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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 25 No. 11

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By  ANDY  KIRKALDY In  early  February,  more  than  150  ADDISON  â€”  When  Addison  residents  attended  a  forum  at  Addi-­ resident  Michele  Kelly  and  her  hus-­ VRQ &HQWUDO 6FKRRO RQ WKH ZDYH RI EDQG &KDUOHV PRYHG WR 9HUPRQW break-­ins,  which  local  police  say  from  Philadelphia  a  number  of  years  are  almost  certainly  being  commit-­ ago,  they  didn’t  foresee  ted  by  burglars  looking  WKHPVHOYHV LQ WKH PLGGOH “Nobody’s to  fund  drug  habits. RI D FULPH ZDYH safe. (Thieves) 3ROLFH JDYH UHVLGHQWV %XW WKHLU KRPH LV MXVW D ORW RI DGYLFH DERXW one  of  nearly  a  dozen  in  could go ‌ how  to  protect  their  $GGLVRQ ² VHYHUDO LQ WKH anyplace, homes  and  pledged  ad-­ past  couple  weeks  â€”  and  anytime.â€? ditional  patrols  at  that  many  more  in  surround-­ — Michele Kelly forum,  and  also  said  a  ing  towns  from  which  neighborhood  watch  burglars  in  the  past  year  might  help.  KDYH VWROHQ XVXDOO\ GXULQJ GD\OLJKW Since  them,  the  town  has  made  KRXUV LWHPV OLNH MHZHOU\ FDPHUDV progress  toward  establishing  the  watches,  computers,  prescription  Addison  Community  Watch,  with  drugs  and  family  heirlooms. Kelly,  Betty  Darragh  and  Lorraine  ³1RERG\ÂśV VDIH 7KH\ FRXOG JR ÂŤ )UDQNOLQ ² DOVR EXUJODU\ YLFWLPV anyplace,  anytime,â€?  Kelly  said. (See  Crime,  Page  27)

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Donavan excels on world stage Cornwall woman is a top triathlete By  JOHN  FLOWERS CORNWALL  â€”  A  little  motion  picture  called  â€œIron  Man  3â€?  opened  this  past  weekend. Addison  County  has  its  own  Ironman,  whom  you  ZRQÂśW EH DEOH WR ÂżQG DW WKH PRYLH WKHDWHUV 7KLV ,URQ-­ man  can  swim  2.4  miles,  bike  112  and  then  run  a  full,  26.2-­mile  marathon  in  one  day  â€”  then  go  home  and  put  her  three  kids  to  bed  while  holding  down  a  full-­time  ad-­ PLQLVWUDWLYH MRE And  she  does  it  without  a  metal  suit  or  computer-­gen-­ erated  imagery.

-HVVLH 'RQDYDQ LV D \HDU ROG &RUQZDOO UHVLGHQW who  performs  these  feats  as  the  No.  16-­ranked  female  Ironman  competitor  in  the  world. ,QGHHG VRPH PLJKW DUJXH WKDW 'RQDYDQ VKRXOG EH wearing  a  red  â€œSâ€?  on  her  shirt,  because  when  she  is  not  training  for,  or  competing  in,  triathlons,  she  is  working  IXOO WLPH DV DQ DQDO\VW IRU WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 9HUPRQW DQG being  a  mom  to  her  and  husband  Peter  Schneider’s  three  young  children. Âł, QHYHU LPDJLQHG LQ D PLOOLRQ \HDUV WKDW WKLV ZRXOG EH P\ OLIH ULJKW QRZ ´ 'RQDYDQ VDLG RQ D VXQQ\ DIWHUQRRQ last  week  during  a  respite  from  training  for  her  next  (See  Donavan,  Page  16)

By  JOHN  FLOWERS 0,''/(%85< ² 7KH $GGLVRQ &HQWUDO 6XSHUYLVRU\ 8QLRQ ERDUG RQ :HGQHVGD\ VHWWOHG D ODZVXLW ÂżOHG E\ its  former  business  manager,  thereby  DYHUWLQJ D MXU\ WULDO WKDW ZDV VODWHG WR begin  on  Monday,  May  6. 7KH VHWWOHPHQW IRUJHG WKURXJK VHYHUDO KRXUV RI PHGLDWLRQ EHWZHHQ RIÂżFLDOV UHSUHVHQWLQJ WKH $&68 DQG plaintiff  Sharon  Stearns,  calls  for  the  district  to  pay  her  $100,000  in  what  her  attorney,  Norman  Watts,  refer-­ enced  as  â€œlost  compensation  and  other  damages.â€? 6WHDUQV KDG ÂżOHG WKH FRPSODLQW in  Rutland  County  Superior  Court  on  Sept.  13,  2011,  alleging  among  other  things  that  she  had  been  bul-­ lied  by  Lee  Sease,  who  was  ACSU  superintendent  at  the  time,  and  then  SODFHG RQ DGPLQLVWUDWLYH OHDYH DIWHU VKH FRPSODLQHG DERXW KLV EHKDY-­ ior.  She  also  alleged  in  her  com-­ plaint  that  Sease  became  agitated  and  yelled  at  her  when  she  asserted  that  he  had  not  followed  the  laws  relating  to  the  mailing  of  annual  re-­ SRUWV DQG RYHUWLPH FRPSHQVDWLRQ WR hourly  staff. Stearns  claimed  she  was  denied  the  opportunity  to  plead  her  case  before  the  ACSU  board,  a  right  she  (See  ACSU,  Page  7)


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