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Little leaguers win big { Thursday, August 3, 2017 }

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The Essex Jct. Little League team earned a win at the 11- and 12-year-old Vermont Little League State Championships last Saturday at Maple Street Park's Seman Field, besting reigning state champs Brattleboro, 10-0. The win is the team's first Vermont championship title in more than a decade. The team racked up 17 hits over six innings; four of those went for extra bases, generating a total of 9 RBIs. Catcher Eli Bostwick (#2) led the team as he went for a 3-for-4 with a home run, 3 RBI and two runs. Pitcher Andrew Goodrich (#8) threw a complete game, two-hitter shutout. He spread 85 pitches over 22 batters, striking out 13 while allowing just four to reach base. The boys next play Maine in the regional tournament, starting in Bristol, Conn. on August 6. The game will air at 1 p.m. on ESPN3.com.

Raising each other up Redmond appointed to Vt. Commission on Women

By ABBY LEDOUX

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Emma Moreman of Williston painted a lilypad scene on a storm drain in the Five Corners last month. The project was part of an educational campaign about stormwater runoff.

hat do President John F. Kennedy and Essex resident Marybeth Christie Redmond have in common?

A commitment to raising up women: Following her appointment to the Vermont Commission on Women, Redmond will spend the next four years on the non-partisan state agency devoted to advancing opportunities for women and girls.

The group was borne out of Kennedy’s 1961 edict to governors to create such a taskforce to examine and improve the status of women in a rapidly changing America.

Vermont Gov. Philip Hoff heeded that call, establishing the VCW by executive order in 1964; the first

commission saw such esteemed members as the state’s future female governor, Madeleine Kunin.

It’s worth noting Kunin remains the only female governor this state has seen. And that only 11 of Vermont’s 296 statewide officers elected since 1778 have been women. And, with Mississippi, Vermont is one of just two states that have never sent a woman to Congress.

Today, Vermont is ranked 33rd in the nation for women’s parity in political representation – a far cry from its spot at No. 7 in 1993.

These statistics, which come from Change the Story VT, a multiyear research initiative backed by VCW, are figures commissioners hope to reverse.

See WOMEN, page 3

Storm drains spruce up The next time you go to Five Corners, look down.

Three local artists, chosen by the Rethink Runoff Stream Team, worked tirelessly to bring storm drains to life by adorning them with murals. Each contains an inspiring and catchy phrase to remind people these drains convey untreated stormwater directly to local streams.

Catch basins along Countryside Drive and other neighborhoods in the village were stenciled.

"The hope is that these messages not only compel people to stop and notice, but encourage reflection on the impact that their everyday life might have on local water quality," said Holly Kreiner of the Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District.

When it rains, stormwater

moves quickly over impervious surfaces such as buildings and roads, picking up pollutants including nutrients, sediment, oil, chemicals, road salt and metals as it goes.

According to the Lake Champlain Basin Program's 2012 State of the Lake report, "developed land can contribute up to four times more phosphorus than agricultural land," a statistic that demands attention when considering the nutrient pollution impacting Lake Champlain.

Essex artists Elizabeth Fanus and Syd Frolik and Williston artist Emma Moreman painted the murals. Campers from Essex Jct. Recreation and Parks' CAMPStar program assisted in the project.

See MURALS, page 9, for more photos

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Marybeth Redmond of Essex will serve on the Vermont Commission on Women.

INSIDE UVM students excel at Road Pitch event See page 3

A Q&A with developer Bobby Miller See Made in Essex, page 2 PHOTO BY KAYLEE SULLIVAN

University of Vermont seniors Max Robbins, left, and Peter Silverman were finalists in the 2017 Road Pitch contest at Essex's Green Mountain Harley Davidson on Monday.

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Editor's note: Made in Essex is a feature in The Reporter highlighting local businesses in town. Each week, you'll see a new piece by our freelancer, Cindy Chittenden, an eighth generation Vermonter who grew up in her family business, Chittenden's Cider Mill in South Burlington.

She worked in sales for 25 years but recently switched to a writing career. Cindy and her husband, Jason, live in Essex Jct. with their cats, Olive and Cannoli.

Have an idea for a business Cindy should profile? Contact us at news@essexreporter.com, and you might just see your idea in print!

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For Miller, it's about giving back

By CINDY CHITTENDEN President of REM Development Bobby Miller is proud to say he’s worked hard for what he’s earned.

And he is just as proud of what he and his wife, Holly, have given back to the community.

The Millers aren’t ones to boast about their successes. Rather, the couple’s goal is to educate the community about the importance of giving. By putting the Miller stamp on many of the structures they have helped build, they want people to understand it’s community members, friends and neighbors who make the difference behind the scenes. They hope their story sparks people to give back, no matter what the amount.

As northern Vermont’s largest developer of commercial real estate, Miller has built and leased more than 2 million square feet of property. A quarter of that property is located in Essex

and consists of office space, manufacturing facilities and warehouse distribution centers on Allen Martin Drive, River Road and New England Drive. In 2000, REM donated the labor to build the Robert E. Miller building at the Champlain Valley Expo. And between 2002 and 2003, the company donated funds to construct the Essex Tree Farm Recreational Fields.

The Millers have donated more than $10 million to Champlain College, helped construct the new Vermont Respite House in Colchester and donated Holly Court, a 15-acre, $13.1 million site with a commercial building in Williston to the University of Vermont Medical Center.

At 82 and sharp as a tack, Miller sat down in his office in Williston to offer some no-nonsense advice to the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Q: Can business savvy be

taught?

A: I think you either have it or you don’t. My old boss used to tell me that I was a natural. Don’t ask people to work hard. Work smart and enjoy what you do. Most people go to work every day and don’t want to be there. It’s a matter of survival. I hear kids that get out of college that say, “I can’t wait to turn 65 to retire,” and I think, “You haven’t lived your life yet. Why waste it?”

Q: How important are mentors in business?

A: I think today it’s more important than it was back then. When we were young, you learned how to fix things. Today, kids can’t fix anything. If the cars didn’t start by themselves, they wouldn’t know what to do.

They are geniuses when it comes to computers, but they don’t know how to have a conversation. I honestly believe that the computer is going to take over and do all the thinking. I still do math by hand. I’m 82. A young 82.

Q: What habits have helped make you successful?

A: I am always on time for meetings, which is interesting because I was always late for school. I graduated high school with 460 hours of detention. I have always been an honest businessman, and I think that you have to make a profit.

Q: If you had 100 potential entrepreneurs sitting in front of you and you could only offer one piece of advice, what would that piece of advice be?

A: I think the most important thing is to tell the truth. Also, be on time for meetings and return phone calls. If you do those three things, you will be successful.

Q: What are some of the challenges a potential entrepreneur might be surprised he or she will face?

A: Managing people is the

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A: They shouldn’t be in business. If you don’t believe in the business, how can the bank believe in your business? You go in to ask the banker for $5,000 to $10,000 to expand your business, and,if you can’t sit there, be firm and say, “I’m going to make this happen and here’s how,” you won’t be able to promote what you want.

Then, the bank will probably ask for more security.

Q: What advice do you have for someone who has savings sitting in a bank account but doesn’t know what to do with it?

A: It depends on what your tolerance for risk is. Some of us have a higher risk tolerance. For risk, there is a reward. If my Aunt Nelly left me $10,000, I have always said, if you got debt, pay down debt. If you need to borrow money, use the equity in your house if needed.

Q: Did you have limited funds when you started your first company, New England Air Systems, a company you later sold to your employees?

What creative strategies did you use to profit $1 million in the first year?

A: I had $18,000 saved. I bid large contracts to have some stability. This way, I could hire you from the other guy.

I made sure we bid big work to have the stability to keep our people busy. The other half was finding quick jobs for cash flow.

Q: How do you know if you’ve had a successful life?

A: I never looked at it that way. I haven’t changed one bit since I was 17 years old. With my second wife, we built a big house, an indoor swimming pool, tennis courts. We looked at each other and said, “This is not us.” My goal isn’t how much money I can make. What satisfies me is how can I help others, give people jobs, get them working and help the unfortunate. We have done a lot of that.

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Pitchers enter Essex 'Shark Tank' App connecting high-schoolers to work takes 1st prize at Road Pitch

By KAYLEE SULLIVAN

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Her slogan? “Jewelry with a sense of place.”

Reckord, an art teacher at Milton High School, asked audience members to picture themselves on vacation. Most people who buy souvenirs end up getting junk, she said.

Her jewelry, she said, is a unique alternative.

Essex resident and UVM professor Jeff Frolick provided another distinctive pitch, but in the energy sector. His business, Packetized Energy, limelights a clean energy future by coordinating energy resources — like water heaters and HVAC systems — and energy storage on a scalable platform.

Frolick said he and his two co-founders are looking for $75,000 in investments to add to the $100,000 they have banked.

Each seven-minute “Shark-Tank”-like pitch ended with questions from the audience. Here, Frolick said Packetized Energy’s bottom-up approach sets it apart from competitors.

Also in the audience was Essex Rep. Betsy Dunn, selectboard member Irene Wrenner, village trustee Elaine Sopchak and others from the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development.

They didn't miss a beat in chatting with the entrepreneurs. After each pitch, every rider filled out a score sheet, rating the six business platforms.

Shortly after, Morgan announced Majorwise as the winner of Road Pitch’s $500 prize, which Green Mountain Harley Davidson matched. Come October, the UVM duo heads to the statewide Road Pitch, which prizes $4,000.

While the money is an added bonus, Robbins and Silverman said they entered the competition to make more connections.

They asked the audience to introduce them to high schools to continue growing their networks in Vermont and beyond.

Plus, they went home with a “Biker Bear” from Vermont Teddy Bear — a prize that brought smiles almost as big as the two checks did.

As for Essex, Morgan said sparking a supportive environment for innovators and their ideas is key. According to him, each of the six entrepreneurs have the potential to expand and grow.

“They put their heart and soul into it,” he said.

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ABOVE: University of Vermont seniors Max Robbins, left, and Peter Silverman won a "Biker Bear" along with two checks for $500. BELOW: Attendees poured into Essex Jct.'s Green Mountain Harley Davidson on Monday for the third annual Road Pitch event.

killing allergy symptoms, as well as its positive effect during pregnancy. She played up her lifelong status as a Vermonter, saying it’s a unique market. Her five-year vision is to make $500,000 in annual sales.

For Collier, Monday was a special milestone. It was her first time publicly portraying her idea.

“So for the first time, I’ve just been inundated with support from all these amazing local Essex businesses,” she said of the

By COLIN FLANDERS Police say an Essex man in custody head-butt an officer who was transporting him from the hospital last Wednesday.

Police responded to 36 West St. on July 26 for a report of an unresponsive male, whom they identified 25-year-old Torry Sibley. Police say they found Sibley semi-conscious on a bedroom floor. When they

tried to provide medical attention, police say Sibley became agitated and took an “assaultive stance.”

Police eventually subdued Sibley after he began fighting the officer, who discharged pepper spray during the struggle, the news release said.

Sibley was transported to the University of Vermont Medical Center for treatment. After he was discharged, police say Sib-

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Courtney Reckord, another woman innovator from South Burlington, showcased her newest jewelry line, which uses U.S. Geological Survey data to make pieces rep-

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stream of “good jobs” and “good lucks” trailed Max Robbins and Peter Silverman out the doors of Essex Jct.’s Green Mountain Harley Davidson on Monday, as did $1,000 and a greater opportunity to grow their small business, Majorwise.

The two senior University of Vermont business majors took the stage July 31 with over 100 attendees looking on — five of whom also pitched their business platforms.

Part of the third annual Road Pitch event, motorcyclists with investing, entrepreneurial and business advisory experience rode their way to Essex Jct. for the first scouting spot of a five-day, 10-stop trip around Vermont.

“The six pitchers were the deepest we’ve had,” said Greg Morgan, chairman of Essex’s economic development commission.

“Each business has a chance to succeed, and I don’t think that’s always been the case.”

Majorwise, an online platform to connect high-schoolers with employers for internships and job shadow and volunteer opportunities, placed on top but were among a group of diverse pitches.

First up Monday was Burlington resident Betsy Nesbitt, who founded Flyaway Yoga with a goal of making onsite yoga easy and smart. After traveling for work sporadically for over a year and unable to sustain a steady yoga habit, she sparked the idea on her honeymoon. Bolton Valley resort’s yoga studio is one of her success stories.

Up next was Prince Awhaitely of Burlington who pitched his Healthy Kingdom Juice Company. With a bachelor’s degree in nutrition, the entrepreneur uses sprouts to make a nutritional drink that initially served as a hangover cure for his college friends, he said to a laughing crowd.

Awhaitely said he’s feeding off a trend to consume living foods, similar to the popular drink kombucha. Right now, he’s looking to grow his online retail. In years to come, he aims to open numerous juice bars in the area.

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A trend on the west coast since 2014, bone broth is a healthy product that Collier always had to ship east. Of the 21 retailers in the country, 18 are out west and the other two are in Boston. So, she set out to make it herself.

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WOMEN from page 1 Redmond and House Speaker Mitzi Johnson’s second appointment, Emilie Kornheiser of Brattleboro, join 14 other commissioners statewide on today’s VCW, each serving staggered fouryear terms.

Appointed across the geographical and political spectrum by the governor, speaker, Senate Committee on Committees, Vermont Democratic Party and Vermont Republican Party, the 16 commissioners meet several times a month from September to June in Montpelier. Their duties range from spearheading taskforces to informing policy: VCW

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was a key player in recent legislation requiring employers make accommodations for pregnant workers.

VCW says eligible commissioners must display a commitment to reducing discrimination and increase opportunities for women in Vermont, a requisite Redmond has fulfilled throughout her career.

A Long Island native, Redmond moved here 14 years ago when her husband, Mark Redmond, was offered the executive directorship of Spectrum Youth and Family Services, a position he still holds. They settled in Essex Center with their infant son, who enters Essex High School this fall.

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Redmond ran that program, which a colleague continues today, for five years before leaving for Vermont Works for Women. For three years, she headed up that Winooski nonprofit’s marketing and development, generating messaging and funding for programs to train unemployed and underemployed women.

Today, she works as a partner with Vermont Story Lab, which trains nonprofit communicators to bolster outreach with storytelling, an art Redmond mastered in her former career as a television reporter in New York, Connecticut and Indiana. From 2003 to 2009, she taught journalism at St. Michael’s College.

All that’s to say Redmond is an authority on effective communication, expertise she’s eager to bring to the commission.

“I intend to be their enthusiastic cheerleader out in the community,” Redmond said. “I really see myself as an ambassador, someone who can really help amplify what they’re doing and be a voice in terms of what I see in my community are the massive challenges that women and

"I intend to be their enthusiastic cheerleader out in the community.”

Marybeth Christie Redmond on her appointment to the Vt. Commission on Women girls face.”

Those challenges run the gamut and are geographically striated, Redmond said.

“Vermont has particular challenges in that we are predominately a rural state. We forget that sometimes, living in Chittenden County,” she said. “But most of the women and girls who are affected by poverty and marginalization are living in rural communities in Vermont.”

There, women face different hardships than their counterparts with greater community resources, including transportation, affordable housing, quality childcare and access to livable wage work.

Multi-generational poverty is also systemic in rural areas, a fact Redmond encountered repeatedly in the women’s prison system, where two-thirds of incarcerated women hail from rural Vermont and another third are from Chittenden County.

Inside the prison, Red-

mond saw women struggle with childcare. She estimated 75 percent of her clients with were mothers whose custody was transferred to others during their incarceration.

Redmond also saw prisoners released into a system seemingly stacked against them: Now marked with a felony record, former inmates struggled to reenter the workforce, a challenge closely married to attaining decent, affordable housing and transportation for the children to whom they returned.

Add to that the opioid crisis, an epidemic raging in Vermont and beyond. Many of the women Redmond worked with knew, or even were, recovering addicts.

“There are just massive challenges to really moving your life forward,” Redmond said. “So how can we as commissioners address some of these issues, grease the wheels so that employment can be easier to obtain, childcare can be easier to obtain? All of these

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Sipping tea on the couch of an Essex Jct. coffee shop last week, Redmond was thoughtful when considering the plight of women in Vermont, a state often hailed as a progressive bastion in the fight for equal rights.

But Redmond knows, by scratching the surface, a less than perfect image is revealed for many women here, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Women are more likely than men to live in poverty or face financial insecurity, according to Change the Story VT, which also reported 43 percent of Vermont women who work full-time don’t make enough to cover basic living expenses as defined by the state’s Joint Fiscal Office.

Those women are also disproportionately employed in low-wage jobs: Half of full-time, female workers are in fields with a median annual salary below $35,000. Fifty-seven percent of women have incomes below $30,000; the same percentage of men earns income above that rate.

Women who worked full-time year-round earned 84 cents to the dollar compared to their male counterparts, and the gender wage gap is projected to last 31 more years in Vermont, not disappearing until 2048, data indicates.

Families headed by single women are more likely to face poverty, too: At 37.5 percent, the poverty rate for those families is nine times that of married couples.

These are realities Redmond confronted in her prior work with women living on the margins. But it’s the personal relationships she’s formed that will inform her next four years on the commission more than anything, she said.

Those relationships exist with low-income, unemployed women, former inmates and a New American family now settled in Essex after a single mother fled a Kenyan refugee camp, five young children in tow, bound for an unfamiliar, largely homogenous community across the globe.

“Those issues are really in my face all the time, and so that really strengthens me to work even harder for the economic empowerment of girls in this state,” Redmond said.

She admires her fellow commissioners’ “great wisdom” of women’s issues and their “boots on the ground experience with people who are struggling in the trenches,” she said.

“They’re right in there, connected to the realities in their local communities, and that’s another thing that makes me incredibly excited about being part of this group,” she added.

While at Vermont Works for Women, Redmond occasionally served as an adviser to the commission, but she’ll join the other side of the table for the first time next month. Then, she said, she’ll do anything to broadcast their message and advocate for the women she’s spent her career representing.

“The human dignity of women and girls and all people must be paramount in our society – the common good, the raising up of people who are struggling, who don’t have opportunities that many of us had handed to us,” Redmond said. “I really see it as my role, along with the commission, to bring those issues to light … because we all have a role in raising each other up.”

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opinion & community LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Return taxpayers’ money I fully support selectman Andy Watts’ vote against the town tax rate at the recent selectboard meeting and his insistence that property taxes be reduced by the excess amounts in the town unassigned fund balance. As Mr. Watts noted, town policy says that money over 15 percent of the town’s operating budget must be used to reduce the tax rate. That didn’t stop the other four members of the selectboard from disregarding policy as usual and deciding that maybe this policy, their own policy, doesn’t say what they meant for it so say.

As I noted during the FY18 budget preparation and my own selectboard campaign this year, there are a number of places that the town can reduce taxes for Essex property owners, proper management of fund bal-

ance being one. Best practice calls for an unassigned fund balance of 5 percent to 15 percent of the general budget. We all realize that each community is different and one needs to take into consideration items such as the predictability of revenues, volatility of expenditures, resources in other funds and cost of borrowing. Essex is a very stable community with positive ratings in these areas, yet we have a balance above the high end of the recommendations.

The town’s FY16 audit, the last one available, made no mention of being underfunded in vacation accrual accounts or that we were near insolvency. Scare tactics such as the skymight-fall mentality of town manager Pat Scheidel and selectman Michael Plageman does no one any good. Proper management, based on actual analysis of facts and trends, beats out emo-

tional appeals and shifting promises.

The excess money that the town is withholding should be returned to the pockets of the taxpayers. After all, it’s the individual property owners who paid more in taxes than the town needed to meet their costs. If they are overbudgeting in order to accumulate funds for some future project that they’ve not told us about, they should tell us now. Otherwise, put this money in our pockets and let us spend it at local restaurants and stores.

It appears that the selectboard has once again proved they will do what they want, regardless of policy, and regardless of what is best for the taxpayers of this town.

RaMona Sheppard Essex

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he economy and our landscape in Vermont are intertwined. Recreation, tourism, agriculture and forestry, all key economic drivers, depend on the natural resources from our landscape. Indeed, the Vermont brand itself is inseparable from our land ethic – a thoughtful way of living, the quality of our products and services and our environmental and social stewardship.

Elected officials in Vermont, regardless of political leaning, have shown national leadership in caring for the environment, and continue to do so today as we recognize and respond to global climate change.

We don’t have to tell Vermont farmers, or those who work in the woods, the impact of global climate change. The increase in the unpredictability of our weather, invasive species, the change in the growing season are just a few examples of how those who work on the land have a front row seat when it comes to the challenges of a warming planet.

We also don’t have to tell those who recreate in the woods or have an outdoor recreation business about climate change.

They understand how ski and bike seasons have fluctuated or how different products are more useful to customers.

Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time.

The transformation of a global economy from the current fossil fuel driven, carbon intensive system to one based on renewable and regenerative sources will not be easy. While it will not be without controversy, this transformation will also offer us an unprecedented economic opportunity. In facing the fact of global climate change we must accept our responsibility to reduce our reliance on carbon-based fuels by looking toward a range of energy alternatives, including in-state renewable energy generation. Indeed we are also

seeing the positive effects of this transformation on our economy with 18,000 Vermonters now working in the green job sector.

Our staff at the Vermont Land Trust engage with many landowners, members and partners who share an interest in finding the balance in embracing renewable energy opportunities, while maintaining access to high quality farmland for agricultural production, recognizing the fragility of our natural systems, and protecting the identity and beauty of our state. I’m proud that at the Vermont Land Trust we’ve been able to facilitate the development of renewable energy in harmony with conservation of these other values.

It has been interesting to sit on the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s Climate Economy and Action Team to speak with individuals across many sectors and to find common ground on this important issue – and to help Vermont’s climate economy emerge. On a personal level, I am encouraged by this interest of many to bridge differences in areas of expertise and background and find solutions that consider our environmental and economic future. Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. As Vermonters, we think beyond our own interests, considering what’s best for all.

This leaves me optimistic about our state’s environmental, social and economic wellbeing.

Nick Richardson is a member of Vermont Council on Rural Development’s Climate Economy Action Team. He is the vice president for enterprise and finance at the Vermont Land Trust, where he oversees long-term financial strategy and supports VLT’s work on economic development strategies related to working lands enterprise. Nick lives with his family in Jericho Center.

ObITuaRIES

Beatrice Neill ESSEX JCT. – Beatrice (Bea) Loretta Neill (Bennett), 72, went home to the Lord on July 26, 2017 from

Loretta Trepanier ESSEX JCT. – Loretta Mary Trepanier, 70 of Foster Road died on July 25, 2017 at her home with her loving family and nurse Nancy by her side following a long battle with COPD. She was born Oct. 19,

breast cancer. She passed at home in Essex Jct., surrounded by her loving family.

She was born in Southampton (New York) Hospital on July 29, 1944. Bea was the daughter of the late Margaret and Tunis Bennett of Springs, N.Y. Bea graduated from East Hampton High School in 1962 and went to work the next day at Sag Harbor Industries; she then quickly moved to Bulova Watch in Sag Harbor. On Sept. 12, 1964, she married the love of her life, Ralph W. Neill, in East Hampton.

They celebrated 52 years of marriage. He was the wind beneath her wings. Togeth-

er they raised two daughters, Susan Coolidge and Karen Shearer.

Bea volunteered with senior citizens, Easter Seals and hospice.

In addition to her parents, Bea was predeceased by her grandson, David Allen Coolidge, and by her brothers Harold, Thomas and Wesley Bennett. Bea is survived by her husband, Ralph W. Neill, of Essex Jct.; by her daughters Susan Coolidge of South Burlington and Karen Shearer of Essex Jct.; by her son-in-law Christopher Coolidge of South Burlington, and by her grandchildren Emily and Maggie Coolidge and Ethan Shearer.

Also surviving is Andrea Brett, who Bea considered a third daughter.

Bea fought cancer with faith, love and humor. She was honored to have an excerpt published in Christine Clifford Beckwith's book, “Cancer Has Its Privileges.”

Viewing hours were held July 28, 2017 at A.W. Rich Funeral Home in Essex Jct., followed by a memorial service. Memorial contributions in Bea’s memory may be made to Hospice of the Champlain Valley, 1110 Prim Rd., Colchester, VT 05446. The family invites you to view further information and share memories at www.awrfh.com.

1946 in Cambridge, the daughter of Armand & Julia (Oliver) Baillargeon. She was a graduate of Essex High School Class of 1964.

On Dec. 10, 1978, she was married at home in Essex Jct. to Andrew Trepanier.

She worked at Vermont Maple Orchards, Essex Discount Beverage Deli and Bagel Bakery in Essex. Her true love was being a part of the lives of her grandchildren, Facebook, playing cards, cooking and making people laugh.

She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Andrew Trepanier; by her two sons and daughter Keith Trepanier and his wife, Jo-ann; Delsa Meehan and Shaun Trepanier. Her pride and joy were her grandchil-

dren Sean, Jonah, Matthew, Zachary, Elijan, Seth, Isaac, Khori, Kayla, Kamryn, Taylor and Alyse. She also is survived by her two best friends Patty Farr and Dick Barnier.

She is survived by her four sisters and two brothers: Jeanne and her husband, Russell Wescott; Leona Nichols, Armand Baillargeon, Daniel Baillargeon and his wife, Wanda; Pauline and her husband, Rod O’Connor; Janet and her husband, David Bean.

She also is survived by her godson, Casey O’Connor; by her sisterin-law, Dorothy; by James Casey and by many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was predeceased by

her parents, Armand and Julia Baillargeon; by her in-laws Walter and Delta Trepanier; by her brotherin-law Edward Nichols; and by her sister-in-law Jo-ann Baillargeon and best friend Susan Barnier.

Calling hours were held Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Ready Funeral Home and Cremation Services’ Mountain View Chapel in Essex Jct. A mass of Christian burial took place Monday, July 31, 2017 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Essex Jct. Burial will take place at a later date. Please visit www.readyfuneral.com to place online condolences.

In lieu of flowers please make contributions to Hospice and VNA, Colchester, VT.

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Messy is good

By ETHAN TAPPER

W

e humans have a very strange idea of what a well-tended woodlot should look like. To many people the epitome of good forest management is the image of towering overstory trees over a bare forest floor, their sightline is dotted with massive, evenly-spaced identical trunks. Landowners show me the portions of their woodlots that look like this with pride.

They tell me they have cleared with Ethan Tapper all the “brush” from the understory of their forest or that they have removed all dead and dying trees from their woods. To them, this looks “clean,” well-managed, intentional. To me, while I can appreciate the aesthetic pleasure that this type of forest evokes, this type of forest looks one-dimensional, sterile.

I have encountered this situation often and have struggled to efficiently communicate why this is the case to landowners, land managers and loggers. De-programming this idea in difficult, running against many deeply ingrained aesthetic sensibilities. Which is why, when I heard one of the landowners in my county say “messy is good,” I committed it to memory.

“Messy is good” (MIG) does not mean we should approach forest management unintentionally. To the contrary, MIG is a philosophy that requires us to be even more tuned in to the way that forests work and not just the trees; we must consider wildlife, insects, plants, soils, fungi and all the other factors that allow forests to actually function and grow trees. MIG recognizes that to manage for holistically healthy forests, we must re-program our sense of what a well-tended woodlot looks like.

Forestry as we know it was brought to our country around the turn of the 20th century by Americans who had studied in Germany, where intensive forest management had been practiced for centuries. They brought with them the concept of the “regulated forest,” areas where all factors are controlled to grow trees as efficiently as possible. This amounted essentially to “taming” of our natural forested ecosystems, replacing them in many cases with intensively managed tree plantations whose sole purpose was the production of timber. We now know this management philosophy, while it works to grow trees quickly and appeals to our sense of “neatness,” doesn’t necessarily grow healthy forests.

In the name of “cleaning” the forest, landowners often remove dead trees standing and on the forest floor.

While these trees may seem to be an eyesore or make it difficult to walk through the woods, they are actually performing a variety of important functions for forest ecology and wildlife habitat. Standing dead trees are often called wildlife “hotels.” They host insects associated with wood decay, which provide forage for woodpeckers, which create cavities that are host to a variety of birds and mammals, from fishers to chickadees to flying squirrels. Fallen trees and branches on the forest floor provide cover for species such as ruffed grouse and snowshoe hare, in addition to providing long-term sequestration of carbon and building soil.

The other misconception about the “clean” forest is the idea that all forests must look like a plantation. In Vermont, natural even-aged forest is exceeding rare, and is almost entirely the result of pasture abandonment, tree plantations and intensive (human) management.

Forests like this lack species diversity, with only a few tree species present, and also lack structural diversity, which can be defined as the presence of an array of trees of different sizes, heights and arrangements. These failings mean that we are providing only a bare minimum of habitat conditions in our forest.

It has taken a fair amount of re-programming to shift my idea of what a well-managed forest looks like. Now, I appreciate the beauty of areas with many different species of trees of different shapes and sizes, interspersed with periodic dead standing trees. I look for the trunks of trees decaying on the forest floor and for patches of young, middle aged and old forest, and areas where all of these age classes are mixed together. This type of forest may seem “messy,” but it is actually the definition of health, a natural, healthy forest, supporting all the parts a robust forest ecosystem. Messy is good!

Into the Woods

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

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Religious Directory

Aug. 6

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: 7 p.m., Wednesday evening youth groups, Adult Bible study and prayer: 7 p.m.; FundamentalIndependent.

CITYREACH CHURCH - 159 Pearl St., Essex Jct. Behind Subway, on the back side of the building.

Pastor Brent Collins. Sunday worship service: 5 p.m.

A casual, family-focused and friendly Christian Church with practical teaching, great music, a safe kids program (Nursery-5th grade) and an exciting and empowering church experience, www.essexjunction.cityreachnetwork. org; bcollins@cityreachnetwork.org; facebook: CityReach Church - Essex Junction.

CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. 878-7107. Wes Pastor, lead pastor, 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., AWANA: Thursdays twice a month, www.daybreakvermont.org; brentdaybreak@gmail.com ESSEX ALLIAnCE CHURCH - 37 Old Stage Road, Essex Jct. 878-8213. Sunday services: 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m., www.essexalliance.org.

ESSEX CEnTER UnITED METHODIST CHURCH - 119 Center Rd (Route 15), Essex. 878-8304. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. Service 10:00 a.m. with Sunday School and childcare provided. We offer a variety of small groups for prayer, Bible study, hands-on ministry, and studying contemporary faith issues. Please join us for worship that combines the best of traditional and contemporary music and spirituality. We are a safe and welcoming space for all people to celebrate, worship, ask questions and plant spiritual roots.

FIRST COngREgATIOnAL CHURCH OF ESSEX JUnCTIOn - 1 Church Street, Essex Jct. 878-5745. Rev. Mark Mendes, senior pastor. Sunday Worship Services: 9 a.m., June 4 – September 3. Communion: first Sunday of every month. Sunday School: 5th/6th Grade and Jr. & Sr. high youth groups during the school year. Heavenly Food Pantry: second Monday of the month, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. and fourth Thursday, 2 – 6 p.m., except for Nov. & Dec. when it is the third Thursday. Essex Eats Out community dinner: 1st Friday of the month, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

Music includes Sanctuary Choir, 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 grade 6. Handicapped-accessible facility. Adult choir, praise band, women’s fellowship, missionally active. Korean U.M.C. worship Sundays: 12 p.m., come explore what God might be offering you!

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

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

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct., off Rt. 2A at the Fairgrounds Gate F. 8784014. Rev. Kim Hardy. Holy Eucharist: 9:30 a.m. No adult study until fall. 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.

courTeSY PhoTo

Team up with co-workers, family and friends to race in the Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday, Aug. 6 at the Burlington waterfront. Donations support Dragonheart VT and Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. No experience necessary. Come join the fun!

3 ThurSDAY Big Blue Trunk

10 a.m. - noon, Essex Free Library. Pave your way to the library for creative and active play, imaginative games and lots of laughs! For all ages.

TeenS BuilD A BeTTer MeAl

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Essex Area Senior Center. Teens and seniors will prepare and eat a meal together at the senior center next door to the library.

BuilDing BriDgeS 2 - 3 p.m., Brownell Library. Cross a chasm with a bridge of your own making.

hArrieT Powell hiSToricAl MuSeuM

6 - 7:30 p.m., 3 Browns River Rd., Essex Jct. All new exhibit areas include the town of Essex, business and industry, home and farming and the military. A special focus is placed on World War I, as 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entrance into the war.

4 friDAY The Big lATch on

9 a.m. - noon, Sand Hill Park, Essex Jct. At registered locations around the world, women gather to breastfeed and offer peer support and are joined by friends, family and community members. All supporters are welcome, whether currently nursing a little one or not. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and the Latch On begins at 10:30. Wildflower Studio will entertain kids with free face painting.

A raffle, sweet treats and other food and drink will be available.

Visit www.facebook. com/breastfeedVT for more information.

SuMMer STorYTiMe

10 - 10:30 a.m.,

Brownell Library. Come listen to picture book stories, and have fun with puppets, songs and rhymes.

MuSicAl STorYTiMe

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

Rock and read together with songs, stories and instruments.

TeDxBrownell liBrArY: PeoPle BuilDing A BeTTer worlD 2 - 3:30 p.m., Brownell Library. We'll view and reflect on TED Talk videos around this theme.

kniTTing cluB

3 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Come learn to knit with Maggie Loftus! All skill levels are welcome. For children entering grades 2-6.

friDAY nighTS AT MAPle STreeT PArk

5 p.m., Maple Street Park, Essex Jct. Friday nights just got a whole lot more exciting at Maple Street Park!

Enjoy a selection of food trucks from 5 - 7 p.m. and live music from 5 - 6:30 p.m. Then, set up your chair or blanket and experience one of the many free shows planned throughout the summer. This week: Walk back in time with Andrew Pinard as he performs as 19th-century Jonathan Harrington, one of the earliest American magicians. Pinard transforms into Harrington during the performance in both character and period costume to present mysteries and wonders from the 19th century with the help of audience members.

reADover

6 - 8 p.m., Brownell Library. Grab your PJs, sleeping bag and pillow, because we're camping out at the library for the evening to read! Therapy dog Daisy will be there for the evening. Refresh-

ments will be provided, but patrons are welcome to bring their own as well.

MAgic: The gAThering

6 - 8 p.m., Brownell Library. Whether you know the game or are curious to find out more, come have tons of gaming fun!

5 SATurDAY weekenD STorYTiMe

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

Start off your weekend with books, rhymes and songs every Saturday morning.

ArTiST’S recePTion: “The fAce”

4 - 6 p.m., Darkroom Gallery, 12 Main St., Essex Jct. This exhibit of over 50 portraits comprises intimate portrayals of people from all over the world. Light refreshments and cold drinks will be served.

Family friendly. For more information, visit www.darkroomgallery. com/ex97.

rock & roll DAnce PArTY

7:30 - 10:30 p.m., ArtsRiot, 400 Pine St., Burlington. A live music event to benefit the Burlington-based Me2/ Orchestra, the world’s only classical music organization comprised of individuals with mental illness and the people who support them, featuring hits from the '60s and '70s performed by The Regressions. Tickets are $15 and available at the door or at www. artsriot.com. For more information, email mssvt@hotmail.com or call 238-7572.

6 SunDAY 12Th AnnuAl lAke chAMPlAin DrAgon BoAT feSTivAl

8 a.m., Waterfront Park, Burlington. Team up

with co-workers, family and friends to race in the Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival and support cancer survivors in our community. Donations support Dragonheart VT and Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. No experience necessary.

Come join the fun! For more information, visit www.ridethedragon.org.

hArrieT Powell hiSToricAl MuSeuM

1 - 4 p.m., 3 Browns River Rd., Essex Jct. All new exhibit areas include the town of Essex, business and industry, home and farming and the military. A special focus is placed on World War I, as 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entrance into the war.

7 MonDAY SuMMer STorieS wiTh ThereSA

10 - 11 a.m., Brownell Library. Volunteer Theresa will read stories with children in the picture book area.

STorYTiMe

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Drop in for stories, songs, rhymes and a craft!

Tech helP wiTh clif

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.

lego cluB

1 - 2 p.m., Essex Free Library. Build masterpieces with our collection of Legos.

SuMMer cheSS cluB

3 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Join teen chess players from our library for an hour of play. We provide the chess sets and you provide the

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calendar locAl meetings thursdAy, Aug. 3

6 p.m., town zoning board, Town offices, 81 Main St., Essex Jct.

mondAy, Aug. 7

7 p.m., Joint selectboard & village trustee meeting, Town offices, 81 Main St., Essex Jct.

thursdAy, Aug. 10

6:30 p.m., town planning commission, Town offices, 81 Main St., Essex Jct.

strategy. For all ages.

Vermont AstronomicAl society

7:30 - 9:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Rev. Bill Wick presents “Aligning the Optics of Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes,” highlighting the system he uses for focusing and collimating his Celestron 11” SCT.

8 tuesdAy lunch without Borders

Noon - 1 p.m., Brownell Library. Bring a bagged lunch and listen to teens read stories about different cultures. We supply the dessert! For kids entering kindergarten and up.

lego Fun

3 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Come build creatively with Legos and see what others build. Children under 8 must bring a responsible caregiver.

Brownell Library. Join us for a community meeting to discuss the vision and needs of this organization and learn how you can help. The nonprofit organization “Aunt Dot’s Place” will be opening at the end of August in Essex. Email auntdotsplace@gmail.com for more information.

9 wednesdAy tech time with trAci

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

tech help with cliF

Noon & 1 p.m., Brownell Library. Offering oneon-one technology help.

Reservation required.

Please call 878-6955 at least 24 hours in advance.

geneAlogy dAy

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.

Noon - 8 p.m., Kennedy Brothers Conference Center, 11 Main St., Vergennes. Celebrate family and remember everyone near and dear to you during this annual traveling community event. Start a tradition in your family by adding this new holiday to your calendar. Visit www.finalfreedom.com/ genealogy/ for more information.

drop-in gentle hAthA yogA

mArKo the mAgiciAn

Vermont geneAlogy liBrAry

4:30 p.m., Burnham Memorial Library. Bring a mat and enjoy poses for mindful stretching and relaxation. A registered nurse of over 30 years, Betty Molnar is certified as a hatha yoga instructor from the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago. Beginners and intermediates welcome.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Burnham Memorial Library.

chAmplAin VAlley prostAte cAncer support group

6 - 8 p.m., Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Men newly diagnosed, dealing with recurrent prostate cancer, the side effects of treatment, those who have been successfully treated and their wives and partners are encouraged to attend to benefit both themselves and others by sharing their experiences. All discussions are informal, and refreshments will be available.

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!

Food shelF Volunteer meeting

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.,

picturing A Better world

2 - 3 p.m., Brownell Library. Build a pinhole camera to capture the 2017 Eclipse or the world around you. All materials provided.

mAgniFicent Art wAlK

4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center & Gallery, 199 Route 7 South, Milton. Three artists will be showcased at this monthly event: Terry Buehner, Julie Duquette and Ellen Young. For more information, visit www.miltonartistsguild. org.

hArriet powell historicAl museum

KidsAFe community yArd sAle

6:30 - 9:30 p.m., ECHO Center, 1 College St., Burlington. The Vermont Wedding Association presents the 2017 Burlington Summer Bridal Show. Grand prize drawings at 9 p.m.

For more information, email judy@vermont weddingassociation.com.

11 FridAy summer storytime

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

musicAl storytime

1 - 2:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Hollow out an old book and make a place to hide important things. For grades 8 and up.

whAt Are eclipses?

7 - 8 p.m., Brownell Library. Join us for a program with the Vermont Astronomical Society to learn how eclipses happen and their astronomical and cultural history. For all ages.

10 thursdAy

sit & Knit

Vermont wedding AssociAtion BridAl show

young Athletes

7 p.m., First Congregational Church, 39 Main St., Essex Jct. A historical account of the church’s 150 years of service, complete with actors and period costumes. A free and fun event for the entire family with refreshments to follow.

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

Embark upon imaginary adventures. Our Dungeon Master, Aiem, serves as the game’s referee and storyteller.

Call 878-6955 to sign up.

6 - 7:30 p.m., 3 Browns River Rd., Essex Jct. All new exhibit areas include the town of Essex, business and industry, home and farming and the military. A special focus is placed on World War I, as 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entrance into the war.

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

Rock and read together with songs, stories and instruments.

essex historicAl society: tAles And treAsures

dungeons And drAgons

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

1 - 2 p.m., Essex Free Library. No one builds suspense like Marko the Magician! Join us for an entertaining and magical hour full of laughs as we welcome him for his 23rd year! For all ages.

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

Magic Trunk. World renowned professional actress, ventriloquist and comedian Sylvia Fletcher will dazzle you with her amazing talent, lively and unforgettable characters, inanimate objects and voice illusions that will lure audiences into her hilarious and intriguing world of comedy.

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Knitting cluB

3 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Come learn to knit with Maggie Loftus! All skill levels are welcome. For children entering grades 2-6.

liVe Action role plAy

3:30 - 5 p.m., Brownell Library. LARP is open to all middle and high school students who want to have adventures in a mythical land.

FridAy nights At mAple street pArK

5 p.m., Maple Street Park, Essex Jct. Friday nights just got a whole lot more exciting at Maple Street Park!

Enjoy a selection of food trucks from 5 - 7 p.m. and live music from 5 - 6:30 p.m. Then, set up your chair or blanket and experience one of the many free shows planned throughout the summer. This week: The

300± Repos, Trades, Donations & More!!

Sat., August 5 @ 9AM (Register from 7:30AM) 298 J. Brown Drive, Williston, VT

’13 GMC Savana ’13 Subaru Impreza ’12 Ford Fusion ’12 Mazda 2 ’11 Jeep Patriot ’10 Acura TSX ’09 Chevy Impala

’09 Dodge Journey ’09 Kia Sedona ’09 Saturn Aura ’09 VW Routan ’08 BMW 3 Series & MORE! Partial List, Subject to Change

Special Interest ’14 Harley Davidson ’05 Challenger 5th Wheel Camper ’89 Motorhome ’79 Procraft 15’ Boat ’78 Pontiac Bonneville ’51 Packard Ultramatic

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8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Champlain Valley Expo. More than 150 tables of new and seasoned items, including antiques, collectables and fabulous finds. You name it, you’ll probably find it here! $1 suggested donation.

Free book for every child. All proceeds benefit KidSafe Collaborative’s work to prevent child abuse and neglect. Visit kidsafevt. org for more information. To volunteer, visit http://signup.com/go/ dOMhtqZ.

weeKend storytime

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

Start off your weekend with books, rhymes and songs every Saturday morning.

13 sundAy KidsAFe community yArd sAle 10 a.m. - noon, Champlain Valley Expo. (See Saturday, Aug. 12.)

hArriet powell historicAl museum

1 - 4 p.m., 3 Browns River Rd., Essex Jct. All new exhibit areas include the town of Essex, business and industry, home and farming and the military. A special focus is placed on World War I, as 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entrance into the war.

ongoing eVents colchester log schoolhouse

11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Airport Park. The schoolhouse is open for the summer Friday - Monday until Labor Day. Visitors are welcome to explore one of our town’s earliest schoolhouses. The Colchester Historical Society is also seeking a few volunteers to host the site this summer. For more information, email Carol Reichard at winchris65@ comcast.com.

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L.D. Oliver Seed Company, Inc. Green Mountain Fertilizer Co. 26 Sunset Ave., Milton, VT • 802 893-4628 www.Ldoliverseed.com

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New: $199. other areas.

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802-524-2714 The Town of Colchester is9225 requesting separate sealed BIDS for the at 21split Essex in the Mixed Use Development-Planned Unit $190./cord.

Firewood/Lumber/ construction of the West View Drive Sidewalk Improvement Project, Exercise/Sporting Development Highgate/ (MXD-PUD) Zone, Tax Map 92 Parcel 1.

Swanton including the installation of approximately 413 linear feet of Furniture Fencing 5. Minutes:area.

AugustSea10, 2017 Equipment soned also availconcrete sidewalk, grading, landscaping, traffic control, FIREWOOD, ALLerosion 6. Otherwood Business: SOCCER REBOUNDMATTRESS, FIRM control and associated items. Bids will be received until Tuesday, able. Call for price in green, HARDWOOD, ER, 6’X12’, $20. 802Note: Please our website at www.essex.org to view agendas, box spring, in delivered.

August 15, 2017, at 4:00DOUBLE pm and publicly opened and read aloud. other areas. visit 802-868cut, split and 524-5070 application materials, and minutes. You may visit the office to review condition. $150.

Please register your intentgreat to bid with the Town’s Project Manager, 9225 $190./cord. Highgate/ materials or discuss any proposal with staff. We are located at 81 Main Firewood/Lumber/ Kevin McAleer to receive addendums, contact information is 802-782 2647 or 802Swanton area. SeaStreet; Furniture second floor (7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.).

Fencing provided on the Town’s website.

Copies of the BID DOCUMENTS can 848-7653 soned wood also availbe found at the Town’s website at: Members of the public are encouraged to speak at the meeting when FIREWOOD, ALL able. Call for price in MATTRESS, Furnishings http://www.colchestervt.gov/bids.aspx. recognized by the FIRM chair.

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By GAEN MURPHREE Addison Independent A proposed bill to help immigrants work more easily on Vermont’s dairy farms is influencing farmers and farm advocates here to reach out to their counterparts in Republican-leaning states.

The Agricultural Worker Program Act would provide a legal pathway for agricultural workers — those who were in U.S. for at least 100 workdays over the previous two years — to obtain “blue card” status.

Blue card farmworkers and their families would be eligible to earn lawful permanent residency, or green card status, over the next three to five years under provisions of the bills the U.S. House and Senate.

“Like so many dairy issues, the germ of an idea is often born in Vermont and grows outward from there,” said David Carle, a longtime spokesperson for Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. “Ver-

mont farmers and Vermont dairy organizations have been very aggressive, very adept at reaching out to their counterparts in other states.”

In early May, Leahy partnered with California Sens. Diane Feinstein and Kamala Harris, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono to introduce the Senate bill.

Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., co-sponsored the identical House bill on May 25.

“Foreign workers support agriculture and help put food on our tables,” Leahy said at the time of the bill’s introduction. “It is past time we show our support for them and our understanding of the challenges that farmers and workers face in doing the hard work of dairy farming.

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At present, 40 groups advocating for farmworker and immigrant rights support the blue card legislation, including the National Farmworkers, United Farm Workers of America and Farmworker Justice. Burlington-based Migrant Justice supports the bill, but spokesman Will Lambert said it wouldn’t replace the need for comprehensive immigration reform.

“Regardless of what happens in Washington, we will continue fighting for our human rights here in Vermont,” he said.

AN ONGOING STRUGGLE The proposed legislation is the latest in a series of efforts to address the labor needs of farms in Vermont and nationwide.

Migrant labor, mostly undocumented workers from Mexico, has formed the backbone of the Vermont dairy workforce for the past 10 to 15 years. Current immigration law does not allow foreign-born workers to stay over an extended period, but dairy farmers in particular need help on the farm every day.

The impact of losing this workforce could be devastating to the state’s dairy industry, agriculture experts say. Local farmers are equally clear on the critical importance of migrant labor.

“They keep the farms going,” Bridport dairy farmer Cheryl Connor said.

“If we didn’t have migrant workers, we wouldn’t have dairy farms.”

In 2013, Leahy was instrumental in passing comprehensive immigration reform legislation in the Senate. It was never brought to a vote in the House, though supporters believe it would have had a

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While foreign born workers provide much of the labor on Vermont dairy farms, their ability to stay in the country legally is hampered by U.S. immigration law. good chance of passing that year.

Instead, Carle said, immigration issues have languished in a “toxic environment.”

“Just the topic of immigration has become somewhat of a so-called third rail on Capitol Hill, where it’s so difficult that it’s hardly ever attempted,” he said.

As such, this new bill is intentionally limited in scope.

“The intent of the legislation is to provide an opportunity for those who are already here doing this work and meet the other qualifications to remain in the country,” said Tom Berry, Leahy’s Vermont-based ag expert. “But it’s not intended to create an opportunity for new agricultural workers to enter the country. It’s meant to be a somewhat circumscribed opportunity.”

By contrast, earlier versions of similar legislation also attempted to replace the federal H-2A visa program with a new agricultural worker visa program for incoming workers.

In both the House and Senate, the bill’s co-sponsors are all Democrats.

MOVING FORWARD Carle suggested Vermonters could help support this legislation by contacting legislators from other states. Berry also emphasized the importance of Vermont’s ag community to reach across state lines.

“Part of the larger strategy on this legislation is to get the bill introduced and to expose it to farm groups,” Berry said, noting “Vermont is often looked to

"Vermont is often looked to as a leader."

Tom Berry Sen. Patrick Leahy adviser on agriculture as a leader” on ag issues.

Many ag advocacy organizations have both state and national presences, Berry said, noting organizations like the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Milk Producers Federation. Another key group are state directors of agriculture, including Vermont Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts who is a member of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.

“Having this bill carried forward by Vermonters as they go and mingle with their national organizations hopefully begins to expose members of those organizations from states where they’re represented in Congress by Republicans,” Berry said.

Tebbetts, who supports the bills, has already started this process.

“Agriculture, for the most part, is not a partisan issue,” he said, and his counterparts in New York and the northeast face similar issues when it comes to immigration. He said farmers need stability.

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some control over their labor issues. If Congress and the president were able to forge a new law, it would go a long way of solving an important issue to our farmers,” he said.

Carle said Congress is moving farm issues “to the front burner,” as it takes on the work of crafting a new farm bill; the 2014 Farm Bill will expire in September 2018.

Carle and Berry also noted former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was one of the few presidential nominees Leahy supported in part because of Perdue’s track record addressing farm labor issues as governor of Georgia and his pledge to work with Congress on this issue.

Nevertheless, both men emphasized legislating is a “methodical process.”

“It has to begin with the introduction of the bill to start the process, start the conversation,” Carle said.

“It doesn’t happen instantly.

Nothing does. And we’ve only recently begun the process in this new Senate.”

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Composting just got easier MONTPELIER – On June 29, the Vt. Department of Environmental Conservation and the High Meadows Fund announced awards from two grant programs, totaling nearly $100,000, to help residents compost in their backyards and drop off food scraps at town transfer stations.

Food scraps make up nearly one-third, by weight, of what Vermonters throw away. Diverting food scraps from trash will reduce the state’s dependence on landfilling and make better use of this nutrient-rich material.

The High Meadows Fund has given over $55,000 to eight solid waste districts and municipalities, which collectively serve 116 towns.

These funds will support food scrap collection bins, signage and outreach at 48 transfer stations around the state.

“The whole purpose is to give people different options for their food waste, other than throwing it away,” High Meadows Fund president Gaye Symington said. “Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions decrease when less organic matter is decomposing in landfills.”

In addition, DEC has granted over $40,000 to twelve solid waste districts and alliances to cut the cost of backyard composting bins for Vermonters. Residents who participate in their district’s training program can purchase a backyard bin at 50 percent off.

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count has encouraged more people to find out how simple it can be to backyard compost,” said Kristen Benoit of the Windham Solid Waste District. “If folks don’t want to compost at home, they can also drop off food scraps at participating transfer stations, or in some areas, request pick-up service from haulers.”

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ducers like supermarkets, colleges and restaurants have already begun separating their food scraps and sending them to composting facilities, anaerobic digesters or farms.

“Moving food scraps out of the trash will help us achieve our goal of reducing landfill waste by 25 percent by 2020,” Department of Environemntal Conservation commissioner Emily Boedecker said. Vermont’s Universal Recycling law

benfits the state by: Supporting green jobs in recycling, food donation, composting and renewable energy industries. Studies show that recycling and composting create more jobs than landfill disposal.

Increasing food donation. In 2015 – a few years after the rollout of the Universal Recycling law – the Vermont Foodbank reported 6.64 million pounds of food that was rescued or donated, rather than disposed in a landfill. That is nearly a 40 percent increase in quality food to feed people instead of feeding landfills.

Reduces greenhouse gases. Recycling, food donation, composting and anaerobic digestion are estimated to reduce emissions from Vermont’s waste sector by 37 percent by 2022.

Recycling and composting help the state fight climate change and extend the life of our landfills.

Growing healthy soils. Composting food scraps creates nutrients and organic matter that be used to grow more food. Compost improves plant growth, can reduce soil erosion, increase water retention and decrease the need for synthetic fertilizers. Using food scraps to build healthy soils supports Vermont agriculture and can lower impacts from flood events.

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Olivia Porter, 13, swims the 14-and-under girls 50 breaststroke last weekend in St. Albans.

TEST NOTCHES No. 2 ST. ALBANS – Swimmers from the Town of Essex Swim Team swam to 70 top five finishes in individual events and 18 top three finishes in relay events at the Champlain Valley Swim League’s championship meet last weekend at the St. Albans City Pool.

TEST swimmers posted 19 individual league championship victories and seven relay wins en route to an overall second place finish. Leading the way to TEST’s first place finish in the men's division were Jake McIntyre and Casey Keenan with three individual wins each and Oliver Austin with two

individual wins. Katerine Lacourciere contributed to TEST’s second place finish in the women’s division with two individual wins. Jake McIntyre’s 200 freestyle swim in 1:46.79 set a new CVSL record, as did the relay swims of the 18-and-under men's teams in both the medley relay (Kevin Hancock, Oliver Austin, Cameron Marcus and Oliver Austin) and the free relay (Kevin Hancock, Jake McIntyre, Ross Macy and Casey Keenan) with times of 1:43.95 and 1:33.95 respectively.

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By JOE GONILLO Did you notice we are in August? Wow, time flies! Still lots of summer left: pool, beach, books, games, BBQs and solid relaxation. But the start of school looms. Before that, fall sports will kick off. Now is the time to get registration and pre-season activities in order. Getting in shape will help, too.

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ognized with the CVSL’s Coaching Excellence Award for exemplifying excellent coaching and his efforts to build swimmers, sportsmanship and good citizenship. Austin has coached in the CVSL for six years and is an assistant coach with Green Mountain Aquatics. His commitment to helping youth in the community learn to swim with proficiency, teaching sportsmanship before winning and his dedication to the sport of swimming and all swimmers has earned him the admiration of fellow coaches, swimmers and parents.

defeating 2016 state champs Brattleboro 10-0. See more info on page 1.

The TEST swimming team drowned Winooski 240-102 in their final dual meet of the season July 25. The team then competed at league championships last Friday and Saturday in St. Albans. TEST finished second to EDGE, who owned the best league record in 2017. There were 16 new 18-and-under records.

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itcher Andrew Goodrich, above, struckout 13 batters and allowed only two hits in Essex Jct.'s runaway win last Saturday versus Brattleboro.

He threw a complete game, helping his team earn state champion status after throwing 85 pitches.

Each player reached base at least once, racking up 17 hits over six innings.

The team moves on to regionals on Sunday, Aug. 6 versus Maine at 1 p.m. The game will be casted on ESPN3.com.

soccer league are headed to semifinals this week: Vt. Energy Legs, Shenanigans, Back Country and Huff n’ Puff.

The Vt. Rec and Parks State TF meet was last Saturday in St. J. Essex TF highlights include Wyatt Lamell’s double win as state champ in shot put (33’ 10”) and discus (113’ 0”).

First place: Joel Kline, 11/12 (HJ 4’ 6”); James Boldosser, 13/15 (200m); second place: Mary Stockwell, 7/8 (softball); James Boldosser, 13/15 (discus); Aiden Philbrick, 13/14 (hurdles); third place: Emmeline Dodd, 11/12 (HJ); Ryan Day, 9/10 (LJ, 200m and 400m) and Hudson Cunningham, 7/8 )(800m). Fine job

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