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Selectboard discusses letter to state rail company John Hammer THE CHARLOTTE NEWS

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It’s Girl Scout registration time!

Look out for the Girl Scout registration table at the CCS Back to School Night on Monday, September 21, from 5–7:30 p.m. PHOTO: COURTESY

Hands to Honduras hosts fundraiser at Shelburne Farms s wirling skirts, moving feet, all ages feeling the beat. The 5th Annual Latin Music & Dance Party at the Shelburne Farms Coach Barn will take place on September 11 from 7–11 p.m.

This fundraiser will benefit the Hands to Honduras-Tela Neonatal Intensive Care Unit currently under construction at the Tela Hospital in Honduras. The NICU is the largest project attempted by H2HT and a late-October dedication is anticipated.

Linda Gilbert of Charlotte, the chair of the event, said, “You don’t have to be an expert dancer to enjoy the evening.

There’s something for everyone.”

In addition to hot Latino rhythms, there will be Latin-inspired appetizers such as O Bread chili cheese ciabatta, Shelburne Farms cheese and Sonia’s tomatillo salsas.

William Wisell of Cucina Antica Half Baked will bake specialty pizzas in the courtyard .

Desserts will include fresh fruits as well as locally baked cookies from Great Harvest and Rhino Foods, and Good Comida will offer samples of cheesecake.

A cash bar will be hosted by Shelburne Farms with wine, beer, full bar and a new drink, Peruvian Pisco Sour.

The silent auction will feature art—including a 24” x 20” original color painting by local artist Lynn Cummings—Honduran crafts, gift certificates, gift baskets, Red Sox tickets and a resort week in Florida.

Tickets are $30 and include everything except the cash bar. Checks can be made out to Hands to Honduras-Tela and sent to Hands to Honduras-Tela, 190 Red Tail Lane, Charlotte, VT 05445. To reserve tickets call 363-6064 or 425-3838 to pay at the door (cash/check). For more info contact lindaggilbert@gmail.com.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED TOWN CHARTER TOWN OF CHARLOTTE The Selectboard of the Town of Charlotte hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on September 14, 2015 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Charlotte Town Office, 159 Ferry Road, Charlotte, Vermont, to consider adoption of a Charter for the Town of Charlotte, which contains the following sections:

he Selectboard has continued to hold warned meetings outside the usual scheduled times. One such meeting was held at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 3, at which the major topic of discussion was the town’s submission of comments to the Vermont Agency of Transportation on its Vermont Rail Plan. The primary discussion was how much support should the Selectboard give a 14-page document drawn up by the Citizens for Responsible Rail Committee and presented on August 24 (bit.ly/1NFXE2Q).

The general feeling held by the Selectboard was that the State of Vermont has a responsibility as the owner of the rail right of way for the responsible and safe use of its lands. There had been indications at the last Selectboard meeting that once the state has approved its rail plan the federal government will take over responsibility for governing the use of the lines. This, in Selectman Spell’s opinion, puts the Vermont Railway Company in the middle. He and Selectman Tegatz feel that local concerns for safety rules along

A Sporting Life A look inside the 29-year career of Fritz Mitchell Lawrence Dee THE CHARLOTTE NEWS

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ver the past 29 years, Charlotte resident and renowned documentary filmmaker Fritz Mitchell has been an eye-witness to some of the most monumental and controversial sporting events to take place in America. He was courtside for the 1985 NCAA Basketball Championships when Villanova upset Georgetown, and he was there for the 1988 College Football Championship Bowl Game when Notre Dame beat Miami, infamously dubbed, “Catholics vs. Convicts.”

“I have also been in the middle of fights

the rail line in Charlotte will suffer in the bureaucratic morass of federal oversight.

Selectman Spell is undertaking the drafting of the Selectboard’s letter to the VAOT and was concerned that the CRRC letter might sound “a little bit too strong and potentially off-putting.” His fear was that it might create bad relations between the railroad and the town. In the end, the board decided to draft a letter summarizing the town’s serious concerns for the safety of rail operations and forwarding the CRRC document as an attachment.

In other actions, the Selectboard approved an additional $60 to be added to the $3,000 bid for the painting of the interior of the Town Hall. The project was to be started on August 4. Similarly, the Selectboard chose the bid by the Vermont Painting Company to paint the exterior of the Town Hall for $4,850. Work was to start on Labor Day and is expected to be completed this fall as long as the weather cooperates.

In a very short action, a highway access permit was granted for a property on Lake Road near the Charlotte Beach ball field.

The next scheduled Selectboard meeting will take place September 10 at 11 a.m.

that broke out between teams leading up to their entry to the playing field,” he remembered. “In one violent encounter between the University of Southern California and Notre Dame—a highly contested rivalry which still exists today—I had to personally convince Larry Smith, the coach of USC, to retake the field, as he refused to put his team into such a hostile environment.”

During his time working with CBS, and briefly with NBC, Fritz was able to pursue his love of sports, while also being exposed to the untold human element behind the world of athletics. “I was captivated by the ability to tell stories that weren’t necessarily present or followed by the media. It’s the underlying motivation and conflict of certain individuals involved with the sporting world that propelled my interest in telling their stories.”

As Fritz’s career covering sports unfolded, he found his calling in the realm of documentary filmmaking, earning Emmys for his work on a variety of projects including, The Compleat Angler and see Fritz, page 9

Section 1: Corporate Existence Section 2: General Provisions Section 3: Adoption of Annual Budget and Budget Related Articles Section 4: Separability Section 5: Amendment Section 6: Effective Date The Charter in its entirety is available for inspection at the Charlotte Town Office during regular office hours, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Charter is also available for review on the Town’s website at charlottevt.org.

Fritz Mitchell of Charlotte started his television career as a researcher at CBS in 1982.

Throughout his career he has won seven Emmy’s and many other awards. PHOTO: COURTESY

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Jim Hyde Rob Mullin Mary Recchia Margaret Woodruff

on thE covEr Highlights of summer set to a glowing sunset, Mt. Philo.

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Autumn Dreams Bradley Carleton CONTRIBUTOR

I dream vividly in September. So clear are my dreams, that at times it seems that I cannot tell which are my reality and which are, in fact, just a figment of my imagination.

I go to bed at night with my window open, allowing the pungent aroma of the last cut of hay to circulate around the bedroom.

I close my eyes to the sound of crickets and cicadas in the yard.

I dream of low-flying “V’s” of Canada geese skimming the treetops and cupping their majestic wings, waffling from side to side as they lose altitude. Their black patent leather boots dropping and their mighty pinions back peddling to land in a field of clover and alfalfa.

In the distance I hear the ki-ki-run of a flock of turkeys with their poults, seeking one another’s comfort in the tree line.

I walk toward the spirited conversation and find myself in wooded rapture.

A bushy-tailed gray squirrel chip-chipchips at me from atop an oak tree. A blue jay answers the loquacious rodent, telling him to hush so that they can hear something larger approaching from out of the setting sun.

A twig cracks and the woods fall silent.

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A loud huff of air comes from behind the buckthorn down the trail to the west.

Another snap, this time quieter but closer.

Now I find myself 20 feet above the forest floor in a treestand, holding an instrument whose origins date back to indigenous cultures that roamed this same property long before I existed. The instrument is a vague replica of an arched wooden branch with a gut string attached to both ends. On the spongy top of my palm, resting on the fleshy pulp between my thumb and my forefinger is a shaft with feathers and a blade tied on to the tip.

A white tail flicks in the distance through the shrubbery.

I draw a deep breath as my heart begins to pound in my chest. I can feel it in my throat, pulsing with adrenalin.

Soon, out of the huckleberry, a brown body appears, its fur neatly brushed and its upper neck blending into white collar below. I breathe again, slowly, metering my air to calm my body.

The brown body lifts its head above the bush and suddenly the golden sunlight reflects off of a tawny brown mass of bone above its head. The rack glistens in the amber light.

I breathe in again, slowly, and tell myself I will not look at the antlers again, instead focusing on the breath of the buck.

As he draws in his next breath, his chest fills with power. I draw my breath in synchronous time and feel his strength.

He raises his head and sticks his nose high in the air, again drawing in the aroma of the earth and the leaves around us. I follow his every move, inhaling the same fragrant currents.

He moves forward slowly, stopping to nip a bud off of a tamarack cedar. I watch him chew the piney nut at the tip.

We are close now.

20 yards.

I cannot move.

As he takes another step forward, his head is obscured by a tree trunk.

I raise my bow and draw the arrow back.

The regal monarch steps from behind the tree, allowing me to watch his chest inhale again. We expand our lungs in unison. I can sense his grace and beauty throughout my body.

My fingers are trained to do what comes next. I release the arrow and hear the twang of the string.

It is time to wake up.

A cool north wind blows through the window carrying a scent of cedar into the bedroom.

Bradley Carleton is Executive Director of Sacred Hunter.org, a non-profit 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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Training burn on Carpenter Road Rob Mullin CONTRIBUTOR

On August 22, the Charlotte Volunteer Fire Department burned a house at 200 Carpenter Road for training. The property was donated

by Renault Lussier of Charlotte. Since July 8, every Wednesday and Thursday evening multiple fire departments, including Charlotte, Shelburne, Ferrisburgh, Hinesburg and Vergennes, used the house for search and rescue training, thermal imager training, firefighter survival training, firefighter rescue training, hose line advancement

training and other subjects. The chance to have live fire training doesn’t come very often, so we had to make the best of it. Between all participants, approximately 2,500–3,000 man-hours were put in at the house.

The day of the burn had fire department representation from eight different departments: Charlotte, Shelburne, Ferrisburgh, Hinesburg, Monkton, Vergennes, Winooski and Williston.

I would like to thank all the folks who helped to make this possible and especially Mr. Lussier for the donation of his property.

If anybody is interested in donating some property for the Fire Department to train in, we have to follow strict guidelines prior to demolition to meet EPA and Agency of Natural Resources regulations. For information please contact the fire department at (802) 425-3111.

Captain Devin St. George exits the building after a fire. PHOTO: STEVEN ROBERTS

(Above) Chief Chris Davis prepares to go into the training building. PHOTO: STEVEN ROBERTS

(Top) Assistant Chief Dick St. George directs the crew. PHOTO: CATHERINE RICHARDS

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Send your letters to news@charlottenewsvt.com (Above) Senior Firefighter Rob Mullin gives some last-minute advice before making an entry. PHOTO: STEVEN ROBERTS

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by Ryan McKee of Fidelity Investments, who speaks to audiences around New England about this topic.

You’re cordially invited to Vermont National Country Club on October 18th. at 6:30 PM. The presentation will be limited to a small group, so RSVP to the Boucher Investment Group of Wells Fargo Advisors at 802-864-2668 or email us at reginald.boucher@wfadvisors.com or ronald.a. boucher@wfadvisors.com.

Besides explaining Social Security filing options, we’ll be helping participants complete a “Social Security 360 Analyzer” questionnaire. This form is then submitted to the “Income Planning Team” at Nationwide to help give you the information you need to make suitable Social Security filing decisions.

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How far will Charlotters travel to sing in a chorus or play in a band? For some locals like Nancy Rosenthal, Diane and Emile Cote, Marilyn Richardson, Lee Minkler, Elizabeth Bassett, Carol Stoneking and Ebeth Scatchard, going over the borders to Hinesburg is no big deal.

“Hinesburg is right next door,” says Elizabeth Bassett. “We have a great carpool that makes it easier to get out of the house on a cold, dark, winter night!

One snowy night, when my Prius earned everyone’s respect, I could barely see the road. Emile Cote stuck his head out the side window and told me where the road was. We all lived to tell the story!”

The Hinesburg Artist Series’ groups have even drawn folks from as far north as Westford, as far east as Fayston and as far south as Addison. If it weren’t for a very wide lake between us, there’d probably be some New Yorkers in the groups!

Under the direction of Rufus Patrick, rehearsals for the South County Chorus and the Hinesburg Community Band will resume from the summer hiatus soon after Labor Day. New members are always welcome, and you don’t need to be a Hinesburger to join.

“I’ve been singing for about 25 years,”

said Bassett, “first with Carl Recchia and now with Rufus Patrick. Rufus is fun and funny while at the same time a consummate musician who demands a great deal from the chorus.”

The South County Chorus is a non-audition, community chorus open to anyone who enjoys singing. Rehearsals are held Mondays at 7 p.m. in room 160 at CVU High School in Hinesburg, starting September 14. The group performs four concerts a year, two with the Hinesburg Community Band at CVU (October or November, and May) and two with the Hinesburg Artist Series Orchestra at St. Jude Church in Hinesburg (December and March).

The Hinesburg Community Band rehearses on Wednesday nights at 7:15 p.m. in Room 163 at CVU starting September 23. In addition to the two concerts mentioned above, the band also plays in the Hinesburg July 4th parade, at the Hart and Mead Concert in the Park and for other occasions.

If you are interested in joining either group, come to the first rehearsal or, for more information, call Rufus Patrick at 373-0808 or email him at rufpat@yahoo. com. You can also find info on Facebook.

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Health Matters: The end of the age of antibiotics?

4. As first- and second-line antibiotics are rendered ineffective through these processes, new agents need to be develEditor’s note: This is the second in a oped to replace them. Unfortunately, Frontline PBS website for a terrific series of articles that Professor Hyde there are few new agents in the pipeline, overview of the antibiotics problem: will write for The News over the next as the poor profitability associated with several months discussing the science and antibiotics makes new drug development pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ less attractive to shareholder-oriented hunting-the-nightmare-bacteria/ practice of public health. pharmaceutical companies.

Antibiotics are also widely used in U.S. CDC for extensive information Public health people are worriers. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about animal feed in the U.S., mainly to promote on the antibiotics problem for both in our own personal lives, we often like weight gain, even though the mechanism lay and professional audiences: to worry about stuff for the rest of you. through which antibiotic supplementation And if you want to know what keeps me causes animals to gain weight is poorly cdc.gov/drugresistance/ awake at night, it’s not Ebola, bioterrorism understood. In 2010, 29 million pounds of or pandemic flu. It’s the thought that I (or antibiotics were added to animal feed in AUPA (Alliance for the Prudent the U.S. alone. a member of my family) will Use of Antibiotics) for an extensive Caregivers and major mediawake one day lying horizontal and detailed discussion of various cal centers have also contribin a hospital bed, stricken with aspects of the antibiotics issue) uted to the problem, although a raging infection and with no increasingly stringent infecavailable treatment options. tion-control procedures, the tufts.edu/med/apua/about_issue/ Unlike other doomsday scenaruse of more targeted antibiotic antibiotic_agri.shtml ios, like global warming, this therapies, and more aggressive antibiotics. scenario is not hundreds of surveillance and monitoring years in the future but may well Never share antibiotics with others, and have dramatically reduced the don’t self-diagnose and self-treat using be close at hand. number of hospital-acquired out-of-date or left-over antibiotics.

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Frontline—�Hunting the Nightmare given to the potential consequences. We The title of this column poses a Bacteria�—highlights just such a case in dispose of out-of-date prescriptions by question. Many eminent scientists have tossing them in the garbage or flushing argued that the “end of the antibiotic age� an 11-year-old girl.

It was only 85 years ago that Alexander them down the toilet. is already at hand. I prefer to believe, Unlike many other threats we face, perhaps naively, that the end is still not Fleming discovered penicillin and with it the promise of completely redefining there are things we can do: inevitable.

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Consumer advisory about jury duty scam The Chittenden County Sheriff’s Department and the Vermont Attorney General’s Office are warning consumers about a jury duty telephone scam. Many consumers in Chittenden County have reported receiving calls from a person claiming to be a deputy sheriff with the Civil Division of the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office or an elected official in the Vermont court system; names of actual local deputies or local elected officials are being used in the calls.

This is not a call from law enforcement; it is a scam call.

The caller claims that the consumer has missed jury duty, that an arrest warrant has been issued, and that the consumer must pay a several-hundred-dollar fine via wire transfer or a prepaid money card or face arrest. The scam callers direct the consumer to go to a local pharmacy or store to buy the debit card or wire the money (using MoneyGram or Western Union).

The caller may leave a message with a call-back number. That number is linked to a recorded message saying it is the office of the Civil Division of the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office. This recording is part of the scam.

If you receive a call from someone claiming you have missed jury duty and that you owe a fine, hang up the phone.

Neither local law enforcement nor staff of the Vermont court system would ask for a fine to be paid via wire transfer or prepaid debit card.

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Charlotters offer free movement therapy class in Burlington On September 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Burlington Town Center, locals will have the chance to experience the Feldenkrais® Method of Movement.

Five practitioners, two of whom reside in Charlotte—Mischul Brownstone and Uwe Mester—will offer free classes to all attendees.

According to the practitioners, the Feldenkrais method is a gentle approach that empowers individuals to develop an awareness of their own patterns of movement and posture. Through guided slow, controlled movements, students are able to recognize imbalances and invoke new neuromuscular patterns that lend

themselves to more efficient, spontaneous and effortless movement.

Says Gillian Franks, one of the organizers, “Doing this can be a revelation to people. Regardless of their fitness level, what other forms of exercise or meditation they do, or whether they know their sacrum from their sternum, they discover new things about themselves.”

Students are guided through moving, thinking, sensing and imagining, based on developmental movements and everyday functions. Thorough this exploratory process students notice quality of changes in the body.

Moshe Feldenkrais earned a reputation for teaching children with cerebral palsy many new things that they hadn’t been able to self learn.

Recent discoveries about the plasticity of our brains show that slow exercise can be of great interest to people who face challenges such as chronic pain, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

The practitioners teaching at the festival have all completed a fouryear training program that teaches them how to teach the method.

“That there are five Feldenkrais practitioners in Northern Vermont may be a surprise to many,” says Gillian Franks. “Many of the people I’ve talked to about it feel it embodies many Vermont values.

The no-rush approach, an attitude that encourages students to do it their way without judgment, and perhaps most of all the sense of well being that comes from self-knowledge.”

The festival will be on the Church Street level of the Burlington Town Center, and the free registration is done at the Festival. Interested attendees will want to dress in comfortable clothing and also bring a mat or a blanket, although some will be available for drop-in students. All ages and abilities are welcome and encouraged. More information about Feldenkrais is available at Feldenkrais.com. For specific questions, contact Gillian Franks at gillian@gillianfranks. com or 655-0950.

Charlotters Mischul Brownstone and Uwe Mester will help run a free Feldenkrais class in Burlington on Friday. PHOTO: ROSALIE O’CONNOR

Volunteers needed for the Charlotte Tractor Parade The Charlotte Tractor Parade is quickly approaching. It will take place on Sunday, October 11, 2015. Volunteers are needed to help oversee and run the children’s game area. There are two shifts, morning (11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) and afternoon (approximately 2 – 4:30 p.m.). Ideally there should be two people to a game. This could be two adults or two teenagers, and even an adult and a younger child together would work wonderfully. If you have any interest in helping with either or both shifts, please call Cindy at 425-3331 or Carrie at 355-4246.

Also, do you know anyone who might like to be a vendor the day of the Tractor Parade? It would be your responsibility to provide your own table and tent (if you want one), and you should be set up by 11 a.m. on October 11. If interested please contact Carrie at 355-4246.

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Be someone who matters, to someone who matters young people the building blocks to help them avoid risky behaviors and become CONTRIBUTOR healthy, successful adults. CSSU surveys find that youth in the program feel better o you have a story about a person about school and themselves from having who significantly impacted your a mentor. One student says, “I feel good life in your younger about myself and years? I do. His name more confident. My was Charles.

The mentor is a great most significant and “What I enjoy most is friend to me.” long-lasting impact he getting a big smile when Parents often had on me, beyond our I arrive and hearing that find mentoring an friendship, was helping ally in the parenting me learn that I was capa- mentoring is the best process. One parent ble of going to graduate hour of her week!” said, “A lot of credit school. Because of his for my daughter’s encouragement, I went strong self-esteem for my interview, was goes to her mentor, accepted, and enjoyed who is always happy my ensuing career for many years. to see her, never gets mad at her, and is I am grateful for having a mentor at a always interested in what she has to say time when I needed it, and I reflect upon and what she is feeling.” that good fortune now as the CY mentoMentors offer adult support by giving ring program coordinator. Although the their uninterrupted and focused attention. mentoring program here is a different Over time, mentors can help students model than my personal experience was, see their strengths more clearly, which is they both share the underlying elements something every parent wants for his or of unique friendship and making a signifher child. icant difference in the life of one young Please consider being someone who person. matters, to someone who matters, right The CY mentoring program is eagerly here in Charlotte! seeking caring adults from our community, particularly men (but not exclusively!), Wendy Bratt is coordinator of the CY to mentor middle school students for mentoring program at Charlotte Central one hour each week. Mentors are often School. To become a mentor or to connect surprised by how much the mentoring with your neighbors who already are, process enriches their own lives by sharcontact Wendy at wbratt@cssu.org or ing joy and fun with a younger person. The 425-6642. satisfaction of being a positive presence in a child’s life is a significant reward.

Learning how to be a supportive, caring friend can be a great challenge—and a great gift.

One mentor says, “What I enjoy most is getting a big smile when I arrive and hearing that mentoring is the best hour of her week!” It doesn’t get any better than that!

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Notes from the Tree Warden Larry Hamilton CONTRIBUTOR

Acorns gAlore!

While reading through that fine journal, Northern Woodlands, I was delightfully surprised to see a large color notice stating, “Do you have acorns covering your yard? We will buy them.� It gave a phone number and email address.

Well, do you have acorns this year?

We certainly do here on Bittersweet Lane in East Charlotte—mostly on red oaks.

Acorns galore means lots of squirrel and chipmunk activity, and their cutting down of these tree seeds, often with a fragment of twig. This makes it almost mandatory to wear a hard hat if you venture onto our back deck. The sound of acorns hitting the roof, the deck and the metal squirrel baffle over our bird feeder has been incessant and loud for several weeks.

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nut accumulations in trees such as oaks, beech, hickories, the walnuts (both black and white) and even hop hornbeam and basswood. Incidentally, here at our digs, if it is not acorns raining down, it is nutlets from basswood, a tree that is also having a banner year.

This is all good news to many forms of wildlife, from birds, such as grouse and jays, to rodents, to big guys such as deer and bears. The nourishment they receive from mast fosters better reproduction, so watch out for more squirrels next year bugging your bird feeders. Also, watch out for bears this fall moving into areas where there is abundant mast from their more usual forest haunts where nutritious mast may be scarce.

In years of “normal� mast production, trees such as oaks may have most of their acorns eaten by wildlife or infested by insects, leaving oak reproduction impaired. But every so often (usually every four to six years) a bumper crop is produced in what seems like an attempt to overwhelm seed predation. This is called “swamping,� and most tree species employ this strategy.

So, readers, do not roll your ankle over by stepping on an acorn or walk barefoot over the abundance of basswood nutlets.

And if you happen to raise pigs or goats for meat, gather acorns and feed them.

It is purported that animals grazed on European oak-shaded commons, feeding on acorns (or beech nuts), yield particularly delicious meat.

Tree volunTeers Having planted 438 trees in our roadside shade tree restoration project over the past nine years (thanks to the A. W. Rutter Family and donations from Charlotters), these trees now require monitoring and maintenance. Monitoring consists mainly of individuals looking to see how trees are faring and reporting any problems seen to the Tree Team—the tree warden plus deputy tree wardens Sue Smith and Mark Dillenbeck. Readers are urged to be alert to signs of trouble with these trees.

Maintenance currently consists of cutting any choking vegetation, especially vines of wild grape or woodbine, removing any tree guards that are now a hindrance to bole growth, removing any staking, and pruning.

This latter task, pruning, is fairly heavy duty, for some of our faster-growing or longer-planted trees have developed good-sized lower branches. These require heavy-duty loppers or pruning saws. We need to remove these branches, while still maintaining an adequate live crown, in order to develop a straight, sturdy, limbfree bole, at least head height, to make a “platform� for the crown. And today we need to have a higher limb-free bole in

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some places to give clearance to persons with riding lawn mowers.

Fortunately, in addition to Deputy Sue Smith, acquiring renown as The Lopper Lady, we have two stalwart volunteers who have been generously giving their time and muscle power to this community service. Roger Richmond has been invaluable. He brings his own huge loppers to the job and has the strength to sever a branch over one inch in diameter. Often the cry goes out: “Roger, can you come and get this one—it is too big for me.� So far we have been able to use a hand-pruning saw on larger limbs and not call upon him for chain-saw pruning.

Vince Crockenberg’s strong sense of community service (which has included Library Board, The Charlotte News Board and ad hoc committee work for the Selectboard) has also volunteered as a tree pruner. Neither deep roadside ditches, poison parsnip nor wet ground vegetation deters this pruning warrior. He claims it

is good exercise, while doing something useful. Over the past year he has given yeoman service.

Therefore, gentle readers, when you drive by CCS, the library, the post office, Hinesburg Road, Ferry Road, Spear Street and other locations with our new shade trees, an audible thank you would be welcome for Sue, Roger and Vince. I am sure they will hear and appreciate it. And if any other folks would be interested in volunteering for tree maintenance work, including simply adopting and monitoring the health of a specific group of trees, please do let me know. We’d be happy to have you as part of the expanded Tree Team! Call the tree warden at 425-6509.

Larry Hamilton is the volunteer Charlotte tree warden. He is professor emeritus at Cornell University and a senior advisor to the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Commission on Protected Areas.

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ESPN’s Sports Century Series. In 2002 Fritz and his staff received Emmys for writing and outstanding sports documentary, as well as the Silver World Medal from the coveted New York Film Festival for his film on Dick Schaap, a journalist whose 50-year career covering American icons such as Robert Kennedy, Jack Nicklaus and many others was unprecedented and unmatched. “The Dick Schaap piece was really interesting for me. He lived and worked in a time when certain sports icons and American heroes were able to be known on a more personal level.

A much simpler era if you will.”

After seeing his film, The Legend of Jimmy “the Greek,” part of the ESPN short film series known as “30 for 30,” I came to understand what Fritz was talking about after discussing his interest in the underlying human-influenced stories which were masked by the actual sporting events being covered. During the early stages of his career, when Fritz worked as a researcher for CBS, he had first-hand encounters with Jimmy “the Greek,” on screen and off. He witnessed the reactions of “the Greek” in terms of whether he had made a correct prediction or a wrong one, thus foreshadowing whether he had won or lost a bet.

When Fritz started at CBS in 1982, the three major television networks—NBC, ABC and CBS—held a monopoly over the sportscasting world. It was a controlling influence according to Fritz: “The source for Monday morning water cooler conversations. Everyone watched these networks because that’s all there was to watch.”

At the top of these programs was the NFL Today segment covered by the CBS

Composting and bears: adjusting to Vermont’s universal recycling law Bears in Vermont are already thinking about winter and are in search of easy calories to fatten up. This means Vermonters need to think about how they’re storing their residential trash bins, bird feeders, pet food and beehives, which can become bear attractants if not properly secured.

“With more Vermonters choosing to compost, we want to help them prevent any potential problems with bears,” explained Forrest Hammond, bear project leader with Vermont Fish & Wildlife.

“People can effectively reduce the chances of bears causing damage to their property and protect the bears as well.”

Hammond recommends that people make their compost bins as scent free as possible to help avoid attracting bears, with their powerful sense of smell. This requires regular maintenance of the pile by adding three parts carbon-rich “brown” materials (dry leaves, straw, or ripped up paper) for every one part food scraps or “green” materials.

Additionally, turning the pile every couple of weeks and burying fresh food scraps down in the pile helps reduce their attractiveness.

However, if bears are already common in your area, Hammond says there are other options: “If you believe that bears may become a problem, consider taking your food scraps to your local drop-off facility or composter that accepts food scraps.”

news team. This team was made up of normality in no way could have come to major celebrities like Brent Musberger, be without the presence of “the Greek” on Phyllis George, and, of course, Jimmy NFL Today. “the Greek” Snyder.

It is the unknown story of these indiUnderstanding the historical impor- viduals—the action which occurs off tance of what it must have been like to be camera and that is present in almost every inside the CBS studio at that time is diffi- human’s life, especially those involved cult. With the evolution and establishment in the world of sports and media—that of multiple sports talk shows on television drives Fritz’s passion for storytelling. throughout the past 50 years, it’s hard to “Although “the Greek” revolutionized imagine a time when only three networks the world of gambling by bringing it to dominated the sports mainstream media, and news world. that is not the sole Unaware of the infainterest and driving my of the CBS news In a way Fritz’s work force of the piece. It team at the time of has a held a mirror up is life, his personality, its peak during the ego, his conflict to American society, his mid-1970s and into with his fellow news late 80s, the story of exposing its blemishes anchors, his strugJimmy “the Greek” and presenting the idea gles with crime and swept many away, his violent that, although we have gambling, recording the life, episode with Brent come a long way, there rise and fall of an Musberger at a bar in American icon. is still a great deal of New York, his racially “Before the time of and gender-biwork to be done in terms charged Jimmy “the Greek,” ased comments which achieving social eventually led to his gambling was still of a fairly negatively equality. dismissal from CBS. perceived activity All of these somewhat by a majority of the unaddressed or forgotAmerican public. However, with the ten factors which attributed to the rags-to incorporation of “the Greek,” whose -riches-to-rags story of the Greek are extensive history in Vegas and sports what captivate me, and hopefully those gambling was known to some but not who view my films.” all—to the CBS news team—came the It is easy for stories, such as The introduction of odds and predictions on Legend of Jimmy the Greek, and many point spreads being discussed on live others to go uncovered and unnoticed.

TV. Never before had predictions on the Sometimes it takes decades for these outcomes of games been discussed in such stories to surface. But for Fritz it is these a manner, but if there was a person to do stories, the ones which have drifted from it and make it seem more approachable, the memory of many Americans and it was ‘the Greek.’” When you watch have since long been forgotten, that hold a sports talk show now, almost every some of the richest histories regarding single one includes a segment of predic- the development of American culture and tions given by the analysts present. This society.

Other methods could include burying food scraps deep in your garden, known as trench composting, or using a home solar digester such as the Green Cone or Algreen’s Solar Digester.

Because bears make a habit of feeding on human food sources once they find them, Hammond says that residents should carefully manage and secure all trash, pet foods and compost. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department recommends that bird feeders be removed between April 1 and November 30 and that beehives and chicken coops should be secured with electric fencing in bear country.

Residents are now required by law to remove bear attractants and are prohibited from killing problem bears without first taking extensive non-lethal measures.

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Another one of Fritz’s films titled, Ghosts of Ole Miss, is a perfect example of a forgotten historical event which ties the success of the University of Mississippi’s football team to the intense violence and riots which engulfed the college town following the admittance of James Meredith, an African-American, to the University of “Ole Miss.” Without a focus on these forgotten events, American’s everywhere would be unable to earn from their past.

In a way Fritz’s work has a held a mirror up to American society, exposing its blemishes and presenting the idea that, although we have come a long way, there is still a great deal of work to be done in terms of achieving social equality.

In another way, his work has shown the incredibly individual and human-based stories behind a seemingly factual world of sports. The stories he has covered allow us to see past the touchdowns and buzzer-beaters, uncovering in some ways an even richer tale of personal struggle or achievement, making it easy for anyone to be swept away by the magnificent and sometimes shocking conflicts or events that take place behind the scenes. “I’d say my work is 75 percent sports related,” Fritz said. “However, I am not simply driven by sports. As long as there is a story to tell, I’ll do my best to share that story.”

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Well, yes, there are but not quite of the open-range variety. Charlotte’s Dillon Machavern is driving one with a new chassis and all, otherwise known as a UniFirst, PPG, Traqgear Mustang. In all likelihood, the body is the only thing that vaguely resembles my version circa 1970. Dillon, who stands second in the point standings after seven rounds of competition in the Trans Am series, was in contention for a pole finish until hitting Turn 5 in the closing laps of the race where he came in contact with another car. “Fortunately,� he says, he was “able to recover and come away with a P4 finish,� leaving him still in second place through seven rounds. He now has to shuffle his racing and his college class work at High Point University in North Carolina with five races approaching in what remains of the 2015 season. For readers interested in seeing the Mid-Ohio race, it will be shown on the CBS Sports Network at 10 a.m., Saturday, September 12.

CVU teams start the fall with gusto The beginning of September in Chittenden County kicked off what looks to be an interesting and challenging schedule for CVU fall-sports teams.

Several of them had very impressive starts to their seasons. Scott Bliss brought his cross-country runners to two top tournaments—the first, a set of races by class year, sponsored by South Burlington High School at Red Rocks Park. CVU teams came in first among all grades for women.

Charlotte’s Morgan Schnell finished ninth in the junior/senior race, which was won by her teammate, Sophia Gorman. The Redhawk freshmen squeaked past Essex for that class title as well. Jennifer Ireland finished second and Rosalie Lacroix fourth among individuals. On the boys’ side, CVU junior/senior team won its division and the freshmen/sophomores finished third behind South Burlington and Burlington. Tyler Marshall, Calvin McClellan, Elliot Eastman, Harkin Spillane and Tyler Wong gave the finish line a blazing red look with Marshall grabbing the victory, McClellan, Eastman and Spillane in the next four places and

Wong not far behind in seventh.

Three days later the runners invaded the Tree Farm in Essex for that school’s invitational meet.

CVU’s women again captured the top division honors with Gorman, Meara Heininger, Ireland, Lacroix and Schnell again leading the way. This time, the men had a three-point jump on Essex thanks to Tyler Marshall’s first place finish, with Elliot Eastman, Calvin McClellan and Baxter Bishop also among the top 10 across the finish line.

Essex was also the site of the Jay Brady Kickoff Classic soccer matches. Wearing its moniker of “Soccer Central,� CVU won the tournament with shutouts over Rice (1-0) and Rutland (2-0). All three of the goals over both games came in the second half. Midfielder Nate Coffin beat Rice 12 minutes into the second period, and Cooper O’Connell got a goal and an assist on Adam Hamilton’s goal to gain the tournament victory.

For women’s soccer it turned out to be CVU’s Ali Bisaccia over both Mt. Abraham and Rice, as she scored both goals in the Redhawks’ two 1-0 victories.

She converted a perfect feed from Sierra Morton in the middle of the second half against Mt. Abe in a game that pitted last year’s Division I state champ Redhawks against the state champs for Division II. The game was played largely in midfield and in the Eagles’ territory, with the Mt. Abe goalie called upon for 13 saves to the two from Charlotte’s Michaela Flore.

Against Essex, Flore was called upon four times to the Hornet keeper’s 13. It was Essex’s first loss following two wins.

The Redhawk football team may want to re-do its opening season trip to Rutland where the Raiders prevailed 28-7. CVU’s ground attack moved the ball well, 250 yards overall with Charlotte halfback Rich Lowrey running for 60 and quarterback Andrew Bortnick for 64. The air game was less successful, however, with CVU gaining only 17 yards through passes. The end result showed that it was

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the Redhawks’ mistakes and not Rutland’s superiority that sparked the Raider win.

The tables turned the following week in South Burlington as CVU used many running backs with fresh legs to turn the triple-option offense into touchdowns and a 40-14 win over the Rebels. While he did have much help, Rich Lowrey ran for 124 yards on 24 carries to lead the CVU offense and give first-year coach Mike Williams his initial victory at CVU. Ahead by 27 points at the end of the third quarter, the Redhawks did as Lowrey wished, going out and proving that they are likely to be a “force to be reckoned with in the league.�

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Last year it happened in the state championship game. This year it happened in the opener. Essex came out strong and topped the CVU field hockey team 4-0.

However, Redhawk goalie Tashia PashbyRockwood, was called upon for fewer than half as many stops as the Hornet keeper. Data that shows that CVU has the potential for offensive drive.

Boys are not always boys and girls are not always girls Men’s and women’s soccer at CVU this year demonstrates that the school’s social conscience and lack of gender bias are alive and well as Stan Williams head coaches the girls varsity and Katie Mack head coaches the boys.

Fall Season Redhawk Sports Schedules – September 10-23 Cross-Country running: 9/11 Ed Springstead Invite, Latham, N.Y., 4 p.m.

9/12 at Burlington High School. Invite, BHS, 10:45 a.m.

9/15 at Colchester, 4 p.m.

9/19 at Hard’ack, BFA St. Albans, 1 p.m.

Field HoCkey: 9/8 at Colchester, Varsity at 4, JV at 5:30 p.m.

9/10 at Burlington, Varsity at 4, JV at 5:30 p.m.

9/15 Mt. Mansfield at CVU, Varsity at 4, JV at 5:30 p.m.

9/19 Middlebury at CVU (Spirit Day), Varsity at 2:30, JV at 4 p.m.

Varsity Football: 9/12 Rice at CVU, 3 p.m.

9/19 Essex at CVU (Spirit Day), 1 p.m.

JV Football: 9/15 Essex at CVU, 4 p.m.

9/21 at Middlebury, 6 p.m.

girls soCCer: 9/11 Rice at CVU, JV and Varsity at 4:30 p.m.

9/15 at Burr and Burton, JV and Varsity at 4:30 p.m.

9/19 Spaulding at CVU (Spirit Day), JV and Varsity at 12 noon

boys soCCer: 9/12 Stowe at CVU, JV and Varsity at 3 p.m.

9/15 Middlebury at CVU, JV and Varsity at 4:30 p.m.

9/19 Spaulding at CVU (Spirit Day), JV and Varsity at 10 a.m.

9/21 Mt. Mansfield at CVU, JV and Varsity at 4:30 p.m.

Volleyball Club: 9/11 at Burlington High School, Boys and Girls at 4:30 p.m.

9/16 at Rice, Girls Only at 4 p.m.

9/18 St. Johnsbury at CVU, Girls Only at 4:30 p.m.

9/22 at Burlington High School, Girls Only at 4:30 p.m.

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Fueling the future Effort to create renewable oil heat from a Charlotte dairy farm may help protect lakes and streams from farm runoff In partnership with Nordic Farm in Charlotte, GSR Solutions announced a pilot program to use breakthrough technology to protect Vermont’s lakes and streams from runoff by harnessing the power of farm waste to produce a liquid biofuel that can be used to heat homes, power vehicles and fly planes.

“The potential for protecting the lake, helping farmers and creating renewable fuels for home heating and diesel vehicles is enormous,” said Anju Dahiya, president of GSR Solutions. “We are so pleased that Green Mountain Power will be working with us as we test the technology in Vermont.”

The Vermont Fuel Dealers Association recently received a USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant to assess the feasibility of a sustainable distillate fuel-production facility that utilizes farm waste materials.

GSR Solutions conducted the research at the Nordic Dairy Farm in Charlotte.

GSR Solutions’ breakthrough technology feeds nutrient-rich agricultural and other industries’ waste streams to high-performance algae, which converts and recycles the waste into useful products, such as fertilizer and fuels, while it captures phosphorous and nitrogen that

could otherwise run off into lakes and streams.

This method of growing oleaginous algae from the nutrient-rich, organic carbon waste streams found on Vermont dairy farms produces a distillate biofuel that can be blended into the existing oil heat supply. In this closed-loop system, dairy farmers can create a granular organic fertilizer that will reduce the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus flowing into Vermont’s lakes and streams. Farmers can sell the algae-derived biofuel to their local fuel dealers or use it on the farm. The process also shows promise of boosting the output of methane digesters to create renewable electricity.

On September 3, the progress of this effort was discussed by a growing and diverse coalition of stakeholders. The technology piloted at the 300-cow Nordic Farm will produce 20,000 to 30,000 gallons of sustainable jet, diesel and home-heating oil per year, according to studies completed last year in cooperation with USDA Rural Development.

The proposed pilot effort represents the outcome of 10 years of technical development by Federal and State agencies in cooperation with GSR Solutions.

“Vermont farmers are looking for sustainable ways to protect the land and waters we all love,” said Clark Hinsdale, owner of Nordic Farm and president of the Vermont Farm Bureau. “Turning cow manure into algae power that could fuel cars and trucks while transforming the waste stream could be a tremendous step forward for water quality here in Vermont and a transformational national model for farmers.”

At Nordic Farm, Charlotte, Dr. Anju Dahiya, president of GSR Solutions, discusses how it’s possible to get algae from dairy manure and how that algae can turn into heating oil. PHOTO: MATT CODA

Girls try hockey free Calling all girls interested in trying ice hockey! CSB Hockey wants all girls to experience the fun of ice hockey and is offering 50 percent off registration cost to girls who have never played hockey anywhere before. CSB offers mini mites, U8, U10, U12 and U14. Please join us this Saturday, September 12 from 4 to 5 p.m. for “Girls Try Hockey For Free” at Cairns Arena in South Burlington. Bring your daughter and see how much fun she will have playing girls hockey.

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On September 12 the Kelly Brush Century Ride powered by VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations will roll out of Middlebury, Vermont, celebrating 10 years of cyclists riding to empower those living with paralysis through sport and recreation and to improve ski racing safety.

The ride was started by the Middlebury College ski team in 2006 as a way to buy an adaptive monoski and handcycle for team member Kelly Brush Davisson of Charlotte, who was paralyzed as the result of a ski-racing crash. The next year the ride was opened to the public, with proceeds used to support the foundation’s mission.

Named “Best Century Ride in Vermont” by Vermont Sports Magazine, last year’s event drew more than 700 riders. The ride is also the region’s largest for adaptive athletes using handcycles, with dozens of participants taking part annually.

“Thanks to the generosity of the thousands of riders who have participated in the ride over the past decade, the Kelly Brush Foundation has made a positive difference in the lives of those living with spinal cord injury. The foundation has also raised awareness about and improved ski racing safety nationally,” said Kelly Brush Foundation Executive Director

Zeke Davisson.

With the ride as its signature fundraising event, the foundation has raised more than $2 million and purchased more than 300 pieces of adaptive sports equipment.

In addition, the foundation has purchased more than 400 miles of race-course safety netting, funded trail-widening projects and worked with ski clubs and teams across the country to raise awareness about ski-racing safety.

The foundation’s programs include grants for adaptive sports equipment. One of those recipients was Jordan Carrell of Burlington, who was paralyzed in 2006 in a snowboarding accident. He received a grant for a specially designed sit ski that allowed him to get back to the sport he loves, which had a profound impact on his quality of life and helped him feel normal again, he said.

“The moment I realized I was paralyzed and the chance was I would never get back up on the mountain was really difficult because this is very much part of my life,” Carrell said. “Being able to get back on the mountain makes a huge difference physically and even socially.”

Online registration closes at midnight on September 9. Riders may register from 7 to 9 a.m. at the event. Registration and more information are online at kellybrushfoundation.org.

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The CharloTTe News • sepTember 10, 2015 • 15 Wednesday, September 16, 7 p.m.: Vermont archaeology month event: Forest service heritage in the Green Mountains. Tim Watkins, the new forest archaeologist with the Green Mountain National Forest, provides a brief history of the GMNF and an overview of the heritage resources program. He shares artifacts and anecdotes from the “native Americans—Abenaki, Mohican and their ancient ancestors—[who] have been in Vermont for at least 10,000 years.” Co-sponsored with the Charlotte Historical Society.

Margaret Woodruff CONTRIBUTOR

New library registration for juveniles: In keeping with recommendations from the Vermont Department of Libraries, the Charlotte Library will issue special juvenile library cards for new patrons 15 and under, beginning September 1, 2015. Current library users in this age range do not need to fill out a new card; however, we would like to ensure that we track the age of all juvenile patrons since, once they turn 16, the legal status of their records changes (see 22 V.S.A. §173 For details). Please look for communication from us regarding juvenile birth dates so we can update our records. If you have any questions, please give us a call at 425-3864.

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Monday, September 14, to Friday, September 18: Tech week @ the Charlotte library.

Confused about your Kindle? Irritated with your iPhone? Befuddled by Facebook? Sign up for 1:1 tech tutoring sessions with Susanna, our tech librarian.

Ask how to download an ebook, listen to an audiobook, upload a picture, send a text or any other tech question you might have.

Check our website or call the library to sign up for your session.

Monday, September 14, 10 a.m.: Mystery book group. Join us for discussion about Cover Her Face, P.D. James’ first mystery. Copies available at the circulation desk and refreshments served during our conversation.

thUrsdays, starting september 17, throUgh satUrday, october 3: Vermont reads: from haroUn to charlotte and the sea of stories.

Thursday, September 17, 3:15 p.m.

Delve into Haroun’s adventure and learn about his world. How to tell a Charlotte story? Local historian Jenny Cole and newspaper editor Alex Bunten share the secrets.

Thursday, October 1, 3:15 p.m. Put your Charlotte story together in word and action.

Saturday, October 3, 10 a.m. Join us at the Shelburne Museum, first at the Tuckaway General Store to set the scene and then in the museum classroom to present our tales.

Wednesday, September 23, 10:30 a.m.: Vacation day maker club: Harness the power of the sun. Learn about and build some sun-powered projects, solar s’mores included! For 5th grade and up. Registration required so please call or email to sign up: 425-3864 or youth.charlottelibraryvt@gmail.com.

Thursday, September 24, 7 p.m.: Strategic planning for college.

A program for parents, high schoolers and anyone else interested in learning how to get ready to apply to college.

Wednesday, September 30, 7 p.m.: Vermont Food Bank at the Charlotte Library. September is hunger action month, and representatives from the Vermont Food Bank will highlight the importance of the Charlotte Food Shelf and how we can support its efforts.

Book review: The Marriage of Opposites Georgia Edwards CONTRIBUTOR

Alice Hoffman’s latest novel is set in the 1800s on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas. In this idyllic paradise, the reader will meet Rachel Pomie Petit Pizzarro, the strong-willed mother of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (who later changed the spelling of his surname).

The first two-thirds of the book belong to Rachel.

Independent and forthright, she is a thorn in the side of her rigidly judgmental mother but a joy to her indulgent father. Rachel does not fit in with the traditional lifestyle of Charlotte Amelie, the small town where her Jewish ancestors settled in order to escape the European Inquisition.

Her best friend is a St. Thomas native, and the two explore the island’s folklore, spinning mysterious tales that Rachel records in a journal.

Rachel’s first marriage to Isaac Petit, an older widower with three children, is a transaction arranged by her parents to save her father’s business. Thirty years her senior, Isaac dies a few years into their marriage, leaving Rachel with six children. Women were not allowed to inherit in Rachel’s world, and Isaac’s nephew, Frederic Pizzarro, travels from Paris to St. Thomas to sort out the estate. At 22, he is seven years Rachel’s junior, but they

are immediately attracted to one another.

According to Judaic beliefs, Frederic is considered her nephew, and their affair scandalizes the community.

Undeterred, Rachel seizes life and love, this time on her own terms. The couple will have three sons, the youngest, Camille. Eventually, Frederic and Rachel are married, but she remains alienated from the synagogue and those who continue to be suspicious of her.

The relationship between Rachel and Camille evolves in the latter part of the book. Camille is her favorite child, but the woman who considers herself a free thinker objects to her son’s desire to become a painter. Unwittingly, she becomes the mother she once hated. The love that binds the two, however, will overcome the tensions that plague them.

Hoffman uses several narrative voices to tell her story. Through Rachel, Frederic and Camille, she paints a magical picture of St. Thomas, with its colors and fragrant flowers, flamboyantly feathered birds and the lull of the turquoise ocean. It is the palette that later inspires Camille to paint unusual landscapes and portraits.

There are several forms of “opposites” in the novel aside from the obvious contrast between Rachel and her first husband.

These include a strict religious enclave set against the lush, playful background of St. Thomas, the racism of white European settlers co-existing with the island’s natives, Rachel’s headstrong passions flying in the face of rigid community beliefs, and the emotional differences she has with her son.

With The Marriage of Opposites, Hoffman has combined accurate historical facts with fiction and brings St. Thomas Island and its inhabitants to life with her skilled prose and fully developed characters.

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Would you like to learn how to play duplicate bridge? The Monday bridge group has been talking about providing lessons for newcomers who may be rusty in their duplicate bridge skills or who have never played duplicate. Come to the center on Monday by 12:30 p.m. and speak to Ed Ziemer, Warner White, Margery Rutherford or Sherry Goucho.

They have volunteered to be instructors and will make arrangements for lessons at the center on Friday afternoons.

The French Conversation Group with Annette Zeff and friends resumes on Wednesday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., beginning September 2. Challenge your brain! With an eye toward speaking and understanding the language better, this group comes together to “chat” about the week’s activities or interests with a goal of improving their fluency through listening and speaking. A fun, no-pressure way to meet some new folks, sharpen your mind and practice your French.

Registration required. No fee.

Join Jim Lovejoy on Monday, September 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. for a wonderful afternoon of Poetry Reading.

Building on the fun and excitement that has developed with our Poem in Your Pocket readings over the years, this afterlunch poetry bonanza provides a regular time for listening, reading, writing and sharing a love of language. No fee.

The first Fall Hike in the Champlain Valley with Marty Morrissey will be on

Tuesday, September 15, with the destination being a new section of the Long Trail in West Bolton. A full description of this trip and its degree of difficulty is available at the host desk. Please bring water, food and good hiking or walking shoes for departure from the Senior Center at 9 a.m.

Acrylic Painting–Loosen Up! will be the focus of an art class with Lynn Cummings Tuesdays from 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Dates: September 15, 22 and 29. Sunflowers, colorful leaves and holiday subjects are possible themes for this fall’s acrylic painting class. Bring a friend and have some fun exploring some of the new acrylic fluids and inks. All levels welcome! Please make sure you receive the materials list at least a week prior to the first class by contacting Lynn at: Lynn.Cummings@uvm.edu. Registration required. Fee: $72.

A colored-pencil class with Elizabeth Llewellyn titled Vermont Fall and Winter Landscapes will be held on Thursdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dates: September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22.

Come and join us as we capture the colors of our beautiful Vermont landscapes in colored pencil! Working from photos provided by the instructor, students will learn how to apply the most common colored-pencil techniques to reproduce vivid fall and subtle winter scenes. While geared for beginners, all levels of skill are welcome in this supportive class.

Registration necessary. Limit 10. Fee: $100.

The next Birding Expedition with Hank Kaestner will be on Wednesday September 16, at 9 a.m. Join Hank as we close in on our goal of recording the sighting of 100 species of birds in one year. Please meet at the center so we can carpool together to the location Hank has scouted for spectacular bird watching.

Good views are guaranteed through

Hank’s “Oh my God” telescope. Register for this event so if we have to change the date due to bird migration or weather, we can call you. Registration required. No fee.

Lectures, performances and special events – Wednesdays beginning at 1 p.m.

September 16: 39 Healthy Habits with Dr. Heather Rice Dr. Rice will give an overview of basic health and wellness principles at the initial gathering on September 16 and then introduce a program, Foundations for Health. The program will take place on September 22, 29 and October 6, from 1 to 2 p.m. Registration required. No fee.

September 23: Shelburne Farms house and formal gardens tea tour Join Pam Lord, a volunteer guide for 25 years, on the Inn’s south porch at 2:30 p.m. for an in-depth tour of the Inn. Registration required. Limit 12. Price: $18

The Café Menu Monday, SepteMber 14 Greek green bean, potato and zucchini stew Green salad Homemade dessert WedneSday, SepteMber 16 BLTs in pita pockets Homemade dessert Monday, SepteMber 21 Moroccan chicken with couscous Green salad Chocolate cake WedneSday, SepteMber 23 Curried chicken salad with cranberry-orange relish Homemade dessert

Shirley Bean is a long-time Wednesday afternoon volunteer for the front desk at the Senior Center. “I look forward to doing it every week,” she says. “It keeps a smile on my face seeing so many people coming in for the luncheon. Hearing everyone enjoying themselves is just great—visiting with each other, playing cards. We have people from Richmond, Vergennes, Shelburne, South Burlington. It’s just a fun time.”

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Town Bites Village Center designations, “East” and “West,” seem closer to fulfillment The Charlotte Community Development group (CCD), which organized a “walk-through” with Richard Amore from the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development, was pleased to announce that as a result, two “village centers” may be close to recognition. Amore was able to identify opportunities for using the village center designation to support new businesses through the renovation of existing commercial buildings and adding infrastructure to support the businesses. Those residents who completed a questionnaire at the Town Party last month identified their desire for such businesses as a tavern, a restaurant, a bakery and a market in Charlotte. The state Housing and Community Development group supports local community centers through tax credits and by funding grants. Both Shelburne and Richmond have used the program to revitalize their downtown areas. Amore said that the large number of Charlotters who accompanied him on the walk was pleasantly unusual and showed a high degree of momentum for positive community development. The next step is to include the village center designation in the Town Plan and have the Selectboard approve the application. The CCD will be actively supporting both those steps.

Kill Kare State Park in St. Albans, New Discovery State Park in Groton and Kingsland Bay State Park just down the lake in Ferrisburgh. Family and remote camping, paddling and biking joined viewing as top-five categories. This summer and fall the state will offer a “Park Prescription” program as a way of promoting physical well being. Through it, each Vermonter will get one free-day pass to any state park.

Charlotte physician speaks at conferences in South America Charlotte resident Sandra Steingard, M.D., presented workshops at conferences in South America in September: two in Asuncion, Paraguay, and one in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Steingard, the chief medical officer at the Howard Center, discussed the limitations of existing paradigms of modern psychiatry and offered an alternative approach that moves away from a disease-centered diagnosis, which relies on psychiatric drugs to treat or relieve symptoms, to an approach that recognizes that, while drugs can be helpful, they are often not essential to treatment. Steingard is also a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont. She is on the Board of Directors for the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care, writes a blog called “Anatomy of a Psychiatrist” and is a regular contributor to the Health Matters column here at The Charlotte News.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont designates Mt. La Villa Gelato wins a vote Philo as a “top point for from Seven Days views” in the state In its recent copy of Vigor, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont named Mt. Philo among the “Top 5 State Parks for Views” in Vermont. The Charlotte mountain joined such other well-known vistas as Coolidge State Park in Plymouth,

The August 26 issue of Seven Days newspaper featured the gelato served at La Villa restaurant in Shelburne and owned by Jill and Adam Spell of Charlotte. Within the next couple of weeks the Spells will open what will be called Gusto Gelato in the space next to

their restaurant off Shelburne Road that formerly housed Enoteca Wine and Provisions. According to the article, they chose gelato because they believe it to be a “healthier, better-tasting alternative to ice cream.” While Gusto may be the most recent “gelatoria” in the state, it is far from the first. Such markets go back at least fifteen years, and the former member of rock band Procol Harum, Peter Solley, began selling them at his Newfane Café and Creamery in 2008.

Country Home Products sells itself to Generac Country Home Products, maker of DR Power Equipment and Neuton battery-powered lawn mowers, with offices in Vergennes, Winooski and Charlotte, employs about 200 people in Vermont. Founded by Charlotter Lyman Wood in the 1960s it became known as Garden Way and developed its first product, the Troy-Bilt Rototiller that grew over the next two decades into the number-one selling rototiller in the U.S. Over the course of the next two decades, people tended to turn away from large gardens, and the company’s focus followed the people’s focus toward products that attended to their property as a whole – hence Country Home Products.

Interestingly, having the Woods live in Charlotte spawned this newspaper as well, when Lyman’s daughter, Nancy, started The Charlotte News in 1958.

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September 10-September 24

Selectboard: Sept. 10, 11 a.m.

Planning Commission: Sept. 17, 7 p.m.

CCS School Board: Sept. 15, 7 p.m.

CVU School Board: None Zoning Board: None Conservation Commission: Sept. 22, 7 p.m.

Meeting times are subject to change. Check the town website for more info: charlottevt.org

have your say | Selectboard MeMberS | Chair, Lane Morrison, 425-2495 Matthew Krasnow, 922-2153 Carrie Spear, 425-4444 Jacob Spell, 425-6548 Fritz Tegatz, 425-5564 Selectboard Regular Meetings are usually at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. If you would like to bring an issue to the attention of the Selectboard, contact the board chair or administrator Dean Bloch at 425-3071, ext. 205.

| ccS School board | Chair, Mark McDermott, 425-4860 Vice Chair Erik Beal, 425-2140 Kristin Wright, 425-5105 Clyde Baldwin, 425-3366 Susan Nostrand, 425-4999

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Charlotte Congregational Church, Worship, 10 a.m., Sunday School, 10 a.m. Information: 425-3176.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mass, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Information: 425-2637.

St. Jude Catholic Church, Mass, Hinesburg, 9:30 a.m. Information: 482-2290.

North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church, Hollow Road, Worship, 10 a.m., Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Information: 425-2770.

Cross Roads Chapel, Ferrisburgh Ctr., Rt. 7, Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

Information: 425-3625.

Assembly of God Christian Center, Routes 7 and 22A, Ferrisburgh, Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Sunday School, 9 a.m. Information: 877-3903.

All Souls Interfaith Gathering, 291 Bostwick Farm Road, Shelburne, Sunday Service 9 a.m., Evensong Service 5 p.m.

985-3819 Trinity Episcopal Church, 5171 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 8:00 a.m.

Holy Eucharist, 9:15–10:15 a.m. “Space for Grace” (educational hour), 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist (with child care and Sunday School). 985-2269.

| Planning coMMiSSion | Administrator, Jeannine McCrumb, 425-3071; jeannine@townofcharlotte.com Chair, Jeffrey McDonald, 425-4429 Vice Chair, Peter Joslin Members: Gerald Bouchard, Paul Landler, Charlie Pughe, Donna Stearns, Marty Illick

| Vt goVernMent | vt senate (Chittenden distriCt) Tim Ashe, D/P-Burlington, 318-0903, tashe@leg.state.vt Philip Baruth, D-Burlington, 503-5266, pbaruth@leg.state.vt.us Virginia “Ginny” Lyons, D-Williston, 863-6129, vvlyons@leg.state.vt.us Michael Sirotkin, D-South Burlington, 999-4360, msirotkin@leg.state.vt.us Diane Snelling, R-Hinesburg, 482-4382, dsnelling@leg.state.vt.us David Zuckerman, P/D/W-Hinesburg, 598-1986, dzuckerman@leg.state.vt.us verMont house Mike Yantachka, D-Charlotte, 425-3960, myantachka.dfa@gmail.com

| U.S. goVernMent | u.s. senators Patrick Leahy, 863-2525, leahy.senate.gov Bernie Sanders, 862-0697, sanders.senate.gov us CongressMan Peter Welch, 652-2450, welch.house.gov

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Around Town Congratulations to Zeke Bernstein-Hanley and Phoebe Cohen who were married on September 5 in Woodford, Vermont, in a ceremony officiated by Vince Crockenberg of Charlotte. Zeke is the son of Carol Hanley and Bunky Bernstein, formerly of Charlotte and now living on Long Point in North Ferrisburgh. He graduated from CVU in 1995 and is the dean of research, planning and assessment at Bennington College in Bennington, Vt. Phoebe is the daughter of Carl and Suzanne Cohen of Newton, Mass., and an assistant professor of geosciences at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. The couple reside in Pownal, Vt. to Victoria Pane and Travis Titus on the birth of their daughter Stella Mabel Titus on August 30. Victoria is the daughter of our newspaper’s regular columnist Elizabeth Bassett and her husband, John Pane, and this is their first grandchild. to a couple of Charlotte artists whose work is on display in Burlington: Jane Ann Kantor will hold a reception on Friday, September 11 at the Dostie Brothers’ Frame Shop from 5 to 8 p.m. She will exhibit her “Equus Series,” which she says are “bold, textural” paintings. Michael Metz will exhibit his photographs, “Summer on Long Beach Island,” spanning the period from 2008 through 2014.

His show, at Mirabelles Café, will run through September 30.

Classifieds

The dreaded delinquent dog list

Reach your friends and neighbors for only $7 per issue (payment must be sent before issue date). Please limit your ad to 35 words or fewer and send it to The Charlotte News Classifieds, P.O. Box 251, Charlotte, VT 05445 or email ads@charlottenewsvt.com.

Sally, the Town Hall dog, is wondering when you plan to pay your doggie dues...

We’ve got 42 delinquent dogs this year and 28 wayward humans. If you find your name on the list, it’s time to head down to Town Hall and register your pup: $9 for neutered/spayed animals, $13 for intact males and females. The owner must present a current certificate of rabies vaccination.

If you’re on the list in error, please let us know—we apologize in advance.

Elizabeth Beldock—Eleanor, Emma, Teddy Susan Blood—Homer Ken Cameron—Suka Carol Chenevert—Molarky Laura Clemmons—Jade, Olive Rick Devine—Darisus Sheila Duffy—Izzy Joanna Easton—Hendrix Erich Finley—Bodhi Mary Fisher—Arthur, Nia Stacy Fraser—Fergus

Wendy Hawkins—Hendrix, Copper Suzanne Hinsdale—Petal Martha Hunt—Zoe Woody Keppel—Junior, Bella Martina Lemieux—Jules Stacy Leveille—Hawker Christin Linn—Charlie Suzanne Lourie—Taz Grant Manning—Buford Amie McCarthy—Layla Dorothy Partelow—Kuma, Tenshi, Keiko, Toshiro, Kamiko, Baby, Woodchuck, Whiteface Loretta Waters—Sadie Wade & Marc Weathers—Argos, Ajax Kathleen Weidman—Asha David Wilson—Luna Caleb Wright—not listed Barbara Young—Gracey –Mary Mead, Town Clerk/Treasurer

Sympathy

is extended to family and friends of Donald Kjelleren of Shelburne who passed away at the age of 82. His surviving family includes his son, Don, and Don’s wife, Candice Perrault, of Charlotte.

The family asks that those wishing to make donations in his memory consider doing so to the Vermont Senior Games, 33 Adams Court, Burlington, VT 05401, the Lake Champlain Committee or to the Shelburne Methodist Church.

NOTICE

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is extended to friends and family of Arlene Cunningham who passed away August 17 at the age of 88. Arlene was born to George and Mabel LaFlam of Charlotte and lived on the family’s farm for 20 years.

Her family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations in her memory be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of Vermont, 300 Cornerstone Drive, Williston, VT 05495 or to the VNA Hospice Program, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester, VT 05446.

All Progressive Party voters of the Town of Charlotte, in the County of Chittenden, are hereby notified, in accordance with 17 V.S.A. 2303, to meet in caucus on Wednesday, September 16 at the Charlotte Town Hall at 7:00 PM.

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Charlotte Rescue waits patiently on standby while local fire departments hold training exercises last summer. PHOTO: LEE KROHN

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Get your wardrobe in SCHIP shape!

As you and your closets transition from summer to fall please consider donating those gently used but unwanted items to SCHIP (Shelburne Charlotte Hinesburg Interfaith Projects). The shop is on Route 7, next to the town offices in Shelburne.

SCHIP uses all its profits from the resale of gently used goods to grant funds to other nonprofits in the three communities of Shelburne, Charlotte and Hinesburg. To date over $500,000 has been awarded to many organizations that improve the lives of those in need in our communities.

Call the shop with any questions at 985-3595.

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