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St. Mike's grad picked to lead Afghan war
Election
results
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election in Essex
were not available
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the Essex Police
facility bond vote
and results of local
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NOVEMBER 8, 2012
By JASON STARR
The Essex Reporter
A graduate of St. Michael’s
College has been nominated to
lead all U.S. and NATO troops in
Afghanistan at a critical time in
the decade-long war.
President Obama in October
nominated
1977
St.
Mike’s
graduate Gen. Joseph Dunford
of the U.S. Marine Corps as the
next commander in Afghanistan.
Dunford is currently second in
command at the U.S. Marine
Corps. He is a combat veteran who
led a regiment in the 2003 invasion
of Iraq. With Senate approval, he
will preside over the withdrawal
of nearly 70,000 American troops
from Afghanistan by 2014.
Dunford declined interview
requests after the Oct. 10
nomination.
St.
Michael’s
College
Spokeswoman Buff Lindau said
the college community reacted
with pride at the nomination. As an
alumni and high-ranking military
leader, Dunford has spoken in the
past at alumni events and would
be a prime candidate to speak to
students and alumni after his tour
in Afghanistan.
“We
are
proud
of
his
achievements and the fact that
he’s been chosen by the president
for this really important position,”
Lindau said. “We look forward to
having him share his experience
whenever he’s able to do that.”
A Boston native, Dunford
studied political science at St.
Mike’s then went on to graduate
degrees in international relations
at Georgetown and Tufts. In a
2011 interview with St. Michael’s
Magazine, Dunford said his
Hornet heartbreaker
Essex falls to
CVU in title
game OT
experience at the Colchester
college was ideal preparation for a
career as a Marine general.
“A
Catholic
liberal
arts
education
was
a
superb
foundation for my career,” he
told the magazine’s writer, Mark
Tarnacki.
“Critical
thinking
and reading skills have been
invaluable. It prepared me to
properly frame complex issues
and challenges. Years of Catholic
education also influenced me
to seek opportunities to serve
– See WAR on page 3a
Cray’s
campaign
Essex airman bids to lead
Vermont National Guard
By KELLY MARCH
The Essex Reporter
By JASON STARR
The Essex Reporter
The
Champlain
Valley
Union girls’ soccer team
outlasted Essex in an intense
battle for the Division I title
at Burlington High School on
Saturday. The battle began over
a month ago, when the two topseeded teams first faced off and
Essex dealt CVU its only loss of
the season in a double-overtime
thriller. The battle continued
when the teams met again and
played to a scoreless draw after
110 minutes of play. And the
battle ended on Saturday, when
Emma Davitt netted a penalty
kick with 1:48 left in overtime,
clinching a 2-1 victory for the
second-seeded Redhawks.
The penalty kick, which
came after an Essex defender
dragged down a CVU forward
driving toward the goal, brought
tears to a Hornet side that was
looking to cap an undefeated
season with a championship
win.
Things looked good for the
Hornets when they jumped to a
1-0 lead seconds into regulation
after senior midfielder Marisa
Vanacore netted a goal off of a
Charlotte Stuart assist.
“We talked about many
different scenarios … (but) we
didn’t talk about them scoring
in the first minute of the game,”
reflected CVU coach Brad
Parker.
Prepared or not, CVU
Essex senior Angela Krywanczyk positions herself over the ball during the championship game
– See CVU on page 1b against CVU on Saturday morning at Burlington High School.
Photo by Oliver Parini
Gen. Steve Cray of the Vermont Air National
Guard has begun meeting with state legislators
to build support for
his candidacy to
take over as the top
commander – the
adjutant
general
– of the Vermont
National Guard.
The Legislature
fills
the
spot
through a joint
House-Senate
vote every three
years. The previous
adjutant
general,
Michael Dubie, like
Gen. Steve Cray
Cray a resident of
Essex, left the post
in August after six years for a promotion to the
United States Northern Command in Colorado
Springs, Colo. Dubie’s top deputy, Gen. Tom
Drew, has taken over on a short-term basis but
is not seeking the post long-term.
The adjutant general vote is scheduled for
February. Guard Spokesman Chris Gookin said
Cray is currently the only known candidate.
Cray believes he will have at least one
competitor for the job.
“I haven’t heard definitively that any other
candidate is running, but I anticipate that there
will be,” he said.
Cray started in the Vermont Air National
Guard during his undergraduate days at UVM.
He’s been in the guard for three decades, serving
as assistant adjutant general for the air guard
since 2007. He said taking over the guard’s top
post “is something I need to do and want to do.”
“I think I would regret it if I didn’t try,” he
– See CRAY on page 3a
School board votes to
eliminate early entrance policy
By KELLY MARCH
The Essex Reporter
Seniors on seniors
Tech center students
serve the elder set
By JASON STARR
The Essex Reporter
After nearly three months of deliberation, Essex Junction’s primary
school board, the Prudential Committee, recommended eliminating
its kindergarten early entrance policy. Board members came to the
consensus that the policy is neither in the best interest of the district’s
children nor worth the time, energy and resources it consumes on
Monday afternoon.
“I really believe that our policy needs to be cut and dry,” said
Prudential Committee Clerk Marla Durham. “It’s not the cost; it’s the
time that (Superintendent Michael Deweese) and our principals have
spent on this. And for our teachers, there’s enough stress in so many
other areas that I think it’s the least we can do.”
“(The early entrance assessment) is a very stressful thing to put
these children through,” added committee member Jennifer Ashe. “The
bar is extremely high. They have to get a 97 percentile (to pass) and
even if they do they can be turned aside if there is no space.”
Echoing Durham and Ashe’s sentiments, the board decided to move
toward enforcing a strict acceptance cutoff date without early entrance
exceptions.
By law, Vermont school districts have to determine a kindergarten
acceptance cut-off date for 5-year-olds between Aug. 31 and Jan. 1. The
Essex Junction school district enforces a cut-off date of Sept. 1, only
guaranteeing acceptance to students who turn 5-years-old by that date.
While school districts are not required by law to allow early
admittance, the Essex Junction school board currently follows a
procedure, formally titled JEB-R, to determine the developmental
readiness of students who do not meet the age requirement. According
to the current policy, if a student whose birthday falls between Sept. 1
and Sept. 30 scores at least 97 percent on a quantitative and qualitative
It was a day of pampering, dining,
wellness and car care for Chittenden
County elders at the Center for Technology
in Essex last week.
In a decades-old tradition of mutual
benefit, the school invited senior citizens
in to sample the services students are
learning to deliver. The event attracted
roughly 150 clients over two days.
“It’s a spa day for us old folks,” said Joni
Donaldson of Essex. “It is very enjoyable,
and the students are very nice, polite and
caring — and they’re funny. It’s a wonderful
thing not only for them but for us.”
Just as the Center for Technology
attracts students from across Chittenden
County and as far away as Middlebury
and Grand Isle County, seniors travelled
from outside Essex to partake. While they
enjoyed personal care indoors, their cars
underwent a checkup through the school’s
automotive program.
The program was busy with 18 cars on
Friday.
“It’s a lot of work and a lot of planning,”
– See KINDERGARTEN on page 2a
– See CTE on page 2a
CTE junior Cory Hemingway rotates a tire at the Senior Day Open
House in the Automotive Technology center on Friday morning.
Photo by Oliver Parini
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The Essex Reporter • November 8, 2012
Q&A
With ...
Therese Magnant
Former Essex Junction Senior Center writer
For the past 30 years, a
trio of writers have kept the
Essex Junction Senior Center
column as a staple for the The
Essex Reporter — providing
news of the center’s activities,
community involvement, events
and reporting on the people
within the group.
It’s a column that ties that
segment of the community
together and keeps the larger
community in touch with local
seniors.
Therese Magnant, now in
her 80s, wrote the column for
The Reporter for about 20 years
— from about 1991 until just
a couple months ago. She had
taken over from the late Kay
Helfrich, 1920-2011, who was
a retired engineer from GE and
began working with the senior
center back in the early ’80s
and wrote the column until the
early ’90s. Magnant took on the
task from Helfrich and passed
it on to Peggy Pearson of Essex
Junction, in September of this
year.
Magnant
grew
up
in
North Troy until age 8, when
she moved to Westfield. She
earned her Bachelor’s degree in
elementary education from the
University of Vermont in 1949
CTE
from page 1a
explained
Center
for
Technology
guidance
counselor
Lynn
Vera,
who facilitated the event.
“Some of the students
were exceptionally nervous
because they’ve only been
and taught for three years. She
married Leon Royce in 1950, and
the couple raised seven children
in Wooster over 35 years.
In 1991, when Royce retired
from his work for the State
of Vermont Transportation
Department, he and Magnant
moved to Essex to be nearer to
their grandchildren.
Shortly
after, they got involved with the
senior center in Essex Junction
and Magnant began writing the
weekly column for the center.
She recently recounted her
nearly 20 years of writing for
The Essex Reporter.
Q: How did you get
involved with the Essex
Junction Senior Center?
A: My Husband loved to
play bridge. My sister moved
here from Texas and also loved
to play bridge. I thought it was
a horrible game; that it was no
fun. I vowed I would never learn
Bridge, but I did.
We began to play Bridge at
the Senior Center a year or so
after we moved here. Now I do
like to play Bridge. I go to the
Center also to play Bingo. Bingo
is pretty much all I work on now
— I’m getting lazy I guess… I
used to clean and everything.
Q: What is your favorite
thing about the EJ Senior
Center?
A: Plenty to do if you wish to.
You just have to put yourself out
there.
Q: How do you find the
support is for the aging
community in Essex?
A: I live in senior housing
at Pinecrest at Essex in Essex
Town now, and there are lots
of things to do here. One thing
I do miss is seeing the birds
and other animals. We’re not
allowed to put out birdfeeders
here. I guess that’s just part
of what it means to live in a
community like this one. I do
have a 3-foot by 8-foot garden
here, which I enjoy.
Q: How did you come to
write the Essex Junction
Senior Center column?
A: Kay Helfrich used to
do write the Senior Center
column, and one week (oh,
somewhere between 14-17 years
ago) she asked me if I’d cover
for her — I did. Well that was
a mistake! She never wrote it
again. Warren Baker was the
editor at the time. He insisted
that he take my picture, and he
encouraged me to write about
anything that crossed my mind.
I enjoyed it.
Q: After being involved
in this community for so
many years, what advice
do you have for community
members in Essex?
A: I think everybody does
the best they can. The Essex
youth group does great things
and the senior center has lots of
programs; I guess my advice is
that people should get out and
do more. Even if you just do
one thing. Essex is a thriving
community — get involved
“It’s a spa day for us old folks.”
Joni Donaldson, Essex
here since September.”
At the health-screening
booth, more experienced
students
confidently
checked blood pressure and
answered
health-related
questions.
“It was great that we
had so many seniors come
through,” said Center for
KINDERGARTEN
from page 1a
Therese Magnant sits in her home
in Essex Junction on Monday
morning. Photo by Oliver Parini
with something. Serve the local
government, needy people,
schools or give community
support.
If you have a minute, join in
something; that can make a lot
of difference.
I’m sure there are people
who’d like to but just don’t know
how. There are a lot of sage
people in Essex, and everyone
should take advantage of that.
Q:
How
did
Peggy
Pearson come to take over
writing the column?
A: Peggy said she’d do it
(write the Essex Junction
Senior Center column) for me.
She is a great replacement.
I’m so tickled that someone is
interested and willing to do it.
Before Peggy nobody wanted to
do it. Everyone said, ‘It’s much
too hard.’ I feel very fortunate
that Peggy is taking over.
Technology upperclassman
Dino Dzinic. “We are usually
studying and today we get
to interact with patients …
We were taught how to deal
with tough patients, but we
didn’t see that.”
South
Burlington’s
Barry and Norma Rigby
attended in support of the
center’s programs. Their
— Elsie Lynn
assessment administered by third-party,
the board will grant early acceptance
provided an open space is available.
“It’s a $1,000 test and in three and a
half years not one child has managed to
pass,” Ashe noted in her explanation for
favoring a hard cutoff date.
The school board decided to revisit
JEB-R after Essex resident Thomas
Chittenden asked the committee to
reconsider and amend the policy last
August. Chittenden made the request
after his daughter, who was born two
weeks late and an hour and a half past
the entrance cut-off date, scored a 91
percent on the early entrance assessment
and was denied early entrance.
Chittenden,
deeming
the
97
percentile rate “unattainable,” asked
the committee to consider amending
the policy to permit children who turn
5-years-old between Sept. 1 and Dec.
31 to be enrolled in kindergarten if
they perform at a kindergarten or
higher grade-equivalency on a standard
assessment.
The board has considered updating
JEB-R to better suit the needs of the
district over the past few months.
Specific suggestions for amendment
included
altering
the
current
assessment threshold or creating a
sliding assessment scale with different
acceptance bars depending on the length
of time between a child’s birthday and
the cutoff date.
Over the course of the conversation,
more and more board members began
to espouse the value of enforcing
a strict cutoff date, culminating in
the committee’s recommendation to
eliminate the early entrance policy on
Monday.
The district’s Policy Advisory
Council will now look into revising the
kindergarten entrance policy for the
2013-2014 school year.
daughter graduated the
dental assisting program,
and they currently have
a grandson at the center.
Norma enjoyed a manicure
and meal Friday, while
Barry had a haircut and
health screening.
“I thought the kids did a
good job. I think I’m going to
come and see them instead
of my doctor because my
doctor charges me money
to get the same thing done,”
Barry said with a smile.
Essex High School’s
performing arts students
got into the act this year,
supplementing the center’s
offerings with a music and
dance performance in the
high school auditorium.
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The Essex Reporter • November 8, 2012
Awaiting wind turbines atop Georgia Mountain
A first-hand
account of
the project’s
progress
By COURTNEY LAMDIN
For The Essex Reporter
Hard-hatted
workers
talked about road trips and
what to eat for dinner while
waiting for three 160-plusfoot turbine blades to arrive
atop Georgia Mountain Oct.
24.
Around noon, all the
beeps, scrapes and whirs
of a construction zone had
ceased. A 16,000-ton crane
sat near a freshly graded
swath of dirt where the
blades would be laid.
All was quiet atop
the ridgeline that spans
between
Milton
and
Georgia, the soon-to-be
site of four, 2.5-megawatt
turbines. It was lunchtime
at the Georgia Mountain
Community Wind Project.
Earlier in the day,
Project Manager Martha
Staskus’ excitement was
palpable as she fielded
numerous phone calls about
the parts’ progress. The
blades were delayed.
Around
10:50
a.m.,
Safety
Officer
Doug
Standbridge, an employee of
general contractor Cianbro,
said the delivery would
be at least another hour.
The blades were supposed
to arrive around 9:45 that
morning.
The blades, the last pieces
to go on, would be the first to
arrive. They’d been shipped
to the Burlington rail yard
and were transported from
there at 3 a.m. Wednesday
up Interstate 89 to Exit 19
in St. Albans. From there,
they took Route 104 to 128
in Westford, where they
waited. State officials didn’t
allow travel at certain times
of day.
Staskus had been up
since 3 a.m., though not at
the site. Co-workers had
been texting and calling,
giving her a blow-by-blow of
the blades’ progress.
Last
Wednesday,
Staskus was running on
a mixture of coffee and
adrenaline and excitedly
explained how the turbines
The first turbine blade arrives to the Georgia Mountain Community Wind Project site on Wednesday, Oct. 24.
would be assembled. First
goes the tower itself, in
four parts. Then come the
nacelle, generator and hub,
which holds the blades.
Each tower will take about
four days to build.
“They’re gonna make a
lot of power,” Staskus said.
The company, owned by
Georgia’s Harrison family
and energy guru David
Blittersdorf, estimates the
turbines will power 4,200
homes.
The turbines are placed
to catch the most wind,
Staskus said at Turbine 3’s
pad site, where electricians
were hard at work. The site
afforded stunning views
of lakes Champlain and
Arrowhead, the Georgia
countryside and the old
radar dome in St. Albans.
In the hazy distance,
one could make out the
97.5-megawatt wind farm
in Altona, N.Y.
“I think that’s pretty
cool,” Staskus said.
Upon hearing of the
delay – the cause of which
would later be revealed
as a minor accident in
Fairfax – Staskus hopped
WAR
from page 1a
others — a critical aspect of
leadership.”
A
statement
from
President Obama that was
reported in the New York
Times last month quoted the
CRAY
from page 1a
said. “I think I have the
experience needed to do the
job.”
Essex legislators Tim
Jerman and Linda WaiteSimpson both know Cray
personally and plan to
support him with their
votes in the Legislature.
“I think he’s a lot like
Gen. Dubie in demeanor,”
Jerman said. “He’s tough
when he has to be and
he’s very articulate about
the issues. I have a lot of
respect for him.”
Cray said he plans to
make his candidacy official
with a letter to the secretary
of state around the time the
new Legislature convenes
in January. He was waiting
until Tuesday’s election
solidified the makeup of the
new Legislature to ramp up
campaigning and present
his vision for the future
of the Vermont National
Guard.
“It’s
an
interesting
thing because as a military
officer, we don’t do elections
for positions,” Cray said.
“To do a semi-campaign
to the legislators is very
foreign to me … I’ll want to
talk to as many legislators
as possible and let them
know why I want to run,
and let them know my
experience.”
in her Honda CR-V and
headed down the mountain,
accessed via Ted Road off
Westford Road in Milton.
At the project entrance,
an older couple in a shiny,
red Ford pick-up started
their way up to the site.
Staskus flagged them down,
saying the land was private
property and they couldn’t
enter. The man challenged
her.
“Where does it say that?”
he asked.
“It
says
it’s
a
construction zone,” Staskus
said, indicating a bright
orange sign the truck had
already passed. “We really
can’t have you up on the
property.”
The man continued to
object, but Staskus was
firm and asked them to turn
around. They obliged.
“People don’t understand
that it needs to be safe,”
Staskus said, continuing
down the hill.
Back at the Cianbro
headquarters on Westford
Road, Standbridge told
Staskus the rubberneckers
she
encountered
were
the second ones that day.
president as saying Dunford
“will lead our forces through
key milestones in our effort
that will allow us to bring
the war to a close responsibly
as Afghanistan takes full
responsibility for its security.”
The New York Times also
quoted Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta speaking at a NATO
Staskus tasked him with
putting up larger signs.
Standbridge
whistled
a Wilco song while he
worked, sledge-hammering
signposts into rocky soil.
“Keep Out. No Trespassing,”
they read.
An hour or so later,
lunchtime passed, Staskus
made her way back up the
hill and soon got a call: The
blades would be just another
half-hour. At 1:45, just 15
minutes after the caller
predicted, the truck hauling
the blades came into view.
“This is so exciting!”
Standbridge said.
Minutes later, the first
turbine part was delivered.
Staskus
estimates
the
company will just meet
its Dec. 31 deadline to get
the turbines operational.
If not, Georgia Mountain
Community Wind loses
out on $8 million in federal
subsidies.
Milton resident Craig
Spoth lives about threequarters of a mile from the
project site, on North Road.
Last Wednesday, the workfrom-home dad biked to the
site to glimpse the blades to
meeting in Brussels, praising
Dunford as “an exceptionally
gifted strategic leader.”
Dunford will be the sixth
American
commander
in
Afghanistan since the war
began in October 2001.
— The Associated Press
contributed to this report
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Photo by Jessie Forand, St. Albans Messenger
no avail. But he’ll be seeing
them soon, high above the
ridgeline.
Though he’s not an
official intervenor, Spoth
took issue with Georgia
Wind’s progress on the
project
despite
alleged
certificate of public good
violations. Hearings on
those,
which
involve
concerns over flyrock and
blasting, aren’t scheduled
for the Public Service Board
until later this month.
Spoth thinks the project
is being pushed through
despite them. He wonders if
the violations, if confirmed,
would warrant revoking
Georgia Wind’s CPG.
“If that were a possibility,
it would certainly seem
forward of them to continue
with
the
construction
regardless,” Spoth said.
“There’s
a
significant
amount of money involved,
and that can be a motivating
factor.”
Spoth, who describes
himself
as
generally
progressive,
favors
renewable energy but not
enough to risk his property’s
value. Spoth’s family has
grown since they moved
here in 2003, and he doesn’t
want the turbines to ward
off buyers if they have to
sell.
Project
intervenors
George and Ken Wimble of
Georgia say the turbines
– even though they’re not
built yet – have hindered
efforts to sell their 265-acre
dairy farm for five years.
Spoth noted a 2009
study funded by the U.S.
Department of Energy’s
Office of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy that
concluded wind turbines’
impacts on property values
are small or infrequent. To
Spoth, this still means there
could be an impact.
“If there is going to
be problem, there’s no
contingency for the wind
project to compensate for
that,” he said.
But as the turbines go
up, the process that began
last Wednesday, Spoth
plans to adapt.
“It’s either I look at it
and shake my fist at it each
time I go outside, or I just
get used it,” he said.
Correction
In the Nov. 1 “Promise of Pink” special edition to The Essex Reporter and
The Colchester Sun, Colchester Middle School Principal Dawn Gruss was
improperly identified as Julie Benay in the article “Living Life After Cancer”
on page 3. Gruss was an integral part of the CMS team at the Making Strides
Against Breast Cancer event held on Sunday, Oct. 21 at Dorset Park in South
Burlington. We apologize for this error.
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The Essex Reporter • November 8, 2012
Opinion
Perspective
Goodrow, goodbye
What’s missing
in Vermont? A
plan with vision
By EMERSON LYNN
Former Gov. Jim Douglas was recently asked what he
thought was the most substantial challenge Vermont faced,
which, for most politicians, invites answers most of us
expect: our high cost of living, health care costs, government
bureaucracy, taxes, etc. His response was demographics.
“If we don’t have people, don’t have human capital here,
then nothing’s going to be very successful. We have the lowest
birth rate in America, we have net domestic out-migration for
the last recorded year … We
have a declining population in
What we’re good at is our schools,” he explained in a
speech before the Associated
of Vermont.
nitpicking ourselves Industries
That’s not an unusual
for a rural state
to death without ever problem
to have. National growth
patterns have long favored
meeting a challenge. states with urban population
centers. Maine has the same
What we’re good at issue. So does New Hampshire
and Rhode Island.
is giving everyone
But that doesn't help.
We know we don't have
a population center large
a voice, and then
enough to stimulate growth all
allowing the variance by itself. But we also know that it
work to do nothing,
of opinion to qualify doesn't
and that it's to our detriment
allow the no-growth
as “dealing with it.” to
perception pushed by some to
be accepted as the perception
we accept as a state. It isn't. When Mr. Douglas was asked what to do, his answer was
to make Vermont a “more affordable place to live and work.”
No one disputes that. Getting there is what’s difficult.
Why?
Because Vermont has no plan. Because the power base
in Vermont is splintered into a number of separate fiefdoms,
and they protect their own, and they have no incentive to
create a shared vision. Because there is a complete disconnect
between state leaders and business leaders. Because there
is precious little synergy between the state, the business
community and higher education.
It’s ridiculous.
What we’re good at is nitpicking ourselves to death
without ever meeting a challenge.
What we’re good at is giving everyone a voice, and then
allowing the variance of opinion to qualify as “dealing with it.”
What we’re good at is insisting on perfection, knowing
that falling short means giving up, but being satisfied that
the effort was made.
This isn’t the fault of any single person, party or group.
It’s the collective failure of us all. We’ve not asked for better.
We’ve allowed this stalemate to evolve to where it is today.
Here’s the thing: No one benefits from this kaleidoscopic
approach to state policy. Not even the partisans who think
otherwise. No one benefits from an economy challenged by a
quickly aging, and shrinking workforce.
What we have done in the past is to focus on individual
challenges. It could be the need to streamline regulations one
year, the need to address property tax rates another, and the
need for renewable energy another. We have focused on the
need to raise our educational standards, and the need to cut
health care costs. As singular threads, each is important, but if they are not
part of an overall weave, we're not left with anything that
lasts. So what’s missing?
n The business community. Manufacturers. Small
employers. They have allowed their voices to be driven
underground. They have been victims of a divide and conquer
strategy that has prevented them from unifying around core
issues. n Higher education. They have allowed themselves to
be content with visions that extend little further than their
campuses and they have been hobbled by a Legislature
content to leave it at that.
n A galvanizing vision from the state’s political leadership
that this is no longer acceptable.
The good news is that the present administration seems
to be on the verge of getting it. But the challenge is to create
the sort of environment in which these voices are welcome,
and, for lack of a better word, protected. We must create an
inclusive environment in which creativity is rewarded and
mistakes understood as necessary obstacles along the path
to improvement.
To have the “human capital” necessary to be prosperous,
we need to do a better job of getting the “human capital” we
have to be a committed part of the discussion. Otherwise,
there is no plan.
Emerson Lynn is co-publisher of The Essex Reporter and
publisher of the St. Albans Messenger.
Lt. Col. Lloyd Goodrow, right, of Essex Junction, is awarded The Meritorious Service Medal by Vermont National Guard Adjutant
General Thomas Drew at Goodrow's formal retirement ceremony on Sunday afternoon at Camp Johnson in Colchester.
Goodrow, 58, a spokesman for the Vermont National Guard, ended his 33-year career last Wednesday at midnight.
Photo by Oliver Parini
Letters to the Editor
For the love of the game
The Essex High School football
team finished its 2012 season with
a heart-wrenching loss to BFA-St.
Albans last Friday night. While the
sting of the defeat is still fresh in our
hearts, what should not be lost in all
of this is the realization of what an
outstanding group of young men we
have all had the honor of watching
grow together as a team.
From pre-season two-a-days to
the playoffs, these boys have carried
themselves with grace and dignity.
They have fought the good fight out on
the field, respected their opponents,
looked out for one another and found
internal strength through hard word
and dedication to one another and
their team. Whether watching them on the
field or when they were sharing a
meal together during their weekly
team dinners, these boys enjoyed each
others company, laughed a lot, ate a
TON and just enjoyed spending time
with each other.
These days one doesn’t have to go
very far to hear about some of the bad
things that our youth are doing in our
communities. Well I can this, with
these boys, on this team, that simply
isn’t the case.
I have watched the way they have
interacted with their coaches and
parents. I have witnessed some of the
cheap shots they have endured on the
field, and time and time again, these
boys have risen above adversity and
just played their style of football.
I know I share with all our team
parents when I say none of this could
have been accomplished without the
outstanding support of our coaching
staff, our athletic director and our
student fans. Our coaches have spent
countless hours with this team,
drilling play after play, spending
more time with these boys than with
their own families. We have heard the
after-game speeches, the talks about
working hard and playing hard, but
more importantly, these coaches have
been friends and adult mentors to
each of our boys. Coach Burnett and
his staff have been selfless with their
time, cared for and loved each one of
these boys and have given this team
something for which they can never
say thank you enough.
To my fellow team parents:
Thanks for giving me and my family
something to look forward to each and
every weekend. We have truly enjoyed
getting to know each of you and your
families. A special thank you goes
out to Mrs. Picard and Mr. Fraser for
all their hard work in organizing the
team dinners, the meals on the bus,
By DEB MARKOWITZ
After a summer of nearly
constant outdoor activity, I
love the rainy days of fall. The
rain gives me an excuse to
get to those projects I put off,
and to enjoy a good book by
the fire. And all Vermonters
depend on rainwater to
replenish the lakes, streams
and underground aquifers
that feed our community
water systems and wells.
Although we welcome
the wet weather, the rain
also brings challenges that
come
with
stormwater
runoff. Have you ever
noticed a stream of water
running down the road while
it’s raining? Since coming
to work for the Agency of
Natural
Resources
I’ve
begun to notice the places
in my own community
where stormwater runoff is
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Maureen Evans
Essex
Leave the wetlands
alone
I have been contacted about a
wetland permit filed by Franklin
South. More and more of these projects
are affecting our environmental areas.
Not long ago we had foxes living
down our bank. Have you ever heard
young foxes crying? They sound like a
real baby.
Two geese have been making a
nest nearby. They honk when both, or
one, leaves early in the morning and
returns again at dusk. They’ve been
coming for three years.
We’ve had wood ducks living here,
too. Just this summer I counted five
young, swimming with their mother.
Often when the wetlands are
approached, that should send up a
red flag. Leave the wildlife alone. Go
somewhere else!
Beverley Mannings
Essex Junction
Here comes the rain, and greener communities
a problem. When I see this,
I find myself wondering
what’s in that water, and
how it’s impacting the river,
stream, or lake it’s headed
for.
As
water
washes
over paved or otherwise
“impervious” surfaces, it
carries with it whatever
else is in its path. This often
includes dirt that contains
nutrients like phosphorous
and nitrogen, chemicals from
motor vehicles, salt, sand and
silt, and garbage that has
been discarded improperly.
Not surprisingly, one of the
most significant causes of
pollution in our rivers and
lakes is stormwater runoff.
Traditional
engineered
approaches
to
clean
stormwater before it reaches
our waterways have been
challenging and costly to
implement. For that reason
Publisher
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the pumpkin-carving party, the aftergame snacks and most importantly,
the parking lot tailgate parties.
We are so very blessed to have
been a part of such a great team! Go
Hornets!
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the Agency of Natural
Resources has kicked off
a project to promote and
implement innovative, green
infrastructure approaches to
stormwater management. Green infrastructure are
systems that mimic natural
processes that reduce the
amount and slow down the
flow of stormwater so that
it can seep into the ground,
rather than run off into
ditches and brooks that will
ultimately wash pollution
into our rivers, lakes and
ponds. Green infrastructure
practices include changing
how we put in curbs so that
water washes into green
spaces rather than keeping
it on pavement, putting in
rain gardens (green spaces
designed to catch water with
native water-loving plants),
porous pavements, green
roofs, trees and planters
designed to catch and hold
water during storm events,
and rain water harvesting
(for example, rain barrels.)
When we use green
infrastructure
techniques
to manage stormwater and
reduce water pollution we
see many additional benefits
to the environment and to
our communities. Green
infrastructure helps prevent
flooding and flood damage, it
can help us conserve energy
by reducing the urban heat
effect and can improve air
quality by increasing the
number of plants and trees
that absorb carbon dioxide.
It also improves the quality
of life in our urban and
suburban
communities
by adding green space
for recreation and urban
agriculture.
Vermont’s
Green
Infrastructure
Initiative
began with an executive
order signed this past
summer by Gov. Shumlin.
That directive requires all
state agencies to use green
infrastructure practices to
manage stormwater runoff
to minimize pollution on
state land, and directs the
Agency of Natural Resources
to convene an interagency
group to implement this
goal. The first meeting of
this group will be held later
this month. In addition,
the agency received a
quarter million dollar U.S.
Forest Service grant that
will be used to encourage
municipalities to implement
green
infrastructure
practices
by
offering
technical and financial help.
To learn more about
how you can use green
infrastructure practices in
your home or community,
visitwww.vtwaterquality.
org/stormwater/htm/sw_
green_infrastructure.htm.
Next summer, install a rain
garden or rain barrel at your
home and reduce the amount
of stormwater runoff leaving
your property. Together, we
can protect and preserve our
natural resources for this
and future generations.
Deb
Markowitz
is
secretary of the Vermont
Agency of Natural Resources.
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The Essex Reporter • November 8, 2012
About the Project
FLYING
This Week:
Winter’s touch
Flying
YWP is an independent nonprofit that engages students to write, helps
them improve and connects them with authentic audiences.
By Lillian Kolbenson
Each week, Young Writers
Project
receives
several
hundred submissions from
students in Vermont and New
Hampshire. With the help of
a team of students, the best
works are published here and
in 12 other newspapers.
YWP runs youngwritersproject.org and The Schools Project, a
comprehensive online classroom and training program that works
with teachers to help students develop their writing and digital literacy
skills. Learn more at ywpschools.net or contact Geoff Gevalt at (802)
324-9537.
Next prompts:
If only... Write about a situation in which you wish you had done things
differently. Alternates: Dialogue day. Tell a story using only dialogue; or
General writing in any genre. Due Nov. 30
Photo of the Week
Like a bird
By Emma Forsyth
Grade 7, Browns River Middle School
Now I blissfully fly in the blue sky
feeling just like a bird
as I say goodbye to the herd
when I go over the red, yellow and orange
trees
I swoop down to see the flowers and bees
I fly in the country because it’s open
and free; right now nothing can bother me
I feel so tall when I’m over the
trees and houses
I go over the clouds, the breeze is cold
It’s crisp against my face but I go right
through it
At least the sun is bright and lit
What a nice day
Now I feel thirsty, so I go to the river bay
I drink very fast
I climb back into the air
I am up here, high
because now I can fly
MARY KATHLEEN
PETRI
- Mary Kathleen
Petri, 90, of 4 Carmichael
Street in Essex died on
Thursday, October 25th
at Colchester Vermont
following a long illness.
She was born on
July 30, 1922 in North
Adams,
Massachusetts
the daughter of Dennis
and Agnes Bond O’Brien.
She was a graduate of
St. Joseph’s High School,
class of 1939. On April 18,
1949, she was married in
St. Francis Church North
Adams to Francis Petri. She is survived by
her son Frank and his
wife Joanne, her son
James and her grandsons
Eric and Thomas who
were the light of her
life and her pride and
joy and by her beautiful
granddaughter
Daniel.
She was predeceased by
her husband Francis and
an infant son, Thomas. A Memorial Mass will
be held on a date to be
announced. Arrangements
are in the care of the
Cremation
Society
of
Chittenden County, a
division of the Ready
Family, 261 Shelburne
Rd., Burlington. To send
online condolences to the
family please visit www.
cremationsocietycc.com. My own joy ride
By Leah Kelleher
Grade 8, Albert D. Lawton Intermediate
School
Up and above the trees,
Just starting to sprout their delicate
New leaves,
Soaring high in the sky,
I have the view of a bird’s eye.
A gentle breeze caresses my hair;
I spread my wings out
With steady care.
The sun is calling my name;
The sky is mine to tame,
So follow me today.
Water/Sewer bills due
Village of Essex Junction Water and
Sewer bills were mailed to property
owners on Oct. 31, 2012. Payments can
be mailed or brought to the Village office
at 2 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, VT
05452. A drop box is available for afterhours payments. Payments received
or postmarked after Nov. 30, 2012 will
be charged a 5 percent penalty. For
questions concerning your bill, or if you
did not receive a bill, call the Village
Treasurer’s office at 878-6951. (Note:
Town of Essex water bills will be mailed
on or after Nov. 15.)
For those paying in person, you can
pay your bill and donate to an area food
pantry at the same time. Collection bins
for the Essex Rotary’s “Sow the Seeds of
Love” food collection project are located
at the Village Office and the Brownell
Library.
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A light breeze lifts me off my feet
Glides elegantly, with some charm
Surrounded by the grass all neat
The cows disappearing into dark barns
In a white dress past my knees
Brittle bark, the smell so sweet
All the trees moving like the large seas
Waiting for some ships to come, like a fleet
A soft glow from windows
The air gliding with the sound of violins
Its winds as sharp as the arrows
The air chills, winter beings
Some leave, just some sparrows
The sky begins to be filled
I can see Orion’s belt from here
I touch ground for a coat, winter’s got me
chilled
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The Essex Reporter • November 8, 2012
Essex Area
Religious
Directory
C alendar
8
Thursday
Luncheon. The Green Mountain Chapter of
the Air Force Association. Guest speaker:
Doug Gilman, State Director of the Starbase Program in Vt. Elks Club, 925 North
Avenue, Burlington, 12 p.m. Lunch registration: 879-3713. Other info: 868-9034.
Theater production. “The Arabian Nights.” A
ASCENSION LUTHERAN CHURCH, 95 Allen Road, South
Burlington will begin winter worship hours on Sunday,
September 9. The Holy Communion service will begin at
10:00 a.m. There will be one service only. On the first
Sunday of each month there is a contemporary worship
service with Holy Communion. Sunday school is at 9:00
a.m. Ascension Lutheran Church, 95 Allen Road, South
Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 862-8866, church.office@
alcvt.org, www.alcvt.org
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH- (Fundamentalindependent.) 61 Main St., Essex Junction, 878-8341.
Pastor James Gangwer. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship
Service 11 a.m. Sunday evening worship 6:30. Wednesday
evening youth groups; Awana, Pro-Teens and Prayer
meeting 7 p.m.
CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH- Route 2A, Williston, just
north of Industrial Ave. Wes Pastor, Senior Minister, 8787107, Proclaiming Christ and Him crucified Sundays at 8:15
a.m. and 10:15 a.m. www.cmcvermont.org
production from the UVM Department of
Theatre tells the story of Scheherazade
as she fills a thousand and one nights with
exotic tales in order to save her life. Runs
through Nov. 3. Also Nov. 8-10. The Royall
Tyler Theatre, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Contact: 802-656-2094
Branch Out Burlington! meeting. Learn about
upcoming events, including the Awesome
Tree Contest Award Ceremony in December. Please enter in the back of the building. Department of Parks and Recreation,
645 Pine Street, Burlington, 6-8 p.m.
9
Friday
Concert. “Masterpieces for Organ,” with
ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH- 37 Old Stage Road in Essex
Junction. Sunday morning services at 7:45, 9, 10:15 and
11:30 a.m. Phone: 878-8213. www.essexalliance.org
Contra dance. Queen City Contras will
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH- (ELCA)- 273
VT. Rte. 15 – Between Jericho and Underhill – 899-3932.
Sunday Worship - 9:00 a.m./Sunday School for all ages 10:30 a.m.. [email protected] All are welcome. Rev.
Dan Steinbauer, Interim
GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH- 130 Maple
Street, Essex Junction. 878-8071. 1 mile south of the
Five Corners on Maple Street / VT. Route 117. Worship
Sundays at 9:30 a.m. with concurrent Church School Pre-K
to High School. Handicapped-accessible facility. Adult
Study Group Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Adult Choir / Praise
Band / Women’s Fellowship / Missionally active. Korean
U.M.C. Worship Sundays at 12:30 p.m. Come explore what
God might be offering you!
HOLY FAMILY- ST. LAWRENCE PARISH- Pastor:
Reverend Charles H. Ranges, S.S.E. Rectory Address:
4 Prospect Street. Phone: 878-5331. Holy Family Mass
Schedule: 28 Lincoln Street. Sundays, 8 a.m., 11 a.m. &
7:30p.m.. St. Lawrence Mass Schedule: 158 West Street.
Saturdays, 4 p.m. and Sundays, 9:30a.m.. Sacrament of
Reconciliation: St. Lawrence, Saturdays, 3:15-3:45p.m.
and by appointment. Daily Mass, 8:30a.m.@Holy Family
Church.
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF VERMONT- 182 Hegeman Ave,
Suite 1, Colchester, VT 05446. Join Imam Islam Hassan
([email protected]) for the five daily prayers. Timings at
ISVT homepage www.isvt.org The call for Friday Jumah
prayers is exactly at 1:00PM followed by Khutbah and
prayer. Additional Friday night lectures between Magrib
and Isha prayers. Weekend Islamic classes on Sundays
9:45AM-1:30PM for all children 4 years and older during
the school year. Interested non-members always welcome.
(802) 655-6711 or [email protected] or Facebook.
MT. MANSFIELD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
FELLOWSHIP- Visit www.mmuuf.org. Services are held at
9:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of each month
from Setpember through June. 195 Vermont Route 15,
Jericho (the red barn across from Packard Road). 899-2558
ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH- 4 St. James Place
(Gate F to the Fairgrounds) Essex Junction 878-4014 http://
www.stjamesvt.org. Services: 8:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite
II without music. 10:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite II with music.
Coffee hour to follow. Adult education at 9:30 and Godly
Play for PK-3rd graders at 10:15
ST. PIUS THE TENTH CHURCH- 20 Jericho Road,
Essex, 878-5997. Pastor: Rev. Richard W. Tinney. Masses:
Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 a.m.; Saturday 4:30 p.m., Sunday 8:30
and 10:30 a.m. Confessions Sat. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. www.
together.net/~stpius
ST. THOMAS CHURCH- 6 Green St., Underhill Center.
Father Charles R. Danielson, Parish Priest. Weekend
Masses: Saturday-4:30 p.m., Sunday-8:30. Daily Masses:
Check with wwwlstthomasvt.com or call 899-4632
Honor all of those who have served.
Five Corners
Essex Junction
11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Contact: 878-0700
hold its regular dance. Music will be provided by Frost and Fire. All are welcome,
all dances taught, no partner or experience necessary. Beginners’ session at 7:45
p.m. Admission: $8 adults, free for under
12. Please bring clean, soft-soled shoes
for dancing. Shelburne Town Hall, 5376
Shelburne Road, Shelburne, 8 p.m. Dance
Info: 802-371-9492 or 802-343-7165
Chamber music concert. The Perlman Music
Program will play a selection of masterworks by Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert,
Brahms and Smetana. Tickets: $30 adults,
$15 students. The Spruce Peak Performing
Arts Center, Stowe, 7:30 p.m. Box office:
802-760-4634.
Santa workshop sale. Also Nov. 10. Fea-
tures a Christmas shop with new and old
decorations. Craft and gift shop. Cookie
and food sale. Waterbury Center Community Church, Route 100, next to Cold
Hollow Cider Mill, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Contact:
244-8089.
Epilepsy Foundation annual meeting. Din-
ner, music, silent auction, speakers and a
presentation of awards. Cost of dinner:
$18 adults, $10 children. Reservations required. Elks Club, 925 North Avenue, Burlington, 6 p.m. Contact: 1-800-565-0972
or [email protected] by Oct. 31.
Anniversary bash. Celebrate a 25-year
“herstory” and the debut of Labor of
Love, a multimedia exhibit honoring 29
Vermont working women in photographs
and interviews. Hors d’oeuvres and a cash
bar. Tickets: $50/person. Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Contact:
802-655-8900 x121.
Community movie night. “The Princess
Bride.” Suggested donation: $1. Hosted
by S.O.S. (Support Our Schools) and
Friends of Colchester Music. Colchester
High School Auditorium, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Visit: http://www.csdvt.org/movie
“Dorothy Meets Alice.” A student per-
formance written by Joseph Robinette.
Through Nov. 10. Tickets: $5 adults, $3
students. Auditorium, Enosburg Falls High
School, 7 p.m. Contact: 802-933-6171
10
Saturday
Holiday bazaar. Features antiques, bake
sale, books, crafts, jewelry, plants, white
elephant, luncheon and raffle. All Saints
Church, 1250 Spear Street, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Contact: 802-8629750.
Pre-Christmas craft show. Craft raffle, food
vendors, kids’ room. Free and open to
the public. Bring a non-perishable food
item to support the local food shelf. Milton High School, Route 7, Milton, 9 a.m.-4
p.m. Contact: 893-7387
Reception. Hooked in the Mountains XVI.
Through Nov. 17. A hooked rug and fiber art exhibit featuring over 500 works
of textile art. Reception fee: $5. Primitive designs to ultra modern and original. Demonstrations, workshops and guest
speakers. Vendors and refreshments. Cost:
$8 adults, $6 seniors, free for under 12.
Round Barn, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, 5-7 p.m. Contact: www.gmrhg.org
or 802-434-4517.
Orchestral and Choral Concert. The Perlman
Music Program will play Bach, Barber,
and Tchaikovsky. Maestro Perlman will
Senior luncheon. All Westford residents
50+ are welcome. Brick Meeting House
on Westford Common, Westford, 121:30 p.m. Contact: 802-879-7382.
13
Tusday
Prostate Cancer Support Group Meeting.
conduct the string orchestra comprised of
all 23 residency participants. Tickets: $45
adults, $22.50. The Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe, 7:30 p.m. Box office: 802-760-4634.
Open discussion on prostate cancer treatment options and the current research
studies, exercise, diet and nutrition. Hope
Lodge, Lois McClure-Bee Tabakin Building, 237 East Ave., Burlington, 6-8 p.m.
Contact: Mary L. Guyette RN, MS: 802274-4990, [email protected] or Sophia
Morton: 802-872-6308, [email protected].
5 Corner Craft Fest. “Follow the Stars” punch
Vermont Transportation Board meeting.
Classification Talk. Hampton Inn, Colchester, 12-1:30 p.m.
DAYBREAK COMMUNITY CHURCH 67 Creek Farm
Plaza, Colchester VT. 05446 802-338-9118 www.
daybreakvermont.org or [email protected]
Sunday Service at 10:30am Lead Pastor, Brent Devenney
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ESSEXFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH – 39 Main Street,
Essex Junction, VT 05452. Telephone (802) 878-5745,
Fax: (802) 872-8236; Email: [email protected] Rev.
Mark Mendes, Senior Pastor, Rev. Ryan Gackenheimer,
Associate Pastor. Sunday worship services: 8:30 and
10:15 a.m. Communion: first Sunday of every month.
Sunday School meets weekly at 10:15 a.m. Junior High
Youth Group meets regularly Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to
1 p.m.; Senior High Youth Group meets regularly Sunday
evenings from 5 to 7 p.m. Adult Choir, Junior Choir, Cherub
Choir, Handbell Choir, Men’s Choir, Ladies Choir.
VETERANS DAY
CEREMONY
Colchester/Milton Rotary meeting. Rotarian
Philip Brisson on the organ. Admission:
$15 adults, $10 students/seniors, free
for children. Handicapped accessible.
Free parking. The Episcopal Cathedral, 2
Cherry Street, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Contact: 864-0471. ESSEX CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH- Please
join us for worship that combines the best of traditional and
contemporary music and spirituality. We are a safe and
welcoming space for all people to celebrate, worship, ask
questions, and put down spiritual roots. Sunday worship at
8:15 & 10:00 am. Sunday School & nursery at the 10am
service. We offer a variety of small groups for prayer,
Bible study, hands-on ministry, and studying contemporary
faith issues. 119 Center Rd (Route 15) Essex Center. Rev.
Mitchell Hay, pastor. 879-8304.
NOV. 11
lection week runs Nov. 12-19. Shoeboxes
with children’s gifts (school supplies, clothing, toys, hygiene items) are welcomed for
donation. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old
Stage Road, Essex Junction. For drop-off
times, visit: samaritanspurse.org/occ or
contact: 802-878-1028, sjgarrett33@
gmail.com.
cards given to the first 150 visitors. Area
Churches will have crafts, food, silent
auction, basket raffle and much more. 5
Corners (Corners of Main, Maple, Lincoln,
Pearl and Park Streets) Essex Junction, 9
a.m.-3 p.m.
Annual Holiday Bazaar. Community Luther-
an Church, 1560 Williston Road, South
Burlington, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Contact: 802864-5537.
Salsa-thon. Benefits a children’s hospital in
Peru. Suggested donation: $10. Snacks
will be provided afterwards. Hosted by
the Essex High School’s Spanish Honor Society. Gymnasium, Essex High School, 1011:30 a.m. Contact: 857-7000 x1590
Greek pastry sale and dinner. Pastries in-
clude baklava, melomakarona and spinach pie. Dinner includes chicken souvlaki
and gyros. Eat in or take out. Greek Orthodox Church, Corner of Ledge Road
and South Willard Street, Burlington.
Pastry sale at 10 a.m., dinner at 11 a.m.
Contact: 802-862-2155
United States Marine Corps. 237th birthday
bash. Guest of Honor: Colonel Gerald P.
Carr USMC, Retired — a former Marine
Fighter Pilot and NASA Astronaut. Tickets:
$35, limited amount. Black Tie event. Elks
Club, 925 North Avenue, Burlington, 6
p.m. Pre-registration highly encouraged.
Contact Bill: 802-862-2058, Jim: 802370-1686 or Jay: 802-578-6508.
Open to the public. Chittenden County
Regional Planning Commission, 110 West
Canal Street, Suite 202, Winooski, 6:30
p.m.
AARP Safe Driver Course. Open to all
drivers 50+. Refresher course will cover
changes in vehicles, regulations and roads.
Participants will also learn how to interact
with other road users, including truckers,
bikers, pedestrians and distracted drivers. Fee: $14. Pre-registration and prepayment required. Colchester Recreation
Department, 500 Colchester Point Road,
Colchester, 9 a.m. Contact Kelly McGinley, Program Coordinator: 264-5646.
Movie. “The Red Shoes.” Free. New movie
every Tues. Benefits United Way. Main
Street Landing Film House, Main Street
Landing Performing Arts Center, 60 Lake
Street, Burlington, 7 p.m.
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Wednesday
Boy Scout registration and info meeting.
Boys ages 11-17 and their parents or
guardians are invited to learn about the
Scouting program. No Scouting experience is necessary to join. Refreshments
will be served. Senior Citizens Center,
Bayside Park, Lakeshore Drive, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Contact: 862-2672 or
at [email protected].
Presentation.
Vermont MIDI Project) students will play
original compositions. Unitarian Church,
Montpelier, 8 p.m. Tickets: http://www.
vcme.org.
“Outsmarting
Investment
Fraud.” Presenter: William Carrigan, CFE,
Securities Examiner. Free, seating is limited. New England Federal Credit Union,
141 Harvest Lane, Williston, 5:30-7
p.m. Contact: 879-8790.
Performance. The String Quartet Project, a
Meeting. The Green Mountain Chapter of
Performance. Music-COMP (formerly the
new collaboration between Music-COMP
and the Burlington Ensemble, will play
original compositions from three students.
College Street Congregational Church,
Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: http://burlingtonensemble.com/
Christmas Bazaar. Featuring crafters, bake
sale, raffles, jewelry and soup and sandwich lunch. Free admission. United Church
of Colchester, 900 Main Street, Colchester, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Contact: 802- 8937157.
Genealogy. “Tools and Techniques For Using
The New 1940 U.S. Census.” Lecture explaining technique to get the most out of
any census. Class: $5. The Vermont Genealogy Library, Hegeman Avenue, Fort
Ethan Allen, Colchester, across from the
State Police Building, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Contact: 802- 238-5934. 11
Sunday
Westford Music Series. Code 11 will play
original songs and a mix of classic, rock,
modern rock and blues favorites. Free
and open to the public. Refreshments will
be served. UCW White Church, Westford, 4-5 p.m.
Veterans Day Ceremony. Conducted and
hosted by the Disabled American Veterans Chapter #5. All citizens are welcomed to attend this somber and patriotic
event that recognizes the sacrifices made
by all our Veterans — past and present.
Refreshments will be available at the
American Legion Post 91 following the
ceremony. American Legion Post 91, intersection of Routes 7 and 2a, Colchester.
Ceremony: Ethan Allen Cemetery, Route
15, Colchester, 11-11:45 a.m.
Veterans Day Ceremony. Honor all of those
who have served. Five Corners, Essex
Junction, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Contact: 8780700
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Monday
Operation Christmas Child. National col-
the Embroiderer’s Guild of America. First
meeting free. Bring a bag lunch. Pines
Senior living community, 7 Aspen Drive,
South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Contact: 3724255.
Presentation and discussion. “A Gnostic
Path to Spiritual Awakening.” Fletcher
Free Library, 235 College Street, Burlington, 7 p.m. Contact: 802-524-9706
Book discussion group. “Some of My Best
Friends” by Emily Bernard. Examination
of the complexities of interracial friendships: Latino and white, black and Asian,
black and Jewish. Led by the author, UVM
professor of English, Emily Bernard. Free
copies of books may be obtained at the
library’s Circulation Desk. Free and open
to the public. Local History Room, Fletcher
Free Library, 235 College Street, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Contact: 865-7211.
Essex Rotary Meeting. Guest speaker: Vermont Sports Hall of Fame — Justin Martin.
Every Wednesday. Serving the communities of Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho
and Underhill. The Essex, 70 Essex Way,
Essex, 12:10 p.m.
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Thursday
Look Good —Feel Better Program. Free
program that teaches female cancer
patients techniques to help restore their
appearance during chemotherapy and
radiation treatments. American Cancer
Society Hope Lodge, Lois McClure-Bee
Tabakin Building, 237 East Avenue, Burlington, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Contact Hope
Lodge: 802-658-0649
“Once Upon a Mattress.” A musical by Mary
Rogers and Marshall Barer. This award
winning musical comedy is inspired by the
classic fairy tale “The Princess and the
Pea.” A family-friendly production that
provides humor and entertainment for all
ages. Presented by Essex High School.
Through Nov. 17. Essex High School, 7
p.m. Ticket information: 857-7000 x1011
Presentation. “Retirement Income Planning.”
Presenter: Lyn Tober, Financial Consultant, CUSO Financial Services, L.P. Free,
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Special event
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C alendar
NOV.
15-17
Avenue S, Montreal West, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
A musical by Mary Rogers and
Marshall Barer. This award
winning musical comedy is
inspired by the classic fairy
tale "The Princess and the Pea.”
A family-friendly production
that provides humor and
entertainment for all ages.
Presented by Essex High School.
Essex High School, 7 p.m.
Ticket information:
857-7000 x1011
See the www.EssexReporter.com/
blog for a behind the scene look!
Fabric giveaway. The Colchester Quilters
have been collecting all kinds of fabric for their annual free give-away and
exchange. Fabric will be laid out on tables in the Parish Hall at the church. Please
bring your own bags. United Church of
Colchester, 900 Main Street, Route 2a,
Colchester, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Christmas Bazaar and lunch. Williston Federated Church, 44 North Williston Road,
Williston, 9 a.m.- 3p.m. Contact: 802862-7400
Lecture/Workshop. “Thank You Notes and
Twetiquette: A History of Good Manners”
with Emily Post Institute’s Daniel Post Senning. Discussion on the history and evolution of etiquette. Free and open to the
public. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street, Burlington, 2
p.m. Contact: 865-7211
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seating is limited. New England Federal
Credit Union, 141 Harvest Lane, Williston,
5:30-7 p.m. Contact: 879-8790.
Colchester/Milton Rotary meeting. Speak-
er: Chuck Pizer — Will speak about VT
Public TV. Hampton Inn, Colchester, 121:30 p.m.
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Friday
Concert. Music for organ and men’s Schola.
Free and open to the public. St. Mary’s
Church, St. Albans, 4 p.m.
Ongoing
Buy tickets now for The Christmas Dinner, sponsored by the Essex Rotary
and Essex Knights of Columbus.
Event time: Dec. 5, Champlain Valley
Fairgrounds, 12 p.m. Tickets are limited
to 200 Essex Junction and Essex Town Seniors 55+. First come, first served. Tickets:
$5, on sale through Nov. 30. To purchase
a ticket: Contact Dan at 879-1408 or
Donna at 879-7922 between 9 a.m.-12
p.m., Monday through Friday or visit the
Senior Center on Fridays: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Bingo. Sponsored by the Whitcomb Woods
Residents Association. Whitcomb Woods,
128 West Street, Essex Junction. Mondays
at 6 p.m. Contact: 879-1829.
Opera. “King Arthur.” A Baroque performance
Cell Phones for Soldiers. Local residents can
Presentation. “The Allens: A Military Tradi-
Divorce Care Support Group. The 13-week
by Henry Purcell. Presented by the Burlington Choral Society. Tickets: $22 adults,
$18 seniors. St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry Street, Burlington, 4 p.m. Contact: 802864-0788
tion.” Historian Willard Sterne Randall
presents on the proud military traditions
of the Allen family in defense of both Vermont and the United States. Free. Ethan
Allen Homestead Museum, Burlington, 2
p.m. Contact: 865-4556.
support these collection drives by donating their old cell phones at A. W. Rich Funeral Home, 57 Main Street, Essex Junction. Collections accepted 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Contact: 849-6261.
a-thon inspired by National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)— which takes
place in November. Prizes will be given
out at the end of the night. Visit ywp.
nanowrimo.org for more details on the
project. Writers do not need to be participating in NaNoWriMo to attend. Phoenix
Books, Essex Shoppes and Cinema, Essex,
7-9 p.m. Contact: 802-872-7111.
Reception. “Holiday Art Show.” Featuring
the work of the Milton Artists’ Guild. Pottery, jewelry, glassworks, photography,
collage, sculpture, watercolor, oil and
acrylic paintings. Free and open to the
public. Also Nov. 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Milton Grange Hall, Route 7, Milton, 6-8 p.m.
Contact: 802-893-2480.
Wine Tasting Fundraiser. Benefits The Travis
Roy Foundation. Cost: $45 per person.
Includes: hors d’oeuvres, silent auction,
live music, and an array of domestic and
international wines. Limited tickets available. The Atrium, The Essex Resort and
Spa, 7-9 p.m.
Brown Bag Book Club. This month: "The Lace
Reader" by Brunonia Barry. Coffee, tea,
juice and dessert provided. Free and
open to all adults. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, 21 Library Lane, Williston,
12:30-1:30 p.m. Contact: 878-4918
Presentation. “My Experience on a Medical
Mission to Ghana” by Chip Hart. Pictures
from a medical mission where surgeries
were performed on over 100 children.
Free and open to the public. Brand Hall,
Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset Street, South Burlington, 7 p.m.
Theater production. “The Butler Did It” is
lightheaded, lighthearted and funny diversion of fun and mayhem. Through Nov.
18. Also Nov. 23-24. Presented by the
Shelburne Players. Tickets: $15 adults,
$10 students/seniors. Shelburne Town
Center stage, 5420 Shelburne Road,
Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. Contact: 985-0780
or www.shelburneplayers.com.
Saturday
March and rally. Against Vermont Yankee.
Gather at City Hall, Montpelier, 12:30
p.m. Contact: 802-476-3154.
Turkey trot. Includes a 100-yard tot trot for
ages 6 and under, a 2-mile walk/run and
a 10k run. Suggested donation: $10. Benefits the Westford community. Westford
School, Brookside Road, Westford, 8:30
a.m. Contact: 878-2902 or 879-5726,
evenings.
Christmas Cupboard Community Craft
Fair. A collection of original crafts, gifts,
toys, food, jewelry, gingerbread houses
and more. Underhill ID School, Underhill,
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Contact: 802-899-4865.
Holiday bazaar. Crafts, bake sale, and white
elephants. Serving homemade baked
beans, chili and cornbread. Winooski
United Methodist Church, corners of West
Allen and Follett Street, across from the
police station, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Contact: 3553139.
Art, etc. A juried show of arts and crafts. Tea
Room. Door Prizes. Free admission and
parking. Also Nov. 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Montreal West Town Hall, 50 Westminster
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Showcase
Homes
group for men and women. Sept. 12-Dec.
12. Wednesday evenings. Essex Alliance
Community Center, 37 Old Stage Road,
Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Contact:
802-425-7053.
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Pancake breakfast. Menu: pancakes, scram-
Dangerous Night of Writing. Two-hour write-
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Sunday
tions accepted. Grace United Methodist
Church, 130 Maple Street, Essex Junction,
8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Contact: 878-8071
or 878-5923.
Tell Susan
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Nov. 9
Drop-in story time. Babies,
toddlers and preschoolers are
welcome to listen to picture
book stories and have fun with
action rhymes. No registration
required. Brownell Library,
Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m.
Contact: 878-6956.
Improv. Theater games with
movement,
voice,
character
development and lots and lots of
laughter. Gr. 6 and up. Brownell
Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30
p.m. Contact: 878-6955.
Dungeons and Dragons.
Embark
upon
imaginary
adventures. A Dungeon Master
serves as the game's referee
and storyteller. Gr. 6 and
up. Brownell Library, Essex
Junction, 6-8 p.m. Contact: 8786956.
Teen Movie. “The Avengers”
follows a team of super humans
that helped save the Earth from
Loki and his army. Free popcorn
and soda. Rated PG-13. Brownell
Library, Essex Junction, 6-8:30
p.m. Contact: 878-6956.
Nov. 10
Friends Fall Book Sale.
Through Nov. 17. Lots of
new materials. All proceeds
benefit library’s programs and
collections. Lower Level Book
Room, Brownell Library, Essex
Junction. Contact: 878-6955
Nov. 12
Brownell Library is closed for
Veterans Day
Nov. 14
Vermont Volunteers 186165. Rob Grandchamp, Civil War
historian and author, will come
in the uniform of a member of
the Old Vermont Brigade and
talk about the life, uniform
and equipage of a Vermont
solder in the Civil War. All ages
welcome. [Rescheduled from Oct.
29]. Brownell Library, Essex
Junction, 7 p.m. Contact: 8786955.
Nov. 16
Songs
and
Stories.
Matthew
Witten
performs
songs about our world and
tells adventurous tales. For all
ages. No registration. Brownell
Library, Essex Junction, 1010:45 a.m. Contact: 878-6956.
Adult
movie.
“Albert
Nobbs.” A woman passes as
a man in order to work and
survive in 19th century Ireland.
Some thirty years after donning
men’s clothing, she finds herself
trapped in a prison of her own
making. Rated R. Brownell
Library, Essex Junction, 6:308:30 p.m. Contact: 878-6955.
Ongoing events
Drop-In Storytime with
Bridget. Mondays. Reading,
rhyming, and crafts each week.
All ages welcome. No registration
required. Essex Free Library,
2 Jericho Road, Essex, 10:30
a.m. Contact: 802-879-0313 or
[email protected]
“Musical Thirds” Story
time. Every third Friday of the
month. Rock out and read with
Caitlin. All ages. No registration
required. Essex Free Library,
2 Jericho Road, Essex, 10:30
a.m. Contact: 802-879-0313 or
[email protected]
Story time for babies and
toddlers. Tuesdays. Picture
books, songs rhymes and
puppets. Brownell Library, 6
Lincoln Street, Essex Junction,
9:10-9:30 a.m. Contact: 8786956.
Story time for 3-5-year-olds.
Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Picture books, songs, rhymes,
puppets & flannel stories for
preschoolers. Brownell Library,
6 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction,
10-10:45 a.m. Contact: 878-6956.
Knitting. Project finishing
night. First Thursday of the
month. All levels of proficiency
welcome. Brownell Library,
Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m.
Contact: 878-6955.
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Susan’s Pick:
Current
exhibits
September
ESSEX ART LEAGUE SMALL PAINTING SHOW.
Runs through Dec. 6. All work is by local artists.
The Burnham Library, Colchester.
Justin D.
Quackenbush stars
as “Angel” in the
Lyric Theatre’s
production of RENT
this weekend.
Photo contributed
Paintings by award winning Stowe landscape
artist LISA FORSTER BEACH. Runs through Nov.
18. Emile A Gruppe Gallery, 22 Barber Farm Road,
Jericho Center
Catch Angel’s song “Today 4 U” in this weekend’s performance
Spotlight on RENT
“LABOR OF LOVE.” An exhibit by Vermont Work
for Women. Runs through December. Welcome
Center, traffic circle, Winooski.
UNION MEMORIAL SCHOOL ARTWORK.
Selected students’ art work in the theme of fall.
Through Nov. 30. Located in the Town Manager’s
office on the second floor and the downstairs
hall of the Colchester Town Office.
BY SUSAN BONDARYK
The Essex Reporter
L
ocal talent abounds in this weekend’s top theater production, RENT — running Nov. 8-11
on the Flynn Center MainStage in Burlington.
RENT is set in the early 1990’s and follows a year
in the life of a group of impoverished young artists
and musicians struggling to survive, create, and fall
in love in New York’s Lower East Side, under the
shadow of HIV-AIDS.
Essex native, Justin D. Quackenbush, plays one of
the main characters of the story, “Angel.”
Quackenbush was in fourth grade when his family
moved to Essex from New York. He went through
the ranks of Essex schools, attending Founders
Memorial School, Essex Middle School and Essex
Junction Educational Center. Theater started as a hobby but quickly grew into a
passion. Throughout high school, Quackenbush was
in many productions, including “Twelfth Night,”
“The Pajama Game” and “Grease.”
“These productions included music directed by Andrea Orlyk,” Quackenbush said. “She is responsible
for teaching me that I have a voice and how to make
it sing.”
After high school, Quakcebush went on to appear
in productions with Lyric Theatre, UVM and the
Stowe Theatre Guild.
Though he now lives in New York City, Quackenbush won’t soon forget his Essex roots.
“I was guided artistically my senior
year of high school by Glory Douglass — our new choral director and
my AP music theory teacher,” he
remembered. “Ernie Cabrera was
my favorite teacher and is responsible for establishing a solid foundation for me to build my theatrical
experience upon,” he added.
Quackenbush’s New York credits
include “Broadway Bares XXII:
Happy Endings” — which helped to
raise a record breaking $1,224,000
in one night for Broadway Cares/
Equity Fights AIDS. He also starred
as “Macheath” in John Gay’s The
Beggars Opera and scored a role in
Metropolitan Opera’s critically acclaimed production of AIDA, work
which he will reprise in fall 2012
Justin D. Quackenbush.
for their new season.
Photo contributed
Show times for the Nov. 8-11 performances are at 7:30 p.m. There
are two additional matinees at 2 p.m. on Saturday
and Sunday. Tickets for RENT are on sale through
the Flynn Center Regional Box Office in Burlington
or by telephone: 802-86-FLYNN or online: www.
flynntix.org.
“VERMONT LANDSCAPES” by Donna Kunkel.
Through Nov. 14. Phoenix Books and Gallery at
the Essex Shoppes and Cinema, intersections of
Route 15 and 289, Essex. Contact: 872-7111
CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE ART PROFESSORS.
Highlights works in oil, acrylic, on paper, canvas
and linen including photo-emulsion and dry
point etchings on paper. Through Nov. 24. Black
Horse Fine Art Supply, 277 Pine Street, Burlington, Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
“WE ARE VERMONT STRONG.” Vermont works
of art in response to Tropical Storm Irene to
commemorate the one-year anniversary of the
storm. Exhibit runs through Dec. 28. Governor’s
Gallery, 5th floor of the Pavilion Building, Montpelier, Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. A photo ID is
required for admission.
Tibetan art. “CONTEMPORARY JEWELS: AN
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The Essex Reporter • November 8, 2012
Meet You Local Merchant
Poorhouse Pies
Co-owners:
Jamie and Paula
Eisenberg
By TRACEY MEDEIROS
For The Essex Reporter
Jamie
and
Paula
Eisenberg opened Poorhouse
Pies, located in Underhill,
during the summer of 2009.
Jamie had lost a lucrative
job during the economic
downturn and the two
needed to come up with an
idea to keep them out of the
“poorhouse.” The business
started out small, but has
grown steadily since 2009,
and Paula was recently able
to make it her full-time job.
Poorhouse Pies offers
house-baked
goods
and
specializes
in
making
traditional, as well as
inventive pies.
They use
local ingredients whenever
possible.
Jamie recently spoke
about the bakery.
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when both of you first
became
interested
in
baking?
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early on, but was never very
good at it. After working as
a cook for almost 20 years,
she took a job as a baker at
Stone Soup in Burlington
and learned on the job. That
was 15 years ago and now
she can’t imagine doing
anything else. I trained as
a professional chef and only
recently became interested in
baking. Q: Why bake pies?
A: Everybody loves pies;
a well-made pie is a thing of
beauty.
Q:
Do you have a
signature pie?
A:
We specialize in
“combo” pies. Our cherrypeach pie with oat streusel
has become a real favorite
with our regulars. Q:
What seasonal
ingredients do you like
to incorporate into your
pies?
A: Rhubarb! We get all
our rhubarb through a barter
program with our customers
and people around the
neighborhood. Of course,
we use local apples (in good
years from our own tree),
cranberries and pumpkin
for the holidays, and
strawberries and blueberries
for the Fourth of July.
Q: What is your most
popular pie?
A: Without a doubt, our
chocolate cream pie and
strawberry-rhubarb runs a
close second.
Q: Where do you get
your inspiration for pie
flavors?
A:
We get our ideas
for flavors from cookbooks,
magazines or whatever may
pop into our heads. Paula
makes up the traditional
flavors and I am responsible
for the more interesting
varieties (raisin hell, red
white and blueberry, key lime
and chocolate cream).
Q:
How would you
describe your bakery?
A:
The bakeshop is
located in what was once the
living room of our house. It’s
tiny, by some standards, but
we’ve both worked in smaller
kitchens in our careers. It is
a fully functional bakery but,
since we spend so much of
our time there, we’ve kept a
lot of the inviting elements of
the living room such as the
warm colors and paintings on
the walls. We have a Home
F ood
Bakery license, which means
we don’t use large commercial
equipment and make do with
three refrigerators and two
ovens. We recently added a
three-bay sink, which has
helped a great deal with
efficiency.
During
the
warmer
months, in addition to our
retail locations, we sell pies
from the “Pie Shed” in front
of the house. This is literally
a garden shed that we
converted by adding shelves
and small refrigerators. It’s
operated farm stand style —
take a pie, leave money in the
“bank” on the wall. During the
colder months, the bakeshop
is open Friday afternoons for
pies and Sunday mornings
for pie and fresh house made
doughnuts. Our doughnut
offerings consists of raised
glazed, jelly filled, oldfashioned buttermilk and, in
the fall, cider doughnuts.
Q: Why are you located
in Underhill?
A.: It was originally
located in our home, out of
necessity, but we like it here
and don’t see any reason to
move elsewhere. Since we
have opened, we’ve gotten
to know so many of our
neighbors and people in the
surrounding towns. It feels
like real community.
Q:
How would you
describe a typical day at
the bakery?
A: It depends on the
season, but the day usually
starts very early. I make
pie dough and streusel, do
invoices and other paperwork,
and make pie boxes before
leaving for my full-time job.
Then Paula moves in to make
fillings and shape and bake
the pies. After they’re cooled,
the pies get boxed up and put
in the Pie Shed or set aside
for delivery to the markets. In
the summer months, we have
been known to make well over
200 pies a week.
Q: Where can your pies
be purchased?
A: Our pies are available
at the Pie Shed and our
bakeshop at the house in
Underhill (23 Park Street).
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is a freelance food writer,
food stylist, recipe developer
and tester. Medeiros is
the author of “Dishing Up
Vermont” (Storey Publishing,
2008). Countryman
Press will be publishing her
second book, “The Vermont
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Photos by Oliver Parini
Gen. Thomas Drew speaks with soldiers individually before their
deployment.
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Ceremony
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approximately
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Engineer Squadron on Saturday afternoon
in South Burlington. The guard members
will be deployed to maintain airfield
operations in Afghanistan.
Soldiers of the 158th Civil Engineer Squadron prepare for their deployment to Afghanistan.
Shannon Desautels of Burlington nurses her son, Ethan, 3 weeks, as they
prepare for their husband and father's deployment.
Vermont dignitaries attend the ceremony.
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to the soldiers.
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B Section
The Essex Reporter •
November 8, 2012
Sports
BFA swamps Essex in semifinals
By JOEL LEHMAN
For The Essex Reporter
Isaac Devoid wasn’t on
the Bobwhite football team
that reached the Division I
state championship in 2010.
But his brother, Zach, was.
The senior defensive back
will be receiving plenty of
brotherly advice this week as
BFA-St. Albans prepares to
play in its second state title
game in three years after a
35-6 semifinal victory over
Essex Friday night.
Thanks
to
three
interceptions
and
more
than 350 yards rushing
on a sloppy, muddy night
at
Collins-Perley,
the
Bobwhites will face the No.
1 Hartford Hurricanes at
5 p.m. Saturday at South
Burlington High School in a
rematch of the 2010 final.
Just three weeks after
narrowly beating No. 3 Essex
in the regular season, it was
all BFA Friday night, with
conditions perfectly suited
for the Bobwhites’ groundand-pound running game.
Running back Lucas Kelsey
led the team to victory with
147 yards rushing and three
touchdowns on 21 attempts,
including an 86-yard run with
3:23 left in the third quarter
to close out scoring.
Doug Saffo, playing with
a shoulder injury sustained
during
the
quarterfinals
against Champlain Valley
Union, had 130 yards and
a score on 30 attempts, and
quarterback Nick Jaslowich
had a 38-yard touchdown run
on the team’s third play from
scrimmage to start the second
half, a score that shifted all
the momentum to BFA’s side.
“It certainly got us some
energy,” said BFA coach Geoff
Murray, who watched Essex
cut the score to 14-6 before
the half and nearly score
again on the team’s final
possession before the break.
“We started to slowly move
the ball there and then there
was a big play, and big plays
always turn the momentum.
That was a nice way to start
the second half.”
Essex’s no-huddle offense
was limited in part because
of the weather, which slowed
the team’s dynamic passing
• School News • Legal Notices • Classifieds
SPORTS
SHORTS
Joe
Gonillo
W
elcome, November. Thanksgiving
is still a few weeks away, but
the fun is in the countdown.
Last week saw high-level playoff games
for the Hornets, including a couple of
semifinals and a championship. The cross
country teams are still practicing, as are
a few Essex football players who will be
participating in the annual North/South
all-star game. The annual Powder Puff
football game is coming with a new twist.
The first quarter marking period is over.
Report cards should be on their way home
this week. Check your mailboxes.
The Essex High School football team battles for possession during Friday’s semifinal against the Bobwhites
in St. Albans, where the Hornets fell 35-6. Photo by Josh Kaufmann
“We just want to honor these kids … They’ve done so much to restore a
little bit of glory to Essex football and we’re proud of them.”
Essex coach Charlie Burnett
attack. Hornet quarterback
Joey Picard was held to
15-for-36 passing for 182
yards and a second-quarter
touchdown pass to James
Olsen — a 15-yard strike over
the middle that deflected off
Saffo and into the hands of a
diving Olsen.
But Essex coach Charlie
Burnett was quick to give all
the credit to the BFA defense
Friday night.
“Weather has nothing
to do with it,” said Burnett.
“BFA is a great club, coach
Murray does a great job and
it was their game to win
and they deserve to go to
the finals. They did a great
job defending us and we just
couldn’t get enough going
and really their offense we
couldn’t slow down enough
to keep them out of the end
zone.”
Burnett
now
faces
the task of replacing a
graduating senior class that
brought Essex football back
Essex senior Noah Macgillivray prepares to block a Bobwhite defender.
Photo by Josh Kaufmann
to prominence. He saw some
of that future in the third
quarter, when sophomore
Brendan Gleason came in
at quarterback for a series,
– See FOOTBALL on page 3b
CVU
edges
Essex
CVU
from page 1a
responded 11 minutes later
when Mackenzie Kingston
knocked in a corner kick to tie
the game 1-1.
Both teams fired off
several shots on goal during
the time remaining in
regulation, but the deadlock
held and the game rolled into
overtime.
The Hornets threatened
to end the game much like
they started it when senior
midfielder
Alexa
Pius
collected a rebound and fired
a shot on goal seconds into the
overtime period, but the blast
sailed just beyond the post.
With minutes remaining
in the first of two possible
15-minute overtime periods,
fans on both sides of the
bleachers began to question
whether the game would
come to a tiebreaker. But the
chatter ended when Davitt
attempted to net a penalty
kick past experienced Essex
keeper Essie Fiore, who made
five saves on Saturday.
Seconds
later,
the
defending champions charged
the field in celebration while
the Hornets gathered on the
sidelines in tears.
CVU and Essex both
ended the season 16-1-1, with
all non-wins accounted for in
Hornet-Redhawk matchups.
ALSO IN THIS SECTION:
ABOVE: Essex High School girls soccer team lost to CVU in overtime at the championship game at Burlington
High School on Saturday morning.
BELOW: Essex junior Charlotte Stuart sprints down the sideline as CVU junior Mackenzie Kingston reaches
for the steal during their championship matchup.
Photos by Oliver Parini
Girls’ soccer The girls’ soccer team’s incredible
run got them to the Division I state
championship game at Burlington High
School on Saturday. But before they
stepped on the field to take on Champlain
Valley Union, the Hornets defeated No.
5 Rice 1-0 in an exciting semifinal match
on Wednesday. Entering the second half
tied 0-0, the Hornet offense kept the
pressure on the Golden Knight’s defense.
Then striker Maria Reed scored midway
through the half. The Essex defense did
the rest, protecting the lead to secure the
team a ticket to the finals for the first time
since 2008.
On Saturday, the top two teams in the
state squared off at 10 a.m. The Redhawks
and Hornets played their third overtime
game of the season. Senior Marissa
Vanacore scored the first goal of the match
just 25 seconds after the starting whistle.
Vanacore, a senior, missed her entire junior
year after suffering a spring soccer ACL
tear. The goal was the result of her hard
work, rehab and training. She received a
perfect pass from striker Charlotte Stuart.
Eleven minutes later, CVU’s Mackenzie
Kingston converted a corner kick to tie
the game 1-1. It remained deadlocked into
overtime, when a rebound of Allie Astor’s
restart was banged just wide of the net by
Alexa Pius. CVU prevailed on a penalty
kick. Tough way to end such a remarkable
season.
The Hornets are to be congratulated on
their 16-1-1 record. They allowed a mere
six goals while scoring 50 this season. Nice
job ladies, and to coaches Bill O’Neil, Todd
Herrington, and Lara Collins.
The JV girls’ soccer team enjoyed
some Ramunto’s pizza last week during
Hurricane Sandy. Ramunto’s owner – and
CHS girls’ soccer coach – Jeff Paul cooked
up a few cheese, a couple pepperonis, and
a sausage-and-pepper pie for the endof-season banquet. I would like to thank
assistant Erika Quackenbush for her help
this fall. She was instrumental in the
team’s success.
Boys’ soccer
The boys’ soccer team concluded its
season and playoff-run in the Division I
semifinal last week playing one of their
best, if not best, game of the season.
In Hinesburg, the Hornets played 101
minutes and 16 seconds before falling
2-1 to No. 2 CVU in the second overtime
period. CVU all-state striker Shane Haley
popped in the winning goal (he also did
so in the championship game Saturday
against BHS a little over a minute into
overtime) to end a beautifully played
soccer game. Those who chose to come out
and catch the game were treated to highlevel, edge-of-your-seat soccer.
CVU struck first with just under six
minutes played on a shot from in close
among bodies and traffic. Late in the half,
Essex rallied to tie the game. Forward Eric
Lamphere crossed an indirect kick/restart
into the box. It deflected off a player by
the far post and into the top left corner of
the CVU net. The score was first waved
off to the dismay of Hornet fans before the
referees chatted and confirmed that the
ball was touched by a player before falling
into the net. In any case, the game was
tied 1-1.
In the second half, CVU applied
pressure, but the Hornet defense did their
job – containing Haley – and keeper Dan
Palker had the game of his career. He came
out to cut down angles on shots, he made
numerous saves – some pointblank, some
on blasts – and kept Essex’s chances alive.
Nate Miles came the closest to scoring and
possibly winning the game for EHS when
he boomed a shot just over the near post
with 10 minutes to play. Hunter Pelkey
and Rijad Mezetovic had chances as well.
The Hornets finished hot winning five of
their final seven games with a record of
8-7-2.
– See SHORTS on page 2b
2b
The Essex Reporter • November 8, 2012
S ports
Greg Dale comes to town
The Positive Youth Sports Alliance
(PYSA) and six local high schools
have joined together to sponsor two
presentations by Greg Dale, Ph.D., a
nationally recognized speaker and sport
psychologist, on Thursday, Nov. 8.
“I honestly cannot recommend
this presentation highly enough,” said
Essex High School Athletic Director Ed
Hockenbury. “I’ve been to many similar
presentations over the years, and none
Greg Dale
was more meaningful to me than Greg’s.”
Dale, a professor of sport psychology and sport ethics
at Duke University, has written four books related
to coaching, parenting and performance in sports. In
addition to teaching, Dale provides interactive professional
development workshops for high school and middle school
coaches, as well as workshops for parents and studentathletes. He has been featured on Good Morning America,
ESPN, MSNBC and Court TV.
Dales’ first presentation will be at St. Michael’s College
McCarthy Arts Center from 4-6 p.m. The presentation
is open to coaches from sponsoring high schools, PYSA
member middle school and youth coaches, and St. Michael’s
College coaches.
The second presentation will take place from 7-8:15
p.m. in the Essex High School auditorium. Childcare
will be provided in the cafeteria by members of the EHS
Athletic Leadership Council.
Both events are free of charge.
SHORTS
from page 1b
Football The EHS football team’s
season ended on Friday
night in the semifinals,
as No. 2 BFA bested No. 3
Essex 35-6 in the Division
I semifinals amid the
rain, chill, and mud in St.
Albans. The Bobwhites
scored first on their second
and third possessions of
the game for a 14-0 lead
in the early moments of
the second quarter. After
punting on its first four
possessions, Essex drove
up the field and scored its
first and only touchdown
of the night. Quarterback
Joey Picard connected
with wide receiver Willie
McSoley (who had seven
receptions for 66 yards) on
the drive before finding his
good old reliable receiver,
James Olsen, with a 15yard touchdown pass on
a fourth-down play. After
getting the ball back, the
team moved down the
field in their patented
two-minute offense, and
Picard again connected
with Olsen on an apparent
touchdown,
but
the
officials ruled that the
receivers feet were out of
bounds. Three BFA scores
in the third quarter did in
the Hornets for the 2012
season. But let’s remember
they were 7-3 and played
into the semifinals. A job
well done by coaches and
team. Congrats to Ryan
Forbes, Tyler Warren,
Joey Picard, Joey Ramada,
James
Olsen,
Noah
MacGillivray and Aaron
Doney who were selected
to play in the North/
South all-star game next
weekend.
Cross Country
The boys’ and girls’
cross
country
teams
will be participating in
the 2012 New England
Championships
this
Saturday in Maine. The
Twin Brook Recreation
Area in Cumberland will
host the annual event,
which includes teams and
individual runners from
CT, MA, ME, NH, RI and
VT. It is the culmination
of the cross country
season in New England.
However, in the past some
teams and runners have
also qualified for races
such as the Foot Locker
Cross Country Northeast
Regional Championships,
which will take place on
Nov. 24. States competing
have included CT, DE,
ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA,
RI, VT, DC, and – get this
– U.S. citizens in overseas
military
institutions.
Sounds like a great race.
Anyway, good luck in
New Englands – and to
spectators going, enjoy the
trip.
Powder Puff
Essex High School and
Milton High School have
both fielded teams of
female athletes to compete
in a charity powder
puff flag football game
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the teams will compete
against one another, they
are coming together in
their efforts to raise money
for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta in
memory of Grace Emery,
who inspired thousands
of people from both
communities. Shirts for the
game are Emery’s favorite
color
(lavendery-silver).
Along with shirt sales,
concessions, admissions,
boosters, 50/50 raffles,
and money the players
raise individually will
all benefit the goal of
$10,000 for Camp TaKum-Ta. The game will
take place on Nov. 11
at 1 p.m. at Essex High
School’s football stadium.
Milton is expecting a
huge crowd, so we want
to bring a bigger one.
Please come out to enjoy
and support the players,
the game, and the cause.
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Smith
High
School
Basketball
League is
back. The league, if you
are not familiar, is open
to all EHS students not on
school hoop teams. It’s all
about games every week.
Rec. ball is even better
than intramurals, just
healthy fun competition.
Registration is available
at the Essex Junction
Recreation and Parks
Department from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on weekdays.
You can also visit www.
ejrp.org to register online.
Games are 6-9 p.m.
Mondays and Wednesday
from December 17 –
February 13. Evaluation
night is Dec; 12. Fee is
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the
month:
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sophomore cross country
runner at St. Michael’s
College
placed
95th
running 24:48 at the 6K
NCAA East Regional
Championship at Mine
Falls Park in Nashua,
NH. The Purple Knights
placed 10th - their best
regional finish since 2007
– with 28 competing. The
men finished 20th in a
27-team field.
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The Essex Reporter • November 8, 2012
S ports
Chargers fall
in semifinals
Despite a valiant effort,
the Essex Chargers youth
football team lost to the
undefeated
Chittenden
East Wolverines 25-12 in
semifinals last Saturday.
The
championshipbid was up for grabs
until
the
Wolverines
intercepted a Chargers’
pass and returned it for a
touchdown with less than
four minutes remaining in
regulation.
The Wolverines got
possession first and the
Chargers held them on
three
straight
downs.
Chittenden East’s punt was
blocked by Noah Baez and
the Chargers recovered the
ball inside the 5-yard line.
Quarterback Nick Fagnant
then connected with Abe
Koval on a touchdown pass
for a 6-0 Essex lead. The
Chargers’ early advantage
marked the first Wolverine
deficit of the season.
Chittenden East scored
on the last play of the
second quarter to tie the
score 6-6. On their next
possession, the Wolverines
scored a touchdown and
tacked-on the extra point
for a 13-6 halftime lead.
In the third quarter,
the Wolverines scored
again to take control of the
game with a 19-6 lead.
But
the
Chargers’
refused to concede the
victory.
Tyler Roberge received
the kickoff, after a pancake
block by Jack Carney, and
returned the kickoff 52
yards for a touchdown to
cut the Chittenden East
lead to 19-12 and keep the
Chargers in the game.
Late in the fourth
quarter, the Wolverines
intercepted a Charger
pass and returned it for a
touchdown to seal a 25-12
victory.
Despite the loss, the
Chargers’ defense held the
Wolverines to a season low
of 90 yards on offense.
Defensive
standouts
were Noah Baez (13
tackles and a blocked
punt), Matt Riordan (nine
tackles and a fumble
recovery), Alex Rizvanov,
Alex
Fortier,
Tucker
Woods,
Matt
Emery,
Brendan
McCormack,
Tommy Kourebanas, and
T.J. Reed.
Jake
Meunier
was
awarded the Chargers’
sportsmanship award for
the 2012-2013 season.
After the semifinal
victory,
Chittenden
East advanced to the
Northern
Vermont
Youth Football League
(NVYFL) championships
on Saturday at Essex
High School, where the
Wolverines took on the
Burlington Seahorses.
Essex quarterback Joey Picard looks to catch a snap in the
heavy rain.
Photo by Josh Kaufmann
FOOTBALL
from page 1b
replacing a shaken-up
Picard.
Gleason
was
completed his only pass
in that series and ran
34 yards before BFA
recovered a fumble at the
goal line.
“We just want to honor
these kids right now,”
Burnett said. “They’ve
done so much to restore a
little bit of glory to Essex
football and we’re proud of
them.”
On
the
Bobwhites’
second possession, Saffo
capped an eight-play drive
with a one-yard run into
the end zone. Then, early
in the second quarter,
Kelsey went seven yards to
extend the lead to 14-0.
With just 26 seconds
left in the half and three
timeouts, Picard drove the
Hornets all the way to the
BFA 16. But his shot into
the end zone pulled Olsen
just out of bounds and the
teams remained at 14-6
heading into the break.
On
the
Bobwhites’
opening possession of the
second half, Jaslowich
faked a handoff to Kelsey,
then bootlegged right 38
yards for what proved to be
a back-breaking score.
“We knew the smash
keep was coming with the
quarterback,”
Burnett
said. “They have it timed
perfectly and great teams
make great plays like that.
So hats off to them.”
BFA then drove 86
yards in 10 plays, capped
by an 8-yard run by Kelsey
CVU bumps Essex in second OT
“They gave
everything they
had.”
Essex coach Scott
Mosher
By KELLY MARCH
The Essex Reporter
Essex senior Dan Palker
made 10 saves in net to
force a second overtime
period against a possessiondominant Champlain Valley
Union squad in a Division
I boys’ soccer semifinal on
Thursday. But CVU senior
Shane Haley netted a goal
with less than eight minutes
remaining in overtime to seal
the 2-1 victory for the secondseeded Redhawks.
“They gave everything
they had,” Essex coach Scott
Mosher reflected. “I am so
proud of their effort.”
CVU took an early 1-0
lead when Joe Castano
blasted the ball past several
Essex defenders less than six
minutes into regulation.
Essex junior midfielder
Eric Lamphere then tied the
game in the 30th minute.
Lamphere fired a 37-yard
shot that bounced off a CVU
defender and into the net to
level the score 1-1 at the half.
The Hornets had a few
quality scoring opportunities
in the second half, including
sophomore
midfielder
Nathan Miles’ shot-attempt
that sailed just beyond the
post in the 70th minute, but
nothing materialized the
game rolled into overtime.
As
the
deadlock
continued through the first
15-minute overtime period
and well into the second, the
game seemed destined to end
in a penalty kick tiebreaker.
Then Haley netted the
game-winning goal with 7:45
remaining in overtime to
clinch the championship-bid
for CVU. After outrunning
two Essex defenders to a
loose ball, Haley knocked
in the low blast and the
Redhawks charged the field
in celebration.
With the win, CVU
(16-1-1) advanced to the
championship game against
fifth-seeded
Burlington
(14-3-1)
on
Saturday,
where Haley propelled the
Redhawks to victory by
scoring the game’s lone goal
1:15 into overtime.
The semifinal loss ended
a strong run for the No. 11
Hornets, who finished their
season with a four-game
win streak to improve their
record to 8-7-2.
“(As a team,) we talked
about the Tri-Sabres that
are part of the Essex crest
and what they mean to
ABOVE: Essex junior Connor Calhoun and CVU freshman Jeremy Richard battle for possession
on Thursday afternoon at CVU.
BELOW: Essex junior Eric Lamphere and CVU junior Joe Castano race for the ball on Thursday
afternoon at CVU. Photos by Oliver Parini
with seven minutes left in
the third.
Essex was now forced
into throwing situations,
and the BFA defense was
our
program,”
Mosher
sitting on the pass, leading
said. “They stand for
to picks by Darren Callan,
courage, commitment
Jack Vallee and Devoid.
and unity. This year’s
Essex also fumbled inside
team demonstrated all of
the Bobwhite five with 4:20
left in the third, turning
the ball over. Three plays
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“We’re trying to get
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up the last couple times we
played them and we really
want to go in there and
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season went forward. I was
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ADL
Agenda
From Principal Laurie
Singer:
ADL's Annual Scholastic
Book Fair is coordinated
by our Parents as Partners
group and ran from Tuesday
to Thursday. Books can be
purchased during the school
day and also tonight before
and after the ADL band
concert. Also coming up
soon is a final Technology
Information
Meeting
scheduled for Nov. 15 at 7
p.m. It is necessary to attend
this meeting so students
can bring their individual
netbooks home at night
and over the weekend. Call
878-1388 to sign up for this
meeting if you missed the
previously scheduled October
meetings. Discovery Team News
This week on Discovery
team in humanities students
passed in their 10-day long
free writing project and
then moved on to comparing
and contrasting the recent
hurricane, Sandy, floods
to the annual flooding that
occurred in ancient Egypt. Team Discovery examined
the role of government in
times of natural disaster and
then expanded to compare
Governor Romney's and
President Obama's stated
views on how responsibility
should be divided after a
natural disaster between
state, local and federal
governments. In science,
students continue to use
microscopes
to
observe
microorganisms. Examining
pond water, the students are
creating a list of organisms
preparing to conduct research
on the Kingdom Protista,
while in math they continue
to
study
proportional
reasoning by learning about
unit rates.
Band Concert
The ADL Band will
perform
this
evening,
Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m.
in the ADL gymnasium. The
fall concert will feature jazz
band and concert band. A
reception will follow in the
cafeteria.
On Nov. 9, several
Vermont dignitaries will
be on hand along with
representatives
from
National Geographic and
the Vermont Geographic
Alliance to declare the
following week statewide
as "National Geography
Awareness Week." Students
will watch a video and have
a few guest speakers. Social
studies teacher Andrew
Johnson will announce a
parade of European nations.
The Europe map will be
up all day Friday only and
then will be removed to be
shipped to Burr & Burton
School for the following
week. ADL is proud to be the
location chosen to make this
important proclamation.
Essex Elementary
If you perused the halls of Essex
Elementary School on Wednesday or Friday
mornings during the month of October you
would have found the kindergarten and
first-grade teaching team sitting around a
table pouring over student work, planning
lessons together, coaching each other in
real time in the classroom and problem
solving challenges that the new national
standards — the Common Core — present
teachers. The teachers were taking part in
their first cycle of job embedded professional
development, known as lab-sites, centered
around literacy instruction as part of the
district-wide effort to get teachers up to
speed with the expectations illustrated in
the Common Core.
Teachers throughout Essex Town
School District (ETSD) will be participating
in this type of professional development.
Facilitated by the District’s Teacher
Development Coordinator, Libby Bonesteel,
and regional math consultants, ETSD is
making a massive push for all teachers to
be on the same page in regards to the new
standards.
“It’s great to have feedback in the
moment from my colleagues,” first-grade
First-grade student Elena Wagner shows
her work to her teacher, Ms. Tracy, at Essex
Elementary School recently.
Photo by Libby Bonesteel, Teacher Development
Coordinator
teacher, Jenky Snedeker, said.
Julia
Seligman, another first-grade teacher
agreed, “The lab-sites push us forward
together. It’s so nice to be given this time.”
With each grade level receiving two cycles
of labs, ETSD will be ahead of the curve in
implementing the new standards.
School perspective
“@51ParkSt”
of us can name popular
In my 30-plus years
social network aggregation
as a Vermont school
Michael
platforms such as Flickr,
administrator,
I
have
Facebook and Twitter.
observed dramatic changes
Deweese
So, how does social
to my communications
CSSU
tools. As I look over at
media
translate
into
Superintendent
my
hard-wired
desk
our
daily
interactions
telephone, I am struck
with our communities,
by how seldom I use this
which includes a range
tool in my modern work. Other mediums of generations?
We have school-aged
have taken precedence.
children, but also their pre-school
In
the
1970’s,
my
primary siblings. There are students’ parents,
communication tools included an analog grandparents and great grandparents.
rotary telephone. It was a big step into There are adults in the community
the future when we advanced to touch- without children. So, while I am a
tone and digital technologies.
The 50-something-year-old with my own
introduction of fax machines become communications preferences, I dare not
common place in the 1980’s, and think everyone in our school community
complemented the office’s IBM Selectric shares my preferences.
typewriters.
Telephone, fax, and
Relevance is essential as we frame
U.S. mail were the foundations of our
our
organization’s
communications
communications.
strategies.
Some
members
of our school
Desktop computers inched their way
community
may
prefer
hard
copy (paper)
into offices, and in 1982 Time magazine
cited “The Computer” as its “machine messages, while others prefer to receive
of the year.” The magic of the internet information digitally. Our emergency
followed, and made its appearance in communications network sends out
school offices in the late 1980’s and early messages through both telephone and
1990’s. Its user-interface was a finicky email. Our recreation department has
dial-up modem (which, when in use, broken ground with its use of Twitter,
temporarily put the phone out of service) Foursquare, Facebook and YouTube.
but introduced a brave new world of The CCSU web site (www.ccsuvt.
possibilities.
org) has become the centerpiece of our
Those possibilities turned into communications network.
present-day, where our culture is well
It is important to know our audiences.
versed in modern communications In the example of students, we know a
options. Compared to 30 years ago, few things. Studies show that only 6 to
the tools I use to communicate have 11 percent of teens use email as a daily
changed significantly. E-mail remains a communication venue. In the past two
communications staple for me, averaging years, 12 to 17-year-olds were found in
many dozens per day. My smartphone has another study to have decreased their
become a full-service tool, offering me a use of email by 24 percent. Sixty-three
comprehensive range of communications percent of teens surveyed reported they
options. I use instant-messaging options exchange text messages on a daily basis,
a bit, and to a limited extent, I engage far eclipsing any other media.
other social media options.
To further our relevance with various
Ah, social media. Social media comes stakeholders, CCSU has opened a
in as many flavors as ice cream. Some are Twitter account (@51ParkSt).
What
content rich communities. Others can be is particularly valuable is that this
blogs and microblogs. Social networking begins for us a more dynamic variable
is huge. Collaboration opportunities? in our communications, through inviting
Social media has that. Picture sharing, discourse and dialogue. We were gratified
wall postings, music sharing and voice by one early Tweet that reported, “I love
(and video)-over-internet?
Social that CCSU is on Twitter. As a social
media has those as well. And, each mom, this is fantastic!”
EMS News
ETSD News
Is Charmin or Quilted
Northern a better toilet
paper? Sixth graders on
the Navigator Team at
Essex Middle School have
been applying what they’ve
learned about the scientific
method to find out. The
culminating lab practical
has them investigating four
brands of toilet paper —
coded A, B, C and D to avoid
the influence of advertising
bias or personal preference —
to see how they perform.
The students conducted
five different tests on
each brand of toilet paper:
thickness,
softness,
flushability, wet-strength and
absorbency. Each is set up as
a fair test, meaning students
strive to exactly follow the
same procedure each time
they test a sample and only
change one variable. In the
wet-strength test, students
used an identical set up and
Kurt
Miglinas
has
worked in the Essex Police
Department since 1983. In
addition to his varied duties
as a police officer, Kurt has
worked relentlessly with
the youth of the community.
He’s been a reader to small
students in the Breakfast
‘n Books program at Essex
Elementary School, a Truant
Officer for both Essex Town
and Essex Junction schools,
an instructor for Project
Northland
(an
alcohol
prevention
program
for
students in grades 6, 7 and
8) at Essex Middle School
and A. D. Lawton school.
His presence at the High
School is commonplace now
and students greet him as
he walks down the halls.
He’s not only worked with
students who may have
difficulty following the law
but with their families
as well. Miglinas likes to
Sixth-grade students Brendan Brooks and Kathryn Ferry on the
Navigator Team at Essex Middle School conduct a wet-strength
test on different brands of toilet paper.
Photo by Dana Cummings, sixth-grade teacher at EMS
two drops of water each time,
then placed a few BB’s at a
time until the weight was
too much and BB’s began to
drop into the beaker.
As they wrap up their
data collection, students
will enter the data into a
spreadsheet that assigns a
score of 1 to 5 — with 1 the
worst performance and 5 the
best. They’ll decide which
three tests are the most
important and average these
to arrive at a composite
ranking similar to those
found in Consumer Reports.
work on prevention with
students and their families
to try to keep them from
coming into contact with law
enforcement officials in the
first place.
It’s the high point of
Miglinas’ day when prior
students, who are now in
their twenties, come back
to say hello to him and
reintroduce
themselves.
He gets a lot of satisfaction
helping students through
problems and encouraging
them to make better choices
in the future.
Miglinas
enjoys
working in the schools. He
complimented
Teacher
Mary Viglotti and Guidance
Counselor Sarita Austin at
Essex Middle School as well
as the physical education
instructors at A. D. Lawton
School and discussed what a
pleasure it is to co-teach with
them on Project Northland.
He thinks that Essex citizens
are fortunate to have the
school system that they do.
Office Kurt Miglinas of the
Essex Police Department
poses for a picture recently
after working with students at
Essex Middle School.
Photo by Lauretta Martin
All of the work that
Miglinas has done with
students will come in handy
in the future after he retires
as a police officer. He plans
to become a counselor and
continue helping people.
Thanks Officer Miglinas!
Local students provide voice to education in Vermont
Two
students
from
Chittenden
Central
Supervisory Union (CCSU)
recently had the privilege
to serve as part of a
student panel to provide
input about education in
Vermont. Sarah Zelley, a
Center for Technology, Essex
(CTE) student, and Moira
Taylor, an Essex High School
(EHS) student, provided
student voice to education
leaders on a panel during
a fall conference hosted by
the Vermont School Board
Association (VSBA) and
Vermont
Superintendents
Association (VSA).
Zelley
and
Taylor,
in addition to four other
students from throughout the
state, conveyed their thoughts
about what quality “21st
century education” means to
them. The panel began with
a brief explanation of the
VSA’s recent work related
to “Education Quality” (the
presentation is available at
vtvsa.org). This work is the
result of an effort to “best
define and provide a quality
education to all children.”
“The VSA Education
Quality
presentation
tells a new story about
preparing a new generation
of learners within a new
information landscape for
an unpredictable future we
cannot clearly see,” CCSU
Associate
Superintendent
Judy DeNova said.
After information about
the
VSA
presentation,
students
were
asked
to
respond
to
several
questions. Questions ranged
from asking how several
learner-centered principles
led to student engagement
and success, to asking how
might teachers/schools make
changes to student learning
processes, and to asking what
suggestions students could
offer in realizing elements
within the Education Quality
presentation.
Students
commented
about the need for caring
relationships
with
their
teachers, in addition to the
desire to have more real
world (authentic) learning
opportunities. In addition,
they cited the importance
of having strong, stable
connectivity in their schools
(e.g. internet and network
capabilities). They noted
their successes come from high
frequency of communication
with their teachers (e.g. blogs
and email), and a variety of
learner-driven choices and
opportunities afforded to
them in their schools.
For
example,
Taylor
talked about how she is Moira Taylor, grade 11 at EHS, left, CCSU Associate Superintendent Judy DeNova, center, Sarah
taking a PE course online, Zelley, grade 12 at CTE, right, stand together at the fall conference hosted by VSBA and VSA.
enabling her flexibility to
Photo contributed
take advantage of the vast
array of course offerings at
thoughts centered on the idea learning is key to student versed in describing the
EHS.
that educators are preparing success. opportunities afforded to
DeNova, who attended
students for a future different
“Moira and Sarah were them at EHS and CTE
the
conference,
noted
than what adults grew up so
articulate,”
DeNova that are making a huge
educational leaders walked
with, and that personalized said. “They were so well- difference.”
away with some inspiring
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S chools
Summit
Scoop
Founders
Memorial
On Oct. 26, thirdgraders
at
Founders
Memorial School were
invited to join school
counselors David Hoppe
and Lindsay Falby at
recess to create friendship
buttons. The event was
used as a kickoff for the
third grade friendship
unit that is part of the
guidance
curriculum. Students made buttons
that describe qualities
they look for in an ideal
friend or how they may be
a good friend. Using their
creativity
and
artistic
abilities, the third graders
created buttons that not
only had positive messages
about friendships, but
are also beautiful. For
some students, the button
Fleming
Flyer
Fleming PTO and
Student Council Food
Drive
The Fleming School
PTO
and
Fleming’s
Student Council are cosponsoring a Thanksgiving
food drive during the week
of Nov. 12. Each classroom
in the school will have a
food donation box to collect
food that could be served
at a Thanksgiving dinner.
The collected food will be
donated to the Heavenly
Food Pantry in Essex
Junction. Thank you for
your help.
EHS News
Inclusion Fusion
On Friday evening,
Oct. 26, Bonnie Destakasi
teacher for Theater and
Dance introduced this
year's Inclusion Fusion
group. The program
highlighted
talented
members of the dance
group in solo performances
as well as group numbers
featuring advanced and
beginning students. The
program began with a
touching performance set
to the music of " If I Die
Young" by senior Gave
Savard. The audience
was then ready for a
contemporary
number
choreographed by junior
Emily Middleton. A
beautiful
ballet
by
freshman Holli Trudo,
which she dedicated to
her dad, group number
to
Michael
Jackson's
"Childhood" and a rousing
Walking School Bus
A regular walking school
bus will leave the parking
lot next to the police station
on upper Main Street every
Wednesday morning at 7:35
a.m. sharp. Summit parents
may drop their children off at
this location and know that
they will be safely walked
to school by either P.E.
teacher Rosalind Hutton,
Principal Mary Hughes or
Summit parent Lynn Turer.
This walking bus is only for
students who attend Summit
Street School.
Madison Spaeder, left, and Carleigh Lane, right, show off their
friendship buttons in Ms. Kitchen’s class. Photo by Laurie Wilcox
making provided them
the opportunity to do
something different during
recess time. The buttons
Geo Bee Quiz
Fleming
Students
who are interested in
participating
in
the
National
Geographic
sponsored “Geo Bee” are
invited to demonstrate
their geography knowledge
and skills by taking the
Fleming Geo Bee screening
quiz on Nov. 14 during
recess. Grade level Geo
Bees will be scheduled in
December. The Fleming
School Geo Bee finals are
scheduled for Jan. 9 at 7
p.m.
Annual Veterans Day
Program
Join Fleming on Nov.
12 at 8:10 a.m. in the
Fleming Gym for the
annual
Veterans
Day
Program. The program is
open to veterans and those
currently serving in the
military, as well as their
families.
Hours of operation:
Nov. 13: 3-6 p.m.
Nov. 14: 7:30-9 a.m.
and 2:45-7:30 p.m.
Nov. 15: 7:30-9 a.m.
and 2:45-7:30 p.m.
Nov. 16: 7:30 a.m.-7:30
p.m.
Nov. 17: 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
with a family fun event
from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
The book fair will also be
online from Nov. 7-27 at
goo.gl/3sFHE
The All for Books
Program this year will
purchase books to be
donated to COTS.
Questions or wish to
volunteer, contact Carol
Scrimgeour at 857-2140 or
[email protected]
netTrekker
Summit Street School has
recently purchased a new
product to ensure greater
internet safety. netTrekker
Search is an award-winning
educational
search
tool
created for students, teachers
and parents to deliver
educator-selected resources
at both school and home.
Designed for different
learning styles, netTrekker
Search contains over 330,000
educator-selected
digital
resources that are organized
around the K-12 curricula and
by grade level so searching
is logical and easy. All web
sites and images have been
selected and evaluated by
educators so students receive
safe, relevant results every
time they use the internet.
Standards
Common
standards
ensure that all students, no
matter where they live, are
prepared for success in postsecondary education and the
workforce. These standards
help ensure that students
are receiving a high quality
education consistently, from
school to school and from
state to state. Standards do
not tell teachers how to teach.
Rather, common standards
help teachers figure out
the knowledge and skills
their students need so that
teachers can build the best
lessons and environments for
their classrooms. Standards
also help students and
parents by setting clear and
realistic goals for success.
Of course, standards are not
solely responsible for success,
but they are instrumental in
providing an accessible road
map for teachers, parents
and students.
Photos of the week
Family Math Night
Join in Family Math
Night tonight, Nov. 8, from
5-6:30 p.m. at Thomas
Fleming School. Families
from
ADL,
Fleming,
Summit and Hiawatha
are all welcome to attend.
There will be math games to
play with family members,
and refreshments will be
served.
A f r i c a n / c o n t e m p o r a r y 15, Friday the 16th and
dance by Rodrick Kiesse. Saturday the 17th in the
As an added treat, guest high school auditorium.
artists SVT an African Showtime is at 7 p.m.
World
Fusion
dance Advance ticket sales in
company showed the talent the main lobby at the high
that has them dancing to school begin on Friday
sold out venues across the the Nov. 9 from 11 a.m. -1
northern United States. p.m. and again Monday
The evening ended with the through Friday, Nov. 12audience standing in full Nov. 16 at the same times.
appreciation and delighted Additionally our ticket
to hear that on Jan. 11 with booth will be open Saturday
the end of first semester the Nov. 10 from 9 a.m.at hand students will be 12 p.m., and Tuesday the
performing the skills they've Nov. 13 from 4-6 p.m.
been able to hone during Tickets are also available
each
evening’s
their dance classes. Mark before
your calendars; you won't performance. Adult price
is $8 and student and
want to miss this. senior citizen tickets are
$6.
The entire fine arts
Once Upon A Mattress
Our much-anticipated department at EHS plays
musical
presented
by a roll in making musicals
our arts department and such a success year after
directed by Susan Palmer year. Choral director Glory
is right around the corner. Reinstein, Band director
Pauly,
Orchestra
This year the production Josh
of "Once Upon A Mattress" leader Asiat Ali and all our
will be performed on the visual arts teachers add a
evenings of Thursday, Nov. dimension to the show.
Essex Elementary School
to host Scholastic Book
Fair Nov. 12-17
Essex
Elementary
School will host the annual
Book Fair from Nov. 1217. The book fair helps to
support book purchases for
the Learning Center, and
to fund the EES visiting
author event, April Pulley
Sayre in February 2013.
may be worn on clothes
and backpacks to spread
the message about positive
friendships at Founders.
Musical “Petting Zoo”
Members of the Vermont
Symphony
Orchestra
visited Summit second and
third-graders last Friday
morning, allowing students
to hear, touch and play each
instrument. Students were
respectful of the instruments
and very eager to experience
them all. Thank you to the
volunteers who signed up
to make the morning run
smoothly.
Members of the ADL chorus rehearse for the up-coming concert season. Pictured from left to
right are Matthew Emery, Chloe Jensen, Shanti Boyle and Thomas Bergeron.
Photos contributed
The ADL cross-country team is pictured following their recent fall season.
Photos contributed
Pet of the Week
Chow Mein
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0643 Threats on Skyline Dr.
0700 Arrest on a warrant on Main St.
0925 Suspicious circumstances on
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1009 Motor vehicle crash Susie Wilson Rd.
1407 Suspicious activity on Pearl St.
1611 Burglary alarm on Founders Rd.
1635 Internet fraud on Margaret St.
1644 Domestic complaint on Sand Hill Rd.
1650 Motor vehicle crash Colchester Rd.
1651 Harassing phone calls on Main St.
2119 Motor vehicle complaint on Indian
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2129 Burglary alarm on Sand Hill Rd.
2137 Larceny on Baker St.
2205 Pranks on Cherokee Av.
2258 Noise complaint on Sand Hill Rd.
Wednesday, October 31
0501 Suspicious circumstances on Main St.
0600 911 hang up on Carmichael St.
0721 Vandalism on Hagan Dr.
0738 Stolen vehicle on Gauthier Dr.
0751 Motor vehicle crash on South St.
0826 Vandalism on Pearl St.
0839 Larceny on Railroad Av.
1159 Domestic animal complaint Maple St.
1258 Domestic complaint on Jericho Rd.
1342 Shoplifter on Essex Way
1442 Larceny on Lincoln St.
1451 Threats on Educational Dr.
1531 Assault on South St.
1743 Welfare check on Ethan Allen Av.
1754 Intoxication on Brickyard Rd.
1853 Suspicious activity on Colchester Rd.
2107 Suspicious person on Cascade St.
2318 Trespass on South St.
Thursday, November 01
0709 Motor vehicle crash Upper Main St.
0919 Juvenile complaint on South St.
1026 Motor vehicle complaint Peacham Ln.
1103 Arson on South St.
1151 Welfare check on Pearl St.
1231 Motor vehicle crash on Pearl St.
1441 911 hang up on Cascade St.
1629 Motor vehicle complaint Fort Pkwy.
1705 Late reported hit and run accident
River Rd.
1729 Larceny on Pearl St.
1920 Motor vehicle crash on River St.
2137 Domestic complaint Sleepy Hollw
Rd.
2215 Motor vehicle complaint on Pearl St.
Friday, November 02
0408 Burglary alarm on Sand Hill Rd.
0517 Threats on Main St.
0928 Motor vehicle crash on Thasha Ln.
1507 Disturbance on Greenfield Rd.
1857 Motor vehicle complaint on Main St.
1904 Juvenile complaint on South St.
1943 Juvenile alcohol violation Susie
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2147 Trespass on Pearl St.
2246 Noise complaint on Pearl St.
2335 Burglary alarm on Educational Dr.
Saturday, November 03
0315 Agency assist in Williston
0340 Suspicious activity on Rustic Dr.
1154 Burglary alarm on Hiawatha Av.
1203 Suspicious circumstances on
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1413 Larceny on Pearl St.
1450 Theft of services on Jericho Rd.
1515 Assault on Pearl St.
1631 911 hang up on Railroad Av.
1647 Burglary alarm on Hiawatha Av.
1740 Larceny on Lincoln St.
1755 Domestic complaint on Franklkin St.
1816 Motor vehicle crash on Main St.
1845 Assist rescue on Main St.
1858 Attempted burglary on Towers Rd.
1935 Burglary alarm on Educational Dr.
Sunday, November 04
0215 Motor vehicle crash on River Rd.
0313 Burglary alarm on Susie Wilson Rd.
0751 Domestic complaint on Gentes Rd.
0943 Motor vehicle complaint on Main St.
1029 Assist rescue on Indian Brook Rd.
1204 Domestic animal complaint on
Brigham AHill Rd.
1220 Stolen vehicle on Old Colchester Rd.
1426 Domestic animal complaint on Sand
Hill Rd.
1526 Burglary alarm on Bixby Hill Rd.
1548 Shoplifter on Essex Way
1923 Suspicious activity on Hanley Ln.
2002 Suspicious circumstances on Main St.
2148 Suspicious activity on Lincoln St.
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0021 Suspicious activity on Main St.
0716 Motor vehicle complaint on Maple St.
0944 Theft of rental property Kellogg Rd.
1000 Domestic complaint on Silverbow Tr.
1240 Fraud on Main St.
1504 Motor vehicle crash on Pearl St.
1717 Threats on Susie Wilson Rd.
2006 Suspicious vehicle on Cascade St.
2011 Stalking complaint on Hampshire Ct.
2157 Motor vehicle crash on River Rd.
2357 Domestic complaint on Baker St.
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53. Student aid
55. Grandmother, for short
57. *Dian Fossey’s domain
60. “Bob Dylan’s words, e.g.
63. Indian coin
64. Austin Powers, e.g.
66. Inhabitants of Thailand
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69. Across, in verse
70. *It opens wide
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72. Country song “Harper Valley
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3. Chow or grub
4. Sci-fi classic
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9. Throw up
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15. “____ __ crime”
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22. Big coffee server
24. Used for boiling
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26. Don Draper of “Mad Men”,
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29. Slap on
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32. Wavelike design
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CCS is seeking dynamic and energetic people to provide one
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developmental disabilities. Work with a team of professionals
assisting individuals to reach goals and realize dreams. We are
currently offering several part time, fully benefited positions
as well as a substitute position. Experience in the field of
developmental disabilities is a plus, but not a requirement.
If you are interested in joining our diverse team, please submit
a letter of interest and resume to Karen Ciechanowicz, staff@
ccs-vt.org.
Champlain Community Services
512 Troy Avenue
Colchester, VT 05446
(802) 655-0511
EOE
Terry Hill
Transport
Packaging Operator
*Starting wage of $11.75/hr
*Shift schedule will be either M-F 6:00 p.m. to 2:00
a.m. or 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. (rotating 12 hr. shift)
Experienced Diesel Mechanic
Are you looking for stable, year-round work? Our growing
Central VT trucking company could be the place for
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at our Milton location. Must have knowledge on diesel
trucks, trailer and reefer maintenance. Must be selfmotivator and have your own tools.
We offer a competitive wage and benefits package and
the oppportunity for a solid future in the trucking business.
Interested in this great opportunity?
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excellent benefits and compensation. We currently have multiple
openings for the following positions:
59Catamount Drive
Milton, VT 05468
CHILDREN'S ITEMS
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Perrigo Nutritionals, in Georgia, VT is New England’s largest
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Call 800-257-2828 or Email resume to;
[email protected]
EEO
*Please note overtime is expected with these positions
To view a detailed job description, and to apply to these openings, log
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Perrigo Nutritionals is an equal opportunity employer.
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