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Selectboard revives shooting ordinance debate Members revisit proposal to create shooting range registry By COLIN FLANDERS

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Milton resident Randy Barrows, who said he has operated a shooting range on his property for decades, speaks on Monday night against a recommendation to require local backyard shooting ranges to meet National Rifle Association safety guidelines, arguing they would be cost prohibitive.

Maple Ridge to host Alzheimer’s awareness event By COLIN FLANDERS Maple Ridge Memory Care facility will be hosting an event this Friday to raise awareness for those impacted by Alzheimer’s. The Longest Day event is an effort to “take the darkness” out of the cognitive disease that impacts millions of people every year, said Jane Samuelsen, director of community relations at Maple Ridge. It’s held on June 21, the summer solstice and longest day of the year, and coincides with Alzheimer’s awareness month. “It just makes you really stop and think about what this experience is

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like for family members for the loved ones who are going through this part of their lives,” Samuelsen said. Prior to the event, The Reporter spoke with four people whose family members live at Maple Ridge, which specializes in memory care, a method for aiding those with dementia. The center contains 56 suites and has space for up to 60 residents. While all arrive to the facility with different stories, each family member interviewed for this story praised Maple Ridge’s focus on caring for patients, noting the impact it has had on both their lives and the lives of See LONGEST DAY, page 6

Shooting ranges were back on the menu Monday night as the selectboard dove into its firearms discharge ordinance revisions, revisiting a proposal that would require residents who shoot in their backyards to register their properties with the town. The board spent much of its twohour meeting this week vetting a form created by town staff that would require backyard shooters to submit a slew of information about their properties. But members took no action on the matter, instead deciding to wait until at least their next meeting, scheduled for July 15, at which time members will again confront a central question of how much information the municipality should be collecting of its citizens. A draft of the form showed property owners would need to submit their name, address, parcel ID number, date the range was established, types of firearms they planned to use, intended See RANGES, page 4

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ADL boys win state track title

The ADL Boys Track team defeated 22 other Vermont middle school teams at the University of Vermont Middle School Championship held under sunny skies at the UVM track complex on May 31, a year after placing second at the annual state meet. Coaches Emily Danis, Martin Hughes and head coach Peter Gustafson said they were thrilled to see the Essex Junction Boys take home the medals. “It was a tremendous team effort and our overall depth in every event surely helped us to win the title this year,” Gustafson said in an email.

Meslin, Millette to represent Vt. at baseball classic Essex’s Robby Meslin and Tyler Millette were named among 18 of the top senior baseball players from the Green Mountain State to represent Vermont against New Hampshire in the 2019 Twin State Baseball Classic on Saturday, June 22 in White River Junction, Vt. The Green Mountain State’s squad is made up of student-athletes from 13 different high schools from all corners of the state and represents all four of the state’s divisions. The New Hampshire roster will be finalized and announced later.

Lu awarded STEM scholarship

For the second straight year, the classic takes place at the Maxfield Complex in White River Junction with pre-game festivities starting at 9:30 a.m., followed by the first pitch of game one of a pair of seveninning contests. Admission is free. Originally held from 1983 to 2004, the Twin State Baseball Classic returned to the diamond in June of 2015. Vermont won a pair last season, 8-1 and 10-3, the first sweep since its resumption, after the two teams split six one-run games in the three previous years.

Town, village highlight successful food drive campaign The Village of Essex Jct. and the Town of Essex last week announced the their “Fill-A-Public Works Truck” food drive campaign. The municipalities collected a total of 293 pounds of food and raised $400 in donations at two popular community events this spring. Food was

collected and delivered to Aunt Dot’s Place as a part of the Touch A Truck event on May 5 and was followed by a second event, a public works storytime, on May 21. Officials wished to extend their gratitude to S & D Landscaping and Metal Pless for their generous donations.

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New England Federal Credit Union (NEFCU) announced the winners of its 2019 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Scholarships. The three winners, who each receive a $3,000 scholarship, included Essex High School senior Grace Lu, who will be attending Dartmouth College in the fall to study neuroscience.

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Guillette faces new charges By COLIN FLANDERS Sean Guillette, the convicted sex offender whose release from prison three years ago prompted concern and outrage from some in the Essex Jct. community, is facing a slew of new charges that could land him back in prison for life. Guillette pleaded not guilty on Monday to accusations that he inappropriately touched a young girl at a supermarket in Burlington, adding to a growing list of criminal cases facing the 54-year-old, dating back to an April domestic assault investigation. During which police say they were tipped off to Guillette’s possession of illicit photos of underage children. All told, Guillette now faces five felonies – one for lewd and lascivious conduct with a child, third offense, and four related to the child pornography – in addition to two misdemeanors. The most recent offense carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Burlington police say they received a call on June 10 from a woman who said an unknown man groped her 10-year-old daughter at the Hannaford Supermarket in Burlington’s New North End. The girl told police she believed she had been approached by the same man a few days before in front of her house, court records show. Two days after the incident, the child’s mother sent police Guillette’s photograph from the Vt. Sex Offender Registry and identified him as the suspect. Police say the mugshot matched a photograph of the suspect culled from security footage. Police put out a bulletin for Guillette’s arrest on the night of June 13 and located him in South Burlington the following day, stopping his vehicle along Williston Road. During the arrest, Guillette managed to obtain an extendable box cutter while in restraints and attempted to cut his neck, causing superficial laceration before officers tazed him, police said. He was taken to the University of Vermont Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening wounds prior to being lodged at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility, where he remains without bail. Burlington police say they are also investigating a separate incident involving another allegation of inappropriate touching with another 1o-year-old child that occurred in the Old North End on June 13, a day before Guillette’s arrest. Police say the child was playing in her backyard with other children when a man described as white, middleaged, with a medium build and shorter black-and-grey hair with scruff on his face came around the fence and

touched the girl. BPD says it’s still unclear if the two cases are related. Police ask anyone with information to contact them at 540-2271. Guillette served 17 years in prison for two SEAN GUILLETTE felony convictions of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child prior to being released from prison in 2016. Police listed Guillette’s official address as “transient” in a press release last week, but at the time of his release three years ago, he was living in Essex, prompting a public announcement from the Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations, which considered him a high-risk offender since he didn’t complete treatment in prison. Because he maxed out his sentence, however, he was no longer under the Department of Corrections supervision. News of Guillette’s release led to a meeting organized by the Essex Community Justice Center and former police Chief Brad LaRose. There, a standing-room-only crowd aired concerns over their children’s safety, doubting efforts to reform Guillette would work. One parent at the 2016 meeting went as far as to read his address aloud to the crowd, against the wishes of the meeting’s organizers. Guillette was also cited last week for violating conditions of release barring him from any contact with children under the age of 16. Those conditions were set last month in his child pornography case, which began after a woman told police said she had seen Guillette looking at the images on his phone. Police later found more than 60 images of child pornography on his mobile device, court records show. Guilette tried to cover his tracks following the seizure of his phone, according to police, reportedly using a computer at Pathways Vermont Community Center in attempts to delete child pornography from his cell phone via cloud services. The Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children task force also says it receive a cybertip in March accusing Guillette of uploading pornographic photo of a child to his Instagram account, court records show. In addition to the lewd and lascivious charge, Guillette up an additional 22-year maximum sentence if convicted on each of the child pornography charges. He’s due back in court next Tuesday.

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use of the range and expected hours of operation, in addition to a site plan of the entire range and proof of insurance with a minimum of a $500,000 liability insurance. In the end, a majority of the board appeared in favor of at least nixing the question on the specific types of firearms, concerned that it would create a de-facto gun registry. But they were less clear on much of the form’s remaining requirements. Indeed, many decisions still stand between the selectboard and a final ordinance change, and Monday night’s meeting raised more questions than it answered. Questions like how much of a financial burden does the insurance requirement place on homeowners? Who should be signing off on the forms, and does this force the town to take on any potential liability? But perhaps the biggest question of all is how will the town decide whether a range is safe. One idea is to have the police department examine the submitted maps to determine if the homeowner’s safety precautions pass muster. But the PD would still need to base their decisions on some specific standard. And while town staff recommended using the National Rifle Association’s manual, some in attendance Monday night challenged that idea, explaining the NRA guidelines are too stringent for backyard ranges. “It’s a great manual if you’re going to go commercial and you’re going to do big things,” said Randy Burrows, a Milton resident who said he’s had a range at his home for decades. “Financially, none of us in this room could afford it.” Police Chief Rick Garey agreed that the NRA manual was not ideal. “Trying to flip through that manual and decipher what is needed is a nightmare,” he said. Instead, he suggested the selectboard task a working group of police officers and firearms experts to design a set of standards that could be applied to the town. The idea gained some interest from the board and will

likely resurface at next month’s meeting. Like past meetings, the board also opened up the floor to the crowd, and public feedback sounded markedly similar to that heard at the handful of meetings on the firearms ordinance last year, with the bulk of comments underscoring the tension between safety and individual rights. Some speakers urged the selectboard to do what it could to protect residents, while others felt the board’s current direction represented a clear infringement on their constitutional right to bear arms. The selectboard has already made some progress after last summer’s robust public engagement effort, shoring up new regulations that would prohibit shooting at the Essex Tree Farm and allow it at two town parks – Indian Brook and Saxon Hill – during a 45-day window covering deer hunting season. The shooting range discussion is complicated by the overall opaqueness of Vermont laws on the issue. According to a Vermont Supreme Court ruling, sport shooting ranges are exempt from regulation if they existed before May 2006 and maintained the same historic level of noise and use since. Regardless, forcing backyard shooters to register with the town would give at least some control over a practice that, as of now, has virtually no municipal oversight. No one in town – not police, not elected officials – has any idea how many backyard ranges exist within Essex’s borders. But unless members decide to drastically water down their notification forms, they may find the ordinance popping back on up on their radar down the road – this time, with a court date attached. “This was supposed to start out as just a notification of where ranges are,” said resident Ben Broe, a consistent critic of the ordinance changes. “Now, from this checklist, it’s turned into this big long notice that’s really going to turn into a registration. I feel that this is very much overstepping the authority that’s been delegated to the state.”He added, “I guess that will be decided by a court eventually, if that’s how it goes.”

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Obituary Monica Marie GershenfeldDougherty, age 64, went to be with her Creator Monday, June 3, 2019 at University of Vermont Medical Center as a result of a ruptured brain aneurysm. Monica was born August 3, 1954 in Upper Darby, Pa. the daughter of Elizabeth and Francis Park. Monica is survived by her 2 children Chris Grab, his wife Katye and 2 girls Cecelia and Lucy of Land O’Lakes, Fl. And her daughter, Carrie Ann Kamont, her partner Christopher and 2 daughters Bella and Briar of Barre, Vt along with her husband Dan Dougherty of Essex Junction, Vt. and his daughter, Chrystal Grace of Oneonta, NY. Monica was a former Foster Parent and VPre-Kindergarten teacher prior to her previous brain aneurism. She was an active member of Malletts Bay Congregational Church, UCC in Colchester, Vt. where she served on the Board of Trustees, assisted with events and did the weekly cleaning. Monica was also a very active member of the Essex Senior where she enjoyed the various activities and was a big help with the members and guests who had difficulties, as well she ensure the fill-in managers were properly performing their duties, who have expressed how helpful Monica was to them. A Celebration of Monica’s Life will be held Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 11am with Rev. Sally May officiating. The returning of Monica’s ashes to the earth will be held in a private ceremony at a later date. In memory of Monica’s love of life, caring and teaching others she was a registered organ, eye, bone & tissue donor. Her family asks for each of you as your culture, religious beliefs allow to become a donor as well. www. donatelife.net and ensure when you

renew your driver’s license or state i.d. you check the organ donor box. Monica’s donations helped to improve the lives of 53 people! On top of that as a tribute to her teaching career she was the subject of a class at UVM’s Medical School. In lieu of flowers, her family is asking for memorial donations be made to either Malletts Bay Congregational Church, UCC PO Box 157 Colchester, Vt 05442 or the Essex Senior Center 2 Lincoln St. Essex Junction, Vt 05452. Monica’s family would like to extend their appreciation for the love and support from the City of Essex Parks & Recreation Department, the staff, nursing staff & doctors at UVM Medical Center whose compassion and comfort care was phenomenal and to our MBCCUCC Family for the wonderful love and concern you show to all! You were a beautiful person Monica we are sure your guardian angel duties will keep you soaring! Until we meet again, my Love, I will be “Touched by an Angel”!. Dan!”

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Letters to the editor Editor’s note: The Reporter has spoken with the authors of the following two letters and are withholding their names to protect the identity of their children, who were involved in the May 31 incident involving Pepe the Frog, which The Reporter detailed in a front-page article last week. School mishandled Pepe the Frog incident Please omit my name as I want to respect my son’s privacy. Call me the mother of a suspended student. My son was one of the two suspended on the day of the drawing and I wanted to share with the community what that was like for me, the mother. I was called at work and told my son was involved in a hate crime at his school and that they had identified him thru the security cameras, they could not tell who the person drawing was, but could only identify my son and that my son knew who it was and would not give up his friend’s name. They mentioned if he did not cooperate they could press charges, this would go on his record, he could possibly even go to court or more serious consequences, the administration mentioned they had already consulted with the local police officer on staff and this consisted of hate crime. Now picture this young widow, with four kids, doing her best to raise her children to be loving community members. The only history my kids had was of receiving compliments from school staff of how helpful, compassionate and kind they were to all kids in their classes. Regardless of age, sex, disability, or color. NOW, here I was trembling of fear that some how I missed a sign, that my son was getting involved with the wrong crowd, but HOW? I had his friends over all the time, my house was known as the party house, the open house, where ALLl were welcome. I myself, a minority, how can this happen??? Where did I go wrong? Why do I have to go to that school alone? I wished their dad was here to walk in with me. I held back the tears as I drove to his school to convince him to cooperate. Before entering the school, I took a deep breath, called a friend to calm me down and tried my best to walk in in a calm, respectful way. My son was waiting for me, looking sorry for troubling me, he knows how hard I work to support our

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their loved ones. Take Joanna, who’s husband suffers from Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia, which, behind Alezheimer’s, is the second-most common type of progressive dementia. Joanna asked not to be identified by her last name but said her husband didn’t feel safe at home despite her best efforts – putting locks on all the doors and extra lights outside. But nothing seemed to help, she said, recalling nights watching her husband scream in fear of being attacked. That all changed when he arrived to the memory care facility, she said. “He’s felt safe here,” Joanna said. “Safe within his own mind and safe because of the facility.” She added that he also seems happier than he was at home, which she called a “heartbreaking” realization, since she had wanted

family. But I also know he could sometimes be strong willed but at the same time the most loyal person in the world. The administration asked if he would take a sword for his friend. He said he would. I AM PROUD of him for that. Too many self centered kids out there, I raised a good young man who often put others first. The kid I had to tell he could not give away any of his toys without checking with me first. Many moms can relate. The administration did not tell me the whole story, they didn’t know it either, but the fear tactics were obvious. They mentioned they would make an example of my son. They mentioned that he was innocent, only a bystander, and that they knew that neither kid (by then they had the name of the one who drew the picture) meant that drawing to be racist, but regardless, they had to make an example of them. I begged them not to ruin my son’s perfect record and suggested community service instead, they liked that idea. They suspended him for the rest of the day and did not allow him to join the track practice that afternoon, even though the state finals were the next day. I not knowing the whole story agreed and thanked them for not punishing him worse. The next day I found out the whole story, the drawing was made in art class, in front of a teacher and other students. So basically my son was suspended for being in school, in class, but mostly for being loyal, a quality the administration does not value or respect. I was furious. Plus I also researched and learned about the history of the frog. The drawing was not racist, it was not meant to be racist, I know the student artist and he is a wonderful young man that was certainly mistreated by the administration. What is next??? Someone draws a racist picture of “Hello Kitty” in a racist pose and then all non racist drawings of “Hello Kitty” will be banned from my daughter’s school? Do I have to get her a new lunch box because some racist group stole the artist original intent and made it racist? HOW FAR DO WE GO??? I am minority and I am not offended by the drawing of a frog in a pensive pose, if others are then that’s their right to be, but their rights CAN NOT override our students’ artistic rights to expression if that expression is not drawn in a racist manner.

to help him age at home. “But this place is like family,” she said. “I feel like I’m part of a larger family. So that’s working really well for both of us.” The specialized care at Maple Ridge has also helped David Robideau’s brother, who moved in to Maple Ridge following a medical event in January that triggered dementia-like symptoms, including severe memory loss, hallucinations and paranoia. The latter two symptoms have subsided over the last several months, said Robideau, who, like the other family members, didn’t downplay the difficulty posed by diseases like Alzheimer’s. But he said keeping a positive perspective can help. “It’s a little bit like: Do you make lemonade out of lemons? This isn’t a perfect situation for anybody, but the combination of the caretakers showing great compassion and family members who can adapt their lifestyle and focus on what’s going on can make a big difference for people,” he said. Robideau also said these illness-

Each case must be well researched before actions and consequences are decided and before they call the parents and cause so much pain and sorrow and heartache. Zero tolerance does not mean checking our common sense at the door. I have not yet received an apology from the administration. But they did apologize to my son and said that sometimes adults make mistakes. Although this part was left out from the article. I love our local schools and I appreciate how inclusive we are. But common sense still has to be prevalent before making decisions that involve not only the students but their whole family. Sincerely, The mother of the loyal friend. Reporter article flawed; school administrators appear to have learned nothing from incident When I flew back home from my father’s funeral two weeks ago, the first thing I had to process was, “Who the heck is Pepe the frog?” My wife and I have tried to take the “high road” on this issue, with open-minded tolerance and understanding of what we perceived to be mistakes of good intention. We stayed off social media, we wrote no letters, and we sought no legal counsel. After since talking with Mr. Reardon and the Editor, I’ve learned that much of what we perceived to be a one-sided story, in part owes to the cautious stance that school’s typically adopt when questioned by media on cases involving minors. Nevertheless, we feel compelled to provide our side of the story. Imagine a bright sunny day when all the art students are drawing on the sidewalk with chalk for a school-sponsored event to help them enjoy their last few days of school. Teachers and students are laughing and having a good time. One boy draws two images, one of Garfield the cat, the other of a frog named “Pepe”. Kids are taking selfies with the images and complementing one another on their work. The next day, the boy is unexpectedly called into the Viceprincipal’s office and told he could “potentially be charged with a hate crime.” His mother is instructed to take him home for the day but is not told that her

es, unlike many, require a marathon approach. “It’s not like an illness where you’re going to say, ‘We’re going to do this, we’re going to do this,’ and it’s going to get better,” Robideau said. “You don’t know what’s the next chapter.” Tom Pratt understands that well. Both his parents are at Maple Ridge, moving in seven weeks ago. His dad suffers from dementia; his mom, Alzheimer’s. Together, “two kind of equaled one,” he said, which allowed them to live alone for a while. But father fell and hit his head several years ago, and another recent fall worsened matters. Pratt and his brother took turns spending the night at his mother’s house, explaining dozens of times throughout the night why their father was in the hospital. “It’s sad to see your parents in this situation but you really have no choice,” Pratt said. “We all have lives. For me to be seven days a week checking on them on a regular basis was not realistic … this was the best choice.” The same was true for John

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Barnett, whose parents-in-law moved in to Maple Ridge following a stay at an assisted living facility. The elderly couple was able to live next door to each other at the memory care home until his mother-in-law’s death in February. Now, his father-in-law, in his 90s, “seems to be maintaining,” Barnett said. But his Alzheimer’s is progressing, and “it’s hard to watch.” “It’s life changing for a family,” Barnett said. Friday’s event is expected to draw thousands of participants across the world, according to the Vermont chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, which hopes the Longest Day can spread awareness and fundraise to support care and research for the disease that impacts more than 13,000 Vermonters and more than 30,000 family and friends who provide care on a daily basis. The Maple Ridge Longest Day event is open to the public and runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 21. For more information about the Longest Day, visit bit.ly/2Uqp73Y.

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Thursday, June 20, 2019 Letters to the editor son has been suspended. Later that Friday afternoon, after hearing out our son’s testimony that he bore no ill intent, without digging deeper into the history of the meme, and without enlisting input from teachers or students who monitored the event, the vice-principals issued a school-wide email to all EHS students, stating that an “incident of racism” had taken place on campus and would “not [be] tolerated”, with most everyone already knowing my son was involved. Imagine my wife’s shock when she came home from work to read this email later that afternoon. Nevertheless, my wife and I sat down patiently with the EHS administration the following Monday morning with our son, after he submitted to them an eventempered, eight-page email defending his own honor. He made the eloquent argument that when an extremist group highjacks an image for its own bent ideology, granting them exclusive rights to the use of that image only empowers them to do it again, but he also apologized to anyone he might have unintentionally offended. In fact, before the Alt-Right stole the image for their own agenda just three years ago, it had already become “one of the most popular memes on the internet”, and had been used in several school projects pre-dating this infringement. To the Reporter’s credit, they quoted the Anti-Defamation League website that “the majority of Pepe images are benign, so it’s important to examine use of the character in context“. This context was never considered in the case of our son’s drawing, and as result, several fellow students sent emails to the administration that weekend, protesting the way the situation was handled. On the following Monday morning, however, we tried to sympathize with their position. They have a difficult job. They absolutely must make sure that our schools create a climate that makes people of all backgrounds feel welcomed, and not threatened on the basis of their ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Our country has an ugly history and still has a long way to go from here; this only makes this mission more obligatory. We shared this sentiment that morning, right after they acknowledged they had learned a lot from the event and from my son’s email and agreed to send the email to his fellow students. We discussed the matter as civil adults, and we all saw it as a teachable moment for the administration. At the end of the meeting, we clarified with the administration that our son was in fact never under suspension, and this would never go on his record. All we wanted was quiet recognition that our son did nothing wrong, and that nothing like this would happen again…to anyone. More than anything, we wanted the entire matter done. Unfortunately, the Reporter decided to

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post a front page story last week on this issue; not really sure why. At this point, we felt we had to speak up. We understand the need to be fair and impartial, and to avoid divulging too much detail to the press about a case involving a minor, but we were stunned to read that both Reardon and Johnson declined to comment on “whether they believed the artist had any ill intent”. We felt that this conclusion had already been settled upon when they cleared our son of any wrongdoing a week prior. When we left that meeting in early June, we left with an understanding that administrators make mistakes, even good-intended ones. We were hopeful for positive change. The only thing we asked for was a promise that they would be more even-handed and seek evidence and input from other students before handing out premature verdicts in the future. But the tone of last week’s story gave us reason to fear that nothing was learned that Friday. Instead of creating a dialog about how they plan to handle things differently in the future, we only read from Ben Johnson how “tackling issues head-on shows students that administrators like him have their back.” We have to ask then, who had the backs of our son and his friend in all of this? Instead of acknowledging that this was a “teachable moment” on how to better tackle their own ignorance on the issues and handle a similar situation differently in the future, all I read was how they felt justified in swift action because “The potential for this to have harm was enough for us to act on it.” Adhering to this principle, without consideration for who is taken down in the process, led to costly collateral damage. Somewhere along the line, people at the top lost track of the “backs” of the only real victims in this entire affair - two students who were wrongly suspended from school before given fair due process. To our community, we only ask that they leave our son and his friend out of their public discourse on social media; they never wanted any of this attention. The main questions left open now for my wife and I are, “Did the administration learn anything from these events?”, and “Why did the Reporter, when they knew the limits of their own investigation, think that this was front page news?” Parent of art student who drew Pepe the Frog Vermont State College system not ‘sitting still’ Emerson Lynn’s recent commentary in this paper about a lack of creative leadership in higher education was appropriately placed under the heading of “Opinion.” I have read and valued Emerson’s perspectives for years. In this case, it may be helpful to add some facts to supplement

and better focus this opinion piece. In fact, the Vermont State Colleges System has strong, forward-thinking leadership. Uniquely talented Presidents, each well-matched for our colleges and universities. Several of Vermont’s leading higher education voices in Chancellor Jeb Spaulding and his senior team. And, the VSC System’s governing board reflects broad, deep and committed talent well-suited to addressing our challenges. In the past four years alone that commitment has led to the nationally recognized merger of two colleges into one stronger, dynamic university; consolidated administrative functions saving millions in the System’s yearly budgets; new and innovative programs to boost student retention and degree completion; and creation of several new certificate and apprenticeship programs for working-age adults across the state—to name just a few actions. By no means are we sitting still. The Vermont State Colleges System and its member institutions, Castleton University, Community College of Vermont, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College are well aware of the challenges we face. These challenges are not unique to our colleges and universities, but to all small, tuition-dependent colleges and universities across the Northeast and America. We are already deploying strategies at the System and college level to respond to declining numbers of high school graduates, pricing pressure from our regional competitors, changing student preferences, and the reality of Vermont’s subpar state funding. We are motivated by recognition that the future of Vermont, and the State’s capacity to realize the potential of generations of future students, will require a thriving public college system. On its own initiative, the VSCS Board of Trustees has recently embarked on a critical initiative to clearly articulate the forces bearing down on higher education institutions like ours and to generate additional strategic actions that can be taken to ensure our colleges and universities will not merely survive, but thrive. We will institute further innovations that will support vibrant, accessible, affordable education for Vermonters that is relevant to their careers and the economy of the future, and that will bring long-term financial sustainability for the VSC System. It is with commitment to our core mission--“for the benefit of Vermont”-that we work to secure the future of affordable, accessible public post-secondary education across the State. We look forward to keeping readers of this paper up-to-date on this work. J. Churchill Hindes Chair, VSCS Board of Trustees

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EssEx sport shorts By JOE GONILLO SUMMER VACATION IS HERE! Congrats graduates, retiring EWSD teachers and staff, and students and teachers who deserve the 10-week break. Happy belated Father’s Day to all dads too. Enjoy free time, pools, summer jobs, reading, the beach, the lake, video games, walks, baseball games, bike riding, movies, some tv, and overall relaxation. Kevin Reill’s Memorial golf tourney at Basin Harbor GC is Thursday. Great man and a great cause! Big news of the week is the Dean Corkum’s retirement. Dean “the Dream” coached EHS varsity boy’s lacrosse for 29 years. His record stands at in incredible 281-180-1 (not sure where the tie came from … darkness?) His Hornets won 3 Division I titles, made it to the state finals seven consecutive springs 2007-2013, and played in the semi’s in 6% of his seasons on the bench. Corkum did things his way – and the right way – the entire time, and his players benefited greatly from his leadership. Dean went to Maine and played baseball. Moved to UVM, tried out and made the lacrosse team,

and ended up student teaching and getting a PE teaching job at EHS ... thank God... and the rest, as they say, is history! He will still coach jv football and assist with the hockey team. Congratulations my friend. Proud of your accomplishments! Honoring the EHS Retirees: Lucille McClure - main office; Val McNamara - school nurse; Bill Mayville - Driver Ed; Lisa White - Business Ed; Maddy Posig - Foreign Language; Jeannine Keegan - main office; Beth O’Connor - Foreign Language; Nancy Smith – Science; Cathy Quinn - Student Support Services; Dave Prince Maintenance; Dave Brautigam - Driver Ed; Nancy Russin – maintenance; and Lorinda Sargent - student support services. Enjoy your new lifestyle. Twin State Baseball: Vermont vs. N.H. is scheduled on June 22 at the Maxfield Complex in White River Jct. Pre-game starts at 9:30 a.m. followed by game 1. The states seven-inning DH’ers. Admission is free. Rosters include two Hornets and some area players: Essex: Robby Meslin (OF), Tyler Millette (C); Champlain Valley: Ian Parent (1B/LHP), Aiden Johnson (IF), Tyler Skaflestad (IF); Mount Mansfield: Becket Hill (IF/RHP); and Rice: Matt Guyette (IF/RHP), Griffin McDermott (IF/RHP). My favorite Women’s Summer

Thursday, June 20, 2019 Soccer League is back in business. Seven teams, lots of games, great exercise, and tons of fun. If you are a high school player – or recently graduated player – teams are looking for some new, youthful, energetic players. Contact Bill Duval or me if interested. Standing return next week. By the way, Colchester High School state and NE IH champ George Cummings won the Emerging Elite Division of the 400mIH in 53.55. His time was 12th overall at the New Balance National Championships. Sand Hill Pool and Maple Street Pool are up and running. Individual admission and family memberships available. The Links and Lang Farm hosted the 2019 Essex Rotary Golf Classic last week. Northfield Savings Bank was one of the main sponsors. A number of individual hole contests sparked the day. The four-person scramble, 50/50 Raffle and the overall 1st place prize – four nights at the Courtyard Marriott/Hotel Vermont and a foursome at BCC. Winners – Inspired Closets Todd Warren, CJ Mitchell, Ian Jeffers, Gary Rogers. Dignitaries include David Antoniolli, Zack Smith, Jason LaRoche, Andy Bose, Jay Fayette, Steve Lover, Rob Sinkewicz, Estelle and Jeff LeClair, Darlene Powers, Tom Palin, Dave Johnson, David Converse, Doug Spates, Amy

and Heath Jackman, Andy Gingras, Ted Caya, Ed Pantzir, Scott Plaza, Evan Teich, Bill Ellis, Grant and Lisa Rees. Former Hornet and UVM hockey star, Justin Martin, aced the 7th hole. Adam Ashe, Tom Weaver, and Mike Dececco witnessed the hole-in-one! Congrats Justin! Miss VT Jillian Fisher and Miss Outstanding Teen VT Danielle Trottier were on hand by holes 11/14 to run the day-long, multi-prize raffle. Watched two of the most exciting and interesting finals last week. Sad to see Warriors lose. Ran into a white-hot shooting Raptors’ team and couldn’t quite get past the injury bug. Watched most of the Stanley Cup Final as well. Blues’ Game 7 performance was iconic. Also was schooled in mini-golf by my wife and my CVU nieces on Father’s Day. Losing my touch. Happy Birthday Olivia Monachino, Dr. Katie Polakowski, Carol Polakowski, nephew Owen Stark – the pride of Westford, Deb Hollwedel, Missy Stuart, Phoebe Harbour, Bridgett Sheldon, Alissa Lundy, Amy Jean Immen, Red Sox RH Mike Plageman, all-star Libby Smith, Linnae O’Neil, Joe Donahue, Luc Evanson and Shawn Montague.

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Obituary Robert (Bob) L. Kent, age 86, of Essex Jct., VT passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at the McClureMiller Respite House. Bob was born on February 25, 1933 in Northfield, VT. He grew up in Rochester, VT with his parents William and Katie Kent and his sister Beverly Kent (Gilman). In 1951, he attended Lyndon Teachers College where he was active in baseball, basketball and theater. After his sophomore year, Bob enlisted in the U.S. Army for two years. He returned to LTC where he and Shirley Jenks met as the lead characters in the play “Bell, Book and Candle”. If you’re familiar with the play, then you’ll know the spell was cast and never broken. After graduating in 1957, Bob married Shirley who was teaching in Essex Jct., VT at the time. He accepted a job in Essex Jct. teaching math, science and physical education at the new Intermediate School, and he taught there for 34 years. Former students may remember nicknaming Bob’s office “Mr. Kent’s Deli”. Bob took a course that inspired him to teach Introductory Physical Science (IPS) to his eighth graders where he implemented hands on learning rather than demonstration. He believed in presenting the problem and allowing the students to come up with the solution. Bob was at least ten years ahead of the rest of the world with this practice and also with team teaching. Bob continued his education over the years at six colleges, acquiring 86.5 graduate hours. He spent one year at Michigan State on a National Science Foundation Scholarship. He served several years on the VEA Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee, first as a member and then as chairman. He was a founding member of the Essex Community Theater, which was forming in 1958. Bob enjoyed performing in many plays and was an active member into the late 1980s. In 1956, Bob had started working summers at the Mt. Washington Cog Railway, NH as a fireman, and then the engineer on his favorite steam locomotive, the Ammonoosuc. As an engineer

and train master, he was a mentor and friend to many of the younger men. To this day they still remember Bob’s dry wit: “You’re either going up the mountain or down the mountain,” he would often tell them. After retiring from teaching, Bob worked at the newly opened Hannaford in Williston as a fishmonger for five years. He delighted in showing children the lobsters from the tank and always had Swedish Fish for them. He enjoyed interacting with the customers and sharing recipes. The home kitchen became his new “lab”, as he had fun experimenting with favorite foods and spices. Bob loved to drive, and he and Shirley crossed the US and Canada twice, stopping at Whistler, BC and riding the lifts up Blackcomb in July to watch snowboarding on the glacier. Bob is survived by his wife of 62 years, Shirley, and his children Jeffrey Kent, Kellie (Peter) Moreman, Karyl Kent (Bernie Young), Kristin (Marty) Gleason and Keith (Kiley) Kent. He will be loved and remembered by his ten grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. A celebration of life will be held at a later date when the whole family is home. To honor Bob’s memory donations may be made to: McClure-Miller Respite House, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester, VT 05446 or Annual Fund for Scholarships Northern Vermont University-Lyndon PO Box 919 Lyndonville, VT 05851 “Outstanding in his field”. To read the full obituary please go to http://gregorycremation.com

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Food shelF 9 - 11 a.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, 6 - 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Aunt Dot’s Place, 51 Center Rd. Essex Jct. Serving the communities of Essex, Westford, Jericho and Underhill. Visit auntdotsplace.com for more information. seaTed yoga 10 - 10:30 a.m., Essex Area Senior Center. Class is free for EASC members, $2/session for non-members. Please call 876-5087 to register. dance wiTh ashley 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. All ages welcome. Ashley is a teaching artist and dancer who strongly believes in the power of movement to help us all be happier, more aware and connected people. Book cluB 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Area Senior Ctr. This session discuss “My Name is Lucy Barton” by Elizabeth Strout. Blood drive 1 - 6 p.m., Essex Shoppes. drop-in kniTTing cluB 1 - 2 p.m., Essex Free Library. lego cluB 3 - 4 p.m., Essex Free Library. Teddy Bear sTory TiMe 10 - 10:30 a.m. Brownell Library. Pick up your Teddy Bear from the sleepover or bring a stuffed animal to this special story time. For all ages.

21 Friday yoga Flow 8:30 -9:45 a.m. Aspire Community Studio, 75 Maple Street, Essex Jct. play TiMe For liTTle ones 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., Brownell Library. Active play time for kids 0-5 years old. Mah Jongg 10 a.m. - noon, Essex Area Senior Ctr. Members play for free. Non-members pay $1/visit. Musical sTory TiMe 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. kniTTing and crocheTing 1 - 2 p.m., Essex Area Senior Ctr. asTronauT Training caMp 4 - 5 p.m., Brownell Library. Try your hand at an agility course, comet toss, moon jump, space walk, exploration station and gravity defying exercise. essex eaTs ouT 5:30 - 7 p.m., St. James

Church, Essex Jct. Free community dinners for all! If you need a ride, please email essexeatsout@gmail.com

wall-e 6:30 - 8 p.m., Brownell Library. Enjoy this Pixar feature from 2008. Free drinks and popcorn.

22 saTurday weekend sTory TiMe 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Start off your weekend with books, rhymes and songs! spanish/english inTercaMBio Noon - 2 p.m., Essex Free Library. For the first hour of every session we will speak exclusively in Spanish and for the second hour we will speak exclusively in English. Come join the conversation! lyMe disease discussion Noon - 4 p.m., Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington. Hear from national experts specializing in tick-borne illnesses greaT aMerican Backyard caMpouT 4 - 10 p.m., Sand Hill Park. Reserve a campsite, set up camp, play family games, have a campfire BBQ dinner with friends and enjoy a bonfire.

23 sunday harrieT FarnsworTh powell hisTorical MuseuM 1 - 4 p.m., Corner of Route 128 and Route 15, Essex Jct. Seasonal exhibits this year focus on individuals that helped to shape Essex.

24 Monday Mah Jongg 10 a.m. - noon, Essex Area Senior Ctr. sTory TiMe wiTh eMily 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Drop in for stories, songs and a craft. Tech help wiTh cliF Noon - 1 p.m., Brownell Library. Offering oneon-one technology help. Reservation required. Please call 878-6955 at least 24 hours in advance. lego challenge 3 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. This week’s challenge: build upside down!

25 Tuesday sTory TiMe 10 - 10:30 a.m., Brownell Library. Listen to picture book stories, songs, puppets & rhymes. Bingo 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., Essex

Area Senior Ctr. Every card costs a penny, so if you play 10 cards, each game costs a dime.

Maker Tuesdays: space sliMe 3 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. For children ages 6-12. yoga wiTh Jonah 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., First Congregational Church,1 Church St., Essex Jct. Donations welcome, but not required. drop-in kniTTing 6:30 - 8 p.m., Essex Free Library.

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.; Fundamental-Independent. CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. 878-7107. Wes Pastor, Senior Pastor. Summer Worship Service Times (June-September): Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Nursery is provided for infant-K. Also check out our other summer offerings: Wednesday Gatherings, Ultimate Frisbee, Play Dates in the Park, Summer Bible Camp, and more! www.cmcvermont.org; also on Facebook & Instagram.

wriTer’s group 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. All levels and genres welcome as we come together to share our work and offer support to one another.

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

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DAYBREAK COMMUNITY CHURCH - 67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester. 338-9118. Jesse Mark, lead pastor. Sunday service: 10:30 a.m., www.daybreakvermont.org; brentdaybreak@gmail.com

Tech TiMe 10 - 11 a.m., Essex Free Library. Drop in with your device and questions! Tech help wiTh cliF Noon - 1 p.m., Brownell Library. (See Monday, June 24) roTary cluB oF essex Noon - 1:15 p.m., The Essex, 70 Essex Way, Essex Jct. kids’ arT cluB 3 p.m., Essex Free Library. larp 3 p.m., Brownell Library. Create your own character and enter the story. Fun & fantastic for ages 11 and up. Tedx universe oF sTories 7 p.m., Brownell Library. TED Talk videos around the theme of the Universe will be viewed and reflected on.

LOCAL MEETINGS Thu., June 20 7 p.m., village subcommittee on governance, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St.

saT., June 22 8 a.m., Trustees/ selectboard Joint Meeting, Delta, South Burlington

Tue., June 25 6:30 p.m., village Trustees, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St. 7 p.m., Town selectboard, Town offices, 81 Main St.

ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH - 37 Old Stage Road, Essex Jct. 878-8213. Sunday services: 8:00am, 9:30am & 11:00am, www.essexalliance.org. ESSEX CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 119 Center Rd (Route 15), Essex. 878-8304. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. Service 10:00 am with Sunday School and childcare provided. We offer a variety of small groups for prayer, Bible study, hands-on ministry, and studying contemporary faith issues. 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 - 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, Assoc. Pastor, Rev. Josh Simon. Sunday Worship Services: 8:30 and 10:15 am. Communion: first Sunday of every month. Faith Formation meets weekly at 10:15 am. Jr. & High School Youth Groups on Sundays. Heavenly Food Pantry – second Monday, 5:30-7:30pm; fourth Thursday, 2-6pm, except for Nov & Dec when it is the third Thursday. Essex Eats Out Community Dinner – 1st Friday of the month, 5:30 – 7pm. Music includes Sanctuary Choir, Finally @ First Band, Joyful Noise, Cherub Music, Handbell Choir, Men’s Acapella and Ladies’ Acapella groups. GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 130 Maple Street, Essex Jct., 1 mile south of the Five Corners on Maple Street / Route 117. 8788071. 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. 878-4014. 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.

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