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Middlebury Lions supportlocal benefit tractor pullCommunity, Lions Club raise funds tosupport local families in need

By Alice Dubenetsky [email protected]

MIDDLEBURY — When Ken VanDeWeert wassuffering from ALS, a fatal neurological disease alsoknown as Lou Gehrig’s disease, members of hiscommunity came together to help ease some thefamily’s struggles. In addition, they were also ableto help realize a life-long dream of Ken’s. Theanonymous gifts enabled Ken and his family to em-bark on a cross-country excursion. Ken lost his bat-tle with ALS in August 2003 at the age of 47.

Those memories, and the gratitude his family feltfor the assistance in their time of need led them toseek a way to give back to the community in muchthe same way. Ken’s son Jason, and his brother Timdecided to focus on a part of Ken’s life that he andhis family most enjoyed – tractor pulling – to raisemoney for people in need of a little extra help to getthrough a trying time. Ken was an avid tractorpuller and well known to participants and fans ofthe event. “It’s amazing what people are able to doand will do for others”, says committee memberDanielle Dragon. “This is a fun way to give backand touch other people like Ken and his family were

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MIDDLEBURY — Since its inception in1984, the Middlebury CongregationalChurch hosts the area's annual "MessiahSing" that attracts hundreds of singers andplayers from throughout Addison County,central and northern Vermont, and the

Champlain valley area each year. This year'sreading continues the tradition of featuringsoloists drawn from communities through-out Vermont, including vocalists LeilaMenard McVeigh, Grace Weber, JoeMcVeigh, and Heidi Willis; Greg Vitercik,

harpsichord; and instrumentalists SofiaHirsch, Ellen Vitercik, Molly Bidwell, andChris Diehl-Noble. Harpsichord builderRobert Hicks of Lincoln, Vermont, providesa hand-crafted instrument for the

See CONCERT, page 13

E-Corp English ChoosesMiddlebury for GlobalHeadquarters

MIDDLEBURY — The multi-national company E-Corp English announced last week that it will lo-cate its global headquarters and IT developmentcenter in Middlebury. A number of factors playedinto the company’s decision to choose Vermont, in-cluding the state’s technical infrastructure, an edu-cated workforce and Middlebury College’s lan-guage department.

E-Corp English offers on-line English trainingcourses to business people in China and Frenchspeaking countries and plans to expand their scopeof instruction to Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Por-tuguese and Spanish speakers.

President Deborah Schwarz made the announce-ment in Montpelier, where she was warmly wel-comed by Governor Jim Douglas andGovernor–elect Peter Shumlin. Noting that thecompany had a number of choices, including NewYork and Oregon, Gov. Douglas said “We are hon-ored that you chose Middlebury and Vermont as aplace to grow.”

Schwarz and her husband have a long associationwith Vermont. She attended Middlebury College’slanguage program for two summers, and her hus-band is a doctor with ties to Fletcher Allen HealthCare as a researcher. That association, combinedwith a number of incentives from the Vermont

See E-CORP, page 13

MIDDLEBURY — For the first time inmore than 30 years, the Metropolitan hasunveiled a new production of Verdi’s DonCarlo, starring Roberto Alagna in the titlerole. It will be seen across the world andat Middlebury’s Town Hall Town HallTheater as part of the Met’s “Live in HD”series.

Rarely seen for decades due to its epicproportions, Don Carlo is now consideredone of Verdi’s finest achievements. Setduring the Spanish Inquisition, it tells thepersonal story of two love triangles setagainst a public backdrop of war, persecu-tion and destruction.

Verdi tinkered with this sprawlingwork during his lifetime, resulting in twodistinctly different versions – a four-actversion and a five-act version, the later

sung in French or Italian. The Met is stag-ing the grand five-act version, a gamblethat has paid handsome dividends. Theproduction has received rave reviews

Don Carlo will be broadcast at Middle-bury’s Town Hall Theater on Sunday, De-cember 19 at 1 pm. Tickets are $22, andmay be purchased at www.townhallthe-ater.org, 802 382-9222, at the THT Box Of-fice (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm) and at the door,if available.

Singers and players perform together at “Messiah Sing” hosted by the Middlebury Congregational Church.

Live in HD series at Town Hall Theater

Tenor Roberto Alagna sings the title role inVerdi’s epic Don Carlo, a Metropolitan Opera“Live in HD” broadcast at Middlebury’s TownHall Theater. Sunday, Dec. 19, at 1 pm. Tick-ets: www.townhalltheater.org, 802 382-9222,at the THT Box Office (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm)and at the door.

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Parks is offering three brand new Holiday Gift Packages thatgive recipients something fun to open and use right away,and something really fun to look forward to this summer.

For your convenience, the gift boxes are attractively pack-aged and come ready to give. Shipping is free and you canorder packages online anytime at www.vtstateparks.com orby calling the reservation call center at 1-888-409-7579 Mon-day - Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Here’s the Packages at a Glance:Day Tripper Package: Includes a punch card good for 10

state park day visits, a VT State Parks water bottle and a giftcard for one hour boat rental. $39

Weekend Getaway Package: Includes two nights of tent,RV or lean-to camping, two VT State Parks travel mugs, anda bundle of firewood for your campout. $79

Full Season of Family Fun Gift Package: Includes a Vehi-cle Season Pass that provides unlimited day entry into anyVT State Park, all season long for up to 8 people per visit, twoVT State Parks water bottles, two VT State Parks ball capsand two gift cards for one-hour boat rentals. $149.

Craig Whipple, Director of State Parks commented, “Wealso offer gift certificates in any denomination, park passesand a variety of parks merchandise. When you give the gift

of the parks, you know youare buying locally, support-ing your state parks, whilegiving the receiver a glimmerof the summer to come”.

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If you’ve never owned a Ford Fiesta, youmay not fully grasp the following story. Butgive it a try.

In the autumn of 1978, I was living inPennsylvania and working as an editor of asuburban Philadelphia newspaper. When Ireluctantly sold my old car at the time, Ithought I’d regret the decision. But I didn’t.

My girlfriend at the time, let’s call herJody, said I’d look very jaunty behind thewheel of a new European-built Ford Fiesta.I took her devious bait. Who doesn’t want tolook jaunty behind the wheel? Well, it was1978 after all and I was just out of college andmadly in love.

In the late 1970s, Ford USA was importingits zippy Fiesta from its trendsetting Fordw-erks facility in Germany. This reliable firstworld car was a hit with drivers all over Eu-rope, Australia, and New Zealand. What theheck. I’d give it a test drive.

Jody and I visited a local Ford dealer andI ended up driving home my first of manyFords—a new, yellow 1979 Fiesta we dubbed“Feisty”. I also drove home my first car-loanpayment book, too. The newspaper didn’tpay me much of a salary and the monthly carpayments seemed a lot. But that was 32 yearsago. But come to think of it, times haven’tchanged all that much, if you get my drift.

This writer wasn’t the only person bittenby the Ford Fiesta bug.

I later learned that other Fiesta ownershad a habit of Christening their vehicleswith cute little names—so I guess I wasn’tthe only Fiesta fop during the ‘70s. Ford Fi-esta flummery had been contagious. And we

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mont couple the heart of this Ford Fiesta sto-ry—

Way back in 1979, a young couple, Larryand Marguerite Senecal of Vergennes, Vt.,were traveling America’s backroads in a1979 Ford Fiesta, just like me. And theycalled their orange Fiesta “The Pumpkin”(see photo).

Sadly, Ford discontinued production ofthe popular, original, boxy Fiesta in 1980. Alot of Fiesta owners. like me, hung on to theircars for a few more years but snappier vehi-cles came a long to woo us. We all moved on.But like the Senecals and me, we never for-got our fond Fiestas.

Now 31 years and several Ford automo-biles later, the Senecals discovered that theFord Motor Company was going to bringback the Fiesta—zippy engine, jaunty Euro-pean styling, sunny Spanish name, and all.

The new Fiesta, the couple learned, issomewhat similar to its earlier incarnation—an American-European engineered vehiclein the sub-compact category. Another greatworld car.

To some folks, like me, the new Fiestalooks a lot like the bestselling Ford Focus—not a bad thing, mind you, but the old Fies-ta was a foxy box. And I happen to like myvehicles boxy. So call me retro.

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be in the market next year. And I’ve beenwondering—how does “Felix” sound for thebaby’s name? I guess I’ll have to hand out ci-gars, eh?

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In a sequence of one-step-leads-to-another reading too indi-rect to be worth the column-inches for description here, Iended up with a dog-eared and previous-reader-annotated

copy of “Beyond the Classroom” in hand. It’s one of hundreds ofbooks which target, with greater or lesser success, what is and isn’tgoing on in K-12 public education, a 13-year process which is sup-posed to (and once did) metamorphose illiterate and innumeratelittle savages into civilized and knowledgeable citizens. Withoutreservation (pun intended) I can testify that the 1995 LaurenceSteinberg 223-page effort (the Washington Post called it “an impor-tant book with important truths” so it must be so) the best-I’ve-yet-seen analysis of the Students-Who-Won’t-Learn question, and itmakes its points without charts, tables, or Hindu (“borrowed” bythe Arabs, who then put their name on it) numerology and sym-bols. It’s good, not because, like most books on the SWWL subject,it devotes a lot of ink to the racial achievement pattern –blacks andHispanics worse than Whites, Whites worse than Asians—and tothe parental guidance –or lack thereof—and to the “disengaged-student” question; but because it goes into a subject wherein, un-like other books on the SWWL subject, it devotes a lot of ink to stu-dent-peer-pressure –to pursue or disdain learning—and how it pre-vails, not only in the usual-suspect inner-city schools, but similarlyin suburban and rural schools, and across the entire socio-economicspectrum. If you credit Steinberg with accurate representation ofall the statistical studies he’s run and referenced (but not re-print-ed) then his findings are as applicable to what’s going on in EastOvershoe, VT, Central School as in Harlem, NYC’s PS 7, a 3-out-of-10 quality-scoring school which was never 10-10, and in Boston’shighly-gentrified Longwood neighborhood, Boston Latin School,which once was 10-10 but was pushed from educational grace inthe 1970’s.

Maybe the best summary sentence in Steinberg (p,137) is thisone: “The factor that undermines the positive effect of effectiveparenting in Black homes is the same one that counters the adverseeffect of ineffective parenting in Asian households –the peergroup”. Previously he had reported his research finding that, afterall the usual adjustments for socio-economic status, all racialgroups practice about the same level of authoritative (his label forreally-good) parenting, and in the following chapter he makes thecase that student peer pressure trumps it all because, (p. 141)“…there is a specific period in [adolescent] development roughlyfrom age 12 through 16 when…peers begin to play an enormouslyimportant role in influencing achievement”. On p.146 he writesthat “the prevailing norm in most high schools is to “get by with-out showing off” and there are pockets within each school in whichacademic achievement is admired and others in which it is activelydiscouraged”. Observers of both VT and non-VT schools can’t hon-estly disagree. His italicized p.148 conclusion: “by high school, theinfluence of friends on school performance…is more substantialthan the influences of parents’ practices at home”. He then devotesa modest amount of ink to parental neighborhood selection (mid-dle-class flight, both White and Black, although he doesn’t call itso) as the best way for parents to control the circle of their teens’friends, presumably to install them in a more old-fashioned social

environment like the now-van-ished ones where most of theteens were enthusiastic aboutgetting good grades, and beingpart of the in-group meant inter-nalizing those academic expec-tations.

If you find Steinberg’s re-search findings and conclusionsmore persuasive, you have tofind the current focus on boot-ing out teachers-who-don’t-teach less persuasive. You alsohave to question one of the newthemes in the pre-K argument,the one which says that parent-ing is so poor that, for HeadStart to work successfully, gov-ernment will have to remove the kids for large blocks of non-schooltime from mom or, more rarely, from mom and dad. Under theSteinberg thesis, parental failure to wield books at home doesn’tmatter; getting kids into groups which think an after-school jauntto the town library beats basketball is the key factor. He doesn’tsay where such teen groups are more or less likely to be found, butI’d guess that the odds favor the neighborhood around PS 7 some-what less than the neighborhood around, say, the Chicago-suburbNew Trier High School. Boston Latin is in a separate Brown-v.-Board-and-bussing classification; high-SES neighborhood fromwhich local kids are shipped by their parents to non-neighborhoodschools, and BL itself enrolls mostly bus-ins from elsewhere inBoston. It has a lot of SWWL problems it didn’t have when enroll-ments were local.

Reinforcement for the Steinberg thesis comes from an unexpect-ed and more recent source: Ludwig von Mises Institute writer Gen-nady Stolyarov, who opines (this year) that schools which devoteso much more effort to “school spirit” than to individual achieve-ment are cultivating the worst aspects of little-savage tribalism inthe young: the unwarrantedly high levels of group- and self-esteemwhich say, in effect, “we’re a really great tribe, we don’t do math,and we’re a lot better than those nerds who can”.

If there’s a questionable part, it’s the Steinberg explanation ofhis research finding that Asian students from non-authoritativefamilies do better in school anyway than B’s, W’s, and H’s. His the-ory: they’re the victims of B, W, and H gang rejection-discrimina-tion, and, denied entry into the anti-achievement peer groups, theyhave no choice but to form their own, pro-achievement, ones. Arethe Pacific Coast urban-Asian gangs figments of Hollywood imagi-nation?

Finally, there’s the unasked unanswered question not in Stein-berg’s pages: what can powerful forces like public schools, typical-ly the weightiest institutions in small-town and suburban areas, doto help parents in shaping the mostly pro-achievement adolescentattitudes as were dominant in the good old-fashioned teen peergroups of years gone by? Neither the author nor the academics northe edu-crats have chosen to address that subject.

Long-time Addison County resident Martin Harris now keeps his eyeon Vermont from Tennessee.

Weird Al Yankovic built a large career for himselfchanging words of hit songs and re recordingthem. Creating an industry from nothing is im-

pressive, Al’s an extremely talented guy, but when I hearsongs re written using the music and groove of an alreadywell known song, I’m let down, I feel jipped, cause there’snothing easier than punching up someone’s already fullyfleshed out successful idea.

Below I’ll change words to the first couple lines of famil-iar holiday songs and prove the point of how easy it is. If Ican do it, any dolt can.

Once you get started on a theme with the first two lineschanged, the rest comes even easier. So if you’re wanting tocomplete an entire song, it’ll be a cinch. You’ll agree afteryou sing my samples.

*You may not nail the cadence of the original song usingthe new words I wrote, but if you go back over them a timeor two and play with the groove, you’ll find they all workperfectly right on the beat.

Sleigh BellsSleigh Bells ring … around the roseyThere’s an actress … named Parker Posey

Jingle BellsJingle Bells, collect sea shells, Liberace’s gay,If he were alive, he moved to Vermont, and marry a guy

named Ray, Hey!

Little Drummer BoyCome, they told me, geta colonoss cah peeIt might not hurt one bit, but there’s no guarantee

Good King WenceslasGood King Wenceslas looked out, on the feast of Stephan

Does anybody out thereknow, what the feast ofStephan is?

Frosty the SnowmanFrosty the snowman, was a

jolly happy soulOn our soccer team, be-

cause he’s so fat, we makehim play in goal

Silent NightSilent Night, Holy Night,Hide the weed, state cops

in sight

God Rest Ye Merry GentlemanGod rest ye merry gentleman your heads upon this hayI’ll be right back with fatty foods prepared by Rachel Ray

Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerRudolph the red-nosed reindeer walks around in panty

hoseWhich explains why when you meet him, he introduces

himself as Rose,You might have chuckled some, and if you did, I suggest

you do up a couple yourself and read em around this year ’sholiday Yule. Feel free to go right ahead and complete anyof the ones I started. You’ll be a big hit. Merry Christmas.

Rusty DeWees tours Vermont and Northern New York withhis act “The Logger.” His column appears weekly. He can bereached at [email protected]. Listen for The Logger, Rusty De-Wees, Thursdays at 7:40 on the Big Station, 98.9 WOKO

With the holi-days ap-proaching,

families have been shop-ping for some informationin regard to buying safetoys for their children thisyear. Well, fortunately Ihave a direct line to Santawho is the expert when itcomes to safe toys, and hewanted me to share withyou the following informa-tion:

1. Please read the labelsbefore buying any toy tolearn about what ages the toy is safe for, how to use it,whether adult supervision is recommended for assembly oruse, and to make sure toxins or chemicals have not been usedin making the toy.

2. Think big when it comes to buying a toy – I mean big-ger than your child's mouth so as to prevent choking. Checklabels to make sure there are no small parts that can be chok-ing hazards.

3. Avoid toys that shoot small objects into the air to avoidchoking or eye injuries (they do occur) and avoid toys thatmake loud or shrill noises that can damage their hearing.

4. Make sure the toy is sturdy by checking that parts aresewn on well and that seams and edges are secure. Make surestuffed toys are flame resistant or flame retardant and wash-able.

5. Crib toys should not have strings or wires longer than12 inches that a child can strangle or choke on.

So after all that, what kind of toy should you get? Choosetoys that are based on the developmental level of your child- toys that their physical and mental abilities will allow themto use appropriately. Your pediatrician can make sugges-

tions specific to theage and develop-mental level of yourchild. All you have todo is ask. And don’tforget that booksmake great gifts forchildren (and adults)of all ages.

If you have anyconcerns about a toy,check the ConsumerProduct Safety Com-mission web sitewww.cpsc.gov to seeif it has a problem orhas been recalled.

Hopefully, tipslike this will wrap-up any concerns youhave when it comesto giving your childthe gift of a safe toy.

Happy shopping!Lewis First, M.D., is chief of Pediatrics at Vermont Chil-

dren's Hospital at Fletcher Allen Health Care and chair ofthe Department of Pediatrics at the University of VermontCollege of Medicine. You can also catch "First with Kids"weekly on WOKO 98.9FM and WPTZ Channel 5, or visit theFirst with Kids video archives at http://www.Fletcher-Allen.org/firstwithkids

At Any Cost?

In his determination to close Vermont Yankee, Gover-nor-elect Shumlin made his newplans for the future of our Green

Mountains clear. In eight weeks Shum-lin's administration will designate fourregions in Vermont to be aggressively de-veloped for large scale industrial windprojects.

What a change from Governor Dou-glas.

In Sheffield, our community has already experienced thecosts of this unpopular debate.

Our village has been crippled by division, falling real es-tate values, lack of permanent employment, blasting andbulldozing, and when the project is fully developed, mostlikely, our health.

The Shumlin administration is showing a lack of foresightand traditional Vermont values – values that have protectedthese ridgelines for more than a century. The cost of this planis great – the costs to Vermonter's health, future renewablechoices, and future business development is immeasurable.

Vermonters are the conscience of thisgreat state. We are deeply and justifiablyattached to our surrounding landscape.This landscape gives us a sense of time– something more permanent than weourselves are – something that was notcreated by us and must be protected.

Let us hope the new legislature willshow more restraint and foresight than the incoming Gov-ernor has. Take the time to evaluate what this will cost ourstate in the long run.

There are much better ways to create a renewable future.

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WESTPORT — For the last year and a half, Molly Rascoe,a senior at Westport Central School, has traveled to Burling-ton three times a week for dialysis. In July 2009, Molly wasdiagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that impaired herkidney function, and she needed the regular blood treat-ments in order to survive.

Now, she has every reason to hope that those long hourshooked up to the dialysis machine are a thing of the past. OnDec. 1, Molly underwent a successful kidney transplant atBurlington's Fletcher Allen hospital.

Molly's new kidney began functioning almost immediate-ly, and her recovery has gone smoothly. She came home Dec.5, two days earlier than expected.

She and her family are overjoyed at the successful out-come, though Molly's doctors caution that there is still achance that her body might reject the kidney.

“The next two to three weeks will be critical,” Brad Ras-coe, Molly's father, said shortly after Molly returned home.“After that, the chances of rejection go down. We're hopingfor the best, but we have to be very careful for a few weeks.”

To lessen the chance of rejection, he explained, Molly is be-ing given medication to suppress her immune system. “Shecan go to a movie, but if someone’s coughing near her she'llhave to leave. She's looking forward to seeing her friendsagain, but she won't be able to go back to school for at leasta month or so.”

Molly, whose positive attitude throughout her illness hasimpressed everyone who knows her, has her eyes on theslightly longer term. Westport girls shine at basketball, andMolly, a dedicated athlete, is no exception.

“I'm going to be on the team,” she said, smiling. “I'll prob-ably sit on the bench, but my goal is to play in a game beforethe end of the season.”

If Molly does get to play in a game, it's likely that Ben Sud-duth will be sitting in the bleachers cheering her on. Sudduth,whose own daughters Mallory and Megan attend WCS withMolly and her sister Emily, donated the kidney that's nowworking inside Molly.

Sudduth has been a volunteer firefighter and EMT fordecades, and is currently captain of the Westport EmergencySquad. He still remembers a call to the Rascoe home whenMolly suffered seizures from her illness in August 2009. Hesaid that after years of focusing on just keeping people aliveand getting them to the hospital, “I'm grateful that now I'vehad a real chance to actually fix somebody.”

“For the rest of my life, I'm going to feel good about doingthis,” he continued. “I highly recommend that people thinkabout becoming a donor.”

People are born with two kidneys, he pointed out, but onlyneed one. Studies have proven that kidney donors are just ashealthy and live just as long as those who keep both kidneys.

“There's thousands of sick young people waiting for kid-neys. Most anyone can do this,” he said.

He urged those interested to call Kate Devine, FletcherAllen's pediatric transplant coordinator, at (802) 847-4291.

The day before the transplant, the school and the commu-nity gathered in the school gym for an emotional send-offhosted by Molly's fellow seniors. Each elementary class pre-sented Molly with a “Get Well Soon” card, and well-wishers

had a chance to express public appreciation for Ben Sud-duth's selfless act.

Molly's cause was taken up by a number of local organi-zations, including the Christopher Emmet Hallowell Fund,the Adirondack Polo Club, the Pull Tabs for Molly campaign,the Westport Education Association, and the Westport FireDepartment and Emergency Squad. In Vermont, Molly andher family benefited from the assistance of Ronald McDon-ald House and Child Life of Vermont Childrens' Hospital.

“First and foremost, we're so grateful to Ben,” Brad Rascoesaid after Molly was home. “We've had such strong supportfrom the whole community, and he was the icing on the cake.Molly's attitude from the beginning has been that she just didwhat she needed to do. But with the tremendous amount ofsupport that we've received from people in Westport andneighboring communities, that made it so much easier.”

Farriers Competefor Honors

IRA – Whiting resident Corey Oldroyd took Overall Buck-le Champion in a live horseshoeing contest during the Ver-mont Farriers Association’s 5th Annual Forging Clinic andContest at Ira Brook Farm in Ira. Contestants have 10 sec-onds to look at a bare, trimmed horse hoof before making anappropriate shoe to fit in 15 minutes.

Ben Sudduth and Molly Rascoe share a fist bump during an as-sembly in her honor at Westport Central School Nov. 30.

Pictured is Molly after the surgery enjoying mac and cheese withher favorite nurse, Pat Delaney.

Photos by Julie Rascoe

Bob Pethick, CJF of Bedminster Forge, New Jersey demon-strates working with aluminum shoes to a group of Vermont Far-rier members at the Vermont Farriers Association’s 5th AnnualForging Clinic and Contest. Photo by Diane Saunders

Corey Oldroyd, left, models his new forging apron along withMark Schneider of Middletown Springs and Mark Albee ofRochester, NH. Photo by Diane Saunders

Welcome home, Molly and Ben!

A girl born October 27, AnnaBelle Natalie White, to MahaRhoe and Rickie White of Queensbury, N.Y.

A boy born November 7, Parker Xazier Austin, to Williamand Tammy (Savage) Austin of Middlebury.

A boy born November 16, Maxwell Ronald Henderson, toRyan and Karen (Woodly) Henderson of Middlebury.

A girl born November 16, Evelyn Iris Moats, to Jared andAmy (Davis) Moats of New Haven.

A girl born November 17, Melyssa Michelle Lawton, toAshli Latreille and Michael Lawton of Bridport.

A boy born November 19, Jacob Mark Visser, to Mark andRuth (McLaughlin) Visser of Panton.

A girl born November 21, Leanor Towle Geddes, to ScottGeddes and Mattie Towle of Vergennes.

A boy born November 21, Skyler Raymond Lee Ryan, toEric Ryan and Amber Lattin of Port Henry, N.Y.

A boy born November 22, Carter Michael Robilotto, toMichael and Heather Robilotto of Rutland.

A boy born November 25, Leopold Robin Swenton, to Flo-rence Feiereisen and Frank Swenton of Middlebury.

A boy born November 28, Tobias Robert Hamilton, toDaniel and Sarah Hamilton of Bristol.

A girl born December 1, Ava Alice Wood, to Lance andKristi (Quesnel) Wood of Shoreham.

A girl born December 1, Annika Maeve Rose-Whiteman,to Tanya Rose and Stephen Whiteman of Middlebury.

A boy born December 2, Jaxson Lawrence Sias, to KellyHealey and Travis Sias of Vergennes.

A girl born December 2, Haylee Marie Clark, to TiffanyClark of Middlebury.

A girl born December 6, Kalina Danica Alexis Snow, to DanSnow and Jessica Reed of Leicester.

*If you have questions, or to submit birth announcements,please call Leslie at 802-388-6397 or email at [email protected].*

Douglas receives Canadian honor Outgoing Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas was inducted into

the Maple Leaf Foundation’s Academy of DistinguishedCanadians and Americans this weekend at a ceremony inBoston. He was recognized for his efforts to strengthen andrevitalize the historic Vermont-Quebec relationship, as wellas his work with state and provincial leaders to promoteU.S.-Canada relations.

Douglas was presented the award by Quebec Premier JeanCharest, along with Leonard Gold, president of the NewEngland-Canada Business Council, Christian Brosseau ofHydro-Quebec and Robert Hannum of CGI.

Births IntheMilitary

Port takes part inamphibious landing

Marine Corps Cpl. William S. Port participated in an am-phibious landing exercise called Phiblex '11 on the island ofLuzon, the Philippines.

Sailors from an aircraft carrier, a dock landing ship, andan amphibious transport dock ship, along with members ofthe 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Okinawa,Japan, and members of the Philippine military shared tac-tics, weapons, and field rations during the exercise. The ex-ercise allowed American servicemembers to train in a for-eign environment and get a better understanding of howAmerican and Filipino military operations function togeth-er.

He is the son of Alan and Nancy Port of Ledge Road,Burlington, Vt.

Submit items for publication to editor Lou Varricchio at [email protected]

The above pictures were misidentified in last week’s edition of the Eagle. The correct cap-tions appear here.


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VERGENNES — American Legion Post 14 in Vergennes will host the annual Children’sChristmas Party at the Post on the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 19 from 2 until 4 pm. All areachildren up to 10 years of age and their parents are cordially invited. Refreshments will beserved. Merlin the Magician will again be on hand to provide entertainment. Santa Claushas also been booked and is planning to present a gift to every child attending. The Postis located at 100 Armory Lane in Vergennes.

Senior class members Rachael Zeno and Andy Dubenetsky contemplate their mounts before thestart of the game.

Parker Bent, left, works with mentor Nancy Orvis on a Valentines project.

From Dec. 13- 24, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne Village will be donating 5 percent of profits from all sales of crafts, giftsand original art to the Vermont Foodbank. Besides a diverse collection of original art by regional artists, the gallery has a great gift selection with something for every budget.Unique offerings include handcrafted glass, ceramics, wood and picture frames, as well as an array of accessories such as jewelry,scarves, and handbags.Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery is located at 86 Falls Road in Shelburne Village. Gallery hours are Tuesday -Friday 9:30-5:30 and Satur-days 10-5.

Utilities offer advicefor power outages

High winds and heavy snow often cause power outages inVermont, and Central Vermont Public Service, Green Moun-tain Power and Vermont Electric Cooperative have teamedup with advice for customers when outages occur. Whendamage is extensive, it often takes hours or even days to getall customers back on-line, so a little planning can make be-ing without power a little less stressful.

The utilities offered the following advice:Before outages occur, be sure you have a phone that is

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Treat any downed line as if it is live. Report the line toyour local utility and fire department, stay at least 50 feetaway from the line, and keep children and pets away as well.

If using a generator, read and follow the owner ’s manualbefore starting the generator. Never operate a generator in-side any structure or near a structure. Use a transfer switchto ensure electricity is not accidentally fed onto a line whereline crews must work.

Keep freezers and refrigerators closed as much as possi-ble to prevent food spoilage.

If power goes out, turn off all electrical appliances exceptone light so you’ll know when service returns. Then, turnequipment back on slowly.

Never use grills inside for warmth, as the fumes can bepoisonous.

In addition, it’s a good idea to have a supply of flashlightsand fresh batteries on hand. If using candles or oil lamps,be careful not to place them near flammable surfaces – es-pecially Christmas trees or decorations, and make sure theyare not accessible to pets and children.

A little planning will make dealing with power outagesbearable, if not exactly pleasant.

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RANDOLPH CENTER — Organic dairy producers willlearn about animal nutrition, herd health considerations, thelatest agronomic research, and more at a day-long workshopon Jan. 13.

The Vermont Organic Dairy Producer Workshop will beheld at the Red Schoolhouse on the Vermont Technical Col-lege (VTC) campus in Randolph Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Registration is due by Jan. 7. The fee is $20 per person andcovers lunch and materials.

To register, send a check, made payable to University ofVermont Extension, to Organic Dairy Workshop, UVM Ex-tension, 278 S. Main St., Ste. 2, St. Albans, VT 05478. If yourequire accommodations to participate in this program,please call 524-6501 or (800) 639-2130 by Jan. 7. For more in-formation, please see the workshop brochure athttp://bit.ly/gRzPWR.

The workshop will start with a presentation by Dr.Heather Darby, UVM Extension field crops and nutrientmanagement specialist, who will describe results of the lat-est research conducted by her team, including organic for-age studies, grains trials, and other projects. Dr. KathySoder, an animal scientist with the U.S. Department of Agri-culture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service Pasture Sys-tems and Watershed Management Research Unit in Penn-sylvania, will discuss developing low and no grain feedstrategies that complement high quality homegrown forageproduction. She also will describe the effect of plant speciesdiversity on intake, productivity, and grazing behavior.

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MONTPELIER – For the fourth year in a row Vermont hasbeen named the healthiest state in America, Governor JimDouglas announced today. The 21st annual America’sHealth Rankings, which was released at a press conferenceat the Hall of States in Washington, D.C. this afternoon,showed the Green Mountain State in a familiar position lead-ing the nation when it comes to health.

“Over the last eight years we have worked hard to im-prove the health and wellbeing of Vermonters,” said Gover-nor Douglas. “Policies like the Vermont Blueprint forHealth, Choices for Care and Global Commitment to Health,and our groundbreaking 2006 health care reforms have con-tributed significantly to our success. But most importantly,it is the people of Vermont, who have taken responsibilityfor their health, that deserve credit for this distinction.”

According to a release from the United Health Foundation,“Vermont has had a steady climb in the Rankings for the lasttwelve years from a ranking of 17th in the 1997 and 1998 Edi-tions.”

This year, the state ranked among the top 10 healthieststates in 14 of 22 public health measures relating to behav-iors, community and environment, policies and clinical care.In particular, Vermont was noted for a number of strengths:high rates of graduation from high school; ready access toprenatal care; wide health insurance coverage; few childrenliving in poverty; adequate availability of primary carephysicians and public health spending. Since 1990, preva-lence of smoking, and deaths from cardiovascular diseasehave decreased significantly.

“This is a moment to take pride in our collective work tohelp Vermonters lead healthier lives in healthier communi-ties, said Health Commissioner Wendy Davis, MD. “But wecan’t let up on our efforts in the face of new and continuingchallenges: rising rates of obesity, a drop in the numbers ofchildren getting fully immunized against vaccine-preventa-ble diseases, binge drinking among adults and youth alike –and the consequences of health disparities experienced bymany Vermonters.”

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Middlebury’s circa 1891passenger depot on Sey-mour Street is getting majorfacelift. The historic struc-ture was purchased by SteveDupoise, owner of TracksideDepot LLC and County Tire,in August 2009 when theprevious owner, an autoparts retailer, relocated toExchange Street.

“It’s a classic structure,”said Dupoise, “and we’rerenovating it to rent as retailand office space.”

Dupoise is including ren-ovations to the train sta-tion’s second-floor towerroom which was long closedand off limits to tenants un-til now. In the days of pas-senger train service to Mid-dlebury, a station mastercould look north and south,up and down the tracks, forapproaching train traffic.

“It’s an ideal pace for adowntown business,”Dupoise added. “We’respending a lot of money toreturn this building to itsproud appearance.”

Dupoise’s new businessventure, Trackside Depot,will act as landlord for newbusiness tenants. Currentlyone tenant, a computer serv-ice, occupies a portion of thefirst floor of the old depot.

Trackside Depot receiveda state historical tax credit tobegin the project and also re-ceived federal taxpayerfunds for improved “green”energy efficiency and newelectrical wiring and heatingunits.

“If you look at the beauti-ful 9 over 2 window-panepattern,” said Dupoise, “youcan see that this kind of at-tention to design detail backin the old days meant a lot tothe builders. They tookpride in what they built.”

While built at the close ofhe 19th century, the depotwas moved across the tracksin 1912, just a few weeks af-ter the sinking of the Titanic.

“The station was movedfrom west to east across the

tracks,” said Dupoise.“We’re not clear on just whythat was done.”

A detailed history of thedepot appears in the classic“Walk Around Middlebury”guidebook available locally.

“There’s a lot of railroadhistory here,” Dupoise said.

An architect’s renderingof the renovated depot willbe released next week; theEagle will publish the imagewith an update in an up-coming issue.

As Trackside Depot’s con-tractors were working on re-placing wood and founda-tion segments, news wasmade public of a possible ex-tension of Amtrak’s EthanAllen Express from Rutlandto Burlington with a stop inMiddlebury. It is unlikelyAmtrak will use the 1891 de-pot, but rumors about thedemise of passenger trainsappears to be premature.

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Jackman Fuels, Inc. Jackman Fuels, Inc. Serving the Champlain Valley since 1935

205 Main Street, Vergennes 877-2661

63526

Broughton’s

Hardware ‘Big Country’ Store

Rt. 22A, Bridport 758-2477 73203

Winner: 2001 - 2009!

Best Fitness Center Best Fitness Center Best Fitness Center Celebrating our 27th year

of family wellness! VermontSun.com

388-6888 • Exchange St. • Middlebury 877-2030 • 11 Main St. • Vergennes

(in Kennedy Bros.)

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Wine Beer

Redemption Lottery

Propane Filling

21 Prince Lane • Bristol 453-3990

BRISTOL Discount Beverage

& Redemption Center

13 Court St., Middlebury 388-4925

73209

We appreciate your confidence.

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802-388-1000 66 Court Street Middlebury,

Vermont 05753

802-877-3232 268 Main Street

Vergennes, Vermont 05491

63531

Voted one of the best retail clothing stores in the region!

175 Main Street, Vergennes 877-2320

www.lindasapparel.com Mon. - Sat. 9:30 - 5:30,

Sun. 11:30 - 3:30 63538

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“The Beauty of

Simplicity” Inn, Dining & Events

Serving Dinner Fri. & Sat. 5:30-11

Wed. & Thurs. 5:30-10

Sun. Brunch 10 - 3

The Eagle’s TENTH Annual Ever-Popular “100 Best in the Region” Readers’ Survey...

YOUR FAVORITES Recognizing YOUR area FAVORITES YOUR FAVORITES for their service!


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Vermont Gifts

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Route 7, Ferrisburgh 425-3971

Dorset St., So. Burlington 658-9560

Voted #1 Tire Center,

2008!

Route 7 South • Middlebury 388-4053 63525

Eagle Reader’s Survey

GENERAL TIRE

388-3784 800-286-3783

Marble Works Middlebury

187 Main Street Vergennes

Voted “Best Pharmacy/Drug Store”

Nine Years in a Row! Eagle 100 Best Readers’ Survey

877-1190 800-684-8300

63543

P H A R M A C Y

CLARK CLARK CLARK SEPTIC SEPTIC SEPTIC

SERVICE SERVICE SERVICE Complete Septic System

Maintenance & Repair Systems Installed Prompt Service

388-0202 • 453-3108 Serving Addison County & Beyond!

2007 Best Septic Service

63372

Fresh Hot Breakfast Sandwiches

Route 7, N. Middlebury 63532

Voted: Region’s Best Gas Station &

One of the Best Cups of Coffee


Thank you for voting us Best Farm and Garden Store in 2003,

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009!!

338 Exchange St., Middlebury 388-4937

Store Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8-6, Sat. 8-5, Sun. 9-4

For All Your Yard, Garden, Farm & Pet Needs

7321

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63542

24 hour emergency deliveries

3108 VT Rte. 22A, Bridport, VT 802-758-FUEL (802-758-3835)

802-247-9500

Mike Bordeleau, Owner Mike Bordeleau, Owner

We provide our customers first class service

63460

Thanks for voting us “Best Heating Oil Dealer” in 2007 & 2008

NEW HAVEN NEW HAVEN TIRE TIRE

Voted Best Tire Center In The Region 2007 & 2009

(Runner Up 2008)

Hunt Rd., New Haven 453-2106 • 800-585-2106

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All Your Quilting & Knitting Needs

Stop by to see our large assortment

5343 Ethan Allen Highway ( Rts. 7 & 17) New Haven, VT 05472

453-7477 www.knitsandbolts.com 63371

FOOTE’S FOOTE’S INSURANCE INSURANCE

AGENCY AGENCY Voted: “Best Insurance Agency

in the Region” 2005, 2007 & 2009 Eagle Reader’s Survey

Green Street Vergennes

877-3351 63529

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Voted: Best Wine and Beer Selection





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Route 7 & 116 • E. Middlebury • 388-6229 OPEN DAILY 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

BEST Antique Shop Eagle Readers’ Survey 100 Best in the Region

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and ART GALLERY

BUB’S BARN QUALITY HOME FURNISHINGS

16 New Haven Rd., Vergennes, Vermont 802-877-2839 • VT Toll Free 1-877-275-1090

Owned & Operated by Bub & Meg Crosby

“The Cows Paid For The Barn, So You Don’t Have To!”

We appreciate your support.

Voted “Best Furniture Store” In 2002, 2003, 2004,

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009

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The best and biggest sandwich in town.

Eat-in, take out, or call us. We deliver!

63509

Marbleworks, Middlebury, VT M-F 8am-8pm, Sat 9am-8pm,

Sun 11am-7pm 802.388.0014 • www.nooniesdeli.com

Noonie Deli Noonie Deli

“The F lo or S to re ”

McGRATH FLOORING CENTER

See us for all your flooring needs!

Route 7, New Haven • 453-5533 www.mcgrathflooring.com

VOTED BEST CARPET FLOORING STORE:

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009

‘100 Best Eagle Readers’ Survey’

63530

453-5552 • 1-800-392-5552

J U N C T I O N J U N C T I O N AUTO CENTER AUTO CENTER

Jct. Rts 7 & 17W • New Haven

Best Used Car Dealer 2007 & 2009! We Take Pride In Our Quality

Service. Specializing In

The Subaru Brand!

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www.junctionautocentervt.com

1396 Rte. 7 South, Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-2500

• California Paint • Cabot Stain • Ceramic Tile • Decorative and Functional

Window Coverings

Voted Best Paint Store Two Years in a Row!

73058

Cornwall 462-2468

“Best Snowmobile Sales and Service”

Nine Years in a Row! Eagle Reader’s Survey

www.champlainvalleymotorsports.com 6354

0 “Down by the Riverside” Bakery Lane • Middlebury • 388-6724

Voted Best Business Lunch &

Sunday Brunch Eagle

Readers’ Survey’

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MIKE’S AUTO MIKE’S AUTO MIKE’S AUTO AND TOWING AND TOWING AND TOWING

19A Elm Street, Middlebury • 388-4138 “If We Can’t Fix It, It Ain’t Broke!”

Complete Auto Service

Engine Work-Brakes

Struts - Shocks

Tune Ups - Inspections

63528

MIKE’S AUTO TOO MIKE’S AUTO TOO MIKE’S AUTO TOO Quality Used Cars

Route 7 - New Haven

16 Creek Road, Middlebury 388-6054

carpet & paint “You’re our number one

priority every day”

73189

Signature Store

County tire center

Voted ‘Best Car Service Center!’

Eagle Readers’ Survey

33 Seymour St. - Middlebury 388-7620

www.countytirecenter.com

‘We thank you for your trust’

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388-2903 Located behind Goodro Lumber

Route 125, East Middlebury

Commercial and Residential Standing Seam Slate • Copper

Wood Shingle Roofing Complete Sheet Metal Work

Best Roofer 2007 & 2009

63335




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878-8596 M-F 8-5:30 • Sat. 9-6

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Get Ready For Winter!

20 % Off All Wild Bird

Feeders

20% Off Winter Socks, Hats, Mittens

& Gloves

20 % Off Pet Toys

Including Litter & Litter Boxes

(Excludes Rawhides & Treats)

$.79 ea Select

Varieties of Suet

63781

Open 7 Days • Webster Road • Shelburne 985-2735 • [email protected] 489-5513 • outdoor [email protected]

Visit us – your local independent garden center.

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63772

BenefitFrom page 1

touched.” The Addison County Ben-

efit Truck and Tractor Pull isnow in it’s fifth year and hasraised approximately$90,000 to help various Ad-dison County families dur-ing times of serious strugglewith disease or serious andtragic accidents. This pastyear, they were able to helpsix families, and the event isgrowing each year. The Mid-dlebury Lion’s Club hasbeen instrumental in theirfundraising mission, en-dorsing and supporting theevent by donating a portionof the proceeds from theirfood concession at the trac-tor pulling events. In addi-tion to their donations overthe past five years to the Ad-dison County Benefit Pull,the Lions Club has been ableto use the rest of their pro-

ceeds generated from theevent to further their owncause as a club, assistingother groups and individu-als in the community.

“It’s a great event and it is

truly amazing what we’vebeen able to do with com-munity help,” says Dragon,who advises people whowould like more informa-tion on the event or about

the families they havehelped to check out theirwebsite at www.addison-countybenefitpull.com.

E-CorpFrom page 1

Economic Development Au-thority, the Vermont Eco-nomic Progress Council, theVermont Center for Emerg-ing Technologies helped tipthe scales in Vermont’s fa-vor.

E-Corp plans to fill sevenpositions immediately andprojects a workforce ofmore than 100 by 2013.

ConcertFrom page 1

event. Jeff Rehbach, director of the Middlebury College Community Chorus, leads the read-ing of this famous work by George Frederic Handel for choir and orchestra.

Singers, instrumentalists and all who enjoy music are warmly welcomed to sing and play.Come join friends and neighbors for a joyous afternoon of community music-making at theMiddlebury Congregational Church, beginning at 2 pm on Sunday, Dec. 19. A $5 contri-bution ($10/family) is requested at the door.

Chorus scores and orchestra parts (for strings, oboe/flute, bassoon, and trumpets) areprovided, as we read many of the finest choruses from this beloved oratorio. If you haveyour own copy of the Messiah, please bring it along. If you plan to play in the orchestra,please bring a music stand and arrive ten minutes early. For more information, email [email protected] or leave a message at 443-5811.

Jason VanDeWeert, Kirstin Quesnel, Danielle Dragon, Tim VanDeWeert, Cory Newton.

STARKSBORO - A horse stands in his pasture in Starksboro during a recent storm that dropped up to18 inches of powdery snow inmany areas of Vermont. He appears to be ready for the holidays – or maybe to eat the holiday display of greenery near the pasturefence.

Photo by Alice Dubenetsky

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Thursday, December 16MIDDLEBURY — Two Brothers Tavern and Two Brothers Lounge

& Stage presents: Jam Man Entertainment (DJ), 10pm, Free . Infoat 388-0002.

MIDDLEBURY — Addison Repertory Theater presents ‘NeverBefore Seen (PG-13), an evening of original student work Dec. 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. Adults $10, Student/Seniors $5. Some maturethemes. Call for reservations and info: 382-1036.

MIDDLEBURY — Night Fires returns!! This winter solstice cele-bration, rooted in ancient traditions, draws on the music, poetry anddance of many cultures, creating a pageant rich in color, image andspirit. Theatre Group LTD brings Rekindling the Night Fires to TownHall Theater, Middlebury, December 16 - 18 at 8:00 pm, with at Sat-urday matinee at 4:00 p.m.Tickets, $18 adults/$15 seniors/$13 chil-dren under 12, are available through the Town Hall Theater Box Of-fice by calling 382-9222, or in person Monday - Saturday, noon -5:00 pm.

Friday, December 17MIDDLEBURY — Two Brothers Tavern and Two Brothers Lounge

& Stage presents: Hi8us (Trip Hop), 10pm, $3 . Info at 388-0002.Saturday, December 18

HINESBURG — Hinesburg Farmer’s Market Continues This Fall- The Winter Market will be held rain or shine, indoors at the TownHall, Rt 116 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Join your neighbors at HinesburgTown Hall for vegetables, eggs, meat, flowers, baked goods, pot-tery, knitwear, yarn, crafts, and much more. Spaces for vendors arestill available, call Wendy Ordway at 482-3848 or James Doneganat 482-4139.

MIDDLEBURY — Two Brothers Tavern and Two Brothers Lounge& Stage presents: Project Organ Trio (Jazz/Soul/Blues), 10pm, $3. Info at 388-0002.

MIDDLEBURY — Santa Claus will be in downtown Middlebury,10 a.m.-noon, at a variety of locations.Always call and confirm San-ta’s appearance: 388-4126.

NEW HAVEN — New Haven Winterfest- Begins at 4:30 p..m witha Ladies Union Community Crock Pot Supper until 6:00 p.m. at theCongregational Church. The Memorial Tree Lighting is at 6 p.m.Decorate the tree, warm your hands by the fire barrels and roastmarshmallows and chestnuts while we wait for Santa to arrive atthe bandstand around 6:30pm. Have a horse drawn wagon ride(“Thanks” go to Pat Palmer) while you wait to talk with Santa, or af-ter. At 7:30 please join us back over at the church for the magicalsounds of hand bell ringing and caroling! Hot cocoa, coffee, eggnog,

cider and yummy desserts are to follow downstairs in the Church(also by donation). For more info or directions, please call Suzy Ro-orda at 453-5978.

Sunday, December 19BRISTOL — Bristol’s 28th Annual Holiday Project at the Inn at

Baldwin Creek/Mary’s Restaurant at 11:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Dinnerand festivities and continue until all are served. Provides meal, sup-ported by donations from local businesses. Event is free to Addi-son County residents. Turkey and Ham Dinner, Music, Santa Clauand Holiday cheer. Call for ride or home delivery. Info: 453-2432.

MIDDLEBURY — New York Metropolitan Opera Live H.D. televi-sion broadcast on the giant screen: “Don Carlo”, 1 p.m., at TownHall Theater. For prices and details, call 382-9222. Box office openMonday-Saturday, noon–5 p.m.

MIDDLEBURY — Roberto Alagna sings the title role in Verdi'sDon Carlo. A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Royal OperaHouse, Covent Garden, and the Norwegian National Opera & Bal-let. Broadcast at Town Hall Theater at 1:00 p.m. Tickets, $22 , areavailable through the Town Hall Theater Box Office by calling 382-9222, online or in person Monday - Saturday, noon - 5:00 pm.

MIDDLEBURY — Annual "Messiah Sing" at 2:00 p.m., Jeff Re-hbach, conductor. Come sing favorite choruses, or play in the or-chestra. Open to the public; $5 contribution requested, $10/family.Middlebury Congregational Church. Information 443-5811.

Monday, December 20VERGENNES — An unusual combination of Gregorian Chant,

organ solos, and seasonal carols in a space with outstandingacoustics will take place at St. Peter’s Church, at 7:30 p.m.The Ver-mont Gregorian Chant Schola, a twenty-two member men’s singinggroup, under the direction of Dr. William Tortolano, will sing the an-cient music called Gregorian Chant. The Schola’s repertoire will in-clude the Gregorian Missa Cum Jubilo; anthems in honor of Mary;liturgical rounds by Mozart, and from Germany and Provence; andmusic from the Christmas Masses. Rev. Yvon J. Royer, the Pastorof St. Peter’s Church, is a graduate of Saint Michael’s College andwas a three year member of the Saint Michael’s College Chorale,and it’s President. The concert is open to the public. A free will of-fering will be accepted.

Tuesday, December 21MIDDLEBURY — Two Brothers Tavern and Two Brothers Lounge

& Stage presents: Monster Hits Karaoke, 9pm, $3 18+ / Free 21+ .Info at 388-0002.

Wednesday, December 22STARKSBORO — The annual Christmas Candlelight service at

the historic Starksboro Village Meeting House will be held at 7:30p.m. The sanctuary will be lit with many candles and the mirroredoil lamp chandelier installed in 1884. This non-denominational serv-ice has been held for at least 40 years and is a Christmas traditionfor many area residents. Enjoy the spirit of the season in this veryspecial building, with holiday music, singing favorite hymns, and

Christmas refreshments afterwards. Everyone is welcome. Pleasejoin us and feel the spirit of the season. Parking is available in thetown center parking area or at the Baptist Church, where the mem-ory tree program will begin at 7:00 pm. For more information, call453-2079.


& Stage presents:DJ Dizzle (DJ), 10pm, Free. Info at 388-0002.Friday, December 24

BRISTOL —The First Baptist Church of Bristol will be having theirannual family Christmas Eve candle lighting program at 7 p.m. Cel-ebrate Christmas with this special time together as a family with us.

NEW HAVEN — New Haven Congregational Church invites allto their Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7:00 p.m. All Are Wel-come.

VERGENNES — St. Peter's Church - Christmas Eve Children'sLiturgy at 4:00 p.m. with folk group. Christmas Day Mass at 10:00a.m. All are welcome.

Satruday, December 25 Chr i s tmas Day

VERGENNES — St. Peter's Church - Christmas Day Mass at10:00 a.m. All are welcome.

Tuesday, December 28MIDDLEBURY — Two Brothers Tavern and Two Brothers Lounge

& Stage presents:Monster Hits Karaoke, 9pm, $3 18+ / Free 21+.Info at 388-0002.


& Stage presents:Jam Man Entertainment (DJ), 10pm, Free. Infoat 388-0002.

Friday, December 31MIDDLEBURY — Ring in the New Year with Fireworks”: End the

old year with a dazzling display of pyrotechnics above the skies ofMiddlebury, 7:30 p.m., Middlebury Union High School soccer/base-ball fields on Creek Road off Route 7.

MIDDLEBURY —”Sinatra in Vermont”: Be a part of the Rat Packwith the swinging music of Old Blue Eyes, played by the VermontBig Band, at the Town Hall Theater in downtown Middlebury. Musicfrom the Great American Songbook.For prices and details, call 382-9222. Box office open Monday-Saturday, noon–5 p.m.

MIDDLEBURY — Two Brothers Tavern and Two Brothers Lounge& Stage presents: New Year’s Eve Party with The Jesters! (ClassicRock), 10pm, $3. Info at 388-0002.

2011Thursday, January 6

MIDDLEBURY — Twist O Wool Guild from 7 - 9. Meeting andPotluck at the American Legion on Wilson Way. All are welcome.Questions call 453-5960.

Saturday, February 27MIDDLEBURY —The Middlebury Winter Carnival and Chili Con-

test is 2-4 p.m. The event was voted one of the ten best winterevents by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce after its debut in2009. It features a community wide professional and amateur chilicontest on the sidewalks of the historic downtown. Popular vote de-termines the contest winners in a variety of categories. Compli-ments Middlebury College’s Winter Carnival and NCAA athleticevents.


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Elaine Marie FarrellMay 14, 1928 - December 3, 2010

Elaine Marie Far-rell, age 82, died Fri-day, December 3,2010, at her home inMiddlebury.

Mrs. Farrell wasborn in Shoreham onMay 14, 1928. Shewas the daughter ofAllan and Evelyn(Cannon) Drolette.She grew up in Corn-wall close to hergrandparent’s fami-ly farm. She graduat-ed from MiddleburyHigh School, Class of1945. Following hermother ’s careerpath, she receivedher R.N. from De-Goesbriand HospitalSchool of Nursing,class of 1949. After graduation she had worked at the Veter-ans Administration Hospital in Manchester, NH for severalyears, later returning to Middlebury and working at PorterHospital. She married James L. Farrell of Middlebury on Au-gust 23, 1958.Mrs. Farrell has been a Middlebury resident forover 52 years. After her children had grown she worked inthe Farrell family business; Farrell’s Men’s Shop with herhusband until their retirement in 1990. She and her husbandspent winters in Tucson, AZ, close to their daughter andgrandchildren, since 1994. She was a volunteer for Meals onWheels, Porter Hospital Auxiliary, and Round Robin ThriftShop. She enjoyed playing Bridge with her friends in Mid-dlebury and in Tucson. She loved her family and friendsdearly and supported them in many ways.

Elaine Farrell was the mother of 3 children, Joan, Brian andTimothy and the grandmother to six; Lindsay and Ross,Fiona and Colin, and Aaron and Jared. Her husband JamesL. Farrell predeceased her on April 14, 2002.

A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated onTuesday, December 14, 2010, at 11 AM, at St. Mary’s CatholicChurch in Middlebury. The Rev. William Beaudin, pastorwill be the celebrant. A graveside committal service and bur-ial will take place in the family lot, at St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made, in hermemory to: Addison County Home Health & Hospice, P.O.Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Miller &Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon.


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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

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ALBANY — The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Man-agement Cooperative is reporting unprecedented success re-sulting from the on-going sea lamprey control program. TheVermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, New York StateDepartment of Environmental Conservation, and the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service are working together to improveand manage the fisheries of Lake Champlain. As a result ofthis program, the number and size of lake trout and salmonin the lake are increasing. This is great news. This is expect-ed to translate into better fishing on Lake Champlain in thecoming year. The wounding rate reductions observed thisfall on lake trout and salmon also are a good indication thatlamprey are having less of an impact on other fish in LakeChamplain. Species such as walleye and the lake sturgeon,which is listed as endangered in Vermont, also benefit.

Personnel from the Cooperative treated five rivers in theLake Champlain Basin with the lampricide (TFM) in Sep-tember. Observation of larval lamprey mortality and otherdata indicate treatments on all five rivers were highly suc-cessful. Final assessment of the treatments’ effectivenesswill be completed next summer employing a systematicsearch of these rivers to determine how many sea lampreysurvived the treatments. Although positive effects are al-ready being seen in response to prior treatments, further im-provements to the fisheries are expected over the next fouryears as more larval lamprey fail to become parasites.

Data collected this fall indicate that the number of sea lam-prey wounds on lake trout and landlocked Atlantic salmoncontinue to decline. The sea lamprey wounding rate is meas-ured as the number of wounds per 100 fish examined. Sam-pling this fall found 15 wounds per 100 salmon. This is downfrom 30 wounds per 100 salmon last year. This marks the firsttime that the management goal of 15 wounds per 100 salmonhas been met since the inception of the control program.

The wounding rate on lake trout is also down from lastyear with 40 lamprey wounds per 100 lake trout being foundthis fall, down from 55 last year. Although the lake troutwounding rate goal for Lake Champlain is 25 wounds per100 fish, 40 wounds per 100 fish represents a significant im-provement from the 2006 wounding rate of 99 wounds per100 fish. With fewer sea lampreys in Lake Champlain, moretrout and salmon are now surviving to older ages and larg-er sizes. Continuation of current sea lamprey control effortsand ongoing innovations are expected to lead to further im-provements in the trout and salmon fishery of Lake Cham-plain as well as the entire aquatic community.

The overall effectiveness of the sea lamprey control pro-gram is measured by fish biologists from all three agencieswho collect hundreds of lake trout and salmon each fall. Thefish are weighed, measured, examined for sea lampreywounds, and then released. This information is used to as-sess the health of the fish populations and the relative de-

gree of lamprey parasitism in the lake. As data analysis hasprogressed this fall, improvements in the condition of LakeChamplain fisheries have surpassed anything seen since the1990s:

Greater numbers of salmon, steelhead, and brown troutwere collected.

Greater numbers of smaller lake trout were found enter-ing the spawning population, indicating increased survivalof younger age classes.

Greater numbers of older fish were collected, with salmonexceeding 5 lbs and lake trout exceeding 12 lbs increasing infrequency.

A few salmon exceeding 9 lbs were collected. Salmon ofthis size haven’t been seen for over ten years.

Record returns of salmon and steelhead to the WinooskiRiver fish lift and a substantial increase in returns of salmonto the Boquet River fishway are further indications of im-provements.

For the first time in many years, multiple age classes ofsteelhead were found.

U. S. Senator Patrick Leahy has annually secured the fundsenabling a now successful and effective sea lamprey controlprogram. With these necessary funds, the three agencieshave worked hand-in-hand to address the sea lamprey prob-lem in Lake Champlain. Thanks to all involved, Lake Cham-plain angling will continue to improve in the coming years.


By Robert A. Doll

ACROSS1 Bear mascot of the 1980

Moscow Olympics6 Like some dancing

13 Grunt’s position18 Modern messages19 Horace’s “Ars __”20 Roll player22 Memorable 1994 film

exhortation24 Well-fortified, in a way25 __ Pie26 Nail site27 Ruthless29 Q5 maker32 Intrude34 ’60s activist Bobby35 Skipping no pages40 Spirited horse42 Nintendo’s

Super __43 Game show name44 Originate (from)45 Bribe47 “The Gold Bug” author49 “If you prick us, do we not

__?”: “The Merchant ofVenice”

51 Understood53 In detail59 Feature of many a bad

review62 Here-there link64 Pitching staff leaders65 Have in spades66 “Hold it!”68 NASCAR racer Mark70 Penn or Pitt71 Defend one’s principles

bravely75 He-men77 __ Tunes

78 Needing ice, maybe79 “I, Claudius” role80 Hard to catch81 Power tool?83 Stock holder?88 1969 Bob Dylan hit91 Fate93 “Three Coins in the

Fountain” fountain94 Baltimore daily95 Fa-la link97 Maker of PowerCat soccer

shoes100 Divided sea101 Crime show with two spin-

offs104 Wilson’s predecessor107 Lehane crime novel about

a missing girl110 Lively movement112 “Twelfth Night” duke114 Foe of the Iroquois115 Complete117 Navig. aid119 Like many beach bums124 Sports no-no125 Continually129 Goes after crustaceans130 Access, in a way131 India’s first prime minister132 SAT segment133 Paul Anka love song with

a Spanish title134 Bee killer, at times

DOWN1 No more than2 1989 Radio Hall of Fame

inductee3 Went under4 Old player5 10-time Gold Glove winner

Roberto6 Loan no.7 Want ad letters8 Musical symbol9 Emperor under Pope

Innocent III10 Galleys with two banks of

oars11 Post-ER area12 Unofficial Seabees’ motto13 Hardly the macho type14 100 clams15 Aqaba is its only seaport16 Corrida cry17 Scouting prizes20 Means to get in touch21 High dudgeon23 Whomps28 Adventurers / documen-

tarians Martin and __Johnson

30 Period, e.g.31 Seals, as a deal33 Support, with “up”35 Hacks36 Earthen stewpot37 Zig or zag38 Perk recipient39 Muscat’s land41 They may include ht., wt.,

skin color, etc.46 Academy teacher48 Pleistocene, e.g.50 Team with a mascot

named Uga, familiarly52 Bryn Mawr undergrads54 Etcher’s supply55 Have a __: crave56 Ex-senator Trent57 Nitrogen-based dye58 Law closing?60 “Pipe down!”61 Crüe-ish?63 Was relentless, as a

storm67 Reef ring69 Shade of blue70 Secret __71 Violent anger72 Admired stars73 Georgetown athletes74 Fund for later yrs.75 Irreverent NBC hit76 Something to take in the

afternoon80 Best of the stage

82 Wear a long face84 Climber’s challenge85 Parade honoree86 Hunter of fiction87 Get to89 Parent/teen sticking point90 Jellystone Park bear92 CRT part96 Tale starter, perhaps98 Scratch99 Grab __: eat on the run

101 Rupert of “The Reivers”

102 __ Oldest Rivalry:Virginia/North Carolinaannual college footballgame

103 Lays to rest105 Dietitian’s forte106 __TV: “actuality” network108 “Piece o’ cake!”109 Hankers111 “Beavis and Butt-head”

spin-off113 Elegance

116 Go down a bit118 Compos mentis120 No, across the Bering

Strait121 Vintage pop122 Bring home123 Put under126 Dawn deity127 NBA stats128 To boot

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Hours: Mon - Fri 8-5 • Sat 9-1

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Dressing The Waldorf Salad, Candied Walnuts, Bacon, Cheddar

French Onion Soup Lobster B isque

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Lobster Ravioli, Tarragon Beurre Blanc Venison Paté de Campagne

ENTRÉES - $19 New York Strip Steak, Green Peppercorn Port Jus

Broiled Haddock, Toasted Almonds, Thai Curry Cocnut Cream Seared Salmon with Pickled Vegetables

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Sample Menu

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Appetizers Smoked Tomato and White Bean Minestrone

Hot Italian Sausage $6.00 Warm Arugula Salad

Preserved Lemon Vinaigrette, Harissa Roasted Almonds, Marinated Olives $7.00

Cannellini Bean and 3 Cheese Croquettes Spicy Tomato Sauce $8.00

Steamed Shrimp Dumplings Soy Mushroom Broth, Baby Bok Choy $9.00

Misty Knoll Farms Chicken Wings Choose a Sauce... Three Chili Hot Sauce, Honey Mustard Sauce,

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Entrées Caribbean Jerk Tofu

Black Bean and Parsnip Tostada, Plantain Chips, Roasted Vegetable Salsa $16.00

Root Vegetable and Bleu Cheese Gratin House-Smoked Tempeh, Roasted Garlic White Bean Hummus

$17.00 Rockville Market Farm’s Chicken and Butternut

Squash Fricassee Cheddar Herb Biscuit Topping $18.00

Vermont Venison and Chorizo Meatloaf Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Mustard Rosemary Sauce $18.00

Braised Duck and Mushroom Lasagna Roasted Duck Breast, Warm Spinach Salad, Cherry Compote

$19.00


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