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DOSE OF REALITY ’ Hats off to Peter Kurth for his willingness to observe the current mess our society is in [“President Weasel?” November 29]. All too often, those who write cultural and political commentary shy away from exposing the truth. Or, they attempt to place their own politi cally motivated spin on it. Our country, our society and the world is a cesspool of greed, corruption and ignorance. We have substituted gangsta-rap for “We Shall Overcome,” “family values” for true family responsibilities and connections, and the “Technolog ical Revolution” is making it possi ble to live out a life that is totally independent of actual human con tact. (Don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think that a chat-room has the same intimacy as being able to look directly into the eyes of some one as you’re talking with them.)

I was talking with an acquain tance a few days ago. We were dis cussing th? situation regarding the Presidential election. It’s a debacle, but you know what? We deserve it! We as a society have let mediocrity and hypocrisy become the guiding factors of national elections and have so diluted the ranks of viable candidates that it’s not surprising we find ourselves being held hostage by the state of Florida. You know, when you look at Florida from the top of the Earth, it looks a lot like an upraised digit in the face of the rest of the world. “Power to the People” used to mean something, but now, most people haven’t the foggiest notion of what true power is and what they can do with it. Some have a vague idea that SUVs may be involved and others buy surge pro tectors to guard against too much of it. Most of the rest of us are

or not, it’s apparent that Peter Freyne and Howard Dean [Inside Track, Nov. 22] don’t have a clue why people would still vote for Mr. Nader after reading the polls lead ing up to election day. It’s under standable that people might want to use election-season polls to con sider where their vote might make the most impact. But when you think about it, basing your vote on who you think can win is a prime example of letting the polls deter mine who or what you’ll vote for. Cynics criticize politicians for this all the time. But then we’re sup posed to do it ourselves? No thanks. There’s a very simple reason Gore didn’t get my vote: He didn’t earn it. There are many issues fac ing this nation that he hardly even

quite happy to go along in life believing that the Tooth Fairy will eventually come along and fix all of our problems, just as long as we don’t ask the “powers that be” to really give a rat’s ass about anything but their fantasies of demagoguery. You know, ol’ Hunter S. was proba bly pretty close to describing us in our current state when he talked about a “Generation of Swine.” Well, I digress. What I really want to say is thank you, Peter, and than you, Seven Days, for giving Peter the space with which to let us see some reality. — Christopher R. Hill Burlington GORE LOSERS I have a confession to make: I voted for Ralph Nader. So sue me. Regardless of who ends up emerging from the legal wrangling about whether all of us really deserve to have our votes counted

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Christian churches are gearing up for Christmas. It’s the highlight of the liturgical year. Before shop ping malls and mail-order catalogues there was a B aby Je s u s wrapped in swaddling clothes and lay ing in a manger. But not all Christian congregations appear to have the Christmas spirit. One that stands apart from the rest is the Williston congregation led by Rev. David Ste rtzb a ch , he of the extreme right-wing political agenda. In fact, this is one bully in a pulpit who sounds more and more like a mean-spirited Grinch. Rev. Sleazebag jumped into the political fray this year to vilify supporters of equal rights for gays and lesbians. Stertzbach had one of the loudest mouths on the Abomination Squad. He took to direct mail and the radio airwaves to vilify good and decent people like B arbara S n e llin g and Peter Brow nell, accusing them of being “anti-fam ily” and citing their support for civil unions as the smoking gun. The Rev. Trashtalker runs the Trinity Baptist Church in Williston. According to informa tion posted on its Web site, it’s a congregation that requires its members to believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible. For example, when the good book says the guy with the long white beard high up in the clouds creat ed Earth in six days, it means six days — exactly 144 hours. Hey, no Act 250 back then to slow down development. BY PETE The Rev. Trashtalker has a voice familiar to radio listeners in Chittenden County. It’s part Southern twang, part righteous indignation and part reach-for-the-checkhook. He knows what he’s doing. After all, from the Rev. Jim m y S w a g g a rt to Rev. Jim B a kk e r, he’s had role models to follow. This year Stertzbach led the charge 1 against pro-civil-union pols and proudly claimed the political scalp of Republican State Sen. Peter ii Brownell in the September primary. i But Rev. Sleazebag’s slate of pro-God candidates didn’t do too well in November. At the top of the • ticket, gubernatorial candidate Ruth Dwyer got squashed. And his cast of five holy rollers entered in the Chittenden County State Senate race were all shot down. Not to worry. Life goes on. See, Rev. Sleazebag has his own political action committee — the Vermont Defense of Marriage Committee. (A call placed there Tuesday was not returned.) It was under the letterhead of his PAC that Stertzbach recently wrote W alter Freed, the Dorset Republian who is about to become the new speaker of the House. In the letter, Stertzbach selfishly claims credit for the Republican victory in the House. “Only a total repeal of civil union,” he writes, “will honor the vot ers’ intent and may give us the opportunity to con front the activist Supreme Court. A confrontation with the court may be what is needed to restore the foundations of a free Vermont Republic.” Fanatics! Don’t you just love them? In his letter to Mr. Freed, Rev. Sleazebag lays out his strategy. His goal is to get the repeal of civil unions out of committee and onto the House floor for an up-or-down vote. “Each and every vote opposing total repeal,” writes Stertzbach, “will be viewed for what it is — a sell-out.” 4 And Rev. Sleazebag suggests that even though the pro-civil union Democrats retain control of the State Senate, “It is not a given that anti-repeal sena tors fearing for their political lives in 2002 will stand their ground under grassroots pressure. The gover nor may even see the light when he feels the heat, though I admit this is not likely.” In closing, Stertzbach makes it perfectly clear to Mr. Freed that he means business. “Any compromise on total repeal will be seen as another betrayal of the family. Should anyone ques tion my resolve on this matter,” he warns, “I only remind him or her that I ceased support of Republican candidate Skip Vallee when he ceased fighting for the family.” Real tough guy, huh? Gasoline Vallee finished in eighth place in the race for six senate seats. He topped all of Rev.

Sleazebag’s holy rollers but fell short, in large part, because of his lavish campaign spending — over $100,000. Actually, Mr. Vallee never did cease fight ing for the family. He supported repealing civil s unions, but he also spoke out against the Rev’s sleazy campaign tactics, particularly his nasty, low-life, neg ative bashing of Republican heroes. Gasoline Vallee, when asked Tuesday about Rev. Stertzbach’s condemnation, replied, “I consider it a badge of honor.” Amen. Freed was not available for comment. The mes sage on his voice mail indicated he would be away until Friday. Co ver Boys? — Well, they did

n’t quite make the cover, but two handsome Vermont politi cos are enjoying national public ity this holiday season with glowing exposure in national magazines. U.S. Sen. Jeezum Jim Jeffords is one of the lucky ones in George magazine’s “10 Powerhouses Who Really Rule Today’s Divided America.” I’m not making this up. George credP flg p g its our Jeezum Jim with being a “powerful moderate” who gets things done. (We can almost hear them gagging over in Congressman Bernie S a n d e rs ’ office.) As George accurately points out, “no GOP senator voted more with the Clinton White House than Jeffords, who in 1999 supported his party’s positions on key issues only 44 R FREYN E percent of the time.” Congratulations, Jeezum! He’d sure make a great governor, wouldn’t he? Also on newsstands coast-to-coast this December is Rep. B ill Lippert of Hinesburg. Billy the Lip made the top-10 list in Genre, a slick gay men’s fash ion magazine. Kind of like a Cosmopolitan for guys. Nattily attired in his conservative state legislator out fit, Lippert is featured as one of the “Top Ten Men We Love.” Accompanying a full-page photo of Bill are these kind words from Rep. Barney Frank: “The respect that Bill has won from his colleagues was a major asset in our winning our biggest legislative victory.” Congratulations! M edia Notes — Attention, all fans of the editorial

page of Vermont’s largest daily newspaper. Editor Stephen Kiernan is moving on after nine years directing the editorial voice of The Burlington Free Press. In addition to editorials, Mr. Kiernan writes a weekly column in the Sunday edition. No doubt in some circles, especially in UVM land, this news will be cause for celebration. From the Waterman administration building to Gutterson Field House, folks still vividly remember how heavyhandedly the Freeps editorial page stuck it to the university during Le Hockey Hazing Spectacle. Kiernan & Co. didn’t let up a bit, even after the star whistle-blower was exposed as a greedy little liar who’d sold out his teammates for 30 pieces of silver. (In fact, with the faculty about to announce an election to certify their union as an officially recog nized bargaining unit, Kiernan’s departure arrives like a Christmas present for the folks in Waterman.) Born into a prominent Albany, New York, bank ing family, Kiernan, 40, graduated Middlebury College. Hes been at the Freeps 11 years. He told Seven Days Tuesday he’s departing “to give more time to my creative impulse.” The Charlotte resident and daily commuter on the new Champlain Flyer recently released his own CD of acoustic guitar compositions titled Water From the Moon. He also has a novel completed which is currently being looked at “by its 29th pub lisher.” They all seem to “like” it, he said. But none so far have “loved” it. ’ Mr. Kiernan was unable to provide us with a date-certain for his departure. Sources tell us he’ll be out by March 1. He would only say he’d leave at * some point “in the next few months.” Editorial page writer Molly Walsh, a leader in the fight against graffiti, told Seven Days, “I’ve enjoyed working with Steve. I’m going to miss him.”

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Determined to end their ";'f A 20-year-old Canadian man r lives, a Croatian couple locked brought a military-style bullet- T themselves in a car, swallowed proof vest to his home in Swan handfuls of sleeping pills with River, Manitoba, then asked his alcohol and hooked up a hose roommate to test it by shooting him in the chest with a .22-cal- -v to the car’s tail pipe. When the iber rifle. When the vest stopped attempt failed, the man, who happened to be a police officer, the bullet, police said the man asked his friend to shoot him in the back with a 12-gauge shot gun. Even though the men decided to stuff a phone book inside the vest as a precaution, the man wearing the vest still suffered cracked ribs and bruis drew his gun and shot himself es. After investigating the inci in the head. When he survived dent, Royal Canadian Mounted the shot, his girlfriend called an Police Sgt. Steve Saunders said, ambulance. The man was taken “The biggest question is why, to the hospital, while the wo and it’s difficult to come up man was treated and released. with a logical reason.”

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Turkish doctors preparing to remove the tonsils of a 7-yearold girl from Eskisehir named Busra, who had suffered throat pain most of her life, discovered the cause was a l l /2-inch nail lodged in her esophagus. “According to her family, Busra began complaining of sharp throat pains around the age of 2,” her doctor told the newspa per Sabah. “It is possible that she swallowed the nail then.”

Heddrick Lacy, 42, was killed outside Renton, Washington, when a pickup truck hit him, knocking him into a firetruck that was parked on the shoulder. The firetruck had come to help Lacy earlier after he drove his car off the road. • Carol Vivian Campbell died when her ex-husband, James Wesley Plumm, drove a tractor into the front porch of her Lane County, Oregon, home after

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tently drove onto the M25 motorway circling London dur ing rush hour. Motorists with cell phones alerted police to the man’s plight, and he was inter cepted when his wheelchair bat tery ran down. • Daniel Ryan Blais, 19, was traveling east on 1-4 near Longwood, Florida, when he rolled down his window to dis play a silver badge to another driver, then turned on flashing red-and-blue patrol lights. According to Seminole County sheriff’s deputies, when the two cars pulled into a rest area, Blais identified himself as a bondenforcement agent. He admitted he wasn’t when the other driver identified himself as off-duty police Officer David Mixon and took Blais into custody.

• Authorities nabbed seven naked drug-runners off Colombia’s Pacific coast port of Buenaventura after they dumped millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the ocean, doused themselves with gasoline trying to wash off any traces of the drug and rammed a U.S. Navy vessel with their speedboat. Sailors aboard the USS DeWerth, which had been pursuing the men, recovered the drugs and took the men into custody. • Auburn Mason, 62, was con victed of hijacking an airplane by threatening to blow up the plane, holding a pair of scissors to a flight attendant’s neck and demanding to be taken to London Gatwick Airport. The flight was 15 minutes away from its scheduled stop: London Gatwick Airport. • When a 45-year-old Japanese passenger aboard a American Airlines flight from Tokyo to Seattle locked himself in the restroom shortly after takeoff and refused to quit smoking despite pleas by the cabin crew, the plane returned to Tokyo’s Narita airport. Kyodo news agency reported that after air port police reprimanded the man, he wrote an apology to the airline promising he would “never do it again.”

• Two 20-year-old German men who went looking for a rest room at Frankfurt airport found themselves on the tarmac, where they boarded a shuttle bus tak ing passengers to a flight bound for Russia. When they arrived, Russian police put them on a flight back to Frankfurt, where Federal Border Police charged them with joyriding. “They got in and sat in the back of the air plane, which then flew to Moscow,” Frankfurt state prose cutor Job Tilmann told Reuters news agency. “They weren’t even at the airport to fly anywhere. They were at a conference and had been walking around, evi dently in a drunken stupor.”

Fruits of Research Gang Sun, a textile chemist at University of California Davis, announced the develop ment of odor-free socks. The fabric is made by attaching chlo rine-containing molecules called halamines to textile fibers. The chlorine kills the germs that cause odors. Sun said the socks can be “recharged” by washing them with chlorine bleach. He added he hopes the ultimate use for the fabric will be germ-free hospital garments. Meanwhile, the odor-free socks will go on the market this spring. ©

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ith every fat Santa on the street corner and every wreath in every window, I am reminded of how much I am an outsider living in a Christian world. I don’t know why I get the holi day heebeegeebies. After all, Christmas celebrates the birth of the worlds most famous Jewish carpenter. And the idea for the Christmas tree came from an old Jewish woodsman named Oscar Tannenbaum. There’s even a song in his honor: “O. Tannenbaum, O. Tannenbaum.” Still, as most of the people in this country rush to cele brate Christmas, I feel left out. Especially when I watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Deep in my own self-conscious paranoia, each time I watch the wonderful collaboration between Dr. Seuss — a.k.a. Theodore Geisel — and animation guru Chuck Jones, I can’t help but think that I am watching How the Jew Stole Christmas. In reality, I know that is not the case. Geisel was one of the first and most vocal antiNazi political cartoonists in this country. But there are no Jews in Whoville. No menorahs or latkes. No dreidels or bagels or yarmulkes or tchotchkes. No torahs. No talmuds. No nudnicks. No schnorrers. No W ho’s been bar mitzvahed. Sure and begorrah. Each year at this time, I am reminded of what my old friend John Maroney’s grand mother used to say about the Jews being responsible for killing Christ. And I remem ber watching my friends run ning around, putting up trees and ornaments and wondering why there was no Hanukkah Harry to come down the chimney and put gifts under the Hanukkah Bush. When I was a little older, I understood. Jews are under standably nervous about chimneys and fireplaces and ovens and such. Which is why, to this day, I cannot watch “Hansel and Gretel.” Stories about old German ladies trying to stick kids in ovens give me the creeps. W hen I was a kid, it used to sting when the Christian kids taunted me about “Chewanakah” or “Hanakanakanaka.” My first memo ries of Christmas are from Brooklyn, where there were two kinds of people: Catholics and Jews. We had dinner with a Puerto Rican couple downstairs. Theresa

and her husband had a big last Megazoid doll in the store tree and many pictures of a and wonder if they have simi guy with a beard named Jesus. lar thoughts. Wow. Jesus. The name rever The other difference I berated around my young began to notice between brain. I remember being Christmas and Hanukkah frightened by the tree and by were the greeting cards. On the guy with the beard. They Christmas cards, you have a were something I had never bunch of Aryan-looking experienced before. motherfuckers sitting around Over the years, my awe, drinking eggnog. On Hanuk along with my alienation, kah cards, you have a bunch increased. Years of Hebrew of sword-bearing Maccabeahs School taught me that running around lopping off Hanukkah, though minor in the heads o f Assyrians. I know its religious value, was a spe that I am not the only one to cial time. A time to celebrate feel left out by the good folks freedom and the strength of at Hallmark. my people. But it also rein My good buddy Bill Price forced my feelings of being an is black. Every year at this outsider. Goyim wrecking the time, he too feels like a temple. Goyim killing Jews. A stranger in a strange land. big old hunk named Judah Everywhere he looks, on every Maccabeah gathering an army card and every poster, Santa is and standing up to the always a pasty old white guy. Assyrians, or whoever it was Jesus is always a white guy. that was doing bad things to Even Rudolph and his homemy forebearers. boys look like they came over Judah Maccabeah was on the Mayflower. especially important to young “Why can’t they make American Jewish boys. black Santas?” Bill complained Through a combination of to me many years ago. “Why pop culture and mothers like can’t there be stained glass mine who didn’t want their with a black Jesus?” boychicks to get hurt playing “Aha,” I said, seizing on football, some of us had pretty the opportunity to share with low self-esteem when it came a Christian my feelings of hol to manly things like sports. (I, iday loneliness. “See. See. I of all people, should have know how you feel, Bill. Not known better. My uncle, Sid only is Santa always white, if Gordon, was a two-time you look down his pants I bet National League All-Star. He you’ll find he never had a once beat the hell out of a bris.” Billy tried to argue that teammate who made antithere was no comparison. But Jewish remarks.) he was wrong. I eventually learned to I have, finally, come to question religion, anyway. grips with Christmas. Well, Especially the Bible, where sort of. My daughter is look people had only two pastimes. * ing forward to having break They smote and begat. When fast with Santa and seeing pre they were not smoting, they sents under the tree. She is were begatting. When they also looking forward, but less were not begatting, they were so, to Hanukkah. But that is smoting. only because she is three and Abraham, the father of my sees Santas everywhere. Images people, was ready to skewer of Hanukkah are harder to his son. Lived to be 900 and find, and besides, what is had about a bazillion kids. His more fun than a jolly fat man relatives threw Ishmael out of with a beard? It probably the tent and into the desert. reminds her of her daddy. Ishmael’s relatives got even. There is no religion They grew up to be Ayatoll involved in our celebration of ahs. Christmas. No proselytizing or The God of the Bible is a prayer. The real concepts pretty picky dude. In behind Christmas and Hanuk Leviticus 22:22, he tells kah — birth and freedom — Moses he wants a sacrificial are toojieady for a pre-school animal. But not just any ani er to comprehend. And maybe mal. “Do not offer to the that is as it should be. Lord the blind, the injured or My daughter’s having a the maimed, or anything with blast. My son is too young to warts or festering or running know what is going on. sores.” During the Yule sea Neither of them are feeling son, I think about a God who weirded out. With any luck, does not want sacrificial ani they never will feel like out mals with warts or running siders. sores. I think about the folks Merry Hanukkah. shoving each other over the Happy Christmas. ®

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Gone in 60 minutes. “I thought, ‘I’m getting older, but I know I parked here.’ It’s a little frightening when you get there and don’t have anything left,” says Cummings, 81, who had to hike uphill on that, bitterly cold afternoon to find the nearest phone and then figure out who to call. Such scenarios are becoming increasingly frequent in a city with minimal public transportation and a chronic shortage of legal parking spaces. The situation grew worse this year when the 100-space municipal surface lot on South Winooski Avenue made way for construction of a new supermarket. The American automobile culture has a secure home in Vermont. Particularly in Burlington, with 4000 city spaces and 3500 spots in private lots, towing is a lucrative business.

The university boasts approximately 4700 spaces^moftitored with a labyrinthine scheme of possible infractions that lead to ticketing or towing, according to UVM Transportation and Parking Services Director Kathy Seaman. In October alone, 90 cars were towed from the campus. “I was so ticked off,” says Villeneuve, one of the November statistics. “I pay $26,000 a year, and there’s nowhere to park.” The Burlington Police Department estimates that an average of 10 cars a day are hauled away from both municipal streets and private downtown lots. Let holiday buyers beware — they can become prime targets by parking willy-nilly in the frenzy to have themselves a merry little Christmas. The city only inflicts this harsh remedy on people who block fire hydrants, driveways and such; scofflaws and anyone who ignores parking bans dur ing snow emergencies can also become victims of the disap pearing act. Shoppers and cultural consumers visiting the area may be even more dismayed to learn that many private lots, though reserved for cars requiring only 9-to-5 parking, tow the unin vited on a round-the-clock basis. T hat’s what happened to Kim Parker of Hinesburg one Saturday evening in November, after she and a friend left their 1998 Honda CRV in a private lot the police rank high on their list of towing hot spots — on Center Street, between PhotoGarden and the Daily Planet restaurant. “I’ve been parking there for 20 years on nights or weekends when I can’t find a space on the street,” explains Parker, who later wrote angry letters to Mayor Peter Clavelle and to the landowner in question, the Downtown Joint Venture Group. “This really left a bad taste in my mouth. I’m not typically an activist, but I was physically and emotionally devastated.” Staige Davis, a minority shareholder in the real estate com pany, read Parker’s letter with mixed feelings. “I have sympathy for her, but the sign is clear,” he says, referring to a large warn ing mounted on a wall that borders the lot. That sign means business now — for Spillane’s. The towing service under contract to Joint Venture had always been told to “take it easy” during the off-hours, Davis acknowledges. That laissez-faire attitude changed this fall when the firm renovated an adjacent building at 198 College Street, to accommodate seven apartment units, each with its own parking space. Parker did not observe the notice posted on the door of the Daily Planet that warns customers not to use the lot. It reads: “Even if you’ve been doing it for years after $ p.m. — STOP NOW!!! We have no control over this new policy and we are just as upset about this as you are.”

This patient approach, which Mouton calls “a girlie thing,” doesn’t seem to appeal to the big boys; hot lots such as those at One Lawson Lane, 52 Cherry Street and Richardson Place are all on the “tow now, ask later” list. V Although she does understand the frustration of property owners afflicted by the city’s parking dilemma, Moulton still wonders why they can’t be a little more generous when the sun goes down. She chairs the Transportation and Parking Council, a group of Burlington officials and business types that has been grappling with these problems for the past 15 years. Dan Bradley, transportation and special projects planner for the Department of Public Works, says that working with private lot owners is “like trying to grab sand. We encourage them to communicate with us, but properties tend to change hands and, frankly, they are more interested in managing buildings.” Burlington, as a notoriously “livable” city and tourist desti nation, is vulnerable. “It’s never good for the overall image to have wreckers going through town,” Bradley says. Indeed, when Deborah Brown and two fellow New Hampshire residents drove west in September to visit the Church Street Marketplace, they were soon overwhelmed by an unpleasant encounter of the towing kind. The car they left in the Center Street lot had been whisked away, “so there we stood, three women, loaded down with packages from shop ping, stranded with no vehicle in a strange city,” Brown.wrote in a letter later sent to Clavelle. . She called the Spillane’s number listed on the lot’s no park ing sign —- which she had previously m issed----and asked the employee who answered how they were expected to get there with no car. His response: “Ain’t my problem, lady.” After she finally found a phone book to call a taxi, the dis patcher told her: “So they got another one.” At Spillane’s, the trio could not all fit in the flatbed truck that arrived after a 45-minute wait to take them to their car, which had been stashed at another location. “This meant I had to backtrack three miles in rush-hour traffic [to pick up the others] and, quite frankly, at this point I could not wait to get out of Burlington.” It gets worse. “When I was finally able to retrieve my vehicle,” Brown adds, “it was covered in mud, and there was a foot-long scratch on the side of my van.” Fury is often directed at the towers. Spillane’s, one of at least five local companies that do the dirty deed, has contracts with the city, the university and some 35 businessowned private lots. After an irate Dana Villeneuve drove her damaged car back to the service station, she was even more offended when no one apologized. They did agree to fix it for free, which took a week. “They finally got the part from the dealer but, in the process of installing it, they broke the radius rod,” says Villeneuve. “When I got home, I realized one of my head lights was broken.” Even so, she got off with a mere $40. The repairs probably cost Spillane’s a good $500, suggests a mechanic at another outfit who asked to remain anonymous. “If it s something we’ve done, we try to solve it right here at the shop,” says Eric Carter, a Spillane’s tow-truck driver for four years. “But those cases are few and far between. When I tow, I treat it like it’s my own car.”

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ast year at this time, Mayor Clavelle pleaded with private-lot “parking Scrooges” to lighten up and be a little jollier during the season. He responded to Parkers com plaint by pointing out that “too often the victims of overzealous towing blame the City. More importantly, they feel unwelcome in downtown Burlington.” Davis feels trapped between two conflicting truths. “I know it’s an issue. I feel badly, but the tenants are upset when they find other cars in their spaces,” he says. “We’ve also heard from businesses that, when they come downtown at night, they would like to be able to use what they’re paying for. I have sympathy for people who are towed, but what can we do? I’m not sure what the solution is.” More than seven years ago Melinda Moulton found a solution that appears to work for the Main Street Landing Company, the operation she heads with partner Lisa Steele. “We’ve got a huge, red sign the size of a barn telling people it’s only open to the public after 6 p.m.,” Moulton says. As a sort of people’s developer, the company began printing its own tickets for nonpermitted cars that show up during the day in any of the 265 parking spaces at Union Station, the Pease Grain site and in a garage under the Cornerstone Building. Trespassers are asked to pay $6. The same holds true until the third ticket. “Then they get a letter explaining that, next time, we will tow it,” Moulton says, adding that she has only once resorted to drastic measures.

owing horror stories on city streets or at private lots are no longer as common as they once were, says Deputy Chief John Sonnick of the Burlington Police Department. He remembers a time when the situation was “like the wild West,” in terms of drivers being unable to ascertain the whereabouts of their automobiles. A year ago, an ordinance was implemented that requires towing companies to direct ly notify car owners within seven days. In addition, three months ago a special police department phone line was installed for towers to leave messages identifying the cars they have nabbed. “As soon as they hook a car, we want to know about it,” Sonnick says. “Were getting fairly good compliance with the new system.” The police are now better able to respond with the necessary information when they get frantic calls from suddenly car-less people. ,

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lation is $6.50; other offenses are between $15 and $50. All fees go up by $12 after 30 days; People with $49 in tickets left unpaid for 30 days are classified as scofflaws. Towing fees are $35, plus $5 per day for storage of the car, even if only a few minutes have elapsed.

u m m i e CITY RULES: Don’t park at bus stops, on sidewalks, at hooded meters, within 10 feet of a railroad track, within six feet of a fire hydrant, in a fire lane, in front yards, blocking a driveway, on a greenbelt, in a loading zone, in a handicapped space, anywhere that signs read “no parking,” “residential parking permit” or “peddlers only.” The first two hours of parking are free at all city garages. CITY PU N ISH M EN T: An initial meter vio-

S N O W EMERGENCIES: On streets with parking-ban lights flashing, cars will be towed to a cleared street after 10 p.m. in residential areas and after 2 a.m. in the business district. Tickets left on windshields indicate fines of -$75, with $35 set aside for the towing compa ny. Call 658-SNOW to confirm a snow emer gency. POLICE NUM BER T O CALL W H EN TO W ED : Call 658-2700 and a dispatcher will check the messages left by tow-truck drivers on a special phone line. PRIVATE LOTS: Proceed at your own risk.

U V M RULES: Ticketing fines vary, based on seriousness of violation, for parking in handi capped access spaces, fire lanes or without authorized permits. Towing typically occurs when cars impede access, use fraudulent per mits or block handicapped access. U V M PU N ISH M E N T : Tickets range from $5 to $80; the “habitual offender” policy — six tickets in a six-month period, whether paid or not — mean cars will be towed thereafter. Towing costs are the same as for city violations. Appeals are handled by Transportation and Parking Services; contests o f the decision go before a board of students, faculty and univer sity staff. N UM BER T O CALL IF T O W E D AT U V M : 656-8686, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. After hours, 656-3473.

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The suddenly car-less Rae Cummings got a busy signal for 10 minutes once she finally reached a phone last week. Luckily, she spotted a friend who told her to call Spillane’s. There, she discovered that her $40 tow ing fee was only the half of it: A $45 ticket had been wedged under her windshield wiper. The place where Cummings had parked — at 394 Pearl Street — apparently offered no indica tion that it was illegal, so Cummings plans to ask for clari fication from city authorities. She will probably be referred to Lisa Jones, whose job it is to handle such citizen inquiries.

'There we stood, three women, loaded down with packages from shopping, stranded with no vehicle in a strange city.” *

— New Hampshire resident Deborah Brown A paralegal in the City Attorney’s Office for nine years, Jones reviews contested tickets. “I probably get four or five requests a day on average,” she says. “The little green envelope that comes with a ticket gives a phone number at the police department. The police will explain the process if people want to appeal.” Jones will investigate the case to determine if the parking post ings are misleading, and perhaps even talk to the officer who issued the ticket. If someone has been unfairly towed, the fee they paid would be reimbursed — with taxpayers taking the hit. Scofflaws —1those who have allowed three tickets to go unpaid for a period of 30 days — sometimes plead poverty. “I find it difficult to agree to a pay ment plan,” Jones says. “The track record is that people don’t tend to live up to the agree ment.”

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When a parking-violation appeal is denied, a rather dra conian process awaits anyone intent on demanding justice. “They have a recourse if they disagree with me,” she explains. “There would be a hearing in Vermont District Court, but, if the city’s decision is upheld, it becomes a criminal violation. They could end up with a crimi nal record, as I understand it.” Yikes. Can your protest about a little $6.50 ticket for let ting the meter run out translate into a sentence of hard labor on the chain gang? That nightmarish fantasy is especially ironic because parking brouhahas can happen to anyone — even folks who might other wise seem immune. Clavelle was towed for leaving his car in the old downtown Price Chopper lot while the site was being re-imag ined as a drug store. “All the mayors have been towed, and some city councilors as well,” says John King, the city’s parking manager. “We apply it uniformly. If you’re going to have strong parking enforcement, you have to be fair from top to bottom.” Even Staige Davis found himself the victim of his own company’s zero-tolerance policy in September, when a wrecker patrolling the Center Street lot failed to notice his permit. Queen City road rage peri odically becomes a truly danger ous game when drivers catch towers in the act. “We get it all the time,” says Eric Carter of Spillane’s. “In a few instances, I’ve had to call the police to resolve things. About two years ago, one man unhooked his car from the wrecker, then tried to run into me. Even though he was only going 10 or 15 miles an hour, I went flying through the air.” Carter was uninjured and remains remarkably philosophi cal. “People are usually more irate than violent in Burlington,” he muses. “But, for some of them, their cars are their life.” ®

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mainstay of Maple Landmark — even before they leave the building. Starting in the lumber storeroom, they move through cutting, rout ing, sanding, finishing and assem-. bly rooms stacked on cookie sheets like brightly colored confections. From packing and shipping, they go out to more than 2000 toy and gift stores thoughout the country. From a one-stop wood shop on a dirt road in Lincoln, Maple Landmark has grown into a boom ing, multi-million-dollar business specializing in classic toys, games and decorative blocks. A recent deal with Cracker Barrel fueled a dra matic expansion of personnel. The Southern-based restaurant and gift shop chain now buys 20 percent of the goods cranked out of the lowslung red building just down the road from the Bridge School. Its made of wood, of course. Like so many Green Mountain companies — Vermont Teddy Bear, Champlain Chocolates, Dakin Farm, to name a few along the route south from Burlington — Maple Landmark markets itself as a mid-sized manufacturer in a state associated with quality workman ship. That sets it apart from small facilities that can’t meet the demands of high-end catalogs like Orvis and Martha Stewart, both of which carry Maple Landmark Products, and large factories that can’t be bothered with low-volume custom orders. Unlike its Chinese competitors, Maple Landmark will accept a 20piece order for wooden yoyos engraved with a company logo. Or tap handles, such as the ones down

“You try some things, see if they 'T, work,” says Rainville. “The key to > manufacturing in this country is to be flexible, responsive and get it ;f turned around quick.” Spoken just > like everybody’s favorite foreman V — Old Saint Nick. Rainville was amearly student of market research. As a kid growing up in Lincoln, his family ran the general store, which turned out to be an ideal outlet for his wood- ’ % working wares. One of his first cre ations was a cribbage board —■ . y “something lying around the house that I could copy,” he explains---which his company still cranks out today in traditional and “continu ous” designs with double the num ber of h o le s .~ ■ At 16, with a driver’s license, Rainville went wholesale, and moved his dusty operation out of the basement into a separate build ing on his parents’ property. After .7 college, he expanded again and started operating under the “Maple Landmark” name his grandparents used to sell syrup. Now octogenari ans, the same couple is working for their grandson on a frigid Friday A morning. Rainville’s mother, sister • and wife are also employed at the plant. C “I’m not sure we ever thought it ; would be this big,” says “Grandma” Harriett Brown, wrapped in a blan ket while affixing labels. “But Mike ' knows you either grow or stagnate. He doesn’t stagnate.” No, indeed. Rainville’s first acquisition was Troll’s Toy Work shop in Barnet. Along with equipContinued on page 14a

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An admissions program makes Middlebury a little bit more multicultural By Heather Stephenson usic throbs through the dark, low-ceilinged room, a hip-hop sound so loud that conversation is impossi ble. But this party isn’t about talk; it’s about motion and the cathartic release o f a pounding beat. As m idnight approaches, more college students fill the floor, whirling like small planets orbiting one another. Up front, the DJs spin tunes on two turntables and a C D player, and a young woman in a skintight top sidles closer to a man in baggy jeans, swaying her hips with his in a display that would have made Elvis blush. Here in the basement o f a M iddlebury College “specialinterest” student house, a program that recruits New York City students for the college is having an impact. T he urban students, who arrive each fall in a team o f 10, don’t just bring varied voices to academic debates: They share their talents in religious organizations and wrestling matches, student gov ernm ent and dance recitals. Even, as thfs Saturday-night event demonstrates, in the choice o f music at campus gather ings. “Up here, they never play the stuff I like to hear,” says the party’s host, 19-year-oid Jason Spiegler o f Queens, New York. Spiegler, a biracial sophomore who thinks he will major in neuroscience, was adm itted to M iddlebury through the pro gram known as Posse. Tonight, he wears a loose, striped T-shirt and jeans, and paces beside the other disc jockey with a m icrophone in his hand. H e’s eager to share his favorite hip-hop and reggae tunes, which don’t get much airtime on campus. “I learned to like the parties they have here,” he explains. “I just want to introduce the kind I’m more used to.” His effort is clearly appreciated by the 50 or so students who turn out to dance. For an hour or two, the basement

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takes on the air of an urban nightclub, with low light provid ed by purple, green and red bulbs in the fixtures and the pool table transformed into a snack bar offering soda and chips. The crowd boos when the party shuts down at 1 a.m., in deference to neighbors on the residential street. But the room clears quickly. Someone turns on the harsh fluorescent lights, and Spiegler and his fellow DJ carry the sound equipment out to their cars, “For a party with no alcohol being offered, I think we did a pretty good job,” Spiegler says. “This was definitely like a party back home. Just, at a party back home, there’d be more people,”

iddlebury may not be a haven for hip-hop just yet, but it’s making efforts to increase diversity. The Posse program is part of that, explains college President John McCardell Jr. “We are the whitest, least diverse state in the nation,” he says of Vermont. “We are cold, remote, rural, white. It’s our job to be persuasive [to prospective students] that while all these things are true, they aren’t necessarily negative.” The private nonprofit Posse Foundation has helped Middlebury and other colleges around the nation supplement their usual admissions efforts, which recruit minority stu dents one by one, by admitting select teams of students from urban areas. The Middlebury team is made up of teenagers from all the boroughs of New York City and reflects the makeup of the city’s public school population, which is large ly black, Hispanic and Asian. Last fall, Middlebury welcomed its first “posse” of 10, which included African-American, Puerto Rican, Syrian, Russian and Korean-American students. This year, another group arrived. The small liberal arts college is committed to continue the effort for at least five years. Middlebury pays 75 percent of each Posse student’s annu al fee of $32,765, which covers tuition, room and board. For those who demonstrate financial need, the college covers up to 100 percent. This year, the college is giving $415,000 in its own aid to Posse students, plus $35,000 in federal grants. It also pays the Posse Foundation a $25,000 annual member ship fee. The diverse students of the Posse program show academic promise and leadership skills, but might not have applied to Middlebury on their own. Spiegler, for example, says he had

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never heard of the college before a guidance counselor recom into a photo of white football fans on a fall admissions mended he consider Posse; he had been thinking of applying ' brochure. In Georgia, a federal judge ruled that efforts by the University of Georgia in Athens to give a statistical boost to to large urban schools like Columbia and New York universi nonwhite applicants were unconstitutional. And four white ties. Y x .,:::-v University of Texas Law School applicants who were denied Attracting students like Spiegler helps Middlebury reach its ethnicity goals for the student body: 10 percent American- admission recently won a lawsuit against that school. The-Posse program seems to skirt the more controversial born students of color and an additional 10 percent interna aspects of affirmative-action efforts while accomplishing tional students. Middlebury’s freshman class last fall was 84 percent white, - many of the same goals. White students are included, but students of color are given an edge by the very nature of the 8 percent Asian, 4 percent black, 2 percent American Indian and 2 percent Hispanic, which closely mirrors the average for urban communities in which the program recruits. The Posse comparable colleges across the nation. At those schools, Asian Foundation, which started in New York 11 years ago, is now active in Boston and Chicago and hopes to expand to Los students made up about 9 percent of the freshman class in Angeles. The foundation sent its first Posse to Vanderbilt Univer n h e ^ v o r l c n j n h y i e w j sity in 1990, and has since established programs at DePauw, Brandeis, Bowdoin and Wheaton, as well as Middlebury. Bryn Mawr, Denison, Dickinson and Hamilton are in the process of recruiting posses for the fall of 2001. The Posse Foundation does not divulge students’ grades or their scores on college entrance exams, but officials say that almost 90 percent of participating students graduate within five years. At Middlebury last fall, five of the 10 Posse students were on the dean’s list, which requires a 3.3 grade point average. In the spring, after one student died in a car crash, five of the nine remaining were on the dean’s list. That’s about average for their class of 2003, 48 percent of whom were on the dean’s list or in a more exclusive category known as College Scholars last May. The Posse as a group maintained a grade point average of 3.1. The program hasn’t flourished everywhere. Both Rice and Lehigh universities stopped admitting Posse students after 1999 and Hispanics accounted for 4 percent. Whites made two years. Posse Foundation founder and executive director up 82 percent of the freshman class at those “very selective Deborah Bial says the program was discontinued at those colleges,” according to survey figures provided by Middle schools because of administrative disagreements. bury. “It had nothing to do with the students,” she says. “The Maintaining a diverse student body helps all undergradu kids were amazing.” ates prepare for their futures, McCardell says: “The world of Bial’s concept for the Posse program came from her work the new millennium and the new century is one of multiculwith youth leadership programs in New York City. One stu turalism.” dent who dropped out of college told her he would have suc Middlebury’s decision to enter the Posse program comes ceeded if he had been on campus with his friends, whom he as colleges across the country are struggling to attract more minorities to their campuses, sometimes with controversial or referred to as his “posse,” a common slang term at the time. even illegal campaigns. In September, the University of Wisconsin-Madison took some heat for inserting a black face Continued on page 30a

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form the mosaic of this campus.” But the constant effort to reach out and build bridges rather than fall back on one’s own group can be tiring. Posse member Paula Yepes, an 18-year-old sophomore who is originally from Colombia, South America, is president of a campus alliance of Latin American and Caribbean students. But she is also a student of Japanese who lives in Japan House, plans to study in* Tokyo next year and often hangs ''o u t with Asian students. Sometimes, her relationship with fellow Hispanics feels strained. “They speak to me in Spanish, and I don’t really like that,” she says. “I find this pressure to be more like my group.”

Romina agrees. “On us, it puts a big pressure, because you’re not accepted in either group,” she says. “You’re hanging in the middle.”

osse members sometimes feel their group and its mission is misunderstood. They say some of their peers think the pro gram is based on race rather than leadership qualities and that Middiebury wouldn’t accept the participants on their own academic merits. That’s simply not true, accord ing to Michael Schoenfeld, the col lege’s dean of enrollment planning. An occasional Posse student has lower test scores than average for Middiebury, but they are all quali fied, he says. “I think actually some of these

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From a group of about 20 candi dates selected by the Posse ;> Foundation, Middiebury adminis trators choose 10 students to admit after a series of group activities in December. During the December work shop,' “we observe to see who emerges as the leaders, who cooper ates, who shows the leadership skills that Posse thinks is critical for their ability to not only be successful aca demically but to successfully build a community on campus,” Schoenfeld says. But the college also asks for for mal, traditional applications. “We’re still mindful that students will need to be able to perform academically, and some of that is measured by test scores and grades,” Schoenfeld says. After students are selected, they meet weekly in New York from January through August, participat ing in workshops on study skills, time management and other lessons to help them succeed in college. On campus, they continue to meet reg ularly through their sophomore year. Despite all the support, the group is not meant to be a clique. Posse participants live in different dormitories and don’t necessarily take the same classes. “It makes the transition a lot easier,” says Zheng, cooling off out side the fire exit at Spiegler’s party. She’s come to the dance with five of her fellow Posse members, but says, “we’re also branching out.” Standing beside her, 18-year-old Anna Rita Pergolizzi of Staten

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by Gore, are invariably in the ser vice o f the guilty corporations. These include, am ong many other things, giving tax breaks to oil companies drilling in the G ulf o f Mexico and turning over millions o f acres o f National Forest lands to logging companies. The most recent example of this... policy occurred at the Hague Climate Conference, where talks broke down because the U.S., by far the w orld’s worst polluting country, refused to reduce its emissions by the tiny percentage dem anded by all o f Europe. It should be no mystery, there fore, why over 90,000 Floridians and millions o f Americans voted for Ralph Nader, the only candi date who would work to end our dependence on fossil fuels, and to break the un-elected corporate government’s stranglehold on our future. The only mystery is that so many other people voted for can didates who are doing their best to make the Earth unlivable for their grandchildren.

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but it’s not the greatest. Check out Le Vieille Buche Pub on the Vale Perkins road back towards Mansonville for a healthy splash o f local color.

Mont Sutton 671 chemin Maple Sutton, Quebec (450) 538-2545 www.montsutton.com M ont Sutton is a gem o f a hill for the experienced rider. It’s never too busy and the people who go there — an equal mix o f anglophones and francophones — are usually family types who stick to the groomed trails and leave the good stuff for adventurous board ers. T he terrain is excellent for boarding, and if you stay to the Eastern side o f the hill you will probably find some glades that can only be described as “wicked.” The least windy hill in the Townships, M ont Sutton is blessed with several good dum ps every year. It tends to be under-populat ed because people often mistakenly pass it up for the bigger hills. But, as women are always telling me, bigger doesn’t always mean better. My personal favorite in the Townships, M ont Sutton gets a nine out o f 10.

Ski Bromont Bromont, Quebec 150 Champlain, Exit 78 off Rt. 10 (1-888-866-4270) (450-534-2200) www.skibromont.com T he best thing about Bromont is that they have night skiing — if you like night skiing, that is. The hill itself is okay, nothing too chal lenging, but there are a few good runs if you take the time to scout them out. Bromont tends to attract a certain breed of French-Canadian known locally as the Pepper — don’t ask me why. This creature is distinguishable by his garish cloth ing, booming, obnoxious voice and fondness for Twinkies. I personally enjoy this creature, but you may hear others call him a low-class frog. Bromont measures up, with a vertical drop o f 405 meters, which translated into feet is... uh, pretty

good, I think. I give the hill a seven out of 10; it’s worth the trip. Weekend adult rate: $38 Canadian A p r i s - & x action: There’s an okay bar on the hill.

Mont Orford Orford/Magog, Quebec (819)843-6548 1-800-567-2772 www.mt-orford.com This big hill is always crowded. I don’t know why, as it’s not really all it’s cracked up to be. I might be biased, since Mont Orford was where I first experienced the thrill of snowboarding after agreeing to it the night before in the spirit of drunken “I love these people I’m with and I trust them not to steer me wrong.” I racked myself up pretty good here — perhaps because I was wearing a pea jacket and stretch denim jeans — and I still get chills every time I see Mont Orford on the horizon. A seven for this one, too. Beginning-of-the-season weekend rate: $20 Canadian A p r e s - s V i action: There is an okay bar on the hill, but for real spills

altogether and head for the - - Laurentien Mountains, about 45 minutes north of Montreal. There are literally dozens of hills here, ranging from the truly crappy (Ski Morin Heights) to the moderate Mont Glen (Mont Saint Sauveur) to the decent 136 chemin Glen Knowlton but way overpriced (Mont West Bolton, Quebec Tremblant). But the Laurentiens 450-243-6142 are a hell of a lot of fun at night, www.glen.qc.ca with several villages offering up This is a relatively small hill nightlife as good as you will find that few people think about when anywhere. planning a ski day in the TownThe villages of Saint Sauveur ships. True, it’s not the most chal- ; , and Tremblant are the obvious lenging hill, but if you’re like me places to swing, but don’t turn up and can’t ski or board for shit to your nose at the smaller villages begin with, who cares? It s fairly like Saint Donat and Sainte Adele. cheap and usually not too busy. I’d Personally, I avoid Mont Tremblant give it a seven. like the plague. It’s close to $60 Adult weekend rate is $25 Cana Canadian for a day of so-so board dian; two people for $20 Canadian ing, and most of the time you have on Thursdays. .. to pay for parking as well, which is A p r e s - s k l action: Knowlton Pub and the Thirsty Boot are both right downright immoral in my book. Mont Tremblant does feel a little up the street in Knowlton. like a European ski village, but at the prices they charge, you might Laurentiens as well just fly over to Switzerland If a p r e s - s ki action is more for the day. ® appealing to you than the winter sports experience itself, then you might want to skip the Townships

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KERRY KERNEY BAND (jam/blues), Nightspot Outback, 9:30 p.m. $5-10.

SATURDAY BRAINTREE (acoustic duo, Christmas music), University Mall, 11 a.m. NC.

THE CLUBB MIXX W/DJS IR!e , FROSTEE & TOXIC (hiphop/house), Millennium Nightclub-Burlington, 9 p.m. $3/10. 18+ before 11 p.m. THE RIGHT IDEA (rock/r&b), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9 p.m. NC. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 p.m. $8/6. 18+ GUY COLASACCO (singer-songwriter), Jake’s, 6:30 p.m. NC. THE NATURALS (rock), Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. HIGHLAND WEAVERS (Irish), Tuckaway’s, Sheraton Hotel, 9 p.m. NC. QUADRA (rock; farewell show), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. $2. CAROL ABAIR & FRIENDS (song writer, CD release party), Sami’s Harmony Pub, 7 p.m., followed by THE ABAIR BROS, (rock), 9 p.m. $3. ADAMS & EVE (rock), Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. SIDE SHOW BOB (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. JOSH BROOKS (singer-songwriter), Village Cup, 8 p.m. NC. BACK ROADS (country; line danc ing), Cobbweb, 8:30 p.m. $7/12.

OPIUS (jazz-rock), Monopole, 10 p.m. NC.

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fire eater, etc.), Compost Art Ctr., 9 p.m. $6. SPINN CITY W/DJ ROBBIE J. (hiphop/r&b), Millennium NightclubBarre, 9 p.m. $3/10. 18+ ALLEY KATZ (rock), Gallagher’s, 9 p.m. $3. VERMONT ALLSTARS (r&b), Mad Mountain Tavern, 9 p.m. $4. 11 FOOT 7 (rock), Matterhorn, 9 p.m. $3-5. GRIPPO FUNK BAND, Rusty Nail, 9 p.m. $8. MUNDAY/PETERSEN (acoustic pop), Blue Tooth, 9:30 p.m. $2. FIGHTING GRAVITY (alt-rock), Pickle Barrel, 9 p.m. $10.

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Charlie O’s, 7 0 Main St., Montpelier, 2 23 -6 82 0 . Chow! Bella, 2 8 N. Main St., St. Albans, 5 24 -1 40 5 . Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 8 65 -4 56 3 . Cobbweb, Sandybirch Rd., Georgia, 5 27 -7 00 0 . Deerleap Books, 2 5 Main St., Bristol, 4 5 3 -5 6 8 4 . Diamond Jim’s Grille, Highgate Comm. Shpg. Ctr., S t Albans, 5 24 -9 28 0 . Dockside Cafe, 2 09 Battery, Burlington, 8 6 4 -5 2 6 6 . Edgewater Pub, 3 4 0 Malletts Bay Ave., Colchester, 8 65 -4 21 4 . Finnigan's Pub, 2 05 College St., Burlington, 8 64 -8 20 9 . Flynn Center/FlynnSpace, 153 Main St., Burlington, 8 63 -5 96 6 . Franny O’s 7 3 3 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 8 63 -2 90 9 . Gallagher’s, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 4 9 6 -8 8 0 0 . Good Times Cafe, Hinesburg Village, Rt. 1 1 6 ,4 8 2 -4 4 4 4 . Ground Zero, 3 Durkee St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5 18 -5 66 -6 9 69 . Heartwood Hollow Gallery Stage, 7 6 5 0 Main Rd., Hanksville, 4 3 4 -5 8 3 0 / 8 8 8 -2 12 -1 1 42 . Henry's, Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 8 63 -6 36 1 . Higher Ground, 1 Main S t, Winooski, 6 54 -8 88 8 . Horn of the Moon Cafe, 8 Langdon St., Montpelier, 2 2 3 -2 8 9 5 . Jake's, 1233 Shelburne Rd., S. Burlington, 6 58 -2 25 1 . J.P. Morgan's at Capitol Plaza, 100 Main St., Montpelier, 2 23 -5 25 2 . J.P.’s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 6 58 -6 38 9 . Leunig's, 115 Church S t, Burlington, 8 63 -3 75 9 . Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 6 58 -6 77 6 . Matterhorn, 4 9 6 9 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 2 53 -8 19 8 . Millennium Nightclub-Barre, 2 3 0 N. Main S t, Barre, 4 76 -3 59 0 . Millennium Nightclub-Burlington, 165 Church St., Burlington, 6 60 -2 08 8 .

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Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5 1 8 -5 6 3 -2 2 2 2 . Mountain Roadhouse, 1677 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 2 53 -2 80 0 . Nectar’s, 188 Main S t, Burlington, 6 5 8 -4 7 7 1 . Ollie's, 13 Evelyn St., Rutland, 7 73 -3 71 0 . 135 Pearl St., Burlington, 8 63 -2 34 3 . Otter Creek Tavern, 2 15 Main St., Vergennes, 8 77 -3 66 7 .

JENNI JOHNSON (jazz/biues), Sweetwaters, 11:30 a.m. NC. LEWIS FRANCO (kid-oriented singer-songwriter), Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1 p.m. NC.

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Pacific Rim, 111 S t Paul St., Burlington, 6 51 -3 00 0 . Pickle Barrel, Kiltington Rd., Killington, 4 2 2 -3 0 3 5 . Radisson Hotel, 60 Battery St., Burlington, 6 58 -6 50 0 . Rasputin’s, 163 Church St., Burlington, 8 6 4 -9 3 2 4 . Red Square, 136 Church S t, Burlington, 8 59 -8 90 9 . Rhombus, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 65 -3 14 4 . Ripton Community Coffee House, Rt. 125, 3 88 -9 78 2 .

(jazz; holiday CD release), Borders, 3 p.m. NC. LAST NIGHT’S JOY (Irish), Ri Ra Irish Pub, 7 p.m. NC.

Ri Ra the Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 8 6 0 -9 4 0 1 . Ruben James, 159 Main S t, Burlington, 8 64 -0 74 4 . Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 2 5 3 -6 2 4 5 . Signal to Noise HQ, 4 1 6 Pine St. (behind Speeder & Earl’s), Burlington, 951 -1 14 0 .

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Starksboro, 4 3 4 -4 2 5 4 . Steer & Stein Pub, 147 N. Winooski Ave., 8 62 -7 44 9 . Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 8 64 -9 80 0 .

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Thjrsty Turtle, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 2 44 -5 22 3 . Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, 6 55 -9 54 2 . T. Rugg's Tavern, 149 Elmwood Ave., Burlington, 6 58 -0 45 6 . Tuckaway's, Sheraton, 8 70 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 8 65 -6 60 0 .

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UpperDeck Pub at the Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 8 62 -6 58 5 .

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GOING OUT IN CLASSIC STYLE Last week I noted that Buck and the B la ck Cats were packing it in after only seven lives, er, years.. Quadra has them beat by another 13 in the longevity department. But this month marks the final gigs of the Burlington rockers starting this weekend at the Trackside Tavern. Guitarist M ike Trom bley — owner of Advance Music — keyboardist Moe Dubois, his brother M ark on bass, and Mike’s brother M att on drums will call it a wrap on New Year’s Eve, when they play the Sheraton with fellow institutions The A b a ir Bros. Local boys, all o f ’em. Mike Trombley hazily recalls — hey, it was 20 years ago — that the band’s first gig was “maybe the Legion Hall or the VFW, in St. Albans.” But what he calls Quadra’s “eclectic classic rock” has most frequently been heard at good old Nectar’s. He proudly notes “We’re the only band that ever covered Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” — in these parts, at least — but the only song he’s not sick of, Trombley notes, is “Black Betty,” by one-hit won ders Ram Jam, because it’s more challenging to play. Trombley admits he’ll miss “the friends who have come to see us over the years,” but will most definitely get by without the “smoke and obnoxious drunk people” (you know who you are — don’t you?). I’d just like to add that this eligible bachelor will no longer have late-night gigs as an excuse to keep him from settling down — and no, he did not pay me to say this. Happy anniversary, new year and new life, guys. You will be missed.

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and Eric Arnzen — have released a straightforward rendition of 15 holiday tunes, appropriately titled M erry Christm as! Most are instrumental, but, hark! what angel sings? Guest vocalist N ico le W illia m s makes my bells jingle. Check out the live cheer this Wednesday at the Inn at Essex, Sunday at Borders, and next Wednesday at Barnes & Noble. A little more sedate is Amid the Winter Snow, by a Southern Vermont duo with the somewhat cere bral moniker of B raintree — Alan S tew art and Todd Keenhold are regulars at the Woodstock Inn. This disc delivers 20 pretty instrumental songs played quietly, solemnly and without the assistance of a single elf. There isn’t more than a flake of information on the sleeve, but I’ve learned from accompanying press material that Stewart plays key board, synthesizer and percussion, while Keenhold

contributes guitar and percussion. Theirs is the pleasant sort of music you might hear piped out on Church Street to soothe weary shoppers, but the harpsichord touch gives it an old-timey — and sometimes other-worldly — sound that is in fact a timeless pleasure. So timeless that you may get itchy to slap it on again right after Thanksgiving day football. Braintree play the University Mall this Saturday. Adeste fidelis. DO GOOD DEPT. A cavalcade of musicians and poets get together this week to help raise sound and money for the future Pyralisk Art Center — the former Montpelier institution will have a spiffy new lease on life if the nonprofit organization, led by visionary director N ictlO ldS H e ch t, can amass funds to match their grant for the renovation of an old salt barn. Join Rachel Bissex, C huck M eese, Jim S ardonis, Kate B utler, Lafe Dutton, The P u tn a m ville Revenooers and Geof H e w itt at the capital city’s Unitarian Church this Friday. This weekend The Johnny Devil Band turn into angels — or Santa’s helpers — for needy children in Addison County before rockiin’ around the Christmas tree. At their Otter Creek Tavern gigs Friday and Saturday, fans are encouraged to bring an upwrapped toy for the local “Toys For Kids” program — sponsored annually by the Tavern and the Marine Corps League of Vermont. Toy collec tion barrels are also set up at locations around the county, and financial donations are welcome, too. More info, call 877-3667 or look online at www. Ottercktav.bigstep.com. You don’t have to get tipsy to see elves this Saturday. Those good people at M a g ic Hat will once again playing “Santa Night,” and a-caroling they will go through bars and restaurants in down town Burlington to raise money for area children and families. Appropriately dressed (in Claus or elfin gear) helpers should convene at the parking lot of Magic Hat at 3 p.m., then go out there and sleigh ’em. Though in truth the MH singers can’t promise to stay in key at all times, they’ll surely remain in good spirits. Fa la la la la, la la la la. ®

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CAROL ABAIR, CLOSE TO HOME (self-released, CD) — If you’ve been paying attention to the Burlington musical scene in recent years, then undoubtedly you’ve come across the Abair name. Mainly it’s been the menfolk in the spotlight, but now sister Carol Abair is letting her voice be heard — literally. In her debut CD, Close to Home, Abair reveals a herself to be a comfortable and confident artist. That confidence is most evident in a number of ’songs like “Frost” that have an enjoyably natural flow. Like Suzanne Vega’s early work, it’s sparsely arranged, with a narrative alternatively introspective and expressive. There’s another comparison that can’t be avoided: Neither singer-songwriter has an overtly beautiful voice. But just as Vega knows how to get the most out of her limited vocal range, Abair usually does, too. At times it is through stark contrast, as Abair’s plain-spoken delivery works as a counterpoint to the pretty backing vocals of Rachel Bissex (“Farewell Bernadette,” “Frost,” “Planning a Party”). Other times it is the guitar of Kip Meaker or button accordion from Robert Resnik that adds the perfect touch. A melancholy mood runs through these songs, as in “Where Are the Children,” in which a couple struggles with empty-nest syndrome. “Now we are like the children with a new home to build,” Abair sings, “Come hold me tonight ’cause I’m cold and

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the night is too still.” This is several chapters after the rock ’n’ roll one. Rebellion has given way to a yearning for familial comforts. The baby boomers are all grown up; bring on the ennui. The tone is sometimes just too sentimental for my ears, as in “Magic of the Moon.” But with “My Home is Vermont” — which Abair penned for the state song competition — the predictability and romance felt kind of cozy, like a Norman Rockwell painting you want to be inside. True to the album’s name, Abair didn’t need to go far for a stellar cast of characters. Mark and Phil Abair lend their talents on keyboard, bass and vocals, while Pete Sutherland helps out on fiddle and vocals. Karen McFeeters and Katherine Quinn bring har monies that sound like they belong in St. Paul’s Cathedral. It’s these players, combined with wellconsidered arrangements, that for the most part don’t force Abair to carry the songs on her own. And that’s a good thing, because for the best singers, “voice” runs deeper than vocals. Abair and friends celebrate Close to Home with a release party this Saturday at Sami’s Harmony Pub in Milton, followed by a dose of the brothers’ rock ’n’ roll. — Kirt Zimmer WHAT HAP PENED? (self-released, CD) — Vermont musician Charlie Messing has played guitar with the occasion ally famous — Robert Gordon, Holy and Unholy Modal Rounders Pete Stampfel and Steve Weber, the Jordanaires. Check out the All Music Guide, a scarily comprehensive database on the Internet, and you’ll find that he’s also performed or recorded with many of the stili-not-famous since the 1970s. But it’s only been in the past few years that Messing has made the effort to record his own material. A bare-bones (unadorned guitar and vocal) CD entitled ihVwas released last year, and now a new recording, What Happened? Featuring Messing’s seven-piece band Be That Way, is available. On casual listen, a lot of the material here sounds like catchy Marshall Crenshaw-style retro pop, with rhythm guitar and drum tracks that recall a mid-’70s Keith Richards and Charlie Watts groove. When-you CHARLIE MESSING IN BE THAT WAY,

lean in, however, the depth and darkness begins to emerge. Charlie Messing is a fine songwriter, but be warned: The sweetly sung landscapes in his songs are hung with bleak observation and imagery. Some Messing song titles: “Nobody Ever Gets Back to You.” “Get Your Butt Off My Desk.” “I’m Only Human — What’s Your Excuse?” And from the song “Programmed For Failure”: “I take a shower every day, but the dirt never goes away/Life is full of regrets/Let’s pretend it’s not the end.” Pam' Dickey’s light touch on marimba and bells — a marvelously twisted combination — does even more to bring out the darkness, and the counter point is Messings singular low voice and snazzy gui tar work throughout. Its a sometimes scary but very effective mix. - The aging punk rocker in me wants to hear Messing scream out some of his lyrics, but he croons so politely that the listener is forced to simmer. When he finally cuts loose on “Picture of Me” with some primal hollering, it’s a relief. Also noteworthy on What Happened? \s “’Tis the Season” — a gentle carol set to Pachelbel with snide lyrics that will appeal to Zappa and Randy Newman lovers everywhere. With bells. What Happened? is a thinker’s album — definitely not light listening, but worth the effort. — Robert Resnik

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Stetson. Dorothy Ailing Memorial Library, Williston Village, 878-4918. Through January 30. SEEING WITH NEW PERSPECTIVE, NeoSurrealist paintings by Ethan Azarian and Neo-Surrealist Assemblage by Greg Brower. Flynndog Gallery, Burlington, 652-9985. Through January 23. PERFORMANCE ART, paintings by Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr. and Alice Murdoch. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center? Burlington, 86-FLYNN. Through December. VERNISSAGE 2001, an annual holiday group show of D-A represented artists, celebrating three years of business at the gallery. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. Through December. FACES OF OUR COMMUNITY, pho tographs by Julie Steedman. Burlington City Hall, 860-4436. . Through January 2. FEATHERS IN FLIGHT, monotypes in oil by Lyna Lou Nordstrom. Finale Salon, S. Burlington, 862-0713. Through January 15.

THE ALLURE OF THE CURVE, featuring hand-forged sculptural gold jewelry by Timothy Grannis and a photo-collabo ration by Alex Williams and Claudia Venon. Grannis Gallery, Burlington,

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WINTER WONDERLAND, featuring the work of Vermont artisans, including Grace Pomerleau, Peter DeLuca and Ruth Pope. Frog Hollow Vermont State draft Center, Burlington, 863-6458. Through December. FLIGHTS OF FANCY, a group show fea turing 15 local artists in varied media. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shel burne, 985-3848. Through January 16. FRENCH IMPRESSIONS, paintings by Carolyn Walton from a recent trip to the Dordogne River Valley. LuxtonJones Gallery, Shelburne, 985-8223. Through December. CLEMENT, mixed-media works by Joe Harig. Daily Planet Restaurant, Burlington, 862-9647. Through January 1.

A SENSE OF PLACE: DRAWING ON VER MONT’S REGIONAL CHARACTER, fine hand-pulled prints from ink drawings by David Goodrich. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 8657211. Also, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT VARIATIONS, mixed-media works by Scott deBie. Fletcher Room. Both through December. ELDER ART, featuring the works of local seniors. Brownell Public Library, Essex Jet., 878-6955. Through December.

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Peter Russom. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 865-3144. Through December. HOLIDAY AT THE OLD RED MILL, a group show by members of the Northern Vermont Artist Association. Red'Mill Gallery, Jericho, 899-1106. Through December 27. THE LAST FRONTIER, an evolving ceil ing installation by Torin Porter; visitors are invited to leave lightweight objects for inclusion. Club Metronome, Burlington, 865-4563. Through December.

glass, dolls, masks and decorated gourds by Chris and Meredith Martin; stoneware and porcelain works by Judy Jensen. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 728-9878. Through January 7.

DRAGONS, SILK AND JADE: CHINESE OBJECTS FROM THE PERMANENT COL LECTION, featuring garments, acces

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sories and more from ancient China. Also, LANDSCAPES ON PAPER, from the permanent collection. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Both through December 17.

THE FABULOUS ’50S: WELCOME HOME TO POST-WAR VERMONT, the museum’s newest historic house, depicting a Vermont family in 1950; SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW: Continuity and Change in American Furniture and Decorative Arts, 1700-1820; FROM

GEORGE WASHINGTON TO P.T. BARNUM, prints; and LANDSCAPE & LIGHT, paint ings by Martin Johnson Heade. Shelburne Museum, 985-3348. Ongoing. RICK SUTTA, oil paintings "with impact.” Rick Sutta Gallery, Burlington, 860-7506. Ongoing.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY TOM HOMANN & JILL MADDEN, ceramics and paintings. Ferrisburgh Artisans Guild, 877-3668. Through January. GINGERBREAD HOUSES, an annual exhibit and competition of tasty archi tecture. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 388-4964. Through December 23. Winners announced December 19. DONNA OWENS, wild and domestic ani mal photographs, and ALFRED JARGER, handcrafted furniture. Marvin’s Carvins, Ferrisburgh, 877-6283. HOLIDAY SHOW, featuring unique artis tic gifts by Vermonters. Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, W. Rutland, 4382097. Through December. -

BEFORE THE GOLDEN DOME: THE STATE HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD, 1859-1907, featuring historic photographs reveal ing daily life in Montpelier before the dome was gilded. The Vermont Historical Society presents at the State House Card Room, Montpelier, 234-5039. Through January. photographs by Jeffrey P. Roberts. A Single Pebble Restaurant, Berlin, 476-9700. Through January 24. VERMONT HAND CRAFTERS: Work by local artisans. Vermont By Design Gallery, Waterbury, 244-7566. \ Ongoing. SCRAP-BASED ARTS & CRAFTS, featur ing re-constructed objects of all kinds by area artists. The Restore, Montpelier, 229-1930. Ongoing. ALICE ECKLES, paintings and mixed media. Old School House, Marshfield, 456-8993. Ongoing.

NORTHERN Gallery, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 586-7711. Through December. PETER MILLER: The Waterbury photog rapher features “ Stowe Moonscape” and other work. Vermont Fine Art, Gale Farm Center, Stowe, 253-9653. Through December. JEANETTE CHUPACK, recent paintings. Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116.. Through January 7. 1ST ANNUAL MEMBERS’ EXHIBIT, fea turing paintings and sculpture by more than 50 area artists. Also, the

20TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE TREES, Christmas greenery and paintings by Alice and Walton Blodgett. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through December 30. A.C. HARD, photographs. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1469. Through December 15.

paintings and prints. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, 775-0356. Through January 7.

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STONES, SCHOLARS AND SUPPORTERS: MIDDLEBURY AND THE GROWTH OF ITS COLLEGE, a multi-media exhibit in honor of the college’s bicentennial. Henry-Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, 388-2117. Through March.

CENTRAL VERMONT 25 YEARS OF CELEBRATING ART, featur ing works by members of the Art Resource Association. T.W. Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through December 22. PAINTING WITH PAPER, collage works by Susan Goodby. Vermont Arts Council Spotlight Gallery, Montpelier, 828-5422. Through December 29. WINTER WHIMSEY, a holiday exhibit of toys, ornaments and playful clay objects. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, 244-1126. Through December. ELIZABETH EDGERTON, impressionistic/expressionistic paintings. Vermont Supreme Court, Montpelier, 8284784. Through December 22.

aniel Pittman is concerned about more than the formal aspects of art. In his show of new works at Burlington’s Firehouse gallery, a connection between urban decay and the will of nature is exposed and addressed in wry and insidious ways. After all, there’s something subversive about planting trees in the mouths of factory chimneys, or growing grass for a month in an art gallery and then abruptly paving over the carefully nurtured plot. Last week Pittman installed one of his

LOIS EBY, new work. Brown Library

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works of art and craft based on the human figure, by Lynne Barton and Mariel Phair. Barton Pitti Gallery, Rutland, 4 3 8-5 611 . Through January 1. METALWORKS, a solo exhibit by con temporary metal artisan Bruce R. MacDonald. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Middlebury, 3884074. Through January 1.

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“Gold Mine Bullets,” by Daniel Pittman

“Chimney Trees” at the old Hood plant on South Winooski Avenue in Burlington — viewable from the street. “Mother’s New Dress” is the title of a grass-and-concrete piece that unfolded dur ing last spring’s “Process/Progress II” exhibit at the Firehouse. Pittman has documented these organic acts within the present exhibit, while emphasizing more than process in his new works. He describes the decadence of post-industrial life with hues, textures and reorganized pictorial patterns that echo this degeneration. His col ors are those of weathered pack aging — like the litter of alley ways and vacant lots. His tex tures are those of peeling hand* bills hastily glued onto brick walls. Despite the importance of decomposition in Pittman’s works, there is also a quest for order. “Road to Nowhere” and “You Reap What You Sow” are large-scale collages of aerial pho tos copied and reorganized into intricate motifs reminiscent of Persian rugs. “Road to Nowhere” is a tangled calligraphy of high way entrance ramps viewed from about 10,000 feet and bordered by serpentine suburban streets. “You Reap What You Sow” has a similar bor der surrounding a jumbled matrix of plowed fields'. Spilled coffee is a common medium in Pittman’s work, imparting dried-out surfaces and weird sepia-colored stains that blend with the gray tones of his oversized Xeroxes. v This artist adds color sparingly./God Damn” is a vertical piece also executed in acrylic and cof fee on photocopied collage elements. Its central

form is like a huge fan spanning a canyon, and a band of transparent crimson details the top edge of the canvas. “Marlboro” features a pilfered image of smoking cow-punchers riding along a horizon at sun-up — or sundown —*- through a cluttered atmosphere of similar advertising images. Reds and yellows punctuate the usual “greige,” and a tar-like black smear hangs in the sky. “Gold Mine Bullets” is titled after a brand name of the Popsicles. Pittman organized tat tered, flattened and cut-up Popsicle boxes, paint ed with coffee and acrylic into a kind o f solar disk of radiating yellow, pale green, orange, purple and magenta Popsicle pictures. In “Gold Mine Bullets” and “Marlboro,” Pittman’s work becomes an earthy cousin to Pop Art, as he mines and undermines icons of modernity. “Home on the Range,” a literally earthy installation in the rear gallery, comments about society and environ ment in similarly muted tones. But there is an added element: smell. An elusive scent of soil permeates the air as a result of Pittman’s piling of dried leaves in the south end of the room. Amidst the leaves is a makeshift wall for target shooting. Paper targets, torn sheets of the music for “Home on the Range” and outlined bison are glued to the weathered wall. There are green shotgun shell casings, and a few bits of junk metal scattered in the brown leaves. On the opposite side of the gallery a ghostly classroom scene of four desks faces an altar-like wall where a 1919 high school diploma is hung, along with the photograph of a ruined school

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A HOLIDAY SAMPLER, featuring sculp ture, folk art, quilts and linens by area artists. Cupola House Gallery, Essex, N.Y., 518-963-7494. Through December 15. HITCHCOCK, an exhibit devoted to the aesthetic development of director Alfred Hitchcock’s films, with posters, production stills, film clips, annotated scripts and set models. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 514-285-1600. Through March 18. SURFACE AND DEPTH: TRENDS IN CON TEMPORARY PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY, featuring the work of eight artists exploring new photographic practices. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-6462808. Through December. PLEASE NOTE: Seven Days is unable to accommodate all of the displays in our readership area, thus these list ings must be restricted to exhibits in truly public viewing places. Art in business offices, lobbies and private residences or studios, with occasion al exceptions, w ill not be accepted. Send your listings to galleries@sevehdaysvt.com.

of factory chim neys, or grow ing rass for a month in an art g a lle r

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building with garbage piled in its yard. Again, Pittman punctuates his grays and beige with bits of aged color dancing within the degradation — ^reen,.purple; and the red. spots o f the bullVeyes offer some chromatic relief. Pittman’s language is essentially abstract, but he does not obfuscate his point of view. A careful balance of technical, aesthetic and social issues keeps his images legible. Like his pine tree plant ed in the Hood plant chimney, the rest o f his new work is also eloquent. (D ; -

Daniel Pittman, recent works. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington. Through January 14.

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with regard to John Singleton’s update of the 1971 Blaxploitation classic: Depending on your source, Samuel L. Jackson is either the bad-ass Casanova himself or a much younger nephew who comes to town to join the family business. Two things are certain, though: Vanessa Williams and Christian Bale costar. (R) THE ROAD TO EL DORADO*** Elton John is writing tunes for 'toons again. This time around, he sings us through the saga of two 16th-century con men who discover a Latin-American Shangri-la. Featuring the voices of Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh. (PG)

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counting era’s The holidays are a great time to get in touch with relatives, and Daniel Noel makes the /ong-distance connection. The appropriately named author and teacher brings you back to the Ice Age, to check in with our earliest fully human ancestors — the Cro-Magnon people of French Dordogne. Noel’s slide lecture, “A Journey to the Origins of Human Imagination: ‘Shamanimism’ in the Painted Caves of the Cro-Magnon,” offers a portrait of mankind’s oldest ancestors based on the colorful images those ice cubists and cave Picassos made of one another and their world. Thursday, December 14. T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center, Vermont College, Montpelier, 7 :30 p.m. Free. Info, 8 2 0 -8 7 4 3 ..

homeless for the holidays Temporary shelter is a Christmas tradi tion — remember the inns were so booked a stable had to do? But the good folks at COTS deal with homelessness all year round, in temperatures that are anything but Bethlehem-balmy. More than 4000 Vermonters stayed in emer gency shelters over the past 12 months. A candlelight vigil calls attention to their plight, and to friends and neigh bors statewide who’ve suffered home lessness at some point in their lives. Thursday, December 14. Burlington City Hall, 5 p.m. Free. Donations in the form of socks, hats or gloves gratefully accepted. Info, 8 6 4 -7 4 0 2 .

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Some people can be real animals when it comes to the way they treat their pets. That’s why an increasing number of laws are being drawn up to protect animals and livestock. Legal eagles can earn continuing ed credits and catch up on the latest rulings by attending the Burlington College seminar “Animals and the Law.” A distinguished panel includes Judge Susan Fowler addressing the issue of “Animals in Wills,” based on the recent, high-profile case of a man who ordered his horses euthanized after his death.

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film ‘HUMAN RESOURCES’: This award-winning French film exam ines the widening of the genera tion gap when a yuppified son becomes a manager in the machin ery plant that employs his father. C atam ount Arts, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6. Info, 748-2600.

art • Also, see exhibit openings in the art listings. FIGURE DRAWING: T he hum an figure motivates aspiring and accomplished artists in a weekly drawing session on the sec ond floor o f the Firehouse Gallery, 135 Church St., Burlington, 68:30 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-7165.

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kids STORY TIME: Little listeners enjoy tall tales. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

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Senior Center, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585. BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers explore the myths o f the West in Rudolfo Anaya’s B l e s s M e , U l t i m a . Kimball Public Library, Randolph, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 728-5073.

THE CHRISTMAS REVELS: Quebecois step dancer Pierre C hartrand is featured in a wintersolstice celebration set in pre-Civil War New England. Spaulding A uditorium , H opkins Center, D artm outh College, Hanover, N .H ., 7:30 p.m. $18. Info, 603646-2422.

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Preschoolers aged 3 to 6 dabble in designs and drama. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. PHOEBE STONE: T h e local author reads from A l l t h e B l u e M o o n s a t t h e W a l l a c e H o t e l , about a family challenged by untim ely death. Flying Pig Books, C har lotte, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 425-2600.

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Original one-act plays w ritten and perform ed by local teens take cen ter stage at the A.R.T. Studio Theater, H annaford Center, - ( Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 382-1024. SOAPFLAKES: T he improv group follows audience-directed plot twists in a soap-opera-style spoof titled “H ow the Shrink Stole C hristm as.” C lub M etronom e, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $3. Info, 372-4606.

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Center sponsors a m onthly exchange o f food and fashions. M cClure M ulti-G enerational Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

FINANCIAL AID PRESENTA TION: T he Vermont Student Assistance C orporation gives par ents and college-bound students the low-down on higher educa tion. Vergennes U nion High School, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-642-3177. BUSINESS MEETING: T he “good old girls” o f the W om en’s Business Owners N etwork schmooze and share new year’s business resolutions. W indjam m er Restaurant, S. Burlington, noon 1:30 p.m. $11.30. Info, 434-4091.

BRANCH OUT BURLING TON MEETING: Interested in the cultivation and care o f the urban landscape? Follow a slide tour o f Burlington’s unique trees w ith city arborist W arren Spinner. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4938. HEALTH LECTURE: Learn how to get fit — fast — at a talk enti tled “H alf H our to Better H ealth.” Chiropractic Works, Burlington, 5:20 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5000.

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‘HUMAN RESOURCES’: See December 13.

art • Also, see exhibit openings in the art listings.

CAVE PAINTING SLIDE LEC TURE: Daniel Noel interprets “sham anistic” images from the IceAge caves o f the French Dordogne. See “to do” list, this issue. T.W. W ood Gallery, N orwich University, M ontpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8743.

words POETRY WORKSHOP: Local poet David W einstock shares w rit ing tips w ith aspiring authors. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7523.'

kids SONG AND STORYTIME: Threes are com pany at this singing read-along for babies and toddlers. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

etc HOMELESSNESS VIGIL: A candlelight ceremony remembers the 4000 Vermonters who spent tim e in emergency shelters this year. See “to do” list, this issue. C ity Hall Steps, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7402.

STARRY NIGHTS’ CELEBRA TION: Rutland get spruced up for the holiday season w ith Santa visits, caroling, and horse-drawn wagon rides. D ow ntow n Rutland, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 773-9380.

COMING-OUT SUPPORT GROUP: T h e com m unity group R.U.1.2? sponsors a bi-weekly ses sion for questioning adults. Peace & Justice Center, C hurch Street Marketplace, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

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NOWELL SING WE CLEAR: Join in on m idw inter carols as they were performed for centuries in Britain and N orth America. See “to do” list, this issue. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $13.50. Info, 863-5966.

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HANDEL’S ‘MESSIAH’: The Vermont M ozart Festival and the O riana Singers sample the Christmas choral classic. First Congregational Church, Burlington, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 800-639-9097.

MADRIGAL FESTIVAL: Penny Schiek conducts choral groups from 13 local high schools at the Ira Allen Chapel, UV M , Burling ton, 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 888-5789.

KATHERINE QUINN: The longtime local folkie serenades Ians w ith songs from her new disc, Breathe. Borders, C hurch Street Marketplace, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

‘MUSIC IN THE MALL’: Lunchtim e shoppers get a lift from holiday music courtesy of the Colchester M iddle School

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drama ‘NIGHT FIRES’: See December 13, Holley Hall, Bristol.

South Burlington C om m unity Chorus hosts a holiday program highlighted by John R utter’s “Gloria” and a carol sing-along. S. Burlington H igh School, 8 p.m. $7. Info, 846-4108.

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THE CHRISTMAS REVELS: See December 14.

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O rchestra members break up into small chamber music groups at the Shelburne Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 658-4708. THE MOST: T he Bakersfieldbased duo plays quirky jazzand pop-influenced songs. Kept W riter Bookshop, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 527-6242.

hearted Christmas comedy investi gates how Santa got his gig. Burlington City Hall Auditorium , 7 p.m. $10. Info, 655-9050.

Local performers including Rachel Bissex, Kate Butler, G eof H ew itt and C huck Meese warm up the crowd on a chilly evening. U nitarian Church, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 229-2337.

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‘THE SHEPHERD’S PLAY’: Faithful theater-goers flock to a “wild and crazy” rendition o f the Nativity story. Christ Church Presbyterian, UVM , Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 658-9974. ‘THE LOGGER’: Actor Rusty Dewees swings onto the scene with his one-man “Vermont com edy in two ax.” Burlington High School, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 888917-8789.

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Continued from page 3b ‘HOLIDAY NIGHTS’: A Christm as cut up from the Lamoille C ounty Players features special guests George W oodard, Natterjack and Sarah Boyd Blair. Hyde Park O pera House, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 888-4507.

‘A COMMUNITY CHRIST MAS CAROL’: Actors decked out in V ictorian costumes read the entire Dickens classic, and join in the caroling after the show. Sherburne U nited Church o f Christ, Killington, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 824-5288.

film ‘LEON’S GRAVE’: T his indie docum entary focuses on the neg ative effects o f biotechnology on the food supply. V ermont State House Room 10, Montpelier, 2-4 p.m. D onations. Info, 388-4415. ‘FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI’: Taiwanese director H o u Hsiaohsien focuses on late 1 9 th -cen tu ry Shanghai brothels and the illu sory nature o f filmmaking. C atam ount Arts, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6. Info, 748-2600.

art • See exhibit openings in the art listings.

words POETRY SLAM: Organizers describe this w ord wrangle as “a cross between a boxing m atch and a tent revival.” Tonight teen poets take the stage. Rhom bus Gallery, 186 College St., Burling ton, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 862-9198.

kids ‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: Kids sing songs w ith Robert Resnik and his fid dle-playing friend G igi Weis-

m an. Fletcher Free Library, B urlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216.

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• Also, see listings in “Sound Advice.” HANDEL’S ‘MESSIAH’: See December 15, Vergennes Opera House. Info, 877-6737. HOLIDAY NIGHTS: See December 15.

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etc ‘STARRY NIGHTS’ CELE BRATION: See December 14. Follow that star to a 5 p.m. party outside at the Tepper and D ardeck parking lot. FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: Com munity groups and individuals demonstrate their holiday spirit with elaborate electrical displays. Vermont State Fairgrounds, Rudand, 5-9 p.m. $5 per vehicle. Info, 775-6887.

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T he local band plays seasonal selections in Celtic and Q uebecois Christmas traditions. Borders, C hurch Street M arket place, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

ESSEX CHURCH CHOIR: Singers from the Essex Alliance Church carol for customers at Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth make new friends and get sup port. O utright Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 800-452-2428.

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W om en’s Services and Shelter facilitates a group in Barre, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-0855.

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KINGDOM COFFEEHOUSE: Hear m ulti-culti carols from around the world at the Vermont Leadership Center, E. Charleston, 6:30 p.m. D onations. Info, 723-4705.

VERMONT GAY MEN’S CHO RUS: “A vocal minority” concert benefits A CO RN , the Upper Valley’s AIDS service organization. First Universalist Church, Hartland Four Corners, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 633-2389.

m otion by participating in dances and songs that celebrate com m u nity. V ermont Yoga Studio, Chace Mill, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $5-7. Info, 482-2836.

drama ‘NIGHT FIRES’: See December 13, Holley Hall, Bristol, 5 & 8 p.m. ‘THE MUSIC MAN’: See December 13, 2 & 7 p.m.

THE CHRISTMAS REVELS: See December 14, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘NORTHERN COMFORTS’: See December 14, 2 p.m.

‘MIS ADVENTURES OF NICOLAS CLAUS’: See Decem ber 15, 2 & 7 p.m.

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‘MUSIC IN THE MALL’: Shoppers hear holiday music from Braintree from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the Cham plain Echoes from 3 to 5 p.m. University Mall, S. Burlington. Free. Info, 863-1066. WINTER CONCERT: Anne 1 Decker leads the Vermont Youth Philharm onia in a concert o f clas sical works by Rossini, Purcell, Copland and Dvorak. Essex High School, 3 p.m. $5. Info, 658-4708. FOLK CONCERT: Three singer-songwriters play in diverse styles, from traditional bluegrass to blues and contemporary folk. Kept W riter Bookshop, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 527-6242.

grapple w ith liability issues as they relate to animals. See “to do” list, this issue. Burlington College, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $125. Register, 862-9616. ‘2600’ MEETING: Hackers, cyberpunks, geeks and assorted w'ired types meet to socialize and converse. Borders, Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

Warm up w ith island cooking and reggae music to benefit a Jamaican children’s organization. M oretow nTow n Hall, 7:30 p.m. $15. Dance only starts at 9:30 p.m. for $10. Info, 223-4964.

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Green M ountain Steppers at Christ the King School, Burlington, 7-11 p.m. $10 per couple. Info, 879-1974. CONTRA DANCE: Jim Gregory calls the shots at this com m unity dance, w ith accom panim ent from the Please and T hank You String Band. Capital Grange Hall, M ontpelier, 8 p.m. $7. Info, 744-6163. ‘SHED’: T he Expanding Secret Com pany’s dance dram a juxta poses bored angry cowgirls with anti-capitalistic feminist super heroes. Plainfield C om m unity Center, above the W inooski Valley Co-op, 8 p.m. $5-8. Info, 454-4662. CONTRA DANCE: Step right up. All dances are taught at this northern-style hoe-down. Jericho C om m unity Center, 7-9 p.m. $4.

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kids CANDLEHOLDER WORK SHOP: Kids 6 and up bring clean jars to transform into stained glass candle holders. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info,

865- 7216. CREATIVE W RITING WORK SHOP: Carol A nn W ooster works with 8- to 15-year-olds on creative w riting projects. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 862-4325. SING-ALONG: Story-tim e stars Robert Resnik, Carol Scrimgeour and Gigi W eisman entertain youngsters w ith selections from their new disc, A Little B it Jum bled and Jivey. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

sport SNOWSHOE HIKE: The M ontpelier section o f the Green M ountain C lub leads a snowy trek to M iddlebury Gap. M eet in the parking lot o f M ontpelier High School, 9 a.m. Free. Register, 229-0236.

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FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: See December 15.

HOLIDAY CRAFT SALE: Find artful gifts o f pottery, glass, mobiles, sculptures and clothing at the Rose Street Gallery, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-3654. POTTERY STUDIO SALE: Check out mugs, bowls and other practical porcelain gifts at an open house featuring the work of Jean M einhardt. Richmond, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 434-2409.

HUMANE SOCIETY OPEN HOUSE: Enjoy Christm as treats and caroling as you honor pets past and present. Addison C ounty H um ane Society, M iddlebury, 4:30 p.m. $1 per light. Info, 443-3169. OPEN HOUSE: Catch your breath — and maybe a short massage — at a holiday healing session with refreshments and live music. Body M ind Connection, 119 S. W inooski Ave., Burling ton, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info,

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Sunday music • Also, see listings in “Sound Advice.”

MEDIEVAL MUSIC CON CERT: See December 16, Barre

‘MESSIAH’ OPEN READING: Join the chorus — or orchestra — for a rousing rendition of H andel’s holiday oratorio. M iddlebury C om m unity Church, 2 p.m. Donations. Info, 388-3856. HOLIDAY CONCERT: T he Enosburg Town Band and C om m unity Chorus celebrate the season w ith 16th-century and Ukranian carols. O pera House at Enosburg Falls, 2 p.m. D ona tions. Info, 933-6171. HANDEL’S ‘MESSIAH’: T he fledgling Mad River Kids’ Chorale sings “Hallelujah” at its musical debut. H arw ood U nion High School, M oretown, 4 p.m. $10. Info, 496-4781.

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Vermont choreographers and dancers Shawn May, Sarah Brutzman, Evelyn G erm aine and Jenny Lynch launch new works. Flynn Space, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 652-4500.

ENCORE BOY AND GIRL CHOIRS: T he youthful singers mix holiday hits with works by Randall T hom son and Vaughan Williams. College Street Congre gational Church, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $5. Info, 660-4917.

MAIN STREET QUARTET: T he Burlington jazz outfit grooves on tunes from their new disc, Merry Christmas! Borders, Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. LAST NIG H T’S JOY: Lausanne Allen, Rick Ceballos and Mike Dever go for harmonic conver gence at a musical solstice cele bration. Deerleap Books, Bristol, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5684.

drama ‘NIGHT FIRES’: See December 13, Holley Hall, Bristol, 5 p.m. ‘THE MUSIC MAN’: See December 13, 2 & 7 p.m.

THE CHRISTMAS REVELS: See December 14, 2 & 7 p.m. ‘THE LOGGER’: See December 15, 7 p.m.

‘A COMMUNITY CHRIST MAS CAROL’: See December 15, H ooker-D unham T heater & Gallery, Brattleboro, 6:30 p.m.

film ‘FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI’: See December 15, 1:30 & 7 p.m.

art • See exhibit openings in the art listings.

kids LEWIS FRANCO: T h e Calais singer-songwriter — and dad — A perform s tunes from his new disc, Your O wn True Story. Pickering Room , Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0882.

‘IF YOU TAKE A MOUSE TO THE MOVIES’ PARTY: Little party-goers nibble on cheese and crackers to fete the latest in Laura N em eroff’s series o f animal escapades. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

sport GROTON STATE FOREST HIKE: Explore Kettle Pond and O w l’s H ead on a w inter ramble w ith the M ontpelier section o f the Green M ountain Club. Meet in the parking lot o f M ontpelier H igh School, 10 a.m. Free. Register, 479-2304.

etc HOLIDAY CRAFT SALE: See D ecem ber 16.

POTTERY STUDIO SALE: See Decem ber 16.

p.m. A non-denom inational Blessing o f the Animals takes place in D epot Park at 1 p.m.

CHURCH STREET HOLIDAY CELEBRATION: See December 16. Hear the piano stylings of Roger Giroux from noon to 3 p.m. in the Burlington Town Center. ‘A W INTER’S EVE’: See how Colonial-era celebrants made merry before the advent o f malls and microwaves. Ethan Allen H om estead, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. $5. Info, 865-4556.

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VEGETARIAN SPIRITUAL MEETING: T he New England Culinary Institute offers vegan recipes and cooking hints for the holidays at a meatless'potluck. U nitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-4991.

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AIKIDO OF VERMONT: O n g o in g classes M on d ay th ro u gh Friday, 6-7 p.m . and 78 p.m . Saturday, 9 -10:30 a.m . Sunday, 10-11:30 a.m . Above O n io n River C o-op, 274 N . W inooski Ave., B urlington. Info, 862-9785. Practice the art o f A ikido in a safe a n d supportive environment.

architecture HISTORIC ARCHITEC TURE IN VERMONT: W ednesdays, January 10 & 17, 7-9 p.m . C o m m u n ity College o fV e rm o n t, B urlington. $40. \ Register, 8 65-4422. Through slides a n d videos, learn to recog nize the most common historic architectural styles in Vermont.

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business ? ‘GETTING SERIOUS’: January 11, 18, 24 and February 1. W om en’s Small Business P rogram , B urlington. $ 1 15, grants available. Info, 8 4 6 -7 160. Explore the possibili ties a n d realities o f business ow n ership, assess yo u r skills a n d inter ests a n d develop a business idea. • ‘START UP’: F ebruary through May. W o m en ’s Small Business Program , B urlington. $1250, grants available. Info, 84671 6 0 . Learn valuable skills as you write a business plan.

ADVENTURES IN MAR KETING’: F ebruary 6, 13, 20 and 27. W o m en s Small Business P rogram , B rattleboro. $150, grants available. Info, 846 -7 160. D eterm ine how to f i n d yo u r customer, assess your competition a n d m arket your business.

‘M A N A G E M E N T 1 0 1 ’: T hree I I uesdays, F ebruary 20, 27 and M arch 6, 6-8 p.m . W o m en ’s | Small Business Program , B urlington. $100, grants avail able. Get briefed on the basics o f human-resource management.

\ computers IN T R O D U C T IO N T O W IN D O W S 9 5 , 98 O R 2000: , M onday, January 8, 1-4 p.m .

C o m m u n ity College o f V erm ont, Burlington. $50. Register, 865-4422. Learn how to customize your computer a n d take advantage o f its many fe a tures.

KEYBOARD SURVIVAL SKILLS: M onday and W ednesday, January 8, 10, 15, &C 17, 6-8 p.m . C o m m u n ity College o fV e rm o n t, Burling ton. $50. Register, 865-4422. Here’s a quick a n d practical intro duction to basic keyboarding skills fo r those who w an t to type or word-process using more than two fingers.

FILE MANAGEMENT: W ednesday, January 10, 1-4 p.m . C o m m u n ity College o f V erm ont, B urlington. $50. Register, 865-4422. Learn how to organize, move, copy a n d save files, manage disk space, a n d use file extensions.

craft PAINTING CERAMICS: O n g o in g classes. Blue Plate C eram ic Cafe, 119 College St., B urlington. Free. Info, 6520102. Learn the fundam entals o f p a in tin g ceramics. CLAY CLASSES: O ngoing classes. Frog H ollow State C raft C enter, B urlington, M id dlebury and M anchester. Info, 8607 474, 3 8 8 -3 1 7 7 or www.frog hollow .org. Work w ith clay in various classes offered throughout the year.

POTTERY & SCULPTURE: For kids and adults, beginners an d experienced; group classes, private lessons, studio rental. Days, evenings, weekends. V erm ont C lay Studio, 2802 R oute 100, W aterbury Center. Register, 2 2 4-112 6 ext. 41. Experience the pleasures a n d chal lenges o f working w ith clay, whether y o u ’ve ha d a lot, a little or no pottery experience.

dance SWING DANCE LESSONS: Classes start Sunday, January 14. $40 for 6-w eek session. Info, 862-9033. w w w.H olly w oodStyleSw ing.com . Get a feel fo r Hollywood-style swing so you can shine on the dance floor.

WEST AFRICAN DANCE: W ednesday, D ecem ber 13 and every other w eek thereafter, 6:30-8:30 p.m . Plainfield C o m m u n ity Center. $9. Info, 4 5 4 -4 6 6 2 . Yao Angelo teaches moves fro m the Ivory Coast. YMCA DANCE: O n g o in g classes for adults, teens and chil dren. Y M CA , College St., B urlington. Info, 862-9622. Classes are offered in Latin, swing a n d youth ballet.

juggling JUGGLING CLUB: O n g o in g M ondays, 5-7 p.m . M em orial A ud ito riu m , Burlington. O n g o in g Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m . R.acquetbali C ourts, Patrick G ym , U niversity o fV e rm o n t, B urlington. D onations. Info, 6 5 8 -5 5 1 2 . Begixiner-to-expert

jugglers a n d unicyclists convene.

karate TRADITIONAL JAPANESE KARATE: O n g o in g W ednesdays and Fridays, 6-7:30 p.m . 208 Flynn Ave., B urlington. Free. Info, 9519047 or K um ite46@ excite.com . Benefit fro m the physical, m ental a n d spiritual training o f tradi tional Japanese Shotokan karate.

kids FREE HOLIDAY OPEN STU DIO WORKSHOP: Saturday, D ecem ber 16, 9 a.m . to noon, all ages welcome. Firehouse C en ter for the Visual Arts, C h u rch St., Burlington. Info, 865-7166. M ake holiday orna ments, cards a n d gifts w ith guide Heather Ward.

language ITALIAN: G roup and individual instruction, beginner to advanced, all ages. M iddlebury area. Info, 545-2676. Immerse yourself in Italian to get ready fo r a trip abroad, or to better enjoy the country’s music, art a n d cuisine. ESL: O n g o in g small group classes, beginners and interm e diates. V erm ont A dult Learning, Sloan H all, Fort E than Allen, Colchester. Free. Info, 6548677. Improve your listening, speaking, reading a n d writing skills in English as a second language.

meditation ZEN MEDITATION: M ondays, 4:45-5:45 p.m . T hursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m . B urlington. Free. Info, 6586466. M editate w ith a sitting group associated w ith the Zen Affiliate ofVermont. MEDITATION: O n g o in g Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m . G reen M t. Learning C enter, Spirit D ancer Books, 125 S. W inooski Ave., Burlington. D onations. Info, 6 6 0-8060. Take p a rt in a weekly meditation a n d discussion group.

‘THE WAY OF THE SUFI’: Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m . S. B urlington. Free, Info, 6582447. This Sufl-style meditation incorporates breath, sound a n d movement. MEDITATION: Sundays, 9 a.m. - noon. B urlington Sham bhala C enter, 187 S. W inooski Ave. Free. Info, 6586795: Instructors teach non-sec tarian a n d Tibetan Buddhist meditations.

GUIDED MEDITATION: Sundays, 10:30 a.m . T h e Shelburne A thletic C lub, Shelburne C om m ons. Free. Info, 985-2229. Practice guided meditation fo r relaxation a n d focus.

MINDFULNESS MEDITA TIO N ’: O n g o in g Sundays, 5-6 p.m . 35 K ing St., Burlington. Free. Info, 864-7715. Gain greater awareness, breath by breath.

music TAIKO: T hursdays in M ontpelier, 4 p.m . for kids and 5 p.m . for adults. C apital C ity G range. M ondays in B urling ton, 3:30 p.m . for kids, adults 5:30 p.m . 208 Flynn Ave. Info, 658 -0 6 5 8 . Experience the power o f taik o -style drum m ing. DJEMBE: O n g o in g W ednes days, 5:30 p.m . B urlington. $12. Info, 6 5 8 -0 6 5 8 . Stuart Paton teaches djem be drum m ing; instruments available.

photography INSTRUCTION: Classes, w orkshops an d private in stru c tion. Info, 3 7 2 -3 1 0 4 . Take class es in creative a n d technical cam era a n d darkroom skills while learning to “see” w ith a photo graphic eye. PHOTOGRAPHY: O n g o in g class. Jon’s D arkroom , Essex Ju n ctio n . Info, 879 -4 4 8 5 . Beginning photographers, or those who need a refresher course, take classes in shooting or black-andwhite processing.

psychology DEALING W ITH DEPRES SION: E ight W ednesdays sta rt ing January 3, 7-9 p.m . 119 S. W inooski Ave., B urlington, $15 per class. Info, 6 5 8 -5 8 8 8 . Develop creativity, com m unity a n d the “courage to change” while you “blow your w inter blues. ”

reiki REIKI CLINIC: T hursday, D ecem ber 14, 6:30-9 p.m . Pathways to W ellbeing, B urlington. Free. Register, 6 5 7 2 5 6 7 or 860 -4 9 4 9 . Boost yo u r im m u n e system a n d prom ote heal ing w ith this relaxation technique th a t relieves stress a n d pain.

self-defense BASIC SELF-DEFENSE: Saturdays, January 6, 13, & 20, 9-11 a.m . All classes at C o m m u n ity College o fV e rm o n t, B urlington. $50. Register, 8654422. Learn skills a n d strategies to increase personal safety, avoid a n d diffuse conflict a n d defend yourself fro m assault.

BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU AND CARDIOBOXING: O n g o in g classes for m en, w om en and children, M o n d ay th ro u g h Saturday. V erm ont Brazilian JiuJitsu Academy, 4 H ow ard St., B urlington. Info, 6 6 0 -4 0 7 2 . Escape fe a r w ith an integrated self-defense system based on tech nique, no t size, strength or speed.

spirit YULE CELEBRATION: Saturday, D ecem ber 16, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m . Spirit D an cer Books, 125 S. W inooski Ave., B urlington. $9. Info, 6 6 0 -8 0 6 0 . Bring your hopes, dreams a n d wishes to this celebration o f life’s journey, presented by N a o m i Tatro. HEALING CIRCLE: Tuesdays, D ecem ber 19, Jan u ary 9 and F ebruary 13, 7 :1 5 -9 p.m . Body

M in d C o n n e ctio n , 119 S. W in o o sk i Ave., B urlington. $8. Info, 6 5 8 -5 8 8 8 . G uided visual ization, Reiki, crystals a n d music prom ote healing in sm all groups.

‘COURSE IN MIRACLES’ STUDY GROUP: T hursdays, D ecem b er 14 an d 28, 6-8 p.m . Spirit D an cer Books, 125 S. W in o o sk i Ave., B urlington. D o n atio n s. Info, 6 6 0 -8 0 6 0 . Apply the Course’s m ain thought system to everyday experiences through exercises a n d g uided med itation.

sport SPINNING: O n g o in g daily classes. C h ain R eaction, O n e Law son Lane, B urlington. First ride free. Info, 6 5 7 -3 2 2 8 . Pedal yo u r way to fitness in a diverse, friendly, non-com petitive environ ment.

substance abuse SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT: W eekend p ro gram . Possibilities C ou n selin g C enter, Essex Jet. Info, 8786 3 78. W orking professionals get non-re side ntial, affordable treat m en t in a p rivate setting.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT: O n g o in g o u t p atien t program . U niversity o f V erm ont Substance Abuse T reatm en t C enter, R oom 1415, U niversity H ealth C enter, 1 S. Prospect St., B urlington. Free. Info, 6 5 6 -8 7 1 4 o t ; 8 0 0 -3 7 7 8 7 14. Get im m ediate, confiden tia l treatm ent w ith behavioral counseling a n d supportive services.

support groups OVEREATERS ANONY MOUS: D aily m eetings in vari ous locations. Free. Info, 8632 6 5 5 . Overeaters get support in addressing their problem.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY MOUS: D aily m eetings in vari ous locations. Free. Info, 8608382. W ant to overcome a d rin k ing problem ? Take the fir s t step — o f 12 — a n d jo in a group in yo u r area. AL-ANON: O n g o in g W ednesdays, 8 p.m . First C ongregational C h u rch , N . W in o o sk i Ave., B urlington. Free. Info, 6 5 5 -6 5 1 2 . D o you have a fr ie n d or relative w ith an alcohol problem? Alcoholics A nonym ous can help.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: O n g o in g daily groups. V arious locations in B u rlin g to n , S. B urlington an d P lattsb u rg h . Free. Info, 8 6 2 -4 5 1 6 . I f y o u ’re ready to stop using drugs, this group o f recover ing addicts can ojfer inspiration.

PARTNERS AND FRIENDS OF SURVIVORS: G ro u p fo rm ing. Info, 6 5 5 -4 9 0 7 . Partners a n d frien d s o f childhood abuse survivors share struggles a n d suc cesses w ith peers.

PSYCHIATRIC SUPPORT GROUP: T h u rsd ay s, 7 p.m . V arious B u rlin g to n locations.

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ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): “Dear Rev. Brezsny: Is there a time limit on your weekly predictions? Are they like milk that spoils if not used by the date stamped on the carton? I’m wondering because I really liked the prediction you made two weeks ago — that we Aries would find enlightenment — but I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to capitalize on your offer. Is it still good? — Tardy Ram.” Dear Tardy: My oracles are generally fresh for 8-10 days. However, the Aries horoscope from late November — the one that promised a bolt o f spiritual wisdom — may still be in effect if you’ve made full use o f the rowdy, playful energy the cosmos has made available lately. Have you been tenderly mak ing fun of everything, especially your self? If so, expect a divine break through.

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(Apr. 20-May 20): “All that maddens and torments; all truth with malice in it; all that cracks the sinews and cakes the brain; all the subtle demonisms of life and thought; all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby-Dick.” So wrote ' Herman Melville in his novel about the white whale relentlessly pursued by Captain Ahab. I offer up this pas sage to you, Taurus, to encourage you to find your own ultimate scapegoat. Though I usually preach the path of love and peace, this week is one of those rare times when you’ll be smart to feel your wrath in its pure state. There’s no need to actually punch or scream at your chosen symbol of dev ilry. Merely allowing yourself to guilt lessly experience white-hot anger will be amazingly healing.

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(May 21-June 20): In the view of ace astrologer Caroline Casey, Jupiter is the planet that tells you, “I will make you a wealthy per son according to what you define as wealth.” Her crisp truth has a height-

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(June 21-July 22): My dear fellow Crab, I hope you and I can collaborate in 2001 to dispel two of our most harmful delusions. The first is that it’s possible for us to benefit through other people’s losses. The second is that we may have to hurt ourselves in order to help some one else. O ur conscious minds may have pooh-poohed these energy draining misconception long ago, but I’m afraid that stubborn remnants still persist in our subconscious pat terns. Let’s devote our fiercest will power to dissolving them in the com ing months. And let’s begin today.

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Happy Holy Daze, Sagittarius! If I could bless you with just one holiday gift, it would be a Tiffany diamond engagement ring. Actually, I’d give it to you in the hope that you would give it to yourself. I’d want you to slip it on your finger as you pledged to get married to your self in 2001. Maybe you’d even be inspired to begin planning that happy day (sometime in the first two weeks of June?) when you will proclaim, “I am no longer looking for the perfect person. I am that perfect person.”

as everyone around you increasingly acts as if they’re waging a pitched bat tle against the clock, the planetary omens tell me that you’ll cultivate a more relaxed relationship with time in 2001. T hat’s the good news. The great news is that you should be able to pull off this revolutionary feat without any loss o f energy: I predict you’ll have more sparky verve at your disposal than ever before. There are two holiday gifts you can give your self to encourage these developments. The first is a round-trip ticket to a funky paradise where the natives observe a more luxurious tempo. The second is a sundial, to remind you of the cosmic origins o f time’s passing.

(Dec. 22Jan. 19): Judging from upcoming astrological omens, I believe you’ll need to resort to using smoke and mirrors on more than a few occasions in 2001. T hat’s not to say your efforts will be phony or dishonest. O n the contrary, I think you’ll have a lot of integrity. It’s just that some of the VIPs you’ll have to persuade to go along with your plans may not do so unless you conjure up irresistible magical effects. Having provided this explanation, I think you can see why I’d love to buy you symbolic gifts like a fog machine and a dozen funhouse mirrors this holiday season.

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(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How did you get so good at bringing passion into ordinary events? W hat uncanny power allows you to transmute chaos into creativity? W hat events in your life taught you to

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18): I bet you’d enjoy turkey-bowling in a grocery store this week. (Set up paper towel rolls as the pins and use a frozen turkey as the bowling ball.) You might also get a lot of pleasure

from sleeping with snakes or | f competing in blowgun shooting y contests or spray painting pasIjpages from James Joyce on bridges. Yes, Aquarius, seeking out exotic adventures like these could very well help you scratch the weird itches you’re feeling. Truthfully, though, I’d prefer to see you dabble in more practical experiments. Like maybe you could get a rich attorney to buy you expensive dinners in exchange for you writing dirty stories about his enemies. O r perhaps you could win new friends and influence people by embodying Salvador Dali’s brag, “I do not take drugs — I am drugs.”

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(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Thirty years ago, protestors of the Vietnam War burned their draft cards to signify their refusal to be con scripted. Feminists torched their bras back then, too, declaring their libera tion from constricting conventions. In the late 1980s, as the ravages of America’s greedocracy began to expand beyond poor folks, some debt-ridden members of the middle class set fire to their credit cards. It is in the spirit of these symbolic rituals that I offer my gift suggestion for you this holiday season, Pisces: a doormat, lighter fluid and matches. As you use the latter two items to incinerate that emblem o f victimhood, you will assert your intention to no longer be so easily walked upon in 2001.

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Growing CPA Firm seeks Administrative Assistant to provide high-level direct support to Managing Partner and staff. Candidate should be self-starter, motivated, and present a professional image. Duties as assigned include, but are not limited to, telephones/reception, scheduling, assembling tax returns and database management. Ideal skills should include Microsoft Office/ Windows, Goldmine and Internet. Associates Degree in Business or comparable experience considered. Position is eligible for full benefits and bonus program. Please mail or fax your resume with cover letter to: A. Puchrik Firm Administrator John Davis & Associates 431 Pine Street, Suite 16 Burlington, VT 05401 Fax: 802-658-5705

AMERICORPS Three full-time service positions available w ith non-profit affordable housing organizations in Rutland and Barre Positions open until filled. 11-month commitment.

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P le ase ap p ly to: Trapp Fam ily Lodge, H u n an Resources, PO B ox 1428, Stow e, V T 0 5 6 7 2

Interested in making a difference in your community? $10,000 stipend, $4,725 educational aw ard, and basic health benefits. For inform ation or an application call 828-3253. EOE.

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L'oumfcd m I & I 9 . M ICROCOM PUTER SPECIALIST Provide a wide range o f technical support for microcomputer hardware and applications. Set up, install and service microcomputers, peripheral compo nents, including printers and network connections, and application software. Maintain documentation. Provide technical instruction and assistance to users. D iagnose hardware, software, and operator problems. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in computer science plus one or more years o f relevant tech nical experience, or the equivalent. Apply to Microcomputer Specialist Search.

USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST Provide technical support for computing, messaging and internet; respond to •help desk calls and service requests. Manage software and equipment reserva tions and provide group and individual software training. Requirements: Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience; knowledge o f various operat ing systems, software suites, web browsers and HTML; knowledge o f Lotus Notes and JAVA preferred. Submit resume and cover letter to User Support Specialist Search.

Burlington's Community and Economic Development

SKILLED SHOP WOODWORKERS

Office seeks a highly motivated individual to fill the position of Housing Rehabilitation Specialist.

W/G continues to grow. Join our team. We build boardroom tables, lecterns, credenzas, reception desks. Excellent benefits, open book manage ment, and donuts on Thursdays.

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Send resume to: Wall/Goldfinger, Inc., 7 Belknap St. Suite 3 Northfield, VT 05663 or email: tims@wall-goldfinger.com

field; or high school diploma and 6 yrs exp. in construc tion mgmnt or related field. Exp. in building inspection, rehabilitation spec writing and estimating pref.

INFORMATION SPECIALIST, ADM ISSIO NS Provide operational support for the Admissions/Recruiting modules o f the uni versity's information system, and develop reports using database report lan guages (SQL and SQR). Serve as liaison with the Computer Services Division for database maintenance and troubleshooting. Produce labels, letters, and stan dard reports. Provide support and training to Admissions staff for production output and data entry. Requirements: Associates degree and 3-5 years o f rele vant work experience, bachelor's degree in computer science preferred. Solid working knowledge o f computer applications support, record keeping, word processing, database query and reporting, and specialized software operation are required. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential. Submit resume and cover letter to Admissions Information Specialist Search,

Starting at $31,900 & comprehensive benefits. For a complete job desc., or to apply, contact HR at 8 0 2 /8 6 5 -7 1 4 5 . If interested, send resume, cover letter and City of Burlington Application by Dec. 22, 2 0 0 0 to: HR Dept., Rm 33 City Hall, Burlington, VT 05401.

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Submit application materials to the referenced search, Human Resources, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663. Norwich is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical and dental coverage, group life and long term disability insurance, flexi ble spending accounts for health and dependent care, a retirement annuity program and tuition scholarships fo r employees and their family members.

P ro je c t M a n a g e r H ousing Vermont, a nonprofit h o u sin g d ev elo p m en t corporation w orking statew ide, is seek in g ap p lican ts for a Project M anager. R esp on sib le for the construction an d fin a n cia l m a n a g e m ent of 2-4 m ulti-fam ily r e sid en tia l construction projects concurrently. Must b e an in d ep en d en t worker w ith e x c e l lent p eop le sk ills, the ab ility to m a n a g e m ultiple priorities, facility w ith fin an cial sp read sh eets, and a com m itm ent to p rovid in g good quality, a ffo rd a b le h ou sin g to Vermonters. Prior ex p eri en ce in construction m an agem en t is required. E xperience w ith federal, state and local funding sources, and non profit h ou sin g organizations d esired. Salary com m ensurate w ith exp erien ce. Send resum es and letter of interest to n an cy O w en s, Vice P resid en t for D evelopm ent, HVT, 123 St. Paul Street, Burlington, VT 05401 by January 2, 2001. HVT is an eq u al opportunity em ployer.

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Zoning Adm inistrator T e le c o m m u n ic a tio n s f a c ilit ie s d e v e lo p e r s e e k s in d iv id u a l fa m ilia r w ith m u n ic ip a l a n d s t a t e p la n n in g a n d p e r m it t in g p r o c e s s e s to jo in e n e r g e t ic te a m in f a c il it a tin g d e v e lo p m e n t o f w ire le s s t e le c o m m u n ic a t io n s n e tw o rk in V e rm o n t. T h e c a n d id a te s h o u ld b e a c o n fid e n t s e lf s ta rte r, c o m fo r ta b le w o rk in g on m u ltip le p e r m it s in a f a s t - p a c e d e n v ir o n m e n t lo c a te d in M o n tp e lie r. T e le c o m m u n ic a t io n s in d u s tr y e x p e r ie n c e is n o t re q u ire d , h o w e v e r a b a c k g r o u n d in p la n n in g an d p e r m ittin g is id e a l.

NORTH COUNTRV Tll€ Creative? Artistic? Design-oriented? Upscale stone and tile showroom seeking full or port time help. Must be responsible and motivated. Coll North Country Tile at 660-8668 or fax resume to 660-7179.

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MENTORING PROGRAM COORDINATOR Looking for an individual with initiative to start-up and organize mentoring program for high school aged adolescents. Responsibilities would include recruiting and training community volunteers, matching volunteers with adolescents, supporting the matches and helping to organize activities. The position will require 3.5 days per week in a supportive environment, with flexible hours depending on the need of the program. Please send resume with references to: Georgiana Linney, Clinical Director Washington County Youth Service Bureau/ Boys £ Girls Club PO Box 627 Montpelier, VT 05601

C o m p e t it iv e s a la r y an d b e n e fits p a c k a g e c o m m e n s u r a t e w ith e x p e rie n c e . P le a s e fa x o r e -m a il r e s u m e a n d c o v e r le tte r to:

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Speech Language Pathologists

JOHNSON.. STATE COLLEGE

Send letter of interest, three letters of reference and resume to:

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Im m ediate opening for full-tim e position in K-8 elem entary school. R esponsibilities include assess m ent, program developm ent and im plem entation o f IEPs. A ugm entative experience a plus. P art-tim e position in preschool program from D ecem ber 15 u n til end of school year to fill leave of absence. R esponsibilities include assessment and im plem entation of programs in preschool setting as well as hom e programs. Per diem or hourly contracts and n o n -tra d itio n al hours will be considered if necessary.

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instructor needed to teach National Parks and Wilderness Management, an upper level environmental science course covering history, legislation and ecologi cal nature of preserved areas. Masters degree required. Please send letter of interest, resume, and list of three references, before December 20th, to: Shona Sladyk, Administrative Assistant Office of the Academic Dean Johnson State College 337 College Hill Johnson, VT 05656-9464 JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Grand Isle Supervisory Union Administrative Offices 5038 US Route 2 North Hero, VT 05474

C hittenden East Supervisory Union #12

N e e d e d ! S en so ry La bo rato ry A p p r e n t ic e P o s it io n Industry experts seek conscientious individual

on 471 Riverside Ave. is currently seeking a fulltime prep cook 8AM till 4PM. Closing cook 5PM til 2AM. Full or part time positions also avail able for entry level Management and Drivers. Competitive starting wages and benefits available immediately.

for entry-level position. Responsible for set-up *and breakdown o f sensory! ' * tests and record keeping. 1 * \ * Excellent organizational

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35-50 hours per week. Send resume to: D.C. Enterprizes, Inc. 286 College St. Attn: Paul Songer Burlington, VT 05401

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Site Acquisition Agent Telecommunications facilities develop er seeks individual familiar with acqui sition and leasing to join energetic team in development of wireless telecommunications network in Vermont. The candidate should be a confident self-starter, comfortable working in a fast paced office located in Montpelier. Telecommunications indus try experience not required, however a skill set containing contract negotia tion, and real estate appraisal and development is ideal. Competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience. Please fax or e-mail resume and cover letter to: Fax: 802.224.7111 e-mail: dboileau@adelphia.net

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Onion River Co-op, Burlington’s member-owned natural foods market is now accepting applications from bright, articulate people who will provide our members and the public excellent Customer Service. Onion River Co-op offers great benefits for our Full and Part Time employees! Discount on purchases Paid Holidays Credit Union Membership Anniversary & Birthday Gifts

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GROCERY STORE ASSISTANT: This full-time position needs someone who is familiar and interested in Natural Foods to provide prompt, friendly, courteous customer service; to meet goals of merchandising, to keep displays, shelves and bins fully stocked, cleaned and rotated Qualifications: Ability to lift 50ibs repeatedly Familiarity or interest in natural foods Ability to stand for long periods of time Organized, pays attention to detail Experience serving the public Ability to project friendly, outgoing personality Please submit a resume or stop by and fill out an application at 274 N. Winooski Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 Onion River Coop is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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District ■ Instructional Assistants Full & Part time. Vermont certification with appropriate endorse ments required. Minority applicants are encouraged to apply, including male applicants for elementary posi tions and female applicants for traditional male secondary positions. Please call 434-2128 for an application E0E M/F

H U M A N RESOURCES A S S IS T A N T Seeking dynamic, multi-task, team player to join our Fluman Resources Department. Candidate must be proficient in Microsoft Office or Corel applications — word process ing and spreadsheets. Must have excellent organizational and time management skills and attention to detail. Previous human resources experience a plus, but not required. Knowledge of basic EEO and AAP required. Experience working with automated HRIS sys tems plus. Minimum requirements are high school graduate or equivalent, one year advance education highly desirable, plus one year human resources experience in an admin istrative capacity. We offer an excellent com pensation and benefits package. For more information about our company, check out our web site at www.careersystems.com. Qualified applicants please submit resume and cover letter with salary requirements to: Career Systems Development Corporation Attention: Human Resources 100A MacDonough Drive Vergennes,VT 05491 (800) 869-2901, ext 209 fax (802) 877-0292 email novakr@jcdc.jobcorps.org Northland Job Corps/Career Systems Development C orporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Must be patient, warm, engaging demeanor and enjoy good music, food and people. Great working atmosphere. Apply in person. Stone Soup, 211 College St. Burlington

NORTHEASTERN FAMILY INSTITUTE

N F I, an expanding statewide mental health treatment system fo r children, adolescents and fam ilies, is seeking to f i l l the fo llo w in g positions:

Residential Counselors Seeking Residential Counselors to work at our Residential Programs. Work with a talented team in a fast-paced environment. Experience working with children with emotional and behavioral challenges desired. Full-time, benefited, competitive salary.

Awake O vernight Counselors NFI is seeking benefited Awake Overnight Counselors for its Residential Programs. Experience working with children and adolescents desired. Full time, benefited, competitive salary.

Respite Counselors NFI also needs Respite Counselors to work closely with the staff and directly with clients on an "as needed basis'' (often up to 35 hours a week are available). They will be taught exceptional skills in working with teenagers. If you are interested in any of the above positions, please call Jeff Mann at 879-4594 x610.

E a rly C la s s ifie d S u b m is s io n D e a d lin e s All Classified ads (Line ads and Display Employment) are due by 12/18 at 5pm sharp for both the 12/20 and 12/27 issues.

Vermont World Trade Office

Graphic Designer/Prepress

Position w ith busy printing company. Experience required. W eb experience preferred.

Full-Time Position Available

OFFICE MANAGER E-mail resume to: ncpress@bellatlantic.net Attn: HR Dept.

Regional land trust seeking organized and friendly person with initiative and excellent communication skills. Duties include administrative support, book keeping, file maintenance, answering phone, event coordination, marketing and outreach. Salary range $10-11/hr w/benefits. Position to be filled imme diately. Send resume and cover letter to the Winooski Valley Park District, Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, VT 05401.

D irector o f M arketing and M em bership Sales The Vermont World Trade Office (VWTO) is a public-private partnership formed for the purpose of expanding Vermont’s presence in the global marketplace. The VWTO fulfills its mission of providing international trade assistance to Vermont businesses through technical assistance, referrals and educational seminars. The new hire will be responsible for developing membership packages/benefits and selling all programs, sponsorships and advertising. Requirem ents include Bachelor’s degree or Associates degree in business management; 3 years experience in sales & marketing; measurable & proven sales record; willingness to travel; excellent oral and written communication skills; work ing knowledge of all Microsoft Office programs; knowledge in international trade & affairs; and competency in a foreign language. Please send cover letter and resume to: Vermont World Trade Office, 60 Main Street, Suite 102, Burlington, VT 05401 by December 21, 2000.

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Planned Parenthood seeks part-time (28 hours per week) customer-focused individuals to pro vide medical office support in our fast-paced Plattsburgh facility. Must have excellent cus tomer service focus and organizational skills. High school diploma or GED required. Medical office experience preferred. Evenings expect ed. We offer a comprehensive salary and bene fits package. For consideration, apply by January 12, 2001 to: Director of Operations & Human Resources Northern Adirondack Planned Parenthood 66 Brinkerhoff Street Plattsburgh, NY 12901 (518) 561-0605 EOE

S u p p o rt C lin ic ia n Caring, self-directed individual to join a dynamic team providing services to adults who are considered to have m ental illness living in community residential programs. Responsibilities include designing treatm ent plans, coordinating services, assisting with benefits and budgeting, and providing crisis intervention. Must be flexible and organized. Reliable transportation and driver’s license. BA required, plus 2-3 years experience. Excellent benefits. Send resumes to: Lis Mickenberg Howard Center for Human Services 300 Flynn Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 by December 20th.

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Part time, flexible hours. Apply in person Four Star Delivery 2 0 3 No. W in o o sk i Ave.

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LINE COOK - FT, 1+ yrs. fine dining experience preffered. RECEIVING CLERK-FT, days. BAKER'S HELPER-FT or PT, days, 6am-2pm (baking/pastry experience preferred)

International marketing group expanding in the northeast seeking someone with experience in teaching, public speaking, or who has owned or operated a business. 888-472-0157 ext.83.

BREAKFAST COOK starting mid-January at two of Burlington’s historic inns. 4 days per week 6am-2pm. Call 651-8710 to set up an interview.

RETAIL CLERK - PT. YR, Sun-Tues, days, previous cash register experience a must. MAINTENANCE - FT, YR, Includes weekends, mus t be able to lift 50+ lbs. and have valid drivers license, snow/trash removal, general repairs DISHWASHERS-FT or PT.eves. flexible hours. CONDO CLEANERSSATURDAYS ONLY.

WEEKENDSREQUIREDFOR ALLPOSITIONS! KILLERBENEFITS available for full-time, YRemployees. All employees get free shift meals, skiing, use of fitness center, discounts. Apply to: Trapp Family Lodge, Human Resources, PO Box 1428, Stowe, VT 05672 Ph: 802.253.5713 fax: 802.253.5757 EOE wwwLtrappfamily.com

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All Saints Episcopal Church seeks organist-choirmaster for Sunday worship (10 am) and occasional other services such as Holy Week, Easter, Christmas, weddings and funerals. Hours, including staff meetings, are between 6-8 per week. Job requirements: organ skills, training and conducting choirs (adult, folk mass group and possile childrens’ choir), coordi nating volunteer musicians. Competitive salary is negotiable based on expereience; wedding and funeral fees are extra. Questions and resumes should be sent to: The Rev. Stewart Pierson . .All Saint’sJEpJ?copal Church ; , 1256 Spear Street '. South Burlington, VT 65463

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ornament. The male metamorphoses into your ordinary moth, but the female remains in the bag, having morphed into a “larviform” creature that still looks like a caterpillar, and thus ensconced it awaits the ministrations of the male. “When a male finds her, he mates with her by means of an elongate extensible copulatory apparatus that can be extended deep into the bag containing the female,” George writes. “OK, maybe the female isn’t technically a caterpillar, but she looks enough like one. And maybe the answer doesn’t feature two cater pillars going at it, but it does offer a moth boinking a caterpillar like female with his enormous copulatory organ while she’s stuffed in a sack, which should be prurient enough to satisfy the Teeming Millions.” Wait, George is just getting warmed up. “This also offers the opportunity to bring up certain gall midges, which in my opinion have the most repulsive life history in all of biology. The eggs of the parthenogenetic female larva develop inside her and hatch into other larvae that par asitize their own mother. They literally devour her from the inside, and when they emerge, she’s little more than an empty skin. The process is then repeated among each of the daugh ter larvae. As one of the references said, ‘greater love hath no woman.’ Maybe we should save this one for Mother’s Day. “Which brings us to the entire topic of paedomorphosis (with its subcategories progen esis and neoteny), or reproduc tion by forms that retain juve nile features. Aquarists are probably familiar with the axolotl, a salamander that reproduces in larval form. One of the dominant features of human evolution is neoteny, in that we retain many features oth

erwise found in juvenile apes, in particular the disproportionate head.” George neglected to define progenesis (also known as paedogenesis), but from our previous work we know this means reproduction by juveniles. The classic case is the aphid, which, as veteran readers of this column know, is born pregnant. George concludes: “It’s possible that some species of bagworm are like gall midges in that the larvae eat their way out of their mother’s body, although other researchers say she dies first and the young just hatch from the long-cold corpse. They’re dispersed by birds thar eat the case containing the female and her eggs; the eggs resist digestion, so when the birds crap them out in a distant location, they’re still able to hatch.” I’m telling you, if you want to make a big hit socially, invite an entomologist (or George) to your next dinner party. The con versation will never flag. — CECIL ADAMS

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CASHIERS/DELI for country store in ski area. Benefits and excellent pay. Irasville Country Store in Waitsfield. 496-5400. DEPARTMENT SALON is look ing for a parEtime massage therapist. Flexible hours. Please call 660-9428, leave message. EXTRAS/ACTORS- Up to $500 a day! All looks needed. Call for info 800-260-3949 ext. 3025. (AAN CAN) FITNESS Experienced Personal Trainer needed for downtown health club on the Waterfront. Established clientele/great atmosphere. Call Charlene, 864-2348.

Engineering M anager Ascension Technology Corp. is the worldwide leader in magnetic, optical and inertial trackers for medicine, virtual reality and animation and we seek a hands-on manager to lead our engineering and tech support staff. We offer excellent benefits, including medical insur ance and 4 0 IK. We need someone to direct new product development projects, implement design controls and engineering standards, m aintain existing products, provide engi neering support to production and m arketing teams and interact w ith customers. You have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering w ith 5-10 years experience in high-tech product development and departm ent management. E-mail your resume to HR@ ascension-tech.com A s c e n s io n

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CLAIMS PROCESSOR $20$40/hr potential. Processing claims is easy! Training pro vided, MUST own PC. CALL NOW! 1-888-310-2153 ext 867. (AAN CAN) EARN UP TO $25,000 to $50,000/year. Medical Insurance Billing Assistance Needed Immediately! Use your home computer, get FREE Internet, FREE long dis tance, website, email. 800291-4683 ext 190. (AAN CAN) MASSAGE THERAPIST need ed at busy salon/spa. Existing clients. Need therapist to occupy a lovely, quiet room. Call 388-1177 for details.

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► music A LOT OF PEOPLE don’t real ize that Little Castle Studio is still only $30/hr. for tracking and mixing, $40/hr. for editing and mastering. That’s quite a bargain considering that liter ally everyone who records here comes away feeling great about their end result and great about the experience of recording. Check it out: www.littlecastle.com or call us (802)453-5576 AD ASTRA RECORDING. Got music? Relax. Record. Get the tracks. 20+ yrs. Exp. from stage to studio. Tenure Skyline Studios, NYC. 24-track auto mated mixdown. lst-rate gear. Wide array of keyboards, drums, more. Ad Astra, build ing a reputation of sonic integrity. 872-8583.

ANALOG/DIGITAL RECORDing studio. Dogs, Cats & Clocks Productions. Warm, friendly, prof, environment. Services for: singer/songwriters, jingles, bands. New digi tal mastering/recording. Call Robin, 658-1042. CALLIOPE MUSIC— Full repair service & restoration of all string instruments. Authorized warranty service: Fender, Guild, Martin, Tayior, Takamine. 20 yrs. exper. 202 Main St., Burl. 863-4613. ELECTRIC BLUES-BASED original band seeks bassist in Burlington area who is at least somewhat up on theory. 951-1966, ask for Guy. MUSICIANS WANTED. To be part of a working band. Call Seth 658-9652 or email: setheb@solomon.fm. TWO UNDERAGE DJ’S. Prefer to work small parties. Good for birthdays. Music, sound sys tems, lights, games, and candy prizes provided. For more information call Jake O’Brien, 863-5719 or Ben VB, 660-2713.

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SWF, ATTRACTIVE, SHAPELY, PASSIONATE about outdoor activities. Intelligent conversation, entertaining w/friends. You are hon est, fun-loving, monogamous, financially secure, who is avail, to share new experiences & spontaneous travel. 5397 SWPF, 32!Y0 ,’ tiO fiE S t, HUMOROUS', TUNloving, active, outdoorsy, healthy, worldly, attractive, secure, traveler, ISO similar SWPM, 29-40 who is also am bitious, foward-thinking, protecting, responsible, resourceful. Friends? LTR?5395_____________ BUFFY SEEKS HER ANGEL. 30, FUNNY, INTELligent, full-figured. Into Pop Culture, film & fun. ISO like-minded man, 28-38, for late night slayings. Good humor a m u st!5394 NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED. DWF, petite, N/S, attractive, fun-loving, hon est, compassionate, seeks same in a gentle man 50-6oish to share dining, dancing, walks, good conversation, quiet times at home. 5391__________ ____________________ LONESOME ANARCHIST COWGIRL ISO PELVIC acquaintance for long w inter’s nap. Frisbee in the snow?5387_________________________ LET’S GO SKIING! 5’9” , BLUE-EYED, BLONDE, 47, ISO tall, WPM, NS, for outdoor/indoor adventures. Intelligent, witty, high-energy F promises colorful conversation & a lo t o f fun.5246________________ __________ _ HAVE DUCT T A P E - WILL TRAVEL INCENDiary Bitch ready to burn the house down. You: between legal & dead. Me: ageless.

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HELP STOP THE IRRITATION IN MY HEAD. IN need o f safety & security. Playful, honest, Hiking up on the mtn. Would like to meet Mr. Right. 5127

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SPUNKY, SPF, 30S, SKIER, ACTIVE, ATHletic, fun, health-conscious, intuitive, vege tarian, focused. Enjoy traveling, adventure, mountains. ISO SPM, sim ilar qualities, com municative, open, patient, em otionally mature, sensitive, positive, funny, fit, happy. 5223_____________________________________ VEGETARIAN WOMAN, NS, FIT, YOGA practi tioner, m editator w ith inner & outer appeal seeks fit, S/DM vegetarian, 40S-60S, for LTR. Be my best friend, companion & coworker for social change. 5222

TAKE A HIKE, NS, LIKES POETRY, NATURE photography, folk guitar, hiking, w riting, drawing, jazz, quiet times, traveling. ISO special woman to share life’s beauty w ith. Everything matters, except everything. 5263

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SWF, 30S, AVERAGE TO GOOD LOOKS, NY area, seeks a 30s gentleman, kids OK, NS, ND preferable & who is spiritualty in-tune w/self, life & most o f all GOD! 5082_________ 30+, SWF, 6’ 2” , W/GOOD INTELLECT & humor seeks partner for outdoor adventures, dancing, travel, laughter & intimacy. 5078

NEW YEAR’ S RESOLUTION, LATE 4o’S, s’ 9 ". * 155 lbs, youthful, proportionate, engaging, * open-minded, appealing. Likes outdoor * activities, travel, laughing, adventure, sun; sets, photography, music, movies, life. * Anything that tw o people can enjoy togeth* er.5262____________________________________ l 47 YO, HARRY ISO MY SALLY. SEEKING em otionally & spiritually fit, NS, small, quiet, homebody F to share walks, books, love, laughter, massage, nights, mornings, conversation, food, wine & herself.5261___________

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SPIRITUAL, LOYING, KIND, GENEROUS, sensitive, open-minded, attractive, 52 YO HM musician, pet lover. ISO sane, pretty, lady, NS, ND, Plattsburgh/Burlington Area for LTR/marriage.5243 _______________________

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SWBiM, MID 30S, ATTRACTIVE, SENSUAL, caring & a very good listener. ISO a F who likes children & desires a good person to have laughs w ith & possibly a LTR. 5240

: DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE YOU SHOULD ' be treated like a queen? Then I w ould love ; to accommodate you. Responsive & responl sible DPM, 30s ISO serenity, curiosity, imagi' nation, laughter, integrity. 5225_____________ ACTIVE, SECURE, HEALTHY, TRIM, 5’io ” , 54 YO. ISO interesting, NS, slender, sensitive, energetic F, 35-50, to share love o f nature, hiking, xc, traveling, arts, music and more for LTR. 5210_______

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* QUIET, SENSITIVE, NURTURING SM, 37, * physician seeks happy spiritual younger SF l w ith similar interests/qualities for hiking, * camping trips around VT and possible LTR.

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; SWM, 24, 5*8",IN GOOD SHAPE, INTO « sports & all types o f outdoor activities, likes l dancing & going out to clubs. ISO attractive l SWF, 18-26, w ith sim ilar interests, who wants l to have a good time.5156________ _________ EROTIC ADVENTURES. I’M A SWM, ATHLETIC and attractive, looking for F for erotic adventures and other fun times. Discretion assured if wanted. Let’s enjoy the winter.

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ENGLISH PATIENCE. 3oYO, LANGUAGE & cul ture scholar, open-minded, conservative manner. ISO wisdom, beauty & the gentle graces o f that special SF, 29-35, I’ve yet to meet. 5400_______________________________

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WAIT!! DON’T MISS THIS ONE. SWPM, 29, laid-back & open-minded. ISO sim ilar SF. An interest in snowboarding, the outdoors & having fun a bonus. Winter is near, let’s hook-up. 5147_____________________________

DEAR SANTA, ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS is attractive, healthy, fit, ambitious, loving, active, kind, NS, ND, who likes country life, animals, movies, outdoors, 35-47- P-S. I’ve been a good boy. 5389____________________

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IMAGINE YOURSELF MEETING A NICE, GENtie, educated guy who gives flowers, opens doors, treats you like a princess. I’m 44, and searching for an old-fashioned love, a nice, loving, trusting relationship. 5145___________

“ IMMATURE’’ 41, DWM, GOOFY-FOOT SEEKS : EDUCATED, ATHLETIC, DIVORCED WPM, 45, adventurous Lolita for amorous trysts. l enjoys camping, fishing, swimming, biking, Gourmet meals included. Rutland/Killington l dancing, volleyball, softball. ISO a woman area. 5388_______________________________ ' who likes to be shown intimacy & affection l by one-woman man. 5 1 4 1 _________ PLAYFUL, WITTY, CREATIVE. CULTURAL JAM MER, art, mischievous, professional, very outdoorsy, red wine, good food, music, cud dle, 38, attractive, goofy, mature, immature, seeking but not avoiding. 5386

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IF YOU’ RE LOOKING FOR AN INTELLIGENT, * nice, good-looking, educated, successful, good-humored, active, athletic, kind-hearted * & romantic guy, and if you are intelligent, « : happy, attractive/pretty/cute, active, sincere < ■ and ready for the right guy, then call me and leave a message. Fate happens. Very I young 44 YO, 5’6” .5 2 4 i_____________________ <

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I AM 50 YO, SWF, SHORT BRN. HAIR, BLUE eyes. I am on Disability. New to St. Albans. I tike reading, taking walks, playing w ith my new kitty. 5087___________________________

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SWM, 6’4, 31, ATHLETIC, NS, ND, ISO C-DAY party partner & LTR for outdoors adventures like hiking, caving, clim bing, travel, cooking, campfires. Even if you don’t answer: Peace l & Happiness shall be w ith you. 5164________

S im p ly c a ll 1-800-710-8727 a n d e n te r y o u r c r e d it c a r d n u m b e r w h e n « p r o m p t e d . The s e rv ic e c o sts ‘ $ 1 .9 9 /m in u te a n d y o u m u s t b e a t le a s t 18 to c a ll.

LOOKING FOR MR. RIGHT. ATTRACTIVE, Petite SWF, 38, 5’4 ” , 105 lbs., long brn./brn. Enjoys music, dancing, romance, passion, kissing, cuddling & loving. ISO attractive, slim SWM, 28-40 for LTR. 5121_____________

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SWPF, 32, SCORPIO, BORN IN THE YEAR OF the monkey. Fit, athletic & fun-loving, seek ing honest, trustw orthy companion for adventures & apres entertainment. 5226__

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SWF, 40S, ACTIVE, ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS, movies, good conversation, gardening & the ocean. ISO that special M, who is easygoing & sincere to share interests, for LTR.5230 NEW TO BURLINGTON: SWPF, 40. W/NO children, independent, slim, funny, consider ate, kind, hikes, camper, skier, traveler, adventurous, outgoing, looking to meet you. All calls answered & I don’t nag! 5229______ _

ISO LTR W/ GUITAR PLAYING GIRL. SWM, 26, ISO SWF 22-30 to jam w ith. Into rock, metal & the blues, plus various outdoor interests. 5264_________________________

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MATING SEASON APPROACHING! M, 43, ISO semi-wild F feline who can make tiger nois es. You & I are passionate, affectionate & committed, for LTR. 5401

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HAPPY WITH MY LIFE. LEARNING ALL THE time but want to share some o f those things w ith someone. WM, 52, NS, in great shape. Love outdoors & in. 5405__________________

ATTRACTIVE, IN SHAPE, BLONDE/BLUE, 5’6” , 43, PSWF, ISO fun, educated M who enjoys good conversations, the outdoors, reading & movies. 5133 ______________ _

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NO SENSE OF HUMOR. GOOD-LOOKING, 5’ 10” , 170 lbs., NS, ND, young 50, but w ith hair & teeth. Honest, romantic, into concerts, Borders, dining, dancing. ISO lady, preferably w ith hair & teeth. 5265__________

SEARCHING FOR A SOULMATE MID 40s DWPF-attractive & personable. Enjoy biking, sailing, travel & dining out. Seek em otional ly secure M for companionship & possible LTR. 5050

SHARE YOUR DREAMS, LOVE PASSIONATELY, connect w ith Earth, imagine, live w ith grati I’ M A WHIMSICAL YET WISE CHILD AT 33- A I tude, let go o f why, care for your body, be music-loving revolutionary, a strong yet vul- < compassionate, notice, forgive, be real, nerable goddess who is humbled by the experience joy, DPF, intelligent, vibrant, spiri oneness o f life, yet inspired by its beauty. I tual, playful, sensual ISO 45+, companion to SAM___ ________________________ ; share journey. 5135________________________ ARE YOU CREATIVE, NONMATERIALISTIC, spiritual, fit, active, progressive, 50+, emotionally grounded? Do you enjoy gardening, arts, music, projects, cooking? Me, too. 5402

WORKING MIND/BODY, SELF-EMPLOYED vegetarian chef, incurable romantic w/dog (Hartford). ISO boy, organic garden & reloca tion to country life w ith NS M, not afraid o f woman over 4915057____________________

ISO INSIGNIFICANT OTHER FOR OFFICE Xmas party and other holiday events. SemiPF, 37, tall, thin, pretty, clever, independent, presentable seeks similar, outgoing, humorous SM for the season. 5136_________ ______

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MONTPELIER GUY WHO COLLECTS RECORDS in Burlington, works part-tim e, longtim e meditator, like the Aquarian you read in this paper, seeks F freebird, under 36, friends first. 5266_______________________ _________

SWPF, 25, LOOKING TO SHARE DREAMS AND aspirations. Adventurous, spontaneous, pos sibly crazy, beginner snowboarder ISO strong open-minded companion. Wanna hang around and just be silly? ISO SM 25-33.5058

HAPPY, ACTIVE, ATTRACTIVE, PETITE, OUTgoing, DWPF, NS, ISO handsome new friend, 45-60, to share the wonder. Interests include business, education, politics (Democratic), spiritual growth, the culinary arts, salsa dancing (& other), music, movies, theater & concerts. If you like to laugh, eat, dance, love & learn, call me. 5148_________________

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TALL P BRUNETTE BEAUTY, 44, ISO FUTURE boyfriend. Me: creative, humorous, loving, energetic, fit, outgoing. You: smart, hand some, witty, hip, honest, P, loving, forthright. Prefer chocolate malts to Cosmopolitans, style w/substance. No trailers. 5060_______ _

ACTIVE DWF, 51, LIKES CAMPING, CONTOA dancing, snowshoeing, ’ 50s rock to classical, and VPR. Seeking NS to share activities and companionship. Friendship first. Rutland area. 5211_________

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SWM, 35, 5’ 10", 180 LBS., ATHLETIC LIKES tennis, reading & weekend getaways. Seeking mature, attractive F for fun & possible LTR. 5267 ___________________ _

30 YO TALL ATTRACTIVE SWF WHO LIKES/ wants to travel, cook, mountains, red wine, motorcycle across China, jump a train, woodsmoke, colors, life. ISO SWM, 30-37, GSOH, confident, attractive w /style!5o6i

SHARE MY ZEST. HAVING LEARNED TO enjoy life alone, I’d like a companion to' share the bright, playful, energetic, aes thetic, creative aspects o f middle-age out doors, w/open heart & enlightened good humor. Perceptive, zaftig DWPF, NS.5218

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WANTED, 42+, F WHO IS EDUCATED, SOULful, sensual & somewhat balanced. From w riter/artist/teacher & dog-lover type, w hat ever that means. No Quayle or Bush sup porters, please. 5268

SWF, 40, ACTIVE, INTELLIGENT & ADVENturesome. Love to ski (telemark) & travel. Also enjoy hiking, biking, animals, music, stim ulating conversation & home. Seeking a partner to share life's adventures. 5064_____

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SWM LIKES METAPHYSICAL CONVERSAtions, alternative spiritual paths, music. Looking for someone who is creative and down to earth. 5384 1________________

I IF YOU CAN REMEMBER WHAT IT’S LIKE TO l feel to ta lly in love. This in-shape, good-lookl ing SWMP ISO sim ilar SWF, 27-37, to make a * real connection, intimacy, challenges, fun. : 5236

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Dear Lola, I’m a reasonably attractive, fairly hitelligent single woman who is totally hot far a guy who works in my building. We’ve made some small talk in the elevator, and say hi when we cross paths on the street. But I really don’t know any thing about him not his sexual orientation, not his marital status, not even his name. I’m dying to get to know him better, but I don’t want to make a fa d of myself. What’s a gal to do? Curious in Colchester —

Dear Curious, Scientific studies have shown that there isn’t a man alive straight, gay, happily married or sworn to celibacy, who would not be pleased if a reason ably attractive, fairly intelligent single woman such as yourself were to ask him to join her after work for a cup of coffee. If he’s not interested or available, he’ll politely decline and feel all warm inside that some one noticed him. And if he is interested and available... the ball’s in your court. Good luck, have fun and, hey, be careful out there. Love, —

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don’t want a charge on your phone bill? call 1-800-710-872; and use your credit card. 24 hours a day! $ 1.99 a minute, must be 18 +. i w n M $ k m q u x m m i, c a n t W k ju x u n o n M ^ k in q w o m e n MONKEYS ARE FUNNY. POSTMODERN METAphysicat speculation is fun. Conservatives are disturbing. Greening is aod. 22 YO eccentric genius, sarcastic, sexy but shy, Mod/Rocker seeks sim ilar for whatever. 5137 DWM, 45, TALL, SECURE, ATHLETIC, FUN, romantic, grounded father ISO smart, sweet, smiling, sexy, slim, athletic Mom to share laughs, adventures, life, travel, food, o u t doors, children, 35-47.5131 SWPM TO SPOIL YOU! MATURE, ROMANTIC & humorous. Very active & fit. I enjoy cook ing & dining out, hiking, biking, dancing to rock & w riting love letters. ISO active fit, fun-loving F, 35-45, to share your likes, too.

5130_____________________________ SWM, 40ISH, LOOKING TO MAKE NEW friends. Fs, 25-45. Just let loose & have fun. No expectations. Over 5’8 ” bonus. 5129 LOVE IS THE DRUG, AS IN CHEMISTRY. SWM, 44, ISO, sensuous, foxy F, unburdened by identity/age issues. We’re struggling Hedonists. Yes? Your bass-loving equal wants to appreciate, love & respect you. 5128____________________________ NOT PROMISING PERFECTION 1UT THIS well-preserved DWM, 38, smoker, promises a slender woman, 25-44, endless friendship, great times, Jacuzzis, great talks & much to write about. I’m w orth the call. 5123_______ ATTRACTIVE SENIOR M, TRIM, HEALTHY, intelligent, secure. ISO sim ilar F to occasion ally share cultural activities, good conversa tion & discreet intimacy in the context o f honesty, sincerity & good hum or.5122______ CRASHING BORE (49) SEEKS NAGGING shrew (40+). I can’t w ait to hear you whine about everything while I drone on about nothing. We’ll be poster children for poetic justice. 5083 WANTED: NAUGHTY F FOR FUN TIMES. DWM, 40, smoker, drinker, seeks F, 25-45, who knows how to have a good time. Life’s too short to be shy. Who knows? 5072 FINE MOTOR SKILLS, CREATIVE, 31 YO, who’s action potentials fire w ith passion & reason. ISO fit F who endorses comic revelry over stoic professionalism. Candid, honest, sensual, curious. Are you? 5068

SWF 31, ISO FRIENDS 25-40. MUST BE CARing, sensitive, & secure w/who they are. Trying to reconnect w ith the w orld! You won’t find a better friend than me! 5383 BIF, 20, NEW TO THE LIFESTYLE. NS, charismatic, laid-back, candle and astrology junkie. Seeking 20Something SF, w/same interests, great conversations, friendship or more if comfortable. 5214

23 Bi, INEXPERIENCED, TATS, HEAVY-SET, fun, dark hair, goatee. Likes movies, alterna tive music, art, hanging out. ISO M, 18-30 for friendship & maybe more. Gamers & freaks a plus. 5393 TIME FOR A CHANGE? WHY NOT? BiWM, 30, 6’, 185 lbs., fit, attractive, inexperienced. ISO same, 18-35, for fon. Nothing serious. Discretion a must. No m a il.5269 SM, 22, CUTE, FOR LTR OR MORE. MUST BE attractive, cute 8c young. Look forward to your reply. 5259 SUBMISSIVE M WANTS TO PLEASE. ENJOYS dirty talk 8c likes to eat out. Can I please you ?5247________________________________ GWM, 32, NEW TO AREA. VGL, SWEET, KIND, and sick o f games. If you are not a jackass and Red Lobster followed by a movie sounds fun to you, reply.5153 GWM IN CENTRAL VT, 43, TALL, IN-SHAPE, active. Seeks in-shape, active GWM, 22-40, for hiking, biking, blading, movies, music, travel. 5151

TALL, CONFIDENT, HUMBLE, HONEST, ATHletic, spiritual, romantic, happy, emotionally, fit, DWM, 45, ISO slender, smart sassy, sm il ing, sensual mom to share outdoor a ctivi ties, food, laughter, kids, travel, cultural events, intimacy. 5065

SUBMISSIVE BEAR SEEKS AGGRESSIVE trappers! Butch, balding, bearded, blue-eyes. B/D, S/M bottom bear looking to explore/expand lim its w ith demanding dom i nant disciplinarian(s). All scenes considered. Not planning to hibernate this winter! 5132

SENSUOUS ROMANCE, SERIOUS ADVENTURE, intelligent conversation, healthy respect, fun, care and consideration are all included with this 44 YO single dad. Love skiing, tennis, exploration, and maybe you. Call me now. 5062

GWM, 6’, 170 LBS., 40, WHO ENJOYS wrestling 8c more. ISO fit GM, 25-40, for fun discreet times. Adirondack Park area. No mail, please. 5117

FUN, INTERESTING, SOCIABLE: IF YOU’ RE one or more o f the above (and female), give me a call. Skier or tennis player (or w illing to learn) a definite p lu s.5047 SWPM, 23, BLONDE/BLUE, ATTRACTIVE, intelligent into skiing, sailing, analytical thought, ISO SPF w ith good looks and a tti tude to match. Please be smart, cultured, and curious about the w orld. 5042

j collection o f board games. I have German* style war games, party, family, dexterity 8c * everything in between. 5385 * * * * *

ATTRACTIVE PCU, EARLY 40S, TO SHARE ongoing friendship 8c adult sensuality w/likeminded attractive CUs, either individual or group socials possible. Privacy 8c intimacy assured. You’ll like us. 5381

SGM, 50ISH, 210 LBS., 6’ , ISO FUN DAY OR wknd. encounters w ith Bi or GWM, 30-50. Open to most scenes. No drugs. 5074 AGGRESSIVE TOP LOOKING FOR SMOOTH, hairless bottoms any age. I’m hairy-chested and in great shape. If you w ant the time of your life, RSVP ASAP.5069 29, SWM INEXPERIENCED Bi-CURIOUS SEEKing hot fun. Can you be romantic and nasty at the same time? Cuddling, kissing and hot sex? Enjoy some erotica together? No ferns.

5043

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YOUNG 20SOMETHING CU, FIT 8t ATTRACtive, ISO M, 18-35, to fulfill my girlfriends desires. Must be discreet and fit. Uncut a plus! 5155________________________________ COUNTRY ISO PRESIDENT. GREAT JOB opportunity for the right person. Good peo ple skills, enjoy controlling a nation, reloca tion required. Free room/board. Start imme diately, 4yr. commitment. No experience nec essary, w ill tra in .5154 WCU, BICURIOUS M, BUSTY F ISO TV/TS cross-dresser for erotic fun. Must be dis creet. Let’s explore! 5140 BICu, 30’S, ADVENTUROUS, EROTIC, LIKES going places, ISO another BiCu to have fun w ith, go places (maybe a weekend in Montreal) intimate encounters w ith. 5139 SEXY BICU, 30S, ADVENTUROUS, EROTIC, athletically built. 6’i ” , 190 lbs., 5**3” , 110 lbs. ISO BiCu, BiF, well-endowed Bi or straight M for pleasurable, discreet encounters.5125 HAILS! HVAIWA GAGGITH THUS? “ IK HATJA wintru unte mel gatrafsteinais ist.” Rimbaud. Jabai kannt aittau wileis Gutrazda gakunnan, tho rathjo g ala th o !5 ii9 LOOKING FOR FRIENDS TO CYCLE, SKI OR snowboard and just hang out. Relatively new to the Burlington area and have had a hard time making friends. Let’s go ride or ski this weekend! 5085 HANDSOME MA M, 35, LOOKING TO GIVE & get sensual massage to/from F, 20-40.5073 WE’ RE A FIT, ACTIVE, ADVENTUROUS PCU IN our early 40s. We’re seeking to meet anoth er open-minded Cu o f any age who might be interested in pursing a casual, intimate relationship. 5063 MAWF ISO BIF TO HELP FULFILL SEXUAL desires w/secret MaWM lover. Must be dis creet and safe!5056

EUROPEAN MA M, EARLY 40s, ATTRACTIVE, in great shape, ISO intimate, regular rela tionship w ith an attractive, uninhibited woman in need o f TLC. Race, age, marital status are not im po rta n t.5048

CENTRAL VT: “ MY CUP RUNNETH OVER!” Joy & abundance abound! Would enjoy com pany o f kindred, during breaks from chop ping wood 81 carrying water. (Age, gender, sexual orientation, physical attributes, etc. irrelevant). 5146

; MAGIC HAT PARTY. YOU WERE THE COWGIRL * that w ent to H.S., I think you said CVU. I l was the Viking w ith my friend the bee'. I » wanted to get your number, but didn’t see » you again. If you would like to get together, ■ look me up. 5403

l TO THE FORMER NECI PASTRY-COUNTER ' maiden, studying Eng. Lit. at UVM. your * smile beckons. I’m the red-coated occasional « vagabond w/a penchant for languages. Let’s » talk books! 5399 : 12/1/00. PRESS-REPUBLICAN PARKING LOT. ' You: Leaving in your tan car. Me: Standing > next to my car watching you drive by. You > smiled, I just stared. Let’s meet! 5398 : THEY SAY YOU DON’T KNOW A GOOD THING ‘til it’s gone, but I’d have to say they are I wrong. I love you so much cow. Let’s play ■ outside and make glories! 5396 TO THE SPICY LADY WHO READS THIS PAGE first, I’m watching. Let’s get saucy on White : Heron, and roam the streets. A toast to your ; wish. MW 5382 STEPHANIE, I CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY : mind. Good luck w ith Art 81 Psyche. Love to ; split a bottle o f wine w ith you & talk. I hope you’re single. 5270 I WAITED ON YOU 81 YOUR PARENTS. YOUR Mom had too much wine 81 couldn’t stop laughing. You came back later 8. we had a beer together. Meet again?5260 KATE: WE MET A WHILE AGO AT RIRA’S. I got your gum as a consultation prize. Saw you holding a Donovan sign at elections. Can we meet again?5248 CRUSTINI, WHITE HERON, THREE BARS, AND a cat. Beaker needs a challenger, care to join me?5244

DWF, 44, ISO FEMALE FRIENDSHIP TO share golfing, biking, swimming, snowshoeing, skiing, movies, music, dinner, drinks & the ups & downs that come w ith living life.

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: FOR HALLOWEEN & BEYOND... SWPM, 40s, ! cross-dresser, longtime. Genuinely fascinated * student o f the scene. ISO attractive, dom i nant Fem(s) for safe 8c sane initiation into your w orld. “Aching” to be pleasing 8c amus; ing. Clean 8c discreet, imperative. Have cos tume, w ill tra ve l.5220

oiJw i CLEAN, ND, NS, SWPM, LATE 40S, ISO SIMIlar female or CU, 35-50 to share meals, companionship and adult fun. In excellent physical shape, w illing to travel. Let’s share dinner and put our desires on the table.

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BURLINGTON/RUTLAND BiWM, s’io”, 185 lbs., red hair, average looks 8c build. Looking to meet D8cD-free M, 18-46, for dis creet good times. 5134

UNFORGETTABLE LOVE! A TRUE ROMANTIC, seeks a petite, fit PF to enjoy life. I’m 44 yo, 6’, fit, kids are fine and welcome. Jericho/ Underhill area please! Think snow! 5049

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ADVENTURE... WHERE ARE ALL THE HOT GAY women in Vermont hiding? Are any o f you — * TALL, ATHLETIC, ATTRACTIVE, 30S, SWM. out there? Active GWF seeks play friends to I Into adult pleasure. Maybe I can make your share in laughter and new adventures. 5161 * sexual fantasy a reality. Let me know your » desires. Must be healthy & discreet. 5245 GWF RELOCATING TO VT. ISO STRONG, TALL, outgoing F. Must be independent & debt* MACU ISO F FOR FUN TOGETHER. F WHO free. Must love animals & me. Let’s be ; would enjoy being w/both o f us 8c also friends first. Ages 38-49.5124 * enjoys being outdoors, football, movies, etc. » Sound like you? Please let us get to know 23 YO, SWF, BICURIOUS. LOOKING TO WALK ■ you. 5239 on the w ild side. ISO lesbian Goddess to train me. I am your student. If I get out o f WM, MID 20S, GOOD SHAPE, CLEAN ISO 40+ line, please whip me. 5118 > F, age, race, size, shape unimportant. > Looking for older women that need their * sexual fantasies fulfilled. Must be open> minded, discreet 8c clean. 5228

SDWM, 30, DIRTY BLONDE, BROWN EYES, very motivated. ISO SF for friendship, maybe more, who likes pets, outdoors, kids & her self. ISO new adventures. 5066

WHM, 51, NY, ATTRACTIVE, LOVING, KIND, sensitive, spiritual, ACIM, Qigong, simplicity, intimacy, home & hearth, independent film, good food, wine, conversation. Pet sitter/musician. ISO SF, NS for LTR5052

: CU ISO BIF OR CU WBiF, 25-45, FOR EXOTIC ; fantasy fulfillm ent. Are you creative? Call us t for your next fantasy encounter.5390

MUDDY WATERS, SAT. 11/25. YOU: RED hair, black sweater, teapot & journal. Me: man near you, blue sweater, laptop. Adverse to verbs & strangers. You?5242

J TAD: UP ON THE MOUNTAIN SOMEWHERE ‘ you are, 3200 miles west I am. And missing * your cynical perspective like crazy. Hello to *Zeb as well. 5238 * FOOD GUY - YOU’VE TWISTED MY SPIRIT ‘ into a spinning kaleidoscope o f vita lity & l faith, & I have enjoyed every moment. Feed *m e more! - Ice-cream g irl.5237 ‘ TALL GUY SEARCHING FOR AN ORGANICALLY * inclined Alyssa w ith harmony. We first met at * Merlefest in 1998. Haven’t seen enough o f «you since. Would you like to get dinner « sometime?5233 * PURPLE L IP S - THANKS FOR A YEAR OF * incredible sweetness. The Big-armed boy.

*5231___________ : SHAWN, AUTO MECHANIC, FROM BARRE: * “ Roses are red, violets are blue, wouldn’t I * like to spend a day, talking w ith you.” You * responded w ith no address or phone num* ber.5227 * THE VIEW FROM ACROSS THE LAKE IS

l great, but how do I reach you? I share your .va lue s & principles.5224 J MATT, I WANTED YOU TO KNOW I’M SORRY « if I hurt you. I think o f you often. I miss * you. Crocodile hunter & beef stew?52i9 * DARK-HAIRED BEAUTY NOTICED YOU, TEARS ‘ in eyes, boarding United flight at MHT on * 9/5. Meet me on 12/9, same place? Tears »okay. I’ ll be the guy w ith flowers. Essss.5217 : CASSIE: COYOTES, THURSDAY NIGHT. YOU ‘ stuck your tongue out at me. I love you.

: 5215___________________________________ * YOU SAW ME, I PROBABLY SAW YOU... BUT * I didn’t know it was you. Inconceivable! You l don’t by any chance happen to have six fin* gers on your right hand?52i2______________ : 11/15/00. 9:00 pm - LITTLE BOY DRIVING *an enormously big green car. You smiled ‘ and invited me in. Maybe we could go out ‘ on a “ date” som etim e.5209 * SAGITTARIUS, BOTH OF US’, SPOKE WITH *y o u next to the bonfire in Fletcher on 11/18. * Do you remember me this time? Still inter» ested?52o8 * I SAW YOU WALKING IN THE MALL FROM A ‘ distance, I watched you and smiled. Then * said to myself, “ I am so lucky to have you.” « Love you, Babe. 5207

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5144____________________________ LABRIOCHE, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 11/12. Beautiful, blue eyes... I’ll let you have the last country loaf. I settled for the baguette. I’d love to meet you for real. 5142 FIVE SPICE 10/23. TO BE MORE SPECIFIC..-. You: replete w ith Pixies songs and lines from the Princess Bride. Dark hair. Glasses. Me: feeling like queen o f the dorks. 5138

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woman Aaakinq man TALL, REDHEADED WOMAN, LATE 30s, BURLlington area. ISO SM, 30-44, 5’io ” or taller, agnostic/atheist preferred, muscles a must. Will reply to all who enclose recent photo. Box 858__________________________________ LOVING WOMAN, 60, WHO LOOKS & FEELS younger. ISO affectionate man to love & who will love me back. One who is a NS, affec tionate, health-conscious, likes music. Box 855__________________________________ SHINE YOUR LOVE LIGHTS ON ME. ARE YOU kind? Are you cool? Positive? Healthy? Love life? Got spirit? Savor every second? Breathe deep? Seek peace? Know thyself? Me,too. Yupper. Box 854__________________________ 23 YO GM TRAPPED IN A WOMAN’S BODY. ISO SM who w ill cum & open their Christmas present early. Includes hot candle wax, love oils 8. edible undies. Box 845 S W F - CARRIE, 38 YO, 5’4 ', 110 LBS., LT. smoker from Montreal. Seeking guy w ith similar tastes. Love music, early Bowie, Iggy, 70s, alternative, movies, animals, painting & making films. Box 842_____________________

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VOLUPTUOUS VIRGO, 50S, ATTRACTIVE, PWF childless, loves outdoor fun, music, dancing. ISO gentleman for lasting friendship w/honesty & trust. Let’s bring in 2001 together! Burlington area. Box 828__________________

• VERY YOUNG 50‘S , ATHLETIC, 5 V TALL, " well-educated, healthy & STD free, sensitive, romantic, sensuous, financially secure, child less, jack-of-all-trades fella seeks slim, warm, open, liberal, spontaneous, patient, tactile, romantic, sensuous woman who loves the outdoors, boating, & wants to enjoy fine wine & sunset dinners prepared by me on the deck o f my lakefront home. A long letter w ill get you the same. Box 800____________

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PRETTY PROFESSIONAL WITH A TWINKLE IN her eye, into painting, reading & aerobic dancing, is looking for a gentleman, 51-69, who’s intellectual, aware & loving— & can tw inkle back! Box 830_____________________ SEEKING FRIENDSHIP CONVERSATION W/ gentleman, 65+, tall, intelligent, caring. Me: tall, hazel eyes, slim, trim , education, retired P, active, NS. Box 831_____________________ GROW OLD WITH ME. SWF, 57, SMOKER, ISO WM who likes auto racing, country music, camping, dining out & quiet times at home. Friends first. Write soon. Box 832__________ 23 YO, ATTRACTIVE SWF, WHO LOVES DANcing, sports, driving, cuddling & adventure. Sorry, country music not incl. ISO SM, 18-30 w/same interests & sense o f humor. Box 827

SM, 42, ARTISTIC, POETIC, ROMANTIC Southerner, 5’n ” , 200 lbs., in good shape. Enjoys camping, boating, fishing and dance. ISO open, honest, friendship first. Explore the depths o f a labyrinth heart. Box 852 INCARCERATED HANDSOME FRENCH CARIBbean, 32, 5’n ” , 180 lbs., muscular. Sexy chocolate w/dreadlocks. Fluent in French, Patois & Brooklynese. Retired Bad Boy. Release 2001. ISO intelligent, honest, crunchy not country SF. Box 850___________

ECLECTIC, IRREVERENT, INDEPENDENT ICONoclast (well-preserved; 52) wishes to meet empathetic M (same; 45-55) w/social con science who values intellectual stim ulation & mature em otional connection. Must like Thai food, no MSG! Box 826

MATURE SWF, NS, PRIVATE, PASSIONATE, pensive, political, perceptive, particular, Drawn to beaches, books, theater, music, labyrinths, fantasy and family. Please, don’t assume anything. Box 843

m m M u J d ttq m e n BIWM, 5’ 5 \ 140 LBS., ISO DOMINANT M. I enjoy B&D, S&M, W/S, w illin g to please. I can be your toy to play w ith & make fun of. Will answer all. Box 847__________________ SGWM, ST. ALBANS-AREA, 5’ 10", 230 LBS. sincere, quiet ISO SGM, 30-40S, honesty first. LTR only. I have much to offer, are you the one? D/D free, sm oker OK. Box 848

ABSOLUTELY FREE! MY HEART! DWM, YOUNG 38, smoker. Good looks/build. Seeks a slen der F, 28-44, who is outgoing, enjoys music, dancing, the outdoors & indoors, romance, quiet times. Make us happen! Box 821

HANDSOME M, 40, STRONG BUILD, 5’io ” , 185 lbs. Friendly, gentle, outgoing but demanding schedule. Desires fit F for good friendship, discreet encounters. Youth age or Ma, no barrier. Honesty, security, closeness. Box 851__________________________________

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ATTRACTIVE AND VERY SEXY PCU, ISO SBi or BiCurious F 28-38 YO for sexy fun. Box 860

active, fun, loves movies, quiet life. Box 835

28 YO SWF ISO 30+ SWF FOR FRIENDSHIP & more. I’m looking for honesty, love and affection. We’ll take on the world together.. let the adventure begin! Box 849___________

INCARCERATED, 39, NON-VIOLENT, SUBMISsive WM. Happiness is: dom inant, heavy-set, w ealthy woman 30-50 to feminize me and teach me how to be the woman I crave to be. Box 856_____________________________

SWM, 25, 5’ 7” . BROWN EYES/HAIR. I AM loyal, honest, romantic, discreet, w illing, lov ing, faithful gentleman. ISO a full-figured F for a serious relationship. Send photo. Box 836_______________________________ __

WOODSWOMAN (N.CT. VT.), 49, SEEKS KINDred soul for dance o f intim acy— led by kind hearts, step by step, to loving, celebrating & honoring our being together & apart. Let’s dance. Box 844___________________________

LOOKING FOR ROMANTIC, PASSIONATE, companion. Me: PSWM, 61, tall, slim, NS, You: attractive, slim, free spirit, adventurous, passionate. Like travel & dining. Box 838

HELLO, LOVELY LADIES OUT THERE! LOVE TO hear from you all! I’m a Virgo, easygoing, loving, warm, kind, loyal & lots, lots more o f me as a person. Please w rite me, please. God Bless. Box 804

SWM, 52, 6’, 200 LBS., NS, ISO, SF, 40-55.

IN SHAPE, UP BEAT, ATTRACTIVE DWF. SEEKing well-mannered, trustw orthy gentleman, good appearance, NS, to share my life. 5060. Not afraid o f commitment. Please tell me aout yourself. Box 834

MWM 40, ISO COUPLE FOR CLEAN, SAFE, intim ate fun. Central to Northeast VT. Very discreet. Let’s trade letters. Box 853

I WISH TO LEARN ABOUT LIFE IN AMERICA. Would you like to correspond w ith a lady living in Cornwall, England? Many interests, art, music, literature, quiet and caring personality. Box 859________________________ PBGHyBTON. - NOT: SLIM, GORGEOUS, degreed or wealthy, but a genuine good woman, 50s, musical, artistic, kink-friendly, NA, ND, NS, seeks a “ like” male. Safe, sane, discreet, clean, possible LTR. Box 846

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