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Voters pass consolidation budget ‘It’s very forward-looking,’ chairman says

Town hall renovations approved

By JASON STARR The Essex Reporter Essex voters looked past concerns about a village-totown tax shift Monday at Town Meeting Day and put their trust in a municipal consolidation process that is accelerated under the town’s fiscal year 2016 budget.

A majority of voters approved the $12.6 million budget by voice vote in the Essex High School auditorium.

Embedded in the budget is the consolidation of the Town of Essex and Village of Essex Junction highway departments and stormwater management functions. The budget also reorganizes top administrative positions into a more unified structure managing to manage the two overlapping municipalities and sets the stage for future consolidation of finance departments and other duplicated services.

“It’s not a status quo budget,” selectboard chairman Max Levy told voters in a nearly full auditorium. “It is very forwardlooking … We wanted to find a way that we could work together a little bit smarter.”

The town’s budget will increase by 10.5 percent ($1.2 million) over the current year as a result of the consolidation.

The tax impact is skewed slightly heavier for property owners in the town outside the village boundary; the average Essex Town resident will see a property tax increase of $25 next year while the average village resident will see a $10 increase, town officials estimate.

A shift in tax burden torpedoed previous efforts to unify the two communities.

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Robert Bates speaks at Town Meeting on Monday evening at Essex High School.

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Moderator Steve McQueen speaks to Essex residents.

Residents fill the auditorium at Essex High School.

A strong majority approved a plan to renovate the town offices at 81 Main Street with funds left over from construction of the police headquarters completed last year in a sparsely attended Town Meeting Day election on Tuesday.

By a margin of 665 to 226, Essex voters endorsed the re-allocation of $800,000 in borrowed funds from the police station to the building the police vacated, which houses all other town departments.

Less than 1,000 of Essex’s roughly 20,000 residents voted.

Renovation plans call for an expanded land records vault; improved accessibility for people with disabilities (including installing an elevator to the building’s second floor); relocating the parks and recreation department to the street side of the building where the police department was housed, giving parks and rec its own entrance; a new roof; and new air ventilation system.

Also Tuesday, Steve Eustis beat out Rich Maggiani in the election for town moderator by a tally of 434 to 358. The moderator is responsible for running Essex’s annual town meeting. Eustis takes over for longtime moderator Steve McQueen who is leaving Essex.

He will start his duties next March. Eustis fills the role of moderator for the Village of Essex Junction’s Annual Meeting in April.

A three-year seat on the Essex Selectboard was also up for election, and board vice chairman Brad Luck ran uncontested, garnering 770 votes. It will be Luck’s second three-year term on the board.

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Group recommends changes to traditional budget vote

By JASON STARR The Essex Reporter The days of determining Essex’s municipal budgets by a voice vote in the Essex High School auditorium could be numbered.

A group that surveyed citizens about their participation in Town Meeting Day and the Annual Village Meeting — and gathered information at a community forum in November – is recommending changes.

The “Essex Governance Group,” a grant-funded committee that grew out of a citizen call to move the budget vote to a paper ballot, proposes the town modernize its Town Meeting tradition with a “hybrid” approach to voting.

The group released a report in February available at www. heartandsoulofessex.org. Its leaders are now presenting it to the Essex Selectboard and Village Trustees.

Key recommendations are to move Town Meeting Day so it does not so closely follow school vacation on the

first Monday of March, combine Town Meeting with the Annual Village Meeting, move municipal and school budget voting to the same day, and take budget voting out of the auditorium and onto the ballot.

Town Meeting Day would still be a deliberation of the budget and set the amount for voter consideration. But the final amount would be voted on in a ballot vote 45 days later. The group envisions an enhanced Town Meeting Day with remote online participation possible.

One of the group’s goals is to increase voter participation. The high school auditorium where Town Meeting Day currently takes place holds just a small fraction of Essex’s nearly 20,000 residents. Median turnout at the meeting has been 1.5 percent over the past eight years, according to the report. Follow-up ballot voting (to elect selectboard members and decide other questions the board has posed to voters) turned out roughly 9 percent, according

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Essex Training For Warriors attempts to break the Guinness World Record for most number of people doing pushups for one minute straight during their Push Ups For A Purpose event at The Edge Fitness in Essex on Sunday.

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Push it to the limit

to break a Guinness World Record while simultaneously raising money for charity.

Anyone attempting to shoot For one minute, members some afternoon hoops at The of the Essex based TFW group Edge Fitness Center in Essex and 54 other participating TFW might have been disappointed on groups from around the country Sunday afternoon. The doors to dropped down on their hands the gymnasium were taped off as and toes for a continuous set a fitness group called Training For of pushups. TFW Essex coach Warriors challenged themselves

By JOE CARDELLO The Essex Reporter

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Twincraft Skincare with Pete Asch

By ELSIE LYNN PARINI The Essex Reporter You know that small pot of face cream that costs you more than you care to admit?

The one you only need just a touch of to make you glow? Chances are that private label high quality product was touched by the hands of the employees at Twincraft Skincare located in Winooski and now Essex Junction.

Twincraft Skincare opened its second manufacturing facility in Essex Junction at the beginning of 2014. The company converted one of its storage warehouses, located off of Route 15, into a state-of-the-art manufacturing space for liquid skincare products with natural, sustainable and organic ingredients.

Twincraft Skincare CEO Peter Asch gives a tour of the Twincraft factory in Essex Junction on Feb. 12.

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“This is a truly exciting time for Twincraft,” said owner and CEO Peter Asch during a January tour of the 78,000-square-foot Essex plant. “The expansion into new product categories allows us to increase our presence in the industry and ensure long-lived, high quality, employment opportunities in Vermont.”

Twincraft was founded in 1972 by twin brothers Bob and Dave Asch, and they opened the doors of the original 93,000-square-foot Winooski facility in 1978. What started as Twincraft Soap became Twincraft Skincare last year under the direction of Bob’s sons, Peter and Richard Asch.

Twincraft Skincare manufactures more than 37

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million bars of soap annually in the Winooski facility, and currently employs 180 people.

“The new facility is designed with three fundamental principles: cleanliness to assure product quality, flexibility to address emerging customer needs, and scalability to provide for growth in capacity as needed,” reads a press release announcing the new Essex facility.

“Twincraft Skincare believes that the liquid products offer untapped opportunity for the company, and anticipates sales volumes rivaling those of bar soap within five years, effectively doubling the size of the business.”

“You get serious when you start making liquids,” Asch said last month. “It’s very important not to have microbial contamination… A tremendous amount of control systems are needed to produce liquids.”

For example, Twincraft uses a reverse osmosis system to produce absolutely clean water. Why? Because Peter Asch stands in front of two large tanks in the batching room at the Twincraft Skincare location in Essex Junction. anything water-based that does not use absolutely clean water will go rancid, explained Asch. “Liquids are everywhere (think mascara, lotion, gels), and almost all use purified water.”

In 2007, before the liquid business took off at That’s why when touring the facility, CEOs, employees, Twincraft Skincare, the Asch brothers made a tough and reporters, are asked two wear hairnets and coats decision to sell the company. to protect the product and the equipment from stray “In January 2007 we sold Twincraft to a public microbes. company,” Asch explained, noting that they received The Essex facility also has a clean room that has an offer they couldn’t turn down. “We weren’t looking an air purification and circulation system to eliminate to sell.” Asch stayed on as director, and then he and his any contaminants. “Fast forward a few years, and we brother were able to buy back the business in 2011. hope to have at least four more clean rooms,” said Asch, When they began planning the new facility, they did who lives in Burlington with his wife Michele and the so very carefully. “It took us about 6-7 months to finish youngest of their six children; the other five are off at once we started construction,” said Asch. “We think three college. times and then act. We like to be proactive.”

Richard, Asch’s brother, is on the information technology side of the business. “He’s technically oriented,” said Asch. “I’m more the management guy.”

Asch manages Twincraft Skincare employees with appreciative inquiry. “Appreciative inquiry,” explained Asch is simply, “that which you appreciate appreciates.

It’s a whole philosophy of appreciation. It makes a happier company.”

Employees from the Winooski location filed in on a tour of the Essex facility lead by Twincraft President Jim Howard of Hinesburg.

“The people here are awesome,” said Kelly Bessette, formerly of Colchester and now a Burlington resident who has been working for Twincraft for two years.

“We go where we’re needed,” said Julie Devino, an employee of 4.5 years and resident of Essex Junction.

“We rotate between Essex and Winooski. We work 10 Dhan Gurung inspects products at Twincraft Skincare hour shifts, four days a week from 5 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

“It’s pretty cool,” Devino continued. “You recognize these big names like Tori Burch, and you think, ‘Hey I touched that bottle!’”

All these precautions enable Twincraft to produce over “You see our products all over the place,” chimed the counter products with active ingredients — like that in Bessette. “Being able to feel connected to the result eye cream that makes those fine lines vanish. is awesome. It’s important to us to have a high level of “Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of most liquid soap satisfaction.” is cheap chemicals and water,” said Asch. “Here we’re making liquids without all the words you can’t pronounce with x’s and z’s in them, and no parabens… we use fewer ingredients and more green products. When more natural products are used, you need less chemicals. We call it green chemistry.”

“We’re creating new products at a highly accelerated rate,” said Asch, explaining that innovation is a key principal at the company. The lab in Winooski creates and tests formulas for new products. “We’re testing a tremendous amount to ensure it stays homogenized. We want to know that when it gets on the shelf it will remain the same as when it was produced.”

The batching room at the new Essex facility, houses large electronic stainless steel tanks with homogenizers, mixers, scrapers, temperature controls and discharge valves. “All these devices are used to make a homogenous, beautiful and sophisticated product,” explained Asch.

All of Twincraft’s clients are private label and include Bulk materials are stacked high at the Twincraft Skincare facility names such as: Seventh Generation, Este Lauder, Burt’s in Essex Junction.

Bees, Honest, Mary K, and more. Most of the products are sold in North America, but Asch said they do ship products to many different countries, including Taiwan and China.

It’s a pretty safe assumption that someone who “For me it’s not about the soap, it’s about the who the works to eliminate bacterial all day every day might be a business is,” said Dave Lounsbury, a first-year employee germaphobe. When in fact, Asch and his wife are “huge on from Fletcher, who is the liquid soap supervisor. bacteria.”

Asch explained that the new facility in Essex plans “The antibacterial phase is a bunch of hogwash; on hiring upwards of 100 people over the course of without bacteria we’re dead,” Asch exclaimed from under five years. Asch added that he also expects continued his hairnet in the reverse osmosis room. “We just don’t growth at the Winooski location as the bar soap business want them here,” he added with a smile. expands too.

Levy ensured that the consolidation will eventually lead to cost savings, but several Essex Town residents in attendance Monday sought a concrete enumeration of savings that will result from the consolidation.

“I know this can save money, but I think there can be more due diligence about where these savings will be,” resident Dan Feliciano said. “I think you can do that and bring back a plan that everyone can feel good about.”

When it was time to vote, the prospect of the two municipalities improving their working relationship won out.

“To view it as a tax increase rather than an improvement in the way we work is short sighted,” resident Carl Werner concluded.

At the outset of the meeting, longtime moderator Steve McQueen was honored for running Essex’s Town Meeting for the past 20 years. McQueen is retiring this year as the police chief in Winooski and plans to move to Florida. He said he will

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“It’s not a status quo budget. It’s very forward-looking.”

Max Levy Selectboard chairman

be working at Disney World.

“We are very proud of our town,” said McQueen, who raised two children here. “We are going to miss it. But it is time to do something different, something fun.”

Steve Eustis was elected Tuesday to succeed McQueen as Essex Town Moderator and will run next year’s Town Meeting (see related story).

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from page 1a Dustin Berry explained that to break the record more than 700 of the TFW members participating in the event had to complete the minute.

“We have to have 25 people per location to even be counted. It’s going to be up to Guinness’ discretion to determine if we had enough people finish the minute,” Berry said. “I don’t officially know if we’ve broken the record, but I expect us to have broken it.”

“The minute was a challenge mentally and physically, but knowing it was for an amazing cause helped me to power through,” said TFW Essex member Michael McCaffrey, who is also an employee at The Essex Reporter.

As of press time it was not known whether or not the group had beaten the world record, but that didn’t seem to bother Berry.

“We have affiliates in 200 different places and several different countries.

What we decided to do was to do a big fundraiser to give back. At the same time we decided to try to use the power of the network to try to break a world record.”

The group, which Berry says is based

on building a sense of community, was not only out to solely to make the record books. They aspired to use the event to raise money to support families battling pediatric cancer.

“Each member could either choose to donate one dollar per pushup or they could get people to pledge money for every pushup that they did,” Berry said.

The money was collected for donation to the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund and in a press release Keli Coughlin, Executive Director of the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund, expressed her gratitude.

“We are thrilled to receive the support of Training For Warriors surrounding this recordbreaking event. It is truly inspiring to work with such caring and committed people that support our cause to be there for families tackling childhood cancer,” Coughlin said.

Berry explained that the group is constantly looking for ways it can give back and with support of affiliated factions they had raised around $11,866 by press time.

“TFW Essex has raised $1,146 for the Jay Fund.”

Berry said on Monday evening. “Some affiliates are still getting their money in and I know there’s more coming in.”

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Police Beat DWI

Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle in “American Sniper.”

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‘American Sniper’

“Obviously, from a thematic standpoint, they wanted to make it dramatic,” said Eckert, referring to the creators of the film. “They didn’t show all of the downtime. The movie was ‘go, go go’ all the time, and the reality is quite different.”

By ROY MERCON Kyle was a U.S. Navy SEAL For The Essex Reporter and had 160 confirmed kills as a sniper. He served four tours in Franklin County members of Iraq, and was killed, along with the Combat Veteran’s Motorcycle another veteran, Chad Littlefield, Association, Chapter 26-2 were at a shooting range in Texas in among those recently given 2013. The pair had been working tickets to see the blockbuster and with veterans who were having controversial movie “American difficulties integrating back into Sniper.” society. The shooter in that incident Essex Cinemas made a special was a fellow veteran who suffered offer of tickets and the CVMA mental health troubles and claimed shared its largess with additional to have been delusional at the time. veterans from outside of its group.

The decision to include fellow A private viewing allowed for a veterans at the film viewing in more familial experience with the Essex was an easy one for the veterans knowing that only those Combat Vets Association, said that have experienced combat were Laura Reed, the CVMA chapter’s present. public affairs representative.

Some of the veterans who The impression left on the attended the screening were veterans who attended the screening survivors of conflicts in various was mostly positive, she said. Some conflict zones and could speak to the authenticity of the movie, which of those in attendance are receiving assistance through programs at the profiles the exploits and life of the Veterans’ Place and they elected not highest-kill military sniper in U.S. to speak on the record. history, the late Chris Kyle.

The Veterans’ Place is a “Being in similar scenarios, transitional housing facility it was obvious to me what was combined with assistive services real and what wasn’t,” said David for homeless veterans in Central Eckert, chapter commander and Vietnam Veteran. He said that those Vermont. Able to house 25 veterans for a period of two-years, the facility without combat experience might get an overblown idea of how combat provides “desperately needed resources in an all-in-one locale so actually works, but the underlying these Veterans may regain their message of how the experiences affect civilian life was accurate. pride, reach their full potential,

Essex Cinema offers private viewing for combat vets

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The cause of an accident that occurred on Route 7 a half mile from Coon Hill Road on Jan. 10 has been determined by Colchester Police. At 7:08 p.m. police say that Ledora Harrington, 66, of South Hero, was driving with a blood alcohol content of .209 percent – more than two times the legal limit – and while under the influence of nervous system depressants.

Harrington was operating a 2013 Kia Rio when she crossed the centerline heading northbound on Route 7 and collided with a 2007 Ford Explorer heading southbound operated by Steven Austin, 53, of Essex Junction. Harrington was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and Austin and his two passengers were transported to the UVM Medical Center. All occupants in both vehicles were wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident.

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and once again become contributing members of society,” according to its website.

‘American Sniper’ has garnered plenty of conversation recently, thanks in part to the current realworld trial involving Kyle’s killer, a mentally disturbed Eddie Ray Routh, who was convicted of murder in a Texas courtroom on Wednesday and immediately sentenced to life in prison.

The movie has crossed the $300 million box office revenue mark, making it Warner Bros.’ fifth-highest-grossing film in the domestic box office ever.

Skip Tony, marketing director of Essex Cinemas, said that the needs of the community’s military members were in the forefront when the theater, to his knowledge, became the only one in the area offering a discount for current and former military members who wished to see the film. It also donated tickets to veterans and veteran-based organizations. He stressed that the business made the offer not to receive recognition from the community but because those that work for and with the theater are community-oriented.

“We gave the tickets to combat veterans because they deserve it,” said Tony.

Roy Mercon is a correspondent writer for The St. Albans Messenger, a sister publication of The Essex Reporter and member of the Champlain Valley Newspaper Group.

On Feb. 22 at 5:06 a.m. Essex Police responded to an accident on Colchester Road in Essex. While applying salt to the roadway the drive of a State of Vermont Agency of Transportation plow truck observed an oncoming vehicle encroaching in their lane.

The plow diver swerved into the other lane to avoid a collision and struck a power pole.

Both the plow and pole were damaged in the accident.

The other vehicle continued down the road and did not stop. The plow truck driver could not provide description of the vehicle. Essex Police are still looking for help in identifying the vehicle and operator that left the scene of the incident. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Essex Police Department.

Furthermore the Essex Police encourage drivers to slow down and be alert while operating in the presence of a plow truck. The drivers of these trucks have limited visibility and maneuverability.

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to the report. School budget ballot voting has turned out roughly 10 percent.

Voter turnout on Town Meeting Day in Essex is among the lowest in Chittenden County, the report says.

Creating a single voting date for town and village budgets, as well as all school budgets and any other ballot questions, and moving the voting

date away from school vacation, are seen as the keys to improving turnout.

Also recommended is a survey of voters to be included with each ballot.

The selectboard plans to discuss the group’s findings at its March 16 meeting.

The trustees plan take up the discussion at a future meeting to be determined.

WARNING ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL CENTER UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #46 ANNUAL MEETING AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL HEARING

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Monday, April 13, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.

The legal voters of the Essex Community Educational Center Union School District #46 are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Essex Community Educational Center, on Educational Drive, in the auditorium of said school, at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 2015, to take action upon the articles below, and thereafter to hold a public informational hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2016 budgets.

ARTICLE I:

To elect a moderator for one year, a clerk for one year, and a treasurer for one year.

ARTICLE II:

Shall the Essex Community Educational Center Union #46 authorize the school directors to borrow money by issuance of bonds or notes not in excess of anticipated revenues for the next fiscal year?

WHEREUPON, after disposition of said business, said meeting shall be adjourned to the following day, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, when legal voters are hereby notified and warned to meet at Essex Middle School in the Town of Essex between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and at Essex Community Educational Center in the Village of Essex Junction between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., respectively, to vote by Australian ballot on Articles III-V. ARTICLE III: Shall the voters of the Essex Community Educational Center Union #46 appropriate $24,465,011 necessary for the support of Essex High School for the year beginning July 1, 2015?

ARTICLE IV:

ARTICLE V:

Shall the voters of the Essex Community Educational Center Union #46 appropriate to the Capital Replacement Reserve Fund an amount not to exceed 1 percent of the High School budget, for capital improvements items contained in the Essex Community Educational Center Union School District #46 Capital Plan?

Shall the voters of the Essex Community Educational Center Union #46 appropriate $8,582,880 necessary for the support of the Center for Technology, Essex for the year beginning July 1, 2015?

Upon closing of the polls, the ballot boxes will be sealed, re-opened at Park Street School, 21 Park Street in Essex Junction, and the ballots commingled and publicly counted by representatives of the Boards of Civil Authority of the Town of Essex and the Essex Junction Incorporated School District under the supervision of the Clerk of Essex Community Educational Center Union School District #46.

Approved this 16th day of February, 2015 by the Essex Community Educational Center Union School District #46 school directors.

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Opinion Perspective Difficult choices closing budget gap

Get your gobble Young people are encouraged to sign up for the Third Annual Governor’s Youth Turkey Hunt this spring. A luncheon will be held Sunday, April 19, at the Waterbury Fish & Game Club, where youth participants will take part in a discussion on the importance of the hunting tradition in Vermont.

The following weekend, the young hunters will take part in a guided turkey hunt to coincide with Vermont’s youth turkey hunting weekend on April 2526. More info and registration at www. vtfishandwildlife.com.

By GOV. PETER SHUMLIN Putting together a budget is never an easy task — everyone knows that from personal experience — and it is harder when finances are lean. But we all do what we need to do to make ends meet. Perhaps we cut back on dinners out, cancel a family vacation or keep the family car another year. Sometimes the decisions are more difficult — like explaining to a child that the gift they had their heart set on is just not affordable, or making difficult choices between necessary expenses like groceries and medicine. Every day, Vermont families make decisions like these to make sure they live within their means. Vermonters go through a similar exercise every year on Town Meeting Day when they try to match local needs with tax capacity when they consider their local school budget and town spending. In Montpelier, we have a responsibility to do the same thing when we pass our yearly state budget.

Coming out of the worst recession since the Great Depression, economist had predicted that Vermont’s economy would grow at around 5 percent. Those assumptions were the ones upon which budgets were created and state spending was based. Those assumptions turned out to be wrong. While Vermont’s economy is growing, it is growing at a rate closer to 3 percent, not the 5 percent economists had predicted.

That is a better growth rate than many of our neighboring states and the region as a whole, but it is slower than we had expected.

That has created a budget gap that the state needs to fill. And just like a family who finds that they didn’t get a raise they were expecting, the state now has some difficult choices to make. None of them are easy, but they are choices that must be made if we are to maintain and protect sound fiscal footing for the state.

Some have suggested that we solve our budget challenges by simply asking Vermonters to pay more in taxes. I have resisted those calls for two reasons.

First, just like the economy as a whole, Vermonters are not seeing their incomes rise as fast as they would hope. Asking Vermonters to pay to balance the state budget at a time when they are working harder to balance their own doesn’t make sense to me. The second reason is that the math doesn’t add up. Unless we address the underlying structural issue — the fact that spending is growing at 5 percent and economic growth is at 3 percent — raising revenue this year to fill the gap wouldn’t fix the problem next year.

We need our spending to match our revenue growth, period — or we will find ourselves in this same budget gap discussion year after year.

That means working hard this year to match Montpelier’s spending with Vermonters’ ability to pay. With economic growth expected to be around 3 percent for the foreseeable future, we need to work toward getting spending growth to that level. That is not easy, but it must be done.

To accomplish this, I have proposed to make state government more efficient by consolidating some functions within state government, and eliminating others altogether. If adopted by the Legislature, these government efficiencies will reduce our expenses by about $40 million. Some of these proposals have drawn criticism from those who would be affected by reduced state spending. I understand their frustration because these decisions affect people’s lives and jobs. But when state government can do things more efficiently, it must, even when doing so is difficult.

In addition, I have proposed achieving approximately $10 million in labor cost savings from within state government and $15.5 million in revenue raised through closing a tax loophole that allows people who itemize their deductions to deduct last year’s state and local taxes from this year’s tax bill.

Like any Vermont family, state government needs to look at what we have and balance that against what we can afford. Just like a family, we need to sit down and work together to work out the best path forward.

A balanced approach that involves all of us working together is, I believe, the only way to be successful.

I have made very clear that I am open to other solutions because I know that my administration does not have all the answers; we need to work with the Legislature and listen to Vermonters to come to the right decision on this difficult budget. But I have asked that any alternative proposals meet the challenge of cutting state spending while working hard not to add further to Vermonters’ already significant tax obligations. I believe Vermonters expect nothing less of their representatives in Montpelier.

Peter Shumlin is in his third term as Vermont governor.

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Costs uncalculated in legalization report

By DEBBIE HASKINS We have a long way to go until we are all able to make an informed decision about legalizing marijuana.

The recent report released by the RAND Corporation is a good first step in learning more about the issue, but it is imperative that we do more information gathering, research and data collection before Vermont makes any decisions.

The RAND report to the Vermont Legislature on the consequences of legalizing recreational marijuana in Vermont spends a lot of time detailing how to calculate the market, tax the product, and set up a distribution/ retail industry, but it falls short on details when it comes to calculating the costs that legalization will impose on Vermonters.

At Smart Approaches to Marijuana, we believe the harms of recreational marijuana will cost more than the state could bring in through taxation.

There’s a great deal of information provided in the report, but what it doesn’t show — and doesn’t even

attempt to calculate — is how much the state will be facing in terms of social costs associated with legalization, even for the harms that we know marijuana can cause.

Among those harms, the report lists dependence, traffic accidents, cognitive impairment, psychotic outbursts, emergency-room visits due to overdoses and chronic bronchitis, in addition to other short- and long-term health effects that new research has recently shown to be strongly associated with marijuana use.

We understand that these social costs are very difficult to calculate exactly, but this is why Vermont reached out to specialists like the RAND Corporation. We have data for alcohol and tobacco harms that show the socials costs are ten times higher than the tax income for these two legal drugs. Some argue that marijuana is not as harmful as these drugs, but even so there will be social costs, and we feel the RAND team should have at least attempted to calculate an estimate.

Without such an estimate, the RAND Report provides only one half

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I think it would be informative to explain, as best as I can, how a bill Bob works its way through the Bancroft House of Representatives.

The passage of a bill entails three readings.

The first is merely the introduction of the bill to the House body. If there are several bills to be introduced on the same day, the rules may be suspended and only the bill number read (no summary statement of the bills’ purpose). At this time the Speaker assigns the bill to a particular committee to be acted upon. Once a committee or several committees have voted in the affirmative to send the bill to the floor, it will be read for the second time. This entails having one member, from each of the committees involved, explain the bill. Representatives may ask questions of the presenters as well as offer amendments. If an amendment is offered, there will be an ensuing discussion. The amendment(s) are then acted on by the entire body. If passed it (they) are added to the bill.

The next step is to vote on whether the original bill or the newly amended bill will be read for the third time. If not approved for a third reading, the bill dies. If approved, it will go to a third and final reading, which generally is on the following day. If passed on the third reading it will be sent to the Senate.

A considerable amount of time was spent last week on a renewable energy bill, H.40. On Friday H.40 was read for the second time. The bill has three parts. The first addresses the need for utilities to sell renewable energy (wind, solar, etc.). The second addresses the sale of renewable energy credits. The third part requires utilities to work with customers in reducing their fossil fuel consumption. The genesis of this bill stems from Connecticut’s refusal to purchase renewable credits from Vermont. Connecticut’s complaint dealt with Vermont counting these sold energy credits in addition to using these credits toward meeting its own goals. H.40 corrects this by preventing utilities from counting these credits toward achieving their own goal if they are sold.

Two very important bills were passed out of committees last week. The water bill, H.35, was passed

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of the equation. Legislators and other decision-makers are trying to calculate a return on investment for legalizing recreational use of marijuana, and one can’t calculate an ROI without both sides of the balance sheet; RAND has only given us the income side.

To the report’s credit, it states many times that this is a very complex situation, and it warns the Legislature and policy-makers to take their time and even suggests waiting for all of the consequences to play out in Colorado and Washington before attempting to come to a decision here in Vermont.

We couldn’t agree with this sentiment more. A deliberate and thoughtful approach, with a full examination of all the costs involved, will serve Vermont’s leaders and citizens best in the coming years.

Debby Haskins is executive director of Smart Approaches to Marijuana – Vermont, a volunteer organization concerned about the harms of marijuana and the social costs associated with regular use, particularly among children.

out of the House Fish and Wildlife Committee. The bill includes new pollution regulations addressing run off from farms, roads and existing developments. As it stands now, the bill calls for raising $13 million in additional revenue. I have also been told that there is an additional $4 million in new and higher fees. The $13 million in new taxes comes from four sources: a $15/ton fertilizer tax, a $0.02/gallon gas tax, a $0.005 increase in rooms and meals tax and a $0.005 increase in alcohol tax. Most of this money is for additional personnel in the Agency of Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture.

The bill now goes to the Agricultural and Forest Products Committee. Once this committee completes its work on the bill, it will then go to Ways and Means, which has jurisdiction over all bills dealing with taxes. I suspect there will be many changes to the bill before it reaches the floor.

The second major development last week was the passage of an education bill, H.361, out of the House Education Committee. It now goes on to the House Ways and Means Committee. The bill sets the homestead property tax rate at $1, two cents higher than the current rate. The nonresidential rate is also two cents higher at $1.535. The bill calls for the consolidation of school districts with a minimum enrollment of 1,100 students.

A carrot approach (incentives) is proposed to accomplish this goal. Schools with significant declines in its student population will receive less aid than they would under current law.

A 2 percent cap on school budget increases and significant reductions in small school grants is also included in the bill. H. 361 encourages school boards to increase their student-to-staff ratio, but does not mandate it. The bill does improve transparency, allowing voters to have a better understanding of how their town’s school budget is funded. The bill, as currently written, is not expected to have any appreciable impact on education costs for at least a couple of years.

In the committee I serve on (Health Care), there was an effort to put together a bill calling for more funding to address the Medicare cost shift, the underinsured (low income individuals with high deductible policies), increase payment to Medicaid providers, the Green Mountain Care Board, the Blueprint for Health and other programs dealing with providing services to low income people and/ or addressing behavioral and social issues effecting the health of people.

The bill, which will come out when the Legislature returns, looks like it will call for an additional $20 million in FY ’16. Because most of these expenditures will commence after December 31, 2015, the budget implications for FY ’17 (a full 12 months) are around $35 million.

While I support each of the programs identified in this proposed bill, I have very serious concerns about the raising of these additional funds. With a growing budget gap that will require painful cuts, the governor’s proposed tax increases to help close this gap, the proposed tax and fee increases to fund the water bill and the high cost of living in Vermont, I cannot support the additional taxes needed to fund these medical programs/services. However, I do support comparing the benefits of these programs/ services against existing ones and setting spending priorities.

Bob Bancroft represents Westford and rural Essex in the Vermont Legislature.

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Senior Citizens, Inc. Gloria Deeley

“Family – where life begins and love never ends!”

Senior Citizen Inc.

Family – a group of people affiliated by birth – but family isn’t always blood connected. Sometimes it’s the people in your life who want you in theirs.

The ones who accept you for who you are, the ones who would who would do anything to see you smile and love you no matter what. Some compare family to branches on a tree that grow in different directions, but have the same roots. One thing is certain that “family is by far the most important thing in the word” according to Princess Diana. In families we love, share, play, laugh, fight and live every moment. As a member of a family you are part of a wonderful thing — a place where you love and be loved — no matter what. So many family memories are past from one generation to the next; and yes the stories

That our family roots will always be a part of us.

It’s that root which serves as an anchor – especially during long rough times. As years past the love in our family grows strong and deep helping us live each day. This strong sense of family permeates our Essex Senior Citizen luncheons for sure. Family is where life begins and never ends.

become more embellished and more humorous. As we were growing up the family the family foundation was being put together by all the people in your family living each day in the moment. Our family roots are part of what makes us who we are. Each one of us is that branch going in different directions; but always realizing

ESSEX SENIOR CITIZENS, INC. UPCOMING EVENTS March 11: Soup and Sandwich sponsored

by St. Pius and Grace Methodist Churches.

7922 or Gloria Deeley: 363-9218 and at the March 11 luncheon.

Tickets will not be available at the door.

March 18: St. Patrick’s Day Dinner: to be held at St. Pius X Parish Hall.

Purchase tickets from Donna Harnish: 879-

March 24: Board of Director’s Meeting March 25: Potluck luncheon

Volunteers

Calling all young Vermont artists.

University of Vermont Extension’s Operation: Military Kids (OMK) wants you to help promote April as the Month of the Military Child by creating a poster that celebrates the awesomeness of military kids.

The contest is open to any military or civilian youth in grades K-12.

The deadline to enter is March 17.

Prizes will be awarded to the first-place winner in each age grade group: K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12.

The winning posters will be featured on the Vermont OMK Facebook page and web site (www. uvm.edu/extension/omk) as well as displayed at a special event at the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier on March 31 to kickoff the Month of the Military Child.

All posters must be original artwork and fit on one 11- by 17-inch

proper postage is included. sheet of paper. Although any medium may be used, For more information, designs must depict two contact Stephanie Albaugh, messages: April is the Month of the Military Child OMK coordinator, at (802) 656-0346 or toll-free at and children of military (800) 571-0668. families also serve their country. Use of the color purple is encouraged as purple represents all branches of military service.

Only one entry per person is permitted.

Posters may be mailed to Operation: Military Kids, Attn: MOMC Poster Contest, 655 Spear St., Burlington, VT 05405 or dropped off at that location during normal business hours.

Although originals are preferred, e-mailed copies will be accepted. Send to omkvermont@uvm.edu.

All entries must include the artist’s name, Francie Ettori, of Rutland, age, address and branch created the winning poster in the of service of the parent(s) April 2014 Operation Military Kids or guardian(s) (if poster contest at the age of 13. applicable). Posters will PHOTO | OPERATION: MILITARY only be returned if a selfKIDS/UVM EXTENSION addressed envelope with

March Is AMA Waterways Month Special Values All Month Long - Stop In To Win!

By SUE ALENICK United Way Volunteer

Snow Shovel to be matched with seniors who need assistance to clear snow Volunteer once a week, from their steps and walks. once a month or once in a They are looking for snow while. The listings below shovelers in Burlington, are a sample of the 300+ South Burlington, Winooski, volunteer needs from more Essex Junction., Colchester, than 250 agencies found Milton, St. Albans and online at www.unitedwaycc. Swanton. Step up when org. More information it snows 3 or more inches available at 860-1677, Mon.- and become a winter hero.

Fri. from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Contact Bev Hill at 800-642CHILDREN’S LITERACY 5119 or info@cvaa.org United Way’s Read COMMUNITY THEATRE To Me Program invites Lyric Theatre volunteers to share their Company needs volunteers passion for language to serve on the many and literacy with a new committees that are the generation of children. backbone of the organization.

Volunteers may read to The Show Selection, children at a Winooski Head Development/PR, Education, Start site or be part of a Building, Web, Finance and new initiative to support Membership Committees language and literacy with could benefit from your time children (infant to preschool and experience. Contact age) in home childcare Marcus Certa at 658-1484 or businesses run by New marcus@lyrictheatrevt.org Americans. Contact Phet CLOTHING CLERKS Keomanyvahn at 861-7821 The Salvation or phet@unitedwaycc.org.

STILL SNOWING CVAA is looking for volunteers for Project

Students invited to enter OMK poster contest

Army needs volunteers to sort clothing donations, determine resale values and hang and tag items at their stores in Burlington, Essex and St. Albans.

Volunteers should be able to lift donated bags, which can weigh up to 25 pounds. Contact Lisa Kroll at 864-6991 or lisa.kroll@ salvationarmy.org EVENT PLANNING Several organizations are looking for help planning and preparing for upcoming events: Alzheimer’s Association needs volunteers to assist staff in planning their annual Reason to Hope Dinner in the spring. Tasks include helping determine the look and feel of the event, providing logistical support and doing other pre-event projects. Contact Jane Mitchell at 316-3839 or jmitchell@alz.org.

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IS YOUR TRANSMISSION GIVING YOU THE SLIP? If an automatic transmission fails to shift smoothly under acceleration and is instead making noises, creating vibration, or showing signs of altered shift behavior, a check of the transmission fluid and filter are in order. The transmission’s filter is vital to its performance.

If it has not been replaced in a while (or ever), this simple task should be performed before far more costly fixes are considered.

Changing the fluid and filter, which may be clogged, may fix a number of symptoms that seem to be indicative of bigger problems.

At the same time, a check for leaks should also be conducted. Repairs for automatic transmissions range from resealing (to stop leaks) to a complete overhaul or replacement.

How is your transmission working?

Regular maintenance service can keep your car running in top condition. For all your regularly scheduled maintenance, bring your car in to ESSEX AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES. When your car is running rough, bring it in to 141147 Pearl St, Essex Jct., where we have the experience to properly diagnose and repair your vehicle. We are dedicated to getting you back on the road, while keeping our prices reasonable. The sooner you bring your car to us the less likely that serious, and costly, damage has been done. If you have questions about your vehicle, call 802.879.1966 today. We offer same day service, and free customer shuttle. Ask us for details. We open 6:59am, with no appointment needed. We feature A.S.E. Technicians. “Service You Can Trust” “We do it all!” We are open for Business!!!

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SUPPORT CHRIST THE KING SCHOOL Have a Good Time for a Good Cause with

“Fedoras & Shillelaghs”

For a donation of $20, you are invited to lounge at the Spa at the Essex, wearing your favorite sweats or jammies. Use the pool, hot tub, steam room, sauna, or just relax by the fire. Cash bar and light hors d’oeuvres will be available, as well as full lunch menu from The Tavern.

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Thursday, March 19th 7:00 p.m.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Regular Tickets: $40; Special Event Champagne Meet & Greet Tickets: $60 Your purchase directly supports the students and programs of Christ the King School in Burlington and our mission to provide a high quality, loving, Catholic education to the children of our region. THANK YOU!

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All donations, plus 10% of all booked services will be donated to UVM Medical Center’s Children’s Hospital for benefit of pediatric patients and their families.

Essex Resort & Spa 70 Essex Way, Essex JCT VT

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Essex Area Religious Directory

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH- (Fundamentalindependent.) 61 Main St., Essex Junction, 878-8341.

Pastor James Gangwer. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday evening worship 6:30. Wednesday evening youth groups; Awana, Pro-Teens and Prayer meeting 7 p.m.

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Thursday

Community Soup and Bread Supper. The

Covenant Community Church will be hosting its monthly soup and bread super.

Eat in or take out options available. Stay to eat with family and friends or pick up to take home. There will be a variety of soups, breads and a sweet dessert.

Covenant Community Church, Essex/Jericho line, 4:30-7 p.m. Donations accepted.

Contact Pastor Peter: 879-4313.

First Thursday Music in the Loft. Tiffany

Pfeiffer gives a solo soul/jazz/pop performance of originals and covers. Headless Barbecue will be on-site with their fresh, local BBQ and Shelburne Vineyard and Fiddlehead will be for sale by the glass. All are welcome to come sit and listen in the Loft or mingle in the Tasting Room. A portion of beverage proceeds will benefit The Humane Society. Shelburne Vineyard, Shelburne, 6 p.m. Free.

Information: www.shelburnevineyard.com.

CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH- Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. Wes Pastor, Senior Minister, 8787107, Proclaiming Christ and Him crucified Sundays at 9:30a.m. www.cmcvermont.org THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - 73 Essex Way, Essex Junction - All Welcome!

Sacrament Meeting - Sundays at 10 AM. Come learn about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s awesome! Family History Center - Sundays 1 - 3 PM, Thursday 7 - 9 PM. Come find your ancestry! The FHC has website resources (such as www.familysearch.org), including free access to ancestry.com, microfiche and microfilm readers, and a staff of capable genealogists. For more info, call 802-879-9142, email essexwardvt@gmail.com, or check out www.mormon. org

Trivia Mania. Nectar’s presents Trivia Mania,

DAYBREAK COMMUNITY CHURCH - 67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester VT. 05446 802-338-9118 www. daybreakvermont.org or brentdaybreak@gmail.com Sunday Service at 10:30am Lead Pastor, Brent Devenney

Book and Bake Sale. The Grace United

ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH - 37 Old Stage Road in Essex Junction. Sunday Services: 7:45 am, 9 am, 10:15 am and 11:30 am. Phone: 878-8213. www.essexalliance. org.

ESSEX CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Please join us for worship that combines the best of traditional and contemporary music and spirituality. We are a safe and welcoming space for all people to celebrate, worship, ask questions, and put down spiritual roots. Adult Bible Study at 8:30 am. Service at 10:00 am with Sunday School and childcare provided. We offer a variety of small groups for prayer, Bible study, hands-on ministry, and studying contemporary faith issues. 119 Center Rd (Route 15) Essex Center. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. 879-8304.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ESSEX JUNCTION -UCC, A Welcoming Community, Accepting and Serving All in the Spirit of Christ. 1 Church Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452. Telephone (802) 878-5745, Website: www.fccej.org ; Email: welcome@fccej.org Senior Pastor, Rev. Mark Mendes. Associate Pastor, Rev. Ryan Gackenheimer. Sunday Worship Services: 8:30 and 10:15 am. Communion: first Sunday of every month.

Sunday School meets weekly at 10:15 am. Jr. High Youth Group, Sundays 11:30-1:30, Sr. High Youth Group, Sundays 5-7, 5th-6th Grade Youth Group, 1st Sunday of the month 11:30 – 1:30. Heavenly Food Pantry – fourth Thursday of the month, except for Nov & Dec when it is the third Thursday. Essex Eats Out Community Dinner – 1st Friday of the month, 5:30 – 7pm. Music includes Senior Choir, Praise Band, Junior Choir, Cherub Choir, Handbell Choir, Men’s Acapella and Ladies’ Acapella groups.

GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 130 Maple Street, Essex Junction. 878-8071. 1 mile south of the Five Corners on Maple Street / VT. Route 117. Worship Sundays at 9:30 a.m. with concurrent Church School Pre-K to High School. Handicapped-accessible facility. Adult Study Group Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Adult Choir / Praise Band / Women’s Fellowship / Missionally active. Korean U.M.C. Worship Sundays at 12:30 p.m. Come explore what God might be offering you!

a pub style trivia game. Questions are displayed on the TVs and are read aloud. Categories range from pop culture, history, science, literature and more.

Entertainment provided by Top Hat DJS. All ages. Nectars, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m.

Free. Info: 658-4771.

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ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 4 St. James Place (off Rt. 2A at the Fairgrounds Gate F) 802-878-4014 www. stjamesvt.org The Rev. Ken Hitch v office@stjamesvt.org 8:15am Holy Eucharist Rite II (no music) 10:30am Holy Eucharist Rite II (with music) 9:20am Adult Ed: Bible Study 10:15 am Godly Play.

ST. PIUS X CHURCH - 20 Jericho Road, Essex, 878-5997 Administrator: Rev. Charles Ranges. Masses: Saturday 4:30 pm and Sunday 9:30 am. Confessions: Saturday 3:30pm 4:00 pm or please call 878-5331 for an appointment.

ST. THOMAS CATHOLIC CHURCH - 6 Green St., Underhill Center. Father Charles R. Danielson, Parish Priest. Weekend Masses: Saturday-4:30 p.m., Sunday-8:30. Daily Masses: Check with www.stthomasvt. com or call 899-4632.

Monday

be offering the next installment of their spring lecture series with Vermont musicians, Robert Resnik and Marty Morrissey.

Resnik and Morrissey will present a lecture entitled “Irish Music from Ireland and Vermont.” Parking and handicap access available. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 at the door.

Information: 864-3516.

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Saturday

Bottle Drive Fund Raiser. Essex Middle

School seventh grader Lexi Harnish will be collecting bottles as part of a servicelearning project to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation. Essex Discount Beverage, Essex, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

Dog Behavior Workshop. The Milton Public

Library will be hosting a workshop by Rebecca Trono, Dog Behavior and Canine Communication Specialist with Tranquil Dogs Consulting. Trono will be here to introduce simple techniques for dog owners to learn to effectively communicate with their dogs to resolve undesirable behaviors and to bring their dogs to peace. She will also address behavioral problems such as: jumping up, pulling on the leash, aggression on walks, destruction in the home and more. Sign up required. Milton Public Library, Milton, 10-11:30 a.m.

Free. Register: 893-4644.

How to Talk to Kids About Racism. The

Fletcher Free Library will be hosting this month long discussion group on racism. All who are concerned about the impact of racism and/or white privilege on children, including parents, family members, caregivers and teachers are welcome to attend. Sessions will be held each Saturday during the month of March. Attending all four sessions is expected. The discussion group is free, but registration is required.

20-person maximum. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:30-5 p.m. Information: andi@pjcvt.org or 863-2345, x9.

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Sunday

“Dimanches.” The Fletcher Free Library

presents it’s French-English conversation group where French speakers of all levels gather to practice the language while in a casual, social setting. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free.

Contact Barbara: 865-7211.

MAR 13

CVAA Senior Lunch. CVAA will be hosting

its weekly lunch at Covenant Church.

The menu will include beef goulash, Mediterranean vegetables, whole wheat roll, and tropical fruit. Milk to drink. Covenant Church, Essex Center, 12 p.m. Free, donations accepted. Information: 865-0360.

Elder Education Enrichment Lecture. The

Elder Education Enrichment group will be offering the next installment of their spring lecture series with Director of the Shelburne Museum, Thomas Denenberg.

Denenberg will present a lecture entitled “Kodachrome Memory: A Moment in Vermont.” Parking and handicap access available. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 at the door. Information: 864-3516.

Shape and Share Life Stories. Prompts

trigger real life experience stories, which are crafted into engaging narrative and shared with the group. Led by Recille Hamrell. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free and open to all adults. Information: 8784918 or www.williston.lib.vt.us.

GASP! The ADL GASP (Games And Sports Party) is approaching. It will take place on March 13 from 7-9 p.m. Each student pays $7, which gives them unlimited pizza, drinks, popcorn, ice cream and several chances to win a cake. We will have inflatable obstacle courses, pie eating contests, a photo booth, ping pong, Wii games, DDR and a DJ. The event still needs of a few cake bakers for either homemade or store bought cakes. ADL students have a great time attempting to win a cake. Contact Ellen Emery at eemery@champlain.edu if you are interest in helping.

MAR 9 - 13

Makerspace Program: Circuit Board. The

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library will be hosting this DIY workshop in which participants will use power drills and other tools to create unique wall clocks using reclaimed computer parts. Presented by Andy Mosedale of MISmakers. This program is designed for children 9 years old to adult. Pre-registration required.

Space is limited. Free. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6 p.m.

Register: 878-4918.

Methodist Church will be having a book and bake sale. Proceeds from the sales benefit various church programs. Sale continues March 7. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Trivia Night. Trivia buffs gather for a meetContact Ann: 879-7943. ing of the minds. Hotel Vermont lobby, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Contact: Elder Education Enrichment Lecture. The 651-5012.

Elder Education Enrichment group will

HOLY FAMILY - ST. LAWRENCE PARISH, Essex Junction, - Mass Schedule, Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm - St. Lawrence, Sunday Morning: 8:00am - St. Lawrence, 11:00am - Holy Family, 7:30pm - Holy Family. For more information visit our web page http://www.hfslvt.org.

MT. MANSFIELD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP - Visit www.mmuuf.org. Services are held at 9:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of each month from September through June. 195 Vermont Route 15, Jericho (the red barn across from Packard Road). 8992558.

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Tuesday

Champlain Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group. The Champlain Valley

Prostate Cancer Support Group will be hosting its monthly meeting. The meeting is open for spouses, partners, men newly diagnosed, men dealing with recurrent prostate cancer, men dealing with the side affects of treatment, and men who have been successfully treated for the disease. Hope Lodge, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Contact Mary: 2744990 or vmary@aol.com.

AUDITIONS Essex Community Players announces auditions for their spring show, William Shakespeare’s “THE TEMPEST”. Cast requirements include 12 male roles ranging in stage ages from 20 to 60+, four female roles ranging from 20 to 30+, and up to 10 youth aged 10+. All auditions will be held at Essex Memorial Hall, 5 Towers Road, Essex Center.

General auditions Monday and Tuesday, March 9 and 10 from 7–9 p.m.

Prospero, Caliban and Ariel: March 11 from 7-9 p.m.

Children (Sprites): March 12 from 7-9 p.m.

Call-backs: March 13 from 7-9 p.m.

Performances are 7 p.m. May 15, 16, 22 and 23 and 1 p.m. May 16, 17, 23 and 24. No preparation required. All materials will be provided. For more information contact Cheri Gagnon cheriesg@comcast.net, or visit the Players website at www.essexplayers.com.

her NEFCU appearance, Eileen will read excerpts, relate personal anecdotes, and answer questions from the audience. Seating is limited, pre-registration encouraged. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free.

Register: 879-8790 or nefcu.com.

Movies at Main Street Landing: “Gypsy.”

The Movies at Main Street Landing series present the 1962 Stephen Sondheim musical classic “Gypsy,” starring a cast including film legends Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace and Ann Jillian. Main Street Landing Film House, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations benefit local charities. Contact: 540-3018.

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ECHO AfterDark: PechaKucha Night. Join

friends and neighbors from around the region as they present fast-paced and visually striking slideshows using the international PechaKucha format. Drawing its name from the Japanese word for the sound of “chit chat,” Pecha Kucha uses a quick and concise 20 x 20 presentation format that allows presenters to show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. Presenters describe their project as the images forward automatically. Light snacks and cash bar. Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $5 general public, Free for Echo members. Information: echovermont.org or 877-324-6386.

Wednesday

Embroiderers’ Guild of America meeting. The Green Mountain Chapter of the

Embroiderers’ Guild of America will be hosting its monthly meeting. All abilities welcome. Bring a bag lunch. Car-pooling is available from many areas. The Pines, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. First meeting is complimentary. Contact: 372-4255 or gmc.vt.ega@gmail.com.

Ongoing

German-English Conversation Group.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Meet others in the community who do. Join the group and practice foreign language conversation.

Fluency not required nor is attendance at every meeting. Fletcher Free Library, 6:308:30 p.m. Contact Barbara: 865-7211.

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Essex Rotary Meeting. Essex Rotary Meet-

ings are held on Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m. at The Essex. Serving the communities of Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho and Underhill.

Colchester-Milton Rotary meeting. Thurs-

days. Serving the communities of Colchester, Milton and the Champlain Islands.

Hampton Inn, Colchester, 12 p.m.

Thursday

VT Distinguished Writers’ Series: Eileen Rockefeller. The New England Federal

Credit Union will be hosting author, social entrepreneur and venture philanthropist Eileen Rockefeller. Her memoir, “Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself,” details her journey of finding herself amidst one of America’s most storied families. During

Duplicate Bridge. Wednesdays. Essex Junc-

tion Senior Center, Essex, 1 p.m. Information: 876-5087.

Essex Art League Meetings. Meetings hap-

pen on the first Thursday of the month. The meeting agenda includes a business and social time, and features a guest artist

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C alendar Special Event Coming Up?

MAR 6-8

PROOF Essex Community Players presents David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama, “Proof.” Proof explores the world of mathematics and mental illness through Catherine, the mourning daughter of a genius mathematician who has recently passed away. Throughout, the play explores Catherine’s fear of following in her father’s footsteps and her desperate attempts to stay in control. Adult audiences only.

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Runs through March 8. Memorial Hall, Essex, 8 p.m. and 2 p.m.

Sunday matinee. $14-$16. Information: www.essexplayers.com presentation. Essex Junction Congregational Church, Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m.

Information: www.essexartleague.com.

Celebrate Recovery. Thursdays. This confi-

dential 12 Step recovery program puts faith in Jesus Christ at the heart of healing. We offer multiple support groups for both men and women, such as chemical dependency, co-dependency, sexual addiction and pornography, food issues, and overcoming abuse. All those 18 and older are welcome. Sorry, no childcare.

Essex Alliance Church, Essex. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., sessions begin at 7 p.m.

Information: recovery@essexalliance.org or 310-9062.

Mah Jongg. Join other Mah Jongg enthusiasts ages 50 and over, at the Essex Junction Senior Center at 10 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays. New players are always welcome. Free to members of EJSC, others pay $1per day. Membership at EJSC is open to anyone 50 years of age and older and is $12 per year. Contact: 8765087 or Lpioli@essex.org.

Center. Essex Junction Senior Center, Essex Junction. Tuesdays 8-9 a.m. and Thursdays 11 a.m.-12 p.m. $30 members, $35 non-members.

Contact Lou Ann: 876-5087.

ONE MOSQUITO CAN KILL.

Heartworm disease in cats can be deadly and it only takes one mosquito to infect your cat. Prevention is easy, safe and inexpensive.

Movie Matinees. Colchester Parks and Recre-

Jazzercise Lite for 50 Plus. A fun, easy dance and fitness class that combines dance, yoga, pilates and strength training for all levels of fitness with instructor Kit Sayers. 10-visit punch pass can be purchased at Essex Junction Senior

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Local Libraries Thursday, March 5

Brownell Library, 3:30-5 p.m.

Noontime Book Discussion. Come and discuss “Why Thursday, March 12 Be Happy When You Could Be Normal,” by Jeanette Winterson. Copies are available at the library. Essex Free Digital Literacy for Seniors: Intro to Facebook.

Library, 12 p.m.

The Essex Free Library will be hosting a series of informative programs to help local senior citizens develop Friday, March 6 new computer skills. This week seniors will learn the Songs and Stories with Matthew. Matthew Witten basics of using the popular social media site, Facebook.

Essex Free Library, 6-7:30 p.m. performs songs about our world and tells adventurous tales. For all ages. Funded by the Friends of Brownell Ongoing Library. Brownell Library, 10-10:45 a.m.

Tech Help with Clif. Offering one on one technology Magic: The Gathering. In Magic, you play the role help. Bring in your new electronic devices and Clif will of planeswalker: a powerful wizard who fights other sit with you to help you learn more about them. No planeswalkers for glory, knowledge and conquest. Your reservations needed. First come, first helped. Brownell deck of cards represents all the weapons in your arsenal, Library, Mondays, 6-7 p.m. and Wednesdays, 1-2 p.m. spells you know and creatures you can summon to fight for you. Beginners welcome. Grades 6 and up. Brownell Drop-in Story Time. Mondays. Reading, rhyming Library, 6-8 p.m. and crafts each week. All ages welcome. No registration Return of the Coupon Queen. Meet Darby Mayville required. Essex Free Library, 10:30 a.m. in the Main Reading Room for a coupon swap. Bring your Lego Club. Mondays. We have thousands of Legos for best stuff to share or barter. Brownell Library, 6:30-7:30 you to build awesome creations. Snacks will be provided. p.m.

Essex Free Library, 3:30-5 p.m.

Saturday, March 7

Take Your Child to the Library. Celebrate Take Your Child to the Library Day with a variety of activities just for you and your child or grandchild. Puppetry, art and math activities, games and a snack. Brownell Library, 2-4 p.m.

Story Time for Babies and Toddlers. Tuesdays.

Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets for babies and toddlers with an adult. Brownell Library, 9:10-9:30 a.m.

Drop-in Knitting Group. Connect with other knitters and tackle new knitting projects. Both beginner and advanced knitters are welcome. Essex Free Library, Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.

Story Time for 3- to 5-Year-Olds. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Picture books, songs, rhymes, puppets, Must Read Mondays: “The Forgotten Garden,” by flannel stories and early math activities for preschoolers.

Kate Morton. A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, Brownell Library, 10-10:45 a.m. a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, Creative Writing Club. Wednesdays, for ages 9 and a mystery. “The Forgotten Garden” is a captivating, and older. Let your imagination soar as you write your atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory. Pick up a copy of the book at own stories and poems using prompts, games and other writing exercises. Essex Free Library, 3:30-4:30 p.m. the main desk and join us for a cozy, informal discussion in front of the fireplace in the Main Reading Room.

Toddler Story Time. Wednesdays. Stories, songs and Brownell Library, 6:30-8 p.m. crafts for ages 18 months-3 ½ years. Essex Free Library, 10:30 a.m. Registration required.

Monday, March 9

Tuesday, March 10

Digital Literacy for Seniors: Intro to Facebook.

The Essex Free Library will be hosting a series of informative programs to help local senior citizens develop new computer skills. This week seniors will learn the basics of using the popular social media site, Facebook.

Essex Free Library, 1-2:30 p.m.

Lego Fun. Participate in fun and friendly building with LEGOs. For kids entering kindergarten and up.

Kids under 5 are welcome to participate with parental supervision. Brownell Library, 2-4 p.m.

Wednesday, March 11

Become a Puppeteer. Teen volunteer Melissa Lefcourt will offer a workshop on how to make puppets come alive for Middle School students. Brownell Library, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Tutoring. Students in kindergarten through eighth grade can get help with any subjects from St. Michael’s College Student volunteers. Register for a 30-minute slot.

Read to Zyla. Thursdays. Zyla is a trained therapy dog that loves books. Sign up for a 15-minute time slot to read your favorite books to her. For ages 4-10. Essex Free Library, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Preschool Story Time. Books, songs, rhymes and crafts for ages 3.5-5 years. Free and open to the public. No registration required. Essex Free Library, Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.

Minecraft Club. Fridays. Come show off your world building and survival skills on our XBox 360. Play and discuss with fellow “minecrafters.” Snacks will be provided. Essex Free Library, 3-5 p.m.

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Rock, Roll and Read Story Time. Fridays. Rock out and read with books, songs and instruments. All ages.

Essex Free Library, 10:30 a.m.

Drop-in Story Time for Kids of All Ages. Twice a month on Fridays. Babies, toddlers and preschoolers are welcome to come listen to picture book stories and have fun with finger plays and action rhymes. No registration required. Brownell Library, 10-10:45 a.m.

Brownell Library, 6 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction. Contact: 878-6956.

Essex Free Library, 2 Jericho Road, Essex. Contact: 879-0313 or essexfreelibrary@essex.org.

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Essex winter carnival

Births Chloe Seong-Hae Yoon was born on Jan. 16, 2015 at the University of Vermont Medical Center to parents Jenny Detterman Yoon and Paul Yoon of Essex.

Genevieve Lynn Salamin was born on Jan. 21, 2015 at the University of Vermont Medical Center to parents Amanda Moore Salamin and Rick Salamin of Essex.

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Asa Adam Poulin was born on Jan. 26, 2015 at the University of Vermont Medical Center to parents Alyssa Lewis Poulin and Adam Poulin of Essex Junction.

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Over $2 million in transportation grants for Vt. communities

Gov. Peter Shumlin and Transportation Secretary Sue Minter announced on Feb. 5 the recipients of $2.1 million in federal funds for municipal

grant projects under the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). The funding will be used for construction projects in Burlington, Jericho, St. Albans, Cabot, Williston, Rutland City, Essex, Colchester, Montgomery, Enosburg Falls and Killington.

“Investments in infrastructure are key to economic growth in Vermont,” Gov. Shumlin said. “Every little bit helps, and these investments will make a difference for communities around the state.”

The TAP provides funding for programs and projects defined as transportation alternatives, including onand off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities, infrastructure projects for improving non-driver access to their daily needs, community improvement activities, and environmental mitigation; safe routes to school projects; and projects for planning, designing, or constructing boulevards and other roadways.

The TAP committee includes representatives from the Agency of Transportation, the Agency of Natural Resources, the Agency of Commerce and Community Development— including tourism and historic preservation, the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, the Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies and members of the Vermont House and Senate.

Selected projects in Essex and Jericho include: TOWN OF JERICHO $48,000.00

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s vacation ends, we gladly say good-stink-in’-bye to a frigid, cold, freezing, way below zero February.

Can you remember a colder month? How depressing. It’s a good thing some people get to slide south to warmer weather. I have heard that rejuvenates the batteries for the final push until spring. Our winter sports teams have enjoyed some successful playoff runs. State Championship finals are on tap this week. Scary moment at the girls’ basketball Division-I semifinals last Saturday evening, but as of press time things were OK.

Essex goaltender Victoria Gibson knocks the puck away behind BFA’s Taylor Jackson and Hornet captain Tiffany Barnes (23) for one of her 36 saves. Gibson played one of the best games of her four-year varsity career to get Essex past BFA and into the championship game.

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Hornets snub Comets in semifinals

By JOEL LEHMAN For The Essex Reporter

Twice this season, the Comets were able to mount comebacks from two goals down against Essex.

The Hornet girls’ hockey team wasn’t going to allow it to happen a third time.

Not in the semifinals. Not with the best senior goaltender and forward in the state on their team.

Kathleen Young scored twice,

including a devastating breakaway snap shot with 44 seconds left in the second period, and Victoria Gibson was quietly confident in a 36-save shutout performance as No. 1 Essex moved on to the Division I state championship with a 2-0 win over 5-seed BFA-St. Albans on Saturday.

In two regular-season victories against the Hornets this year, the Comets were able to poke, push, hit, and generally frustrate Young and linemates Melanie Theriault and

Sarah Tobey. But not Saturday, as Young looked dangerous every time she touched the puck, scoring on the power play in the first period and turning the defense inside out on the second.

The Comet offense, meanwhile, was generally kept to the outside, where scoring opportunities were calmly snared out of the air by Gibson’s quick glove.

“That old saying, it’s tough to beat a team three times, we were definitely

– See HOCKEY on page 2b

Alpine skiers finish 2015 run

The Essex Alpine ski team (from left to right) Charlotte Ouellette, Annie Bovee, Bev Briley, Linna Lahmadi, Hannah Danis, Chase Dunbar, Brennan Goodrich and Gary Lizotte (on the ground) pose for a picture at Hard’ack on Feb. 18.

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On Feb. 18 both Hornets’ Alpine ski teams participated in the slalom portion of the NVACs and followed that with the giant slalom at Middlebury Snow Bowl on Feb. 24.

Head coach Mike Goodrich said that while both teams gave it their best effort it just wasn’t meant to be this year.

Neither the boys’ nor the girls’ team qualified for the state meet at Okemo/ Bromley scheduled for this week.

On a quirky kind of

note the postponed BFA hosted race at Hard’ack was held after the NVACs and in a Mardi Gras type of atmosphere a few members of the Essex team participated with a couple of nice moments coming out of it. Chase Dunbar narrowly missed placing in the top 10 and Brennan Goodrich cracked the top 20 based on a blistering afternoon run.

The ladies held their own and first year skier Hannah Danis showed her potential with a 23rd overall placing for the day.

Essex escapes Bobwhites in third

By JOHN BONNETTE For The Essex Reporter

For two periods Saturday it looked as if fifth-seeded BFA-St. Albans was going to knock off top-seeded Essex in the Division I boys’ hockey semifinals in Essex.

But then the Hornets stung the Bobwhites for three goals in less than five minutes to come from behind and drop BFA 4-2 to advance to the Division I championship game.

“I watch BFA play against us, they have so much heart and so much determination and they play well together,” Essex Coach Bill O’Neil said.

“Going into the third the only thing I said to them was, ‘I saw a sign by the BFA bench that said Believe … you guys need to believe that you can do this.’

“How it changed I do not know. I don’t think BFA changed much but we got one and I think that changed the tempo a little bit. But I take my hat off to our guys and to BFA. That was a great game.”

The Bobwhites led 2-0 after two periods and were just 15 minutes from punching a ticket to Gutterson Fieldhouse for the finals before three straight BFA penalties sparked the Essex comeback.

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“I saw a sign by the BFA bench that said Believe… you guys need to believe that you can do this.”

Bill O’Neil Essex boys’ hockey coach

“I thought we played pretty darn well for the first and second periods,” BFA Coach Toby Ducolon said. “They were struggling the first couple of periods and then unfortunately we allowed them back in the game in the third period with some unfortunate penalties.

“You cannot play the No. 1 seeded team shorthanded six out of eight minutes to start the third period,” Ducolon added.

“They are patient, they stay in the game, they have good skills and they finish nicely.”

Ethan Bartlett got Essex on the board with a power-play goal just 3:42 into the third period when he one-timed a pass from Austin Theriault off the crossbar and into the Bobwhite net to pull Essex within one.

Twelve seconds after BFA finished its third penalty of the period, Hornet Alex Giummo found the back of the net evening the score with just over seven minutes of play.

Essex completed the comeback, a mere 40 seconds later, when Brendan Gleason scooped up another rebound to the left of BFA goalie Nate Muller and easily knocked it into the open side of the BFA net to give Essex its first lead of the game at 3-2.

Gleason would add an empty net goal with just over a minute left to send the Hornets into the finals next week against the winner of South Burlington-Colchester on Tuesday.

“It was exciting hockey,” O’Neil said.

“I feel fortunate and we are happy to be

BASKETBALL So I will start with the girls’ basketball semifinals. Before the Hornets stepped onto the court, before the CVU versus Rice game ended and with about one minute to play and the Red Hawks up by three the Green Knight coach Tim Rice collapsed on the bench. The game was stopped; he was attended to by medical personnel and rushed to the hospital. As of Sunday night, he was resting comfortably. The rest of the game, and the Hornet-Comet semifinals were rescheduled to Thursday evening starting at 6 p.m. Essex had a week to prepare for the game… BFA defeated EHS twice this winter... and now they have a few more practices. See you Thursday night at UVM. The boys’ hoop team ended their season last Friday in a quarterfinal loss to Burlington 59-43. The loss ended a fine season for the Hornets. Their 14-8 record got them to the second round of the boys’ basketball playoffs. Center Jackson Dwyer scored 10 points for Essex while Eli DiGrande dropped in nine.

HOCKEY The boys’ hockey team won two games last week to advance to the State Championship on March 9 versus the Colchester-South Burlington survivor. They beat Rice 4-1 early last week to play BFA in the semifinals on Saturday. Down 2-0 in the third period Brendan Gleason scored to put the Hornets on the board. Alex Giummo tied the game. Forty seconds later, Gleason scored again for a 3-2 Essex lead.

He nailed a hat trick into an empty net.

Goalkeeper Eric Short stopped 22 shots in the biggest win of the year so far...

The girls’ hockey team also advanced to the State Championship game this week with two wins last week over South Burlington 3-0 and then archrival BFA 2-0 in the semifinals. Senior Kathleen Young once again scored two goals to bounce the Comets out of the playoffs again. Young lit the lamp in the first and put another away in the second period. The Hornet defense and goaltender Victoria Gibson stopped 36 shots in the shutout win. Melanie Theriault added an assist. Essex will play the winner of No. 2 Middlebury-No. 3 Northfield winner at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at UVM. WRESTLING The wrestling team placed ninth in the state championship Saturday scoring 59.5 points. They upped their standing one place after the first day of competition.

The highlight of the meet was freshman Jack Carney’s win in the 138-pound weight class. He defeated MMU’s Bryce Bernadine 8-3 and is Essex’ first champ since 2009.

Other standouts included John Stawinski ­– third in the 145-pound weight class– and Francisco Velasquez – fourth at 160 pounds.

ALPINE SKIING On Feb. 18 the alpine ski teams participated in the slalom portion of the NVACs. They later skied in the giant slalom at Middlebury Snow Bowl on Feb. 24. Both teams gave it their best effort, but it just wasn’t meant to be this year as neither boys nor girls qualified for the state meet at Okemo/Bromley this upcoming week. Charlotte Ouellette is the Hornets’ only graduating senior. Things look very promising for next year. The postponed BFA race at Hardack was held after the NVACs, and in a Mardi Gras type of music atmosphere a few members of the Essex team participated. Chase Dunbar

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2015 Division-I Championship Schedule BOYS’ HOCKEY 3/9 Finals @ UVM 8 p.m.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

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3/5 Semifinals EHS vs. BFA @ UVM 7 p.m.* 3/10 Finals @ UVM 7:30 p.m.

3/7 Finals @ UVM 2:30 p.m.

* Rescheduled from 2/28 For full schedule listings visit www.vpaonline.org

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S ports Hornets earn second in state championship On Feb. 21 the Essex High School Cheerleaders took second place in the 2015 Vermont High School State Cheer Championship at Vergennes High School. The Hornets scored 181 and were only bested by the Division-I cheer squad from Rutland – the Raiders accumulated a score of 196 to earn the State Championship title.

Essex’s cheerleaders will travel to Lawrence, Mass. on March 21 to compete in the 2015 New England High School Cheerleading Championship.

The Essex cheerleaders pose for a photo after earning second place at the 2015 Vermont High School State Cheer Championship with a score of 181.

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Hornets compete at state meet

The Essex Nordic teams competed at the first day of the state meet held in Craftsbury on Feb. 26. This was the freestyle (skate technique) meet. Races began in the morning with both the boys’ and girls’ five-kilometer skate race, followed by 2.5-kilometer boys’ and girls’ relay in the afternoon. After combining scores from both races the Hornet ladies currently sit in fifth place and the boys at fourth.

Action for both the boys’ and girls’ teams resumed on Tuesday at the second day of the state meet at Rikert ski center in Middlebury.

The Essex High School girls’ Nordic ski team cheers on the boys’ team at Craftsbury on Feb. 26.

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The Essex High School Nordic ski team seniors and coaches pose for a photo after the first day of the Nordic skiing state championship races at Craftsbury on Feb. 26.

Pictured in the back row from left to right: Coach Paul Allison, Steven Maloney, Maria Grant, Sarah Tallman, Katie Moino and Kiley Borger. Middle row: Andrey Chmykh, Colby Pastel, Ethan John and Caleb Guziak. Front row: Jeff Schultz

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testing that limit today,” said BFA Coach Luke Cioffi.

BFA’s top line of Riley Yandow, Taylor Jackson and Jade Remillard helped stake the Comets to a 10-5 shot advantage in the first, but in the physical semifinal matchup, a hard check put them shorthanded with 5:07 left in the opening frame. Melanie Theriault fed Young in front 31 seconds into the power play to give Essex the 1-0 lead.

BFA had a power play opportunity with 5:26 left in the second, and while shorthanded, Young narrowly missed on a break, choosing to deke but taking away her angle despite an open net. So four minutes later, as she rushed up the ice one-on-one with a defender, she didn’t hesitate to shoot after she swung in alone on goal, ripping the puck into the top netting.

“That was clutch,” Essex Coach John Maddalena said. “I thought Kathleen might try to deke, but she saw that opening and buried it. There has been a couple times during the season where she hasn’t been able to put that puck in the net but when it comes down to crunch time pretty much you can count on her to score when we need it.”

BFA took a timeout with 3:23 left and pulled goalie Haley Cooper (17 saves) with 2:09 on the clock, but despite being outshot 15-3 in the third, the Hornets hung on, and the Comets never truly seemed to threaten a comeback.

The Hornets played in the State Championship game on Tuesday at UVM against No. 2 Middlebury Union High School.

placing 11th and Brennan Goodrich cracked the top 20 based on a blistering afternoon run. The ladies held their own as first year skier Hannah Danis skied in 23th.

A VISIT WITH UNCLE VINCE So we spent a little time in Florida last week visiting my uncle, Vince Martinelli. He was a Wall Street guru in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and part of the ‘80s. He also was an explorer who has met the Dali Llama. He amazed us with his stories and postcards while we

were growing up. Most importantly, he provided us with his company box seats to at least 2-3 Yankees games of our choice – Bat Day, old-fashioned double headers, and even Red Sox games. We spent some days by the pool on the canal on southeast 15th Street and our evening dining south Florida with his circle of interesting and friendly pals. One of my favorite spots was the American Legion’s Friday Night Steak Night grilled right outside the place for $14. We went twice.

He and I also took a trip up to Jupiter and saw the

Cardinals practice in the morning and the Marlins in the evening. They share Roger Dean Stadium for spring training and for the Single-A franchises. It was a lot of fun, and I even corralled a stray ball that got away from pitchers playing catch. Saw a couple of ex-Yankee players including David Phelps.

You can’t beat the weather either. We also caught up with former Rivendell resident Jan Lee, exWilliston golfers John and Liz Tobin, and my brotherin-law and sister-in-law Don and Carol Hathaway.

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September Current Exhibits “IN MOTION.” “In Motion” features a collection of abstract work by Nancy H. Taplin and Ethan Bond-Watts that captures the kinetic energy of color and light. Fluid dance-like strokes, smooth sculptural forms, and glowing color create a graceful elegance that is both poetic and energetic. The exhibit runs through March 7. The 4th Floor Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, Burlington. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday. Information: www.burlingtoncityarts.org/vermontmetro-gallery.

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Norton creates her work for a simple reason — “it makes me feel great,” she said in a recent interview.

“Expressing oneself is a standard definition of the pursuit of selfactualization,” she explained. “I find that everyone has their ways of doing this, from woodworking to creating beautiful meals to cultivating a garden. Creativity is absolutely vital to anyone’s health and happiness.

“Myself, I always found that I achieved Huzzah! a deep level of concentration and pleasure whenever I worked on my skills of visual communication. There have always been a lot of people around supporting me by supplying me with resources and encouragement, and I am still very motivated to work out compositions and images, solve

visual puzzles.”

Norton achieves this with her use of color.

“Composition in eye-grabbing illustration is important and frequently based on color,” she explained. “Watercolor is very luminous and has its own way of moving on the paper – there are also many interesting things that can be done to create interesting and unusual textures beyond simply the effect of the paint interacting with the paper.

“Exaggerating shapes and making bold lines can have varied effects, from initiating a humorous scene to evoking an ethereal, ineffable quality. As an illustrator, my work is highly narrative, but I also enjoy attempting to tell stories of things that are perceived beyond the visual. Many of my favorite pieces illustrate the effects of music and motion, for example.”

This local artist capitalizes on the natural beauty of the area and inspiration from other local artists.

“People here appreciate beauty and creativity, and the talent and skills that the community possesses is very inspiring – people are happy to share their knowledge and enthusiasm.”

Norton counts herself lucky to remain connected to her family’s IMAGES CONTRIBUTED roots in Addison County, while also having access to major cities. Oh, and the best part? Skateland.

“I try to go roller skating as often as possible,” she said, of the sport and exercise that has become her passion.

Westford Winter Music Series welcomes Maple Jam Expect an afternoon of exquisite music with Vermont’s premier a cappella singing group, Maple Jam, coming to the Westford Music Series March 15. The talented a cappella jazz octet specializes in close-harmony vocal arrangements of sweet love songs and swinging big band favorites. With their trademark rich blend of voices and smooth jazz harmonies, their repertoire ranges from classic jazz, bebop, and swing to sultry tangos and love songs to warm a winter’s night.

Formed in 2004 by members of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Chorus, the group has delighted audiences at numerous venues around Vermont, Quebec and Ontario. Over the years, they have condensed their sound to produce the purest Grade A Fancy harmonies possible. Often playing to standing room only crowds Maple Jam has become a top favorite of the Westford Music Series from past performances. This ensemble

LINES. The Darkroom Gallery presents a new photographic exhibit entitled “Lines.” Lines are powerful compositional elements that control the way eyes move through a photograph. Lines add impact to an image, place emphasis to a particular area of the composition, or tell a story or to draw a connection between different elements in a photograph.

Lines can be straight, curved, broken or jagged. They can bisect one another, cross or overlap and be the driving force behind interpreting perspective. The juried images included in the exhibition utilize lines in innovative and dynamic ways. On display through March 22. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction.

Gallery hours: Monday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: www.darkroomgallery.com.

PILES AND PASSAGEWAYS: DRAWINGS AND PRINTS. Artist Katie Loesel is the next featured artist at Shelburne Vineyard’s Tasting Room Gallery. Loesel’s current body of work “Piles and Passageways” explores ideas of piling, webs, and balance. Through worlds and structures comprised of geometric shapes, lines and ladders, she explores just how much can be piled up before it falls down. The use of cool colors with stark black and white, evokes an icy, wintry atmosphere reminiscent of glaciers, icebergs and winter mountains. Size, height and formwork together to build a solid foundation that can teeter on the verge of collapse. Exhibit runs until June 1. Shelburne Vineyard’s Tasting Room Gallery, Shelburne. Gallery Hours: Sunday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Information: 985-8222 or shelburnevineyard.com.

Upcoming Events BACH’S BIRTHDAY. The Burlington Chamber Orchestra will be hosting a 330th birthday celebration for Johann Sebastian Bach at the Burlington Town Center mall on March 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., as part of the international “Bach in the Subways Day” celebration. The celebration will feature the music of Johann Sebastian Bach performed in several locations throughout the mall by the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, Counterpoint, Vermont Suzuki Violins and other Burlington area musical groups. A complete list of the performers and performance times will be posted on the Burlington Chamber Orchestra’s website: www.bcovt. org.

COMICS CARTOONIST CLASS FOR TEENS WITH INSTRUCTOR BEN COHEN. On March 7, Artists’ Mediums will host Jericho cartoonist and art educator, Ben Cohen, who will offer a student-centered approach to helping build visual storytelling skills and fundamental understanding of the comic medium. The goal in this class is for students to work on developing their artistic voice through this diverse storytelling medium. Sign-up required by Feb. 28.

Class price includes materials. Artists’ Mediums, Williston, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $45. Information: info@artistsmediums.com or 879-1236.

For more listings visit www.essexreporter.com/arts-and-entertainment

Town of Essex Board/Committee Vacancies The Town of Essex is seeking volunteers to fill the following vacancies on various Boards/Committees: Conservation Committee Channel 17 Board Business Liaison Group

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February 23 - March 1, 2015 Monday, February 23 0154 Alarm on Old Colchester Rd 0217 Towed Vehicle on Tyler Dr 0607 Directed Patrol on Old Stage Rd 0838 Theft on Educational Dr 1000 Parking Problem on Summit St 1002 Vandalism on Lincoln St 1250 Assault on Woodside Dr 1331 Vandalism on Center Rd 1333 Fraud on Blackberry Rd 1735 Disabled Vehicle on Upper Main St 1952 Intox. Person on Susie Wilson Rd 2007 Alarm on Pearl St 2216 Alarm on River Rd

Tuesday, February 24 0148 Alarm on Susie Wilson Rd 0436 Alarm on David Dr 0550 Arrest for Violation of Conditions of Release on Maple St 0753 Safety Hazard on Fort Parkway 0818 Found Property on Upper Main St 0836 Assisted the Fire Department on Chapin Rd 1030 Accident on Susie Wilson Rd 1035 Theft on Baker St 1155 Accident on Upper Main St 1331 Disabled Vehicle on I289 1423 Accident on Susie Wilson Rd

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1557 Alarm on Bixby Hill Rd 2057 Noise Complaint on Browns River Rd 2217 Alarm on Founders Rd Wednesday, February 25 0419 Suspicious Circumstance on Old Stage Rd 0550 Susp Circumstance on Maple St 0717 Burglary on Lincoln St 0725 Burglary on Center Rd 0818 Burglary on Colchester Rd 1126 Suspicious Circumstance on Prospect St 1300 Accident on Essex Way

1305 Fraud on River Rd 1642 Intoxicated Person on Railroad Ave 1819 Suspicious Circumstance on Main St 2157 Alarm on Center Rd 2230 Alarm on Susie Wilson Rd Thursday, February 26 0824 DLS on Susie Wilson Byp 1321 Fraud on Main St 1459 Motor Vehicle Complaint on Pearl St 1628 Conditions of Release Violation on Maple St 1648 Fraud on Claire Dr 1740 Suspicious Circumstance on Pearl St 1803 Accident on Pearl St 2134 Alarm on Center Rd

Saturday, February 28 0018 Suspicious Vehicle at Indian Brook 0932 Accident on Park St 1127 Citizens Assist on Claire Dr 1138 Accident on Park St 1147 Motor Vehicle Complaint on I289

Friday, February 27 0139 Theft on Athens Dr 0643 Motor Vehicle Complaint on Elm

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St 0646 Accident on Susie Wilson Rd 0729 Violation of Conditions of Release on Maple St 0814 Directed Patrol on West St 0843 Lost Property on Railroad Ave 1132 Suspicious Circumstance on Baker St 1211 Vandalism on Main St 1235 Assault on Woodside Dr 1646 Suspicious Circumstance on Hawthorn Cir 1807 Accident on River Rd 1933 Accident on Park St 2100 Intoxicated Person on Central St 2248 Trespass Notice Request on Park St

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Jericho/Underhill

Mic open to multi-generations

By PHYL NEWBECK For The Essex Reporter

On March 14, the Mount Mansfield Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (MMUUF) in Jericho will celebrate March Madness in a unique way. From 7 to 9 p.m. they will host their first March Madness Open Mic and Coffee House at the converted barn where they hold services. Elise Doner, a member of the fellowship, came up with the idea as a way to bring members of the community together for an evening of local entertainment. “It seemed like a warm and friendly thing,” she said “as well as a way to raise some funds for our fellowship.”

The suggested donation for attending the event is $3 per person and $10 per family with the money going to help maintain the barn, the site of a former bed and breakfast,

which the fellowship purchased several years ago. The MMUUF has offered their space for previous community events including a Halloween Haunted House, a kids’ craft party, a weekly singing group, and a winter farmers’ market. It was the success of the Halloween event, which led Doner to come up with the idea of the open mic.

“It brought in little kids, high school students and older folks,” she said. “It was a great way to reach out to the community.”

The MMUUF attracts congregants from Cambridge, Essex, Jeffersonville, Jericho, Richmond, Underhill and Westford, as well as the occasional guest from Burlington, and Doner hopes attendees will come from all those communities.

Eight performers have already signed up for the event including Doner’s husband and son who will be performing together.

Organizers have also managed to snare some locally known musicians like Andy Patterson of Citizen Bare and Tim Berry who performs solo and with groups like the Milo White Band and the Mad River Sheiks. Doner is hoping more musicians will sign up to perform. She has reached out to Minor Key, a local youth rock band. “I want our open mic to have a multi-generational feel,” she said.

Patterson plays plenty of larger venues but he is pleased to be able to attend the Open Mic. “As a local musician it’s always exciting when someone opens up a space to play original tunes and to see other folks share their talents as well,” he said. Additionally, he felt strongly about supporting a local community event. For Berry, the answer to why someone used to playing paying gigs would perform at an open mic was an easy one. “It’s fun,” he said.

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A CALL TO ARTISTS 5TH ANNUAL JERICHO PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL

Come paint outdoors and enjoy the fellowship of other artists of all levels and experience, both established and emerging, in a beautiful and visually inspiring locale.

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Jericho’s Emile A Gruppe Gallery presents an exhibition of oil paintings by Montpelier artist, John Weaver from March 15 through April 19. An artist reception will be held March 15 from 1-3 p.m. accompanied by fiddlers of the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra, including Sandy Weaver, John’s wife.

John has been painting for 50 plus years and is currently a member of the Bryan Memorial Gallery, the Paletteers, Art Resource Association and Studio Place Arts. He has exhibited at many local venues participated in several plein air events at the Gruppe Gallery, in Jericho and Waitsfield.

Oil painting is his favorite medium, although he prefers soft pastels for some subjects and circumstances.

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The new Seed Lending Library at the Jericho Town Library offers area residents a simple means of preserving and sharing seeds at no cost to participants. The Jericho Town Library hosted “Let’s Grow Jericho!” garden workshops Feb. 14-21 for both experienced and new gardeners.

Along with a free membership in the Seed Lending Library, all participants, regardless of where they live, will be able to borrow seeds, obtain information on planting, harvesting, and collecting seeds, and, in return will agree to return some of their harvested or leftover seeds to the library at the end of the growing season so the cycle can continue.

Seeds can include edibles, ornamentals and herbs.

“It seemed like a natural fit for Jericho Town Library to pilot a seed lending program,” said Colleen Korniak, Jericho Town Library Director.

“Jericho residents love gardening, and there are a number of burgeoning private and community gardens in town. The Seed Library offers the library the opportunity to promote sustainable organic gardening in our neighborhoods by disseminating seeds. The library actively seeks ways in which to participate in the greening of our town and promoting the health of our communities. We look forward to offering programs related to the seed collection.”

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S chools What really happened to Louie that day

This Week: Photo 6

Young Writers Project is an independent nonprofit that engages Vermont students to write, helps them improve and connects them with authentic audiences. Each week, in this newspaper, YWP presents a selection of the best local writing and photography. This week’s writing is in response to the prompt, Photo 6: Write about the photo of frozen Lake Champlain. You can find more great writing at youngwritersproject.org, a safe, civil online community of writers, and in YWP’s monthly digital magazine, The Voice.

By emma hazel Grade 8, Westford Elementary School This is a story about what really happened to Louie. I’ve thought about telling people what happened, but I am a coward, and have decided to write it instead. At this point, however, I suppose it doesn’t really matter how I tell the story, as long as I tell it. Someone must know.

Please, I’m not insane. I swear. Don’t think I am. This story has a domino effect on my life, which led me to my decision. What started the events that led to what happened to Louie started on a Saturday morning.

I watched from the shoreline as Louie clomped along the rocks that stuck up out of the ice. His bright orange coat contrasted harshly with the white powder snow that coated the lake’s frozen surface. The lighthouse kept a stoic vigil in the distance; its fat, candy-cane stripes wrapping all around it.

Waves that had been frozen rippled across the ice. I cupped my hands around my mouth and hollered, “Louie! Careful!”

Louie’s figure stopped walking and turned toward me.

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Photo 6. Kevin Huang, Burlington High School

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CCSU schools to measure climate for learning

Beginning Monday, March 16, the Chittenden Central Supervisory Union (CCSU) is asking all parents/guardians, students and school personnel to participate in a scientific survey to assess school climate. In partnership with the Center for Social and Emotional Education (CSEE), CCSU is administering the online survey instrument, called the Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI), to parents, students and school personnel.

This year will mark the third time that CCSU will take part in the CSCI online survey, after first introducing it in the fall of 2012. The survey helps capture perceptions that CCSU uses to identify planning priorities for the action plans developed by each school, and that will continue following this round as these are continuously refined.

The CSCI measures school climate in two important ways.

First, it evaluates virtually all of the dimensions that scholars and researchers believe color and shape school climate. Second, it is a 360-degree measure that recognizes the perspectives of all parents/ guardians, school personnel, and students (grades three through 12). Four major dimensions of school climate are evaluated by the CSCI: safety, teaching and learning, relationships, and environment. Results will be utilized by each school to build community, promote student participation, develop school-home-community partnerships, and inform the ongoing development of a collaborative plan for ongoing school improvement.

The survey questions are clear, precise, and easy to understand, as the CSCI uses input from all constituencies in the school community – faculty, staff, administrators, students, and parents. Each recommendation included in each school’s final report is built on research and best practices.

The National School Climate Center (NSCC), the non-profit organization that developed the survey

instrument, was founded in 1997 at the Teacher’s College of Columbia University, and works with schools and districts nation-wide to support the development of healthy and positively engaged students. The CSCI is a research-based needs assessment developed by NSCC that will once again help CCSU and its schools measure and improve school climate.

According to NSCC, “Peer-reviewed educational research has consistently demonstrated that a positive school climate is associated with academic achievement, effective risk prevention efforts and positive youth development.”

Built on research with thousands of K-12 students,

parent/guardians, and school staff, as well as the advice of educators and child development experts, the CSCI is a researchbased assessment tool developed in accordance with best practice standards in testing and measurement.

All parents and guardians are encouraged to complete a survey for each school in which their children attend. Directions for completing the survey will be distributed by the schools. Parents/guardians who have not received this information by March 16 are encouraged to contact their child’s building principal. More information about the survey instrument can be found at: www.schoolclimate.org.

“You’d think I was an idiot! I know to be careful, Phil!” Louie continued walking.

I looked around the frozen wasteland that surrounded me, swallowing me up. Misty, jagged mountains pretended that they were teeth, helping the lake chew up the pale-blue winter sky that coiled around me. The powder that hid the ice beneath my feet glared up at me. A freezing January wind nibbled at my nose and my bare hands...

Then I heard the crack, and the scream of terror that followed. Louie’s scream. Without even processing it, I jumped off the rock. I saw an orange coat and sprinted towards it.

My breath started to hammer in my chest when I finally saw what made Louie scream.

The orange coat was pulling at his leg, which had broken through the ... but no, it wasn’t Louie’s leg that broke through the ice. Louie was tough. He wouldn’t have screamed like that just because he had broken through. And besides, the ice was nearly 12 feet deep. He wouldn’t have broken through. And then I saw it.

A human hand clutched Louie’s leg. The soaking-wet death hand.

Louie frantically pulled at his pant leg. The hand wouldn’t let go ...

Read the complete story at youngwritersproject.org/ node/108017.

Jericho student testifies at the Youth Climate Action Summit in Montpelier

Vermont Commons School senior Nora Hill, of Jericho, testified before the Senate Government Operations Committee at the Youth Climate Action Summit on Feb. 12.

Invoking her youth on her family’s organic farm in Jericho and her connection with the Vermont natural world, she spoke of the importance of passing the VT Senate Bill 2864 – legislation to divest state pension funds from fossil fuel-related industries.

As a part of the Vermont Commons School senior class 20 percent project, Hill is also currently rallying support for federal legislation to fund research and prevention of climate-related spread of disease and invasive species. Since September, the senior class has been given every fifth class period to follow a personal passion through to the creation of a globally-oriented project. Hill’s passion for the environment and climate change activism, as well as her interest in medicine has fostered this project.

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The Lions' share On Feb. 14 the Essex Junction Lions collected 880 pounds of food and $200 for the Heavenly Food Pantry in Essex Junction. Thanks to Big Lots, Kinney Drugs and Mac’s Market for hosting the collection sites and to community members' donations. Lions Past District Governor Clem Cardinal, left, and Lion Erin Connors, right, accept donations.

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Submitted by Linda Kingston, Management coordinator for the Colchester Town Manager’s Office (Serves 4) Ingredients: 1 two-pound bag of frozen Easy-Peel raw shrimp either 26/30 or 21/25 count 1 stick butter (yes, a whole stick) 2-4 large cloves of garlic, chopped Freshly ground black pepper Lemon wedges French baguette Directions: Heat oven to 375 F. Put the stick of butter in a 9- by 13-inch baking dish and put it into the oven to melt. Meanwhile, rinse the shrimp and remove the legs,

but do not shell. When the butter is melted, remove the pan from the oven and add the garlic and shrimp. Grind a generous amount of black pepper over all. Stir around a little and pepper again.

Return dish to the oven (along with the baguette to warm it) and bake shrimp for 10 minutes, or just until the shrimp turn pink. Serve the shrimp from the pan on layers of newspaper on which to throw the shells. Let each diner add lemon to taste, and use chunks of the baguette to sop up the garlic butter and juices from the pan.

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By ELSIE LYNN PARINI The Essex Reporter Colchester CANsur-vive, a local team raising money for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, is putting together “Recipes from the Heart” — a 5.5-inch by 8.5inch hardcover cookbook with recipes inspired by loved ones who have or are battling cancer, as well as funny and poignant stories about them.

“They could be stories or poems about someone,” said Robin Parry, the Colchester Public Works administrative coordinator, in an interview last week. “Anything that means something special or reminds you of the person you want to honor.”

“We believe each story, from profound to funny, helps to provide a wonderful mix of awareness, insight and relevance,” reads the team’s press release for the cookbook.

Colchester CANsur-vive is seeking submissions of recipes and stories in support of a loved one that has been touched by any type of cancer. Those interested in contributing should email Colchester CANsur-vive at colchestercansurvive@gmail. com. Recipes and stories should be submitted no later than April 30. Parry is hoping the cookbook will have 200-300 submissions; however, space is limited so early submission is

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Cookbooks will be available for sale in August at a cost of $15 each.

Quantities are limited so pre-ordering is strongly encouraged.

“We’re hoping to do a lot of pre-orders,” noted Parry.

“It will help us figure out how many books we need, and limit our expenses.”

Parry has plans for the cookbook to be on sale at local businesses as well as at the Colchester Farmers’ Market.

The publisher, Morris Press Cookbooks, has a buyback policy on the first run of the book, which Parry says helps make the project possible.

Mike Moffatt, a finance officer for the Town of Colchester, took the photo

Editor’s Note: Look for more “Recipes from the Heart” recipes in The Essex Reporter!

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“We don’t want this book to be sad, we want it to be inspirational,” explained Parry.

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Last year, Colchester CANsur-vive raised over $15,000 to support Making Strides Against Breast Cancer by hosting local events such as Pink Out the Park, a 5K Walk/Run in October held at Bayside Park in Colchester. The team will be hosting this 5K for the third year in a row this October.

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