May 8, 2014 - The Essex Reporter

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Change at Lincoln Inn as The Cow closes
By JASON STARR
The Essex Reporter
Building owner Alex McEwing is hopeful for a positive
turnaround at the ground floor of The Lincoln Inn after
last week’s closing of The Belted Cow Bistro.
Husband-and-wife restaurateurs John Delpha and
Caitlin Bilodeau closed the bistro after five years in the
spot. The news was reported in last week’s edition of
Seven Days, which quotes Delpha as saying: “We had to
make hard decisions to decide if we can go into May. We
can’t … It’s been a pleasure being here for five years, and
we thank everyone who supported us.”
McEwing says the newly vacated spot will remain
outfitted with a commercial kitchen for a restaurant
tenant. Finding one that complements the On Tap Bar
and Grill that has enjoyed success sharing the ground
floor with the bistro for the past four years will be the
trick.
“It’s a good opportunity for some positive change
there,” said McEwing, who purchased The Lincoln Inn
in 2004 and ran the former Lincoln Inn restaurant and
coffee shop until The Belted Cow opened in 2009.
“It’s a big deal, having the (spot) going empty,”
McEwing added. “It stings. But the reality is, it just wasn’t
working for them. They are good folks, but sometimes, as
much as we want things to work, they just don’t and the
only choice is to adapt and change.”
A call to The Belted Cow seeking comment from the
owners was not returned.
While arguably the most visible space in The Lincoln
Inn goes vacant, the offices on the second and third floors
are as full as they’ve been since the 2008 recession,
McEwing reports.
“We had an uncomfortable level of vacancy back a
couple years ago. That’s come back around and we’re
renting out spaces we didn’t have a lot of interest in
before,” he said. “It was a long spell. We noticed it midlast-year moving in a positive direction.”
In addition to McEwing’s offices, the upper floors now
are home to a mortgage broker, an attorney, a restaurant
equipment sales business and a fire sprinkler design
business. Six of the offices have tenants, and three are
available, according to McEwing.
He also owns the building two doors down to the south
on Park Street, which is also as full as it’s been in years,
he says. Commercial rents are more affordable than they
were before the recession, and McEwing is seeing interest
from home-based business looking to get into office space
for the first time.
GREEN UP DAY
PHOTOS BY
OLIVER PARINI
Girl Scout Brownie Troop 30054 picks up trash near the Albert D.
Lawton Intermediate School in Essex Junction for Green Up Day
on Saturday morning.
Hayleigh Boisselle and her mother, Tanya Boisselle, of Girl Scout
Brownie Troop 30054, green up near Maple Street Park in Essex
Junction.
Immigration center
expands at River Road
By JASON STARR
The Essex Reporter
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services Center on River Road in Essex has a new
54,000-square-foot building staffed by 275 new
employees.
The center processes immigration applications
for foreigners with family members in the United
States, people fleeing humanitarian crises, and
employer-sponsored applicants. The new facility
joins the center’s headquarters in St. Albans and
another building next door on River Road to comprise
the 1,400-employee Vermont Service Center — one
of four USCIS service centers in the United States.
Vermont Service Center Deputy Director Carrie
Selby led a tour of the $4 million facility last week at
a grand opening ceremony, where representatives of
Vermont’s Congressional Delegation spoke and the
Albert D. Lawton School Select Chorus performed
patriotic songs.
The building is airy, populated with cubicles and
conference rooms, and punctuated by a spacious
employee break room. It is expected to be certified
as LEED Silver by the Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design certification program,
according to Selby. Employees at the Vermont
Service Center handle only mail-based applications
that do not require in-person interactions with
applicants.
“It’s a pleasure to have a facility like this for our
employees and for the State of Vermont,” said Selby.
The work of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
– See USCIS page 3a
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services opened the
center’s new 54,000-square-foot facility on River Road
in Essex last Thursday afternoon.
OLIVER PARINI
Act 250 board seeks
more info on Five
Corners project
BY JASON STARR
The Essex Reporter
The Natural Resources Board’s Chittenden
County Environmental Commission is seeking a
host of updated information from the developer of
a proposed four-story apartment/retail building
at Five Corners, and from state historic and
transpiration officials, as it determines whether
to issue a land use permit under the State of
Vermont’s Act 250 development review law.
The commission outlined the information it
seeks in a “hearing recess order” last Friday.
The order follows an April 24 hearing where
commissioners Tom Little, Tom Getz and Marcy
Harding took testimony from architect Greg
Rabideau, developer Brett Grabowski of Milot Real
Estate, Jamie Duggan of the Vermont Division
for Historic Preservation, traffic engineer Roger
Dickinson and about a half dozen residents
of School Street. The 51-apartment proposal
featuring retail space on the ground floor is
planned to wrap around the corner of Park and
Pearl streets, replacing the existing building that
formerly held a People’s United Bank branch.
The request for more information is to clarify
contradictions, claims and questions raised by the
testimony.
Under a heading of “supplemental evidence,”
Milot Real Estate is required to submit plans to
alleviate conflicts between pedestrians and car
traffic projected to come in and out of the building’s
parking lot along Park Terrace. Pedestrian safety
was a primary concern of Park Terrace resident
Frank Naef at the hearing. The commission is also
asking Milot to reconsider its parking lot layout to
avoid conflicts.
Responding to resident doubts about the
validity of Dickinson’s traffic analysis, the
commission is asking for “the legal basis for
including the traffic impact numbers from the
former People’s United Bank branch in the
calculation of the traffic impacts of the project.”
Along with state historic preservationist
– See ACT 250 page 3a
Running for the
Respite House
By ANTHONY LABOR
The Essex Reporter
When Essex Junction
resident Dan Barnes and
Colchester resident Heather
Rylant saw an ad for the
Vermont Respite House 5K Fun
Run and Jiggety Jog, they both
knew it was something they
wanted to participate in.
Both Barnes and Rylant
have had people close to them
stay at the Vermont Respite
House; a place for people with
terminal illness to live the
remaining stages of their lives
offered by the Vermont Nurses
Association.
After seeing how much the
Respite House does for people,
Rylant knew she wanted to
run to help raise money and
awareness for the house, but
to also run in memory of her
boyfriend, Aaron Powers, who
passed away in March at the
Respite House.
“The Respite House
provided Aaron, myself and
his family with a warm,
supportive, caring and homelike environment,” she said.
“His family and I couldn’t be
more grateful to the house
and the individual nurses and
LNAs that cared for him.
“After Aaron
passed away,
I wanted to
give back to
the Respite
House for the
wonderful care
they provided
Heather Rylant
for him,”
added Rylant.
“Running is something Aaron
and I used to enjoy and
something we did together
several days a week, so I thought
it was a good way to give back
and also help ensure others can
receive the same care that Aaron
did.”
Each runner receives
donations for the event with all
proceeds going to the Respite
House to provide room and
board, personal care and special
services for its residents.
After signing up, Rylant set
a $100 goal for herself. She has
far exceeded that goal with over
$1,300 raised so far with the race
coming up on Saturday.
“That amount is just
unbelievable to me,” she said.
Barnes is also running in
the memory of a loved one. His
mother passed away at the
Respite House in 2011 after a
battle with cancer.
– See RESPITE page 10a
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Q&A
The Essex Reporter • May 8, 2014
anything that down or synthetic
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With ...
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O
Katz recently elaborated on
his project.
n a recent trip to
Roaton, Honduras,
Peter Katz was
snorkeling in the
clear blue water and admiring
the colorful schools of fish when a
plastic bag floated by him.
In Vermont, we all know
plastic bags are a problem for the
environment and many shoppers
today proudly bring their
reusable bags to the market,
but the fact remains that more
than a trillion plastic bags are
used annually, said Katz in an
interview Monday, and many of
those bags make their way into
landfills or the ocean.
“There is no successful
recycling method for plastic
bags right now,” said Katz, a
new resident of Colchester.
“Currently, bags are melted down
into little balls of plastic and
made into fabrics or synthetic
fibers. That process releases lots
of toxins in air.”
So Katz has come up with his
own invention to recycle plastic
bags — he is crafting blankets
and pet beds out of the material.
The blankets and pet beds
are stuffed with shredded plastic
bags that, according to Katz, act
the same as down or synthetic
materials.
The Connecticut native is a
father of three and holds a fulltime job as a site acquisition
consultant for telecom, but he
has still managed to put lots of
energy into his environmentally
friendly invention.
“It’s simply a way for me to
get as many plastic bags out of
the ocean and landfills as I can,”
he explained.
Q: How would you
describe your blankets and
pet beds?
A: As a kid, I used to curl up
in a sleeping bag in front of the
TV; the blanket replicates the
sleeping bag I used to have, just
without a zipper. It is just as
warm, it’s a nice weight, and it is
comfy and cozy. The material has
a good feeling against your skin.
The blanket’s thermal
properties act in same way as
down or synthetic poly fill do.
And you can put the blankets
and pet beds in the washer and
dryer on low heat.
Q: Why did you choose to
make blankets?
A: I have no idea how I came
up with blankets. My brain never
stops; I am always thinking…
I guess I was thinking about
how I could put plastic bags into
something, and blankets are
fairly easy to produce and widely
saleable.
Q: What type of plastic bag
do you use for the filling?
A: I am using soft plastic bags
because when you shred them
up they are really soft; they are
not the crinkly and loud plastic
bags like a Fritos chip bags. The
filling has fooled a lot of people,
including my own stepmom. They
never guess it is shredded plastic
bags.
Peter Katz, of Colchester, holds up the prototypes of his blanket and pet bed
on Tuedsay in his backyard. The blanket and pet bed are stuffed with shredded
plastic bags.
OLIVER PARINI
Q: Where do you get the
bags?
A: For the prototypes, the
bags came primarily from
Gadue’s Dry Cleaning. I put a
large plastic barrel with a sign
that said, “Drop bags here.”
In the future, Price Chopper
is going to sell me 300-pound
bales of plastic bags. Sourcing
the bags was one of my main
concerns coming into this
venture, but unfortunately they
are everywhere.
?????
Q: Where are you in the
development stages of these
products?
A: Matt Renna owns Queen
City Dry Goods in Winooski. He
did the prototype for the blanket.
Nicole Lawencelle, of Sunny
Laurel Sisters in Colchester, did
the prototype for the dog bed.
She will be doing all the sewing
for the dog bed production. The
prototypes are very functional.
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3a
Summit Street School celebrates Arbor Day
By NICK MEYER
For The Essex Reporter
Arbor Day began as the dream of one
man, J. Sterling Morton, born in upstate
New York in 1832. He was one of many
pioneers who moved to the windswept and
treeless plains of the Nebraska Territory.
He, like his fellow pioneers, missed their
trees and recognized their importance as
windbreaks, to keep soil in place, for fuel,
building material and shade from the hot
sun.
In 1872, as a member of the Nebraska
State Board of Agriculture, Morton
proposed a resolution that the 10th
day of April, 1872, be given the name
Arbor Day and be set apart for tree
planting throughout Nebraska. Citizens
responded so enthusiastically to the
public announcement of Morton’s plan
that on that first Arbor Day, more than a
million trees were planted in the State of
Nebraska.
The Arbor Day idea spread quickly to
neighboring states, and within 20 years,
nearly all the states celebrated Arbor
Day. Schools took the lead in planning
and carrying out tree-planting ceremonies
and community activities. By the early
20th Century, Arbor Day had become a
national tradition. National Arbor Day is
the last Friday in April, but many states
observe Arbor Day on different dates
according to their best tree-planting time.
Vermont celebrates Arbor Day on the first
Friday in May.
J. Sterling Morton lives on in the
hearts and minds of every community
where trees are valued.
In 2013, Summit Street School here
in Essex Junction was one of six schools
in Chittenden and Addison counties to be
gifted a shade or ornamental tree with the
help of a “Greening Schools on Arbor Day”
grant supported by Horsford’s Nursery.
Due to the generosity of this grant,
Summit Street School planted a beautiful
honey locust. To mark the occasion, each
USCIS
from page 1a
Services – a division of the
Department of Homeland
Security – has expanded to
the point of processing about
8 million applications a year,
officials said. The Vermont
Service Center had added a
second shift before the new
building opened to handle
the increasing caseload. The
new building now processes
all employee-sponsored and
humanitarian applications,
and
the
older
facility
next door handles familysponsored applications.
“We had a banner year
of applications this (fiscal)
year,” said USCIS Acting
Director Lori Scialabba. “It
was the most applications
we’ve ever seen.”
The service center has
hired 200 new workers in
the past two years to meet
demand, and it continues
to hire, Selby said. Some
workers are hired on a
“telework” program where
they work four days at home
class wrote and recited original poetry and
sang tree-themed songs. Summit Street
held a similar celebration last Friday,
planting a crabapple tree.
The planting of trees at Summit moves
the school closer to realizing the vision of
creating the Summit Street Community
Natural Playground. The natural
playground is being developed in phases
as ongoing fundraising efforts progress.
Phase one of the project, which is near
completion, included the development
of a reading garden planted with small
trees, shrubs and perennials. This
welcoming space is encircled by benches
and little free libraries. The next area
to be developed will be a labyrinth and
fairy garden. It is in this area that the
crabapple for this year’s Arbor Day has
been planted.
The mission of the Arbor Day
Foundation states: “We inspire people
to plant, nurture and celebrate trees.”
Likewise, the intent of the natural
playground is to increase children’s
contact with nature through creative play,
so they will be inspired to nurture and
celebrate our natural world.
Arbor Day provides a day to educate
about the importance of trees and to
celebrate our deep connection with nature.
Nick Meyer is a member of the Essex
Junction Planning Commission and the
Village Tree Committee.
Rich Boyers, right, and Nicki Giard-Jeter, center, honor Summit Street School principal Mary Hughes, left, with a plaque dedicating the school’s
newly planted crab apple tree, “The Mary Hughes Reading Garden,” during the school’s Arbor Day celebration on Friday afternoon.
and come into the center one
day a week.
The
upswing
in
immigration applications is
tied to an improving economy
as more employers sponsor
applicants to fill jobs, said
Selby. Also driving the
increase is the exponential
expansion
of
familysponsored applications as
family members receive
citizenship and apply to
bring other family members
into the country.
Susan Sussman, who
spoke at the grand opening
ceremony on behalf of Sen.
Patrick Leahy, updated
USCIS
employees
on
stalled immigration reform
legislation in Congress.
“An immigration reform
bill is still sitting in the
House,” she said. “It’s
something (Sen. Leahy) feels
incredibly strongly about,
and I know everyone here
is following because it will
impact the type and quantity
of work you do here.”
Pizzagalli Properties of
Burlington owns the building
and leases it to USCIS.
OLIVER PARINI
ACT 250
from page 1a
Duggan, several residents argued that the size of the
proposed building will overshadow its surroundings.
“We feel the proposed project is not in scale with the
existing adjacent buildings,” Duggan said during the
April 24 hearing. “Infill development can be tricky. It
needs to be sensitive to the surrounding environment,
rather than overwhelming it. (The building would be)
a significant deterioration of the setting of this site. It
overwhelms the existing historic resources and is not
compatible with the historic setting.”
The proposal received approval from the Essex
Junction Planning Commission, and Rabideau, the
architect, said he was encouraged by village planners to
build Five Corners’ largest building.
The commission seeks “a memorandum explaining
any additional mitigating steps, considering the
project’s mass and height, that would improve the
project’s harmony with its surroundings …”
The commission also seeks language from village
land use regulations about local desires for the
aesthetics of the downtown village core as well as input
from the Vermont Agency of Transportation about the
agency’s opinion of the traffic impacts of the project.
The requested information is due to the commission
by May 19. A rebuttal period expires May 30. After
the information and any rebuttals are reviewed, the
commission plans to deliberate privately and issue a
decision on the permit. The commission also has the
option to extend the information-gathering period or
reconvene the public hearing if there are unanswered
questions about the additional information.
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4a
Opinion
Perspective
Letters to the Editor
An overlooked
opportunity in the
education debate
Broader concern
By RICK DAVIS
There has been a lot of attention lately on rising
education costs and how we fund education in Vermont.
This is one of the most pressing issues we face. Our costs
per student are one of the highest in the nation and our
property taxes continue to increase beyond our capacity
to pay. One indicator
of the problem is that a
record number of school
budgets failed to pass on
Town Meeting Day this
year.
We have an aging
At the same time, we
know that a high quality
population in
education for our children
is essential for productive
Vermont, and we
citizens, healthy
communities and a strong
cannot afford
economy in Vermont. We
must ensure that we have
to waste any
an educated and trained
workforce if we are going
of our
to compete in the 21st
century. We have an aging
human capital.
population in Vermont,
and we cannot afford to
So it is a value
waste any of our human
capital. So it is a value
proposition:
proposition: We must get
a handle on school costs
We must get
while maintaining the
highest possible quality
a handle
education for Vermont
children.
There are many smart
on school costs
people working on this
issue and many ideas
while maintaining
being put forth on how
to contain costs while
the highest possible
maintaining quality.
Reducing the number of
quality education
school districts, charter
schools, school choice,
for Vermont children.
merit pay for teachers,
and changes in school
governance are among
the options under
consideration. I would like
to suggest that we add one important opportunity to the
mix: invest wisely in early learning.
Informed by settled brain science, we now know
education begins at birth. The foundation for
academic and life success forms in a child’s earliest
years. (Amazingly, 90 percent of a child’s core brain
development occurs before the age of 5.) The brain
connections made during this time lay the foundation
for a lifetime. The quality of a child’s early environment
and experiences — while at home and while cared for
outside the home for the 70 percent of Vermont parents
with children under age 6 who work — are crucial in
determining the strength or weakness of the developing
brain’s architecture.
Child and adult brains can grow and change
throughout life, but it takes more time, effort and a
lot more money to intervene, repair a weak foundation
and rebuild later. Studies show children exposed to
high-quality early care and education have better
language and math skills, better social skills and better
relationships with classmates. These students score
higher in school readiness tests, are 40 percent less
likely to need special education or be held back a grade,
and are 70 percent less likely to commit a violent crime
by age 18. The research tells us that when we invest in
education in the earliest years we receive the highest
rate of return. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
stated: “Early childhood programs are a good
investment with inflation-adjusted annual rates of
return on the funds dedicated to these programs
estimated to reach 10 percent or higher. Very few
alternative investments can promise that kind of
return.” So it makes sense that as we explore ways to get
control of rising education costs while maintaining
the best possible education for Vermont children, we
would consider using our existing resources as wisely
as possible. The future fiscal health of both Vermont’s
economy and our communities depend on the success of
a high quality education starting at birth. It’s not rocket
science; it’s brain science.
Rick Davis of Stowe is president and co-founder of The
Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children, online at www.
permanentfund.org.
I was sorry to see that The
Essex Reporter decided to frame
the debate over the redevelopment
of the former Chittenden Bank
building at Five Corners (‘This is
traditional downtown development’
May 1) as a group of immediate
neighbors concerned about traffic vs.
developers.
I attended the Act 250 hearing on
Thursday April 24 and was surprised
that no mention was made in the
article of James Duggan’s testimony.
Mr. Duggan is historic preservation
review coordinator for the Vermont
Department of Historic Preservation.
During his expert testimony, Mr.
Duggan raised concerns about the
size of the proposed project and its
impact on a historic structure next
door to the project, on the historic
village offices across the street and
on the historic character of the
downtown as a whole.
While discussion of traffic impacts
of the proposed project was a large
part of the hearing, concern about
the project and its impacts are not
limited to its immediate neighbors.
Peter Sloan
Essex Junction
Backing early childhood
legislation
April 6-12 marked the Week of
the Young Child, sponsored by the
National Association for the Education
of Young Children (NAEYC), and
I believe the message behind this
annual celebration couldn’t be
more important. It focuses on the
importance of the earliest years of a
child’s life. Currently, 38 percent of
Vermont’s children are not prepared
for kindergarten, and 40 percent do not
go on to any form of higher education
after high school.
This speaks to a great need for
a better early childhood system in
Vermont so our kids can take full
advantage of learning opportunities
later in life. H. 270 — a bill requiring
all school districts in Vermont
to provide publicly funded prekindergarten education — is exactly
what we need to get more Vermont
kids prepared to succeed in school.
H. 270 would ensure that all publicly
funded pre-K programs be highly rated
in Vermont’s Step Ahead Recognition
System (STARS), or accredited by the
National Association for the Education
of Young Children.
Last week, the Senate passed H.
270, and I want to thank Senators
Ashe, Baruth, Sirotkin, Lyons and
Zuckerman for voting in favor of this
important bill. H. 270 will ensure that
Vermont’s children ages 3 through
5 would have access to quality early
experiences and be ready for lifelong
learning and healthy development.
Saramichelle Stultz
Essex
Egg hunt thank yous
On behalf of the Essex Town and
Essex Junction recreation and parks
departments, we would like to thank
all those who contributed to another
very successful Easter egg hunt. With an estimated 400-plus
participants and over 8,000 eggs
hidden throughout Maple Street
Park, it was truly a collaborative
effort. Thanks to our in-kind
sponsors: Star 92.9, Essex Outlet
Cinemas, Lake Champlain
Chocolates, Kinney Drugs, Price
Chopper, Hannafords, Rite Aid and
Mac’s Market. This legislative session
is
winding
down. We are in
Debbie
the last week of completing
the work of the people as
Evans
you read this article. We
have worked on a myriad
of topics touching the lives
and well being of Vermonters in a caring and
thoughtful way.
I would like to touch upon some of the legislative
initiatives. There is a lot of press on the high- profile bills
that I will provide a brief summary of, but I would also like
to touch upon some of the lesser-known legislation. The
following bills passed out of the House last week.
Education governance bill H.883 is an effort to bring
new and better opportunities for our students and at a
reasonable cost. The House education committee has been
struggling to address three important issues in education: a
demographic trend that has reduced student population by
20 percent over the past 15 years; an achievement gap that
has not narrowed despite strong funding; and a leadership
situation that some have described as a crisis.
This legislation is designed to replace the state’s
antiquated school governance system with one that is more
nimble and eager to meet the changing needs of today’s
global economy, which is what our students are facing.
The biggest change would see the state’s 273 school
districts realign into approximately 50 expanded K- 12
districts. It is a first step needed to initiate new discussions
between schools and seek common purpose to improve
student outcomes.
The bill sets up a six-year process that requires most
school districts in the state to work with neighboring
schools to form larger pre-K-grade 12 districts of at least
1,000 students, or four existing districts with each district
overseen by a single board.
Change is hard but necessary when looking at the future
of educating our children in this global economy.
Final approval was given to a bill to protect children
from exposure to toxic chemicals, S.239. The bill as passed
by the Senate focused on regulating toxics in “consumer
products.” The House version of the bill conceded to industry
requests to “harmonize” the approach and narrow the focus
on products used by children 12 and under.
This bill adopts a list of 66 chemicals of high concern
to children and also allows the listing (and delisting)
of additional chemicals of high concern by rule of the
Commissioner of Health. For a children’s product to
be regulated, the commissioner must first have the
recommendation of the Chemicals of High Concern Working
Group established by the bill.
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Thanks for school
support
On behalf to the Prudential
Committee, I want to thank everyone
who voted on the school budget in
April.
Your School Board worked very
hard to present a reasonable budget
that limited increases to those items
we deemed necessary for educational
excellence. Your votes of approval
have validated that work.
Also, thank you for adding
$25,000 to the capital fund to begin
extending that fund further into the
future.
And a final acknowledgement of
the passing of the security article
to install a buzz-in system at our
four schools and bullet-resistent
window film on several of our school
buildings.
If you see them in the street,
please also take a moment to
congratulate Marla Durham and
Tim Kemerer on their election to the
Prudential Committee.
Michael Smith
Prudential Committee chairman
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Special thanks to the Essex Lions
Club and the Essex High School Red
Cross Club for their help serving
donuts and leading the egg hunt.
We also received numerous hours of
volunteer time from the Essex High
School Junior ROTC program, and
ADL students David Raymond and
Alex Allen. Without these sponsors
and egg-stuffing volunteers, this
annual event would not be possible.
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com. Note “correction” in the subject line.
Vermont, in recent years, has passed laws to regulate
individual substances and reduce exposures to lead,
mercury and lab designed chemicals used in baby toys and
plastic water bottles. This bill is a new step for Vermont.
It is necessary to give the Department of Health time to
set up a system for this regulation.
The bill was amended to add a provision to require
child-resistant caps on vials of the nicotine-laced liquid
used in electronic cigarettes. This liquid is fruit flavored,
bubble gum flavored and could be lethal if ingested.
The Raw Milk Bill will allow delivery of raw milk
at farmers’ markets by Tier 2 producers (those farmers
producing up to 280 gallons a week). The raw milk
regulations we have had in place for five years are rigorous
and prescribe the good practices that producers must follow
to ensure public health and safety. Our raw milk dairies
have consistently produced a high quality and safe product
since their reputations and livelihoods depend on it.
The provisions in this bill will ensure that consumers
can pick up fresh, safe and sanitary products from farmers
that they have an established relationship with, and at
more convenient times and locations. For more detail
on this piece of legislation go to leg.state.vt.us and go to
Standing Committee pages, and check out the Agriculture
Committee page.
This next bill, H.123, becoming law is a very important
and significant measure for many of my constituents.
Lyme disease has been a serious health issue for many
Vermonters, affecting their lives in detrimental ways. This
disease changes lives and has severe impacts.
Discussions and work on this topic has been ongoing for
years.
The bill provides legal protection and encouragement
to the medical profession in treating Lyme disease. The
measure responds to the lack of doctors willing to treat
longterm Lyme disease patients because of the controversy
over prescribing extended courses of antibiotics. The bill
does not tell doctors how to treat the disease, but says that
the Vermont State Board of Medical Practice will issue
a policy that assures health providers that regulators
won’t pursue disciplinary action against them solely for
providing care that meets recognized guidelines.
S.293 passed the House last week. It is the next step
in making our state government more accountable to
Vermonters by providing the General Assembly with data
that will enable us to evaluate whether the legislative
decisions we make are working toward achieving the goals
we set for the state.
This bill originated from a lot of work that’s been
happening in the Government Accountability Committee,
a committee on which I am a member. It is based on what
is called “results-based accountability.” I attended several
workshops on this during the session.
This is not a cost-cutting measure or a dictate. It is
helping to create a culture of accountability. It is looking
at programs across state agencies and asking the three
important questions: How much did we do? How well did
we do it? Is anyone better off?
As a Legislature, we have an obligation when funding
or creating programs and services to ensure that tax
dollars are being well spent and focused on delivering the
outcomes they were designed to deliver. This bill, through
the creation of specific results-based accountability
measurements, will help to ensure that we are living up to
our responsibilities.
Thank you for the opportunity to represent your voice
in Montpelier. As always, I look forward to your calls and
emails with questions or concerns. I can be reached at
[email protected] or 878-4317.
Debbie Evans represents Essex Town in the Vermont
House of Representatives.
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Since moving to Vermont two years
ago I have been really awed by the sense
of community — a feeling of fellowship
with others as a result of sharing common
attitudes, interests and goals. This feeling
of fellowship is volunteered by individuals
or by organizations to benefit a community
or institution — community service. The
teens at Essex CHIPS best exemplify the
spirit of community spirit with assisting
the Essex Junction Senior Center officers
in hosting the first responder luncheon as
well as helping with the window cleaning
at the Senior Center. There are many
opportunities to be part of the community
through community service: volunteering
in the schools, food bank, churches, nursing
homes and hospitals, just to name a few. As
adults involved in community service, we
are the role models for the next generation.
For those young people who are already
involved in volunteering in our community,
kudos to you.
Another great example of community
service is the newly created Essex Eats
Out. The Essex clergy and community
leaders joined forces to find the best way to
feed our neighbors. Community connections
was identified by Heart and Soul of Essex
as a benefit, which our neighbors share.
Essex Eats Out provides free meals where
the people can enjoy “great food, great
conversation and great people will make
Obituary
Brian H. Gryk
Brian H. Gryk
SOUTH WINDSOR — Brian H. Gryk,
24, of South Windsor, and formerly of
Manchester, passed away on April 8, 2014
at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
He was born Sept. 6, 1989 in
Manchester, the youngest son of Attorney
Anthony, J. Gryk Jr. and Marijane P.
Gryk. He attended Manchester and South
Windsor public schools and most recently
the Sunrise Day Program in Coventry.
you feel at home.” The First Congregational
Church, Holy Family, St. James, Essex
Methodist and St. Pius X churches are
sponsoring the dinners through the
generous parishioners who donate the food.
A sign is posted outside the designated
church and more info is available on line
at essexeatsout.org. Congratulations Essex
Eats Out.
Essex Senior Citizens, Inc: A potluck luncheon was held on April
30 at Essex Junction Recreation and Parks
celebrating members’ April birthdays.
Weekly Wednesday luncheons on May
7, 14 and 28 will be held as scheduled
at EJRP. There will not be a luncheon on
May 21.
Lorraine Marshall of Essex passed away
on April 21. Lorraine was a member of
the Essex Senior Citizens, Inc. since 1968,
during which time she served as secretary,
hostess of the weekly luncheons, scheduling
vans and responsible for ensuring that any
member experiencing health issues received
a get well card as well as acknowledging the
members birthdays. Lorraine will be missed
by many.
Essex Junction Senior Center: Senior Art Show runs through May 20
from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
First Responder Luncheon was held
April 24 at the Senior Center in conjunction
with the teens at Essex CHIPS. A delicious
meal was prepared by Peggy Pearson,
Donna Harnish, Sandy White and Donna
Powell and enjoyed by members of our fire,
police and rescue departments.
Don’t forget the spring trip on May 21
traveling the Vermont roads and exploring
the beautiful covered bridges and lunch at
The Stone Grill Restaurant.
He brought joy to those who knew him,
touched the lives of many, and will be
greatly missed.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by his brother, Shawn A. Gryk;
his maternal grandmother, Mary Ann
Parizo of Essex, Vt.; maternal greatgrandmother, Zelia Parizo of Burlington,
Vt.; paternal grandmother, Anne Gryk
of South Windsor, Conn.; cousins Tyler
Parizo and Brett Parizo.
He was predeceased by his
grandfathers, Anthony J. Gryk Sr. and
Bernard Parizo; and Uncle Paul Parizo.
His family would like to extend a
sincere gratefulness for all his caregivers,
including Yvonne, Liz, and Phiona who
treated him like their own. They also
want to extend a special thanks to the
staff at Connecticut Children’s Medical
Center who gave him outstanding medical
care and helped the family through many
difficult times.
In lieu of flowers, those wishing may
make a donation in Mr. Gryk’s name to
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center at
www.connecticutchildrensfoundation.org/
give. For online condolences visit www.
tierneyfuneralhome.com.
Vermont 4-H’ers prove they are hip
to horses in statewide competition
More than 80 Vermont 4-H club members
turned out on April 5 for the annual State
4-H Horse Hippology Contest, co-sponsored
by University of Vermont (UVM) Extension
and Chittenden County 4-H.
The event took place at two Jericho
locations, Freedom Farm (judging) and
Browns River Middle School (written test,
slides and identification stations). The
4-H’ers earned points for their judging
skills in both a hunter under saddle and
paint horse class as well as their overall
knowledge of breeds, colors and markings,
forages, tack, animal nutrition, veterinary
procedures, anatomy, horse care and other
equine science topics.
The competition was arranged by age
with different questions and skills tests
for each age group. Rosette ribbons were
awarded to the top scorers in each division
through tenth place with the top four
seniors (ages 14 and up) being named to
the Vermont 4-H Horse Hippology Team,
which will compete this fall at the New
England Regional 4-H Horse Contests in
Massachusetts and Eastern National 4-H
Horse Round-Up in Louisville, Ky., against
top teams from several other states.
To learn more about the 4-H horse
program, contact Wendy Sorrell, UVM
Extension 4-H livestock educator, at 6565418 or toll-free at (800) 571-0668, x2.
LOCAL WINNERS:
Senior:
Beverly Gartland, Essex (fifth)
Alexis Walker, Essex Junction
(seventh)
Bethany Demuynck, Underhill
(tenth)
Junior 12/13:
Hannah Lang, Essex (first)
Kathryn Morin, Essex (seventh)
Zachary Chagnon, Winooski (ninth)
Linden Malmgren, Jericho (tenth)
Junior 10/11:
Faith Ploof, Colchester (first)
Grace Parks, Essex (third)
Eva Joly, Essex Junction (fifth)
Carly Jenkins, Jericho (eighth)
Hannah Carroll, Colchester (tenth)
Junior 8/9:
Chloe Barewicz, Jericho (first)
Winners of the 12- and 13-year-old age group at the State 4-H Horse Hippology Contest, held April 5 in
Jericho, included: Front row from left: Sophia Dedell, Woodstock; Callon Fish, Rutland; Hailee Blades,
Jeffersonville; Olivia Suker, Shrewsbury; Hannah Lang, Essex. Back row from left: Linden Malmgren,
Jericho; Zachary Chagnon, Winooski; Bridget Webber, West Burke; Kathryn Morin, Essex.
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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH- (Fundamentalindependent.) 61 Main St., Essex Junction, 878-8341.
Pastor James Gangwer. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship
Service 11 a.m. Sunday evening worship 6:30. Wednesday
evening youth groups; Awana, Pro-Teens and Prayer
meeting 7 p.m.
CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH- Route 2A, Williston, just
north of Industrial Ave. Wes Pastor, Senior Minister, 8787107, Proclaiming Christ and Him crucified Sundays at
8:30a.m. and 9:45 a.m. www.cmcvermont.org
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 73 Essex Way, Essex Junction - All Welcome! Sacrament
Meeting - Sundays at 10 AM. Come learn about the restored
gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s awesome! Family History Center
- Sundays 1 - 3 PM, Thursday 7 - 9 PM. Come find your
ancestry! The FHC has website resources (such as www.
familysearch.org), including free access to ancestry.com,
microfiche and microfilm readers, and a staff of capable
genealogists. For more info, call 802-879-9142, email
[email protected], or check out www.mormon.org
DAYBREAK COMMUNITY CHURCH 67 Creek Farm Plaza,
Colchester VT. 05446 802-338-9118 www.daybreakvermont.
org or [email protected] Sunday Service at
10:30am Lead Pastor, Brent Devenney
ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH- 37 Old Stage Road in Essex
Junction. Sunday Services: 7:45 am, 9 am, 10:15 am and
11:30 am. Phone: 878-8213. www.essexalliance.org.
ESSEX CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH- Please
join us for worship that combines the best of traditional and
contemporary music and spirituality. We are a safe and
welcoming space for all people to celebrate, worship, ask
questions, and put down spiritual roots. Adult Bible Study
at 8:30 am. Service at 10:00 am with Sunday School
and childcare provided. We offer a variety of small groups
for prayer, Bible study, hands-on ministry, and studying
contemporary faith issues. 119 Center Rd (Route 15) Essex
Center. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. 879-8304.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ESSEX
JUNCTION- UCC, A Welcoming Community, Accepting
and Serving All in the Spirit of Christ. 1 Church Street,
Essex Junction, VT 05452. Telephone (802) 878-5745,
Fax: (802) 872-8236; Email: [email protected] Senior
Pastor, Rev. Mark Mendes. Associate Pastor, Rev. Ryan
Gackenheimer. Sunday Worship Services: 8:30 and 10:15
am. Communion: first Sunday of every month. Sunday
School meets weekly at 10:15 am. Junior High Youth
Group meets Sundays from 11:30 – 1pm. Senior High
Youth Group meets Sunday evenings from 5 – 7pm.
Music includes Senior Choir, Praise Band, Junior Choir,
Cherub Choir, Handbell Choir, Men’s Acappella and Ladies’
Acappella groups.
GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH- 130 Maple
Street, Essex Junction. 878-8071. 1 mile south of the Five
Corners on Maple Street / VT. Route 117. Worship Sundays
at 9:30 a.m. with concurrent Church School Pre-K to High
School. Handicapped-accessible facility. Adult Study
Group Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Adult Choir / Praise Band /
Women’s Fellowship / Missionally active. Korean U.M.C.
Worship Sundays at 12:30 p.m. Come explore what God
might be offering you!
HOLY FAMILY - ST. LAWRENCE PARISH, Essex Junction,
- Mass Schedule: Holy Family Church located at 36 Lincoln
Street, Sundays, 8a.m, 11a.m. and 7:30p.m. St. Lawrence
located at 158 West Street, Saturdays, 4 p.m.-Sundays,
9:30a.m. Reconciliation: St. Lawrence, Saturdays, 3:153:45p.m For more information visit our web page http://www.
hfslvt.org.
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF VERMONT- 182 Hegeman Ave,
Suite 1, Colchester, VT 05446. Join Imam Islam Hassan
([email protected]) for the five daily prayers. Timings at ISVT
homepage www.isvt.org The call for Friday Jumah prayers is
exactly at 1:00PM followed by Khutbah and prayer. Additional
Friday night lectures between Magrib and Isha prayers.
Weekend Islamic classes on Sundays 9:45AM-1:30PM for all
children 4 years and older during the school year. Interested
non-members always welcome. (802) 655-6711 or salam@
isvt.org or Facebook.
MT. MANSFIELD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
FELLOWSHIP- Visit www.mmuuf.org. Services are held at
9:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of each month
from September through June. 195 Vermont Route 15,
Jericho (the red barn across from Packard Road). 899-2558.
ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 4 St. James Place
(off Rt. 2A at the Fairgrounds Gate F) 802-878-4014 www.
stjamesvt.org The Rev. Ken Hitch v [email protected]
8:15am Holy Eucharist Rite II (no music) 10:30am Holy
Eucharist Rite II (with music) 9:20am Adult Ed: Bible Study
10:15 am Godly Play.
ST. PIUS THE TENTH CHURCH- 20 Jericho Road, Essex,
878-5997. Pastor: Rev. Richard W. Tinney. Masses: Mon.Thurs. 8:30 a.m.; Saturday 4:30 p.m., Sunday 8:30 and
10:30 a.m. Confessions Sat. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. www.together.
net/~stpius.
ST. THOMAS CATHOLIC CHURCH- 6 Green St., Underhill
Center. Father Charles R. Danielson, Parish Priest.
Weekend Masses: Saturday-4:30 p.m., Sunday-8:30. Daily
Masses: Check with www.stthomasvt.com or call 899-4632.
C alendar
8 Thursday
The Quarry. Vermont Stage presents the
world premiere of “The Quarry.” The
show centers around an eerie discovery
made in the marble quarry of the Vermont town where Jean has spent her life
and now everything is changing. For the
first time, she scrutinizes the complex and
intertwining lives of her neighbors. This
new play, inspired by experiences growing up in Shelburne, combines original
live music with an array of characters to
create a world that explores unconventional relationships, notions of home, aging, Vermont geology, love, guilt, second
chances, and the wide-ranging powers
of the unknown. The show runs Wednesday to Saturday through May 11.
FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Adults
$32-$37.50; Students $28.80-$33.75.
Tickets: flynntix.org or 863-5966.
Trivia Mania. Nectar’s presents Trivia Ma-
nia, a pub style trivia game. Questions
are displayed on the TVs and are read
aloud. Categories range from pop culture, history, science, literature and more.
Entertainment provided by Top Hat DJS.
All ages. Nectars, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m.
Free. Info: 658-4771.
Our Town. The Essex Community Players will
be presenting Thornton Wilder’s “Our
House.” The play is an entertaining look
into the extraordinary lives of ordinary
people, as well as a timely and welcome
reminder that each of our lives, no matter
how it unfolds, is a wonder to be savored
and shared. Produced by Cindy MacKechnie and directed by Adam Cunningham.
Performances run through May 11. Memorial Hall, Essex Center, 7:30 p.m. $16
adults; $14 children; $12 Essex residents.
Tickets: www.essexplayers.com or
878-9109 during box office hours.
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Friday
VFW Community Meal. The VFW Post
6689 will be hosting their weekly
community meal. This week’s menu will
include the post’s popular fish fry. All
are invited including members and
non-members. VFW Post 6689, Essex
Junction, 5:30-7 p.m. $10. Information:
878-0700.
Contra Dance. Queen City Contra will be
holding it’s regular contra dance. Music
will be provided by Jokers Wild and the
dance will be called by Amelia Fontein
and Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin. All are
welcome, all dances taught. No partner
or experience necessary. Please bring
clean, soft-soled shoes for dancing.
Beginners’ session at 7:45 p.m. Shelburne
Town Hall, Shelburne, 8 p.m. $8 adults;
children under 12 free. Information: 3719492 or www.queencitycontras.org.
Middlebury Arts Walk. Middlebury stores
and businesses will remain open, becoming galleries displaying the work of dozens of area artists. Art will be featured
in restaurants, on the town green, and in
other exciting and unlikely places. Various
Locations, Middlebury, 5-7 p.m. Free. Information: www.middleburyartswalk.com.
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questions. Open to the public. Seating is
limited. Those interested in participating
and have specific seating requirements,
please arrive early. Artists’ Mediums,
Williston, 1-3 p.m. Free. Information:
879-1236.
AARP Safe Driver Course. Fletcher Allen
Health Care will host the new AARP
Smart Driver class. The four and a half
hour refresher course is open to all drivers 50 years and older. The curriculum
addresses the normal physical changes
brought on by the aging process, how
these changes can affect driving ability
and then offers ways to compensate
for those changes. The course also addresses changes in vehicles, regulations
and roads. Participants will also learn
how to interact with other road users,
including truckers, bikers, pedestrians
and distracted drivers. The class will
address Vermont driving regulations,
many of which have changed over the
years. There are no tests. McClure Lobby
Conference Room, UVM Medical Center
Campus, Burlington, 9 a.m. $15 AARP
members; $20 non-members. Contact
Honey: 847-2278.
15th Annual Ham Dinner and Silent Auction. The Faith United Methodist Church of
South Burlington will be a ham dinner and
silent auction. The menu will include ham
with pineapple, mac and cheese, southern
green beans, coleslaw, homemade desserts, Texas Roadhouse rolls and assorted
beverage. The silent auction will include
over a hundred gift items. Take out available. Tickets will also be available at the
door. The Faith United Methodist Church,
South Burlington, 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.
$10 adults; $6 children 10 and under.
Contact Valerie: 860-7014.
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Sunday
Mother’s Day Breakfast. The St. Thomas
Knights of Columbus Council #7810
will hold their annual Mother’s Day
breakfast. The buffet style breakfast
will include juice, fruit, eggs, pancakes,
sausage, bacon, home fries and coffee
or tea. St. Thomas Church Parish Hall,
Underhill Center, 8-11 a.m. Donations
accepted. Information: 899-4632.
Mother’s Day in the Ballroom. The
Doubletree by Hilton will be hosting a
Mother’s Day brunch. Buffet menu will
include carved beef, maple glazed
ham, poached salmon, roasted potatoes,
chicken Florentine, salad, Vermont cheese
display and more. Double Tree, South
Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $26.95
adults; $13.50 children 12 and under;
$5 children 5 and under. Reservations:
660-7523.
Global Film Screening. The Vermont
International Film Foundation will be
presenting the film “Belvedere” as part
of its Global Roots Film Series. The film
is an emotionally rich portrait of war’s
troubled aftermath and was Bosnia and
Herzegovina’s official 2012 Academy Awards entry. North End Studios,
Burlington, 5 p.m. Free; donations also
accepted. Information: 310-6423.
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Concert. The Hinesburg Artist Series presents
Finding Francis: A Search for My
Scottish Ancestors. Join a beginning
genealogist as he describes the twoyear adventure of finding his Scottish
roots. Hear about a novel immigration
method, fortuitous discoveries, learning,
and the help of new friends made on
the way. Vermont Genealogy Library,
Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. $5. Information: www.vtgenlib.org or 310-9285.
Color Mixing Demo. Chelsea Lindner will
show examples of basic color mixing
techniques, which when applied properly
can make your color mixing simpler.
Whether working in acrylics, oils, or
watercolors, these basic rules can be
applied to nearly any media. She will
also answer your specific color oriented
its annual spring concert. The concert
will feature the South County Chorus,
Hinesburg Community Band, and the a
cappella group, In Accord, all under the
direction of Rufus Patrick. Champlain
Valley Union High School auditorium,
Hinesburg, 7:30 p.m. Free, donations accepted. Information: [email protected]
or www.hinesburgartistseries.org.
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Tuesday
Romantic music for String Trio. Cathe-
dral Arts presents concert as part of its
noontime concert series. Members of the
Vermont Symphony Orchestra perform
romantic music by Schubert, Dohnanyi
MAY 10
SPA WORKS BENEFIT
HOPE Works (formerly known as the Women’s Rape Crisis Center)
will be hosting a benefit entitled Spa Works. Guests receive
one hour of spa services from various
types of massage and reiki to astrology
readings and mini yoga classes. All while
enjoying specialty teas, coffee, exquisite
chocolates and other delicacies. You
can also donate a ticket to a survivor
of sexual violence. Couples, groups of
friends, family and individuals are all
welcome.
Main Street Landing, Burlington, 10 a.m.-4
p.m. $35. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/
spa-works-tickets-11273985795.
and Borodin, plus gems by lesser-known
composers. Bring a bag lunch. Coffee
and tea are provided. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 12-1 p.m. Free. Information: 864-0471.
The Vermont Civil War Songbook. Dressed
in period costume, singer/researcher
Linda Radtke shares songs from Vermont
during the Civil War period, with engaging commentary and letters from Vermont
soldiers. Subjects of the seldom-heard
songs range from satire on Jefferson
Davis to a soldier returning home to die.
Radtke is joined by pianist Arthur Zorn.
Fairfax Library, Fairfax, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.
Information: www.fairfaxvtlibrary.org
Internet Safety: Avoiding Scams, Fraud
and Hoaxes. The New England Federal
Credit Union presents Mike Stridsberg,
Information Security Manager, who will
expose the latest tricks of the hacker
trade and discusses steps you can take
to prevent becoming a victim of online
fraud. Seating is limited, reservations encouraged. New England Federal Credit
Union, Williston, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Free.
Contact: 879-8790 or nefcu.com.
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Master Your Credit Rating. Lori McDonough
Anger, NEFCU Loan Officer/Financial
Counselor will help answer questions
regarding credit, credit scores, improving personal credit, credit worthiness and
how credit can effect different facets of
your life. Bring all your credit questions
to be answered. Seating is limited, reservations encouraged. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Free. Contact: 879-8790 or nefcu.com.
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Mayfly CD Release Show. The band May-
Fly will be celebrating the release of
their newest album with special guests,
Sheesham Lotus & Son. MayFly sound is
described as “old-time meets new folk,
music intertwined with haunting melodies and southern fiddle tunes” while
Sheesham Lotus specialize in the country
and ragtime repertoire of string and jug
bands from the early days of sound recording. Skinny Pancake, Burlington, 8:30
p.m. $10 in advance; $12 at the door.
Information: www.mayflyvt.com.
Ongoing
Essex Eats Out Community Meals. Essex
Eats Out seeks to build community connections by providing healthy, free meals in
a warm, safe and inclusive atmosphere.
Meals will be served: first Friday at First
Congregational Church; second Friday at
Holy Family/St. Lawrence Parish Center;
third Friday at St. James Church; fourth
Friday at Essex United Methodist Church;
and fifth Friday when applicable at St.
Pius X Church. 5:30-7 p.m. each week.
Information: [email protected] or
www.essexeatsout.org.
Mount Mansfield Scale Modelers Meetings. The Mount Mansfield Scale Model-
ers meetings are informational gatherings of scale model enthusiasts that
happen on the third Thursday of each
month. Builders of all areas of interest
and skill level are welcome. The meetings
offer an opportunity to showcase individual projects, discuss tips, offer helpful
technique advice, and gain inspiration.
Brownell Library, Essex Junction, March
20, April 17 and May 15; 6:30-8:30
p.m. Free.
Divorce Care Support Group. The Essex
Alliance Church presents a 13-week
support group for those going through
divorce starting March 11. Feelings of
separation, betrayal, confusion, anger
and self-doubt are common during
divorce. Discussions will be led by people
who have already experienced divorce
and are meant to provide a safe place
and process to help make the process
easier. Runs through June 3. Essex Alli-
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The Northern Bronze Hand Bell Ensemble will be playing a show entitled “Lights, BELLS, Action!” Fans of show tunes will be dazzled to hear
them played on hand bells. Fun, familiar movie and show music spanning several decades, from Cohan to John Williams and Mary Poppins
to Under the Sea. This concert series includes favorites from such musicals as “Beauty and the Beast,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “Mary
Poppins,” “The Muppets” and more. This concert will benefit the music program of the First Congregational Church of Essex Junction. First
Congregational Church of Essex Junction, Essex Junction, 3 p.m. Free-will donations accepted. Information: www.northernbronze.org.
ance Church, Essex Junction, Tuesdays
6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Contact Sandy:
989-4081.
Bagpipe and Drum Lessons. The St.
Andrew’s Pipeband of Vermont offers
instruction for bag piping and drumming
as an encouragement and incentive for
attracting new members. The instructional program is designed to integrate
and transition a piper or drummer into
the “parade” band at a level of basic
competency. St. James Episcopal Church,
Essex Junction, Wednesday evenings.
Free. Contact Beth: 343-4738.
Drop-In Pottery Wheel Class. Spend Friday
nights with our pottery instructors learning the basics of wheel working. Try the
wheel and have some fun with other
beginner potters. Through demonstrations and individual instruction, students
will learn the basics of preparing and
centering the clay and making cups,
mugs and bowls. Price includes one
fired and glazed piece per participant.
Additional fired and glazed pieces are
$5 each. No registration necessary but
space is limited. First come, first serve.
Begins Jan. 31. BCA Print and Wheel
Studio, Burlington, Fridays 8-10 p.m.
$12. Contact: 865-7166.
Drop-In Life Drawing Class. This drop-in
life drawing class is open to all levels
and facilitated by local painter Glynnis
Fawkes. Spend the evening with other
artists, drawing one of our experienced
models. Bring drawing materials and
paper. No registration necessary. No
class on Feb. 17. Ages 16 and up. BCA
Center, Burlington, Mondays 6:30-8:30
p.m. $8. Contact: 865-7166.
Free Yoga for Survivors. H.O.P.E. Works is
offering a free and confidential traumainformed yoga program for survivors
of sexual violence. Meets on the first
Saturday of each month. Registration is
required to attend. Laughing River Yoga,
Burlington, 1:30 p.m. Free. Contact: 8640555, x19 or [email protected].
Tai Chi for Arthritis Beginners. A fun, joint
safe activity proven to reduce pain while
improving balance, agility and increasing lower and upper body strength.
Participation in this program can help
you maintain your independence. Tai
Chi for Arthritis can be done seated or
standing. Classes are led by certified
instructors Sponsored by CVAA. Mondays and Wednesdays April 1-May 28.
Congregational Church, Essex Junction,
10:30-11:15 a.m. Free for adults 50
years or older. Contact: 865-0360.
Creative Tuesdays. Artists exercise their
imaginations with recycled crafts. Children under 10 must be accompanied by
an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:15-5 p.m. Contact: 865-7216.
Line Dance Classes. Denise Brault Line
Dance presents Beginner and Beginner
Plus classes. No experience needed. St.
Joseph School Gym, Burlington. Mondays through March 31. Beginners’ class,
6:15-7:15 p.m. Beginners’ Plus class
7:15-7:45 p.m. $4 for beginner class
and $6 for beginner and beginner plus
classes. Contact Denise: 658-0096.
Bingo. Sponsored by the Whitcomb Woods
Residents Association. Whitcomb Woods,
128 West Street, Essex Junction. Mondays at 6 p.m. Contact: 879-1829.
Beginner yoga classes. Tuesdays. In lieu
of a fee, please bring a non-perishable
item or monetary donation for the
Richmond Food Shelf. Richmond Free
Library, 201 Bridge Street, Richmond,
6-7 p.m. Contact: [email protected] or
318-5570.
Burlington Writers Workshop. A free writing
workshop for all Vermonters. Meets every
Wednesday in downtown Burlington.
Free and open to the public. Participants
must register at meetup.com. More info:
burlingtonwritersworkshop.com.
Cell Phones For Soldiers. Local residents
can support these collection drives by
donating their old cell phones at A. W.
Rich Funeral Home, 57 Main Street, Essex Junction or at the American Legion,
3650 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester.
Collections accepted 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact: 849-6261.
Champlain Echoes. A women’s four-part
harmony chorus group seeks additional
women to sing in their holiday performances. Meetings are Monday nights.
The Pines, Aspen Drive, South Burlington,
Open
Wed. – Sun., 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Colchester-Milton Rotary meeting. Thurs-
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days. Serving the communities of
Colchester, Milton and the Champlain
Islands. Hampton Inn, Colchester, 12 p.m.
Community Wellness Day. Practitioners
offer Reiki, Shiatsu, aromatherapy,
acupressure, energy work and more to
those looking to experience alternative healing. 2 Wolves Holistic Center in
Vergennes, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. most Fridays. Sliding-scale donations; preregister the Tuesday prior. Contact: [email protected] or 870-0361.
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Friday, May 9
Book Lust for Teens. Come talk
about your favorite books or those
you loathe. Bring a friend along too.
Brownell Library, 3-4:30 p.m.
Dungeons and Dragons. Embark
upon imaginary adventures. A
Dungeon Master serves as the game’s
referee and storyteller. Grades 6 and
up. Brownell Library, 6-8 p.m.
Family Movie: “The Lorax.” A
boy searches for the one thing that
will enable him to win the girl of his
dreams. To find it, he must discover
the story of the Lorax, the grumpy
yet charming creature who fights to
protect his world. Free popcorn and
Lemonade. (PG, 93 min) Brownell
Library, 6:30-8 p.m.
Saturday, May 10
Read to Sara, Therapy Dog. Sara,
a Chocolate Lab, loves to listen to kids
read. Her owner is an elementary
teacher who will help you find a book
to read to Sara, or you can bring your
favorite from home. For kids in grades
kindergarten and up. Register at 8786956, or just come. Brownell Library,
10-10:45 a.m.
Monday, May 12
Must Read Mondays! New book
discussion now held on second Monday
of each month. May’s book is “Orange
is the New Black,” by Piper Kerman.
The author provides an account of her
13 months in a minimum-security
correctional facility in Danbury,
Conn. The book offers insights into
the hierarchies, communities, and
friendships that characterize the
women’s prison. Come join us for lively
conversation by the fireplace in the
Main Reading Room. Brownell Library,
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 14
Wii Gaming. Come try LEGO Star
Wars, Wii Sports Resort, MarioKart
and others. All ages. Brownell
Library, 3-4:30 p.m.
Mid-Week Tech Geek Jeannie.
Offering new one-on-one technology
help. Bring in your new smartphone,
tablet, e-reader, etc. She’ll sit with
you to help you learn its ways. First
Come, first helped. Brownell Library,
7-8:30 p.m.
Ongoing
Musical Storytime. Rock out and
read every Friday of the month. Play
your own instruments and sing along.
Essex Free Library, 10:30 a.m.
Reading Buddies for Students
in Kindergarten – Grade 5. One-onone reading time with eighth-grade
volunteers from A.D. Lawton’s
Citizenship Project. Sessions will run
every Monday afternoon until April 14.
Limited spaces, so sign your kids up
now. Brownell Library, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Drop-in story-time. Mondays.
Reading, rhyming, and crafts
each week. All ages welcome. No
registration required. Essex Free
Library, 10:30 a.m.
Story-time for babies and
toddlers. Tuesdays. Picture books,
songs rhymes and puppets. Brownell
Library, 9:10-9:30 a.m.
Story-time for 3- to 5-year-olds.
Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Picture
books, songs, rhymes, puppets and
flannel stories for preschoolers.
Brownell Library, 10-10:45 a.m.
Toddler story-time. Wednesdays.
Stories, songs and crafts for ages 18
months-3 ½ years. Essex Free Library,
10:30 a.m. Registration required.
Preschool story-time. Books,
songs, rhymes and crafts for ages 3.55 years. Free and open to the public.
No registration required. Essex Free
Library, Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
Crafternoon! Every Friday
come craft something creative to
jump start your weekend with fun.
Materials and refreshments provided.
Brownell Library, Fridays from 3:304:30 p.m.
Drop-In Story Time for Kids of
All Ages. Twice a month on Fridays.
Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
are welcome to come listen to Picture
Book Stories and have fun with
Finger Plays and Action Rhymes.
No registration required. Brownell
Library, 10-10:45 a.m.
Drop-In knitting group. Connect
with other knitters and tackle new
knitting projects. Both beginner and
advanced knitters are welcome. Essex
Free Library, Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.
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PAINTING SHOW. The Essex Art League will be hosting
a small painting show at Burnham Library. The show runs
through June 5 and includes works from many local painters in
various mediums. Burnham Library, Colchester, library hours.
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FOUND PHOTOGRAPHS. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace announces an exhibition of found photographs, from
the collection of Gregg Blasdel and Jennifer Koch. The exhibit
runs through May 31. Vintage Inspired, is located at 180 Flynn
Avenue in Burlington, and is open Monday through Saturday
from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 12-4 p.m. Information: www.
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IN THE STUDIO WITH MARY BRYAN. Celebrating the 30th
anniversary of its founding, the Bryan Memorial Gallery will be
hosting an exhibition entitled “In the Studio with Mary Bryan”
in memory of the late founder Alden Bryan’s wife Mary. The
exhibition of 100 paintings includes watercolors, oils, collages
and egg tempera paintings, painted over a 30-year period in
Vermont, Massachusetts, Alaska, the Southwest, England and
the Caribbean. Opening May 2 and running through September. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville. Information: www.
bryangallery.org or 644-5100.
In the studio with Mary Bryan
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the founding of Bryan
Memorial Gallery, founded by Alden Bryan (1913 – 2001) in
memory of his wife, Mary Bryan, (1906 – 1978)
ART EXHIBIT. Colchester artist Libby Davidson’s “50 Before
50 Project” plein air watercolor landscape paintings created
in her 50th year are on display, along with her journal entries
for each day of painting. This is the final exhibit of these works
that have toured to different venues since November. Original
paintings are still available for sale. The exhibit runs through
July 31 at Artists’ Mediums Art Supply Store in Williston. Gallery
hours, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Artist information: www.starflowerstudio.com.
B
ryan Memorial Gallery
celebrates the 30th
anniversary of its
founding, with an
exhibition of 100 paintings by Mary
Bryan, in whose memory the gallery
was founded in 1984.
In the Studio with Mary Bryan
includes watercolors, oils, collages
and egg tempera paintings, painted
over a 35-year period in Vermont,
Massachusetts, Alaska and the
Southwest, England and the
Caribbean. Bryan Memorial Gallery
is presenting 100 paintings by Mary
Bryan, most of which have never
been exhibited previously, and many
of which are being released for the
first time.
Mary Bryan’s versatility as an
artist was vivid and instantaneous.
In essence, she never met an artist’s
medium she did not attempt to
master. While she explored watercolor, egg tempera
and oil painting in depth, at the same time she worked
in collage, stitchery, ceramics and clay, acrylics, and
painting on glass. As her medium changed, so did her
perspective, ranging from traditional realist landscapes to
cubism and abstractions, illustrations and advertising art.
Through it all, she maintained a vibrant sense of
color, even in paintings where the darker edge of the color
spectrum prevailed. There was always something in her
palette to indicate dramatic and stunning light, no matter
the season or subject of her
work.
While Mary’s husband,
Alden Bryan was best
known for his paintings
“en plein air” (in natural
light,) Mary was a studio
painter. Traveling and
sailing together, he traveled
with canvas boards, paints
and brushes, while Mary
filled sketchbooks, which
became the inspiration for
her subsequent sessions in
the studio.
Mary painted day
in and day out, and her
son remembers she was
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LANDSCAPES AS MEDITATIONS. Harald Aksdal’s new show
“Landscapes as Meditations” opened at the Emile A Gruppe Gallery on April 24. An artist reception will be held on April 27 from
1-4 p.m. The public is invited to meet the artist and view his new
watercolors. The show will hang through June 1. Gallery hours:
Thursday through Sunday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or by appointment 899
3211. For more info www.emilegruppegallery.com.
INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT: 4 VT ARTISTS. Invitational Exhibit:
4 VT Artists. Island Arts sponsors the inaugural exhibit of
the Gallery at LCATV features a collection of works by Kathie
Dustira, Lyna Lou Nordstrom, Paula Bradley and Martin Bock.
On display through May 31. The gallery is located in the Lake
Champlain Access Television offices at 63 Creek Farm Plaza in
Colchester. Mondays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10
a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturdays, 12-4 p.m.
Information: 862-5724.
“RE-ENVISIONED.” Artist Dianne Shullenberger’s fabric
collages and colored pencil drawings never fail to amaze her
audience. Photo ID required for admission. The Governor’s
Gallery in the Pavilion Building in Montpelier. Open Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Contact State Curator David
Schutz at 828-5657 or [email protected].
frequently at the easel in her studio, even before her
morning coffee. During the summers, the Bryans would
travel to their home on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, where
they were proprietors of an art gallery and a restaurant
on Rocky Neck in Gloucester. At their gallery, Mary
would concentrate on selling her artwork, including small
sketches stored in shoeboxes, and sold for a few dollars, just
so the tourists could take home an original piece of art.
Winters were spent in Vermont at their farm in
Jeffersonville, where Alden Bryan ran a dairy farm, a
restaurant, a bakery and
an inn. His importance to
Jeffersonville includes his
preservation of local Main
Street buildings including
the 158 Main Bakery and
Restaurant and the former
Windridge Inn.
When Mary died in 1978,
Alden was convinced of
the possibility of building
a gallery in her memory
by the success of a local
art show. Bryan Memorial
Gallery opened in 1984 for
the purpose of exhibiting the
work of artists who traveled
to Vermont to paint in the
landscape. It doubled in size
in the mid-1990’s and today
welcomes over 5,000 visitors
a year to its galleries,
exhibitions, workshops and
community events.
In the Studio with
Mary Bryan was curated
by the gallery’s Executive
Director Mickey Myers, its
Exhibitions Chair Fiona
Cooper Fenwick and its
Assistant Director Jim
Gallugi.
Upcoming Events
EXHIBIT AND RECEPTION. Charlotte artist Sara Bridgman
presents a solo exhibit in the Amy E. Tarrant Gallery with an
opening reception on May 9 at 5:30 p.m. The exhibit, “Retrospective Works of Sara Bridgman 1967–2014” can be seen in the
gallery on Saturdays through Aug. 2. Bridgman will also give a
talk on June 21 from 2-4 p.m.
OUTDOOR ART DAY. The Milton Artists’ Guild is sponsoring a
Plein Air Outdoor Art Day Saturday, May 17. Calling all artists to
come to Milton for a fun day making art outdoors. All ages, skill
levels and mediums are welcome. Bring friends and supplies and
set up at designated sites. Registration starts at 7 a.m. at Milton
Grange, Route 7. Meet and greet artists at the Grange reception
at 1 p.m. Public welcome to visit with artists all day as well as at
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our large windows if not. This is a great opportunity to view her
technique and pick up a few tips. Information: 879-1236
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May 8, 2014
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Joe
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S
o here we are in the midst of May.
I’m praying for warmer weather
for spring, sports, yard work, walks
and to sit on my porch. Let’s hope
that happens soon. Games and matches all
week. Incredible VPA Hall of Fame Induction
ceremony Friday evening in Montpelier. The
Burlington Invitational takes center stage
Saturday at 9 a.m. Prom coming next week.
Be smart. Essex’s Anna Olsen carries the ball during the girls’ lacrosse team’s game against Colchester at Colchester High School on Monday. OLIVER PARINI
Hornets top Lakers to snap losing streak
BY ANTHONY LABOR
The Essex Reporter
After losing three straight games
against some of the top teams in the state,
the Essex girls’ lacrosse team was looking
for a strong win to snap the streak.
Going up against a first-year program
in Colchester on Monday, the Hornets
snapped the streak with all their players
getting quality playing time in a 23-1 win.
“We are happy to get a win,” said
Essex coach Emily Danis. “(Colchester)
played a good game against CVU, so I
wasn’t sure what to expect coming in.”
Anna Olsen, Grace Palker and
Mady Corkum all tallied hat tricks for
the Hornets in the game. Charlotte
Stuart, Paige Mittl, Maxine Cook, Jackie
Quackenbush and Alex Celia each scored
two goals.
Haley Drury made five saves for the
Hornets.
It was the kind of game the Hornets
needed after dropping three straight to
teams with a combined 13-2 record.
“We were really hoping for a win
today,” said Danis. “It’s been a tough
stretch of close games against really good
teams.”
It was a tough loss for the Lakers on
the heels of the program’s first ever win
in an 8-7 game against Green Mountain
Valley.
Colchester coach Megan Sweeney said
the key to moving forward is for the team
to not get down on itself.
“I think the biggest piece is the girls
are learning and need to keep their head
up and stay positive,” she said. “They just
need to learn from every game. There is a
long list of things we need to improve on,
but we just have to learn from difficult
games like this and play again tomorrow.”
The Division II Lakers have had a
tough schedule to start the season with
four of their five games coming against
Division I opponents.
The only Division II opponent they
have played is Green Mountain Valley.
“The girls have played some really
good games like we did against CVU (8-6
loss),” said Sweeney. “Sometimes there
are off days and I think frustration kind
Dowd inducted into VPA Hall of Fame
Longtime Essex track and cross country
coach Steve Dowd was inducted to the
Vermont Principal’s Association Hall of
Fame last week at its annual dinner in
the capital city. Hall of Famers Heather
Taft Garrow and to my knowledge the only
husband and wife team inducted — Robin
and Spencer Noble — came to celebrate
Steve’s honor along with his wife Nancy,
two of his talented daughters Sally and
Becca, the latter’s husband Jarod and
their two daughters Molly and Sophie.
The ex-English teacher gave a remarkable
and touching speech mentioning former
Hornet athlete and coach, Karen Bucke
Albright, and his coaching peers. Steve set
up the success of both programs by treating
athletes respectfully, producing team
history booklets, charting performances,
taking care of injuries, and really caring
about his athletes. MMU baseball coach
Bob Slayton, who won 365 games in 35-plus
years coaching the Cougars, BFA-St. Albans
sharp-shooter Matt Johnson, Northfield
soccer coach Mike Gonneville, and Fair
Haven’s Scott Reed, whose niece Maria is a
senior at Essex were among the 14 athletes,
officials, and coaches honored.
of took over today.
“I reminded the girls that come time
for playoffs, we will be playing Division
II teams,” she added. “I think when we
play these tough teams it kind of helps
us prepare for when we play the teams in
our own division.”
Molly Carver scored the lone goal for
Colchester late in the second half.
Chelsea Wimble did all she could for
the Lakers (1-4) in goal making 11 saves
in the game.
“Chelsea is fearless in the net,” said
Sweeney. “She works really hard, makes
great saves and is always positive, which
makes for a great goalie.”
Essex improved to 2-3 on the year
with the win. They hope to build on
Monday’s game for the rest of the week.
After hosting Burlington on Wednesday,
they will be at home against CVU on
Saturday.
“We just need to string together our
successes,” said Danis. “It seems that in
some games we do well in one area of the
game, but not another. We just have to put
everything together for a complete game.”
Essex boys’ rugby comeback
falls short; girls rout Rutland
Track and field
The track and field team will compete in
the 42nd Burlington High School Invitational
Saturday. This is one of the best track and
field meets in the state. It serves as a yearly
mid-term exam for teams in the north to see
where strengths and weaknesses might be.
This year, meet director Pavel Dvorak upped
the entries to five athletes per event with two
scoring. The South Burlington and Mount
Mansfield boys are looking strong with St.
Johnsbury and Burlington right there as well.
South Burlington, CVU and St. Johnsbury
girls will be tough. The Hornets will attempt
to defend their meet title, but it will be a
dogfight.
By ANTHONY LABOR
The Essex Reporter
The Essex High School boys’ and
girls’ rugby teams put together a solid
day on the pitch Sunday afternoon
with both teams seeing improvement
from where they were at the start of
the season.
The boys fell behind early in the
first half against Adirondack, N.Y., but
shut out their opponents in the second
half. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough,
as the Hornets fell 17-13.
They had some difficulty against a
strong Adirondack team early on, as
they fell behind 12-0 early in the first
half.
“I think we just made a lot of
mistakes today, especially early on,”
said Essex coach Brad Luck. “Some of
them were careless and some of them
were just from our inexperience.”
Jordan Norcross set the tone for the
rest of the match; as he broke through
a number of defenders for the Hornets’
first try midway through the first half.
Kevin Svarczkopf made the score
17-8 with a late kick for the Hornets in
the first half.
The Hornets tightened the score
early in the second half when Norcross
scored his second try of the day to
make the score 17-13.
It was a back-and-forth battle from
there with both teams coming up just
short to scoring. In the closing seconds,
Essex fell a couple yards shy of a try
to take the lead, as Adirondack
Essex’s Mikayla LeBlanc holds off a Rutland defender during the girls’ rugby team’s match
against Rutland on Sunday at Maple Street Park in Essex Junction. ANTHONY LABOR
held on for the win.
“Mistakes are going to happen in a
match,” said Luck. “The key is to just
move on and learn and I think the guys
did a great job of learning from their
mistakes in the match and picked up
their game throughout, which was
great to see.”
The Hornets are
now 1-2 on the season.
Hornets’
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After hosting South Burlington on
Wednesday, the Hornets will host
Mount Mansfield on Saturday.
During the second game of the day,
the Essex girls’ team routed Rutland
behind 10 tries.
The Hornets scored early and often,
as they came away with a decisive
BOYS’ LACROSSE
5/9 Essex at Woodstock……..…. 4:30 p.m.
5/13 Essex vs. CVU…………...…...7 p.m.
GIRLS’ LACROSSE
5/10 Essex vs. CVU……………..…11 a.m.
5/14 Essex vs. Mount Mansfield…….7 p.m.
BOYS’ RUGBY
5/8 Essex at. S. Burlington.………..4:30 p.m.
5/10 Essex vs. Middlebury ………...11 a.m.
5/13 Essex vs. Colchester,………..4:30 p.m.
5/10 Essex vs. Mount Mansfield,…4:30 p.m.
5/14 Essex at Stanstead, Canada………4 p.m.
GOLF
5/14 Essex at Stanstead, Canada………..4 p.m.
5/8 Essex boys at Champlain..............3 p.m.
5/8 Essex girls at Enosburg…………..3 p.m.
5/12 Essex girls at Newport………...12 p.m.
Softball
The softball team is now 6-0. They edged
Mount Abraham 3-1 behind the pitching of ace
Allie Rutz’ four-hit complete game. She fanned
11 and added an RBI. Karen Svarczkopf
knocked in the other two runs. Too many
stats to report in the 18-2 win over Vergennes.
– See RUGBY on page 2b
5/13 Essex boys at Middlebury………3 p.m.
GIRLS’ RUGBY
SOFTBALL
5/8 Essex at S. Burlington....……4:30 p.m.
Baseball
The baseball team is 4-2 after a 2-1 week.
The Hornets fell to Mount Mansfield 4-3
before their bats came alive later in the week.
They clubbed both Mount Abraham and South
Burlington 13-4 and 14-4. That was in notso-warm weather. Jeremy LeClair and Cody
Acker had three hits and Joey Robertson two
in the win over the Eagles. All three players
had three RBIs. They play Spaulding, South
Burlington and Middlebury this week. The
JVs are 3-1 with two wins last week while the
freshman, 0-1, play two home games.
– See SHORTS on page 2b
5/10 Essex vs. Middlebury………...11 a.m.
5/13 Essex vs. Colchester,……….4:30 p.m.
BOYS’ TENNIS
5/8 Essex at Rice...............3:30 p.m.
5/9 Essex vs. S. Burlington........3:30 p.m.
5/12 Essex at Colchester..................3:30 p.m.
GIRLS’ TENNIS
5/8 Essex vs. Rice………......3:30 p.m.
5/9 Essex at S. Burlington........3:30 p.m.
5/12 Essex vs. Colchester.................3:30 p.m.
TRACK
5/10 Essex at Burlington………….10 a.m.
2b
RUGBY
from page 1b
SHORTS
from page 1b
Spaulding, South Burlington and
Middlebury are up this week. The JVs
are 3-0. Their latest victory was an 18-3
thrashing of the Commodores. Essex’s Jordan Norcross, left, picks up a loose ball behind
a scrum during the boys’ rugby team’s match against
Adirondack, N.Y. on Sunday at Maple Street Park in Essex
Junction. ANTHONY LABOR
60-7 victory.
“I was impressed with the improvement
we’ve shown since the last match against South
Burlington,” said Essex coach Amanda Eldridge.
“The girls put some pieces together that needed to
click in order for us to be successful.”
Senior Frankie Sands showed her speed and
elusiveness throughout the game, as she led the
Hornets with four tries, including two where she
went coast-to-coast. Catie Sands tallied two tries
and kicked in all the team’s conversions.
Rachel Morse, Devica Davis-Kilpatrick, Avery
MacGillivray and Mikayla LeBlanc each scored a
try for the Hornets.
“Rugby is a game where things can change so
quickly,” said Eldridge. “What might seem like a big
lead can dwindle away easily, so I was happy with
the intensity the girls played through the entire
match.”
The defense of the Hornets was spot on, as it
didn’t allow Rutland to score until very late in the
second half when the game was in hand.
“I was thrilled with how aggressive Kristen
Dahlgren was to lead our defense today,” Eldridge
said. “She shut down a lot of their plays at the ruck
and was responsible for a significant number of
turnovers.
“Scotti Day was also another player that stepped
up today,” she added. “She is fearless out there and
was tackling girls that were bigger than her and did
a great job.”
The Hornets improved to 1-1 and will host
Bishops from Sherbrooke, Canada on Sunday and
will travel to Rutland on Wednesday.
“We have some tough matchups coming up,” said
Eldridge. “We needed to run some things under
pressure even with the big lead to get some in-game
practice for those scenarios. Today was a great step
in the right direction for us.”
Boys’ lacrosse
The boys’ lacrosse team is 2-3 after
splitting a couple of games. They lost
an exciting game to South Burling 9-6
then rebounded with a 15-3 win over
Spaulding. In their two wins they
have scored 10-plus goals. They will
play Middlebury, St. Johnsbury and
Woodstock this week. The JVs are 2-3
falling to South Burlington 15-2 last
week. Connor LeBlanc scored once.
The JV b squad opens this week.
Girls’ lacrosse
The girls’ lacrosse team dropped to
1-3 after a pair of losses to two of the
state’s best teams. South Burlington
and Middlebury defeated the Hornets
18-7 and 12-7. In the loss to the Rebels
Charlotte Stuart scored three goals,
Anna Olsen two, while Cassidy Knight
and Madison Corkum each had one.
Colchester, Burlington, and CVU —
coached by ex-Hornet player and coach
Hillary Arthur are up this week. This
game against CVU is home Saturday
at 11 a.m.
Tennis
The boys’ tennis team is 4-2 after
going 1-2 last week. The Red Hawks
and the Rebels defeated Essex by
scores for 4-3 and 5-2. They blistered
St. Johnsbury 6-1. The girls are 4-3
with matching results beating St.
Johnsbury 4-3 and dropping matches
to CVU and South Burlington. This
week the teams battle Burlington,
Rice twice, and South Burlington one
more time.
Golf
The golf teams played well. The
boys finished first shooting 160 to
outlast South Burlington 173, CVU
177 and BFA 191 in a match shortened
to nine holes due to weather. Brock
Paquette and freshman Stuart Irwin
were co-medalists with 39’s. The girls
tied for first in St. Johnsbury with a
score of 104. Jessica Poratti shot 47 for
medalist honors.
College
Congrats to UVM Catamount
Nikki Braceras and former Hornet for
winning the America East 10,000-meter
run in the conference championship
meet. The women were second and the
men fifth. Boy can she run.
Staying on track, senior Katie
Polakowski placed fifth in the
400-meter hurdles as the Stonehill
College women’s track and field
team claimed its first Northeast-10
Conference Track and Field
Championship last weekend. For the
first time in school history Stonehill has
swept the Northeast-10 Championship
for cross country, indoor, and outdoor
track and field in a single academic
year. Katie won both the 100-meter HH
and the 300-meter LH, along with the
100-meter dash her senior year in high
school (2010) for the Hornets. She most
impressively owns the VT State Record
in the 300’s.
From Castleton, after helping to
jumpstart the Castleton offense in a
1-0 week freshman Luc LeBlancwas
honored as the NAC Rookie of the
Week. LeBlanc helped set the table
for Castleton in its win over Johnson
by controlling the faceoff circle. The
freshman went 9-for-10 on faceoffs and
picked up a game-high eight ground
balls to help put the Spartans on
offense. LeBlanc ranks second in the
conference on ground balls (98) and
faceoff win percentage (.652). This
marks the second time LeBlanc has
won the award this year and the third
time overall a Spartan has earned the
award. He played for Dean Corkum in
high school and is also a pretty good
lifeguard at Sand Hill Pool.
The Norwich University tennis
team tied a program-record for wins
in a season with an 8-1 victory over
Lyndon State on Friday at Shapiro
Field House. The Cadets (8-2, 1-2
GNAC) tied the 1998 squad’s eightmatch win total with their third victory
of the season over Lyndon State.
Norwich swept the doubles matches
as Ryan Grindle, a former player for
coach Jim Murphy, and Jay Carter
picked up the victory at No. 2 doubles.
In the FYI category, the ALC
recently met and had a rousing
discussion on EHS training rules. In an
almost unanimous show of support, the
young athletic and academic leaders
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Yes it is harsh but more than fair.
Sports and activities are a privilege
not a right, and students (and parents)
need to remember that. Drugs and
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especially if you are involved with
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From Kristin Kany — Spring
Competitive Giving League is
about to kick off
EHS Athletic Leadership Council
is again sponsoring this unique
community service competition.
Spring sport student-athletes from
12 EHS teams take on both the
Albert D. Lawton and the Essex
Middle School’s sports teams for
the first ever tri-school Competitive
Giving League competition. Team
members are strongly encouraged
to recruit as many friends, family
members, neighbors, teachers and
fellow students as possible to help
bring in donation items for our
local Heavenly Food Pantry. The
team with the highest donationper-player-ratio wins the contest.
Ben & Jerry’s will again provide
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The competition runs next week
from Monday to Saturday. Donation
boxes will be located in school
lobbies and at EHS home game
ticket booths. Fans can get half price
admission with a nonperishable
food donation. CGL trophy
ceremony will be held on May
17 during halftime of EHS boys’
lacrosse game (start time at 11 a.m.
in the stadium). Donations accepted
at this game too. Since its inception
in the fall of 2013, the Competitive
Giving League at Essex High School
has brought in tons of good will and
over 2,400 items to the Heavenly
Food Pantry in the spirit of
competition for a good cause.
Essex High School is hosting a
blood drive on May 9 from 9 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. in the rink. Pros
NFL draft this week. Three days
is overkill. Still enjoying the NHL and
NBA playoffs.
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Fax: 802-893-3213
TOWN OF ESSEX SELECTBOARD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
May 19, 2014 - 7:35 PM
Municipal Offices, Conference Room
81 Main Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452
The Town of Essex Selectboard will hold a public hearing to
discuss proposed changes in water and sewer rates.
Water rates are proposed to increase by 6% to $4.88 per 1,000
gallons, with sewer rates proposed to increase by 8% to $7.73
per 1,000 gallons. Water initiation fees for new customers are
proposed to increase to $5.65 per gallon of capacity, plus $1,000
flat fee. Sewer initiation fees for new customers are proposed
to increase to $9.75 per gallon of capacity, plus $1,000 flat fee.
The combined proposed water and sewer rate increase is 7.4%.
The proposed water and sewer budget and rate methodology is
available at www.essex.org.
Please direct questions to Dennis Lutz, Public Works Director,
or Aaron Martin, Utilities Director, at (802) 878-1344 or dlutz@
essex.org and [email protected].
Max Levy, Chair
Essex Selectboard
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AGENDA
MAY 29, 2014 - 6:30 P.M.
MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE ROOM, 81 MAIN ST. ESSEX JCT., VT
1.PublicComments
2.
PUBLIC HEARINGonproposedamendmentstotheResourcePreservation
–Industrial(RPD-I)ZoningDistrictprovisionsintheZoningRegulations.
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Chittenden County and beyond
Tickets Issued: 13
Warnings Issued: 44
Fire/EMS Calls Dispatched: 34
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Friday, May 2
0130 Noise Complaint on Saybrook Rd
0220 Noise Complaint on Prescott St
0326 Suspicious Person on Pearl St
0803 Wanted Person on Main St
0854 Shoplifting on Park St
0946 VIN Verification on Kimberly Dr
1100 Accident on Upper Main St
1130 Animal Problem on River Rd
1203 Suspicious Person on Market Pl
1223 Accident on Pearl St
1224 Animal Problem on East St
1354 Accident on Susie Wilson Rd
1400 VIN Verification on Main St
1418 Theft on Leclerc Woods Rd
1442 Suspicious Person on Brooks Ave
1505 Motor Vehicle Complaint on
Countryside Dr
1605 Accident on South St
1619 Theft on Upper Main St
1658 Fraud on Deer Crossing Ln
1731 Parking Problem on Foster Rd
1742 Suspicious Person Kiln Rd
1817 Motor Vehicle Complaint on
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Thursday, May 1
0709 Directed Patrol on Pinecrest Dr
0958 Susp Circumstance on Jericho Rd
1039 Vandalism on Sand Hill Rd
1103 Welfare Check on Forest Rd
1141 Theft on Brigham Hill Rd
1331 Phone Problem on Col Page Rd
1430 Accident on Center Rd
1507 Accident on I289
1514 Welfare Check on Jericho Rd
1518 Citizens Dispute on Prescott St
1534 Lost Property on River View Dr
1549 Passing Stopped School Bus on
Center Rd
1635 Juvenile Problem on Main St
1644 Motor Veh Complaint on Pioneer
St
1957 Family Fight on Fuller Pl
2039 Juvenile Problem on Franklin St
2141 Vandalism on Susie Wilson Rd
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Welfare Check on Susie Wilson Rd
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Citizens Assist on S Summit St
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0515 Traffic Hazard on I289
0556 Alarm on Park St
0631 Alarm on Maple St
0922 Fraud on Sydney Dr
1032 Found Property on Pearl St
1121 Motor Vehicle Problem on Park St
1123 Citizens Assist on Densmore Dr
1203 Towed Vehicle on PInecrest Dr
1223 Disabled Vehicle on Fort Parkway
1241 Vandalism on Old Stage Rd
1302 Found Property on Franklin St
1309 Theft on Main St
1323 Suspicious Vehicle on PInecrest Dr
1435 Assisted Rescue on Pearl St
1512 Vandalism on Lang Dr
1526 Assisted Rescue on Sand Hill Rd
1612 Accident on Essex Way
1806 Suspicious Circumstance on Kiln
Rd
2043 Suspicious Circumstance on
Colchester Rd
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Tuesday, April 29
0114 Susp Circumstance on Seneca Ave
0715 Accident on Colchester Rd
0937 Animal Problem on Wilkinson Dr
1106 Violation of an Abuse Prevention
Order on Susie Wilson Rd
1139 Accident on West St
1334 Fraud on Saybrook Rd
1550 Intoxication/Assisted Rescue on
River View Dr
1557 Suspicious Circumstance on River
Rd
1557 Motor Vehicle Complaint on Old
Colchester Rd
1616 VIN Verification on Patricia Pl
1636 Alarm on Ewing Pl
1729 Citizens Dispute on Fox Run Rd
1746 Theft on Main St
1801 Found Property on Susie Wilson
Rd
2059 DLS on I289
Saturday, May 3
0051 Susp Person(s) on Upper Main St
0238 Suspicious Person on Park St
0302 Alarm on Jericho Rd
0425 Alarm on Susie Wilson Rd
0636 Alarm on Educational Dr
0714 Welfare Check on Pearl St
0856 Agency Assist on Maple St
0857 Agency Assist on Sand Hill Rd
1125 Found Property on Towers Rd
1151 Accident on Susie Wilson Rd
1226 Trespass Notice Request on Susie
Wilson Rd
1252 Agency Assist on Athens Dr
1253 Lost Property on Sand Hill Rd
1410 Untimely on Iroquois Ave
1641 VIN Verification on Indian Brook
Rd
1714 Accident on Wrisley Ct
1910 Suspicious Circumstance on
Densmore Dr
1934 Motor Veh Complaint on Central
St
2005 Susp Circumstance on Hagan Dr
2037 Citizens Assist on Pearl St
2218 Suspicious Circumstance on Devon
Hill Rd
2300 Citizens Assist on Main St
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Monday, April 28
0343 Motor Vehicle Complaint on Old
Stage Rd
0737 Alarm on Essex Way
0852 Accident on Kellogg Rd
0937 Accident on Essex Way
1118 Found Property on Summit St
1119 Welfare Check on Carmichael St
1213 Accident on Pinecrest Dr
1249 Susp Person on Saxonhollow Dr
1317 Trespass Notice Request on Park
St
1330 Abandoned Veh on New England
Dr
1800 Alarm on Vale Dr
1826 Suspicious Vehicle on Pearl St
2107 Agency Assist on West St
2332 Noise Complaint on Pearl St
Greenbriar Dr
1830 Alarm on Market Pl
1918 Noise Complaint on S Hill Dr
2247 Suspicious Vehicle on Jericho Rd
2254 Noise Complaint on River Rd
2255 Suspicious Person on Sand Hill Rd
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ADL
Agenda
From Principal Laurie
Singer
Are you the parent/
guardian of an upcoming
sixth grade student at
ADL? We hope to see you
at our Upcoming SixthGrade Information Night
on Thursday, May 15 at 6:30
p.m. in the ADL cafeteria.
At this meeting, attendees
will meet teachers of sixth
graders, hear about a
typical day, learn about the
characteristics of middleschoolers and the teaming
structures designed at ADL
to meet those needs, ask
questions and participate in
an optional tour at the end
of the evening. Including the
tour, the session will last no
more than 90 minutes. This
meeting is only for parents/
guardians as students will
go through a similar process
during Step Up Morning
on June 18. However, if
for some reason you must
bring your student(s), be
sure to keep them with you
at all times since we have
no supervision available
in the evenings. Should
you not be able to attend
on the 15th, check out the
powerpoint on our webpage
at www.ccsuvt.org/adl about
this presentation. You can
also call me at 857-7028
with questions or email me
at [email protected]. Many
things have changed in
the last two years with the
sixth grade structure and
program, so even if you’ve
attended this meeting in
the past for an older child,
you will want to attend on
the 15th to hear about our
exciting new program. See
you on May 15!
Coffee at Cars
Thank you to all of the
ADL families, students,
teachers and staff who
made our Coffee at Cars
fundraiser a huge success.
We are currently raising
money for our 2014-2015
school-wide read of the book
“Wonder,” by RJ Palacio
by serving coffee and
pastries during morning
arrival time. Many people
have donated to create a
fun and profitable early
morning fundraiser. And
a special thank you to
the community patrons
who helped sponsor this
fundraiser: Costco, Great
Harvest Bread Company,
Green Mountain Coffee,
Mac’s Market, Monument
Dairy, Price Chopper at
Essex Center and Quality
Bake Shop. Thanks for
supporting ADL’s upcoming
Year of WONDER! For more
information on the project,
or if you would like to
Essex High School
3rd Quarter Honor Roll:
Seventh-grader Isaak Olson
helps promote the Coffee at
Cars fundraiser.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
sponsor a book, visit ccsuvt.
org/adl/wonder.
Vermont Chess
Tournament
ADL eighth-grader
Preston Gordon recently
competed in the 2014
Vermont State Chess
Tournament. Preston
finished second out of 21
competitors. The ADL
community wishes to
congratulate Preston on this
hard work and excellent
showing.
Essex
Elementary
At EES the social skills curriculum is
just as important the academic curriculum.
As stated in ends policy 1.4, students will
develop the skills to navigate complex
school, life, and work environments in
a competitive world. To achieve this,
students participate in social skills as a
part of their learning every day. All of the
educators work together to help students
navigate the social world at school.
In addition to this support, the school
counselors, Barb Smith and Brea Buzzell,
work together in classrooms and small
groups to help students develop critical
social skills. Recently, students have
been working on learning to think about
others, and how they can demonstrate
this with their peers at school. During one
lesson the school counselors and students
worked together to make breakfast and set
the table. While the students were dining
they thought about how great it would
be to show up to Principal Peter Farrell’s
office with a big breakfast. This initiative
by the students demonstrates the critical
Students Charles Bushey and Alex Plantillas
pose with Principal Peter Farrell after bringing
him breakfast one morning.
BREANNE BUZZELL
component of thinking about others and
how random acts of kindness can impact a
person’s feelings in a positive way. Needless
to say, Mr. Farrell was very appreciative
that the students brought him breakfast
and he loved it.
EMS News
Students from all
eighth-grade teams,
Nova, Phoenix, Edge and
Adventurers, took a field
trip to the Washington,
D.C. area on April 9-12.
They visited the White
House, the Smithsonian
Museums, the Lincoln,
Vietnam, Korea and WWII
memorials. They toured
the Tidal Basin where
the cherry blossoms were
at peak, the Arlington
National Cemetery and
changing of the guards,
The National Zoo and
a night tour of the
illuminated monuments.
Pictured in front of the National Capital building are EMS students: Joe Printon, Dylan
Bearor,Trinity Stewart, Anna Wilson-Mikalonis, Anthony Hastings, Michael BeaudoinMacdonald, Zach Preston, Riley Gilmond, Deo Kiesse, Emily Wilson-Mikalonis, Lauren House
and Elizabeth Ploof.
KEVIN BRIGGS
12TH GRADE:
Nicholas Abajian, Amanda Adams,
Joseph Aiken, Brody Almeida, John
Angel, Lukas Armstrong-Laird, Alexandra
Astor, Miranda Baker, Samuel Barch,
Rosemary Barrows, Tyler Bean, Morgan
Beck, Thomas Begley, Anne Beliveau,
Olivier Bishop-Mercier, Victoria Bissonette,
Alexa Blanco, Cole Blondin, Arthor
Bosley, Hugh Bradshaw, Alexandra
Brooks, Tara Brooks, Elizabeth Bullard,
Mackenzie Burnett, Aileen Button, Eniz
Camdzic, Keira Cameron, Margaret
Caron, Crystal Chu, Andrew Cimonetti,
Catherine Combs, Dominique Cornacchia,
Danielle Couture, Katherine Crawford,
Bryant Crocker, Kristen Dahlgren, Devica
Davis-Kilpatrick, Alexandra Day, Julia
DeBolt, Mary DeNofrio, Kyra Doles,
Ashley Douglas, Emily Dowman, Emily
Dramstad, Haley Drury, Sejla Dzankovic,
Misty Earisman, Ian Erickson, Sean Fay,
Jason Field, Beverly Gartland, Connor
Geer, Katherine Gilbert, Courtney Gleason,
Daniel Goodrow, Kira Hancock, Sebastian
Hanna, Carolyn Harnois, Nicholas Hella,
Michael Hladky, Lauren Irish, Corinne
Jacobsen, Erik James, Benjamin Kagan,
Claire Kelly, Jillian Kenny, Jeffrey
Kent, Julia Laramee, Carolyn Leccese,
Erika Lemieux, Jacqueline Littlefield,
Nicholas Lizewski, Carrie Lord, Nicole
Lovett, Ryan Manley, Jonathan Martel,
Chelsea Martin, John Mashrick, Kathryn
Maurer, Sean McCullen, Lily McNamara,
Christina Menke, Emily Middleton, Paige
Mittl, Cailie Moehn, Hannah Mongeon,
Sophie Mulrow, Paula Noordewier,
Jordan Norcross, Ashlyn Nuckols, Anna
O’Malley, Emily O’Neill, Rembrandt OttoMeyer, Joshua Paroline, Taylor Picard,
Samantha Poratti, Adam Potasiewicz,
Shane Poulin, Julia Quackenbush, Jeffrey
Reardon, Natalie Redmond, Maria Reed,
Brian Roberge, Caroline Rose, Brian
Sandon, Francesca Sands, Priyanka
Santhanakrishnan, Madison Scheps, Grace
Schonberg, Douglas Schonholtz, Faith
Schumacher, Leah Shea, Brandon Sheffert,
Cole Sheffert, Kara Sheftic, Katherine
Shine, Brooke Smith, Lars Spillebrok,
Danielle St. Pierre, Jared Stocker, Karyn
Svarczkopf, Kallysta Tanguay, Annie
Tarver, Moira Taylor, Raven Tether, Adam
Turner, Sonja Unica, Kyle Van Dzura,
Jared Vaughan, Spencer Vroegop, Nathan
Watts, Anna Weith, Thomas Wilson,
Mason Yandow, Timothy Yandow, Liam
York
11th Grade:
Kayla Ashley, Ian Ballou, Derek
Barnes, Caleb Battig, Jeffrey Bee, Evelyn
Beliveau, Katherine Belval, Matthew
Bergeron, Maureen Besade, Nathaniel
Brennan, Jonathan Burton, Pauli Chen,
Alissa Chiu, Andrey Chmykh, Ashley
Claude, James Combs, Tyler Conchieri,
Maxine Cook, Matthew Deforge, Patrick
Deibler, Martin Deutsch, Emily Douglas,
Logan Drexler, Amarah Emerson,
Emily Evenson, Sarah Ferland, Rachel
Gammal, Dylan Garcia, Victoria Gibson,
Giselle Glaspie, Brendan Gleason, Hailey
Golden, Maria Grant, Cody Greene, Evan
Greer, Joanne Harnois, William Harris,
Madeleine Hatoum, Mariah Holmes,
Christopher Irish, Kaelyn Jenny, Dylan
King-Richer, Cassidy Knight, Sarah Koch,
Jennifer Lasko, Mikayla LeBlanc, Jeremy
LeClair, Steven Maloney, Bradley Menard,
Nathan Miles, Nicholas Minadeo, Rose of
Sharon Monahan, Andrew Morin, Rachel
Morse, Charlotte Murphy, Madhavi Nepal,
Theodore Ninh, Rachel O’Connell, Anna
Olsen, Matthew Olsen, Charlotte Ouellette,
Marsh Palin, Colby Pastel, Julie Pearce,
Cole Peterson, Danielle Pigeon, Jacqueline
Quackenbush, Vignesh Rajendran, Kayla
Rideout, Daniel Ro, Sophia Seman, Eva
Seyller, Megan Shields, Mallory Stultz,
Laura Sturm, Vladislav Suvorov, Claire
Theoret, Melanie Theriault, Tran Tran,
Francisco Velasquez, Kiera Vroegop, Caleb
Wistrom, Matthew Wu, John Yao, Jason
Yin, Kathleen Young, Grace Yu
10TH GRADE:
Henry Adams, Molly Barber, Clara
Behrman, Alexander Benevento, Jeremy
Benoit, Ethan Benton, Ellen Bigelow, Jacob
Bleau, Jacob Bonning, Omkar Borse, Jacob
Botelho, Hannah Bovee, Talia Boyers,
Anna Burke, Faith Cantrell, Elise Carney,
Dylan Clark-Boucher, Jonathan Compo,
Madison Corkum, Hannah Couture,
Brianna Curcio, Holly Dahlgren, Elias
DiGrande, Amber Doney, Elena Doty,
Sarah Dramstad, Jordan Dumouchel,
Abigail Evans, Charlotte Evans, Travis
Farley, Peter Feehan, Noah Ferris, David
Forbes, Kelli Geney, Emily Goodrich, Olivia
Gramatzki, Madeline Green, Riley Groll,
Mychaela Harton, Ethan Harvey, Celine
Hoffman, Noah Kagan, Ruby Kelly, Kipp
Kelsey, Samantha Kershner, Beny Kiesse,
Gitanjali Krishna, Chloe Lemmel-Hay,
Michelle Loper, Therese Lupariello, Ashley
Lyon, Glory Mapenzi, Sullivan Martin,
Holly McClintock, Macall Meslin, Rosana
Miller, Isabelle Miquel, Melissa Morris,
Shaun Morris, Zoe Moss, Grace Murphy,
Tapan Nepal, Henry Newman, Molly Noel,
Christopher Nuckols, Ryan O’Leary, Hollie
Parks, Adam Petrucci, Anh Pham, Megan
Pidgeon, Lindsay Pius, Amanda Reardon,
Kyle Riester, Allison Rutz, Ariel Salmon,
Nicole Seaver, Samantha Serrantonio,
Amanda Sinkewicz, Spencer Sochin,
Lucy Sopchak, David St. Pierre, Melissa
Stewart, Elena Tall, Sophia Tall, Megan
Tetrault, Sarah Tobey, Aidan Travers,
Abigail Trombley, Sean Vanzo, Andrew
Wagner, Jordan Walsh, Ashley Warren,
Caleb Weinhagen, Pinky Zumarraga
Rosado
9th Grade:
Christopher Abajian, Sarah Abeling,
Hari Adhikari, Dania Allowan, Jordan
Appenzeller, Collin Asoera, David Aube,
James Austin, Geraughty Badger, Noah
Baez, Hannah Baker, Quinton Banus,
Margaret Barch, Jackson Barnes,
Julianna Battig, Skylar Beck, Arthur
Beliveau, Nicholas Benevento, Daisy
Bennett, Christopher Bird Jr., Stephan
Bishop-Mercier, Drexel Blair, Shanti
Boyle, Calleigh Brignull, Beverly Briley,
Kai Brouillette, Spencer Bruner, Craig
Cameron, Scott Cameron, Benjamin
Centracchio, Julia Chadwick, Shawn
Cimonetti, Bethany Conner, Brian
Cookingham, Liam Coulter, Logan
Couture, Otis Crock, Hannah Danis,
Audrey Dawson, Eric DeWitt, Kevin
Donley, Matthew Emery, Nicholas
Fagnant, Zoe Filan, Keegan Fitzgerald,
Parker Franz, Abigail Gehsmann,
Courtney Gilbert, Mallory Gilbert, Lindsey
Gleason, Jay Grant, Danyeh Gutema,
Cicely Haggerty, Hamza Halilovic, Lindsay
Hallowell, Stuart Irwin, Katherine James,
Chloie Janaro, Chloe Jensen, Gabrielle
Johnson, Lindsey Kalamasz, Tyler
Kaminski, Leah Kelleher, Paige King,
Karma Lama Sherpa, Sydney LaPlant,
Connor LeBlanc, Carter Leo, Ian Lyle,
Matthew Lyon, Annemarie Martell,
Justine Martin, James Mashrick, Cameron
McClellan, Marisa Minadeo, Emily
Moehn, Brittany Moore, Josina Munson,
Alexander Pearce, Emma Pearson, Claire
Peterson, Niki Rodgers, Caleb Root, Gina
Russin, Alicia Russotti, Colin Seiler, Zoe
Sheppard, Anna Singer, Alexis Smith, John
Stawinski, Nicolas Stevens, Jessica Stowe,
Kylie Svarczkopf, Christi Tassie, Emily
Tupaj, Hannah Turner, Kristyn Van Allen,
Olivia Villemaire, Jonah Vroegop, Alexis
Walker, Lauren Watson, Henry Weith,
Lauren Whitehouse, Audrey Wilbur,
Katherine Wilson, Tucker Wood, Louden
Yandow, Keegan Yao, Kiara Zambrano
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Founders Memorial
EHS News
This is a very busy time of the year at
Founders Memorial School.
On April 10, four fifth-grade studentrepresentatives from Founders Memorial
School attended a ceremony in Montpelier
for the Reading is an Investment Program.
FMS won a drawing for a 4-foot teddy bear
from Vermont Teddy Bear for excellent
participation in the program. This year,
over 275 students completed the program
through the Learning Center, which
encourages financial literacy in students in
grades K-6.
Students and Parents took part in the
Annual Celebration of Learning on May 7.
Students shared their portfolios, whether
from a single unit of study or a yearlong
progression to demonstrate their growth
as learners. The Unified Arts Team held a
weeklong Open Studio where parents had
the opportunity to work alongside their
child in Art, Music, PE and Library. The
outcome was creativity galore.
As a culmination to their study of
Natural History, Fourth Graders hosted
the Vermont Institute of Natural Science.
Along with the Owl Presentation, students
were able to dissect owl pellets. Other field
studies include a visit to a quarry (to find
fossils) and a trip to Mount Mansfield.
Fifth-graders and the multi-age 4/5
classes are prepare for their field excursions
also. The 4/5 team will head to Fort
Ticonderoga as a culminating project to
their study of the Revolutionary War; Team
Evolution is headed to Boston as an end of
year activity in their study of U.S. History.
The Miyamoto/Hopper fifth-grade
team at Founders Memorial School has
Mark the date
May 21 is the last concert of the year
for the EHS chorus. This has been one of
the most successful years for our singers
whether as part of the chorus at large,
Chamber Choir, one of our specialty groups
or soloist. The accolades and honors have
been many. Choral Director, Glory Reinstein put it
this way: “This is a long, but special concert
as we pay tribute to our 23 seniors enrolled
in one of the choral classes. Each will
FMS students receive their Vermont Teddy
Bear in Montpelier furing the Reading is an
Investment Program on April 10. Pictured from
left to right: Jesse Rivers, Grace Parks, Emma
Dionne, Jack Synnott and Sara Jablonski.
CAROL SCRIMGEOUR
been studying the Next Generation science
standard of Earth Materials and Systems.
They held a successful cake raffle on
April 15-18 to fund their upcoming trip to
the Biodome in Montreal. Students and
parents supported this bake sale with
many creative cakes: a Minecraft cake,
a cake representing the school, springthemed cakes, a Candyland cake and an
IPOD cake. At the Biodome, students will
be able to observe and think about the
ecosystems that have resulted from the
interplay of various earth systems.
We want your
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This Week’s
Prompt:
Pressure: Write about any kind
of pressure – social, school,
making the team, or simply the
physical sensation of pressure.
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Photo of the week by Calleigh Brignaull of Essex
High School
University in Potsdam, N.Y. Wood is a junior
majoring in aeronautical engineering and
mechanical engineering.
Kyle Hancock, of Essex Junction, was named
to the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at Clarkson
University in Potsdam, N.Y. Hancock is a senior
majoring in chemical engineering.
Daniel Hill, of Westford, was named to the fall
2013 semester Dean’s List at Clarkson University
in Potsdam, N.Y. Hill a senior majoring in chemical
engineering.
Alexander DeWitt, of Essex Junction, was
named to the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at
Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. DeWitt is a
sophomore majoring in electrical engineering.
Peter R Faulkner, of Essex Junction, was
named to the fall 2013 semester Presidential
Scholars List at Clarkson University in Potsdam,
N.Y. Faulkner is a sophomore majoring in chemical
engineering.
Alissa Ashlea Giroux, of Westford, was named
to the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at Norwich
University in Northfield, Vt.
Seamus Patrick Page, of Westford, was
Norwich University in Northfield, Vt.
Alexandra Macfarlane, of Essex, was named
to the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at Merrimack
College in North Andover, Mass.
Alexis Perry, of Westford, was named to the
fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at Merrimack College
in North Andover, Mass.
Kelsa Battig, daughter of Dr. Michael and
Heather Battig from Essex Junction, was named
to the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at Grove City
College in Grove City, Penn. Battig is a sophomore
English major and a 2012 graduate of Essex High
School.
Buddy Gammal, son of Michael and Michele
Gammal from Essex Junction, was named to the fall
2013 semester Dean’s List at Grove City College in
Grove City, Penn. Gammal is a sophomore Business
Management major and a 2012 graduate of Essex
High School.
BARBER SHOP
Crushed by Pressure
“I’m ready, Coach,” I said.
It was the last soccer game of the season
and I was goalie for the second half.
A boy came up and tried to shoot but he
was denied by me. Another shot, miss.
I felt like crying because the score was
0-0 and a guy was about to pound the ball
into the goal. The pressure was like rocks
crushing me.
I dove for the ball. It was a save. But wait,
the ball slipped out of my hands and was
slowly approaching the line for the goal.
I quickly punched it out, but then it
happened. An opponent came and crushed
the ball so hard I couldn’t even reach it.
Then I suddenly went dim. I realized I
had let a goal in for the other team. My
teammate helped me up.
I was drenched in mud, water, and
especially, tears. They came running down
my face so hard I couldn’t take it anymore.
My coach said to me from the sidelines,
“It’s okay, it wasn’t your fault.” I was still
crying. All of that pressure that built on me
really did crush me.
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The gravel’s kind of rough, the pavement’s kind
of tough.
A bombinating harmony echoing from me,
and a small pushing pressure releasing from my
feet.
My path carved out for me beside the rush of
traffic.
They drive by, and they lean out of my way.
They keep their distance, or huddle close to me
When another one’s in the way. It’s light,
Clouds glazed across the sky. Air pushing
To keep it above me. I begin a decline,
Down into a valley, but the hill continues on.
The ground carries me soundlessly
Into the saturnine darkness.
Atmosphere seems to be thinning the further I go,
The darker it gets, the longer it lasts, stretching
under compression.
Then there’s a push, a strain, a struggle
Pushing me down by my chest. I raise my arms,
In hopes of expanding the space in my lungs.
They
Collapse, with the gravel, and the pavement. A
fading feeling
Escapes with a rush. I fall to my back,
Allowing the pressure to take over. My ribs
Hold my skin away from the remaining organs.
They rest and they wait for the oxygen.
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Next Week's Prompts
Submitted by Joyce M. Irvine,
Interim Principal
Achievements
Stephanie Fuchs, of Essex Junction, was
Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, N.Y. Fuchs is a
sophomore Interior Design major and a graduate of
Essex High School.
Emily Adorisio, of Essex Junction, was
named to the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at the
University of Rhode Island in Kingston, RI.
Becca LeBlanc, of Essex Junction, was
University of Rhode Island in Kingston, RI.
Sarah Sturm, daughter of Andre and Sharon
Sturm of Essex Junction, was named to the fall 2013
semester Dean’s List at Luther College in Decorah,
Iowa.
Robert Barclay, of Essex Junction, was
University of Maine in Orono, Maine.
Sarah Ruby, of Essex Junction, was named
to the fall 2013 Semester Dean’s List at Le Moyne
College in Syracuse, N.Y. Ruby is a Senior majoring
in Biology.
Richard Turvey, of Essex Junction, was named
to the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at Assumption
College in Worcester, Mass. Turvey is a member of
the Class of 2014.
Jean Fecteau, of Essex Junction, was named
to the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. Fecteau is
studying Biomedical Engineering.
Samuel Moody, of Essex Junction, was named
to the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. Moody is studying
Computer and Systems Engineering.
Alexandra Wells, of Essex Junction, was
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. Wells
is studying Biomedical Engineering.
Reece Tanguay, of Essex Junction, was named
to the spring semester Chancellor’s List at UMass
Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Mass.
Rachel Pinto, of Essex Junction, was named to
the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at West Virginia
Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, W.Va.
Jacob Munro, of Essex Junction, was named to
the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at the University
of Hartford in West Hartford, Conn.
Henry Astore, of Essex Junction, was named to
the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at the University
of Delaware in Newark, Del.
Elizabeth Dobson, of Essex, was named to the
fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at the University of
Delaware in Newark, Del.
Emma Heil, of Essex, was named to the fall
2013 semester Dean’s List at the University of
Delaware in Newark, Del.
Charles Wood, of Westford, was named to
the fall 2013 semester Dean’s List at Clarkson
present a very short solo of their choice and
all of the choral ensembles will perform.
This is also a special night because it is a
special year — one of my most fantastic
years as far as the choral program goes. The
Chamber Choir is outstanding. They have
performed at many community events. They
have worked on and performed college-level
repertoire all year. The sad thing is, 18 of
the 21 are seniors.” Some of these senior
soloists will amaze you.
So everyone is invited on May 21 at
7 p.m. for a special evening of song. The
concert is free and open to the public.
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in the brush near Essex High School.
Trash bags full of litter and old tires wait to be picked up at a Green Up
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Giselle Glaspie, 17, of Essex Junction,
finds burdocks in her hair after searching
for litter in the brush near Essex High
School.
Annie Costandi of Essex Public Works and Dan Hedges of Burlington
pick up litter on the side of Susie Wilson Road.
Giselle Glaspie, 17, of Essex Junction, looks for litter in the brush near Essex
High School.
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