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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
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Board approves union contract
Teachers expected to ratify
agreement this week
By JASON STARR
The Colchester Sun
The Colchester School Board approved
a new three-year employment contract with
Colchester’s teachers union in a 3-1 vote
Tuesday. The union has a meeting scheduled
for Thursday where the contract is expected
to be ratified.
The contract bumps teacher pay by an
average of 3.25 percent each year through
2017. The previous contract, which expired
in June, carried an average annual pay
increase of 2.7 percent. The new contract also
increases the low end of teacher salaries by
1.34 percent.
“The teachers really compromised,”
school board member Lincoln White said.
“They really understand the situation
Colchester is in with passing budgets …
neither side got everything we wanted.”
Negotiating committees from the school
board and teachers union began meeting last
December to work out a new contract. In April
they announced they had come to an impasse.
Board members said they hoped to match
salary increases with inflation as measured
by the consumer price index — 2 percent
as of July according to the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics — and that the teachers were
seeking increases in line with increases in
neighboring districts.
“Both sides really started far from where
we ended and I think it shows impressive
work,” said board member Lindsey Cox, who
was not part of the board’s negotiating team.
“A lot of time and effort went into it.”
As negotiations carried on last winter, the
school board and district administrators were
crafting a budget for the current fiscal year.
They used 2.5 percent as a salary increase
assumption in their budget proposals, the
current version of which voters approved in
June after two previous defeats.
The board and teachers came out of
summer mediation sessions without an
agreement but continued to meet until settling
on the agreement approved Tuesday. A fact-
finding consultant was scheduled to enter the
process Thursday.
Teachers have worked two weeks this
school year without a new deal. Negotiations
over the previous contract in 2011 drew out
into October, with teachers working two
months without a contract.
“The faculty is pleased to have an
agreement,” said teacher negotiator Mike
Long. “It’s never pleasant to work without a
contract.”
Board member Craig Kieny was the lone
dissenting vote Tuesday. Board chairman
Mike Rogers abstained because his wife is a
district teacher. Kieny said he voted against
the agreement because he wanted the opinion
of an independent fact-finder.
Village fire
department
seeks to
become division
of water
district
Soaking it in
Vote scheduled
for Oct. 7
By JASON STARR
The Colchester Sun
The Colchester Center Volunteer
Fire Company has been dissolved
and is being re-constituted as a fire
protection division of Colchester’s
water district No. 3.
According to Fire Chief Mike
Chmeilewski, the consolidation is
intended to give the fire department
the bonding authority that the water
district has as a municipal water
provider and to realize possible future
efficiencies. Both entities are located
on Main Street and serve the eastern
side of Colchester.
“We are trying to drive the bus,
and not be thrown in the back,”
Chmeilewski said when questioned
about the impetus for the consolidation
during last week’s meeting of the
Colchester Selectboard. “How can
we do things better between the fire
district and us? One of the things is
bonding, and then maybe sharing
some other resources. As time goes
on, we’ll explore those and see what
Two couples sit on a park bench at Bayside Park in Colchester and watch boats on Malletts Bay earlier this summer.
5K scheduled to provide
relief in the DRC
By ANTHONY LABOR
The Colchester Sun
The Democratic Republic of Congo has
been a country in turmoil over the best two
decades, as it has been in the midst of a civil
war, which has taken the lives of millions of
people.
Violence, disease and malnutrition have
been factors, as militias continue to fight over
natural resources and other things in the nation.
With the country needing as much help as
it can get, many organizations have taken a
stand to help raise money for food and medical
attention the people there so desperately need.
One organization
INFO
What: 5K race fundraiser
Where: St. Michael’s College
When: Saturday, Sept. 6.
Registration: 8 a.m. Race: 9 a.m.
Cost:
High school students: $15 before
race day; $20 day of. Adults: $20
before race day; $25 day of.
Children 12-years and under
are $10.
Register: register.chronotrack.
com/reg/form?eventID=10034
Contact:
[email protected]
CHRISTINE SARACCO
–See DISTRICT page 3
Power to the people
GMP’s ‘micro-grid’
partnership puts energy
tools in consumers’ hands
By JASON STARR
The Colchester Sun
Watch “Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering the
Truth” posted on YouTube by Friends of the
Congo.
in Vermont has dedicated itself to helping the
women and children affected by the ongoing
violence in the DRC.
Well-Being Living Well is an organization
based in Burlington with a goal of helping
orphans and female victims of sexual
violence obtain health care, medical supplies
and education in the Congo.
To help raise money for their cause, the
organization has set up a 5K race for Saturday
at St. Michael’s College.
“The money will be used to ship donated
medical supplies and equipment to areas of
conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic
of Congo to support the healthcare needs
of women and children,” said race cocoordinator Lisa Hoare. “It’s a dire situation
there, so anything helps with our goal.”
Right now the goal of the 5K is to help
raise money for shipment of supplies, but the
–See 5K page 3
A more empowered consumer is at the
heart of the energy transmission future Green
Mountain Power and NRG Energy have
joined forces to engineer in Vermont.
In an announcement Tuesday at The Essex
Resort and Spa, Green Mountain Power CEO
Mary Powell joined NRG CEO David Crane
to announce a collaboration where GMP will
deploy NRG products and services to create
an independent “micro-grid” overlaying the
state’s entrenched power-line transmission
system. The project will start in Rutland
— being dubbed “the Energy City of the
Future”. The micro-grid will be more resilient
to inclement weather, more responsive to
the needs of communities, more invested in
renewable sources, and easier for consumers
to personalize and manage from a need and
energy use standpoint than the existing grid.
NRG Energy, a company dual
headquartered in New Jersey and Texas, has
developed tools that provide homeowners
and business owners insight into their power
use to enable choices that save money
and energy by remotely connecting to and
controlling different systems in their homes
and businesses.
Green Mountain Power’s existing
internet-enabled smart grid can be combined
Mary Powell, CEO of Green Mountain Power,
announces a micro-grid pilot project set to
begin this year in Rutland during a press
conference Tuesday at The Essex Resort and
Spa.
JASON STARR
with NRG software, for example, to provide
consumers with e-mail and/or text summaries
of electricity usage, projected bill estimates
and neighborhood energy comparisons.
Another NRG technology enables portable
cell phone charging, and another will focus
on installing a network of electric vehicle
–See GMP page 3
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The Colchester Sun | Thursday, September 4, 2014
CHS Science Center upgraded and
open to public on Sept. 11
The taxpayer funded 5 million dollar
upgrade to the Colchester High School
Science Center has been completed and is
hosting classes this fall. The improvements
to the CHS Science labs are the first since the
school opened in 1975, bringing the center to a
modern platform for science exploration, fully
compliant with current instructional needs,
student safety and environmental regulations.
During construction, the general contractor
Wright & Morrissey, and architectural firm
Black River Design, turned what was an
outdated limited use space into an entire floor
of modern classrooms capable of hosting
traditional scientific and continuing education
functions 12 months a year.
“Our science faculty is excited at the
prospect of teaching in such a modern and
flexible environment,” said CHS Principal
Amy Minor. “CHS students will benefit for
many years to come from this very forwardlooking investment and I hope as well that the
community sees the potential of this space as a
significant town asset broadening the scope of
what education can be locally.”
“From the Town’s perspective the new
Science Center, combined with the LIFE
(Learning Is For Everyone) program will
provide both the location and the management
structure, allowing the School District, Town
Departments and Colchester businesses to
collaborate on learning opportunities for
students, residents and employees,” noted
Colchester Economic Development Director
Kathi O’Reilly.
The Colchester School District will host a
Ribbon Cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Sept.
11 followed by tours of the new Science Center
until 6:30 p.m. when the CHS Fall Parent Open
House will begin.
Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe is
scheduled to attend the opening ceremony.
To learn more about this event, contact
Richard Pecor [email protected]
ACHIEVEMENTS
Tiah Ghostlaw, of Colchester,
graduated from the University of New
Haven in West Haven, Conn. on Jan. 18
with an undergraduate degree in Biology.
Sydney Brown, of Colchester, has
been named to the spring 2014 semester
Dean’s List at Paul Smith’s College in Paul
Smiths, N.Y. Sydney is majoring in hotel,
resort and tourism management.
Mackenzie John Hyman, of
Colchester, was named to the spring 2014
semester Dean’s List at the University of
Rochester in Rochester, N.Y. Mackenzie is
a junior majoring in electrical engineering
and is a graduate of Colchester High
School.
Hannah Dell, of Colchester, was
named to the spring 2014 semester
Dean’s List at Geneva College in Peaver
Falls, Penn. Hanna is a graduating senior
majoring in biology.
Shawn Beaulieu, of Colchester, was
named to the President’s list at Clarkson
University in Potsdam, N.Y. Shawn
majored in biomolecular science and
minored in mathematics, and is a 2010
graduate of Colchester High School.
Last scoops of the season
The staff of The Essex Reporter, The Colchester Sun and The Milton Independent
celebrate the end of creemee-season with an ice-cream party on Friday. Thanks to The
Village Scoop in Colchester for the delicious frozen treats and for another wonderful
summer of service. Visit our Facebook page to see how other members of the Champlain
Valley Newspaper Group celebrated creemee-season.
STAFF SELFIES
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To all of these achievers!
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Psychiatric hospital
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hiring nurses
POLICE BEAT
5K
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organization has a long-term
goal in mind as well.
“Our goal down the
road is to build a healthcare facility to provide aid
to those who don’t currently
have access,” said Hoare.
“We would also like to build
an educational facility as
well.”
The organization is also
hoping the 5K begins to raise
even more awareness to their
cause and the needs of the
people in Congo.
“Our message is that
women in the Democratic
Republic of Congo are the
heart of the community,”
said Hoare. “They raise
crops and take care of the
children and pay the fees of
their education.
“Militias know that by
attacking women, they are
able to tear the fabric of that
society,” she added. “We feel
that if you can help rebuild
the lives of women who are
victims of violence, you are
helping to rebuild an entire
nation.”
The race is set to begin
at 9 a.m. with registration
beginning at 8 a.m. with the
race beginning and ending
behind the Tarrant Recreation
Center.
Registration for high
school students is $15 before
race day or $20 the day of the
race, $20 before race day for
adults and $25 the day of the
race. Children 12-years and
under are $10.
“We are simply hoping
to achieve our goal of 100
runners for this race in order
to help get this shipment out
soon,” said Hoare. “Hopefully
it also helps increase our
presence and awareness about
our cause.”
To register for this
event,
go
to
register.
chronotrack.com/reg/
form?eventID=10034 or email
info@wellbeinglivingwell.
org for more information.
“We are building capability into
the existing grid to break it into
smaller pieces that can operate
independently.”
capability into the existing
grid to break it into smaller
pieces that can operate
independently,”
Powell
explained.
“It puts more energy into
people’s hands and (allows)
them to control their own
destiny,” Crane added.
He said monitoring how
people use the new tools will
be “very interesting to all
of us” from a sociological
perspective.
By MORGAN TRUE
VTDigger.org
BERLIN — The new Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital
hasn’t been able hire enough nurses and mental health
workers to fill the 25-bed inpatient facility, according to
state officials.
A “best case scenario” provided to lawmakers during
the last legislative session anticipated the hospital would fill
its beds by Aug. 15. In late May, the hospital’s CEO, Jeff
Rothenberg, said it had hired 150 of 183 workers it would
need to be fully staffed.
Rothenberg said Friday that the hospital is still 26 people
short of that mark. Sixteen of the open positions are for
nurses, the other 10 are direct care workers.
“If you talk with any hospitals, hiring nurses is a
challenge,” he said.
The state psychiatric hospital’s patients are the most
complex and highly acute psychiatric cases in the state, and
the hospital is ramping up occupancy in a “clinically sound”
manner, Rothenberg said.
Two charged with grand larceny
Colchester Police Department received a report that
two Casc Skid Steers had been driven across Interstate-89
toward Route 7 in Colchester on Sunday around 3:30 p.m.
Along with the assistance of Milton Police, they were
able to track the skid steers located in a wooded area near
Camp Precast Road in Milton.
The two males were 17-year-old Dustin Francis, of
Essex, and 20-year-old Cody Crary, of Underhill. Both
were taken into custody and later released on citations to
appear in court on Tuesday to face grand larceny charges.
Further investigation revealed the two skid steers were
stolen from Beauregard Equipment in Colchester.
A third skid steer was discovered stolen and found
disabled a short distance from the business as one of the
tracks had come of the equipment. The value of the two
recovered skid steers was valued at $114,200.
DISTRICT
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we can do.”
The
fire
company
will continue to provide
fire protection during the
transition,
Chmeilewski
assured. But the transition
won’t be complete until the
water district’s rate-payers
vote on the acquisition of
the fire company’s roughly
$2.5 million in assets and
$540,000 in debt. A vote is
scheduled for Oct. 7.
If the vote is successful,
the fire department will
become a division of water
district No. 3 but will retain
its own budget. The Town
of Colchester funds the fire
department’s budget, and the
selectboard recently sought
clarity on where to send the
town’s monthly checks.
“We have a contract with
(what is) now a dissolved
entity,” board member Herb
Downing. “Is the contract
still legal? Do we still have
one?”
GMP
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charging stations.
“(GMP and NRG) will
transform the distribution
grid system to a marketbased platform designed
to create efficiencies and
distributed energy solutions,”
a press release announcing the
collaboration explains.
Gov.
Peter
Shumlin
said
during
Tuesday’s
announcement
that
he
introduced the chief executives
of the two companies in hopes
of sparking a collaboration.
“It puts Vermont at the
cutting edge of delivering
green,
clean,
affordable
power,” Shumlin said. “It
puts money in people’s
pockets while we confront
the challenges of climate
change and turn that into
opportunity.”
Both Powell and Crane
noted how the existing power
grid is built on a vulnerable
foundation. Powell called
the ubiquitous power pole/
power line setup “twigs
Mary Powell,
Green Mountain Power CEO
and twine.” Crane described
it as “a system based on 130
million wooden poles” that is
not up to the challenges of the
current century.
“We have a grid resilience
problem,” he said.
NRG was attracted to
GMP to implement microgrid technology because of
GMP’s small size relative
to other energy providers in
the country, and Vermont’s
commitment to clean energy
and energy independence.
“We share this vision of
the future, which is different
than what we have today,”
said Powell. “The work we
are partnering on is precisely
what our customers have told
us they want — low-carbon,
cost-effective energy.
As micro-grid technology
becomes more common in
the coming years, the old
grid system will take on a
backup role, Powell predicts.
Individual
communities
will become less reliant on
the traditional grid and less
vulnerable to outages, she
said.
“We
are
building
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The fire department’s
lawyer, Montpelier’s Charles
Merriman, advised the board
to continue sending money to
the original Colchester Center
Volunteer Fire Company until
the results of the Oct. 7 vote
are certified. If the district’s
rate-payers decline to take
on the fire department, the
Colchester Center Volunteer
Fire Company would have
to be legally reconstituted,
Merriman said.
If the vote is successful,
the water district will
collect funds on behalf of
the fire department. The
water district’s five-member
governing board will have
two representatives from
the fire department after the
consolidation, Chmeilewski
said. The fire division will
make all decision about how
its budget is spent, he added.
Merriman noted that the
acquisition would have no
impact on water rates.
TOWN OF COLCHESTER
SELECT BOARD
Pursuant to Title 24 VSA, Chapter 117, the Colchester Selectboard will hold two public
hearings on September 16, 2014 @ 6:30 p.m. at the Town Meeting House, 831 Main Street
and September 23, 2014 @ 6:30 p.m. at the Pomerleau Conference Room, St. Michael’s
College, for public comment on Charter changes relating to:
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Appointed versus elected town clerk
Appointedversuselectedcemeteryofficialsandthetransferof
responsibility and oversight for cemeteries to the Town staff
Elimination of irrelevant town positions such as Grand Juror, Fence
Viewer, etc.
Minor changes such as capitalizations, and changes to references to
Selectboard and Town Manager
Tax payment penalty revisions
Ordinance warnings
Town meeting time
Town Manager requirement for a bond and attendance at every meeting
Powers of the Town including sale of land, ordinance penalties, and
corporate existence
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These changes have been posted in their entirety on our website (www.colchestervt.gov),
infivepublicplaces,andashardcopiesavailableattheTownClerk’sofficeandBurnham
Library. Your comments regarding these proposed changes are welcome and may be directed
to the Town Manager at [email protected] These Charter amendments may be
voted upon by Australian ballot at an upcoming special Town Meeting on November 4, 2014,
subject to upcoming Selectboard action.
Ifyouhavequestions,pleasecontacttheTownManager’sOfficeat264-5509.
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OPINION
Letter To The Editor
Perspective
Your doctor or
their doctor?
By JOHN MCCLAUGHRY
Six months ago Gov. Peter Shumlin hailed the state’s progress
on launching an essential ingredient of single payer health care:
Accountable Care Organizations. ACOs are the device for moving
Vermont from traditional fee-for-service medicine into the new
era of “payment reform”. Under fee-for-service, providers generate their revenue by
adding up billable services (X-rays, EKGs, catheterizations,
inpatient days, office visits, etc.). The payers, whether
governments, insurance companies, or self-pay patients, can
end up paying for lots of services that may swell the providers’
income and protect them from malpractice suits, but which do the
patients little good.
Under “payment reform”, the ACO provider will charge a
set price for a particular combination of services provided (“fix
broken collarbone”) to its covered population. In another version,
supposed to appear in 2017, the single payer – the Green Mountain
Care Board – will assign a “global budget” to each ACO, which in
turn will decide how to spend it on the covered population (until
it runs out).
Vermont currently has three ACOs. The largest is One Care
Vermont, which includes all 14 Vermont hospitals plus Dartmouth
Hitchcock Medical Center, several federally qualified health
centers and rural clinics, and hundreds of independent physicians.
If an ACO meets quality standards for the care of a patient
population at a cost below the payment received, it splits the
savings with the payer. This gives the ACO “an incentive to cut
costs and improve care.”
Now, this is a perfectly rational approach, provided you can
swallow the idea of an “incentive to cut costs and improve care.”
In practice, it won’t be easy.
What “quality” standard must the ACOs meet? Is it mandated
or controlled by the most important payer, state government? How will the ACO ensure that its patients follow the treatment
protocols – take the medication and show up for appointments?
(Can the ACO expel a patient for not following the rules, thus
making the ACO look bad?)
Will the ACO providers offer bundled prices for, say, arterial
catheterization, the same for every patient who received the
treatment, regardless of complications? Or will the providers offer
all medical services to all persons in the “population” group, and
be paid an average per person price (capitation) or a governmentdetermined lump sum amount (global budget)?
After the initial three year no penalty period, the shared
savings offer from the state to the ACO will go something like
this: “you are responsible for maintaining — to a certain quality
level (which we prescribe and interpret) — the health of all the
patients in your covered population. In return we’ll pay you $X
per person per year. If you provide “too much” care, you’ll have
to eat the extra costs. If you provide really efficient care, you can
keep half of the savings.”
“However if you cut corners on quality to produce ‘shared
savings’, the deal is off, you won’t receive any more payments,
and you may also risk malpractice lawsuits.”
Payment reform can work where an integrated health care
system has complete control over its own facilities and personnel.
Whether it can be made to work where the facilities are owned by
dozens of different nonprofit corporations and physician practices,
only loosely organized into ACOs, does not seem likely.
Morgan True of Vermont Digger reported what’s coming in
August: “ If hospitals are going to be paid based on keeping the
people they serve healthy ... they need to invest in primary care
services, state regulators and hospital executives say.” Translation:
“Your doctor” will increasingly become “their doctor”.
In 1997 I wrote a piece titled “MegaMedicine” on the push
by single payer advocates to achieve their grand objective, using
the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) model. I noted
then: “Like any major corporation, the HMO is run by its finance
managers. The doctor-employees of an HMO are under pressure
from the bean counters in the finance office not to run up too
big a bill with a patient, because it damages the bottom line…
Typically HMO doctors who overspend on treatments can see
their pay docked at the end of the year. This naturally means
that patients, small and insignificant before this mighty hospitalinsurer combine, become as David before Goliath, but without
the rock.”
The HMOs of the 1990s lost their luster in large measure due
to patient resistance to corporate cost-cutting pressures. Now, as
ACOs, they’re back. There’s little reason to believe the results
from ACOs will be any different.
Feliciano can turn Vermont around
I am a Republican because the GOP was founded by the
abolitionist movement, and its principles of small government
and minimal interference in the personal lives of citizens
appeals to me. I tend to support Republican candidates because
of this very platform. However, to me, especially at this time,
the welfare of my family and Vermont is what’s at stake and
must transcend party. We must think about who would be best
suited to lead this state and who possesses the skills necessary
to turn things around.
Therefore, I am supporting Dan Feliciano for Governor
because I believe that his extensive experience in health
care and effective budgeting are just what Vermont needs
at this time. These represent two key issues consistent with
Republican principles that can improve the standard of living
for all Vermonters.
Vermont is experiencing a budget deficit, a health
exchange in crisis, and has been unable to control its spending.
In the meantime, citizens are suffering with job losses, are
facing rising retail prices for necessary items like food and
clothing, and are enduring unsustainable property taxes.
Patricia Crocker
Essex
Vermonters support right to work,
for good reasons
By ROB ROPER
Roughly 85 percent of Vermonters
agree that employees should have the
right to decide, without force or penalty,
whether to join or leave a labor union.
That number is slightly higher than the
national average of 83 percent, according
to new polling released in conjunction
with National Employee Freedom Week.
(500 Vermonters were polled as part of
the study).
This reflects first and foremost a sense
of fairness. We live in a free country,
and the freedom to join, not to join, or
leave any association or organization
without paying a fine or a fee or losing
one’s job should be considered a basic,
inviolable right. Unfortunately, Right to
Work laws, which guarantee workers the
right to not join unions as a condition
of employment and which prohibit the
coercive collection of dues from workers
who choose not to join, exist only in 24
states. Vermont isn’t one of them.
In this respect, lawmakers in
Montpelier are out of touch with the
people and to some degree the Supreme
Court. In the past biennium, the
Legislature passed, and the governor
signed, laws (Act 37 - an act relating to
payment of agency fees and collective
bargaining service fees, and Act 187 an act relating to childcare providers),
which force certain workers to pay fees to
unions they don’t belong to — and don’t
want to belong to — amounting to 85
percent of full union dues. The Supreme
Court struck down as a violation of
workers’ constitutional rights a similar
law this summer in Harris v. Quinn.
But Vermont citizens’ overwhelming
embrace of the Right to Work concept
reflects good common sense as well
as fairness. A recent study by Richard
Vedder and Jonathan Robe of the
Competitive Enterprise Institute shows
that Right to Work states have rewarded
their citizens with more jobs and more
money in their pockets. “Over the 35year period (between 1977-2012),
nationwide total employment grew
by 71 percent. Right to Work states
significantly outpaced this average, with
employment growing by 105.3 percent.
Non-RTW states lagged behind both,
with an employment growth of only 50.0
percent.”
In addition, “Compared to the
national average (for personal income
growth of 123 percent), Right to Work
states experienced substantially higher
growth — at a rate of 165 percent —
indicating that inflation-adjusted total
personal income in those states was
about 2.8 times higher in 2012 than in
1977. Conversely, non-Right to Work
states saw below average growth of 99
percent, meaning that real total personal
income did not quite double in those
states during this same period.”
And finally, more people, largely
younger people, are moving into Right
to Work states. “Census data show, for
example, that from 2000 to 2009 more
than 4.9 million native-born Americans
moved from non-Right to Work to Right
to Work states — an average of more
than 1,450 persons per day.”
Consider
this:
The
Shumlin
Administration announced in June
that they would have to cut the FY15
budget by $31 million due to declining
revenue projections. After that, July
revenue came in 1.8 percent below
projections, signaling potential further
downgrades. Seven years after the
recession hit (and five after it has been
officially over) Vermont has roughly
2,00 fewer people working than we did
in 2007. And, how often do we hear the
lament that our young people are leaving
because of lack of opportunities to stay?
Passing a Right to Work law in
Vermont would be a move in the right
direction toward alleviating each of these
problems.
Representatives
Vicki
Strong
(R-Albany) and Doug Gage (R-Rutland
Town) introduced Right to Work
legislation in 2014. In her testimony
before the General Housing & Military
Affairs Committee, Strong said, “There
are 31,000 workers in Vermont who have
jobs in a workplace where they may feel
pressure to join a union, may be looked
down upon if they do not join, and may
be obligated to pay dues or fees to an
organization that they do not wish to
support.”
The proposal was received with
polite yawns by the General, Housing &
Military Affairs Committee, which stuck
the bill on the wall and let it die there.
Perhaps 85 percent of Vermonters can
convince a new Legislature in January
to bring a little more fairness, common
sense and prosperity to the Green
Mountain State by taking up Right to
Work legislation in 2015. And, this time,
passing it.
Rob Roper is president of the
Ethan Allen Institute, online at www.
ethanallen.org.
Respecting landowners during
pipeline acquisition
By EILEEN SIMOLLARDES
There is no doubt that the Addison
John McClaughry is vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute,
Rutland Natural Gas Project will
online at www.ethanallen.org.
strengthen our economy, help retain
and create jobs by cutting heating bills
by 40 to 50 percent and significantly
reduce greenhouse gas emissions –
advantages that help Vermont transition
toward a cleaner and more affordable
energy future. However, one of the
most challenging elements of all public
General Manager
Publisher
infrastructure projects is their impact on
Suzanne Lynn
Lynn Publications Inc.
landowners.
Editor
Vermont Gas has tremendous
Mailing Address:
Elsie Lynn
respect for landowners who host public
42 Severance Green, Unit #108
[email protected]
infrastructure of all types – roads,
Colchester, VT 05446
sidewalks, and water, sewer, electric and
Phone: 878-5282
Reporter/Editorial Page Editor
Fax: 651-9635
natural gas lines, for example. We always
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want to reach a fair and personalized
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agreement with every landowner and
Advertising
deadline:
minimize the challenges presented
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Friday 5 p.m.
to landowners by the regulatory
Anthony Labor
proceedings. The 135 Vermonters who
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make up Vermont Gas all want to be good
$75 per year
Advertising Manager
neighbors and good stewards as we have
$38 for six months
Wendy Ewing
been in Chittenden and Franklin Counties
[email protected]
The Colchester Sun is owned and published
for 50 years. Since 2001 Vermont Gas has
by Angelo Lynn and Emerson Lynn of Lynn
installed over 250 miles of distribution
Advertising Sales
Publications, Inc. and is a member of the
and transmission pipeline and never had
Miles Gasek
Champlain Valley Newspaper Group.
to use eminent domain for any of these
[email protected]
The Colchester Sun makes every effort to be
Chris Jacob
new installations.
accurate. If you notice an error, contact us at
[email protected]
For the current phase of the
878-5282 or by e-mail at
Addison Rutland Natural Gas Project, a
[email protected].
collaborative route finding process was
utilized to minimize both environmental
The Colchester Sun
Essential services are being cut for the most vulnerable
citizens of our state. People and businesses are leaving the
state, and last year, for the first time in Vermont, more people
left the state than came in. We are exporting our most valued
commodity, our children, because they aren’t finding the jobs
that allow them to stay, and they can’t afford to live here.
Vermont needs a turn-around, and Dan Feliciano has
extensive experience in this area in both the public and private
sector. He plans to accomplish this in a way that is consistent
with the values of the Republican platform and with the
values of common-sense Vermonters.
Dan Feliciano is the best candidate for Vermonters,
regardless of party affiliation. He trusts the people to make
decisions for themselves, whether it be the type of school
their children attend, what type of health care they need, what
kind of car they drive, or what kind of food they eat. For all
of these reasons, I am encouraging my fellow Republicans
and independents to support Dan Feliciano for governor of
Vermont.
and landowner impacts. Significant
portions of the route were located
in existing transportation and utility
corridors. We also adjusted significant
portions of the route in response to
community and landowner input. In
several communities we moved the route
into a pre-existing electric utility area
in order to minimize disruptions and
inconvenience.
We’ve worked for many months
to reach consensus agreements with
landowners. Of the 220 properties
along the route, we have reached
agreements with almost 70 percent of
the landowners and are involved in
productive negotiations with another 20
percent. There are 10 percent — about
20 landowners — who we have not been
able to reach agreements with. This is
unfortunate, but not uncommon in large
public infrastructure projects.
Recently, Vermont Gas announced
we would offer and fund neutral, third
party mediation for landowners where
our conversations have stalled. Mediation
is a time-tested and proven means of
settling disagreements. Landowners will
be able to choose from a list of qualified
mediators who will have discretion is
establishing the framework and ground
rules for the mediation process. Inviting
these landowners to participate in neutral
mediation and offering an alternative to
a fully litigated resolution is one way
for Vermont Gas to show we understand
this is a challenging process for some
landowners.
To maintain the schedule necessary to
deliver the 4,000 residents and business of
Addison County the savings and reduced
greenhouse gas emissions the project
can provide, we must proceed with the
regulatory process. This means Vermont
Gas will have to initiate eminent domain
proceedings for this small number of
landowners, but landowners will be
offered neutral, third-party mediation to
hopefully minimize the full process.
While we will have to keep the project
moving forward, we hope this new,
neutral mediation option will result in
agreements that ultimately eliminate the
need for the full eminent domain process.
The 41-mile natural gas system from
Colchester to Middlebury can cut energy
bills in half and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by about 25 percent for 4,000
residents and businesses in Addison
County. Ultimately, we hope to extend
these benefits to over 16,500 additional
homeowners and employers in Addison
and Rutland counties.
As we move forward, we will
redouble our efforts to demonstrate our
tremendous respect for the landowners
who host the public infrastructure
essential to a stronger economy and a
cleaner, healthier environment.
Eileen Simollardes is Vice President
of Expansion at Vermont Gas.
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OBITUARY
Burlington Bobcats. She met so
many great coaches and teammates
who truly touched her life in so
many ways.
Grace enjoyed spending time
with her grandparents, Al and
Alyce Furlani (Papa and Mamet),
and Tuesdays with Bernie and
Joanna Campbell (Mimi and Papa).
So many great times with so many
people.
The most important people she
truly loved more than anything
were Lexie, Kaley, mom and dad.
Together we built a loving family
that will have everlasting memories.
The other very important best
friend in her life was our dog,
Mazie. Mazie would greet Grace at
the bus stop everyday and stay right
with Grace into the house. So many
hugs and kisses from Mazie, “The
Best Dog Ever”, she would always say.
Recently, she got another friend, Charlotte,
the guinea pig who loved to jump around her
room and cuddle.
We will hold on tight to all those great
times we had for the last 13 years. It was so
fulfilling to see Grace grow and succeed as a
person, student, athlete, and overall life skills.
Grace was smart, strong, and always knew
what was going on around her. She didn’t miss
a beat. She set the bar high always telling us
she would be an orthopedic surgeon and we
said “Go For It”. You can do it! Reach for the
stars.
“Our support and love will never fade!
We were honored to be her parents and will
always be together Grace”.
We also would like to extend our sincere
thanks to everyone who touched Grace’s life
in one way or another, countless teachers,
coaches, and so many friends and family, an
unbelievable group of people who mean so
much to Grace and us!
Grace, you will forever be in our thoughts
and prayers. We love you so much Amazing
Grace. Mom, Dad, Lexie, and Kaley.
When you head out on Lake Champlain,
hit the snowboarding slopes, body surf the
waves or watch a great hockey game, think of
Grace!
A Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated on Saturday, August 30, 2014
at 11 a.m. at St. Mark Catholic Church on
North Avenue in Burlington. There will be
no visiting hours. Arrangements are with
the LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation
Service, 132 Main St. in Winooski. In lieu
of flowers donation can be made to Camp
Ta-Kum-Ta and Greater Burlington Humane
Society. On line condolences can be shared
with the family at www.lavignefuneralhome.
com. ◊
Grace Madison Campbell
Born: 5/23/01 Syracuse, NY
Died: 8/25/14 Colchester, VT
Grace Campbell, 13, passed away on
August 25, 2014 to be with her predeceased
grandparents, Bernard and Joanna Campbell
(Mimi & Papa).
Grace is survived by her parents, Matt and
Anne (Furlani) Campbell; her sisters, Lexie
and Kaley; grandparents, Al and Alyce Furlani;
aunts and uncles, John and Kerry Plunkett,
Steve and Lisa Rogers, Jeff and Roberta
Jarvis, Peggy Campagna, Jeff Campagna,
Tom Bissonette and Teri Furlani, Chris and
Kathy Furlani, Jeff and Mary Turnbaugh, and
Mike Furlani; and many cousins and second
cousins.
Grace, we can’t begin to put into words
how much everyone loved you! Grace was a
beautiful young girl with an incredible sense of
humor and an infectious laugh. She was a great
person to so many friends and she wanted to
tell Brooke, Ally, Elise, Alex, Olivia, Maddie,
Avery and Sam that you meant so much to her
and you all were the best friends ever. Grace
said to stay strong, reach for the stars and she
will see you later!
Grace enjoyed a lot of things in life. She
loved her family and had many great times
together at home and traveling to Maine
beaches to body surf or being the “Rink Rat”
when Lexie and Kaley were playing hockey
games. Grace was always smiling no matter
what was going on.
Grace’s biggest anticipation was being
able to go out on Lake Champlain to tube, jetski, cliff jump, swim, or just hang out with her
family. She laughed and joked with her sisters
Lexie and Kaley and cousin Connor and loved
being on the water with them.
Grace’s other winter interests were
snowboarding and playing hockey for the
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Before license plates evolved
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identifiers with state slogans,
colorful graphics, and vanity
names, they were made out of
leather and even cardboard. In
fact, before New York issued the
first government-issued license
plate in 1901, motorists were
obliged to make their own. Two
years later in 1903, Massachusetts
became the first state to issue
uniform, enamel-on-iron plates. It
was not until 1910 that metal plates
finally became a more common
plate material nationwide than
leather, ceramic, wood, and
canvas. Standardization of plates
came in 1957, as license plates
were mandated to be six by twelve
inches in size. We can only wonder
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Winooski Valley Park District names
new Exec Director and
Parks Manager
Nick Warner has been appointed Executive
Director of the Winooski Valley Park District,
a nonprofit agency operating 18 parks and
managing over 1,750 acres of conservation
lands for seven member municipalities.
Tim Larned has been promoted from
Parks Manager to Parks Superintendent of
the Winooski Valley Park District. Larned is
responsible for the operations and maintenance
of Park assets, supervises the field crew, and
also serves as Deputy Director for the District.
The Winooski Valley Park District is a
partnership of seven member communities:
Burlington, Colchester, Essex, Jericho,
South Burlington, Williston and Winooski.
Its mission is to acquire and manage open
space, wildlife habitat, and natural areas for
the purposes of conservation and for use as
“outdoor classrooms.” Natural areas managed
by the Park District offer cross-country skiing
and nature trails, picnic facilities, canoe
and fishing accesses, scenic overlooks, and
community garden plots. Visit www.wvpd.
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Hydrant Flushing
The Champlain Water District Retail Department
will be flushing hydrants within the following
water departments in Colchester during the
month of September: Malletts Bay Water
Company (near Mallets Bay Ave.), Colchester Town Water (Exit
16 area), and Colchester Fire District #1 (Saint Michaels College
area). Water customers may experience low water pressure and
or discolored water at times during flushing. To clear discolored
water, let your cold water run for approximately 5-10 minutes
on an outside hose bib. Repeat this process if necessary. If you
experience low water pressure during the evening hours please
call the Champlain Water District to inform us of the situation,
or if you have questions regarding this notice please contact us
at 864-7454, X-100.
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5-7
Trivia Mania. Nectar’s presents Trivia Mania, 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.
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Mah Jongg. The Essex Junction Senior Center will be having its drop-in Mah Jongg
game. All members of the community
50 years and older are invited to come
down to the center to enjoy this lively
game with other enthusiasts. New players
are always welcome. Essex Junction Senior Center, Essex Junction, 10 a.m. Free.
Information: 878-6940 or [email protected].
Il Pastor Fido: Madrigals to Ornament the
Famous Play. The Green Mountain Monteverdi Ensemble of Vermont comprised
of five singers, accompanied by theorbo,
present madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Schütz, and Sigismondo
D’India that tell the story of Il Pastor Fido,
The Faithful Shepherd. Between songs, the
performers will summarize the plot. The
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington,
7:30 p.m. $20 adults; $15 seniors; $10
students. Information: 864-0471.
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22ND ANNUAL SOUTH
END ART HOP
The South End Arts and Business
Association presents the 22nd
Annual South End Art Hop, the
largest celebration of the arts in
Vermont. Over 500 artists, sculptures, live bands, live demonstrations, fashion, kids activities, food
vendors, juried shows and more
will be happening over the three
day event at various locations
around Burlington. For events listings, locations and schedules go to:
www.seaba.com
Friday
Archaeology of the Missisquoi Delta. Archaeologist Gemma Hudgell from the
Northeast Archaeology Research Center will summarize the exciting results of
the center’s large-scale archaeological
excavations along Route 78 in Swanton.
The Missisquoi floodplain preserved a
remarkable record of human occupation
spanning nearly 7,000 years. St. Albans
Historical Society and Museum, St. Albans, 6:30 p.m. Free. Information: 8283981 or [email protected].
Enjoy Horsin’ Around?
Shape and Share Life
Stories. Prompts trigger real life experience stories, which are
crafted into engaging
narrative and shared
with the group. Led by
Recille Hamrell. Free
and open to all adults.
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston,
12:30-2:30 p.m. Free.
Information: 878-4918
or
www.williston.lib.
vt.us
Saturday
VT Genealogy Library Open House. The
Vermont Genealogy Library will be hosting its annual open house. Library members will show attendees the library’s
many resources including books, microfilm
and internet sites. The open house will
feature demonstrations, exhibits, refreshments and over 100 genealogy titles on
sale. Try our resources for free. Join us
and bring a friend. Vermont Genealogy
Library in Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester,
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Information: www.
vtgenlib.org or 310-9285.
CARE FOR CONGO 5K
Join the Vermont Ibutwa Initiative and
Well Being Living Well in their mission
to ship medical supplies and equipment donated from Vermont hospitals
to the Democratic Republic of Congo
to aid women and children who are
victims of sexual violence. Run or
walk this fun and scenic 5K through
the woods at St. Michael’s College.
Refreshments supplied at the finish
and prizes will be awarded to the
top male and female finishers. Tarrant Recreation Center, St. Michael’s
College Campus. Check-in 8 a.m.;
race starts 9 a.m. Information: www.
runvermont.org.
Shipwreck Tour. See a shipwreck without getting wet. This hour-long tour will take
participants to one of several historic
shipwrecks on the bottom of Lake Champlain. View the wreck live with a Remotely Operated Vehicle or ROV. Check in at
the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at
least 20 minutes before the tour, which
departs from the neighboring waterfront
Basin Harbor Club. Must book ahead
of time. Price includes museum admission. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum,
Vergennes, 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. $24
adults; $19 youth. Information: 4752022 or lcmm.org/museum_info/shipwreck_tours.html
Chocolate Sculpted Demonstration. Lake
Champlain Chocolates’ resident chocolate scultor, Emily McCracken, will demonstrate the art of creating three-dimensional sculptural art out of a variety of
chocolates. McCracken’s completed work
will be on display as part of the South
End Art Hop. South End Kitchen, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Information: southendkitchenvt.com or 864-0505
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Sunday
Community Breakfast. The American Legion
Post 91 will be hosting its weekly community breakfast. The menu will include
a buffet of all your breakfast favorites
including eggs, breakfast meats, coffee,
juice and more. American Legion Post 91,
Colchester, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. $7. Information: 872-7622. Organ Recital. The First Baptist Church of Burlington will host a special organ recital
to celebrate the 150th anniversary of
the E. and G.G. Hook Organ which was
built andinstalled in the church in 1864.
This is one of only four remaining playable Hook organs in Vermont and is the
oldest organ in Burlington. Guest organist, George Mathews will play works by
Gottlieb Muffat, Beethoven, Sibelius, and
Boex, among others. The First Baptist
Church, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Information: fbcburlingtonvt.com.
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Avoid Falls With Improved Stability. A personal trainer demonstrates daily practices for seniors concerned about their
balance. Pines Senior Living Community in
South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5. Contact:
Trivia Night. Trivia buffs gather for a meeting of the minds. Hotel Vermont lobby,
Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Contact: 6515012.
The Archaeology of Colchester’s Ancient
Native American Past. Dr. John G. Crock,
UVM Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the UVM Consulting Archaeology Program, will present
the archaeological evidence for 12,000
years of Native American settlement in
Colchester. Colchester Meeting House,
Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Information: 3247188 or www.colchestervt.gov/historical.
Full Moon Walk. The Winooski Valley Park
District will be hosting this unique nature
walk experience. Watch the full moon rise
over and reflect on the waters of Lake
Champlain. WVPD staff will also discuss
how birds and other wildlife are preparing for their upcoming migrations and hibernations. Delta Park, Colchester, 7:30
p.m. Free. Contact Lauren: info@wvpd.
org or 863-5744.
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Tuesday
Champlain Valley Prostate Cancer Support
Group. The Champlain Valley Prostate
Cancer Support Group will be hosting its
monthly meeting. The meeting is open for
spouses, partners, men newly diagnosed,
men dealing with recurrent prostate cancer, men dealing with the side affects of
treatment, and men who have been successfully treated for the disease. Hope
Lodge, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Contact
Mary: 274-4990 or [email protected].
Burlington On Burlington: The Art Scene.
Arts Riot will be sponsoring Burlington on
Burlington, a public discourse where Burlington community gets to talk about various facets of Burlington. Each installment
focuses on a different Burlington scene.
This installment is called “Making A Living.” The discourse centers around making
a living as a working artist in Burlington.
Presenters speak first to get the conversation started. The evening will offer two
chances for discourse. First, in a forum
with the panel of presenters, and then in
the ‘conversation and cocktail hour’ when
all including the presenters stay and drink
and talk more around the bar. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Information:
artsriot.com/events/
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Wednesday
Embroiderers’ Guild of America meeting. The
Green Mountain Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America will be hosting
its monthly meeting. This month will feature a presentation “Stories in Stitches:
Vermont Made Samplers.” All abilities
welcome. Bring a bag lunch. Car-pooling
is available from many areas. The Pines,
South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. First meeting
is complimentary. Contact: 372-4255 or
[email protected].
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Thursday
Forza Samurai Sword Workout. Sculpt lean
muscles and gain mental focus when performing basic strikes with wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A,
Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Contact: 5789243.
Trivia Mania. Nectar’s presents Trivia Mania, 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.
ONGOING
Senior Strength. HammerFit Gym in Essex offers a 50-minute guided exercise class for
anyone over the age of 50. The session
begins with a warm up, stretching exercises, then strength training using Hammer Strength equipment with guidance.
The class ends with a relaxing stretch and
Harriet Farnsworth Powell Historical Museum. The museum contains vintage photographs and collections of everyday objects from Essex Junction and Essex Town.
Self-guided walking tour offered. Open
through October. Harriet Farnsworth Powell Historical Museum, Essex, Thursdays
6:30-8 p.m.; Sundays, 1-4 p.m. Free.
Contact Eva: 879-0849. Writers for Recovery. The Turning Point Center of Chittenden County are offering a
series of free summer writing workshops
focusing on stories of addiction and recovery for individuals and their families.
The series aims at leading the writer to
explore their experiences of addiction,
recovery and family relationships in the
shadow of addiction. Led by local author,
Gary Miller and documentary filmmaker,
Bess O’Brien, the series will engage the
writer to explore their own story, while
working at their own pace. Writers will
have the option of including their work for
display during Burlington’s Annual Celebrate Recovery Event, which will be held
in September. Every workshop will begin
with pizza. Workshops run on Wednesdays, through Aug. 20. The Turning Point
Center of Chittenden County, Burlington,
5:30 p.m. Free. Information: [email protected] or 861-3150.
Colchester Farmers’ Market. Wednesdays.
The market will take place rain or shine,
and will feature local farmers, artisans,
food vendors, and often music. Limited
parking is available at Burnham Library,
with additional parking at Our Lady of
Grace next door. 4-7 p.m.
Five Corners Farmers’ Market. The market
features local farmers artisans, food
vendors and entertainment. Fridays from
3:30-7 p.m. on Lincoln Street in Essex
Junction. More info: 5cornersfarmersmarket.com.
Essex Rotary Meeting. Essex Rotary Meetings
are held on Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m.
at The Essex. Serving the communities of
Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho and Underhill.
Colchester-Milton Rotary meeting. Thursdays. Serving the communities of Colchester, Milton and the Champlain Islands.
Hampton Inn, Colchester, 12 p.m.
Line Dance Classes. Denise Brault Line Dance
presents Beginner and Beginner Plus
classes. No experience needed. St. Joseph School Gym, Burlington. Tuesdays
evenings. Beginners’ class, 6:15-7:15 p.m.
Six week session. $30 per session. Contact Denise: 658-0096.
BTV FLEA. Burlington’s South End Arts District
will add a monthly Sunday flea market
to its line-up of destination events through
October. The market will feature an
eclectic mix of vintage household goods,
local artists, wood-fired pizza and tours
of the nearby Switchback Brewing Company. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace, Burlington, 12-4 p.m. Contact:
488-5766 or [email protected].
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.
Transportation available. Call Dawn
Thursday by 9 a.m. to schedule Friday
transit: 878-7622. Information: [email protected] or www.essexeatsout.
org.
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
Write Now! Get the inspiration to start writing that poem or book that will someday
be your bestseller. If you’re in grades 6-12, and you want to join a writing
group, this is it. 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 11
Books and Bites. This event takes place at the Bayside Activity Center. Join us for
food and a book discussion. This month’s book: “The Interestings,” by Meg
Wolitzer. 6:30 p.m.
ONGOING
Colchester Farmers’ Market. Wednesdays. The Market will take place rain or shine,
and will feature local farmers, artisans, food vendors and often music. This
week’s musical guest will be Dawna Hammers, who plays blues and folk and at
the wellness table Shaw’s Osco and Colchester Family Practice will give flu shots.
Limited parking is available at Burnham Library, with additional parking at Our
Lady of Grace next door. 4-7 p.m.
Burnham Knitters. Knitters of all skill levels meet Wednesdays. Beginners welcome.
Colchester Meeting House or Burnham Memorial Library. 6-8 p.m.
Preschool music with Derek. Wednesdays. Derek brings music and fun every
Wednesday. Best for ages 3-5. 1-1:30 p.m.
Drop-In Story Time. Saturdays. A weekly selection of music and books for children
of all ages. No sign-up required. 10 a.m. Contact: 878-0313.
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Young Adult Advisory Board. Help make the library a destination for people your
age. Young adults in grades 6-12 can join the fabulous people on the Library’s
Young Adult Advisory Board. 5:30 p.m.
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Essex Community Justice Center’s Citizen
Advisory Board Meetings. Meetings
take place on the second Wednesday
of all even numbered months. The Community Justice Center provides restorative
responses to crime and conflict in the
greater Essex area. The Citizens Advisory Board advises the Community Justice
Center on policy, direction and programming in an ongoing capacity. Community
Justice Center, Essex Junction, 5:30 p.m.
Contact Kate: 662-0001 or at [email protected].
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cool down, and participants are welcome
to use the cardio machines before or after if they wish. HammerFit Gym, Essex,
Mondays and Thursdays 9:30 a.m. $5.
Information: 878-0444.
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Toddler Story Time. Tuesdays. A weekly selection of music, rhymes and stories. For
ages 18 months-3 years. Call to sign-up. 10:30 a.m.
Preschool Story Time. Thursdays. Join us for stories followed by a craft or activity.
For ages 3-6. Call to register. 10:30 a.m.
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Drop-In Gentle Hatha Yoga. Tuesdays. Bring a mat and enjoy poses for mindful
stretching and relaxation. A registered nurse of over 30 years, Betty Molnar is
certified as a Hatha Yoga instructor from the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago.
Beginners and intermediates welcome. Sponsored by the Friends of the Burnham
Library. 4:30 p.m.
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Saturday Drop-In Story Time. Saturdays. A weekly selection of music and books for
children of all ages. No sign-up required. 10 a.m.
Burnham Library hours
Monday, Wednesday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday: 12-5 p.m.; Saturday: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
898 Main Street, Colchester
Contact: 879-7576 or [email protected].
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. 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. Ages 16 and up.
BCA Center, Burlington, Mondays 6:308:30 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].
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.
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, 6:30 p.m.
Contact: 655-2174.
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.
English As A Second Language Classes. Improve your English conversation skills and
meet new people. Wednesdays. Administrative Conference Room: Intermediate/
Advanced. Pickering Room, 2nd Floor:
Beginners. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Contact: 865-7211.
Essex Art League. Meets the first Thursday of
the month. The meeting agenda includes
a business and social time, and features
a guest artist presentation. Essex Junction
Congregational Church on Main Street,
Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. Visit: www.essexartleague.com.
Family Support Group. Outright Vermont
holds support group meetings for family
members of youth going through the process of coming out. One Sunday evening
and one Wednesday morning each month
at Outright Vermont. Contact: 865-9677.
German-English Conversation Group. Improve your German conversation skills
and meet new people. First and third
Wednesday of each month. Local History
Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington,
6:30-8:30 p.m. Contact: 865-7211.
Italian Conversation Group. Open to all interested in learning/hearing the Italian
language. Room 101, St. Edmunds Hall,
St. Michael’s College, Colchester. Every
second and fourth Wednesday of the
month, 7-9 p.m. Contact: 654-2536.
Toy Library Playgroup. Fridays. Ages birth
through five years. Memorial Hall, Essex,
9:30-11 a.m. Contact Lauren: 8786715.
VCAM Access Orientation. Free. Vermont
Community Access Media, 208 Flynn Avenue 2-G, Burlington. Mon.-Fri. 10
a.m.-10 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact: 651-9692 or www.vermontcam.
org.
Women’s Craft Group. Inventive females
work on artful projects. First and third
Thursday of the month. Free. Essex Alliance Church, Essex, 7-9 p.m. Contact:
238-2291.
For more calendar events, visit
www.colchestersun.com/calendar
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Daybreak Community Church
67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester VT. 05446
802-338-9118 or [email protected]
www.daybreakvermont.org
Sunday Service at 10:30am
Lead Pastor, Brent Devenney
Holy Cross Church
416 Church Road, Colchester; 863-3002
Mass Schedule
Saturday: 4:30 p.m.;
Sunday: 8:45 a.m.
Tuesday - Wednesday & Friday: 9 a.m.
For Catholics who are returning home to the Church,
welcome. We are happy that the Holy Spirit is leading you
and we are pleased to welcome you.
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Islamic Society of Vermont
182 Hegeman Avenue. 655-6711
Islamic Society of Vermont. 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 [email protected] or Facebook.
Malletts Bay Congregational Church UCC
1672 West Lakeshore Dr.
658-9155. Interim Rev. Marjorie MacNeill
Worship Service: Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Church School: Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Fellowship time: Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Childcare provided.
All are welcome!
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
1063 Prim Road, 658-0533.
Rev. Lisette Baxter, Rector
Sundays: 8 a.m. & 10 a.m.,
Holy Eucharist 10 a.m.
Sunday School: Nursery & all grades
Wednesdays: 11:30 Bible class; 12:30 Holy Eucharist
For evening services & Adult Education,
check answering machine. All are always welcome.
United Church of Colchester - ABC
Rte. 2A-Village Green, 879-5442.
Pastor Josh Steely.
Worship: 9:30 A.M.
Nursery care available during worship.
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DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD
Pursuant to Title 24 VSA, Chapter 117,
the Development Review Board will
hold a public hearing on Wednesday,
October 22, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the
Meeting House, 830 Main Street, to hear
the following request under the Zoning
Regulations:
a. Variance application of CVCF
Colchester, LLC
under Article II,
Section 2.05(H) and Article VII, Section
7.03(E) for encroachment in the front
yard and Shoreland District setback.
Property located at Thayer Beach Road,
Tax Map 52, Parcel 15.
Copies of the application are available
for review at the Planning & Zoning
Office in the Colchester Municipal
Offices located on 781 Blakely Road.
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Pursuant to Title 24 VSA, Chapter 117,
the Development Review Board will
hold a public hearing on Wednesday,
September 24, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the
Meeting House, 830 Main Street, to hear
the following request under the Zoning
and Subdivision Regulations:
a. Final Plat application of Delco
Properties, LLC for a Planned Residential
Development on a vacant 6.9 acre parcel
consisting of: 1) nine congregate duplexes
totaling 18 units, 2) common elements
including a community building, and
3) installation of a new private road.
Subject property is located at 521 River
Road, Tax Map 35, Parcel 1.
b. Final Plat amendment application of
Marble Island Investment and Rivers
Edge Building Development, LLC. The
amendment consists of: 1) combining
lots 24, 25, & 26; 2) construction of five
(5) duplex units; and 3) construction of a
20’ wide private road. Subject properties
located on 32 & 33 Anchorage Way and
Marble Island Road, Tax Map 57, Parcels
24, 25 & 26.
Copies of the application are available for
review at the Planning & Zoning Office in
the Colchester Municipal Offices located
on 781 Blakely Road.
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0224 Larceny from Motor Vehicle on Belair Dr
0333 Accident on Creek Farm Rd
0654 Accident on College Pkwy
0926 Assist Public on Douglas Dr
1230 Suspicious Event on Prim Rd
1321 Assist Public on Roosevelt Hwy
1500 Fraud on Prim Rd
1520 Medical on W Lakeshore Dr
1520 Burglary on East Rd
1810 Medical on Roosevelt Hwy
1955 Assist Public on 2nd St
2035 Welfare Check on Holy Cross Rd
2038 Welfare Check on Main St
0259 Intoxication on Ethan Allen Ave
0300 Larceny from Building on Ethan Allen Ave
1155 Vandalism on Ethan Allen Ave
1522 Larceny on Jasper Mine Rd
1611 Suspicious Event on Bean Rd
1611 Assist Public on Lindale Dr
1659 Medical on Colchester Point Rd
1807 Vandalism on Canyon Estates Dr
1930 Larceny on Bluff Rd
1935 Assist Agency on Malletts Bay Ave
1937 Suspicious Event on 8th St
2015 Welfare Check on Windemere Way
2105 Larceny from Building on Mountain View Dr
2150 Violation of Conditions of Release on 2nd St
2343 Vandalism on Mountain View Dr
Friday, August 29
0055 Assist K9 on Pinewood Dr/Valleyview Dr
0154 Assist Agency on Haydenberry Dr
0320 Assist Agency on Williston Rd
0853 Assist Public on Lower Mountain View Dr
1207 Fraud on Porters Point Rd
1526 Accident on Main St/East Rd
1621 Threats/Harassment on Roosevelt Hwy
1656 TRO/FRO Service on Heineberg Dr
1738 Accident on Roosevelt Hwy
1853 Suspicious Event on Prim Rd
1910 Suspicious Event on Gilman Cir
1951 Welfare Check on 4th St
2123 Assist Agency on Roosevelt Hwy
2144 DUI on Macrae Rd
Wednesday, August 27
1051 Vandalism on Laker Ln
1212 Boating Incident on E Lakeshore Dr
1333 Suspicious Event on Blakely Rd
1501 Missing Person on Blakely Rd
1550 Sexual Assault on Maple Ridge Dr
1559 Suspicious Event on Roosevelt Hwy
1629 Assist Public on Camel Hump Rd
1655 Medical on Porters Point Rd
1708 Assist Court Paperwork on Main St
1722 Assist Public on Blakely Rd
1814 Intoxication on Alumni Corner
1921 Larceny from Building on Dalton Dr
2009 Citizens Dispute on Gilman Cir
2041 Assist Public on 2nd St
Thursday, August 28
0009 Arrest on Warrant on College Pkwy/Barnes Ave
0312 Threats/Harassment on Sharrow Cir
0820 Larceny on Bay Rd
1315 Assist RFA Service on Camel Hump Rd
1319 Assist Agency on S Park Dr
1342 Welfare Check on Sharrow Cir
1615 Accident on Prim Rd
1840 Assist Public on Marble Island Rd
1853 Vandalism on Pine Meadow Dr
1856 Medical on Wiley Rd
2138 Assist Motorist on Roosevelt Hwy/Munson Rd
Saturday, August 30
0021 Alcohol Offense on College Pkwy/Johnson Ave
0052 Welfare Check on College Pkwy
0208 Medical on North St
0327 Assist Agency on W Spring St
0540 Vandalism on River Rd
0751 Medical on Coates Island Rd
1446 Medical on Ridge Top Way
1617 Assist Public on Morehouse Dr
1639 Accident on Heather Cir
1929 Boating Incident on W Lakeshore Dr
1944 Assist Agency on Rt 2A
2017 Larceny from Motor Vehicle on Mills Point Rd
2130 Burglary on Colchester Pt Rd
2230 Assist Public on Sharrow Cir
2306 DLS on Roosevelt Hwy
2358 Suspicious Event on Sullivan Ln
Sunday, August 31
0042 Intoxication on Campus Rd
0106 Larceny from Building on College Pkwy
0113 Medical on Bean Rd
0138 Intoxication on Colchester Ave
0244 Assist Agency on Main St
Monday, September 1
0602 Suspicious Event on Holy Cross Rd
0734 Assist Public on Johnson Ave
0931 Suspicious Event on US Rt 7
0958 Medical on Mazza Ct
1132 Vandalism on Laker Ln
1217 Medical on Hidden Oaks Dr
1222 Suspicious Event on Mayo Rd
1329 Assist Public on Lindale Dr
1454 Medical on Porters Point Rd
1505 Medical on Watkins Rd
1819 Suspicious Event on S Park Dr
1912 Medical on Pine Ln
1950 Assist Agency on Catamount Ln
2036 Assist Agency on Tanglewood Dr
2131 Medical on Belair Dr
2216 Threats/Harassment on S Park Dr
Tuesday, September 2
0014 Accident on College Pkwy
0635 Assist Agency on Calm Cove Cir
0943 TRO/FRO Service in Colchester
1244 Suspicious Event on North St
Total Incidents: 292
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Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History
of the Civil War (Annotated). Kara Walker
created this series of 15 large-scale prints
combining lithography and screenprinting in 2005. Each print began with
an enlargement of a woodcut plate from
Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden’s
Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War,
first published in Chicago in 1866. Once
enlarged, these illustrations were then
Monique Dewyea has all it takes to be a plein-air painter.
The Colchester artist said the beauty of flowers and the
intricacy of their structures captivate her, and that she
greatly enjoys being outside to paint landscapes and
waterscapes. The breathtaking scenery of Malletts Bay and
the Green Mountains offer Dewyea endless subjects to
capture with her watercolors, graphite and colored pencils.
Upcoming
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Dewyea is a self-taught watercolor artist who thoroughly
enjoys the craft of her art.
“I so enjoy the process, and am challenging myself to see
and reproduce the light on my subjects at my own pace,”
she explained. “The joy of learning new approaches, of
watching the intriguing flow of paint, and of capturing
light on paper mesmerize me.”
Since her childhood, nature – in particular, flowers –
have sparked her imagination and have led to the study
of biology and plant life. Dewyea worked as a Registered
Nurse for many years, but has since retired and says she
has found “unique moments to develop
my art on floral scenes and nature … as
aquarelles, graphite drawings and colored
pencil drawings.”
Monique Dewyea
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September. Drop by anytime between 9:30 a.m-4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday at 42 Severance Green, Unit 108,
Colchester. Or view her work on the online gallery at
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As a member of the Essex Art League,
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Dewyea has had the fortune to meet
and paint with many local artists. “This
camaraderie is a great joy,” she said.
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grandchildren, who Dewyea says also
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The Colchester Sun | Thursday, September 4,THE
2014COLCHESTER SUN / SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
The Vermont Lake Monsters finished the year losing
four out of their last five games, which put them in last
place in the Stedler Division of the New York Penn
League.
After dropping two of three to Staten Island, the Lake
Monsters lost both games of a two-game homestand against
the Tri-City ValleyCats.
They finished the season with a 33-43 record.
Colchester receiver Jack
Young hauls in a reception
during the Lakers’ win over
CVU on Saturday at CVU.
PHOTOS | AL FREY
Lakers rush past Redhawks in opener
By ANTHONY LABOR
The Colchester Sun
The Colchester High School football team got off to
the start it wanted Saturday when it traveled to CVU for its
Division I opener.
The Lakers scored early and often on their way to a 46-19
win over the Redhawks.
“Our team has practiced very hard since Day 1,” said
Colchester coach Tom Perry. “They played real well as a group
throughout the game.”
Grant Cummings (one-yard run and 45-yard run), Jared
Antoniak (four-yard run) and Erik Lagerquist (nine-yard run)
each scored touchdowns for the Lakers in the first half to help
them to a big lead at the break.
“I was real impressed with our running game,” said Perry.
“We just did what we needed to do to get the win.”
Travis Boutin extended the lead early in the second half
with a short touchdown run. Boutin added another quarterback
keeper for a touchdown later in the second half
with Justin Evans’ 18-yard touchdown run sealing
the deal for the Lakers.
Colchester’s defense did its job throughout the
game, as it held CVU to under 100 yards in the
second half.
“I thought our defense played well today,”
said Perry. “They played as a unit and got the job
done.”
Colchester improved to 1-0 on the season and
will host South Burlington on Friday for its home
opener.
South Burlington fell to Burlington on Friday
30-27.
“South Burlington is a very athletic team,”
said Perry. “They have an excellent quarterback
and fast receivers. We will have to play our best
to win.”
Colchester running back Dakota Navari runs
upfield during Saturday’s game.
Colchester
looking for
turnaround
season
By ANTHONY LABOR
The Colchester Sun
schedule
Lakers’
It hasn’t been the easiest go around for the Colchester field
hockey team over the past two seasons.
After winning only one game over the last two years, the
Lakers are looking to make the 2014 season a successful one.
The team is young, as they don’t have a senior on the team,
but the team is motivated.
“We are ready for any challenge,” said Colchester coach
Molly DiMasi. “We have great focus and determination to start
the season off right and to not be afraid to learn something new
along the way.”
Key returning players for the Lakers include junior Ellyse
Fredericks (midfield), Katina Messier (forward) and Olivia
Trevisani (defense) along with sophomores Erin Horton
(forward0 and Abby Ladd (goalie).
Three new additions to the team that have caught the
attention of DiMasi are junior Grace Provost (midfield) and
FOOTBALL:
9/5 Colchester
vs. S. Burlington
7 p.m.
freshmen Samantha Messier (midfield) and Kelsi Wallace
(midfield and defense).
“These girls can see the field really well,” said DiMasi.
“I think they will bring something new to the team this year,
whether it’s a hard hit or a great pick up to get the ball away.”
The team had a scrimmage with Rice last week that DiMasi
said went well.
“The girls definitely came out with a different attitude and
passion,” said the second-year coach. “We are higher with
where we need to be to start the season off right with a few
adjustments, which will be worked on throughout the season.”
The one thing working against the team this year is a
shortage on numbers. The Lakers will field 14 players on the
varsity and JV teams this year, so staying healthy throughout
the year will be key for both teams.
But even with a shortage in numbers and a young team,
DiMasi said she is happy with the mindset of the team so far.
“The returning players are excited for the season to start,”
said DiMasi. “We are already off to a great start to the season
and are learning quickly.”
The Lakers opened up their season on Tuesday with a game
against Mt. Abraham. They will travel to CVU on Thursday
before having eight days off before their next game.
“We have great focus and
determination to start the season off
right and to not be afraid to learn
something new along the way.”
CROSS COUNTRY:
9/6 Colchester
at Essex Invitational 10:30p.m.
Lake Monsters finish in
last place in division
Thursday
Yankees 9, Lake Monsters 1
Austin Aune had a three-run homer in the first inning
and Vicente Conde was 2-for-4 with three RBI to lead the
Staten Island Yankees to a 9-1 victory over the Vermont
Lake Monsters in the opener of a three-game New YorkPenn League series Thursday night at Richmond County
Bank Ballpark.
The lone highlight of the night for the Lake Monsters
came on the first pitch of the game when Yairo Munoz
connected on an opposite field home run to right field.
It was Munoz’s second leadoff home run of the season
(August 10th at Auburn) and his fifth overall, tying him for
the team lead with Justin Higley (who has not played for
Vermont since July 7th). The homer was also the first in
the last 13 games for the Lake Monsters since a Seong-min
Kim home run on August 14th.
Friday
Yankees 8, Lake Monsters 7
Collin Slaybaugh’s two-out RBI double in the bottom
of the 10th inning gave the Staten Island Yankees an
8-7 walkoff victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters in
New York-Penn League action Friday night at Richmond
County Bank Ballpark.
Vermont took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first on a Max
Kuhn two-run double and Trent Gilbert RBI groundout, but
the Yankees quickly tied the game with three runs in the
bottom of the first off Lake Monsters starter Brett Graves
before scoring another run in the second and two more
in the third for a 6-3 lead. Seong-min Kim cut the deficit
to 6-5 with a two-run double in the fourth inning, Kim’s
seventh two-run hit this season for Vermont.
The Yankees got another run in the fourth on an RBI
single from Chris Breen, who was 3-for-4 with a homer
and three RBI on the night. But that would be Staten
Island’s final run until the winning double in the 10th as
Vermont relievers Daniel Gossett allowed one hit with five
strikeouts in two scoreless innings and Michael Fagan two
perfect innings with four strikeouts. The Lake Monsters tied the game with single runs in
the sixth when Gilbert scored on a wild pitch and in the
eighth when John Nogowski scored from second base on a
fielding error by Yankee second baseman Billy Fleming.
Saturday
Lake Monsters 5, Yankees 3
Max Kuhn’s third RBI of the game was his second
RBI groundout of the night and snapped a 3-3 tie as the
Vermont Lake Monsters completed their second straight
4-2 roadtrip with a 5-3, 11-inning victory over the Staten
Island Yankees in New York-Penn League action Saturday
night at Richmond County Bank Ballpark.
J.P. Sportman waled to lead off the 11th inning and
advanced around to third on a hit-and-run single to right
from Jose Brizuela before scoring the tie-breaking run
when Kuhn chopped the RBI groundout to second base.
John Nogowski followed with an RBI double to rightcenter
to plate Brizuela with an insurance run for the 5-3 lead.
Koby Gauna came on in the bottom of the 11th and
allowed just a two-out single to earn his 12th save in 12
scoreless save opportunities this season.
The victory snapped an eight-game losing streak at
Staten Island for Vermont, which had not won at Richmond
County Ballpark since September 1, 2011. Fleming and
Isaias Tejeda both had two hits and Andury Acevedo (33) allowed the two runs in the 11th to take the loss for
Staten Island (37-36), which was eliminated from playoff
contention with the loss.
Sunday
ValleyCats 4, Lake Monsters 1
Terrell Joyce hit his 11th home run, Nick Tanielu had
an RBI double and Randall Fant allowed one run on four
hits over five innings to earn his second win as the Tri-City
ValleyCats snapped a six-game losing streak to the Lake
Monsters with a 4-1 New York-Penn League victory over
Vermont Sunday evening at historic Centennial Field.
Vermont scored the first run of the game in the bottom
of the first as J.P. Sportman singled to second base with
two outs, stole second base and then scored all the way
from second on a Max Kuhn’s single that dribbled about
halfway up the first base line. Fant and catcher Alfredo
Gonzalez both got to the ball at the same time a dn bumped
into each other as Sportman came around third base and
was able to score with no ValleyCat covering home base.
Tri-City tied the game in the third on a Alex Hernandez
RBI single to center and Joyce led off the fifth inning
Molly DiMasi
Colchester coach
FIELD HOCKEY:
9/4 Colchester
at CVU –See MONSTERS on page 12
4 p.m.
BOYS’ SOCCER:
9/5 Colchester
at Burlington
7 p.m.
9/9 Colchester
at Milton
4:30 p.m.
GIRLS’ SOCCER:
9/4 Colchester
at Rutland
4:30 p.m.
9/8 Colchester
vs. Harwood
4:30 p.m.
9/10 Colchester
vs. Milton 7 p.m.
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SPORTS
Catamounts hold on for win
The Colchester Catamounts seventh- and
eighth-grade football team opened up their
Northern Vermont Youth Football League
regular season with a win over Chittenden
South.
After jumping out to a 27-0 lead at halftime,
the Catamounts needed a late stop to hold on
for the 29-24 win over the Buccaneers.
Ryan Byrnes capped off three drives with
short touchdown runs to help the Catamounts
jump out to an early lead.
Bailey Olson caught a 30-yard pass from
Bos Powell with eight seconds remaining in
the half to extend the lead to 27-0 heading into
halftime.
Chittenden South roared back with 24
unanswered points in the second half, but a big
defensive stand by the Catamounts and a safety
catapulted them to the victory.
The Catamounts will be back in action
Saturday when they travel to South Burlington.
— Staff Reports
Golf tournament raises funds for Laker athletics
On the big stage
Colchester field hockey was well represented, as six girls from the school played for the
Vermont team in the Super Soph Field Hockey Tournament in Cape Cod, Mass. on Aug.
1 and 2. Vermont gained a semifinal berth, but lost to an undefeated Connecticut Squad.
Vermont’s final record was 2-3. The Super Soph Tournament and The Cape Cod Classic
gives high school students a chance to show their talents in front of many Northeast college
recruiters. Pictured from left to right, Courtney Phelps, Emma Lamothe, Erin Horton, Abby
Ladd, Kelsi Wallace and Jessi Erdmann. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
MONSTERS
from page 11
with his 11th home run of the season to
give the ValleyCats a 2-1 lead. Both runs
came off Vermont starter A.J. Burke, who
allowed four hits with one walk and three
strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings in his last
start of the season for the Lake Monsters.
Burke (6-4) finishes the season with a 3.89
ERA, allowing 76 hits with 13 walks and
57 strikeouts over 71 2/3 innings in 15
appearances (13 starts).
Monday
ValleyCats 3, Lake Monsters 2
The Vermont Lake Monsters season
came to an end on Monday evening with a
3-2 loss to the Tri-City ValleyCats at historic
Centennial Field. The Lake Monsters finish
with a 33-43 record for the third straight
year, while the victory clinched the top seed
in the upcoming New york-Penn League
playoffs for the ValleyCats.
Tri-City got a pair of runs in the third as
Mott Hyde and Jose Solano led off the inning
with almost identical triples to centerfield
before Jason martin knocked home Solano
with a fielder’s choice grounder to first base.
The game stayed 2-0 until the seventh when
Vermont’s Jose Brizuela hit a two-out home
run to rightfield for his fifth home run of the
season, tying him with Justin Higley and
Yairo Munoz for the team lead.
After starting the season 15-15 at
Centennial Field, Vermont lost seven of their
final eight home games to finish the year 1622 at Centennial.
Team Marshall’s Shipping won the ninth annual CHS Golf Classic held at Rocky Ridge Golf
Course on Aug. 4. The fundraiser raised over $6,000 for Laker athletics. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
The Colchester High School Athletic
Boosters Association held the ninth annual
CHS Golf Classic at Rocky Ridge Golf Course
on Aug. 4, raising over $6,000 for Laker
athletics.
The 18-hole four-person scramble featured
putt-off, closest to the hole, longest drive
and straightest drive contests, with awards
including four Vermont National greens fees,
four rocky Ridge greens fees, a task chair
from Exterus Business Furniture, Nasscar
tickets, Red Sox tickets, gift certificates
from 3 Brothers, Mexicalli, Windjammer,
McGillicuddys, Hampton Inn, Spare Time and
Champ Car Wash. This event would not have been possible
without the businesses that contributed
to a team or being a “hole sponsor.” The
participation cost was $100 ($75 per
student). Hole sponsorship was $150. All
proceeds from the tournament will benefit
the Colchester Athletic Boosters Association,
and organization with the goal of providing
financial and material support for the athletic
programs offered by Colchester High School.
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COLCHESTER’S WEEKLY
Town News
Burnham Memorial Library
BOOK REVIEWS
“Colchester, Vermont, located on Lake Champlain’s Malletts Bay, is
a diverse, civic-minded community endowed with a rich heritage of
commercial, agricultural, recreational, and educational gifts. Proud of
the quality of life already enjoyed here, the people of Colchester seek to
build upon this foundation to ensure economic prosperity, recreational
opportunity, and an entrepreneurial spirit for future generations.”
Vision Statement, Heritage Project, 2012
“Mindful Discipline,”
by Shauna Shapiro, PhD and Chris White, MD
Adult Non Fiction, 2014
Reviewed by June Campbell, Adult Services
Drs. Shapiro and White integrate child development and
the role of a parent to help a child mature into emotionally
intelligent, self-disciplined and resilient being. Using a
relationship-centered approach versus a child or parentcentered one to nourish self-discipline, this approach brings
parents into an active role as enrichers. The authors describe
typical methods of discipline as permissive, authoritarian
and authoritative, and endorse the authoritative approach as
naturally supporting self-discipline. Cultivating core elements,
which utilize the stages of development within the brain, they
thoroughly describe the quality that is nurtured with each of
five elements: unconditional love, space, mentorship, healthy
boundaries and mistakes. The authors go one step further and
emphasize parents’ leading by cultivating good self-discipline
techniques in themselves. Several mindfulness practices are
given to coach parents in how to keep their cool and be totally
present in each situation.
While by no means a total representation of all the work
performed by the town, the following information highlights
some activities which occurred August 25–29.
PUBLIC WORKS
Reported by Bryan Osborne, director
•Repaired broken sewer line at Exit 16
•Selected consultant to perform comprehensive energy audit of Town
buildings
•Continuing evaluation of repair options for the Colchester Pond Road
Bridge
•Completed a prioritization methodology for the repair of existing
sidewalks
•Continuing the development of a warrant analysis protocol for the
installation of rapid flashing beacons
•Bid phase for paving projects has been completed. Paving scheduled
to begin within the next few weeks, (East lakeshore Drive, Colchester
Point Road, portion of Williams Road)
•Right-of-way acquisition is continuing for the River Road sidewalk
project
•Design work is continuing on the Morehouse Brook box culvert
replacement project
•Design work is continuing on the East Road culvert replacement
project
•Design work is continuing on the Fort Ethan Allen sidewalk
replacement project
•Design consultant selection phase underway for the Mountain View
Drive sidewalk project
•Design work is continuing on the West Lakeshore Drive Multi-Use
Path project
•Conducted pre-bid meeting for the repair of the Town Meeting
House roof
•Developing FY16 operating budget as well as the five year capital
plan
•Working on amendments to the inter-municipal wastewater
agreement between Colchester and South Burlington
•Developing flow restoration plans for the Sunderland Watershed
•Providing design, right-of-way and permitting assistance to VTrans
for the Exit 16 interchange project and the Route 2/Route 7/Creek
Road intersection project
“The True Adventures of Nicolo Zen,”
by Nicholas Christopher
Young Adult Fiction, 2014
Reviewed by Susan Gamberg, Youth Services
Typically an adult author, Christopher’s new work is a
Young Adult novel set in 1700s Venice. Nicolo Zen was
given a rare clarinet by his father, a clarinet with a spell cast
by a famous magician. When malaria kills his family, Nicolo
is left an orphan, and wanders the streets of Venice playing
his clarinet to survive. He winds up in an all-girls orphanage
and must dress like a girl in order to play in the orchestra. This
marks the beginning of his adventure – magicians, musical
prodigies, famous composers, wealth, personal fame, travel
and love. What is real and what is magic? Is it all due to the
power of the clarinet, or does Nicolo truly have a special gift?
A story rich in history that will have you guessing and waiting
for more.
For more information about the Town Manager’s Office, please visit
http://colchestervt.gov/PublicWorks/Home.shtml or call (802) 2645620.
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Reported by Kathi Walker O’Reilly, director
Here are some of the initiatives on which the Economic
Development Department is currently working:
•Met with local business to pursue non-traditional funding source for
business expansions
•Continue meeting with local agencies to establish working
partnerships
•Met with local business regarding possible expansion opportunities
•Met with local business and legislative rep regarding business
concerns
•Continue work on branding campaign
•Met with GBIC to discuss updates and possible partnerships
•Continue work on New Town Center renewal
•Met with Department of Labor on programs available to business
community
•Working with staff on finalization of residential guide
•Met with realtor and working with various land owners in Exit 17 area
•Attended two Rotary meetings
•Met with FAHC regarding their two Colchester locations
•Attended Chamber function at Bevo
•Met with Principal Minor regarding new labs and the tie to the
business community
•Held initial meeting with three local businesses
•Continue discussion with landowner regarding possible project
•Presentation to Selectboard on final logo and taglines
•Attended SSTA board meeting
•Met with and toured Vermont Public Radio
•Continue work on website upgrade
•Met with several local developers on possible projects
•Toured new State Health Lab
•Met with large area employer
For more information about the Community and Economic
Development Office, visit http://www.colchestervt.gov/
CommEconomicDev/index.shtml or call (802) 264-5508.
Read news
from Parks and Rec,
online:
For more information about
the Town of Colchester visit the
town offices at 781 Blakely Road,
Colchester, online at
www.colchestervt.gov
or call (802) 264-5500.
VRGA announces Person of the
Year award winners
The Vermont Retail and Grocers Association (VRGA)
announced the co-winners of the 2014 VRGA Person of
the Year Award on Aug. 25: Marcel Marquis, with Shaw’s
Supermarkets, and Bonnie Hawley, owner of Hawley’s Florist
in Rutland. According to Jim Harrison, President of VRGA, “Both
Bonnie and Marcel have been active members and participants
in the predecessor organizations (Vermont Grocers Association
and Vermont Retail Association) and continue to be so with
VRGA. Each has a long resume of service to their communities
and to their associations.”
Marcel Marquis has worked in the retail supermarket
industry for over 35 years. Since May, 2010 he has served
as Store Director for Shaw’s Supermarkets, overseeing 150
associates and responsible for the overall operation of various
volume supermarkets in Vermont. Prior to that he was
District Manager for Shaw’s in Connecticut and Vermont until
restructuring occurred in 2010. From 1999 until 2004, Marquis
served as Human Resources Director for Shaw’s. He received
his Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, from
Southern New Hampshire University, majoring in Business
Administration and minoring in History. He currently resides
in Colchester with his wife Bonnie, where, among other
community contributions, he has refereed high school and
college ice hockey games.
Bonnie Hawley has owned and operated Hawley’s Florist
in Rutland for 37 years. A graduate of Otter Valley Union High
School and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, she taught
middle school science before launching her own business, one
of the most successful and lasting of its kind in New England.
Bonnie’s community service includes serving on the board of
the Paramount Theatre, including as board president, for 17
years during its fundraising and restoration stage. She serves
on the board of Downtown Rutland Partnership and is a past
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Marcel Marquis, of Colchester, is the Store Director for Shaw’s
Supermarkets.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
president of the organization. In previous years she served on
the National Board of Florist Transworld Delivery (FTD). She
is currently on the executive committee of the new Vermont
Retail & Grocers Association.
The award winners will be officially recognized at the
Chairman’s Banquet on Sept. 10 as part of VRGA’s 2014
Convention and Expo. Full details are available at www.vtrga.
org.
Do you know where to recycle your paint?
There are now 50 convenient, new PaintCare drop-off locations in
Vermont where residents and businesses can take unwanted paint,
stain, and varnish year-round.
Find the location nearest you at www.paintcare.org
Please call sites before bringing paint to check business hours and
if they can accept the type and amount of paint you would like to recycle.
Leaking, unlabeled, and empty containers are not accepted.
Limit 5 gallons per visit.
A nominal fee on new paint sales funds PaintCare, the non-profit operator
of the Vermont Paint Stewardship Program. To learn more, visit
www.paintcare.org or call (855) 724-6809.
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“A moment of great need,
and great opportunity”
Homefront honors
Big boost announced for
Lake Champlain
cleanup efforts
support our efforts to improve water quality. Federal resources, aimed at polluted runoff,
are critical to enable Vermont to work with our
farming community to implement the practices
needed to help our lake recover. These resources
will give us the ability to meet the challenge
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) outlined in the TMDL compliance proposal
Tom Vilsack last Thursday joined Senator I recently submitted to the Environmental
Patrick Leahy and other Vermont leaders at the Protection Agency. There is no doubt that we
Lake Champlain waterfront in Burlington to must expand the progress we are making on
announce $42 million in new federal funding water quality in Vermont. I appreciate the hard
over the next five years, from the recently work of Senator Leahy on this effort, and I look
enacted Farm Bill, for water-quality-driven forward to continuing to work with Secretary
conservation measures on Vermont farms in the Vilsack and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
Lake Champlain watershed. The funding adds to address these challenges.”
“We know that blue-green algae blooms are
up to one of the largest commitments to cleanup
efforts in the lake’s watershed since the lake’s more prevalent in warm, shallow waters such
water quality became a high ongoing priority as Missisquoi Bay,” Sanders continued. “We
know that, in the last few years, warmer water
more than two decades ago.
Joining Vilsack and Leahy for the temperatures associated with climate change
announcement, at ECHO at the Leahy Center and extensive nutrient loading from frequent
storms and flooding are
for Lake Champlain, were
causing blooms to appear in a
Congressman Peter Welch
This new federal
broader area of the lake. We
and Vermont Secretary of
funding will go
also know that great efforts
Agriculture Secretary Chuck
have already been made by
a long way in
Ross. Leahy is the most
senior member of the Senate providing the major our farmers, especially those
who have joined the Farmers
Agriculture Committee and
match needed
Watershed Alliance, working
a leader in the Senate panel’s
closely with the Natural
efforts to bolster land and
to assist in the
Conservation
water conservation efforts in
completion of the Resources
Service to mitigate much of
the new Farm Bill, which was
more complex water the non-point source pollution,
signed into law on Feb. 7.
The funds will directly
quality projects.” which was ending up in Lake
Champlain. Farmers have
support Vermont farmers’
focused on the less costly
efforts
to
eliminate
Senator Bernie Sanders solutions, but some big
phosphorus-laden runoff in
problems remain and technical
the Lake Champlain Basin by
assistance is needed as well. helping with the infrastructure
needed to properly store manure and for This new federal funding will go a long way
improved practices to better apply manure so in providing the major match needed to assist
that it feeds the soil and is not lost from the land in the completion of the more complex water
quality projects.”
and drained into Lake Champlain. The $42 million commitment, along with
Leahy said: “I am deeply grateful to
Secretary Vilsack for taking to heart what additional funding made available in the
Governor Shumlin, Congressman Welch, 2014 Farm Bill, will be distributed through
Senator Sanders and I have been telling him conservation programs run by USDA’s Natural
about the importance of restoring the lake’s Resource Conservation Service, which typically
health, and then for joining us in Vermont to pays 75 percent of the cost of a qualified project,
announce this significant commitment. We with the farmer paying the balance. Leahy,
are at a moment of great need, but also a great long a leader on and the legislative author of
moment of opportunity to improve Vermont’s a variety of conservation policy and programs,
agricultural water quality. Our farmers are pushed to write strong conservation program
ready. They are well informed and eager to provisions and funding into the Farm Bill. participate — so much so that we quickly Welch did the same as the House worked on
went through our original allotment of USDA its version of the bill, and Sanders also strongly
funds this year, and farmers still continue to supported conservation initiatives in the bill. USDA conservation programs benefit
apply. EPA is moving forward with strong
new phosphorus standards. Milk prices are farmers who voluntarily step forward to improve
up, giving farmers some room to take on new management on their farms. While helping to
projects, and Vermonters strongly support a improve water quality, many of the practices
cleaner lake. Now is the time to act, and these also provide economic benefits to farmers
funds will contribute greatly to helping us meet by improving soil health and productivity. Examples of conservation work include
that goal.” Welch added: “Thank you to Secretary implementation of cover crops and waterway
Vilsack for this important support for water buffers, nutrient management planning, and
quality efforts in Vermont. The future of our manure handling infrastructure.
Agricultural runoff is recognized as
lake will depend on effective conservation
being only part of problems related to Lake
measures, which these funds will support.” “Clean water quality is critical to our Champlain’s health, contributing about 38
economy, to our health and to our communities,” percent of lake’s phosphorus, basin wide. said Shumlin. “I am grateful that Agriculture Developed lands contribute more than 45
Secretary Vilsack came to Vermont to announce percent and rural roads and urban streets are
also major
sources.
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increased USDA commitment 1to 6/11/14
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Dean Brigante, of Colchester, receives a certificate of appreciation from Joel Gills, of
Milton, left, and Herb Drew Jr., of Colchester, right, last Wednesday. Brigante donated
vegetables to the Marine Corps Annual Picnic held on Aug. 23 at Sandbar State Park.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Last Wednesday afternoon Herb Drew, of Colchester, and Joel Gills, of Milton, put on their
Marine uniforms and paid a visit to Dean Brigante’s farm stand on Malletts Bay Avenue in
Colchester. There they presented Brigante with a framed certificate of appreciation from
the Marine Corps League for his generous contribution of vegetables in support of the local
Marine Corps Annual Picnic that was held Aug. 23 at Sandbar State Park in Colchester. To
learn more about the Marine Corps League call Herb at 863-3536.
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Art and music
Cathedral Square Corporation is seeking
art-minded volunteers to share their skills and
enthusiasm with an eager group of seniors.
Volunteers should be flexible and be able to
provide some, if not all, supplies. Flexible
monthly schedule. Homebound seniors are
also eager for light musical entertainment.
Volunteers should be able to “go with the flow”
and possibly take requests. Background checks
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Read to children in local Head Start classrooms
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reading at childcare centers run by and for New
Americans. Contact Phet Keomanyvahn at 8617821 or email [email protected].
Make it special
Special Olympics Vermont needs volunteers
of all ages for numerous activities throughout
the year. For a full list of activities or to register
to become a volunteer, visit the website at www.
specialolympicsvermont.org and click on Get
Involved or contact Mike Frisbie at 922-4939 or
email [email protected].
Food and socks
Lucy’s House for the Prevention of
Homeless Pets is looking for volunteers to
Office help
YWCA of Vermont is in need of volunteers
to help with administrative tasks at their
Essex Junction office. Projects will focus on
preparation for the 2015 Camp Hochelaga
seasons including mailings, etc. Volunteer
Girls’ Activity Leaders are also needed to
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Activities should focus on leadership skills,
personal development, team building and racial
justice. Flexible scheduling. Background check
required for activity leaders. Contact Deb
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