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Lt. Gov. Scott newspaper salesman for a dayBy Lou [email protected]

MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Lt.Gov. Phil Scott brushed up on hissalesmanship Aug. 16 when hespent a day visiting the office ofDenton Publications-New MarketPress, publisher of the Addison Ea-gle and Green Mountain Outlookcommunity newspapers.

Scott visited the staff of thenewspapers as part of hisstatewide Everyday Job Initiative.He has been touring Vermont andworking as a “temp” in a variety ofsmall business. He was in AddisonCounty last in 2010 when heworked as a lunch server at HelenPorter Nursing Home in Middle-

bury. The initiative is a way for himto better understand the chal-lenges facing Vermont businesses.

Scott’s visit to the newspaper of-fice resulted after the managingeditor invited him to become asalesperson for a day as part of hisEveryday Jobs project.

“We all hear about how difficultit is for print publications rightnow, but it was evident to me—from visiting the Denton Publica-tions-New Market Press newspa-per office in Middlebury and fromtalking to the advertisers we visit-ed—that the newspaper is stillvery relevant and still has a strongplace in the community,” Scottsaid.

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Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott joined the Denton Publications-New Market Press staff at itsweekly sales meeting Aug. 16. Pictured sitting, from left, are Leslie Ross, Roxanna Emiloand Billie Preston. Standing, from left, are Tom Bahre, Lt. Gov. Scott, Mark Brady, Jill Lud-wig and Mary Moeykins.

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Here is a section of the Lake Champlain bridge construction site, looking toward the community of Port Henry, N.Y. In the distance is thearch that will connect the New York and Vermont sides of the bridge. The arch was expected to be floated to the bridge and placed thisweek. The bridge was supposed to be finished by Oct. 9, but New York State Department of Transportation officials recently said they arenot sure when it will open. The builders, Flatiron, have until mid-December to finish the span.


Champlain bridgeparty postponed as builder gets ready to place arch

MIDDLEBURY — The New YorkState Department of Transportation(NYSDOT) announced tentativeplans to float the center arch spanof the new Lake Champlain Bridgeto the bridge site and lift it intoplace the week of Aug. 22.

Meanwhile, the Lake ChamplainBridge Community (LCBC) lastweek postponed the celebration ac-tivities recognizing the re-openingof the Lake Champlain Bridge.Originally scheduled for Oct. 15-16, 2011, a new date has been set forMay 19-20, 2012.

The original target opening datefor the bridge of Oct. 9, 2011 hasbeen removed from NYSDOT web-site and current press updates. At-tempts by LCBC to press NYSDOTfor a revised opening date havebeen unsuccessful.

“It is difficult to plan and executea celebration of this magnitudewhen the opening date of the newbridge is an unknown,” said KarenHennessy, LCBC co-chairperson.

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Bridge bash delayed until 2012First Midd SummerFest a big success

M I D D L E B U R Y — A nestimated 1,700 peopleflooded downtown Mid-dlebury on Aug. 6 for theBetter Middlebury Part-nership’s first Midd Sum-mer Festival— meeting, ifnot exceeding, the com-mittee's projections.

“I could not be happierwith the results from theFirst Annual Midd Sum-mer Festival,” said BryanPhelps of Noonie Deli, thefestival committee chair-man. “It was great to seethe concept come tofruition through the hardwork and dedication of thevolunteer committee thatspent countless hours onthe marketing, planningand execution of theevent.”

Over 40 vendors wererepresented at the event.

Breweries, vineyards,cider and cheese makersprovided festival atten-dees with samples of theiroutstanding products.There were also other Ver-mont producers— such lo-cal meat producers, choco-late producers and Ameri-can Flatbread—present tocompliment the headlin-ing offerings.

“We were extremelypleased that the event at-tracted visitors to Middle-bury from throughout Ver-mont and beyond,” saidPhelps. “We are also excit-ed that the event providedmuch needed funding tothree great non-profits.”

The event raised over$1,200 for both the Ver-mont Food Bank and theAddison County Firefight-ers Association and nettedover $12,000 for the BetterMiddlebury Partnership— allowing the organiza-tion to continue its mis-sion to make Middlebury abetter place to live, work,play and do business.

“It is important to notethat the business commu-nity was instrumental inproviding the supportthrough sponsorship dol-lars and in-kind donationsthat made the event finan-cially possible,” saidPhelps.

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“It was also nice to see a variety ofbusinesses, many of which I didn’tknow were there. Costello’s Market inthe Middlebury Marble Works was areal bright spot,” he added.

Scott also remarked on how well thenewspaper ’s General Manager MarkBrady and Marketing Consultant LeslieRoss were received at the various busi-nesses they visited.

“The advertisers need the newspaperto stay in touch with the community,and they all praised Mark Brady andenjoyed working with him,” he said.“The Middlebury-to-Rutland-to-Lud-low corridor is a thriving communityand The Eagle and the Green MountainOutlook are definitely a part of that.”

During his whirlwind morning salestraining session, Scott visited severalDenton-New Market newspaper adver-tisers: New Haven Tire, ChamplainDiscount Foods, Century 21 Jackman,Linda’s Apparel, Edgewater Arts. G.Stone Motors, Addison Outfitters,

Tourterelle Restaurant, Sears-Middle-bury, Costello’s Market, and the Shel-don Museum of Vermont History.

At the Henry Sheldon Museum, Scottmet staffers and received a quick tourof the facility.

“I enjoyed meeting Lt. Gov. Scott. Wewere delighted that the paper's LeslieRoss thought to take him through themuseum,” said Mary Ward Manley, as-sociate director of the museum.

“We spoke about the Sheldon and afew of our upcoming programs with Lt.Gov. Scott. He seemed very interestedour special exhibit, ‘Vermont Land-

scapes Lost and Found,’ which featureshistoric photographs of Addison Coun-ty from the Sheldon's archives pairedwith photographs of the same place to-day. I think it was great that he was ableto visit the Sheldon and learn moreabout the wonderful cultural worldthat Middlebury has to offer,” Manleysaid.

Scott’s busy sales morning includeda visit to New Haven Tire, an auto serv-ice and tire retailer.

“I was very impressed with Lt. Gov.Scott,” said Lisa Campbell, office man-ager. “I believe more politicians need tovisit small businesses to get a better un-derstanding of what’s really going onin today’s economy.”

Did the lieutenant governor actuallysell any display advertising for thenewspaper during his visit?

“Well, not really,” said the paper ’sLeslie Ross, “but it sure was fun to havehim along. He’s a very down-to-earthgentleman; he cares about Vermont’sbusiness community and the healthand vitality of our community newspa-pers.”

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Nothing to enlighten, amuse, provoke thought, orrepulse in this week’s column. I’ll just say that Iappreciated every one of the relatively large

number of responses I received on a column I did a fewweeks ago—about my decision to skip a routine 50-year-old-guy colonoscopy.

Of the e-mail and “live” on-the-street and the AddisonCounty Fair comments I received, I’d say halfwere pro, the other half con/against, my de-cision.

I didn’t do a controlled survey, but the50/50 result is from a loosey goosey guessti-mate on my part.

I figure lots of folks with opinions didn’tchime in and I wouldn’t venture a guess as towhich side those folks are weighted toward.I’m just saying I’m flattered by the response.

It figures a health-themed column wouldperk your interest, especially one that dealsdirectly with Cancer—the “Big C” as we usedto call it in the late 1960s (the big D was di-vorce, the big E is the fair in Mass., and thefirst letter on the eye chart—should I contin-ue with this nonsense?)

Anyhow, both general and cancer health awareness is evergrowing, which is great, great, great. I trust a byproduct ofmore awareness is the number of us all pitching in time andmoney for research and comforting those dealing with poorhealth.

I’ve not been able to respond to you all (a couple e-mailsI returned bounced back), so I’ll use this space to say I’ll heedeveryone of the bits of advise I got.

For those who told me I’m fine without one, I’ll say I’mnot going to get a colonoscopy, yet. For those who told me Ishould get one, I’ll say I’m going to get one, just not yet.

Why wait? Ah, well, the answers to that question are inthe original column.

I just feel like I want to wait a bit and I feel I’m in the clear

with that choice. I don’t feel 50 is the do-all age, more than48 or 53 are. I basically still feel like a young guy, invincible;and though I’d tell any young guy to beware of that feeling,I myself take solace in still feeling invincible at this age. Frig-gin’ makes no sense what I’m saying, does it?

However, you might remember a two-part column I didon my teeth. It was full of praise and wonder for them. I

bragged about how my teeth look, but most-ly went on about how they perform, which is,perfectly, for 50 years.

Since those columns, a little more than amonth long ago, I’ve lost a part of a lower mo-lar. Yup, about 20 percent of it, my dentistsaid.

When it happened, the affected area feltodd, but it wasn’t sensitive or sharp. But ofcourse I alerted my dentist and he stronglysuggested, after a thorough look-see, that Iget a crown. He said he could fill it, but saidthat would only serve the tooth to and endthat is similar to all the fixes our governmentleaders make—temporary. I opted 100 per-cent for the crown. No problem, my dentist

said, it’ll be like new and should stay that way ‘til I kick.So, here I was all about how my teeth were way above par,

with nothing more than a few cavities filled through 50years, when all of a sudden, ping, oops, busted.

I’ll get a colonoscopy, maybe because of the comments Igot from folks saying I should. Or maybe I’ll get it becausemy tooth breaking is to me a small sign time is passing along,and that I should no longer trust the feeling of invincibilityI have. Maybe because it’s the smart thing to do.

I’ll get one, just not right off.

Rusty DeWees tours Vermont and Northern New York with his act“The Logger.” His column appears weekly. Reach him [email protected].

The Logger deals with gettin’ old

As a U.S. citizen, you have theright to see and review anygovernment record that is not

classified for national security reasons.All you have to do is file a Freedom ofInformation Act request. The filing partof FOIA is easy—the rest is a big questionmark.

When you file a FOIA request, you canliterally watch the government’s wheelsbegin to grind to a stop.

While you may have a legal right to viewa government document, the govern-ment—state or federal—can take its grandold time in responding. Delays in fillingFOIA requests may be attributed to bu-reaucracy and politics—but you’ll neverknow. Such FOIA request responses candays or years. I personally learned of oneFOIA request—and there are thousandslike it—that has been waiting 15 years fora response. Something is very wrong inhow our government—under law—treatsa citizen’s request to seek the truth.

FOIA had bi-partisan support in the1960s and U.S. President Lyndon B. John-son (D) finally signed it into law on July 4,1966 (it was rewritten in 1974 to includethe Privacy Act and then amended in 1996,2002 and 2007). Today, I am not sure if it’sexactly the way the 1966 Congress had en-visioned, it and I am not even sure why ithas been tinkered with so often.

Now the so-called Faster FOIA proposalis ready for Congress to review, but legis-lators are just as slow as dealing with it asare the government’s responses to thou-sands of FOIA requests. Both political par-ties have been playing politics with theFOIA, but now the Faster FOIA may get aneeded boost before the 2012 election.

The lawmakers behind the new FasterFOIA are Vermont U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy(D) and Texas U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R).

It’s rare when a liberal (Leahy) and aconservative (Cronyn) can agree on any-thing, let alone work together to craft leg-islation, but both senators agree that free-dom means not only the pursuit of happi-ness, it also means the pursuit of truth.

According to Cronyn, “Citizens have afundamental right to know what their gov-ernment is doing and political operatives

should not be interfering with legitimaterequests by citizens and journalists underthe Freedom of Information Act.”

When Congress reconvenes in a fewweeks, the Leahy-Cronyn Faster FOIA willbe reintroduced to the Congress. It’s hardto imagine the House’s Republican major-ity in rejecting the measure. Most Democ-rats appear on board.

According to a recent editorial in theBattle Creek (Mich.) Inquirer, “The billseeks to create an advisory panel thatwould examine the reasons behind thebacklog in FOIA requests and recommendto Congress how the process can be expe-dited. Whether the legislation will actual-ly result in more timely replies to FOIA re-quests is unknown, but at least it will givelawmakers a little more leverage in push-ing agencies to respond.”

In the case of FOIA to date, the price offreedom of information doesn’t comecheap—it costs Uncle Sam nearly $500 mil-lion every year to process FOIA requests.However, now is not the time to use budg-et-slashing as an excuse to abandon thedemocratic principles of FOIA.

Cronyn gives the best reason for assur-ing timely FOIA requests before the 2012election: “I am deeply disturbed that Oba-ma administration political operativeshave filtered FOIA requests based on thepolitical or professional affiliation of thoserequesting the transparency guaranteed toour citizens under federal law. And I com-mend the House panel for doing its job ofoversight of the executive branch, and Ihope they get to the bottom of these alle-gations.”

On a state level, Vermont is makingsome progress in providing access to infor-mation.

Now Vermont citizens can find out thenames of vendors selling goods and serv-ices to state government and the amountsof their transactions.

The State of Vermont Transparencysite—www.vttransparency.org—allowsviewers to see over 121,000 vendor trans-actions. The cost to citizens to see the data:zero.

Lou Varricchio

From the Editor

Price of freedom of informationBiltmore in the Green MountainsMany years ago in

Vermont, theWebbs (in Shel-

burne) and Billings (inWoodstock) chose to buy in,and play, country gentlemenon lands formerly farmed byfolks ill-positioned to resista buyout. In mid-scale, ithappened at innumerabletimes and places up anddown the Appalachia (yes,Vermont is technically a partof Appalachia).

Towards the upper end ofthe wealth scale, there’s theReynolds’ Tanglewood onthe once-small-farm outskirts of Winston-Salem, N.C., and, of course, at the apex ofsuch ventures, there’s the once-near-county-size Biltmore Estate in the hills of westernNorth Carolina.

It turned out that even the vast late 19thcentury rail fortunes of the Vanderbilts werenot enough to subsidize such a magnificenttrust-funder playground. Thus, in the early20th century, most of the land was sold orgifted off; the French chateau version ofPotemkin Village with an agricultural-theme-park was converted to just enoughprofitable mini-enterprise to replace red inkwith black on the balance sheets.

The Biltmore has been doing just fine eversince. Right now the day-visitor ’s ticketcosts $59.

Rhetorical question: has the high-cost-of-entry-and-stay Biltmore been the model forthe contemporary Gentry-Left restructuringof the Vermont economy—a new Biltmore inthe Green Mountains?

Vermont is no exception to the generalrule that those who are gentrified out oftheir houses and businesses—and off theirland by government or the evil rich—don’tlike it and say so.

The Dutch truck-gardeners of mid-Man-hattan in the mid 19th century didn’t like be-ing run off at bayonet point for the creationof Central Park (it wasn’t even shown on theinfamous 1811 Manhattan street-grid plan).Wikipedia notes that it wasn’t envisioned bythe planners until 1853.

The hill-farmers of the mid Appalachianswere similarly run off by government for thecreation of the Blue Ridge Parkway (for theirmotoring betters) during the Depressionand didn’t like it either.

When the Interstate Highway System was

pushed through Vermont inthe early 1960s, there weresimilar stories of futilelandowner resistance—atthe same time that “Farm forSale $20 per Acre” signscould be seen up and downRoute 100.

The Vanderbilts, it’s safeto guess, bought out theoriginal 125,000 Biltmoreacres from some 4,000 small-scale hill farmers at evenlesser acreage values in the1880s.

But the next, trustfunderVanderbilt generation couldn’t keep it; un-like the government, the family couldn’t runannual budget deficits. By 1914 the first85,000 acres were sold off—to the feds.

Presently the Biltmore has shrunk to amere 8,000 acres, but it is run at a profit.

In Vermont the passive sector of the econ-omy isn’t yet the largest, but it’s the fastest-growing.

Dairy farms (once there were more cowsthan people—back then the majority of thelatter liked it that way) are below a thou-sand.

This year, a nationwide recession year,Vermont governance posted a genteel littlesurplus of $40 million, one of only a hand-ful of states to do so. In contrast, there’s beena series of non-trust-funder-oriented gover-nances, from California’s Orange County in1994 to the big city of Birmingham, Ala., andthe little city of Central Falls, R.I., whichwent or are going bankrupt this year for theusual governance/management misjudg-ment reasons.

Vermont’s discreet little surplus isn’t theonly proof: for two key sectors, housing andemployment, in numeri, veritas videtur: inthe numbers, the truth can be seen.

It’s been widely known, for example, thatVermont’s housing economics situation isstronger than elsewhere with higher valueand lower mortgages per unit: in fact, hous-ing costs have been a complaint-subject.

The U.S. Housing Finance Agency reportsthe following in a new state ranking basedon recent widespread value-declines: U.S.average, down 19 percent; Vermont average,up 7 percent. Similar, too, for the employ-ment situation.

See MARTIN HARRIS, page 16


Today, as it was when the fair began in1948, Addison County is characterized by itsexcellence in agriculture. This is still theland of milk and honey.

This year ’s 63rd annual Addison CountyFair & Field Days may have wrapped up twoweeks ago, but it was just the latest install-

ment of a tradition of celebrating that way oflife, while showcasing the old and the newin an educational way.

With the addition of new events each year,and the continuation of past favorites, thefair continues to grow.

The fair ’s traditional carnival rides, good

food, 4-H and open class animal shows, plusdemo derbies, tractor pulling, live bands,kids activities, special demonstrations, andof course, many exhibits attract thousandseach year.

But August’s Field Days are only a smallpart of the New Haven-based fairgrounds

operation. The fairgrounds are open fromApril through October for corporate and pri-vate functions, too. Fair officials believe theongoing success of the fair is due, in greatpart, to its partnership with the agriculturalcommunity and the efforts of many volun-teers, including its board of directors.

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By Lou [email protected]

ORWELL — The robotrevolution in Vermont farm-ing will not be televised. In-stead, it will quietly trans-form dairy operations as weknow it today.

The robot revolution is ac-tually an electronic revolu-tion which includes every-thing from iPad farm apps toautomated, self-directingtractors—part of an experi-mental effort by heavyequipment maker JohnDeere—and the use of real-time, remote-sensing NASAsatellite imagery (of acreagemoisture and crop infesta-tion) for farmers to peruse.

Here in Vermont, the robotrevolution is occurring inthe barn with the latest gen-eration of so-called robotmilkers.

Last week, the 143-year-old Hall and Breen OrganicFarm in Orwell—among theoldest farms in Vermont—opened its doors to farmersfrom Addison and Rutlandcounties to see demonstra-tions of its twin high-techrobomilkers called the LelyAstronaut, the brand namefor the automated milkingunits. The units replace theneed for hiring some farmhands.

The farm started using therobots in January, but own-ers Hall and Breen waiteduntil now to unveil theirfamily secret and display allthe data collected so far. (Asan aside, we’re not quitesure what an “astronaut”has to do with robot milking,but the Space Age concept isnever-the-less revolution-ary.)

The milkers, built byDutch-owned Lely Group,

are silent giants. Each huge, distinctive red

unit—which look like StarTrek sci-fi shuttlecraft—in-cludes tubing, circuitry, sen-sors, brushes, displays, soft-ware, and other gizmos onlya computer geek could ap-preciate.

The units, each about thesize of two passenger vanscombined, automaticallymilk cows, 24/7, as needed.

Each of Hall-Breen’s 150or so cows has an electronictransponder built into itscollar, so the robots cansense each individual cow asshe approaches the milker.Other electronic sensors arelocated inside the arm of therobot, just beside where theutter is placed.

During milking, cow’smilk is continuously moni-tored per quarter, providingdata on mastitis, fat, and lac-tose.

Every cow has its owndatabase, so the Lely Astro-naut probably knows moreabout each individual cow

than the farmer—and itselectronic brain never for-gets.

Robots on a dairy farm al-low farmers, like Hall andBreen, to manage milk qual-ity and cow health as well asrespond if a problem orhealth issue appears.

“The Astronaut brushesremove dirt and manure,even if it sticks,” said PaulGoden of Enosburg Falls,distributor of the Lely Astro-naut in Vermont. ”It is theonly milking robot thatcleans the teat area whereteat cups can touch as well asthe bottom udder close tothe teat.”

Goden said the tactiletouch of the robot providestimulation which is vital tothe cow’s release of the hor-mone oxytocin.

According to Orwell FireChief and Hall-Breen farmpatriarch Louie Hall, 67, therobot workers never com-plain. And at a cost of$140,000 per unit, the clean-liness and efficiency of the

robots will mean a quick re-turn on investment.

“With the Lely Astronaut,there’s no human interven-tion required,” he said.“This is far better than a par-

lor-style milker. They are en-ergy efficient and the com-puterized systems let us cre-ate a database on the herd.”

For Hall’s co-ownerdaughter Jennifer Breen, thesavings mean not having toget up at 4 a.m. or even ear-lier every day.

“The robots do present achange for the farminglifestyle,” Breen said. “I dis-covered I was able to leavethe farm to see my child’sschool games. Before the ro-bots, I just couldn’t do that.You had to be on the farmaround the clock to keep aneye on things. So, with theLely Astronauts at work I getmore time to spend with myhusband and kids. In thatsense, it’s very revolution-ary.”

While area farmers gath-ered to see the Lely Astro-nauts in action, Goden’sstaffers served up free hotdogs, hamburgers, chipsand—you guessed it—or-ganic milk. They were onhand to answer questions,too, and educate curiousfarmers about the labor-sav-ing units.

“I had to see this to believeit,” said an unidentifiedBenson farmer eating a hotdog outside the Hall-Barnmilking barn. “My big ques-tion is financing. But then Ican see what a big change itwould mean on my farm. Iam very interested in theHall-Breen operation.”

Currently, according toGoden, only a few farms inVermont are taking the babysteps required to be a part ofthe farm-robot revolution—11 Lely milking robots workare quietly working at fourfarms in the state. Two morefarms, one in Richmond andthe other in Morrisville, will“go robot” soon.

While investment costscan be off-putting, the robotcosts are really not muchmore than the price tags onsome large motorized farmgear.

Ultimately, more robotsand computers on the farmwill help reduce costs,streamline operations, andallow farmers to becomemore efficient and keepmore of what they earn. Andthat’s a good thing in therush to save small, familyfarms like the Hall-BreenOrganic Farm.

Today’s technological rev-olution may not be tele-vised, but dairy farming inVermont will never be thesame.


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MIDDLEBURY — Brightsunshine, temp in the 80sseems like the perfect sce-nario for finding a niceshady spot to kick back in ahammock or hitting thebeach.

Members of the Middle-bury Union and MountAbraham Union High foot-ball teams may have donejust that this past Saturday.But the fun stuff had to waituntil after they met in a pre-season scrimmage this pastSaturday, Aug. 20.

For the third year in a rowthe two programs capped offthe first week of practice

meeting in Middlebury. Ifnothing else it gave playersfrom both teams someoneelse to look at across the lineof scrimmage.

“For our guys I think itwas good to have the chanceto hit someone else after aweek of two a days,” saidMiddlebury Union HighCoach Dennis Smith.

The start of the 2011 sea-son brings some interestingchallenges for both teams.Last fall Middlebury wentundefeated until falling toRice Memorial in the Divi-sion II state finals played atCastleton State College.

That success along withincreased numbers in theprogram had the Tigers be-ing moved back into Divi-sion I. They along withColchester High, ChamplainValley Union and MountMansfield Union will be partof an expanded division thatwill feature 14-teams and an8-team post season play-offformat.

While, Middlebury facesthe challenge of playing inwhat many feel if the primerleague in the state, MountAbe will look to establish it-self as a competitive pro-gram at the Division III lev-el. The last couple yearshave been tough for the Ea-gle program with just onewin in two seasons.

But a new season brings anew hope, and while a vet-eran Middlebury team con-trolled the scrimmage forthe most part on Saturday,the Eagles showed plenty ofpromise as well.

“Middlebury has verygood team that will be very

competitive in Division I”said Mount Abe coach ErnieSenecal. “I was real pleasedwith the way our guys com-peted with them. I thoughtwe moved the ball well attimes and our defense wasable to hold their own withtheir offense.”

“What has been encourag-ing so far is the spirit of thisgroup. So they have come inwith the best attitude of anygroup we’ve have the lastcouple of years.”

For his part, Smith wasimpressed with what he sawof the Eagles, as well as hisown starting group.

“Mount Abe still has awayto go and some things towork on, but I thought thatwas the best they’ve lookedsince we started doing this,”said Smith. “I thought ourfirst group looked real good.The thing is this is a seniorladen starting group afterthat we drop to juniors andsophomores and there is apretty good separation be-tween the two groups.”

Both teams have anotherpreseason test this comingweekend. Middlebury willhave a stiff test as the Tigerswill host the Fair HavenUnion High Slators in ascrimmage this Saturday,Aug. 27.

Mount Abraham and Mid-dlebury will them open the2011 season Labor Dayweekend with both teamsplaying on the road. MountAbe with square off againstMontpelier High Friday,Sept. 2, while Middleburywill take the on the MountMansfield Union HighCougars on Sept. 3.


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By Marcia KingAny fan or competitor of barrel racing knows that speed

is critical. They also know that a controlled ride is equallyimportant. The fastest horse that goes wide around the bar-rels adds precious seconds to the run. The swift horse thatcomes in too tight and knocks over a barrel receives costlypenalties. And the quick mount with sloppy form goingaround the barrel isn’t running efficiently.

Explains trainer/competitor Mary Burger, “Speed is usu-ally not much of a problem, especially today where horseshave speed bred right into them. Top-notch horses needspeed and turn. A level or two down, good turns are evenmore of a primary factor. In fact, you see horses that maynot have that much run, but they get into placings becausethey were smooth.”

Burger knows. She’s a five-time AQHA World QuarterHorse champion in junior and senior barrels and a five-timeQuarter Horse Congress winner in barrels and poles. She’salso nabbed numerous Quarter Horse awards for superiorbarrels, and along the way, she’s grabbed a Futurity and Der-by win in barrels at the richest barrel futurity in Fort Smith,Arkansas, and, not incidentally, captured a world title injunior pole bending also at the AQHA World shows.

For Burger, the secret to accomplishing the smoothest,fastest run with a horse begins not with refining fast barrelruns but by starting with the basics — around poles and bar-rels.

Building the barrel horseBefore beginning barrel training, a horse should know how

to pick up leads and lope circles. Burger also makes sure thehorse understands that “whoa” and a little check on the reinmeans the horse should slow down its pace a bit and relaxits body in preparation for turns.

Burger starts her barrel horses on poles and barrels at thesame time. “I use the pole bending patterns as one of the ba-sics,” she says. “Poles teach them to move over, to sidepass,and things like that. It aids in control of the barrel horse andgives them something else to do.”

Training sessions begin with a warm-up on the barrels.Burger says, “I go around barrels to work on the sidepass. Imay go to the left and pick out the second barrel, circle it, goon around and then go around the third barrel. As I goaround the barrel, I may start trotting to the right and thenpick out the right barrel and go around it. We go throughthese kind of exercises until I get some response from thehorse in learning to pick up the shoulder and upper body. Ido that along with the poles at the same time.”

After warming up the horse, Burger works on the poles.She trots her horse down the right side of the pole pattern,using the same basics she will on the barrels. “I pick thehorse’s inside or left shoulder up, maybe giving them a lit-tle bump if they need it, so they have a pocket or some roomto make the turn. When we get around that turn, we want tocome off of the first pole tight. Then, as soon as we get bythat first turn, I pick up the opposite rein and move thehorse's shoulder up and over to the right so when we get tothe next pole I can just switch hands, pick him up, and movethat shoulder off to the left.”

Burger stresses the importance of picking up the rein onthe inside shoulder immediately after each pole. “You needto make them leave room so that you set yourself up for thenext shot,” she explains. “You have to make sure you’ve gotyour pocket coming into a turn because you need to haveroom for the horse to drop his shoulder for a smooth turn.When you do that, you can come off of that pole or barreltight so you can set yourself up for the next pole or barrel inthe same manner.”

Pole work is never done faster than a trot. “There are a lotof lead changes between the poles, and frequent lead changeswill shorten the stride a little bit when you run the poles,”Burger explains. “Horses use their stride a bit more aggres-sively in the barrel pattern than in the poles because of thelead changes, so I don’t season them on the poles.”

Next, Burger moves to the barrels. At first, she may usetwo hands to steady the horse as it comes to the barrel pat-tern. “I keep their nose tipped in the direction they’re goingwhen we take off,” she says, “so if your horse is headedstraight through the alleyway, you like to have their noseslightly tipped to the right (because they’re going to turnright) and have their inside or right shoulder up.”

As Burger approaches the barrel she cues the horse to getready to turn. "I say ‘whoa’, check them with my inside reinby pulling back slightly, give them a little bump with thatrein to cue them to drop their speed and get ready to turn.

See GYMKHANA, page 11

Running barrels:Speed and control


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For horses that have a lotof speed, if they run reallyhard, when I come in I some-times may give them a two-handed set and a backwardspull on the rein to slow thehind end down a little bit.

“When I get behind eachbarrel, I take an inside reinso when I pull the rein I'vegot the horse's nose stilltucked when we’re comingaround the barrel.

“Likewise when you’regoing to the second barrel,you switch hands from rightto left. At that time youshould have your hand tothe left of the inside rein soyou can give that same arccoming around the barrel.You'll have that nose tuckedto the left so that you’ll havea little pull on the insidewith your rein.”

Keeping your hand on theinside or your rein whencoming in around the barrelsis important. Warns Burger,“If your hand is in the mid-dle or the outside, yourhorse will have a tendencyto pull more on the outsiderein, have his head tippedthe other way, not watchingwhere he's going, and won'thave his shoulder up.”

Body positionWhen working poles and

barrels, the rider should bebalanced a little bit forward.“You want to keep up overthe shoulders so you cancontrol your body alongwith the horse,” Burgerstates. “If your body is uptoo straight or behind, whenyou go around a barrel yourbody weight will be to theoutside or the back. Whenthat happens, your handsare not free to control thehorse, you’ll be into theirmouth, and the horse can’tget coordinated. He may getconfused.”

Your seat position de-pends on your horse. Ex-plains Burger, “Some horsesrim a barrel so tight that ifyou don’t keep your weighta little more into the centerof the horse, they’ll get tooclose. Then there are horsesthat if you don’t get down tothe inside, they’ll bow out.”

Leg cues are used only intraining, with the goal oftransferring those cues toyour hands. “When I wantthe horse to bend in the mid-dle, I’ll use my inside legand bump him with my heelin the middle,” says Burger.“It does take some time for ahorse to learn this, whichcomes from the basics ofpole bending and trottingbarrels. I want to transferthose leg cues to my hands,when I have the horse in themiddle of training. I willalso use my inside rein tocue him for the turn. Even-tually I want to eliminate allthe leg pressures and simpli-fy it down to just a hand cueor a bump or a whoa. Thatcue will vary from horse tohorse, and when you get insync with your horse, you’llknow which cue is the best.Some horses don’t want tobe touched, other horseshave to be touched.

Controlling speedWhile running barrels in

good form is part of the win-ning equation, runningthem at the right speed is theother part.

“When I train a younghorse, I go with what thehorse tells me he can han-dle,” says Burger. “If thehorse has got a lot of speedand he’s a little too anxious,I work slower until they re-lax and then gradually pickup speed. On a quieterhorse, I stretch them out.”

Her cues for slowing or in-creasing speed are just thebasics, she says: Heels forurging a horse on, hands anda “whoa” for asking them toslow down. “I just keep pro-gressively working withthem until I get them whereI want them.”

Once the horse under-stands its cues and is run-ning pretty well, Burgerprefers to season the horse ata gallop or fast lope at differ-ent arenas. “I really like topick up my speed away fromhome. It seems to cause less

problems,” she states. “Eachtime you take them awayfrom home, do slow work,maybe a trot and a canter,and increase your speed.”

Unless the horse is mak-ing constant mistakes, get-ting sloppy, or is out of syncwith the rider, Burger does-n’t do hard runs at home, in-stead confining practiceruns to reinforcing the ba-sics.

“I do some hard runs athome, but very little when Iget the horse to the pointwhere I want him. If they’reworking good away fromhome, I usually don’t workthem hard at home. I ridethem every day, puttingthem through the basics. Butif a horse makes a mistakeaway from home two orthree times in a row, then Imay go to the barrel patternand make that practice hardrun and see if we can’t workit out and figure out wherethe problem is.”

Marcia King is an award-winning writer specializing inequine, and veterinary topics.


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By Marcia KingWhile practicing in the

ring, you ask your horse toskirt around a horse thatstopped in front of you. Yousqueeze your leg againsthim, but he continues walk-ing forward, now a littlefaster.

Later, when you’re ridingon the trail or perhapsthrough the pasture, andyou want your horse toavoid stepping in the mudthat lies up ahead. You ap-ply a little pressure with oneleg to move him over a bit,but your horse ignores youand just ploughs ahead

through the mud, anyway.This animal either doesn’tunderstand what you’re ask-ing, or doesn’t care, and thatmeans you have a problem!

Even a rider with just ba-sic horsemanship skillsknows the importance of legyielding. Whether it’s tomove a horse over to avoidsloppy footing or the under-lying part of a cue for a par-ticular maneuver at show,leg yields are the deepestpart of every horse’s train-ing foundation. Without aproper response to a legyield, you're not riding thehorse, you’re just along forthe ride.

Leg yields laid openAt its most basic concept,

a leg yield is pressure ap-plied by the rider ’s leg to theone side of the horse in orderto move the horse over later-ally while still moving for-ward, thus creating a for-ward diagonal movement.

But leg yields have a pur-pose beyond just creating adiagonal movement for thefun of it.

“Leg yields aid in creatinga more supple and maneu-verable horse,” explainsJackie Krshka, a worldchampion reining and west-ern riding competitor andtrainer. “Leg yields allowyou to advance the trainingprogram of the horse. In ad-dition, leg yields are a usefultool in the show ring to sub-tly correct a misalignment ofyour horse, therefore pre-venting a major error.”

In the training program,Jackie says, leg yields are“an element lateral exercisepreferably performed at ei-ther the walk or trot alongthe long side of the arena, oracross the diagonal of thering, with the horse posi-tioned at no more than a 45degree angle from the direc-tion in which it is moving.”

A horse who is properly

executing a leg yield in itsrefined state should have itshead and neck slightly bentaway from the direction oftravel, with its body fromwithers to tail remaining al-most parallel to the rail, saysJackie.

“The forehand shouldslightly precede the haunch-es. At a trot, the horse main-tains a two-beat sequence,with the left foreleg andright hind leg striking to-gether, followed by the rightforeleg and left hind leg.”

Receiving a proper response

To properly leg yield, ahorse must first know howto move away from leg pres-sure and accept moving for-ward into the bit withoutmuch resistance.

To teach a horse to give toleg pressure, or to reschool ahorse that doesn’t respondproperly to leg pressure, youshould be working at walkor trot and then apply legpressure to one side of thehorse, Jackie states. “Bothyour hand and leg are usedtogether. Ask the horse tomove in the direction of arein or to the indirect rein byapplying leg pressure. If youget no reaction, then begin toinsist with a little more pres-sure and drive through yourleg so that you put yourhorse into a position wherehe must forward off of yourleg. Once they do, you’vegot to release and rewardthem. With repetition, yourhorse will figure out thatwhen you pick up the reinand apply pressure withyour leg, they’re to respond,and when they respond,you’re going to reward.”

Jackie says if your horsedoesn’t move at first, theninsist that it does by apply-ing more leg pressure. Don’tuse the rein to haul yourhorse in the direction youwant to travel; that's notwhat leg yielding is allabout! In fact, you want tokeep contact with the mouthas soft as possible. Ask (orinsist) the horse move intothe direction of a rein or in-direct rein with your leg.“You develop a soft mouththrough the hand and legworking together,” remindsJackie.

Once the horse knowshow to give to pressure, he’sready to learn proper legyielding.

“To perform a leg yieldacross the diagonal of thearena, your aids will be theright indirect rein, right legbehind the girth, and left legat the girth,” says Jackie.(This example is when mov-ing from the right side of thearena to the left side.) “Youshould be seated in the cen-ter of your saddle. In Eng-lish saddles, you have a bitof more forward seat, but inwestern, use more of a driveseat. You want to drive thehorse with your seat andlegs. The horse’s bodyshould remain straight dur-ing this movement, exceptfor a slight bend at the pollaway from the direction oftravel.”

In this example, thatmeans the poll should beslightly bent toward theright. “The right hand bendsthe horse only to where thebulge of its right eye can beseen,” Jackie continues,“while your left hand re-stricts the animal from rush-ing. Both hands are shiftedslightly to the left to rein-force the right leg as it drives

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the horse to the proper direction of travel. “To keep the horse’s body from becoming bent from with-

ers to tail, the rider ’s right leg much be positioned behindthe girth. Pressure exerted by your right leg creates the lat-eral movement in the haunches, while the at-the-girth posi-tion of the left leg prevents the horse from bowing its barreltoward the direction of travel and helps to maintain impul-sion. As in all lateral movements, pressure from each of yourlegs changes as necessary to maintain the proper positionand impulsion.”

CorrectionsIf your horse does not respond correctly when you ask for

the leg yield, it may be that your horse does not fully under-stand what you're asking. Says Jackie, “Very often notenough time has been spent on the fundamentals leading upto this exercise. The horse may not understand the meaningof leg pressure or developed a responsive and soft mouth.”If this is the case, reschool your horse in giving to leg pres-sure. “Go back to the basics and assess the areas that needmore development before trying a more advanced exercise,”Jackie suggests.

If your horse responds to your cues, but does not carryhimself correctly, the problem may be in the way you are rid-ing him. “Sometimes the rider allows a horse to becomeoverly bent,” Jackie notes. “Therefore, the horse is not track-ing in the correct pattern. Or, the rider may be allowing thehorse to remain stiff in the barrel, again displacing thehorse’s body.” In either case, have a trainer or knowledge-able friend observe the way you are placing your legs andcarrying your reins to see if you correctly positioned and of-fering the right cues.

Sometimes, a horse may not move or respond properly

when asked to yield because of a subtle or underlying lame-ness. This is not so easy to detect. Says Jackie, “If you con-tinue to apply the basic applications to the horse and heseems intelligent and somewhat athletically capable of whatyou’re asking, and you don’t get the results you want, cer-tainly you have to consider that there could be an underly-ing cause, especially if you're getting that response in onedirection and not getting in the other direction. An under-lying soreness that can develop into a lameness is a possi-bility. You can have a veterinarian evaluate that possibility;your horse may have a misalignment in the spinal area. Ihave horses that have had displaced vertebra.”

But don’t assume that because your horse isn’t perform-ing well, it’s automatically a subtle lameness problem andnot rider error or lack of schooling. “People take the possi-bility of an underlying lameness and go way off in left fieldand use that as a crutch,” Jackie warns.

One sign that might hint at physical problems include ahorse that has been working well in both directions, but nowis less responsive going in a particular direction. Anotherclue, says Jackie, is if the horse “is very soft in his mouth andvery responsive to your leg when you are not working onthe leg yield, but when you put him in a more strenuous ex-ercise, you notice more resistance than there should be. Incases like these, look for an underlying cause.”

PatienceWhen schooling or reschooling a horse to leg yield prop-

erly, don’t expect quick results. “Don’t get in a hurry,” saysJackie. “This is an exercise that takes time and patience onbehalf of the rider. Do not force the horse, just continue tomake adjustments in your hand and leg positions to contin-ue to imply the path you desire the horse to take.”

Marcia King is an award-winning writer specializing inequine, pet, and veterinary topics.

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Meet Jackie KrshkaJackie Krshka, 43, has logged a lot of miles as trainer

and competitor. She was borninto a family who have beendeeply involved with horses:Her father, Jack Kyle, excelledin roping, reining, and work-ing cowhorse, and was induct-ed in the AQHA Hall of Famethis spring.

Jackie launched her own ca-reer as a professional horse-woman in 1981 when she be-gan training horses for thepublic. Since then, she hastrained 14 youth world cham-pions, six youth reserve world champions, 10 amateurworld champions, and 13 amateur reserve world champi-ons in western horsemanship, western riding, reining,working cowhorse, and equitation on the flat. She has alsoproduced all-round reserve and amateur champions at theCongress and AQHA Worlds.

A versatile formidable competitor in her own right,Jackie’s numerous wins include the 1995 NRHA LimitedOpen Futurity champion; three-time Congress winner,two-time world champion, and one-time reserve champi-on in Senior Western Riding Horse; 1982 AQHA Super-horse; 1985 World Champion Junior Working Cowhorse;1986 NRHA World Champion Ladies Reiner; and 1986 Re-serve World Champion Limited Open Rider.

Along with her husband, Tom Krshka, Jackie operatesKrshka Quarter Horses, a training, breeding, show andsales barn, in Yukon, Oklahoma. They have two children.

By Heather Smith ThomasNo matter what type of

barn you have, there is al-ways maintenance you needto perform in order to keepthe barn safe and comfort-able for your horses. DavePreston, a longtime horseowner and contractor livingin Central Kentucky, hasbeen involved in a numberof barn building projects, in-cluding some $750,000 Thor-oughbred barns near Lex-ington, as well as smallerbarns for his family andfriends.

“My big issues, whetherit’s a new barn or makeoverfor an existing barn, aredrainage and ventilation,”Preston says. These impor-tant factors play a role inhealth issues for horses. Anybuilding can be created orimproved to satisfactorilyaccommodate adequatedrainage and ventilation.You need to providedrainage away from thebuilding on at least a one- tosix-degree slope, and youneed to get good nondirectventilation.

“Anything beyond thesetwo factors to make it as safeas possible for horses is justcommon sense,” Prestonadds. “For example, I’vepoured concrete aisles andused exposed aggregate togive good traction. Whenfinishing it, just brush and

wash it enough to expose thestone to make a rough, non-slip surface. If it's a mason-ry barn, use bullnose(rounded) block on all cor-ners so there are no sharpcorners a horse could hanghimself on. Make sure allhangers and door hardware,etc., lie flush. Try not to havehorizontal surfaces andledges that cribbers can gethold of.”

The Little ThingsOften it’s little things that

make big differences. “Thehooks you hang bucketsfrom in a stall need to be re-cessed or the kind with aring on them so the horsecan't brush against the hookand hurt himself,” Prestonsays. “There are many safe-ty-minded products avail-able; you can find them onthe Internet and catalogmarkets.”

A key factor in safety andcomfort is regular mainte-nance. Bob Coleman, PhD, ahorse extension specialistfrom the University of Ken-tucky, says this is often not aprimary consideration, butit’s something horse ownersand managers always needto be thinking about. “Whendoing renovations, look formaterials that will be main-tenance-free or last a longtime,” he states. “It may bemore expensive (for the ini-tial outlay), but we often

don’t think in terms of thelongevity of a door, stallpanel, or equipment we'll beusing in the stall and the re-pair or replacement costs.

“We have to spend moneywisely and not overspend,but also need to look at themaintenance on down theroad,” he continues. “Can Ipaint it every few yearsrather than every year? Alltoo often we’re saving mon-ey today, but it will cost usmore tomorrow.”

For long-lasting, mainte-nance-free barn features,choose galvanized or stain-less steel products. “Corro-sion is always a problem,”says Preston. “If somethingrusts, it can create a sharp,rough surface that might in-jure a horse.”

When building or repair-ing and remodeling a barn,available materials, such assteel versus masonry versuswood, have pros and cons.“Wood is generally the leastexpensive, but the highestmaintenance,” explains Pre-ston. “Masonry is generallythe most expensive and thelowest maintenance, andsteel is somewhere in be-tween. But you need to linesteel siding with wood orsomething else that’s saferfor the horse. You neverwant a stall with just sheetmetal walls.” That’s becausea horse could kick throughthe metal and injure himself.

“If you line (metal build-ings) with wood, it must beheavy enough that when it’skicked, it won’t splinter. Weare lucky here to have roughsawn oak and other hard-woods available. If you usepine, fir, or some of the oth-er soft woods, you need atleast 1½-inch thickness,minimum, and for pinethat's probably not thickenough.”

The main thing is to be re-sourceful, using local mate-rials (less expensive thansomething that must behauled from far away).“There are always geo-graphical differences onwhat’s available, but alsothink about what would besafe for horses, and howmuch maintenance will berequired,” Preston states.

Inspect RegularlyPreston advises regular

maintenance inspections.“Police your barn on a regu-lar basis. Nails and screwswork loose. Soon the head issticking out a quarter inch.If you check these andpound them back in, they’llbe good for another year orso.

“In my own barn (origi-nally an old tobacco barn), Ihave to go through everyfive years and replace about10% of the boards on the ex-terior, and completely re-paint the barn. It’s a woodstructure, and five years isabout all you can get from apaint job. Taking care ofhorses is a lot of work, andtaking care of the buildingsis another whole subset ofwork.”


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MIDDLEBURY — TriviaNight at Two Brothers Tav-ern, downtown by the trafficrotary, 7 p.m. $2 per persongoes to winning team.

Friday, Aug. 26VERGENNES — Rum-

mage Sale and Garage Salewill be held in St. Peter'sParish Hall, 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.

MIDDLEBURY — DancerPatty Smith will perform herautobiographical “The LastCan-Can” at Town Hall The-ater, 8 p.m. Tickets are $17and may be purchased at theTHT box office (Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.) or atthe door.

VERGENNES — Ver-gennes Day Street Dance, 7p.m., in City Park featuringmusic by the Hitmen.

MIDDLEBURY — TheGrift (Groove, Rock) at TwoBrothers Tavern, downtown

by the traffic rotary, 10 p.m.$3.

Saturday, Aug. 27VERGENNES — Rum-

mage Sale and Garage Salewill be held in St. Peter'sParish Hall ,9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

MIDDLEBURY — Walk toEnd Child Abuse on theGreen. Registration, 8a.m.The walk begins 10 a.m.

MIDDLEBURY — In thePocket (Blues, Rock, Soul) atTwo Brothers Tavern down-town by the traffic rotary, 10p.m. $3.

Sunday, Aug. 28VERGENNES — Dorch-

ester Lodge F&AM is hold-ing it's last Sunday of themonth breakfast at it's lodgeon School Street, 7:30 a.m.-10 a.m. They will be serving

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MIDDLEBURY — MonsterHits Karaoke at Two Broth-ers Tavern downtown by thetraffic rotary, 9 p.m. Free.


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

ESSEX JUNCTION CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH - 61 Main St., Essex Junction - 878-8341 FERRISBURGH/NORTH FERRISB. FERRISBURGH METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday worship 9:30am NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 227 Old Hollow Rd., North Ferrisburgh, VT 802- 425-2770. Rev. Kim Hornug-Marcy. Sunday worship 10am, Sunday School 10am, Nursery Available. http://www.gbgm-umc.org/ nferrisburgumc/ CROSSROADS CHAPEL - 41 Middlebrook Rd., Ferrisburgh, VT 05456. (802) 425-3625. Pastor: Rev. Charles Paolantonio. Services: Sunday 10am. FERRISBURGH CENTER COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH - Rt 7, Ferrisburgh - next to the Town Offices / Grange Hall. New Pastors Rev. John & Patrice Goodwin. Worship time is now 10:45am. HINESBURG LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH - 90 Mechanicsville Rd., Hinesburg. Sunday Service at 10:30am. Pastor Hart, info: 482-2588. ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE - 10759 Route 116 Hinesburg. Masses: Sat. 4:30pm; Sun. 9:30am UNITED CHURCH OF HINESBURG - 10580 Rte. 116, Sunday Worship & Sunday School 10am. Pastor Michele Rogers Brigham - 482-3352. LINCOLN UNITED CHURCH OF LINCOLN - Sunday worship service 9:45, Church school 11:15am, united Student Ministries for grades 7-12, 6:30pm Sunday evenings. 453-4280 MIDDLEBURY CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY - Sunday service & church school, Sunday 10am CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY - Middlebury. Middlebury Community House, Main and Seymour Sts, Sunday Service and Church School-10am; Wednesday-7:30pm. THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sunday 10am worship service THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS - Sunday Sacrament 10am-11:15am EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORSHIP - Service in Middlebury area: call 758-2722 or 453-5334. HAVURAH, THE JEWISH CONGREGATION OF ADDISON COUNTY - Saturday morning Shabbat services, 388-8946 MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH - 97 South Pleasant St., Middlebury. Sunday morning worship & church school 10am, Wednesday evening Bible Study, 6:30pm. 388-7472. MIDDLEBURY FRIENDS MEETING - (Quakers), Sunday worship & first day school 10am (meets at Havurah House) SAINT MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday, 5:15pm, Sunday 8am, 10am ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH - (On the green in Middlebury). Reverend Terence P. Gleeson, Rector. Sunday Eucharist 8 & 10:30am Child care & Sunday school available at 10:30am service. Wednesday at 12:05pm Holy Eucharist in the chapel. www.ststephensmidd.org or call 388-7200. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 10am Grades K-5: Activities, Grades. 6-8 & 9-12: Church School Classes, Refreshments & fellowship time: 10:45am-11am. Sunday morning worship service 11am. Nursery provided both at 10am & 11am. MONKTON MONKTON FRIENDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday service & Sunday school, 8:45am

NEW HAVEN ADDISON COUNTY CHURCH OF CHRIST - 145 Campground Rd., 453-5704. Worship: Sunday 9 & 11:20am; Bible classes: Sunday 10:30am, Tuesday 7pm. Watch Bible Forum on MCTV-15 (Middlebury) or NEAT-16 (Bristol) NEW HAVEN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Church services 10am on Sunday. All are welcome. NEW HAVEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH - Sunday services, 10am & 7pm ORWELL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Sunday worship service, 10:00am. Contact: Rev. Esty, 948-2900 SAINT PAUL’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Sunday services 10:30am Mass, 468-5706 RICHMOND RICHMOND CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST - 20 Church St., Richmond • 434- 2053. Rev. Len Rowell. Sunday Worship with Sunday School, 10am; Adult Study Class, Sunday 8:30am RIPTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 388-2510 SALISBURY SALISBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sun. worship svc., 10am SHELBURNE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SHELBURNE - 127 Webster Road, Shelburne • 985-2848 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 2166 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne. 985-2269 Sunday Services: 8am & 10am. Bible Study 9:00am • Sunday School: 9:50am. The Reverend Craig Smith ALL SOULS INTERFAITH GATHERING - Rev. Mary Abele, Pastor. Evensong Service and Spiritual Education for Children Sun. at 5pm. 371 Bostwick Farm Rd., Shelburne. 985-3819 SHELBURNE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 30 Church St., Shelburne • 985-3981 • Rev. Gregory A. Smith, Pastor, 8:00am - Holy Communion Service • 9:30am - Family Worship Service with Sunday School SHOREHAM ST. GENEVIEVE/ST. BERNADETTE - Combined parish, Saturday mass 7:30pm, May 1-Oct. 31. (See Bridport) SHOREHAM FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- UCC - Sunday worship and Sunday school 10am. Pastor Gary O’Gorman. 897-2687 STARKSBORO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STARKSBORO - 2806 Route 16, Starksboro. Sunday worship 11am. Chat, Chew & Renew, a pre-worship fellowship and discussion time 10am- 10:45am. Sunday mornings in the Fellowship Hall on the accessible first level. All are welcome. First Baptist is an American Baptist church yoked with The Community Church of Huntington for support of its pastor, The Rev. Larry Detweiler [email protected]; 802.453.5577. SOUTH BURLINGTON NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH SBC - 1451 Williston Rd., South Burlington. 863-4305 VICTORY CENTER - Holiday Inn, Williston Road, South Burlington • 658-1019 BURLINGTON UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH - Pastor Paul Lyon • 860-5828. Sundays: 10am & 6pm. Wednesdays: 7pm. at 294 North Winooski Avenue. SUDBURY SUDBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Sunday worship service and Sunday school, 10:30am

SOVEREIGN REDEEMER ASSEMBLY - Sunday worship 10am VERGENNES/PANTON ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHRISTIAN CENTER - 1759 U.S. Route 7, Vergennes, VT • 802-877-3903 • Sunday school 9am, Sunday worship #1 10am, Sunday worship #2 6pm, Youth, adult gathering 6pm CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH - Sunday worship svcs. 10am & 7pm CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF VERGENNES (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sunday, 9:30am NEW WINE COVENANT (CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST) - Sunday worship 10am PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH - Sunday school from 9:30am-10:15am Pre-K to adult, Sunday worship service 10:30am ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Main and Park Streets, Vergennes. Rector: The Rev. Alan Kittelson. Sunday Services 8am and 10am; childcare provided at 10am. All are welcome. For information call 758-2211. ST. PETER’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday 4:30pm, Sunday 10:30am VERGENNES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 10:30 am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH - 862 US Rt. 7, SUNDAY : 9:45am Bible Hour For All Ages Including 5 Adult Classes; 11:00am Worship Including Primary Church Ages 3 to 5 & Junior Church 1st - 4th Graders; 6pm Evening Service Worship For All Ages. WEDNESDAY 6:30pm Adult Prayer & Bible Study; AWANA Children’s Clubs (3yrs to 6th grade); JAM Junior High Group (7th & 8th grade); Youth Group (9th - 12 grade). Nursery is provided for children up to 3 years old. Classes are provided for children age 3 and up. 802-877-3393 WEYBRIDGE WEYBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Worship and Sunday School 10am. Daniel Wright, Pastor. 545-2579. WHITING WHITING COMMUNITY CHURCH - Sunday school 9:45am, Sunday Service 11am & 7pm WILLISTON CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - 1033 Essex Road, Williston. 878-7107. St. Minister Wes Pastor. Services: 8:30am and 10:30am TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH - 19 Mountain View Rd., Williston. 878-8118 CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - 1033 Essex Rd., Williston 878-7107 CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE - 30 Morgan Parkway Williston, VT 05495 • 802-878-8591 [email protected] CAVALRY CHAPEL - 300 Cornerstone, Williston. 872-5799 MARANATHA CHRISTIAN CHURCH - 1037 S. Brownell Rd., Williston. 862-2108 IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY - Route 2, Williston878-4513 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston 878-2285 WILLSTON FEDERATED CHURCH - 44 North Willston Rd., Williston. 878-5792

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Bridge bashfrom page 1

With all of the detailed eventplans so far along, the co-chairs ofthe LCBC felt it was their respon-sibility to make a go/no-go deci-sion.

“To continue planning, commit-ting resources and booking ven-dors and performers without aconfirmed opening date—or forthat matter, a functioning bridge—we felt it was unfair to ask our tire-less volunteers to continue plan-ning a celebration that might nothappen this fall,” said LorraineFranklin, LCBC Co-Chair. “Al-though the dates of the celebrationhave changed, the momentum willcontinue to build through the falland winter and we look forward toworking with everyone to producea great event,” Franklin added.

“We now have more time to ded-icate to fundraising and planningfor a truly Grand Celebration,”Hennessy said.

During the next eight months,the LCBC will continue to acceptdonations, sign-up vendors andperformers and recruit volunteers.

They also encourage the communi-ties along the Lake Champlain cor-ridor to become involved as com-munities did for the opening of thefirst Lake Champlain Bridge in1929. Community involvementcould be in the forms of building afloat for the parade, encouragingschools and organizations to par-ticipate and welcoming guests andvisitors back to the region.

For more information regardingthe Grand Celebration, visitLCBC’s website at www.cham-plainbridgecommunity.org, con-tact [email protected] or call (802) 759-2000.For information regarding con-struction updates, visithttps://www.nysdot.gov/lakechamplainbridge/construction orcontact NYSDOT Regional PublicInformation Officer Carol Breen at518-388-0342.

Arch goes upThe public will be able to watch

the arch lift, but some marine andvehicle traffic restrictions will bein place.

When the span is completely as-sembled at its construction site on

Valez Marine, the structure was tobe floated down Lake Champlainto the bridge site, where it was tobe lifted and fitted into place. Thefloat was to take four hours tocomplete and the lift was expectedto last eight hours.

NYSDOT expected the processto begin at sunrise with work ex-tending into the early evening thatsame day. However, the lift couldbe delayed due to high winds orlightning.

The main navigational channelthrough the center span was to beclosed for approximately 48 hoursas the arch is floated into position,lifted into place and secured. Ma-rine traffic would be directedthrough an alternative navigation-al channel during this time period.

Those interested in viewing theprocess on the New York sidecould do so at the Department ofEnvironmental Conservationcampground, Crown Point StateHistoric Site and Essex CountyVisitors Center.

A definite date for the float andlift was to be set as assembly of thearch nears completion. That datehad not been set as of press time.

By Pamela Amick Klawitter

ACROSS1 Popular tank fillers

7 First word in many

addresses

13 Aurora borealis region

19 If all goes wrong

21 Venue for newsgroups

22 Slain Tejano singer

23 Chills

24 91-Across?

26 Immobilizes, as a perp

27 She played Dottie in “A

League of Their Own”

29 Florentine evening

30 Where to see the Kon-

Tiki

31 Sinusitis doc

32 Give the go-ahead

34 One with “Esq.” on the

door

36 Xing people?

38 “Woo-__!”

39 Flow slowly

41 Utah city on I-15

43 Hi, in Honduras

45 “__ Peculiar Man”: Paul

Simon song

47 React to humidity, in a

way

49 1-Down?

53 __ Friday

55 Stir up

56 Gave a whirl

57 Actresses Gray and

Moran

58 Lack of sincerity

60 With a cast of thousands

64 Japanese-American

65 Sharp dresser’s stan-

dard?

66 Directional finish

68 “I get it,” humorously

69 Grounded flier

70 Three sheets to the wind

72 Beethoven’s

“Pathétique,” e.g.

75 Both of racing’s Unsers

76 Seine summers

78 Colour suffix

79 Milky Way planet

80 Things of passing inter-

est?

82 “Do I __ eat a peach?”:

Eliot

84 StubHub competition

87 Wistful remark

88 Thing to play

90 Colored ring

91 Aviary sounds

92 111-Down?

96 White Owl alternative

97 Future, for one

98 Has second thoughts

about

99 Members of the flock

101 Bay Area blues, briefly

104 NYSE figure

105 Parking area

107 Spinning toon

110 Beaux-__: architectural

style

112 __ polloi

113 No longer worth dis-

cussing

115 Some tabernacle singers

117 Lacking integrity

119 1990s-2000s Irish leader

121 58-Across?

124 Arranged in sequence

126 Hot months in Chile

127 “Stand By Me” director

128 Largest African country

129 Put up a fight

130 Pull out

131 Rice creation

DOWN1 Tries

2 Fuel gas

3 129-Across?

4 Drift

5 Sandbox comeback

6 Abbr. on outdated maps

7 Vehicle for supine sled-

ders

8 Hatha yoga posture

9 Clear of vermin

10 Having five sharps, musi-

cally

11 Skinny swimmers

12 Skyline highlight

13 Big name in Syrian poli-

tics

14 Gym unit

15 Geppetto’s goldfish

16 Opening stroke

17 How a macro lens is

used

18 (In) partnership

20 Fictional author of “The

World According to

Bensenhaver”

25 Hates the thought of

28 Private __

33 __-Aid

35 This and that

37 Suddenly paid attention

40 Danish fruit?

42 Iwo Jima figure

44 Unrefined finds

46 Craze

48 Welcome desert sight

50 Like lungs

51 Winery casks

52 Out of gas

53 Perfumed, as a chancel

54 Label founded in 1975 by

Clive Davis

55 Eatery “just a half a mile

from the railroad track”

58 Serengeti roamers

59 Popular Nissan

61 79-Across?

62 Dead to the world

63 Red ink entries

67 Three cheers, maybe

71 Garlicky spread

72 Palate stimulus

73 “... otherwise, you’ll be

sorry!”

74 Wailuku welcome

77 Feudal laborers

79 Ancient home of

Parmenides

81 Reminders to conversa-

tion monopolizers

83 Rainy day brand

85 Exercise wheel site

86 “Give it __!”

89 Join the club

91 “__ Magnifique”: Porter

tune

92 Barely get the words out

93 TV’s Buffy, e.g.

94 Where work piles up

95 Alley boundaries

96 Saint of Ávila

100 Isn’t anymore

102 Shylock’s adversary

103 Give business to, as a

café

106 Longtime beer experi-

encing a 2000s resur-

gence

108 Dress with a flare

109 Divided into districts

111 Barracks bigwig

114 Actress Garr

116 Words with a nod

118 Grimm heavy

120 Makes tracks

122 Bob and flip

123 [Not my mistake]

125 Allen wrench shape

•••••••• From Page 2 •••••••• Trivia Answers!

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ANs. 2 TRUE

Complete the grid so each row,

column and 3-by-3 box (in bold

borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9

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Martin Harrisfrom page 4

It’s been widely known thatVermont’s employment situationis also better than elsewherewhich (in your Humble Scribe’sopinion) can be traced back to ayoung-adult-cohort out-migra-tion situation,which some in theGentry-Left applaud while othersdeplore.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta-tistics reports on recent wide-spread unemployment growth,

too: US average, 9.2 percent, Ver-mont average, 5.5 percent.

No space here for the philo-sophical aspects of a state seekingto be dependent on income-flowsfrom wealth created earlier andelsewhere, from which a currentgeneration can be supportedwithout effort, in a passive-in-come society which must alwaysbe, by definition, not self-suffi-cient and not self-sustainable.You decide.

Former Vermonter Martin Harrislives in Tennessee.

A girl born July 22, Jillian Margaret Cousino, to Gregory and Koran(Casey) Cousino of Starksboro.

A boy born July 30, Odin Pearl Eaton, to Justin and Maxine (McGill)Eaton of Middlebury.

A boy born Aug. 3, Benjamin Paul Bessette, to Taylor and Julie (Davis)Bessette of New Haven.

A girl born Aug. 4, Celia Elizabeth Janet Fallis, to Amy Clapp and MikeFallis of Castleton.

A girl born Aug. 5, Sophie Blair Lafave, to Karrie Hall and Scott Lafaveof Vergennes.

A boy born Aug. 10, Soren Finlay Welz, to Kirsten Stor and Matt Welzof Cornwall.

A girl born Aug. 10, Maya Ana Rose Volpe, to Gerry and Liz Volpe ofBenson.

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FREE TO a good home German Short HairPointer, 10yrs. old, spayed, tail is cropped,White/with black spots. 518-354-8654.

FREE TO good home only: Beautiful part lab, 3 yrs. old. Loves people but best in homewith older children. Do not have enough timefor him. 518-251-4230

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WEIGHT RESISTANCE work out bench forsale in Schroon Lake, asking $45. I can e-mail a photo if interested. 518-321-3751.

AAAA** DONATION Donate your Car, Boator Real Estate, IRS Tax Deductible. FreePick-up/ Tow Any Model/ Condition. HelpUnder Privileged Children Outreach Center,1-800-883-6399.

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TOP CASH FOR CARS, Any Car/Truck,Running or Not. Call for INSTANT offer:1-800-454-6951

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FREE OLD Upright Piano, burl vener, needswork, come and get it. 518-547-8383.

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FREEITEMS!

EDUCATION

HEALTH

TOOLS

WANTED

SPORTING GOODS

YELLOW AND black Labradoodle puppies. AKC registered parents. 1st shots, vet checked, family raised, ready to go. 518-643-0320 or [email protected]

PETS & SUPPLIES

MUSIC

GUNS/AMMO

THE OCEAN Corp. 10840 Rockley Road, Houston, Texas 77099. Train for a New Career. *Underwater Welder. Commercial Diver. *NDT/Weld Inspector. Job Placement Assistance. Financial Aid available for those who qualify. 1-800- 321-0298.

GENERAL

GARAGE SALES

FURNITURE

1/2 price insulation, 4x8 sheets, high R, up to 4” thick, Blue Dow, 1/2” insul board. 518-597-3876 or Cell 518-812-4815

FOR SALE

FINANCIALSERVICES

ELECTRONICS

APPAREL &ACCESSORIES

ADOPTION

8518

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2 BEDROOM Apartment in Port Henry, $450-$500, plus heat and utilities. Call 802-363—3341 or 518-942-8038.

MIDDLEBURY - 4 Bedroom, 1 Bath, AcrossFrom high School, $1300/month,Deposit/References Required. 802-758-3276.

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FOR RENT, Two BR Mobile Home, BristolNotch. $700 per month. 802-377-8290.

FOR RENT: One week at the largest time-share in the world. Orange Lake is right nextto Disney and has many amenities includinggolf, tennis, and a water park. Weeks avail-able are Feb. 26 to Mar. 4 & Mar. 4 to Mar.11, 2012. (Sun. to Sun.) $850 inclusive. CallCarol at 978-371-2442 or email: [email protected]

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ASK YOURSELF, what is your TIMESHAREworth? We will find a buyer/renter for CA$HNO GIMMICKS JUST RESULTS!www.BuyATimeshare.com Call 888-879-7165

TIMESHARES

RENTALS

3-BEDROOM Double wide on 1.3 acres on Wells Hill Rd, Lewis NY. Asking $65,000. 315-783-8946.

MOBILE HOMEFOR SALE

MOBILE HOMEFOR RENT

REAL ESTATE

HOME IMPROVEMENT

HOME FOR RENT

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85216

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BRISTOL

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Maplefields of Bristol is currently accepting applications for

Sales Associates & Deli Help

• Full & Part Time • Various Shifts • Weekends Apply in person

Maplefields of Bristol, 42 West Street 74739

NOTICE OF LEGAL SALEView Date 09/08/2011Sale Date 09/09/2011Benjamin Benedict Unit# 214Jessica Cooke Unit# 028Nicole Lapierre Unit# 353Easy Self Storage46 SwiftSouth Burlington, VT 05403(802) 863-8300TE-8/27-9/3/2011-2TC-74846

Place an ad for your business in the Eagle’s Service Guide. Call (802) 388-6397 for information & rates.

HEATING

802 388-8449 50 Industrial Ave., Middlebury

• Equipment Installation & Financing

• Heating Systems • Service Contracts & 24

Hour Emergency Service

72638

GLASS

Glass • Screens • Windshields

DESABRAIS GLASS

388-9049 Auto • Home Commercial

Boardman Street, Middlebury, VT

74682

CHIMNEY SWEEP

COMPLETE CHIMNEY

CARE

Brian Dwyer 1-800-682-1643 388-4077

Cleaning • Repairs Stainless Steel Lining

Video Camera Inspection

Member of VT, NYS & National Chimney Sweep Guilds

82264

LUMBER/SHAVINGS

West Central VT Lumber

Locally Made Shavings & Bedding 10 Yard Truck Load

Available For Delivery JUMBO BAGS 30 GAL PAPER BAGS $3. 00 each

BRING YOUR OWN BAG $2. 00

BARK MULCH AVAILABLE!

Call Norman for more details 247-3144

8204

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WINDOWS/SIDING

Owned and Operated by Richard Brunet Since 1981

Marcel Brunet & Sons, Inc.

Windows & Siding

Vergennes, Vt. Siding • Additions Roofs • Garages

Replacement Windows Decks • Free Estimates!

800-439-2644 877-2640 72637

SEPTIC SERVICE

CLARK SEPTIC

SERVICE Complete Septic System Maintenance & Repair

Systems Installed Prompt Service 388-0202 453-3108

Serving Addison County & Beyond!

63681

ROLL OFF CONTAINER SERVICE

CLOVER STATE WASTE MANAGEMENT

Please call us for your roofing, remodeling, demolition and new construction projects.

Phone: 802-877-2102 Cell: 802-316-7166

Email: [email protected] 74661

SALES & INSTALLATION

CLOVER STATE WINDOW & SIDING CO., INC.

Of Replacement Windows Vinyl Siding

Asphalt & Metal Roofs As well as construction of

Additions & Garages

74659

Phone: 802-877-2102 Cell: 802-316-7166

Email: [email protected]

PAINTING

82045

Randy D. Mayo Painting INTERIOR / EXTERIOR

(Clapboard & Trim Replacement)

Estimates Available 15 Years Experience

802-349-2776 randy9859@ hotmail.com

COMPUTER SERVICES

Networking Virus Removal

Complete Tune-ups Custom Builds • Upgrades

All work done by a certified technician

with 15+ years experience! Many references available.

Very good rates. Garth Pecor, Owner

1 Maecliff Drive, Middlebury, VT 802-388-1081

[email protected]

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ELECTRIC

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Lakeside Lakeside Electric Electric

New Construction Service Upgrades

Renovations Generator Hookups

Phone& Cable

Licensed & Insured Licensed & Insured Free Estimates Free Estimates

Bob Stiles Bob Stiles 518-645-0446 518-645-0446

SERVICE GUIDE MASTER ELECTRICIAN

74718

RESIDENTIAL•COMMERCIAL Master Electrician

Tired of Waiting?

Serving Addison & Rutland Counties 802-989-7235 802-324-7319

FLOOR CLEANING

Stripping Waxing • Buffing Carpet Cleaning & Water Removal

FLOOR & UPHOLSTERY

CLEANING 74

634

[email protected] 1900 Jersey St.

South Addison, VT Phone or Fax: 802-759-2706

Cell: 802-349-6050

Chris Mulliss

ROOFING

Specializing In Asphalt Shingles - Free Estimates - - Fully Insured -

FRIEND CONSTRUCTION

B RISTOL , VT

453-2255

ROOFING 74732

LEGALS

The Eagle

Legal deadline

Monday @ 9:00 AMPlease Send Legals

By EMAIL To:

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The Classified Superstore1-802-460-0104

TIRES FOUR Snow Brigestone Blizzak WS-50 M&S P195-65R15 steel belted radial,mounted on Chrysler Cirrus rims, 1/2 treadleft, $98. 518-668-5272.

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CARS/TRUCKS WANTED! Top $$$$$ PAID!Running or Not, All Years, Makes, Models.Free Towing! We’re Local! 7 Days/Week. CallToll Free: 1-888-416-2330

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WANTED JAPANESE MOTORCYCLESKAWASAKI 1970-1980 Z1-900, KZ900, KZ1000, H2-750, H1-500, S1-250, S2-250, S2-350, S3-400 CASH. 1-800-772-1142, 1-310-721-0726 [email protected]

MOTORCYCLE/ATV

1964 FORD 4000 4cyl., gas. Industrial loader & Industrial Front End, 12 spd. Sherman Transmission, pie weights, 3 pt. hitch & PTO. $6000. 518-962-2376

FARM EQUIPMENT

AUTO DONATIONS

AUTO ACCESSORIES

Need an auto? Need someone to take that auto off your hands? Find what you’re looking for here! Automotive

92445

“EVERYDAY LOW PRICES” FOREIGN ~ DOMESTIC ~ CUSTOM MADE

HYDRAULIC HOSES

H & M AUTO SUPPLY H & M AUTO SUPPLY

Not Just Parts,

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482-2400 Route 116

482-2446 Hinesburg

(802) 660-0838 (888) 9 WRENCH 60 Ethan Allen Dr., South Burlington, VT 05403

We Service Honda, Subaru, Toyota & Acura 7470

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USED CAR SALES

$10 Off an Alignment when you get your tires changed with us.

Get 1/2 Off an Alignment with purchase of tires with us. Reg. price of alignment $69.95

82403 74501

N O C REDIT ? B AD C REDIT ? B ANKRUPTCY ?

L OANS A VAILABLE

Hometown Chevrolet Oldsmobile 152 Broadway Whitehall, NY • (518) 499-288 6 • Ask for Joe

92450

MIKE’S MIKE’S MIKE’S AUTO and TOWING

19A Elm Street, Middlebury • Est. 1986 • www.mikesautovt.com

Complete Auto Repair Towing & Quality Used Car Sales

If we can’t fix it,

it ain’t broke!

Two Locations

Is your check engine light on? 74733

Middlebury • 388-4138 New Haven • 453-5563

Shocks • Struts • Brakes Complete Engine Work!

State Inspection

Air

Conditioning!

NEW HAVEN TIRE CENTER NEW HAVEN TIRE CENTER NEW HAVEN TIRE CENTER Your com plete autom otive preventive m aintenance center!

“W e’re Not Just Tires”

Hunt Rd. New Haven 453-2106 • 1-800-585-2106 CAR CARE CENTER

74734

C all today to schedule your vehicle service!


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