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Looking at Hollar and Aldrich Debate the Numbers Vermont School Statistics School Spending • Vermont’s per pupil school spending has increased by 90 percent in the last 10 years, by Ken Russell “If you look at what’s happening over We’ve managed not to decimate programs, while student enrollment has de- the last five to 10 years, it’s pretty alarm- and it has come at some cost; there is no clined. Our statewide per pupil ontpelier schools are on an unsus- ing. Our students do well, but they’re not question. But we have also tightened up. spending of $18,571 is 71 per- tainable spending path, and no doing well because of the rate of growth in We’ve lost one whole administrative posi- cent higher than the national one is making the tough choices spending; they’re doing well in some cases, tion in the last year.” Aldrich also points average and by far the highest in Mneeded, according to former school board in spite of it. The spending is preserving the to the backdrop of tighter school spending New England. chair and current mayor John Hollar. In status quo.” during the past decade (when John Hollar • We spend 5.9 percent of per- March, city voters approved a 9.4 percent “Most of the people voting on the budget was board chair): “This past year, there was sonal income on education in increase in property tax contributions to aren’t paying the full cost of those spending a pretty dramatic increase, after 10 to 12 Vermont, again far above the na- school budgets. increases and have created a misalignment years of 2.5 percent (on average) increases. tional average and far more than Hollar believes that this is only the begin- of incentives and impacts. It creates a very We’ve had to play catch up on quite a few any other New England state. ning: “If you look at this financial wave that significant political challenge.” things that were deferred for too long, you • We have 199 students per school is coming at us, and you think, all right, “This is a very vibrant community, but know.” administrator in Vermont, again far we can keep doing business as usual, but you can’t take that for granted, and one Asked whether we are in danger of be- below the national average of 300, it’s going to come at a price. We’re already of the threats to that, I think, is our tax coming a more exclusive community, Al- and the lowest in New England. among the highest spending states in the rate, that causes people who don’t have drich answered, “A little bit. It depends on • Our student teacher ratio of 11.6 country, and in Montpelier, our combined income sensitized taxes to choose to live your perspective: I’m a realtor. People call is more than 25 percent below tax rate (school plus municipal) is already elsewhere.” me every day and ask me, ‘I really want to the national average, and again one of the highest in the state. We are look- Current school board chair Sue Aldrich find a way to get into the Montpelier school far below the other New Eng- ing at very significant increases in the edu- acknowledges budget challenges but puts district.’ In central Vermont, Montpelier land states. cation tax that are going to continue into her focus on the value of the education: “We is one of the strongest real estate markets • Twenty percent of our students the future. That says to me that we have a were recently named the number one public around, and that’s why I have a problem are in districts of fewer than crisis. We need to address it. I think we are high school in Vermont [by U.S. News & with some of the critics of the school bud- 300 kids. The other New Eng- experiencing impacts of that now, and it’s World Report] amid stiff competition within get, because they want to have their cake land states are at 0.5 percent, 3.7 going to get worse. People are going to find Vermont. Our test scores are consistently and eat it too. They want their house to percent, 0.6 percent, 2.9 percent that Montpelier is an unaffordable place to above the statewide average and recently we have high value, but they don’t want to pay and 0.3 percent. live because of the property tax bills that had the highest scores in the states. Parents high taxes. Source: Vermont School Boards Association. we get. We’re willing to pay good money love the schools. Every year we have kids “John always talks about you’ve got to for what they see as good investments in go to Harvard, Yale, Stanford and the list have a plan. Of course we have a plan. It Montpelier Education schools, but the question is when is enough, goes on. For those for whom college is not doesn’t always have the same end goal that Finance Statistics enough? Will the whole thing tip over?” a priority, we have developed cutting-edge John wants to have, but we do have a plan. • Median home value in Mont- “Can we afford to have three schools, programs which best serve their needs. It’s Simply reducing costs, no matter what, is pelier, including condominiums, three principals and all of the administra- just an incredible school system. It’s really a not a really great plan, if you ask me. You is $213,200. tive costs that are associated with operating huge success story.” have to look carefully at the whole system, • That median home pays $3,058 those three facilities? It’s teachers that offer Aldrich describes Hollar as a close friend, every year.” in school taxes, before factoring in education to students, but because we have but one with a different perspective. “His As the paper neared production, Super- income, up from $2,795 last year. those three separate schools, there are atten- focus has tended to be on making budget intendent Brian Ricca came in with the • The total Grand List for Mont- dant costs that go with that that are driving decisions based on a number or a percentage following soft projections on school spend- pelier is $843,834,299. This ex- up much of our costs. increase that he feels will be acceptable to ing—not necessarily equivalent to tax in- cludes a number of nonprofit in- “Change is very difficult, and education voters. My focus is on creating—and paying creases—of 3 to 4 percent He cautioned stitutions and state government would be the poster child of the institution for—the most effective learning environ- that there are many factors, due to state properties that don’t pay property that is difficult to change. We have this edu- ment for our kids. Everyone that I talk to, education financing formulas and contract tax to the city. cation spending problem that is statewide, everyone who votes for me, says do not cut negotiations, that make more precise num- • The total Montpelier tax rev- and you see the legislature struggling with this program, do not lose another teacher, bers difficult. enue due to schools, in 2014, is it every year and have difficulty taking it do not shave away programs and options for According to the city clerk, John Odum, $11,723,087, a one year rise of on. The fact that it’s hard doesn’t mean we our kids; they do not want that.” in the March 2013 city election, 37.6 per- $835,421. shouldn’t take it on.” As for next year, Aldrich stated that the cent of voters participated. He noted that, • Homeowners’ tax rate for schools “We have, in my opinion, far too many board will aim for a single vote school due to bloated voter rolls, the real propor- is rising 9.4 percent for the cur- school districts, too many boards and ad- budget (“we always do that”) but that more tion might be as high as 45 percent. On the rent budget year. ministrative overhead for the number of money struggles are likely: “The superin- school budget vote, part A, 1,426 voted yes, tendent told me to expect some painful 891, no; on part B, 1,209 voted yes, 1,062 Source: City Assessor’s Office. students that we have. The rate of growth, statewide, has continued to climb, even as cuts, and when we get to that point, we’ll against. On the school bond, the vote was the number of students has declined.” see. I won’t necessarily be in favor of them. 1,401 to 875, in favor.

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by Nat Frothingham and Ken Russewll Montpelier Resident Jean Olson ently.” In times past, students would sometimes their son, Nelson, who is 14 years old, to the Discusses the 9.4 percent Tax shy away from practical jobs in the trades, such Orchard Valley Waldorf School, an indepen- Peter Nielsen on Spring 2013 Increase as plumbing, mechanics and construction. But dent K–8 school in East Montpelier. In a Teacher Contract Negotiations Montpelier resident Jean Olson talked via now, Olson observed, students are saying to phone conversation with The Bridge, Brown “Those negotiating the contract have sold phone to The Bridge and spoke for both her- themselves, “If I am clever enough to work as a said the decision to send Nelson to Orchard the whole town down the Winooski for years self and her husband, George. tradesperson, I can make a good living.” Valley was about choosing a strong education and years to come. The money that will be Olson said that she and her husband Olson noted a decline in Montpelier’s pop- for his son. added to that contract will come directly moved to Montpelier in 1969 and have lived ulation and a decline in school enrollment “At Orchard Valley, class sizes are small, from the students instead of paying for teach- here for 33 of the last 44 years. About school numbers. She wondered out loud about the and the breadth of the curriculum is very ers. Instead of being academic rigorous, this budgets, she said, “We’ve always voted to resulting small classes in our public school wide. We have a strong sense that Orchard will be a cut in what was once a really solid pass the school budget. And I think over- system, and she asked, “Is the Montpelier Valley is preparing our son for the future school system. A chance for a fair and equi- all that Montpelier as a community wants School Board having conversations with other that will be full of change, probably rapid table contract was totally missed. to support public education. But given the schools, educationally and financially?” change,” said Brown. “At Orchard Valley, “All of that has been lost because of this one current school budget tax increase, there’s All told, she feels that Montpelier citizens he’s gaining a wide variety of skills—aca- contract, and the cost increases it represents. some public concern that the budget might and taxpayers need to think critically about demic, practical and creative skills.” It was a huge moment. The balance that John increase again in March 2014.” our municipal and school budgets. The choice to send their son to an inde- Hollar created, and maintained a decade, is Olson noted some rather large changes pendent school means paying for tuition at now gone. That contract changed the Montpe- about what public education aims to do. Jean Olson is active with VAM (Vibrant and Orchard Valley and at the same time pay- lier school system for a long time. “I notice an increasingly large emphasis in Affordable Montpelier), a local group that has ing Montpelier school taxes. About tuition, “It has all the big problems of trying to our schools on workforce development. I’ve raised questions about Montpelier’s property Brown said, “We believe Orchard Valley expect a small number of private property noted the more recent emphasis on STEM tax burden. VAM will be sponsoring a pub- offers an excellent value. It’s not inexpensive, owners to fund a regional hub. We need an [Science, Technology, Engineering and lic meeting featuring Mayor John Hollar and and there are periodic tuition increases, but aggressive campaign with other towns to Mathematics]. But what’s happening to the School Board Chair Sue Aldrich to look at the we believe money is carefully spent. It’s not spread this around; that’s the only way to get humanities, to the liberal arts? I would argue big picture city and school issues. That meeting easy paying tuition to Orchard Valley and out of this mess of 2,000 homeowners paying that humanities education is a good platform is set for 7:30 p.m. (7 p.m. meet and greet) on Montpelier’s very hefty education property the bills for central Vermont.” for critical thinking and for life.” Tuesday evening, September 17, at Noble Hall taxes. And while we understand that prop- But some of the changes in educational on the Vermont College of Fine Arts campus. erty owners have a social responsibility to David Dobbs on Fiscal Hawks and thinking Olson feels good about. “An upside help fund the education of the community’s Public Spending to this is valuing the trades . . . Now we see Jake Brown on Paying Twice young people, this year Montpelier’s school “There’s a certain amount of wealth in this our craftspeople, mechanics, plumbers, electri- Montpelier resident Jake Brown and his taxes increased by almost 10 percent,” said town; there’s a certain amount of income. As cians—we see these men and women differ- wife, Milly Archer, have chosen to send Brown. “That is not sustainable.” a populace, the message has been absolutely consistent to say, ‘We don’t mind spending money on valuable services.’ “This is a consistent message that we value Elements of School Bond good public expenditures. We are not averse to spending money that is of value to the entire Approved March 2013 community. Right now, I feel like there is a significant sector of our council that refuses • f Cost o new bleachers for Montpelier to read the memo. Because of this hesitance to High School athletic field: $100,000. spend, we are not even entertaining ideas that • Cost of Union Elementary hook-up to could really transform this town.” District Heat System: $910,076. Source: Montpelier School District. Tim Heney, Realtor and Former School Board Member “Education is key, and education is expen- Enrollment Figures sive. We really have to manage the biggest chunk of tax dollars, which are schools. It’s Change in Enrollment from 2003 to 2012 over 60 cents on every tax dollar. Right now, • Montpelier High School: minus 23 percent that’s the sector that seems to be increasing. • Main Street Middle School: minus 28 percent “The question is how can this continue? • Union Elementary: plus 32 percent At some point, something will happen. It’s a tragedy, because somebody’s got to exercise Student Enrollment Numbers 2003–2004 2012–2013 some leadership and make the right choices Montpelier High School 410 313 to get this thing right sized and in line. The Main Street Middle School 273 196 overhead is the same overhead we had when Union Elementary 383 506 we had a lot more students in the school Source: Vermont Department of Education. district.”

“[Becoming a more exclusive community Photo by Amy Brooks Thornton. is] part of what may happen. I mean: Do you want this to happen? That may be the decision, maybe subconsciously, that is happening at this point, which I think would be a tragedy.”

E rica Metzger Hare, Chief Finan- cial Officer, Vermont College of Fine Arts Erica Metzger Hare keeps her daughters in Waldorf schools. She believes that it’s im- portant for a child to remain a child as long as possible, and that, that is lost in public schools. She says, “look, they’re sitting at desks, this deprives them of the really impor- tant things about being a child.”

Alan Weiss, Montpelier City Councilor Weiss believes in holding students and teachers to higher standards and more rigor. He points to a high degree of absenteeism, and class time missed for athletics and field trips. He poses some provocative ideas such as allowing junior high students to take a year off to focus on developmental needs, or forcing teachers to scrap and then reinvent curriculum every several years, as a way of encouraging innovation. page 6 • August 1–21, 2013 The Bridge Breaking Down the Walls: New Pathways at our Public High Schools

by Amy Brooks Thornton classroom and may want to try a different ors and community mentors also support skill development in areas of perseverance, approach to their education. and evaluate student work. Students in resilience, critical thinking and decision- he applause does not stop. The audi- both programs create frequent multime- making” over grades. Gerritt stresses that ence, packed onto the U-32 high Creating a New Way for dia presentations and portfolios in lieu of rigor runs throughout The Pilot program. school stage, stands for the perfor- Students to Learn tests and papers. And the teachers in both The demanding application and screening Tmance they’ve just witnessed. Growing Up: Public high schools throughout Vermont use rigorous standards to measure student process for The Pilot, Gerritt says, requires The Modern American Horror weaves original are seeking and creating new ways to provide work. The Pilot and Soar allow students to student applicants to “show how they be- music, a live band, fantastical masks, singers an education for all their students under take conventional academic classes, as well, lieve the opportunity to assume independent and dancers into a politically savvy, witty their, not the states’, supervision. Brian and encourage participation in sports, the- study will help them not only learn but be and highly intelligent script. It is the brain- G. Ricca, Montpelier superintendent of ater, after-school clubs and the school com- fully engaged in their study.” child of Camille Johnson, director, producer, schools, referring to the MHS infrastruc- munity in general. Finally, both programs Examples of engagement in The Pilot writer, set designer, prop-maker and Pilot ture, emphasizes that he wants all MHS have dedicated classrooms in the heart of abound. One student studied firefighting student. students to “shine in this building” and get the school. and interned with the Montpelier depart- The performance wouldn’t have been pos- the support they need within the school’s But there are differences. At U-32, a team ment. She also applied for and received a sible without the existence of The Pilot, walls. Bunting reflects that, “when it’s a of seven supports, assesses, and grades the grant to fund and take an EMT course. An- U-32’s full-time, unconventional, edu- school-sponsored activity,” unlike the state- work of each Pilot student. Blackburn who other studied ornithology through a course cational pathway. Johnson, at one point funded and supervised Act 176 program or doubles as advisor and English teacher, five at Cornell and led outdoor programs for disenfranchised from public school, says, homeschooling, “it gives people permission other teachers in math, science, social stud- younger kids and banded birds at the North “I found a sense of purpose through an to try something that would be considered ies, business and fine arts plus a guidance Branch Nature Center. education that encouraged me to take risks, more of a risk. It’s scary to go against the counselor make up a 1.1 full-time equiva- Sometimes students work together, such make mistakes, be highly creative—three system.” lent. The 10 Pilot students comprise about as the group of four women who developed things that I did not find in the tradi- These well-intentioned programs are also one-sixth of the total high school body. and pursued a women’s studies course—one tional classroom.” Creating and producing financially incentivized. Under Act 176, Soar, on the other hand, relies on a team of whom organized a fundraising 5k run the “immense undertaking,” Johnson says, high school students, ages 16 and above, of three. Morton, the Soar advisor, and for Congo women as a direct outgrowth of “instilled in me a confidence that I am who have unenrolled from school but want only two teachers, but more allotted time her research into issues affecting women in absolutely heading in the right direction in their diploma, are supervised by employees per teacher than The Pilot, will oversee po- developing countries. my life.” of Vermont Adult Education, a state-run tentially 10 Soar students, about one-third Blackburn describes one of The Pilot’s Unlike the many existing, flexible path- organization. They support the student in of the MHS enrollment this coming year. high points. MHS invited The Pilot stu- ways for students to earn credits and gain creating and implementing individualized The English teacher who will oversee all of dents to help MHS design the fledgling knowledge outside of the conventional class- learning and graduation plans. In this case, the humanities and the science teacher who Soar program. “There I was at 7:30 a.m.,” room, U-32’s The Pilot and Montpelier High the per-pupil funds stay with the state. The will cover the STEM subject areas—science, Blackburn relates, “with five or six kids School’s (MHS) brand-new Soar program student’s high school, which often spends technology, engineering and math—make a speaking fluently and convincingly about are in-house options in which students can time and money working with the student, 0.9 full-time equivalent. The Soar teachers the power of this model of education in earn all of their academic credits outside the does not get a cent. will not grade but rather write narratives of their lives. They didn’t have to come in conventional classroom but under the guid- Those students who are considering unen- the student work. early to do that, and their poise and evident ance of and funded by the high school. rolling from MHS or U-32 now have Soar conviction showed me that this is incredibly Highly successful and growing in popu- and The Pilot as options. The schools will The Future of Grading Students worthwhile.” larity, The Pilot, now in its third year, had receive the associated state funds, essentially Bunting warns against falling into the “I hope that the success of our students, 19 students apply for five open spots. The saving them money. Students still have the “nether world between conventional and pro- their testimony about engagement, happi- Pilot has room for 10 students at once. At option of working with Vermont Adult Edu- gressive education, putting grades on things ness and pride in learning coupled with MHS 7 of the 10 Soar openings have been cation and Act 176. where grading doesn’t make sense, thinking the portfolios of high level work that they filled. MHS principal, Adam Bunting, be- The phenomenon of full-time alternative about seat time versus learning.” Although produce will help the administration stay lieves that all 10 spots will be filled by fall. educational pathways within public high Bunting is proud of how MHS serves stu- supportive,” says Blackburn. U-32 principal Keith Gerritt says The schools is exciting and spreading. U-32, in- dents, the effects of traditional grades and Championing the success of The Pilot, Pilot exists to serve students who are “disen- spired by a visit to Mount Abraham High credits on true learning discourage him. Gerritt hopes to increase its budget and gaged,” or those who are at risk of dropping School’s Pathways program in Bristol, Ver- “We need to accept that the conventional enrollment for next year. However, he is out “cutting class, staying home, calling in mont, created The Pilot. In turn, Chris system is broken,” he says. He wants to troubled that “anything that is not being sick a lot.” “It is powerful learning for a cer- Blackburn, U-32’s The Pilot advisor and create strength rather than a deficit-based tested on the national test is at risk.” tain type of kid,” Gerritt says. English teacher, helped MHS design Soar. model: “We’re leading kids to believe that Bunting knows that for the Soar program Johnson exemplified disengagement. Competitors usually, Soar’s advisor Julie they’re not powerful learners and contribu- to be successful, he will have to share the “When you are stuck at your desk, your Morton says that U-32 was “a wonderful tors because of what we measure.” students’ successes with the community. mind is stuck there too. I never saw how my resource for us in our planning” and that it To break away from the “traditional credit That will most likely not pose a problem. work applied to the real world because I was was “invaluable to have a model so close by game,” as Bunting puts it, and in lieu of Bunting’s passion about Soar’s foundational not out in the real world,” she says. Nor did to draw on.” grades, Soar students will have to dem- idea, to honor and encourage the strengths she find her interests and passions in her The programs share much. Both aim to onstrate proficiencies in the seven school- of each student by creating student cen- textbooks. With the disconnect between reengage students, allowing them to “take wide learning expectations: writing, read- tered, meaningful and rich learning expe- the classroom, and its accompanying, back- ownership of their learning and develop aca- ing, communicating, problem solving, habits riences, will fill the hallways. “Learning breaking texts, and real-world work, she demic knowledge and skills by exploring a of learning, citizenship and creativity. Soar transcends the classroom walls,” Bunting found an “absence of a sense of purpose . . . variety of interests,” as the U-32 Program teachers will rigorously and appropriately says. “Everyone is a learner in all contexts The Pilot program existed for me to restore of Studies guide states. Both The Pilot and evaluate their presentations and portfolio in of their life and we need to think of how we that sense of purpose.” Soar’s highly individualized project- and which they document their work. Bunting’s honor that as educators.” Bunting doesn’t want to narrow the appli- internship-based study are driven by stu- dream is to see all of MHS adopt this mul- He adds, with a wide grin, “Just because cant pool. Instead, he says, “We’re targeting dent interest, aim to be rigorous and are tidimensional, value-based work and assess- my mother taught me to write does that all of the students. Everybody,”—not just overseen by one central teacher, Blackburn ment process. make it less valid than what I got from a the students who are struggling but also the at U-32 and Morton at MHS. Other teach- At U-32, Gerritt and Blackburn also un- classroom teacher? I’d be in trouble without students who do well in the conventional ers in various disciplines, guidance counsel- derline skill development and rigor. Black- my mother.” burn emphasizes the “crucial importance of

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Woodbury Education Options 8 Cabot Worcester Compiled by Bob Nuner 215 have come to MMWA for our highly indi- 12 vidualized winter program in Stowe. Work- 9 Calais These educational options are tuition-based. ing with the very successful Mt. Mansfield Please contact the organizations for more infor- Ski & Snowboard Club (MMSC), MMWA 10 Marshfield Waterbury mation on associated costs, available discounts faculty and staff coordinate with MMSC Roxbury and scholarships. This information derived coaches to combine academic excellence Duxbury from websites and admissions directors. with outstanding results on snow. MMWA 4 East Montpelier students grow to be independent, responsi- Middlesex 2 ble, respectful and confident of accomplish- 100 1 Central Vermont Academy Plainfield ing future goals in academics, winter sports 2 Our school provides a safe, Christ-centered and other pursuits. mmwa.org MONTPELIER 3 setting, which gives every child the opportu- Moretown nity to develop spiritually, mentally, socially 4 Orchard Valley Waldorf 5 and physically. We provide academic excel- School Berlin lence that challenges each student to be all Orchard Valley Waldorf School (OVWS) Fayston 14 they can be. We carry out the commission of 1 is an independent school founded in 2004 Barre service to our church and community through when the Montpelier Child’s Garden and 17 Waitsfield work, fellowship and the sharing of individual Three Rivers School merged. Built upon the 6 12 talents. Each student is unique and has im- commitment to expand Waldorf education 63 Orange measurable worth. We pray they will learn to in central Vermont, our developing school Northfield be anchored to Christ while waiting for His has grown to serve pre-K to grade 8. More 302 coming. centralvermontacademy.org 100 than 180 students are served by 30 full-time Williamstown 110 and part-time faculty and staff at two cam- 2 Central Vermont High School Warren  puses. OVWS delivers proven educational Roxbury Intiative Washington programs, guiding each student along a path 25 Our program will offer rigorous academ- that allows the child to grow into young ics, a full palate of artistic activities and adulthood with inner confidence and a love engaging outdoor and service learning op- for learning and with the dynamic thinking 12A 89 portunities. Central Vermont High School required to promote social renewal. We seek 14 Brookfield Initiative’s mission is to create, nurture, and to awaken and educate the whole child by maintain a healthy, thriving and affordable equally engaging the mind, enlivening the secondary education program out of an an- imagination and strengthening the will, in 12 throposophically based picture of the three- harmony with the natural stages of child fold human being (body, soul and spirit), development. ovsw.org Braintree that will serve high school students in the Central Vermont area. centralvthighschool. 11 Pacem School wordpress.com Pacem School is an intellectually inspiring,

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a water bottle initiative when school resumes. since 2010) and math (28 percent in- throughout the year, not just when the budget Chris Hennessey has joined the Montpelier crease since 2009 and top proficiency conversations are happening. Come see one of ith August comes Public Schools as the new principal at Union in the state of Vermont). our theater productions or listen to our won- Elementary School. Chris has been an educa- Thank you for your commitment to the derful musicians in concert throughout the the eve of an- tor since 1990 and an administrator for the work that we do. Your yes votes on Town year. Stop by and cheer on our athletic teams past seven years at Spaulding High School Meeting Day give us the resources that we as they compete, or feel welcome to attend one other school year in Barre. During his teaching career, Chris need to educate the children of this city. It of the open houses at our schools—even if you in the capital city of Vermont. The has worked with diverse populations of stu- is not something that we take for granted: don’t have children in that particular school! W dents in Vermont, as well as in Massachusetts it is something that we are very grateful for. I am always available to listen to feedback, Bridge has graciously given me an and New Mexico. Two of Chris’s greatest We work daily to ensure that the mission of suggestions or recommendations about our strengths are ensuring students’ success and the Montpelier Public Schools is a reality for schools. It is a professional privilege to serve opportunity to share some of the that all stakeholders in the educational process every student. We are proud of what we do, this community, and I look forward to an- feel heard and listened to. Chris is known as a and we recognize that there is always room other tremendous year together in service to wonderful things that are happen- reflective administrator, who makes decisions for improvement. our students. based almost exclusively on what is in the best These highlights are but a brief window into ing in Montpelier public schools. interest of students. Chris lives in Montpelier the world of the Montpelier Public Schools. I Gratefully, with his wife, Susan, and twin daughters, invite you to participate more thoughtfully Dr. Brian G. Ricca, Catherine and Olivia. this year at our school board meetings. It Superintendent of Schools New this year to Montpelier High School I recognize that the Montpelier citizens is important to hear from the community 223-9796, [email protected] (MHS) is the Soar Program. Soar recog- made a substantial commitment to our nizes that students come to high school with schools during the past two budget seasons. unique backgrounds, knowledge and skills However, from 2000 to 2012, the average in- and that when students leave high school they crease over the past 12 years in school budgets will need unique background knowledge and has been 2.5 percent. That is a tremendous skills to contribute to their lives, postsecond- commitment to the children who come into ary education and training or professions. our buildings and the men and women who Soar provides students the flexibility to define staff the Montpelier Public Schools. We have and explore their interests and skills while demonstrated improvement and growth, espe- demonstrating growth in, and understand- cially when you consider the following: ing of, the core learning expectations of the • In reading, across grades 3, 4 and 5, Montpelier High School community. Soar students demonstrated increased profi- students are engaged in mentored projects ciency every year since 2007, and cur- and academic work to achieve credits toward rently we have the lowest level of stu- graduation from MHS. We are very excited dents below proficiency in eight years. about the first year of this program and hope • Our eighth-graders in science earned to see it grow in the years to come. the highest proficiency in five years Main Street Middle School’s Team Summit and earned an 11 percent increase has been chosen to join in the VEEP Whole over scores in 2011. Further, in writ- School Energy Challenge for next year. This ing this same group of students in- program will help MSMS record and map creased proficiency 10 percent from energy use (both heating and electrical) for the previous year’s scores. the upcoming school year and make changes • Our juniors at Montpelier High throughout the year to reduce our energy use. School earned increased proficiency This is a great extension of what Team Sum- in three of the four subjects they test mit accomplished last year with the Locker in: science (24 percent increase since Clean Out events and classroom composting. 2010), writing (25 percent increase In addition, Team Summit will be beginning T&T Repeats Thrift Store 116 Main Street, Montpelier • 224.1360

Truck for Hire. We Do Runs: Stump Dump, Landfill Runs, Light Moving or Anything That Needs a Pickup. The Bridge August 1–21, 2013, • page 9 The Bully Project For the last two months, a group of teens, with the support of the Base- ment Teen Center and Folk Life Center, have been interviewing and photographing people of all ages around downtown Montpelier to record “the public’s thoughts on bullying. Interviewees were photographed and asked questions such as: “What does bullying mean to you?” “Why do you think it happens?” “What would you say to a bully?” This project aims to put a familiar face on how we, as a community, ap- proach the issue of bullying. The creators of this project hope that it will encourage the community to have conversations about bullying and consider the impact of how we treat each other.” —The Bully Project Team

edited and compiled by “It can feel really scary to want to reach Tomas Rogel, Bully Project visionary and creator and Julia Hancock-Song co-producer, stand in Amy Brooks Thornton out and ask for help from other people be- front of Bully Project photos posted downtown. cause there’s this sense of embarrassment. Below are excerpts from audio clips that can be Search and seek out a community. Don’t be heard via cell phone and accompany the por- afraid to use your voice” traits appearing on a wall downtown (top right photo) and on a defunct train car behind Guy’s Andrea Cohen, 49 Farm & Yard (bottom right photo). “Everybody has the right to be respected and move through life in a way where their The Bully Project’s team was comprised of talents and their skills are appreciated.” visionary producer Tomas Rogel, coproduc- “Seek out those who respect you and love ers Nathan Burton and Julia Hancock-Song you. And respect and love yourself. Because the and all Montpelier High School students. people who are doing the bullying are a bunch They were assisted by Nick Connor, direc- of fools. You just need to ignore them and seek tor of prevention programs at Washington out the support and love from people who get County Youth Services Bureau, and Sarah you for how beautiful and amazing you are.” August, Teen Basement AmeriCorps vol- unteer. Ned Castle mentored the team in Miles Rappaport, 14 photography. The project was funded by the “I’ll see people getting picked on at school. Basement Teen Center. I don’t really like it. More often than not I don’t do something and I probably should. I Tomas Rogel, 16 - Visionary and Creator know that is just as bad. I don’t like seeing “Bullying is an important issue because it people upset because it makes me upset too.” affects people mentally and physically and I “I might ask them ‘Why are you doing don’t believe that people should have to suf- that to someone?’ Because finding out why fer through that.” they’re upset could also be the reason they’re “People bully when they feel insecure doing it, and that could help them realize about themselves or have had something that it’s bad.” happen in their lives that makes such inse- Julia Hancock-Song and Tomas Rogel conduct interviews downtown. cure feelings they turn it into anger against Bob Watson, 59 other people.” “People who bully are probably insecure in some way. They want to feel good about Julia Hancock-Song, 16 - Co-producer themselves. The only way they can feel good “It’s really hard to see the line between about themselves is by being above some- joking around, people pushing each other body else and intimidating.” around for fun, for laughs, and when it “If I saw somebody bullying someone else, actually becomes actual bullying and not a I would say, ‘Hey, knock it off.’ I don’t like game. If you’re feeling harassed or depressed seeing somebody intimidated. There’s no because of it, then it’s a serious issue.” reason for it.” “If you see people being bullied, step up and say like, this doesn’t look very nice.” Ian Quinlan, 40 “I pretty much spent my entire high school Jen Zimberg, 26 being bullied. I was 98 pounds until my “Bullying is very often subtle. It definitely senior year. I was an easy target. I was bul- takes the form of physical violence. More lied by pretty much everyone. So, of course often it’s emotional and psychological. That instead of picking on the toughest kids in matters because it’s really hard to point out school, the bullies pick on the smallest kid in that someone is doing something to you. It’s school to prove they’re tough.” really easy for a bully to say, ‘No I wasn’t “There’s a lot of pressure on kids to be doing anything to you, or I’m just kidding.’ popular. They want to feel accepted in a That’s a big one. ‘I’m just joking. Can’t you group or a crowd so they do things they take a joke?’” might have not otherwise done.” “In high school, the last thing you want do “Just telling someone’s parents ‘Oh, your is admit that you’re vulnerable and sensitive kid’s bullying someone’ isn’t always going to and your feelings can get hurt. Sometimes be effective because the parents are part of even your closest friends are not always that the reason the kid is a bully. There needs to kind. I wonder if they know the effect of be outside intervention.” their actions?” “You can’t just say stop bullying. We need to explain why. They have to understand not only Ashley Portman, 29 what happens with them for being a bully, but “For me bullying is like a cry for help. that the self-confidence they are trying to build It’s a cry for attention. The perpetrator is is a fake self-confidence, and it’s not going to looking for someone to bully, but in a lot of do them any good in the real world.” ways I see the perpetrator as someone who is looking for love.” Nathan Burton, 15 Co-producer “I was bullied a lot in school. I was pretty “Tell someone about it, your parents or shy. I grew up outside of NYC. There were friends, or an official adult, or all of them. times when I would skip school for a week. There’s no reason for them to continue.” I would go and hide in the bathroom. It was “Bullies are taking their pain and kind of really, really scary. It affected me not only spreading it.” socially but academically because I didn’t Bully Project members paste a photo on the defunct train car on Stone Cutters Way. want to go to school.” Above photos courtesy of the Bully Project. page 10 • August 1–21, 2013 The Bridge A Message from City Hall

This page was paid for by the City of Montpelier. New Kitchen and Meals Program Launched at Montpelier Senior Activity Center for all. Looking forward to many, many great meals to come. Come taste what we are doing.” Turcotte and MSAC direc- tor Janna Clar are anticipating expanding kitchen activity to include cooking classes, on-site catering for MSAC events and facility rentals and other possibilities as a result of the new partnership.

The Three-Way Partnership and Funding That Makes Meals Happen Turcotte, chef and owner of Good Taste Catering (GTC), has a contract with the city’s nonprofit JBI (a 501(c)3 organi- zation that also administers the Montpelier Food Pantry at 137 Main Street) to produce the necessary volume of meals for seniors, and GTC is paid a set cost per meal. Turcotte is self-employed and not a paid staff member of JBI or MSAC. MSAC, a city department, with approval by City Council in March, has a signed Memorandum of Understanding with JBI to contribute a portion of the expenses for the meals through its operating budget. Central Vermont Council on Aging has a contract with JBI as the administrator of the federal Older Americans Act funding, which supports senior nutrition programs like this around the country. Fees charged and donations received for meals bring in additional revenue. Finally, fundraising activities and additional dona- tions will cover the rest of the cost of the meals programs. All donations are greatly appreciated and can be mailed to Just Basics, 137 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05602 (write “senior meals” on the check memo line). An additional partner of the meals program is Dog River Farm of Berlin, which has also supported JBI’s Food Pantry in recent years. Since early July, the farm has donated 405 Indian beef take-out. Photo by Kimberley Lashua. pounds of vegetables to the senior meal program. Some After years of planning and months of renovation, the • Tues August 6: roast pork loin with gravy or tofu with was gleaned by program volunteers and some was donated kitchen project at the Montpelier Senior Activity Center tomato, spinach and shallots, penne pasta, apple crisp directly by owner George Gross. The donated vegetables (MSAC) at 58 Barre Street is complete and licensed. • Thursday, August 8: baked haddock, stuffed corn included kale, romaine, summer squash and assorted greens. MSAC, in partnership with Just Basics, Inc. (JBI), has bread, potatoes, pudding The first day the kitchen opened for production on July 8, a launched a meal program to promote the independence, • Friday, August 9: shrimp or tofu stir-fry, mixed veg- truckload of over 100 pounds of kale arrived and was soon nutrition and socialization of area seniors, and dozens are gies, brown rice processed by kitchen staff and volunteers. Some was incor- enjoying freshly prepared on-site and home-delivered meals • Tuesday, August 13: chicken and mushroom marsala, porated into the next day’s home-delivered meals, and the each week. In addition, a weekly take-out café, open to the linguine, vegetable, dessert rest was stored to be used in future meals. We can be sure public on Thursdays, serves as a fundraiser to support the en- • Thursday, August 15: BBQ flank steak or arugula and that Montpelier seniors will be following the motto of long- tire partnership. The meals program has several components: pesto flatbread sandwich with roasted red peppers, standing volunteer delivery driver, Bo Muller-Moore, when new potatoes, pinto beans, pastry they eat more kale this summer! Tuesday and Friday On-Site Lunches, 12–1 p.m. • Friday, August 16: chicken caesar salad (alternative • Tuesdays, come early to dance to MSAC’s own Swin- TBD), mango and melon salad, dessert Volunteers Are Busy, and More Are Needed gin’ Over Sixty Band playing tunes from the 1930s to • Tuesday, August 20: chicken or tempeh enchiladas, The program wouldn’t be possible without the participation 1960s, starting at 10:30 a.m. rice and beans, spinach, pudding of dedicated volunteers, who have already logged over 100 • No charge for seniors 60 and over; suggested donation • Thursday, August 22: Indian beef or curried peas, wheat hours. JBI and MSAC are still recruiting volunteers for various of $5. berry salad, mangos, salad greens, pumpkin muffin shifts and teams in and outside the kitchen. Training is avail- • Guests and others under 60: $6. • Friday, August 23: seared salmon with salsa, zucchini able, so no experience is necessary. Help is especially needed pancakes, wild rice pilaf for table setup and cleanup on Tuesdays and Fridays. There are Thursday Take-out Café Meals, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. • Tuesday, August 27: pork with rosemary, sweet and also opportunities involving food preparation, food rescue and • Open to everyone regardless of age or affiliation. russett potatoes education. Commitments of any length are helpful, and regular • Meals cost $5 to $8.50, including Vermont meals tax. • Thursday, August 29: roast chicken or black bean burg- commitments over at least three months are ideal. If interested • All proceeds benefit the senior meal partnership be- ers, new potato salad, summer couscous salad, brownie in contributing time as a team member or leader, call Kimber- tween MSAC and JBI, which provide home-delivered • Friday, August 30: meatballs, red sauce, spaghetti, pud- ley 595-9145, or look for a sign-up form in the MSAC lobby and on-site meals, so buying lunch on Thursday sup- ding or on the website at montpelier-vt.org/upload/groups/373/files/ ports seniors in the community. summer_2013_meals_volunteer_sign-up_form.pdf. Who’s Cooking All This Delicious Food? Monday–Friday, Home-Delivered Meals Food preparation is led by Chef Justin Turcotte of Good The Kitchen • Continuation of a crucial program that has already Taste Catering. Talking recently about the newly outfitted The new commercial kitchen at 58 Barre Street includes a been managed by JBI for years, now produced at 58 commercial kitchen at MSAC, Turcotte said, “This is a beau- range, dishwasher and pot sink salvaged from the 2009 fire, Barre Street. tiful new space and a lot of people have been working really as well as essential new equipment, including a large walk- • Designed specifically to meet nutritional requirements. hard to make it what it is today. . . Adding delicious home in cooler and freezer, blast chiller, pressure steamer, fire- • Volunteers deliver up to seven meals weekly (residents cooked meals to this already thriving community center will suppression hood, work tables, ice maker, vegetable and hand of Montpelier and most of Berlin). just make it better.” sinks and shelving. Eric Seidel, formerly of New England • Combination of hot and frozen meals available. Turcotte has 23 years of food experience. After graduating Culinary Institute, designed the kitchen before retirement • For seniors 60 and over, suggested donation of $5. from U-32, he went on to earn a degree in culinary arts at the and volunteered countless hours as project manager during Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. After the estimating and installation phases. In addition, nearly Reservations for on-site meals and café meals may be made culinary school, he started at a dude ranch in Wyoming and 100 members of the senior activity center have donated over by calling 262-6288. Inquiries for home-delivered meals can then worked with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, $6,500 in the past two months to help procure the neces- be made by calling 595-9145. California. It was here that he made a strong connection with sary small wares to get the kitchen fully operational. These the importance of using high-quality ingredients and a deep items include new pots, pans, small tools and knives, a coffee Menus for August: Feast Your Eyes respect for food. He spent several years as a free agent and maker, storage containers, tablecloths and more. Meal menus meet federal dietary requirements and incor- consultant in the catering and restaurant development field in All the partners (MSAC, JBI and GTC), staff and volun- porate fresh seasonal produce and change with the seasons. San Francisco and Palo Alto before returning to Vermont as teers at 58 Barre Street look forward to welcoming members Menus are subject to change, and many surprise treats, such general manager for All Fired Up Billiards and Bistro in Barre. of the community to enjoy the delicious meals and social- as seasonal delights donated from area farms and fresh herbs, Turcotte also worked as an instructor at the New England ization opportunities now available as a result of this new await. All meals include milk option and fresh fruit. Culinary Institute for several years, and he was most recently partnership and kitchen. executive chef for Central Vermont Medical Center. There he • Thursday, August 1: Roast chicken or black bean burg- learned more about the role of food in diet-related health. For more information, contact MSAC director Janna Clar at ers, new potato salad, summer couscous salad, brownie Said Turcotte earlier this week, “Thanks to everyone who 262-6283 or [email protected] or JBI executive director • Friday, August 2: meatballs, red sauce, spaghetti, pudding has helped to make MSAC a vibrant and welcoming place Kimberley Lashua at 595-9145 or [email protected]. The Bridge August 1–21, 2013, • page 11 Claire Watt Chooses Unpaid South Africa AIDS Awareness Soccer Program over Masters in Nursing

by Nat Frothingham for close to four years, working 55 hours a week, shopping, doing laundry, bathing the n Sunday, August 4, after five days of children and putting out three meals a day. Oorientation in Hanover, New Hamp- When the couple had another baby two years shire, Claire Watt, a 2005 graduate of Mont- ago, her work intensified, taking care of two pelier High School, will fly to Johannesburg children and taking the older boy to Mon- along with 22 other interns for a year-long tessori School. Starting out as a nanny she’d stint with Grassroot Soccer, an international, thought, “I’m going to work for a year until nonprofit organization that harnesses the I get my medical job. . . . Four years is a long attraction of soccer to raise youth and teen time,” Watt said. When she finally left last awareness of the AIDS epidemic. week, departure was a wrench: “It was the “I began playing soccer when I was 4 hardest thing I’ve ever done.” and continued all through high school,” Toward the end of her time as a nanny, said Watt, who continued playing even after Watt applied for and got accepted into a graduating from UVM with a BS in food two-year masters of nursing program at the science and nutrition in 2009. University of New Hampshire at Durham. After UVM, Watt headed for Boston, But increasingly, she worried about taking intent on landing a job in the health field. out what she called “a massive student loan But, she said, “You need a million different for close to $70,000.” Tuition alone for two degrees to get an entry-level job,” echoing years was close to $60,000, and to make a go Claire Watt is heading to South Africs to participate in a year-long AIDS awareness internship today’s situation facing college grads seeking of it, she figured she needed a $70,000 loan. program. Photo by Nat Frothingham. work in their chosen fields. Just as she was debating the pros and cons Instead of abandoning her career focus, of the nursing program, she heard about the ated with AIDS and AIDS testing. Watt said she responded with, “Yup, that’s Watt volunteered at Massachusetts General Grassroot Soccer program, a life-experience The interns’ lodging is provided by the about right. That’s what I’m doing.” Ex- Hospital’s same-day surgery unit. “I brought opportunity that, Watt said, “hit on ev- program, but they receive no funds for air plaining, she said, “Life experience is the patients their food and drink and wheeled erything that I care about—public health, travel, food or health insurance. Grassroot most valuable of all pursuits. I know I will them out to their car when their surgery working with youth, and soccer. I think they Soccer advises interns to raise or save at least never regret this. But I might regret going was over. It was just one day a week,” she [Grassroot Soccer] had 150 applicants, and $10,000 for the service year. “I’ve raised to graduate school if it’s not for something I remarked. they narrowed it down to 23 of us.” $8,000,” Watt said. “Since my plane ticket ultimately want to do.” But, needing a paycheck, she took a nanny When they arrive in Johannesburg, the has been purchased, and I have health insur- job with a wife and husband who had just 23 will fan out to various locations in South ance, they are saying OK. But I will be living For more information about Grassroot Soccer had their first child. The wife worked in Africa, Watt flying to Port Elizabeth, where very frugally for a year.” visit grassrootsoccer.org. Tax-deductible dona- investments and the husband was a venture she’ll work with another intern named Paul. Watt, 27, sees the year as a positive, but tions for Claire Watt may be made to “Grassroot capitalist. Both worked long hours, but when Together, they’ll share a small apartment in her friend, mentor and former employer said Soccer” and sent to P.O. Box 712, Norwich, they came home to their child, Watt said, a gated community, working in township to her, “So let me get this straight. You’re VT 05055. Enter “Claire Watt’s internship” on “They were the most wonderful parents.” soccer camps and clinics every day, doing going there for a year. You’ll be unpaid. This the memo line. Or contribute to Claire Watt “I clearly formed a bond with them. I whatever the professional coaches tell her is not furthering your education. And when directly (not tax deductible) atgofundme.com/ feel like I raised these kids,” Watt said. She about soccer—but adding AIDS awareness you come back, you’ll be broke and living GRS-internship. ended up working as the family’s nanny information and changing the stigma associ- at home?”

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VIEWPOINT Student Loan: First Do No Harm! Save 20% on one item. by Scott Giles thru August

he interest rate on federally subsidized Tstudent loans increased from 3.4 to 6.8 percent on July 1. Even before this increase took effect, the Congressional Budget Office ✃ (CBO) estimated that the government earned a $50-billion profit on federal student and parent loans last year. Lost in the hype is the fact that this increase applies only to a loan type that fewer than 40 percent of all undergraduates are eligible to receive. Most college students already pay the 6.8 percent rate, and graduate students and Design & Build parents pay an even higher rate of 7.9 percent. At a time when interest rates are near historic Custom Energy-Efficient Homes lows, the government profits by charging stu- dents and parents above-market rates. Additions • Timber Frames And despite the heated rhetoric and partisan Weatherization • Remodeling finger pointing, Washington doesn’t seem to see a problem. The proposals that have been Kitchens • Bathrooms • Flooring considered—with one exception—do not re- duce the government profit on education loans. Tiling • Cabinetry • Fine Woodwork Instead, under the guise of letting the market set rates, they temporarily reduce rates for some borrowers while increasing rates on others. The House-passed Republican proposal con- verts student and parent loans from fixed-to variable-rate loans that reset each year. Using CBO interest rate projections, the subsidized student loan would convert from today’s 3.4 percent fixed rate (stays the same for the life of the loan) to a 5 percent variable rate (changes each year). By 2017, however, this rate is pro- jected to rise to 7.4 percent. The same is true for PLUS loans (used by parents and graduate students)—the interest rate drops briefly but by 2016 climbs to nearly 9 percent. President Obama has offered a similar • New Construction proposal. Subsidized student loan rates would be set each year (unlike the House proposal, • Renovations remaining the same for the life of the loan). Using the same CBO projections, the rate • Woodworking would remain low the first year and rise to 6.13 percent by 2018. •  General Contracting To pay for this, in 2016 the federal student loan taken by the majority of students would rise from today’s 6.8 percent to above 7 percent and keep rising in successive years, with no established maximum. In addition, graduate students and parents who borrow PLUS loans would pay higher rates beginning in 2016. The same is true of the “bipartisan” Senate proposal: Today’s student borrowers would 223-3447 receive slightly lower rates that would be clarconstruction.com paid for by charging higher rates to future borrowers. All of this is further subsidized by increasing the rates paid by graduate students and parents in 2016 and beyond. The Vermont Congressional delegation has worked hard to bring these issues to the public attention. We at Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC), and state agencies across the country, are working to combat these inequities by offering state- based student loan rates that reflect the mar- ket. VSAC’s fixed-rate loans are as low as 5.6 percent. There is no reason that the federal government cannot do the same. One of the guiding principles of good pol- icy is “first do no harm.” Unfortunately, most of the solutions do not meet this test. Many borrowers, particularly middle income bor- rowers, are actually better off under current law—even with the interest rate hike—than they would be under the new proposals. Congress should buy time with a simple one- or two-year extension of the lower rate and take the time to listen to Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Representative Peter Welch who have led the fight for a fair student loan policy for the past two years. This would allow Congress time to arrive at a fair solution without further burdening students and their families.

Scott Giles is president and CEO of VSAC. page 14 • August 1–21, 2013 The Bridge

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Aug. 1 Make Your Own Book. 3–5 p.m. Joslin Memorial Library, 4391 Main St., Waitsfield. 496-4205. Millstone Mountain Bike Race Series. Weekly mountain bike training race series. 1, 2, 3 and 4 lap options. Come race and bring something to grill afterward. Registration 5 p.m. Race 6 p.m. Millstone Trails, Little John Road, Barre. $10. 229-9409. [email protected].

Aug. 2 Regional Agriculture and Food Tour. The Center for an Agricultural Economy. 140 Junction Rd., Hardwick. For more information, see hardwickagriculture.org. Reiki Clinic. With Lynne Ihlstrom, reiki master. One-half hour sessions; hour sessions available. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St., Montpelier. $15. For appointment, 522-0045. Dinosaur Invasion. Stories and crafts. Age 8 and under. 2 p.m. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Main St., Montpelier. Nick of Time. Performance by No Strings Marionette Company. 7 p.m. Brookfield Old Town Hall. Free. brookfieldvt.org/townhall.php. Aug. 3 Photoshop Lab. Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. $80. Sign up: 253-8358. Information Contemporary Dance and Fitness Studio. Photo by Joe Shelley. at helenday.com. continued on page 16

Sweet Melissa’s. 4 Langdon St., Montpelier. Aug. 1–15: Craftsbury Chamber Players Aug. 10–11: Vermont Philharmonic Music Summer Music Festival. 225-6012. facebook.com/sweetmelissasvt. Concerts held Wed. Summer Pops Concert. Music director Lou For Adamant Music School Aug. 1: Dave Keller at UVM Recital Hall, Burlington; Thurs. at Kosma conducts the ensemble in selections Aug. 2: Abby Jenne & The Enablers, Honky Historic Hardwick Town House. 8 p.m. $25 schedule and notes, see page 23. from West Side Story, Duke Ellington, Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand 5:30 adults; $10 students; children 12 and under free. Rodgers & Hammerstein and others. $15 p.m. 800-639-3443. craftsburychamberplayers.org. adults; $12 seniors; $5 students. 476-8188. Aug. 3: Jason Wedlock Band Aug. 1: Mozart, Prokofiev, Ravel vermontphilharmonic.org. VENS UE Aug. 6: Open Mic Night Aug. 7–8: Debussy, Hindemith, Beethoven Aug. 10: Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Bagitos. 28 Main St., Montpelier. 229-9212. Aug. 7: Wiley Shipman Aug. 14–15: Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak Aug. 11: Moose Meadow Lodge, Duxbury, 4 bagitos.com. Aug. 8: Rudy Dauth p.m. Aug. 6–13: Summer Music from Greensboro. Aug. 1: Colin McCaffrey (blues/swing/ Aug. 9: The Woedoggies, Honky Tonk Happy country/folk) 6–8 p.m. Hour with Mark LeGrand 5:30 p.m. All concerts 8 p.m. United Church of Aug. 11: The Bethany Baritones. Featuring Aug. 2: Ryan Dubois & Jim Gilmour (folk Aug. 10: Dead Sessions Summer Tour Night #3 Christ, Greensboro. $20; under 18 free. the voices of Stuart Williams, Skip Potter and music with commentary & satire) 6–8 p.m. Aug. 13: Open Mic Night [email protected]. Arthur Zorn. Diane Huling, pianist. 3 p.m. Aug. 3: Irish session with Sarah Blair, Hillary Aug. 14: Alan Greenleaf & The Doctor summermusicfromgreensboro.net. Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier. Aug. 6: Ravel, Handel and More. Farrington Koehler, Katrina VanTyne and Aug. 15: Eames Brothers Band Jaime Laredo violin, Sharon Robinson cello, Karen Aug. 12–15: New England Chamber Music others 2–5 p.m. Festival. Hosted by Monteverdi Music School. Aug. 4: Jazz brunch with Peter Farber & Kevra flute Arti sts & Special Aug. 13: Borromeo String Quartet. With Unitarian Church, Main St., Montpelier. Lindsay Wade 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Aug. 12: Andrew Beer concert. 7 p.m. $10 Aug. 9: Karen Kevra Colin Craig (blues/folk rock) 6–8 p.m. Events Aug. 14: NECMF faculty concert. 7 p.m. $10 Aug. 8: Liptak/Evans duo (gypsy jazz) 6–8 p.m. Aug. 7–14: Middlesex Bandstand Summer Aug. 15: Soovin Kim master class. 10 a.m. Aug. 10: Capital City Band. Irish session with Sarah Blair, Hillary Performing every Wed., Concert Series. 6:30 p.m. Bring a picnic. Donations Farrington Koehler, Katrina VanTyne and 7 p.m. State House lawn beside the Pavilion Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial others 2–5 p.m. Office Building, Montpelier. Free. 223-7069. Bandstand (next to Rumney School), Shady Aug. 11: Brunch with Annalise Emerick Rill Rd., Middlesex. Free. 229-0881. 223-7525. S ubmit Your Event! (contemporary folk) 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Aug. 2: Dan Boomhower. Pianist performs jazz and standards. Arvads Grill & Pub, 3 S. Main middlesexbandstand.com. S end listings to [email protected]. Aug. 13: Open mic. 6:30–8 p.m. Aug. 7: St., Waterbury. 24-8973. Afinque (salsa) Aug. 15: Larry Dougher Blues Trio 6–8 p.m. Aug. 14: Barika (afro-funk fusion) T he deadline for our next issue, August 22, is Friday, August 16. Morrisville Wednesday Night Live. Wed. Aug. 3: Counterpoint. Choral group performs 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oxbow Park, Morrisville. Free. “My Spirit Sang All Day Long.” 7:30 p.m. morristownvt.org. United Church of Christ, 4335 Main St., Aug. 7: Joe Speers and Patrick Murphy Waitsfield. $20 adults, $15 seniors, $5 students. Aug. 14: Girls Night Out: MoCo Free Corn 540-1784. Counterpointchorus.org. Roast Aug. 3: Student Gala Concert. Lyra Summer Aug. 21: Soundmind Music Workshop Concerts. 1 p.m. Handler Nutty Steph’s Chocolaterie. Rte. 2, Music Hall, 71–73 Main St., Randolph. Middlesex. 6 p.m.–midnight. 229-2090. Admission by suggested donation. 728-6464. nuttysteph.com. lyrasummermusic.com. cvcmf.org. Aug. 1: Lauren Hooker (jazz) Aug. 5: Scrag Mountain Music. An innovative Aug. 8: Mary Goround & Friends (original performance by world class musicians featuring piano and accordion) baroque violinist Julie Leven and harpsichordist Aug. 15: Andric Severence (ragtime/blues/jazz) Lynette Combs. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Red Hen Baking. Middlesex Barn, Warren. 496-5997. phantomtheater.com. Aug. 10: Liptak/Evans duo (gypsy jazz) 1 p.m. Aug. 1–15: Jaquith Library Summer Concert The Skinny Pancake. 89 Main St., Montpelier. Series. All shows 6:30 p.m. Old Schoolhouse 6 p.m. 262-2253. skinnypancake.com. Common, 122 School St., Marshfield. Aug. 4: Mountain Ride (bluegrass) 426-3581. [email protected]. Aug. 7: Jay Ekis and extremely special guests marshfield.lib.vt.us. (Americana) Aug. 1: Ira Friedman Quartet (funk/jazz) Aug. 11: Caleb Caudle and Haley Dreis (alt. Aug. 8: Michele Fay Band (folk/swing/ country) bluegrass) Aug. 14: Jay Ekis and extremely special guests Aug. 15: Bramblewood with Colin McCaffrey, Carol Hausner, Danny Coane (Americana) Borromeo Quartet. Photo by Eli Akerstein. page 16 • August 1–21, 2013 The Bridge

10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat. noon–4 p.m. 479-7069. Wed.–Fri. 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sat. noon–5 studioplace arts.com. p.m. Big Town Gallery, 99 North Main St., Rochester. 767-9670. [email protected]. Through Aug.: Seth Collins, Series of Robot bigtowngallery.com. Portraits. Pencil, pen and ink on mat board. Reception Aug. 2, 4–8 p.m. Green Bean Through Oct. 15: Exposed 2013. Group exhibit Visual Art Gallery, Capitol Grounds, State St., of sculpture. Hours: Wed.–Sun. noon–5 p.m. Montpelier. [email protected]. and by appointment. Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. 253-8358. Through Aug.: Donna Ellery. Funky 3-D mixed-media art, using salvaged and recycled Through Oct. 31: Bread & Puppet Museum. materials. Reception Aug. 2, 4–8 p.m. The One of the largest collections of some of the Cheshire Cat, 28 Elm St., Montpelier. 223- biggest puppets in the world. Bread & Puppet 1981. cheshirecatclothing.com. Farm, Rte. 122, Glover. Hours: Daily, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m. 525-3031. breadandpuppet.org. Through Aug.: Lori Hinrichsen. Photographs, prints and stitching. First floor reading room Through Dec. 20: Round. An exhibition of and second floor. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, objects of circular shape, from the Sullivan Main St., Montpelier. 223-3338. Museum collection. Sullivan Museum and History Center, Norwich University, 158 Through Aug.: Almuth Palinkas. Art textiles Harmon Dr., Northfield. 485-2183. Norwich. and paintings. Hours: Daily, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. edu/museum. Westview Meadows, 171 Westview Meadows Rd., Montpelier. Through Dec. 20: These Honored Dead: Private and National Commemoration. Through Aug.: Plowing Old Ground: Stories of Norwich alumni from both sides Vermont’s Organic Farming Pioneers. of the Civil War conflict in 1863. Sullivan Photographs and interviews. Vermont History Museum & History Center, Norwich Museum, 109 State Street, Montpelier. Hours: University, Northfield. 485-2183. norwich.edu/ Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 828-2291. museum. vermonthistory.org. Through Sept. 1: Lark Upson, Structural SPECIAL EVENTS Integrity: Portraits in Oil. Blinking Light Call to Artists. A graffiti tag contest. Winner Gallery and Co-op, 16 Main St., Plainfield. receives urban art supplies from The Drawing Hours: Thurs. 2–6 p.m., Fri.–Sun. 10 a.m.–6 Board. Multiple submissions OK. Deadline p.m. 454-0141. blinkinglightgallery.com. Aug. 17. Winner picked Aug. 31. Mail or drop Through Sept. 2: Alysa Bennett, Horse off submissions at The Drawing Board, 22 Main St., Montpelier. For more information, 223- Drawn. Large-scale charcoal drawings. Hours: 2902 or drawingboardvt.com. Mon.–Fri., 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Gallery at River Ogrejund by Seth Collins. Green Bean Visual Art Gallery, Capitol Grounds, Montpelier. Arts, 2F, River Arts Center, 74 Pleasant St., Aug. 2: Meet Stone Sculptor Ryan Mays. 4–8 Morrisville. 888-1261. riverartsvt.org. p.m., during Art Walk. Artisans Hand, 89 Main St., Montpelier. artisanshand.com. 229-4676. cdandfs.com. Through Sept. 2: Gabriel Tempesta, The Bumblee Bee Series. Charcoal paintings. Aug. 4: Art Festival Picnic. Celebrate arts and Through Aug.: American Dream. Artists Copley Common Space Gallery, River Arts community. Fireworks. Live music by The Grift Visual Arts explore the driving forces for the American Center, 74 Pleasant St., Morrisville. Hours: and Haywire. Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield. Dream today. Main floor gallery, Studio Place Mon.–Fri., 10 a.m.–2 p.m. 888-1261. Aug. 8: Art in the Garden Tour. Arts, 201 N. Main. St., Barre. Hours: Wed.–Fri. riverartsvt.org. Tour three 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat. noon–4 p.m. 479-7069. gardens designed by Broadleaf Landscape EXHT IBI S studioplace arts.com. Through Sept. 8: Best of the Northeast Architecture and observe three artists paint Ongoing: Glen Coburn Hutcheson, Talking Master of Fine Arts 2013 Exhibition. Helen plein air. 9 a.m.–noon. Tour begins and ends on Portraits and Two-Part Inventions. Through Aug.: The Aviary by Beth Robinson. An Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Bridge St., Waitsfield. evolving show of experimental drawings, Discover what happens to birds that become paintings and the occasional sculpture. comfortable living outside of their natural Through Sept. 30: Laura Hamilton. Aug. 10–11: Gallery Weekend and Open Storefront Studio Gallery, 6 Barre St., habitats. Second floor gallery, Studio Place Arts, Photographs. Reception Aug. 2, 4–8 p.m., Studios. Mad River Artists invite you to step Montpelier. Hours: Tues.–Fri. 8–10 a.m., Sat. 201 N. Main. St., Barre. Hours: Wed.–Fri. during Art Walk. Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., into their studios. Pick up list of participants at 10 a.m.–3 p.m., or by appointment. 839-5349. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat. noon–4 p.m. 479-7069. Montpelier. Festival Gallery, 5031 Main St., Waitsfield. gchfineart.com. studioplace arts.com. Through Oct. 5: Folk Vision: Folk Art from Aug. 13–15: Contemporary Art Lectures. Through Aug. 25: Camille Johnson, The Through Aug.: ART-Artifact. Fascinating New England and Beyond. Selected artists 10:30 a.m.–noon. Helen Day Art Center, Rawing. A poetic and photographic exhibit by stories unfold via transformed chards and including Gayleen Aiken, Merrill Densmore, 90 Pond St., Stowe. $20. Sign up: 253-8358. recent U32 graduate. Contemporary Dance and remnants. Third floor gallery, Studio Place Arts, Howard Finster, HJ Laurent, Theodore Information at helenday.com. Fitness Studio, 18 Langdon St., Montpelier. 201 N. Main. St., Barre. Hours: Wed.–Fri. Ludwiczak. Reception Aug. 18, 3 p.m. Hours:

Taste of the Valley. This event highlights local Plainfield. Free. 322-4408, info.cvhsi@gmail. continued from page 15 restaurants and food purveyors and producers, com or centralvthighschool.wordpress.com. Aug. 9 offering samples of their culinary creations. Cookbook Author Tracy Medeiros. Features Understanding Cancer: Chinese Medicine Foot Clinic. Nurses from Central Vermont new book Vermont Farm Table. 10 a.m.–noon. Music by Phineas Gage and silent auction. 5–8 Home Health & Hospice clip toe nails, clean p.m. Sugarbush Resort, Waitsfield. and Western Herbs. With Brendan Kelly, Capital City Farmers Market, Montpelier. 223- Jade Mountain Wellness. 6–9 p.m. Vermont nail beds, file nails and lotion feet. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. 2958. Center for Integrative Herbalism, 252 Main St., Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St, Montpelier. To reserve: 223-2518. Bear Pond Books 40th Birthday Party. Aug. 6 Montpelier. $15 members; $17 nonmembers. Prizes, discounts, cake. Win a bag of books. 10 In Pursuit of the Elusive Dusky Salamander Preregistration required: 224-7100 or info@ Lemonade Lounge-Around. Books, blankets a.m.–closing. Bear Pond Books, 77 Main St., With John Jose. Learn the ecology and vtherbcenter.org. vtherbcenter.org. and lemonade spread under a big tree. All ages. identification of common reptiles and Montpelier. 229-0774. Two Sides of the Same Coin. Scott Nearing: 2 p.m. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Main St., amphibians. Walk in Hubbard Park; dress Montpelier. accordingly. Families welcome. 5–7 p.m. The Subsistence Organic Horticulturalist and Aug. 4 Community room, Hunger Mountain Coop, the Cosmological Traveling Sociologist-Socialist. Advance Directive Assistance. Sponsored by Annual Dog Party and BBQ. Contests for dogs, Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier. $10 members- Featuring speakers Elliot Coleman and Greg the Funeral Consumers Alliance of VT, these music, free food, craft tables and a bouncy house owners; $12 nonmembers. Preregister: sign up on Joly. 7:30 p.m. Paper Mache Cathedral, Bread & appointments include information on funeral for kids. Ponds for dogs to swim in, an agility co-op workshop bulletin board, 223-8000 x202 Puppet Farm, Rte. 122, Glover. Free. planning; forms available. 2–4 p.m. Montpelier course and hiking trails. All dogs and their or [email protected]. Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St, Montpelier. people welcome. Noon–4 p.m. Dog Mountain, Free, donations appreciated. 223-8140. Adamant Co-op Friday Night Cookout. Aug. 8 Stephen Huneck Gallery, 143 Parks Rd., St. Community Mobile. 3–5 p.m. Joslin Memorial Johnsbury. 748-2700. dogmt.com. Wonderful conversation, great food: sausages, Plant Walk at Two Rivers With Iris Gage. jumbo hotdogs, marinated portabellas, salmon Library, 4391 Main St., Waitsfield. 496-4205. Join us for an hour of joyful investigation. cakes, salads, desserts. 5:30–7:30 p.m., rain or 5:30–6:30 p.m. Two Rivers Center, 5 Home Millstone Mountain Bike Race Series. Weekly shine. Full meal $10. Adamant Co-op, 1313 Farm Way, Montpelier. For car pooling, meet Aug. 5 mountain bike training race series. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Who Are Horse and Cow? Haggett Rd. Call 223-5760 for menu items. outside Hunger Mountain Coop at 5:15 p.m. Meet a fine and funny lap options. Come race and bring something to Free. Preregister: sign up on co-op workshop pair, pals in the spirit of Frog and Toad. Original grill afterward. Registration 5 p.m. Race 6 p.m. Peace Walk: Remembering Hiroshima. bulletin board, 223-8000 x202 or info@ stories by local author Jean Dickinson. Age 3–7. Millstone Trails, Little John Road, Barre. $10. Peaceful walk from the State House lawn to hungermountain.coop. 11 a.m. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier. 229-9409. [email protected]. 223-4655. the high school. Share words, poems, songs and launch boats into the river. 6:45 p.m. 223- Adamant Co-op Friday Night Cookout. Digestive System and Your Overall Health. Understanding the Menstrual Cycle. 1879. Wonderful conversation, great food: sausages, With With Akshata Nayak. Learn how to create a jumbo hotdogs, marinated portabellas, salmon Chelsea Hasting and Hannah Allen. Explore in better diet that works with your body. 5:30–6:30 cakes, salads, desserts. 5:30–7:30 p.m., rain or depth the menstrual cycle. Part one of two parts. p.m. Community room, Hunger Mountain Aug. 7 shine. Full meal $10. Adamant Co-op, 1313 5–7 p.m. Community room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier. Free. Central Vermont High School Initiative Open Haggett Rd. Call 223-5760 for menu items. Coop, Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier. $10 Preregister: sign up on co-op workshop members-owners; $12 nonmembers. Preregister: House. Visit our new home and learn about our plans to grow a high school in central Vermont. bulletin board, 223-8000 x202 or info@ sign up on co-op workshop bulletin board, 223- hungermountain.coop. 8000 x202 or [email protected]. 4–6 p.m. Stokes Building, Goddard College, The Bridge August 1–21, 2013, • page 17

Aug. 10 Aug. 2: A Thing Done in a Seeing Place. Living the Path. One-day retreat with Ven. Amy 7:30 p.m. Paper Mache Cathedral. Aug. 4: The Total This & That Circus and Miller and Andrea Thibaudeau. Mindfulness, Pageant in Two Parts. meditation and yoga. All levels. Wear loose Followed by guest clothing; bring a yoga mat and strap. 9 a.m.–4 performers Erik Ruin and Maryann Collela One Touch Of p.m. Milarepa Center, 1344 Rte. 5, Barnet. $25 performing their toy theater show, Nature Makes the Whole World Kin. suggested donation, includes lunch and yoga 2:30 p.m. session. 633-1436. [email protected]. The Greensboro Arts Alliance and Residency. milarepacenter.org. 156 Breezy Ave., Greensboro. All shows 7:30 The Champlain Glassworks (1827–1850). p.m. 533-7487. info@greensboroartsalliance. Gallery talk with L. Diane Carlisle about glass com. greensboroartalliance.com. Aug. 1, 4: Our Town. making in mid-1800s and sample of glass works. Talk 2 p.m. Exhibit 1–4 p.m. Vermont History Lost Nation Theater. Montpelier City Hall, Center, 60 Washington St., Barre. 479-8519. 39 Main St. $25 Thurs., $30 Fri.–Sun. (seniors Film: In A Better World. Compassionate and students $5 off); $10 children under 12. drama about the interplay between two loving 229-0492. [email protected]. and dysfunctional families. In Danish, with Schedule at lostnationtheater.org. Aug. 1–11: My Buddy Bill. subtitles. 6:30 p.m. Montpelier Senior Activity Dogs, politics Center, 58 Barre St., Montpelier. $3. 224-1001. and stand-up comedy by Rick Cleveland. Phantom Theater. All shows 8 p.m. Edgcomb Aug. 11 Barn, Warren. 496-5997. phantomtheater.info. Aug. 1–3: Pure Gold: A Phantom Reunion. Film Screening: Northern Borders. Special Ten alumni gather for an evening of off-the- guests Jay Craven and Howard Frank Mosher. grid, handcrafted theater for the head, heart 7:30 p.m. Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, and funny bone. 8 p.m. 123 Pitkin Rd., Plainfield. $10 advanced tickets; Aug. 9: A Moth in the Barn. Stories for a $12 door. goddard.edu/craven. My Buddy Bill, Lost Nation Theater, opening August 2. Photo courtesy of Stefan Hard, summer evening. Hosted by Bobby Stoddard. 8 p.m. Aug. 12 the Times Argus. Aug. 12: Poetry in the Barn. Alan Shapiro, Fertility Awareness. With Chelsea Hasting Ellen Bryant Voigt and Joan Hutton Landis and Hannah Allen. Second part of two part read. 7 p.m. Aug. 11: The Feast of Saint Clare. A dance series on the menstrual cycle. Gain awareness of performance by The Poor Sister Clares Unadilla Theatre. 501 Blachly Rd., Marshfield. fertility to achieve or avoid pregnancy. 5–7 p.m. Traveling Dancing Monk Show. 7 p.m. Shows at both the Unadilla Theatre and the Community room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Performing Arts Contemporary Dance and Fitness Studio, 18 new nearby Festival Theatre. All shows 7:30 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier. $10 members- Langdon St., 3F, Montpelier. $10 suggested p.m. $20 adults; $10 children 12 and under. owners; $12 nonmembers. Preregister: sign up on donation. 229-4676. cdandfs.com. 456-8968. [email protected]. Schedule at co-op workshop bulletin board, 223-8000 x202 unadilla.org. or [email protected]. DANCE Aug. 12–18: Dancer/Choreographer Patrick Aug. 7–30: The Abduction of Seraglio. Ferreri. Artist-in-residence at Contemporary Classic Films of the 1950s. With Rick Winston. Aug. 1: The Dance Walk. Montpelier Aug. 8–30: Present Laughter. Dance and Fitness Studio, 18 Langdon St., 3F, Clips from several films from that era with Movement Collective Performance Event. Part Aug. 8–31: The Birthday Party. of Helen Day Arts Center’s Exposed summer Montpelier. 229-4676. cdandfs.com. discussion. 6:30–8 p.m. Montpelier Senior Activity Valley Players. Valley Players Theatre, 4254 sculpture exhibit, featuring Hanna Satterlee, Aug. 13, 14, 16: Workshops. Open Center, 58 Barre St., Montpelier. 223-2518. Main St., Waitsfield. $10 adults; $8 seniors Willow Wonder, Avi Waring, Chelsea Palin level, drop-in friendly. Call for times and and students. 485-5636. vtplaywrightscircle@ and Natalie Wheeler. 6 p.m. Reception follows. information. gmail.com Aug. 13 Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Donations. Aug. 16: Performance. 7 p.m., Pooch Powered Special Storytime. Join Contemporary Dance and Fitness Studio. Aug. 15–18: TenFest. A festival of 10-minute beloved therapy dog Coco for stories read by Aug. 5: Polly Motley Open Rehearsal. Public Aug. 17, 18: Performance. 7 p.m., Phantom plays by Vermont playwrights. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. Hannah. All ages. 11 a.m. Age 3–7. Kellogg- is invited to watch the final rehearsal for a Theater, Warren. on Aug. 18. work to be performed for the Helen Day Art Hubbard Library, Montpelier. 223-4655. Waterbury Festival Players. Waterbury Center’s Exposed sculpture show. 5–7 p.m. Festival Playhouse, 2933 Waterbury-Stowe Rd., Top 10 Ways to Save Money on Car Contemporary Dance and Fitness Studio, 18 THEATER Waterbury Center. All shows 7:30 p.m. $25 Maintenance. Learn to save money from Amy Langdon St., 3F, Montpelier. $90 student; $60 For QuarryWorks Theater advance (must be purchased by 5 p.m.); $27 Mattinat of Auto Craftsmen. Refreshments professional. 229-4676. cdandfs.com. schedule and notes, see page 23. provided. 2 p.m. Central Vermont Council on door. Tickets: WaterburyFestivalPlayhouse. Aging, 59 N. Main. 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Celiac and Food Allergy Support Group. With Turning Point Center. Safe, supportive place Disaster Lisa Masé of Harmonized Cookery. Second for individuals and their families in or seeking S upport Groups Hurricane Irene Support Group for Recovery Wed., 4:30–6 p.m. Conference room 3, Central recovery. Open daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 489 North Workers. Get peer support and help processing Vermont Medical Center. [email protected]. Main St., Barre. 479-7373. emotions, strengthen relationships and learn Sun.: Alchoholics Anonymous. 8:30 a.m. Diabetes Discussion Group. Focus on self- coping skills. Every other Mon., 3:30 p.m. Tues.: Making Recovery Easier workshops. management. Open to anyone with diabetes B ereAVEment Unitarian Church, 130 Main St., Montpelier. 6–7:30 p.m. and their families. Third Thurs., 1:30 p.m. The 279-4670. Wed.: Wit’s End Parent Support Group. 6 Bereavement/Grief Support Group. For Health Center, Plainfield. Free. Don 322-6600 anyone who has experienced the death of a loved p.m. Hurricane Irene Support Group. Share your or [email protected]. Thurs.: one. Every other Mon., 6–8 p.m. Every other Narcotics Anonymous. 6:30 p.m. story, listen to others, learn coping skills, Wed., 10–11:30 a.m. Central Vermont Home Diabetes Support Group. First Thurs., 7–8 build community and support your neighbors. Health & Hospice (CVHHH), 600 Granger p.m. Conference room 3, Central Vermont Refreshments provided. Wed., 5:30 p.m. Berlin Rd., Berlin. Ginny or Jean 223-1878. Medical Center. 371-4152. Solia d rity/Identity Elementary School. 279-8246. Women’s Group. Women age 40 and older Bereaved Parents Support Group. Facilitated explore important issues and challenges in their by CVHHH. Second Wed., 6–8 p.m. Kids lives in a warm and supportive environment. CVHHH, 600 Granger Rd., Berlin. Jeneane Hae lth Grandparents Raising Their Children’s Faciliatated by Amy Emler-Shaffer and Julia W. Lunn 793-2376. Brain Injury Support Groups. Open to all Gresser. Wed. evenings. 41 Elm St., Montpelier. Children. First Wed., 10 a.m.–noon. Barre survivors, caregivers and adult family members. Call Julia, 262-6110, for more information. Presbyterian Church, Summer St. Second Tues., Evening group facilitated by Marsha Bancroft; 6–8 p.m. Wesley Methodist Church, Main Cancer day group facilitated by Kathy Grange and Jane Men’s Group. Men discuss challenges of and St., Waterbury. Third Thurs., 6–8 p.m. Trinity Hulstrunk. Evening group meets first Mon., insights about being male. Wed., 6:15–8:15 p.m. Living with Advanced or Metastatic Cancer. United Methodist Church, 137 Main St. Child 5:30–7:30 p.m. Disability Rights of Vermont, 174 Elm St., Montpelier. Interview required: Lunch provided. Cancer Center resource room, care provided in Montpelier and Waterbury. 141 Main St., Suite 7, Montpelier, 800-834- contact Neil 223-3753. Central Vermont Medical Center. Call for Evelyn 476-1480. meeting times: 225-5449. 7890, x 106. Day group meets first and third National Federation of the Blind, Montpelier Thurs., 1:30–2:30 p.m. Unitarian Church, 130 Chapter. First Sat. Lane Shops community Cancer Support Group. First Wed., 6 p.m. Main St., Montpelier. 244-6850. Potluck. For location, call Carole Mac-Intyre Reoe c v ry room, 1 Mechanic St., Montpelier. 229-0093. NAMI Vermont Family Support Group. 229-5931. Overeaters Anonymous. Twelve-step program Families of Color. Open to all. Play, eat Support group for families and friends of for physically, emotionally and spiritually and discuss issues of adoption, race and Man-to-Man Prostate Cancer Support individuals living with mental illness. Fourth overcoming overeating. Fri., noon–1 p.m. multiculturalism. Bring snacks and games Group. Third Wed., 6–8 p.m. Conference room Mon., 7 p.m. Central Vermont Medical Center, Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier. to share; dress for the weather. Third Sun., 2, Central Vermont Medical Center. 872-6308 room 3, Berlin. 800-639-6480 or namivt.org. 223-3079. or 866-466-0626 (press 3). 3–5 p.m. Unitarian Church, 130 Main St., Montpelier. Alyson 439-6096 or alyson@ Sex Addicts Anonymous. Mon., 6:30 p.m. suncatchervt.com. Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier. Call 552-3483 for more information or to leave a confidential message. page 18 • August 1–21, 2013 The Bridge

Noon Cafe. Soup, fresh bread, good company Christian Science. God’s love meeting human Weekly Events and lively conversation. Wed., noon. Old needs. Reading room: Tues.–Sat., 11 a.m.–1 Meeting House, East Montpelier. By donation. p.m.; Tues., 5–8 p.m.; and Wed., 5–7:15 p.m. oldmeetinghouse.org. Testimony meeting: Wed., 7:30–8:30 p.m., nursery available. Worship service: Sun., Bicycling Senior Meals. For people 60 and over. 10:30–11:30 a.m., Sunday school and nursery Delicious meals prepared by Chef Justin C yCLING 101. Train for a summer of riding available. 145 State St., Montpelier. 223-2477. and volunteers. Tues. and Fri. Noon–1 p.m. with Linda Freeman and Onion River Sports. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St., Deepening Our Jewish Roots. Fun, engaging Build confidence, strength, endurance, road- Montpelier. Free. Under 60: $6. Reservations text study and discussion on Jewish spirituality. riding skills and a sense of community with and information: 262-2688. Sundays, 4:45–6:15 p.m. Yearning for Learning relaxed rides on local paved roads. For all Center, Montpelier. Rabbi Tobie Weisman, abilities. Tues., 5:30 p.m., Montpelier High Takeout and Café Meals. Proceeds benefit 223-0583 or [email protected]. School. Call ahead. 229-9409 or onionriver. MSAC. Thurs., 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Montpelier com. Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St., Noon Hike and Walking Meditation. Join Montpelier. $4–$8. Reservations appreciated: Alicia Feltus, integral yoga Instructor, for a Open Shop Nights. Volunteer-run community 262-6288. walk from Tulsi Tea Room to Hubbard Park bike shop: bike donations and repairs. Tues., for guided walking meditation. Meet at Tulsi 6–8 p.m.; Wed., 5–7 p.m. Freeride Montpelier, Tea Room. Wed.,12–12:40. 917-4012 or 89 Barre St., Montpelier. By donation. 552- Hat e l h & Wellness [email protected]. 3521 or freeridemontpelier.org. Affordable Acupuncture. Full acupuncture Shambhala Buddhist Meditation. sessions with Chris Hollis and Trish Mitchell. Group meditation practice. Sun., 10 Boo ks & Words Mon. and Wed., 2–7 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m.–2 a.m.–noon; Tues., 7–8 p.m.; Wed., 6–7 p.m. 79 Main St., suite 8 (above Coffee English Conversation Practice Group. For p.m. Shambhala Meditation Center, 64 Corner), Montpelier. $15–$40 sliding scale. The staff at Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, students learning English for the first time. Main St., 3F, Montpelier. Free. 223-5137. Walk in or schedule an appointment at celebrating 40 years in business. Photo cour- Tues., 4–5 p.m. Central Vermont Adult Basic montpeliershambala.org. montpeliercommunityacupuncture.com. tesy of Bear Pond Books. Education, Montpelier Learning Center, 100 Zen Meditation. Wed., 6:30–7:30 p.m. 174 State St. Sarah 223-3403. Herbal Clinics. Student clinic: Mon., 1–5 River St., Montpelier. Free. Call Tom for p.m. and Tues., 4–8 p.m. $0–$10. Professional Lunch in a Foreign Language. Bring lunch and orientation, 229-0164. With Zen Affiliate of continued from page 17 clinic: Tues.–Fri. $0–$100. Vermont Center practice your language skills with neighbors. Vermont. for Integrative Herbalism, 252 Main St., Re-localizing the Food System. Noon–1 p.m. Mon. Hebrew, Tues. Italian, Workshop. Montpelier. Consultations by appointment Wed. Spanish, Thurs. French. Kellogg-Hubbard 5:30–8:30 p.m. Center for Integrative only: 224-7100 or [email protected]. Library, 135 Main St., Montpelier. 223-3338. Sports & Games Herbalism, 250 Main St., Montpelier. $30 vtherbcenter.org. members; $35 nonmembers. Cost includes a Apollo Duplicate Bridge Club. All welcome. Ongoing Reading Group. Improve your shared meal and materials. Preregistration: HIV Testing. Vermont CARES offers fast oral Partners sometimes available. Fri., 6:45 p.m. reading and share some good books. Books 224-7100 or [email protected]. Visit testing. Thurs., 2–5 p.m. 58 East State St., suite Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier. $3. chosen by group. Thurs., 9–10 a.m. Central vtherbcenter.org for workshop description. 3 (entrance at the back), Montpelier. Free. 371- 485-8990 or 223-3922. Vermont Adult Basic Education, Montpelier 6222. vtcares.org. Going Solar Without Going Broke. With Learning Center, 100 State St. 223-3403. Roller Derby Open Recruitment and Jessica Edgerly Walsh. Learn about the financing Recreational Practice. Central Vermont’s options available, purchasing and leasing and Kis d & Teens Wrecking Doll Society invites quad skaters age the state and federal incentives. This workshop Crafts 18 and up. No experience necessary. Equipment will focus on solar electric systems. 6–7 p.m. The Basement Teen Center. Cable TV, Beaders’ Group. All levels of beading provided: first come, first served. Sat., 5–6:30 Community room, Hunger Mountain Coop, PlayStation 3, pool table, free eats and fun experience welcome. Free instruction available. p.m. Montpelier Recreation Center, Barre St.. Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier. Free. Preregister: events for teenagers. Mon.–Thurs., 3–6 p.m.; Come with a project for creativity and First skate free. centralvermontrollerderby.com. sign up on co-op workshop bulletin board, 223- Fri., 3–11 p.m. Basement Teen Center, 39 Main community. Sat., 11 a.m.–2 p.m. The Bead 8000 x202 or [email protected]. St., Montpelier. 229-9151. Standup Paddleboard Demos. Come try Hive, Plainfield. 454-1615. a new and exciting sport on the water. Wed. Mad River Valley Youth Group. Sun., 7–9 p.m. 5–7 p.m. June: Blueberry Lake, Warren. June Aug. 13–15 Meets at various area churches. Call Ben, 497- and July: Wrightsville, Middlesex, dates TBD. Circus Smirkus, Oz Incorporated. Grab your Dance 4516, for location and information. Clearwater Sports 496-2708. ruby slippers and click your heels together, Ecstatic Dance. Dance your heart awake. No as Circus Smirkus goes Somewhere over the experience necessary. Sun., 5:30–7:30 p.m., Rainbow with a new spin on The Wizard of Oz. Christ Church, State St., Montpelier. First and Music Yoga 2 and 7 p.m. Montpelier High School. smirkus. third Wed., 7–9 p.m., Worcester Town Hall, Barre-Tones Women’s Chorus. Open Yoga with Lydia. org. Build strength and flexibility corner of Elmore and Calais roads. Second and rehearsal. Find your voice with 50 other as you learn safe alignment in a nourishing, fourth Wed., 7–9 p.m., Plainfield Community women. Mon., 7 p.m. Alumni Hall, Barre. 223- supportive and inspiring environment. Drop- Aug. 14 Center (above the co-op). $10. Fearn, 505-8011. 2039. BarretonesVT.com. ins welcome. Mon. 5:30 p.m., River House [email protected]. Yoga, Plainfield (sliding scale). Wed., 4:30 Enjoy the Wonders of Fungi. With Eric Community Drum Circle. Open drumming. p.m., Green Mountain Girls Farm, Northfield Swanson. Learn how to culture and grow your Dance or Play with the Swinging’ over 60 All welcome. Fri., 7–9 p.m. Parish House, (sliding scale). Tues. and Fri., noon, Yoga Mycelium into fungi. Everyone will bring home Band. Danceable tunes from the 1930s to the Unitarian Universalist Church, Main and Mountain Center, Montpelier. Rates and their own oyster mushroom spawn. 5–7 p.m. 1960s. Recruiting musicians. Tues., 5:30–7:30 Church streets, Barre. 503-724-7301. Community room, Hunger Mountain Coop, p.m., Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 directions at 229-6300 or saprema-yoga.com. Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier. $10 members- Monteverdi Young Singers Chorus Rehearsal. Barre St. 223-2518. Parent/Kid Yoga. With Lori Flower and Aura owners; $12 nonmembers. Preregister: sign up on New chorus members welcome. Wed., 4–5 p.m. Zee. Wed. 1:45–2:30 p.m. The Confluence, co-op workshop bulletin board, 223-8000 x202 Montpelier. Call 229-9000 for location and 654 Granger Rd., Barre. $13 drop in. or [email protected]. more information. Foo d karmiconnection.com. Quilting Group. Working meeting of the Dog Barre Farmers’ Market. Local produce, meats, Ukelele Group. All levels welcome. Thurs., 6–8 Yoga and Wine Thursday. With Lori Flower. River Quilters. 5:30 p.m. Community room, poultry , eggs, honey, crafts, baked goods and p.m. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 All levels welcome; bring your own mat. Wine Brown Public Library, Northfield. 585-5078. more. Wed., 3–6:30 p.m. City Hall Park, Barre. Barre St. 223-2518. bar open after class. Thurs., 5:15–6:30 p.m. [email protected]. Capital City Farmers’ Market. 50-plus Fresh Tracks Farm, 4373 Rte. 12, Montpelier. Andrea Chesman. Presents her latest cookbooks farmers, food producers and craftspeople, Re cycling $8. 223-1161 or freshtracksfarm.com. The Pickled Pantry and The New Vegetarian Grill. plus live music and cooking demos. Sat., 9 Acro Yoga Summer Series. Thurs. 7–8:30 p.m. 6 p.m. Aldrich Public Library, Barre. 476-7550. a.m.–1 p.m., through October. 60 State St., Additional Recyclables Collection Center Montpelier. Carolyn, 223-2958 or manager@ (ARCC). Bring in odd and sundry items for Sliding scale. Call Lori Flower for information and location. 324-1737. karmiconnection.com. Aug. 15 montpelierfarmersmarket.com. reuse, upcycling and recycling, including toothbrushes, bottle caps, cassette tapes, books, Community Yoga. All levels welcome to Tie-Dye. Community Meals in Montpelier. All 3–5 p.m. Joslin Memorial Library, textiles, batteries and more. Mon. and Fri., this community-focused practice. Fri. 5–6 4391 Main St., Waitsfield. 496-4205. welcome. Free. 12:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ARCC, 3 Williams Ln., Mon.: Unitarian Church, 130 Main St., 11 p.m. Yoga Mountain Center, 7 Main St., Barre. $1 per car load. Complete list of accepted 2F, Montpelier. By donation. 223-5302 or Storing the Harvest with a Food Dehydrator. a.m.–1 p.m. items at 229-9383, x 106 or cvswmd.org. With Peter Burke. Learn how to make your own Tues.: Bethany Church, 115 Main St., 11:30 yogamountaincenter.com. soup mixes, herb teas, fruit roll-ups, etc. with a a.m.–1 p.m. Free Food Scrap Collection. Compost your food dehydrator. Samples and take-home recipes. Wed.: Christ Church, 64 State St., 11 a.m.– food waste along with your regular trash and 6–7 p.m. Community room, Hunger Mountain 12:30 p.m. recycling. Wed., 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sat. 6 a.m.–1 Coop, Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier. $10 Thurs.:Trinity Church, 137 Main St., 11:30 p.m. DJ’s Convenience Store, 56 River St., members-owners; $12 nonmembers. Preregister: a.m.–1 p.m. Montpelier. cvswmd.org. 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Are you ready to go to work?” Community Loan Fund have bestowed a Ferdinand is an ideal comfort dog, an nickname on him: The Mayor. “He loves to excellent feature for a shop that sees its share Sonja Grahn calls the 19-month-old Eng- greet his public,” says Maria Lamberti, loan of depressed customers. “He has a very fine “lish golden retriever over to her and taps her coordinator.) emotional intelligence,” Sonja observes. “He palm on the cashier side of the counter. Fer- Botanica “hired” the 85-pound dog about can tell what kind of mood a customer is die trots to her side, rears himself up on his a year ago when I brought him into the in. Sometimes a person will come in with a strong hind legs and lands his saucer-sized shop. Sonja, Sarah and their mother, Mar- dark cloud hanging over their heads—they paws on the counter. As he tilts his head to- lene, had previously fallen in love with our may have lost a loved one or suffered another ward her, Sonja gives him a kiss on his mas- classic-looking puppy—who looked like he’d kind of setback—and Ferdinand will go over sive blond head and offers him a tasty treat. walked off a bag of puppy food—when they to them and nuzzle their hand with his nose. A treehouse on the Yestermorrow campus. Thus rewarded, Ferdinand drops back to ran into him outside Manghi’s bakery one Sometimes they will sit with him for a very Photo courtesy of Yestermorrow. four paws and comes around the other side cold winter morning, as his “dad” and I long time.” of the counter to say hello to the customer, were buying bread. “Please bring him by the “Other times, moms will come in with his pampas-grass tail wagging. shop!” they begged. “We’d love to see more their kids,” adds Sarah, “and the children Just another day in the life of a customer of him!” will recognize his name from the storybook. Yestermorrow service dog. Nine months and many training sessions It’s terribly exciting for them to meet the dog Ferdinand spends most of his weekday later, Ferdinand became my official office who loves to smell the flowers.” Design/Build afternoons working at Botanica Florals, the dog. I loved having my “son” with me, but During prom season, Ferdinand plays flower store on State Street in downtown (as any working mom with a human or towel tug-of-war with embarrassed teenage School Montpelier. Like the bull who loved to smell canine toddler knows) working and puppy boys who come in with their dates to choose the flowers in the classic 1938 children’s story sitting were not really a copacetic combina- boutonnières. In May, he helps brides to be by Susan Davidson (“The Story of Ferdinand”), he is practically tion. I’m my own boss and stare at a com- pick out their floral bouquet arrangements a Gandhi among canines—a particularly puter all day; all he wanted to do was play. while they browse a book of samples in the estermorrow Design/Build School in rare phenomenon, given his callow youth. If Nothing could be more boring for him (or front-window chair. YWaitsfield teaches over 120 hands-on a little terrier with a Napoleon complex yaps distracting for me, with those guilt-tripping It’s a win-win for everyone: Ferdinand’s classes in sustainable design, construction at him—as little dogs are wont to do—he sits brown eyes of his) than lying on the rug. adoptive “aunties” are delighted to have the arts, natural building, architectural craft, very still, holds his head up high and blinks I was anxious to find something more company, the additional help and the repu- furniture making and permaculture and at them as if to say, in a high-born English exciting for him to do during the day, but tational draw. My “son” gets constant at- regenerative design. Yestermorrow students accent, “My deahfell-ah, please, please, I I wasn’t willing to fork out big bucks for tention—indeed, he has become something are design/build professionals and DIYers, beeg you. Do not distuhb yahself so. Hev doggie day care. So when Sarah and Sonja of a draw for visitors who come to take his women and men, undergraduates and life- you evah considahed taking up meditation?” offered him a position, all of us—including picture while he stands up at the counter. long learners, hobbyists and those seeking a Montpelier is a spiffing town for well- Ferdinand—jumped at the chance. He gets “paid,” usually in the form of my career change. Classes run two days to three trained dogs of all stripes, but there is some- As a working dog, Ferdinand now ful- favorite flower—a fragrant stargazer-lily weeks in length and are taught by top design- thing about Ferdinand’s big, goofy, hyper- fills several duties. His primary responsibil- stem—every couple of weeks. And I have ers, architects, builders, artisans and permac- social, prancing golden-retriever-ness that ity, of course, is to welcome visitors to the great peace of mind, knowing that my big, ulture practitioners from around the country. makes him a particular people magnet. He is store. Visitors enjoy interacting with the big, smart dog is happy, useful and well taken 7865 Main Street, Warren happily welcomed as a “regular” at the Mont- friendly animal: little kids pet his velvet ears care of, as I work my oh-so-veddy boring 888-496-5541, yestermorrow.org pelier Pharmacy, Guitar Sam, the Vermont while adults comment on his big head and computer. Enrollment Director: Luke Cady, luke@ State Employee’s Credit Union and many paws. Teens enjoy playing tug-of-war with Bronwyn Fryer is a writer in Montpelier. yestermorrow.org The Bridge August 1–21, 2013, • page 21 Borrowing My Education by Zachary Beechler I should be grateful I didn’t borrow from a of first-time home buyers (median age of 31) private lender, like a bank. The department fell to its smallest percentage of total home am 29 years old, and I am deeply in debt of education appears to understand that my purchases since 2006. Since the Bush years, Ito the U.S. federal government in the form advanced credential was an investment that the good old days. Can you believe it? of outstanding student loans—even after hasn’t quite paid off yet. Eventually, though . . . I don’t expect the president to forgive having received a few scholarships, which A college degree does in fact increase an my loans, like he did Detroit. But there weren’t enough (they rarely are). individual’s income potential. There are sta- is something rotten here; the exponentially Last year, outstanding student loan debt in tistics to back this up. But even with my mas- exorbitant cost of college is a national epi- the United States reached $1,000,000,000,000, ter’s, I am having trouble finding adequate demic. Personally, I don’t have an answer, be- according to the Consumer Financial Protec- employment in this economy. Partly because yond fully subsidized public universities. But tion Bureau. That’s a lot of zeroes. It’s a lot of my resume is too thin, partly because I’m higher education is too much big business in weight on your shoulders, a lot of monkeys on relatively new to the area, partly because of this country to ever let that happen. I only Emergency Services Program at Barre Techni- your back. For myself, at bare minimum, my bad luck. But also because I am too in debt to hope my four-year-old won’t be saddled with cal Center (BTC). Photo courtesy of BTC. monthly payments are the same as my rent. take a low-paying, entry-level position or wash debt like her father. You know, the American By the time I am finished, the accrued inter- dishes. I also want to be a teacher. dream. Thankfully, she’s half Canadian. Up est will equal roughly a third of the principal. However, I’m not a victim. I made my bed. there, she can go to school for free. Luckily, I was granted a deferment. Thank But I am a drag on the U.S. economy, since Hands On at you, Uncle Sam! my student loans impede my ability to take on Zachary Beechler is a student and freelance Unlike the mafia, the government seems other forms of consumer debt. For example, writer living in Montpelier. Barre Tech to care if you are poor and can’t pay. Really, like I said, I rent—and in 2011, the number by Bob Nuner

arre Technical Center (BTC), located at BSpaulding High School, was founded in 1969. Among the 13 programs that the school offers are building trades, digital media arts, cosmetology, plumbing and heating, human services, medical services and business and leadership. One of the attractions of the school is that students leave it with fundamental skills that put them on their way to earning a living, although many will augment or continue their education in the fields they’ve chosen. For example, students may continue their studies in “diesel school” or in additional courses they need to become medical service personnel. The school’s mission statement says, “The Barre Technical Center will provide a sup- portive learning environment that encourages everyone to value themselves and others, to attain their highest level of achievement, and to recognize and prepare themselves to meet future opportunities.” This year enrollment of high school stu- dents increased from 187 to 220 students, so demand for the program is strong. BTC also serves about 150 adult learners per semester. It’s a competitive process to get into BTC, and guidance counselor Amy Lester noted that the school has a waiting list. According to Penny Chamberlin, BTC Di- rector, “Day program students apply through their sending school guidance counselor; then enter BTC’s admissions process. Evening pro- gram adult applicants can download the adult tech ed application and send that directly to BTC’s Adult Tech Ed Coordinator [Scott Griggs].” Tuition for high school age students is publicly supported. For adults, Charmberlin pegs “adult tuition fee at $3,000 per year. This is the same as the Adult Degree Grant through VSAC. By state regulation we could charge up to 45 percent of our announced tuition, which would be around $5,400, but we want to en- sure that adults have access to our programs and are not under any hardship to make that happen.” BTC’s various programs offer certificates and, in some cases, college credits (includ- ing, for example, up to 10 credits at CCV in human services and up to 15 credits at Lyndon State in digital media arts). BTC’s pre-technical exploratory program offers students who are interested in, for ex- ample, the trades but are not ready for a technical education the “foundational skills to prepare them to be successful in a technical program.” The program “follows a Standards- based curriculum that emphasizes the devel- opment of critical thinking, reasoning, and problem solving. Each Pre-Technical Program has suggested embedded credits of Math, Eng- lish, Social Studies, Science and two electives. Each student has the opportunity to earn an OSHA Certification and exploration of dual enrollment within technical programs.” For more information on BTC’s high school programs, contact Amy Lester, guidance coun- selor, at alestbtc@u61net. page 22 • August 1–21, 2013 The Bridge Ride On, Alan Letters by Mindy Jackson Keep the Montpelier Farmers’ animals (including humans). These other ani- Market Downtown lan Jefferys, 67, of Brookfield, was in mals are incidental “dead-end” hosts, meaning Aa fatal, single-vehicle, motorcycle acci- The Capital City Farmers Market in they are unimportant to the natural cycle of dent on Saturday afternoon, July 13, 2013, Montpelier has been considering a move to West Nile Virus. Cats and dogs rarely contract in the Brookfield-Williamstown Gulf. Short the Vermont College green for a couple years. West Nile Virus, and only a handful of deaths of sleep and tired after a long, satisfying day While I appreciate the work and good inten- have been associated with it: in most of the cases of teaching a motorcycle safety class for the tions of those who want to make this move, the pet was older or immounocompromised in state of Vermont, he appears to have nodded I am opposed to the move and believe the some way. off on a straightaway four miles from home. market should stay in a downtown location. Horses are more commonly affected, and Born in Madras, India, on January 2, Many people come to Montpelier on Satur- around 10 percent of those will show signs, 1946, to an American father and a mother day morning to enjoy the market and to walk which include muscle twitching, changes in be- who was a child of the Raj, Alan’s first through downtown visiting stores and eater- havior (from nonresponsiveness to overt aggres- decade of life was split between living with Alan Jeffreys. Photo courtesy of Mindy Jackson. ies. Currently you can park once and enjoy sion), weakness, stumbling and recumbancy. his family in Bombay and being sent abroad all of downtown and the market via walking. Any age, gender and breed can be affected. to a series of Dickensian boarding schools Hyannis Porsche-Audi, eventually opening While Vermont College is not terribly far Seventy to 75 percent of affected horses will in England. When he was 12, the family his own Volvo repair shop in Hyannis, Mas- from downtown, the reality is that most peo- live, but only 65 percent of unvaccinated horses moved to Colombo, Ceylon (now called Sri sachusetts, specializing in older Volvos. ple will drive between market and downtown, will live through an infection with the virus. Lanka), during which time he attended a In 1984 in a bar in Hyannis, he met the requiring parking their car twice. I think Controlling the mosquito population is im- boarding school in Switzerland long enough girl he would marry, Mindy. Their mar- this will discourage a percentage of potential portant for prevention. Clean water troughs to become fluent in French. While at home riage took place in Tokyo, Japan, while customers from visiting both the market and weekly to eliminate mosquito larvae, and stable in Ceylon, he could usually be found in or visiting Mindy’s parents, who were living downtown and will reduce business in both horses at dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are around the ocean, often swimming a mile there teaching English. After a month of locations. During May 4, opening day for the active and screen stables, where possible. There out to sea to spear-fish in the reefs. He and traveling in Japan, the couple returned to market, several downtown business owners is a vaccine for West Nile virus in horses: your his friends would sell the fish to restaurants the Cape, and within two years bought stopped by and expressed that they did not veterinarian will help you to decide which vac- for pocket money to buy fishing equipment, land and started building a house in Brook- want the market to move to the college and cine is best for your horse and how often the movie tickets, Winklepicker boots and other field, Vermont. that they think there is great synergy between horse should be vaccinated. 50s teen necessities. At the end of 14 years as a machinist for the market and downtown. —Kathy Finnie, Executive Director, Vermont At 15, legal school-quitting age in Eng- HEB manufacturing in Chelsea, Alan left Recently the market board voted in execu- Veterinary Medical Association land, he walked out of his last boarding to start his own business. When he wasn’t tive session to use $5,000 of our market dues Wind Energy Instability school and enrolled in a correspondence helping with craft shows and promoting his to research moving to the college. My sense school so that he could live at home with his wife’s art business, he lived and breathed from talking to vendors is that support for To the Editor: family. While back in Ceylon, he was offered motorcycles, particularly British bikes, moving to the college is soft at best, and that Denmark used to produce about 20 percent a travel opportunity as a French interpreter and eventually specialized in Yamahas. He the meeting in which members voted to make of its total production as wind energy. With and experienced diver with an underwater road-raced vintage bikes at racetracks in this move was not well attended so might much more offshore capacity built during the film project funded by a Halliburton family New Hampshire and Nova Scotia. Becom- not have reflected the views of the majority past 10 years and little onshore capacity ad- member. He spent several months living on ing a motorcycle instructor for the state of vendors. I’m concerned that with a move dition during these years, because of public their decommissioned mine sweeper, outfit- of Vermont was one of his proudest ac- to the college market business could drop by opposition, Denmark is now producing about ted as a private yacht, traveling through the complishments. His soft-spoken, easygoing a healthy percentage, causing the market to 35 percent of its total production. Indian and Arabian seas to the Seychelles, ways and his desire to share any knowledge become unprofitable for some of our current Denmark is part of the Norpool grid, which Maldives and Madagascar. A telegram even- he had made him a natural teacher. vendors, not to mention potential future ven- connects to Sweden (35 percent hydro) and tually caught up with him, calling him He was known as an avid talker, a dors. Let’s dream big and find a downtown Norway (98 percent hydro) and uses these home. The only boat available for the trip schmoozer and a storyteller, who often location that will allow our local producers plants for balancing its variable wind energy. back was a boat overloaded with Indian refu- dropped in unannounced. Hour-long phone and farmers’ market to grow and thrive for The Danish power system is not sufficiently gees fleeing ethnic cleansing in Kenya under calls were common. He loved to talk bikes decades to come. flexible to ramp up and down to do its own Jomo Kenyatta. He often recalled this trip, and share knowledge. Driven by empathy The Montpelier City Council, mayor and balancing. where whole families shared a narrow bunk and a great desire to make a connection Montpelier Alive have expressed support for New England has no such option, unless and dozens used a single bucket for waste. with others, he was referred to by friends keeping the market downtown. The city is in Hydro-Quebec is contracted for that purpose. He also told of cautious conversations on as a people collector. From his boyhood process of purchasing the Carr lot (parking New England will have to use mostly gas tur- deck with beautiful members of an Indian friends in Ceylon, to the bank manager at lot along the river near our current location), bines to balance its variable wind energy as the dance troupe guarded by a eunuch. his old bank in Berlin, once you were in and preliminary plans include a permanent annual wind energy percent increases on the His father, who worked for for Caltech, his sphere, he was loath to let you go. Alan space for the market. Let’s consider all options New England grid. was transferred to the United States due to had an insatiable spirit that left an indelible for keeping the market downtown and work If Denmark generates too much wind en- unrest in Ceylon. Alan caught up with his mark on countless numbers of people. together to create a better and more vibrant ergy, which frequently happens, especially mother and sisters in Switzerland. His sister Charles Alan Jefferys is survived by his market. with stronger winds, some of it needs to be Vikki stayed in Switzerland to finish school, wife, Mindy Jackson-Jefferys of Brook- —Pete Johnson, Montpelier farmers’ market exported. As stronger winds usually happen while Alan, his mother and youngest sister, field; his mother, Patricia Cornwell Jef- vendor, Craftsbury at night, when Danish demand is low, much Gayle, drove their car to England. There ferys; sister, Vikki Jefferys Bailey, and excess wind energy is produced and energy is West Nile Virus and Horses they, with car, boarded an ocean liner for brother-in-law, James Bailey, all of San exported at low prices. Denmark often imports New York where the family was reunited. Diego; sister, Gayle Jefferys Weatherly, and To the Editor: energy from Sweden and Norway during day- Once settled in Pelham, New York, Alan brother-in-law, Harold Weatherly, of Tuc- With the recent discovery of West Nile virus time at higher prices, especially during periods set about acquiring the courses he needed to son; nieces, Katherine Weatherly and Kim in mosquitoes collected in Addison County, of weaker winds. As a result, Denmark ends attend college. He graduated from Pelham Bailey; nephews, Tim and JJ Bailey and many people are concerned about their ani- up conuming about 10 percent, exports about High School in the class of 1965, all the Scott Weatherly; and mother-in-law, Cyn- mals. West Nile virus is found worldwide and 25 percent, for a total of about 35 percent while making new friends and breaking thia Hills Jackson of Randolph. He was first appeared in the United States in Septem- wind energy production. More is explained in hearts with his English accent, gentle ways predeceased by his father, Charles Norman ber 1999 when three birds at the Bronx Zoo this article: theenergycollective.com/willem- and James Dean looks. One semester at Jefferys of Williamstown, Massachusetts, died from it. Birds are the natural host, with post/169521/wind-turbine-energy-capacity- Boston University segued into a series of and father-in-law, John Harvey Jackson of feeding mosquitoes picking up the virus from less-estimated occupations from taxi driver, encyclopedia Randolph. them and transmitting it to a wide variety of —Willem Post, Woodstock salesman, cookware and magazine salesman, The Alan Jefferys Memorial Bon Voyage potato chip truck driver, time-share sales is planned for Saturday, August 31, Labor and a brief stint as a successful headhunter Day weekend, starting in the afternoon, in Boston. Alan worked at motorcycle shops somewhere in central Vermont. The perfect A dVERTISERS and Readers: in Vermont, California and Cape Cod. On location is still being sought. Cape Cod, he worked as shift manager at From all those who loved you, respected Please note that The Bridge will delay Packaging Industries and as a mechanic at you or were just annoyed by your persistence: Ride on, Alan Jefferys! our Energy Issue by one week.

The issue originally scheduled to come out on 8/15 Cr or ection will now publish on the FOURTH Thursday of this month, In the July 18 issue article on the Goddard Summer Theatre Ensemble, the first name of August 22. Our first September issue will come out the first theater director Grotowski should have read Jerzy, not Jerry. Also, the correct name of the Goddard arts program is the Goddard Arts Initiative, GAI. Thursday, as usual, September 5. The Bridge August 1–21, 2013, • page 23 Taking a Gigabyte Editorial Out of the Constitution by David Kelley monitored by the government. Widespread Changes at government monitoring cripples the free ex- n the Declaration of Independence, Jeffer- pression of political dissent. People develop a Christ Church Ison wrote that governments derive “their filter between their thoughts and their speech. just powers from the consent of the gov- People talk about soccer scores but they be- n the changes now taking place at Christ erned.” Transparency, openness and vigorous come timid about criticizing public policy. IEpiscopal Church (part of an ambitious debate are not political luxuries. They are When the government monitors peoples’ three-year project) we see the powerful ex- political necessities. They are also, some- associations with other people, especially ample of a well-timed gift. times, inconvenient, inefficient and risky. It those who would be political activists, they Back when Montpelier decided to pursue is simpler for people in power to assume they become more cautious about their associa- its District Heat project, Christ Church was know what’s best for everyone else. But his- tions. Metadata can be used algorithmically David Kelley. Bridge photo. seriously interested. The Church, located on tory is littered with the sad consequences of to identify all kinds of groups—Occupy Wall State Street, is on the route of the pipe that will those people’s arrogance. Street groups, gun owners, undocumented grams). We talk on Skype, we send e-mails carry district heat from the state’s new wood Section 215 of the Patriot Act has become immigrantsnot just al Qaeda. Phone records back and forth and we are “friends” on Face- chip boiler plant to City Hall and beyond. a product of that kind of arrogance. When can identify not only the numbers called and book. But none of that is the government’s A Church planning subcommittee under- key personnel from our intelligence com- the length of the call but the location of the business unless there is probable cause to stood they could drastically cut their oil use munity have to lie to Congress about what call. The NSA says it doesn’t do that. Former believe I’m breaking the law. and reduce their carbon footprint by hook- they are doing, it is clear they don’t have the NSA employee Thomas Drake says it does. My understanding is that Senator Sanders ing into district heat. However, their final consent of the governed. The directors of national intelligence, the has introduced legislation to require disclo- recommendation was, “We don’t have the The most glaring example came at a pub- FBI and NSA, when asked repeatedly by sure of significant FISC interpretations of money and we just can’t do it.” lic hearing of the Senate Intelligence Com- journalists what they believe the extent of Section 215 and to guard against Section At this pivotal moment, two anonymous mittee on March 12, 2013, prior to Edward their authority is under Section 215, have an- 215 orders that require disclosure of tangible Christ Church parishioners made a $40,000 Snowden’s disclosures, when Senator Ron swered only with a deafening silence. We now things not yet in existence when the order gift targeted to the District Heat project. Wyden asked Director of National Intel- know it extends to all of the records of Veri- is served. Senator Leahy has a proposal that Talking about this extraordinary gift, ligence James Clapper: zon, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and presum- would tweak the rules for how the govern- church minister, Rev. Paul M. Habersang, “Does the NSA collect any type of data ably AT&T and every other phone company ment can access business or phone records said, “It’s an upfront investment. In the at all on millions or hundreds of millions of and Internet provider. It may well extend to under the Patriot Act. Among other changes, scheme of things we looked at this as a great, Americans?” Bank of America, Chase Credit Card Services as I understand it, the goal is to strengthen green opportunity for making a difference. Director Clapper responded, “No, sir.” and United Mileage Plus. Comprehensive the relevancy standard the government must It was that initial donation that started Senator Wyden pressed him, “It does not?” analysis of this metadata can be far more meet before collecting data from communica- things off.” Director Clapper responded, “Not wit- invasive than rummaging through someone’s tions companies. His bill would require the The generous contribution means the tingly. There are cases where they could, inad- dresser drawers. With enough metadata, we government to show how the records they Church can now begin these projects: vertently perhaps, collect, but not wittingly.” can glimpse into people’s hearts and minds. want are relevant to an investigation and are Installation of a District Heat pipe. This We now know Clapper was lying. The Fourth and Fifth Amendments were linked to a foreign power or agent. installation will connect District Heat to the Even before Clapper’s deception, justice intended to protect us against governmental Those proposals would be steps in the Church heating system. But it will also tear department attorneys repeatedly told differ- invasions “of the sanctity of a man’s home right direction. But Congress should also up the courtyard. ent senators that the powers being exercised and the privacies of life.” The Supreme insist on a comprehensive report on what is Reconstruction of the courtyard. Be- under Section 215 were no different than Court has repeatedly said that those amend- being collected, how this enormous data col- cause the courtyard will be torn up, this is a grand jury subpoena. The notion that a ments create a “right to privacy, no less im- lection is used and what actual results it has the logical moment to pursue a long-delayed, grand jury could subpoena all the telephone portant than any other right carefully and produced. I suspect all of the resources being total reconstruction that will include new and Internet records of millions of Ameri- particularly reserved to the people.” That devoted to collecting “big data” might well benches, landscaping, and new stonework cans is ludicrous. right is sacrificed only when people don’t be put to better use following up on genuine and pavers for the courtyard floor. In 2005, the U.S. Congress was con- have a “reasonable expectation of privacy.” evidence of wrongdoing. Field agents tried Completion of long-deferred mainte- cerned enough about the potential abuse of Who sends e-mails or searches the Internet to alert the FBI to the 9/11 bombers without nance projects. These projects include new Section 215 of the Patriot Act to create the with the expectation that the government result. Russian intelligence agencies tried to bathrooms, rebuilding the bell tower and Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. will have access to all his or her records? alert us to the dangers of the Boston Mara- dealing with water damage to the main And in eight years, the board met once, in Ben Franklin said people who are will- thon bombers and nothing was done. We church building. private. It did not hold a public hearing ing to trade freedom for security will have were busy collecting metadata. According to Rev. Habersang the approxi- until after Snowden’s disclosures. Neither neither. The so-called Patriot Act is a good So what about Edward Snowden? He mate total cost for the several projects is President Bush nor President Obama ever example of what he was talking about. It is walked away from a $150,000 a year job and $350,000. Already Christ Church has suc- met with them. chilling to think of how the Boundless In- a comfortable life in Hawaii and put his life cessfully asked and received support from Thanks to Snowden, we now know that formant or Prism program, left unchecked, and freedom in jeopardy in order to tell the the Vermont Division of Historic Preserva- the FBI and NSA go to the Foreign Intel- could be used in the wrong hands. We have truth about what our government was up to. tion and the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. ligence Surveillance Court to get orders already had one president who was willing As I write this, he sits in limbo in the transit Yes, money has been and will be needed, for the collection of data regarding domes- to break into the other party’s headquarters hotel at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow. but it isn’t everything. Positive energy pro- tic phone calls and the Internet activity and who kept his own enemies list. We have His greatest concern, he says, is that his dis- duces positive energy. of Americans on Google, Facebook, Aol, had an FBI director who kept dossiers on closures may not make a difference. He has George Estes, a local contractor, has pro- Yahoo and any number of other social web- anybody he disliked and who wiretapped incurred the wrath of the entire U.S. intel- vided “huge help” for redoing the court- sites and Internet companies. The fact that almost anyone he distrusted. ligence community, pretty much ensuring yard benches. Bill de Vos of TreeWorks we call the law that gives rise to this power Government has a right to collect intelli- that the rest of his life will be a living hell. has effectively removed the old courtyard the Patriot Act is an homage to Orwellian gence and to keep information secret. It does Meanwhile, James Clapper will go home trees and planted new ones. Montpelier’s double-speak. Section 215 has come to mock not have the right to keep the scope of its to a nice comfortable house in the Washing- Tim Heney, who owns property adjacent some of the most fundamental principles for power to collect that information secret. We ton suburbs. He’ll retire on a cushy govern- to Christ Church that is currently hosts which genuine patriots fought. have a right to know what our government ment pension, and he’ll get lots of awards for the Farmers’ Market during the summer – I worked in the Soviet Union for two years. can collect and what it can do with it. I have his public service. phoned Christ Church to say: “I’m willing I saw what happens to free speech when friends in Pakistan (largely as a result of U.S. I wonder who Tom Jefferson would say to partner with you to make the property people think their communications may be State Department–sponsored exchange pro- the real patriot is. between us beautiful.” Heney also offered to help renovate the courtyard. As a minister in partnership with his par- An Apology to QuarryWorks Theater and the Adamant Music School ish and this community, Habersang describes the Christ Church dream in these words. by Nat Frothingham mances at its QuarryWorks Theater near the on August 8–11 and August 15–18 (Thurs- I feel the courtyard is an oasis in the city. It’s Adamant Music School. days–Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee the only green space that’s available at the center n behalf of The Bridge, I acknowledge By now, the season is already well-advanced at 2 p.m.; Sunday matinee, 2 p.m). Reserva- of downtown other than the State House lawn. Oomissions to our calendar listings and and QuarryWorks has presented Two By tions are necessary to attend a QuarryWorks We are struggling to be creative and to bring the story coverage. I regret in our recent calendar Two, a Broadway musical on a Noah’s Ark show as seating is limited to 50 people. courtyard back to its original splendor. listings no mention was made of the Quar- theme with music by Richard Rodgers of Please call 229-6978 two weeks in advance. Many of us who love Montpelier and trea- ryWorks summer season. Nor did The Bridge Rodgers and Hammerstein fame. Missing- For more information about QuarryWorks sure the courtyard and the sacred building cover QuarryWorks with a story. Nor did from our calendar was the July 26 benefit by please go online to quarryworks.org that is the church itself (a Gothic monument the calendar listing for the Adamant Music Marko the Magician. For further information about Adamant built in 1868 that has provided sanctuary School summer events provide a comprehen- The following shows are underway or re- Music School events with attention to the and inspiration for more than 140 years) will sive enough description of the School’s Tra- main to be presented: Aladdin…Children’s Master Classes with Menahem Pressler want to contribute something large or small, ditional Session of participant piano concerts. Show on August 3 and 4 (Saturday, 2 p.m. from August 11-15 and the Master Class to help realize the Christ Church dream. About QuarryWorks Theater—since 1996, and 5 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m.). Also at Quar- Concerts on August 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. What a tremendous civic project and the the Adamant Community Cultural Founda- ryWorks are Three One Act Plays (The Zoo please phone 223-3347 or go online to: ball is now in motion. tion has offered free summer theater perfor- Story, Open Me Last, and The Italian Lesson) adamant.org/events.htm page 24 • August 1–21, 2013 The Bridge

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