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Tick diseases on the rise By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
New data shows tickborne disease are on the rise in the Green Mountain State. Pictured: Middlebury College environmental science students take a break on a hunt for ticks in Addison County. Middlebury College photo
Remembering Coach Russ Reilly From Staff & News Reports THE EAGLE
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MIDDLEBURY | The news from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (VAAFM) and Vermont Department of Health is not good: tickborne disease are on the rise in the Green Mountain State even in Addison County and northern Rutland County. The state’s systematic tick surveillance program, started last year, tracks blacklegged ticks and the pathogens they carry in Vermont. A total of 1,924 ticks were collected this year with the exptrapolations made from the spring dataset. According to a news statement by the Department of Health, the program focuses on the blacklegged tick, which is responsible for transmitting over 99 percent of all tickborne diseases reported in Vermont. Identification and testing five tickborne pathogens include Borrelia burgdorferi (causing Lyme disease), Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Borrelia miyamotoi, and Powassan virus. “Tickborne diseases are on the rise in Vermont,” said Gov. Phil Scott. “Any time a tickborne illness appears in a community, it’s a cause for concern. The good news is we can still enjoy outdoor activities by knowing how to protect ourselves from tick bites.” » Tick diseases Cont. on pg. 2
Athletics staff announced the death of longtime coach and administrator Russ Reilly, who passed away July 24. » Coach Reilly Cont. on pg. 15
FINAL REST: A Navy second-class petty officer solemnly folds a flag at the U.S. Naval Academy
Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland, on July 31, during a special interment service for Middlebury author and veteran John Clagett. Lt. Cmdr. Clagett was interred with the ashes of his wife Marjorie Clagett, a USN nurse. The couple (pictured on the sanctuary table) met in Hawaii during World War II. Clagett was severely injured in the sinking of P.T. 111 on Feb. 1, 1943, at the Battle of Guadalcanal. His accomplishments included authoring fiction and non-fiction works, graduating from the Naval Academy, receiving a Ph.D. from Yale University, serving with the U.S. Diplomatic Corps, and being professor of creative writing at Middlebury College. He was a member of St. Stephen’s Church in Middlebury. Clagett’s immediate surviving family member, Marjorie Clagett of Middlebury, was present to receive the flag. Russ Reilly
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