The Charlotte News | August 15, 2013 by The Charlotte News

The Charlotte News Volume lVI Number 01

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Thursday augusT 15, 2013

Selectboard Tackles Details with CVFRS Nancy Wood The CharloTTe News

Dr. Richard “Bunky” Bernstein stands at the entrance of the Charlotte Family Health Center in Charlotte. He retired last week after 38 years of practice there.

A Common Touch Dr. Richard “Bunky” Bernstein has retired from the Charlotte Family Health Center, but the art of medicine he practiced will live on there Brett Sigurdson The CharloTTe News

ne day in the 1970s, Dr. Richard “Bunky” Bernstein stood along Charlotte’s Town Beach as his son participated in swimming lessons. As he watched, three people told him in passing that a doctor in town was retiring, each of them unaware that Bunky was a doctor himself. Soon after this series of random encounters, Bunky—his father gave him the nickname— would move to Charlotte and take over for the doctor and later begin the Charlotte Community

Health Center where he has worked for nearly 40 years and from which he retired last week. This is why Bunky says he didn’t quite choose Charlotte as much as it chose him. When he started the Health Center with a few physician assistants in 1975, he wasn’t sure where the venture was going to lead or even if he would stay permanently. He’d wait and see. The Health Center is in a white house near an old red barn surrounded by a field of wildflowers

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uch of the Selectboard meeting Monday night, Aug. 12, dealt with the details of the town’s relationship with the Charlotte Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services (CVFRS). The taxpayers provide close to $700,000 in annual support for CVFRS services and equipment, and the two entities are drafting an agreement that spells out in detail how the money is to be accounted for. The Selectboard approved in concept changing the longstanding approach to revenues from ambulance services, usually referred to as “patient billing.” For a number of years, in partial reimbursement for increasing support from the town for rescue services, all patient billing revenue has been paid to the town. The estimated amount for this year (2013-14) is $110,000. The new approach would be for CVFRS to keep the patient revenue, while the town would reduce its appropriation to CVFRS for operating expenses by the reduced amount of budgeted revenue (from $618,650 to $508,650 this year). Ed Sulva, CVFRS treasurer, said their board would decide whether to accept this change at its meeting next Tuesday. Another issue of note is a proposal to allow CVFRS to accumulate and keep an operating surplus reserve not to exceed 15 percent of the most recent operating budget funded by the town. Town Treasurer Mary Mead objected to this approach, which is different from town departments that receive no more than they need to spend in any one year, while any surplus is returned to the taxpayers. Selectboard Chair Charles Russell, however, said the new agreement is designed so that “CVFRS will own their surpluses AND their deficits.” If it goes over its budget in any year, it will be responsible for

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Froeliger Wins Big at World Dragon Boat Championships Carol Koerner CoNTrIbuTor

This past spring, Charlotter Eunice Froeliger earned a spot on the United States Dragon Boat Federation national team and subsequently represented the United States in the Senior C Division at the “11th International Dragon Boat Federation World Dragon Boat Racing Championships” July 23-28 at the Matyér National Olympic Regatta Centre in Szeged, Hungary. Froeliger competed in the women’s crew 200-, 500- and 2000-meter competition classes and in the mixed crew (minimum of eight paddlers of each gender) 200- and 500-meter competition classes,

bringing home a bronze medal in each. Froeliger’s dragon boat experience began in 2006 as an observer of the “Lake Champlain Community Dragon Boat Festival” in Burlington. Quite by chance, the following year she was recruited to paddle at the festival with a community team made up of members of the Infectious Disease Program at Fletcher Allen Health Care. Her passion for dragon boating was set in motion. The following year she joined Dragonheart Vermont, a breast cancer survivor and supporter dragon boat organization in Burlington that hosts the Lake Champlain

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Eunice Froeliger (center) displays her bronze medal from the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Hungary, with Liisa Reimann (left) of Burlington and Gisela Veve (right) of South Burlington, who represented the United States in the Premier and Senior A Divisions, respectively.

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A conversation between St. Francis and God: GOD: Frank, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on the planet? What happened to the dandelions, violets, milkweeds and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multiply with abandon. The nectar from the long-lasting blossoms attracts butterflies, honeybees and flocks of songbirds. I expected to see a vast garden of colors by now. But all I see are these green rectangles. ST. FRANCIS: It’s the tribes that settled there, Lord. The Suburbanites. They started calling your flowers “weeds” and went to great lengths to kill them and replace them with grass. GOD: Grass? But it’s so boring. It’s not colorful. It doesn’t attract butterflies, birds and bees, only grubs and sod worms. It’s sensitive to temperatures. Do these Suburbanites really want all that grass growing there? ST. FRANCIS: Apparently so, Lord. They go to great pains to grow it and keep it green. They begin each spring by fertilizing grass and poisoning any other plant that crops up in the lawn. GOD: The spring rains and warm weather probably make grass grow really fast. That must make the Suburbanites happy. ST. FRANCIS: Apparently not, Lord. As soon as it grows a little, they cut it—sometimes twice a week. GOD: They cut it? Do they then bale it like hay?

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ST. FRANCIS: Not exactly, Lord. Most of them rake it up and put it in bags. GOD: They bag it? Why? Is it a cash crop? Do they sell it? ST. FRANCIS: No, Sir, just the opposite. They pay to throw it away.

ST. FRANCIS: Yes, Sir. GOD: These Suburbanites must be relieved in the summer when we cut back on the rain and turn up the heat. That surely slows the growth and saves them a lot of work. ST. FRANCIS: You aren’t going to believe this, Lord. When the grass stops growing so fast, they drag out hoses and pay more money to water it, so they can continue to mow it and pay to get rid of it. GOD: What nonsense. At least they kept some of the trees. That was a sheer stroke of genius, if I do say so myself. The trees grow leaves in the spring to provide beauty and shade in the summer. In the autumn, they fall to the ground and form a natural blanket to keep moisture in the soil and protect the trees and bushes. It’s a natural cycle of life. ST. FRANCIS: You better sit down, Lord. The Suburbanites have drawn a new circle. As soon as the leaves fall, they rake them into great piles and pay to have them hauled away. GOD: No! What do they do to protect the shrub and tree roots in the winter to keep the soil moist and loose? ST. FRANCIS: After throwing away the leaves, they go out and buy something which they call mulch. They haul it home and spread it around in place of the leaves. GOD: And where do they get this mulch? ST. FRANCIS: They cut down trees and grind them up to make the mulch. GOD: Enough! I don’t want to think about this anymore. St. Catherine, you’re in charge of the arts. What movie have you scheduled for us tonight? ST. CATHERINE: Dumb and Dumber, Lord. It’s a story about.... GOD: Never mind. I think I just heard the whole story from St. Francis.

GOD: Now, let me get this straight. They fertilize grass so it will grow. And when it does grow, they cut it off and pay to throw it away?

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PUBLIC MEETINGS Selectboard Regular Meetings are usually at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Sometimes they begin earlier; check online at charlottevt.org or with the Town Clerk (425-3071). Chair: Charles Russell (425-4757), Ellie Russell (425-5276), Winslow Ladue (425-2275), John Owen (4254632),Lane Morrison (425-2495). CCS School Board Regular Meetings are usually at 6:30 p.m. in the CCS Library on the third Tuesday of each month. Clyde Baldwin (425-3366), Edorah Frazer (425-4937), Kristin Wright (425-5105). Erik

Beal (425-2140) Mark McDermott (425-4860). Planning Commission Regular Meetings are usually at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Chair: Jeffrey McDonald (425-4429), Vice Chair: Jim Donovan, Gerald Bouchard, Peter Joslin, Paul Landler, Linda Radimer, Ellie Russell. Committee meetings are listed on the town website. Check times and agendas online or by phone; for the town: charlottevt.org, Town Hall, 425-3071 or 4253533; for CCS: ccsvt.us, CSSU office, 383-1234.

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Selectboard Sets Tax Rate

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Total homestead rate up ten percent from last year

Boy Scouts offers youth strong foundation for life I am a Boy Scout in Charlotte who is a part of troop 615. We are an active troop, participating in many fun activities throughout the year. I was notified before the end of school that I could attend a camp called National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) for a week during the summer if I was interested. I had very few other things going on at the time, so I figured it might be fun. I was soon on my way to Camp Norris, a Boy Scout camp in Eden. This is where NYLT was being held. I joined the line of the somewhat-nervous Boy Scouts to turn in our paperwork. Once we had handed in our forms, we said goodbye to our parents. We were divided into groups: Green Team, Purple Team, Red Team, Yellow Team (my team), Orange Team and Blue Team. I was with some other scouts in my troop, so we were separated into different teams. Every day the different teams competed in different games and activities

and visited different lectures. The week represented one month in a Boy Scout troop. We learned different acronyms, such as E.D.G.E. (Explain, Demonstrate, Guide and Enable), which were used during the week to help us learn to teach. We also learned how to run a proper Boy Scout meeting. What stood out most for me throughout the week was the fact that we came together as a team and we made new friends. I hope that each and every person reading this knows someone who could join Boy Scouts. Please consider it. I have not only learned life skills that will help me long into the future, but I have also created a strong foundation for life. Most of all I have made lasting friendships that will benefit me forever. Andrew Gay Common Way

Letters Derisive criticism not constructive I don’t have strong feelings about the pedestrian tunnel proposed beneath U.S. 7. But I do have an opinion about Pete Demick’s recent letter on the topic. Demick wrote to challenge Gary Franklin’s assertion in a previous letter that walking trails increase property values. He made it sound as if Gary made up this idea, based on no evidence. Actually, many studies support Gary’s conclusion, in Denver, Portland, Seattle, Boulder and more. There is a proven positive connection between trails and property values. Demick suggests that trails increase crime. Studies in Santa Rosa, Monmouth County, Vancouver and Omaha found the opposite. Demick says trails only work in cities, which is not what researchers found with the Heritage Trail in Iowa, St. Mark’s Trail in Florida and the Lafayette Trail in California. But my real problem with Demick’s letter is its superior and sarcastic tone, especially directed at Gary. Now Gary is a great guy who was kind enough to volunteer his time on the trails committee for the commu-

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The Selectboard met in a special session on July 31 to set the municipal tax rate for fiscal year 2014 at $0.1670. This includes a local agreement tax rate of $0.0008 and reflects the application of a surplus of $133,000. In the final analysis, it sets the total homestead tax rate (education and municipal) at $1.627 per $100 of appraised value, up 9.8 percent from last year. The total nonresidential tax rate is $1.572. Chair Charles Russell gave the reason for such an increase as arising from last year’s low rate—which reflected the inclusion of an unusually large surplus of $380,000 from 2011-2012—as well as an appropriation of $47,588 for the Conservation Fund and a big jump of $138,779 in support for the Charlotte Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service (CVFRS). The Conservation Fund had been zero-funded for the past two years, while the increase for CVFRS is due to greater dependency on paid EMTs for rescue services. According to Nancy Wood, a town auditor, the large surpluses from the previous two years are due in part to an increase in 2012 in rent revenue from Thompsons Point properties that was not included in the budget.

She noted that the board is being more careful about setting the tax rate. “As for future trends, the Selectboard is trying to be more precise in how the municipal tax rate is set, which should help avoid either excess surpluses or deficits,” she said. “They have asked the independent auditor, Bonnie Batchelder, to review the town’s financial position as of June 30, the fiscal year end, in order to better predict how much surplus may be available to apply to the new tax rate.” Wood added that the Selectboard is exploring how much of a surplus to carry over from year to year in order to be prepared for emergencies or lowerthan-anticipated revenues. With the new municipal tax rate plus the homestead education tax rate, the projected property tax on residential real estate valued at $300,000 is $4,881. For residential real estate valued at $500,000, taxes will equal $8,135. Both of these figures are before income sensitivity. For the nonresidential rate, properties valued similarly are $4,716 and $7,860, respectively. For a comparison of tax rates over time, see page 42 of the 2012 Town Report or visit bit.ly/17yD37O.

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nity’s benefit. Feel free to disagree with his ideas, but don’t knock him personally. After all, Vermont towns depend heavily on people like Gary. By my rough count, Charlotte has 47 elected and 64 appointed volunteers. If we make it too nasty for those folks to serve, town business either won’t get done or will require hiring lots of people. I have been critical of the structure of our town’s fire and rescue services, for example, because I think we ought to investigate less costly alternatives. But you will never hear me disrespecting the Charlotters who undergo the training, give up their time, and on occasion risk their lives for the benefit of their neighbors. I think their volunteerism is heroic. Trails are not a life and death matter, of course. But if you want to know why we don’t have more people running for office or serving on committees, one reason might be that some people think disagreeing with a neighbor gives them a license to be snotty. Stephen Kiernan Orchard Road

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In the last issue, we inadvertently deleted a paragraph from Richard Bernstein’s Health Matters column titled “Changes in Medicine 1970 to Present: A Retiring Physician Looks Back.” In a section on the rising cost of health care, there should have been a paragraph that read, “Another factor contributes to the rising cost of health care. New York public health expert Dr. David Himmelstein found that, between 1968 and 1993, the number of medical personnel (doctors, nurses, assistants, technical workers) increased from 480,000 to 750,000, while the number of managers and administrators grew from 600,000 to 2.8 million.” We apologize for the confusion this omission may have caused. We also apologize for misspelling Jenny Cole’s name in an article about her artwork in our last issue.

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On Town Green, Anything Goes The Very Merry Theatre put on a rousing performance of the classic Broadway musical outside Town Hall

bout 60 parents and children gathered in front of a rolling stage parked near the library on the Town Green one afternoon recently to watch teen performers from the Very Merry Theatre perform Cole Porter’s classic Broadway musical Anything Goes. Sitting in lawn chairs or on blankets around a wagon stage built like an ocean liner, audience members chuckled and tapped their feet as the cast of 24 danced and sang to the accompaniment of a small live band. Set aboard the S.S. American, the story details the attempts of stowaway Billy Crocker, a Wall

The cast of Anything Goes delighted a crowd assembled on the Town Green near the library with song and dance. A total of 24 cast members were in the performance, which took place atop a traveling theater wagon with a foldout stage.

Street broker to win the heart of Hope Harcourt, a passenger traveling with her wealthy fiance. Also in on the love triangle are nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Moonface Martin—“public enemy 13”— who conspire to help Billy in his pursuit of Hope. The musi-

cal features such Broadway standards as “I Get a Kick Out of You” and “You’re the Top.” The performance was the product of one of the Very Merry Theatre’s twoweek “Wagon Tour” summer camps in which participants spend one week practicing a musical and the second week performing it for regional crowds

atop a 19th-century-style traveling theater wagon with a foldout stage. Aside from Charlotte, the Very Merry Theatre performed Anything Goes in Vergennes, Williston, Burlington and Stowe. The tour culminated with a final performance at the Very Merry Theatre’s Staige Hill Farm off Garen Road in East Charlotte. Started in 2002, Very Merry Theatre is a Burlington-based theater company for children and teens ages 6 to 18. For more information, check out verymerrytheatre.org.

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paying for it from its reserves or special funds. If there is an excess surplus, it would go to the Fire and Rescue Capital Fund, reducing the annual amount of taxpayer money needed to build that fund. The town used a similar approach when setting the FY2014 tax rate on Aug. 1 (see article on page 3). The Selectboard decided to reserve an operating surplus of about 5 percent, while returning $133,000 to the taxpayers. At the end of last year, CVFRS also had an operating surplus of about five percent. At that time $38,000 of townprovided funds remained in its operating account. In addition, according to the town report, CVFRS had reserves of about $135,000 in its special funds accounts. Charlotte soon to have full-time town administrator Selectboard member Ellie Russell said in a report discussed Monday night, “It has become clear that workloads in the Planning and Zoning office need adjustment. The zoning administrator position seems to be under utilized and the Selectboard assistant/town planner (currently Dean Bloch) is having difficulty keeping up with the workload.” The timing for change is good, as Zoning Administrator Tom Mansfield is retiring as of December 31 this year. The board approved, in concept,

the proposed staffing changes, to take effect at the end of 2013: 1. The current 30-hour per week zoning administrator position would be replaced with a 40-hour per week zoning administrator/planner. 2. The 30-hour Selectboard assistant position would be upgraded to a 40-hour town administrator. 3. At a later time, the administrative assistant position would be increased from 35 to 40 hours. The additional cost of $3,000 to $4,000 for the first half-year of the change was not budgeted for 20132014, so the board is discussing where the funds will come from. Reappraisal delayed Ed Clodfelter, the NEMRC appraiser who works with the town listers, presented his contract for the coming year at the same price as last year. He said that the town is “OK right now” as far as appraisals are concerned, and he recommends waiting until January to decide whether a town-wide reappraisal is needed. The last full reappraisal was in 2008, and generally one is done about every five years. However, the state measurements of equity for Charlotte are good, with the common level of appraisal (CLA) at about 102 percent of value, and the coefficient of dispersion (COD) at 12. The CLA compares the total value of all property appraisals in town

to the state’s estimate of fair market value (Charlotte appraisals overall are two percent higher than actual value), and the COD measures the average of deviations in values between sales and appraisals of individual properties. Preparing for mandatory recycling Abby Foulk, Charlotte’s representative to the Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD), asked the Selectboard to adopt a three-stream recycling program for town departments and public events now, to get a head start on Act 148 that will make state-wide recycling mandatory for everyone by 2020. Foulk asked that the town “set up expectations and infrastructures for creating three waste streams at all events held in public spaces: compost, recycling and trash.” Foulk pointed to the example that CCS is setting, and she suggested strategies, such as compost bin sharing, renegotiating the town hauling contract to accommodate three waste streams, and establishing town-wide goals for “zero-waste.” Foulk also pointed out that $1,000 is available in the CSWD Community Cleanup Fund and asked the board for ideas about how it could be used. The funds can be used to cleanup solid waste on either private or public property or for costs of signage and containers to prevent future illegal disposal of waste. As an alternative, she suggested it could be allocated to the public-event recycling effort.

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festival. The event raises funds to support cancer survivors and community cancer organizations. Inspired by the experience gained from Dragonheart Vermont, Froeliger sought additional training at 22Dragons in Montreal, a dragon boat club that offers an indoor paddling tank and a year-round training program. Froeliger was recruited by the 22Dragons Montreal Grand Dragons women’s crew, and in 2012 she traveled with them to the “International Dragon Boat Federation World Club Crew Championships” in Hong Kong, where she brought home a silver medal in the 200-meter competition class. Later this summer Froeliger will travel to Victoria, British Columbia, with the Montreal Grand Dragons to compete in the “2013 Canadian National Dragon Boat Championships,” with the goal of winning a spot at the “World Club Crew Championships” to be held in Ravenna, Italy, next summer. Congratulations, Eunice!

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along Ferry Road. The inside is a mix of wooden-floor charm and modern equipment, a combination of the old and the new that is in so many ways like Charlotte itself. The operation within the building has “grown and evolved” since the 70s, and not just into an important part of the Charlotte community, but into a health care facility that is an extension of Bunky’s compassionate, candid bedside manner. Bunky grew up in Maryland and went to Kenyon College, graduating in 1968. He went to medical school at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland and traveled to UVM for his medical residency in 1972. From there he practiced at the Stowe Clinic and the Community Health Center in Burlington. At the Health Center, Bunky began to develop a philosophy of medicine that puts a premium on helping patients become less apprehensive about the health care process. It was an approach that grew out of the counterculture movement, he said, a period where a feeling of new barriers breaking down filtered into the medical field, with the goal of making medicine more accessible. “I think fear itself motivates people to come here,” he said. “Yet, physicians often magnify fear by not acknowledging it up front.”

He offers the example of a mammogram in which a spot is discovered, which leads to another mammogram a few weeks later, followed by a biopsy a few weeks after that. Each appointment, and the subsequent wait, serves to ratchet up the patient’s fear and apprehension. Even if the spot is found to be negative, the process becomes something like the condition itself. “Imagination is the source of a lot of stress,” Bunky said. His goal, then, is to demystify the process. “Right from the beginning it’s about trying to explain things in a way that people can understand,” he said. “It takes out the mystery, takes out the fear.” At the Health Center, Bunky liked to keep the day’s schedule open enough to be able to talk to his patients about their health care needs. He’s tried to maintain a business that hasn’t had to schedule six patients an hour to get by. He admits finances for such a small clinic have always been an issue, but the number of patients there has grown every year, in large part because he’s seen patients, their children and even their grandchildren. All of this makes Bunky and the Charlotte Family Health Center an outlier in the world of small, independent health care practices. He cites Hinesburg Family Health, which was recently absorbed by Fletcher Allen Health Care after two of its physicians moved out of state. Students graduating from medical school leave with huge debt and look toward larger hospitals that can pay

more than independent practices. But as a clinical preceptor on UVM’s family practice faculty, Bunky has tried to impart his small-town-doctor philosophy to third-year medical students who spend up to five weeks with the staff of the Health Center for a class called “Teaching in Vermont.” It’s not something he actively imparts; rather, it’s something he demonstrates by modeling. Most students pick up on it, he said. It’s an approach that will continue as his colleagues Andrea Regan, Gordon Geig and Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Allaire take over his patients. Without hesitation, Bunky said he will miss the people—his patients and colleagues. the center. In a letter to his patients, he wrote, “The hardest part of leaving, of course, is that I will miss the associations I have developed—some extending back decades, some with children and grandchildren of my early patients. I’ll miss knowing how it all turns out.” Bunky is going to approach retirement in the same way he approached starting the Health Center. Though he intends to sail the Intercoastal Waterway to winter in the Bahamas, he isn’t sure what the future holds. He’ll wait and see. “I feel like I’m entering a new phase of life,” he said. “I’m opening myself to new experiences.” He’ll continue to make furniture and do carpentry, he said. He’s a problem solver at heart, and he likes to work with his hands. That’s what drove him into medicine, after all, and he’s not

going to leave it behind. Bunky wants to study the concept of human will to find out how doctors can help patients use it to improve their health. It’s an idea that lends itself to his interest in the art of medicine, something he’s well versed in. “In essence, the practice of medicine is the communication between two people—one a good listener and the other sharing his or her deepest concerns and fears,” Bunky wrote in his letter to patients. “The art of medicine, as I have come to understand it, is the ability to truly hear these concerns and to address them in a way that promotes overall well-being.”

Retirement Open House for Bunky Sept. 6 The Charlotte Family Health Center will host a retirement open house for Dr. Bernstein at the Charlotte Senior Center on Friday, Sept. 6, from 4–6 p.m. Patients current and former, well-wishers and community members are all invited to attend.

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Charlotte Conservation Currents A Conversation with an Osprey Howard Verman Contributor

here’s an osprey nest on a platform provided by Green Mountain Power in Porter Bay, just north of the mouth of Otter Creek in Ferrisburgh. I fish there pretty regularly and have gotten to know the osprey pair that live there. While not on a firstname basis, we know each other by reason of proximity. They know I’m harmless, and I always give them a friendly wave when I’m in their area. Last May, I invited the female to come over and land on my boat for an informal chat. Me: Hi, thanks for coming by. I’ve been watching your platform for several years and always see ospreys building nests and caring for their young each spring. Osprey: That would be my mate, Stanley, and me. We’re here every year— we love it here. It’s a terrific platform, beautiful surroundings, excellent fishing. What’s not to like? By the way, I’m Bernice. Me: I’m Howard—glad to meet you. I didn’t realize that you guys were the same pair every year. Bernice: Oh yes, we mate for life. Stanley and I have been together for about 10 years now. We live about ten to 17 years so we’re getting to be middle-aged by now, although a few of us can live to be 20— like my Aunt Florence, bless her heart. Me: I see you have some babies up in your nest. How old are they? Bernice: I have three babies up there. I usually lay two to four eggs, and they take about five weeks to hatch. The babies are seven weeks old and starting to get

snarky with me, and there’s no place to give them a “time out.” They will probably try to leave the nest and fly on their own in about one more week. Then Stanley and I will, thankfully, be “empty nesters.” Me: I’ve been watching you fish. It looks like you fly around, spot a fish, hover a bit, and then dive down and snatch it with your talons. Bernice: That’s right. I can spot a fish from up to 130 feet above the water. I plunge right in and grab it headfirst, which makes it easier to fly with. Me: But you don’t always catch the fish, do you? Bernice: No, but I get about one out of four— sometimes seven out of ten—which is a heck of a lot better than I see you doing. Just saying… An osprey hangs in the air, preparing to dive for its prey. Osprey can spot fish in the Me: Ouch, score one for the water from up to 130 feet in the air. osprey! But how are you able to hang on to them? They’re so slippery. Bernice: Well, sweetie, we four to 12 ounces. My Uncle Morty holds big you could even fit into one! happen to have reversible outer Me: Your nest is on this platform, but the record at 2 ½ pounds. I would have toes, so we’re able to grab fish with two toes in front and two behind. Plus, we what places do other ospreys use for their loved to see him trying to fly with that in his talons! have little barbs on the pads of the soles nests? Me: That’s a nice size fish. I’d be Bernice: We use forks in trees, utility of our feet to better hold on to our prey. Me: You don’t seem to have any natu- poles, duck blinds, rocky outcrops, and happy catching one of those. Bernice: I’ll bet you would. I haven’t ral predators that you need to worry marker buoys in saltwater areas, which are especially nice because they rock the exactly been seeing you hauling in the about. Is that right? lunkers! Bernice: Not entirely. We have to babies to sleep. Me: You’re killing me! Gimme a Me: Where do you go during the winlook out for Bubo owls and bald eagles, but those pesky bald eagles mostly try ter? It’s way too cold for you to be hang- break, here. Bernice: Sorry, dearie. You served to snatch our fish from us while we’re ing around here. Bernice: We migrate. In fact, ospreys that one up for me. I couldn’t resist. Lisflying. That happened to Stanley just the other day by the mouth of Otter Creek. are the most widely distributed raptor ten, I’ve got to fly now. My babies are The other thing is we often have to chase next to the peregrine falcon, and we’re squawking for their lunch, and I’m sure away other ospreys who want to take over found all over the world, except Antarc- you want to get back to your attempts at our nest, even though we have a sign that tica. Stanley and I winter in Boca Raton, fishing. Nice to chat. Give us a wave next says “Bernice and Stanley’s Roost.” The Florida. Some might call us “snowbirds.” time you’re in the area. Me: Thanks Bernice, See you around. Me: Do you eat anything else besides nerve! Me: Speaking of your nest, tell me a fish? For a look at live ospreys, check out Bernice: We’re pretty much on a strict little about it. Bernice: We use mostly sticks and line fish diet. Every once in a while we’ll eat cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/27/Hellit with grasses, bark and sometimes sea- mice, voles, other birds or small reptiles, gate_Ospreys. weed if we’re near salt water. Stanley can but that’s pretty rare for us. We like to Howard Verman is a member of Charactually break off dead sticks from trees fish in shallow water and catch fish from as he flies by. He’s the stick gatherer, and six to 13 inches in length and weighing lotte’s Conservation Commission. I’m the one who makes the nest comfortable. We add to the nest each year so it gets bigger and bigger. Some nests are so

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Habitat Homes Will Be Ready for Fall Edd Merritt The CharloTTe News

Two Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity homes are currently under construction on Albert’s Way off Spear Street in East Charlotte. Green Mountain Habitat Director David Mullin reports that three families have been selected to live in the homes and have begun contributing their sweat equity to the project. Each family has two adult members, so they will be required, under Habitat rules, to contribute at least 400 hours toward the construction of their homes.. Two houses are underway. The first, closer to completion, is a single-family dwelling. Walls are just going up on the second, which is a duplex. There will be a second duplex built next year. Mullin said drywalling of rooms in the single-family house will begin this week. He is grateful to Certain Teed for donating roof shingles for the first house (an estimated $1,000 donation) and to Rice Lumber for offering a sub-

stantial discount on shingles for the second house. Mullin expects the houses to be ready for occupancy by late fall of this year. Habitat is interviewing candidates for construction supervisor on the second dwelling, whose hiring will move the process along more quickly.

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Enter the Charlotte News Fiction Contest Attention all wordsmiths, seasoned and new. It’s time again for the Charlotte News’s semi-annual fiction contest. Twice a year, we ask you to submit a story of 1,000 words or less in response to a prompt we provide. The prompt for the fall contest is “It’s not my fault.” Any style or subject matter is welcome. The only requirement is that the prompt itself must appear in the story. The contest is free and open to all Charlotters who want to test their writing mettle. Boiling a story down to 1,000 words is no easy task, but whoever does it best will achieve local fame and glory as a published writer. And what better way to make productive use of the final dog days of summer than to write the story of being falsely accused of breaking an heirloom vase, dinging the bumper or putting the dog out and forgetting to bring her back in before leaving town for the weekend? Entries—double-spaced, please—are due by Saturday, Aug. 31, and should be emailed to vince.crockenberg@gmail.com with the words “Fiction Contest” in the heading. Entries will be read by Denise Shekerjian, Jim Manchester and Vince Crockenberg, joined by the winner of last spring’s contest, Merilyn Burrington. The winning story will be published in the September 26 issue of the News. Have fun and good luck. We look forward to reading your work.

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Hands to Honduras Fundraiser Sept. 13 Event to raise funds for Neonatal ICU in Tela, Honduras Linda Gilbert Contributor

The third annual Hands to HondurasTela Latin Dance Party will take place Friday, Sept. 13, at the beautiful Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms. The Latin Dance Party is a unique international event and is really fun. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be a dancer to enjoy it. However, if the nine-piece Latin band music inspires you, you could become an expert dancer of tango, salsa or merengue. Latin-inspired appetizers (including authentic Argentinean empanadas) and desserts will be served. Shelburne Farms will host a cash bar. There will be a silent auction, which is a great opportunity to win gifts for you or friends. This event is a benefit for the 2014 Hands to Honduras-Tela humanitarian service project to construct a neonatal intensive care unit at the Tela Hospital. Currently, a small 14- by 12-foot room is being used to house newborn and

premature babies. The room, originally designed to hold up to three babies, often has as many as 20 newborns in its over-crowded space. Hands to Honduras-Tela also hopes to supply the medical equipment required for the unit. This neonatal unit could be one of the most important Hands to Honduras-Tela projects that we will ever construct, and its success depends on money raised by this fundraiser. Tickets for the event are $30. You may purchase them online at inlu.com/h2h2013 or with a check by contacting me via email at lindaggilbert@ gmail.com or by phone at 4253838.

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The Charlotte News token of our own. Beyond just finding the cache, we used it as an opportunity to enjoy some of our last few weeks of summer by discovering new hiking trails and a gorgeous field of Queen Anne’s lace flowers. We will definitely be hunting down more caches in the future. My dad was able to find his hidden capsule as well. Nine years later he returned to the same aspen stand where he and his friend had hidden it, although they had lost contact since then. The numbers they had carved into the trees were now scarred into the bark. Although these had crept higher up the trunks, they were still intelligible. Removing the rusty tin from under the aspen trees, my dad discovered that his friend had visited the spot just two years earlier. However, even with the power of Facebook and telephone directories, my dad would later be unable to find him again. Modern technology was shown up by a little cough-drop tin.

A Glossary of Geocaching Terms and Abbreviations Often a set of esoteric abbreviations and terms is used by geocachers in log books or when documenting their adventures online. These are important to know for communication purposes and to avoid sounding like a “muggle.” MUGGLE: A term used to identify people who are unfamiliar with geocaching practices. It originates from the Harry Potter series. HITCHHIKER: This is an item that is placed in a cache by the owner with instructions for it to be passed along to other caches. ROT13: A method of encrypting hints where the letters are swapped for others 13 places up or down the alphabet.

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How I Lost My Hind Bell bottom blues, you made me cry. Eric Clapton, “Bell Bottom Blues”

eaders may say I’m getting a bit cheeky exploring this issue’s topic in public. And it certainly may be geared more to people “my age” (that is, between 35 and 80) than to the younger set. But, be that as it may, one of my early columns for this paper was titled, “Finding Your Voice at Sixty.” Well, here comes a companion piece called, “Losing Your Butt at Seventy.” You can blame this piece on my doctor. I saw him for a checkup the other day, and after pressing his cold stethoscope on me front and back, he smiled and said that I was doing OK. Then, unfortunately, he laughed and mentioned that my butt had shrunk and might there be an interesting “OutTake” in that phenomenon? Phenomenon? You mean I’m an out-

lier in what I thought was just a natural turn among old fogies? In my best “Minnesotanese” I replied “Ya, sure, you bet” and didn’t think much of it until the deadline for this issue approached. Well, that’s not exactly true, because each morning as I’m walking down to Spear’s Store for the paper and to gather words of wisdom from the coffee klatch of farmers and friends in the corner, I find myself hitching up my pants about every ten steps along the way. Down hill is not so bad, but up hill is a bummer.

dog bone. My own feeling is that, in addition to the aging process, a dramatic drop off in sports activity contributed to the decline. If you ever followed Hockey Night in Canada’s Don Cherry into a dressing room before or after a game, you should be impressed by the quantity and quality of muscle in the hindquarters of every skater, certainly at that level and even down through the ranks. Blades on ice, daily strides around the rink in the backyard, early morning or late evening trips to Cairns Arena offer almost a sure-fire preventative cure for what my friend Vince Crockenberg’s father called the dreaded disease, 'I don’t want to learn that “noassatall.” As we late bloomers know, what I feel in my lower physical changes often come upon us rather suddenly, and back could be a disease I we are ill prepared to either a) can neither pronounce nor accept them or, if we can get past that, b) deal with them find a cure for.' psychologically. The first response, in my case, is to try to ignore them, saying to myself—and sometimes but I’m always happy to greet my neigh- not always to my wife—“I’ll just hang bor dog, Jackie, in her driveway at loose and whatever is wrong will heal the halfway mark because she gives itself.” me a chance to tighten the old belt in This works—sometimes. a semi-private setting. And she must However, as a journalist, I’m caught know what I’m up to, because she stops in a bind. More and more articles about yipping just long enough to hear the medicine seem to describe ailments buckle click. Three quick pets later I’m with highly common symptoms that on my way, and Jackie has earned her often mirror mine. I can’t ignore the

articles, because I would then be shirking my duty as a writer. By the same token, I don’t want to learn that what I feel in my lower back could be a disease I can neither pronounce nor find a cure for. So I rely on my physician, as I believe strongly that I should. He has education, practice, experience—all important factors in helping me over the hump. And I respect his judgments. But, folks, I hate to say it, “Science ain’t complete yet.” There are things that even doctors can’t predict or for which they can’t determine the cause. The sarcasm behind a line in a play in which I once acted where the character of a physician said, “Of course I’m fine. I’m a doctor,” does hold to this day. I remember my own father, a physician, saying that three-quarters of the time, the best he could hope for was making his patient feel better, not curing his disease. So here I stand with my rear borderline shrinking. Whoever designed us must have known to place hindquarters out of our own central vision. We don’t check them every morning in the shaving mirror. If I could get rid of my gray mustache and re-grow what’s gone from my head I might not worry about the shape of my butt. Then again, maybe suspenders should be on the top of my birthday list.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 19: minestrone soup, Caesar salad, cantaloupe/vanilla ice cream

Please look for the fall program of activities and events as an insert in the next issue of the Charlotte News. Until then, here are a few activities to close out the summer. “Art Inspired by Poetry and Song.” That is the 2013 theme for our eighth annual fall Charlotte Senior Center Community Art Show, which will hang in the Great Room during the month of September. Again, we encourage all of you “creative spirits” in our community, 50 years old or older, to enter! Registration forms with specific details are available in the front foyer. The deadline for submitting forms is August 16. As always, artists, friends and relatives are invited to gather at an Artists Recep- Charlie and Gert Lotz (center) are all smiles during the Martin tion on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 1 p.m. for boat trip on July 25. Mary Harry is to their right. an opportunity to meet the artists and take part in discussions about the art. Kayak Trips for Women provide an opportunity for –––– like-minded older women who share a love for recreSave the date for our Annual BBQ Celebrating ational kayaking, paddling and exploring our many local Summer on Friday, Aug. 23, beginning at 5 p.m. Bring lakes, ponds and rivers. We help each other, laugh a lot a friend. Bring the family. Join the fun. Share the food. and have fun. For our fifth trip on Aug. 23 we will head Enjoy the music. Appetizers at 5 p.m., grill at 6 p.m., and to the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton. dessert and entertainment at 6:45. Registration required. To register your interest, please respond by email directFee: $12 per person.

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CVU Soccer Players Have Big Day at Lions Twin State Cup Tom Giroux Contributor The 39th annual Vermont/New Hampshire Lions Twin State Soccer Cup matches were held on July 20 at Sodexo Field on the beautiful campus of Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H. Approximately 3,168 graduating high school soccer players have participated in this annual event, which is the second oldest all-star game played between Vermont and New Hampshire. Only the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl football games have been played longer. The boys started their matches in 1975, and the girls followed in 1983. Over the last 39 years, the Lions clubs have raised more than $626,000 for many worthy charitable causes in both states. The proceeds from this year’s event support the N.H. Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation and the Green Mountain Lions Camp, which is a two-week summer camp held in Brattleboro for hearing- impaired children . The girls’ match started at 4 p.m. The three representatives from CVU were all in the starting lineup. Charlotte’s Lily Harris played an outstanding game in the goalie box, as did Kate Raszka at midfield. Williston’s Taylor Goldsborough defended in the back. The Vermont girls suffered a tough 1-0 loss on a soft goal around the 32-minute mark of the first half. A Vermont player was called for what some considered to be a questionable infraction just outside the 18-yard box. A New Hampshire player quickly took a powerful shot that Lily didn’t have a chance at saving. She held the opponents at bay for the rest of the half. The Vermont girls, coached by GeriLyn Witalec, the BFA-Fairfax coach, played a conservative first half, with all 24 players seeing time on the turf. It was a constant revolving door at the scoring table. The second 45-minute half was Vermont’s. The Vermont girls dictated play from the start, and the ball seemed to be magnetized to the New Hampshire side of the pitch. Vermont added a frontrunner, so it gave the middies three teammates to look for in the offensive third and one less unnecessary back. The only trouble was New Hampshire refused to yield anything against all the extra pressure,

and Vermont couldn’t seem to find the back of the net. In the end, the Vermont side should feel happy that it gave its all until the final horn blew. And, girls, as we all know, “That’s soccer.” The New Hampshire win snapped Vermont’s three-match winning streak, and the series now stands at New Hampshire 17, Vermont 10, ties 4. For her versatility of playing superbly wherever the coaches asked her to, and for her dominating presence, CVU’s Taylor Goldsborough was named the very deserving MVP for the Vermont side. The boys’’ match, with a first-ever 6:30 p.m. start time, played until the lights were needed. It was a fun one to watch for a Vermont fan. CVU had two players on the squad, Noah Liberman and Shane Haley. They both earned one of the first 11 spots to play, Noah at midfield, and Shane up front. Shane put on a show. He scored one break-away goal before the spectators even had time to get settled into their seats. He added two more in the opening half in spectacular fashion. Noah had an assist on one of Shane’s goals and was a key figure in controlling the midfield for Vermont. The halftime score was Shane 3, New Hampshire 0. Unlike the first game, the match was all but over, and we still had a half to watch. For good measure, Shane put his name in the record books (twice) by dishing out an assist on one of his team’s two secondhalf goals, as Vermont went on to a 5–2 win. He is now one of only two players in this contest’s history to score three goals and get four points. As expected, Shane was named MVP. Vermont now has won the last four years, and the series standing is New Hampshire 17, Vermont 14, ties 8. A few additional tidbits: Richard (Doc) Seubert, an assistant on the boys’ side from Middlebury Union, is now 4-0-1as a coach. Katie Mack, BFA-Fairfax, is the first female to a coach a Vermont boys’ team, and she and Geri are the first duo from the same school to be head coaches in the same year. From all the facts I can find, this is the first time in the 31 years that both the MVPs came from the same school. Go–CVU! A big thank you goes to the Lions for continuing to put on this showcase.

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CVU Hits the Gridiron CVU's football team, led by Coach and Charlotter Rahn Flemming (left), began pre-season practice on Monday morning. The varsity team's season kicks off Friday, Aug. 30, with an away game against Colchester. The team's first home game is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 14, against Burlington. Daniel Hebert takes Essex half marathon Congratulations are in order to Daniel Hebert, a Charlotter and former runner on the CVU track team, who won the Essex Vermont Half Marathon July 28. Currently a student at UVM, Hebert participated in his second half-marathon race. Evie Mitchell swims to victory in St. Albans Charlotte’s Evie Mitchell, swimming for the Edge fitness club, won three races at the Champlain Valley Championships July 26 and 27. Among the 18-and-under women, she placed first in the individual medley and in the 50- and 100-meter breaststroke races. New Hampshire makes it 13 straight wins in the Maple Sugar Bowl Despite sending three football players from CVU – Ryan Beaudry, Alec Distler and Harvey Ottinger – the Vermonters

took it on the chin for the 13th straight year in the Maple Sugar Bowl at Dartmouth College August 3. Although Vermont’s defense held fairly strong against a potent New Hampshire attack in the first half, the Granite Staters blew things open in the second half to win 43-0. It was the first shutout since 2008. Redhawk receiver Beaudry caught two passes for 14 yards.

Two former CVU golfers place in the Vermont Amateur Peter Scrimgeour, from this spring’s CVU golf team, and Jack Tomashot, a CVU alum, both made the final cut in the 107th Vermont State Amateur Golf Tournament. Scrimgeour’s rounds of 78, 75, 76 and 72 for a total of 301 earned him an eighth place finish. Tomashot followed suit through three rounds, shooting 79, 79, 72. Unfortunately, he ballooned to a 91 in the final round for a 321 total and placement further down in the pack.

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Labor of Love Bradley Carleton Contributor

ecently the royal family garnered an extraordinary amount of attention concerning Princess Kate’s “labour.” I have no issues with pomp and circumstance, but I was shocked at how the media sensationalized every moment of this woman’s pain. It caused me to wonder about what “labor” meant to everyone else. Commonly, labor describes the struggle to bring a living being into the world through excruciating pain. To others, labor means simply the daily struggle to work enough hours to pay bills. Either way, it’s about struggle and goals. It got me to thinking “what do I labor to achieve?” For many, labor is what people do to survive. To others more fortunate, it is the pursuit of an ideal. And to some, it is the striving toward transcendence. Such is my direction, especially if anyone ever asks me, “How is it that you can kill something that you claim to love? You mustn’t love it very much.” If love can be measured by the depth

and breadth of one’s effort, I submit to you the following: Shortly after the hunting season closes, I begin practicing my duck and goose calling daily. I collect all the pictures and short videos and compile them into a longer video with music. I send in my Harvest Report to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. I visit North Country Sportsman’s Club in Williston on Sundays to keep my shooting sharp. Soon spring creeps in, the boat gets unwrapped, and the repairs begin. The crack in the transom needs attention. I want to add a new drain plug. The grass rails on the foredeck need to be re-built. The blind needs new zippers. The motor needs a tune-up, new plugs and fresh oil and lube in the lower gearcase. Next thing I know, it’s summer. July rolls in, and the annual visit to Dead Creek is upon us. A group of waterfowl aficionados gathers to strategize about how to round up 120 molting Canada geese so that the biologists can band them. The plan is set and executed flawlessly. Children carefully carry the large birds and their goslings to a holding pen, where they are set free. The sight of so many geese makes our collective hearts sing with joy. It’s now August; the pace increases.

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Workdays on farms are in order, blind platforms must be constructed, early morning scouting missions are now de rigueur. Decoy lines need to be checked, anchor knots re-tied, and calling sessions take on a new intensity. Rounds of sporting clays are now being executed twice weekly. The shotgun is cleaned and oiled three times a week. Many hours are spent watching every conceivable weather channel, waiting for that first northwest breeze that will blow the blue-winged teal into the backwaters. The pup needs to swim in the pond, and as we arrive a pair of mallards explode into the blue sky. They beeline south, quacking their displeasure. The dog watches their departure intently. In the sunlight, an aluminum band shines on the drake’s right leg. My heart skips a beat. Waterfowl season is now just 30 days away. Finally, the closing bell of summer rings. The Public Waterfowl Meeting is held on the second Wednesday of August. Sixty of the most avid waterfowlers debate the logic of their preferences for Opening Day. Voices are raised in argument over how long the split should be between the first and second season. The waterfowlers’ passion is evident as the room pulsates with anticipation. The day after the meeting the race to Opening Day is on. Final paint touches are put on the old decoys. On the first Saturday of September, at precisely midnight, some duck hunters will pound in the first stake of the season for the

blind they intend to occupy. On many a midnight, by the light of my headlamp, I have built blinds standing in two feet of water, banging 15-foot cedar posts into the muddy bottom with an eight-pound sledgehammer until they’ve sunk deep into the primordial ooze. It epitomizes the craziness to which a waterfowler will go to stake his claim. As I pound in the heavy stakes, surrounded by my friends, I laugh and ask, “What in the world drives us to do this?” We all laugh. In between the thud-thud-thud of the hammer we all look up at once, into the starlit heavens, and someone says, “Did you hear that?” Whistling wings are slicing the night air above us. “Ducks!” In my thesaurus, “labor” is defined as “toil, sweat, struggle, and endeavor.” For what? you say. What captures our souls and drives us to subject ourselves to such struggle? Why, the sound of whistling wings against the dawn, my friend. Love, I say. Bradley Carleton is Executive Director of Sacred Hunter.org, a nonprofit that seeks to educate the public on the spiritual connection of man to nature and raises funds for Traditions Outdoor Mentoring.org, which mentors at-risk young men in outdoor pursuits.

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It may be the subject matter — death, incapacity and taxes — that causes us to avoid estate planning. However, the fact is that, no matter what your age or how much wealth you’ve accumulated, you need an estate plan to protect yourself, your loved ones and your assets—both now while you’re still active as well as after your death. Having an effective estate plan is one of the most important things you can do for your family. Being organized may make your meeting with your attorney more productive and expedite the planning process. But before visiting with your legal counsel, you need a basic understanding of the documents he or she may recommend for your plan. Sunday was a beautiful sunny day, just right for pizza and music around the monument at Ferry and Greenbush roads. Carrie Mackillop and the Old Brick Store supplied the wood-fired pizza, as well as their tasty creemees, while local musicians Will Kiernan (left) and Garrett Brown strummed harmonies to accompany the munchers. Carrie said one of the main reasons for serving the pizza was to showcase her mobile wood-fired pizza oven and introduce fresh toppings provided by Essex Farm across the lake. She wasn’t certain at this point whether it would become a regular event, but she does look forward to doing it again. It was good food and a good turnout, with ferry traffic providing a boost.

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Children’s clothing drive We are collecting children’s clothing donations for the upcoming school year for our neighborhood friends in need. From now until Sept. 15 we will accept good, clean children’s clothing for sizes infant to teenager. Please, no stains or holes. We’re also accepting clean winter coats, winter boots, rubber boots, sneakers (must be in good condition) and other shoes. You may drop these items in the Food Shelf basket at the Charlotte Congregational Church or email Heather at happyvters@comcast.net for information to

Extra veggies? Do you have extra veggies from your garden? We’d love them at the Food Shelf! You can bring your extra fresh veggies to the food shelf on the Wednesdays of food distribution (Aug. 21, Sept, 11 and 25). If no one is there, leave them right outside the door. Thank you! Thank you Thank you to all the folks who visited the Food Shelf table at Town Party. Thank you to volunteers Audrey Bean, Lisa Poirier and Karen Doris for manning our table. Also, thank you to Audrey Bean for raising $202 from ticket sales on the raffle for the beautiful handmade afghan. The lucky winner was Rene Nelson. Thank you to all the hardworking Charlotte Fire & Rescue volunteers for their donation of hamburgers, hotdogs and buns. Chris Davis was so kind to

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The Charlotte News –Wednesday, Oct. 16: Stephen Kiernan. An award-winning journalist and author of intriguing works, including the bestselling The Curiosity—and a Charlotter—Kiernan shares his insights on the craft of writing as well as the inspiration for his nonfiction and fiction titles. –Wednesday, Oct. 30: Barrie Dunsmore is a former ABC foreign correspondent whose journalism is described as a “balanced, thoughtful and probing analysis” of international affairs. Also a Charlotter, Dunsmore brings his knowledgeable lens to the library, focusing on recent events around the world. All programs in the Writers Series start at 7 p.m. Dessert, coffee and tea will be served.

Upcoming events Kindergarten Library Card Party. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 5:30 p.m. One of our favorite days of the year! Drop in to sign up for your very own library card, check out some new books, meet some new friends and enjoy some new treats.

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Story Time for Preschool & Kinder Kids starts in September. Mondays: Lunchbox Story Time. Bring your lunch to the library for an hour of stories, songs and fun. Bus transportation provided from Charlotte Central School with a parent note. Fridays: Friday Free For All. Who knows what we’ll discover on Friday mornings? Tree rings? Straw buildings? Magic rocks? Join us as we look at the world around us, starting with fun.

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–Wednesday, Sept. 18: Sydney Lea, Vermont Poet Laureate. In addition to renown for his poetry, Sydney Lea is also known as a true naturalist. He has been described as “a man in the woods with his head full of books, and a man in books with his head full of woods.” His affection for story, moreover, an affection derived in no small measure from men and women elders in New England, colors his poetry, just as a relish for the musical properties of the word colors his prose. His lifelong passion for the natural world informs almost his every utterance. –Wednesday, Oct. 2: Ginger Johnson. Johnson is a former Charlotte Central School teacher and fiber artist. In her 2013 memoir, Good Dad, Bad Dad, My Dad, she explores the complex relationship that exists between father and daughter and the deep bond that can survive amid turmoil, alcohol and death. Johnson brings readers along on a roller coaster journey through the past, laughing at the absurd and honoring complicated emotional relationships.

Adult books Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson Highway by C.J. Box Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt Light of the World by James Lee Burke Sea Creatures by Susanna Daniel Panopticon by Jenni Fagan Death Angel by Linda Fairstein On Sal Mal Lane by Ru Freeman Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West’s Greatest Escape by Mark Gardner & Sons by David Gilbert The White Princess by Philippa Gregory The Silent Wife by A.S. Harrison The Skull and the Nightingale by Michael Irwin The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

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Around Town Congratulations to Maureen and Patrick Mannal whose daughter Margaret Ophelia Mannal was born June 6 at Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington. to Carla Contreras and John Siedlecki whose son Oliver Reed Siedlecki was born May 26 at Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington. to the following Charlotte high school students who are studying at the 2013 Governor’s Institutes of Vermont: Simone Edgar Holmes from CVU who is studying in the Arts Institute; Connor Gorman from Rice who is studying in the Engineering Institute; Jonas Powell from the Lake Champlain Waldorf High School who is studying in the Engineering Institute; Evan Trus from CVU who is studying in the Engineering Institute; Beatrice Woodruff from CVU who is studying in the Environmental Science and Technology Institute; Amanda Gellis from CVU who is studying in the Mathematics Institute; Tristan Ohlson from South Burlington High School who is studying in the Mathematics Institute. Institute students must receive recommendations from their schools in order to gain the opportunity to study in one of eight Governor’s Institutes over the summer. This year is the program’s 30th anniversary with over 400 students participating. to Maxwell McGee of Charlotte, a student at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, who earned placement on the dean’s list for the spring semester 2013. to Rose Gallagher of Charlotte, a student at Plymouth State University, Plymouth, N.H., who earned placement on the dean’s list for the spring semester 2013. to Champlain Valley Union High School upcoming seniors from Charlotte, Kathryn Danyow and Fiona Higgins, who earned the 2013 Saint Michael’s College Book Award for Academic Achievement with a Social Conscience. This award recognizes students who demonstrate a commitment to leadership through volunteer service and academic achievement. They were presented with the book, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, written by 1993 Saint Michael’s graduate Loung Ung, published by Harper Collins. The book is an autobiographical account of her memories as a child during the Pol Pot regime, during which time she was held captive and her parents and two siblings were killed. As a result, she became active in the crusade for a land-mine free world.

to Olivia Clemmons who earned a baccalaureate degree from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., on May 26. Clemmons, the daughter of Joshua Clemmons from Charlotte and a CVU graduate, majored in sociology. to Matthew Metz, an alumnus of Kenyon College, who was named to the 2013-2014 executive board of the College Democrats of America. Matt is the national communications director tasked with distributing press releases about the board to local and college papers. Taylor Barnard, a senior at Tufts University, Jonas Powell, 17, won the Nature category in the youth division of the 8th annual is the new national Charlotte News Peter Coleman Photo Contest for his photo "Early Morning Light." president and serves with nine other board members from universities across the country. to Caroline Foster and Sean McKibben who were married June 29 at the Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes. to Tessa Lawrence and Tim Boesenberg who The daughter of Frances and the late Will Foster of were married on July 27 at the home of Bud and Charlotte, Caroline is a graduate of St. Lawrence Barbara Lawrence in Charlotte. University and is a marketing specialist at Charter to former Charlotter Jakob von Trapp and his wife, Communications, Denver, Col. Her husband is from Betsy, on the birth of their daughter Isabella on July 19 in Littleton, Col. He graduated from the University of Cambridge, Mass. Betsy and Jake now live in Savannah, California at San Diego and the New England School Georgia, where, after completing a master’s degree in of Law in Boston. He works in business development real estate development at Massachusetts Institute of and legal affairs for Examiner.com. They now live in Technology, he works with Columbia Ventures and Denver.

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where Betsy practices veterinary medicine. Grandparents include Jane von Trapp and Chris von Trapp, both formerly of Charlotte. to Marty Illich and other members of the Lewis Creek Association who focus their efforts on maintaining the creek’s watershed through Bristol, Charlotte, Ferrisburgh, Hinesburg, Monkton and Starksboro, and were featured in an article in the August 4 Burlington Free Press. The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) threat to shut off its gauges that measure stream flow has created controversy among groups such as Marty’s that are concerned about water quality in the stream’s basin. Marty feels that, while computer modeling which uses terrain slope as a basis for predicting stream flow has improved, it still falls short of some type of on-site instrument such as the gauges. In his article, Joel Baird quotes her as saying, “What the USGS gauges offer is more compelling, because it’s real.”

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Sympathy is extended to family and friends of Charlotte Keenan of Rutland who passed away August 10 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., at the age of 87. Surviving family includes her son Joseph Keenan, Joseph’s wife, Martha, and their sons Patrick and Matthew of Charlotte. The family asks that those who wish to make contributions in her memory consider the RRMC Volunteer Program, 160 Allen Road, Rutland, VT 05701.

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Places To Go & Things To Do THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 Tour de Farms, Shoreham, 9:30 a.m. Sample fresh farm foods while pedaling through pristine Vermont countryside. Rides 10 and 30 miles. Also mellow two-mile “tricycle route” for walking or biking with young children. Registration required. More info: acornvt.org. After the Floods: Vermont’s Rivers and the Legacy of Irene screening, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 6:30 p.m. Watch film that draws on this research to explore both success stories and potential problem areas regarding river management in the context of the flooding that accompanied Tropical Storm Irene. More info: (802) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 SCHIP’s Annual Tent Sale, Shelburne store location. Help those in need while finding great deals on treasures. Drop off donations at the shop at 5404 Shelburne Road. More info: call the store at 9853595. The Race to Build the Fleet: Nineteenth Century Reenactment, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 10 a.m.–-5 p.m. History comes alive at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum as costumed re-enactors in traditional boats at the Maritime Museum’s North Harbor share the skills used in 1814 to construct naval Lieutenant Thomas Macdonough’s fleet at Vergennes. Also Aug. 18. More info: 802-475-2022 or lcmm.org. SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education Grand Opening, Shelburne Museum, 10 a.m.–-8:30 p.m. Celebratory event will feature building tours, panel discussions, arts activities, live local music on several stages and an evening wine-tasting featuring Vermont wines. Ribbon-cutting ceremony is at 11 a.m. Cost: free ($5 for Wyeth Vertigo exhibit). More info: shelburnemuseum.org. “The Benning Wentworth Grants of 1763,” presentation, Ethan Allen Homestead, 4 p.m., Burlington. Vermont Historical Society Executive Director Mark Hudson will explore the circumstances and events

that led to the formation of over 40 present-day Vermont townships. Free and open to the public. Racevermont Sprint & Olympic Triathlon, 8–-11:30 a.m., Charlotte. Cheer on endurance athletes as they swim, bike and run on Greenbush, Ferry and Lake roads. More info: racevermont.com. TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 Royal Southern Brotherhood, benefit for Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes. Support a local institution and hear some scorching blues by band featuring Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Charlie Wooten and Yonrico Scott. Cash bar. Tickets: $25. More info: vergennesoperahouse.org. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 Vermont Health Connect seminar, New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 8:30–10 a.m. Healthcare changes navigated. Free. Info: vermont.org SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Magic Hat Presents Wall to Canvas, Magic Hat Brewery and Artifactory, South Burlington, noon–-6 p.m. This urban arts competition, a benefit for the Shelburne Craft School, will feature 12 street-style artists competing live. Music from DJ Rekkon and DJ GI Joe, an outdoor beer garden, artist merch tent and more. Cost: $3. More info: magichat.net. Dinofest, ECHO Lake Aquarium, Burlington, 10 a.m.–-3 p.m. A day-long celebration of dinosaurs— from meat eaters to giant vegetarians. Create your own dinosaur, watch an ECHO-exclusive film about Champ or compete in a dinosaur roar contest. Enjoy the exhibit, “Bigger Than T-Rex,” which includes some of the original models used in the Jurassic Park films. More info: echovermont.org. MONDAY, AUGUST 26 “Chapter Two” Auditions, Shelburne Town Center, 7–-10 p.m. Shelburne Players holding tryouts for their November production of Neil Simon’s semiautobiographical comedy about a recently widowed writer’s reentry into romance. Callbacks August 28.

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Newcomers Club of Charlotte, Shelburne and surrounding area meets once a month on the third Wednesday from September to June. Variety of programs, day trips and locations. Information: Orchard Corl, president, 985-3870. AA Meeting, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 7 p.m. Senior Luncheon, Senior Center, noon. For reservations, call 425-6345 before 2 p.m. on previous Monday. Volunteer Fire Dept. Mtg., 7:30 p.m., Fire Station. Charlotte Multi-Age Coed Pickup Basketball Open Gym, 7-9 p.m. at the CCS gym. High school stu-

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