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Stray shot prompts fresh look at gun regs

Incident recalls accidental Reiss death

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By JASON STARR The Essex Reporter

obert Lesny was rearranging furniture in his home on Deer Crossing Lane in Essex in preparation for holiday guests last December when he noticed a puncture in his wall.

Inspecting the drywall, he discovered and removed a rifle bullet. Aware that his neighborhood abuts the eastern border of Essex’s no-shooting zone and recalling

recurrent sounds of gunshots in the neighborhood, he knew what had happened.

“Someone shot a bullet into our home during the last hunting season,” Lesny said during an appeal to the Essex Selectboard on March 21 to expand the town’s no-shooting zone. “[The] bullet entered my home four feet away from where my children play.

“Four feet,” he emphasized.

Lesny, who lives with his wife and three children, said his family is wary of using their backyard, which borders an area where shooting is unrestricted, especially during hunting season. He said the bullet in his wall was close to the family’s hot tub, patio and where his youngest son works on Lego projects.

What if the trajectory of the bullet was slightly different, he wondered, and a family member was in its path?

Unfortunately, it’s a scenario with which the community has experience. In September 2008, a bullet ricocheted from a makeshift backyard shooting range and into the Old Stage Road home of John Reiss. The retired St. Michael’s College professor was eating dinner when the bullet struck and killed him.

Two men who had arranged and used the shooting range were convicted of manslaughter and imprisoned as a result of the incident. The tragedy also prompted the Essex Selectboard to study the town’s firearms ordinance, which governs where

firearms can and cannot be discharged in Essex.

Adopted in 1995, the ordinance restricts shooting in the Village of Essex Junction and Essex Center and allows it in the more rural parts of town. The homes on Deer Crossing Lane sit at the edge of the no-shooting zone, with no buffer.

Police Chief Brad Larose said the department regularly receives complaints from residents about gunshot noise and that bullets like the one in Lesny’s wall can travel more than a mile.

“There’s definitely target shooting taking place out in the woods,” Larose said.

“It’s terrifying to go out into our backyard

– See GUNS on page 2

CVS to carry Narcan over-the-counter

By COlIN FlANDERS The Essex Reporter Vermonters will no longer need a prescription to obtain Naloxone — a fasting-acting drug that can reverse the effects of an opiate overdose — at CVS Health locations around the state, the pharmacy chain announced last week.

Gov. Peter Shumlin joined CVS Heath at its Colchester branch on March 30 to applaud the pharmacy for establishing a standing order with physicians to provide the drug over-thecounter.

In an overdose, opioids can slow a person’s breathing to the point of death. Naloxone, commonly

referred to by its brand name, Narcan, reverses the effects by blocking the brain’s opioid receptors, helping to restore normal breathing.

CVS will sell the twodose kits for $60 to $90, according to Erin Britt, a CVS spokeswoman.

Medicaid will cover the drug’s cost for beneficiaries, state officials said at the news conference on Wednesday.

“Our efforts to expand the availability of naloxone have saved hundreds of lives and given Vermonters a second chance to get into recovery and get back on track,” Shumlin said in a

– See NARCAN on page 2

Milton police officer Ed Larente holds an injectable dose of Narcan, the opioid reversal drug that CVS pharmacies across the state will offer over-the-counter.

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Essex educator honored as tech director

Students sleep out for Spectrum

By COlIN FlANDERS The Essex Reporter

Students get some sleep on the Essex High School lawn before waking up for classes early Friday morning. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Event fundraises for homeless youth

By COlIN FlANDERS The Essex Reporter Lights from an Essex High School entrance pushed back against the approaching darkness last Thursday evening, a beacon of sorts, welcoming students as they arrived in small groups.

Sleeping bags soon decorated the

school’s front lawn in preparation for the third-annual Spectrum Sleep Out, during which students spend the night outside to show solidarity with homeless or at-risk youth.

The event is hosted by Spectrum Youth & Family Services, a Burlington organization that provides youth ages 12-26 with services including emergency and

transitional shelter. It began in 2012 after Spectrum executive director Mark Redmond learned of a similar event in New York City.

About 40 adults slept out on the Burlington’s First Unitarian Universalist Church lawn that first year. The next year, a Westford

Things are moving quickly at the Underhill Country Store after more than a year on the market.

When it looked like owners Peter and Nancy Davis would close their doors for good at the end of 2015, community members jumped into action, and now, the iconic store is slated to remain open as a local cooperative.

With encouragement

from Paul Bruhn of the Preservation Trust of Vermont, a nonprofit that seeks to save historic resources, community members traveled throughout Vermont and northern Massachusetts to study the workings of other co-ops.

People pledged to buy shares online and also elected a fiveperson interim board of directors from a slate of 12

– See CO-OP on page 5

The Underhill Country Store

Bob Travers

Travers, who grew up in Boston before moving to Essex in 1999, received his bachelor’s degree from Norwich University and then his master’s of education from Antioch University New England in 2002.

– See DIRECTOR on page 3

Essex residents give to blood drive

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– See SLEEPOVER on page 3

A local principal was named one the Vermont Principals’ Association’s top education leaders of the year, the organization’s director announced last week.

Robert Travers, director of the Center for Technology Essex, was named technology director of the year.

Travers, who has been at the tech center since 2004, was nominated by his peers and the public before being selected by regional tech center directors and the VPA executive council.

“It’s a great honor, it really is,” Travers said.

“Current technical education in the state of Vermont is a really important aspect of the secondary system.”

As Dian Bouchard realized it Ash Wednesday was about to dawn, she wanted to undertake an act to give to her community.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period when Christians seek to perform penitential acts and works of mercy.

Armed with a giving mission, Bouchard decided on coordinating a blood drive at Our Lady of Providence, a Winooski assisted living facility where Bouchard teaches and works.

After linking up with the American Red Cross in Burlington, Bouchard rolled up her sleeves, promoting the April 1 blood drive.

On the day, Bouchard sat at a desk in an area that doubles as the activities room and blooddonor site: “Instead of giving something up [for Lent], let’s do something good for someone,” she said.

This event also marked the first time the West Spring Street facility held a blood drive.

An Essex wife, mother

– See BLOOD on page 2

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news release. “I want to thank CVS for taking this step to help further expand the availability of naloxone in Vermont and around the country.”

To date, Vermont has distributed over 7,000 of overdose reversals kits that have been used to reverse at least 400 overdoses, according to Shumlin’s news release.

CVS’ announcement comes two months after Shumlin dedicated a portion of his State of the State Address to resolving the opiate crisis.

Fatal drug overdoses killed more than 47,000 Americans in 2014, doubling since 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Vermont has felt the effects; the state’s health department reported 92 drug-related deaths in 2014.

Fifty-three of these deaths were ruled accidental, and heroin played a role in 31 of these cases, while Fentanyl — a painkiller 100 times as powerful as morphine — was present in 17. In 2010, these two drugs were responsible for two accidental deaths combined.

While Narcan previously required an injection, a nasal spray version of the medication was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last November, making it easier to administer.

The shift inspired some police agencies throughout the country to begin carrying Narcan, including all Vermont state troopers since March 2014.

Locally, Milton police carry Narcan, while police in Essex and Colchester don’t — each town’s rescue squads do, however.

from page 1 In February, Burlington police announced they revived a 56-year-old Colchester man with the drug, the department’s first instance of saving a life since starting to carry Narcan earlier this year.

The Vermont Intelligence Center, part of the Vermont State Police, doesn’t require police agencies to report Narcan usage.

The Essex and Colchester rescue squads purchase Narcan through the University of Vermont Medical Center at around $27 per 2 milligram pre-loaded syringe — not including the cost of the nasal atomizer, which can run up to $6 a pop.

Dan Manz, executive director of Essex Rescue, said his department used 11 doses of Narcan in 2013, 17 in 2014 and 20 in 2015.

He noted some people require more than one dosage, so it’s hard to tell how many people were involved in these incidents.

Colchester Rescue reported a more drastic rise. In 2013, three people were provided Narcan, while four people received the drug in 2014. Last year, however, 12 people received the drug, according to Colchester Rescue Chief Amy Akerlind.

While both Manz and Akerlind said the rise could be due to a combination of factors — including administering the drug as a last-resort attempt to resuscitate a person who may have had a heart attack or other ailment, but is not suspected of overdosing — they agreed the rise of opioid abuse is a major contributor.

for any purpose,” Deborah Keele, who lives in a home on Deer Crossing Lane with two grandchildren, told the board.

“Please consider the safety of all these children so there isn’t another incident like what occurred with [the Lesnys] or anything more tragic than that,” she continued. “We need protection in some way, and whatever power you have to enable that, we would appreciate your help.”

Two current selectboard members were on the board when Reiss was killed.

At that time, the board voted to leave the firearms ordinance unchanged, then convened a taskforce of residents to study possible ordinance changes.

The group met weekly for three months and submitted its finding in December 2009, which included a recommendation the town work with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife to set up a public shooting range to dissuade people from building and using homemade ranges. Fish and Wildlife staff offered to help build and manage one in Essex.

The taskforce also urged the town to post its firearms ordinance on major roads at the entrance to no-shooting zones and to encourage residents to post no shooting signs on their property. The taskforce recommended no changes to the ordinance itself.

“Any discussion of the government regulation of firearms brings into play complex and highly charged issues,” the report states. “This exercise was no different, and passions often ran high …

There will be opinions expressed by some that these recommendations do not go far enough, and there will be opinions expressed by others that they are unnecessary and go to far.”

The selectboard received the report but tabled any action on the recommendations until after an appeal of the conviction in the Reiss case was settled in Vermont Supreme Court. The conviction was upheld in May 2010, but the selectboard never revisited the taskforce recommendations.

“Perhaps this is a good time for the board to [take this] off the shelf and work through the recommendations,” said selectboard member Irene Wrenner, who, along with chairman Max Levy, was on the board at the time of the taskforce’s report.

Levy said Monday that a fresh public engagement effort on the issue is warranted. A discussion on the topic will be on an upcoming agenda, he said.

“Bullets don’t stop at signage, but if we could push [the no shooting zone] further back, I think it would be a big safety [improvement],” said Debbie Brault, Deer Crossing Lane homeowners’ association president. “People in our development have a right to use their backyards. We hear gunshots all the time … It is disheartening if they are starting to hit your house.

“Hopefully you choose to do something that’s going to help this situation out without it taking too long.”

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and grandmother, Bouchard postered her workplace with red and white flyers – near the time clock and exits and on the bulletin board.

Bouchard, who is a licensed nurse assistant class instructor, also works in the facility’s activities department. She gauged interest among her coworkers and from students in her LNA classes. It was a common sight for Bouchard to approach employees on the day of the drive to ask if they would consider donating blood.

As Bouchard scanned the room with its pale pink walls, she appeared pleased with the results.

“This is going to be good,” she said. “I can’t complain. Hopefully, this is going to be an annual event.”

As donors walked down a long hallway, they were first greeted by a Red Cross volunteer who sat at a long table, brimming with bottles of water and snacks they could grab once they finished. Coolers filled with ice and small cans of juice were tucked into nooks and crannies.

After checking in, potential donors read educational materials and answered a bevy of health questions. The next stop included a one-on- one health screening to check their hemoglobin and blood pressure.

Donors were then escorted to a chaise lounge and offered their arm, into which a needle was smoothly inserted into their vein. Blood flowed freely through tubes into a collection bag.

Darlene Falls, an Essex Junction wife and mother, volunteers regularly at Our Lady of Providence. She had just wrapped up a shift, helping residents play bingo, when she volunteered to donate blood.

Falls noted she recently donated blood at Holy Family-St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Parish in Essex Junction a few months ago. She also was a blood donor in high school and felt the time was right to give again.

“It’s a very good cause,” Falls said. “I

just happened to be here.”

Sheila Fortin, the facility hairdresser, said the event underscores the facility’s caring mission.

“It’s the right thing to do,” she said.

“I’d certainly tell other people to do this.

It saves lives.”

Right: Darlene Falls of Essex Junction donates blood at Our Lady of Providence in Winooski on April 1.

Bottom: Dian Bouchard of Essex oversaw the blood drive at Our Lady of Providence on April 1.

Bottom right: An American Red Cross blood volunteer is pictured with OLOP staffer Katie Koch outside the donation site.

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SlEEPOVER from page 1

Essex students decorate a banner to be hung inside the school.

girl was inspired to take up the challenge, sleeping out in her own backyard, and the event grew from there, Redmond said. In 2014, Essex became the first high school to participate.

“It’s a fantastic feeling,” Redmond said of the event’s progression.

This year’s fundraising goal was $250,000. As of Monday afternoon, the organization was just $1,700 short. Each team is tasked with raising at least $2,000, and Essex raised approximately $2,500 by the event’s conclusion.

The sleep out shows participants the difficulties of living without a reliable place to sleep.

“It gave me a new appreciation for how strong some people are,” said Mychaela Harton, a senior who’s participated all three years.

“That’s why I kept coming back.”

Although sparse rain clouds loomed overhead, Harton admitted this year’s group was

Essex High School students pose for a photo with Mark Redmond (front row, second from right), executive director of Spectrum Family & Services, before kicking off their Spectrum Sleep Out event last Thursday evening.

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lucky: The temperature hovered above 60 degrees around 8 p.m., a stark contrast to her previous experiences. Harton’s first year, she had to wipe away snow from her pillow. The next, she sported a reddened face throughout most of the school day, thanks to a steady dose of rain and wind.

Harton said the sleep out opened her eyes to the widespread reach of homelessness.

“It didn’t really hit me that it was in our community, in our school. I had never thought about that,” she said.

“You just don’t know. You don’t know what their situation is.”

It’s this shift in perspective that Aidan Travers, a senior sleeping out for the first time, hoped to gain.

“To see how much we take for granted everyday, to be able to sleep under a warm shelter with a nice bed and meals that we can count on,” he said.

The event is held on a

Thursday night, so students must attend school the following day — all part of the experience, said Hillary Arthur, the district’s educational support team coordinator overseeing the event.

“When your basic needs aren’t met, you can’t really attend to your academics, social life or even athletics to the best of your ability,” she said, “so I think this is really great opportunity to grasp how difficult it can be for some kids in their school and community.”

School districts work behind the scenes to provide homeless youth the services they need.

The Vermont Department of Education defines homeless youth as those lacking a “fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence,” including those who live in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds.

Students staying at a friends or relatives’ house, as well as those living in emergency or transitional shelters or awaiting

foster care placement are also considered homeless.

Homeless students can remain in their prior district — referred to as their “school of origin” — or enroll in the district where they live. If they choose the former, the two districts are required to provide transportation to school, just one factor in determining which school the child attends.

This can range anywhere from sending a school bus or providing city bus passes, said Erin Maguire, CCSU’s director of student support services, who also acts as the homeless liaison, a state-mandated position.

There are currently 19 homeless students in CCSU, costing the supervisory union $11,644 on transportation in fiscal year 2014 and $26,074 in FY15, Maguire said.

Though it’s too early to know for sure, Maguire won’t be surprised if this year shows another increase.

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encourages maintaining a school of origin to for stability, but school boards make the final decisions, Maguire said. A new school requires trust; the foundational relationships these students have come to rely on, with their peers and educators alike, are forced to begin again.

That’s a lot to ask of students who have lost what few rarely go without: a place to call home.

Events like Spectrum’s Sleep Out look to provide a glimpse into that feeling, if only for an evening.

Maguire is proud of the Essex students who participated, saying it displayed the importance of supporting others in the local communities.

“Someday, you might need support,” she said. “You would not want to be judged; you would want to feel cared about and be able to do the things that are in the best interest of your family to get back to where you were.”

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Travers served as the director of curriculum standards and faculty development at the New England Culinary Institute before becoming the assistant director of CTE in 2004, a capacity in which he served until being named the center’s director six years ago.

CCSU superintendent Judith DeNova said she was “absolutely thrilled” to hear of Travers’ accomplishment and touted his leadership throughout the supervisory union as “immeasurable.”

“This is a well deserved honor. Bob’s exemplary leadership skills are centered on student success and opportunities,” DeNova wrote in an email. “Under his guidance, he attracts students throughout the region to CTE, providing them the real world work experiences. My only surprise was that his leadership hasn’t been recognized sooner.”

Travers wished to deflect much of the praise headed his way, preferring to focus on the staff at CTE, which he called “an amazing place to work.”

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“It has a very caring and hard working staff and is a dynamic educational setting,” Travers said, adding his award was rather “a measure of the great work they do.”

He had no hesitation when asked about the favorite part of his job: “Working with students to achieve the things that will make their future better, hands down,” he

said. “That’s what I love doing,” He and six other Vermont education leaders will be honored at the VPA Leadership Academy awards banquet on August 3, held at Killington’s Grand Hotel.

Travers lives in Essex with his wife, Kim. Their three children attended EHS; the youngest, Aidan, is currently a senior.

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'Hands off' environmental laws leave a lasting legacy

By DEB MARKOWITZ Secretary, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources As a parent, and as the head of Vermont’s environmental agency, I often ask myself, what will be our generation’s environmental legacy? We strive to keep our families healthy and safe, our communities prosperous and our natural environment free from the effects of harmful pollution. That is why it was so disturbing when we discovered that private drinking wells of over a hundred North Bennington residents were contaminated with a potentially harmful chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid, and that a public drinking water supply in Pownal serving 450 families also exceeded the recommended limits for this chemical.

Although the sources of pollution in North Bennington and Pownal are still under investigation, we know that PFOA was widely used to coat fabrics and wires, to manufacture Teflon and was embedded in firefighting foam. PFOA has been linked with pancreatic, prostate and liver cancers, thyroid disease and other negative health impacts.

As the result of a series of lawsuits against DuPont, a principal manufacturer of PFOA, the chemical has been phased out over the last 10 years. However, because it is a chemical that persists in the environment, PFOA can remain in our soil and water long after the companies have stopped using it, or have closed down operations.

Many Vermonters wonder how it could be that a harmful chemical has been in our drinking water for so long without our knowledge. It is because our federal environmental laws do not require chemical manufacturers to establish the safety of their products before putting them into the marketplace.

It was 1961 when manufacturers of PFOA first discovered the chemical’s potential threats to human health.

By that time, PFOA had already been in use for 10 years.

Nevertheless, it was not until 2006 that PFOA was first regulated through a voluntary phase-out program.

Advocates for stronger regulations of chemicals will tell us it is not entirely a surprise that it took four decades before there was action against the use of PFOAs in manufacturing processes like those taking place in North Bennington.

They would point out that the Toxic Substance Control Act, a federal law enacted in 1976 to limit the use of industrial chemicals that pose unreasonable risks to the health and the environment, has largely failed to achieve its objective. One reason is that TSCA included a provision that grandfathered 62,000 chemicals used in consumer products and industry at the time the law was adopted. This included PFOA. In addition, new chemicals can be reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency only if manufacturing companies themselves provide evidence of harm. Under this regime, only five new chemicals have been restricted under TSCA since its inception, despite the introduction of more than 22,000 new chemicals being to the market. The risk these old and new chemicals pose may only become apparent when well water becomes contaminated, when soils become unfit for gardens or when human health is endangered.

In the coming weeks, the U.S. Congress will be working to update TSCA. Even before we were aware of the drinking water contamination in Bennington, the Governor, our Congressional Delegation and I have been loud and clear: We need stronger protections from toxic chemicals. It is common sense that we should only allow new chemicals into the marketplace when we know they are safe. We need clear timelines for the EPA to evaluate the risks of already in use, and we must trust that the EPA will act quickly to protect the public when new risks are found. Our safety standards should protect vulnerable populations, including workers, children, pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems.

I am proud of the work done by Vermont’s Departments of Environmental Conservation and Health. Staff and leaders worked quickly to identify the scope of the PFOA contamination and to ensure residents have safe water to drink, as well as answers to their many questions about the risks PFOA may pose to themselves and their loved ones. We will continue our efforts to monitor the health of impacted families and to clean up the contamination. But this is not enough.

Legacy sites like those in North Bennington and Pownal are not inevitable. With stronger environmental laws we can leave our children with a better environmental legacy than the one we inherited. After all, we can’t say we didn’t know better.

House should support contractor bill as-is My partner and I have owned a small construction business since March 1991. We employ 13 field carpenters. They are not independent contractors; they are our employees.

Our business has used four such contractors for many years. They provide special skills that our carpentry staff cannot do: excavation, tile setting, sheetrock and painting.

They insist on remaining independent and do not want to become our employees, and we could not give them a consistent 40-hour workweek so the relationship works very well for both parties.

Here is the first problem. Current law enforced by the Department of Labor will classify these individuals as my employees even though they have their own client list, do approximately three to five jobs for us each year and do not want to be our employees. This classification would cost us three years back unemployment tax insurance and workers compensation if we were to be audited.

Many businesses in Vermont have been unfairly assessed these back taxes because the definitions have been so skewed by case law that ICs are constantly being classified as employees. Willful misclassification of employees, or those individuals who really are employees being classified as independent contractors occurs in 10-14 percent of the entire workforce in Vermont, and it is a real problem.

Legitimate employees must be protected under the law by UTI and WC coverage in case of layoff or worse, a job-related injury. Those employers that break these rules must pay the proper taxes.

There is a bill in the legislature, H.867, designed to bring the definition of a true independent contractor into the 21st century. It also allows for the hiring of multiple independent contractors on one job. There are six clear requirements an individual must meet to be classified as an independent contractor, and all must be met. The individual must (1) be free from control of the employing unit (2) control the means and manner of the work performed (3) operate a separate and distinct business (4) hold itself out

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We can reduce gun violence Over three Wednesday evenings during the season of Lent (2/103/26), approximately 30 friends and members of area churches gathered at the Essex United Methodist Church to discuss the terrible toll of violence in general, and gun violence in particular, in our country and around the world. We discussed our concerns as people of faith,

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The Vermont Legislature is moving into the final weeks of the 2016 session. All of the of the House money bills (general fund budget, educational tax rates, fee bill, tax bill, transportation bill and its funding and the capital construction bill) that start in the House were passed to the Senate. House committees are starting to receive Senate bills.

My committee, House Corrections and Institutions, spends a lot of time on corrections, but our main focus is capital construction and maintenance of state buildings.

Every two years, we present a capital construction budget paid for with bonded dollars. The full budget is presented and approved in the first year of the biennium. In the second year, we present a capital bill budget adjustment.

That bill, H.878, was approved by the House on April 1.

The capital bill amount is determined by the Debt Affordability Committee, which studies the state’s bonded debt and determines how much can be spent and still maintain Vermont’s No. 1 bond rating in New England.

For the 2016-2017 fiscal years, our total allowable debt was $168 million, split generally evenly between two FYs. The state has 4 million square feet of state buildings and visitor centers to maintain with its $83 million allocation. Eight million will go toward basic maintenance, $3.5M will be spent on engineering and architectural costs for construction projects. $8.7M is for the Department of Finance IT expansion project, $5.5M is for Health and Human Services and $4M is for a case management IT system for the state’s judiciary.

The capital bill will fund $17.6M for clean and drinking water, ecosystem restoration and protection; municipal

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with respect and thoughtfulness and developed a list of action items for our congregations to consider.

As a way of raising awareness and encouraging action, we would like to share several of these items with our community at large: To work toward an end to violence and gun violence, we can: • Care for people who have been directly affected by violence • Resist the urge to demonize others, even those we disagree with • Write to inform our communities about the work being done to resist violence • Re-energize the church to be an instrument of peace • Be inspired to action by those who have taken small steps toward peace • Educate ourselves about the economic underpinnings of gun violence • Write letters to our legislators and community leaders • Vote for candidates who support our beliefs • Refuse to be overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problem. As people of faith, we encourage others to gather in faith communities, synagogues, churches, mosques and fellowships to listen to each other, and to act in concrete ways, to more and more become instruments of peace in our increasingly violent world.

Sincerely,

Kathryn Dodge (Essex United Methodist Church, UMC)

Ruth Magill (Williston Federated Church, UCC and UMC)

Rev. Charlie Magill (Williston Federated Church, UCC and UMC) Rev. Kevin Goldenbogen (United Church of Underhill, UCC and UMC) Rev. Mitchell Hay (Essex United Methodist Church, UMC)

Rev. Katelyn Macrae (Richmond Congregational Church, UCC)

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I was privileged to be asked to serve on the DOL taskforce that worked to produce bill H.773 that, with some alterations, became the current bill. That taskforce was made up of DOL staff, representatives of labor, the unions, large contracting organizations, two state agencies and two small building contractors. The collaboration shown by those groups to craft what became H.773 was wonderful to behold. But now labor and special interest groups are fighting to defeat H.867 because of one addition: allowing multiple independent contractors on a job site instead of just one. We included multiple ICs on a site to craft a global solution to a real problem: allowing all businesses to grow. Think of the software company, the graphic arts company or the building contractor being limited to just one IC on a project. It will severely curtail all businesses the ability to grow and take on large projects.

The Home Builders and the Chamber of Commerce fully support H.867. Would these organizations support legislation that would harm their member businesses? They most certainly will not. I am asking you contact your local House members and ask them to support bill H.867 as written. That bill passed out of the House Commerce Committee by a bipartisan, unanimous 11-0 vote. It deserves the support of the House.

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pollution control grants; and forest, parks and recreation improvements. The state is still paying for the costs of Tropical Storm Irene to the tune of almost $18M, which will build a new Agriculture and Agency of Natural Resources Lab and a new fish hatchery in Roxbury, both destroyed in the storm.

I also supported H.876, the transportation capital bill. While there will be an increase in transportation fees, the need to maintain our roads, bridges and state infrastructure is important. As one of my fellow legislators said, “Jobs, economic development and infrastructure are why I voted ‘yes.’”

However, I am disappointed in other money bills that passed, which raise $48 million in taxes and fees that increase spending by 4 percent when the revenue growth for next year is projected at a 2.2 percent rate.

This does not bode well for Vermont’s economic vitality.

This month I will attend the financial literacy awards, one of which will go to Jordan Appenzeller, an Essex High School student, for his winning poster. I will also attend the presentation of a Building Communities Grant of $15,000 to the Visiting Nurse Association for its new Adult Day Care Center in Essex. And after my many years on the Essex Selectboard, I will attend the awarding of the Vermont Planners Association 2016 Town Plan of the Year that will go to the recently voter-approved Essex Town Plan. The VPA will also be nominating the 2016 Essex Town Plan for the Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association Plan of the Year, which will be given in September in Portsmouth, N.H. It may take me a while to get back to you, but please contact me at 878-3514, lmyers@leg.state.vt.us, or lindakmyers@comcast.net.

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The Essex Reporter • April 7, 2016

EHS musician wins solo artist competition

oBitUAries Donald L. Wilder Sept. 9, 1930 - March 30, 2016

Donald Lawrence Wilder, 85, of Westford, died peacefully at home surrounded by loving family members on March 30, 2016.

Born Sept. 9, 1930, in Ware, Mass., Mr. Wilder is the son of the late Joseph and Ida (Jordan) Wilder and was the youngest of four children. He graduated from Palmer High School and attended DeVry Technical School in Chicago, Ill. Following Donald L. Wilder graduation, he enlisted in the Air Force, where he served in Iceland and Greenland as a radar technician.

After serving his country for four years, he returned to western Massachusetts to attend UMass-Amherst under the GI Bill. While at UMass, he married the love of his life, Helena Duquette, and graduated with an electrical engineering degree.

Following graduation he joined General Electric, where he worked to introduce transistors in areas long dominated by tube circuitry. He left GE and joined a team of engineers at Raytheon, who had the contract to test and certify the Apollo guidance computer.

Finally, he joined IBM in Burlington, where he spent the remaining 26 years of his working career, working on computer chip memory testing. He retired in 1991 to pursue hobbies and spend time with his family.

Mr. Wilder always enjoyed music, and at 8 years old, started playing the trumpet in Palmer town parades.

He played trumpet and slide trombone in the Palmer High School band and from there moved to dance bands playing in the Springfield, Mass. area and eventually ran his own band. He mastered the bugle enough to attain the award of top bugler in the USA, which would come in handy in the military. After a hiatus for a time while in the military, school and starting a family, music again became significant in his life when he joined the Green Mountain Chorus and Lyric Theater. Following these endeavors, he spent many years directing the St. Rose of Lima Choir and a few Grand Isle County Chorus productions. He also acted and sang in many of the North Hero Village Player variety shows and even wrote the score for one of the shows.

Mr. Wilder is survived by his children Angela of Burlington, Paul (Elizabeth) of Vincennes, Ind., Daniel (Beth) of Derry, N.H., Terry Haron (Mark) of Springfield, N.H., Bruce (Brenda) of Westford, Tad (Deb) of South Hero, Patrick (Diane) of Westford and Jennifer Liguori (Dan) of Essex Junction; grandchildren Sister Mary Ignatius, Kathleen, Jeffrey, Anna, Matthew, Amanda, Allen, Kevin, Danielle, Carolyn, Eric, Meghan, Samuel, Amy, Sabrina, Christopher, David, James, Dominick, Ashley, Andrew, Scott, John and Erin; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and in-laws. He also lovingly touched the lives of many foster children.

In addition to his parents and loving wife Helena, Mr. Wilder is predeceased by two sisters, Mary and Rita, and his brother Eddie. Mr. Wilder’s family thanks the VNA for their comfort and support. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 9, at 11 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church on Route 2 in South Hero with interment to follow at the Grand Isle Cemetery.

Visitation will be at Minor Funeral Home at 237 Route 7 South, Milton on Friday, April 8 from 6-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association, 1110 Prim Rd, Colchester, VT 05446.

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n Essex High School student was named this year’s winner of the Young Artist Solo Competition, hosted by the Burlington Chamber Orchestra.

Sophomore Tommy Bergeron received the award, which is the culmination of the BCO’s annual open competition for music students 18 and under.

Bergeron, a member of the Vermont Youth Orchestra and Essex Wind Ensemble, has studied horn under the tutelage of Alan Parshley for the past seven years.

He has participated in district, All State and All New England Music festivals and was awarded the Brass Performance Scholarship for the 2016 All State Music Festival. Bergeron has also performed in master classes with Jennifer Montone, Ellen Dinwiddie Smith and Radovan Vlatkovic.

Bergeron’s talents don’t end there, however; he began piano studies at age 4, sings in the Essex High School Chamber Choir and the Flynn Show Choir and participated in the 2016 American Choral Directors Association honor choir.

He also enjoys participating in EHS drama productions and the Flynn Summer Arts programs and has even served as the music director for Albert D. Lawton’s musical productions for the past two springs.

Bergeron aspires to pursue music in the future and will now be invited to perform a concerto with the chamber orchestra during the Celebration of Youth Concert on May 14.

For more information about the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, visit www.bcovt.org.

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candidates among them.

Those chosen – Kyle Clark, John Koier, Abigail Russell, Damien Sedney and Scott Tower – all have deep community ties and backgrounds in either farming or non-profits, among other areas of expertise.

The Davises have remained at the store, long past their original closing date of December 6, as the fledgling co-op falls into place.

The board is officially incorporated and is entering the second round of interviews for a general manager, having whittled applicants down to a final three. Members are also pleased to announce that Ann Linde has agreed to stay on at the deli counter.

“It will be a fun place to shop with a lot of local food.”

John Koier

The board wants a general manager with a strong personality.

“We’re looking to have someone who is extremely vivacious,” board treasurer John Koier said.

The co-op anticipates hiring at least one more fulltime employee, as well as up to six part-time workers who will probably be students.

With $30,000 raised from 50 shareholders and 137 preferred shares, the group is closing in on its $40,000 goal for inventory, equipment, insurance and lease payments.

Initially the board hoped to purchase the store and property but members are thankful for the three-year lease.

“It’s really a gift not to have to worry about the

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property itself,” Koier said. “Thunder Basin LLC has agreed to hold it for three years. If we don’t buy it, it will go back on the market.”

The purchase price is roughly $325,000.

Onion River Co-Op employees were present at the co-op’s March 22 meeting. The group has provided assistance, including helping interview general manager candidates and giving advice on product mixes.

“They were quite excited about what we’re doing,” Koier said. “They have been extraordinarily generous helping to vet applicants, and once we get someone in place, they’ll help with the training.”

The general manager is slated to come on board in early April. Peter Davis has agreed to stay on for a month beyond that to help with the transition. The interim board will serve until June, at which point the co-op will hold elections for an expanded seven-member body. Shareholders are encouraged to sign up for various committees including legal/finance, membership, facilities and product/purchasing.

Koier and the board envisions the final establishment to be a friendly and upbeat place with expanded product offerings including to-go meals.

“It will be a fun place to shop with a lot of local food,” he said.

Although the store would love to increase seating to create a café component, the current septic system only allows for nine chairs.

The board next plans to follow up with people who pledged memberships.

Shares cost $250.

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Essex Area Religious Directory

C alendar 7 Thursday Covenant Community Church will host its monthly soup and bread supper. Eat-in or take-out options available, so 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, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Contact Steve: 879-4313. munity Church invites language enthusiasts to practice the Chinese dialect spoken throughout northern and southwestern China. Agape Community Church, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Information: www.burlingtonagape.org.

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ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH - 37 Old Stage Road in Essex Junction. Sunday Services: 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. 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 a.m. Service at 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. 119 Center Rd (Route 15) Essex Center. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. (802) 878-8304.

Church will be hosting a rummage sale with take home meals. Shop for gently worn clothing for all ages. Sale continues on 4/9 with a fill-a-trash bag sale. Williston Federated Church, Williston, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Information: office@steeple.org or 8785792.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ESSEX JUNCTION, 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. 1 Church Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452.

Telephone (802) 878-5745; Website: www.fccej.org; Email: welcome@fccej.org. Senior Pastor, Rev. Mark Mendes. Sunday Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Communion: first Sunday of every month.

Sunday School meets weekly at 10:15 a.m. Jr. High Youth Group, Sr. High Youth Group every Sunday.

5th/6th Grade Youth Group, 1st Sunday of the month.

Heavenly Food Pantry – fourth Thursday of the month, 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 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. (802) 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!

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

LIVING HOPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH - 1037 South Brownell Road, Williston ,VT 05495. A Living Hope.... a Loving God. (802) 862-2108 | Livinghope@aol.com | www.livinghopevt.org. 9:00 a.m. - Children and Adult Sunday School. 10:00 a.m. - Worship and Service.

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). (802) 899-2558.

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 4 St. James Place (off Rt. 2A at the Fairgrounds Gate F) (802) 8784014 www.stjamesvt.org The Rev. Ken Hitch v office@ stjamesvt.org 8:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II (no music) 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II (with music) 9:20 a.m.

Adult Ed: Bible Study 10:15 a.m. Godly Play.

ST. PIUS X CHURCH - 20 Jericho Road, Essex, (802) 878-5997 - Administrator: Rev. Charles Ranges.

Masses: Saturday 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 a.m.

Elder Education Enrichment Lecture. The

Elder Education Enrichment group will offer the next installment of its spring lecture series with Charlotte Mehrtens, professor of geology and program director of environmental sciences at the University of Vermont. Mehrtens will present a lecture titled “Implications of Global Climate Change.” Parking and handicap access available. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 at the door.

Information: 864-3516.

Contra Dance. Queen City Contras will hold its

regular dance with music provided by Roger Kahle and Friends. Linda Leslie will be the caller. All are welcome, all dances taught, no partner or experience necessary.

Please bring clean, soft-soled shoes for dancing. Shelburne Town Hall, Shelburne.

Beginners’ session 7:45 p.m. Dance begins 8 p.m. Admission: $9 adults. Under 12 free.

Information: www.queencitycontras.org or 371-9492.

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Issues Poetry Prize. Presented as part of PoetryFest, a month-long series of events in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Phoenix Bookstore, Burlington, 4 p.m. $3.

Information: www.phoenixbooks.biz or 448-3350.

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Friday

Rummage Sale. The Williston Federated

CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. Wes Pastor, Senior Minister, (802) 878-7107, Proclaiming Christ and Him crucified Sundays at 9:30 a.m. www.cmcvermont.org.

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

Georgia United Methodist Church, Georgia Center. The Georgia United Methodist Church will host its annual Sugar-On-Snow Supper in the church fellowship hall. The menu will include ham, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw and rolls. Sugar-on-snow will be served for dessert, accompanied by doughnuts and pickles. Two servings at 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Adults $12, children ages 4-12 $5. Reservations: 893-4413.

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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Fundamental-independent.) 61 Main St., Essex Junction, (802) 878-8341. Pastor James Gangwer.

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

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Saturday

dealing with the side effects of treatment and men who were successfully treated for the disease. Hope Lodge, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Contact Mary: 274-4990 or vmary@aol.com.

Movies at Main Street Landing: “Blow-Up.”

This series presents the Michelangelo Antonioni-directed 1966 mystery drama, “Blow-Up,” starring David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle and Jane Birkin. Main Street Landing Film House, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations benefit a local charity. Contact: 540-3018 or www.mainstreetlanding.com/movies.

Sunday

Sunday Coffee Mix and Mingle. Members

of the LGBTQA community gather to bond over books, coffee, art and more at this casual hangout. Barnes and Noble Bookstore, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon.

Information: 860-7812.

“Arabian Nights…Aladdin’s Last Wish.”

Vermont Youth Dancers will present a performance of “Arabian Nights … Aladdin’s Last Wish.” Performers use dance and popular music to tell the intriguing story of Aladdin and his loyal friends, a royal princess, magical genies and the meaning of being true to oneself. The show appeals to young kids, teens and adults with its magical effects and dynamic performers. Mount Mansfield Union High School, Jericho, 1:30 p.m. $7. Tickets: https://vyd-aladdin. eventbrite.com.

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Open Studio Collage Workshop. Whirled

Tree Arts Studio invites budding artists to take a break from their busy lives to learn how to create beautiful mixed media compositions using paint, paper, fabric and found objects. All creative levels welcome.

Whirled Tree Art Studio, Burlington, 121:30 p.m. $5-$10 suggested donation.

Information: www.whirledtree.org

Lecture. Middlebury College religion professor

Elizabeth Morrison will look at how Buddhism has thrived in the West in a talk at Brownell Library. Entitled “Merton, Meditation, and More: Buddhism in the West,” her talk is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series.

The Buddhist tradition is now well established in the United States, and Morrison will consider the reasons for this great interest and what has emerged from the West’s encounter with Buddhism. Morrison is an associate professor of religion at Middlebury College, where she has taught since 2003. Her research focuses on pre-modern Chinese Buddhist history. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Information: 262-2626 or info@ vermonthumanities.org.

Monday

HomeShare Info Session. Whether you’re

looking for housing or have a home to share, find out how HomeShare Vermont can help. Learn more about HomeShare’s program and services at an info session at its office, and feel free to bring your lunch.

HomeShare Vermont is a member agency of the United Way of Chittenden County.

EHO. HomeShare Office, South Burlington, 12-12:30 pm. Free, pre-register. Information: www.HomeShareVermont.org

Shape and Share Life Stories. Prompts trig-

Spring Fling Craft and Vendor Fair. All Breeds

ger real-life experience stories, which are crafted into engaging narrative and shared with the group. Free and open to all adults. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Contact: 878-4918.

Rescue will hold its Spring Fling Craft and Vendor Fair at the Frederick Tuttle Middle School. Shoppers will have the chance to peruse over 50 craft and direct sale vendor booths. All proceeds from vendor booth reservations and a portion of vendors’ sales Elder Education Enrichment Lecture. The Elder Education Enrichment group will offer go directly to All Breeds Rescue’s operation the next installment of its spring lecture costs. Frederick Tuttle Middle School, South series with Larry Hamberlin, associate Burlington, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Information: professor of music at Middlebury College. http://www.allbreedrescuevt.com/info/ Hamberlin will present a lecture titled “So events.

What Is a Fugue, Anyway? Exploring the Mary Poppins. Lyric Theatre Company’s 42nd Genius of J.S. Bach.” Parking and handicap season concludes with Disney and Cameron access available. Faith United Methodist Mackintosh’s “Mary Poppins.” Everyone’s Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 at the favorite nanny takes the stage in this door. Information: 864-3516. supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical Trivia Night. Trivia buffs gather for a meeting adventure. Based on the 1964 film and of the minds. Hotel Vermont lobby, Burlingthe classic books by P.L. Travers. Fun for ton, 7-9 p.m. Free. Contact: 651-5012. the entire family. Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington. 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $23-$38. Information: www. flynntix.org.

An Afternoon of Poetry. Join Phoenix Book-

store for an afternoon of poetry with Alison Prine, Karin Gottshall and Kerrin McCadden. Prine’s debut collection of poems was chosen for the Cider Press Review Book Award. Gottshall’s poems appear widely in literary journals. McCadden has won the Vermont Book Award and the New

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gender identities gather for a casual discussion on a wide variety of topics ranging from inequality to language, media and food. Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 2-3 p.m.

Free. Information: 370-5369.

Tree Keeper Training. Branch Out Burlington

offers this training for anyone who cares about trees. The session will be led by two of the most experienced urban foresters in Vermont, Warren Spinner, and Elise Schadler. The program will cover information on how a tree grows, where to plant, how to plant it and how to prune your trees correctly. Everyone is welcome, even those living outside Burlington. All attendees will receive a coupon for a free bag of compost from Green Mountain Compost.

Attendees will also be entered in the drawing for a free tree. Light refreshments will be served. Parks and Recreation Building, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. RSVP: 355-6874, or waldronmf@gmail.com.

Champlain Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group. The Champlain Valley Prostate

To view ongoing events go to: www.EssexReporter.com/calendar

Friday, April 8

Monday, April 11

Essex Junction, 4-5 p.m.

Dungeons and Dragons.

Embark on imaginary adventure. Our Dungeon Master serves as the game’s referee and storyteller.

Grades 6 and up. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8:30 p.m.

Reading Buddies.

8th graders from AD Lawton School will read with children K-5 years old. This program continues weekly until the end of April.

Please register in advance.

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

Must Read Mondays. “A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Martin Johnson Heade” by Christopher Benfey - A renowned critic pens this surprising and scandalous story of how the interaction within the lives of some of the nation’s most noted writers, poets and artists shaped and changed American thought. Pick up a copy of the book at the main desk. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Maggie’s Fiber Friday for Adults. Maggie Loftus, veteran knitter, will be settled in front of the fireplace in the Main Reading Room.

She invites adult knitters and crocheters to join her with their projects and engage in conversation. Bring patterns to share if you’d like. Contact Maggie at 6maggie2@myfairpoint.net.

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

MPH. Middle School Planners and Helpers host a scavenger hunt and craft project for kids K-5.

Snack served. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Egg-cellent Scavenger Hunt and Craft Project. Middle school students have organized an amazing library scavenger hunt and craft project for K-5 students. Brownell Library,

Events at your Local Libraries

Thursday

M.A.G.I.C.: Masculinity and Gender Identity Conversation. Participants of any and all

Tuesday

Cancer Support Group will host its monthly meeting. The meeting is open for spouses, partners, men newly diagnosed, men dealing with recurrent prostate cancer, men

Wednesday

Wednesday, April 13 1st Wednesday: Merton, Meditation and More: Buddhism in the West.

Buddhism is well-

established in the U.S., among Buddhists and others, such as Catholic monk and author Thomas Merton, who engaged in Buddhism without conversion.

Middlebury College religion professor Elizabeth Morrison considers what has emerged from the West’s encounter with Buddhism.

Presented by Vermont Humanities Council.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 14 Lego Fun. Participate in fun and friendly building with Lego. For kids entering K and up. Kids under 5 are welcome to participate with parental supervision.

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

To view ongoing events go to: www.EssexReporter.com/calendar

ESSEX FREE 2 Jericho Road BROWNELL 6 Lincoln Street LIBRARY Essex LIBRARY Essex Junction 879-0313 878-6956 essexfreelibrary@essex.org.

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The Essex Reporter • April 7, 2016

S CHOOlS ADL Agenda

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Dear families, Taking place this week is ADL’s musical production.

Students will be performing “Annie” at 7 p.m. on April 7, 8 and 9 under the direction of Carol Spradling. Additionally, ADL alumni now attending EHS came back to help direct, choreograph and accompany the singers. Of particular note is Tommy Bergeron, who has been the accompanist from the first rehearsal all the way through to the performances, and Meredith Payson, who has helped to direct and choreograph (just to name two of these dedicated high school students). Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students. Tickets are selling fast, so please come to ADL

by Friday at 3 p.m. to purchase tickets for the Friday or Saturday performances.

– Laurie Singer, Principal We need pictures: Peer leadership is looking for pictures of our students participating in activities outside of school. We know our students take part in many hobbies, sports and activities that are not sponsored by the school.

We would like to recognize you and all of your interests by creating a bulletin board of pictures to show your interests.

Some examples of activities are: hockey, skiing, volunteering for the Red Cross, cooking and many others. If you have any pictures of your students participating outside of school, please bring them to the ADL front office.

Alpha activities: On March 18, the ALPHA team sponsored the second of three school-wide activities. This one was called Drop Everything and Be … Movin’ and Groovin.’ Included in the afternoon activities, students were invited to participate in an Irish Step Dancing performance and demonstration by McFadden Dance Studio. In addition, there was line dancing, karaoke, yoga, Crossfit, musical games like musical chairs and hula hoops. The highlight of the afternoon was a performance by two ADL alumni, Mitch Logan, son of art teacher Tina Logan, and Casey Dubie, who has recently released a new CD, both performed some of their original music. The afternoon was a lot of fun, and we were so happy to showcase so many talented young people including our own former students. The third and final activity will take place in June.

Westford News 2016-2017 Westford School Kindergarten Registration: It’s time to start thinking about kindergarten registration for the fall of 2016. If you have a child that will be 5 by September 1, 2016, please register them for kindergarten by April 29, 2016.

If your child will be attending Westford School this fall, and is not currently enrolled in our pre-school, you can download a copy of the kindergarten registration forms off of the Westford School website. Printable registration forms are accessible through the Westford website by clicking on “Families” on the home page, then “New Student Registration,” and then “Registering a Kindergarten Student.” Look for the “Kindergarten Registration Packet” link (about halfway down the page) to open the PDF forms.

The completed registration forms may be brought to school at your earliest convenience.

Also, please save the date for our upcoming Kindergarten Orientation on Friday, June 3, 2016.

We have several sessions planned for that day: Session 1: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Session 2: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Session 3: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Under the direction of Megan Beaucage, the Essex Middle School Chorus has been preparing for their spring concert on May 26, as well as rehearsing for the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival performance on June 6.

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Design competition success: On March 18, Design & Creative Media travelled to Lyndon State College for its 12th annual design competition against other design programs across the state. Each of the four CTE designers were partnered with designers from other tech centers and were tasked with designing next year’s poster. DCM did very well, taking three out of the four winning spots.

Congratulations to Matt Mossey and Tyler Cirillo, who tied for second place and to Mayla Mashteare, who won first place for her innovative design.

Fleming’s Geo Bee Champion: On April 1, Fleming’s Geo Bee Champion, fourth grader Jonathan Tupaj, will be competing in the state competition. We are very proud to have had a large group of our students participate, to be a part of our in-school competition, and to have had 10 very knowledgeable students compete as school finalists for the title of school champion. Congratulations to Jonathan for his success thus far in the Geo Bee, we are proud to have you representing Fleming School at this Vermont state event at Middlebury College. Best of Luck.

Cultural Pride Day: It was Cultural Pride Day on March 25. Students were encouraged to research their ancestral roots and demonstrate their heritage through clothing or artifacts. Our students did an amazing job expressing their pride in the growing global diversity of our school. At lunch, we sampled an international food offering coordinated by our Food Service team, and we also gathered for an afternoon cultural assembly featuring Native American stories and a Nepali dance performance by some of the Nepali students from our district schools. Head over to our website to view images from the day and videos of the performances.

Chess Club: The Fleming Chess Club has begun. This is an after-school opportunity for students to experience and learn the strategic game of chess. This group will meet for six weeks, and will practice strategies and techniques of game play. Thank you to Sathya Amouretti, who will be the Chess Club Advisor for this year, and the knowledgeable group of student volunteers from ADL who will be assisting.

News From the Guidance Office: April is “Child Abuse Prevention Month.” An organization called Prevent Child Abuse Vermont has sent us a special April Children’s Calendar to be used by all who spend time with children.

Please head over to our website and view our weekly Fleming Flyer for a link to the calendar.

The winning design by Mayla Mashteare is pictured.

To update your child’s status for this fall, or to RSVP for the orientation, email Terri Martin at tmartin@ccsuvt.org.

Please let us know your preferred time(s) for orientation and we will do our best to accommodate your request.

As we are busy planning for next year, we thank you for your quick response. Do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions about kindergarten orientation or if you need a hard copy of the kindergarten registration packet.

etsd events 4/7– 4/20 etsd

4/8 – No school for ETSD students K-8 for parent/ teacher conferences 4/12 – ETSD budget vote, EMS, 7a.m. – 7 p.m.

4/12 - Annual ETSD Town Meeting, EMS Café, 7:30 – 8 p.m.

4/18-4/22 -- No school: ETSD spring break

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Here are just a few examples: • Grocery shopping: Children can write your grocery list.

You can also use the grocery flyer to look for sales. Have the child plan meals according to what’s on sale. For older children, you could also give them a budget.

• Meal planning: Planning meals with your children is another way to include them in making decisions and learn at the same time. They can look for recipes, make the grocery list and help prepare the meals.

• Money: Giving children a pile of change to sort and/or count is a great way for them to work with money. If you are out to eat, give him/her a budget for their meal. Children could have a chore chart with each chore worth different monetary amounts.

• Time: You could create schedules or agendas to help plan after school or weekly activities. The schedules or agendas could be used to demonstrate elapse time.

• Writing: Families could do weekly wish lists for desired activities or items.

• Vocabulary: Families can research new vocabulary words and have a word of the week with a competition to see who can use the new word correctly the most that week.

• Reading: Children could read kid-friendly newspapers or magazines, sharing their favorite or most interesting part.

Turn on the close captioning on your television so kids can see and read the words that are being said.

• Early reading skills: Children can help put away grocery items, matching labels and words.

• Family game night: Families could gather to play games like Monopoly, Scrabble or other games.

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Brian Japp’s Pre-Tech class is pictured in the EHS/CTE Library MakerSpace creating projects using paper circuits.

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EHS Scholars’ Bowl Team: The EHS Scholars’ Bowl concluded its season on March 26 at the University of Vermont with a solid performance, but ultimately, one that came up short of repeating as VT-NEA Scholars’ Bowl State Champs. When the playoffs began in January in Montpelier, the team needed three wins in five matches to secure a spot in the final day of competition on March 26. Winning just that number earned them a spot in the Medlar Bracket, comprised of eight teams all with the same record.

The team began on Saturday with a big win over Burr and Burton, and a very tight match against South Burlington was pulled out in the last few minutes to earn a spot in the Medlar Cup Finals against Middlebury. Having made it to this final match now earned the team a slot in the A-Bracket to play for the overall championship, and though the team was pushing to win the cup, the Tigers proved to be just a little bit quicker on the buzzer. With the loss, EHS had to go up against a strong team for Mt. Mansfield, a team they had played and split the two prior games with earlier this season. On this day, however, it was MMU that proved to be a bit more dominant, winning the match 375-250.

The team of seniors Peter Feehan, Omkar Borse and Jonathan Compo as well as sophomores Sam Feehan, Alex He and Nick Norton showed amazing balance and depth throughout the matches. The future looks bright for the sophomores for next year’s campaign. For more information about the league, and all the scores throughout the season and in past years, go to www.scholarsbowl.org or contact EHS math teacher and team coach David Rome.

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Career fair/job expo: Essex High School and Center for Technology, Essex are excited to offer our students and the eighth graders from ADL, EMS and Westford a career fair/job expo on April 13, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the EHS gymnasium. There will be more than 80 professionals representing various careers ranging from photographer, graphic designer, athletic director, physical therapist, TSA, police officer, dentist, LNA, pathologist, military, welding, electrician, news anchor, teacher and web designer. The fair gives students the opportunity to explore careers, find a job and network with professionals. If you have any questions, please contact Pam Hemingway, EHS career development coordinator (phemingway@ccsuvt.org) or Sarah Knight, CTE cooperative education coordinator (sknight@ccsuvt.org).

Author visit: Ingrid Sundberg, artist and first-time author of “All We Left Behind,” will visit EHS and CTE on Thursday, April 7. She will spend time in classrooms and give a presentation in the library during flex block. Her presentation focuses on the inspiration and creative process of writing and the underlying culture of silence surrounding the difficult topics in her novel.

Getting technical at EHS/CTE library: The EHS/ CTE library celebrated Teen Tech Week March 8-12 with workshops on paper circuits, video game design, the Finch Robot, cardboard pinball and green screen technology.

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Many deaths, hundreds or thousands, can immobilize us – not freeze us; life continues as always – but no one acknowledges the deaths. People are too scared, too shattered.

That’s the key. Lots of death insures that ISIS is able to continue its killing sprees.

Humans are just unable to cope with that amount of devastation.

So we don’t, like a safety shutdown.

And for the ones who do react, ISIS scares them with the utterly high number of deaths – growing every day without slowing momentum.

It seems ISIS is invincible, that the evil will never cease.

But there is always hope.

Even the blackest darkness can be lit up with a pure light. Darkness can only become lighter.

We will be able to defeat ISIS, but we must start by remembering.

Once we remember, we can move forward. Once we remember, we can also forget.

And perhaps this suffering will one day be just a distant memory.

But first, we must remember.

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Vermont Shamrocks win U-19 national title H

undreds of hockey players descended on Chittenden County this past week to take part in the 2016 Girls Tier II National Championships.

Three Vermont teams were represented in each of the tournament’s three age groups — 14U, 16U and 19U. St. Albans went 1-2 in the 14U pool before falling 4-0 in the semifinals to the East Coast Wizards, the bracket’s eventual champion.

The 16U Vermont Shamrocks went 2-1 in pool play, its one loss coming in overtime. They then dropped a semifinal matchup against 3-0 East Coast Wizards, who also won the bracket.

The 19U Vermont Shamrocks kept pace with its younger squad, playing to a record of 2-1 in pool play while also losing its one overtime contest.

They had a little better luck in the playoffs, however, shutting out Team South Dakota 2-0 before cruising by the Massachusetts Spitfires 4-1.

The Shamrocks then defeated the Connecticut Northern Lights 2-1 in overtime Monday to win the national title.

Colchester’s Dakota Billodeau patrolled the defensive side for the Shamrocks, while Essex’s Avery McGillivray took the ice as a forward.

Hornet Vika Simons made 19 saves on the night.

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o did we get April Fooled by the weather last Thursday, Friday and Saturday? What beautiful days. Now it’s grin and bear it time with hats and gloves for the week. Let’s hope for warmer, sunnier weather next week when all the spring sports will be under way. Many begin this week, weather permitting.

The NCAA hoop tournaments have once again captured the attention of basketball and sports fans. The University of Connecticut women are on the verge of making history while Villanova defeated North Carolina Monday night for the mens championship. Major League Baseball kicks off its 2016 season this week.

VPA HAll OF FAME Congratulations to my friend, colleague, fellow coach and former mentor teacher Bill O’Neil. The Vermont Principals' Association announced its Hall Of Fame class for 2016 last week, and Coach O’Neil’s name was on the list. Excellent job receiving this truly rewarding honor; it was well deserved for sure!

Buddy Bob Stevens, former soccer ref, Mount Mansfield Union principal, neighbor, VPA executive Director and long-time Magram’s Man will also be inducted.

SPRING SPORTS The boys lacrosse team has been busy. They have scrimmaged a few times, most recently a couple of games in Nashua over the weekend. Their first game was Tuesday versus Woodstock, Coach Corkum’s old school. Next week they’ll take their annual trip to Liverpool, N.Y. On the agenda is a Syracuse-UNC game. Charlie Herrick and Scott Cooledge are on the varsity sidelines as well. Ira Isham and Ethan Curtis lead the junior varsity team with Dave Neil at the freshman level.

Vermont’s Justine Martin collects a loose puck against the Brewster Lady Bulldogs last Saturday during the third period of a U 16 pool play game at the 2016 Girls Tier II National Championships at Cairns Arena.

Right: Shamrock’s forward McKenna Remillard battles for a puck in the crease Saturday at Cairns Arena.

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Middle school March Madness takes over EHS

The girls lacrosse team travels to Rutland to kick off the season on Wednesday, April 6. They host U-32 on Saturday. Emily Danis is back with the varsity coaching position while Kelly Spreen coaches the junior varsity team.

The softball team heads north to Highgate this week to participate in the Missisquoi Valley Union Jamboree. I was impressed by the glimpse I caught of their outdoor practice last week. Ashley Stebbins steps up to the varsity level with Brent Farnham, Bernie Couture, Mike Thweatt and Alex Rutz on the bench. Karen Harvey and Rich Celia head the junior varsity team.

The baseball team hosts Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax on Saturday, April 9 at noon. Their roster has players with experience, speed and power. Aidan Picard and Nick Salerno are assistant coaches for Chris Richard, while Todd Herrington heads the junior varsity team. Aaron Plunkett leads the freshmen.

Athletes and organizers pose for a photo at the second annual Middle School March Madness jamboree, held at Essex High School on Saturday.

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Essex High School played host to a volley jamboree Saturday, the culmination of the second annual Middle School March Madness.

Last year, 23 teams comprised of nearly 165 athletes competed in the event. This year’s March Madness boasted an additional nine teams, adding nearly 100 local students into the mix.

Throughout the month, teams played 15 to 18 minute matches in a round-robin format. Players could also work matches to help them “understand volleyball on a more holistic level,” said Karen Chesser, the event’s organizer.

Ten middle schools participated in

the event — including both Albert D. Lawton and Essex Middle School — and were allotted anywhere from two to eight teams.

“It’s an absolutely crazy but funfilled month. We joined the program this year and the kids loved it,” said Monica Lyman, coach of the combined Mater Christi, Christ the King and St. Francis Xavier team.

For Jen Liguori, who coached one of the Albert D. Lawton squads, the monthlong “season” provided students a chance to learn the game and improve their skills.

“My players had so much fun playing

that they didn’t want the season to end,” Liguori said.

The final jamboree on Saturday brought together 23 of the 32 teams, with some athletes having to miss the event due to spring sport seasons.

Chesser, who also coaches Essex High School’s varsity volleyball teams, said the March Madness events required hundreds of volunteer hours from coaches, assistant coaches, athletic directors, junior coaches, bus drivers and carpooling parents.

She thanked all those involved.

“Without our volunteers, this entire program wouldn’t exist,” Chesser said.

Vermont Vibe cruises at N.H. tournament

The Vermont Vibe volleyball team took home a first-place trophy in the U-17 division tournament at Derry, N.H. on Sunday.

The team’s championship match against Lakes Region Black went to a decisive third game, which the Vermont squad won 1513.

The U-17 team has four Essex residents, three of whom — Sabrina Liguori, Sarah Knickerbocker and Charlotte Frivoll — played on the Essex High School varsity girls volleyball team that made it to the state finals last October.

Lauren Audette, the fourth player, was on the JV girls gold team this season.

The Vermont Vibe’s U-17 team, which took first-place in a New Hampshire tournament this past weekend, is pictured.

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The tennis teams are slated to begin this week with a couple of matches on their calendars. The first contest sees them playing Central Valley Union with the boys on the road and the girls playing at home. They’ll host South Burlington on Thursday and Friday. Jim Murphy leads the guys with Dennis Langdell and Kate Cioffi working with the gals.

The track teams are looking at another week of practice before their inaugural meet of the spring. All the equipment is set: pole vault and high jump pits are out and up, the hurdles are outside, the discus cage and safety net assembled and all the throwing areas are marked and lined. Thank yous go out to the maintenance workers who had a hand in that. It’s much appreciated; the team and coaches could not have done it without you.

Girls rugby was scheduled to open the EHS spring sports season on Sunday, April 10 with a clinic at St. Michael's College. Amanda Eldridge and Brad Luck are the girls and boys coaches. They both play on Sunday at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., respectively.

The golf team, under the tutelage of Kim Perry, needs warmer, drier weather and greener grass before they hit the links. Their first match won’t take place until after April break.

Chase Legge coaches the Ultimate Frisbee team.

They open next week at South Burlington.

Congrats to the following Hornet hoopsters for being named to the all-state teams over the winter: Eli DiGrande – honorable mention, Taylor Truax – second team and Mychaela Harton – third team.

MISCEllEANOUS The Norm Stinehour basketball pool is down to its last game. Jeff Goodrich was clinging to a slim lead over Matt Zidovsky and Liz Ritchie. The combo department Biz/Lang/IT (don’t ask how they got together) held the team lead while Albert D. Lawton, Physical Education, Center for Technology Essex and English (their best showing in years) rounded out the top five.

Great turnout and great weather for last week’s student sleep out experience. The students raised $2,300 for Spectrum Youth Services. Thanks for any and all donations.

Happy birthday wishes to my nephew and Sox fan Nate Bechtel; godson Tucker Pratt and his mom, Anne Zeno Pratt; highly successful EHS grad Marissa Wells and ref partner Sonja Duncan. Finally, extreme “get well soon” shout out to a special friend, Lucille McClure. We want you back here ASAP.

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Jennifer Clark, Relay for Life community manager

Williston – The American Cancer Society is celebrating 25 years of Relay For Life of Chittenden County. The annual community event that unites teams from local families, businesses, schools, places of worship and the community as a whole to celebrate, remember, and fight back against cancer will be held June 17 - 18, 6 p.m.

- 6 a.m., at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Jct. Teams and individuals can learn more about what’s new and exciting at Relay for Life on this silver anniversary year and sign up for the event by visiting www.relayforlife. org/Chittendenvt.

The Relay for Life movement unites communities across the globe to celebrate people who have battled cancer,

remember loved ones lost and take action to finish the fight once and for all. Teams and individuals will gather at Relay for Life of Chittenden County to camp out – for a few hours or overnight – and take turns walking or running around the path. Participants will enjoy games, such as human foosball and bubble soccer, along with activities, ceremonies and entertainment.

“Relay for Life is a chance to make the greatest impact in the fight to end cancer,” Relay for Life community manager Jennifer Clark said. “Many participants are our loved ones who have faced cancer themselves. Each new team brings us one step closer to saving more lives.”

That cause is personal to Kim Holden, a member of this year’s Relay for Life event leadership team.

“My mother passed in 2004 at the age of 51, and I have been trying to find the best way to honor her memory,” Holden said. “I cannot think of a better way than serving on a committee, and of course walking in her memory.”

The Relay for Life movement is the world’s largest fundraising event to fight every cancer in every community, with 4 million participants in 6,000 events worldwide in 2015. Funds raised support American Cancer Society research and free patient programs and services to help people get well and stay well.

“We encourage those who have walked with us through the years since 1991, and all those who are interested in helping create a world free from the pain and suffering of cancer, to join us for this special 25th annual community event,” Clark said.

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Red Cross has significant need for Type O negative blood The American Red Cross has a significant need for type O negative blood donors.

Type O negative blood can be transfused to patients with any blood type and is often used in emergency situations. While less than 7 percent of the U.S. population has type O negative blood, hospitals depend on frequent O negative donations to ensure it’s always available for patients in need.

Eligible donors with type O negative blood are encouraged to make a whole blood or double red cell donation, where available, through the Red Cross. During a double red cell donation, two units of red blood cells are collected

while most of the plasma and platelets are returned to the donor.

“Type O negative donors are an important part of the Red Cross trauma team,” said Mary Brant, communications manager of the Northern New England Blood Services Region.

“While all blood types are needed, type O negative donations are necessary in emergency situations when there is no time to determine a patient’s blood type.”

Because of generous donors, the Red Cross is able to provide blood products to trauma patients like Carla Randecker. In 1995, a semitruck failed to halt at a stop sign, changing Randecker’s life forever. She suffered a broken neck and femur. She

woke from surgery to see a bag of blood attached to her IV. “I’m O negative, a rarity,” Randecker said.

“All I remember was, wow, someone gave their blood for me. I made a promise that day to do the same. When I was well enough, I’d return the favor.”

Randecker became a regular blood donor and gave for many years. This past year, her family fulfilled her wish to give blood together.

Five of the family members who gave were type O negative, and since then, donating blood has become a family tradition.

“If I teach them nothing else, it’s that they should always, always, do for others,” Randecker said.

The Red Cross must collect approximately 14,000 blood and platelet donations every day for patients at about 2,600 hospitals and transfusion centers nationwide. Blood and platelets are needed to respond to patient emergencies, including accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients and those receiving treatment for leukemia, cancer or sickle cell disease.

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yric Theatre Company’s 42nd season concludes with Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s “Mary Poppins.” Everyone’s favorite nanny, who is “practically perfect in every way,” takes the stage in this supercalifragilisticexpialidoc ious musical adventure.

Based on the 1964 film and the classic books by P.L. Travers and set in London in the early 1900s, the magical Mary Poppins appears just as the wind changes to positively influence the lives of her young charges and their parents and prove that “anything can happen if you let it.”

“Mary Poppins” will be presented on the MainStage of Burlington’s Flynn Center for the Performing Arts on April 7-10.

The stage production originated in London in 2004 before moving to Broadway, where it delighted audiences for over 2,500 performances and received nominations for seven Tony Awards. The musical is an enchanting mixture of classic story, heartwarming songs, rousing dance numbers and astonishing stagecraft, including some delightful and surprising special effects. (Mary Poppins will

indeed fly!) The show was adapted for the stage by Julian Fellowes of “Downton Abbey” fame. The score by brothers Richard and Robert Sherman includes “A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” “Let’s Go Fly a Kite,” “Step in Time,” “Su percalifragilisticexpialidoc ious,” and “Feed the Birds” from the movie as well as some new numbers written just for the stage.

Lyric’s production features an exuberant 36-member cast supported by a 16-piece orchestra, promising a memorable evening of musical theater entertainment.

Leading players are Elizabeth Pattison of Burlington as the magical nanny Mary Poppins and Robert O’Neil of Hinesburg as everyone’s favorite chimney sweep Bert, roles made famous by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke.

Local cast members include Christopher Hart (featured dancer/Valentine/ ensemble), Isaiah Gilbert (messenger/ensemble), Kris Johnson (policeman/ ensemble/banker), Serena Magnan O’Connell (Mrs. Corry), John Sonnick (bank chairman/ensemble), Pam Toof (Mrs. Brill) and Michael Tutt (Admiral Boom).

The production is directed and choreographed by Kate Whalen, Rob Parzych is producer and Martin Hain, who has music-directed five previous shows for Lyric, will conduct the orchestra.

While the cast is in rehearsal, more than 250 additional volunteers work simultaneously behind the scenes at Lyric’s warehouse in Williston’s Production Park. Local production team volunteers include safety and security co-chairman George Henry, promotional wear chairwoman Liz Villa, Kid Wrangler Kyla Paul, assistant lighting designer Rory Craib, stage manager Freda Tutt and set decoration co-chairwoman Cathy Rylant.

Tickets are $23-$38 with student/senior discounts at some performances; group rates are available.

Purchase tickets in person through the Flynn box office in Burlington, by telephone at 86-FLYNN or online at flynntix.org.

Matinees begin at 1 p.m. on April 9 and 10; evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on April 7, 8 and 9. The Sunday, April 10, matinee will be audio-described for patrons who are blind or visually impaired.

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For additional information, visit www. lyrictheatrevt.org, like Lyric Theatre Company on Facebook and follow them on Twitter using the hashtag #LyricVTMaryPoppins.

Top photo: L to R: Robert O’Neil, Elizabeth Pattison, Asa Baker-Rouse, Avery Smith, Serena Magnan O’Connell, Amelia Raskin Mason and Greta Powers appear in Lyric Theatre Company’s production of “Mary Poppins.”

Right: Mary Poppins responds to the ad for a perfect nanny in Lyric Theatre Company’s production of “Mary Poppins.”

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his summer, students are invited to immerse themselves in food systems programming at eight Vermont colleges and universities with the Vermont Food Systems Summer Study Tour. An initiative of the Vermont Food Systems Higher Education Consortium, the Summer Study Tour offers a “taste of Vermont” – for the intellect.

From June 16-29, students will delve into topics like carbon, sustainability, the ecosystem, farm-toinstitution, climate change, conservation, biodiversity and policy. The tour winds its way from the classrooms to the field at Green Mountain College, Middlebury College, New England Culinary Institute, SIT Graduate Institute, Sterling College, University of Vermont, Vermont Law School and Vermont Technical College.

From food justice to safety and labeling, the nation is poised to transform the way in which it sources, grows, processes, purchases and contemplates food. The summer tour is the only program in the country where students take to the road for two weeks, moving through eight schools, earning transferable undergraduate or graduate credit or auditing the class.

Vermont schools have graduated one-of-a-kind thinkers, advocates, farmers, retailer and restaurateurs who are leading the charge in how the nation thinks about food.

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“Vermont schools are offering a unique panoply of experiences and working together to make the state and epicenter of food education for the nation,” Costello added.

Vermont food and farm education strengthens the state’s food system, motivates food-based startups and increases communication among Vermont’s food businesses, all of which connect to the dynamic farm-to-plate food system plan.

Summer Study Tour enrollment is underway – for more information or to enroll, visit www. vermontfoodeducation.org or contact Rachel Arsenault at rarsenault@vtc.vsc.edu or 728-1677.

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