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The Colchester Sun
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JANUARY 23, 2014
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VOL. 13 No. 4
$10K gift comes in for library youth programs
Local family donates in honor
of late matriarch
By JASON STARR
The Colchester Sun
Burnham Memorial Library is planning to renovate its
downstairs children’s area and enhance programs for young
readers with a $10,000 donation from the Savage family of
Colchester.
The family made the donation in honor of Susan Flatow
Savage, who passed away in September after battling cancer.
Flatow Savage and husband Stuart Savage were frequent library
patrons after moving to Colchester from Calais seven years ago.
Flatow Savage spent much of her professional life dedicated
to children’s education as a counselor at elementary schools in
Northfield, Hardwick and Greensboro.
“She had a lot to do with developing youth. She was also an
avid reader and loved the library,” Stuart Savage said.
A corner of Burnham’s downstairs children’s space will be
remodeled and named in her honor, and the fund will help with
renovations of the entire downstairs.
“Library’s are used to stretching every dollar, so something
like this is huge for us,” said Library Director Kelly Tomaseski.
Assistant Library Director Hannah Peacock said the timing
of the donation is ideal as renovations to the children’s library
were already planned for this year.
“This is more than we’ve ever received at one time,” said
Peacock. “It was a big surprise to me that it was going to be for
children’s programs.”
Flatow Savage’s two brothers, Peter and Rick Flatow, also
contributed to the gift, which is set up to be an ongoing source
“She had a lot to do with developing
youth. She was also an avid reader and
loved the library.”
Stuart Savage
of support for Burnham’s children’s programs as the “Susan
Flatow Savage Fund for Youth Services.”
“If things go well, I can see adding to it,” Stuart Savage said.
“I’d like to see it be permanent and self-sustaining.”
Renovations to Burnham’s basement are scheduled to begin
–See LIBRARY on page 3
Energized task
force makes
aggressive
proposals
Talent Show
AUDITIONS
Volunteers hope
to align town with
state’s renewable
energy goals
By JASON STARR
The Colchester Sun
Alicia Tebeau-Sherry, 14, and Savanah Tebeau-Sherry, 14, sing and play the guitar and piano at the Colchester Talent Show auditions on Friday
afternoon at Colchester High School. See more photos on page 14.
OLIVER PARINI
A group of citizen volunteers
leading Colchester’s energy policy is
urging the town to align with Vermont’s
comprehensive energy plan that calls for
sourcing 90 percent of the state’s energy
from renewables by mid-century and 20
percent by 2020.
The Colchester Energy Task Force
is seeking selectboard prioritization and
funding for a variety of proposals to reduce
townwide energy consumption and increase
solar energy output. The group is finalizing
a Town Energy Plan that outlines specific
initiatives Colchester could undertake to
help achieve the statewide goals.
The group was formed in 2008 and has
already capitalized on a federal Recovery
Act grant to conduct a compact fluorescent
light bulb conversion campaign and
purchase an electric vehicle for Colchester
–See ENERGY on page 3
Budget proposals carry tax hikes of 8.6% and 3%
School spending
proposed to increase
$1.5 million
The Colchester School District budget
that will be up for voter approval in March
would increase spending over the current
budget by $1.5 million (4.4 percent) and
result in a tax rate increase of approximately
8.6 percent.
The
Colchester
School
Board
unanimously approved the $36 million
budget proposal at its meeting Tuesday.
Town residents will vote the budget up or
down at the Town Meeting Day election
March 4. The tax increase associated with
the budget would add $351 to the annual
tax bill of the owner of an average-priced
($300,000) Colchester home.
A roughly $870,000 increase in school
district salaries makes up the bulk of the
proposed spending increase. The salary
increase includes a budgeted 2.5 percent
increase in teachers salaries, although
that amount is currently being negotiated
between the board and teachers union. Total
teacher salaries are projected to increase 3.4
percent ($426,600) as two positions currently
funded through Medicaid come onto the voter
budget. Administrator salaries are budgeted
to increase 3.2 percent.
Proposed increases in support staff wages
(8 percent), substitute teacher funding (3.8
percent) and staff stipends (9.5 percent)
contribute to the overall proposed salary
increase. Additionally, employee benefits are
budgeted to increase by $301,000 (5 percent).
Administrators also recommend the
purchase of 450 laptop computers for each
student in grades 7-9 – a program that is
budgeted in at $150,000.
School administrators report a balance
of $530,000 in the district’s capital reserve
fund.
Colchester voters have rejected the Town
Meeting Day school budget proposal in three
of the last four years, approving reduced
budgets on second votes two months later.
The initial proposal rejected last year carried
a 6.7 percent spending increase. In May,
voters approved a budget with a 5.4 percent
spending increase.
— Jason Starr
Selectboard looks to
finalize $11.8 million
proposal on Tuesday
The Colchester Selectboard is set to
make a final determination Tuesday on an
$11.8 million budget for fiscal year 2015
that increases spending over the current year
by about $500,000 — 4.3 percent.
At a 6:30 p.m. meeting at the Town
Meeting House on Main Street, the board
plans to decide whether to place the proposal
on the Town Meeting Day ballot for voter
consideration on March 4. Colchester’s firstyear Chief Financial Officer Aaron Frank
presented an overview of the budget during
last week’s board meeting. He estimates the
tax increase associated with the budget to
be approximately 3 percent (the rate would
increase 1.69 cents to 58.09 cents.)
The tax rate increase amounts to an
increase of $50 on the annual tax bill of a
$300,000 Colchester home.
Frank estimates growth in the grand
list will be .75 percent next fiscal year,
continuing a modest recovery from the
negative growth of two years ago.
Employee salaries are up 5.1 percent in
the budget proposal through a combination
of new hiring and yearly increases in the
employment contracts of town employees.
Police officers are due a 3 percent raise, and
town employees are due about 2 percent.
Also, health insurance rates are budgeted to
increase by roughly 8 percent.
New hires include a Colchester Rescue
staffer needed due to a lack of volunteers,
an information technology specialist and
a part-timer in the assessor’s office. Also,
a part-time parks and recreation employee
will be bumped to year-round to be shared
with the Department of Public Works, town
administrators said.
In addition to Tuesday’s meeting, the
budget will be presented the night before the
Town Meeting Day election at Colchester
High School.
“I’m happy to take questions now or
anytime up to and including Town Meeting,”
Frank said.
Questions can be e-mailed to afrank@
colchestervt.gov, or call 264-5502.
— Jason Starr
FACTS
SCHOOL BUDGET PROPOSAL
Total budget TOWN BUDGET PROPOSAL
$36 million
Spending increase $1.5 million (4.4 percent)
Spending increase $500,000 (4.3 percent)
Tax rate increase 8.6 percent
Tax rate increase 3 percent
Homeowner cost $351 increase on average home
Homeowner cost $50 increase on average home
Total budget $11.8 million
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The Colchester Sun | Thursday, January 23, 2014
Susie Wilson:
Her Life and
Her Myth
Local historian
presents
‘the real story’
By KELLY MARCH
The Colchester Sun
Have you ever driven
down Susie Wilson Road
in Essex Junction and
wondered how it got its
name? Or maybe even asked
around and heard rumors
that the road’s namesake
was a woman of ill repute?
Local historian Jerry Fox
did just that, but the rumors
didn’t satisfy his curiosity.
In fact, they only piqued
his interest. Armed with a
master’s degree in history,
Fox set out to find “the truth
about the real Susie Wilson.”
After years of research, he
shared his discoveries with
a crowd at Brownell Library
in Essex Junction last
Wednesday evening.
“Being the curious guy
that I am, I wanted to know
who was Susie Wilson and
how did she get a road named
after her,” Fox explained.
“It didn’t make sense to me
that the town would want to
name a road after someone
of ill repute.”
So began his journey into
the life and myth of Susie
Wilson.
Fox was able to dig
up records showing that
a woman named Susanna
Castle, born in Northern
Ireland in 1877, traveled to
America at age 17. After
settling in New York, she
married a man by the name
of Thomas McCullagh.
Castle first appears in
Vermont records in 1914
and is without McCullagh,
though Fox hasn’t yet been
able to confirm the man’s
fate. She lived on Union
Street in Burlington and
worked as a maid until
marrying Merritt Wilson,
a man nearly 30 years her
senior, in 1916.
The couple purchased a
farm on the corner of what is
now Susie Wilson Road and
Peal Street and, by Fox’s
estimation, made a living
selling produce to military
families in Fort Ethan Allen.
Susie outlived Merritt
Wilson, Fox said, but she
spent most of the rest of her
life living in various houses
on the road where they had
shared a farm, working as a
family cook. She remarried
twice after Merritt passed —
in 1927 to John Drinan, who
died shortly after, and in
1952 to Frederick Krebser –
before passing away in 1966.
But Wilson’s myth lived
on and eventually her name
landed on local maps. Why?
According
to
Fox,
there was a trolley that ran
between Winooski and Essex
during Wilson’s 50-odd
years living on the road that
now bears her name. While
there was no formal stop at
its intersection with Pearl,
Wilson would often request
a stop and the driver’s would
oblige. Over time, locals
Essex historian Jerry Fox presents a slideshow during his lecture “Susie Wilson: Her Life and Her Myth” last Wednesday at
Brownell Library in Essex Junction. OLIVER PARINI
“There’s not a shred of evidence
that Susie Wilson was ever
involved in prostitution.”
Jerry Fox
Essex Historian
came to know the road
as Susie Wilson and that
description stuck, eventually
being formalized through
maps and street signs.
So what of these rumors?
“There’s not a shred
of evidence that Susie
Wilson was ever involved in
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prostitution,” Fox reflected,
a conclusion he has come
to after spending hours and
hours combing through old
court papers, police records,
newspapers
and
other
official documents. “I can
tell you for a fact that she
was never once the primary
person listed in a court
record.”
Fox offered other fodder
for consideration as well: if
she were a prostitute, why
would she hold workaday
jobs throughout her life?
Members
of
Fox’s
audience on Wednesday
added their own anecdotal
evidence in support of his
version of Susie Wilson’s
legacy.
“My grandmother was
a very strict woman,” one
attendee said of a relative
who had lived down the
road from Wilson and
fraternized with her. “When
I hear those stories (of
Wilson’s ill repute) I always
laugh, just knowing that my
grandmother, the way she
was, never would have hung
around with her if the rumors
were true.”
If Fox’s account is
accurate, questions remain
about how Wilson came to
hold her fabled reputation.
But Fox has a theory about
that, too.
“She was Irish and she had
four husbands,” he quipped.
“What else do you need?”
After a brief pause for
laughter and commentary, he
added, “I don’t think she was
a bad girl at all. There’s no
evidence to support it. I think
she sold food stuffs to cooks
and families in the Fort and if
she did anything shady it was
selling liquor, which wouldn’t
have been illegal on the Fort’s
federal grounds.”
Plan to remove roadblocks
to solar and renewable
power gains traction
By JOHN HERRICK
VTDigger.org
A state program allowing residents
to generate their own electricity ran into
unexpected roadblocks last year. But now
lawmakers have a plan to open up the state’s
so-called “net metering” program to match
the growing demand for residential renewable
energy generation.
A bill, approved by the House Natural
Resources and Energy Committee on Friday,
offers a fast-track solution ahead of larger
changes expected when a federal solar tax
credit expires, likely in 2017.
Net metering allows residential and
commercial customers who generate their own
electricity from solar power to feed electricity
they do not use back into the grid.
Several utilities in Vermont reached
the current statutory limit for net metering
capacity on their systems last year. As a
result of reaching the cap, some decided to
continue beyond the cap while others stopped
accepting applications altogether, bringing
some backyard and rooftop solar projects to
a halt.
The Legislature requires utilities to allow
net metering systems in their service territory
for up to 4 percent of the utility’s peak demand.
The bill backed Friday raises the cap on a
utility’s total percent of installed net metering
wattage during peak demand from 4 percent to
15 percent. It also allows utilities to go beyond
the cap for smaller solar installations without
prior approval of the Vermont Public Service
Board.
The bill has broad general support as a
temporary solution, said Rep. Tony Klein,
D-East Montpelier.
“It ensures that folks who want to install
solar net metering can still do that, but it also
maintains the momentum of the program
for at least two and a half more years with
everything in place,” said Klein, who chairs
the House committee.
With millions of private capital investment
dollars on the line and private homeowners
wanting to add renewable energy systems,
the bill gives renewable energy investors the
certainty and time they need to prepare for
larger changes down the road, he said.
The bill takes up the issue of the so-called
cost shift from net metering, which stems
from a concern that the cost of maintaining
utility infrastructure – the grid’s wires and
poles – is picked up by ratepayers who do not
have renewable energy, critics of the program
say. This is because net metering customers
that zero out their bill do not pay the customer
service and transmission charge embedded in
the utility’s rate structure.
Klein said the Public Service Board
will consider all cost equity issues when it
draws up a new program before the expected
expiration of the federal solar tax credit.
The bill will be taken up by the full House
as soon as next Thursday, Klein said.
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House panel approves mid-year
budget adjustment
$1.3 million for winter highway
maintenance included
By ANNE GALLOWAY
VTDigger.org
Extreme temperatures — deep cold alternating with freezing
rain and flooding — have made maintaining the state’s
highways this year a challenge. So much so that the Agency of
Transportation has asked for a $1.3 million increase in funding
for road maintenance this winter.
A legislative panel has approved the additional spending
for the Transportation Fund in addition to the Shumlin
administration’s $12 million mid-year budget adjustment
proposal for the fiscal year 2014 General Fund.
The House Appropriations Committee passed the Budget
Adjustment Act in a 10-1-0 vote on Friday afternoon. Rep. Phil
Winters, R-Williamstown, cast the only dissenting vote. His
two fellow Republicans on the panel endorsed the proposal.
Rep. Martha Heath, D-Westford and chair of House
Appropriations, said the final numbers are very close to the
governor’s recommended budget adjustment and includes
$200,000 in funding for reducing the wait list at methadone
clinics.
“There’s not a lot of big news in this budget, which is what
a budget adjustment should be,” Heath said.
The additional costs include an increase in Medicaid
spending of $7 million, $3.2 million in funding for the state’s
emergency housing program, $2.85 million for a budget deficit
at the Vermont Veterans’ Home in Bennington, $1.55 million
for the incarceration of an unanticipated number of prison
detainees, $2.77 million for unexpected rental costs for state
offices and $570,000 for the Brattleboro Retreat.
The Shumlin administration recommended that lawmakers
eliminate the General Fund balance reserve to cover most of
the revenue shortfall. Most of the rest of the difference came
from carryforwards and a health insurance rate holiday for the
state and state employees.
Thanks to last week’s rosy revenue forecast, the House
Appropriations Committee was able to restore $8.5 million
to the rainy day fund and put $4.4 million in a fund to cover
federal sequestration cuts.
State economists deliver rosy Vermont
revenue forecast for 2015
By HILARY NILES
VTDigger.org
Next year doesn’t look too bad for
Vermont’s economy, according to the
state’s economists.
Jeff Carr and Tom Kavet delivered
an optimistic revenue forecast for fiscal
year 2015, which starts July 1.
Carr, who serves Gov. Peter Shumlin,
and Kavet, who reports to the joint
fiscal committees of the Legislature,
together maintain a projection of tax
revenues the state can expect each
year. The consensus revenue forecast,
as adopted by the Emergency Board, is
the projected income on which the state
budget is based.
Because revenues leading up to
Thursday’s meeting had come in very
close to projections, very little was
changed in the existing forecast for
FY15 and beyond.
The biggest change in the forecast is
a reduction in revenues as a result of the
anticipated closure of Vermont Yankee
at the end of 2014. The nuclear power
plant in Vernon was projected to pay
about $12 million annually in electricity
generation taxes.
The two economists also said
wealth continues to be concentrated in
the upper rungs of Vermont tax filers.
That’s where income tends to fluctuate
the most, and it’s where an increasingly
high proportion of the state’s incomes
taxes come from. In the future, this
overreliance on taxes from upperincome Vermonters may translate into
less predictable revenues for the state’s
major funds, Kavet warned.
Shumlin agreed with Kavet that this
volatility is even more reason to build
up Vermont’s reserve fund with any
surpluses.
Carr and Kavet appeared to be
relieved that their forecast this year
is based more on evidence than
conjecture.
Cause for their current optimism
comes largely in the form of
“preconditions” for economic growth,
Carr and Kavet said.
Prominent on the horizon are labor
market indicators, which Carr and
Kavet agree could mean an expansion
of Vermont’s labor force.
An alternative forecast from the
Vermont Economy Newsletter on
Monday was much less enthusiastic.
UVM Professor Art Woolf predicted
that statistical revisions in 2014 will
reveal a continued lag in the labor
force, rather than the slow gains data
are showing now.
Police Brief
CPS investigates armed robbery
The Colchester Police are investigating an armed robbery that
occurred in a parking lot located at the intersection of Route 2A
and Route 7 at around 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 18.
A single white male, approximately 5-foot 8-inches to 5-foot
10-inches and 150 pounds, approached a female who was seated
in her vehicle, brandished a firearm and placed it to her head.
Authorities say the male, who was wearing all black, demanded
cash from the victim and subsequently fled on foot with her cell
phone in a southerly direction toward Route 7.
The investigation into this incident is ongoing and anyone
with information is asked to contact the Colchester Police
Department at 264-5555.
Colchester man sited for stolen property and larceny
The Burlington Police Department, with the assistance of
the Bailey-Howe Library and the Fletcher Free Library, have
recovered a document written in 1791 regarding the town of
Sterling that was stolen from the holdings of the Fletcher Free
Library and offered for sale to the Bailey-Howe Library.
Investigators allege that Patrick Rooney, 55, of Colchester,
stole the document from the binding of its original volume, the
Burlington Proprietors Volume 1, at the Fletcher Free Library
when he was given access to the historical collection. The
document is valued at between $175 and $500, but has been
described as “priceless” given its age and historical value as it is
related to Ira Allen, noted BPD Police Chief Michael E. Schirling.
The document was recovered and returned to the Fletcher Free
Library for restoration and to be rebound into the original volume.
Rooney was issued a citation for sale of stolen property and
petit larceny, and was ordered to appear in Court on Tuesday.
Both charges are punishable by imprisonment for not more than
one year and fines of not more than $1,000 or both. After his
court appearance Tuesday, Rooney was released on conditions
not to contact the Bailey-Howe Library, the Fletcher Free Library
or their staffs without a police escort.
LIBRARY
from page 1
in February. A mural to adorn
the stairwell, new carpeting
and new paint for the walls
are planned. In the Flatow
Savage
family
reading
area, a chair, couch and
new bookshelf are planned.
Ornaments spun from grass
by Flatow Savage (she was
the founder of Vermont
Grasses ornaments and an
active hand-crafter) will
grace the corner in a glass
case.
The fund will also be
used to expand the “reading
buddies” program from a
summer-only program to
year-round. The program
partners with local teens and
ENERGY
Susan Flatow Savage
seniors to read to youth. The
fund will also support the
distribution of literature to
new parents about the benefits
of reading to infants.
Stuart
Savage
plans
to remain involved in the
programming supported by
the fund.
“Every year we’ll try to
think of new things,” he said.
from page 1
High
School’s
drivers’
education program, and
develop an eco-driving
curriculum. The group also
conducted an assessment
of wind turbine placement
possibilities in Colchester,
ultimately determining that
the town is better suited for
solar power generation, and
helped the Colchester School
District convert its parking
lot lights to more efficient
light-emitting diode bulbs.
The task force is looking
forward to more substantial
work starting this year to
involve residents, businesses
and public resources.
“These are big steps,”
task force member Sue
Deppe said of the group’s
proposals. “This isn’t just a
light bulb campaign.”
For Colchester to do its
part in the state’s 20 percent
renewable goal, the town
would have to generate
9 megawatts of energy
locally by 2020, according
to the task force, through
a combination of local
generation and increased
efficiency and conservation.
To set the stage for local
solar generation, the task
force hopes to inventory all
possible solar panel sites
on publicly owned land,
including rooftops.
“One goal ought to
be to do a sizeable solar
installation in each of the
next six summers,” the task
force wrote in a January
memo
to
selectboard
members.
The task force also
hopes to engage Colchester
residents and businesses in
efficiency and conservation
measures, suggesting that
a 50 percent reduction in
consumption is achievable.
It proposes a cooperative
buying consortium of local
businesses and governmental
entities to spur a conversion
of vehicles to natural gas
or electric vehicles as part
of the solution. Other ideas
include a water conservation
contest and establishment
of a community energy
investment bank to fund
local energy projects.
“Everyone
in
town
is encouraged to take
actions ranging from fuel
switching and installation
of high-efficiency heating
and cooling units … to
ridesharing, taking transit
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“This isn’t just a
light bulb campaign.”
Sue Deppe
Colchester Energy Task Force Member
and walking and biking
more,” the task force memo
reads.
The task force requests
town funding for an energy
task force coordinator to
drive the recommendations
to implementation. Deppe
said savings from existing
task force programs like
the light bulb conversion
combined
with
future
savings from conservation
and
energy
production
would help fund the
position.
“The reality is, the stuff
that needs to happen will
need some paid (staff) to do
it,” she said. “The projects
we’ve already done have
saved quite a bit of money,
so why not feed that money
back into energy projects.
That’s our philosophy.”
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OPINION
Perspective
Colchester's commercial
space inventory
By INGE SCHAEFER
COLCHESTER’S
CHRONICLER
As promised, here’s a look
at what’s available in the area
of commercial/industrial and
retail space in Colchester,
Inge
courtesy of the town’s
Economic
Development
Schaefer
Director
Kathi
Walker
O’Reilly. For existing retail
space, Colchester has a 2.5
percent vacancy rate with only
8,000 square feet available.
That is low compared to
Burlington at 5.6 percent. Chittenden County is at a record low of
4.4 percent. Consider Creek Farm Plaza in the Village where Routes
7 and 2A come together. It is for the first time in a long time 100
percent occupied with such tenants as Dollar General, Hannon
Home Center, Studio 3 Dance – owned, incidentally, by two young
ladies who will put a spring in your step and a smile on your face.
Other tenants include Vina Nails, Jazzercize Fitness, Partner Tire &
Service, and Lake Champlain Access Television with the same crew
of good folks who continue to support our school kids and keep
us abreast of what’s going on in town, among others, so check out
Creek Farm Plaza.
As we spoke about retail space availability, O’Reilly said, “We
do not want a big box store.” More retail similar to the now empty
“Just Sports” location in the Harborview Shopping Center on Prim
and W. Lakeshore roads, however, would be a welcome addition.
There are actually two vacancies at Harborview, according to Greg
Dirmaier of J. L. Davis Realty, who owns the 2,400-square-foot
corner shopping area located across from Rozzi’s and the Vermont
State Fishing Access. In addition to the vacant “Just Sports” space
on one end, a bank that had been located for many years on the other
end has also left. Despite efforts made by Davis Realty to secure
another bank or credit union, the space remains empty.
“As much traffic as goes by that area, you would think there
would be more interest,” says Dirmaier, “but we continue to wait for
the right match.” Incidentally, Davis has also been developing the
Marble Island Project and continues to build new homes each year
on the picturesque area located at the end of Marble Island Road
in Malletts Bay. Dirmaier says they will be adding a pool house
this summer and have reconditioned the tennis courts. If you are
interested in either project, contact Dirmaier at 343-0156.
Industrial vacancy rates are at a low 4.1 percent in Colchester and
there are only 67,000 square feet available for development – much
of this on or near Exits 16 and 17 of Interstate 89. Chittenden County
overall has only a 5 percent vacancy rate with space expected to run
out in the next five years. Because of all the medical related industry
already located in the Exit 16 area, efforts continue to seek out
additional bio-tech-bio-med companies. An energy park working
with alternative energy sources is another area of interest.
There is an oversupply, both in the county and Colchester, of
office space, with an increase in the county to 11.3 percent in 2013,
and 15 percent in our town. In Colchester, that amounts to 135,000
square feet. O’Reilly says a new building next to the Albany College
of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on Watertower Hill with Class A
space, some breathtaking views of the mountains and easy access to
I-89, is available to rent.
In Malletts Bay, the second floor of the Bayside Square, on the
corner of Blakely Road and W. Lakeshore Drive, is empty. “This
prime location also offers lovely views of the Bay and easy access
to both ends of town,” according to O’Reilly. For information on the
Bayside location, call owners Chuck and Jan Perkins at 862-7098.
O’Reilly, a former Colchester Community Development
Corporation Executive Director, expressed the town’s wish to
strengthen its relationship with CCDC, stay connected to existing
local businesses to assist them as needed, as well as to seek out new
and vibrant opportunities in order to provide new job options for
Colchester residents and to add to the town’s prosperity. You can
contact O’Reilly directly at 264-5508, or koreilly@colchestervt.
gov. My thanks for her help.
Oh, adding to the good news on commercial properties – the
old, unoccupied restaurant building on W. Lakeshore Drive across
from Coates Island has finally been demolished — it’ s gone, and
none too soon. It was called the Casa Romano when it opened in
the 1970s, and was a delightful, family Italian restaurant owned by
the Don Romano family. But, alas, once the Romanos sold, it never
was quite the same. Current owner Joe Handy was not available for
comment but is said to have no plans for the property at the moment.
For now, the empty space is a welcome sight.
More good news: The Clover House is back! Since the mid-1920s,
when it first opened, the Clover House on Church Road (across from
Holy Cross Church) in Malletts Bay has been a haven for good food,
good company, and in earlier days, often good music. Naturally, it
has changed hands in almost 100 years, but it generally continued
to serve what one might describe as “hearty American fare,” and
that tradition is back. Two friends and I (Lori Lawton and Julie
Weaver) shared dinner there this past Wednesday night (they serve
dinner Monday-Saturday from 4:30 – 9 p.m., and Sunday Brunch –
which looked great on the menu, being served from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,
with both a brunch and lunch menu). The bar area was serving meals
and drinks and the booths in the lounge area were empty until we
came at about 5 p.m. The restaurant is locally owned by the O’Brien
Family.
We were immediately surprised by the lengthy menu offering
salads (Julie loves their Cobb Salad with chicken, bacon, bleu
cheese and egg at $14, but she opted for the crab cakes appetizer
this night — crispy on the outside, moist on inside so she loved
it). Pub fare includes hamburger and fries, Jack Daniels marinated
pork sandwich with coleslaw and fries, quesadilla, black and bleu
steak sandwich, Philly cheese steak and fish & chips, which was
chosen by Lori who said the haddock was fresh, light and tasty, as
was the coleslaw. She substituted sweet potato fries – all hearty and
delicious. All Pub items are in the $10-$12 range.
Entrees included the usual steaks, chicken, fish (salmon, scallops,
or a combo with shrimp, scallions and haddock), and a pasta. I chose
the pecan encrusted chicken breast that was juicy, tasty and huge (I
almost always finish a meal, but half of the chicken went home with
me), served with lovely grated carrots and green beans, a starch that
I passed on. I also chose the soup of the day, lobster bisque, which
was perfectly served and delicious (soup or salad comes with each
entree). All the entrees are between $16 and $20. Our server Renee
was busy as the place filled up, but never skipped a beat in attending
to our needs. So all and all, the Clover House is back. Try it again,
you won’t be disappointed! Oh, they also do private parties and do
them well, according to Julie.
That’s it for this week – there is a 250th Anniversary wind up
meeting on Jan. 27, at 4 p.m., at the Bayside Activity Center which
is open to the public, and our wonderful Winter Carnival is on Jan.
31 and Feb. 1. What a town – enjoy and God bless!
Yankee
Sportsmen
Ayden Taylor, 6, and his
grandfather, Pete Taylor,
fish in the bass pool at The
Yankee Sportsman's Classic
on Saturday afternoon at the
Champlain Valley Exposition.
OLIVER PARINI
Letters To The Editor
One percent local sales tax
unnecessary
The Colchester Selectboard wants to institute a 1 percent sales
tax (“Local sales tax headed for November ballot” Jan. 16)
and has not determined what to do with the money when they
get it. But they do rely on the fact neighboring towns have
implemented this tax.
Remember that story our parents told us: “If Jimmy jumps
off the bridge that doesn’t mean you have to do it”? One might
give thought to the reasoning that if we remained conservative
with our tax increases other business will come to Colchester
as well as our real estate values will increase, therefore our tax
revenue will increase.
I believe this 1 percent sales tax is not necessary and would
like to hear from other residents about their thoughts on this
proposal.
Albert Loranger
Colchester
Reorder resources for Lake
Champlain health
Even before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) withdrew its approval for the Lake Champlain Phosphorus
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program in 2011, it was
obvious to the Friends of Northern Lake Champlain and others
engaged directly in the work of addressing non-point source
pollution and improving water quality in our great lake that the
necessary political will and financial commitments needed to
affect meaningful change were sorely lacking.
Although the act of revising the TMDL itself will not
mobilize political will or expand broad-based financial
commitments needed to address non-point source pollution,
it offers an unparalleled opportunity to address both of these
critical needs.
Over the past three years, EPA and the Vermont Agency
of Natural Resources have invested significant technical and
financial resources in developing the revised Phosphorus
TMDL for Lake Champlain. EPA has even titled their effort
“Lake Champlain Phosphorous TMDL: A Commitment to
Clean Water” and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
has released its own “Proposal for a Clean Lake Champlain.”
As this effort moves into the homestretch, with the revised
TMDL scheduled for completion this spring, we implore our
elected and appointed leaders to turn their attention to the
significant federal, state and local resources that are critical to
implementing on-the-ground programs and practices needed
to improve water quality. Just as priorities were adjusted to
make the necessary state and federal technical and financial
resources available to prepare the revised TMDL, the successful
implementation of the measures outlined in the TMDL will
demand significant resources and a reordering of priorities.
Our worst fear is that after enduring three years of EPAled study and process, which only served to confirm what
we already knew — substantial reductions are needed in the
phosphorus load being delivered to Lake Champlain — that the
revised TMDL will be relegated to “just another study,” unable
to catalyze the supports needed to reduce phosphorus pollution
and improve water quality.
Lake Champlain is Vermont’s great lake, but she is only
as good as the intensity with which we treasure her. There is
always likely to be a reason why now is not the best time to act,
but in order to restore and sustain Lake Champlain so that all of
our great-grandchildren will have the opportunity to swim, sail
and fish on her beautiful waters, we must act NOW.
Denise Smith and Kent Henderson
The Friends of Northern Lake Champlain
A challenge to ‘be the change’
By DEB MARKOWITZ
Earlier this winter I met with a group of high school students
who were thinking about what they could do in their schools and
communities to help combat climate change. One of them asked
whether what we do in Vermont to reduce our greenhouse gas
emissions matters since climate change is a problem on a global
scale. This caused another student to shout out the Mahatma
Gandhi adage that we must “be the change we want to see in
the world.”
Both of their points were excellent. Vermont is a small state
and the challenge of climate change is global. But, as we saw
with Tropical Storm Irene and the half a dozen significant flood
events we’ve experienced since then, we are not immune from
the impacts of climate change. If we are going to prevent further
damage to Vermont (and to the rest of the world), each one of
us has an obligation to reduce our contribution to the problem. The good news is that we are making some headway.
Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased in 2010 and
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again in 2011 to an amount equal to our 1990 levels — even
though, back in 1990, Vermont’s population was about 10
percent smaller (60,000 people fewer) than it is today. This
means our investments in energy efficiency, adoption of stronger
motor vehicle emissions standards, and renewable energy
policies are working. But we need to do more. Our emissions
will not continue to decline without a concerted effort.
In that spirit, I challenge you to join me in resolving to
reduce our greenhouse gas contributions this year.
At the personal level: · Set aside one day a week for an alternate commute: by
carpool, bus, walking, or teleworking. Check out GoVermont
(www.connectingcommuters.org) for some options.
· Consider buying your next car with better fuel economy, or
make the pledge that your next car will be an electric vehicle.
Look at www.fueleconomy.gov an dwww.DriveElectricVT.
com before you buy.
· Keep your thermostat set a few degrees lower this winter,
and put on a sweater. Do a home energy audit and weatherize
to make your home more efficient and comfortable. Check out
www.efficiencyvermont.com and www.energysmartvt.com for
more information.
· Replace traditional incandescent light bulbs with much
more efficient and longer-lived compact fluorescent or lightemitting diode (LED) bulbs.
· Compost your food waste. Check out the Agency of
Natural Resource’s website at www.anr.state.vt.us or go
to the Composting Association of Vermont’s site at www.
compostingvermont.org for more information.
At the community level:
· Join your neighbors on your town’s local energy committee.
· If you move, relocate to a downtown or village center
where you can walk or bicycle to work or shop. · Encourage the installation of electric vehicle charging
stations in your community. Low interest loans are available
from the Vermont State Infrastructure Bank for these stations.
Go to www.veda.org for more information.
· Get involved in local land use decisions. Protecting our
traditional land use patterns with walkable, livable village
centers surrounded by a working landscape and forested
mountains may be the single most important contribution we
can make to both reduce our contributions to climate change and
prepare Vermont for the changes that are already here.
Please join me in resolving to work together in 2014 and
beyond to do our part to meet Vermont’s goal for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions. By continuing to work toward this
goal, we can help ensure that Vermont maintains a livable
climate with many Happy New Years to come.
Deb Markowitz is Secretary of the Vermont Agency of
Natural Resources.
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COLCHESTER’S WEEKLY
Town News
“We are All Completely Beside Ourselves,”
by Karen Joy Fowler
Adult Fiction, 2013
Reviewed by Kelly Tomaseski, Library Director
“Colchester, Vermont, located on Lake Champlain’s Malletts
Bay, is a diverse, civic-minded community endowed with
a rich heritage of commercial, agricultural, recreational,
and educational gifts. Proud of the quality of life already
enjoyed here, the people of Colchester seek to build upon
this foundation to ensure economic prosperity, recreational
opportunity, and an entrepreneurial spirit for future
generations.”
Vision Statement, Heritage Project, 2012
Fowler’s sixth novel does not disappoint. Rosemary, a once precocious child, has
since been forced into silence by the ghosts of her past. Used as a subject in a failed
experiment conducted by her scholarly parents, she finds herself the only remaining
sibling in a broken family. Now a perpetual student, Rosemary is forced to acknowledge
those demons when befriended by the portentous and drama-addicted Harlow. With first
person narrative, the reader is led through fallible memories to the point where a loving
but flawed family fell apart. Wry humor softens this devastating tale that will stay with
you long after you have finished the last page.
“Wildwood,” by Colin Meloy,
illustrated by Carson Ellis
Juvenile Fiction, 2011
The following information highlights some activities performed by
the Town from January 13-17.
Reviewed by Lisa Buckton, Youth Services
Town Manager’s Office
Reported by Dawn Francis, town manager
Colin Meloy of the Decemberists concocts a tale of wonder and unprecedented
adventure in his epic novel Wildwood. Prue McKeel leads a normal life: she rides
her fixed-gear bike about town, is a vegetarian, newly learned to use the word “ergo,”
frequents the library, and babysits her brother. Well, she leads a normal life, that is, until
her baby brother is kidnapped by a murder of crows.
In order to collect him, Prue must traverse the uncharted “big splotch of green” that
rests on the edge of this fictitious portrayal of Portland, Ore., known as the “Impassible
Wilderness,” or the “I.W.” for short. The trouble is it has been deemed the Impassible
Forest for valid reasons; no one who has entered the I.W. has ever returned. Even Prue’s
family has warned her against it from infancy. But with Prue’s baby brother at large,
she has no other choice than to combat its unknown dangers. (Recommended for third
grade and up)
The Selectboard presented a revised budget at the Jan. 14
public hearing. It reflects modifications suggested throughout
the process of our six budget-development meetings over
the last five months. The proposed municipal general
fund operating budget for FY15 is $11,828,841. There are
$2,086,436 in revenues from services like the ambulance,
contracted public safety dispatch, grants for highway
operating expenses, deed recording fees and permits, as
well as state and private payments in lieu of taxes. The net
operating budget, proposed to be covered by property taxes, is
$9,742,405.
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About the Project
YWP is an independent nonprofit that engages students to write,
helps them improve and connects them with authentic audiences
through the Newspaper Series (and youngwritersproject.org) and
the Schools Project (ywpschools.net). Support: YWP is supported
by this newspaper and foundations, businesses and individuals who
recognize the power and value of writing. For more information
contact Geoff Gevalt at 324-9537.
Next prompts:
This Week:
Angst & General Writing
ANGST: Create a piece with the
angstiest angst you can muster
Trapped. You are trapped — in an
elevator, on a long flight, or in a waiting
room — with the most annoying person in
the world. Tell us what happens. Do not
name anyone or describe someone who
can be identified. Alternates: Comic strip.
Design a comic strip and submit it as a
picture; or General writing in any genre.
Due Jan. 31
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.
Photo of the Week
By Katie Matthews
Grade 11
Colchester High School
Hometown: Colchester
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Grade 8,
Colchester Middle School
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My face is a lie,
My smile is broken.
Everything I long to say
Remains unspoken.
All my laughs
Are secretly cries.
All my happiness has died.
The girl you see
Is just a memory.
My dreams are nightmares;
My hopes are fears.
Everything is backwards.
What is wrong?
What is right?
Why do I always pick a fight?
Nothing makes sense;
It never has.
The girl you know
Is always alone.
My life isn’t real.
My world is empty.
I’ll let you in
If you promise
Not to run.
My thoughts are scary.
My insides are twisted.
The girl you hear
Is just a façade.
Like snowflakes
Photo of the week
by Anna Mechler,
Essex High School
The Town of Colchester’s citizens have authorized debt
and multiyear capital programs to maintain our public
infrastructure. In FY15, these obligations total $1,796,259.
Our annual debt service for drainage improvements, the
Bayside property, and the municipal and police buildings is
$629,012. Our capital programs for transportation, equipment,
technology, communications and parks total $1,167,247.
A once broken girl was bundled in her
winter jacket, her breath making miniature
clouds in front of her. Her hands were
clutched to her hot chocolate, and she
breathed in the aroma of the heat. She
signed, taking a tiny sip from the styrofoam
cup, then smiled softly, feeling the liquid
sweetness pour over her mouth. It warmed
her to the very bone. It was in that second
when the snow began to descend. It started
softly at first then escalated into a blizzard.
The girl retreated behind one of the
•Non-personnel-related expenses are $51,211 less than they
were four years ago
•2.99 percent property tax increase
•The average municipal tax bill for a $300,000 property would
be $1,742 — an increase of $50.67, or less than $1 per week.
•$0.0169 tax rate increase per hundred dollars of property value
•$0.58093 tax rate per hundred dollars of property value
For an overview of the budget, visit http://colchestervt.gov/
Manager/TownMeeting.shtml.
The Town received a clean, “unqualified” opinion on its annual
independent audit. The auditor noted that Colchester is a
model for municipal government finance. This is a tribute to
the folks in the Finance Department: Mike Moffatt, Lara Alemy,
Joe Landry and Suzanne Murray as well as retired CFO Joan
Boehm and Finance Officer Coral Coleman. Every department
is involved in the Town’s financial business and has contributed
to this success. We encourage you to view the audit; it is
available at http://colchestervt.gov/Finance/auditreports.
shtml.
For more information about the Town Manager’s Office, visit
http://colchestervt.gov/Manager/index.shtml or call 264-5509.
Read news
from Parks and Rec,
online:
www.colchestersun.com
practically ancient walls of Jackson County
Middle School to escape the growing chilled
wind. She risked a peek and saw that each
flake was bright and dazzling, completely
different from the others even though they
were all falling together. She brushed away
a sudden tear and forcing a pained breath
of the frigid air, she closed her eyes. After
years of locking up the memories of that
scared little girl, she allowed herself to
finally remember.
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Thursday
Vermont Individual Income Tax Seminar.
Stay up to date on the Vermont Individual
Income Tax. Taxpayer Services Director
Sharon Asay and Internal Audit Supervisor Nancy Hammond of the Vermont
Department of Taxes will share current
information about a variety of taxes for
individuals. New England Federal Credit
Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Seating is limited. Sign up: 879-8790.
Movie Screening. The Burlington Film Society
and Main Street Landing present an exclusive Burlington area screening of Michel Gondry’s film “Is The Man Who Is
Tall Happy?” Main Street Landing Film
House, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Contact:
864-7999.
The Tech Tutor Program. Patrons may stop by
anytime during tech hours and ask oneon-one technology questions with one
of our local teens. Guarantee a time by
making a 15-minute appointment. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, 21 Library
Lane, Williston, 3-6 p.m. For an appointment, call: 878-4918 or www.williston.lib.
vt.us.
Davis Studio Birthday Celebration. 2014
marks the 10-year birthday of the Davis
Studio. In celebration, the studio will be
holding a birthday party open to the public. The party will include art activities for
children and adults. Raffles for two winter
classes and one summer camp giveaway.
Appetizers, desserts and drinks will be
served. Davis Studio, Burlington, 6:30-8
p.m. Free. Contact: 425-2700.
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Friday
Creative Writing Workshop. The Burlington
Writers Workshop will be holding a creative writing workshop at their new permanent space. Each workshop the writing
of two members will be discussed. Download and read members work before the
workshop. Burlington Writers Workshop,
Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info: www.
meetup.com/The-Burlington-WritersWorkshop/
Homework Help. Grades 1-8 get help with
reading, math and science from Albany
College of Pharmacy and Health Science
students. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington,
3-6 p.m. Free. Contact: 865-7216.
Documentary Viewing. St James Episcopal
Church presents “Rumi Returning,” an inspirational documentary about the 13th
century spiritual figure. Small dessert to
share is welcome. St. James Episcopal
Church, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Contact: 878-3725.
“Rock Shabbat.” Temple Sinai presents Rock
Shabbat. A family friendly musical service that incorporates popular songs into
Friday night worship. Open to the public.
Temple Sinai, South Burlington, 7:30-9
p.m. Free. Contact Stacy: 862-5125.
Spoken Word Competition. The St. Michael’s
Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
presents the 2nd Annual Spoken Word
Competition. The event will feature St.
Michael’s best poets, regional poets and
local emerging poets. McCarthy Arts
Center, St. Michaels College, 7 p.m. Free.
Contact Moise: 654-2663.
VFW Meal. The Essex Junction VFW presents
Sandy’s Lasagna. Live music from the
Rich Sutphen. Essex Junction VWF, Essex
Junction, 5:30-7 p.m. Music 7 p.m. Contact: 878-0700.
Vermont Burlesque Festival. The first annual
festival will celebrate the local burlesque
community, offer burlesque education,
and introduce the greater Vermont community to burlesque talent from outside
of its borders. Events include burlesque
bowling, burlesque classes, a Saturday
night showcase, and film festival. Events
take place on Jan. 24 through Jan. 26
and benefit various local charities. Bowling $5. Classes $25. Showcase $25-$30.
Film Festival is free. Information: www.
vermontburlesquefestival.com.
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meeting will follow the
film. Bagels and coffee at 10 a.m. Palace 9 Cinemas, South
Burlington, 10:30 a.m.
Free. Contact Michael:
202-228-6492.
Saturday
Ice Fishing Festival. To celebrate Vermont’s
statewide Free Ice Fishing Day the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and
Vermont Sportsman are hosting an ice
fishing festival. Events include minnow
races, fish identification games and free
clinics on ice fishing gear and techniques.
Refreshments will be available. Warming huts will be available to keep people
comfortable. The Fish & Wildlife Department will supply all equipment needed
for a fun day on the ice. Larrabee’s Point
fishing access area, Shoreham, 1 p.m.
Free. Contact: 318-1347.
VYO CONCERT
The Vermont Youth Orchestra welcomes back
alumni Pierre Jalbert and Soovin Kim for
their winter concert. Flynn Center for the
Performing Arts, Burlington, 3 p.m. Adults
$17; Students $12. Contact: 655-5030.
League of Vermont Writers’ Annual Meeting. The league’s annual meeting will
feature presentations from Anne Galloway, founder of news web site VTDigger.
org as well as songwriter Jon Gailmor. All
League of Vermont Writers events are
open to the public. A continental breakfast and catered luncheon are included in
the ticket price. Double Tree Hotel, South
Burlington, 8:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m. Members
$48, non-members $55. Contact: 3497475.
Composting Workshop. Highfields Center for
Composting will be hosting a composting
workshop to help educated attendees
on how to reduce the amount of organic
waste they send to landfills. Staff will
show participants about the benefits of
compost, compost system options and how
to maintain their pile to produce highquality, nutrient-rich compost. Morristown
Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10 a.m.12 p.m. Free. Contact: 472-5138, x203.
Snowshoe Walk. Join the Winooski Valley
Park District for a walk through the snow
and search for tracks and other signs of
wildlife. The WVPD will provide snowshoes for those that need them. Contact
the WVPD for registration. Ethan Allen
Homestead, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Contact: 863-5744.
Pan-Celtic Music. Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church presents an entertaining evening
for all ages featuring Pan-Celtic, Quebecois, Appalachian and Highland dance
music. The music will be performed on
bagpipes, Celtic whistles, drums, fiddles
and hammered dulcimer. Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, Jericho, 7-8:30 p.m.
Free. Contact Pat: 878-3840.
Film Festival. UVM presents the Banff Mountain Film Festival. The festival generally
offers about 30 films, including many of
the award winners from the festival in a
variety of subjects, styles, lengths and activities. Tickets can be purchased at the
SkiRack for $15. Davis Centre, UVM, 7
p.m. Contact: 882-4530.
VSO Masterworks. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the VSO
Chorus and Robert De Cormier’s tenure
as director. Vermont Symphony Orchestra presents Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.
A free and interactive pre-performance
discussion with Joe Goetz at 7 p.m. Flynn
Theater, Burlington, 8 p.m. Tickets, $16$61. Contact: 863-5966 or flyntix.org.
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Sunday
Film Screening. Senator Bernie Sanders will
host a free film screening of “Inequality
for All,” which addresses the widening inequality gap in the United States. A town
VERMONT FARM SHOW
The Annual Vermont Farm Show returns
to the Champlain Valley Fair Grounds in
Essex Junction on Jan. 28, 29 and 30.
Come explore exhibits and activities,
meet with vendors, preview products
and machinery, and network with the
farm community. The show supports Vermont FoodBank
so don’t forget a canned or boxed good
to donate. More info: www.vtfarmshow.com.
Photography Workshop.
Darkroom
Gallery will be offering a workshop for
outdoor photography
enthusiasts. Photographer Eddie Soloway
will present “The Art
of Nature Photography,” an idea-filled
seminar designed to
push your vision of the
natural world in new
directions. Lunch from
Martone’s Deli included. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $55
in advance, $65 at the door. Contact:
777-3686.
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Artist Reception. Darkroom Gallery will be
hosting an artist reception for the “Five
Element” exhibit. The exhibit features
photographic depictions of the natural
world including landscapes, macro and
micro shots, abstractions and realistic images that capture the beauty, uniqueness
and magic which make up the planet. Refreshments will be served and the general
public is encouraged to attend. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, 4:30-6 p.m.
Free. Contact: 777-3686.
Chicken and Biscuit Dinner. St. Thomas Church
in Underhill Center will be serving a buffet style chicken and biscuit meal. The
menu will include chicken and gravy,
biscuits, mashed potatoes, carrots, peas,
coleslaw, cranberry sauce, dessert and
beverages. Take-outs will be available.
No reservations are needed. St. Thomas
Church, Underhill Center, 4-7 p.m. Donations Accepted. Contact: 899-4632.
Vietnamese Dinner. The North End Studio
presents a Vietnamese dinner as part of
their Global Burlington International Dinner Series. Dinner will include a variety
of traditional Vietnamese fare. Entertainment will include performances of
traditional songs, dance and instrumental
music. BYOB for those over 21. North
End Studio, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. $15. Tickets: 863-6713.
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Monday
Art with MC. Make recycled paper sculpture
with Williston Central School art teacher,
MC Baker. Kindergarten and up. Pre-register encouraged. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3 p.m. Free. Contact:
878-4918 or www.williston.lib.vt.us.
Genealogy Presentation. Ed McGuire from
the Vermont French-Canadian Genealogy Society will share insight on genealogy research, how to document family
history, useful books and research tools.
Learn about major records repositories in
Vermont and New England and online. All
welcome. Pre-registration encouraged.
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6 p.m. Free. Contact: 878-4918 or
www.williston.lib.vt.us.
“Giselle.” The Royal Ballet portrays human
and supernatural worlds in a broadcast
production of this renowned work about
life, love and death. Palace 9 Cinemas,
South Burlington, 7 p.m. $15. Contact:
660-9300.
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CALENDAR
Trivia Night. Trivia buffs gather for a meeting
of the minds. Hotel Vermont lobby, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Contact: 651-5012.
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Tuesday
“Lunch Lady” Launch Party. Children’s author Jarrett J. Krosoczka presents the 10th
Lunch Lady graphic novel, “Lunch Lady and
the Schoolwide Scuffle.” The fun and mystery continue in the latest installment of the
series featuring Lunch Lady and the Breakfast Bunch. RSVP to this event. Flying Pig
Bookstore, Shelburne, 4 p.m. Free. RSVP:
985-3999 or [email protected].
Financial Aid Workshop. High school students
and their parents join VSAC representatives to learn about the college financial
aid process and fill out related forms.
Question and answer session follows.
South Burlington High School, South Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free, pre-registration
required. Contact: 864-8581 or vsac.org.
Teen Art Studio. Printmaker Mickey Myers will
be on hand to helps young adults ages
11-18 get inspired, make art, dream up
ideas, and enjoy an evening of creative
fun using art center-provided art materials
and studio space. Helen Day Art Center,
Stowe, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free, registration
required. Register: 253-8358.
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Monday, Jan. 27
Intergenerational Dessert Book Discussion. For anyone grade 6 to adult who
loves a good book. Eat something sweet and talk about a great book. Stop
by to sign up. This month book will be “Fourmile,” by Watt Key. 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 28
Adult Book Discussion. Join our afternoon book group. The discussion will be
led by a library staff member. This month’s book will be “Wild,” by Cheryl
Strayed. 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 29
Rotary Speaker: Polio and Immunizations. The Colchester-Milton Rotary Club
will present on polio and immunizations at 6 p.m.
Archer Mayor Videoconference. Interactive video conference with author Archer
Mayer from Brattleboro, VT. All welcome.
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston,
7 p.m. Free. Contact: 878-4918 or www.
williston.lib.vt.us.
Thursday
College Visits and Interviews Meeting. Juniors and parents are encouraged to attend to learn how to get the most from a
college visit, as well as the different types
of college interviews. Included will be a
panel of current seniors who will discuss
their visit and interview experiences. Information on how to use Naviance as a
tool to search for schools and stay organized will also be discussed. Essex High
School, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free.
Contact: 879-7121.
ONGOING
Bagpipe and Drum Lessons. The St. Andrew’s
Pipeband of Vermont offers instruction
for bag piping and drumming as an encouragement and incentive for attracting
new members. The instructional program
is designed to integrate and transition a
piper or drummer into the “parade” band
at a level of basic competency. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Essex Junction,
Wednesday Evenings. Free. Contact Beth:
343-4738.
Drop-In Pottery Wheel Class. Spend Friday
nights with our pottery instructors learning
the basics of wheel-working. Try the wheel
and have some fun with other beginner
potters. Through demonstrations and individual instruction, students will learn the
basics of preparing and centering the clay
and making cups, mugs and bowls. Price
includes one fired and glazed piece per
participant. Additional fired and glazed
pieces are $5 each. No registration necessary but space is limited. First come,
first serve. Begins Jan. 31. BCA Print and
Wheel Studio, Burlington, Fridays 8-10
p.m. $12. Contact: 865-7166.
Drop-In Life Drawing Class. This drop-in life
drawing class is open to all levels and facilitated by local painter Glynnis Fawkes.
Spend the evening with other artists, drawing one of our experienced models. Bring
drawing materials and paper. No registration necessary. No class on Feb. 17.
Ages 16 and up. BCA Center, Burlington,
Mondays 6:30-8:30 p.m. $8. Contact:
865-7166.
Free Yoga for Survivors. H.O.P.E. Works is offering a free and confidential trauma-informed yoga program for survivors of sexual violence. Meets on the first Saturday
of each month. Registration is required to
attend. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington,
1:30 p.m. Free. Contact: 864-0555, x19
or [email protected].
Bolton After Dark. Bolton Valley Ski Resort’s
mini party complete with night skiing and
riding for all ages and public screenings of
movies by Meathead Films. Bolton Valley
Ski Resort, Bolton Valley, 4-8 p.m. Saturday evenings through March 15. Tickets
$19. Contact: 877-926-5866.
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Burnham Knitters. Knitters of all skill levels meet Wednesdays. Beginners welcome. Colchester Meeting House or Burnham Memorial Library. 6-8 p.m.
Preschool music with Derek. Wednesdays. Derek brings music and fun every
Wednesday. Best for ages 3-5. 1-1:30 p.m.
Drop-in gentle Hatha yoga. Tuesdays. Bring a mat and enjoy poses for mindful
stretching and relaxation. Beginners and intermediates welcome. 4:30-5:30
p.m. Call 878-0313 to sign up.
Drop-in story-time. Saturdays. A weekly selection of music and books for children of all ages. No sign-up required. 10 a.m. Contact: 878-0313.
Toddler Story Time. Tuesdays (starting Jan. 21). A weekly selection of music,
rhymes and stories. For ages 18 months-3 years. Call to sign-up. 10:30 a.m.
Preschool story-time. Mondays and Thursdays. Join us for stories followed by a
craft or activity. For ages 3-6. Call to register. 10:30 a.m.
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Wednesday
Knitting Group. Just come in, knit, relax and
enjoy. All levels of knitters or needlepoint
are welcome. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Contact:
878-4918 or www.williston.lib.vt.us.
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Burnham Library hours
Monday, Wednesday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday: 12-5 p.m.; Saturday: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
898 Main Street, Colchester
Contact: 879-7576 or [email protected].
Tai Chi for Arthritis Beginners. A fun, joint
safe activity proven to reduce pain while
improving balance, agility and increasing lower and upper body strength. Participation in this program can help you
maintain your independence. Tai Chi for
Arthritis can be done seated or standing. Classes are led by certified instructors Sponsored by CVAA. Mondays and
Wednesdays, Jan. 22 through March 14.
Congregational Church, Essex Junction,
10:30-11:15 a.m. Free for adults 50
years or older. Contact: 865-0360.
Creative Tuesdays. Artists exercise their
imaginations with recycled crafts. Children under 10 must be accompanied by
an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:15-5 p.m. Contact: 865-7216.
Line Dance Classes. Denise Brault Line Dance
presents Beginner and Beginner Plus
classes. No experience needed. St. Joseph School Gym, Burlington. Mondays
through March 31. Beginners’ class,
6:15-7:15 p.m. Beginners’ Plus class
7:15-7:45 p.m. $4 for beginner class
and $6 for beginner and beginner plus
classes. Contact Denise: 658-0096.
Bingo. Sponsored by the Whitcomb Woods
Residents Association. Whitcomb Woods,
128 West Street, Essex Junction. Mondays at 6 p.m. Contact: 879-1829.
Beginner yoga classes. Tuesdays. In lieu of a
fee, please bring a non-perishable item
or monetary donation for the Richmond
Food Shelf. Richmond Free Library, 201
Bridge Street, Richmond, 6-7 p.m. Contact: [email protected] or 318-5570.
Burlington Writers Workshop. A free writing
workshop for all Vermonters. Meets every Wednesday in downtown Burlington.
Free and open to the public. Participants
must register at meetup.com. More info:
burlingtonwritersworkshop.com.
Cell Phones For Soldiers. Local residents can
support these collection drives by donating their old cell phones at A. W. Rich
Funeral Home, 57 Main Street, Essex
Junction or at the American Legion, 3650
Roosevelt Highway, Colchester. Collections accepted 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact:
849-6261.
Champlain Echoes. A women’s four-part
harmony chorus group seeks additional
women to sing in their holiday performances. Meetings are Monday nights.
The Pines, Aspen Drive, South Burlington,
6:30 p.m. Contact: 655-2174.
Colchester-Milton Rotary meeting. Thursdays. Serving the communities of Colchester, Milton and the Champlain Islands. Hampton Inn, Colchester, 12 p.m.
Community Wellness Day. Practitioners offer Reiki, Shiatsu, aromatherapy, acupressure, energy work and more to
those looking to experience alternative healing. 2 Wolves Holistic Center
in Vergennes, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. most
Fridays. Sliding-scale donations; prereg-
ister the Tuesday prior. Contact: [email protected] or 870-0361.
Early Birder Morning Walks. Sundays. Enjoy
the start of the day with birds, and other
woodland inhabitants. Walks are led by
experienced birders familiar with Vermont birds. Best for adults and older children. Free, donations welcomed. Birds of
Vermont Museum. 900 Sherman Hollow
Road, Huntington, 7-9 a.m. Contact: 4342167 or [email protected].
English As A Second Language Classes. Improve your English conversation skills and
meet new people. Wednesdays. Administrative Conference Room: Intermediate/
Advanced. Pickering Room, 2nd Floor:
Beginners. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Contact: 865-7211.
Essex Art League. Meets the first Thursday of
the month. The meeting agenda includes
a business and social time, and features
a guest artist presentation. Essex Junction
Congregational Church on Main Street,
Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. Visit: www.essexartleague.com.
Essex Rotary Meeting. Essex Rotary Meetings
are held on Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m.
at The Essex. Serving the communities of
Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho and Underhill.
Family Support Group. Outright Vermont
holds support group meetings for family members of youth going through the
process of coming out. One Sunday evening and one Wednesday morning each
month at Outright Vermont. Contact:
865-9677.
German-English Conversation Group. Improve your German conversation skills
and meet new people. First and third
Wednesday of each month. Local History
Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington,
6:30-8:30 p.m. Contact: 865-7211.
Italian Conversation Group. Open to all interested in learning/hearing the Italian
language. Room 101, St. Edmunds Hall,
St. Michael’s College, Colchester. Every
second and fourth Wednesday of the
month, 7-9 p.m. Contact: 654-2536.
Mount Mansfield Scale Modelers. Informal gathering of model enthusiasts. All
skill levels welcome. Third Thursday of
each month. Kolvoord Community Room,
Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:308:30 p.m. Contact: 878-0765.
Toy Library Playgroup. Fridays. Ages birth
through five years. Memorial Hall, Essex,
9:30-11 a.m. Contact Lauren: 878-6715.
VCAM Access Orientation. Free. Vermont
Community Access Media, 208 Flynn Avenue 2-G, Burlington. Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.10 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact:
651-9692 or www.vermontcam.org.
Women’s Craft Group. Inventive females work
on artful projects. First and third Thursday
of the month. Free. Essex Alliance Church,
Essex, 7-9 p.m. Contact: 238-2291.
For more calendar events, visit
www.colchestersun.com/calendar
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Religious Directory
Daybreak Community Church
67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester VT. 05446
802-338-9118 or [email protected]
www.daybreakvermont.org
Sunday Service at 10:30am
Lead Pastor, Brent Devenney
Holy Cross Church
416 Church Road, Colchester; 863-3002
Mass Schedule
Saturday: 4:30 p.m.;
Sunday: 9 a.m.; 11 a.m.;
Monday - Wednesday & Friday: 9 a.m.
For Catholics who are returning home to the Church,
welcome. We are happy that the Holy Spirit is leading you
and we are pleased to welcome you.
Come Join Us!
Islamic Society of Vermont
182 Hegeman Avenue. 655-6711
Islamic Society of Vermont. Join Imam Islam Hassan
([email protected]) for the five daily prayers. Timings at
ISVT homepage www.isvt.org The call for Friday Jumah
prayers is exactly at 1:00PM followed by Khutbah and
prayer. Additional Friday night lectures between Magrib
and Isha prayers. Weekend Islamic classes on Sundays
9:45AM-1:30PM for all children 4 years and older during the
school year. Interested non-members always welcome.
(802) 655-6711 or [email protected] or Facebook.
Malletts Bay Congregational Church UCC
1672 West Lakeshore Dr.
658-9155. Rev. Mary Nelson Abbott, Pastor.
Worship Service: Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Church School: Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Fellowship time: Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Childcare provided.
All are welcome!
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
1063 Prim Road, 658-0533.
Rev. Lisette Baxter, Rector
Sundays: 8 a.m. & 10 a.m.,
Holy Eucharist 10 a.m.
Sunday School: Nursery & all grades
Wednesdays: 11:30 Bible class; 12:30 Holy Eucharist
For evening services & Adult Education,
check answering machine. All are always welcome.
United Church Of Colchester - ABC
Rte 2A-Village Green, 879-5442.
Pastor Josh Steely.
Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Adult Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.
Youth Sunday School during 10:30
worship; pre-school through 11 years.
Nursery care available during worship.
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January 14—January 21, 2013
Tuesday, January 14
0111 Assist- Agency on Lindale Drive
0242 Assist-EMS on Mallard Drive
0757 Assist-Public on
Roosevelt Highway
1043 Suspicious Event on
Hercules Drive
1050 911 Hang Up on
Hercules Drive
1106 Assist-Agency on Sharrow Circle
1111 Assist-Agency on Gilman Circle
Thayer Bay Circle
1414 False Swearing on
Sharrow Circle
1557 Intoxication on Mt Sterling Ave
2229 Welfare Check on
Williams Road
THEME: WINTER
OLYMPICS
ACROSS
1. Abstains from food
6. Female sib
9. Like Homer
Simpson’s head
13. Freeze
14. Notable time
15. Andrea Bocelli,
e.g.
16. Third rock from
the sun
17. “I thee ___”
18. Loosen laces, e.g.
19. *Number of
participating Olympic
sports
21. *Kerrigan’s
nemesis
23. Nest egg
24. Poacher’s trophy
25. A small amount
of liquid
28. Shining armor
30. Ultra bookworm
35. Viewer’s
appreciation
37. Riyadh native
39. Yokel’s holler
40. Kournikova or
Karenina
41. Nostrils
43. German mister
44. From center to
perimeter of circle,
pl.
46. Ricci of fashion
47. Nonclerical
48. *First Winter
Olympics host
50. Solid part of wall
52. Code word
53. Mosque V.I.P.
55. Party bowlful
57. *Olympic athlete
of yesteryear
61. *It happened on
ice, 1980
65. Computer woe
66. Cowboy’s heel
prod
68. Trial and _____
69. Unable to move
70. Funerary vase
71. More then one
crocus
72. *Gold winning ice
dancers, Torvill and
____
73. Pilot’s
announcement, acr.
74. Exemplary
DOWN
1. Medieval domain
2. Popular smoothie
berry
3. #1 Down laborer
4. Little Richard’s
“_____ Frutti”
5. Orb shape
6. Fastened stitches
7. Rage
8. Ascetic holy Hindu
9. Form a curve
10. Opposed to
11. Tender cut
12. Small amount of
residue
15. *Eurasian winner
of 88 medals but no
winter ones
20. *Only Olympian
to win Gold in
summer and winter
22. Nile viper
24. Government
system in prerevolutionary Russia
25. *Keeps neck
warm in Sochi?
26. Of an arm bone
27. Chinese bear
29. Persia
31. “Matilda” author
32. Beforehand
33. Waterwheel
34. *Relayed flame
36. Sacrifice for gain
38. Out of shape
42. Saudi Arabia
native
45. Most frozen
49. Down Under
runner
51. Do like Tarantino
54. Lock horns
56. Avoid an attack
57. Zealous
58. Collier’s office
59. A particular
region
60. *Speed skaters
often touch the ice
making one
61. Madonna’s 2012
release
62. Field yield
63. Centers of activity
64. *American speed
skating great
67. You know it when
you see it?
Wednesday, January 15
0610 Assist-Motorist on
Roosevelt Highway
0747 Accident on Roosevelt
Highway/South Park Drive
0807 Motor Vehicle Complaint
on Prim Road
0950 Assist-Agency on Lake Lane
1321 Lewd and Lascivious Conduct
in Colchester
1439 Littering on Colchester Pond
Road
1551 Assist-Public on McHawk Drive
1603 Motor Vehicle Complaint on
Roosevelt Highway
1700 Burglary on Middle Road
1802 Assist-Fire Department on
Gilman Circle
2332 Assist-Motorist on
Roosevelt Highway
Thursday, January 16
0415 Medical on Porters Point Road
0542 Suspicious Event on Camel
Hump Road
0630 Assist-EMS on Perimeter Road
0730 Accident on Roosevelt Highway
0731 Suspicious Event on Julie Drive
1115 Medical on South Park Drive
1241 Accident on Roosevelt
Highway/Raymond Road
1301 Assist-Agency on Pierre Court
1345 Assist-Motorist on Roosevelt
Highway/Coon Hill Road
1441 TRO/FRO Service on
South Park Drive
South Park Drive
1506 Disorderly Conduct by
Electronic Communications on
Laker Lane
1555 Assist-Court Paperwork on
Mount Mansfield Ave
Heineberg Drive
Douglas Drive
Friday, January 17
0649 Accident on Main Street/
Roosevelt Highway
0730 Assist-Agency on US Route 7
Blakely Road
1017 Found/Lost Property on
Campus Road
1051 Suspicious Event on East Road
1346 Assist-EMS on Hegeman Ave
1401 Accident on Acorn Lane
1412 Retail Theft on Mountain
View Drive
Blakely Road
1747 Traffic Hazard on US Route 7
1808 Assist-EMS on Mallard Drive
1848 Larceny- From Building on
Canterbury Way
1901 TRO/FRO Service on
Belwood Ave
New England Ave
2349 Medical on Church Road
Saturday, January 18
0014 Intoxication at St Michaels
Heineberg Drive
0257 Assist-Agency at St Michael
East Lakeshore Drive
0919 Accident on Holbrook Court
0932 Assist-Public on Bay Road
0935 Medical on Wexford Lane
1232 Assist-Public on Leoray Court
South Park Drive
1431 Noise on MaCrae Road
1619 Retail Theft on Lower
Mountain View Drive
1621 Intoxication on
College Parkway
1830 Accident on Prim Road
1900 Assist-Agency on
Winooski Falls Way
2030 Robbery on Roosevelt Highway
Lower Mountain View Drive
1300 Accident on Campus Road
1314 Citizen Dispute on Sharrow
Circle
1623 Assist-Public on Sharrow Circle
1650 Assist-Public on Sharrow Circle
Blakely Road
1956 Assist-Agency on Mercier Drive
2003 Larceny-From Building on
College Parkway
2222 Assist-Agency on Bean Road
2356 Medical on Perimeter Drive
Monday, January 20
College Parkway
0726 Assist-Public on I89 Exit 17
Northbound Off Ramp
0937 Accident on Roosevelt Highway
0951 Assist-EMS on Sunderland
Woods Road
0954 Welfare Check on Blakely Road
1006 Custodial Interference on
Whispering Pines
Blakely Road
1328 Death Investigation in
Colchester
1410 Burglary on Cashman Road
1650 Assist-Motorist on Roosevelt
Highway/Severance Road
1803 Disturbance on Heineberg Drive
2041 TRO/FRO Service on Thayer
Beach Road
2151 Welfare Check on 2nd Street
Tuesday, January 21
0012 Winter Parking Ban on
Blakely Road
0218 Winter Parking Ban on
Blakely Road
289/2A
Mountain View Road/Roosevelt
Highway
1135 Accident on Hegeman Ave
1145 Burglary on Jasper Mine Road
1208 Accident on South Park Drive
1212 Accident on South Park Drive
Total Incidents 254
For more information
about these and other
incidents, contact the
Colchester Police
Department
(802) 264-5556
Sunday, January 19
0519 Trespassing on Campus Road
0546 Medical on Elderberry Lane
1106 Assist-Public on Lupine Drive
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Spotlight on Adam Cunningham
Director of ‘Our Town’
by doing a play that’s about
a community,” said the
director, who also acted in
this production while in high
school. “At the time, I was
bored by it just like everybody
else,” he said. But now with a
few more years under his belt
and a “greater appreciation
for mortality,” he considers
this one of America’s greatest
plays.
By ELSIE LYNN
The Colchester Sun
A
dam Cunningham got his start
with the Essex Community
Players three years ago in the
production “M is for Murder.” But that’s
not the limit of this Colchester resident’s
theatrical roots.
After graduating with a BFA in Theatre
from the University of Illinois in 1982,
he continued to Brandeis University
in Boston where he earned his MFA
in acting. In 1985 — his third year at
Brandeis — Cunningham was the artist in
residence for the University.
“To me, this play represents
the affirmation of the absolute
joy of existence. We’re all
connected in our experience
of existence, but everyone has
their own journeys… The
Done with schooling, he joined the
play deals with life and death
ranks as a professional actor in New York
and everything in between…
City. Cunningham gigged his way
It tells us that it’s OK to
through more than 28 plays
Adam Cunningham appreciate the small and the
over 10 years.
large moments in life.”
AUDITIONS
Vermont and fell back
“Then I quit
Auditions will take place the first week
Feb. 1 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
into acting. Now he
acting,” the
in
February at Memorial Hall in Essex.
Feb. 3 from 6-9 p.m. and
is on the ECP board
Chicago native
Everything
needed for auditions can be
of directors and is
Feb. 4 from 6-9 p.m.
explained. “I did
found
at
www.essexplayers.com.
putting up the 1938
Call backs: Feb. 6 from 6-9 p.m.
high tech PR
production of “Our
“Our Town is a play about a tight
work for some
All auditions will be held at
Town”
this
May.
knit
community of decent people,” said
of the dot-com
Memorial Hall in Essex
Cunningham.
“We’re going to try to
Why “Our Town?”
companies.”
Info: www.essexplayers.
recreate that sense of community.”
“I wanted to honor
In 2003,
com
Part of the way Cunningham would
Essex’s 250th celebration
Cunningham moved to
like to recreate this sense of
community is by inviting
community members to share
photos with him that describe
what community means, or what
it means to be a community
member. Send submissions to
adamscunningham@hotmail.
com by April 25. These photos
will be posted in Memorial Hall
during the final performances
from May 8-18.
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opportunity to be part of a classic
American play.”
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September
“Luminous Vermont.” Lorraine Manley, of
Milton captures the natural beauty of her
native Vermont in impressionistic paintings
that are vibrant, colorful and warm. The
work serves as a perfect antidote to the
bluster and cold of winter. Her use of colors
make her paintings pop from the walls. In
addition, Lorraine uses a palette knife and
bold strokes for spontaneous results. The
exhibit runs through March 31. The Festival
Gallery, Waitsfield. Contact: 496-6682 or
www.vermontartfest.com.
“John Bisbee: New Blooms.”
Contemporary sculpture by artist John
Bisbee featuring works that are created
out of 12-inch bright common nails
that are wrought individually and then
welded together for the finished form.
The exhibition runs through May 26.
Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education at
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne. Info: www.
shelburnemuseum.org.
“The 50 Project.” 50 plein air watercolors
painted by Vermont artist Libby Davidson
during her 50th year of life. Exhibit runs
through Feb. 23. Emile Gruppe Gallery, 22
Barber Farm Road, Jericho. Contact: 8993211.
“Passing Through: Portraits of Emerging
Adults.” Oil portraits of emerging adults
are seldom painted in our culture, which
relies instead on the more immediate
results of photography and video. Yet the
moments in which young adults develop
their ideas, fully realize their selves, and
claim their voices beg for the sustained
examination that detailed oil paintings
demand. This body of work by artist Kate
Gridely honors this transition with life-sized
oil portraits and oral portraits of seventeen
emerging adults. The exhibit runs through
April 24. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Burlington.
Contact: 652-4505.
Upcoming
Events
September
VYOA Concert. The Vermont Youth
Orchestra Association will be celebrating
its 50th anniversary with the Vermont Youth
Orchestra’s Winter Concert. The concert will
be held Jan. 26 at the Flynn Center for the
Performing Arts, Burlington, 3 p.m. Adults
$17, students $12. Contact: 655-5030.
“Other Desert Cities.” Vermont Stage
Company presents a riveting new play
by Jon Robin Baitz features high drama,
serious laughter, and authentic dialogue.
The play runs Jan. 29 through Feb. 16.
FlynnSpace, Burlington, Wednesday
through Saturday evenings 7:30 p.m.;
first Saturday matinee 2 p.m. and Sunday
matinees 2 p.m. Tickets: 863-5966 or visit
Flynntix.org.
For more listings visit
www.colchestersun.com/
arts-and-entertainment
11
Sports
THE COLCHESTER SUN / JANUARY 23, 2014
BASKETBALL
Colchester
rallies past
Essex
THIS WEEK IN
ST. MICHAEL’S
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
The Colchester Lakers topped Essex, 61-55, in
a Division I high school boys’ basketball matchup
on Tuesday night behind a fourth-quarter surge.
Colchester jumped to an early lead in the
contest, wracking up a 15-point advantage by
the end of the first quarter, but the Hornets (3-8)
stormed back and overtook the hosting Lakers.
Then Colchester staged a fourth-quarter rally to
put Essex away for good.
Senior Ricky Giroux led the Lakers to victory
with 18 points, while junior Noah Robinson
dropped in 10.
Halfway through its 20-game schedule,
Colchester owns a 6-4 record and stands in the
middle of Division I rankings.
The Lakers will host Rice Memorial (6-1) on
Friday and Spaulding (5-5) on Monday, with both
games slated to tip off at 7 p.m.
—Kelly March
ABOVE: Colchester senior Re'gal Spencer passes to junior Noah
Robinson during a game against Essex on Tuesday evening at Colchester
High School.
PHOTOS | OLIVER PARINI
BELOW: Colchester senior Re'gal Spencer steals the ball in the last
minutes of the game.
ABOVE: Colchester junior Erik Lagerquist puts up
a shot.
WRESTLING
CHS competes in Essex Classic
schedule
Lakers’
Colchester senior Jerry Barich wrestles in the Michael J. Baker Classic at Essex High School on Saturday morning. Named after
a longtime Hornet coach, the two-day tournament featured 35 teams from across the state, as well as Maine and New York. The
Lakers travelled to Mount Mansfield to take on the Cougars, Spaulding and Enosburg on Wednesday, after press time, and will
host the annual Colchester Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m.
OLIVER PARINI
Men’s basketball drops back-to-back contests
The St. Michael’s College men’s basketball team (11-4,
6-4) lost both of its games in Northeast-10 Conference action
last week, losing to the University of New Haven, 78-68, on
Tuesday then falling to Southern Connecticut State University,
88-85, on Saturday. Southern Connecticut State was receiving
votes toward the National Association of Basketball Coaches’
(NABC) national poll. During the week, junior Mike Holton
Jr. moved into 24th in program history in career scoring
(1,149), including passing St. Michael’s Athletic Hall of Fame
member Bernie Cieplicki ‘57 (1,138) on the list. Classmate
James Cambronne passed Jay Wandtke ‘98 (109) to take over
third in blocks (113).
Against New Haven, St. Michael’s erased a 22-point deficit
to forge ahead with fewer than four minutes remaining before
suffering its first home loss of the season. Holton hit four
three-pointers en route to scoring 20 points, and Cambronne
shot 8-of-10 for 17 points while snagging six rebounds and
blocking two shots. First-year Matt Bonds totaled 10 points
and seven rebounds off the bench, junior Mike Thompson
hauled in nine caroms, and classmate Dom Ditlefsen had eight
points.
At Southern Connecticut State, the Purple Knights’ bid
to down their third nationally-regarded foe of the season
fell short. Cambronne reached the 20-point plateau for the
fifth time in eight games, posting 23 thanks to 9-of-12 free
throw shooting to go along with eight rebounds and three
blocks. Thompson had a career-high 18 points while hauling
in 10 rebounds, and Holton notched 17 points. Junior Corey
Crawford II shot 3-of-4 from beyond the arc en route to 11
points, Bonds contributed eight points and seven rebounds in
14 minutes, and Ditlefsen dished out four assists.
Women’s basketball trips up in pair of NE-10 games
The St. Michael’s College women’s basketball team (311, 2-8) fell in both of its Northeast-10 Conference games
last week, losing to the University of New Haven, 71-53, last
Tuesday and then being downed at Southern Connecticut State
University, 82-71, on Saturday.
Against New Haven, junior Maggie Sabine paced the
Purple and Gold with a double-double of 20 points and 12
rebounds, netting her highest point total since transferring in
prior to the season. Classmate Kelly Frappier poured in 10
points with five offensive rebounds and four assists off the
bench, first-year Indira Evora notched seven points and a
season-high five steals, and junior Kaitlin Geary, of Milton,
sank seven points. Senior Cara Deroy added seven boards and
three steals, and classmate Alexa Long chipped in four points
to accompany her six rebounds. Sophomore Megan Gaudreau
handed out three assists.
At Southern Connecticut State, Long posted her seventh
double-double of the season, totaling 16 points and 10
rebounds, while Deroy had 13 points, five assists and three
steals. Frappier shot 5-of-7 for 10 points, Evora had nine
points, six boards, three helpers and three steals, and Gaudreau
canned three three-pointers for nine points. Sabine tacked on
eight points and eight rebounds.
Men’s hockey falls to No. 5 Norwich
The St. Michael’s College men’s ice hockey team (112-1, 0-9-1 ECAC East, 0-2 NE-10) lost its lone game last
week, falling at nationally-ranked Norwich University, 6-2, on
Friday during Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
East play. The Cadets were ranked fifth in both Division III
national polls.
Sophomore Kevin Altidor and first-year Stephen Inman
scored, while junior Dave Donzanti posted 29 saves. In the
process, Altidor extended his point streak to six games, during
which time he has 11 points. Junior AJ Pieprzak dished off
two assists, as he has nine points during a five-game point
streak, and first-year defenseman Danny Divis had one helper.
Despite being a blue liner, Divis has collected seven points
in his last four contests. Altidor lit the lamp just 4:51 into the
contest to put Norwich behind in a conference home game for
only the second time this year. The teams stood tied into the
final minute of the second period before the Cadets scored the
final four goals.
Women’s hockey draws 1-1 tie at Plymouth State
The St. Michael’s College women’s ice hockey team (111-2, 0-7-1) went 0-1-1 in ECAC Eastern College Athletic
Conference (ECAC) East play last week, losing 2-1 at the
University of Southern Maine on Friday and then playing to a
1-1 tie at Plymouth State University on Saturday.
At Southern Maine, for the fourth time in five meetings,
the St. Michael’s suffered a 2-1 loss against Southern Maine,
falling by that count when the Huskies scored with 42 seconds
left in the game. First-year Erin Dwyer tallied, while classmate
Abby Burke notched 30 saves for her third 30-save outing.
Sophomore defender Emily Loebs lent an assist.
At Plymouth State, Dwyer scored with 2:04 left in
regulation to knot the game and force overtime. The Purple
Knights received 30 saves from first-year Tina Frasca, who
extended her streak of 30-save outings to five contests. Junior
Kristen Spulecki and first-year Kayla Kee both notched
assists, as the Purple Knights were narrowly outshot 31-29.
BOYS’ BASKETBALL:
1/24 Colchester
vs. Rice 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL:
1/25 Colchester
at S. Burlington11:30 a.m.
GIRLS’ HOCKEY:
1/25 Colchester
at MVU
8 p.m.
BOYS’ HOCKEY:
1/25 Colchester
at CVU
7:30 p.m.
1/28 Colchester
vs. CVU 1/28 Colchester
at MMU
1/29 Colchester
at Cairns
5:25 p.m.
1/29 Colchester
vs. S. Burlington 4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
WRESTLING:
1/25 Colchester
at S. Burlington 9 a.m.
ALPINE:
1/24 Colchester
at Jay Peak
TBA
NORDIC:
1/25 Colchester
at S. Burlington 10 a.m.
12
SPORTS
In hot pursuit
Lakers compete in Jericho
The Lakers’ varsity Nordic teams competed in the Mount
Mansfield Union Pursuit on Friday at the Ethan Allen Firing
Range in Jericho, while the JV squads raced in a 4K freestyle
event.
The boys’ Pursuit
The Pursuit is a unique 8K in which the competing teams
race the first 4K using the classic technique and the final 4K
using the freestyle skate technique. Adding to the competition,
all competitors start at the same time and only the first 30 skiers
to finish the classic leg are allowed to continue on to the second
part of the race.
Eighty-five skiers assembled at the start of the varsity boys’
race at the MMU Pursuit Friday, including 10 skiers from CHS.
Ethan Thibault led the Lakers with a sixth-place finish overall,
followed by Nigel Sarrazin in 22nd. Jordan Lamay and Josh
Gervais rounded off Colchester’s scoring, placing 30th and
43rd, respectively, in the classic.
At the end of the day, the Laker boys finished fifth of 12
with 101 points, behind MMU (29 points), CVU (51 points),
Essex (58 points) and U-32 (69 points).
The girls’ Pursuit
Eighty-nine racers strapped on their skis to start the girls’
Pursuit on Friday and MMU’s Amy Bruce quickly took a lead
she never relinquished.
Hannah Echo led Colchester with a 38th-place finish in the
classic, just missing a chance to compete in the meet’s second
leg. She was followed by Jenna Baillargeon (46th), Clara
Johnson (57th) and Destyni Travers (61st).
The Lakers concluded the race eighth of nine with 202
points, 68 points ahead of North Country. MMU topped the
competition with 14 points, followed by CVU (40 points),
Woodstock (68 points), U-32 (78 points) and Essex (86 points).
The JV Freestyle
The Lakers’ JV teams passed up the Pursuit, but competed
strong in a 4K freestyle race on Friday.
Colchester’s highlights in the boys’ race included Jason
Ploof’s first-place finish with a time of 12:52 and Nikoli
Holly’s third-place finish in 13:54. Megan Severance led the
Lakers’ JV girls with a 14th-place finish in 17:26.
Colchester will be back on the trails of the Jericho Range
Saturday, competing in the South Burlington Classic starting
at 10 a.m.
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Against the odds
The Colchester Athletic Boosters Association held its first annual alumni basketball tournament on Jan. 4 in the Laker’s gym.
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years into odds and evens, and odds took home the win.
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Grand Isle preps for
Great Ice celebration
The eighth annual Great Ice in Grand Isle celebration on
northern Lake Champlain will be condensed into one eventpacked weekend on Feb. 8 and 9. The events, most of which
are free, will be held on City Bay in North Hero and are open
to all.
Weather permitting, the festivities will include free
public skating throughout the weekend with free parking in
the Village. A 1K skating oval, as well as a hockey rink and
drag strip, will be plowed by Hero’s Welcome General Store
in North Hero Village and will be maintained for as long as
the ice holds out.
The Great Ice schedule of events for Saturday, Feb. 8,
will be as follows.
• 8 to 10 a.m.: Nordic skating on the oval with experts
from Marathon Skating International. Anyone interested
in Nordic skating is welcome. Equipment and instruction
available for newbies.
• 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Kids Fishing Derby on City Bay
for kids 14 and under. Includes a hot lunch, prizes and
guidance. Parents welcome.
• 1 to 3 p.m.: Dog sled rides with Ingrid Bower and her
Siberian huskies at Shore Acres on Route 2 in the Village.
$10 per adult, $6 per child.
• 1:30 to 3 p.m.: Frozen-Chozen Regatta on the oval for
multi-wheel rigs. Race for prizes. The $20 registration
fee covers one vehicle for multiple riders. Visit www.
heroswelcome.com for a list of official Regatta rules.
Sunday’s festivities will begin with a Flapjack Breakfast
from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Hero’s Welcome. Homemade pancakes
and a full Vermont breakfast
will be available for $7 per
person. Call 372-4161 for
details.
The schedule of ice-based
events on Sunday will include
the following.
• 9 to 11 a.m.: Nordic
skaters on the oval. More
free instruction, as well as
races.
• 10 to 11 a.m.: Drag race skaters on the City Bay Drag
Strip. Straightaway speed skating for fun and prizes. Four
classes: kids, youth, adults and silver flyers.
• 12 p.m.: Christmas tree bonfire and chili cook-off on City
Bay. Clean trees may be brought to Hero’s Welcome.
Buy a $3 pass to taste the entered chilis and vote for your
favorite.
• 1:30 to 3 p.m.: Pickup hockey, with informal teams of all
ages.
• 2 to 3:30 p.m.: Ice bike racing. Race for fun and prizes.
Studded bike tires required.
Great Ice in Grand Isle will be run entirely by volunteers,
with proceeds benefiting local non-profit organizations.
Editor’s note: Call Hero’s Welcome at 372-4161 the day
of the events to see if the weather has caused any changes
in the schedule. Information is also available at the Lake
Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce website at www.
vermont.org.
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SCHOOLS
UMS
Union
Memorial
School
students in Tracy Hughes’ firstgrade class recently explored the
properties of liquids.
Grade-level expectations, basic
concepts, vocabulary, assessmentrelated information and more about
science and other subject areas are
available on the district’s website.
Science curriculum has evolved
to become more inquiry based;
specifically, the curriculum is
designed to enhance the cohesion
of science education, emphasizing
hands-on exploration and critical
analysis while also aligning with
the Common Core State Standards.
CSD’s
students
surpass
the state’s average in NECAP
examinations in every grade,
including in science.
.For more information, contact
UMS at 264-5959. Submitted by
Colchester School District.
COLCHESTER
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
Calendar
of Events
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23
What: Eighth-Grade Open House
Where: Community Theater at Colchester High School
When: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
MBS
UMS second-graders explore the properties of liquids.
Students in Trudy Cioffi’s third-grade class at Malletts
Bay School have begun conducting research about the Navajo,
a Native American tribe indigenous to the southwest. The
research aligns with the units of study for third graders, which
includes “Native Americans: First Inhabitants” among them.
Cioffi’s students will study language, history, mythology and
legends, ways of life and many other cultural aspects of Navajo
life as part of their research.
For more information, call MBS at 264-5900. Submitted by
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CHS
CMS
Colchester High School National Honor Society (NHS)
students braved the cold rain and ice on Jan. 11 to pick up
Christmas trees from all around the Colchester community.
The students picked up nearly 200 trees and brought them to
the Intervale for recycling, and they collected nearly $1,000
in donations (CHS’s NHS raises funds throughout the year for
which other CHS groups can apply).
The NHS — which has chapters in all 50 states as well as in
many U.S. territories and in Canada — recognizes high school
students in grades 10-12 who have exhibited outstanding
accomplishments in scholarship, leadership, service and
character. This prestigious affiliation can only be obtained after
a stringent selection process in which candidates must detail
their achievements in service and leadership and must meet
the cumulative grade-point average requirement, among other
stipulations.
For more information, contact CHS at 264-5700. Submitted
by Colchester School District.
Colchester Middle School eighth-graders are beginning
the process of transitioning to high school. Today, Jan. 23,
beginning at 6:30 p.m., Colchester High School will host an
open house event that is designed to provide parents and students
with an overview of CHS’s course catalogue. Attendants will
meet some of the CHS faculty, learn about course offerings and
find out more about CHS’s philosophy.
Promoting opportunities for meaningful and powerful
learning experiences and positive learning environments helps
to foster healthy relationships and a sense of community.
Research indicates that students are more likely to succeed in
school when they experience a sense of belonging and when
they feel that they are part of something greater, and parents
and citizens are more likely to take active roles in their schools
when they feel that the overall atmosphere is positive, inviting
and inspiring.
For more information, contact CMS at 264-5800. Submitted
by Colchester School District.
PPS
First-graders in Meg Terrien’s class at Porters Point School
are learning all about weather and the water cycle as part of
their science curriculum. Students are learning weather-related
vocabulary, geographically specific weather patterns, some of the
properties of water and more. Additionally, the first-graders will
study weather maps and examine weather trends outside of New
England.
Science and technology have revolutionized the world in many
ways, and as such, the importance of studying and applying these
disciplines is clearly evident. A Framework for K-12 Science
Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas and
the Vermont Science Curriculum and Standards also speak to the
importance of rigorous science instruction for students of all ages.
For more information, contact PPS at 264-5920. Submitted by
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Talent Show
AUDITIONS
JP
Farineau
sings “La Bamba”
and plays the mandolin
at the Colchester Talent
Show auditions on Friday
afternoon at Colchester
High School.
Meghan
Collins,
15, plays the
drums and sings
“Somewhere Only
We Know” with
Erin Casab.
Erin
Casab,
15, plays the
piano and sings
“Somewhere Only We
Know” with Meghan
Collins.
Ava
Blaisdell,
8, and Sarah
Bokelberg, 8,
sing “Roar.”
Photos By
OLIVER PARINI

AUDITIONS - The Colchester Sun

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