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Phoenix Books to Host Bestselling Author Katherine Arden On Thursday, January 11th at 6:30pm, Phoenix Books Burlington will host Katherine Arden for a talk on her new novel, The Girl in the Tower, the continuation of the magical adventure begun in the national bestseller The Bear and the Nightingale. Orphaned and cast out as a witch by her village, Vasya’s options are few: resign herself to life in a convent, or allow her older sister to make her a match with a Moscovite prince. Both doom her to life in a tower, cut off from the vast magical world she longs to explore. So instead she chooses adventure, disguising herself as a boy and riding her trusted horse, Solovey, into the woods. A battle with some bandits who have been terrorizing the countryside quickly earns her the admiration of the Grand Prince of Moscow. But Vasya must now balance the growing challenges of the life she has chosen, navigating her increasingly risky relationship with Morozko and carefully guarding the secret of her gender to remain in the Grand Prince’s good graces—even as she realizes his kingdom is under threat from mysterious forces only she will be able to stop. Born in Texas, Katherine Arden holds a BA in French and Russian from Middlebury College. She has studied Russian in Moscow, taught at a school in the French Alps, and worked on a farm in Hawaii. She currently lives in Vermont. Ticket proceeds will be donated to Vermont Foodbank. Tickets are $3 per person, and include a coupon for $5 off the featured book. Coupons expire at closing the evening of the event. Seating is limited. Phoenix Books Burlington is located at 191 Bank Street in Burlington, Vermont. Copies of The Girl in the Tower will be available for attendees to purchase and have signed. For more information, please call 802-448-3350 or visit www.phoenixbooks.biz. • • • Avian Inspired Paintings By Linda Mirabile At The Governor’s Gallery To inaugurate the new year of 2018, the Governor’s Gallery presents Linda Mirabile in her newest show titled “Avian Inspired” with an Opening Reception on January 11, from 4:00 – 7:00. Exhibiting over 21 paintings created during the last two years, Mirabile’s meticulously observed and exquisitely rendered images of birds are painted on birch panel or watercolor paper with acrylics. The artist has long had an infatuation with ornithology, and has studied extensively over her lifetime the behavioral habitat as well as the anatomy of birds. “Linda is an artist we have known and loved for a very long time, and the Governor’s Gallery is excited to be among the first major venues to promote her incredible work. Viewers are in for a real treat!”- states David Schutz Vermont State Curator. As Mirabile herself says, “Sharing 60 acres with a family of crows, two ravens and any number of other avian neighbors has given me a new perspective in the way I approach painting birds. With this first-hand experience, I now paint birds differently than I did many years ago. Birds do all of the same things we do. My aim is to impart an attitude, capture a feeling, or create a story about what is going on in that bird’s mind, life or in any given moment. I feel like I know them and they know me.” Linda Mirabile lives in Berlin, Vermont and is co-owner of the graphics/communications firm, RavenMark, Inc. She moved to Vermont from New York in 1976. Her work has appeared in various regional exhibits and is represented at Artisan’s Gallery in Waitsfield Vermont as well as in many private collections nationally. She studied oil painting with the late Caroll Jones of Stowe in 1979-80. Ringing in the New Year at the Vermont Supreme Court Gallery will be one of the state’s most renowned artists-- Claire Van Vliet. Her Opening Reception will be held Thursday, January 11 from 4:00 – 7:00pm. Van Vliet is a true Vermont treasure, known for her print and papermaking abilities and as the founder of the esteemed Janus Press in Newark, Vermont. This latest exhibition of her work is entitled “Sky and Earth”-- pulp paintings she created from 1995-2011. Inspired by the vast skies and landscapes observed over many years living in the Northeast Kingdom, Van Vliet states,“It was the clouds coming close over the plateau of Newark that made me settle there fifty years ago – they come out of the Willoughby Lake gap and feel like one could actually touch them. The plateau is high and there are long views to the hills and mountains, but mainly there is a big sky”. Using mineral pigments in a two-dimensional handmade papermaking process to color and form the images into textured paper. Van Vilet then further develops some of the images by working with acrylic watercolor paints. Some of the pieces in the exhibit were made in collaboration with artists Katie MacGregor and Bernie Vinzani, of Whiting, Maine. These collectively-created works are in large format and require many hands to work with the materials. Vermont State Curator, David Schutz-- “Claire has lived in Vermont for over a half century, and we are thrilled to add her name to a roster that now includes many of the state’s most important artists. Claire’s long career speaks for itself, and these pulp paintings are amazing works that Vermonters will now get to see in the great setting of the Vermont Supreme Court Gallery.” About the artist: Claire Van Vliet was born in Ottawa, Ontario. She is a fine artist, illustrator and typographer who founded Janus Press--originally in San Diego, California --then in 1966, moving the press to Newark, Vermont where it has remained to this day. Van Vliet received her Bachelor of Arts from San Diego State College, and went on to complete her Master of Fine Arts from Claremont Graduate School. She worked for John Anderson of Lanston Monotype Company in Philadelphia before moving to Madison, Wisconsin. She also • • • VT Supreme Court Gallery Presents “Sky and Earth” Pulp Paintings by Claire Van Vliet taught drawing and printmaking classes at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and Philadelphia Museum College of Art. The Janus Press publishes collaborative works by contemporary writers, papermakers, printmakers and artists. Happy New Year... ...and thank you for your support! We Ship Anywhere “A Quality Family Farm Shop” 802-223-5757 From all of us at Bragg Farm Delicious Maple Creemees served all winter! OPEN EVERY DAY 8:30-5:00 PM (Closed New Year's Day, Jan. 1) Vermont Handcrafts Gifts Vermont Cheese Maple Farm Tour Maple Products 1 mile north of E. 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NOTICE TOWN OF BARRE One of three elected auditors resigned because of moving away. Until 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 5, 2018, the Selectboard is accepting letters of interest in filling the vacancy. Appointment to the elected auditor positions will be valid until the town’s annual election on May 8, 2018. The appointee may seek election on the May 8 ballot. The elected auditors’ primary duty is supervision of the preparation, publication and distribution of the town report. Letters of interest may be mailed to: Town Manager’s Office, P.O. Box 116, Websterville, VT 05678, or emailed to: offices@ barretown.org. By Thomas White, Chairman DOWNLOAD OUR APP! 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The WORLD is published every Wednesday. Should your publication The WORLD assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertising but will reprint in the Publishers with following issue that part of any advertisement in which the typographical Please error refer to occurred. the CVC Service Notice by advertisers of any error must be given to this newspaper within five (5) business days of the date of publication. The WORLD reserves all rights to advertising copy produced by its own staff. No such advertisement may be used or reproduced without express permission. Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Closed Saturday and Sunday. Subscriptions: $8.00/month, $48.00/6 months, $96.00/year. First Class. page 12 The WORLD December 27, 2017 C Gold Standard publication you may run the Gold Standard ntil your current audit expires. 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Submissions should also contain the name of the author and a contact telephone number for verification. For letters of thanks, contact our advertising department at 479-2582; non-profit rates are available. • • • Thank You! Dear Editor, Fellow residents of Bennington and the surrounding area, we at the Vermont Veterans’ Home want to thank you for participating in this year’s National Wreaths Across America Day at the Vermont Veterans’ Home. Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, the mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as over 1,100 additional locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea, and abroad. Again, this year the day was cold, windy, and snowing, yet as resilient Vermonters, over 375 of you attended and participated in honoring those who had served our great nation. Incredibly, we had sufficient wreaths to lay a wreath, call out the Veteran’s name, and salute ALL Veterans interned at our Vermont Home. Thank you to Amy Maroney for spearheading this amazing and never to be forgotten accomplishment. Also in attendance were several youth groups, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and church groups. This was our largest turnout ever, we are extremely grateful for you setting aside time during your busy holiday schedule to join us and participate. We appreciate our State Representatives who joined and participated, Mary Morrissey and Kiah Morris. You all attended not to “decorate graves,” but to commemorate their sacrifice and dedication to these United States and to the cause of Everlasting Freedom. A profound Thanks to all who attended! Semper Fidelis Colonel A. M. Faxon Jr Deputy/COO Vermont Veterans’ Home Expanded Bottle Bill Would Result in Cleaner Streets To the Editor: As volunteers with the “Trash Tramps” group, which picks up trash every Tuesday in Montpelier, we’re well acquainted with litter in the downtown. Every week, we and other volunteers pick up a wide variety of empty beverage containers that probably would not be there if our current bottle bill was expanded to include them. An expanded bottle bill and an increased deposit would result in cleaner streets and rivers throughout Vermont which would have economic benefits in addition to benefits for wildlife and public health. Please join us in urging our legislators to support an expanded bottle bill in the upcoming legislative session. Nancy Schulz Anne Ferguson Montpelier • • • Chamber Supports Reliability & Affordability By William D. Moore An idea that was met with enormous opposition at the polls in 2016 and in the general assembly in 2017 is still being promoted as the solution to the challenge of climate change. This miracle is known as the Carbon Tax. Proponents claim that the “fee” for using motor vehicles, heating homes and businesses and imposing it on virtually anything that emits carbon will force consumers and industry to use less, ultimately lowering emissions. Make no mistake, what proponents of a carbon “fee” are talking about is a tax that will affect each and every Vermonter. It is in fact not a “fee” but is a new tax, plain and simple. Fees are generally defined as monies collected to fund the operation of specific programs. A tax is generally revenue collected to operate government. Proponents of the Carbon Tax have floated an incremental increase in the tax on fuels (gasoline, diesel, heating oil, etc,) of up to $.89. Put into perspective, today’s Vermont gas tax is $.30 per gallon ($.32 for diesel). Add on the federal fuel excise tax of $.18.4 ($.242 for diesel) and today’s gasoline tax is $.48.4 per gallon. Given today’s average per gallon cost for gasoline of $2.58, you can get an idea of where a Carbon Tax will take us. And that is without any sudden escalation for the price of a barrel of crude. A selling point that proponents always promise is that the Carbon Tax will be used to subsidize electric rates. Often, the promise is that the Carbon Tax will be used to support low income consumers, fund renewable energy, etc. How often have we promises like that before, only to see the new tax collected used for some other purpose? The Carbon Tax is, like any sales tax, regressive by its very nature. Those who can least afford it will be forced to pay continued on next page
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