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Recoveryslow afterMarch 6-7snowstorm

RUTLAND — CVPScrews, assisted by morethan 30 outside crews,were cutting through ice,and hundreds of treesand tree limbs to restorethe last of the more than12,000 CVPS customeroutages since the peak ofthe March 7 snow and icestorm.

Line and tree crewsslogged away in Windsorand Bennington counties,in most cases restoringpower to customers ahandful at a time. As ofmidweek last week,about 700 customers re-mained without power.

Much of the repairwork that was left to be indone in Windsor and Ben-nington counties was off-road, in areas where thereis ice on top of snow. Thattype of restoration workoften requires track vehi-cles; in many cases, crewswere snowshoeing toreach damaged lines andpoles. Crews have evenhad to dig wires out of theice on the ground.

“When you have nu-merous tree limbs or treeson one section of line andthat work takes a coupleof hours — only to restorepower to few customerswith those repairs — thegoing is slow. That is un-fortunately the nature ofrestoration work after anice event,” said CVPSspokeswoman ChristineRivers. “But we’ve madegreat progress in just aday and a half and are en-tering the homestretchtonight. Crews will workthrough the night to re-store most of the remain-ing customer outages, butsome in the Springfieldarea may be withoutpower until last Wednes-day.”

Hot chili days

By Lou [email protected]

MIDDLEBURY — Downtownmerchants in Middlebury spent allof last week gearing up for thetown’s second Annual MiddleburyWinter Carnival and Chili Contestheld March 12.

This year ’s festival date waschanged to early March after 2010’sdebut event was held in late Febru-

ary. The crowd in 2011 was biggerthan last year because the public wasinvited to share the fun and enjoylots of good food.

The downtown event includedmany added bonuses — free publicskating, snowshoe races, an openhouse at the Middlebury Fire Sta-tion, dog sled demonstrations, a bigbonfire, and a winter ball that wasopen to folks of all ages.

Headlining the event was a re-gional chili contest, taking place on

the sidewalks of Main Street andMerchants Row.

Other Vermont towns, such asRutland and Poultney, have discov-ered that chili festivals lure lots ofpeople to their downtown areas, sonow Middlebury has adopted thesuccessful formula.

The downtown Middlebury festi-val idea was the creation of the own-ers of Two Brothers Tavern. Down-town Middlebury Partnership offi-cials said dozens of area restaurants

and several county fire departmentswere on-hand to show off their chiliskills. Amateurs were welcome andencouraged to enter this year ’s chili-cooking contest.

Professionals and amateurs alikewere judged separately by the pub-lic in eight categories including BestBeef Chili, Best Veggie Chili, HottestChili and Best Presentation.

All winners will be announced innext week’s Eagle. See more photoson page 10.

Middlebury sizzles at Winter FestivalPhoto by Jennifer Montagne


BRIDPORT — On the evening of Aug. 13, 2010, members of the Vermont State Po-lice, New Haven and Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department responded to a report-ed shooting at 1177 Swinton Rd. in Bridport. Troopers and wardens soon identifiedthe shooting victim to be Peter M. Damone, 71, of Swinton Road in Bridport, and theshooter to be Tracy M. Stone, 36, of nearby Crown Point Road in Bridport.

It was learned that Damone was struck in the face by an errant bullet while stand-ing on his own rear deck. Stone was reportedly target shooting in his own backyardwith a .45-caliber handgun at the time Damone was struck down.

The distance between Damone and Stone at the time of the shooting was determinedto have been approximately .42 mile.

A criminal investigation ensued with the case subsequently reviewed by AddisonCounty State’s Attorney David Fenster.

On March 9, Fenster directed Vermont State Police to process Stone for the offens-es of reckless endangerment and simple assault. Stone was then booked to appear forthe above-mentioned offenses in Vermont Superior Court-Addison Criminal Divisionon April 11.

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curity are very important inthe lives of age 50 plusadults living in Vermont.More than nine in ten saystaying healthy, stayingmentally sharp, and havingadequate health insuranceare important to them.

• Half of Vermonters age50 plus say that health careissues are the top problem orchallenge facing mid-lifeand older adults in theirstate. Over a third cite eco-nomic issues as the largestchallenge.

• Seventy-eight percentworry about having to paymore for health care.

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or being unable to pay for amajor illness.

• Most Vermonters age 50plus indicate maintaininghealth coverage and payinghealth insurance premiumsare major factors in theirplan to work beyond the cus-tomary retirement age.

• About 80 percent of Ver-mont adults age 50 plus wor-ry about one or more finan-cial issues. Public assistancebenefits and maintaining fi-nances and lifestyle in re-tirement are worries for justover six in ten.

• Some 89 percent cite re-ceiving Social Security bene-fits when needed is impor-tant.

• Paying for long-termcare worries 67 percent ofVermonters over age 50.

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• Sixty-two percent worryabout one or more communi-ty issues. Close to three inten worry about having eas-ily accessible sidewalks andgood street lighting neededto safely get around theircommunities. Nearly 40 per-cent are worried about theavailability of alternativehousing options for olderadults.

• Staying in their ownhomes as they age is impor-tant to about 96 percent ofadults age 50 plus in Ver-mont.

• Looking ahead, Vermon-ters age 50 plus say vacationand travel, hobbies, and newor better job opportunities

are what they most dreamabout doing next in theirlives.

• Adults age 50 plus donot have everything theyneed in order to accomplishtheir most important goals:Only about a third have allthey need to stay sharp, stayhealthy, and have adequatehealth insurance coverage.

Only about one-quarterhave all they need to receiveSocial Security, to receiveMedicare, or to protectthemselves from financialfraud.

Vermonters age 50 plusare having to defer theirdreams and come to termswith a the rising costs ofhealth care, a tough econo-my and dwindling re-sources.

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From Staff & News ReportsWASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Peter

Welch (D-Vt.) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.)have introduced bipartisan legislation toprevent the Afghan government from taxingAmerican companies delivering U.S. aid toAfghanistan.

The Stop Taxing American Assistance toAfghanistan Act (H.R. 936) would bar futureassistance to Afghanistan unless US contrac-tors and subcontractors delivering aid areexempt from taxation by the government ofAfghanistan. According to the WashingtonPost, the Afghan government recently sentoverdue tax bills to U.S. contractors work-ing in the country.

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suggest taxing America’s effort to rebuildtheir country,” Welch said. “While that maymake sense in Hamid Karzai’s world, itmakes no sense to the American taxpayer.This legislation will make sure America isnot taxed on the assistance it provides toAfghanistan.”

The calls to tax U.S. contractors come de-spite bilateral agreements that exempt US-based companies from such taxation. In re-cent months, the Afghan government haswarned contractors in the country that fail-ure to pay what it deems overdue tax billscould result in arrest or confiscation ofgoods.

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Had a show this past Tuesday night at Bay PathCollege in Longmeadow Massachusetts. Theshow was at 8 p.m., so I took to the highway at

3 and made it there by 6:30. They had a room for me at theHoliday Inn, that after missing the turn for, and beingrouted back onto the highway, I found, and checked into,by 7.

In room 406, after firing the thermostat from 62 to 78, I satin front of the register and went over the show in my nog-gin. I was at the school in the parking lot behind the showlocation by 8:20, where I met my pretty andprompt contact, Chandler, who led me to theperformance space, er, cafeteria.

Bay Path is an all girls college, and forcripes sakes I had no idea why they bookedme. I guess a comedian is a comedian is a co-median.

I’m often asked if I get nervous before ashow. No, is the general answer. More specif-ically I’d say if I was doing a play for the firsttime, or working on a film that required agreat deal of memorizing lines for largescenes with intricate patterns of marks to hit,yes, I’d be a bit nervous. Not the type of nerv-ous one is when having to sing “O HolyNight,” at Christmas Eve service, when one is16 years old, but still, nervous.

At Bay Path College I wouldn’t say I was nervous, I’d sayI was a bit anxious, anyway. There are few shows for whichI’m not at least a slight bit anxious. You could be coming offa stretch of 20 sold-out/full-house, barn burning shows, andstill not be totally sure the folks that night will like what youdo. You’re never sure — you’re never totally sure folks willlaugh. I think the rule is, if you’re sure they’ll laugh, you’relosing your edge.

Even less sure was I the late teen early 20 something galsat Bay Path College were going to laugh. Though quite se-cure with performing, I was feeling a bit, miss-booked, for

the Bay Path Show that would be populated by modern daycollege gals who were no doubt used to the typical, hold-the-mike stand-up comedy guys you see on TV.

By 8:30 gals started putt-ing into the hall, and instead ofstaying hidden, I just hung out and chatted them up. If therewas a chance they’d not like my country comedy, I figuredI’d at least offer them some fun with a bit of relaxed pre-show jibber jabbering.

The girls were looking for fun. They weren’t the slightestbit on guard against the old rough around the edges guy that

is me, and by the time 9 p.m. rolled around,I transitioned from common chit-chat, intomy show material, smooth as butter.

There were a few girls from Vermont there,which was a sign I’d have at least those fewchuckling, but gals from Connecticut, Massa-chusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey,laughed too, as much as any old coot Vermon-ter from Eden Mills. What a relief.

One gal arrived a half-hour into the show.She was average height, blonde hair, slight,wearing worn jeans, and a tie-dye shirt. Ihave a good deal of hippie material in theshow, and I picked on her by offering to goback and repeat the hippie stuff just for her,since I noted, she looked like she was a bit of

a hippie herself. The other gals loved it, and she went alongfine, laughing heartily at my teasing, and the subsequentmaterial.

I busted out the guitar toward the end of the show, andcapped the gig by throwing a Logger thong out to one gal,Jordan, who I’d been going back and forth with throughout.She went for it, and told me she was marrying a Vermonterthis summer. To look at her, all fancy and urban-ish, you’dhave never guessed she’d be with a Vermont dude.

The show ended, and the girls filed away. Chandler andher assistant friend, along with most of the Vermont girls,

see LOGGER, page 6


Opinion

From the Editor

NPR was in the crosshairsagain this month as an inde-pendent “sting” operation,

conducted by a controversial mediaactivist, revealed just how arrogantand politically partisan the taxpayer-funded broadcast service really is.

Regardless of the amount of taxpay-er funding NPR and her sister PBS-TVreceives — which is more than $450million annually — it’s time to pull theplug on public-funding of publicbroadcasting. If public broadcastingmust serve a purpose in news and en-tertainment, fine — but let it stand orfall on it’s own legs, like the rest of thenews and broadcasting industry.

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller resignedlast week after her colleague, RonSchiller (no relation), sputtered offen-sive things about Republicans and theTea Party during the undercoverluncheon sting by James O’Keefe,whose operatives posed as potentialradical Muslim donors.

As a result, both Schillers resigned ina nasty week of multiple black eyes forAmerican public broadcasting. And itwas CEO Schiller who took the biggestsword fall. Ah, but let’s not stop theNPR/PBS self sacrificing there. Con-gress needs to defund all of publicbroadcasting — immediately. How canpublic broadcasting ever recover fromrepeated examples of flagrant arro-gance, rabid partisanship, and inepti-tude?

Vivian Schiller, you may recall, wasinstrumental in the firing of reporterJuan Williams last October. Williams’firing was seen as unfair by most of thepublic. The amiable Williams wassacked after making innocent, on-airremarks about his personal fear ofMuslim terrorism while traveling. TheWilliams affair was just one of a grow-ing list of public broadcasting gaffsthat pointed to its irritatingly biasedway of managing and reporting the na-tional news. Is it any wonder manyfair-minded voters want to stop theirsupport of the “enterprise”?

Last week’s NPR sting made for theperfect storm on the issue of publicbroadcasting, a storm that has manylegislators — and many could-care-

less, non-artsy taxpayers — wonder-ing if PBS and the Corporation for Pub-lic Broadcasting are worth the nearly$450 million in federal funding theyreceived last year.

Despite the mandate of the Novem-ber 2010 election to reign in govern-ment spending and get hold of theever-spiraling federal deficit, we learnthat President Obama still wants to in-crease the amount for public broad-casting to $451 million. What doesn’tthe president understand about the re-sults of the November election? Manyof the voters are fed up — and thensome — with our government fundingeverything from recreational bicyclepaths to humorist Garrison Keillor ’sradio frolics.

NPR and PBS may serve a narrow au-dience with its arts and cultural pro-gramming, but the time of continuedpublic funding of the operations ap-pears at an end. Public radio is a luxu-ry the taxpayer can’t afford anymore.Besides, there are far too many worthi-er public efforts that have already re-ceived, or are about to receives, theaxe.

Also, when hard-working taxpayershear that that many high-level publicbroadcasting officials (like VivianSchiller) receive annual salaries in ex-cess of $100,000, it’s hard to mustersympathy for continued public fund-ing of things like “Sesame Street” or“All Things Considered.”

Here’s our vote on the public broad-casting debate: Either reform NPR andPBS to be inclusive of more broadlypublic views and issues or simply dowithout the assistance of we the tax-payers.

Can NPR and PBS survive on theirown? Sure they can. Welcome to theworld of private-sector news gather-ing, where we all compete, sink orswim on the merits of our productsand creativity. Not to fear — there’sstill billionaire George Soros and theArthur Vining Davis Foundation tohelp out with the shortfall. And in-stead of Pledge Week — how doesPledge Month grab you?

Lou Varricchio

Gov. Peter Shumlin says the NoChild Left Behind Act is leavingtoo many Vermont children be-

hind. “The law is taking too many Vermont

schools that are successful and labelingthem as failing,” Shumlin told the Times-Argus newspaper, Feb. 27.

This entertaining piece ofguv-speak goes onto mygrowing list ofeducator/politician declara-tions which illustrate somesort of alternate fantasy uni-verse they occupy.

Vermont NAEP test scoresin reading and math show“proficiency’’ (ability tofunction at grade level)achievement by only about athird of all students in allschools. That’s supposed tobe the schools’ purpose.

Now, when schools don’t make the NCLB-required Annual Yearly Progress toward 100percent proficiency (not a particularly highstandard, as you can see for yourself if youlook at “NAEP sample test questions” and“NECAP grade-level expectations” on theweb) by 2014, it’s NCLB’s fault, saith theGuv, who, I’d guess, is a very bright andwell-informed guy who knows better. Actu-ally, labeling such moonbeam quotes andbehaviors isn’t unique; consider the follow-ing. It comes from Kevin Phillips’ “Wealthand Democracy.”

“In 1996, the CPI was adjusted to correcta supposed price over-statement of infla-tion. Barron’s, the U.S. financial weekly, lat-er mocked both the quality adjustments andthe political opportunism … saying theyhad helped create a palpable gap betweenthe cost of living in the real world that we

poor souls inhabit and thecost of living in the Land ofOz fashioned by statisticalfancy.”

In public education, thelongest-running (and mostexpensive) Oz fantasy hasbeen the class-size-reduc-tion campaign, since theend of WWII, to reduce classsize with the promise that itwould improve studentachievement. Not with-standing all the evidence tothe contrary, the educa-tor/politician Oz-speakcontinues to this day.

In Nashville, Vanderbilt University laud-ed the Tennessee Star Study some yearsback, and it took almost a decade for moreobjective researchers to define and publishthe covered-over defects in the TSS, whichclaimed that smaller classes produce betterstudent achievement. They didn't and don't,as more serious researchers like EricHanushek and Richard Vedder subsequent-ly proved using objective statistical meth-ods, including the depressing NAEP data

see HARRIS, page 6

Guest Viewpoint

Pull the plug on public broadcasting

Servin’ up jokes at all-gals college in Mass.

Where are the productive classrooms?

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Narco ‘Bonnie &Clyde’ arrestedWent after trooper

ST. ALBANS — On March8, the Vermont Drug TaskForce and the Vermont StatePolice arrested BrendanBerno at his home for twocounts of the sale of nar-cotics.

While at Berno’s residencein St. Albans, Berno refusedto comply with police ordersand attempted to retreat into the residence.

While troopers restrained Berno to facilitate his arrest,Berno called out to his girlfriend Megan Cross for assis-tance.

Cross came to the aid of Berno and grabbed VSP Troop-er Jacob Metayer. Berno and Cross were taken into cus-tody without further incident. No one needed medical at-tention as a result of this incident and arrest.

Berno was arrested for the sale of narcotics (two counts),assault on a police officer and resisting arrest. Cross wasarrested for impeding a police officer. Berno was remand-ed to the Chittenden County Correctional Center andCross was remanded to Northwest Correctional Center,both for lack of bail.

Berno and Cross will appear in court at a later date.

Teacher strike avertedFrom NMP News [email protected]

SOUTH BURLINGTON — South Burlington teachersand School Board members narrowly averted a teachersstrike last week. The parties involved agreed on a three-year contract.

Teachers approved the new contract which maintainsautomatic, taxpayer-funded cost of living increases forteachers.

Not all school district residents are happy with the deal.“Why should I, a taxpayer, pay for teachers’ automatic

cost-of-living increases?” asks Michael R. Toomey, Jr., ofSouth Burlington. “I have worked here since 1999—I haveyet to receive a cost-of-living increase myself. This is whyplaces like Vermont and Wisconsin are a mess. Greedy,overpaid public workers are killing us.”

Marie Fitzgerald, chairwoman of the School Board, toldreporters that the agreement represented a fair compro-mise for all the parties involved in the contract negotia-tions.

Gibbs in new P.R. roleKILLINGTON

— Jason Gibbshas been nameddirector of mar-keting for SkiVermont, the Ver-mont Ski AreasAssociation(VSAA). Gibbshas a backgroundin brand manage-ment and strate-gic communica-tions, formerlyserving as com-missioner of theVermont Depart-ment of Forests,Parks & Recre-ation and as com-munications di-rector for Gov.Jim Douglas.

Gibbs succeeds Kathleen Murphy, who has been ap-pointed as the chief marketing officer for the State of Ver-mont, and will assume his new role on March 28.

Founded in 1969, VSAA is the trade association repre-senting Vermont’s alpine and Nordic ski areas in market-ing, public affairs and governmental affairs.

Gibbs lives in Duxbury with his wife Amy and theirdaughter Addison. He ran unsuccessfully for secretary ofstate of Vermont in 2010 as a Republican.

News of the Week

CASTLETON — Starting this week, there will be a uniquebake sale just outside of Jeffords Auditorium at CastletonState College. By purchasing some homemade goodies, youwill be helping to support a national effort to provide edi-bles for local food banks.

Canstruction is using one can as a catalyst for change. Onecan to represent the building blocks of massive sculptures.Since 1992, Canstruction has contributed over 15 millionpounds of food to community food banks demonstrating

that we can win the fight against hunger.Rutland County residents can still contribute cans by

leaving them outside Room 250 in Leavenworth Hall.If you prefer to make a monetary donation, make checks

out to Castleton State College, with a note indicating that itis for Canstruction.

Canned structures will be on display in the 1787 Room ofthe Campus Center.

‘Canstruction’ comes to campus

ON A MISSION — Elders in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Jake Bridge and Thomas Adams of Utah, are residents of Ver-mont this winter. The missionaries are in Addison and Rutland counties to teach about their faith. Church founder Joseph Smith was bornin Sharon, Vt. Many Mormons make the pilgrimage to Vermont to visit the Joseph Smith Bir thplace Memorial in the White River Valley.The LDS Church owns and operates the site as a tourist attraction. The remains of Smith’s frontier cabin are nearby.

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Brendan Berno andMegan Cross

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BRANDON — The McKernon Groupwas named first place in the categoriesof Energy Efficiency and Single FamilyHome over 3,000 Square Feet at the an-nual Home Builders and Remodelers As-sociation of Southern Vermont AwardsBanquet held in Rutland last month.

The home, sited at the foot of MountAscutney, was designed and construct-ed by the McKernon Group. AdamPelkey was the designer and Rob Ek-strom was the head project manager.

The home that meets the needs of ayoung family with special interests andtaste. It is equipped with the latest prod-ucts and systems that are available tomake this envelope energy efficient. Itincludes geothermal systems, solar heat,solar hot water, spray foam insulation,insulated concrete foundations, HRVsystems, airtight UV windows, and en-ergy efficient appliances. Where possi-ble the lighting is LED.

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McKernon receives building awards

Award-winning residence: Exterior views of a private house, located near Mt. Ascutney, Vt., thatwon the McKernon Group of Brandon a coveted New England construction award.

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(which is a large part of thereason educators despiseNCLB) showing flat testscores since 1970, fourdecades in which class sizeat national and state levelshas been steadily reduced.

The promised achieve-ment improvement has beenjust about zero, with testscores today still in the low200s out of 500, just as theywere then. Increasingly, Ifind myself thinking back tomy own graded school days,when all 25-to-30 of us in theclassroom made “proficient”every year, learning not onlyhow to handle the 36 sym-bols for reading and count-ing (the Japanese Kanji sys-tem requires a couple thou-

sand for basic literacy) but tomaster such not-even-taught-any-more subjects asgrammar and penmanship. Ispeculate that there are fourunderlying causes for whateconomist Vedder labels the“productivity collapse inpublic education,” and I in-clude the class-size shrink-age for its downward effecton learning (see below)which he doesn’t mention,more than for its upward ef-fect on per-pupil costs,which he does. In no partic-ular order, they are: social-promotion up, achievement-promotion down; class-room-disruptive student be-havior up, teacher-authoritydown; social-issue instruc-tion up, basic competenciesdown; and class-size reduc-tion.

Social-promotion. When Iwas in, say, grade 7, everyclassmate there had similar-ly mastered the grade 6 con-tent. Rarely, one or two whohadn’t shown proficiency atan earlier grade had to re-peat it. Thus, the proficiencyrate was 100 percent, exactlywhat NCLB now seeks by2014. To what extent social-promotion alone is the causeor symptom of the present 60percent reading and mathnon-proficiency rate as re-vealed by the NAEP testscores, the available litera-ture doesn’t say.

Disruptive or disengaged“students.” When I was inpublic grade school, teacherauthority was unquestioned(it still is, in non-publicschools) and therefore al-most never challenged.

Classroom time was almostnever devoted to mainte-nance-of-order, almost al-ways devoted to teachingand learning, and adversepeer-pressure was non-exis-tent. Presently, a handful ofStates is adopting newstatutes to restore that au-thority.

Social-issue instruction.Classroom time is a zero-sum equation: time spent onsuch matters is time notspent on basic competencies.You won’t find evidence ofsocial-issue instruction ob-jectives in the NAEP sampletest questions or the NECAPGrade-Level Expectations,but close observers of thepublic-ed scene say thatsuch instruction takes placeanyway, even though itdoesn’t show up in the writ-ten lesson plans. To what ex-tent it causes student non-proficiency in reading andmath, the available litera-ture doesn’t say.

Class size. Several pri-vate-school educators haveexplained to me that larger(traditional) class size en-ables more student learning,as classmates get morechances to observe each oth-er recite and question. Math-ematically, smaller classesequate to more teacher-at-tention per student, but, ap-parently, that isn’t the majordeterminant of achievementand proficiency. Recently, ahandful of States has enact-ed minimum class size rules,but none yet enforces them.

When I was in gradedschool, 65 percent was thesubject-mastery passinggrade. Anything less was a“flunk.” Of the above foursubjects, States are now be-coming active on two. That’s50 percent.


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hung around for the 10 minutes it takesme to pack up. They walked me to myrig, we shook hands, and I was on theroad.

The small Italian place I eyed on theway in to town was closed, so I pulledinto a MacDonald’s and went in to sitwith a couple of cheeseburgers.

Ordering, I looked to the drive-thruwindow and there were two gals fromthe show. They saw me, laughed, and Imotioned them to come join me. Theydid. One of them was a Vermonter, fromLyndon. The other was her roommate,from Connecticut.

We chatted about school, mostlyabout the rules like, no drinking or

drugs (aren’t they general life rules?),supped on our ratty fast food, and I leftin a cloud of dust. It was 10:45.

The drive home is about 3.5 hours,and I had my heart set on a package ofchocolate chip cookies made by a localwoman, sold at a convenience store thatlies 2 hours and 45 minutes up the road.By the time I hit that store and boughtmy milk and cookies, I was fully readyto enjoy them as much Thanksgivingdinner.

I got home at 2 a.m. or so.Next day’s report from the college

booker was very positive. I was glad tosee, through all the troubling reportswe hear and read about education inour country, that here was a tidy cam-pus, brimming with a diverse group ofbright-eyed young women, happy and

motivated enough to want to leavetheir rooms on a Tuesday night, to comeand be entertained.

Seems to me any of the girls I saw atthe show have all the ability in theworld to give themselves one helluvachance to live out a fantastic life.

It was 11 hours total: seven driving,one performing, and three in limbo.Money in the bank.

Show biz.I was glad the girls liked the show.

Rusty DeWees tours Vermont and North-ern New York with his act “The Logger.”His column appears weekly. He can bereached at [email protected]. Listen forThe Logger, Rusty DeWees, Thursdays at7:40 on the Big Station, 98.9 WOKO or vis-it his Web site at www.thelogger.com.

ANIMAL PALS — Members of the Critter Creek 4-H Club visited the Addison County Humane Society last week. They toured the facility, talkedwith shelter personnel, and delivered some needed supplies to the shelter. Included in their donations were wool-felted catnip toys that the4-H members made for felines at the shelter.

Photo by J. Jacob

Dog abandoned atdump up for adoptionBy Lou [email protected]

SPRINGFIELD — Fergus, the cute 8-year-old beaglewho was recently rescued from a trash dump in London-derry, is doing better, and he’s also up for adoption, ac-cording to Tom Browe of the Springfield Humane Socie-ty. The animal shelter is looking for a new home for thecanine after fixing him up for the better.

Browe said the dog had several teeth removed as a re-sult of the ordeal; he is currently receiving antibiotics.

“Fergus is doing better,” Browe said. “He was aban-doned along with hisdog bed. He had beenwandering throughthe dump for severaldays.

“He’s happy andeating. He’s affection-ate, loves attention.We also need financialhelp so that we can behere when anotherFergus comes to us inneed of extra help tostay alive and well.”

Browe said he andthe shelter staff coinedthe Scottish name“Fergus” for the for-lorn pooch. His original pet name is unknown.

If anyone is interested in adopting Fergus, call Broweat the SHS at 802-885-3997 or e-mail him at: [email protected].

To make a donation to the SHS’ Princess Fund, whichhelps local abandoned animals like Fergus, mail a checkto the Springfield Humane Society, 401 SkitchewaugTrail, Springfield, VT 05156.

Learn how to raiseshiitake mushrooms

BURLINGTON — This spring, the University of Vermont(UVM) Center for Sustainable Agriculture (a unit of UVMExtension) and Cornell Cooperative Extension will offer anintroductory workshop at four locations in Vermont andNew Hampshire on log-grown shiitake mushroom cultiva-tion, harvest and marketing.

Three of the workshops will be held on farms that are es-tablishing commercial shiitake operations as part of their di-versified farm plan.

Growing shiitake mushrooms as an agroforestry crop cre-ates new opportunities for farmers and other forest ownersto diversify and earn income from their woodlands.

Among the workshop topics to be covered are selection ofspawn types and tree species for bolts (logs), inoculationmethods, sustainable forest management practices and mar-keting of the specialty mushroom crop.

Dates and locations are as follows:-April 17: Dana Forest Farm, Waitsfield.-April 30: Shelburne Farms, Shelburne.-May 15: Cherry Rail Farm, Brattleboro.-May 21: Warner River Organics, Webster, N.H.The workshop fee is $30. To register, complete the on-line

application form at www.uvm.edu/sustainableagricul-ture/?Page=shiitakeapplication.html. Directions and work-shop details will be provided upon acceptance.

Space is limited, so early registration is recommended. Foradditional information or if requiring accommodations toparticipate, contact Ben Waterman at 802-656-9142 [email protected] by April 1.

Fergus is doing much better after be-ing abandoned in a L ondonderrydump.

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Empty Bowl dinner a successBy Alice [email protected]

STARKSBORO — TheStarksboro Food Shelf hasover $1,200 in its coffers topurchase food for local resi-dents struggling to fill theirplates. The funds are the re-sult of a recent community-based Empty Bowl dinnerheld recently at Robinson El-ementary School.

Empty Bowl dinners areheld nationwide to generateawareness of hunger and toraise funds for hunger relief.Community members, localartisans and school childrenmake and decorate glazedpottery bowls, which arepurchased at the dinner andfilled with a simple meal ofsoup and bread.

Vera Ryersbach, Robin-son’s art teacher, spearhead-ed the event and had each ofher art classes create bowls.

Other bowls were donatedby local potters for a total of200 bowls that sold for $10each.

The bowls were filled witha variety of soups made byRobinson students, underthe supervision of EmilyBetz, former owner of SauceBistro in Shelburne. Eachclass had a specialty soupderived from a subject theyare currently studying, suchat “Immigration Soup” and“Medieval Soup.” Studentsalso made a variety ofbreads with help fromStarksboro resident JenniferTurner, who made the doughat home and helped the chil-dren bake it in the schoolkitchen.

The dinner was a truecommunity effort and agreat learning experiencefor the students. They wereable to participate in a com-

munity service event frombeginning to end, and seethe results of their work, in-cluding the presentation ofthe large check to TownClerk Cheryl Estey and Se-lectboard Chair Susan Jef-feries, who accepted thefunds on behalf of the FoodShelf during a special schoolassembly.

At the dinner itself, organ-izers and diners alikepitched in to make the mealrun smoothly.

“Every time I turnedaround, people just jumpedin and helped. It was re-markable,” said Ryersbach.

She also noted that theevent was supported by do-nations of food from localbusinesses, such as LewisCreek Farm, Rockville Mar-ket, the Middlebury FoodCo-op and Misty KnollFarms.

Starksboro supports food shelf

Above, art teacher Vera Ryersbach and two Robinson Elementary stu-dents present a “check” in the amount of $1250 t o benefit the Starks-boro Food Shelf t o Selectboard chair Susan Jeff eries, and Town ClerkCheryl Estey. Starksboro residents at a r ecent Empty Bowl fundraisingdinner.

Photos by Alice Dubenetsky

Micro dairy farms are Vt’s futureVermont’s agricultural future as it per-

tains to dairy farming depends upon itsability to adjust to changing market reali-ties and practice sustainable environmen-tal management practices. Micro dairyfarming offers one viable solution to pro-ducing farm fresh milk for local markets.Milk sold directly from the farm can limitproduction to match demand while, at thesame time, allow micro dairy farmers tocapture the full value of their milk.

An average micro dairy farm of fourpasture grazing and relaxed cows can eas-ily produce 20 gallons of milk a day,enough to supply 60 average families (or180 people within a typical Vermontneighborhood community). There are1,000 micro dairy farms located through-out the Vermont landscape would eachproduce 6000 gallons of local milk per yearfor the communities where the cows actu-ally live. Farmers selling milk directlyfrom their farms at $7 per gallon will gen-erate $42 million in gross sales for thestate. Approximately half of this revenuewould go towards production costs whilethe other half could make an estimated$20,000 annual income. Managing a fourcow micro dairy farm does not provide afull time income; however, it is also not afull time job. The amount of time requiredaverages 16 hours per week which createsthe opportunity for a micro dairy farmerto explore other products that complimentfarmstead success such as produce, meat,poultry, composting, cheese production,and so forth.

In regards to Vermont’s environmentalfuture, micro dairy farming does not in-volve significant levels of noise, pollution,or manure run-off. In addition, cows canbe grass-fed, pasture-raised, and stressfree which can result in longer, more pro-ductive lives. The average life span of acommercial dairy cow is 4.5 years, withonly 2.5 being productive years. A hu-manely cared for cow on a micro dairyfarm with proper access to sunlight, fresh

air, and real grass and not being stressedfor maximum milk production can live andproduce milk up to three times more thana commercial cow.

Micro dairy farming is not the only so-lution in Vermont’s dairy industry future,but it is one that should not be ignored. Ifcommercial dairy farmers who ship milkto wholesale markets are being paid ap-proximately $1.67 per gallon of milk (com-pared to the suggested $7) and productioncosts can routinely run $1.90 per gallon,commercial dairy farmers can and do lose$.23 or more per gallon which is just badfor business! If, however, a micro dairyfarmer can sell milk at $7, turning a profitof $3.60 per gallon as a part time job, thetime is afforded to explore diversificationon the farm or other means of developingincome such as running a CSA.

While raw milk is currently viable inVermont, micro dairy farmers should havethe option to offer their customers thechoice of raw and on-the-farm pasteurizedmilk. This would, without question, ex-pand the potential market for farm freshmilk and increase the role of micro dairyfarming in the Vermont agriculture renais-sance. Rooted in the growing concern ofwhere and how food is produced, thestrengths in the buy local movement, ourstrong farmers markets, and farm-to-plateinitiatives are programs and organizationssuch as Sterling College’s SustainableAgricultural Program, Hardwick’s Centerfor an Agricultural Economy, Rural Ver-mont, and the Vermont Fresh Network.

It is time for local milk to fully join therenaissance and Vermont company, Bob-White Systems—the inventors and manu-facturers of small-scale pasteurizers forfarm direct milk pasteurization and af-fordable micro dairy equipment—areworking around the clock to try to bringon-the-farm pasteurization solutions tomarket.

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2. It’s Safe: Despite some high profileplane accidents air is still the safest way totravel. A plane crash that kills over a 100people makes worldwide news and scarespeople. Even a small private plane accidentthat kills two makes the local news. Not onlyare planes the safest form of travel they aregetting safer. Even train safety has declined.There have been more derailments, humanerrors, explosions and collapsed bridges. In-teresting to note that as trains go faster theyhave more accidents.

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the high-cost of flying but when comparedto cars and trains for long distance the planeis actually much cheaper. A 1000-plus miletrip on a plane might cost you several hun-dred dollars for the ticket but that is yourmain expense. If you go by car it will takeseveral days and you need to factor in lodg-ing, meals, tolls, fuel as well as the stress ofdriving. Even a train trip of that length willbe more expensive. Of course, expense willvary with the number of people on the trip.A plane ticket for one is a lot less than tick-ets for four.

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Despite all the stress of flying and there isconsiderable, it certainly beats the otherchoices for trips of long distance.

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Working together worksTo the editor:The St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, Inc. would like to extend a huge thank you to all

of the individuals that helped us get through the unprecedented March 7 snowstorm we allrecently experienced.

Without the assistance of Vermont Transit, Vermont Department of Public Safety, VermontAgency of Agriculture, local highway crews, our dairy farmer members and especially ourmilk haulers we would not have been able to get through the storm and minimize the ex-tent of milk losses.

On days such as March 7, when most reasonable people would hunker down at home forthe day, dairy farmers, road crews and milk haulers need to brave the elements. Daily ac-cess to dairy farms for milk pickups and other services is essential. Milk haulers rely onpassable roads, dairy farmers rely on milk haulers to pick up the milk, and haulers rely ondairy farmers to have plowed driveways. While events out of anyone’s control created manychallenges in making all of these things happen, given the magnitude of the storm, we couldhave not asked for a better outcome.

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Middlebury sizzled at Winter Festival March 12At left, David Hohenschau, ofMiddlebury, enjoys samplingaward-winning chili. Below, if it’sgood and healthy, it must be theMiddlebury Natural Foods Co-op(third place winner of theKitchen Sink Chili Prize). Here co-op workers Jane Costello ofShoreham and Hannah Rodinskiof Ripton serve up all-naturalchili.

At left, the Middlebury Fire De-partment likes it hot. This time,they put on the fire in the guiseof delicious chili.

A friendly pet pig greets a visitor downtown.

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RUTLAND — Warm tem-peratures and heavy rainhave raised concerns in mostcorners of Vermont over thepotential for flooding in thecoming days.

The National WeatherService predicted one-halfinch to up to 2 inches of rainto fall in areas of Vermontlast weekend.

Flash flooding is likely tooccur in low lying areas.

The National WeatherService says the Otter Creekin Center Rutland; Mad Riv-er in Moretown; and HoosicRiver in North Benningtonare likely to reach floodstage.

Flooding will most likelynot be limited to those areas,and Vermont EmergencyManagement urges all tostay away from floodwateror leave an area for higherground if water is approach-ing your location.

Never drive across aflooded road as unseenwashouts or a strong currentcould drag your car away.

More severe floodingcould occur if a river be-comes jammed with ice.

A number of communitieshave reported ice jams toVEM and the NationalWeather Service, and moreare expected over the com-ing days. An ice dam underthe U.S. Route 7 bridge atThree-Mile Bridge Road inMiddlebury has already di-verted the Middlebury Riv-er onto farm fields and areendangering the road. TheOtter Creek in Pittsford, Sal-isbury and Leicester is alsoflooding.

Local officials in Wilming-ton, Brattleboro, and Mont-pelier, among others, havebeen watching rivers in theircommunities and whereverpossible have begun mitiga-tion steps. Some privatehome and business ownershave also started to sandbagtheir properties as a precau-tion.

All community leaders areadvised to keep an eye onrivers and contact VermontEmergency Management ifassistance is needed to miti-gate, monitor, or respond torising waters. Municipali-ties are also urged to contactneighboring communities toshare information on actualand potential problems, orto coordinate a shared re-

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Tigers win M I D D L E B U R Y — T h e

No. 3 ranked MUHS Tigersdefeated Burr & Burton , 6-2, in the Division II boyshockey quarterfinals lastweek. The Tigers were 13-4-3 before the game. Burr &Burton finished its season at9-11-1 adding three defeatson ice at the hands of Tigers.

Eagles meet Tigersfor finale

BRISTOL — The MountAbraham Union HighSchool girls’ basketballteam headed for their sea-son finale in Middleburylast week. At press time, theMt. Abe Eagles were at No.3 for the Division II playoffs.

Tigers take on theCommodores

VERGENNES — TheMUHS girls’ basketballteam trounced VUHS, 44-31,to maneuver a Division IIplayoff game at home. In theseason rankings, the Tigerswere ahead of FHUHS, butjust trailed U-32.

Commodores defeatOtters

BRANDON — The No. 10ranked VUHS Commodoresgirls basketball team handi-ly defeated OVUHS Otterslast week, 55-45. The gamewas in the first-round of Di-vision II playoffs. The twostar Commodores players oflast week’s game were DaniStapleford and HannahCurler.


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From College News ReportsMIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College

will make its first appearance in the finalfour after the Panthers topped St. Mary’s(Maryland) by a score of 65-50 in a section-al final in Rochester, N.Y.

Middlebury will take on St. Thomas in asemifinal game on March 18 in Salem, Va.,while Williams meets Wooster in the othersemifinal contest. The Panthers continue toimprove on their school-record with a 28-1mark.

Despite shooting .478 from the floor in thefirst half, Middlebury found themselvestrailing 23-13 with 6:14 remaining. The Pan-thers came alive late in the half, going on a9-0 run behind a two and a three from NolanThompson and a dunk from Andrew Locketo cut the lead to 23-22 with 3:12 left to play-ing. Middlebury entered the intermissiontrailing 27-25, with 13 first half turnovers,while forcing 10 from St. Mary’s.

Middlebury came out firing in the secondhalf, opening with an 11-2 run to take a 38-

29 lead at the 13:48 mark. Ryan Sharry hit atwo and a three to start the run, with JakeWolfin scoring four points in the early spurt.The Seahawks came within five with 12:25remaining on a hoop from Kyle Wise, butthat’s as close as they’d get.

The Panthers methodically increased theirlead, reaching double-digits for good with6:18 left on a dunk from Sharry with a helperfrom Wolfin. Middlebury led by as many as16 in the game, ending with a 65-50 victory.

Wolfin netted 16 points on 7 of 11 shoot-ing with nine assists and three steals. Shar-ry scored 11 with 10 boards, while Lockescored 13 with nine boards and six blocks.Thompson added 10 points in the win, whileJoey Kizel netted seven with four assists offthe bench. Alex Franz led St. Mary’s with 16,while Chris Hutchinson scored 10.

Middlebury shot a red-hot .625 in the sec-ond half, finishing the game at .553, going 4of 10 from behind the arc. The Panthers heldSt. Mary’s to .339 from the floor, including 3of 13 from three-point range.

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Vermont Girl Scouts learn about Vermont farming history with the help of National Park Ranger MaryBeth Ford at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Forest Center.

Photo courtesy of the Girl Scouts

RUTLAND — Girl Scouts from acrossVermont join sister Girl Scouts nation-wide in celebrating the 99th birthday ofthe founding of Girl Scouting in the Unit-ed States this month.

For nearly a century, the Girl Scouts hasstayed true to founder Juliette GordonLow’s vision of building girls of courage,confidence, and character, who make theworld a better place.

“During Girl Scout Week, we renew ourcommitment to making the world a betterplace,” said Patricia Mellor, chief execu-

tive officer of Girl Scouts in Vermont. “Weknow that if a commitment to helping oth-ers is learned early in life, it leads to acommitment for all of one’s life.”

Girl Scouts are encouraged to partici-pate in religious services of their choice inuniform on these days to show that GirlScouting is a vital part of the community.Girls also do community service.

Gordon Low founded Girl Scouting inMarch 1912 with one troop of 18 girls. Be-fore women had the right to vote, GirlScouts were earning their Aviation Badge.

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Arsonist firefighter chargedWALLINGFORD — A federal grand jury presented an

indictment last week against Wallingford volunteer fire-fighter Matthew Burnham.

The jury charged Burnham with “willfully and with-out authority, setting on fire timber, underbrush, grassor other inflammable material.” Burnham was chargedwith the fire on U.S. government property in 2008.

In 2009, Burnham had pled guilty to a charge of fourth-degree arson, a misdemeanor in Vermont. At that time,he was sentenced with community service.

Burnham was among six members of the WallingfordVolunteer Fire Department charged with setting 22 fires.

Another Wallingford firefighter, Chuck Woods, wascharged. The other firefighters were issued tickets.

Vermont State Police troopers said the criminal fire-fighters set fires in order to be called to extinguish them.Wallingford Fire Chief Warren Allen resigned over thescandal; his two sons were among the volunteers ac-cused.

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Briefs

Accident closes Route 17Police responded to an accident

March 9 in Addison at the intersectionof Vermont Routes 22a and Route 1. Atractor trailer truck driven by JonathanPariseau, 50, of Brandon was travelingnorthbound on Route 22a in front of arental truck driven by Michael Lu-ciano, 34, of Schenectady, N.Y. Pariseauslowed and signaled to turn left on toRoute 17 (westbound). Luciano did notsee Pariseau slow and signal to turnand failed to slow sufficiently. Lucianothen struck Pariseau while it was turn-ing onto Vermont Route 17. The vehi-cles became stuck in the snow andcould not move until a wrecker arrivedon scene. Route 17 was closed down forapproximately two hours until the ve-hicles were removed.

Driver strikes fenceOn March 4, police responded to an

accident on U.S. Route 7 at River RoadNew Haven. Driver Ansally Kuria, 23,of Middlebury lost control of the vehi-cle and left the traveled portion of theroadway. Kuria’s vehicle then struck afence and came to rest in a field.

Emergency vehicle in accidentOn March 6, an accident occurred

along Route 22A approximately .3 milenorth of the Benson Line in Orwell. Avehicle operated by Wesley Orr, 20, ofOrwell, struck a vehicle operated byTasha Wright, 34, of Barre. Wright’s ve-hicle also contained unidentified 13-year-old and 6-year-old passengers.The highway was snow-covered andslippery at the time. Orr, a volunteeremergency grew member, was travel-

ing south with emergency red lights ac-tivated and was on his way to a crashin Benson on Route 22A. As he encoun-tered the vehicle being operated byWright, she slowed down and movedover to the right to allow Orr to pass.Orr lost control of his vehicle and wasfollowing too closely; he rear endedWright’s vehicle. One of Wright’s chil-dren was transported to Porter Hospi-tal for evaluation.

Auto downs utility poleOn March 6, along U.S. Route 7 in

Leicester Paul Putman, 48, of Middle-bury went off the east side of the high-way and collided with a utility pole.The utility pole was broken. CVPS andFairpoint Cable responded to replacethe pole and restore power to the area.

Hancock man arrested Police stopped driver Lawrence

Jacques III of Hancock on March 7 as hewas traveling on Route 100 in Waits-field. A VSP trooper said Jacques wasdriving under the influence, DLS,OOC, criminal refusal, with possessionof marijuana with intent to distribute.State Police in Middlesex had receiveda 911 call regarding a motor vehiclewhich was being operated erratically inWaitsfield. The vehicle was located inthe Shaw’s parking lot in Waitsfieldand the operator was identified asJacques. Following an investigation,Jacques was taken into custody forDUI. He was later found to be in pos-session of marijuana and operated thevehicle without the owner ’s consent.Jacques’s license was found to be sus-pended due to prior DUI convictions

and he refused to provide an eviden-tiary breath sample. Jacques was laterreleased with a citation to appear in theWashington County District Court.

New Haven man cited for DUIOn March 3, a VSP trooper stopped

Michael Manley, 54, on River Road inNew Haven. He was cited for DUI. Thevehicle was being operated on thewrong side of River Road. During thestop it was found that Manley was un-der the influence of alcohol. He wastransported to the New Haven StatePolice Barracks where he wasprocessed for DUI. Following the pro-cessing, Manley was released on a cita-tion to appear in Addison Court forDUI.

Accident on West River RoadOn Feb. 28, VSP responded to an ac-

cident on West River Road in Lincoln.Driver Shannon-Dee Anton, 47, of Lin-coln was driving her 2004 Scion XB. An-other driver, Noah P. Brautigam, 21, ofShelburne was driving a 2003 Ford Fo-cus during freezing rain.

Prior to the collision, Anton wastraveling east on West River Road atapproximately 30 mph. Brautigam wastraveling west at the same speed. Whiletraveling east Anton lost control of theScion and crossed the double yellowcenterlines. The Scion came into directcontact with the Ford in the westboundlane of travel. Neither operator was in-jured. The Lincoln Fire Department as-sisted at the scene of the collision. An-ton was issued a written warning pur-suant to Title 23 VSA Section 1031 fordriving to right.

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Built in 1843From Staff & News [email protected]

ORWELL — You can’t miss Orwell’s FirstCongregational Church. It’s a classic Ver-mont church that’s visible to all who passalong this community’s Main Street — it isthe heart of Orwell village.

Distinguished by its imposing architec-ture, the church, built in 1843, is now gracedby placement on the National Register ofHistoric Places. Thanks to the effort ofchurch and other community members, thestructure is now being recognized as a na-tional treasure.

The original church was an independentChristian congregation organized in 1789, afew years after the end of the American Rev-olution. There’s little detail about churchmembers in those early days, but when thecongregation grew in size during the early1800s, it was decided that a new structurewas needed.

The brick building, designed along classicGreek lines, was built by the hands of thecongregation and it still retains its original19th century lines.

The sanctuary windows, originally clearglass, were replaced by stained glass win-dows during the late 1800s.

The so-called children’s window, easilyseen inside, is unique in New England; itwas paid for by the children of the OrwellSunday School. These stained glass win-

dows illustrate Bible stories, Jesus teachingthe children, the Trinity, and other themes ofthe Christian faith.

The church’s sanctuary, which seats ap-proximately 350, still has its circa-1840swooden pews, many of which were original-ly family pews purchased or rented by mem-bers of the church when the building wasbuilt. As recently as the late 1900, somemembers still sat in their family’s tradition-al pew, although the seating is now open toall worshippers.

The excellent acoustics of the church areideal for organ concerts, congregationalsinging. Ministers enjoy giving sermonsfrom the large Victorian pulpit.

Music has long been a hallmark of the Or-well church with organists serving for manyyears at the fine Hook-Tracker organ (builtin the 1860s and restored in the early 1990s).This small instrument of only 16 stops twokeyboards — including the pedal board — isa rare and versatile instrument.

The church's parsonage, which stands atthe corner of Main and Church streets, wasbuilt in 1825. It originally in the shape of across, but the two additional wings havesince been removed.

With inclusion on the national register,Orwell’s keystone structure is a star in theconstellation of Vermont’s historic architec-ture.

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ADDISON ADDISON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH - Addison Four Corners, Rts. 22A & 17. Sunday Worship at 10:30am, Adult Sunday School at 9:30am; Bible Study at 2pm on Thursdays. Call Pastor Steve @ 759-2326 for more information. WEST ADDISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday, 9am HAVURAH, THE JEWISH CONGREGATION OF ADDISON COUNTY - Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St. A connection to Judaism and Jewish life for all who are interested. Independent and unaffiliated. High Holy Day services are held jointly with Middlebury College Hillel. Weekly Hebrew School from September to May. Information: 388-8946 or www.addisoncountyhavurah.org BRANDON BRANDON BAPTIST CHURCH - Corner of Rt. 7 & Rt. 73W (Champlain St.) Brandon, VT • 802-247-6770. Sunday Services: 10a. Adult Bible Study, Sunday School ages 5 & up, Nursery provided ages 4 & under. Worship Service 11 am * Lords supper observed on the 1st Sunday of each month. *Pot luck luncheon 3rd Sunday of each month. Wednesdays 6:30pm, Adult prayer & Bible study, Youth groups for ages 5 & up LIFEBRIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH - 141 Mulcahy Drive, 247-LIFE (5433), Sunday worship 9am & 10:45am, www.lifebridgevt.com, LifeGroups meet weekly (call for times & locations) BRIDPORT BRIDPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Middle Rd., Bridport, VT. Pastor Tim Franklin, 758-2227. Sunday worship services at 8:30am and 10:15am with nursery care provided. Children’s ministries include Sprouts for children age 3-Kindergarten and WOW for grades 1-6, during the 10:15am service. HOPE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP - Meets at Bridport Community Hall. Bridport, VT • 759-2922 • Rev. Kauffman. Sunday 9am, 10:30am, evening bible study. ST. BERNADETTE/ST. GENEVIEVE - Combined parish, Saturday mass 7:30pm Nov.1-April 30 (See Shoreham) BRISTOL BRISTOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP - The River, 400 Rocky Dale Rd., Bristol. Sunday Worship 9:00am. 453-2660, 453-4573, 453-2614 BRISTOL FEDERATED CHURCH - Sunday service at 10:15am FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRISTOL - Service Sunday, 10am ST. AMBROSE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday service 5:15pm, & Sunday 9am BRISTOL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - 839 Rockydale Rd. - Saturday Services: Bible Studies for all ages-9:30am to 10:30 am, Song Service, Worship Service at 11am. Prayer Meeting Thursday 6:30pm. 453-4712 THE GATHERING - Non-denominational worship, second & fourth Saturday of the month, 7pm Sip-N-Suds, 3 Main St. • 453-2565, 453-3633 CORNWALL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF CORNWALL - Sunday worship 9:30am EAST MIDDLEBURY/RIPTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday worship, 9am VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH - Rev. Ed Wheeler, services on Sundays: Sunday School for all ages at 9:30am, morning worship at 10:45am (nursery provided), and 6:30pm on Wednesdays; Youth Group and AWANA meet on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm ESSEX CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY ALLIANCE ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH - 36 Old Stage Rd., Essex • 878-8213

ESSEX JUNCTION CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH - 61 Main St., Essex Junction - 878-8341 FERRISBURGH/NORTH FERRISB. FERRISBURGH METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday worship 9:30am NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 227 Old Hollow Rd., North Ferrisburgh, VT 802- 425-2770. Rev. Kim Hornug-Marcy. Sunday worship 10am, Sunday School 10am, Nursery Available. http://www.gbgm-umc.org/ nferrisburgumc/ CROSSROADS CHAPEL - 41 Middlebrook Rd., Ferrisburgh, VT 05456. (802) 425-3625. Pastor: Rev. Charles Paolantonio. Services: Sunday 10am. FERRISBURGH CENTER COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH - Rt 7, Ferrisburgh - next to the Town Offices / Grange Hall. New Pastors Rev. John & Patrice Goodwin. Worship time is now 10:45am. HINESBURG LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH - 90 Mechanicsville Rd., Hinesburg. Sunday Service at 10:30am. Pastor Hart, info: 482-2588. ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE - 10759 Route 116 Hinesburg. Masses: Sat. 4:30pm; Sun. 9:30am LINCOLN UNITED CHURCH OF LINCOLN - Sunday worship service 9:45, Church school 11:15am, united Student Ministries for grades 7-12, 6:30pm Sunday evenings. 453-4280 MIDDLEBURY CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY - Sunday service & church school, Sunday 10am CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY - Middlebury. Middlebury Community House, Main and Seymour Sts, Sunday Service and Church School-10am; Wednesday-7:30pm. THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sunday 10am worship service THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER- DAY SAINTS - Sunday Sacrament 10am-11:15am EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORSHIP - Service in Middlebury area: call 758-2722 or 453-5334. HAVURAH, THE JEWISH CONGREGATION OF ADDISON COUNTY - Saturday morning Shabbat services, 388-8946 MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH - 97 South Pleasant St., Middlebury. Sunday morning worship & church school 10am, Wednesday evening Bible Study, 6:30pm. 388-7472. MIDDLEBURY FRIENDS MEETING - (Quakers), Sunday worship & first day school 10am (meets at Havurah House) SAINT MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday, 5:15pm, Sunday 8am, 10am ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH - (On the green in Middlebury). Reverend Terence P. Gleeson, Rector. Sunday Eucharist 8 & 10:30am Child care & Sunday school available at 10:30am service. Wednesday at 12:05pm Holy Eucharist in the chapel. www.ststephensmidd.org or call 388-7200. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 10am Grades K-5: Activities, Grades. 6-8 & 9-12: Church School Classes, Refreshments & fellowship time: 10:45am-11am. Sunday morning worship service 11am. Nursery provided both at 10am & 11am. MONKTON MONKTON FRIENDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday service & Sunday school, 8:45am NEW HAVEN ADDISON COUNTY CHURCH OF CHRIST - 145 Campground Rd., 453-5704. Worship: Sunday 9 & 11:20am; Bible

classes: Sunday 10:30am, Tuesday 7pm. Watch Bible Forum on MCTV-15 (Middlebury) or NEAT-16 (Bristol) NEW HAVEN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Church services 10am on Sunday. All are welcome. NEW HAVEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH - Sunday services, 10am & 7pm ORWELL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Sunday worship service, 10:00am. Contact: Rev. Esty, 948-2900 SAINT PAUL’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Sunday mass 11am, 468-5706 RICHMOND RICHMOND CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST - 20 Church St., Richmond • 434- 2053. Rev. Len Rowell. Sunday Worship with Sunday School, 10am; Adult Study Class, Sunday 8:30am RIPTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 388-2510 SALISBURY SALISBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sun. worship svc., 10am SHELBURNE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SHELBURNE - 127 Webster Road, Shelburne • 985-2848 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 2166 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne. 985-2269 Sunday Services: 8am & 10am. Bible Study 9:00am • Sunday School: 9:50am. The Reverend Craig Smith ALL SOULS INTERFAITH GATHERING - Rev. Mary Abele, Pastor. Evensong Service and Spiritual Education for Children Sun. at 5pm. 371 Bostwick Farm Rd., Shelburne. 985-3819 SHELBURNE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 30 Church St., Shelburne • 985-3981 • Rev. Gregory A. Smith, Pastor, 8:00am - Holy Communion Service • 9:30am - Family Worship Service with Sunday School SHOREHAM ST. GENEVIEVE/ST. BERNADETTE - Combined parish, Saturday mass 7:30pm, May 1-Oct. 31. (See Bridport) SHOREHAM FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- UCC - Sunday worship and Sunday school 10am. Pastor Gary O’Gorman. 897-2687 STARKSBORO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STARKSBORO - 2806 Route 16, Starksboro. Sunday worship 11am. Chat, Chew & Renew, a pre-worship fellowship and discussion time 10am-10:45am. Sunday mornings in the Fellowship Hall on the accessible first level. All are welcome. First Baptist is an American Baptist church yoked with The Community Church of Huntington for support of its pastor, The Rev. Larry Detweiler [email protected]; 802.453.5577. SOUTH BURLINGTON NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH SBC - 1451 Williston Rd., South Burlington. 863-4305 VICTORY CENTER - Holiday Inn, Williston Road, South Burlington • 658-1019 BURLINGTON UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH - Pastor Paul Lyon • 860-5828. Sundays: 10am & 6pm. Wednesdays: 7pm. at 294 North Winooski Avenue. SUDBURY SUDBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Sunday worship service and Sunday school, 10:30am SOVEREIGN REDEEMER ASSEMBLY - Sunday worship 10am

VERGENNES/PANTON ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHRISTIAN CENTER - 1759 U.S. Route 7, Vergennes, VT • 802-877-3903 • Sunday school 9am, Sunday worship #1 10am, Sunday worship #2 6pm, Youth, adult gathering 6pm CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH - Sunday worship svcs. 10am & 7pm CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF VERGENNES (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sunday, 9:30am NEW WINE COVENANT (CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST) - Sunday worship 10am PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH - Sunday school from 9:30am-10:15am Pre-K to adult, Sunday worship service 10:30am ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Main and Park Streets, Vergennes. Rector: The Rev. Alan Kittelson. Sunday Services 8am and 10am; childcare provided at 10am. All are welcome. For information call 758-2211. ST. PETER’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday 5pm, Sunday 8:30am, 10:30am VERGENNES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 10:30 am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH - 862 US Rt. 7, SUNDAY : 9:45am Bible Hour For All Ages Including 5 Adult Classes; 11:00am Worship Including Primary Church Ages 3 to 5 & Junior Church 1st - 4th Graders; 6pm Evening Service Worship For All Ages. WEDNESDAY 6:30pm Adult Prayer & Bible Study; AWANA Children’s Clubs (3yrs to 6th grade); JAM Junior High Group (7th & 8th grade); Youth Group (9th - 12 grade). Nursery is provided for children up to 3 years old. Classes are provided for children age 3 and up. 802-877-3393 WEYBRIDGE WEYBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Worship and Sunday School 10am. Daniel Wright, Pastor. 545-2579. WHITING WHITING COMMUNITY CHURCH - Sunday school 9:45am, Sunday Service 11am & 7pm WILLISTON CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - 1033 Essex Road, Williston. 878-7107. St. Minister Wes Pastor. Services: 8:30am and 10:30am TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH - 19 Mountain View Rd., Williston. 878-8118 CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - 1033 Essex Rd., Williston 878-7107 CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE - 30 Morgan Parkway Williston, VT 05495 • 802-878-8591 [email protected] CAVALRY CHAPEL - 300 Cornerstone, Williston. 872-5799 MARANATHA CHRISTIAN CHURCH - 1037 S. Brownell Rd., Williston. 862-2108 IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY - Route 2, Williston 878-4513 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston 878-2285 WILLSTON FEDERATED CHURCH - 44 North Willston Rd., Williston. 878-5792

1-1-2011 • 77176

Education spending in decline?Town Meeting last week marked the sec-

ond year in a row that Vermont’s educationspending has declined. And it happenedwithout the angst we all felt last year.

Only three districts rejected their budgets.That’s the fewest in at least 20 years. Andbased on the anecdotal evidence, manybudgets were approved by bigger marginsthan in recent years.

Another change this year: This was thefirst time in recent memory that the gover-nor didn’t harangue school boards from Jan-uary to Town Meeting Day about their reck-less spending. Instead of the constant noiseabout out-of-control school budgets andthreats to have Montpelier dictate educationspending limits, there was mostly a welcomesilence.

When the governor has talked aboutschool boards, it’s been to acknowledge theresponsible job they do. Although he hasn’tsaid it in so many words, Gov. Shumlin ap-pears to believe that the voters who electedhim in the fall ought to be trusted to decidein March how much they want to spend toeducate their children.

The budgets school boards put forwardwere constrained this year, which no doubthelped them pass. According to preliminarycalculations by the Department of Educationon the budgets that had been submitted bylate February, overall spending was up 0.6percent and education spending, which af-fects school tax rates, was down about 0.6percent.

As we know from recent years, taxes canstill rise even when there is little or no in-crease in spending. For the last two years,the Legislature has cut the annual transfer

from the General Fund to the EducationFund. In addition, there was little growth inthe sales tax and lottery revenue going intothe Education Fund during the recession.Both of those factors shifted more of the costof supporting schools onto the property tax.

Shumlin’s budget would restore some ofthe money that has been cut from the Gener-al Fund transfer to the Education Fund, butnot all. And he has proposed a permanent re-duction in the transfer of at least $23 milliona year for fiscal 2013 and beyond. Like hispredecessor, the governor is asking localschool boards to cut their spending andbooking the savings in the state budget. If lo-cal districts improve efficiency or find otherways to save money, those savings shouldaccrue to local property taxpayers. Unlikehis predecessor, however, this governor ac-knowledges that a reduction of the GeneralFund transfer to the Education Fund means

that property taxes will be higher than theywould have been without the cut.

A way to ease that additional pressure onthe property tax would be to have all resi-dents pay school taxes based on income.Now about two-thirds of homeowners payincome-based school taxes on their homes.Nevertheless, the school finance system isstill regressive. The typical Vermont familyspends a greater share of its income to sup-port our schools than do high-income fami-lies.

Moving away from the residential proper-ty tax for schools is a discussion Vermontshould have — perhaps next fall and winter.In the meantime, we should be grateful thatvoters here still value education and that wedon’t have to fight a governor trying to de-stroy public education as they are in Wiscon-sin and Ohio.

Jack Hoffman

Guest Viewpoint

For Calendar Listings—Please e -mail t o: theeagle@addison- eagle.com, minimum 2 w eeks pr ior t o

event. E-mail only . No fax ed, handwritten, or USPS-mailed listings or lett ers tothe editor accepted. For questions, call Jennifer at 388-6397.

Saturday, March 19MIDDLEBURY — Everyone Can Dance with Big APE at Town Hall Theater The

latest work from boundary-pushing Big Action Performance Ensemble (Big APE)is a community-based project that celebrates movement of all kinds. LEveryoneCan Dance at Town Hall Theater, at 8 pm. Tickets are available through the Mid-dlebury College Box Office by calling 802-443-6433 or online.

MIDDLEBURY — American Legion St. Patrick’s Party at 6 p .m. Entertainmentto follow dinner.

MIDDLEBURY — March Mudness for ages 3-8 from 10-1 carnival games andprizes, cupcake walk, stories, weird science, crafts, bouncing, oobleck, “Cat in theHat”, food, and more to benefit 6th grade trip to Hulburt Adventure Center BridgeSchool, Exchange St.

Sunday, March 20BRISTOL— 2-4 p .m. Everybody's Got A St ory: Come Tell I t, Come Hear I t. As

part of the La wrence Memorial Librar y's hundredth anniversary, “A Century ofStories”, bring your own personal story to share with your neighbors, or just sitback and listen each Sunday afternoon in March. Refreshments served; free. 802-453-2366 or 453-5060.

HINESBURG — The Hinesburg Artist Series and the 15th Anniversary Concert.We have an amazing lineup of local and not so local r enowned musicians per-forming at this event. Begins at 4:30 p.m.

MIDDLEBURY— Noah Silverstein '11, voice and piano 3 p.m., Mahaney Cen-ter for the Ar ts, Concert HallA senior v ocal and piano r ecital, sponsored by theDepartment of Music. Free 443.3168 or at our website.

Monday, March 21BRIDPORT — The Bridport Book Club will hold its March meeting at 7 p.m. at

the Bridport Highway Department conference room on Crown Point Road andShort Street. We will discuss "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier. All interestedreaders are welcome to participate. Call Alice Grau at 758-2858 for more infor-mation.

Tuesday, March 22MIDDLEBURY— India Laughlin '11, soprano 8 p .m., Mahaney Center for the

Arts, Concert HallSponsored by the D epartment of Music . Free 443.3168 or atour website.

Wednesday, March 23MIDDLEBURY — Richard P. Chen '13, piano Kaveh E. Waddell '13, piano 8 p.m.,

Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert HallSophomore pianists Kaveh E. Waddell'13 and Richard P. Chen '13 share the stage for their solo recital debuts at the Ma-haney Center for the Arts Concert Hall. Free 443.3168 or at our website.

Thursday, March 24MIDDLEBURY — Belcea Quartet 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Con-

cert Hall .The Belcea Quar tet has gained an en viable reputation as one of theleading quartets of the new generation. Sponsored by the Middlebury College

Performing Arts Series. Reserved Seating. Tickets: $24/18/6. 443.3168 or website.MIDDLEBURY — “Frankenstein” will be shown, at 7 pm at Middlebury's Town

Hall Theater. Tickets are $17, and may be purchased at our website, 802-382-9222,at the THT Box Office (Mon.-Sat., noon-5 p.m.) or at the door.

VERGENNES — Join us at the Opera House f or a very special concert by theCornell University Chorus, one of the nation's outstanding women's choirs. Tick-ets: $10 adults, $8 senior/student Starts at 8 p.m.

Friday, March 25HINESBURG — Music Night with Joe Cribari at 7p.m. Brown Dog Books & Gifts.MIDDLEBURY — Award-winning Bollywood blockbuster, "Kabhi Khushi Kab-

hie Gham" on the big screen, Town Hall Theater, 7 p.m. With special guests, theHadippa Dancers! Tickets, only $5, are available by calling 802-382-9222, onlineat our website, or in person Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

Saturday, March 26BRISTOL— Bristol Spring Fling Community Potluck & Open Acoustic Jam Ses-

sion. All Bristol people are invited to a Potluck supper at 5 p.m., starting at 6 p.m.Dave Henderson and the 'Old Bones' will entertain us for a 1/2 hour.

MIDDLEBURY — Two Brothers Tavern will be having Karaoke, 9 p.m. Free.MIDDLEBURY —The Burlington Ensemble Plays Town Hall Theater. New string

quartet The Burlington Ensemble pr esents "A Reverence for Victims of Rev olu-tion"--a timely and moving program centered on Gorecki's String Quartet No. 3,"...songs are sung." Performance at 8 p.m.

NEW HAVEN — Craft sale and Flea market 9 a.m.-3p.m. at Town Hall. To ben-efit New Haven's 250th Charter Celebration! Fee is $25/ 6' x 8' space.

To reserve space, donate items for the sale or f or more info,please call theTown Office at 453-3516 or Suzy at 453-5978.

VERGENNES — Rotary Club Casino Night, 7 p.m. Vergennes American Legion.VERGENNES — Shop ‘ til you drop at the Vergennes Opera House, 10 a.m.-3

p.m. 1897 theater will be transformed into an indoor market with booths and ta-bles filled with goods from local farmers, artists, and merchants.

VERGENNES — The creators of the popular "Middlebury Does Motown," and"The History of Rock n Roll," Shari Charron, Bill van Zyverden, and Chuck Millerpresent "We’re Goin’ Country/Bluegrass” to benefit the Foundation for AlcoholismResearch. Shows star t at 8 p .m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the dooravailable at the Opera House or online at our website.


By Jack McInturff

Across1 Like good jokes

7 Night music

11 Focus at a boxer’s

school?

20 Brought out

21 Got off

22 Source of a vital supply

23 Meek Jolly Roger crew-

men?

25 Rear-ends, say

26 Theater aisles, usually

27 NASA’s “Go”

28 Some reality show win-

ners

30 Flowery welcomes

31 R.E.M. hit, with “The”

33 “Games People Play”

author Eric

34 Hang behind

36 One-million link

37 Old strings

38 Sporty Italian wheels

42 Polish protector?

45 Spent the cold season (in)

46 Pro foe

48 How some soccer games

end

49 N.J. neighbor

50 Selection word

51 Red-costumed actor in

“Veggie Tales”?

53 Moses sent him into

Canaan to spy

55 Misses some of the lec-

ture, perhaps

56 Swedish city connected

by a bridge to

Copenhagen

57 Root vegetable

59 Take really short catnaps

during a Henny

Youngman routine?

69 Failed flier

70 Culture: Pref.

71 Collar victim

75 Spin-off starring Valerie

Harper

76 Tiny nestling’s cry?

81 Sets straight

83 Mil. spud duties

84 Paddled boats

85 Raw rocks

86 Mineral involved in much

litigation

88 Ownership dispute?

90 “Casey at the Bat” autobi-

ographer

91 Barrage

92 “To Kill a Mockingbird”

Pulitzer winner

93 Boston transit syst.

94 Londonderry’s river

95 R rating cause

100 Mideastern pastry dough

103 Kurdish relative

104 Confectionery collectible

105 Hair cover

106 Cry of anticipation

109 Meryl as a coquette?

112 Check before cutting

113 Stadium stratum

114 Oriole Park at __ Yards

115 Words before an impor-

tant announcement

116 1974 CIA spoof

117 Hotel meetings, perhaps

Down1 It’s not an original

2 Water source

3 Crooner Mel

4 Giraffe relative

5 Leaves alone

6 Pres. during Brown v.

Board of Education

7 Chevy SUV

8 Supermodel Wek

9 Dessert choice

10 French isl. south of

Newfoundland

11 Bean and Welles

12 Ball girl

13 Those, in Tenerife

14 Obama, e.g.: Abbr.

15 Form letters?

16 Drug money?

17 Zip

18 Credit card name under a

red arc

19 Cupid’s counterpart

24 Tropical grassland

29 Stowe novel subtitled “A

Tale of the Great Dismal

Swamp”

32 NBC newsman Roger

33 One way to get to Paris

34 Novelist Deighton

35 Prado pictures

37 Old strings

38 Boston department store

founder

39 River of Tuscany

40 Nevada senator

41 Time to beware

42 Stone marker

43 Request to a dealer

44 Coming-out party?

45 Like Tom Jones, by birth

46 SDI weapons

47 Oscar winner Patricia

49 Missile with a feathery

flight

52 Benedict XVI, e.g.

53 Half a dance

54 Pen name

57 Proverbial sword beater

58 Occurring before: Abbr.

60 Block

61 ’60s Israeli prime minister

62 Some ’Vette coverings

63 Unites

64 Jazz __

65 Dramatist Fugard

66 Dear, in Dijon

67 You can get down on one

68 Illegal payments

71 Class-conscious gps.?

72 Formerly, formerly

73 Bumpkin

74 Fund for hammer parts?

76 “Circle of Friends” author

Binchy

77 __-European languages

78 Corn holder

79 Accomplish

80 Bone: Pref.

82 Certain NCO

84 Orchestra members

87 It may be taken in a parlor

88 Popular shift

89 Early communications

satellite

91 Put into groups

94 Elizabethan expo

95 Turns

96 Ones against us

97 Wikipedia policy

98 Math subgroup

99 Blissful settings

100 Douglas and others

101 Gangsta rap pioneer

102 Tibetan priest

103 Satyr’s kin

104 Hunted

107 Make lace

108 Northwestern sch. where

Cougar Gold cheese is

made

110 Inside info

111 Pie chart fig.

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