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35 years later:

Your hometown paper By COURTNEY LAMDIN

or Kit Wright, the passage of 35 years doesn’t seem like a minute. But that’s the amount of time since the first edition of The Essex Reporter was published, on July 17, 1981. Wright, now in her 70s, was the paper’s first editor, serving in the role for seven years. Back then, Wright and publisher Tim Callahan wrote their aim was to create an eight-page paper and sell enough ads to pay for it for at least six weeks. Needless to say, they accomplished their goal. Today, the Reporter averages 16 pages a week and employs eight full-time employees. That’s a lot of growth since Wright and Callahan’s two-person operation. As with many small businesses, the Reporter was born from opportunity and entrepreneurial spirit. Callahan, then a 23-year-old local with a storied high school sports career, met Wright at The Suburban List, a See REPORTER, page 14

The first issue of The Essex Reporter from July 17, 1981 is pictured above. See our reproduction in the special section inside this paper.

Photo by COURTNEY LAMDIN Stephen Schneps of Wolcott spent an afternoon last week reflecting on another life as El Schnepo the Clown. In his prime, he performed a unique show up to three times a day at locations across the state, including in Essex.

Still clowning after all these years

By ABBY LEDOUX

Photo by KAYLEE SULLIVAN

Happily ever after

Luana and William McCormick, whose engagement announcement appeared in the first-ever Essex Reporter, display their wedding album at their Williston home. The couple will celebrate their 35th anniversary in October. See BROCHU-MCCORMICK, page 16.

t’s 1983 in Czechoslovakia, and Stephen Schneps is spending the night in an armed guard's custody. After arriving by train from Italy, Schneps and his two traveling companions are detained by Czech officials. The next

morning, the three are interviewed by a man akin to Fearless Leader from Rocky and Bullwinkle in a room with posters of Marx, Lenin and the Communist flag. Finally released, they board a train for Poland, only to be stopped en route again. This time, a stern, decorated female guard inspects the travelers’ lug-

gage, searching for contraband. She retrieves a rubber chicken. Next, a red clown nose. “They are actors,” she says to her colleagues, cracking a wide grin. “Let them pass.” So goes the story of El Schnepo the Clown’s brief stint as a foreign detainee See SCHNEPO, page 3

Discovery Museum fed curiosity for all By COLIN FLANDERS Polly Whitcomb McEwing sat in the dining room of Lynnette Donahue’s Essex Jct. home on Monday for a glass of iced tea and an afternoon of nostalgia. Though it was about 20 years since Essex’s Discovery Museum closed its doors, the two had no shortage of memories. Remnants of the museum’s history were scattered across Donahue’s table. Black and white photos documented its grand opening on Oct. 6, 1974, showing a sea of visitors lis-

tening on as Robert Donahue, Lynette’s late husband, spoke from the museum’s front porch. Robert initially eyed the property of 51 Park St. as a real estate investment, but after learning of its history, he felt compelled to preserve its legacy. The property dates back to the original New Hampshire land grants of 1763, and the museum’s initial building was erected around 1850. Prior to that, records indicate the property was used for education; a school was likely there from 1815 to 1823, Donahue said.

One day, Robert returned home from his job at IBM with an idea: A children’s museum, drawing inspiration from a similar museum across from his childhood home in Manchester, Conn. “I said, ‘Yeah, sounds great,’” Donahue recalled. “‘Let’s go for it.’” So they set a meeting to gauge interest. McEwing was one of 12 enthusiastic community members to show, setting in motion a grassroots effort to get the museum off the ground. The volunteers then went doorSee MUSEUM, page 14

Photo by COLIN FLANDERS Polly Whitcomb McEwing holds a copy of "Farm Wife News" magazine from 1977 which featured her role at the Discovery Museum.

Essex police reflect on 35 years of service By MICHAELA HALNON

hen Detective Lt. George Murtie walked into the Essex Police Depart-

ment for his first day on the job in 1984, he had never shot a gun. After a quick lesson, he was off to the Champlain Valley Fair – an event that, according to Chief Brad LaRose, was a

little different back in the ’80s. “The fair was like the wild west,” he said with a laugh. LaRose and Murtie, along with Cpl. Kurt Miglinas and dispatcher Peggy McCabe, have each worked at Essex PD

for more than 30 years. Combined, they have more than 135 years of experience on the force. The department has seen its fair share of change in 35 years – sometimes welcomed,

like a spacious new facility. Others, like the opiate crisis, have presented a challenge. The town’s population has grown from nearly 14,400 in 1980 to 20,950 in 2015. The See POLICE, page 13

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Coaching with a twist

Essex native, former soccer coach turns life coach Once a collegiate soccer coach, now a life coach: Brian Fleming says he’s following his destiny to help others. A 1976 graduate of Essex High School, Fleming played men’s soccer at the University of Vermont – his team was ranked fifth in the nation during his sophomore year, he said – before graduating with a communications degree in 1980. It was his experience playing college soccer that helped to shape his life today, he said, citing the camaraderie and teamwork inherent in the sport, plus the guidance of his coaches. “Playing collegiate sports is a dream come true,” he said. Dreams play a big part in Fleming's life today. After graduating from UVM, he served as the university's assistant sports information director and assis-

tant coach for the women's soccer team. In 1982, his dream of helping others shifted from athletics to ministry. For 18 years, Fleming pastored at Maranatha Christian Church in Williston, now known as Living Hope Christian Church. In 2012, he left Vermont to pastor in Virginia for eight years before moving to North Carolina, Florida and back to Virginia, where he currently resides. Fleming has also traveled to 30 countries. Some of his most memorable trips include a 1988 missionary trip to 12 countries in 40 days, including a visit to Mother Teresa's tomb in Calcutta, India. The highlight of his year, he said, was preaching at a revival service in Cuba, a 20-year dream in the making. “I believe in dreams, and I believe they come true,” he said.

Fleming's dreams and passions reach far and wide. His foundation “Impact World” helps build wells, schools, clinics and churches in remote areas around the world. When he visits other countries, Fleming doesn’t show up empty-handed: With a bag of soccer balls in hand, Fleming aims to spread joy through “the world’s game.” A three-sport athlete while at EHS, Fleming uses the leadership skills he gained through athletics to pursue his passion of working with others. Once he realized his spiritual calling, he said, he transitioned to a life coach. “My heart became more and more for the nations, and that's why I've kind of branched off with speaking, coaching and writing and traveling,” Fleming said. “It was a natural step.” Fleming is founder and president of Barnabas

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ing – commonly known as “Budge” – was also known for working with youth, mostly through Little League, said Dave Zehnacker, a former middle school coach and teacher of Fleming's. “The apple doesn't fall far from the tree,” Zehnacker said. While genes may have something to do with Fleming’s call to service, he said his journey really began to take sail after Zehnacker and another teacher-coach, Bill Duval, took him aside during his senior year of high school. “I know exactly the moment, in front of the hockey rink – it was that big of an impact,” Fleming recalled. The two middle school teachers encouraged him to go into coaching because they saw great potential in him. Looking back, Fleming says this

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from page 1 – original: page B2 on his journey to an international puppetry festival. On July 6 – the day before his 71st birthday – Schneps told that story and many others over iced tea and cookies baked by his wife, Rita, on the porch of his log cabin in Wolcott. Even now, the selfproclaimed “clown emeritus” was highly animated, bopping around the room to pull from his collection of finger puppets and balloon supplies. Between previewing bits from a new performance about a little boy who longs to become a pirate – “Oy Schlepo” – Schneps reflected on more than four decades of performing around the state, the country and, indeed, the world. “The biggest thing in performing overseas for the first time is that an audience for a clown is the same everywhere in the world,” Schneps said. “If you can make people laugh, it’s great, and that’s why I do it.” A retired Lamoille Union middle school teacher, Schneps and his wife split their time between Vermont and Manhattan. Though Schneps now performs for friends and relatives just a handful of times each year, he once put on up to three shows a day. In his prime, the entertainer campaigned to be “Vermont’s clown” and earn status as the red clover and hermit thrush did for flowers and birds. Schenps began performing in 1974 with Imagination Players, a children’s theater group in

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Jeffersonville. The itinerant group wrote skits, one including a clown, which spurred the birth of El Schnepo. As El Schnepo, Schneps was a regular at local carnivals, birthday parties, nursing homes, elementary schools and company events across the state. At a senior picnic, then-Gov. Tom Salmon donned an “El Schnepo: Vermont’s clown” T-shirt. “He said, ‘You’re more popular than I am now,’” Schneps recalled. That popularity sprang from Schneps’ unique method: An El Schnepo performance was more than a mere circus act; it was a transformative experience – literally. Recognizing a widespread fear of clowns among children and even adults, Schneps aimed to rid the role of its creepiness by costuming in front of his audience, asking them to help him choose his rainbow makeup and don his giant pants and suspenders. “Eventually, by the time I had my makeup on and my costume, they were laughing and smiling and not being frightened,” he said. “That was it.” Thirty-five years ago this week, Schneps performed this unique routine at one of his favorite venues, the Discovery Museum in Essex Jct. A liner in the first-ever Essex Reporter previewed his act with an invitation for guests to watch “the great El Schnepo transform himself from a man to a clown.”

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Photos by COURTNEY LAMDIN Above: Stephen Schneps holds a photo of himself performing as El Schnepo the Clown during his heyday. Right: Schneps proudly displays a shirt that proclaimed him "Vermont's clown" – even former Gov. Tom Salmon sported one in the '80s. Below: Schneps and Essex Reporter associate editor Abby Ledoux pose for a photo with the menagerie of balloon animals Schneps created at his log cabin in Wolcott.

Schneps was an early pioneer of word-of-mouth marketing, self-promoting only through business cards that proclaimed him “clown and entertainer” for “all occasions.” One woman took that seriously and booked Schneps to perform at her “divorce party.” “I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t know this woman, I didn’t know who she was divorcing,” he said with a laugh. “I taught them how to do balloons and stuff like that, and she thought it was good.” At the height of his popularity, Schneps found himself rushing from one gig to the next. Once, he was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 89 between shows, only to be let off by the state trooper who couldn’t bring himself to ticket a man with purple eyebrows and a green mustache. “When I first started, it was sort of a novelty because nobody else was doing it,” Schneps said. “I didn’t have any real for-

mal training. I just did it. It was just coming out.” His audiences ate it up, and he was paid about $100 per performance – though he donated any wages he earned from the Discovery Museum back into their program, he said. Schneps recalled staying with a friend in Brattleboro one day after performing three elementary school shows in town. “I was soaking in his bathtub, I had Bob Dylan on, and I’m drinking a beer and lying back in the tub and looking at this check for 300 bucks,” Schneps reminisced. “I said, ‘Whoa, that’s not bad!’” But a clown’s life wasn’t all glamorous. One performance at a blind children’s summer camp left Schneps bitten by a seeing eye dog. Another time, he was hired to perform a birthday party for a boy who was less than enthused with his mother’s chosen entertainment, which he made clear when he and his guests be-

a different town,” Schneps recalled. “And I thought, ‘Do I want a life like that?’” He didn’t, but the performance bug never left him. It’s visible even today in the flush of his cheeks while he twists a balloon into a flower or animates his menagerie of finger puppets – no clown makeup required. On the humid summer on his cabin porch, Schneps grew thoughtful while recalling an interaction with an autistic child after one of his performances many years ago. The girl asked him a simple question: Why are you a clown? “I looked at her, and I said, ‘Because it’s fun.’ And she smiled ... and she hugged me. That’s a moment you don’t forget,” he said. “That was the perfect question and the perfect answer. It doesn’t have to be profound ... it’s fun.”

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35 years and counting

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YOUTH TALK:

13 isn't so bad after all By TYLER FALLON

By ABBY LEDOUX, Associate Editor

e may be 35, but if you ask me, we don’t look a day over 18. Then again, I’ve only been here since March. If my byline looks unfamiliar to you, that’s because myself and executive editor Courtney Lamdin came to Essex and Colchester by way of our third weekly paper in the tri-town newspaper group, the Milton Independent, just four short months ago. Our arrival was fortuitous in that this paper had a major anniversary coming up our publishers wanted to celebrate. But that was the last thing on my mind one morning when I found myself staring at a ragged frame on a wall of our Severance Corners office. With no protective glass, I easily removed the frame’s contents and paged through them: a yellowed copy of the first-ever edition of The Essex Reporter, dated July 17, 1981. The front page was dominated by a jolly little woman named Mrs. Meier who, readers learned, ran a cake supply shop in town. A few column inches over, the town explained its recent ban of alcohol in parks, an ordinance still on the books today. The local color was charming enough, but nothing really grabbed me until I turned the page. And there it was: Just a line, but a dare to me. “EL SCHNEPO THE CLOWN ... Don’t miss this opportunity to see the great El Schnepo transform himself from a man to a clown.” Who was El Schnepo? With what magic did he actually transform himself from man to clown, right before your very eyes? Did audiences really find themselves “delighted” as the preview promised? I decided then and there I would find El Schnepo, whoever he was. And I did (see page 1, “Still clowning after all these years.”) But soon, I had another thought: Why stop with Schnepo? Born and raised in northern Vermont, I’m no stranger to Essex, but I’m also not deeply familiar with the town in the way a local editor hopes to be. I could chat with our staff, drive around town, read town meeting minutes, but how much would that really tell me about this place? I wanted to know more – I wanted to know the Mrs. Meiers and the El Schnepos. I had a hunch our other staff might, too, especially Courtney and the two recent additions to our reporting team who could use a primer as much as me. And hey, would you look at the timing, 35 years later and all? So the journey to recreate The Essex Reporter, volume 1, edition 1, began in earnest. We poured through the eight-page inaugural paper until it was even more tattered and torn, looking closely for what piqued our interests and what warranted a follow-up. Then, we started digging, unsure of what we’d find. Over the last month, our efforts dispersed us in different directions. While I forged an unlikely friendship with a retired clown, other reporters found the babies and newlyweds featured in our first-ever pages – the former, babies no more; the latter, still married. Much has changed in 35 years: A family could live on $22,000 a year back then; people were building carports and trying the Atkins diet and learning all about computers and Polaroid one-step cameras. Contrarily, much remains the same: summer campers go to the Sand Bar, town committees struggle to recruit volunteers, Essex athletics dominate. Our credo, too, is unchanged. Just as the Reporter’s founders declared in 1981, we remain a hometown newspaper with a mission to serve our community, at the heart of which is – and has always been – the people. You hold in your hands now the fruits of our labor, and we hope at least a fraction of the fun we had creating it is evident in these pages. For myself, I couldn’t have asked for a better “introduction” to the town. To quote Confucius: “Study the past if you would define the future.” Here’s to another 35 years.

eing a 13-year-old today is very interesting. There are good things and bad things. A bad thing about being a 13-year-old today is it’s around the time where our homework really starts to pick up. This is very hard for many 13-year-olds because of sports. Sports are very fun to play and provide

good exercise, but they are also very time consuming. Some sports teams practice three to five times a week, and most of these practices are around two hours long. These are after school, leaving most kids a pile of homework to do when they get back home. This can cause kids to get less sleep and do worse in school. There are many good things about being a

13-year-old today. You can talk to your friends whenever you want by just tapping a screen a couple of times. You can play games on your phone while on a long road trip when you are bored out of your mind. All this new technology lets us kids communicate and keep ourselves entertained for hours. Also, all of this technology helps us with our homework. Without

the technology we have today, it would be a lot harder to get all of our work done for school. There are many pros and cons of being a 13-year-old. There is lots of homework and sports, but there is also a bunch of technology to help us juggle all of these things on a daily basis. Overall being a 13-year-old today is great (even with all of the homework).

Letters tO tHe eDitOr Sirotkin has proven record On August 9, Vermonters will vote in our primary election. We have an incredible slate of 11 Democrats running for the Chittenden County Senate from which we will pick six candidates to go on to the general election. You can vote in person on August 9 (see Essex Town Clerk’s website to find out where your polling place is located - http://www.essex.org/townclerk) or you can vote early by requesting an absentee ballot (879-0413). Sen. Michael Sirotkin is running

for reelection and is at the top of my list for support. Michael and his late wife Sally Fox lived and raised a family in Essex, and he has a deep history with our community. Michael has been an effective voice in Montpelier for those who frequently lack access to policymaking – working families, seniors, children and Vermont consumers. Economic justice issues and a strong economy are of particular concern to him, as is an education system that is both of high quality and cost effective. If you would like

to learn more about Michael, please visit his website at www.sirotkinforsenate.com. The remaining candidates running for the Chittenden County Senate seats are: Sen. Ginny Lyons, Sen. Tim Ashe, Sen. Phil Baruth, Faisal Gill, David Scherr, Chris Pearson, Debbie Ingram, Dawn Ellis, Nick Cook and Louis Meyers. Whoever you choose to support, please make sure you vote. Sincerely, Linda Waite-Simpson

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Gail A. Sawyer Gail A. (Spencer) Sawyer died peacefully at her home June 18, 2016 surrounded by those she called to be there and many more. Gail was 80-and-a half years of age, born Jan 6, 1936 in Bennington to Glenn Spencer and Hazel Boullais. She was a graduate of (Benhi) Bennington High School in 1954. She worked at Benhi and also at the State of Vermont Highway Department before moving to Essex Jct. in 1965.

Gail started her own sewing business out of her home and kept most of the town in beautiful handmade clothes. She even made wedding gowns and bridesmaids’ dresses for many weddings, including her own daughter. She also worked for 17 years at H&R Block for Tom and Carol Norway and recently retired after 25 years working as bookkeeper/ receptionist for Thomas Busby, DC. Gail had her own craft business as well and made many different pieces, from baby clothes, bunny rabbits, teddy bears, Barbie & GI Joe doll clothes, needlework, knitting sweaters, mittens and Afghans. Her greatest accomplishment was quilting. Her last quilt she was unable to finish, and thanks to two very special angels, Karen and Valerie, they did finish it, and Gail saw it the day before she passed.

Gail was a member of Home Dem and Guard Wives Clubs. She was an avid bowler at the Essex and Yankee Lanes for years. She was a member of the original Dunkin Donuts group that would meet regularly for coffee and play the lottery. Their “large” winnings always brought a summer pool party at the Sawyers’. Her pool and lavish gardens brought her and Richard much joy. She loved a good party with a gin and tonic! She also loved her dear friend Sandy. Thelma (Sandy) and Louise (Gail) together rode many miles in Thelma’s red convertible. Her friends and family will miss her tremendously. Gail leaves behind her children, Jeff and his wife, Cathy; daughter, Deb Jorschick, and her husband, John; grandchildren Christopher and Ada; sister-in-law, Joan Spencer;

and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Gail was predeceased by her husband, Richard, of 56 years in 2010 and also by her parents. She was also predeceased by three brothers Gardner, Stevie and Mark. The family wishes to thank Home Instead for its loving care. And last but not least, Dr. Paul Unger and his staff for their expert care for Gail’s cancer. Her family wishes to thank Corbin and Palmer for their care with the services that took place June 23 and June 24. Gail is now buried next to Richard in Fairview Cemetery, Essex Jct. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Essex Rescue, 1 Educational Dr., Essex Jct., VT 05452 or VNA of Chittenden, 1110 Prim Rd., Colchester, VT 05446. Please have a gin and tonic in Gail’s memory, just as she would have wanted it!

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Energy committee searches for new leader By MICHAELA HALNON

hirty-five years after village trustees sought a volunteer energy coordinator, the town has started the search for a new energy committee chairperson. A three-year member of the committee, Reed Parker stepped down from his position in preparation for his move to Williston, member Irene Wrenner said. Filling the energy committee with all-volunteer members is likely just as much of a struggle as it was in 1981, according to Wrenner. An original member of the taskforce formed in 2007, she has remained on board as the group transitioned to a permanent town committee. In recent years, the

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committee has successfully pushed for energy efficient features in the new police station and renovated town hall, conducted a street lighting survey and researched electric vehicle charging stations. But Wrenner remembers the group’s original mission – pushing for using compact fluorescent light bulbs, or CFLs, throughout the town – as bittersweet. “We were at an energy fair, we were at energy events, we had someone dressed up as an energy star,” Wrenner said. But after all the ad campaigns and fundraising efforts concluded, news broke that CFLs might not live up to their environmentally friendly promises, she said. That setback seriously discouraged the committee, making it resistant to

jump onto the LED bandwagon years later. Members tend to join because they’re passionate about an issue and hope to devote substantial focus to it. Eventually, though, the issue is either resolved or reaches an impasse. It’s a problem mirrored in other town departments to some degree. But Wrenner, who is also a selectboard member, said the group’s cyclical pattern of work makes it especially hard to hold interest. “OK, now we have to get membership back and get a new project,” Wrenner said. “There’s always a huge cycle.” That can lead to long, dormant periods that have a domino effect on membership numbers. “The interest ebbs and flows,” she said.

1981 planning projections slightly off the mark

By JASON STARR Essex community development director Dana Hanley spent some time last week trying to get into Don Rich’s head. Her predecessor, whom she had not heard of before reading a story in the first issue of The Essex Reporter about his first weeks on the job in summer 1981, had visions of a densely populated future for parts of Essex. The area Rich eyed for dense development Hanley calls the “Golden Triangle” of Essex., or the land encompassed by Old Stage Road, Towers Road and Route 15. “He projected a lot of growth in that triangle,” Hanley said. Rich was close but not on the mark with that pro-

jection. Instead of growing north from Route 15, the more dense growth is occurring south of Route 15 in what is now known as the Essex Town Center. The limiting factor to the north is the lack of a sewer line connection to the Essex Jct. Wastewater Treatment Facility. Rich seemed to believe a sewer line would extend farther north than it currently does. “He was right to be on the alert for changes resulting from sewer line extensions and the implications for development,” Hanley said. “Essex saw huge residential development in the ’80s and ’90s. He knew it was coming, and he was trying to prepare for it. It just happened in a slightly different place than he an-

ticipated.” One of the Golden Triangle intersections — known as Butlers Corners — was on Rich’s radar for upgrades. That intersection was improved to accommodate the growth of the Essex Town Center, Hanley said. Another intersection Rich targeted for improvements remains on the drawing board — Sand Hill Road/River Road. “It illustrates how long things take,” Hanley said.

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Photo by MICHAELA HALNON The building at 8 Railroad Ave that once housed Ellen Meier's Cake World and is now home to Up in Smoke Shop has been the subject of some controversy over the years.

Storefront comes with history By MICHAELA HALNON In 1981, it was Ellen Meier’s Cake World. Thirty-five years later, stories published by The Reporter show the building at 8 Railroad Ave. has seen more than its fair share of controversy. On April 25, 2007, a fire tore through the site. Multiple apartments and two storefronts were completely destroyed. In November, police filed arson charges against former Essex Jct. resident Kevin Hampsey. Prosecutors alleged Hampsey set the fire to secure insurance money. Arson charges were eventually dropped, though Hampsey was sentenced to 21 months in jail for burglary. The building’s owner and Ellen Meier’s son, Michael, works in information technology at the Chittenden Central Supervisory Union and did not return requests for comment. Four years after the blaze, the building still sat boarded up. Village trustees met to discuss a building appearance ordinance primarily aimed at the visually unappealing structure. A

draft contained a fine schedule and detailed circumstances under which those penalties could be leveled. A month later, Meier began to rebuild, telling the Essex Jct. Planning Commission he would return two storefronts and seven residential apartments to the address. By 2013, happenings at 8 Railroad were again the subject of public discussion. Soon after the village approved the building for occupancy, Up in Smoke announced plans to sell cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, bongs and pipes from one of the commercial spaces. Community members expressed concern about the business’ proximity to local schools and fought against the proposed tobacco license. The permit was ultimately approved with the conditions that no one under age 18 could enter the store unsupervised, no self-service dispensaries would be allowed and two employees would be on hand during all business hours. Up in Smoke did not respond to requests for comment.

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JulY 16

11 - 11:45 a.m., Bayside Activity Center, Colchester. For ages 50+; registration is available at taichi@ cvaa.org or by calling Karen at 865-0360, ext. 1019. Classes are no charge, but we welcome sustainability donations to further the program – these can be made online while registering or mailed to CVAA, 76 Pearl St., Suite 201, Essex Jct.

field daYS

1 - 2 p.m., Essex Free Library. Just move it with challenges, obstacle courses, races and relays! There's something for everyone.

Young aThleTeS

3 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Special Olympics Young Athletes Program introduces children to the world of sports prior to Special Olympics eligibility at age 8. YAP is a unified sports program for children ages 2 - 7 with and without intellectual disabilities. Parent must accompany child. Register in advance at 878-6956.

american legion communiTY dinner 5:30 - 7 p.m., American Legion Post 91, 3650 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester. $10; open to all.

eSSex communiTY hiSTorical SocieTY

file photo by oliver Parini This year's Essex Jct. Block Party and Street Dance brings live music, food, face painting and more to Railroad Avenue. Join the fun on Saturday, July 16 from 5 - 10 p.m.

ments. All ages.

fiTneSS fridaY: relaY raceS

3 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Each week we do a different activity to exercise and have fun! For kids entering grades 1 - 5.

fiVe cornerS farmerS' markeT

3:30 - 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Place, Essex Jct. There will be delicious fresh produce and prepared foods for sale, as well as cheeses, meats, local wines, baked goods, crafts and more! So much variety you can get in a week's worth of shopping and find Friday's dinner, too!

lake monSTerS: eSSex free librarY nighT

7:05 p.m., Centennial Field, Burlington. Join us 6 - 7:30 p.m., Harfor Essex Free Library riet Farnsworth Powell Night at Centennial Museum in Essex Center, Field! Cheer on your Routes 128 & 15. home team as they take Step into the story of on the Williamsport Essex and its people. Crosscutters, all while Our museum collection raising money for the brings the stories of library – buy your Essex history to life in tickets online and half displays about local of your sale goes to families, businesses the library. Plus, it's and those in the armed Morway's Princess & services from the Civil Superhero Night, so War to Vietnam. Free come dressed as your and ADA accessible. For favorite character and more information, email enjoy special games essexcommunity and prizes. historicalsociety@ myfairpoint.net or call 879-0849. EMAILED ADVERTISEMENT

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This year's theme is "Shakespeare in Your Garden." Tickets: $15, can be purchased at the Jericho Country Store, Old Mill Craft Shop and Underhill Country Store after June 24. Day-of tickets can be purchased at the Old Mill Craft Shop while available. For more information, call Orelyn Emerson at 899-3853.

eSSex JcT. block ParTY

5 - 10 p.m., Railroad Ave. A free event featuring a 5K night run, live music, food, a photo booth, face painting and more.

17 SundaY american legion communiTY breakfaST

9:30 - noon, American Legion Post 91, 3650 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester. $8; open to all.

eSSex communiTY hiSTorical SocieTY 1 - 4 p.m., Harriet Farnsworth Powell Museum in Essex Center, Routes 128 & 15. Step into the story of Essex and its people. Our museum collection brings the stories of Essex history to life in displays about local families, businesses and those in the armed services from the Civil War to Vietnam. Free and ADA accessible. For more information, email essexcommunity historicalsociety@ myfairpoint.net or call 879-0849.

hamilTon: The PlaY, The man and The muSic

4 p.m., Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, Burlington. Soldier, statesman, economist, constitutional scholar and star in his own musical? Alexander Hamilton remains one of America's most controversial founding fathers. Join us as Hamilton biographer Professor Willard Sterne Randall presents on the founding father behind the smash Broadway hit. Free.

Tea ParTY concerT

4:30 p.m., Basin Harbor Club, 4800 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes. Lewis Carroll’s wonderful tale "Alice in Wonderland" is brought to classical music life in "Al-

ice Meets the Queen,” written by Gerald Fried. This piece, played by the world-class New York Chamber Soloists, will be featured at a tea party concert. Everyone will be served tea and crumpets, and attendees are invited to dress as their favorite character. A chance to expose young people to classical music in a beautiful setting. Tickets available at the door. For more information, contact Melvin Kaplan at 425-2209.

18 mondaY droP-in STorY Time

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

groW YourSelf a meal 3 - 5 p.m., Brownell Library. Every Monday, kids walk to our library garden at Summit Street School to tend plants, pull weeds and harvest fresh vegetables we picked. Learn food prep techniques and taste something new. For kids in grade 1 and up.

lego club

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

eSSex communiTY PlaYerS audiTionS 6:30 - 9 p.m., United Methodist Church, 119 Center Rd., Essex. Essex Community Players announces auditions for Eugene O’Neill’s “Moon for the Misbegotten,” directed by Adam Cunningham. Production dates are October 13 - 23. Visit www. essexplayers.com for more information, or contact Peggy Bonesteel at 881-7116.

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calendar

lOcal MeeTInGS ThurS., July 14 TueS., July 19 6:30 p.m., Town Planning commission, 81 Main St., Essex Jct.

6 p.m., village Zoning Board, Lincoln Hall

MOn., July 18

6:30 p.m., village Planning commission, Lincoln Hall

5:45 p.m., village Bike/walk advisory committee, Lincoln Hall

ThurS., July 21

be made online while registering or mailed to CVAA, 76 Pearl St., Suite 201, Essex Jct.

fun for you at the same time. For ages 6 and up.

BOOked FOr lunch

Noon & 1 p.m., Brownell Library. Offering one-on-one technology help. Bring in your new gadget or gizmo and Clif will sit with you to help you learn its ways! Reservation required; please call 878-6955 at least 24 hours in advance.

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Bring a bag lunch and listen to a librarian read the book "Becoming Babe Ruth" and other athlete biographies. There will be a different theme each week. We supply dessert! For kids entering kindergarten and up.

SuMMer cheSS cluB

1 - 2 p.m., Brownell Library. Join teen chess lovers from our library for an hour of play. We provide chess sets, you provide strategy. For all ages; an adult should accompany those 8 and under.

PreSchOOl BalleT wITh MelISSa

3 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Melissa will teach ballet to young children. No ballet shoes or special dress necessary. Parents should plan to stay at the library during class. For ages 3 - 5.

verMOnT GenealOGy lIBrary

3 - 9:30 p.m., 377 Hegeman Ave., Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. The Vt. Genealogy Library has the resources to help you find those elusive ancestors. For more information, visit www. vtgenlib.org.

drOP-In knITTInG cluB

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

The BeneFITS OF yOGa

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. Yoga instructor Kelley Reagan gives an informative workshop on the many benefits of yoga.

20 wedneSday SuMMer STOry TIMe

10 - 10:30 a.m., Brownell Library. Stories and math activities in the picture book room. For ages 3 - 7.

Tech TIMe wITh TracI

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

uPcycled JuMP rOPe

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. It could take 500 years for a plastic grocery bag to decompose – make them into jump ropes instead! Do something nice for the earth and

Tech helP wITh clIF

eSSex rOTary cluB MeeTInG

12:10 p.m., The Essex, 70 Essex Way, Essex Jct. The Rotary Club of Essex is known for offering a superb lunch, featuring speakers on topics of interest to the community at large. Visitors are always welcome.

readInG BuddIeS

2 - 3 p.m., Brownell Library. Kids read for an hour with teen mentors. Bring a favorite book or choose one here. Every Wednesday from July 6 to August 10; for kids entering grades K-5.

hOP On The BandwaGOn: SuMMer SerIeS

5 - 8 p.m., Lang Farm, 51 Upper Main St., Essex Jct. Join us for an Essex Town community event. This week's live music is by Eastern Mountain Time. Food vendors include WoodBelly Pizza, Lazy Farmer and Jericho Cafe & Tavern. A cash bar will be onsite with a new, updated menu each week. Rookie's Root Beer and orange cream soda served by kids from St. Francis Xavier School. Corn hole and bocce ball game set up, as well as a mini artisan market. Free entry; vendors are cash only at this time. Bring a chair or blanket to sit on!

FROM BOOK TO MOVIE

"42: The JackIe rOBInSOn STOry"

6 - 9 p.m., Brownell Library. Read the book and watch the movie about the man who broke the color barrier in major league baseball. Ms. Classen from ADL joins Mary K. for a brief book discussion at 6 p.m., then watch the movie with other community members from 6:30 - 8:30. After, compare the book to the movie over snacks. For grades 6 and up.

wOMen'S PIck-uP BaSkeTBall

8 - 9:30 p.m., Lyman Hunt Middle School, 1364 North Ave., Burlington. RSVP at www. meetup.com/BurlingtonWomens-PickupBasketball-Meetup/ events.

21 ThurSday yOGa STOryTIMe

10 a.m., Essex Free

Library. Stretch your muscles and your mind with Cat Earisman as she leads an active and exciting yoga storytime.

TaI chI FOr healTh and wellneSS

FIeld dayS

1 - 2 p.m., Essex Free Library. Just move it with challenges, obstacle courses, races and relays! There’s something for everyone!

yOunG aThleTeS

3 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Special Olympics Young Athletes Program introduces children to the world of sports prior to Special Olympics eligibility at age 8. The Young Athletes Program is a unified sports program. For children with and without intellectual disabilities. Parent must accompany child. For ages 2 - 7.

aMerIcan leGIOn cOMMunITy dInner 5:30 - 7 p.m., American Legion Post 91, 3650 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester. $10; open to all.

eSSex cOMMunITy hISTOrIcal SOcIeTy 6 - 7:30 p.m., Harriet Farnsworth Powell Museum in Essex Center, Routes 128 & 15. Step into the story of Essex and its people. Our museum collection brings the stories of Essex history to life in displays about local families, businesses and those in the armed services from the Civil War to Vietnam. Free and ADA accessible. For more information, email essexcommunity historicalsociety@ myfairpoint.net or call 879-0849.

SuMMer cOncerT SerIeS

7 p.m., Lower Bayside Park. Join us for Colchester’s summertime tradition. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic dinner and enjoy great music with the beauty of Malletts Bay as your backdrop. This week, featured entertainment is the Pete Kilpatrick Band. Admission is free.

22 FrIday drOP-In STOryTIMe FOr PreSchOOlerS

10 - 10:30 a.m., Brownell Library. Come listen to picture book stories and have fun with puppet, finger plays and rhymes. For ages birth to 5.

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

Rock out and read with stories, songs and instruments.

FITneSS FrIday: SIdewalk and lawn GaMeS

3 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Each week we do a different activity to exercise and have fun! For kids entering grades 1-5.

FIve cOrnerS FarMerS' MarkeT

dunGeOnS & draGOnS

6 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Embark upon imaginary adventures. Our Dungeon Master serves as the game’s referee and storyteller. For grades 6 and up.

23 SaTurday claSSIc car ShOw

10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Burnham Memorial Library, 898 Main St., Colchester. Stop by for an informal car show here at the library! It will feature classic and antique cars owned by local members of the Vermont Automobile Enthusiasts club. Fun for kids and adults!

24 Sunday aMerIcan leGIOn cOMMunITy BreakFaST

9:30 - noon, American Legion Post 91, 3650 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester. $8; open to all.

eSSex cOMMunITy hISTOrIcal SOcIeTy 1 - 4 p.m., Harriet Farnsworth Powell Museum in Essex Center, Routes 128 & 15. Step into the story of Essex and its people. Our museum collection brings the stories of Essex history to life in displays about local families, businesses and those in the armed services from the Civil War to Vietnam. Free and ADA accessible. For more information, email essexcommunity historicalsociety@ myfairpoint.net or call 879-0849.

OnGOInG evenTS BrOwnell lIBrary SaTellITe hOurS

Brownell Library renovations will begin on June 27 and continue for about 3 weeks. Satellite hours will be held in the Kolvoord Community Room from 1 - 6 p.m. on Mon., Wed. and Fri. and 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Tues. and Thurs. Summer reading programs that conflict with the timing of construction will be held on library grounds or in the Lincoln Hall parking lot. Visit www. brownelllibrary.org for updated information.

EssEx ArEA

Religious Directory

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: 6:30 p.m., Wednesday evening youth groups: Awana, pro-teens and prayer meeting, 7 p.m.; Fundamental-independent. CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. 878-7107. Wes Pastor, senior minister, proclaiming Christ and Him crucified, Sundays: 9:30 a.m., www.cmcvermont.org. DAYBREAk COMMUnITY CHURCH - 67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester. 338-9118. Brent Devenney, lead pastor. Sunday service: 10:30 a.m., www. daybreakvermont.org; brentdaybreak@gmail.com ESSEX ALLIAnCE CHURCH - 37 Old Stage Road, Essex Jct. 878-8213. Sunday services: 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m., www.essexalliance.org. ESSEX CEnTER UnITED METHODIST CHURCH - 119 Center Rd (Route 15), Essex. 878-8304. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. Adult Bible study: 8:30 a.m., Service 10:00 a.m. with Sunday School and childcare provided. We offer a variety of small groups for prayer, Bible study, hands-on ministry, and studying contemporary faith issues. Please join us for worship that combines the best of traditional and contemporary music and spirituality. We are a safe and welcoming space for all people to celebrate, worship, ask questions and plant spiritual roots. FIRST COngREgATIOnAL CHURCH OF ESSEX JUnCTIOn - 1 Church Street, Essex Jct. 878-5745. Rev. Mark Mendes, senior pastor. Summer Worship One Service: 9 a.m., June 5 – September 4. Communion: first Sunday of every month. School Year Sunday School: 5th/6th Grade, Jr. & Sr. high youth groups. 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 & Ladies’ Acapella groups. UCC, an Open and Affirming Congregation, embracing diversity and affirming the dignity and worth of every person, because we are all created by a loving God. www.fccej. org; welcome@fccej.org gRACE UnITED METHODIST CHURCH - 130 Maple Street, Essex Jct., 1 mile south of the Five Corners on Maple Street / Route 117. 878-8071. Worship Sundays: 9:30 a.m., with concurrent church school pre-K to high school. Handicapped-accessible facility. Adult study group Sundays: 11:00 a.m; adult choir, praise band, women’s fellowship, missionally active. Korean U.M.C. worship Sundays: 12:30 p.m., come explore what God might be offering you! HOLY FAMILY - ST. LAwREnCE PARISH - 4 Prospect St., Essex Jct., Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m, St. Lawrence; Sunday Morning: 8:00 a.m., St. Lawrence; 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m., Holy Family. For more information visit www. hfslvt.org. LIVIng HOPE CHRISTIAn CHURCH - 1037 South Brownell Road, Williston. 862-2108. A Living Hope...a Loving God. Children and Adult Sunday School: 9:00 a.m., worship and service: 10:00 a.m. Livinghope@aol. com; www.livinghopevt.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, Essez Jct., off Rt. 2A at the Fairgrounds Gate F. 8784014. Rev. Kim Hardy. Holy Eucharist Rite II: 8:15 a.m. & 9:30 a.m. Visit www.stjamesvt.org; stjamesvtoffice@ yahoo.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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H Photo by ANNIE COOPER Maple Street Pool is filled with swimmers on a hot summer day this summer.

Maple Street Pool still a hot spot By COLIN FLANDERS

hirty-five years later, and Maple Street Park pool is still overflowing — with people, that is. More than 4,300 swimmers stopped by for a dip last week, according to Brad Luck, director of Essex Jct. Recreation and Parks. There were also 342 kids in swim lessons and

38 kids on the recreational swim team. Swim lesson coordinators include Stephanie Fay and Annie Cooper, while Fay, Kevin Barber and Madeleine McHose serve as pool managers. An Essex Lions Club campaign in 1953 led to the opening of the original Maple Street Pool. Creation of the EJRP department followed in 1970.

The pool was replaced nearly 20 years later with the two pools in existence today — a small pool with a slide in addition to the larger pool. Despite its altered look, some aspects have remained the same. “Maple Street Pool is still a very popular family destination for summer recreation and one of the few outdoor pools around,” Luck said.

Many children still learn to swim there, with more than 1,000 kids participating in swimming lessons this summer and just under 1,600 members who have summer passes. And the low and high diving boards — pool staples for over 60 years — still provide swimmers chance to take flight. Look out, Wendy Peffercorn.

PHOTOS BY RAJAN CHAWLA PHOTOGRAPHY Left: Hannah Gilbert steals second against Northwest on Sunday. Essex won 11-7 to advance to the district championship game. Right: Maisie Baker of Essex pitches against Fairfax on July 8.

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ing with a 16-6 win over Fairfax, a 13-6 defeat of St. Albans and a 11-7 victory against NorthWest to punch their ticket to the title game. Essex kept it close with Mis-

sisquoi in the finals, yet fell just short, losing by a score of 8-5. “This team is a team that Essex should be very proud of,” team manager Chris Baker said.

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stars clawed back to find themselves a game away from district championships before falling to Missisquoi on Monday night. Essex lost its first game of the tournament before respond-

lthough its number has changed, Essex Post 91 remains one of Vermont’s best legion teams. Since the program started in 2000, the squad has won eight titles, including three over the last six years. The team looks ready to add to that total this year, playing to a 20-7 overall record while going 8-5 in league play. They recently traveled to Pawtucket, R.I. to compete in the three-day Shamrock Classic, losing to the CT Crush (U-20 team) 5-4 in the championship game to finish the tournament 5-1. This year’s Post 91 roster is made up from players from four Vermont

high schools: Essex, CVU, Milton and Lamoille, as well as Salisbury School in Connecticut. Essex also boasts a number of players coming off their freshman year in college, including players from Castleton University, Hood College, Utica College, Keene State and Springfield College. Chris Richard has coached the Essex legion baseball program since 2004. He’s joined by assistant coaches Aaron Plunkett (third year), Nick Salerno (second year) and Adam Picard (second year). More than 10 million teens have played in American Legion baseball since it began in 1925, with about 5,000 teams competing nationally each

COURTESY PHOTO The Essex Post 91 baseball team poses for a photo on June 26 during the Shamrock Classic, held in Bristol, Conn. Essex finished the tournament 5-1.

year. “We put together a tough and challenging schedule for the players,” Richard said, citing a nine-day stretch where his team played 14 games. Over the next seven days, it’s scheduled to play 11 times. Such a schedule is necessary to fit in the 44 games across the six-week long season. More than halfway through, Post

91 is fast on the heels of Montpelier for the fourth slot in the northern division. The state championships, held at Castleton University, begin on July 23. The top-four teams from the north and south divisions meet for a double elimination tournament, with the winner moving on to the Northeastern regional tournament in Bristol, Conn.

Anyone who’s up-todate with Vermont’s legion baseball knows the history between Post 91 and its de-facto rival, the Colchester Cannons. The two have split the last six state championships on alternating years. Colchester owns the odd years; Essex owns the even ones. “I guess it’s our year,” Richard said.

ope you had a great Fourth! I did. Went for an early morning jog, spent most of the day at Sand Hill Pool while my wife prepared a small barbecue with hot dogs, hamburgers, corn-on-the-cob, potato and pasta salads for our niece, nephew and their boys. We followed that up with a walk down to Maple Street Park for a fireworks display that didn’t disappoint. Great idea for The Reporter to run a sports article from its first issue to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Pool story included Lori Dawson, who later became a Maple Street Pool lifeguard, and Rick Yates, who went on to become a soccer star at Essex High School. Another recognizable name was swimmerturned cross country and track and field distance runner Stephanie Velasquez, who ran her way into the Hornet record books. The Mike Soules–Michelle Trottier engagement announcement started a very happy relationship. I spent Saturday at the Jay Peak waterpark with my wife, daughter, granddaughter and nieces, then Sunday in Newport for the Bechtel family reunion. Countless trips up — and more enjoyably down — the green, blue and orange waterslides, as well as some exciting trips around the Lazy River. But the highlight of the day was tracking down the Ryan RobitailleKatie White wedding. On our way to a pizza dinner, we saw their wedding sign. My wife, Tina, led the way to the ceremony room, which was empty. We cautiously approached the reception and found the bridal party who invited us to follow them to another building where a small pre-reception was taking place. We got to see an extremely beautiful bride in a gorgeous gown with a pretty nice smile on her face. Hugs and pictures followed. Glad we got to see her on her wedding day. Congratulations, Katie and Ryan! Last reminder to support Essex girls’ youth lacrosse. They are running two fundraisers to help support efforts to purchase new and updated equipment and uniforms as well as setting up scholarships. They host a bake sale Friday at Five Corners Farmers’ Market from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, they will run a car wash at the fire department at Five Corners from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Please come out and support the future of Essex lacrosse. Happy birthday to Kyran, 5, and Wakely McNulty, 3; Jet Blue’s Steve Shover, Andy Myers, EHS coach Ethan Curtis and Ashley Besaw. And happy anniversary wishes to son and daughter, Josh and Karen Gonillo (fourth) and Trevor and Sunny-Lynn Rushford (18th).

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local Essex man cited for DUI No. 5 By COLIN FLANDERS Police say an Essex man was cited for his fifth driving under the influence offense on Sunday evening. Steven Wendel, 43, was also cited

for driving with a suspended license, police said. Wendel was processed at the Essex Police Department and released on citation to appear in Vermont Superior Court – Criminal Division on July 28.

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buy before applying a GPS device to the Mercedes on March 28. It lasted until the battery ran out on May 1, court records state. The GPS tracked the vehicle to the Burlington residence “on at least five occasions,” court records show. After the informant made contact for the final controlled purchase, police witnessed Wilson traveling from his Essex residence to the Burlington address. He stayed there for about 10 minutes before calling the informant with a location for the buy, leading police to believe that’s where he kept his stash, court records show. Wilson has two previous convictions for the sale of cocaine in 2007 and 2011. He’s also on probation for a drunken driving conviction, court records show. U.S. District attorney Eric Miller filed a motion July 7 requesting Miller be held for pre-trial detention. “As this court is well aware, Vermont is in the midst of an opiate epidemic, and heroin is causing overdose deaths in Vermont at an unprecedented rate,” Miller wrote. “By dealing heroin, the defendant is putting the community at grave risk.” Miller said these actions are proof Wilson is unwilling to abide by court-ordered conditions of release. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy agreed with Miller’s assessment, ordering Wilson to be held pending further order by the court. He is expected to be arraigned in court on July 15 at 11:30 a.m.

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landscape is steadily becoming more suburban and less rural each year. But with clear consensus, the veteran employees agree technology is the most drastic transition of all. “When I started here, we used typewriters,” Murtie said. The department had one cell phone powered by something akin to a car battery, Murtie said. Radios were heavy and unwieldy. Police logs were kept on printed paper that was time stamped. The content of the logs looked much different, too, the officers said. More civilian reports of “suspicious” behavior are heard today than 35 years ago. And domestic violence was rarely called in to police, partially because the laws prohibiting the act were weak at best. “Police couldn’t arrest for an unwitnessed misdemeanor crime, which most domestics were,” Murtie explained. “There weren’t good laws in place, but cops have always tried to do the best they can with what they have.” Television has also shifted the policing conversation, McCabe said. Shows like “CSI” cause some humorous overestimations of what a local police force is capable of doing for minor crimes.

Jokes aside, McCabe said the rapid tech evolution has made her question her dispatch capabilities, even after decades of experience. “I worry about them out on the road,” McCabe said of the patrol officers. “I worry about my ability to do the job like I once did because technology has gotten so huge.” And, LaRose said, the “real time” information feed has changed the approach to policing on an international level. “One act can influence folks’ thoughts about the whole profession,” he said, noting public trust of government has rapidly declined since the ’80s. “We need to understand that, we need to adjust to that and we need to focus on keeping the public’s trust.” Indeed, events happening miles away from Essex have directly impacted the reception officers get as they walk about town, Murtie said. “After 9/11, you couldn’t walk or drive down the street without people blowing their horns and waving to you and giving you thumbs up,” he said. “A low point was after Rodney King got beat up. You would go to arrest someone, and they would say ‘What, are you going to do to me like you did to Rodney King?’”

Photo by MICHAELA HALNON Left to right: Chief Brad LaRose, Cpl. Kurt Miglinas, dispatcher Peggy McCabe and Detective Lt. George Murtie are pictured at Essex police station last week.

People sometimes see a uniform rather than a person, Murtie said. But that’s where small town policing has its benefits. Some officers know generations of family members and go on a first-name basis in the community, even in plainclothes. Many adults remember Miglinas working in their kindergarten classrooms, a notion that makes him jokingly grimace. The experience, though, gave him a unique vantage point on the evolution of

school security. Fire drills have been a mainstay since before the ’80s, but lockdown drills for active shooters or terrorist attacks are new developments, he said. LaRose, Miglinas and McCabe plan to retire within the next 10 years, pointing to the job’s high stress. Murtie, on the other hand, isn’t so sure. “Policing has taken a toll on me,” Murtie said. “But I can probably count on one hand the number of days I haven’t wanted to come to work.”

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Courtesy photos Left: Kit Wright, The Essex Reporter's first editor, is pictured in the present day. She sold the paper to current publishers Emerson Lynn in 1988. Right: Original publisher Tim Callahan now runs a paper in South Carolina.

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ing it all together.” Callahan credited Wright’s hard work. “The paper wouldn’t have come out without her wisdom and keeping me in check,” he said. “There was a big age difference, and I was a maniac at that time in my life.” Wright didn’t dispute that fact: “He was this person who seemed like he’d had too much coffee,” she said. “He had red curly hair and a personality to match.” Callahan’s drive led him to leave the Reporter just two years later. He went to New York City and successfully published a book, “Callahan’s College Guide to Athletics and Academics in America,” in 1984. His fast-paced lifestyle caught up with him, though, when, at age 29, he checked into rehab for alcoholism. After treatment, he worked at a daily paper in Virginia and earned a master’s in journalism in 2001. Eight years later, Callahan created the Murrells Inlet Messenger, a weekly paper for his new South Carolina hometown. In true Reporter fashion, the pub focuses on local news, feature stories and school happenings. And just like in the old days, Callahan leads his micro-staff of three: Himself, an ad designer and his wife, a contributor who writes a weekly editorial. Wright sold the Reporter to present-day publisher Emerson Lynn after earning her master’s of public administration in 1988. “When I sold it, it was like I was selling my soul,” she recalled. “I was ready to move on, and I knew it had to grow. I just didn’t have the heart to put any more into it.” For the next 15 years, Wright served as the environmental officer for Ocean City, N.J. She figured after sitting through years of planning and zoning meetings as a reporter, she could catch on. Today, Wright is retired and lives in Austin, Texas. She keeps up on Essex news through Linda Myers, a state rep in Montpelier who once served as the Reporter’s editor. And she’ll make a visit this month. As for Callahan, he doesn’t make the trek north but for weddings and funerals, and each time he does, Essex still feels like home, with a hometown paper to match. “I’m really proud to see it’s still going after 35 years,” he said. “To me, it’s something to be proud of.”

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Karen Doolan is pictured on the steps of her family’s Essex Jct. home with a photo of her daughter, Charity, as a toddler. Charity's birth announcement was in the first Reporter.

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Birth(day) announcement

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years ago after a school project landed his photo in the paper. The picture and excerpt still remain on his grandmother Doolan's refrigerator today.

After 35 years of marriage, Luana and William McCormick are still blissfully wed, settled in Williston. Their engagement announcement was printed in the Reporter's first-ever issue, and the couple married on Oct. 10, 1981 at the Holy Family Church in Essex Jct. A reception at the Sheraton followed. After living in an Essex apartment for some time, the two decided to begin building a house in Williston, where they moved in 1983 to raise their two children: Melanie, 28, and Elena, 24. Elena still lives in Vermont, and Melanie moved to New York, where she met her fiance. This September, Melanie will

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tie the knot at the same church her parents wed in. Growing up, Melanie wasn't set on marrying at Holy Family Church, but recently realized she did in fact want to get married in Vermont. “Melanie is loving the whole idea,” Luana McCormick said of her daughter. On her own wedding day, McCormick recalled being nervous at the altar, but she overcame any anxiety and is excited to see her daughter follow suit at the same location. McCormick now works at Mater Christi School, and her husband is employed at the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation.

Camp Maple Street continues to grow and evolve to provide an exciting summer camp for children entering first through fifth grade. This year, there is a record 118 campers every week and an amazing staff. Most of the counselors are returning staff members, promoted counselors in training or junior counselors, or folks who spent the school year working with the Village Kids after school pro-

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campers go to places like The Edge, Upper Valley Aquatic Center and Jay Peak. Another favorite week is Commerce Week, where campers visit and learn about different businesses in Vermont, most notably Ben and Jerry's and the Vermont Lake Monsters. Vermont History Week includes visits to the statehouse and different museums, and State Parks Week features a different beach every day. While at Fleming School in the mornings, the counselors lead enrichment activities that are based on the weekly

theme. For each activity session, which typically last for about 45 minutes, there is an active game, an art project and an "other" activity that can range anywhere from a science experiment to outdoor water games or nature exploration. On Friday, every week ends with a special trip to Maple Street Park where campers enjoy swimming and picnicking in the park. For kids that enjoy exploration, learning and having a great time with some stellar counselors, Camp REACH is the perfect summer adventure!

gram. Many of them are college students who are studying everything from business to special education, to pharmacology to French. The daily schedule includes five engaging and diverse activity blocks including specialty, art, sports, enrichment and service. Campers are lucky enough to spend time in the park each day, exploring the playground, skatepark, bikepark, basketball courts, tennis courts and open fields. They also get to experience the Maple Street pool every day with structured swimming lessons in the

morning and free swim in the afternoon. There are weekly field trips to places like ECHO, Oakledge Park, Lake Iroquois, Sand Bar State Park, bowling or the movies. Featured guest instructors for specialty activities this year have ranged from gymnastics, to yoga, to music appreciation (where campers learned how to record and mix their own songs and beats), creating paper helicopters and paper planes and experiential storytelling. Camp Maple Street is a fun-filled, complete summer camp experience that is close to home.

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