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Coffee Corner Staff

Front row: Stacy Norris, left, Heather Francis, Sean Ward
Back row, Mike Raymond, left, Karen King, Lisette Paris, Amy Cox

Thank you, Coffee Corner.

You will be missed.
-Everyone
Changes, Changes, Changes!
IN THIS ISSUE:
Dot Helling Regrets Loss of the Coffee Corner
Pg. 4 Special City Meeting
by Dot Helling
June 20

M
ontpelier is steadily changing.
Change is inevitable and can
Pg. 7 Hunger Mountain be good, but change can also
Coop Seeks Input be unsettling and create a sense of loss
and displacement. Im viscerally aware of
the changes because I leave each winter
Pg. 12 LNT's for Colorado. I return each spring because this is my home, Vermont is
my politics, and this is where generations of people I love reside. Upon
"Into the Woods" returning I always savor the beauty at this time of year: springs shades
of green, the blossoms and scents permeating the air, the bright colors
of the tulips. Each year, despite changes within our downtown, I have
continued to feel this is my home and community welcoming and
familiar.
This year is different. As a close friend and year-round resident put it, we
have taken some significant physical hits. Montpelier is a community
CAR-RT SORT
barberry in front of City Hall should
go. Our Tree Board works hard to green
up and beautify our city. Alas, Japanese
knotweed continues to spring back after
hundreds of volunteer hours spent trying
to eradicate it, and this year's crop looks
far too healthy. Good growth in town has included ebullient blooming
yellow forsythia (the best I recall seeing in more than 10 years), as well
as rainbows of tulips. The St. Paul Street tree project is spreading its
branches around town and someday, thanks to Lynn Wild and her
school kids and volunteers, will shroud the city with the kind of shade
and beauty once experienced under the great elms that lined our streets
before Dutch elm disease.
The Carr Lot project moves on at a glacial pace, but Hallelujah!
our streets are finally being repaved. It will be a long summer of

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that thrives on its relationships with businesses and with each other. construction noise and delays, but its so worth it. It won't help parking
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Without those relationships we flounder and stagnate. or business, but then we've experienced more loss and change of late
A big hole was created in this city with the unexpected, quick and than the Coffee Corner. Mainstay Vermont Trading Company closed
shocking closing of the Coffee Corner, a 58-year chapter in Montpelier's its doors, while the One More Time space remains noticeably vacant.
social and culinary history. Coffee Corner was a hub for the coming McGillicuddy's has a new name, and new establishments include the
together of diverse people, the making of lifelong friends and for political classy Lotus Day Spa. Julio's just celebrated its 35-year anniversary
and business negotiations. and, operating for 46 years now is Charlie O's World Famous, a special
place that serves a population
There is no replacement, not for The front table at Coffee Corner.
the people who assembled there Photo by Dot Helling. no one else does. In the words
and not for a place to have an of the same full-time resident
early morning diner breakfast mentioned above, Charlie
at a reasonable price. There is Os exudes earthiness and a
a dwindling diversity of eating primal nature, and is a place
establishments, and the loss of a where you can feel the rhythm
true breakfast place. of life and listen to great music
while playing pool.
Montpelier, VT 05601

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HEARD ON THE STREET

Construction Update: Manholes, Drainage and Sidewalks The Next Priority According to the plans, the playground will have a new structure and new plantings to provide
shade. An outdoor ampitheater is also part of the design.
MONTPELIER Milling and the first course of new pavement was completed during the first
few weeks of work in May. The focus for most of June will be to prepare State Street and Main Challenges include the possibility of contaminated soil (and its removal) and storm water
Street for the final course of paving. In order for final paving to occur, all manhole and drainage management issues, Hennessey said.
structures need to be adjusted and sidewalk approaches to the crosswalks need to be replaced and This is city-owned land so we have an interest and responsibility toward this piece of land, said
upgraded. A sidewalk crew will continue to work during the day on State Street between Bailey Councilor Justin Turcotte.
Ave. and Taylor Street, while a second sidewalk crew is expected to begin working nights the week
of June 4 on State Street from Taylor Street to Main Street. In an effort to meet the July 1 deadline Mayor John Hollar said that although the Department of Public Works is maxed out now, the City
for final paving, the sidewalk work will be prioritized to accommodate paving. may revisit prioritization to include the playground project.
City Council made no promises, but asked to see future stormwater cost projections.
Remaining sidewalk replacement work will most likely continue in July after final paving.
Thieves Steal Items From 83-year-old Man Police Seek Info
City Council Adopts Nuisance Ordinance
MARSHFIELD Vermont State Police in Middlesex responded to a larceny that occurred at
MONTPELIER Property owners who allow their structures to become dilapidated, unsafe, 102 Hollister Hill Road May 22. The victim is Norman Dix, 83. Investigation showed that two
rubbish-strewn and a threat to the public health will now have to either fix them up, or face the people arrived at this address, where one stole several items (including a chainsaw, miscellaneous
possibility of forced demolition. tools and a logging helmet), while the other drove a truck to the location. Attached is a picture of
City Council voted 5 to 1 in favor of the ordinance, with amendments, making it effective around the vehicle involved.
June 9 about 15 days after adoption during the May 24 meeting. Councilor Dona Bate was Anybody with information is asked to contact Trooper Darryl Cremo at 229-9191 or Central
absent. Councilor Rosie Krueger voted against the measure after citing several concerns, including Vermont Crime Stoppers at 1-800-529-9998.
a fear that this could open the door to neighbors bullying neighbors if they dont like how they keep
their property. I think we are putting out a tool here for people to use to bully each other and I
dont really want to do that, Krueger said. She also expressed concern about adding to the building
inspectors workload. In addition, Krueger said, I dont think there is enough of a public interest
in what property owners do on their property unless it is a public safety issue and we have that
public safety component taken care of already so those are briefly my concerns.
However, the other council members disagreed and supported taking quick action.
Mayor John Hollar said that the ordinance has high barriers including a physical condition
dangerous to children, unsanitary sewage, fire hazard, dilapidation and decay. These are issues we
ought to be addressing it affects quality of life for people who live here, Hollar said.
The City has a list of 14 properties that qualify for inspection under the new ordinance.

Playground Plans: New Equipment, Amphitheater, Soil Contamination Issues

MONTPELIER Supporters of Union Elementary School have been working hard to raise funds
for a new playground. The one there now is in need of attention, according to Principal Chris
Hennessey, who went before City Council May 24 to see if any funds were available to support the
project.
With an expected total cost of $749,000, $492,000 has been raised from a state grant ($150,000),
Montpelier Public School Board ($305,000) and private donations ($37,000).

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Downtown Montpelier is Open For Business during this summers construction!
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Montpelier Alive and the Montpelier Business Association invites you to Shop
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to receive notifications, contact the official VTrans project outreach coordinator,
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Mark these pages for up-to-date construction information:
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Special City Meeting June 20:

School Merger, New School
Board, Tax Stabilization,
Leash Law by Carla Occaso

MONTPELIER City Council has scheduled a special vote by Australian ballot on June 20
to tackle the topics of the school district merger (Montpelier with Roxbury), new school board
election (should the merger go through), tax stabilization and a dog leash law (advisory only)
for Hubbard Park. Early voting starts May 29. Polls will open June 20 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Asked which of the four ballot items have elicited the most interest, City Clerk John Odum
replied by email to The Bridge: Article 4 (Dog Leash law) has generated a steady stream of
comments, conversations and emails. The other 3 have generated very little.
And which topic has riled people up on the Montpelier and East Montpelier Front Porch
Forum? Again, the proposal of a leash law in Hubbard Park. (There are other parks, such as
the North Branch River Park, that require dogs to be leashed.)
Bronwyn Fryer posted on Front Porch Forum in support of allowing dogs off leash in
Hubbard Park: To the people who want dogs leashed in Hubbard Park: we've been taking
our dog there for years and haven't witnessed trouble. Every dog we've seen is well behaved
and under control. Dogs should certainly be leashed in town and on streets, but they also
need to run and play. The virulence of the attacks on dogs and their owners is worse than any
attacks by the dogs themselves. Just for fun, here is a link to a video of our dog at "work" at
Botanica Florals. http://www.wcax.com/story/28104523/meet-the-dog-capturing-hearts-at-a-
montpelier-flower-shop.
Matt Swenson of East Montpelier posted against allowing dogs off leash, The City Council
has been completely ineffective in doing anything about this. Someone should start a class
action suit against the City for mismanaging the park. I no longer use the park or live in
Montpelier. When I used the park I was attacked by a dog completely unprovoked. With
the unreasonable cost of living in Montpelier due to high taxes and unnecessary fees, people
should not feel unsafe or threatened to use public areas dogs are also a major threat to the
ecology In the park. Common sense would say that just having a designated fenced area for
dogs to run free if they chose to eat each other that would be the owner's responsibility.
The current canine code of conduct in Hubbard Park welcomes dogs, allows them off leash,
but only if the owner can keep the dog under voice control at all times. Otherwise dogs must
be leashed. Owners are also responsible for preventing the dog from unwanted interaction
with others, having a current rabies vaccine and cleaning up dog waste.
The current code of conduct for North Branch River Park also welcomes dogs, but require
they be on a leash at all times. Their code also contains the other requirements as Hubbard
Park, such as preventing unwanted interaction and cleaning up dog waste.
A Dog Control Committee meeting concerning the new ordinance will be held at City Hall,
May 22, 3:30 p.m.
To view comments on dog control on the city website, visit: www.montpeliervt.org/
documentcenter/ view/1198.
The City of Montpelier vote on the Hubbard Park Leash Law is advisory only.
To view the warning in its entirety, go to the City Clerk's page at http://www.montpelier-vt.
org/162/City-Clerk.

Joann L., of Montpelier, walks her Labrador retrievers on College Street, undated.

School for Children with Autism Licensed

BARRE Washington County Mental Health Specialized Treatments and Reaching
Success Program has established the STARS School. STARS School will provide
full, onsite educational services to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or other
developmental delays. STARS, in collaboration with Washington Countys ChOICE
Academy, became licensed through the Vermont Board of Education March 21. The
school will provide services for students in grades 1 through 12 at 260 Beckley Hill Rd.
in Barre.
For more information, please contact Jasmine Boucher at JasmineB@wcmhs.org or
476-1480.
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Communications Workers Strike for Better Work

Opportunities with AT&T by Michael Bielawski

MONTPELIER The singing and dancing in the
street almost seemed like a celebration, but rather it was
a strike by about two dozen communications workers
employed by AT&T which was livening up Main Street
on Sunday afternoon.
Across 36 states and Washington D.C. over 35,000
AT&T workers decided to strike the weekend of May
2021. They are part of the Communications Workers of
America Union, which represents over 700,000 workers
within the communications industry.
The strikers claim they have yet to get a decent offer at
the negotiations table thus far.
They say that the company is sending too many of their
jobs, such as their work at call-centers, either overseas
to developing nations or to the lowest paying sections of the
country. And they believe the company is using too many
licensed dealers which are ultimately third parties who can
work for less pay and benefits than their union counterparts.
They are making it very difficult for people to hold onto
their jobs that pay well and have good benefits at places like
this store, said Josh Sausville, Chief Steward of Vermont for
the Communications of Workers of America Union.
The strike lasted three-days, it started at Friday 3 p.m. and
they got back to work Monday morning.
Weve been at the negotiating table since February, and
were just trying to bring it to the table so we can get a good
contract, said Sausville. They keep raising our health cost
contributions, and its just difficult for us to have money to
have middleclass lives for our families.
He said that he thinks the company has gotten the message.
Yeah, they have definitely taken notice and a bunch of stores
have had to close down because they didnt have enough scabs
to go around, he said.
Sausville said hes not part of the negotiations directly but
what I hear from the negotiators is that AT&T just doesnt
come to the table and want to negotiate with us.
Shadi Battah is an employee at the Montpelier location,
and was one of the leaders of the demonstration.
This is my day off actually, I am off today but I came
out here to show that I care about our future, he said.
Someone needs to do it. Unfortunately, people are in
there (the Montpelier AT&T store), this is the only store
that has scabs. But it is what it is.
Battah said the union members from his store that are
working during the strike could end up getting fined by
the union, but he doesnt think that is likely.
Yeah, the union could go against them if we want but
I dont think we are going to go as low as they went, he
said.
Sausville said if they dont see tangible progress made from
these efforts then they could see another strike in the future
which could last longer.
Yeah, I mean thats always a possibility, he said.
Marty Richter, an AT&T spokesman, said recently to the
New York Times that the strikes are baffling and he said
the communications workers are already getting paid around
double what average retail workers make in the nation, at
around $68,000 per year in salary and benefits.
Michael Bielawski is a freelance writer for The Bridge. He can
be reached at bielawski82@yahoo.com.

Caballero Back in Vermont Facing Second Degree Murder

Charge by Carla Occaso
BARRE Murder suspect Jayveon Caballero, 30, of Barre, was ordered to be held without bail May
22, according to Washington County State's Attorney Scott Williams. Proceedings were held at the
Vermont Superior Court Criminal Division in Barre.
Caballero was extradited back to Vermont over the weekend of May 20 to face charges of murder
stemming from the Jan. 22 homicide of Markus Austin, 33, in Montpelier, according to a joint
report issued by the Vermont State Police, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Montpelier Police
Department.
Caballero was arraigned on a charge of second-degree murder, which carries a maximum jail sentence
of 20 years to life without parole. He will appear again in court May 26 where it will be decided
whether the states evidence is strong enough for a continued hold without bail, Williams said. If it
is granted, bail will be set at $500,000.
Caballero was apprehended May 4 in Deltona, FLA, after months on the run following the shooting
death of Austin in the parking lot of Austins Montpelier apartment on Barre Street. Caballero
quickly fled the scene and the state causing a multi-agency law enforcement manhunt that
began January 22. The U.S. Marshal Florida/Caribbean Fugitive Task Force finally caught up with
Caballero at a relatives home. Also with him was his girlfriend, Desiree Cary, 22, of Barre.
Cary had been at the center of the incident, according to several witnesses who were with both
Caballero and Austin in the hours before the shooting, which followed an early morning brawl in the
parking lot at Gustos Bar in Barre at around closing time. Many people were involved in the melee.
Court records state that witnesses report Austin assaulted Cary, who sustained injuries severe enough
to merit medical attention. Caballero then became increasingly agitated before eventually showing
up at Austins parking lot to lie in wait.
I think law enforcement did a really nice job investigating this case. There is motive, means and
opportunity, and while no one has yet been asked to look at a photo lineup, we did have a witness,
Williams said. That witness saw the shooting, described a car very similar to the one owned by
Caballero and remembered two characters from Caballeros license plate.
In addition, Caballero has been ordered to provide DNA for testing. Investigators already collected
DNA from a cigarette, possibly smoked by Caballero just before the killing. I believe that DNA is
going to be a match to Mr. Caballero, Williams said.
Montpelier Police Department Chief Anthony Facos was at the arraignment along with Captain
J.P. Sinclair, Lieutenant Todd Baxter and Detective Sergeant Zach Zorn all of the Vermont State
Police. They all collaborated to lead an ongoing investigation following the incident.
Even though Caballero's extradition and arraignment could be seen as a victory for local law
enforcement, State's Attorney Williams said the overall situation gave him no pleasure. I am very
plugged into the community. I know Caballero. People who know him said he has to be held
accountable for whatever he did, but hes a good guy (even though) he has violent behavior in his
background. Caballero has a year-and-a-half-year-old child who wont see her father very often. The
situation was also a tragedy for Austins young son and girlfriend. Theres also the loss to Caballeros
mother.
There is no win here now, and it is such a stupid, stupid thing, said Williams.
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Students Win Awards For Decorating Totes
BARRE CITY The Central Vermont Solid Waste Management
District invited schools and community members to use their creative
ingenuity to repurpose unusable compost totes from the District
business organics program. The District asked student and community
artist participants to paint the totes with an Earth Day theme or upcycle
Photos by Rick McMahan
Barre City Elementary and Middle School, 3rd and 4th Grade, Kate Hawley,
Art Teacher
In our design, we as a class are coming together to celebrate recycling and loving the
earth! This year, we studied the artist, Keith Haring. We decided to design our tote
in his style since we were inspired by his great use of color and design. Haring, a pop
artist, liked to create public art and focus on social issues. We thought his style would
be a perfect fit for a recycling tote that the public would view while raising awareness
around consumer waste.
them into something that goes beyond the tote, like a chair or sculpture.
Award checks were presented at the Barre City Elementary and Middle
School on Thursday, May 11 for the artistic totes created by the art
classes at Barre City Elementary and Middle School and also at the
Williamstown Middle High School.
Barre City Elementary and Middle School, 7th and 8th Grade, Adrienne Feeser,
Art Teacher
Our tote design was inspired by Vincent Van Goghs Starry Night, in honor of the
beautiful earth we live on. We feel Van Goghs artwork helps people to understand
and recognize the beauty all around us, while reminding us how important it is to be
preserved for future generations. We feel it is our duty to help speak up and protect
the forests, water, plants and animals, and what better way than helping to promote
with a little help from an impressionist!
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Hunger Mt. Coop: Spike In Sr. Discounts Poses Quandary

Seeking Community Input by Carla Occaso

MONTPELIER In the past seven years, members 65 and over enrolling in the senior comments in the suggestion box near the co-ops exit. Or simply call Co-op General Manager
discount program have sharply driven up the Hunger Mountain Coop membership discount Kari Bradley at 262-3219.
program in a way that is upsetting the fiscal applecart. So co-op leadership is seeking a solution. Or you can attend a meeting. Contact the co-op at info@hungermountain.coop or 262-3202 to
This has a direct impact on our co-ops financial health, according to a report issued by find out more. Meeting schedule:
Hunger Mountain Coop May 26. A steering committee made up of members and staff Community Forum June 6, 5 6:30 p.m. Kellogg-Hubbard Library
is assisting the management team with their research. The committee launched a Co-op
Conversation series over the winter to get your ideas and opinions about how to address these Small Group Discussion June 7, noon 1 p.m. Co-op Community Room
concerns moving forward. Small Group Discussion June 15, 5 6 p.m. Co-op Community Room
There are four categories of people who get a 6 percent member discount: council member,
working members, Co-op Cares and senior discounts. While the first three have remained
stable, senior membership has rapidly shot up. This sudden unplanned spike is affecting the
overall bottom line of the communitys longstanding food cooperative.
According to an article published by The Bridge in February, From 2009 to 2016, the dollars
devoted to the co-ops membership discount programs have more than doubled from about
$100,000 in 2009 to $211,030 in 2016. And of particular note is this, the Senior Discount
category that was one-third of the total member discount program in 2009 has dramatically
increased to almost two-thirds or 65 percent of the total member discount dollars in 2016.
So, what to do? Stop the senior discount program? No. Hunger Mountain leadership has
reached out to the community to come up with a way to curtail further damage.
Based on the winters Co-op Conversations, researchers found out that many people would like
to increase access and affordability to co-op products for a wider segment of the community
in other words, give discounts based on need rather than age. They came up with several
options, but not a consensus on how to achieve this. But in any case, any change would be
phased in gradually.
Guiding principles are to stabilize the discount program to make it more predictable, modify
eligibility to slow the growth of senior discounts and increase the number of lower income
discounts and proceed in incremental steps.
The committee put together six recommendations. First, reduce the senior discount from 6
percent to 5 percent starting October 1 of this year. Second, maintain the senior discount
program for those current members and any members who turn 65 before July 1, 2018. Third,
expand the number of people eligible for Co-op Cares program. Fourth, offer anyone in
the senior discount program the option of opting out to increase the pool of money for low
income shoppers. Fifth, establish an annual percentage that member-owner discounts should
not exceed. And sixth, ask all member-owners if they will provide their birth date to Hunger
Mountain Coop.
The coop is seeking input from the community. If you are interested, you can sign up to be
interviewed at info@hungermountain.coop. Or take our survey in an upcoming eNewsletter,
in-store and online. In addition, you can send emails to info@hungermountain.coop or drop
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Caledonia Spirits Welcomed to Montpelier by Carla Occaso

MONTPELIER/HARDWICK Caledonia Spirits, of
Hardwick, got a warm welcome from City Council May
29 to move forward on a distillery expansion project in
Montpelier.
The company started in Hardwick in 2009 making 235 cases
of gin and vodka by distilling raw honey. They quickly grew,
won two international awards and now have the greenlight
to expand even more. They plan on setting up shop distilling
gin, vodka and whiskey in a proposed new 30,000-square-
foot facility on property at the foot of Sabins Pasture on
Barre Street in Montpelier.
During their recent meeting, council members unanimously
approved the necessary infrastructure expenses to allow for a
new state-of-the-art distillery to be located on Barre Street,
according to caledoniaspirits.com. The approval is the first
major move toward making this project achievable for us
and allows us to focus now on the purchase of said land and
plans for construction, which we hope to break ground on
in August.
The company is owned by Ryan Christiansen, who purchased
it from founder Todd Hardie in 2015. Hardie began his
professional life as a beekeeper, making and selling honey for
many years. In 2009 he started distilling the honey to Barr
Hill Gin and Barr Hill Vodka. The spirits caught on among
consumers and led Hardie to expand operations, bring on
workers, and even start selling to urban centers such as
Washington D.C. and New York City.
City Manager William Fraser announced in his May 21 City
Council meeting agenda memorandum that he has a draft
agreement between the city and Caledonia Spirits for their
proposed project on Barre Street. I am outlining the key
terms of the agreement, the underlying thought process and
the benefits/risks of the agreement.
Caledonia Spirits is aiming to increase production and also
to become a tourist attraction. Fraser writes in his memo that
the distillery would be on Barre Street, on a parcel currently
owned by the Aja/Zorzi family. The project would generate
about $72,000 per year in real and personal property tax, and
$17,000 to $22,000 a year in water/sewer revenues.
This new development would also bring jobs and vitality to
an underutilized section of the city and may spur additional
development in that area, including Sabins Pasture. Finally,
it would combat an outside perception that Montpelier
is not business-friendly. Actively welcoming Caledonia
Spirits would demonstrate that businesses can and will
invest in Montpelier and that the city is willing to be an
active partner. Challenges include soil issues, rail crossing
complications, the need to accommodate the citys bike
path, stormwater issues for both this project and the bike
path, sewer connections over two other properties, issues
with discharge into the citys sewer system based on quality
of effluent and a property owner who has insisted that bike
path easements, Sabins accommodations and this projects
considerations all be tied together.
The city officials have agreed to help out by contributing
toward upgrading the water/sewer infrastructure, which is
already in the master plan. Caledonia Spirits would pay
to relocate the water line to suit their needs as part of
construction plans, but the city would fund the rest of the
water line at a cost of around $21,700. City officials would
also provide a public road to the distillery at a cost of around
$50,000. That would involve building a rail crossing to
access Caledonia Spirits, which could possibly cost around
$250,000.
Caledonia Spirits would build their own sewer connection to
the existing system, but the agreement calls for a $40,000 city
contribution toward the cost expected to be recouped in
future revenue. In addition, the distillery would likely need a
sewage pretreatment plant that could cost around $100,000,
with an added $5,000 to fund a preliminary study.
Revenues should exceed costs, however, according to the
memo. A total expense to the city is estimated at $466,700,
compared with a total projected revenue of $536,000 within
10 years.
In weighing the pros and cons of the project, Fraser writes it
would be an economic success and could get work going on
the bike path. It could also attract more business. The rail
crossing and pretreatment facility come with unknown risks,
but overall, pushing the project through the process would
be in line with the City Councils desire to welcome business
and development.
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id=2&event_id=1121.

On the Road:
The Great Migration
by Larry Floersch

I
hate to fly in the face of science, what with it being
assaulted by the current administration to the point that
scientists have had to leave their labs and take to the
streets in protest, but Florida is not sinking because of global
warming and rising sea levels. Now I know what youre
thinking, But Lare, there are neighborhoods in
Miami that once were dry but now regularly flood
at high tide, and the city of Miami is raising highways
to get them above the high water mark! Well, Im here
to tell you that the problem is not caused by climate change and melting ice caps. The
problem is that there are just too many big cars down there in the winter. Its the combined
weight of all those Lincoln Towncars, Cadillac Escalades and Mercedes Benz S550s, not
to mention enormous fifth-wheel campers and motorhomes as big as the Goodyear Blimp,
that is causing Florida to sink below sea level.
I know this because I spent the winter in Florida and witnessed the congestion firsthand.
But it wasnt until I returned to Vermont several weeks ago that I was struck by the
immensity of the problem.
My joy at seeing the Welcome to Florida signs in my rear view mirror was tempered
by being part of a phenomenon that can only be called The Great Migration. This is
an event worthy of narration by Sir David Attenborough. It begins innocently enough in
February and March, with one or two winter-only inhabitants packing their big car and
pointing it north. But with the approach of April and May, and the soaring temperatures
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and humidity in the southern half of the Sunshine State, the numbers rapidly swell. By the
first of April there are huge herds of big cars moving slowly but deliberately north along the
great migratory pathways of Interstate 95 and Interstate 75, taking their occupants back to
ancestral feeding grounds for the summer months.
The big cars move north slowly because they have to. A tell-tale sign that you are part of
the migration is seeing a big car stuffed with possessions to the point that the rear window
is blocked. This makes lane-changing nearly impossible, since many of the drivers cannot
easily see over the dashboard or watch the side view mirrors because of their short stature.
To most observers, these cars appears driverless (Elon Musk may be making headlines with
his talk about driverless cars, but in fact driverless cars have been a feature of south Florida
roads and highways for decades. You often see dozens of them in late afternoon slowly
pulling into the parking lots of restaurants that feature early-bird all-you-can-eat buffets.)
So the big cars plod along at 65 miles per hour or less, maintaining their lanes, oblivious to
the annoyance they cause in local traffic and long-distance truckers, intent on making it to
the next rest stop so the occupants can stretch arthritic limbs and walk small fluffy dogs.
But at least the big cars move. They move, that is, until they reach the border for South
Carolina. The great migratory pathway along the East Coast has been wide up to this
point six or more lanes. But South Carolina has chosen to retain the pathways original
configuration of four lanes. It is at this point of compression that the big cars act like cattle
at a river ford. Everything comes to a stop until the ones at the front figure out what to do,
in this case merge rather than swim. But merging is difficult, because the rear windows
are stuffed full, rendering the rearview mirror worthless.
So the tentative stop-and-go traffic backs up five, six, even seven miles and lasts for hours.
This does not seem to phase most of the participants, because they are not in a hurry. Most
have reservations for the night at interstate oases just up the road.
I have never stayed at South of the Border, which is probably the largest of these interstate
oases, so I cannot speak to its comfort or quality or its position on illegal immigration. We
opted for a smaller and less garish oasis farther down the road, where we were fortunate
to score a reservation at a modest motel. This was a motel in the classic 1960s sense. The
rooms door opened directly onto a sidewalk and the parking lot, and you parked in front of
your room in a numbered slot. Everything was neat and clean, and everyone staying there
was old. The license tags on the cars reassured me that we had not deviated from the great
migratory pathway Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Maine, Ontario, Quebec, PEI and of course, one car from Vermont. And the
restaurant had a pretty decent early-bird all-you-can-eat buffet. As a plus, free breakfast
was included with the room.
North of the Carolinas and Kentucky the great pathways fan out so those making the
trek can reach their ancestral homes. It is there the occupants of the big cars will fatten
themselves on favorite family casseroles and reconnect with their offspring and the
offspring of their offspring, who because of work and school, are obligated to stay behind
to brave the winter. And it is there they will prepare their big cars to reverse the great
migration and return to their winter habitat when the first frost settles across the north.
So Florida officials should keep this great migration in mind and not rush into any radical
solutions to solve the flooding. I am convinced, lacking all those residents and their large
vehicles, the peninsula rises up a couple of feet above sea level in summer.
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Many Changes in Downtown Montpelier Continued from page 1

In my view, however, the Forum has given too much voice to critical stupidity. The incessant, demeaning
and controversial banter this winter about cats being kept indoors or out, and now, once again, the dog Loading up Coffee Corner booths
behavior in Hubbard Park, is beyond the pale. Come on pet owners, take responsibility and don't expect
others to love or tolerate your dog or cat. Control them and pick up the poop.
As we do each year, we lost a number of community members this winter. These days the difference for me
is that the persons lost to illness and death are closer in age to me, and often part of my circle. A big shock
was the unexpected death of Jed Guertin, a passionate water advocate whom I got to know working on the
citizens committee to save Berlin Ponds municipal water supply. Jeds obituary revealed aspects of his life
most residents did not know, such as that he and his wife Page once sold their house and sailed the seas
for five years. What life stories lurk behind the smiles or frowns on the faces of those we see each day on
our streets and sidewalks? What amazing accomplishments? What talents? What adventures? Who are we
really, behind what we show the world? For instance, Scott Skinner, local attorney and previous executive
director of the Vermont American Civil Liberties Union and then Vermont Public Interest Research Group,
has been a competitive discus thrower since his youth, and has won his division in the Vermont Senior
Games.
And here's something many people don't know about me. I was born in Japan to German parents, came
to the United States at age 7 and became an American citizen at age 18. I was recently pulled out of the
boarding line for a flight home at Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris as a questionable character. Another
white American was also singled out along with Indians and Asians, i.e., people of color. Toward the end of
my inquisition the facts of my non-native personal history came out as the basis for being pulled aside. The
government knows what we don't know about each other, and keeps us under the microscope in our daily
lives. This fact frightens me and makes me ever more thankful to call Vermont home.
There is no question that this year's physical hits are significant and have occurred within our local
community, as well as nationally, internationally and within each of us personally. These hits impact my
daily relationships and activities. I'm not sure I'll keep up this beat, but you have my word that I will
continue to try to make a positive impact while I remain in this community. I hope you will too.

Photo courtesy of Coffee Corner's Facebook page

Musicians who played regularly at Coffee Corner

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Trump Budget Proposals Would Cut Some
Education Programs
RANDOLPH CENTER In the days leading up to
May 23 release of the U.S. President Donald Trump
administrations proposed fiscal year 2018 U.S. budget
Amanda Chaulk, who is director of marketing and
communications at Vermont Technical College in Randolph
Center, talked by phone to The Bridge and worried aloud
about the fate of TRIO U.S. Department of Education
programs designed to help disadvantaged students.
Federal TRIO Program Helps College Students
TRIO refers to the three programs: Upward Bound, Talent
Search, and Student Support Service, which existed within
this reauthorization of The Higher Education Act, and was
designed to assist eligible students to begin and complete a
post-secondary education, according to www.sic.edu.
TRIO began with the passage of the federal Higher
Education Act of 1965 when three programs were put in
place to help disadvantaged students. Now, more than 50
years later, it has expanded into 13 programs.
Chaulk said that more than 1,000 students who qualify
as disadvantaged are getting help from programs right
now. She commended government investments in education
that can help offset social services outlays in the long run.
She noted also that college graduates have access to higher
salaries compared to others in the same age group who do
not attend college.
Chaulk pointed to a recent survey of the class of 2016 (with
an 83 percent response) that reported that 100 percent
of responding Vermont Technical College graduates have
either landed a job or are pursuing further education beyond
their degree.
Trump Explains Current US Budget Proposals
The Trump administration released its proposed fiscal year
2018 Budget on May 23. In his introduction to that U.S.
budget, the president wrote.
This budgets defining ambition is to unleash the dreams of
the American people. This requires laying a new foundation
for American greatness. Through streamlined government,
we will drive an economic boom that raises incomes
and expands job opportunities for all Americans. Faster
economic growth, coupled with fiscal restraint, will enable
us to fully fund our national priorities, balance our budget,
and start to pay down our national debt.
Among other priorities, the newly released U.S. budget
would add federal dollars for defense, border security,
law enforcement along with an ambitious trillion-plus-
dollar expenditure to rebuild the nations infrastructure. As
described in the proposed U.S. budget, that infrastructure
by Nat Frothingham
includes: surface transportation (roads, bridges, mass
transit) waterways, ports, drinking and waste water,
broadband and key Federal facilities.
And wrote the president, As this budget returns us to
economic prosperity, it will also allow us to fund additional
priorities, including infrastructure, student loan reform, and
initiatives to help working families such as paid parental
leave.
At the heart of the just-released U.S. budget is a Trump
administration commitment to control, often to cut, federal
spending. These words from the U.S. budget, express
that determination. To help correct this and reach our
budget goal in 10 years, the budget includes $3.6 trillion in
spending reductions over 10 years, the most ever proposed
by any President in a budget.
Spending reductions are to come from cuts to existing
programs and an administration promise to get rid of
unnecessary federal regulations.
Some of the cuts will come from repealing and replacing
Obamacare, reforming Medicaid and welfare and rolling
back federal regulations.
The proposed U.S. Budget takes aim at the overspending
of what used to be called the Food Stamp program, now
called SNAP (Supplemental Nutritious Assistance Program.
These words from Trumps budget message explain how the
nutrition program can be cut.
The budget proposes a series of reforms that closes eligibility
loopholes, targets benefits to the neediest households, and
requires able-bodied adults to work.
The president had this to say about education reform
in his proposed U.S. budget message. We need to return
decisions regarding education back to the state and local
levels, while advancing opportunities for parents and
students to choose, from all available options, the school
that best fits their needs to learn and succeed.
Negative Reactions Proposed Trump Cuts
But back to the U.S. Department of Education TRIO
program. According to a May 23 New York Times story,
this is how the proposed new budget would deal with the
program and a few other federal education programs. Mr.
Trump proposed deep cuts to educational programs that
often benefit low-income students, including Pell grants,
subsidized student loans, and the federal student assistance
programs, which provide outreach and services to first-
generation college students and people with disabilities.
Kate Hamilton, a staff person working in the office of
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Vermont Congressman Peter Welch provided specific
information about the cuts to the assistance program.
She said the proposed fiscal year 2018 (Trump
administration) budget would continue to fund but
cut these existing programs: Upward Bound, Talent
Search and Student Support Services. But the so-called
Educational Opportunity Centers across the county,
including an Educational Opportunity Center in Vermont
run by the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation would
be eliminated.
TRIO is funded at $808 million in the presidents fiscal year
2018 budget, and Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness
for Undergraduate Programs at $219 million. That is a
decrease from $950 million and $340 million, respectively,
from fiscal year 2017. The budget does not eliminate the
Upward Bound, Talent Search or Student Support Services
that are served under the programs, but funding for all of
TRIO is reduced.
Chancellor and VTC President React
Heres how Congressman Welch reacted to the overall
Trump budget proposals released on May 23:
The message to Americans in President Trumps budget is clear:
You are on your own. It doubles down on defense spending
while gutting numerous programs that Vermonters depend
on, including home heating assistance, Meals on Wheels and
student financial aid. And the savings from these draconian
cuts will pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. This
budget should be dead on arrival in Congress. I will do all I
can to defeat it.
Other highly placed state education leaders weighted in as
well.
Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor of Vermont State Colleges had
this reaction to the Trump administration proposed cuts.
"The President's budget would dramatically impact students
from low- and moderate-income families with severe cuts to
financial aid and student supports. At a time when our
economy and our communities require the full participation
of all, the federal government should be increasing access to
postsecondary opportunities, not closing doors,"
Vermont Technical College President, Patricia Moulton,
made this comment. "These cuts will undercut technical
education deeply at a time when technical skills and
education beyond high school are so desperately needed in
the workforce."
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Should School Boards or Government Control
Opinion Teachers Health Care?
L
ate on the night of May 18, the Legislature passed an
extraordinary budget. It made historic investments in
housing for working Vermonters. It made significant
investments to help Vermonters suffering in emergency rooms
from lack of mental health care, for Vermonters who want to work
but cant afford child care, for Vermonters who need an affordable
path to higher education. It made modest investments to grow
our economy, with particular attention to small businesses and
rural Vermont. It funded all of our ongoing obligations including
fighting opioids and continued support of an expanded judicial
system to help children and families caught in violence and drug
abuse.
Following a legislative session of honest dialogue and compromise
between parties with different points of view but all dedicated
to serving Vermont it was very discouraging to listen to an
address from the governor saying he would veto the budget. Why?
Opinion Sisterhood Lives
I
n 2015, the Green Mountain Film Festival screened a
documentary called Shes Beautiful When Shes Angry, advancement and help with the laundry. We worked to make
about the birth and growing pains of the modern womens
movement in the late sixties and early seventies. It released a
flood of memories.
During the 60s, I made my way through high school and college
and entered my teaching career, all with no awareness of gender
discrimination. Bound in my white middle-class cocoon, I
remained distant from the civil rights movement depicted on the
TV news, as well as from the early womens marches in Chicago
and San Francisco. All that seemed far away and unrelated to
me. I didnt yet see the connections among oppressed groups
everywhere. I wasnt angry yet.
My wake-up call came in 1971, when I encountered my first
copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves, the landmark womens health
manifesto by the Boston Womens Health Collective. In 1972,
Congress passed Title IX and Ms. magazine began publishing
regularly. In 1973, some friends and I invited others to a meeting
in Montpelier to discuss a few of the topics featured in Ms.
The response was so enthusiastic that we formed not one but
two womens consciousness-raising groups. We discovered we
by Rep. Mary Hooper
Given the investments the Legislature made, it would be fair to
assume that the budget raised taxes and fees or relied on gimmicks
to balance the budget and that of course the Republican
governor would veto a tax-and-spend proposal from a liberal
Legislature. But, the Legislature did not raise new taxes or fees;
it did not use one-time money to pay for ongoing expenses. It
does not shift state expenses to property taxes. It funds reserves.
It positions the state for expected revenue downgrades and federal
grant reductions. With a forecasted revenue growth in fiscal year
2018 of 3.7 percent, the budget the Legislature adopted only grew
1.3 percent. By making hard choices we managed to invest in
Vermont without asking Vermonters for more money.
Now we find ourselves thrust into a debate not even touched
upon during the legislative session. In the last days of the session
the governor proposed an idea which fundamentally changes
who makes decisions about the future of our schools. Cast as
by Judith Hinds
were not alone in our struggles for respect, decent pay, career
drives us anger that we now know we share with our brothers
friends with our own bodies, which hadnt measured up to the
cultural ideal. We learned to value each other and our sisterhood.
We made changes in our lives, hoping some of them would
have an impact beyond our own small world. Some of us
marched in demonstrations. All of us marched forward with new
understandings and aspirations. Some married; some divorced.
Some had babies; some had abortions. Some changed careers,
raising our visions of how far those careers could take us. We
rejoiced and grieved together. More than four decades later, some
of us remain friends.
Along the way weve seen progress, though nowhere near as much
as wed hoped. There was great excitement when Geraldine
Ferraro became the first female Vice Presidential candidate in
1984. Madeleine Kunins governorship of Vermont from 1985-
1991 felt like a great gift to all of us a hard-earned gift for
those who worked on her campaigns.
We are discouraged that there has been so little systemic change.
The gender wage gap persists. The U.S. has no Equal Rights
Amendment and no universal child care law. Single mothers
an attempt to save money, it is really about who controls school
funding. The governor proposed to move bargaining for health
care to the state level and to harvest those savings. Implicit
in this proposal is the notion that school boards cant, or wont,
make these savings and return them to taxpayers. At the heart of
this debate is whether locally elected school boards should make
decisions about how property taxes are spent or should state
government make those decisions?
I doubt that anyone who ran for elected office last year suggested
that there should be more state control over property taxes or over
our education system.
Can our education system be improved, or costs contained? Can
health insurance be better managed? Of course. But before we
fundamentally change one of the most important institutions in
our society we ought to take the time to carefully consider what
change means.
cant make ends meet. These are the roots of the anger that still
and sisters in every movement for social justice.
Having an African-American president obviously didnt end
racism. Having religious freedom guaranteed in our Constitution
hasnt ended religious persecution. Having a woman president
wouldnt end sexism. Nevertheless, I was amazed and gratified
last November to step into the booth and vote for a woman as
president, a woman as governor and a woman to represent my
town in the Vermont Legislature. When I emerged from the
polling place, I wanted a trumpet fanfare. Whether or not we
see a woman in the Oval Office in my lifetime, no one can take
away the day I got to mark those three Xs, all on the same ballot.
Sisterhood means we dont stop and we dont rest. We keep going
until the work is done.
Judith Hinds lives, writes and votes in East Montpelier.
Recommended resources: http://www.vox.
com/2017/4/2/15141324/how-american-women-gained-lost-
and-are-regaining-their-collective-voice and http://lwv.org/
content/league-women-voters-through-decades.
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Lost Nation Theater to Perform Sondheims
Into the Woods
MONTPELIER As the gate of summer swings open,
Lost Nation Theater will be presenting Stephen Sondheim's
Tony award-winning musical Into the Woods for three
weekends beginning on June 1 and running through June
18.
There will be a preview performance on June 1 and in
the spirit of Cinderellas ball a Masquerade Gala on
Friday, June 2.
Is there any of one of us, whether child or grown-up, who
has not wished, or wished upon a star? Most of us know by
heart or at least are familiar with the stories of Jack and the
Beanstalk, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood. And who
can forget Rapunzel, locked away in a high tower with her
long, long hair?
In a recent face-to-face meeting with Tim Tavcar, who
directs the show and is back at Lost Nation Theater for
his 20th season, he talked about Into the Woods and its
wishing theme.
Of the first act of Into the Woods, he said, It tends to be
light and frothy and fun. Everyone gets their wishes. The
first act ends with happily ever after, he said.
But you have to face the daunting consequences of your
wishes, he said. You have to be a custodian of your
wishes. And in the shows second act, the performers
wrestle with the consequences of what they wish for.
Again this summer, Tavcar will be working closely with
music director Lisa Jablow, who holds a doctorate in choral
conducting. Her credits include such performing venues as
the New York City Opera, Tanglewood and the Vermont
Contemporary Music Ensemble. Shes also the assistant
conductor for the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra.
by Nat Frothingham
The shows choreographer is Taryn Noelle, whose talents
were on full display in the 2016 Lost Nation production of
Hairspray.
It was the way that Lost Nation Theater audiences responded
to Hairspray last year that encouraged the theater to take
another big chance with a large-scale musical Into the
Wolf and Little Red: While on her way through the woods
to her grandmother's house - Little Red Riding Hood (Karli
Robertson), meets a charming wolf (G Richard Ames) who
distracts her from her path.) Courtesy of John Snell
Woods this summer. Clearly, audiences liked Hairspray
and they like musical theater that was last years very
strong audience message.
In a note from Producing Artistic Director Kathleen
Keenan, she described the impressive size of the production
effort with Into the Woods a cast of 20 performers,
a live musical ensemble of eight-plus instruments and a
production, directing, set, lighting and design team that
supports the show.
Tim Tavcar took the time to list the instruments in the live
musical ensemble. A violin, he said to begin with. Then,
Two French horns, a trumpet, reed players (clarinet, flute,
piccolo). Then he added, A bassoon.
I think thats eight, he said counting carefully. And of
course a piano that does all kinds of different sounds.
For Tavcar, his return to Lost Nation for his 20th directing
season is personally evocative. He remembers discovering
Montpelier and its wonderfully diverse artistic scene in
October 1995. There was a foreign film at The Savoy. The
well-known pianist, teacher and musical interpreter Dalton
Baldwin was leading an Art Song Festival. Lost Nation
Theater was doing Ibsens A Dolls House. And there were
all these great little restaurants, he said.
Tavcar dropped off his resume at the Lost Nation box
office. In due course, Lost Nation phoned him. That was
the beginning. I got to do other things at Monteverdi, The
Wood, I wrote for The Bridge. But back to Lost Nation,
This is the 20th year, he said.
I will also have my 70th birthday during the run of the
show, on June 11, he added, as an aside.
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C a l e n d a r o f E ve n t s
Community Events
Events happening
June 1 to June 17
THURSDAY, JUNE 1
How to Succeed at Being Healthy & Fit.
Whats your number one reason why people fail
in their health and fitness goals? How can you
avoid the trap and have the fitness you desire?
Come find out. Wear comfortable clothing that
allows movement. 67 p.m. Hunger Mountain
Co-op community room, Montpelier. Free.
RSVP: info@hungermountain.coop
FRIDAY, JUNE 2
Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special
Olympic. The torch will start at Spaulding High
School at 8:30 a.m. Runners are from all area
police depts. within Washington County, as well
as JROTC students and local Special Olympic
participants. They will run with the torch from
Barre to the state capitol at by about 10 a.m. The
towrch will then continue to the Middlesex line
and for a hand off to troopers who will run it to
the end of the county line. Law enforcement,
public service personnel and Special Olympics
Vermont athletes will join forces to escort the
Flame of Hope from the four corners of the
state to the University of Vermont. Over three
days, runners from more than 50 departments
will cover hundreds of miles of Vermont roads
building awareness about Special Olympics.
Death Caf. Discussions of events past, present
and future. All are welcome and discussions are
confidential. 11:45 a.m.1 p.m. Twin Valley
Senior Center, Rt. 2, East Montpelier. 223-
3322. twinvalleyseniors@myfairpoint.net
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
Hike Stowe with the Green Mountain Club.
Moderate. 3.2 miles. From the Lake Mansfield
Trout Club, we take the Lake Mansfield Trail to
Nebraska Notch and Taylor Lodge on the Long
Trail, then return by the same route. Optional
additional 1 mile loop through the top of the
notch on the Clara Bow Trail, which is beautiful
but rugged. Spring wildflowers should still be
blooming. Meet at Montpelier High School at 8
a.m. Contact Leader: John Page, Jpage@zclpc.
com or 793-3857.
Snap Slayerz Pancake Breakfast. Enjoy a
healthy breakfast of protein pancakes, fruit and
more. The Snap Slayerz is the team from Snap
Fitness in Berlin participating in the Dragon
Boat Festival in August. All donations support
cancer survivors in our area. 811 a.m. Snap
Fitness, 1400 US-302, Berlin. 476-0460.
Central Vermont Humane Societys 2017
Walk for Animals. Join us for a fun filled,
family-friendly, dog-friendly fundraiser. You
can help CVHS reach the $70,000 fundraising
goal. Games, contests, free refreshments, awards
for the top fundraisers and an easy 2 mile walk
For more event listings and event details visit montpelierbridge.com
Tell them you saw it in
The Bridge!
through beautiful downtown Montpelier. 9
a.m.noon. Montpelier High School, 5 High
School Dr., Montpelier. 476-3811 ext. 110
Adamant Blackfly Festival. Parade, pie contest,
writers slam, live music, great food. Families
welcome. Rain or shine. 9 a.m.4 p.m. Adamant
Co-op, 1313 Haggett Rd, Adamant. http://
www.blackflyfestival.org. adamantcoop@gmail.
com. 223-5760
Central Vermont's UVM Extension Master
Gardeners Annual Plant Sale. All plants are
grown in Vermont, so no worry about them
thriving in your own garden. 9 a.m.noon.
North Branch Nature Center, 713 Elm St.,
Montpelier. 498-4674. maryevslin@gmail.com
3rd annual Caws for Paws Pet Expo. Vendors
include pet food, training, behavior, services,
grooming and more. All types of businesses and
non-profits are featured. 10 a.m.3 p.m. Barre
Auditorium, 25 Auditorium Hill, Barre. Free.
https://www.facebook.com/CAWS4PAWSVT/
Beer, Brats and Bluegrass. Bratwurst, beer
from Good Measure Brewing Company, local
black bean burgers, and homemade baked
goods for sale. Live music by Cold Country
Bluegrass, a, kids craft tent, and face painting.
37 p.m. Blackbear Biodiesel, Rt. 2, Plainfield.
Free. www.facebook.com/beerbratsblugrass/ All
proceeds support River Rock Schools Outdoor
Education program.
SUNDAY, JUNE 4
Community Song Circle. All ages are welcome
and no musical experience is necessary just a
love of group singing! Well be using the popular
songbooks Rise Up Singing and Rise Again.
Copies available. 68 p.m. Center for Arts and
Learning, 46 Barre St., Montpelier. 595-5252.
gsfrombucks@gmail.com
MONDAY, JUNE 5
Teaching Math Outdoors. With Juliet
Robertson author of Dirty Teaching: A
Beginners Guide to Learning Outdoors.
8:30 a.m.3 p.m. North Branch Nature
Center, 713 Elm St, Montpelier. Sliding
scale fee. Registration required. 229-6206.
Northbranchnaturecenter.org
U-32 Seniors Offering a Day of Volunteer
Service. Do you need help planting your
garden? Painting your house? Moving firewood?
The U-32 High School Student Council
is planning a day of community outreach:
a chance for seniors at U-32 to give back
to the community that has helped support
them so much over the years. 10 a.m.2 p.m.
Seeking projects for small or large crews in
the Middlesex, Worcester, East Montpelier,
Berlin and Calais communities. Preference
will be given to senior citizens and people with
disabilities. For more information or to suggest
a project, visit sites.google.com/wcsu32.org/
scop and fill out our project request form. If you
are unable to complete the online form, leave a
message with your information (email, phone,
name, project, location) at 229-0321 ext. 5991.
Performing Arts THEATER, DANCE,
STORYTELLING, COMEDY
May 1921: Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio Performances. 43rd annual performances. May
19 and 20, 7 p.m.; May 21, 1 p.m. Barre Opera House, 6 N. Main St., Barre. Tickets available online
at www.Tututix.com through May 19 for $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and children. Tickets will
June 118: Lost Nation Theater presents "Into the Woods." A timeless and rare modern
musical classic bringing together everyones favorite storybook characters for laughter, poignancy
and enchantment. Thurs.Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 2 p.m. Lost Nation Theater, 39 Main St.,
Montpelier. $1535; discounts for seniors and students. 229-0492. www.lostnationtheater.org
June 24: Mary Poppins. Presented by The Stowe & Mad River Dance Academy. June 2 and 3, 6
p.m.; June 4, 1 p.m. Johnson State College, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson. Adults $20; youth
under 18 $16. 253-5151. maria@stowedance.com
June 34: Moving Light Dance Presents "Peter Pan." J.M. Barries story of the wild and beloved
Peter Pan and of the Darling childrens adventures in Neverland. June 3, 7 p.m.; June 4, 2 p.m. Barre
Opera House, 6 N. Main St., Barre. Adults $20; children $15. 476-8188. Barreoperahouse.org
June 3: FEMCOM. All-female standup comedy. 8:30 p.m. Espresso Bueno, 248 N. Main St., Barre.
Free; by donation. 479-0896.events@espressobueno.com. espressobueno.com.
June 17: The Parkinsons Performance Troupe. Rob Mermins pantomime class for people with
Parkinsons and other movement disorders, held weekly at the Montpelier Senior Activities Center, will
perform comedy skits and lyrical scenes around the issues people with Parkinsons face daily. All the
performers have been living with Parkinsons. Mermin performs in and directs the show. Discussion
afterwards. 67 p.m. Unadilla Theater, E. Calais. Free. robmermin@gmail.com. 922-1339.
June 17: Extempo. Locals tell short-format, first-person, true stories live on stage without any notes or
reading. Cookout before, bonfire after. 810 p.m. The Blue Barn, 117 W County Rd., Calais. $5. 223-
0184. storytelling@extempovt.com. extempovt.com
Author Peter Shapiro tells the story and discusses
TUESDAY, JUNE 6 its implications for todays immigration issues,
White River Valley Career & Job Fair. Meet women and the future of labor unions. 7 p.m.
with local employers, educational and training
Maple Corner Community Center, Calais.
providers and local resource providers all in one
Howard Norman Reading: My Darling
convenient place. 11:30 a.m.4 p.m.; high school
Detective. National Book Award finalist
students only 1011:30 a.m. Vermont Technical
Howard Norman will read from his latest novel,
Center, Judd Hall, Randolph. www.racdc.com/
a witty, engrossing homage to noir. Q & A
event/white-river-job-fair or Linda Anderson
and booksigning to follow. 78:30 p.m. Bear
at Capstone Community Action: 728-9506,
Pond Books, 77 Main St., Montpelier. info@
landerson@capstonevt.org.
bearpondbooks.com 802-229-0774, www.
Co-op Conversation Community Forum. bearpondbooks.com
We asked for feedback on our member-owner
discount program and what changes if any,
youd like to see. Now we would like to share a WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7
draft recommendation based on the input that Bike Ride with Green Mountain Club. Orange
was gathered. 56:30 p.m. Kellogg-Hubbard to Plainfield. Moderately difficult. About
Library, East Montpelier Room, 135 Main St., 20 miles. Reservoir Rd. to East Hill Rd. to
Montpelier. info@hungermountian.coop Cameron Rd. to Plainfield. Lunch at Positive
Pie. Return via Brook Rd. and Reservoir Rd.
Gifford Palliative and Hospice Care Hosts
Leave at 10 a.m.. at the Orange Recreation Area
Being Mortal Film. Being Mortal, is
just up Reservoir Rd. from Rte. 302. Contact
a PBS Frontline documentary based on the
Leader: George Plumb, 883-2313 or plumb.
2014 bestselling book by Boston Surgeon Atul
george@gmail.com
Gawande. Discussion follows film. 68 p.m.
Chandler Center for the Arts, Upper Room, Grief & Bereavement Support Group. Open to
Main St., Randolph. Free. anyone who has experienced the death of a loved
one. 1011:30 a.m. CVHHH, 600 Granger Rd.,
Vermont's Environment and the Trump
Barre. 223-1878
Administration: What's Coming and What
Can We Do About it? A forum with state and Co-op Conversation Small Group Discussion.
federal policy experts answering questions about We asked for feedback on our member-owner
the Trump environmental agenda. 79 p..m discount program and what changes if any,
Unitarian Church, 130 Main St., Montpelier. youd like to see. Now we would like to share a
sa@susanabbott.com or robb.kidd@sierraclub. draft recommendation based on the input that
org was gathered. Noon1 p.m. Hunger Mountain
Co-op, Co-op Community Room, Montpelier.
Author Night: "Song of the Stubborn
info@hungermountain.coop
One Thousand." The story of the successful
Watsonville, Calif. canning strike by one Herbs and Food to support Hypo-
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Live Music
VENUES
Bagitos. 28 Main St., Montpelier. Open mic every
Wed. Other shows T.B.A. bagitos.com.
Charlie Os World Famous. 70 Main St.
Montpelier. Free. 223-6820.
Every Tues.: Karaoke, 9 p.m1 a.m
Espresso Bueno. 248 N. Main St., Barre. 479-0896.
Free/by donation unless otherwise noted. events@
espressobueno.com.
June 2: My Mothers Moustache (eclectic folk) 8
p.m.
June 3: Stefani Capizzi (folk/blues/country) 7:30
p.m.
June 10: Jazzyaoke (live jazz karaoke) 7:30 p.m., $5.
June 16: James Secor (alt folk) 7:30 p.m.; Hillary &
Andy Leicher (acoustic blues) 8:30 p.m.
Sweet Melissas. 4 Langdon St., Montpelier. Free/
by donation unless otherwise noted. https://www.
facebook.com/sweetmelissasvt/.
Whammy Bar. 7 p.m.; Fri. and Sat., 7:30 p.m. 31
County Rd., Calais. Thurs., Free. whammybar1.com.
Every Wed.: Open Mic
June 1: Dave Keller
June 2: Kris Gruen
June 3: Mark Legrand and the Cadilac Twins (D.
Davis and Steve Goldman)
with food and herbs to help boost your energy
and find more balance when meds dont measure
up. 67 p.m. Hunger Mountain Co-op,
Montpelier. $5 members; $7 non-members.
RSVP: info@hungermountain.coop
Art Inspired by the Archives: Vermont State
Hospital. Hear the story of how archival records
and patients stories inspired the Waterbury
Office Complex mural. 68 p.m. Vermont State
Archives. 1078 US Rt. 2, Middlesex. Free. http://
tinyurl.com/l2jab3t. 828-2308
You Are a Soul Song. With Donna Dia Lowre
a workshop for women. Lowre helps women
find their authentic selves, discover/rediscover
passions and live in joy. 7 p.m. Kellogg-Hubbard
Library, 135 Main St., Montpelier. 223-3338.
Kellogghubbard.org
FRIDAY, JUNE 9
Guided Partner Thai Yoga Bodywork. When
we bestow kindness on others, we actually receive
it ourselves. Come with a friend & relax your
nervous system through grounded, healing touch.
67 p.m. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier.
$8 members; $10 non-members. RSVP: info@
hungermountain.coop
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
Space Jam! Kids Fest 2017. With local
entertainment, restaurants, food suppliers
and vendors. Rain or shine. 9 a.m.1 p.m.
Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury.
Waterburykidsfest@gmail.com. 279-4892. www.
facebook.com/waterburykidsfestvermont/
Vermont LGBTQIA Solidarity March on
Montpelier. For LGBTQIA Vermonters, friends
and allies. This year, because of the frightening
and regressive assault on human rights in this
country, the LGBTQIA community is doing
something different during Pride Week. Rain
or shine. Meet at Dept. of Labor parking lot (5
Green Mountain Dr.) 10 a.m.; march begins
Calendar of Events
June 8: Myra Flynn
June 9: Big Hat No Cattle
June 10: Lewis Franco and the Brown Eyed Girls
June 16: Jess Novak
June 17: The Parakeets
SPECIAL EVENTS
June 1: Rock City in Concert! Barres one and
only Rock & Soul chorus with 35+ singers and one
rocking band! Our mission is to serve the residents
of Barre and Central Vermont through music by
giving back to our community through our benefit
concerts. The group will present an evening of
songs from the sixties through the aughts, in four
part harmony, with a great band. 7:30 p.m. Barre
Elks Lodge, 10 Jefferson Street, Barre. $10.
June 24: Scrag Mountain Music: Scenes
from a Novel. Featuring music from Hungary
highlighting the cimbalom, an Eastern-European
hammered dulcimer. Mystical short texts by
Rimma Dalos and Lorine Niedecker on love
and relationships are set by Gyrgy Kurtg
and Harrison Birtwistle, and more. www.
scragmountainmusic.org.
June 2: 7:30 p.m. Green Mountain Girls Farm,
Northfield (farm supper, 5:30 p.m.)
June 3: 7:30 p.m. Unitarian Church, 130 Main
St., Montpelier
June 4: 4 p.m. Warren United Church, Warren
June 4: Phil Ochs Song Night. Sonny Ochs,
Phils sister, has gathered a group of four superb
10:30 a.m.; rally on Statehouse steps 11 a.m.
12:30 p.m.; Town Hall Q&A and speak out
12:452 p.m.; dance on Statehouse lawn 23:30
p.m. All are welcome.
Rhythm of the Rein Reunion. All alumni riders,
volunteers and anyone interested in seeing what
Rhythm of the Rein is about are invited. 10
a.m.4 p.m. Water Tower Farm, Marshfield.
RSVP: rhythmoftherein@aol.com or 426-3781.
EarthWalk Village Workshop Series: Wild
Edibles. Join mentor Yard Salei and learn how
to find, identify, harvest and cook wild edibles
in our area. For ages 6+. 14 p.m. Goddard
College Campus, Plainfield. $25; accompanied
child $10. Pre-registration required: www.
earthwalkvermont.org. 454-8500. info@
earthwalkvermont.org
Montpelier Senior Activity Center 50th
Anniversary Gala & Senior Prom. An evening
of music, dancing, food and fun, with a 60s
theme. Join us at 5 p.m. for appetizers and dinner
and a special program to celebrate our 50th
Anniversary. Tickets including dinner are $50.
Or, join us after dinner for a dessert buffet and
dancing to music by DJ Fred Wilbur. Tickets for
dessert and dancing only are $20. All will enjoy
a cash bar, fun photo booth, silent auction and
wonderful 60s themed decorations. ALL ARE
WELCOME! Come as you are, or as formal as
your wish. Capitol Plaza Hotel, 100 State St.,
Montpelier. Tickets: msac50.bpt.me
Brookfield Old Town Hall Community Pot
Luck Dinner. Music by Bear Mountain Jammers
and the Arts Bus with activities for children.
Kicks off community events at the Brookfield
Old Town Hall. 6 p.m. 32 Stone Rd., Brookfield.
Free.
MONDAY, JUNE 12
Walking and Running Efficiently and Injury
Free! For beginner and experienced walkers or
runners who want to improve their technique
so they can practice for a lifetime! 67:30 p.m.
musicians for this version of the Song Night.
From Brother Sun theres Greg Greenway and Pat
Wictor, plus Tom Prasada-Rao and Reggie Harris.
Local favorite, Paul Miller will be a special guest.
Timeless and timely music of 60s resistance, and
activism, poetry and humora reminder of the
power of words and music in unsettled times. 7
p.m. Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier.
by donation (suggested $15-20). 454-7334
June 68, 10, 11: Sitar Concerts with Deobrat
Mishra. Deobrat Mishra is a celebrated Indian
sitar artist and composer, an exponent of the
esteemed Benares Gharana school of Hindustani
classical music and son of Pandit Shivnath Mishra,
a legend of Sitar from this Gharana. Proceeds will
benefit the Benares Academy of Indian Classical
Music, and the DAYA foundation prison yoga
programs. deobratmishra.com.
June 6: 7 p.m. Lotus Mountain Inn, Bolton.
$22
June 7: 7 p.m. All Souls Interfaith Gathering,
Shelburne. $22
June 8: 7 p.m. Plainfield Opera House,
Plainfield. $23; seniors $20. patlambdin@
yahoo.com
June 10: 7 p.m. Golden Well Farm & Apiaries,
New Haven. $35(Farm to table Indian meal
and concert)
June 11: 3 p.m. River Arts Center, Morrisville.
$22
June 8: Arlo Guthrie and Peter Yarrow. A
benefit for the award-winning Vermont-made film,
Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier. Free.
RSVP: info@hungermountain.coop
Grief & Bereavement Support Group. Open to
anyone who has experienced the death of a loved
one. 67:30 p.m. CVHHH, 600 Granger Rd.,
Barre. 223-1878
TUESDAY, JUNE 13
Bike Ride with Green Mountain Club. Easy.
About 13 miles, Montpelier to Adamant. Meet
at Morse Farm, travel on County Road to Bliss
Pond Rd. to Adamant Rd. to Center Rd. to Bliss
Rd. and return to County Rd. Leave from Morse
Farm at 10 a.m. Contact Leader: George Plumb
at 883-2313 or plumb.george@gmail.com
Boost Sales with Low-Cost Marketing.
Learn short-term strategies to quickly attract
new customers and permanent solutions to
resolve cash flow problems for good. 5:307
p.m. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier.
$5 members; $7 non-members. RSVP: info@
hungermountain.coop
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
Open House at 153 Elm St. Celebrate our
two-year anniversary! Meet the practitioners,
win raffle prizes. 47 p.m. 153 Elm St, Ste., 1,
Montpelier. Hannah Rohloff, Tessera Therapeutic
Massage: www.tesseramassage.com, 617-447-
3038, hannah.rohloff@gmail.com
Healthcare Movie and Discussion with Betty
Keller. The Healthcare Movie followed by
a discussion with Betty Keller, MD with the
Vermont Physicians For A National Health Plan.
7 p.m. Jaquith Public Library, 122 School St. RM
2, Marshfield. 426-3581
Invasive Species and Permaculture. calendar@montpelierbridge.com.
Emily Markstein and Becca Harris discuss
various terrestrial invasive plant species found
throughout Vermont. 78 p.m. Kellogg-Hubbard
Library, 135 Main St., Montpelier. 223-3338.
Kellogghubbard.org
The Resurrection of Victor Jara. The filmmaker
will show a trailer for the movie between sets. 7:30
p.m. Barre Opera House, 6 N. Main St., Barre.
$60; seniors $49.99; ages 18 and under $25; ages
12 and under $10. 476-8188. barreoperahouse.org
June 10: A Tribute to Hank Williams by Girls,
Guns and Glory. The four-time Boston Music
Award winners offer a tribute to the most
influential country singer-songwriter of all time.
Mark LeGrand opens. 7:30 p.m. Barre Opera
House, 6 N. Main St., Barre. $26. 476-8188.
barreoperahouse.org
June 11: Spring Student Recital. Come hear
Monteverdi Music School students share their
accomplishments Performances include piano,
voice, cello, clarinet and more. 3 p.m. Unitarian
Church, 130 Main St., Montpelier. Free; open to
the public.
June 11: Return of Spring and Summer:
Indonesian and American Music for Javanese
Gamelan. Javanese Gamelan is a group or
orchestra of about 30 instruments ranging
from huge gongs to tiny flutes with lots of
xylophone and kettle type instruments in between.
4 p.m. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House,
Rt. 2, Plainfield. $15; seniors $10; students $5.
Catamountix.org
June 16: John Lackard Blues Band. 9 p.m.
Moogs Place, 97 Portland St., Morrisville. No
cover.
THURSDAY, JUNE 15
Early Vermont Lighting History and
Technology. Professor Frederick Wiseman shares
slides, stories and historic examples of almost
forgotten Vermont lighting systems. Noon1:30
p.m. Vermont History Museum, 109 State St.,
Montpelier. Free. vermonthistory.org. 479-8500
Co-op Conversation Small Group Discussion.
We asked for feedback on our member-owner
discount program and what changes if any, youd
like to see. Now we would like to share a draft
recommendation based on the input that was
gathered. 56 p.m. Hunger Mountain Co-op,
Co-op Community Room, Montpelier. info@
hungermountain.coop
FRIDAY, JUNE 16
Living in the Kingdom of Heaven Right Here
and Now. Heaven is within us, and not a place
in the future. Speaker is Jose de Dios Mata,
CSB, Elsah IL and Badajoz, Spain. 78 p.m.;
complimentary supper 6 p.m. Christ Church, 64
State St., Montpelier. Free.
SATURDAY, JUNE 17
Modern Day Bodhisattva Seminar. June 1819.
Discover compassion and insight in everyday life
with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Pema Osel,
Vershire. For more info. and to register: 333-
4521. http://www.mangalashribhuti.org/modern-
day-bodhisattva-seminar
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Visual Arts
EXHIBITS
Through June 2: Spring Four-Ward. Watercolors
by four award-winning members of the Vermont
Watercolor Society: Lisa Forster Beach, Annelein
Beukenkamp, Gary C. Eckhart and Robert
OBrien. The Gallery at Central Vermont Medical
Center, 130 Fisher Rd., Berlin.
Through June 3: Artists as Witness. Presented by
Dragon Dance Theatre and ARA. 22 watercolour
images from the Straits of Mytilini, the refugee
crisis and the effects of war on population
movements. City Center, 89 Main St., Montpelier
Through June 10: The Front presents SHOW 17.
SHOW 17 is part of Vermont Arts 2017, a project
of the Vermont Arts Council. Featuring the latest
works of the collective gallerys Vermont-based
contemporary artists. 6 Barre St., Montpelier.
http://www.vermontartscouncil.org/explore-
vermont-arts/vermont-arts-2017
Through June 16: Harriet Wood. Solo show of
paintings and sculpture. Goddard College Art
Gallery. Pratt Center, Plainfield. 802-322-1604.
Through June 30: From Nature to Abstract:
Works by Maria Anghelache. Anghelache
blends abstract objects and form directly from her
observation of the natural world. The Vermont
Supreme Court Gallery, State St., Montpelier.
Through June 30: Jo MacKenzie, Moments.
Watercolor paintings on paper bring the bright,
airy, fresh light of spring and summer. The
Governors Gallery, Pavilion Building, 109 State
St., 5th fl., Montpelier. Photo ID required for
admission.
Through June 30: Los Colores de Oaxaca.
Photographs by John Douglas (Flying Squirrel
Graphics) of Vershire. Chelsea Public Library, 296
VT-110, Chelsea.685-2188.
Through June 30: Vermont Professional
Photographers Association Member Exhibit.
The members are dedicated to the promotion
of their profession, through the education and
enrichment on current practices in the field of
professional photography. Opening reception:
June 1. T.W. Wood Gallery, Barre St., Montpelier.
262-6035. twwoodgallery@gmail.com. www.
twwoodgallery.org
Through June 30: DJ Barry, The Leftovers.
Stencil and spray paint designs. Kellogg-Hubbard
Library, Karen Kitzmiller and non-fiction
rooms, 135 Main St., Montpelier. 223-3338.
Kellogghubbard.org. Washington St., Barre.
June 6June 30: 86th annual Northern
Vermont Artists June Juried Show. Opening
reception: June 4, 35 p.m. Visions of Vermont
Gallery, 94 Main St., Jeffersonville. The art
exhibition in the Sugar House is free and the art-
loving public is invited. Open daily except Mon.,
11 a.m.5 p.m. 644-8183.
Through July 7: A Change in the Weather. Joint
exhibit of photographs of the Alaska Arctic by
Adelaide Murphy Tyrol and Richard Murphy.
TW Wood Gallery and Museum, 46 Barre St.,
Montpelier. 262-6035 twwoodgallery@gmail.
com. www.twwoodgallery.org
June 6July 8: Studio Place Arts. Three new
shows on three floors. Opening reception: June
8, 5:307:30 p.m. 201 N. Main St., Barre. 479-
7069. studioplacearts.com
Main Floor: Art Works. Art that invites viewers
to engage and interact with the work, including
kinetic sculptural works.
Second Floor: ArtCade. Artist created versions
of PinBox 3000 presented by the Cardboard
Teck Instantute.
Third Floor: Color and Movement. Painted
assemblages and a light installation by Chris
Jeffrey
June 4July 14: The Paletteers of Vermont.
Retrospective art show. Potluck: June 6, 5:307
p.m. Aldrich Public Library, Milne Room, 6
Through July 31: From Generation to
Generation We Are Here! The Jewish
Community of Greater Stowe (JCOGS) Holocaust
memorial exhibit. The exhibit highlights a very
special collection of photos, narratives and
documents belonging to JCOGS members or their
families. JCOGS, 1189 Cape Cod Rd., Stowe.
253-1800.
Through Aug. 15: Summer in Abruzzo. Works
by Jeneane Lunn & James Lund. Pastel paintings,
pastel pencils and watercolors. On display at the
Morse Block Deli, 260 N. Main St., Barre
SPECIAL EVENTS
June 2: New York City from 1964 the
present. Art photography of jazz musicians
captured with emotion and intimacy by Vermont
artist, Dee of Creative Music Photography.
Includes artist reception, Dees narrated slide show
telling some stories of the humanity of her subjects,
live acoustic jazz music, gourmet snacks, a surprise
CD grab bag, and a silent auction. 58 p.m. New
City Gallery, 132 Church St., Burlington.
June 14: The Colorful BBQ. Sit down to a delicious
meal, surrounded by beautiful artwork. Its a
combined first peek at the 6th annual Green
Mountain Watercolor Exhibition and at Lareau
Farms newly renovated Red Barn Galleries.
Exhibition wont be open to the public until
several days later. A Valley Arts fundraiser. Tickets:
valleyartsvt.com
Send your event listing to
calendar@montpelierbridge.com.
Deadline for print in the
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A Pop-Up Picture Show in Burlington on June 2
You Can Hear Music in These Pictures by Nat Frothingham

PLAINFIELD Dee Kalea of Creative Music Photography, Plainfield, will present a one- When I turned 12, Kalea wrote, my aunt gave me my first camera, thus beginning my
day, pop-up exhibit of her Jazz, Latin and Brazilian photographs of current and past musical life-long career of documenting musicians at work.
performing greats on Friday, June 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the New City Galerie at 132 Church Kaleas exhibition at the New City Galerie on June 2 will show her talent in capturing many
Street in downtown Burlington just across from City Hall. of the past and some of the still-present musical greats with their instruments singing with
Kaleas exhibit will include original silver prints autographed by the likes of Count Basie, full heart and voice, giving themselves with full percussive energy to a drum set solo, playing
Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Sarah Vaughan and Horace Silver. As part of the event there the piano, filling a saxophone with lifes breath and passion.
will be a narrated slide show, live music, gourmet treats and what Kalea describes as a grand When Im photographing musicians, I feel Im channeling their emotions, Kalea said
silent auction. during an interview with The Bridge.
Kalea has been photographing Jazz, Latin and Brazilian musical performing greats since But its not a one-way street, or as Kalea remarked, The musicians have consistently told me
1964 and the June 2 event is being held in conjunction with South Burlingtons First Friday they can hear their music in my photographs.
Art Hop and with the opening of this years (June 211) Discover Jazz Festival.
Kalea is now pursuing a project of great personal and public importance: She has been
Kalea has written a thumbnail sketch of what it was like to grow up in New York City as invited to donate her extensive photographic collection for placement in the permanent
part of a jazz-connected family. collections of the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress.
Her mother and sister, she wrote, broke She also wants to share her photographs
ground as the first women working with students at (university-level) jazz
professionally and full-time in New studies programs across the country.
Yorks music business. They started out
as secretaries, she continued. But that But in order to do this, she needs to raise
changed. My mother was Ray Charles $10,000 to print and frame her images up
personal assistant, helping to initiate his to a rigorous archival standard.
Tangerine Records. My aunt worked To achieve this goal, Kalea has created an
alongside Quincy Jones (in artists and Indiegogo crowd funding campaign at this
repertoire). The Village Vanguard was my online address: : https://www.indiegogo.
earliest baby-sitter, as both women also com/projects/preserving-historic-jazz-
helped with booking there, as well as the images-photography-educational#/
original Five Spot Caf and The Village
For Kalea, its been a pretty amazing trip
Gate.
from her Manhattan family home with
With jazz connections like these, its little Thelonious Monk on the piano at three
wonder that as a child Kaleas family home a.m. and a chance to place her photo
was essentially an extension of the New collection at the Smithsonian Institution
York jazz club scene with saxophonist and the Library of Congress. But then
and jazz innovator Ornette Coleman again, the jazz greats that inhabit her
as a stepfather. Then Kalea had vivid photographs have both told her and never
memories of Thelonious Monk who stopped telling her: Kalea, I can hear my
often woke me up playing a tune on my music in your pictures.
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Weekly
ARTS & CRAFTS
Beaders Group. All levels of beading experience
welcome. Free instruction available. Come with
a project for creativity and community. Sat., 11
a.m.2 p.m. The Bead Hive, Plainfield. 454-1615.
Drop-in River Arts Elder Art Group. Work on
art, share techniques and get creative with others.
Bring your own art supplies. For elders 60+. Every
Fri., 10 a.m.noon. River Arts Center, 74 Pleasant
St., Morrisville. Free. 888-1261. riverartsvt.org.
The Craftees. Crafts social group led by Nancy
Moran every Fri. Bring craft and potluck. 10
a.m.2 p.m. Barre Area Senior Center, 131 S.
Main St., #4, Barre. $3. Register: 479-9512
Art Classes. Fridays Jan. 27March 3, 35
p.m. Twin Valley Senior Center, Rte 2, East
Montpelier. To sign up or for more information
call Susan Crampton at 223-6954 or email
cramptonsr@hotmail.com.
BICYCLING
Open Shop Nights. Volunteer-run community
bike shop: bike donations and repairs. Wed., 46
p.m.; other nights. Freeride Montpelier, 89 Barre
St., Montpelier. 552-3521. freeridemontpelier.org.
BOOKS & WORDS
Lunch in a Foreign Language. Bring lunch and
practice your language skills with neighbors.
Noon1 p.m. Mon., American Sign Language;
Tues., Italian; Wed., Spanish; Thurs., French.
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main St.,
Montpelier. 223-3338.
English Conversation Practice Group. For
students learning English for the first time. Tues.,
45 p.m. Central Vermont Adult Basic Education,
Montpelier Learning Center, 100 State St. 223-
3403.
Ongoing Reading Group. Improve your reading
and share some good books. Books chosen by
group. Thurs., 910 a.m. Central Vermont Adult
Basic Education, Montpelier Learning Center, 100
State St. 223-3403.
BUSINESS, FINANCE,
COMPUTERS, EDUCATION
One-on-One Technology Help Sessions. Free
assistance to patrons needing help with their
computers and other personal electronic devices.
30 min. one-on-one sessions every Tues., 10 a.m.
noon. Waterbury Public Library, 28 N. Main St.,
Waterbury. Free. Registration required: 244-7036.
FOOD & DRINK
Community Meals in Montpelier. All welcome.
Free.
Mon.: Unitarian Church, 130 Main St., 11
a.m.12:30 p.m.
Tues.: Bethany Church, 115 Main St., 11:30
a.m.1 p.m.
Wed.: Christ Church, 64 State St., 11 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Thurs.: Trinity Church, 137 Main St., 11:30
a.m.1 p.m.
Fri.: St. Augustine Church, 18 Barre St., 11
a.m.12:30 p.m.
Sun.: Last Sunday only, Bethany Church, 115
Main St. (hosted by Beth Jacob Synagogue),
4:305:30 p.m.
Lunches for Seniors. Mon., Wed., Fri., Noon.
Twin Valley Senior Center, 4583 U.S. Rt. 2, E.
Montpelier. $4 suggested donation. 223-3322.
twinvalleyseniors.org.
Feast Together or Feast To Go. All proceeds
benefit the Feast Senior Meal program. Tues. and
Fri., noon1 p.m. Live music every Tues., 10:30
11:30 a.m. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58
Barre St., Montpelier. Seniors 60+ free with $7
suggested donation; under 60 $7. Reservations:
262-6288 or justbasicsinc@gmail.com.
Do What You Do Best.
Bookkeeping Payroll Consulting
802.262.6013 evenkeelvt.com
Calendar of Events
Capital City Farmers Market. Every Sat., May
6Oct. 28. Shop from 50 local farmers and
producers each week in downtown Montpelier.
CCFM is a producer-only market meaning
everything being sold is grown or made by each
vendor. Featuring regular live music, vendor
demonstrations, and local chef run cooking
demos. 9 a.m.1 p.m. 60 State St., Montpelier.
www.montpelierfarmersmarket.com
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Turning Point Center. Safe, supportive place
for individuals and their families in or seeking
recovery. Daily, 10 a.m.5 p.m. 489 North Main
St., Barre. 479-7373.
Sun.: Alchoholics Anonymous, 8:30 a.m.
Tues.: Making Recovery Easier workshops,
67:30 p.m.
Wed.: Wits End Parent Support Group, 6 p.m.
Thurs.: Narcotics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m.
Al-Anon. Help for friends and families of
Alcoholics.
Sun.: Trinity Church, 137 Main St.,
Montpelier (back door) 6:157:30 p.m.
Tues.: Bethany Church, 115 Main St.,
Montpelier (basement) noon1 p.m.
Wed.: Bethany Church,115 Main St.,
Montpelier (basement) 78 p.m.
Thurs.: Bethany Church, 115 Main St.,
Montpelier (basement) noon1 p.m
Sat.: Turning Point, N. Main St., Barre, 5 p.m.
(child friendly meeting)
Bone Building Exercises. Open to all ages. Every
Mon., Wed. and Fri. 7:30 a.m. and 9:15 a.m.
Twin Valley Senior Center, 4583 U.S. Rte. 2, E.
Montpelier. Free. 223-3322. twinvalleyseniors.org.
Tai Chi for Seniors. Led by trained volunteers.
Advanced class: every Mon. and Fri., 12 p.m.
Beginners class: Tues. and Thurs. 1011 a.m.
Twin Valley Senior Center, 4583 U.S. Rte. 2, E.
Montpelier. Free. 223-3322. twinvalleyseniors.org.
Living Strong Group. Volunteer-led group.
Sing while exercising. Open to all seniors. Every
Mon., 2:303:30 p.m. and every Fri., 23 p.m.
Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St.,
Montpelier. Free. Register: 223-2518. msac@
montpelier-vt.org.
Sex Addicts Anonymous. Mon., 6:30 p.m.
Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier. 552-
3483.
Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management Program.
Education and support to help adults at high risk
of developing type 2 diabetes adopt healthier
eating and exercise habits that can lead to weight
loss and reduced risk. Every Tues., 10:3011:30
a.m. Kingwood Health Center Conference
Room (lower level), 1422 Rt. 66, Randolph. Free.
Register: 728-7714.
Tai Chi for Falls Prevention. With Diane Des
Bois. Beginners and mixed levels welcome. 2:15
p.m. Barre Area Senior Center, 131 S., Main St.,
#4, Barre. Free. Register: 479-9512.
Overeaters Anonymous. Twelve-step program
for physically, emotionally and spiritually
overcoming overeating. Two meeting days and
locations. Sat., 8:309:30 a.m. at Episcopal
Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington
St., Barre. 249-3970. Every Mon., 5:306:30 p.m.
at Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier.
223-3079.
Overeaters Anonymous. Twelve-step program for
physically, emotionally and spiritually overcoming
overeating. Two meeting days and locations. Sat.,
8:309:30 a.m. at Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd, 39 Washington St., Barre. 249-3970.
Every Mon., 5:306:30 p.m. at Bethany Church,
115 Main St., Montpelier. 223-3079.
Tai Chi Classes for All Ages. Every Tues. and
Thurs., 1011 a.m. Twin Valley Senior Center,
Rte. 2, Blueberry Commons, E. Montpelier. Free.
223-3322. twinvalleyseniors@myfairpoint.net
Mooditude Support Group. A professional and
peer-led support group, not a therapy group.
For people with depression, bipolar disorder,
seasonal affective disorder, dysthymia etc.). Every
Wed., 45 p.m. Bethany Church,115 Main St.,
Montpelier. (downstairs at end of hallway). Free.
223-4111 or 522-0775.
Weight Loss Support Group. Get help and
support on your weight loss journey every Wed.,
67 p.m. Giffords Conference Center, 44 S. Main
St., Randolph. Free. No registration required.
Open to all regardless of where you are in your
weight loss.
Wits End. Support group for parents, siblings,
children, spouses and/or relationship partners of
someone suffering with addiction whether it is
to alcohol, opiates, cocaine, heroin, marijuana or
something else. Every Wed., 68 p.m. Turning
Point Center, 489 N. Main St., Barre. Louise:
279-6378.
HIV Testing. Vermont CARES offers fast oral
testing. Wed., 25 p.m. 29 State St., Ste. 14 (above
Rite Aid), Montpelier. Free and anonymous. 371-
6224. vtcares.org.
NAMI Vermont Connection Recovery Support
Group. For individuals living with mental illness.
Every Fri., 34 p.m. Another Way, 125 Barre St.,
Montpelier. 876-7949. info@namivt.org
KIDS & TEENS
The Basement Teen Center. Safe drop-in space to
hang out, make music, play pool, ping-pong and
board games and eat free food. All activities are
free. Mon.Thurs., 26 p.m., Fridays 3-10 p.m.
Basement Teen Center, 39 Main St., Montpelier.
BasementTeenCenter.org
Read to Clara. Sign up for a 20-minute slot and
choose your books beforehand to read to this
special canine pal. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135
Main St., Montpelier. Sign up ahead: 223-4665 or
at the childrens desk. kellogghubbard.org.
Story Time and Playgroup. With Sylvia Smith
for story time and Cassie Bickford for playgroup.
For ages birth6 and their grown-ups. We follow
the Twinfield Union School calendar and do not
hold the program the days Twinfield is closed.
Wed., 1011:30 a.m. Jaquith Public Library,
122 School St., Marshfield. Free. 426-3581.
jaquithpubliclibrary.org.
Story Time for Kids. Meet your neighbors and
share quality time with the pre-schooler in your
life. Each week well read stories and spend time
together. A great way to introduce your pre-
schooler to your local library. For ages 25. Every
Thurs., 10:30 a.m. Cutler Memorial Library, 151
High St., Plainfield. 454-8504. cutlerlibrary.org.
Lego Club. Use our large Lego collection to create
and play. All ages. Thurs., 34:30 p.m. Kellogg-
Hubbard Library, 135 Main St., Montpelier. Free.
223-3338. kellogghubbard.org.
Dads & Kids Playgroup. Playtime and free
dinner. Every Thurs., 57 p.m. For Dads and
their children ages birth5. Family Center
of Washington County, 383 Sherwood Dr.,
Montpelier. fcwcvt.org
Drop-in Kinder Arts Program. Innovative
exploratory arts program with artist/instructor
Kelly Holt. Age 35. Fri., 10:30 a.m.noon. River
Arts Center, 74 Pleasant St., Morrisville. 888-
1261. RiverArtsVT.org.
Teen Fridays. Find out about the latest teen
books, use the gym, make art, play games and if
you need to, do your homework. Fri., 35 p.m.
Jaquith Public Library, 122 School St., Marshfield.
426-3581.
Musical Story Time. Join us for a melodious good
time. Ages birth6. Sat., 10:30 a.m. Kellogg-
Hubbard Library, 135 Main St., Montpelier. Free.
223-3338. kellogghubbard.org.
Mad River Valley Youth Group. Sun., 79 p.m.
Meets at various area churches. Call 497-4516 for
location and information.
MUSIC & DANCE
Barre-Tones Womens Chorus. Open rehearsal.
Find your voice with 50 other women. Mon.,
7 p.m. Capital City Grange, Rt. 12, Berlin.
BarretonesVT.com. 552-3489.
Dance or Play with the Swinging Over 60 Band.
Danceable tunes from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Recruiting musicians. Tues., 10:30 a.m.noon.
Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St.,
Montpelier. 223-2518.
Monteverdi Young Singers Chorus Rehearsal.
New chorus members welcome. Wed., 45 p.m.
Montpelier. Call 229-9000 for location and more
information.
Ukelele Group. All levels welcome. Thurs., 68
p.m. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre
St. 223-2518.
Barre Rock City Chorus. We sing songs from
the 60s80s and beyond. All songs are taught by
rote using word sheets, so ability to read music is
not required. All ages welcome; children under
13 should come with a parent. Every Thurs.,
6:308:30 p.m. Church of the Good Shepherd, 39
Washington St., Barre.
Gamelan Rehearsals. Sun., 79 p.m. Pratt
Center, Goddard College. Free. 426-3498. steven.
light@jsc.edu. light.kathy@gmail.com.
RECYCLING
Additional Recycling. The Additional Recyclables
Collection Center accepts scores of hard-to-recycle
items. Mon., Wed., Fri., noon6 p.m.; Third Sat.,
9 a.m.1 p.m. ARCC, 540 North Main St., Barre.
$3 per carload. 229-9383 x106. For list of accepted
items, go to cvswmd.org/arcc.
RESOURCES
Onion River Exchange Tool Library. More
than 100 tools both power and manual. Onion
River Exchange is located at 46 Barre Street in
Montpelier. Hours are Wednesday and Thursday
from 102. For more information or to donate
tools call 802.661.8959. info@orexchange.com.
SOLIDARITY/IDENTITY
Rainbow Umbrella of Central Vermont. An
adult LGBTQ group, meets every third Tues.,
5:307 p.m. All LGBT adults and allies are
welcome to attend for socializing, community
building and advocating for LGBT issues. MSAC,
58 Barre St., Montpelier. RUCVTAdmin@
PrideCenterVT.org
Friday Night Group. Social gathering of LGBTQ
youth, ages 13 22. 2nd and 4th Fridays of
the month, 6:30 8:00 pm. Free pizza and soft
drinks. Supervised by LGBT adults trained by
Outright Vermont. Unitarian Church, Montpelier.
For more info, email Nancy: SaddleShoes2@
gmail.com
Bowling. Rainbow Umbrella of Central Vermont,
an adult LGBTQ group, bowls at Twin City
Lanes on Sunday afternoons twice a month.
For dates and times, write to RUCVTAdmin@
PrideCenterVT.org
SPIRITUALITY
Christian Science Reading Room. You're invited
to visit the Reading Room and see what we
have for your spiritual growth. You can borrow,
purchase or simply enjoy material in a quiet
study room. Hours: Hours: Hours: Wed.Sat.,
11 a.m.2 p.m.; Wed., 57:15 p.m. 145 State St.,
Montpelier. 223-2477.
A Course in Miracles. A study in spiritual
transformation. Group meets each Tues., 78 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church, 64 State St., Montpelier.
279-1495.
Christian Counseling. Tues. and Thurs. Daniel
Dr., Barre. Reasonable cost. By appt. only: 479-
0302.
Prayer Meeting. Ecumenical and charismatic
prayer meeting. Every 1st and 3rd Thurs., 6:308
p.m. 8 Daniels Dr., Barre. 479-0302
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. For those
interested in learning about the Catholic faith, or
current Catholics who want to learn more. Wed.,
7 p.m. St. Monica Church, 79 Summer St., Barre.
Register: 479-3253.
Deepening Our Jewish Roots. Fun, engaging text
study and discussion on Jewish spirituality. Sun.,
4:456:15 p.m. Yearning for Learning Center,
Montpelier. 223-0583. info@yearning4learning.
org.
SPORTS & GAMES
Bingo. Every Tuesday. Doors open 5 p.m.;
games start 6 p.m. Twin Valley Senior Center,
4583 U.S. Rte. 2, E. Montpelier. Free. 223-3322.
twinvalleyseniors.org.
Roller Derby Open Recruitment and
Recreational Practice. Central Vermonts
Wrecking Doll Society invites quad skaters age
18 and up. No experience necessary. Equipment
provided: first come, first served. Sat., 56:30 p.m.
Montpelier Recreation Center, Barre St. First skate
free. centralvermontrollerderby.com.
YOGA & MEDITATION
Christian Meditation Group. People of all faiths
welcome. Mon., noon1 p.m. Christ Church,
Montpelier. 223-6043.
Awakening the Heart of Compassion.
A meditation practice and study program
withMaggie McGuire, Ph.D. Every Wed., June
7Aug. 30. Join the course at any time. 5:307
p.m. Wellspring Center, 39 Church St., Hardwick.
Free; donations accepted. For more information:
wellspringinsight@gmail.com
Zen Meditation. With Zen Affiliate of Vermont.
Wed., 6:307:30 p.m. 174 River St., Montpelier.
Free. Call for orientation: 229-0164.
Montpelier Shambhala Meditation. Group
meditation practice. Sun., 10 a.m.noon; Wed.,
67 p.m; learn to meditate free instruction
the 1st Wed. of the month. New location:
5 State Street, 2nd floor, Montpelier. info@
montpeliershambhala.org, www.montpelier.
shambhala.org
Sunday Sangha: Community Ashtanga Yoga.
Every Sun., 5:407 p.m. Grateful Yoga, 15 State
St., 3F, Montpelier. By donation.
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Letters
Affordable Care Act Inadequate
Editor:
I have witnessed and felt the impacts of the
healthcare system's many manifestations
over the course of my lifetime. My parents
spent nearly two decades paying off
medical bills from my younger brothers'
stints in the hospital with infant asthma.
I was forced to put off graduate school for
several years after breaking my collarbone
and using my savings on the subsequent
costs. My wife and I will be paying off a
$5,600 tax bill for the foreseeable future
after trying to navigate and utilize Vermont
Health Connect. The Affordable Care Act
was inadequate, and the version being
crafted now will certainly be worse. It is
a cruel joke to call our system the best in
the world, when the market-based, pay-
to-play format benefits the wealthy and
insurance and pharmaceutical companies
over regular people. I am a proud member
of the Vermont Workers Center and stand
with all citizens who recognize that the
time for a single payer system is now. The
state legislature must fulfill the promise of
Act 48.
Mike Leonard, South Burlington
Shutting Down the Meat
Industry
Editor:
This past Sunday, animal rights activists
shut down the 146-year-old Ringling Bros.
and Barnum & Bailey Circus after years of
effectively exposing them for animal abuse.
Can the meat and dairy industry be far
behind?
The shift toward plant-based eating is
everywhere. Fast-food chains like Chipotle,
Quiznos, Starbucks, Subway, Taco Bell and
Wendy's offer plant-based options. Parade,
Better Homes and Gardens, and Eating
Well are all touting vegan recipes.
Indeed, Global Meat News reports that
nearly half of consumers are reducing
their meat intake. Beef consumption has
dropped by 43 percent in the past 40 years.
Google Chief Executive Officer Eric
Schmidt views replacement of meat
by plant protein as the world's No. 1
technical trend. The financial investment
community is betting on innovative start-
ups, like Beyond Meat or Impossible
Foods, while warning clients about death
of meat.
Even Tyson Foods new CEO, Tom Hayes,
sees plant protein as the meat industry's
future. The industry needs to transition to
plant-based foods, or shut down like the
Greatest Show on Earth.
What Do You Think?
Read something that you would like to respond to? We welcome your
letters and opinion pieces. Letters must be fewer than 300 words.
Opinion pieces should not exceed 600 words. The Bridge reserves
the right to edit and cut pieces. Send your piece to: editorial@
montpelierbridge.com.
Deadline for the next issue June 9.
In the meantime, every one of us can shut
the meat and dairy industry out of our own
kitchen by checking out the rich collection
of plant-based entrees, milks, cheeses and
ice creams in our supermarket. Since 1972
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Statewide Teachers Contracts Crane work Decorative concrete
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Teachers in Vermont are paid in accordance gendronbuilding@aol.com gendronconcrete.com
with their academic educational
qualifications and their longevity in
the system, by contracts negotiated or
supported by a powerful union. This
means that teachers pay has no necessary
connection to perceived quality of teaching.
Thus, local knowledge of teacher quality
has no relevance whatsoever in teacher
negotiations. Under such conditions it
is a colossal waste of time for hundreds
of school boards across the state to be
individually negotiating local contracts
with representatives of the same statewide
teachers union. For these reasons it is
entirely logical for the state to negotiate
a single statewide teachers contract on
behalf of all school districts. This would
properly connect the major educational
taxing authority with negotiating the
largest educational expense. School boards
would be relieved of an onerous and time-
consuming task for which they generally
lack adequate expertise. Importantly, there
are other, less obvious, advantages to this
arrangement.
Currently, school boards are reluctant to
authorize the employment in new positions
of high-cost teachers as long as acceptable
quality low-cost teachers are available. This
reality means that experienced teachers,
because they become higher paid by virtue
of longevity, tend to become trapped in
particular schools for the rest of their
professional lives. A statewide teacher
contract would allow the state to charge
local school districts for their teachers
based on the average Vermont teacher
salary multiplied by the school districts
total [full-time] teachers. In this way
each school would refocus on acquiring
the services of the perceived best teachers
without regard to salary level, since the
local financial commitment would already
be determined by the average statewide
salary level. Movement of teachers between
schools is far more desirable for quality
education than a system that discourages
such periodic movement. Further,
promoting such freedom for teachers
will add a useful statistic distinguishing
poor from good quality schools. Poorly
administered schools will be less likely
to attract teachers of recognizably high
quality; they would tend to migrate to
well-administered schools. This will create
pressure for upgrading school quality.
Dr. W.F Cowan, former school board
member for six years, Montpelier
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BE SEEN! Opinion
Student Voices
BE HEARD!
Advertise in The Bridge:
Montpelier High School Social Studies Teacher Heather McLane assigned her students to write paragraphs
sharing their opinion about an issue that they have studied, support their opinion with a bit of evidence and
Rick: 249-8666 include a call to action. Below are some of the results.
Michael: 223-5112 ext. 11 it creeps through halls in sly whispers and Non-Hispanic white people are more likely
rick@montpelierbridge.com
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
comments taken as compliments, but to be in possession of drugs than African-
michael@montpelierbridge.com meant to demean. A male peer will make Americans by at least five percent. However,
a comment on my appearance (like he has African Americans are three times as likely to
Isabel Maine-Torres any right to my body), or say something be charged with drug possession. This means
provocative about what hed do to me, that African Americans are being pulled over,
W hat does it mean to be a feminist? In
today's culture the definition of the
word has been thrown around. The debate
thinking it wont get back to me. Though
these comments may not seem harmful,
checked, searched and tested far more than
non-Hispanic white people. Racism is alive,
there is hidden meaning behind them. even with young people. As an article from
about whether the term means that women
When someone says a statement like that it United News states African-Americans make
are superior to men is one that stops many
is essentially saying that the person being up 60 percent of people in juvenile detention
from identifying as a feminist. In truth,
talked about is an object something systems. African-Americans are also 18 times
being a feminist just means you support the
material that can be used and thrown away. more likely to be put in jail after being in
social, economic and political balance of the
It is dehumanizing and hurtful when you a juvenile detention system, as opposed to
two sexes. With womens rights now at threat
understand that. There is not much you can white non-Hispanic people. Also, African-
more than ever before, and the idea of rape
New Construction culture proving true, its important to realize
do to stop this behavior other than being Americans are more likely to be put in jail
informed, as well as educating others. If you through juvenile detention proceedings,
the risks of being a woman in todays world,
Renovations and to understand what you can do to help.
are a parent, make sure your kids know this as opposed to their white non-Hispanic
kind of behavior is not okay and that they counterparts. This proves that racism affects
Woodworking One of the biggest threats to women is the
possibility of Roe v. Wade (a 1973 law that
should not tolerate it if its directed toward all African-Americans and not just someone
them. between the ages of 20 to 35. There are
General Contracting provided abortion to all women in any of
ways that you can help fix these racial
the 50 states) being overturned. Although
issues, such as posting an article, making a
Trump hasnt directly addressed the issue of
Roe v. Wade, he has made promises to defund
programs like Planned Parenthood. These
RACISM YouTube video or just simply commenting
on a popular news article. If everyone started
making these issues a priority on social
organizations offer a safe place for women
Calder Horowitz-McCadden media, no matter your race, racial issues
and men, provide sex education services and
like these would become very hard, almost

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resources, supply affordable reproductive acism is a serious issue in the United impossible for the government to ignore. By
223-3447 healthcare and provide abortions. States of America. Racism topics need
to get more publicity to bring enough
using social media to put pressure on our
clarconstruction.com Lillian Winters
awareness for racism to stop. Racism is still
judicial and police systems, our government
will be forced to change the laws to make the
T hough rape culture isnt as prevalent in
Montpelier High School as it once was,
very much alive in our country, especially
among the police. This issue needs to be put
in the spotlight, not resisted or denied. As
police more responsible for their actions.

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Editorial
Remembering James Facos
July 28, 1924 to May 14, 2017
by Nat Frothingham
I am writing to thank and remember James Jim Facos who
died in Montpelier on May 14 at the age of 92.
I want to thank him for his friendship and remember him for
who he was and what he achieved.
Jim was part of what writer and TV anchorman Tom Brokaw
in his book by the same title called The Greatest Generation
that generation of Americans, both women and men, who
grew up during The Great Depression then served their
country during World War II.
According to the brief account of Jims life that appeared on
the program at his funeral, Jim was born on July 28, 1924
in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was raised in Springfield,
Massachusetts.
In 1943, at the age of 18, Jim enlisted in the U.S. Army Air
Corps and became a ball-turret gunner, based in England, on
a B-17 Flying Fortress.
As part of a poetry reading that Jim gave this past October
at Kellogg-Hubbard Library, he told his audience he enlisted
in the U.S. Army Air Corps because he wanted, in his own
words, to find out, Who I was and what life was all about.
After his enlistment, in March 1943, Jim was on a troop train
travelling west from Miami, FLA for training as an aerial
gunner at Buckley Field near Denver, CO.
After gunnery training he was stationed at an airbase in
England. From there he flew combat 30 combat missions as
part of the Allied air war over Germany and Central Europe
with a final run on installations in France.
Years later, reflecting on the hazards of flying those B-17s from
England over enemy territory in the final years of World War
II, he said, estimating the odds, Im not being melodramatic.
Once you survived 11 missions, you were living on borrowed
time.
The first poem that Jim read to his Kellogg-Hubbard audience
this past October was the poem he wrote on a penny notebook
on that troop train going west from Miami to Colorado, a lyric
with the title, Lines Before Combat.
Were I to see another spring,
The lilac tree alive with rain,
Or only hear the orioles sing
Their songs again another year,
I would go by and never know
The orioles low, melodious sway
Along the sky, nor pause to see
A single bough, a single spray
Of lilac tree as I do now.
His war experience stayed with him.
As a young airman and throughout his life, Jim was highly
decorated. His honors include the Air Medal with three oak
leaf clusters, at age 19, the Distinguished Flying Cross and last
year for his wartime service related to the liberation of France,
the Chevalier in the Ordre National de la Legion dhonneur
by the President of France.
After World War II ended, Jim studied at Bates College and
received a Bachelors degree in 1949. Later he earned a masters
degree from Florida State University.
Jim married Cleo Chigos in 1956. Three years later Jim and
Cleo and their family moved to Montpelier where Jim taught
English at Vermont College.
Jim was a teacher at Vermont College then at Norwich
University for three decades. When he retired in 1989 Norwich
University appointed him a professor emeritus and conferred
upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
Jim had a formidable writing gift, as a storyteller, poet,
playwright and novelist.
His only novel, The Silver Lady, deserves to be read
and pondered. It explores in brilliant detail the differing
personalities, convictions, psychologies, temperaments of the
handful of men who made up the American bomber crew on
The Silver Lady.
In a small excerpt from The Silver Lady, Jim allows his
readers to take the measure of two members of the bomber
crew: the casual Hagen and the very different, ball-turret
gunner, Wyatt.
It is Wyatt from The Silver Lady who says of Hagen,
If only we could all be Hagens, thought Wyatt. The kind
that dont question, that just act and make the most of the
consequences, to whom there is neither meaning nor purpose,
only the physical Now of things, and only the sensual self.
Then Jim Facos, as novelist, explains Wyatt.
Life was too transient to Wyatt, and death too present, for
him not to believe there was something beyond; and life, brief,
intense as it was in a world precise with miracle, surrounded
by infinite wonder, was in itself too much a miracle for him
to believe it chance or accident. Somewhere, somehow, he felt,
there was a purpose in his being here now; but whatever the
purpose was, it still eluded him, fading always beyond the
horizon of his searching thought the insight that would bring
again the conviction he needed if he was to hold together for the
missions to come.
He (Wyatt) remembered how once his Uncle Seth had told him
that a man grew in two ways, by insight and decision. Well,
he had had the insight to know what he was and what he had
to do, in spite of all opposition. He had known he could not, in
all self-honesty, be the conscientious objector his folks had urged
him to be, like his cousins, and let another man fight and
possibly die in his place for the rights he would enjoy.
Jim was a soldier, airman and patriot. He was a college teacher
and professor. He made his mark as a writer. Most of all, he
was a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Life in its largeness, compass, beauty and mystery its
infinite value and wonder what a great and unknowing and
precious thing.
Jim and I were friends. I would go to his house, knock on the
door. Jim or Cleo would open the door and both always,
gave me a warm and energetic greeting just like the greeting
Jim gave me when I saw him about a month ago for the
last time.
In losing any one of the women and men of that Greatest
Generation we are losing men and women we desperately
need. Our thanks to them for their lives of courage,
patience and example knows no bounds.
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Thanks, Daddy by Heather Caldera, East Montpelier
W
hen I was diagnosed with cancer, I wanted to live. I
needed to know how other people had survived their
prognosis. I didn't have to look any further than my own
father. Dad was given 18 months to live in 1975, he died in 2008.
I looked closely at what he did, he was my survival mentor, even
after his death.
When very smart doctors told him his prognosis, Dad responded,
Meaning no disrespect, Doc, but Im going to live to piss on your
grave. I knew this part of the story well, as Dad had loved to repeat
it, and it caused my mother embarrassment, so I knew it was true.
He did the treatment that was the best science had to offer at the
time: surgery and chemo and some radiation.
Dad quit his job, and changed his career to what he had always
dreamed of doing, even though it made a lot less money.
Anthony Caldera, left, with
his daughter, the writer,
Heather Caldera. "Dad
Never an easy patient, dad spoke his mind to his caregivers, broke
teaching me to steer the
hospital rules and made himself a pain in the ass. boat."
He increased his focus on what brought him joy: people, places, and
things to do. He let go of many of the expectations that society had
for him. He partied more, ate his favorite foods, drank his favorite
drinks and spent more time on or around the ocean.
This was my roadmap to recovery. Never surrender, live each
moment like it's your last, say no to rules and expectations that feel
wrong, time is precious, spend it wisely, choose happy over healthy,
speak your truth without reservation, be your truth though it cause
consternation. Love where you are, who you are with, and what you
are doing, because death is stalking you and this could be the last
year, the last day, the last hour, or the last minute of your life.
It's been four years. Im not dead yet. Thanks Daddy.
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