10 p.m., Dana Auditorium. Two young brothers separated by divorce embark on an odyssey to reunite their family by wishing on the energy of a new bullet-train line. In Japanese with English subtitles. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168.

on stage at Middlebury College. Saturday, April 13, 8-10 p.m., Wright Memorial Theater. Kicking off Middlebury’s inaugural New Play Festival, play-wrights from around the nation have turned the Cinderella tale upside down, writing short plays using any character other than Cinderella as the main focus. Two different play selections: Program A to be presented April 10 and 12; program B to be presented April 11 and 13. Tickets $12/10/6. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168.

SUNDAYApr14 Sunday,

April 14, 7:30-10:30 a.m., Bristol American Legion. All-you-can-eat break-

fast buffet offered by the Bristol American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Cost $8 per person. Third Sunday of the month.

Sunday, April 14, 8-11 a.m., Salisbury Community School. Tickets $8 adults, $4 children 12 and under, available at

Fire Department. Sunday,

April 14, 8-10 a.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Eggs, hotcakes, French toast, bacon, sausage and more. Adults $8, seniors $7, kids 6-12 $6, kids

forget to bring your returnables to support the Youth Ministry bottle drive.

Middlebury College. Sunday, April 14, 4-6 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Natasha Koval Paden shows the many ways that the sonata form is given life and expression.

MONDAYApr15

Monday, April 15, 7-8:45 a.m., Weybridge Congregational Church.

Breakfast at 7 a.m., program 7:30-8:45. Monday, April 15, 10:30

-sors this monthly event for down-home cooking and friendly service. Menu TBA. Suggested dona-tion $5. Reservations required: 1-800-642-5119.

Salisbury. Monday, April 15, 7-8:30 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church. Helene Lang will present a one-woman show about Fisher, who wrote many books on child development and education and

Salisbury Public Library.

TUESDAYApr16

Middlebury. Tuesday, April 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Russ Sholes Senior Center. Middlebury residents Max and Lois Kraus share tales and photos of their trip. The presentation is followed at noon by a lunch of fried turkey breast, baked potato, California blend vegetables, wheat bread and peaches. Suggested donation $4. Bring your own place setting. Reservations required by April 12: 1-800-642-5119, ext. 634. Free transportation via ACTR: 388-1946.

Middlebury College. Tuesday, April 16, 4:30-6:30

p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 125. Brandon photographer Don Ross has been photographing quarries for over two decades. This talk is in conjunction with the Middlebury College Museum of Art’s current exhibition, “Nature Transformed: Edward Burtynsky’s

Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 443-3168.

Middlebury. Tuesday, April 16, 5-7 p.m.,

-zations that provide services and support to young children. Adult tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $5 children, available at Junebug, 5 Park St. Info: 388-1055.

Tuesday, April 16, 6-7 p.m., Ilsley Library. Kids are invited to drop in and enjoy a special evening story time complete with games and crafts. Hosted by the Middlebury College Page One Literacy program. Pajamas encouraged. Info: 388-4097.

WEDNESDAYApr17

Wednesday, April 17,

High School gym. A biannual exhibit featuring the work of all K-12 students in the district. This

of Nature in Human Design.” Area artisans will demonstrate their work throughout the day. A concert of choral and instrumental music by students in grades 5-8 will take place at 6:30 p.m. Exhibit continues April 18.

Wednesday, April 17, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Bristol American

baked stuffed chicken breast with rice and broc-coli, mashed potatoes, baby carrots, dinner roll and apple crisp with cream. Suggested donation $4 Bring your own place setting. Reservations required: 1-800-642-5119, ext. 610. Transportation via ACTR: 388-1946.

Wednesday, April 17, 7:30-9 p.m., MAUHS pool. Cost: $5 per family, $2 per individual. Info: 363-5877.

Wednesday, April 17, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main. Dennis Willmott from Left Eye Jump will provide lead guitar, bass and drums if you need backup or take a break and let you play. Bring your instrument and get ready to jam. Info: www.go51main.com.

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11, 5-7 p.m., 51 Main.

Sisters in Middlebury. Thursday, April 11, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Zack duPont Trio in Middlebury. Friday, April 12, 6-8 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Friday, April 12, 8-11 p.m., 51 Main.

Friday, April 12, 10 p.m.-midnight, Two Brothers Tavern.

Saturday, April 13, 4-7 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Saturday, April 13, 8-11 p.m., 51 Main.

Saturday, April 13, 10 p.m.-midnight, Two Brothers Tavern.

Sunday, April 14, 5-7 p.m., Rockydale Pizza.

Thursday, April 18, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Friday, April 19, 8-11 p.m., 51 Main.

Friday, April 19, 10 p.m.-midnight, Two Brothers Tavern.

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Thursday, 4/11, 5 – 7pmRepertoire spans from Zappa to Tommy Emmanuel, as well as his

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Snake Mountain Bluegrass& Connor Sisters

Thursday, 4/11, 8 – 10pmA local bluegrass band, will be joined by the Connor Sisters

The EnginesFriday, 4/12, 8 – 11pm

Saturday, 4/13, 8 – 11pmEverything from power-‐pop to

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Blues JamWednesday, 4/17, 8 – 10pmAll musicians and blues fans

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Nick MarshallThursday, 4/18, 8 – 10pm

Brent Thomas QuartetFriday, 4/19, 8 – 11pm

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Bach UnpluggedSaturday, 4/27, 6 – 7:30pm

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BY GREG PAHL

The Middlebury College Depart-ment of Theatre and Dance will present “Undressing Cinderella” at the inaugural Middlebury New Play Festival, beginning on Wednesday, at 8 p.m. in Wright Memorial The-atre.Playwrights around the country

were asked to turn the classic fairy tale inside out, using any character other than Cinderella as the main focus. Fourteen of the best submis-sions were selected for inclusion in the festival. Visiting Assistant Pro-fessor and alumnus Andrew Smith

provided the creative im-petus behind the New Play Festi-val, serving as artistic director.The plays

have been grouped into two distinct evenings of theater — Evening A and Evening B — to be presented in alteration on the four nights of the festival. For the Middlebury performances, 21 stu-

Performances of “Undressing Cin-derella” will take place Wednesday-Saturday at 8 p.m. each evening. Festival Evening A will be presented on Wednesday and Friday;; Festi-val Evening B will be presented on Thursday and Saturday. The running time for both evenings is under two hours. Tickets are $12 for the general

public. For tickets or informa-

TENOR SAX SUMMITAs part of the popular monthly

jazz series, Brandon Music wel-comes the Northeast Tenor Sax

The Northeast Tenor Sax Summit

Plays twist classic Cinderella fairy tale in new ways

‘UNDRESSING CINDERELLA’

FRIED DOUGHBOYS

CASIO BASTARD AT TWO BROTHERS TAVERN

is a unique band comprised of sev-eral of New England’s professional tenor saxophonists backed up by a premium rhythm section. With a sound that recalls the great jam ses-sions of the swing era and especially Woody Herman’s “Four Brothers,” this diverse ensemble demonstrates many approaches to playing jazz tenor saxophone.Though the lineup is ever evolv-

ing, the group has recently included saxophonists Richard Gardzina, Matt Langley, Charlie Jennison, Fred Haas and Jonathan Lorentz, with a rhythm section of bassist John Hunter and drummer Tim Gilmore. The group hopes to “pick up a few more tenor players on the road” and

invites professional tenor saxophon-ists to sit in. General admission is $15 and res-

ervations are encouraged. A dinner and show package

Venue is BYOB. For reservations call Brandon Music

-don Music is lo-

Club Road in Bran-don. More informa-tion can be found at www.brandon-music.net.TWO BROTHERS TAVERN

live musical performances this week at Two Brothers Tavern in Middle-bury. On Wednesday, the Open Mike

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

and older, free.

Brothers presents The Zack duPont Trio. The trio’s sound is contempo-rary folk with a twist of soul and blues. Reservations and walk-ins are welcome for this special dinner-hour show. There is a $3 cover charge.

Brothers presents Casio Bastard, a

$3 cover.At 4 p.m. on Saturday, there will

be a Happy Hour Show with Long-ford Row. This is one of the best-known and loved Celtic folk bands in their home state of Vermont. There is a $3 cover.

Hot Neon Magic takes to the Tav-ern’s stage. Simply put, Hot Neon

band. The Tavern is pleased to wel-come one of its favorite bands back

-mont Beer & Hard Cider Day. There is a $3 cover. For more information,

LIVE MUSIC AT 51 MAINThere will be four musical events

this week at Middlebury’s 51 Main. At 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dayve Huck-ett returns to the stage. Huckett’s

repertoire spans from Zappa to the Beatles and from Sting to Tommy Emmanuel, as well as his own original music on classical, steel string, and electric guitars.Then, at 8 p.m. on

Thursday, 51 Main will present Snake Mountain Bluegrass & The Connor Sis-ters. Snake Moun-tain Bluegrass, a local bluegrass band

tight harmony vocals, will be joined by The Connor Sisters, three young women from Addison County with a unique blend of “sister harmonies.”At 8 p.m. on Friday, The Engines

take to the stage. With acoustic and electric bass, saxophone, and trom-

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MAY 21 Take a trip this week if it will help you reach your goals. The change of scenery could give you an entirely new perspective on a situation that needs tackling.GEMINI: MAY 22-

JUNE 21 Think about adding some new skills to your résumé. It’s not that your job is in turmoil right now, but it always pays to be a step ahead when it comes to your career.CANCER: JUNE 22-

JULY 22 Just because everyone else is making changes doesn’t mean you have to at this time as well. If things are work-ing out, then let them stay as they are for a while.LEO: JULY 23-AU-

GUST 23 Don’t set limits on what you do. Changes at work mean you may

that require new skills. There’s a good chance you can master them.VIRGO: AUGUST

24-SEPTEMBER 22 Networking comes in all shapes and sizes. At-tend a fun function to put yourself in touch with new people and lead to encounters that can help your future.LIBRA: SEPTEMBER

23-OCTOBER 23 Don’t feel guilty if your opin-ion differs from others’. If you don’t agree with the consensus, then that is your opinion and your right.SCORPIO: OCTOBER

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CAPRICORN: DE-CEMBER 22-JANUARY 20 If you want to get real results this time, change your approach with a per-son who has been trouble-some in the past. You will get the knack of persua-sion.AQUARIUS: JANU-

ARY 21-FEBRUARY 18 Discuss issues from your past that you have yet to resolve. This is the week to “come clean” with a spouse or romantic part-ner or someone else close to you.PISCES: FEBRUARY

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bone, The Engines cultivate an out-standing musical range.Finally, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, the

Justin Levinson Trio will perform. Levinson is a singer/songwriter from Burlington renowned for a catalog of songs covering everything from power-pop to country to “feel-good heartbreak.”All ages, no cover. For additional

information visit www.go51main.com or phone 388-8209.QUARRY PHOTOS AT THTThe geometries and colors are oth-

erworldly. It takes a moment to realize that you’re looking not at an abstract painting, but at a high-resolution pho-to of an abandoned Vermont quarry. This is the work of Brandon photog-rapher Don Ross, whose photographs will be on display in the Jackson Gal-lery at Middlebury’s Town Hall The-ater through May 3.Ross has been photographing in

Vermont quarries for two decades. His work is exhibited widely and is held in numerous private and public collections, including at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.The THT exhibit features some of

his most recent work, including a se-lection of large-scale prints of quarry perspectives accessible only in win-ter. Also included is a cross-section of images created over the last 20 years, including black-and-white images from the 1990s.The Jackson Gallery is open from

Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.FRIED DOUGHBOYSThe Fried Doughboys will be per-

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sidemen join forces as a string trio to bring you Western swing, bluegrass, old-time country and American jazz standards. Freeman Corey plays on

Dono Schabner is on guitar and vo-cals (Rick and the Ramblers, Will Patton Ensemble), and award-win-ning singer-songwriter Colin Mc-

and vocals (The Stone Cold Roost-ers, Blue Norther). Covering songs from Bob Wills, the Stanley Broth-ers and Hank Williams, in addition to many of McCaffrey’s originals, the Fried Doughboys promise a great musical evening.Tickets are $8 adults, $6 seniors,

$3 kids and teens. Call 388-6863 for more info.INT’L FILM SERIES

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Koreeda.Two young brothers separated by

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more than an update of “The Parent Trap.”“I Wish,” in Japanese with Eng-

lish subtitles, will be shown at 3 and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street. It’s free.STUDENT PIANO RECITALMiddlebury College senior Kaveh

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recital. Waddell is a student of Diana Fanning. It’s free, and the public is welcome.SONATAS AT COLLEGEThere will be a performance by

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Saturday, April 20, and Saturday,

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about the recent facility bond vote

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“The Summer of Walter Hacks” on

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(See Walter Hacks, Page 16)


Walter Hacks” as their fundraising

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Senior LifestylesThink it through when charities come calling

Dancing is a great way toexercise and to socialize

losing weight gets harder

(See Weight control, Page 24)

By MARY CONLONThink no one uses regular mail or old-

fashioned landline telephones anymore? Think again. Especially when it comes to soliciting charitable contributions from senior citizens, a population known among fundraisers for three things: opening their mail, answering their phones and being generous and trusting with their money.

Sorting out the many organizations that call and send small gifts like labels, notepads and calendars with their requests for contributions can be challenging and very confusing. Many national organizations hire professional fundraisers who take a percentage of the contributions to cover their

names, then buy and sell lists of contributors

hired fundraisers are not) but do not qualify as charitable contributions for tax purposes.

organizations at all, but businesses interested in getting at your bank account in order to sell you marked-up questionable products.Combine this with recent research showing

that as people age, they become less able to

discern suspicious behavior, including from telephone solicitors. Aging Americans simply become more trusting at a time in their lives when they also become more generous.

giving be, especially in an age of aggressive mail and telephone campaigns? Veterans groups provide one example of running the

(See Contributions, Page 18)

(See Dancing, Page 21)

Contra dance lets you move at your own level

for many people regardless of age. While youngsters and young adults might be able to get away with a few extra pounds without

older adults carrying some extra weight might be putting their overall health at considerable risk.Shedding weight after the age of 50 is

not always easy. As a person ages, muscle mass tends to dwindle while body fat has a tendency to increase. Since fat burns fewer calories than muscle, weight gain as a person ages seems bound to happen. But that doesn’t mean such weight gain is inevitable. In fact, men and women willing

to make certain changes with regard to diet and exercise can shed pounds after 50 while preventing future weight gain.

calories as they age. For example, men and women in their 40s may need as many as 200 calories more per day than they will when they reach their 50s. Counting

women in their 50s and older who don’t think they can count calories can try to eat more low-calorie foods like fruits, vegetables and whole grains.Consuming fewer calories often requires

changing dietary habits, not only with re-

By CHRISTY LYNN

celebrated source of socialization, exercise and simple fun, can be a great outlet for people of all ages.In Addison County, opportunities to go

out dancing may be more plentiful than you think. Community centers and town halls have for many decades offered public dances, often contra dances, swing dances or square dances. One of the most wonderful qualities of

dancing is that “you can come and engage at whatever energy level you feel is appropriate for you,” says Kristin Bolton, one of the organizers of a monthly contra dance series offered at the Cornwall Town Hall. So even if you’re not up for the fast-paced

salsa, or polka, you can wait a song or two and join back in for a waltz. Many seniors have been dancing their

whole lives, Bolton acknowledges, which allows them to celebrate an activity they have

enjoyed for many years. Bolton, who also works at Elderly Services,

has been organizing the contra dance series at Cornwall Town Hall for close to three years with her husband, Andrew Munkres, and their “old time” band, Red Dog Riley. She says that part of the appeal for seniors

the variety of participants at the events. “There is often a core group of mature

dancers,” Bolton says, “but there is always a surprising mix of people who show up. “There aren’t a lot of events in the

community where you get such a multi-generational mix of people.” For seniors, the positive energy of live

music, dancing and buzz of new people offers an easy way to stay optimistic about life.Contra dancing events are usually

informal and open to anyone who shows up. Dancing skills and a strong memory for all the steps and sequences are not required,

last Thursday morning. The class puts seniors through stretch-ing, aerobic and small-weight workouts.


PAGE 18 — Senior Lifestyles

gamut from worthy use of donations to heavy use of donations for fundraising to outright scams. The confusion is understandable when one looks at the names of three out of many organizations: Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) and Disabled Veterans of America (DVA).Using Charity Navigator, an online

how they spend their money on programs and fundraising, we learn that the DAV spends more than 90 percent of its money on its programs and less than 5 percent on fundraising — an admirable ratio. The PVA, according to Charity Navigator, spends nearly 60 percent of its money on fundraising and less than 35 percent on programs. And the Disabled Veterans of America does appear to exist, but in November, a Michigan man was sent to prison for using the name and soliciting donations by phone.Another area of confusion is the professional

associations that hire out-of-state telemarketers to do their fundraising by phone. These include, for example, the unions representing

While one can debate the merits of these Vermont organizations using paid fund-raisers, many people who receive the telemarketing calls do not readily realize that these organizations are unions and contributions to them are not tax-deductible, even though that is stated in the pitch for donations or follow-up

Contributions(Continued from Page 17)

(See Charities, Page 19)

Most caregivers will know what you’re talking about! The elder needing supervision often says, “My family can take care of me,” or “I’m fine by myself.” As the caregiving adult child you are prob-ably hesitant to insist that your parent accept new help. You might say, “I feel guilty leaving Mom with someone else, like I’m being selfish.”

The decision to begin “paid help” is a major one for a family. In our opinion, most families wait way too long. Adult children can be-come frustrated and irritable. Homebound elders can suffer bore-dom and loneliness.

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mailings.What can a person do to keep

charitable giving from turning from a joy to a chore and to protect themselves from scams? Here are a few suggestions:

streamline your giving. Those areas could be a few local organizations you know well and just a couple national organizations in your interest area. Discard and decline solicitations from others.

are several guides available in print and online that rate charities for their use of donations. Online help can be found at charitynavigator.org or charitywatch.org. Each has a simple

without online access, a printed

with membership in the American Institute of Philanthropy, P.O. Box 578460, Chicago, IL 60657.

Many organizations try to look

in their marketing, sometimes even making an envelope look like a bill, a renewal or membership dues that you owe.

or relative to review charitable requests with you (they can even do the background checks online) or get together with friends to open the

envelopes together. Often a second

Some national organizations will increase their requests the more you respond. It can be confusing and you may forget that you just made a gift last month. Never give a gift without

budget. Think about your interest areas, including geographic interest. Many national organizations inundate you with mail and phone calls and without intending to, you may end up giving more to them than to organizations in your local area.

the phone to someone soliciting money – not credit card numbers and especially not bank account information, most notably the numbers from the bottom of a check. Any reputable organization will respect your wishes to only receive information by mail.

phone calls, tell each caller to remove your name from their list. The government Do Not Call list made an exemption for charitable organizations, so the organizations must be told individually.Editor’s note: Mary Conlon of

Cornwall is a daily money manager and member of the American Asso-ciation of Daily Money Managers.

Charities(Continued from Page 18)

(See Upside, Page 20)

(MS) — The standard for people entering their golden years has

seen as a positive. But increasing perks for seniors have made it more advantageous for older adults to be proud of their age.It used to be that a senior discount

meant a reduced fare on the bus or a couple of cents saved on that morning cup of coffee. However, as more of the Baby Boomer generation enters retirement years,

active lifestyles with discounts and perks in a variety of ways.“It pays to do a little research,

especially at stores where you shop

store manager in New York. “They

but many stores do have a policy for

Discounts may vary by franchise

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Upside(Continued from Page 19)

inquire with customer service or the manager

about age requirements and the percentages off

purchases. Stores like Kohl’s offer discounts

on a certain day of the week. Other businesses

may have a standard percentage that they take

off regardless of the day or time the purchases

are being made. Dunkin Donuts, KB Toys,

Banana Republic, and many other retailers

offer anywhere from 10 to 15 percent off on

purchases. That can add up to considerable

savings, especially for older adults living on

And individuals need not be retirement age

to reap store perks. Some businesses offer

discounts for customers over the age of 62.

Many others start the cutoff at 50 to 55. The

sooner they can start saving.

Stores aren’t the only ones offering

perks to seniors, either. Discounts may be

transportation. Reduced rates on hotel rooms,

car rentals and other travel industry items are

also available.

Community services may be made possible

for seniors as well, including low- or no-cost

may have discounted programs for seniors,

and therapy. Anyone age 50 and up is eligible

for enrollment in AARP, which boasts its own

collection of discounts and recommended

businesses.

Let’s not forget senior housing, which

has evolved way beyond the retirement

communities of the past. Today’s senior

living facilities often boast state-of-the-art

for shopping, recreational activities, and

much more in addition to the steeply reduced

purchase price for a home. Retirement homes

are often several thousand dollars cheaper

than an on-par house of similar size sold to a

younger buyer.

Before anyone 50 years or older pays full

price when shopping, dining out or traveling,

he or she should investigate whether there are

discounts in place that can quickly add up to

savings.

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Dancing(Continued from Page 17)

as the caller dictates each move throughout the

dance.

The music is typical of old-time Appalachian

organize a contra dancing series at Holley Hall in

is restarting the contra dance series at Holley Hall.

dance, can help keep spring in your step and a

smile on your face.

“Dancing is an important thing for the senior

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(MS) — Though many people are delaying retirement, the day will still come when they leave their jobs behind and retire. Retirement can

some getting used to, but it can also prove an exciting time, especially for those who planned ahead to ensure their retirement was a time to be cherished and not feared.Whether retirement is

right around the corner or still a decade or so away, men and women should consider several

their retirement years are an enjoyable time that allows them to live life to the fullest.

because you’re no longer

you won’t have income.

retirement accounts and perhaps

are just a few ways retirees can earn an income. Though your retirement

full-time, estimate what that income will be so you can get at least an idea of how much will be coming in each month.

have an idea of what’s coming in, estimate how much will be going out each month. Certain costs

cost of commuting and maintaining a professional wardrobe, can be removed from the ledger. But other expenses, including utilities, car payments and possibly even a mortgage payment, will still need to be made.

of your projected income and your expenses during retirement, you can get

budget to show you what you will need to live on during retirement.

at retirement as the end of one career and the beginning of another.

As retirement draws closer, men and women might want to consider turning an interest or passion into a second career. Such a move might

enough things to pass the time that many people have with regard to retirement.

your retirement years is another thing to consider before the big day

prefer to stay in your own home? Do you want to relocate to a warmer climate or move to another country? Do you want to move closer to your children and grandchildren? Do you want to split your time

village something you might be

is different, and each requires a

carefully consider where you want to spend your retirement and then

wishes a reality.

or government-sponsored programs

costs, which typically increase as a

person ages. There are various ways to prepare for the medical costs that might arise during retirement, and the earlier you start that preparation the less stressful paying for medical care

Retirement should be an exciting time for men and women, especially for those who have spent years planning their retirement to ensure it’s as enjoyable as possible.

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gard to what you’re eating but also how you’re eating and even how you shop for food. Men and women used to dining out for lunch ev-ery day can start bringing their own lunches so they can gain greater control of their daily

-quently too exhausted to cook each night, they can prepare meals in advance to have healthy, homemade meals waiting instead of always or-dering takeout or delivery. When shopping for food, people should avoid doing so on an emp-ty stomach so they’re less inclined to buy un-healthy snacks.Exercise — Exercise is another

essential component to shedding pounds after 50, though men and women over 50 should always consult a physician before they begin a new exercise regimen. The Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention points out that regular exercise can help older men and women prevent the onset of a host of ail-ments, including heart disease and diabetes. In addition, the CDC notes that regular physical ac-tivity as one ages helps muscles grow stron-ger, which increases the chances that an individu-al will be able to perform necessary daily activities without the assistance of others. Maintaining that independence into older adulthood is a goal for

many men and women, and it’s a goal that’s far more realistic for men and women who exer-cise than it is for those who don’t.When coupled with a healthy, low-calorie

diet, routine exercise can help men and women over 50 shed extra weight and keep the weight off once it’s gone. According to the CDC, older adults need at least two hours and 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity, such as brisk walking, every week and muscle-strength-ening activities on 2 more days a week. These

muscle-strengthening activities should work all the major muscle groups, including the legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders, and arms. Muscle-strengthen-ing activities include lift-ing weights, working out with resistance bands, ex-ercise such as push-ups and sit-ups that use body weight for resistance, and yoga. Even gardening that

involves digging and shovel-ing can be considered a muscle-strengthening ac-tivity.Weight gain is often

an expected side effect of aging. But men and women don’t have to gain weight as they get older. Some simple di-etary changes and a com-mitment to routine exer-cise is all it takes to shed weight after 50 and keep that weight off once it’s gone.

Weight control(Continued from Page 17)

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Going green helps the environmentand can also help with your wallet(MS) — The senior demographic is quite

possibly the best generation to emulate when

trying to live an environmentally responsible

lifestyle. That’s because so many of the

guidelines for being green are concepts that

have been a part of seniors’ lives for decades.

A portion of today’s seniors

grew up during the Depression,

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survival strategies. In a time when

money was scarce, many people

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were dealt, stretching dollars

concepts associated with today’s

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employed during the Depression.

The behaviors of an elderly

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have seemed eccentric or odd at

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FERRISBURGH — The Fer-risburgh Central School Nutrition Education Committee continues to work to provide healthy foods and foster a healthy environment for the staff and students at the school. The committee has been focusing on new and innovative ideas for the school to inte-grate the tenets of healthy foods into its curriculum. One of the projects has been the creation of a mobile cooking cart that will help introduce nutri-tion education into classrooms. This will enable students to learn how to cre-ate healthy meals. FCS is in need of certain items for the cart and is asking the public for do-nations. Please call the school at 877-3463 for the list of items needed. FCS asks that the items would be gently used and not dam-aged in anyway and please, no drop-offs. Stay tuned for more news of the activities of the FCS Nutrition Education Team.The next FCS board meeting is

on Thursday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m. in the FCS gym. Parents and the public are encouraged to attend and learn participate in planning for Ferrisburgh Central School’s 2013-2014 school year. It is an op-

portunity for the faculty, parents and community members to come together and offer suggestions and insight to the school board. In-volvement is always encouraged and appreciated. The YMCA is offering a vaca-

tion camp during the April school vacation at Fer-risburgh Central School. The camp will run from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. dur-ing the week of April 22. The “Y” is planning fun ac-tivities for every age, including art projects and many outdoor activities — so let’s hope for lots of April sunshine. Call 802-862-9622 or email www.gbymca.org for more informa-tion or to sign up.The FCS Four

Winds program has been serving the students over this past school year. This is a science and environmental education program

that is facilitated by trained vol-unteers who are parents or com-munity residents. The $2,600 for training and materials that sup-ports Four Winds is from a gener-ous mini-grant from the FCS PTO and the Four Winds Organization. The topic for March was “Winds Aloft” and this month’s topic is “Earth and the Environment.” If

you are interested in becoming a Four Winds volunteer, please call the school at 877-3463 for infor-mation about training. No previous specialized education is necessary — they’ll assist you with what you need to know. Consider the summer Adven-

ture Camp 2013 for your child this year. Come join other youth from the district who are entering into grades 5-8 for team building games, problem solving, and use of the low and high ropes course at Vergennes High School during the week of June 17-21. The daily

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tion, including the waiver form, on the website, VUHS.org, or you can email Sarah Cook at [email protected] with any questions.Share your summer with a child

from the inner city. Are you look-ing for a new summer experience for your son or daughter? This summer, the Fresh Air Fund needs more host families to carry on its great summertime tradition of sharing the joys of small-town and country life with youngsters from

New York City. As a host family with the FAF, your child will form lasting friendships and make new discoveries about themselves and the greater world. And with your help, a New York City child will experience the thrill of swimming in lakes, running barefoot through grassy meadows and making new

about becoming a volunteer host family, please call your local FAF chairperson, Marion Sullivan, at 802-877-3028;; talk to Teresa Smith at VUHS;; or visit the web-site at www.freshair.org.

Summary of key eventsin our community: April 11-13: Rummage

Sale at the North Ferris-burgh Methodist Church April 11: FCS School

Board MeetingApril 13 at 2 p.m.: Art

Cohn presents on the War of 1812 at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center, hosted by the Fer-risburgh GrangeApril 16-18: Fine Arts

Festival at the Vergennes Union Middle/High School with Ferrisburgh student participationApril 22-26: FCS/

YMCA vacation campApril 27: Release Party

for Daniel Lusk’s poetry about Lake Champlain at Phoenix Books in Burling-ton


MONDAY

SPORTS

COLLEGE SPORTS

Women’s Lacrosse

4/3 Midd. vs. Hamilton ......................... 11-6

4/6 Midd. vs. Amherst ...........................13-4

4/7 Midd. vs. Tufts .................................15-8

Men’s Lacrosse

4/6 Midd. vs. Amherst .......................... 10-8

4/7 Tufts vs. Midd. .............................. 14-13

Baseball

4/3 Norwich at Midd. ............................ Ppd.

4/5 Amherst vs. Midd. ...........................11-0

4/6 Amherst vs. Midd. ........................... 4-3

4/6 Amherst vs. Midd. ......................... 11-1

Softball

4/4 Midd. vs. Union ................................. 7-1

4/4 Midd. vs. Union ............................... 10-2

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middle-

bury College women’s lacrosse team is unquestionably on a roll after cap-ping off a 3-0 week by defeating visit-ing NESCAC foe Tufts, 15-8, on Sun-day, a day after knocking off Division III’s 10th-ranked team, Amherst, 13-4, also at home.The No. 3 Panthers improved to 10-

0, 7-0 in NE-SCAC play, a mark that also includes a Wednesday win at another league oppo-nent, Hamil-ton, 11-6.But as hap-

py as long-time Panther coach Missy Foote is with her team’s play, she also knows the P a n t h e r s ’ two tough-est games re-main: At un-defeated No. 1 Trinity this coming Sat-urday, and on April 20 at Colby, which lost for the

-day, 8-4.A deep breath and a tune-up this

week is in order, Foote said.“For the Trinity matchup on Sat-

urday, we need to be rested, so that’s going to be our focus this week,” she said. This past weekend, Foote said the

Panthers played better on Saturday vs. Amherst (6-3, 3-3 NESCAC) than vs. Tufts (5-4, 2-4 league) in the second

they still managed to run off seven un-answered goals to stretch an 8-5 half-time lead to 15-5 before Tufts scored

“It was a pretty typical back-to-back game for us, where we played hard yesterday. It was a good win against

mid-game I could tell we were strug-gling a little bit with our tired legs.”Certainly, the Panthers will have a

few things going for them on Saturday heading into Trinity, which is coached by former Panther and Middlebury Union High School all-star Kate Perine Livesay.One is the number of weapons they

have on offense. Middlebury has out-scored its 10 opponents , 152-64;; sev-en players have at least 10 goals;; and six have at least seven assists, led by senior attack-er Ellen Halle (33 goals, 19 assists) and senior mid-

-garet Souther (23G, 9A).That offen-

sive balance

on Sunday. Three Pan-thers scored three goals apiece, Halle,

freshman middie Laurel Pascal and senior attacker Emma Kramer;; while two had two each, sophomore mid-die Katie Ritter and junior middie Liza Herzog. And the Panthers’ crisp ball movement could be seen in their eight assists, two each from Ritter and Souther. Souther and freshman Megan

“That’s one of the hallmarks,” Foote said. “We’ve got a lot of people who can put the ball in the goal … We’ve got players who even if they’re not scoring who can handle the ball.”The Panthers also control draws.

They have won 90 of 144 on the sea-son, with sophomore Cat Fowler tak-ing most of the draws, and Herzog and Souther scooping them up. Vs. Tufts, Middlebury won 18 of 24, including several in a row as they stretched their

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE FRESHMAN LAUREL Pascal, above, scores one of her two goals against Amherst Saturday afternoon. Above right, Middlebury Union High School grad and Panther freshman Chrissy Ritter is checked off the ball by two Amherst defenders. Middlebury won the game, 13-4.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Panther lax is off toa blazing start at 10-0

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The Middlebury College softball team improved to 11-6 with a two-game sweep at Union on Thursday, 7-1 and 10-2. It was the Panthers’ turn to take the

weekend off from NESCAC West play, in which they have a 2-1 mark. Middlebury is scheduled to play a Wednesday doubleheader at Skidmore and then return to league play with a

three-game set at Hamilton on Friday and Saturday.On Thursday, shortstop Jessa Hoff-

man tied the program record with two

RBIs and four runs. In game one, the Panthers took a

homered to left. Middlebury made it 2-0 in the third on an Emma Katz

single, a Kimber Sable walk and a Hoffman single. Union cut the lead to 2-1 with an unearned run off winning pitcher Elizabeth Morris, who limited Union to four hits. Middlebury responded with a three-

run fourth triggered by Sable’s solo shot. Jackie Stern doubled and scored on Jessica Poracky’s single, and Car-lyn Vachow doubled Stern home to

BOARDScoreScoreCollege softball team sweeps Union

(See Lacrosse, Page 31)

(See Softball, Page 31)


MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY TELEVISION: P.O. Box 785, Middlebury, Vt. 05753

MCTV SCHEDULE Channels 15 & 16 Please see the MCTV website, www.middleburycommunitytv.org, for changes in the schedule; MCTV events, classes and news; and to view many programs online. Submit listings to the above address, or call 388-3062.

MCTV Channel 15Tuesday, April 9 4:30 a.m. Vermont Gas Meeting (Held April 5) 6:30 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 8 a.m. Congregational Church Service 9:30 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 10 a.m. Selectboard 11:30 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 1 p.m. Development Review Board (DRB)/ Public Affairs from the Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) 4 p.m. Chronique Francophone 4:30 p.m. Vershire Bible Church Service 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Selectboard 9:30 p.m. Vermont Gas Meeting (Held April 5) 11:30 p.m. Railroad Overpass Bridge MeetingWednesday, April 10 12:30 a.m. Governer’s Proposed Budget/ From the VMX 5 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 6:30 a.m. Mid East Digest 7:30 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 9 a.m. Vermont Workers’ Center 10 a.m. Selectboard Noon DRB 2 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 3:30 p.m. Mid Energy Update 4 p.m. Salaam Shalom 5 p.m. Words of Peace 5:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 6 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 7 p.m. Public Affairs from the VMX 8 p.m. Vermont Gas Meeting (Held April 5) 10 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 11:30 p.m. Vermont Workers’ CenterThursday, April 11 4:30 a.m. Vermont Gas Meeting (Held April 5) 6:30 a.m. Salaam Shalom 7:30 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 10 a.m. Vershire Bible Church 11:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone Noon Selectboard/Public Affairs from the VMX 4 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 5:30 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6 p.m. Mid Energy Update

6:30 p.m. DRB 8:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 9 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 9:30 p.m. Vermont Gas Meeting (Held April 5)Friday, April 12 4:30 a.m. Public Affairs from the VMX 5:30 a.m. Railroad Overpass Bridge Meeting 6:37 a.m. DRB 8:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 10 a.m. Selectboard Noon Legislative Breakfast 3:30 p.m. Lifelines 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 5:30 p.m. Community Bulletin Board/Public Affairs 7:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 8 p.m. Public Affairs 10 p.m. Mid East Digest 11 p.m. Railroad Overpass Bridge MeetingSaturday, April 13 4:30 a.m. Public Affairs from the VMX 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 Noon Legislative Breakfast 1:15 p.m. Public Affairs 3:30 p.m. Mid Energy Update 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 5:30 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6 p.m. Railroad Overpass Bridge Meeting 8:30 p.m. Vermont Gas Meeting (Held April 5) 10:30 p.m. Salaam Shalom 11:30 p.m. Public Affairs from the VMXSunday, April 14 5:30 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 7 a.m. Words of Peace 7:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 8:30 a.m. Community Bulletin Board 9 a.m. Catholic Mass 9:30 a.m. Mid Energy Update 10 a.m. Public Affairs from the VMX 11 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 1 p.m. Vershire Bible Church Service 2:30 p.m. For the Animals

3 p.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace 4 p.m. Congregational Church Service 5:30 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6 p.m. Vermont Workers’ Center 6:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 7 p.m. Catholic Mass 7:30 p.m. Mid Energy Update 8 p.m. Railroad Overpass Bridge Meeting 10 p.m. Words of Peace 10:30 p.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace 11:30 p.m. Community BulletinBoard/Public AffairsMonday, April 15 5 a.m. Public Affairs 8:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9 a.m. Lifelines 10 a.m. Selectboard 12 p.m. DRB 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. Community Bulletin Board/Public Affairs 7:30 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 11 p.m. Development Review Board (DRB)METV Channel 16Tuesday, April 9 5 a.m. Sister Helen Prejean: Dead Man Walking, the Journey Continues 6:30 a.m. First Wednesday 7:30 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 8 a.m. State Board of Education 12:30 p.m. ID-4 Board 3 p.m. Hannaford Career Center (HCC) Board 6 p.m. UD-3 Board 9 p.m. First Wednesday 10 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 10:30 p.m. State Board of Education Wednesday, April 10 5 a.m. Carla Hannaford: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head 7 a.m. HCC Board 11 a.m. UD-3 Board 12:20 p.m. ID-4 Board 3 p.m. Carla Hannaford: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head 5 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 6:30 p.m. ID-4 Board

7 p.m. ID-4 Annual Meeting 11:30 p.m. State Board of EducationThursday, April 11 8 a.m. State Board of Education 12:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 1 p.m. ACSU Board 4 p.m. From the College 5 p.m. First Wednesday/Local Performance 8 p.m. New England Review Reading Series 9:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 10 p.m. Otter Creek Audubon Society 11:30 p.m. Carla Hannaford: Why Learning Is Not All in Your HeadFriday/Saturday, April 12/13 5:30 a.m. King Lear 6:30 a.m. Awareness Theater 7 a.m. Hannaford Career Center (HCC) Board 9:15 a.m. UD-3/ACSU/ID-4 Boards 3:15 p.m. Vermont Youth Orchestra (VYO) Winter Concert 5:02 p.m. Awareness Theater 5:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 6 p.m. La Bohème 7:01 p.m. Otter Creek Audubon Society 8 p.m. VINS: Bats in Motion 10 p.m. First WednesdaySunday, April 14 6:10 a.m. Otter Creek Audubon Society: Albatross 7 a.m. VYO Winter Concert 9 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 9:30 a.m. Carla Hannaford: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head 11:15 a.m. First Wednesday/Local Performance 4 p.m. From the College 5:05 p.m. Awareness Theater 5:30 p.m. Otter Creek Audubon Society: Albatross 6:28 p.m. La Bohème 7:30 p.m. VYO Winter Concert 10 p.m. New England Review Reading Series 11:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 Monday, April 15 5:30 a.m. HCC Board 8 a.m. State Board of Education 12:30 p.m. ACSU/UD-3 Boards 4 p.m. First Wednesday 7 p.m. ID-4 Board 11:30 p.m. State Board of Education

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PANTHER SOPHOMORE KATIE Ritter scored a game-high three goals in Middle-bury College’s 13-4 win over Amherst Saturday. Ritter is a 2011 graduate of Middlebury Union High School.Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Lacrosse(Continued from Page 30)

Softball(Continued from Page 30)


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VERGENNES — Vergennes American Legion Post 14 announces that the theme for this year’s Memorial Day parade, to be held on Monday, May 27, will be “Honor and Remember.”Legion Post 14 annually spon-

sors the two-mile parade, the largest in the state, to honor those

the service of this country. This year the parade committee will be chaired by Dennis Steady, who also serves as the commander of Post 14.The committee requests orga-

nizations or individuals wishing to participate in the parade to

notify the chairman by phone at 877-3216, by email at [email protected] or by sending a post card to Chairman, Memorial Day Parade, Post 14, 100 Armory Lane, Vergennes, VT 05491. Those using email are asked to put “Memorial Day Parade” in the subject line.

Vergennes Memorial Day theme

announced: ‘Honor and Remember’

THE VERGENNES Union Middle School marching band marches the two-mile route through Vergennes

in the 2012 Memorial Day Parade. The theme of this year’s parade, set for Monday, May 27, is “Honor and

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MIDDLEBURY — Otter Creek Child Center (OCCC) will hold its third annual Mud Run 5K and Tot Trot on Saturday, April 20. The race will begin and end at Otter Creek Child Center, 150 Weybridge St. The 5K will start at 8:30 a.m. The Tot Trot, a shorter race suitable for young children, will follow at 9:15 a.m. The course will take runners

around Otter View Park, through the neighborhood, and up the trail

along Otter Creek to OCCC’s backyard. All runners will receive a reusable Mud Run recovery

Vermont businesses.Proceeds from the Mud Run will

support Otter Creek Child Center,

early care and education center in Middlebury. Otter Creek Child Center has been serving chil-dren and families in and around Addison County since 1984. Otter

Creek is a play-based, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accred-ited, and Vermont 5 STAR center.To register for the race, runners

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registration form. Race day regis-tration will start at 7:30 a.m. at Otter Creek Child Center. Registration fees are $25 for adults, $15 for students ages 14-18, and $8 for the Tot Trot.

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Students of the Week from area High Schools

Otter Valley Students of the week receive a gift certificate from the Inside Scoop. Mt. Abe Students of the Week receive a free pizza from Cubbers. Students of the Week from ALL area high school will receive a gift certificate from Vermont Book shop.

Students of the Week are chosen by school teachers and administration.

Mount Abe Union High School

Cassie FancherM.A.U.H.S.

Mount Abraham Union High School is proud to announce its Student of the Week: Cassie Fancher. Cassie lives in New Haven with her parents, Janet Fancher and Randy Flint, and her cat, Delia. Her older sister, Tessa, is a graduate of UVM.

Cassie has been on high or highest honors throughout her high school career. She is a member of the National Honor Society, and has taken four AP classes, as well as an art history course at Middlebury College. In her junior year, she participated in the fall musical and was a part of the group Girls Learn International, promoting universal girls’ education. Last summer, she attended the Pratt Institute Pre-College program for drawing and painting, and in the fall she hung an art show at Mirabelle’s Cafe in Burlington. As a sophomore, Cassie attended the New England Young Writers’ Conference, and in her junior year she became a host student. She has also attended the Champlain College Young Writers’ Conference for the past two years, and will return in the spring.

Last summer, Cassie had a job teaching earth art through the Bristol Rec Department. She also volunteers through the National Honor Society. This semester she is in Personalized Learning, and she just returned from a six-week trip to Sri Lanka where she was working at Millennium Elephant Foundation, teaching English and working with elephants. Outside — and inside — of school, Cassie enjoys traveling, reading, writing, painting and yoga.

“In high school,” Cassie says, “I have learned the value of challenging myself, but I have also learned that education is a means to happiness, and should be adjusted accordingly. The best learning is done voluntarily. There are always opportunities available to learn about something — anything — that inspires true passion.”

Next year Cassie plans to study creative writing at either Hampshire College or Pratt Institute.According to one of her teachers, “Cassie has very clear ideas on what, and how, she likes to learn. She has the ability to take an idea

and craft an individual learning plan that allows her to reach her goals. … Cassie has never been afraid to take risks in search of greater knowledge. … She works incredibly hard in all areas, but cares more for meeting the vision she has for her learning, than in the grade she earns in the end.”

Josie Jordan says “Cassie is an astute, intelligent woman; she’s quite remarkable. Her good humor bubbles over, she doesn’t balk from a challenge or adventure, and she keeps a calm awareness of self and others as she nimbly seeks to maximize what life has to offer.”

All at Mt. Abraham wish Cassie the best in college and beyond.

Otter Valley Union High School

Reilly “Riles” GrangerO.V.U.H.S.

Otter Valley Union High School is proud to name Reilly “Riles” Granger its Student of the Week. Reilly lives in Pittsford with her parents, Brian and Lisa Granger, and her brother, Josh, a sixth-grader at Lothrop Elementary.

Reilly has been on the honor roll or merit list all four years. She took AP chemistry in grade 11 and is currently taking AP literature.

In ninth grade Reilly played softball. Sophomore year she joined the en-vironmental club and helped create a fully functional solar panel. Some of her artwork has been published in Echoes, Otter Valley’s newspaper of art, poetry, stories and photos. Since 10th grade she has been a participant in Otter Valley’s Walking Stick Theatre Program, doing tech, costume crew, and

its competition one-acts, and has directed two one-acts with friends.This summer Reilly will be on staff at Camp Betsey Cox, a camp she has at-

tended for seven years. Through the camp’s leadership program, Reilly traveled to Turkey in 2010 with 11 other girls with Volunteers for Peace.

Outside of school, Reilly practices karate and enjoys making art. She has been a student at Rising Sun Martial Arts since second grade. She earned her black belt in the summer of 2010 and continues to train. Reilly says, “Martial arts is more than a hobby to me, it’s a lifestyle that continues to grow and form in my life. Art has also been a large part of my life. Art for the sake of art, whether it be music, on a canvas, or spoken in words, I think it’s a very

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tion of the budget is expected to rise by only 0.82 percent, according to school administrators.The spending plan, according to

Mary Hogan Elementary Co-princi-pal Tom Buzzell, preserves all cur-rent education programs and adds 0.5 of a full-time teaching position for an expanded Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering and Math (STEM) program. This program, according to ID-4 school board Chairwoman Ruth Hardy, will provide increased science instruction for all students and more in-depth STEM oppor-tunities for students interested in math and science challenges. This will allow the school to offer more real-world applications for their learning, beyond merely reading about science and math concepts in textbooks. Pertinent props, experi-ments and demonstrations are to be increasingly woven into the curricu-lum. It is an approach that ID-4 of-

gain a better understanding of career opportunities at an earlier age.“I am pleased that the Mary Ho-

gan School board and administration

budget that features a modest spend-ing increase and an even more mod-est tax rate increase, while providing expanded educational opportunities and support for our growing number of students,” Hardy said.

-

compensated time for paraprofes-sionals, amounting to $25,500 in ad-ditional spending overall. This comes in conjunction with the board’s deci-

minutes, as allowed by the current teachers’ contract.

materials, at a cost of $9,000.-

cian services provided to some stu-dents through the Counseling Ser-

for various school improvements,

including landscaping;; and replace-ment of bathroom stalls, some furni-ture and carpets.

-opment.The school’s health insurance

terms of a new contract calling for

The proposed budget does not include a second-language (Span-ish) program that the ID-4 board had been discussing for the past few years. The board elected to take a pass on such a program, at an esti-

the greater focus on math and sci-ences.

implementation of a second-lan-guage program so that it can be done in concert with the other elementary

-pervisory Union.In an effort to boost student per-

formance, Mary Hogan Elementary -

provement plan for professional de-

velopment and for the purchase of instructional materials targeting stu-dent achievement for all enrollees.Per-pupil spending at Mary Hogan

Elementary remains comfortably

education funding law, according to Buzzell.Mary Hogan Elementary’s facili-

thanks to some projects performed last year. Those include updating of the school’s phone system, an im-proved paper recycling contract and a complete replacement of interior and exterior lights with more energy

electricity bills, Buzzell said.“I hope our community will sup-

port this responsible budget and the important work of our school,” Hardy said.In addition to the vote on the bud-

meeting features a request to place

an education reserve fund.The annual ID-4 meeting will be-

Middlebury(Continued from Page 1)

People with varied skills areneeded to support the poor

Bridging gaps, building futuresBy Jan Demers

Executive Director

of Economic Opportunity

I can still see the blond three-year-old boy standing before a low table with puzzle pieces covering the surface. Not just one puzzle but three puzzles with all their pieces mixed together. I watched in wonder as Jonah put the three separate puzzles together in short order. I don’t think I would have believed it if I hadn’t been there. My grandson loves puzzles.That is what I

think of when I con-sider the structure of the CVOEO board of directors. There are many pieces,

required and neces-sary. We have four

counties that need to -

dison, Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle. We have three

Low income, private and public. Each of these sectors comes to the board through a different process.L o w - I n c o m e

Sector representa-tives come to the board through a contested election

CVOEO services are eligible to vote in a weeklong election. The

board of directors. Low-Income Sector representatives don’t nec-essarily have to be low-income themselves but they do need to speak for those receiving services with a strong voice.Private Sector representatives

are nominated, recruited, recom-mended and approved through the present board members. They rep-resent private businesses and or-ganizations. They possess special skills that strengthen the CVOEO

-

ence. These are people like Jon

business to the board.Public Sector representatives

to speak for our communities through legislative or governmen-tal interests. These board mem-bers, after appointment, are then

-rent board of direc-tors. Colleen Smith

Public Sector rep-resentative. She is the sales manager for the Vermont Coffee Co. and Ver-mont Sweet Maple Kindling. She was appointed by Rep. Paul Ralston.Then inserted into

the mix is the “blue sky” outline that

a boundary to frame the entire puzzle. These positions are required by several of our programs. We must have an attorney, a person

current or former Head Start child and an early child expert.It is a complicated puzzle to put

together but when assembled it is creates a strong picture of gover-nance and representation of our community for the future of those we serve. We are looking for a Low-

Income Sector representative in -

ested in serving in this capacity? Nominations come from the com-munity. Your voice is appreciated in this process. Please contact Jan Demers at [email protected] or

nominate or self-nominate.


ing which she helped dispense the po-

lio vaccine to several young children.

It was Schnoor’s Rotary trip to In-

dia last year that inspired Brown to

embark on her own two-week odyssey

on Feb. 14. Schnoor had recounted his

experiences dispensing polio vaccine

in Rotary’s ongoing, so-far-successful

campaign to wipe the disease from the

face of the Earth. She acknowledged

having a few moments of trepida-

tion, given recent reports of violence

against women in India.

“I decided to go outside my comfort

zone and do it,” Brown

said. “Hearing (Jason)

talk and getting emo-

tional was something

that pushed me.”

Brown and her crew

landed in Delhi but

spent most of their time

in villages in India’s

Mewat district, located

in the northwestern

part of the South Asian

country. Her big mo-

ment came on a national

immunization day on

which many thousands

of Indian children were

immunized throughout

the country.

Brown personally

administered around a

dozen immunizations,

carefully squeezing out

two drops of medicine into the mouths

of each child as a family member held

them. And this was not merely a rou-

tine procedure conducted in a doctor’s

-

tion.

“A big group of people was there,”

Brown recalled. “The children were

dancing.”

It was indeed a transformative ex-

perience — and not only for the health

of the children. Brown recalled seeing

some rather stern looking men sur-

vey the visiting group with some ini-

tial frowns. But once the drops were

dispensed, those frowns turned into

sunny smiles.

“It was a wonderful experience,”

she said.

And her experiences were not con-

She and her 18 Rotary colleagues

also spent four days building a dam,

key in collecting monsoon rains as a

crop irrigation source for seven vil-

lages. They threw buckets full of sand

and cement mix into the dam site.

Also on the agenda: visits to Rota-

ry-sponsored schools that had been

put together for Gypsy children. She

explained that because Gypsy families

are largely itinerant, their children do

not have a set address and therefore

cannot enroll in public schools. The

Rotary schools allow them a place to

study and eventually

(after two years) an ad-

dress that allows them

acceptance into public

schools.

When not engaged

in charitable pursuits,

Brown was able to drink

in some of the sights

and culture of India,

including the “Golden

City” of Jaisalmer. That

city includes a large fort

made with a golden-

hued sandstone built

in 1156. The fort still

houses around 2,000

people. It was a bitter-

sweet visit, however.

Jaisalmer is only 20

miles from the border

of Pakistan, where eight

Rotarians — who were

there to administer the polio vaccine

— were killed by suspected Taliban

forces in an incident only weeks be-

fore Brown’s visit.

Fortunately, the only harrowing ex-

periences Brown encountered were on

the roads.

“There was no wrong or right side

of the road,” she said. “You would

dodge a huge truck and then go over a

hill and see a cow, and come to a full

stop.”

The cow of course is a sacred ani-

mal in India, in which Hinduism is the

predominant religion. Brown has pho-

tos of women washing cows, some-

times in the middle of the road.

Rotary trip, but she promised it would

not be her last.

Mission(Continued from Page 1)

MISSION TO AFRICA

This was the second Rotary trip for

Schnoor, who this time helped further

Rotary’s mission to promote clean wa-

ter efforts in the West African nation

of Ghana.

He explained the clean water sourc-

es have been so scarce in Ghana that

people sometimes have to walk miles

to get to the nearest well. Rotary In-

ternational has been helping dig new

shallow wells, while contracting

with companies to drill deeper wells

equipped with hand pumps to provide

potable water for an entire community.

Schnoor returned on Feb. 13 from

a two-week trip during which he and

other Rotarians toured extensively

throughout Ghana, surveying the vari-

ous water projects and how they were

-

cra and eventually made their way to

the northern part of the nation. There,

they connected with the Rotary Club

of Bolgatanga to see the variety of

wells that had recently been excavated

in the area — many of them by hand.

Schnoor marveled at the lengths — or

perhaps more appropriately depths

— to which workers would go in dig-

ging the wells. Some extended as deep

as 60 meters, requiring a rotation of

workers due to the lack of oxygen at

the base of the hole.

Schnoor recalled seeing one worker

shimmying up the length of the well,

in bare feet, with a hard-hat as his only

safety gear. The workers gradually

built up the cement foundation as they

climbed higher.

The Bolgatanga Rotary Club had

been asked if it could provide a half-

dozen wells. By the time Schnoor

and his crew arrived, that number had

climbed to 13.

“It was an amazing experience for

me,” Schnoor said.

insisted on giving thanks to the Rotar-

ians, sharing their limited food in cel-

ebrations that united people of all ages

and religious beliefs.

“There were Christians and Mus-

lims together,” he said. “Usually, there

water into the community, it brought

them together and people were willing

to work together for the cause of water.

That was a humbling experience.”

Schnoor and his visiting group also

took inventory of repairs needed to ex-

isting wells.

“Hand pumps wear out and need

maintenance,” he noted.

Many of the communities have set

up water sanitation committees that

offer guidance on how to repair water

systems when some troubleshooting is

needed.

Rotary has also sponsored water

projects for village schools. Schnoor

and his colleagues stopped at some

of those schools and got hearty thank-

yous.

“You’re going into these schools

that have never had water, who had

their kids travel these distances just

to bring back water,” Schnoor said.

“Now they have mechanized wells

pumping water into the schools. It

was pretty gratifying. The kids and

principals would come out and thank

you;; everybody wanting a picture with

you.”

In one village, Schnoor was given

an almost unprecedented honor — a

seat in the chief’s chair.

Clean water has helped eradicate

some nasty parasites — such as the

Guinea worm — and related diseases

that used to be common among resi-

dents of Ghana, Schnoor noted.

Like Brown, Schnoor returned to

-

ing to embark on yet another Rotary

trip.

“It is extremely rewarding,” he said.

“You live in your own little bubble

don’t realize there are all these Third

World countries that don’t have a lot

of the things we have, like going to the

kitchen sink and turning on the water.

They have to fetch their water or pump

it out of a bore hole. It was a humbling

experience to be a part of this.”

“You live in your own little bubble here in Vermont and sometimes you don’t realize there are all these Third World countries that don’t have a lot of the things we have, like going to the kitchen sink and turning on the water.”

— Jason Schnoor

JUDY BROWN OF Middlebury helps build a dam in India during a re-

cent Rotary International trip to the country.

JUDY BROWN AND Jason Schnoor, Middlebury Rotarians, recently

returned from separate humanitarian trips to India and Africa, respec-

tively.Independent photo/John Flowers

MIDDLEBURY ROTARIAN JASON Schnoor is greeted by children during a recent trip to Ghana. Rotary

International is helping to provide clean water to communities in the African nation.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SATURDAY: Discussion Meeting 9:00-10:00 AM at the Middlebury United Methodist Church. Discussion Meeting 10:00-11:00 AM. Women’s Meeting Noon-1:00 PM. Be-ginners Meeting 6:30-7:30 PM. These three meetings are held at the Turning Point Center in the Marbleworks, Middlebury.

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

BARNES DAIRY, ADDI-SON seeking feeder. Per-son needed for mixing feed and delivering to animals. Need valid drivers license, experience preferred. Some light maintenance or feeding equipment. 6 days per week. 40-50 hours. For interview call 802-349-9015.

DEVELOPMENTAL HOME PROVIDER: Woman with mild developmental disability seeks support from single person / family in Addison County. She wants to be part of your life, yet have her own space. An attached first floor apartment or mother-in-law suite would be ideal, but not necessary. She has a cat and a variety of activities and interests. Needs support with meals and health needs. Annual tax-free stipend of approximately $23,000 plus room & board payment of $8300 and respite budget. Please call Sharon Tierra at Community Associates at 802-388-4021.

STAFFED LIVING: RESI-DENTIAL Instructor sought for a home in Middlebury, supporting a woman in her 30’s with mild developmental disability. Most important skills are flexible thinking and the ability to maintain personal boundaries. Support needed in learning emotional regula-tion, gaining home manage-ment skills, building friend-ships, developing interests outside the home and improv-ing communication. 43 hours with two over-nights, 3 days off per week. Comprehen-sive benefit package including on-site gym membership. Re-spond to CSAC HR, 89 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. 802-388-6751 ext. 425, or visit www.csac-vt.org .

ESTABLISHED MIDDLE-BURY LANDSCAPING and Excavating company seek-ing experienced commercial lawn mowers and landscape laborers. At least 2 years relevant experience. Valid driver’s license and strong work ethic required. Please call 802-388-4529.

FULL AND PART TIME deli positions available. Prior work experience with food preparation required. Appli-cants should apply in per-son at Small City Market in Vergennes or call Cory at 802-349-7101.

GREENHOUSE WORKERS WANTED. Part time seasonal. First Season Greenhouses. Call 5pm-6pm, 475-2588.

GREENHOUSE WORKERS- SEASONAL: Full Time and part time positions. Includes planting, watering, loading trucks. Must be strong, de-pendable, motivated. Please call Paul at 802-759-2294 between 9am and 6pm.

HIRING CARE GIVERS part time and per diem, all shifts. Email your resume and refer-ences to [email protected] .

KITCHEN HELP NEEDED: Local Food Service company seeks kitchen help. Looking for motivated, hard-working individuals to help prep and pack food Thursday through Saturday. Please email re-sume and references to [email protected] -schedul-ing interviews immediately.

MARINA TECHNICIAN: Needs experience in marina operations: boat service, re-pairs, transport; service and repair of shop equipment, vehicles, trailers. Fax resume to 518-543-6732; email to [email protected] .

MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET MANAGER: The MFM is seeking an organized, personable and hard work-ing individual to work with our board of directors to fa-cilitate the smooth operation and promotion of our summer market. Markets are held Sat-urday mornings May through October and Wednesday mornings mid June through mid October. The position offers excellent opportunity for connecting with the Middle-bury community and earning a significant supplemental income. Contact for more in-formation or resumes can be sent to Spencer Blackwell at [email protected] or 855 Case St. Middlebury, VT 05753.

TOWN OF LINCOLN seeks Asst. Town Clerk 10 hrs / wk assistant to the Town Clerk to aid with multiple tasks. Excellent people and com-puter skills required. Flex-ible hours. Apply at Lincoln Town Office, 62 Quaker St., Lincoln, VT 05443 or call 802-453-2980. Application deadline: April 10.

TOWN OF LINCOLN seeks Assistant to the Selectboard 10 hrs / wk to work with the board doing minutes and other assigned tasks. Com-puter skills required. Must be available evenings. Ap-ply at Lincoln Town Office, 62 Quaker St., Lincoln, VT 05443 or call 802-453-2980. Application deadline: April 10.

TREADWAY DAIRY LLC is looking to fill the position of feeder. Candidate must have a valid driver’s license, prior experience preferred but not necessary. Please call Brian at 802-349-6199 to schedule an interview.

For Sale2 BEDROOM 1 BATH older mobile home; fully furnished, with appliances. Must be moved. Bristol. 802-453-3652.

J.D. 650 TRACTOR 4WD. Like new condition. 60” Groomer, York rake and J.D. rear blade. $8500 OBO. 802-948-2004.

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

RANDOM W IDTH 1 ” PINE boards. 8’, 10’, 12’ lengths.. 48 cents / board foot. 352-4171.

SIDE BY SIDE REFRIGERA-TOR. Antique fainting couch. Couches and chairs. Dining set. Everything must go. For-estdale. 802-855-8262.

WINTER SPECIAL — THE BARREL MAN: 55 gallon 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. 55 gallon salt / sand barrels with PT legs. Also, 275 gallon food grade totes, great for Maple sap. Special price, $125. Delivery avail-able. 802-453-4235.

2 F IRESTONE F IRE-HAWK GT 215/65 R16. Used one season. $80/pair. 802-545-2936.

For Rent1 LARGE, 1 BEDROOM apartment in Salisbury near Lake Dunmore. Super en-ergy efficient. Bedroom and full bath on second floor. Eat-in kitchen with stove and refrigerator; and living room on first floor. Private basement with washer and dryer included. Available May 1. $800 / mo. plus utilities. Yard maintenance and snow plowing included. Security and references required. Non-smoking property. No pets. 802-352-6678.

2 BEDROOM UPSTAIRS apartment. $1145 / mo. In-cludes electricity, hot wa-ter, heat, rubbish removal. No pets. Security deposit. 802-453-4037.

2500 SQ.FT. LIGHT indus-trial space on Exchange Street, Middlebury. For more information call 388-4831.

4000 SQUARE FEET or less. Professional Office space in Middlebury, multi- room, receptionist desk. Ground level, parking, handi-capped-accessible. Available now. 802-558-6092.

ADDISON HOUSE TO share. Private suite consisting of 1 bedroom, small living room, private bath, skylights, laun-dry room with washer / dryer, includes internet, satellite tv and all utilities. $550 / month. References and deposit. 802-759-2133.

ADDISON NEWER 3BR HOME with 2 full baths, fire-place, deck and large yard. $1195 / month plus utilities. No pets. Call Karen at Lang McLaughry Real Estate, 802-388-1977.

ADDISON: 1 BEDROOM 1 Bath. $1250 / month utilities included. First months rent plus security deposit. 1 year lease. Available April 1. Con-tact Karla at 802-377-7445.

BRANDON 2 BR $650 + utilities. 802-773-9107 www.thefuccicompany.com .

BRANDON; 1 BEDROOM apartment. $650 / month. Includes heat, trash and snow removal. First, secu-rity and 1 year lease re-quired. No smoking, no pets. 802-247-0115.

BRISTOL 1 BEDROOM apartment. Small, $650 / month, includes heat. No pets, no smoking. Available May 3. Lease and Deposit required. 802-453-7037.

BRISTOL 1 BEDROOM Apartment upstairs. No smoking / no pets. Partially furnished. First and Last months rent plus $200 de-posit. Call 802-453-3118.

BRISTOL 2 BEDROOM Mobi le home in smal l park. All appliances. Call 802-453-4207.

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

BRISTOL 2 BEDROOM HOUSE: 2 Bath, 2 Living rooms, 2 fire places, 2 porch-es, undercover parking for 2 cars. 2250 sq. ft. Private with views. First floor living. New stainless steel flat top stove. Washer? / dryer. Free Wifi. Extra storage. Garden space. Plowing and lawn maint, for small fee. No pets / smoking. Security, refer-ences, lease. Avail. June 1. $1325 / month. 802-453-4838 Leave message.

EAST MIDDLEBURY; 1 bed-room apartment, kitchen / din-ing room. Porch. Back yard. $650 / mo. References. Avail-able May 1. 802-352-4124.

MIDDLEBURY 1 BEDROOM apartment near downtown. Appliances, lease, secu-rity deposit. No pets. Re-al-Net Management, Inc. 802-388-4994.

MIDDLEBURY 1 BEDROOM apartment. Walk to town. Private backyard, garage space. $600 / mo. plus utili-ties. Call 802-247-3369.

MIDDLEBURY 1BR APART-MENT near Marble Works. Rent includes heat, off-street parking, large lawn and gar-den space, storage, plow-ing and lawn maintenance. No pets or smoking. Lease, references and security deposit required. Available immediately. $675 / mo. Call 802-355-4164 for more in-formation.

MIDDLEBURY PRIVATE SETTING: 3 Room apart-ment with own entrance and parking. Appliances, heat, hot water, rubbish and snow removal. Available May 1. $900 / month. 802-388-6131.

MIDDLEBURY, LARGE 2 bedroom, upstairs apart-ment. Close to downtown. Security deposit, references required. $1000 / mo. plus heat; other utilities included. Call 802-759-2169.

MIDDLEBURY; 4 BED-ROOM house, 2 bath. Large porch and garage. $1500 / month plus utilities. Call 802-247-3369.

MIDDLEBURY; TWO BED-ROOM apartment. Walk to town, private backyard, ga-rage space, washer / dryer hook-up. $1000 / mo. plus utilities. Call 802-247-3369.

NEW HAVEN 1 Bedroom apartment. $830 / month ev-erything included. Please call 802-453-3870.

ONE BEDROOM APART-MENT, Country setting. 12 minutes to college. $750 includes all. 802-989-8124.

RV, BOAT AND HEATED MOTORCYCLE STOR-AGE A v a i l a b l e . C a l l 802-453-5563.

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

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

Personable, reliable, conscientious, responsible, organized, person with sense of fashion to work in optical to assist

customers and fellow workers. Sales experience is helpful; good math skills are essential. Must be a team player and

computer savvy. Please submit letter of interest, resumé and3 current letters of reference to: Peak View Eye Care, 27 Main St., Vergennes, VT 05491 by April 23, 2013

Mill Production SpecialistPhoenix Feeds & Nutrition, Inc., a growing New

Haven-based custom dairy feed manufacturer,

is looking for the ideal individual to fill a vital

position in its feed mill. As a Mill Production

Specialist, your duties would include Production,

Sanitation and maintaining a safe work

environment for our feed mill.

Your hours would encompass weekdays, nights

as well as some weekend hours. Are you able to

lift 50 pounds? Work independently, intensively

and reliably? If so, this full-time position paying

$10.50 per hour to start (with benefits) could

be yours! Please apply in person between the

hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m at:

Phoenix Feeds & Nutrition, Inc.,

5482 Ethan Allen Highway (Route 7)

New Haven, VT

Find out more information about Phoenix Feeds

at www.phoenixfeeds.net

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VERGENNES 3BR: washer / dryer hookup. $900 / month. Pets negotiable. On Monkton Rd. across from Vergennes Variety. 240-281-1508 or email [email protected] Available April 1. Must pass background check.

VERGENNES, 277 MAIN ST. available 3/1/13. Large reno-vated 7-room apartment, full bath, laundry hookups, large porch, includes heat and hot water. $1100. Call between 8am and 8pm. 802-349-4125.

VERGENNES; 2 BEDROOM condo on Hopkins Road. Full basement, detached garage. No pets. No smoking. lease, deposit and references required. $1000 / mo. plus utilities. 802-475-2263.

WEST ADDISON; 2 story, furnished house on lakefront. Washer, dryer. No smoking. Available September through May. 860-653-8112.

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.

FIREWOOD; CUT, SPLIT and delivered. Green or sea-soned. Call Tom Shepard, 802-453-4285.

MOBILE FIREWOOD PRO-CESSING. Equipment and crew for hire to cut, split and stack. Reasonable rates. 802- 238-7748.

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

NEXT SEASONS FIREWOOD. All hardwood. $250 / cord; cut, split, delivered. 802-352-1034, 802-349-5457.

Real EstateMIDDLEBURY; INDUSTRIAL PARK. Available 2 acres, lease or build to suit. 802-558-6092.

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

2006 HAND S TWIN 12 Hay Merger. $20,000 OBO. Call Tim at 802-349-6676.

FIRST CUT HAY. 4X5 round bales. Horse feed quality. Stored under cover. $125 / ton You pick up. Weybridge. 802-388-2011 or 802-355-3564.

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

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

HAY: FIRST AND SECOND Cut. Small squares. First cut- big squares. 4 x 5 round bales. 802-759-2015.

PATZ MODEL 3000 mixer and steel dump box. 802-453-3870.

SAWDUST; STORED AND un-dercover. Large tandem silage truck $600, delivered. Large single axle dump $250, deliv-ered. Single axle dump $185, delivered. Pick up also avail-able. Phone order and credit cards accepted. 802-453-2226. Bagged shavings in stock. $5.50 per bag.

STANLEY LIVESTOCK. WE pick up all sizes and ages of cattle. For information call 518-321-4946, 518-692-2760.

WANTED: TO PURCHASE from owner, open land, 20+ acres. 802-558-6092.

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

Boats12 FOOT ALUMINUM Boat with new oars. Asking $500. Also, a 19 foot Glastrone boat with V8 and new tires on the trailer. Asking $1500. Please call 802-388-7761.

CarsWANTED: OLDER TOYO-TA Camry. Automatic, low miles, in good to excellent shape (Gramma’s car) . 802-453-4235.

SUVs

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

Trucks1997 DODGE RAM 2500. 43,897 miles. Comes with 8 foot Fisher Plow. 2 new front tires. $2000 OBO. Call 802-238-8310.

1998 FORD RANGER XLT, super cab, white. 4x4, 4 liter V-6. Automatic transmission. 102,500 miles. Inspected. $3850. Call 802-758-2377 for information.

WantedWANTED: TWO THREE drawer single file cabinets. Good, clean condition. Call Pam at 802-388-4944.

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

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For Rent

1 BEDROOM APARTMENT

Main Street, Middlebury, newly refurbished. Close to college.

$750/month, includes heat. 000-0000.

1 BEDROOM APARTMENT,

upstairs, includes heat, electric, rubbish, 1 mile north of Middlebury

on Route 7. Available immediately, $595/month plus deposit. 000-0000.

2 BEDROOM MOBILE home

in Salisbury. Private lot. $650/mo. plus utilities. Deposit and reference

required. 000-0000.

2 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE/CONDO

Country Commons, Vergennes. Garage and basement. References required.

$1,000/mo. excluding utilities and heat. No pets. 000-0000.

2 BEDROOM, MODERN, completely

furnished Lake Dunmore house. Hi-speed internet, satellite, washer,

dryer, screened porch, drilled well, 85’ lake frontage. Very energy

efficient. For 10 month rental; starting August 29, 2009 through June

26, 2010. Non-smoking. Pets negotiable. $1,000/mo. plus utilities. 802-352-6678.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS:CLERK OF THE WORK SERVICES FOR ROOF REPLACEMENT AND SOLAR

PV SYSTEM INSTALLATION AT THE RIPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Notice is hereby given that the Ripton Elementary School and the Addison Central Super-

Elementary School. The project is located in Ripton, Vermont.

overlap.

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INVITATION TO BIDLAWN MOWING

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL The Addison Board of School Directors is seeking bids for mowing, trimming and general

lawn care at the Addison Central School.

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS:1. Bidder will submit bids for the job of mowing the lawns, trimming and general lawn care

at the Addison Central School for the ensuing year, commencing upon award and ending

May 31, 2014. Please submit your bid BY THE SEASON.

2. The schedule of mowing will be determined by the administration with the cooperation

and in collaboration with the successful bidder. Scheduling limitations include, but may not

be limited to, times when school is in session and during after-school and summer athletic

activities.

areas around the school;; clipping around building, shrubbery, fences, etc.;; general lawn

care, which includes picking up paper and other small debris on the lawn prior to mowing;;

4. Payment will be made in four equal installments during the months of July, August,

September and October.

submitted by the successful bidder before any contractual obligation will occur.

6. The successful bidder may be required to submit personal and business references prior

Interested bidders should contact Jeff Kauffman, Head Custodian, Addison Central

prior to submitting a bid.

The Board of School Directors reserves the right to waive any irregularities to accept or

reject any or all bids as it may deem to be in the best interest of the school district.

Bids will be accepted until 4:00 PM Friday, April 12, 2013.

Please submit to Kathleen Cannon, Business Manager, Addison Northwest Supervisory

Union, 48 Green Street, Suite 1, Vergennes, VT 05491 in a sealed envelope marked

“ACS Lawn Mowing Bid.” Bids will be presented at the regularly scheduled school board

meeting in April.3/28, 4/1, 4, 8

Public Notices IndexPublic notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 40, 41 & 42.

Addison (1)Addison Central School (1)Addison County Solid Waste Management District (1)Addison County Superior Court (4)Ferrisburgh (1)Middlebury (2)Monkton (1)P. Hannaford Career Center (1)Ripton Elementary School (2)

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STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION

ADDISON UNIT DOCKET NO: 236-9-10 Ancv

HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST AND FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-WM2 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATESPlaintiff v.GARY F. WEATHERWAX; CAROLYN A. WEATHERWAX; VERMONT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION;Defendants

NOTICE OF SALEBy virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given

by Gary F. Weatherwax and Carolyn A. Weatherwax to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for WMC Mortgage Corp. dated November 3, 2006 and recorded in Book 90 at Page 251 of the City/Town of Addison Land Records, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by Assignment of Mortgage recorded on February 12, 2008 in Book 92 at Page 324, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 a.m. on April 16, 2013 at 218 Algonquin Drive, Addison, VT 05491 all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,To Wit:

The following described real property situated in Addison County, Vermont, to wit: Parcel 1: Commencing at a point marked by an existing iron pipe located S 24 degrees 43’ W and approximately 60 feet form a set iron pipe located on the southerly side of Hospital Creek, so-called: Thence S 76 degrees 31’ W 145.36 feet to an existing iron pipe; Thence S 86 degrees 39’ W 125 feet to a set iron pipe; Thence S 86 degrees 39’ W 400 feet to an existing iron pipe at or near P. P. #5; Thence N 03 degrees 21’ W 133.45 feet to an existing iron pipe; Thence N 03 degrees 21’ W 91.55 feet to a point marking the approximate low water mark located on the southeasterly shore of Lake Champlain; Thence proceeding in a general Northeasterly direction along the approximate low water mark of Lake Champlain to a point located on the said low water mark of Lake Champlain; Thence S 50 degrees 09’ E 75 feet, more or less, to an existing iron pipe; Thence S 60 degrees 09’ E 361.54 feet to the existing iron pipe marking the point or place of beginning. Included in this conveyance is dwelling and other outbuildings thereon. Said Parcel contains 3.44 acres, more or less. Reference is made to a survey map entitled “Property of George M. Marrow (Chimney Point) Addison County, Addison, Vermont” surveyed by Lee H. Lowell, Land Surveyor

survey map entitled “Certain Lands of Warren and Jean Fauser Addison County, Addison, VT, being portions of BK. 35, PG. 483 and BK. 32, PG. 163” surveyed by Rodney R. Orvis

to a Homestead Exemptions dated September 3, 1991 as recorded in Book 51, Page 471 of the Addison Land Records. Parcel 2: Commencing at a point marked by a set iron pipe located on the Easterly side of Lake Port Road, so-called, and further described as being the Northwest corner of the property herein conveyed; Thence N 86 degrees 39’ E 167 feet to a set iron pipe marking the Northeast corner of the parcel being conveyed and the Northwest corner of Lot 24, so-called; Thence S 08 degrees 58’ 30” W 100 feet to a set iron pipe marking the Northeast corner of the parcel being conveyed and the Southwest corner of Lot 24, so called; Thence S 86 degrees 39’ W 155.08 feet to a set iron pipe marking the Southwest corner of the parcel being conveyed and the Northwest corner of Lot 18, so-called; Thence N 19 degrees 08’ E 24.62 feet to a set iron pipe; Thence N 03 degrees 21’ W 75 feet to the set iron pipe marking the point or place of beginning. Included in this conveyance is a swimming pool located on the said premises. Reference is made to “A Survey Map of the premises to be conveyed, carrying the legend ‘Property of George M. Marrow, (Chimney Point), Addison County, Addison, Vermont, survey Lee W. Lowell, Land Surveyor, October 13, 1961, revised by Lee H. Lowell, Land Surveyor, 1/7/63, 1/20/64,

Records. Excepting and Reserving herefrom that portion of the above-described premises conveyed by Gary Weatherwax to Champlain Bridge Marina, Inc., by Warranty Deed dated April 11, 2003 and Recorded April 15th, 2003 in Book 80, Page 332 of the Land Records of the Town of Addison, Vermont. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO GARY F. WEATHERWAX AND CAROLYN A. WEATHERWAX, HUSBAND AND WIFE BY DEED FROM GARY F. WEATHERWAX A/K/A GARY WEATHERWAX RECORDED 01/03/2006 IN DEED BOOK 88 PAGE 242, IN THE TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE OF ADDISON, VERMONT Parcel No. AL0218

Plaintiff may adjourn this Public Auction one or more times for a total time not exceeding 30 days, without further court order, and without publication or service of a new notice of sale, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment. Terms

to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Addison.

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.HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on Behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity

Loan Trust and for the Registered Holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan

Shechtman, Halperin, Savage, LLP, 1080 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860, 877-575-1400, Attorney for Plaintiff

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STATE OF VERMONT


Addison Unit Docket No. 68-3-07 AncvDeutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI Asset Securitization

Plaintiff v.Thomas Kerr, Donna Kerr, Ford Motor Credit Co. and Occupants residing at 2029 Goshen Ripton Road, Goshen, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Thomas Kerr and Donna Kerr to H&R Block Mortgage Corporation dated October 26, 2005 and recorded in Volume 24, Page 131, which mortgage was assigned from H&R Block Mortgage Corporation to Option One Mortgage Corporation by an instrument dated February 13, 2007 and recorded on March 10, 2007 in Volume 25, Page 22 of the Land Records of the Town of Goshen, which mortgage was further assigned from Option One Mortgage Corporation to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI

2006-OPT3 by an instrument dated October 5, 2006 and recorded on March 10, 2007 in Volume 25, Page 21 of the Land Records of the Town of Goshen, a corrective assignment of mortgage from ADA Services Corp. f/k/a H&R Block Mortgage Corporation to Option One Mortgage Corporation dated December 10, 2010 was recorded December 21, 2010 in Volume 27, Page 71 of the Land Records of the Town of Goshen, 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 10:15 A.M. on April 24, 2013, at 2029 Goshen Ripton Road, Goshen, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit:

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Thomas and Donna Kerr by virtue of an Administrators Deed from Joan Fox, Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth George dated June 30, 1992 and recorded September 15, 1992 in Volume 19, Page 108 of the Land Records of the Town of Goshen.

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 Goshen. 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 28th day of March, 2013.

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Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI Asset Securitization

Corey J. Fortin, Esq., Lobe & Fortin, PLC

STATE OF VERMONT


Addison Unit Docket No. 188-6-10 AncvGMAC Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiff v.Thomas A. Lebiecki & Occupants residing at 1243 Forrest Rd, Bridport, VT, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Thomas A. Lebiecki to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation dated October 8, 2003 and recorded in Volume 59, Page 359, which mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation to GMAC Mortgage, LLC by an instrument dated June 11, 2010 and recorded on June 23, 2010 in Volume 76, Page 492 of the Land Records of the Town of Bridport, 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 9:00 A.M. on April 24, 2013, at 1243 Forrest Road, Bridport, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit:

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Thomas A. Lebiecki by virtue of a Warranty Deed from Stephen A. Longshore and Stephanie A. Longshore dated August 30, 1996 and recorded August 31, 1996 in Volume 43, Page 207 of the Bridport Land Records.

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 Bridport. 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 28th day of March, 2013.

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TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY

LAWN MOWING BID

2013-2014

INVITATION TO BIDSealed competitive bids for mowing

various municipal parks, recreation areas, cemeteries, pump stations, and grounds of public facilities during the 2013 and 2014 seasons in the Town of Middlebury will be opened at the Town of Middlebury Municipal Building on Thursday, April 18th, 2013 at 3pm.

Information for Bidders and Bid Forms can be obtained without charge at the Municipal Building at 94 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, or can be accessed on the Town’s webpage at

. Please contact Beth Dow at 388-8100x202 for additional information. Bids must be received by April 18th to be considered for the contract.

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Public Notices

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Regular Meeting Agenda

7:00 1. Call to Order 2. *Approval of Minutes of the March 26, 2013 Selectboard Meeting and April 1, 2013 Working Session 3. *Approval of Agenda 4. Citizen Comments [Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this agenda]7:10 5. *2013 Second Class Liquor License & Tobacco License Approval for Midway Oil7:15 6. *Resignation of Lister7:20 7. Report on Selectboard Work Session 8. **Appointments by the Chair to Board Committees7:30 9. *Nominations & Appointments to Town Boards and Commissions7:35 10. *Appointments: Addison County Solid Waste District Representatives

7:40 11. Vermont Gas. Update from Multi-Town Working Group.7:50 12. **Committee & Project Reports

12.a. *Main Street & Merchants Row Railroad Overpass Bridge Replacements – Bi Weekly Report & Amendment of Contract with VHB to include CMGC Procurement Support12.b. Middlebury Energy Committee Meeting of April 3, 201312.c. Middlebury Business Development Advisory Board Meeting of April 4, 201312.d. Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting of April 4, 201312.e. Middlebury Fire Facilities Project

8:10 13. *Authorization to Proceed with Tax Sale for Collection of Delinquent Property Taxes8:15 14.*Approval of Check Warrants 15.Town Manager’s Report 16. Board Member Concerns 17. *Executive Session – Legal Matters 18. **Action on Matters Discussed in Executive Session8:25 19. *Adjourn * Decision Item ** Possible Decision Item If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact

x-202 as early as possible. Additional information about most Agenda items is available on the Town’s website,

, on the Selectboard page.

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY

REGULAR SELECT BOARD MEETING

TOWN OFFICES CONFERENCE ROOM

MIDDLEBURY — In a talk titled

“Black Farmers and White Racism

in Vermont: 1790s to 1890s,” histo-

rian and author Elise A. Guyette on

Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m. will detail

the early biracial history of Vermont

focusing on a black farming commu-

nity in Hinesburg and Huntington. The

talk takes place at the Sheldon Museum

in Middlebury.

The framework of this presenta-

tion will be the changing racism in

Vermont and the country as three

generations lived, loved, farmed and

prayed on an isolated hill in northern

Vermont. Nuggets from the black

farmers’ lives include family home

life, church membership, military

service in three wars, voting practices,

and Underground Railroad activi-

ties. These African American families

provide a rich source of information on

early biracial interrelationships in the

Green Mountain State and beyond.

Guyette is a historian who

has published widely on African

Vermonters and immigration of

other groups to Vermont. She also

is an author of “Discovering Black

Vermont: African American Farmers in

Hinesburgh, 1790-1890” (University

of Vermont Press, 2010). The talk is

the last in a series of talks presented

by the Sheldon Museum on the history

of African Americans in Vermont.

Admission is free to museum members;;

by donation from others.

The Sheldon Museum is located at

1 Park St. across from Ilsley Public

Library. For more information call

388-2117 or visit www.henrysheldon-

museum.org.

Talk on Vermont’s biracial history at Sheldon


TOWN OF FERRISBURGH REQUEST FOR BIDS

LAWN MOWING SPECIFICATIONS

The Town of Ferrisburgh is seeking bids from contractors to cut the grass and perform spring clean-up work at the Town

sealed bids at their regular Selectboard

bid deemed to be in the best interest of the Town of Ferrisburgh

performing the following:

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NOTICE OF TAX SALETOWN OF ADDISON

The resident and non-resident owners, lien holders and mortgagees of lands in the Town

Town, to wit:Property Owners: Michael and Donna Sumner Property Address: 5627 Lake Street, Addison, VT 05491Parcel ID # LS5627

Tax Year: 2011, 2012Amount of tax, interest, cost and penalties: $4,870.83

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ADDISON COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

DISTRICTRequest for bids: Annual Lawn Care

The Addison County Solid Waste Management District is requesting bids for general lawn care at the District Transfer

to bidding is strongly recommended. Call

AGENDA PATRICIA A HANNAFORD

CAREER CENTERWED., APR. 10, 20135:00PM - ROOM A208

1. Introduction of Board Members 2. Visitors Comments 3. Presentation by Health Professions – Ms. Wells & Students4. Correspondence5. Report from the Chair Consent Agenda6. 1.Minutes of Mar. 13, 20137. 2.Monthly Accounts Payable for Apr. a. Adult Program b. Revolving c. Director’s Orders Action Agenda8. Policy 2.3 – Financial Conditions/ Activities9. Recommendation for Walk-in Cooler Bid10. Recommendation on Support Staff Work Agreements11. Teacher Resignation12. Executive Session – If Needed Informational Agenda13. Director’s Report14. Assistant Director’s Report15. Facility Committee Report 16. Budget/Policy Committee Report17. Board Evaluation 4/8

NOTICE OF HEARINGMONKTON DEVELOPMENT

REVIEW BOARD Notice is hereby given that the Monkton Development Review Board will consider the following application(s) at its regularly scheduled Public Hearing on April 23, 2013 at the Monkton Town Hall. At 8:00 PM – Application # 2013-04-BA of Michael and Suzanne Bushey & Jason and Corrie Fitzgerald for a Boundary Adjustment. The present

5 and the Tax Parcel ID are # 05.224.012-003 (Fitzgerald) and #05.227.003.001 (Bushey). Application materials are available for review during normal business hours at

Interested parties who wish to be heard may attend the hearing, or send a representative. Communications relating

to the Board either before or during the hearing. Pursuant to 24 VSA 117 § 4464(a)(1)(C) and 4471(a) participation in this hearing is necessary to establish status as an Interested Person and the right to appeal.

Thea Gaudette, Chair / ClerkMonkton Development Review Board

Dated 4/3/2013 4/8

RIPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS:

ROOFING CONTRACTORS

STATE OF VERMONTSUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISIONADDISON UNIT DOCKET NO: 79-3-10 AncvBANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff v.BILLY F. ROMP; PATTI G. ROMP; Defendants

NOTICE OF SALEBy virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given

by Billy F. Romp and Patti G. Romp to Bank of America, N.A. dated April 12, 2007 and recorded in Book 60 at Page 694 of the City/Town of Salisbury Land Records, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 3:30 p.m. on May 2, 2013 at 70 Dewey Road, Salisbury, VT 05769 all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To Wit:

Being a PORTION of all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Billy F. Romp and Patti G. Romp by Warranty Deed of Norman Lizotte and Deborah Sharples Lizotte dated July 30, 2004 and recorded in Book 57 Page 231 of the Land Records of the Town of Salisbury and being more particularly described as follows: Being Lot 1, with all improvements thereon, as depicted on a survey map entitled “Plat of Survey of a Proposed 2 Lot Subdivision for Billy and Patti Romp, Town of Salisbury, Vermont”, prepared by Harold M. Marsh, dated June 1, 2005, revised June 5, 2005 and recorded August 24, 2006 as Map No. 207 in the Town of Salisbury Land Records.

Plaintiff may adjourn this Public Auction one or more times for a total time not exceeding 30 days, without further court order, and without publication or service of a new notice of sale, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment. Terms

to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Salisbury.

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.Bank of America, N.A., Kathryn Donovan, Esq., Shechtman, Halperin, Savage, LLP, 1080

Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860, 877-575-1400, Attorney for Plaintiff4/8

Public Noticescan be found onPages 40, 41 & 42.

We would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank the members of the Bridport community for supporting

We would particularly like to help of these people this competition

-ful that so many members of our community took the time and made

The young chefs had a great time

-ful teamwork and sportsmanship they demonstrated during the

We are fortunate that we work in a school and a community that

Eva McDonough, R.N., Lincoln

Dottie Neuberger, SBC,

Middlebury

thank all of the supporters and partici-pants who made the third annual behind the scenes and the day of

Anna were particularly helpful in the

We would like to also thank our

Su White

Director/Teacher

Quarry Hill School

Middlebury

Notes of appreciationThank you to all Iguana Cup Challenge supporters

Bridport’s Iron Chef competition had generous help

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“It doesn’t look like the federal court is interested in restitution of funds to the lenders.It appears that (several million dollars) is unaccounted for, and that is our money.”

— Bill Scott


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