Essex Reporter: March 22, 2018

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By COLIN FLANDERS, MICHAELA HALNON and COURTNEY LAMDIN with additional reporting by KAYLEE SULLIVAN

P

eter Farrell had a ritual after every school shooting.

It was born in 2006, after an event most people here need no reminder of: A lone gunman killed a teacher at Essex Elementary School, back when such a scenario felt rare, before so many schools became places known for all the wrong reasons.

After becoming principal at Essex Elementary, he saw teachers sob after Sandy Hook from their empathy with the devastation and the reminder of that day. That was back when he’d check in immediately after the news broke. Now, it’s not so immediate.

“It’s probably the way the entire country is feeling,” Farrell said. “‘Oh, another one.’ How awful is that? That we have become … somewhat numbed to the fact that this happens on a routine basis.”

While local schools have avoided another incident like that, the threat of violence and its impact remains. It surfaces in the frantic texts to children during the lockdown at Essex High School.

Or the concerns of returning to school after a hoax last month made EHS one of over 700 schools to see

threats in the wake of the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Dozens of interviews conducted in Colchester, Milton and Essex over the past month confirm the threat of a school shooting occupies a permanent space in the education community. Tucked between thoughts of soccer practice and an upcoming economics test is the ever-present notion that it could happen here.

Days after Parkland, a dad in Milton purchased a bulletproof backpack for his 10-year-old daughter. A sophomore at Colchester High School made an emergency evacuation plan in her free time. A school board member in Essex mulled over the notion of an anonymous tip box.

All this, despite the statistical reality that their school will likely never experience a massacre like in Parkland. Rational thoughts take a back seat, though, when the principal instructs students to "clear the halls" over the loudspeaker.

"Every time something like that happens now, I'm scared,” said Maddie Laquerre, a CHS sophomore.

“We shouldn't have to be scared going to school."

See FALLOUT, page 10

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The Essex Reporter • March 22, 2018

A SPECIAL SUPPLEMEN T TO T HE E SSEX R EPORT ER & T HE COLCHE ST ER SUN 2018

ESSEX EaSTEr SErVicES

SUNday, March 25 9:30 a.m., Palm Sunday Mass, St. Pius X Church, 20 Jericho Rd., Essex Jct.

Maundy Thursday service, St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct.

Noon, Good Friday Station of the cross, St. Pius X Church, 20 Jericho Rd., Essex Jct.

6:30 a.m., Sunrise Service, Grounds of Holy Family Church, 36 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.

10 a.m., Palm Sunday service, St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct.

7 p.m., Maundy Thursday with holy communion service, Grace United Methodist Church, 130 Maple St., Essex Jct.

3 p.m., Good Friday Station of the cross, St. Lawrence Church, 158 West St., Essex Jct.

8 a.m., Easer Sunday Mass, St. Lawrence Church, 158 West St., Essex Jct.

6 p.m., Good Friday service, St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct.

8:30, 10 & 11:30 a.m., Easter service, Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Jct.

7 p.m., Passion of the Lord, Veneration of the cross and holy communion, St. Pius X Church, 20 Jericho Rd., Essex Jct.

8:30 a.m., Easter Sunday Mass, St. Pius X Church, 20 Jericho Rd., Essex Jct.

ThUrSday, March 29 5:45 p.m., simple supper, 6:40 p.m.,

Friday, March 30

7 p.m., Easter service, Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Jct. SaTUrday, March 31 4:30 & 6 p.m., Easter service, Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Jct.

9:30 a.m., Joint Easter Worship with the Vt. Korean american UMc, Grace United Methodist Church, 130 Maple St., Essex Jct. 10 a.m., Easter Sunday service, St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct.

6 p.m., Easter vigil potluck dinner and service, St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct.

10:30 a.m., Easter Sunday children's Mass, St. Pius X Church, 20 Jericho Rd., Essex Jct.; Easter egg hunt at 11:30 a.m.

7:30 p.m., Easter Vigil, St. Lawrence Church, 158 West St., Essex Jct.

11 a.m., Easter Sunday Mass, Holy Family Church, 36 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.; no mass at 7:30 p.m.

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First Congregational Church kicks off capital fundraising drive Members of the First Congregational Church of Essex Junction gathered at their Annual Meeting on January 28, where they approved a new capital campaign fundraising drive.

The goal of the Our Home, Our Future, Our Time Capital Campaign is to raise $822,000 to provide funding for needed repairs, renovations and improvements to the almost 150-yearold church building and adjacent properties that will maintain and preserve the historic buildings, increase accessibility and safety, and further efforts to expand ministry and outreach.

Key projects include replacing the roof on the Church and parsonage, sanctuary renovations such as painting and window restoration, repairs to the Church organ, recon-

struction and paving of the Church parking lot, ADA accessibility improvements such as the construction of two new bathrooms, the completion of kitchen renovations and various other energy efficiency and safety improvements.

“I have been involved in two prior Capital Campaigns for First Church,” said Campaign Co-chair David Johnson in a news release, “and the enthusiasm and support among Congregation members for the current effort is very high. First Church has played such an important role in our community for almost 150 years and it is now our time to make sure that we maintain our facilities so that they will serve our community for another 150 years.”

Johnson said the campaign’s steering committee

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is optimistic about reaching its goal, so much so that it’s also identified a ‘stretch goal’ of $1.09 million that would allow it to complete an additional round of projects important to the Church.

Campaign co-chair Kaki McGeary said the theme for the campaign was chosen after careful consideration.

“To the members of our congregation, First Church is in many ways our home … it is a place to gather for worship with our families and friends, a place to celebrate life and support one another through all the ups and downs, and it is a place where we can work together to serve our community,” she said in the news release, adding more than 20 community organizations also regularly meet in the church.

The campaign began in late January and will be conducted in two phases culminating in June. A public campaign kick-off event will be held at the Church on Sunday, April 8.

Construction is expected to begin in late Summer 2018.

“We also recognize that Church members who came before us did their part to take care of our buildings and grounds, and so now it is our time to do the same so that our children and grandchildren, our future, will continue to have a Church that is open and welcoming to all,” said McGeary.

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A SPECIAL SUPPLEMEN T TO T HE E SSEX R EPORT ER & T HE COLCHE ST ER SUN 2018

coLchESTEr EaSTEr SErVicES

Sunday, March 25

8 & 10 a.m., Palm Sunday service, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1063 Prim Rd., Colchester 9:30 a.m., Palm Sunday service, Malletts Bay Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 1672 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester 10:45 a.m., Palm Sunday mass, Our Lady of Grace Church, 784 Main St., Colchester; penance service at 3 p.m.

ThurSday, March 29

6 p.m., Maundy Thursday service, Malletts Bay Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 1672 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester; soup and bread supper 6 p.m., Maundy Thursday service, United Church of Colchester, 900 Main St., Colchester 7 p.m., Mass of the Lord's Supper, Holy Cross Parish, 416 Church Rd., Colchester 7 p.m., Mass of the Lord’s Supper with Eucharistic adoration, Our Lady of Grace Church, 784 Main St., Colchester; followed by Adoration until 9 p.m.

Monday, March 26

12:30 p.m., holy Eucharist, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1063 Prim Rd., Colchester 7 p.m., Shadow Stations of the cross, Holy Cross Parish, 416 Church Rd., Colchester

TuESday, March 27

12:30 p.m., holy Eucharist, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1063 Prim Rd., Colchester

7 p.m., Mass of the Last Supper, St. Michael’s College Chaple, 1 Winooski Park, Colchester

12:30 p.m., holy Eucharist, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1063 Prim Rd., Colchester

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7 p.m., Good Friday service, United Church of Colchester, 900 Main St., Colchester

SaTurday, March 31 7 p.m., Easter Vigil Mass, Holy Cross Parish, 416 Church Rd., Colchester 7 p.m., The Great Vigil of Easter, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1063 Prim Rd., Colchester 7:30 p.m., Solemn Vigil of Easter, Our Lady of Grace Church, 784 Main St., Colchester

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7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service and "The Watch" begins, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1063 Prim Rd., Colchester

7 a.m., Sunrise service, 9:30 a.m., Service and Easter egg hunt, Malletts Bay Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 1672 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester

Friday, March 30

8 & 10 a.m., holy Eucharist, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1063 Prim Rd., Colchester; no church school

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Good Friday reflection time, Malletts Bay Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 1672 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester; open church for quiet prayer and meditation

WEdnESday, March 28

holy communion, Our Lady of Grace Church, 784 Main St., Colchester

5:30 p.m., Mass, Our Lady of Grace Church, 784 Main St., Colchester; confession at 5 p.m.

12:30 p.m., Stations of the cross, 7 p.m., Good Friday Liturgy with communion, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1063 Prim Rd., Colchester

7 p.m., Tenebrae Service, Holy Cross Parish, 416 Church Rd., Colchester

7 p.m., Solemn Good Friday Liturgy, Holy Cross Parish, 416 Church Rd., Colchester

Congregational Church

7 p.m., celebration of the Lord’s Passion and

8:45 a.m., Easter Sunday Mass, Holy Cross Parish, 416 Church Rd., Colchester 9 & 11 a.m., Easter Sunday mass, St. Michael’s College Chaple, 1 Winooski Park, Colchester; no 7 p.m. mass 10:30 a.m., regular Worship service, United Church of Colchester, 900 Main St., Colchester 10:45 a.m., Easter Sunday Mass, Our Lady of Grace Church, 784 Main St., Colchester

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Friendly Worship with Praise MusicMusic Family Family Friendly Worship with Praise Our Holy Week Schedule: ALL children and Backpack Blessing andSunday Sunday School Begins Backpack Blessing and School Begins families welcome, Palm Sunday, March 25, Free Cookout Follows Worship Free Cookout Follows Worship Worship Service 9:30 a.m. affi rmed, and Sunday , September 13, a.m.

Sunday , September 13,9:30 9:30 a.m.

Maundy Thursday, March 29,

involved at this inclusive, progressive, accessible new church of the United Church of Christ (UCC) in Malletts Bay.

Soup and Bread 6 p.m. Tenebrae Ser-

ALL children andp.m. and vice 6:45 ALL children families welcome, families welcome, Good Friday, 30, affi rmed, and March affi rmed, and Open Church for quiet reflection, involved at this at this involved prayer 11:30 a.m.progres- 12:30 p.m. inclusive, progresinclusive, sive, accessible sive, accessible Easter Sunday, April 1, new church ofService the 7of new church Easter Sunrise a.m., the Easter United Church of9:30 a.m. Easter United Church of Celebration Service Christ (UCC) in Families (UCC) inare EggChrist Hunt after worship.

Malletts Bay. Malletts Bay. welcome at all services. you are and wherever you are on life’s journey , “Whoever“Whoever you are and wherever you are on life’s journey , YOU ARE WELCOME HERE” YOU ARE WELCOME HERE”

“Whoever you are and wherever you are on life’s journey, 1672Lakeshore West Lakeshore Drive, Colchester, VT 05446 1672 West Drive, Colchester, VT 05446 YOU ARE WELCOME HERE” www.mbccvt.org www.mbccvt.org

ESSEX CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

Holy Week and Easter Services Pastor ~ Rev. Charles Ranges, S.S.E.

4 Prospect Street, Essex Junction, Vermont 05452 802-878-5331 • holyfamily2@comcast.net Parishes of:

HOLY FAMILY

36 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, Vermont 05452 www.hfslvt.org • holyfamilysecretary@comcast.net Parish Office 802-878-5331 MASS TIMES Daily: 8:30am Sunday: 11:00 am & 7:30 pm

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1672 West Lakeshore Drive, Colchester, VT 05446 www.mbccvt.org

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church 1063 Prim Rd, Colchester

All are welcome.

158 West Street, Essex Junction, Vermont, 05452 MASS TIMES Saturday: 4:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am

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ST. PIUS X

20 Jericho Road, Essex, Vermont 05452 www.saintpiusx.net • saintpiusx@comcast.net Parish Office 802-878-5997 MASS TIMES Saturday: 4:30 pm Sunday: 9:30 am

Holy Week & Easter Services: Monday-Wednesday Holy Eucharist-12:30 pm Maundy Thursday service-7:00 pm Good Friday Liturgy-7:00 pm Easter Day services-8:00 am & 10:00 am.

- No church school FaceBook: St. Andrew’s Church Colchester VT Webpage: standrewscolchestervt.org

HOLY WEEK MASS SCHEDULE

Easter Mass Times

Chrism Mass: 11:00 am Tuesday, March 27 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington) Palm

CEaster Vigil: 7:30 pm St. Lawrence Sat., March 31 Easter Sunday: 6:30 am Ecumenical Prayer Service at Holy Family 8:00 am St. Lawrence 8:30 am St. Pius X 10:30 am St. Pius X (Easter Egg Hunt) 11:00 am Holy Family

Sunday: March 24th/25th weekend Mass schedule (above) Holy Thursday: 7:00 pm St. Michael’s College March 29 Good Friday: 7:00 pm St. Pius X March 30

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opinion & community LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Student leaders are admirable I am writing to express my gratitude and admiration for the student leaders at Essex High School who led the efforts to coordinate participation in the National School Walkout along with 3000 other schools in the United States. They persisted past a snow day and, by all accounts, were thorough and thoughtful in their organization.

I feel fortunate to live in a community that nurtures such strong student leaders. I also grateful that we have a school administration that can help partner at times like this rather than block which is what some other communities in the United States experienced. As a mother of young children, I am grateful for all efforts to make schools safer through sensible gun legislation.

Kelly adams

Thank you for support It was a privilege to be a candidate for the select board on town meeting day. I want to thank everyone who participated and made their voices heard by casting their votes. I especially want to express my gratitude to Mona Sheppard & Elaine Sopchak for being welcoming to myself and my campaign by engaging in important and sensitive dialogue regarding transparency in local government and the best path for Essex going forward.

While it was a close race between Mona & Elaine, both of whom are capable candidates, I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to Elaine in her election victory. It is my hope that now that the campaigning is over, we can move on as a community that is united and supportive of our

local elected officials.

In the closing weeks of the campaign some wondered whether my campaign was trying to smear the select board chair and Elaine. Nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, I felt a moral imperative to urge voters to look at the facts and speak out against big money and insider influence in politics. That is, I had heard from community members who were concerned about special interests and excessive expenditures taking a front row seat in the select board campaign, and on a moral and ethical level, I believed I had a duty to speak up about such matters.

Although my campaign message didn't win over the majority of voters, the importance of that message could not afford to be silenced no matter the consequences. At the end of the day,

my community comes first, and my own personal success as a candidate follows.

Now that the voters have spoken, I urge all Essex residents to remain active in speaking their minds and holding our leaders to account. I also ask all my neighbors to join me in offering our full support to the select board.

We all have the ability and privilege to have our voices heard, both in support and dissent.

It is time to move on and come together as neighbors because at the end of the day, we all want what's best for ourselves and our community. I look forward to supporting Elaine Sopchak, our new select board, and the community as we move forward toward a better tomorrow.

Timothy K. Farr

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PERSPECTIVES

From the tailings, a phoenix rises

By JuliE MoorE Secretary, Vt. Agency of Natural Resources

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ne of my favorite writers, David Quammen, penned an article for National Geographic more than 10 years ago, titled Hallowed Ground: Nothing Is Ever Safe. In it he notes: “In the world of conservation professionals, there is a dour saying: All our victories are temporary; only the defeats are permanent.” He goes on to conclude the article, however, with a slightly more cheerful variant – reminding the reader that our natural resources are only as good as “the intensity with which we treasure them.” To me, a critical piece of this necessary intensity is the work of the Agency to promote and celebrate good, concrete examples of people doing the right thing, in the right spot, and in the most responsible way. Front and center in this approach are some of the amazing opportunities for reuse and redevelopment that exist here in Vermont.

This past fall, I was delighted to be asked to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Elizabeth Mine Solar Project. Folks of Strafford and the surrounding towns will immediately recognize the name of one of Vermont’s notorious, and thankfully rare, Superfund sites. At this abandoned mine, operated from the early 1800s until 1958, the materials left over after copper was separated from mined rock – the tailings – were simply left

in enormous piles. And over time, heavy metals and minerals began to leach from the tailing piles, polluting local streams.

At one time, over four miles of the West Branch of the Ompompanoosuc River was impaired due to acid mine drainage from the Elizabeth Mine.

Through a strong and decade-long partnership between my Agency, the local community and U.S. EPA, this former Superfund site has been creatively repurposed, drawing new life (and solar light) from a piece of land that had been long neglected. The restoration has resulted in stabilization of the tailing piles and treatment of site runoff, leading to the recovery of local waterways.

Eliminating polluted runoff from the mine was an important environmental outcome, but the community’s definition of success also included returning the area to beneficial and productive use. That’s no small feat for a Superfund site. While a number of opportunities for reuse were contemplated, ultimately a solar project was determined to be the best fit. In fact, the installation of a solar project is not only an appropriate use, it’s an ideal use for

the site.

The innovative repurposing of the site brings benefits to Vermonters as well: Under Superfund regulations, the state is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the remediation structures. Now, thanks to the partnership, the solar developer helps with the clean-up and restoration costs.

The project helps Vermont meet its renewable energy goals.

It’s a win-win-win.

As the spring construction season fast approaches, I’ve been thinking back to that Elizabeth Mine event, as well as forward to some of the other great reuse and redevelopment projects taking place around the State, and the opportunities these projects present for accomplishing positive environmental and human health impacts, advancing sound land-use practices, supporting sustainable development trends and promoting community and economic growth.

One example of the types of exciting projects that will take place in the coming months is the revitalization of the Putnam Hotel and surrounding block in downtown Bennington. This redevelopment project is

it is also essential to help support the continued vitality of our existing city and village centers, prevent sprawl and protect important natural resources.

community-led and is drawing in investments from local and civic leaders, the state, federal government, and key tenants to invigorate historic downtown buildings that are currently underutilized.

The impact of this sort of redevelopment project goes well beyond investments in creating vibrant downtowns. It is also essential to help support the continued vitality of our existing city and village centers, prevent sprawl, and protect important natural resources.

Another win-win-win.

Too often we think in terms of black and white – like the most sustainable way to live on the landscape is to not make new things. As the State official leading the agency charged with protecting our natural resources, I am no exception to falling into this mode of thinking from time to time.

So it’s both important and wonderful to celebrate these examples – and others like them – of the right project, in the right place that is able to reinvigorate underutilized or derelict sites.

Julie Moore is the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, the state agency with primary responsibility for protecting and sustaining Vermont’s environment, natural resources, wildlife and forests, and for maintaining Vermont’s beloved state parks. Moore was named to that position by Governor Phil Scott in January 2017. Moore currently resides in Middlesex with her husband, Aaron, and their two children.

Into the woods: Finding resilience in our forests When trying to manage for healthy forests, you must first consider how to gauge forest health. After all, if we don’t know what condition we’re shooting for, it’s hard to know when we’re headed in the right direction. Is a healthy forest one filled with trees growing quickly and efficiently?

Or one without disease? Does it include high-quality wildlife habitat, or should forest health be measured solely on the condition of trees? While foresters and scientists have scratched their heads over this for a long time, the best answer we have is that forest health is determined by a quality that is difficult to measure or quantify. This quality is called “resilience.”

While we are often hyper-focused on the trees in our forests, trees are just one part of a vastly complex and inter-connected system. The more we learn about forests, the more we understand that “non-tree stuff,” like wildlife, plants, insects and pollinators, soil microbes and fungi all play critical roles in keeping them healthy. Accordingly, even if you are mostly concerned with just managing trees, you should consider a more holistic approach when thinking about forest management strategies.

Following the wind storm last October, I was inundated with calls from landowners deeply concerned about the health of their forest, heart-broken at the death of trees they had watched grow for decades, and by seeing their yard or woodlot drastically changed. However, from my perspective this event was an opportunity to explain an important concept: that disturbance and change are necessary and inevitable processes in our forests, and that these processes are part of how they remain vibrant, diverse and healthy over time. The question is not if disturbance is part of healthy forests, but how forests respond to these events, which is where “resilience” comes into play.

The resilience of a forest can be defined as its ability to respond to disturbance while maintaining its productive

capacity. The trees, plants, wildlife and other species that make up our forested systems have evolved while dealing with constant change and disturbance.

These species, functioning as systems, have developed means of retaining and enhancing the fertility of their environment, even in the face of catastrophic disturbance. This is most obvious in forests’ ability to protect the productivity of their soils, but could also be extended to include their ability to resist infeswith Ethan Tapper tation by diseases and invasive species, to offer habitat to a wide range of native flora and fauna, and to offer a continuity of ecosystem services like clean air, clean water, and carbon storage.

One can observe the resilience of forested systems by observing how forests respond to disturbances, from the death of a single tree to a large-scale blowdown. Disturbances create conditions which trigger new growth and regeneration, with different tree species responding to fill each niche. This regeneration stabilizes and protects soils and their vital nutrients that would otherwise be lost in the course of this disturbance. At the same time, they provide new habitat for wildlife, and future generations of trees.

This process is continuous --- a forest is dealing with some degree of disturbance at all times.

So how can we manage for resilience? As I have said in this column many times, the answer is diversity, diversity, diversity. Forests with a diversity of tree species can respond to a wide range of pests, pathogens, and environmental conditions. Similarly, forests with many different

Into the Woods

Ethan Tapper is the Chittenden County forester. He can be reached at (802)-585-9099, at ethan.tapper@vemont.gov, or at his office at 111 West St., Essex Jct.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM

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Diana E. Colby (blair) 11/1/52 – 3/19/2016 Two years ago today it broke our hearts to let you go alone. A part of us went with you that day. Not a day goes by that are hearts don’t ache for you and the love that you gave all of us. You were an amazing, wife, mother, mother in law, grandmother, daughter and friend.

Love you always and forever.

sizes and ages of trees are able to respond vigorously to disturbances affecting a single age class of trees, such as a wind or ice event which can remove the forest’s overstory.

Encouraging the forest’s “weirdness,” (diversity) is critical, and should be coupled with removing factors that interfere with the forest’s ability to respond to disturbance, such as removing invasive exotic plant species and taking steps to limit over-browsing by deer.

The final piece of managing for resilient forests is achieved by keeping them forested and whole; parcelization, fragmentation and development limit forests’ ability to remain healthy, and our ability to manage them. Conserving your forest land, making a succession plan to ensure that your forest persists after your time, and advocating for protecting forest resources and intact forest blocks in the course of development are all ways to keep our forests growing, changing, and remaining healthy into the future.

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Religious Directory

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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH - 61 Main St., Essex Jct., 878-8341. James Gangwer, pastor. Sunday School: 10 a.m., Worship Service: 11 a.m., Sunday evening worship: 6 p.m., Wednesday evening youth groups, Adult Bible study and prayer: 7 p.m.; FundamentalIndependent.

CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. 878-7107. Wes Pastor, lead pastor, proclaiming Christ and Him crucified, Sundays: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., www.cmcvermont.org.

COVENANT COMMUNITY CHURCH - 1 Whitcomb Meadows Lane, Essex Jct. 879-4313. Rev. Jeannette Conver, pastor. Adult bible class: 9 a.m., Sunday service: 10 a.m. with fellowship following. Infant through pre-K childcare provided, cccpastorjeannette@gmail.com; Facebook page: bit.ly/2rDz4NE DAYBREAk COMMUNITY CHURCH - 67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester. 338-9118. Brent Devenney, lead pastor. Sunday service: 10:30 a.m., AWANA: Thursdays twice a month, www.daybreakvermont.org; brentdaybreak@gmail.com ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH - 37 Old Stage Road, Essex Jct. 878-8213. Sunday services: 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m., www.essexalliance.org.

ESSEX CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 119 Center Rd (Route 15), Essex. 878-8304. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. Service 10:00 a.m. 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. 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 plant spiritual roots.

FIRST CONgREgATIONAL CHURCH OF ESSEX JUNCTION - 1 Church Street, Essex Jct. 878-5745. Rev. Mark Mendes, senior pastor. Rev. Josh Simon, associate pastor. Sunday Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Communion: first Sunday of every month. Faith formation: weekly at 10:15 a.m. Jr. & Sr. high youth groups: every Sunday. Heavenly Food Pantry: second Monday of the month, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. and fourth Thursday, 2 – 6 p.m., except for Nov. & Dec. when it is the third Thursday. Essex Eats Out community dinner: 1st Friday of the month, 5:30 – 7 p.m. Music includes Sanctuary Choir, Finally @ First Band, Joyful Noise, Cherub Music, Handbell Choir, Men’s Acapella & Ladies’ Acapella groups. UCC, an Open and Affirming Congregation, embracing diversity and affirming the dignity and worth of every person, because we are all created by a loving God. www.fccej.org; welcome@fccej. org gRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 130 Maple Street, Essex Jct., 1 mile south of the Five Corners on Maple Street / Route 117. 878-8071. Worship Sundays: 9:30 a.m., with concurrent church school pre-K to grade 6. Handicapped-accessible facility. Adult choir, praise band, women’s fellowship, missionally active. Korean U.M.C. worship Sundays: 12 p.m., come explore what God might be offering you!

HOLY FAMILY - ST. LAwRENCE PARISH - St. Lawrence: 158 West St., Essex Jct. 878.5331. Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m.; Sunday Morning: 8:00 a.m. Holy Family: 36 Lincoln St., Essex Jct., Sundays: 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. For more information visit www.hfslvt.org.

MT. MANSFIELD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOwSHIP - 195 Vermont Route 15, Jericho, the red barn across from Packard Road. 899-2558. Services are held 9:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of each month from September through June. Visit www.mmuuf. org.

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct., off Rt. 2A at the Fairgrounds Gate F. 8784014. Rev. Kim Hardy. Holy Eucharist, Sundays: 10 a.m.

Visit www.stjamesvt.org; office@stjamesvt.com.

ST. PIUS X CHURCH - 20 Jericho Road, Essex.

878-5997. Rev. Charles Ranges, pastor. Masses: Saturday, 4:30 p.m. & Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. or please call 878-5331 for an appointment.

archiVe PhoTo

There will be a technical workshop for farmers looking to learn more about Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs). Small and large farm operators are encouraged to attend this event to aske experts how they can apply RAPs to your specific operation. See Wednesday, March 28 listing for complete details.

22 Thursday aarP Free Tax helP

9:15 - 11:30 a.m., Brownell Library.

Tax help provided by volunteer AARP foundation certified tax preparers Tak and Dorothy Ng. This service is for taxpayers with less than $60k annual gross income, with special attention to those over 60 years old.

Qualified patrons will need to have received and make available all information and documents necessary. Relatively complex returns may be advised to seek professional assistance.

Call 878-6955 or visit the library to make an hour-long appointment.

homeschool skaTing

Noon - 1 p.m., Essex Skating Facility, 2 Educational Dr., Essex Jct.

read To archie

3:15 - 4:15 p.m., Brownell Library. Archie loves to listen to kids read. He is certified by Therapy Dogs of Vermont. Archie's owner is Christine Packard, chair of Brownell Library Trustees.

Book Talk wiTh The auThor

6:30 p.m., Phoenix Books Burlington, 191 Bank St., Burlington. Join Annelise Orleck, author of "We Are All FastFood Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages," to discover the story of low-wage workers rising up around the world to demand respect and a living wage. Annelise is professor of history at Dartmouth College and the author of five books on the history of US women, politics, immigration and activism. She lives in Thetford Center. $3; includes coupon for $5 off the feature book.

mounT mansField scale modelers

6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Model builders encompassing all areas of interest and skill levels are welcome.

Show off individual projects, discuss tips and techniques and gain inspiration from fellow modelers.

sT. michael's sPring Play: "Fuddy meers"

7 p.m., McCarthy Arts Ctr., St. Michael's College, 1 Winooski Park, Colchester. The play "Fuddy Meers" by David Lindsay-Abaire

jars and challenges its audience’s sense of reality, but ultimately this darkly comic thrill-ride coaxes viewers toward a positive outcome.

The play’s title derives from attempts in the script by a supporting character with a stroke to say “funny mirrors.”

Meanwhile, the main character, Claire, has psychogenic amnesia – that is, although she can retain a lot of information over the course of a day, she wakes up the next morning a blank slate. Free; reserve seats at fuddysmc. eventbrite.com.

23 Friday music wiTh raPh 10 - 10:30 a.m., Brownell Library. Come sing and play with Raph. All ages.

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3 - 5 p.m., Brownell Library. Live Action Role Play is open to all middle and high school students who want to have adventures in a mythical land.

dungeons & dragons

6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library.

Embark upon imaginary adventures. Dungeon Master serves as this role playing game’s referee and storyteller.

For grades 6 and up.

sT. michael's sPring Play: "Fuddy meers"

7 p.m., McCarthy Arts Ctr., St. Michael's College, 1 Winooski Park, Colchester. (See Thursday, March 22 for complete details.)

24 saTurday maPle oPen house weekend

All day, statewide.

When visiting sugar houses, visitors can expect warm welcomes from their sugar maker hosts, eager to educate and share with the public the process of making maple syrup from sap - an inside look at the hard work that goes into producing each jug of syrup. Traditional open house activities include sampling syrup, tours of the woods, pancake breakfasts, horse-drawn sleigh rides, sugar-on- snow parties and plenty of maple products to taste including maple donuts, maple cotton candy and maple creemees.

Visit vermontmade.org/ mohw.

weekend sTory Time

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library.

Start off your weekend with books, rhymes and songs!

sTory Time

11 a.m., Phoenix Books Essex, 2 Carmichael St., Essex Jct. Enjoy timeless tales and new adventures with your little ones.

single adulTs’ VolleyBall, game and PoTluck dinner nighT

6 p.m., Essex Alliance Church Community Center, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Jct. $2 suggested donation; RSVP and get more information from Barb at 879-1469.

sT. michael's sPring Play: "Fuddy meers"

7 p.m., McCarthy Arts Ctr., St. Michael's College, 1 Winooski Park, Colchester. (See Thursday, March 22 for complete details.)

VermonT symPhony orchesTra masTerworks PerFormance

7:30 p.m., the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. This Masterworks program features works from Mendelssohn, André Previn, and Tchaikovsky.

Karina Canellakis will serve as conductor, with Guilford, Vt. husband and wife duo Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson on violin and cello. The program is preceded at 6:30 p.m.

by Musically Speaking, a free pre-concert discussion designed to provide insight into the evening’s program.

Tickets are available at flynntix.org.

25 sunday maPle oPen house weekend

All day, statewide. (See Saturday, March 24 for complete details.)

grieF share suPPorT grouP

10 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Jct. If you have lost a spouse, child, family member or friend, you are invited to attend.

Weekly through May 13. For registration and information, contact Ron Caldwell; ron_caldwell@comcast. net.

swaP Thing: a new comics eVenT

10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Memorial Hall, 5 Towers Rd.,

Essex Jct. Inspired by the intimate comic book shows of the 1970s and 1980s, three local comic book fans are launching Swap Thing, an old-school comic book sales and swap event.

Swap Thing will feature dealers, collectors and fans from around the region buying, selling and trading old comics.

Free; visit devilsdream. org/swap-thing for more information.

"sTories From Behinds The Barn" eThan allen homesTead museum Fundraiser

2 p.m., Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, 1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington. Join NPR Moth Mainstage storyteller, woodsman, author, and sixth generation Vermonter Bill Torrey as he tells hilarious, heartwarming, true stories about growing up in the ‘60s in Vt. $15; snacks including hot hors d’ouevres and a chance to win a door prize included with admission.

To reserve tickets email devino13@comcast.net or call 863-5403.

Balkan Folk dancing

3:30 - 6:30 p.m., Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, 188 N. Prospect St., Burlington. Easier line and circle dances are taught the first hour, then intermediate dances, reviews and open request dancing. Beginners are welcome and no partner is needed. Wear informal, comfortable clothing. Lots of parking, come in the back door. $6 donation and snacks for the break, if you can; free the first time.

diVorce care suPPorT grouP

5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Bluewater Ctr., 145 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Led by people who have already walked down that road, we'd like to share with you a safe place and a process that can help make the journey easier. Weekly through May 13. Call Sandy to register or for information at 425-7053.

26 monday aarP Free Tax helP

9:15 - 11:30 a.m., Brownell Library. (See Thursday, March 22 for complete details.)

sTory Time

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Enjoy reading, rhyming and crafts each week! All ages.

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lOcal meeTinGS SaTUrDay, mar. 24

TUeSDay, mar. 27

5:30 p.m., Joint village Trustees/Selectboard, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.

5:15 p.m., village Trustees meeting, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.

mOnDay, mar. 27

5:30 p.m., Mansfield ave/Brickyard rd. Gravel wetland Stormwater Retrofit Project, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.

Noon, economic Development commission, Town offices, 81 Main St., Essex Jct.

Tech help wiTh clif

Noon and 1 p.m., Brownell Library. Offering one-on-one technology help. Reservation required. Please call 878-6955 at least 24 hours in advance.

leGO clUB

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. Build awesome creations using our collection of Legos!

Sew DeliGhTfUl

3:15 - 4:15 p.m., Brownell Library. Learn how to sew hexagons to make a flower with Beth Giard. For ages nine and up.

GO clUB

5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Come learn and play this 4,000-year-old strategy game with Max and Celia. All ages!

27 TUeSDay STOry Time fOr BaBieS anD TODDlerS

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

aarp free Tax help 9:15 - 11:30 a.m., Brownell Library.

STOry Time fOr preSchOOlerS

10 - 10:45 a.m, Brownell Library. Picture books, sign language, songs, rhymes, flannel stories and early math activities for preschoolers.

STeam TUeSDayS: Owl DeTecTiveS

3:15 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Create and explore with science, technology, engineering, art and math. Dissect an owl pellet and reconstruct the bones you find to deduce what the owl ate in this session. First grade and up.

DrOp-in KniTTinG clUB 6:30 - 8 p.m., Essex Free Library. Bring in your current knitting project or start a new one in the company of fellow knitters!

28 weDneSDay rap Technical wOrKShOp fOr farmerS 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Essex Memorial Hall, 5 Towers Rd., Essex

Jct. Learn more about the Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs).

Whether you operate a small or large farm, this event will provide useful information about the RAPs and an opportunity to talk with experts about how they apply specifically to your operation. You will also have an option to stay after lunch to delve into the more technical aspects of farm management practices that improve soil health and protect water quality.

Free; RSVP at info@ winooskinrcd.org or call and leave a message at 288-8155 ext. 104.

To see the detailed agenda visit http://winooskinrcd.org/requiredagricultural-practices.

BaBy playGrOUp

10 - 11:30 a.m., Sunset Studio, 71 Center Rd., Essex Jct. Free.

STOry Time fOr preSchOOlerS

10 - 10:45 a.m, Brownell Library. Picture books, sign language, songs, rhymes, flannel stories and math activities for preschoolers.

STOry Time

10 a.m., Phoenix Books Essex, 2 Carmichael St., Essex Jct. Enjoy timeless tales and new adventures with your little ones.

Tech Time wiTh Traci

10 - 11 a.m., Essex Free Library. Need some tech help? Drop in with your device and your questions.

Tech help wiTh clif

Noon and 1 p.m., Brownell Library. Offering one-on-one technology help. Reservation required. Please call 878-6955 at least 24 hours in advance.

afTernOOn fOreiGn film

1:30 - 3:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Join Brownell Library and the Vermont Italian Club for the first of three parts of "Best of Youth," an award-winning Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers, from the 1960s to the 2000s.

reaD TO DaiSy

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Daisy loves to listen to kids read. She is certified

by Therapy Dogs of Vermont. Daisy's owner is Maddie Nash, retired school counselor. For all ages.

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library.

Children read for an hour with ADL middle school students. Bring a favorite book or choose one here.

lGBTQ DrOp-in GrOUp

4:30 - 5:30 p.m., Brownell Library. LGBTQ teens and allies are welcome to drop by the library to socialize with peers and propose any projects they might like to do to increase awareness. For grades 8 - 12 and recent graduates.

BOOK TalK

6:30 p.m., Phoenix Books Essex, 2 Carmichael St., Essex Jct. Join Arnie Kozak, PhD, for a discussion of his new book, "Timeless Truths for Modern Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to a More Focused and Quiet Mind." Arnie Kozak is a psychotherapist, clinical assistant professor in psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and workshop leader at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Free.

reSilience - The BiOlOGy Of STreSS anD The Science Of hOpe

6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Researchers have recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by abuse and neglect during childhood. As the new documentary "Resilience" reveals, toxic stress can trigger hormones that wreak havoc on the brains and bodies of children, putting them at a greater risk for disease, homelessness, prison time and early death. While the broader impacts of poverty worsen the risk, no segment of society is immune. "Resilience," however, also chronicles the dawn of a movement that is determined to fight back. Trailblazers in pediatrics, education, and social welfare are using cutting-edge science and field-tested therapies to protect children from the insidious effects of toxic stress—and the dark legacy of a childhood that no child would choose.

QUeBec film feSTival: "Of inK anD BlOOD"

7 p.m., Cheray Science Hall Rm. 101, St. Michael's College, 1 Winooski Park, Colchester. This drama will be in French with English subtitles. Sébastien owns a bookshop and has literary ambitions of his own. He befriends Joseph, an established novelist whose work he admires, but when Joseph is killed on his doorstep, Sébastien discovers a mysterious manuscript left behind.

29 ThUrSDay aarp free Tax

help

9:15 - 11:30 a.m., Brownell Library. (See Thursday, March 22 for complete details.)

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reaD TO archie

3:15 - 4:15 p.m., Brownell Library. Archie loves to listen to kids read. He is certified by Therapy Dogs of Vermont. Archie's owner is Christine Packard, chair of Brownell Library Trustees.

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eveninG BOOK GrOUp

Open Mon - Sat 10 - 5 Sunday 11 - 4

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. Please join to discuss "The Boston Girl" by Anita Diamant.

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30 friDay mUSic wiTh raph

10 - 10:30 a.m., Brownell Library. Come sing and play with Raph.

All ages.

STOry Time

10 - 10:30 a.m., Brownell LIbrary. Come listen to picture book stories and have fun with puppets, songs and rhymes. All ages.

mUSical STOry Time

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. All ages.

walK wiTh chriST

6 - 9 p.m.., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, 73 Essex Way, Essex Jct. Come take a walk through Christ's life to remember the reason for Easter.

Then at 7:30 p.m. enjoy a production of Handel's Messiah performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Pets of the Week GRACIE

KniT niGhT

6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Adult knitters and crocheters are invited to settle in front of the fireplace in the Main Reading Room to knit, share projects and patterns, and engage in conversation.

31 SaTUrDay weeKenD STOry Time

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library.

Start off your weekend with books, rhymes and songs!

STOry Time

11 a.m., Phoenix Books Essex, 2 Carmichael St., Essex Jct. Enjoy your Saturday morning with a new or classic book for kids. Free; all ages .

preSchOOl Open Gym

3 - 4:30 p.m., Building Bright Futures of Essex, 75 Maple St., Essex Jct. Come run around inside during the cold winter months at our open gym, sponsored by the Essex Rotary. Free.

1 SUnDay Grief Share SUppOrT GrOUp

10 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Jct. (See Sunday, March 25 for details.)

2 year old Spayed female Arrival Date: 02/08/2018 Breed: Domestic long hair - grey/buff tortoiseshell Special Considerations: I need a home where I can have the option to go outside

Reason here: I was not a good fit for my previous home

Gracie: A true adventurer! This long haired beauty likes to spend her evenings under the stars. Although she loves talking to her people, rubbing against legs and eating her treats, she also loves to roam the great outdoors and stay out all night long. She has been known to sleep all afternoon to gear up for her evening excursions and has also been known to come home with little mouse “gifts” for her humans!

If you’re looking for a real catabout-town with a story to tell, look no further, Gracie’s your gal!

Dogs and cats: No thank you!

I need a home without dogs or other cats

Humane Society of Chittenden County 802-862-0135

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APRIL 12, 2018-6:30 P.M. 393-5635 to Buy due balance of $2,046.00 owed to Champlain a past due balance ofWanted $294.00 owed to has a past due balance of $426.00 owed to 802-528-2829 VERMONT MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE ROOM, BUYING ANTIQUES Valley Self Storage LLC since BOYS November BEAR, Champlain Valley Self Storage LLC since Champlain Valley Self Storage LLC since SNOW SUITS, TEDDY Bear Com81 MAIN ST., ESSEX JCT., VT and this girls,debt, for 1 per or 2our yearleases 30, 2017. To cover 28,color, 2018.Complete To cover households, this debt, per December 31, 2017. To cover this debt, per pany, February light brown most anything old/of $10 or less. 802dated 10/30/14olds. & 7/1/13 the contents of dressed our lease datedhat, 2/26/16, the contents of unit our lease dated 6/15/17, the contents of unit in sun good quality. 45+ years 485-8266 1. Amendments to Agenda (if applicable) andbe one units #134 & #137will be sold at private sunglasses #152 will sold buying! at privateFair silent prices auction #052 will be sold at private silent auction STUFFED ANIMALS, piece bathing suit. paid! silent auction on April 6, 2018.

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Hundreds of Essex High School students walked out of class on March 15 to show solidarity with the victims of the Parkland shooting. Students and local legislators gave speeches calling for gun legislation and increased school safety in between moments of silence.

THE WALKOUT Parkland has become the epicenter of a renewed push for gun control, its students thrust into activism while inspiring students across the country, including here in Chittenden County. The survivors have used social media to demand action, calling for new legislation and blasting companies that offer discounts to members of the National Rifle Association.

For high-schoolers locally, they also embody the belief that it can happen to anyone.

"That's probably why there's so much vehement reaction, especially among the students,” EHS senior Nick Hanna said. “Because it's so easy to visualize us or our friends on the floor in a puddle of blood.”

After a snow day delayed planned walkouts across the state, thousands of Vermont students left class at 10 a.m. on March 15 to show solidarity with their peers in Parkland.

Some ceremonies, like that in Essex, echoed the call for action amid a vigil for the victims. Students filled the snow-covered bleachers outside the school, a few carrying signs, including one that read: “I am not a target.”

“We are not going to stop until we get what we want,” student organizer Amelia Duffy said in between minutes of silence for each of the victim. “We will be the change we want to see.”

In Colchester, 17 students read a short speech on behalf of a victim who shared their personality traits or interests. Each placed an orange carnation at the front of the stage as pictures of the deceased flashed behind them.

“We’re so often, as a state, able to detach because

we’re so small and far away from everything that’s happening,” student organizer Gabbi Berthiaume said.

“We thought by making it more personal, it would be more impactful for people to watch.”

Kaity Mazza, also a walk-out organizer, said they intentionally avoided any mention of specific policy or political party in an attempt to keep the event as inclusive as possible. That doesn’t mean they shied away from the political implications of their message.

The trio planned to send videos and transcripts from their walk-out to legislators in Montpelier.

In Milton, a screen projected images of the victims. After each slide, student presenter Molly Gary vowed, “We will remember,” and the audience answered in chorus.

Essex students took a more political stance. They voiced a frustration at some of the inaction, responding to how a divisive issue like gun control can muddy what they feel is a commonsense discussion, and emphasized their own power.

“I fear that adults don't completely understand this issue,” student organizer Ashel Adiang-Dowling said.

“This is not about being a Democrat or Republican or a member of the NRA or Greenpeace. This is about kids being killed in our classrooms.”

Linda Cloutier-Namdar, an EHS English teacher, said that’s a widespread sentiment in the wake of Parkland. “There is a lot of student indignation about how could you -- the collective adults around us -- how could you all let this happen?”

To some, that frustration feels justified.

“We've let that America come into being,” EHS

teacher Adam Weiss said.

“This is the America we turned the other cheek to.”

THE CALL FOR ACTION Gov. Phil Scott shifted his stance on gun control last month after reading the arrest affidavit for 18-yearold Jack Sawyer, who was allegedly preparing to carry out a shooting at Fair Haven Union High School.

Sawyer’s plan was discov-

blame.

Milton High School student Caitlyn Lamotte disagreed, saying citizens of every country in the world experience mental illness, “but no country has school shootings like we do.”

She begged lawmakers to institute gun control measures and dismissed the idea that arming staff would protect students since the Parkland school police officer didn’t attempt

crocosm of all the opinions across our country,” Guarnaccia said. “It’s really interesting to hear them share their thoughts. It’s the whole spectrum — some of them really want to see that, others felt like ‘No way.’”

Several EHS students said they were grateful for the opportunity to talk things out with adults during their school day. Still, Adiang-Dowling recalled a time when information shared by a teacher caused tension.

“One of my teachers openly admitted that his father was a lifelong member of the NRA, and the entire class just went silent,” she said.

Caitlin Richardson, a Colchester sophomore, said her teachers didn’t host an emotional debriefing the day after a threat at CHS, though the topic was like an elephant in the room.

She approached a trusted instructor outside regular class time to discuss her feelings, instead.

Colchester superintendent Amy Minor said that was in line with district policy. She likened the topic to a presidential election and said she requires her staff to remain politically neutral while teaching, even when students press for opinions.

“When they are standing in front of a classroom of students, their job is to teach the curriculum,” Minor said.

But CHS sophomore Tracy Wear said they would like more guidance — and to be treated with more maturity — when it comes to school safety discussions.

“Teaching us to recognize situations and what’s happening, how to analyze, how to think about them, that will help us going forward,” Wear said. “Treat us like adults.”

“By 2020, we’ll be able to vote, too, in the presidential election,” Richardson added. “We’re going to eventually have to learn how to understand it.”

“We are not going to stop until we get what we want.

We will be the change we want to see.”

Amelia Duffy

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The state senate has since passed a bill that would raise the legal age to buy firearms to 21 and require universal background checks. Similar legislation has been proposed in the House, where lawmakers approved a bill allowing police to remove firearms from people who threaten violence.

Those measures drew outrage from a majority of speakers at Milton’s gun control forum earlier this month. Many repeated refrains that surface in gun control debates nationwide.

David Graham of Grand Isle said legislators should “consider the lack of discipline and parenting at home.” He suggested violent television and video games could also be to

to take down the shooter.

“It won’t work when I’m murdered walking into school because some kid was able to get an AR-15,” Lamotte said. “The fact that you guys value my life below a gun is insane.”

Shifting that political discourse to the classroom is tricky but often necessary, several Essex educators agreed. Longtime English teacher Linda Cloutier-Namdar said she readily adapted her planned curriculum after a simple question spurred a 45-minute classroom conversation the day after the Parkland shooting.

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Milton student resource officer Cpl. Scott Philbrook has rolled out the curriculum to the adults in the two school buildings and next plans to instruct students on the method: ALICE suggests they throw books, chairs, laptops and any other object to impede the shooter.

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“That’s the part they need to know,” he said. “It’s the adults that are making the bigger decisions.”

Colchester Police Lt. Doug Allen said he’s considered this point recently in training teachers in a protocol similar to ALICE. He said Colchester PD has worked with the district on lockdowns since Columbine.

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CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: 1) Protesters turned out to Five Corners on March 14 after snow nixed school walkout plans across the state. 2) Milton parent Jason Smiley holds a bullet-proof backpack he bought his daughter after Parkland. 3) Essex and Milton police walk through a tactical team practice at Milton High School earlier this month. 4) Ashel Adiang-Dowling reads a speech during the Essex High School walkout on March 15 beside her sister, Kayla Adiang-Dowling, and fellow student-organizer Amelia Duffy (left).

with what their needs are.”

In Milton, Philbrook said some teachers are wary of their responsibility during an active shooting.

“They don’t get into education with the thought of having to protect students from an armed intruder,” he said. “That’s not what they signed up to do.”

He thinks the more teachers drill, the more comfortable they’ll be with their options. Going through the motions has raised good questions and identified weak spots, like doors that don’t lock, which are then fortified, Philbrook said.

At the school safety meeting, Milton parents questioned whether more could be done. Some asked if bulletproof glass could be installed in the windows, while others stressed someone should watch the school cameras at all times. They asked for another SRO, too.

The notion of metal detectors has been raised in all three districts. Some students called the devices excessive and said they would make their school feel like a jail. Others said they’d be great, if only to stop the kids who accidentally bring hunting knives to school.

Brian Donahue, Essex Westford School District’s chief operating officer, wondered if these measures are really doing something – or just creating more anxiety.

Both are possible, says Paul Foxman, a 40-year psychologist and founder of the Vermont Center for Anxiety Care in Burlington.

“There’s two sides,” he said. “The safety measures are probably going a long way to keeping us safe, and at the time, we’re creating anxiety.”

Milton parent Nicole Claypool said since Parkland, her 10-year-old son, Conner, has had higher than normal anxiety, specifically surrounding safety drills.

The day after the school safety meeting, Philbrook reviewed the drills with Connor, as he often does with students experiencing heightened stress.

Olivia Couillard, a sophomore at MHS, said she has anxiety every day at school. While she takes in the teacher’s lesson, she’s also considering her exit plan and says more stringent safety measures would calm her.

Donahue said he’d rather invest in more social

workers for every school.

“Do we build bigger walls, or do we start taking them down and stop stigmatizing mental health? Do we stop under-resourcing our community health care basis?” he asked. “As we throw these kids away from our society, they're not going anywhere … people are in crisis.”

THE WORRY Days after Sawyer, the Fair Haven student, was arrested, Essex High School students alerted police to a troubling social media post that allegedly threatened the school. While it was eventually deemed a hoax, school administrators commended the students for speaking up.

“We're watching out for one another,” Donahue said. “It's going to make us a safer community, because we know what we need to know. And it's going to take us into that position of control: The person that wants to light the fire of fear isn't going to win because they're not going to stay anonymous.”

But Donahue readily concedes unchecked vigilance could ostracie students with traits often attributed to shooters: being quiet, disengaged or simply different from the rest.

A few students recalled rumors circling EHS in the days after Parkland, their peers naming who they suspected could carry out a deadly act on campus. One Colchester student said she considers that whenever she meets a new classmate.

Some parents have taken matters into their own hands.

Jason Smiley was on his lunch break when he received an email from the Milton administration on February 19, five days after Parkland.

Buried in the fifth paragraph of her six-graf message, superintendent Ann Bradshaw informed parents someone had posted a threatening note about the middle school on social media. That was all she could share, she wrote, due to privacy concerns.

Smiley, however, had read enough to convince himself he needed to do something to protect his 10-year-old daughter, Hannah. He clicked onto Amazon.com and ordered the Guard Dog Security ProShield 2, a bulletproof backpack verified by the

National Institute of Justice.

There were two color options. He chose pink.

With the weighty bag in his hands, Smiley wondered if the backpack would do any good. Many Milton classrooms require kids to leave their backpacks outside, hung on the wall. And it doesn’t protect against assault rifle rounds, the weapon of choice in recent mass shootings. He’s not even sure if it will fit all her books.

But it’s something.

“Even if she only has this backpack for a little while, going to and from school or when we’re traveling, maybe it’s just one more thing [to protect her],” he said.

School psychologists say it’s important to contextualize the likelihood of being shot at school. That has been difficult, however, since data on school violence is historically unreliable.

A national newspaper covering education issues, EdWeek, recently started to track shootings on K-12 properties that result in injury or death. So far, it reports nine school shootings have killed 21 people, including 17 at Parkland.

Teenagers are much more likely to die in a car crash, said Dylan McNamara, a co-director of student support services at EWSD. But confronting fear with statistics is easier said than done.

Just ask Claypool, the Milton mother whose son has had nightmares since Parkland. Or Guarnaccia, the Spanish teacher who thinks about the “looming

possibility” of a violent event almost every day on her way to work.

“I’ve heard a lot of kids echo the fact that they feel a little more uncomfortable than they think they should,” Guarnaccia said.

“They've heard from the adults that we're safe and that we don’t need to worry, but they still don't feel safe, and they still worry, because this does happen so frequently, and we do feel exposed.

“It just feels like it's always getting closer,” she later added.

Foxman, the Burlington-based psychologist, said unprecedented access to media makes a shooting in Florida or a bombing in Boston “feel like it’s just around the corner,” contributing to an overall feeling that people are less safe than they once were.

He said that’s one reason mental health experts are seeing anxiety rates rise to an “epidemic” level.

The National Institute of Mental Health reports over 30 percent of adults experience some type of anxiety disorder in their lives.

“The formula for anxiety is ambiguity, uncertainty and unpredictability,” Foxman said. “That’s really the world we’re living in now.”

THE FADE OUT Colchester resident Lisa Young was sent home early after a student leveled a violent threat against BFA-Fairfax last month.

She’s a sixth-grade math teacher with two daughters in the Colchester School District.

Her youngest, a second-

grader at Union Memorial School, was puzzled to find her mom had deviated from the typical schedule. That morning, she had heard something on the school bus radio about a gun and kids being killed. Knowing something was wrong, she started asking questions.

Young did her best to walk a careful line, reassuring her daughter that she was safe at UMS but reminding her to listen if adults at school say there is an emergency.

Meanwhile, Young said her eldest daughter has shrugged off conversations about the national and local events, seemingly preferring to remain blissfully unaware. Asked which mindset she prefers, Young paused.

“I’d rather them be aware,” she said, thoughtfully. “As much as I don’t want to ruin the innocence.”

Across town at Porters Point School, resident Jana Sbardellati learned her second-grade daughter's musical was canceled due to the CHS threat. She suddenly felt the urge to collect her from school and sent an email to administrators, asking, “What are you telling the kids?”

“I wasn’t ready for that,” Sbardellati said. “I wanted her to hear it in the right way.”

Both Young and Sbardellati are happy to have kids that handle difficult topics with maturity.

Still, Sbardellati wondered aloud whether she’s raising a daughter that will be hardened to the world.

Claypool, too, has wrestled with what to tell

her son in Milton.

“I try not to make him feel like it’s going to happen,” she said. “Maybe that’s the wrong way of approaching it, but I don’t want him to be afraid of going to school and for his life.”

CPD’s Allen credited the students in Parkland for keeping this conversation in the forefront. He pointed to the inevitable cyclical nature of tragedy, though, and predicted the topic will eventually take a back seat — for better or worse.

“As Parkland fades, just as Sandy Hook faded, we get complacent,” Allen said. “You have doors that get left open, or you have somebody holding the door for somebody coming up.

It’s striking that balance of not having a fortress mentality in our schools, which nobody wants to have, and keeping us safe.”

Laquerre, the Colchester sophomore, disagreed with Allen’s assessment.

"This school shooting is different, though. It was a month ago, and we're still talking about it,” she said.

“Parkland is not another statistic; it has sparked a change."

Either way, CloutierNamdar said she will continue to approach her students with optimism.

“That’s not my first thought of every day,” she said. “I try to be aware, but I'm coming in here with hope that I'm helping to pack their suitcase for their future, not that I'm giving them armor to keep them safe from anything that could happen.”

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Growing up in this area of Vermont, the great outdoors was always right outside my backdoor, so to some extent it made sense that I never attended a summer camp as a child. I was also fortunate enough to have an outdoor-loving family that took my sisters and I hiking and camping throughout the summer and created ample opportunities for carpentry projects on a small and grand scale.

A variety of chores also “built my character” and a mastery in wood chopping, wood stacking, house painting, garden weeding, lawn mowing, roof repair, driveway repair, fence repair and manure redistribution - all which would have made excellent merit badges. Other than a week at Boys’ State in Northfield twenty years ago, my idea of camp has essentially been shaped by these pieces of entertainment.

“The Parent Trap” 1961 If one important aspect of summer camp is making new friends that will feel as close to as brothers and sisters, this film suggests that they may actually be your sibling! Long before Lindsay Lohan doubled up in the remake, it was “Haley Mills and Haley Mills in ‘The Parent Trap’,” as the teaser proclaimed. Disney staple Mills (“Pollyanna”) takes on two roles as both of the estranged twin sisters Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick, pushing split screen technology to its limits at the time. When Evers and McKendrick meet by chance at a summer camp, their uncanny similar looks turn out to have more to do with heredity than hairstyle. Realizing that they have each been living with one half of a now split couple, the girls decide to swap lives in an attempt to get their parents to reunite.

This film was made in the golden age of Disney’s live action films and is worth it just to hear Mills sing the earworm duet with herself, “Let’s Get Together.”

“Holes” 2003 - To many children, staying at an overnight camp is a welcome escape from the doldrums that can come with the dog days of summer. Wrongly tried teen Stanley Yelnats finds himself spending a summer at Camp Green Lake (a work camp alternative for juvenile detention), where he is doomed to repeat most boring activity roster imaginable: digging five foot deep holes that are five feet in diameter. Set against this bleak backdrop of a forced labor camp is a film full of all the joys of a traditional summer camp; being accepted by new friends, creating nick-

names, outdoor adventure, life-survival skills and plenty of “character building” a.k.a hole digging. Children and adults will both enjoy this family friendly film that culminates in a search for treasure and familial redemption, proving that even the worst camp can create the best friends. This genuinely good film based on the well-loved book by Louis Sachar lands Disney a second title on this list.

“The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” 2014-present - If you are too busy skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing through the end of winter to sit down and watch a full movie, then Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake squeeze some camp comedy into a recurring skit that won’t take up too much of your time. Set in our neighboring state to the east, Fallon’s Camp Winnipesaukee skits cast himself and Timberlake as tween bunkmates at summer camp in the 1980’s or 1990’s depending on what song each skit is built around. Embracing the awkwardness, and silliness, that comes with this age, the boys try to quietly sing hits of the era but inevitably violate the rules of quiet time when they excitedly belt out the chorus and are confronted by an inept counselor. Whiles the skits may feel formulaic when played back to back, the sheer joy of Fallon and Timberlake is infectious as they barely make it through each skit before breaking into gales of laughter themselves.

“I Want to go Home” by Gordon Korman - Three decades ago, this book introduced me to my favorite middle school author, Gor-

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TOP LEFT: “I Want to go Home” Courtesy Scholastic Publishing. TOP RIGHT: “Holes” Courtesy Disney Pictures. Stanley Yelnats (Shia Lebouf) and Zero (Khleo Thomas) stare down into one of the many holes that give this film its name. ABOVE: “The Parent Trap” Courtesy Disney Pictures. Haley Mills doubles up in this camp classic thanks to slick special effects work. don Korman, who was born a short jaunt north of here in Montreal, Quebec. The protagonist of this story, Rudy Miller, is a boy who hates being at camp and decides that escape would be the best solution to his current predicament. Applying both subtle and slapstick humor, this novel has the potential to make you laugh out loud. And if you enjoy this book, you will find that it is very much in the vein of Korman’s other works, which often find middle school students in outrageous situations of their own creation. His Bruno and Boots boarding school anthology has recently been adapted into a series of television movies, but the humor is richer and in more detail when written with Korman’s deadpan, but side-splitting style.

“The Burning” 1981 - If you are looking for some entertainment with a more macabre slant, there are few settings that were more popular in 1980 slasher films than a summer camp.

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If nothing else, this list will hopefully help you convince your children that summer camp is full of the kind of experiences that great stories are made of.

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Camp, by the numbers National Data and Statistics* • Camp is an $18 billion industry. (2015 ACA Business Operations Report) • More than 14,000 day and resident camps exist in the U.S. 8,400 are resident (overnight) and 5,600 are day camps. (2017 ACA Sites, Facilities, Programs Report) • Each year more than 14 million children and adults attend camp in the U.S. (2013 ACA Camp Compensation and Benefits Report) • Camps employ more than 1.5 million camp staff to work in various camp positions. (2016 ACA Camp Compensation and Benefits Report) ACA Camp Data and Statistics* • 44% of camps offer specialized programs for individuals with disabilities.

(2017 ACA Sites, Facilities, Programs Report) • 93% of ACA-accredited camps offer some form of financial assistance to over one million children who are from economically deprived families, have special medical needs, or special situations that might preclude them from attending camp. (2015 ACA Business Operations Report) • Programs: 86% of camps offer recreational swimming, 63% offer camping skills, 47% offer climbing/rappelling, 34% offer horseback riding, 75% teambuilding, 41% community service, 23% farming/ranching/gardening, and 21% wilderness trips. (2017 ACA Sites, Facilities, Programs Report) • Camps adapt to the evolving interests of campers. According to ACA’s 2015 Emerg-

TIPS FOR CAMP Finding the Right Camp Meet the camp director.

If possible, meet in person, otherwise set up a time to talk on the phone and ask the following questions: What is the camp’s philosophy and program emphasis? What is the camp director’s background? What training do counselors receive? What is the counselor-to-camper ratio? What are the ages of the counselors? How does the camp handle homesickness and other adjustment issues?

Getting Ready for Camp Ask the camp about dress code and gear and specific items that should be left at home. Pack light and plan ahead. Do your best to label everything.

Most camps supply lists of recommended clothing and some include required uniforms. In general, camp gear should be comfortable and durable clothing for active days at camp.

Dealing with Homesickness Discuss concerns. As camp gets nearer, talk to your child about how they’re feeling about camp and what they may expect.

Communicate confidence in your child’s ability to be away from home. Counselors, camp nurses, and camp directors all have been trained to deal with a homesick child.

Understanding the Importance of ACA Accreditation Accreditation ensures that a camp has met up to 300 health and safety standards. It educates the camp owners and directors in the administration of key aspects of camp operation, program quality, and the health and safety of campers and staff. It establishes guidelines for needed policies, procedures, and practices for which the camp is responsible for ongoing implementation. It assists the public in selecting camps that meet industry-accepted and government-recognized standards. ACA’s Find a Camp database connects families with ACA-Accredited Camps that best suit their interests.

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HORNETS BACK ON TOP Essex regains state title with decisive 5-0 win over Spaulding

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By JOE GONILLO One state championship hockey game was played a week ago Monday, and the other was played this past Monday night thanks to our winter weather. Another boys’ high school hockey final is of interest explained below. MLB season will be underway in a week and I hope the Yanks start hitting better. Spring sports about to kick off ! (P.S. With all the snow days, not sure when the last day of school will be. Hopefully before July!)

The biggest news of the week centered on our Hornet girls’ hockey team playing in the championship game at UVM. The number one seeded 19-3 Hornets matched up against natural rival BFA St. Albans. The Comets carried the number two seed into the game as well as an equally impressive 18-3-1 record; but a stop-all-shots goalie, a mid-second period goal and a late tally sunk Essex’s chances as BFA skated to a hard fought 2-0 win in last week’s hockey final. The Hornets gave it their all, firing 24 shots on net as the offense was clicking, but no pucks could sneak through to light the lamp. The Essex defense played an outstanding game limiting their opponents to 20 shots as frosh Sophie Forcier made 18 saves in one heck of a game. Congratulations to the team and coaches Maddalena, Farnham, Martin, Celia and Fadden.

They end the winter 19-4-1.

Thanks to the snow, the boys’ state final was moved to last Monday. Second seed Essex versus Spaulding who sported the third best record. It’s was

the fourth meeting of the season for the teams, and first-year coach Chris Line’s 18-3 Hornets are not taking anything for granted. Let’s go Essex! (Since the writing of this column, the Hornets went on to a 5-0 win, and we have photos of the game online at essexreporter.com.)

How about this feel good story: Lyndon Institute also played in the hockey finals in Division II. Third seed LI took on the top team in the division 20-0-1 Woodstock. Chris Meunier, a former Hornet hockey player, track and field sprinter who I had the pleasure of coaching and ’85 grad is the first-year coach of the Vikings. Intelligently he has implemented practices, game plans and systems used by Bill O’Neil and Gary Hebert. The coach enjoys a mix of local talent with diverse backgrounds as well as some Czechoslovakian and Swedish players that have fit in smoothly. LI hasn't seen the championships in 25 years, and this ex-Hornet by way of Texas has them in the championship. His walks from Drury Drive to practice during high school, playing at the Gut multiple times and being all in on hockey have helped prepare him for the moment. Living in Littleton, N.H. (he has been back in New England for five years) with his lovely Texan wife and two teenagers - a son (16) and a daughter (14) - he took advantage of an opportunity to coach LI this winter. A solid interview with Lyndon athletic director Paul Wheeler sealed the deal and put him back on the ice.

He doesn’t mind the 30 minute drive to and from practice. The Vikings scored 73 goals all season while giving up 58: that’s a 15 goal differential in 20 games!

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determination surfaced in the semis versus Northfield when trailing 2-0.

The Vikings rallied to win 3-2 and get to Gutterson, completing one heck of a Cinderella story. Good luck, my friend.

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Norwich women’s hockey are the Division III national champs!

My Final Four picks are: Virginia (out in a BIG way), North Carolina (also gone home), Villanova and Duke. The last two are still alive though I would not mind seeing Kentucky win it all. I watched UMBC take VA apart and was shocked as were most others. Syracuse upset MSU, too.

Remembering Dean Place this week and Jackson St.'s Joyce Daniels, who passed away after 100 years last week.

Congrats to my wife, Tina, who recorded the first par of her less-than-oneyear-of golf career. She actually collected two par threes last week in the same round. Very proud of her.

Also ran into former EHS teachers, and their husbands, Jane and Steve Goodman and Elizabeth and Brian Searles for a fun evening. I also met up with former sprinter/cheerleader 2000 graduate Jess Folden Berkay and one of her beautiful daughters.

Caught the new movie “I Can Only Imagine” last week. It is incredible, and not just for the music!

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Spring is just around the corner Tips for putting the winter blues behind us and looking ahead

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s we approach the end of March, the slow journey toward spring and sunshine can seem to stop in its tracks. Crocuses and tulips poke up out of the ground, only to be blanketed by yet another layer of fresh white snow. We’ve turned the clocks ahead, leaving room for some surprising extra light at dinnertime – but getting up in the dark seems harder now than it did in January.

Our responses to the long winters of our home state can include emotional, behavioral, or even physical changes. These can manifest as various symptoms of the “winter blues,” which include everything from a slight change in sleep and eating patterns, to full-blown depression. How can you tell the difference, and what can you do about it?

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a recurring depression that is brought on by seasonal changes. The most common form begins with the decrease in daylight in the late fall and winter, and goes away as spring light increases. Symptoms may include: -

Irritability Increased desire for sleep and carbohydrates Anxiety Loss of energy Difficulty focusing Headaches

SAD can have a significant and negative impact on functioning at work and at home.

The “winter blues” The winter blues are a milder form of seasonal depression. They may bring some symptoms similar to SAD, but they resolve more quickly. Sometimes the blues can be triggered by something specific, such as the holidays. Sometimes they are just the blues.

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Some factors that can contribute to feeling the “winter blues,” even in early spring, include: - Loss (of activities you enjoy, spontaneity, sunlight, warmth) - Risks to safety - Extended darkness - Inactivity - Isolation - Negative expectations - Absence of color - More time indoors - Serotonin decrease - Melatonin increase - Less available Vitamin D - Predisposition to depression

What can we do to feel better?

Now that we’ve put names to the things we might be feeling, let’s brainstorm some ways to counteract them.

- First, recognize and respect your feelings of sadness. Talk to a trusted friend or counselor.

- Develop a new winter ritual or hobby - Bring something to life in your home: a window box, herbs in the kitchen, a fish tank - Keep your shades open as much as you can - Get outside in the midday sun – bundle up!

- Sit by the window and read or do a craft, rather than watching TV or using the computer - Try full-spectrum lights in some fixtures - Talk to your physician about light therapy

Another strategy: Practice mindfulness Mindfulness involves being aware of our present experience with an attitude of openness, compassion and acceptance.

It is cultivated through the practice of mindfulness meditation, but can be used in

everyday situations to enhance our sense of vitality, increase our self-understanding, and help us better manage difficult experiences.

Mindfulness means being aware and present; it’s an attitude with intention, openness, acceptance and compassion; it’s an attitude without judgment. Mindfulness is not just relaxing, not caring, or avoiding thoughts or feelings.

Try being fully present, fully aware of what you are doing, instead of being on auto-pilot. Smell the mud under the melting snow, notice the look and feel of your first iced coffee of the spring.

When you are having a strong emotional reaction, take a moment to simply notice that reaction, and any other thoughts, feelings, or sensations that might accompany it – observe yourself without judgment so you can fully feel, without needing to act.

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ealth can mean something different to everyone. It can mean running 5ks, managing a chronic condition at home, or just having the energy to get up in the morning and take care of family.

More recently, another vital dimension of health has entered the public discussion: mental health.

Symptoms of mental illness often appear slowly, making them initially difficult to spot. In fact, it’s common for someone to experience symptoms for years before they come to the attention of a medical professional. Often, as someone begins to show signs of mental illness, it’s the people around them – partners, friends, parents, teachers, co-workers – who first notice differences in emotions or behavior.

It’s important to know that many people struggle with their mental health. In fact, the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimated that there were some 43.4 million adults in the United States living with mental illness. That’s about 18 percent of the adult population, or nearly 1 in 5 adult Americans facing an ofteninvisible struggle. If you add substance use disorders to the list, the numbers increase further. So, chances are that one of your friends, relatives or colleagues is suffering from a mental health issue.

How can we help friends, loved ones, or community members who appear to be struggling? First, know the signs.

For example, if someone who has been previously social begins to lose interest in being around others, this could be a sign of an internal struggle.

Similarly, when we are mentally healthy we’re generally able to take care of our basic needs – buying groceries, taking out the trash, paying the bills – and hygiene.

If these things are slipping, it could be another sign someone needs help.

The list goes on: excessive fear or worry, mood changes, sleep or appetite changes, changes in school or work performance, and talking about death or suicide.

While some of these symptoms could be signs that someone is simply going through a tough time – or they just have the winter blues! – do not be afraid to reach out. A good place to suggest they start is with their primary care physician, who can refer them to a mental health professional. If you are concerned for someone’s safety, local crisis services are available 24 hours a day.

If you have questions or thoughts about a topic you’d like to cover in this space, I’d love to hear from you. Get in touch by emailing AskEileen@UVMHealth.org.

––– Eileen Whalen, MHA, RN, is a former trauma nurse who now leads The University of Vermont Medical Center.

She currently serves as co-chair of the RiseVT board, and co-chair of the Chittenden County Opioid Alliance board.

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Serves 8.

Ingredients: • 2 lbs brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved lengthwise • 4 tbsp olive oil • 1/2 cup maple syrup • 2 tbsp unsalted butter • 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley • 1 1/2 tbsp fresh chives, thinly sliced • 1 tbsp fresh sage leaves, thinly sliced • Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions: 1. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Working in 2 batches, and adding 2 more tbsp oil between batches, cook sprouts until deep golden brown (4-5 minutes).

Season with salt and pepper and continue cooking until tender (3-4 more minutes).

Transfer sprouts to a bowl.

2. Remove pan from heat and add maple syrup, butter and herbs. Once butter has melted, return sprouts to pan and toss to coat.

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