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LaRose applies for U.S. Marshal position

By COLIN FLANDERS

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Police Chief Brad LaRose, pictured at a meeting last year, applied for Vermont's U.S. Marshal position.

Essex police Chief Brad LaRose confirmed Tuesday he has applied to become the district of Vermont’s U.S. Marshal, a presidentially-appointed position that carries a fouryear term.

A records request to Gov. Phil Scott’s office shows LaRose submitted his résumé to Scott and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on July 18.

The two are collaborating to recommend a candidate to President Don-

ald Trump, according to Leahy’s spokesman David Carle.

LaRose said he wasn’t considering the gig until he was informed of the vacancy and heard “the thoughts of others.”

“I do have an interest in it,” he said Tuesday. “But my primary interest is here right now.”

He hasn’t been contacted since and said he would need more information if he was offered the position. Still, he wanted to apply and “let things unfold down the road.”

Traditionally, senators from the president’s party make recommendations for the position. When neither are, as in Vermont’s case, the president normally defers to the state’s party leaders, the Congressional Research Service says.

Vermont’s highest-ranking Republican, Scott reached an “early agreement” with Leahy, the leading member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will act on the president’s eventual nomination, Carle said. The full U.S. Senate must

then confirm nominees.

Established in 1789, the U.S. Marshals service is considered the enforcement arm of the federal courts. The 94 district marshals, one for each federal judicial district, lead over 3,700 deputy marshals and criminal investigators, U.S. Marshals Service Association says.

Marshals apprehend fugitives, transport federal prisoners and operate the witness protection program, among other duties, the association’s website says.

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BIG LATCH ON

Permanent food shelf preps for opening

District delays busing plans

By MICHAELA HALNON The rows of shelving inside a small Center St. storefront were largely empty last week, dotted with a few jars of peanut butter and tomato sauce. Folding chairs arranged in a circle pointed to a neatly written to-do list on a nearby whiteboard.

By the end of the month, the cozy space is set to become Essex’s first permanent food shelf, a year and a half in the making.

Starting August 26, the non-profit called Aunt Dot’s Place will be open on Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m., later expanding to Tuesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 9 to 11 a.m. once a volunteer team is in place, board president Andrea Francalangia said.

A special educator at Founders Memorial School, Francalangia innocently first responded to an email seeking volunteers for the thenprospective food shelf, eager to try and help her community. She walked out of the first meeting as board president.

From the start, she said the biggest challenge was finding space to host the service. Organizers knew proximity to the bus route was a must, as was ample parking, handicap accessibility and a private entrance.

“It can be embarrassing for people to come get food or demoralizing, so we wanted them to keep dignity,” Francalangia said.

Pomerleau Real Estate offered the current location for a heavily reduced rent, checking off every item on the group’s wish list. From there, Francalangia said it was easier to source donations.

One resident has even offered to match monetary contributions up to $8,000, she said.

When the food shelf first opens, patrons will receive one bag of food. Once supplies increase, Francalangia said organizers hope to let visitors shop the shelves themselves.

Even with only weekly openings, Aunt Dot’s Place will offer more hours than the current local alternatives. Heavenly Pantry, based at the First Congregational Church in Essex Jct., is open twice a month. The Jericho food shelf is open just once

Lacking bus drivers, board charges admin to find a solution

By COLIN FLANDERS

PHOTO BY MICHAELA HALNON

Julia Wheeler, of Jericho, nurses her 13-month-old son during World Breastfeeding Week last Friday at Sand Hill Park.

Mothers celebrate breastfeeding week

By MICHAELA HALNON

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early 50 nursing mothers set up picnic blankets and lawn chairs at Essex’s Sand Hill Park on a sunny Friday morning to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, cooing babies and energetic toddlers in tow.

Event leaders kicked off the local “Big Latch On” with a countdown, aiming to have all of the attending mothers simultaneously nursing their squirming babes for one minute as the clock struck 10:30 a.m.

That was a bit tricky for Colchester resident Samara Fogel. Her 18-month-old daughter, Aliza, has a mind of her own, she joked, laughing as the toddler tossed her rattling toys about.

Fogel relocated to Colchester from New Jersey a few months ago and made a point to seek out local breastfeeding resources upon her arrival. She participated in a Big Latch On event in New Jersey last year, too.

Locally hosted by the Chittenden County

Breastfeeding Coalition for the fifth time, the global event is designed to raise awareness of breastfeeding, encourage the formation of support networks between breastfeeding mothers and normalize breastfeeding as a part of daily life, according to its website.

Across the globe, 17,790 children were breastfeeding during the 2017 one-minute count, according to the organization.

Still, Fogel struggled to come up with a time she’s had a negative experience with breastfeeding, only mentioning one dirty look thrown her way in New Jersey when Aliza was a newborn.

“I didn’t care,” Fogel said, noting she’s never even owned a fabric breastfeeding cover. “It’s never bothered me.”

That’s not an unusual experience, according to Vt. Department of Health breastfeeding coordinator Tricia Cassi.

“Breastfeeding is becoming more and more of the norm throughout the U.S.,” Cassi said.

Essex Jct. families will be without busing for another year after the Essex Westford School Board voted to postpone its planned expansion in the village.

Members quelled this year’s rollout by a 5-1 vote last week after learning their contractor has hired only one driver for the 11 necessary positions. Patrick Murray dissented, citing his campaign platform for increased transportation in Essex Jct. “We are out of time with regards to recruiting to be ready for the first day of school,” chief operating officer Brian Donahue told the EWSD board August 1.

In a phone interview Monday, Donahue said the administration realized its outreach efforts weren’t yielding drivers in early July. He suggested the board require the administration to report back by November with “viable solutions.”

“It’s important for the board to hold their administration accountable,” Donahue said. “Everybody gets worried about having wiggle room. If we have a solid direction and a solid decision, until it needs to change, I think that’s better than being too wide open and vague.”

Donahue said the administration will begin by examining a scenario where EWSD manages all its transportation needs in-house. Such a model could mean EWSD hiring full-time employees who would drive in addition to other duties, like transporting students throughout the day to job sites or shifting schedules so paraeducators can double as drivers.

Districts that operate in-house transportation are those that haven’t experienced the shortfalls associated with the job market, Donahue said. The administration will use that hypothetical scenario to parse through its options, he added.

That includes a potential shift in start and end times for Essex Jct. schools, which

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Hunting season delays firearms forum

Girls learn STEM at summer camp

Sam Davis finds solace in running

Selectboard votes to push back ordinace discussion timeline so hunters can attend

Students take over Essex chip facility for GlobalGirls event

Essex resident talks about four-decade running career, training others

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am Davis, 56, is a veteran of more than 1,000 races.

In his 42 years running, the Essex man has completed 30 marathons, and for the last 12 years, he’s been coaching athletes who want to reach their full potential.

In 2012, Davis received the RunVermont Hall of Fame award.

While too humble to discuss his own triumphs, Davis perked right up when asked about his students’ successes.

“I get a kick when the training plan comes together,” Davis said. “A guy I work with, a tremendous runner, came in third in the Vermont City Marathon. Seeing him come through the finish line was amazing. I take it personally. I care. I want them to have the success they work so hard for. The ones I work with are committed. I feed off their energy.”

Davis works full-time as a senior territory business manager for Bristol-Myers Squibb. In his spare time, he provides coaching for runners of all ages and abilities at no charge.

He limits the number of athletes he works with so that he can offer personalized plans. By eliminating the financial burden on his clients, Davis helps them focus on what’s most important: the training.

Half-a-decade ago, Davis took his training to the next level by traveling to Las Vegas to obtain his USATF Certified Level 2 Endurance Coach certification. Inspired by guest presenter Dr. Joe Vigil, a longtime coach at Adams State University in Colorado and a coach to many Olympic athletes, Davis began to look at training with a fresh set of eyes.

“When Joe talks, people listen,”

Davis said. “You think you know coaching until you are around people who make it their life to coach. My big takeaway was that changes don’t come from the workout. The change comes from the rest and recovery.”

The second youngest of four siblings, Davis was the only one in his family to play sports. His father, curious by nature, found running a foreign concept but supported his son by going to his races and learning what he could at each event. It was the sports-oriented family next door that first introduced Davis to running.

In high school, Davis tried every sport offered but often felt deflated by the aggressive tactics the coaches used. A friend recommended he give cross-country running a try.

Davis quickly took to the sport, but gives all the credit to his coach, Mark Chaplin, for using positive reinforcement to build his self-confidence and love for running. In the fall of Davis’ junior year, his team won the school’s first state championship of any kind in cross country.

In 2016, Davis was able to thank his former coach by presenting him with the same RunVermont Hall of Fame award he had won years before.

“It was really emotional,” Davis recalled. “If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be running.”

Nine years ago, Davis was faced with an unexpected challenge: His father was diagnosed with cancer and given six weeks to live. At the time, Davis was coaching a group of runners for the RunVermont Half Marathon Unplugged. The day of the event was the day Davis’s father died.

“It was 2 a.m. on Saturday morn-

ing. My brother called to tell me my father had passed,” Davis said.

“I didn’t sleep the rest of the night.

When my mother called to tell me we weren’t going to talk to the funeral director until 2 p.m., I went down to the race. My father would have told me to go. I ended up winning the race.

“I wasn’t thinking of winning,” Davis continued. “All I knew was to do what my body had done 1,000 times before that. Nothing mattered. I won by two-hundredths of a second. I got back in the car and burst into tears.

I wrote something on the back of my race number and put it in my father’s casket. I haven’t raced it since. It was a way to somehow tie up loose ends and make it a perfect closure to honor your parent. It’s one of those things where running becomes something more than just the physical part.”

Davis’ wife, Patty, can also be found running with their two dogs, and his 24-year-old daughter, Emily, enjoys running after work and on the weekends with her father. Often, the trio runs together on family vacations.

Coming from a place of contentment, Davis no longer needs external awards to define his character, he said.

“When I was in my 40s and realized I couldn’t run as fast as I used to, it was really tough,” he said. “Somewhere along the way, I made peace with it and, once I did, it felt so liberating. I had a big altar of trophies and T-shirts going back 27 years. I threw out the trophies and gave away the shirts and stopped worrying about it.

While I identify myself as a runner, it doesn’t define me any longer.”

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Nearly 50 women gathered at Sand Hill Park in Essex on Friday to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week with the "Big Latch On," a global event in which nursing mothers in attendance simultaneously breastfeed their children.

BELOW LEFT: Colchester mother Alina Aminora nurses her 6-week-old son in Essex's Sand Hill Park during the Big Latch On, a global event held during World Breastfeeding Week to raise support mothers, raise awareness and normalize breastfeeding as a part of daily life. BOTTOM RIGHT: Dorothy Kress of Essex Jct. attended the event with her son.

BREASTFEED from page 1 “[It’s] just a more relaxed atmosphere.”

It’s especially the case in Vermont, Cassi noted, where 84.5 percent of mothers breastfeed, compared to 81.1 percent nationwide, according to the CDC 2016 Breastfeeding Report Card.

The same dataset shows 58.8 percent of Vermont moms were exclusively breastfeeding when their babies were 3 months, with 31.3 percent still exclusively breastfeeding at 6 months.

“The awareness is growing, but Vermont has been a breastfeeding-friendly state for many years,” Cassi said. “A lot of it has to do with the culture and the community … you see breastfeeding in your community and your friends

and family are doing it.”

Indeed, mothers at the Latch On echoed Fogel’s experience time and time again.

Cradling 6-week-old son Hunter, Colchester resident Moira Adams said she’s breastfed all three of her children, growing increasingly confident with childrearing after each.

“I’ve breastfed all three of my kids in public, and I don’t think I’ve seen a nasty look,” Adams said. “Maybe I wasn’t looking.”

Resource pamphlets and hotline numbers were scattered on nearby tables, along with knit baby hats shaped like (what else?) breasts.

Various state organizations, including the Dept. of Health's Women, Infants and Children program, compiled the information.

“Together WIC and CCBFC are working to transform

the landscape so that our culture can reclaim breastfeeding our infants as visible and normal,” state public health nutritionist Lori Dotolo wrote in an email.

“My favorite part remains the moment when the lively chatter of moms in the park, suddenly turns silent,” Dotolo continued. “A peaceful mist of oxytocin seems to permeate the atmosphere, and it is always calming and magical.”

Waitsfield resident Rebecca Brynga came to the Latch On with her 9-year-old daughter and 2-month-old son. With such a big age gap, Bryna said she especially appreciates the resource now.

“I was really young with her, and I was the first of my friends to have a child,” Brynga said. “[Now I] have a little bit more time and energy to put toward [breastfeeding], and it's been a much more positive experience."

BUSES from page 1 lack the staggered approach found in the town.

“If you need to be five places at once … it really makes it hard to be efficient,” Donahue said at the meeting.

Meanwhile, Essex Jct. will continue to operate as a walking district.

The postponement comes less than a week after contractor Mountain Transit was required to share its new bus routes with the district.

Brian Hemenway, general manager of Mountain Transit’s parent company, told The Reporter in June he hadn’t filled any of the 11 open positions and cautioned he would need “flexibility” when the school year began. The district aided the recruitment push by distributing 6,000 flyers and emailing more than 4,000 parents.

Over three months, those efforts resulted in just one licensed driver and two inquiries. Still, Donahue doesn’t blame the contractor.

“There’s nobody involved in this that has a great deal of control in making people apply for a job,” he said.

Donahue told the board a phased-in approach may have been possible with five or six drivers, but beginning the school year with fewer makes it difficult to establish standard criteria for who receives busing.

Donahue said the board’s $640,000 earmarked for the busing expansion in the fiscal year 2018 budget will now go into the fund balance to help lower tax burdens in future years. He said the administration may also use a small portion of those savings to hire a transportation consultant for six months to help plan for the 2018-19 school year.

Meanwhile, pedestrian improvements at Albert D. Lawton and Hiawatha Schools are ongoing, and the district is researching long-term improvements for Summit Street and Fleming schools, where both officials and parents have voiced concerns over the potential congestion from bus traffic.

The administration is also working with the school board’s legal counsel to assess any ramifications from the postponement, since state law requires school districts to offer equitable access to transportation.

Yet Donahue said the current systems that allowed for Essex Jct.’s walking district means the move won’t “add any exposure” to the board. He confirmed the board’s full intent is to eventually roll out the transportation expansion and hopes the options provided in November can inform the fiscal year 2019 budget process.

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Girls learn STEM at summer camp

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rom July 31 through August 4, GlobalFoundries invited a group of 30 seventhand eighth-grade girls from 11 local schools to the tech firm’s sprawling Essex Jct. campus for their GlobalGirls summer camp program.

Participants were selected on a first-come, firstserved basis from an applicant pool of students nominated by teachers for their talents in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. They attended engineering workshops and tried their hands at computer animation, Lego robot building and programming, wiring and soldering an electronic siren, laptop assembly, semiconductor manufacturing and making ice cream with liquid nitrogen.

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LEFT: Sophia Bisbee solders wires to the circuitboard of her super-sound siren during a GlobalGirls workshop. RIGHT: In other workshops, campers made Lego robots, laptop computers and ice cream.

In the latter workshop, 15 campers watched a live demo on the properties of

liquid nitrogen, followed by a PowerPoint presentation outlining the basics of ice

cream production.

They were then asked to work together in small groups to design a process for making ice cream on an industrial scale, by arranging cutouts of industrial equipment on a posterboard diagram.

To complete the task, campers explained, they drew on a combination of information from the presentation and their own background knowledge in STEM fields. Several were veteran engineers even before attending GlobalGirls, and they had the battlescars to prove it.

“I’ve stapled my hand before,” one girl said, without looking up from the ice cream project.

“Oh, yeah,” replied another, nonchalantly, “I was cutting through duct tape once, and I cut off a part of my thumb.”

She wagged her thumb to show off the scar before sliding a complex looking piece of equipment into place within the rapidly expanding diagram.

Meanwhile, in a separate room, the other 15 campers were wiring and soldering circuit boards to make piercingly loud electronic instruments which the campers called supersound sirens.

“It’s basically an electric simple circuit with a potentiometer that adjusts pitch,” explained seventh-

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Like many of the other campers, Sophia has attended previous workshopstyled, STEM-based summer camps.

“I did one at the Maritime museum, where we built a remotely operated vehicle – an ROV, which is kind of like what we're doing in this class, like soldering with wires. But this one's the best one,” she said of GlobalGirls.

In part, that’s because most STEM programs are co-ed, whereas GlobalGirls is a single-sex summer camp, designed to empower young women to succeed in statistically male-dominated fields.

“A lot of the time, boys are interpreted as like, smarter in math or science,” Sophia said, “This really shows everyone that we can also do it.”

According to a 2016 report by the National Science Board, women make up roughly 50 percent of the U.S. workforce, but only 29 percent of people employed in STEM fields.

According to Joan Williams, a professor and legal scholar who focuses extensively on issues facing women in the workplace, this disparity is caused by systematic biases and discrimination.

In an article for the Harvard Business Review, Williams cited a 2012 double-

blind study as evidence. The randomized study asked science faculty at researchintensive universities to review job applications from fictitious students given a male or female name.

In the end, faculty rated male applicants “as significantly more competent and hirable” than the women, who had identical application materials, Williams wrote. Two years later, a study found “both men and women were twice as likely to hire a man for a job that required math,” she wrote.

Williams’ research suggests Sophia, who wants to be a doctor or maybe a structural engineer, will eventually need to contend with hiring biases, skepticism from colleagues and mentors and a whole host of other institutional hurdles in order to compete with her equally or less talented male peers.

That’s a lot of pressure for even adult engineers to handle. But for two weeks every summer, GlobalGirls’ environment gives girls like Sophia a space to ignore the institutional challenges ahead and focus on the soldering gun at hand.

The trick is to try not to touch the hot part, she joked, “and always wear your safety glasses.”

She then picked up her circuitboard, strapped on her goggles and got to work.

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LETTERS TO ThE EdITOR Join Vermont women to listen, learn and mobilize around racism On Thursday, Aug. 31, women from across Vermont will come together in Stowe for the 2017 My Sister’s Keeper Challenge Conference. I hope the Essex community will be well represented at this important event to “listen, learn and mobilize” around racism.

As a state committed to social justice, it’s critical for us to open our eyes and hearts to the harm that is being caused by racism in our communities.

As Essex becomes more and more diverse, we have the opportunity to meet new people, connect with different cultures and learn new truths about each other’s backgrounds.

These opportunities also reinforce our responsibility to educate ourselves about racial oppression and reflect on what prejudices we may hold onto without even knowing it. By reflecting on our racism, we are opening the door to positive change and hopefully creating a community that is more welcoming to all.

It’s inspiring that the Essex Town Plan includes at least two full pages on our “sense of community” and includes the following descriptions of community connectedness from Heart and Soul: • Acceptance, inclusion and respect for all people across race, ethnicity, gender and age, and increased knowledge of and responsiveness

to volunteer and engage in community • Neighbors and community members treating each other with kindness and respect, helping each other through good times and bad.

With this foundation, we have tremendous potential to make positive change. I look forward to seeing community members at the Sister’s Keeper Conference so that together we can develop tools to effectively implement our town plan goals.

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By GOV. PHIL SCOTT

n my first day in office, I issued an executive order defining the top goals of my administration: growing the economy, making Vermont more affordable and protecting the most vulnerable. We are laser-focused on these priorities and they guide us in everything we do.

That’s why we’ve concentrated on government modernization and efficiency, rethinking and revitalizing our approach to economic development, transitioning to a cradle-to-career education system that is the best in the nation, strengthening our response to the opioid epidemic and making sure state spending isn’t growing faster than wages or the economy.

With this approach, and the help of the legislature in the session that recently ended, we succeeded in investing more in economic growth, including marketing Vermont as a place to do business, expanding small business development centers and establishing tax credits that will support our growing aerospace sector and the forest products economy as well as the creation of new co-working and “maker” spaces that nurture small, innovative startup businesses.

We passed a $35 million housing bond that will create hundreds of new homes throughout the state, employ 1,000 workers, generate $50 million in wages in the construction phase and hundreds of millions of dollars in additional economic value over the next 20 years. We also made commonsense changes to support housing developments and downtown growth by simplifying permitting and increasing tax incentives for development – proven tools for expanding infrastructure and spurring growth.

I believe our education system can be one of our strongest tools for attracting more working families who want to raise their children in the nation’s safest and healthiest state. That’s why I proposed significantly increasing access to childcare, preschool programs and higher education by redeploying ongoing savings in a K-12 system that sees declining student enrollment year-after-year. It’s also why I fought so hard to save up to $26 million each year from the transition to new health insurance plans for teachers,

without asking them to pay more or reducing services to our children.

Ultimately, we increased funding for the Child Care Financial Assistance Program by $2.5 million and the Vermont State College system by $3 million to help stabilize tuition and established a full-time focus on career and technical education at the Agency of Education.

To strengthen our response to the opioid epidemic, I created the Opioid Coordination Council, appointed a director of drug policy and prevention, and convened Vermont’s first statewide convention focused on growing the workforce to support opioid and substance misuse treatment.

We also took important steps toward modernizing state government with the Agency of Digital Services, which merges dozens of IT management functions that were previously spread across state government, and making government more efficient through our Program to Improve Vermont Outcomes Together initiative, which has asked frontline state employees for ways to make our systems more efficient and easier to use.

Most importantly, we achieved all of this without asking you to pay more. For the first time in many years, state spending isn’t growing faster than our ability to pay for it.

Not a single piece of legislation that I signed created or raised taxes or fees. That means state government is doing its part to help families keep more of what they earn, and we did this while protecting essential services and the frontline workers who deliver them.

The path was sometimes challenging. It took a veto to ensure that – for the first time in recent memory – the state budget didn’t raise any taxes or fees, including property taxes rates. We could have taken the easy path, but I believe Vermonters elected me to improve state government and the state’s economic trajectory. And we’re getting there, but there’s much more work to do.

Overall, this legislative session resulted in real progress and an important shift in our thinking – we have built a foundation for stronger growth.

When I think about the opportunities ahead of us, I’m more committed than ever to rolling up my sleeves and building a stronger, more affordable and more prosperous Vermont.

For the first time in many years, state spending isn't growing faster than our ability to pay for it.

ObITuaRIES

LuciLE LarrabEE ESSEX – Lucile M. Larrabee, 87, of 25 Indian Brook Rd. in Essex passed away peacefully due to complications from ALS on Saturday,

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Meet the First Congo pastors: 1867-2017

By ANN GRAy In the first 150 years of its history, 24 senior pastors have served at the First Congregational Church of Essex Jct. Chronologically, they are the Revs. Andrew Willard, Joshua Maynard, Edwin Wheelock, Charles Seaton, John Cowan, William English, Orlande White, Dwight Prentice, Theodore Bacon, Evan Thomas, Chauncey Adams, Elliott Foster, William Millar, Archie Axtell, Duncan Livingstone, Leslie Blundon, James Hutchinson, Earl Vincent, This column is the eighth in a series Robert Snelling, provided by members of Essex's Maxwell Reader, First Congregational Church to David Brown, celebrate the parish's 150 years of Robert Harding, service.

Stephen Garvey and Mark Mendes.

The majority came to First Church from the New England States, and five were Canadians.

The first pastor, Andrew Willard, served both the Essex Center and the Essex Jct. churches and left to become superintendent of schools in Burlington. After a year as superintendent, he entered the University of Vermont Medical School. Upon graduation, he studied mental and nervous disorders in New york City and then returned to Burlington to open a private practice.

He was also an instructor in chemistry, toxicology and sanitary science at the UVM College of Medicine. In 1881, he became superintendent of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, giving up his private practice and taking up residence at the hospital. In 1882, he established a training school for nurses at the hospital. Next, Dr. Willard established a rest cure for nervous individuals at the William Nervine Home, located in Burlington. It had all the comforts of a first class hotel with the necessary seclusion of a retreat. In 1899, ill health forced him to give up the sanitarium and he returned to private practice.

(Source: Historic Guides to Burlington Neighborhoods, Volume II, published by the Chittenden County Historical Society, 1997) The Rev. Charles Seaton served from 1875 to1876. He was a self-made minister without college or seminary training. Instead, he received special training under a local minister to better qualify himself. Seaton served churches in Charlotte and Colchester after Essex Jct. and was known as a man of great natural aptitude.

Longtime Essex residents may remember the Rev. Maxwell Reader who was one of the five Canadians to serve as pastor. It was during his tenure that First Church voted to accept the constitution of the United Church of Christ, and the one-story addition on Church Street was added. At the time of his resignation in 1969, he had served for 12 years -- the longest of any of the previous pastors. Since then both the Revs. Robert Harding and Stephen Garvey have served longer at 14 and 17 years, respectively.

Rev. Mark Mendes was installed as senior pastor at First Church on May 18, 2008. From 1990 to 2004 he had served as senior pastor at Second Church of Plymouth in Plymouth, Mass., and from 2004 to 2007 at Church of the Isles, UCC, in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. He grew up in Coconut Grove, Fla., and attended Plymouth Congregational Church, UCC in Miami, Fla.

THE ESSEX

July 29, 2017 at the University of Vermont Medical Center with her loving family by her side.

Lucile was born Dec. 8, 1929 in Hanover, N. H., the daughter of Ephraim and Velma (Plamondon) Dulac.

She married George F. Larrabee, Jr. on April 15, 1950.

She worked as a hairdresser until she married and started her family. She then became a stay-at-home mom, farmer’s wife, grandmother and great-grandmother, all of which she enjoyed. Her greatest joy was family gatherings at the holidays and making everyone’s favorite dish. She was very proud of her family and loved them all dearly.

Lucile is survived by her sisters Nancy Blake of Charleston, N.H., Theresa Sheldon of Kennebunk, Maine; by her sister-in-law Carolyn Desmarais of Seminole, Fla; by her cousin, Maureen Stefanowicz, of Nashua, N.H.; and by her three children: daughter Marguerite Hill and her husband, Richard; her son, George Larrabee, and his wife, Marie, and daughter Jeanette Pelkey and her husband, Lester; and by her seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 64 years, George F. Larrabee, Jr., in June 2014; by her her parents Ephraim and Velma

Dulac; by her sister Claire Blais; by her brothers-inlaw Gilbert Blake, Raymond Blais and Raymond Desmarais.

A mass was celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 at St. Pius X Church, 20 Jericho Rd. in Essex. There were no public calling per her request.

The family asks that memorial donations be made to UVM College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, ALS Research Fund, Attn: Joanne Stetson, 89 Beaumont Ave., Burlington, VT 05405.

Online condolences may be made at www.minorfh.com.

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Religious Directory

Aug. 13

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

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Come enjoy music, food, T-shirts, prizes and lots of great volleyball in the mud on Sunday, Aug. 13 at 9 a.m. on Chapin Road in Essex while raising money for the Epilepsy Foundation of Vermont. Co-ed teams of any ability are welcome to participate, up to 12 players. See listing for more information.

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.

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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.

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

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.

PicTuring A BeTTer WorlD

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.

VerMonT WeDDing ASSociATion BriDAl ShoW

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

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

Rock and read together with songs, stories and instruments.

Teen SecreT STorAge Book

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.

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 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.

DungeonS AnD DrAgonS

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.

SiT & kniT

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.

12 SATurDAY kiDSAfe coMMuniTY YArD SAle 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Champlain Valley Expo.

More than 150 tables

of new and seasoned items, including antiques, collectibles 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.

grAnD iSle School TAg SAle AnD cAr WASh

9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Grand Isle School, 224 Route 2, Grand Isle. Get your car washed while you shop this mega tag sale.

Proceeds will benefit the 2018 Grand Isle School eighth grade class trip to New York City.

WeekenD STorYTiMe

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

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

VillAge hArMonY concerT

5 p.m. potluck supper, 7 p.m. concert, Congregational Church of South Hero, 24 South St., South Hero. Village Harmony, the acclaimed Vermontbased teen world music singing ensemble, presents its third summer session concert program.

The youth world music chorus will present American shape-note, Appalachian and civil rights songs; music from Caucasus Georgia and Ukraine and early 17th century music. The ensemble consists of three adult leaders and 23 brilliant teenaged singers, ages 12-18.

Bring a dish to share for the potluck supper preceding the concert.

Suggested free will sliding scale donation: $10/adults, $5/ students – contribute what you can. For more information, visit www. villageharmony.org.

13 SunDAY eSSex MuD VolleYBAll TournAMenT

9 a.m., Chapin Road, Essex Center. Come enjoy music, food, T-shirts, prizes and lots of great volleyball in the mud while raising money for the Epilepsy Foundation of Vermont. Co-ed teams of any ability are welcome to participate, up to 12 players. To apply or volunteer, email epilepsy@sover.net or call 1-800-565-0972.

kiDSAfe coMMuniTY YArD SAle 10 a.m. - noon, Champlain Valley Expo. (See Saturday, Aug. 12.)

WinooSki fArMerS' MArkeT 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Champlain Mill Green, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Winooski. The Winooski Farmers' Market brings you Vermont's finest local produce, artisan crafts, and a fun, interactive kids' program.

For more information, visit http://downtownwinooski.org/winooskifarmers-market.

14 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.

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calendar loCal meetingS thurS., aug. 10

wed., aug. 16

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

Village office and brownell library closed for Bennington battle day

tueS., aug. 15

7 p.m., Public Works Consolidation Committee, Town offices, 81 Main St., Essex Jct.

7 p.m., brownell library trustees, Brownell Library, 6 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.

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 strategy. For all ages.

Kindergarten Storytime

6:30 - 7 p.m., Brownell Library. A storytime for students entering kindergarten this fall. Come meet new friends and listen to stories about going to school.

muSt read mondayS

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Brownell Library. “Life in a Jar” by Jack Mayer tells the story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who organized a rescue network to save 2,500 Jewish children, and the three high school girls who uncovered her story in a high school history project. Pick up a copy of the book at the main desk.

15 tueSday Create your own eClipSe Craft

10:30 - noon, Brownell Library. Drop by and learn how to create your own artistic eclipse to celebrate this year’s event.

lego fun

3 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Come build creatively with Legos and see what others build.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by a responsible caregiver.

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 gentle hatha yoga

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.

Knitting group

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

a Cappella women'S group rehearSalS

6:30 p.m., Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington. Women of all ages are invited to join rehearsals for a Sept. 11 a cappella performance at Overlook Park in South Burlington. Friends and family welcome to join.

For more information, call 598-2447.

milton Community band end-of-Summer ConCert 7 p.m., Bombardier Park, Milton. This free performance will feature band favorites, including pops, Broadway and movie themes, marches and patriotic tunes under the direction of Brian Hoover. Free.

For more information, email miltonband01@ hotmail.com or call 893-1398.

16 wedneSday brownell library & village offiCe CloSed teCh time with traCi

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

Current eventS ConverSation

11 a.m. - noon, Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, 21 Library Ln., Williston.

Gather with others interested in informal discussion on current newsworthy topics. Free.

writing worKShop & booK diSCuSSion with geof hewitt

4:30, Burnham Memorial Library. Join Vermont poet, teacher and performer Geof Hewitt and our Young Writers’ Group for a writing workshop. Writing and reading will be followed by pizza and a book discussion of “Brown Girl Dreaming,” this year’s VT Reads book, at 6 p.m. Sign up at http:// colchestervt.gov/158/ Burnham-MemorialLibrary.

17 thurSday film and diSCuSSion

2 - 3:30 p.m., Brownell Library.

after-hourS teen volunteer pizza party

5 - 7 p.m., Brownell Library. An after-hours pizza party for teens who volunteered this summer. Raffle drawing, too! For grades 6 and up.

Summer ConCert SerieS: Satin & Steel

7 - 8:30 p.m., Bayside Beach, 1 West Lakeshore Dr., Colchester.

Join us for Colchester's summertime tradition.

Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic dinner to our summer concert series on Thursday evenings. This week: Our 2017 series rounds out with fan favorite Satin & Steel, rescheduled from earlier in the summer. The 10-piece R&B horn band is based in the central Vermont Rutland-Killington area.

Originally formed in 1971, the group evolved into a traveling club that toured New England for several years and laid dormant until 1995, when five of the original members decided to get the band back together.

18 friday SongS and StorieS with matthew

10 - 10:45 a.m., Brownell Library. Matthew Witten performs songs about our world and tells adventurous tales. Funded by the Brownell Library Foundation. For all ages.

muSiCal Storytime

Now is the time to treat for grubs & moles! Treat now to kill the grubs as they hatch!

approaCh

11 a.m., Phoenix Books, 21 Essex Way, Essex Jct. Calling all kids! Join us for our weekly whole book approach story time. The approach explores the ways that words, pictures and book design work together to tell a complete story. The adult leads the children through the book rather than reading the book at/to them.

We’ll hold story time just about every week.

Want to double check on a particular date?

Call us at 872-7111.

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19 Saturday weeKend Storytime

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

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

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20 Sunday

1 p.m., Hyde Park Opera House, 85 Main St., Hyde Park. (See Saturday, Aug. 19.)

unShaCKling ameriCa: the war of 1812

2 p.m., Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, Burlington. Willard Sterne Randall documents an unremitting 50-year struggle for economic independence from Britain, overlapping two armed conflicts linked by an unacknowledged global struggle and challenging the persistent fallacy that Americans fought two separate wars of independence.

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.

harriet powell hiStoriCal muSeum

6 - 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 1 - 4 p.m. Sundays.

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

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6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Free popcorn and drinks at all movies.

Mon-Fri 8am-5:30pm; Sat 8am-4pm; Sun: Closed.

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the big blue trunK final reading

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: Contois School of Music Band, a professional band comprised of music students and teachers from the Contois School of Music combined with local area professional musicians. This unique blend of young musicians, teachers and professionals produces a sound and range of musical styles and abilities that is truly unique in today’s musical entertainment environment.

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1 p.m., Hyde Park Opera House, 85 Main St., Hyde Park. Your chance to be a part of a fun “whodunit” mystery/comedy set in New England. “Murder Inn” by Howard Voland and Keith McGregor will be directed by Essex Jct. resident Kris Johnson and will take the stage in November. Visit www.

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

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

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

Rock and read together with songs, stories and instruments.

2:30 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. We will “build a better world” through games with the Big Blue Trunk.

Children who kept reading logs will receive a free book and certificate.

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1:04 a.m., Agency Assist on Pearl St. 5:42 a.m., Citizens Assist on Jackson St. 11:11 a.m., Citizens Assist on S Hill Dr. 12:48 p.m., Citizens Assist on Irene Ave. 2:12 p.m., Fraud on Pleasant St. 4 p.m., MV Complaint on Nahma Ave. 4:54 p.m., Animal Problem on Pearl St. 9:08 p.m., MV Complaint on Baker St. 10:19 p.m., Animal Problem on Jericho Rd. 11:17 p.m., Citizens Dispute on Pearl St.

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4:48 p.m., Theft on Maple St. 5:33 p.m., Accident on Center Rd. 9:30 p.m., Suspicious on Old Colchester Rd. 10:23 p.m., Suspicious on Ridge Rd. 11:17 p.m., Intoxicated Person on Hiawatha Ave.

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3:34 a.m., Suspicious on Essex Way. 7:28 a.m., Agency Assist on River St. 8:54 a.m., Accident on Founders Rd. 10:52 a.m., Motor Vehicle Complaint on Park St. 11:16 a.m., Suspicious on Saxon Hill Rd. 12:15 p.m., Motor Vehicle Complaint on Park St. 12:59 p.m., Accident on Pearl St. 1:32 p.m., Accident on Main St. 4:26 p.m., Property Damage on Pearl St. 5:21 p.m., Citizens Assist on Maple St. 9:10 p.m., Traffic Offense on Taft St.

10:36 p.m., Suspicious on Central St. 11:25 p.m., Traffic Offense at Indian Brook.

11:46 p.m., Juvenile Problem at Indian Brook

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1:38 p.m., Citizens Dispute on Pearl St. 2:14 p.m., Citizens Assist on Pettingill Rd. 4:04 p.m., Suspicious on Central St. 5:13 p.m., Citizens Assist on Park St. 5:32 p.m., Accident on Essex Way. 5:37 p.m., Citizens Dispute on Railroad Ave. 8:04 p.m., Family Fight on Pearl St. 8:10 p.m., Accident on Willeys Ct. 10:08 p.m., Suspicious on Main St.

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10:54 a.m., Citizens Assist on Laurette Dr. 11:16 a.m., Suspicious on Saxon Hill Rd. 11:18 a.m., Suspicious on Densmore Dr. 12:28 p.m., Property Damage on Essex Way. 3:48 p.m., Trespassing on Park St. 4:04 p.m., Citizens Dispute on Maple St. 4:09 p.m., Burglary on Railroad St. 5:13 p.m., Accident on Pearl St. 5:33 p.m., Citizens Dispute on Main St. 6:10 p.m., Motor Vehicle Complaint on Pearl St. 6:50 p.m., Citizens Dispute on Center Rd. 11:14 p.m., Suspicious on Susie Wilson Rd. 11:34 p.m., Suspicious on Brickyard Rd.

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12:32 a.m., DLS on Colchester Rd. 10:26 a.m., Theft on River Rd. 11 a.m., Accident on Upper Main St.

11:38 a.m., Utility Problem on Creek Rd. 1:33 p.m., Citizens Assist on S Hill Dr. 1:46 p.m., Theft at Saxon Hill Park.

3:04 p.m., Noise Complaint on West St. 7:23 p.m., Citizens Dispute on St James Pl. 7:31 p.m., Intoxicated Person on Carmichael St. 8:12 p.m., Suspicious on Turcotte Rd. 8:43 p.m., Juvenile Problem on Essex Way. 10:16 p.m., Motor Vehicle Complaint on Park St. 11:55 p.m., Noise Complaint on Pearl St.

2:29 p.m., Suspicious on Lincoln St. 3:08 p.m., Citizens Assist at Indian Brook.

4:52 p.m., Theft on Sand Hill Rd. 4:55 p.m., Juvenile Problem on Maple St. 6:49 p.m., Theft on Jackson St. 7:44 p.m., Suspicious on Ethan Allen Ave. 7:55 p.m., Suspicious on Park Ter. 9:37 p.m., Threatening on Foster Rd. 9:49 p.m., Suspicious on Pinecrest Dr. 10:18 p.m., Suspicious on Upper Main St. 11:34 p.m., Citizens Dispute on Pinecrest Dr.

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12:20 a.m., Juvenile Problem on Center Rd. 4:47 a.m., Assisted Rescue on Central St. 10:47 a.m., Property Damage on Carmichael St. 11:27 a.m., Accident on Park St. 11:27 a.m., Citizens Assist at Indian Brook.

This log represents a sample of incidents in the date range. For more information, call the non-emergency number: 878-8331

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Board delays firearm forum until after hunting season

By COLIN FLANDERS

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orums on Essex’s firearms ordinance will wait on hunting season after the selectboard delayed its search for a facilitator.

In a memo to the board, deputy town manager Greg Duggan offered a timeline for the public engagement process. It showed the consultant hosting public forums in October and November before recommending whether to modify the town’s existing firearms ordinance.

In response, Ben Broe, whose family owns property at 54 Lost Nation Rd., penned a letter urging members to shelve the forums until after deer hunting season, which runs from October through mid-December.

“Hunters will want to personally attend these public forums, and these proposed times make that difficult,” his letter says.

“They will be out doing what they enjoy.”

At Monday night’s meeting, selectman Michael Plageman said he strongly favors pushing back the timeline. Failure to do so would “marginalize hunters” and be “begging for a fight,” he said.

“They deserve to be heard,” he said.

Selectwoman Sue Cook responded she’s not sure why the board would single out one group when there’s “a whole series” of reasons one might miss a meeting. She and Irene Wrenner voted against the schedule shift. The postponement passed 3-2.

While delaying the process by at least four months, the decision likely won’t affect

overall timeline. Duggan said it was already too late for any recommendations to encompass the 2017 hunting season.

Once chosen, the facilitator will have a $10,000 budget and be expected to complete the process within a month, the job posting reads. The final report is then due at a regular selectboard meeting in the following weeks.

Shooting is currently prohibited in Essex Jct. and in some of the more densely populated areas of Essex Town.

The facilitator must wade through the heated debate over safety and individual rights that has filled meetings in recent years. Some residents say a more restrictive ordinance would protect public parks and residences. Others say tighter regulations overstep the town’s right to mandate what residents do on their private property.

The advertisement doesn’t require the facilitator be familiar with firearms, a request one hunter made at a meeting last year. Broe’s letter says this is concerning.

Duggan said it’s best to have someone who knows nothing about the topic at hand.

“They’re there to guide the discussion,” he said. “The content is almost irrelevant to them.”

The advertisement does share some background information for potential candidates, however, including mention of John Reiss, the Old Stage Rd. resident who was killed in 2008 by a stray bullet from a neighboring gun range.

Reiss’ death sparked a review of the ordinance by a selectboard-appointed citizen

taskforce in 2008. The group recommended about 20 individual changes the selectboard never acted on.

“I do not believe that it will be in anyone’s best interest to wait until there is another tragic shooting incident,” wrote Pete Gagliardi, chairman of the taskforce, in a 2009 statement to the board.

Since then, residential development has since sprouted greater density in Essex’s more rural areas, the advertisement explains.

The issue then returned before the selectboard in 2016, eight years after Reiss’ death, when police Chief Brad LaRose declared changes are necessary. He was prompted by a 2015 shooting incident that left a bullet lodged in the wall of a Deer Crossing Ln. resident.

“The probability of a fired projectile striking a person or property has increased significantly,” he said at the time, adding a full-out ban would be the safest approach, though not fair to those who shoot safely.

LaRose altered his suggestion after researching two towns that revamped their ordinance in recent years, Colchester and Williston.

By using qualifying language to discriminate specific firearm types in certain areas, seen as a compromise, those towns helped push through changes, LaRose said.

For Essex, a phase-in approach could begin with Indian Brook Park and Saxon Hill Forest, two popular walking and biking locations, he added. The advertisement says the facilitator’s final report should be based,

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Requiring a much farther trip, the Williston food shelf is open three times a week and serves about 400 Essex residents — a statistic that more than proves a permanent local pantry is essential for the state’s second largest town, Francalangia said.

“There are all these little things that are trying to meet the demand,” she said. “We’re hoping that once we’re up, open and established, we can work together."

Francalangia said she’s seen the need for a frequently open food shelf firsthand in her job, where kids often come to school hungry.

Data published by the Vermont Agency of Education shows more than 25 percent of students in Essex’s two school districts qualified for free or reduced lunch in the 2016-17 school year, an indicator of low family income.

“We see all of these new apartments going up, and the socioeconomic status

Vermont’s two officials are “working diligently” on the recommendation, Carle said, but there’s no decision as of Tuesday.

“Vermont is probably ahead of the pace of some other states in filling vacancies like this,” he added.

All 94 U.S. marshal positions, one for each federal judicial district, are up for appointment by Trump. He can choose to retain current marshals but has made no formal nominations to date, according to Lynne Donahue, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Marshals Headquarters.

Carle said he couldn’t share how many applications Leahy’s office received for Vermont’s position, citing “personnel matters,” and he declined to say if the pool has been narrowed down. He did confirm several Vermonters expressed interest, however.

The Reporter’s records request, which sought all correspondence to and from Scott’s office regarding the position, shows two other Vermonters applied and a third was recommended.

Reached Tuesday, joint municipal manager Pat Scheidel said he knew LaRose was told about the vacancy. He called LaRose

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“He’s just the right kind of person in terms of commitment to the profession, commitment to the job and a strong sense of right and wrong,” Scheidel said. “The marshal service would be well served to have him as their leader.”

In his cover letter, LaRose says he “continue[s] to thoroughly enjoy” his current position but is confident his experience, accomplishments, philosophy and

ing, the Currier investigation and, most recently, the Essex High School swatting incident.

Among the seven references on LaRose’s resume are Scheidel, Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan and current U.S. Marshal David Demag, who served as Essex Police Chief from 2001 to 2008.

If appointed, LaRose would leave behind a 37year career with the department. Scheidel said the town would likely conduct a search for his replacement, during which internal candidates would be encouraged to apply.

In 2015, LaRose promoted Cpts. Rick Garey and George Murtie in efforts to a restructure the department’s succession plan.

If given a few months’ notice, Pat Scheidel Scheidel said there wouldn’t be much Joint municipal manager to worry about. A few weeks might attitude will identify him make the transition more as a “viable fit” for the posi- challenging, he said, but tion. That includes nearly 25 lauded the department’s years of teaching at the Ver- “great command structure.” mont Police Academy.

With the application “Learning and teaching process in its early stage, innovative methods of pro- LaRose said he doesn’t know viding police services is an what to expect moving forintegral part of who I am,” ward. He emphasized his he wrote. primary focus is continuing He also highlighted his as Essex’s police chief. experience with various law “If they were to say, enforcement agencies dur- ‘Hey, Brad, could you start ing cases like the 2006 Essex tomorrow? I couldn’t do Elementary School shoot- that,” he said.

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Residents interested in volunteering or donating can email auntdotsplace@ gmail.com to coordinate a drop-off time. Currently, the food shelf is especially in need of paper products and feminine hygiene supplies and is still looking for chairs, refrigerators and freezers.

“We’re starting with nothing,” Francalangia said.

at least in part, on LaRose’s options.

Wrenner said she’d rather skip the engagement process and have the board act on the chief ’s recommendations instead of “putting it off and studying it.”

“We’ve convened people, we’ve had them work hard, they put out a report, and it sat on the shelf,” she said.

Plus, the board can expect one-sided attendance: Those opposed to more stringent regulations have intimidated and “psychologically threatened” those in favor, Wrenner said, adding in one case, someone was prevented from leaving their driveway.

“I don’t think this will serve the purpose that we want it to serve,” she said. “It’s an exercise in spending $10,000 to get back to square one.”

Levy said Wrenner’s concerns are exactly why the board said it wanted a facilitator, one who can seek input in various ways, including electronic.

“If we just bully our way through with the selectboard without doing it in a way that ensures these voices are heard, we’re not doing our job,” he said, adding the candidate will be made aware of the past contentions.

Compared to what the board received this week, however, the final version of the advertisement will be slightly modified: particularly, its wording.

“The word ‘polarizing’ is in there a couple of times,” Duggan said. “‘A polarizing issue.”’

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was inspired to make an icebox cake based on the flavors of one of Vermont’s favorite creemees: maple and black raspberry swirl!

Creemee, by the way, is what we call soft-serve here in Vermont, and maple creemees are eagerly anticipated as summer approaches and ice cream stands begin to open.

My son and I found this one at our local shop, The Village Scoop.

To try and replicate that delicious and delicate flavor combination, these miniature icebox cakes have a base made of sugar cone crumbs.

Then, black raspberry jam is blended with cream cheese to make a rich and fruity filling. I did find that black raspberry jam is a little more elusive – what is more often on the store shelves is blackberry jam, which is not the same thing. Black raspberry jam has a much sweeter and

sunnier flavor (if that’s even possible).

When I took a bite it tasted just like eating black raspberries off the bush, out in the hot sun in our backyard.

I found black raspberry jams made by Dickinson’s and Smucker’s, and also online from Stonewall Kitchen. Just check the labels closely – you’ll find it!

The crumbs and cream cheese filling are packed into cupcake liners.

Then, they are topped with sweet whipped cream: sweet with Vermont maple syrup, that is!

After the cakes have an overnight stay in the fridge, they are topped with crushed cone and a drizzle of maple syrup.

Give these little treats a try! They are cute in their mini size, require no baking (what a lovely summer dessert), and they’re rich with a unique flavor combination straight out of the 802.

These miniature icebox cakes have flavors of Vermont maple, black raspberry, and sugar cone.

Note: The bowl and beater for the mixer need to chill for 30 minutes in the freezer. Also, the icebox cakes need to be refrigerated overnight. Allow time for both of these steps.

INGREDIENTS • 12 sugar cones • 4 Tbs. butter, melted • 8 oz. cream cheese, softened • 1/2 c. + 2 Tbs. confectioner's sugar, divided • 1/4 c. black raspberry jam • 1 c. whipping cream, cold • 1/3 c. Vermont maple syrup plus extra for drizzling INSTRUCTIONS 1. Place the bowl and whisk attachment for a stand mixer into the freezer to chill.

2. Place 11 of the sugar cones into a food processor and grind them into fine crumbs. (Hold the last cone aside to use for garnishing the finished cakes.) Pour the crumbs into a medium bowl. Add in the melted butter and stir through until the crumbs are moistened.

3. Line a 12-cup cupcake pan with 2-3 paper lines per cup (the extra liners help keep the moist ingredients from seeping and make the cakes sturdier for serving.

I like to use plain white liners on the inside and a decorative liner on the outside.) Divide the moistened crumbs between the 12 cups (add in a tablespoon at a time until all the crumbs are used). Press the crumbs into the bottom of the cups: if you have a mini tart tamper, you can use it. I don't have one so I used the bottom of a spice bottle.

4. In a medium bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese, 1/3 of a cup

of the confectioner's sugar, and the black raspberry jam. Blend it until everything is mixed well and the mixture is smooth. Set this aside.

5. Assemble the chilled mixer bowl and whisk attachment onto the stand mixer. Pour the whipping cream into the bowl and turn the mixer on high. Beat the cream for 5 minutes, then pause the machine to add in the remaining confectioner's sugar and the maple syrup.

Beat the cream for another 5 minutes or so: check the cream often and beat it until stiff peaks form. Do not over-beat the cream!

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Spring-loaded ice cream scoops, if you have them, work well to fill these cakes.

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ABOVE: TEST celebrates its recordbreaking performance of the Men 18 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay at the Vermont Swim Association Championships last Hartford on Saturday. RIGHT: TEST swimmers drive into the pool. Swimmers in the final heat of the Men 15-18 100 Yard Backstroke dive in to start their race at the Vermont Swim Association Championships in Hartford last Saturday. Ross Macy (center) went on to beat Michael Winget's 2010 record.

What a great two weeks of summer we have had. It’s never too late for warm and sunny weather. We are entering preseason for high school sports, the end of summer leagues and the start of in-service and school. Let the countdown begin!

TEST D-1 results from states were as follows: 1. EDGE Swim Club (4,408.50), 2. Town of Essex Swim Team (2,558.50) ,3. Burlington Tennis Club (1,804), 4. Burlington Country Club (1,548), 5. Vergennes Swim Team (1,525.50).

TEST had 25 first-place finishes individual events en route to setting five state records: Erik Linsesen (50 fly, 50 back, 50 breast and 50 free), Ross Macy (100 back). The squad took five first-place fiishes in relays, breaking two state records: Kevin Hancock, Oliver Austin, Cameron Marcus and Macy in the 18-andunder 200 medley relay as well as the 200m free relay team of Macy, Elliot Limanek, Austin and Kevin Hancock. Finally, Charlotte Brace, the team's graduating senior, is headed to Princeton University in the fall and was one of five VSA scholarship winners! Great job, all!

Weather played a part in the VT Women’s Summer Soccer League playoffs last week.

No. 1 VT Energy Legs hosted No. 4 Huff & Puff and No. 2 Back Country vs. No. 3 Shenanigans. The top two seeds will play in the championship game Tuesday.

Representing Vermont at the New England Regional Tournament in Bristol, Conn., the Essex Jct. 11- and 12-yearold All Stars lost their opening tourney game last Sunday against a gritty Maine team from South Portland. Maine struck first with a two-run homer in the top of the third, but Vermont answered back when Hazen Randall scored from third on a Maine error.

Essex Jct. turned up the pressure, plating Eli Bostwick, Andrew Goodrich, Jacob Reyome and Tobey Appenzeller in the bottom of the fourth to build a 5-2 lead that would last until the sixth inning. EJ hitting was led by Josh Brown, who went twofor-three with two RBIs, while Kyle Lozier contributed two RBIs and Jacob Reyome added another. The Jct. used 4 pitchers in the effort (Eli Bostwick,

By JOE GONILLO Ben Deibler, Andrew Goodrich and Jacob Reyome), who collectively registered 8 strikeouts. Their next game was Tuesday at 1 p.m. on ESPN3.

Vermont won the 2017 Shrine game 19-0 for its firstever winning streak in the history of the all-star game.

Horents Liam Colter and Tommy Kourebanas both were all-star selections and played great games. Nice way to end their high school football careers.

If you are interested in reffing soccer in the fall, let me know. I am assigning subvarsity – JV, freshmen and middle school – games this fall.

Training will be provided. A day-long clinic in Barre run by varsity official Frank Martel is scheduled for August 25.

Went to Lake Monsters' game Friday night with my wife, nephew Josh Stark and his son, Owen, a Fairfax little leaguer. Vermont won an exciting, close game hanging on to first place, but am kicking myself because I forgot my old buddy Rich Haskell was announcing for the Tigers up in the visitor’s booth.

In case you missed it, congrats to Colchester's Matt Fraser, who won the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Championships with a record-setting performance.

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Happy birthday to my younger brother, Vince Gonillo, who is head of our new school district’s technology department. Also birthday wishes to Adam Slocum, Diane Slocum, Jack Chalmers, Kelly Morcombe, Shirley Smith and Olivia DiMambro. Happy Anniversary to Westford’s Sara and Josh Stark.Congrats to former EJRP Rec Director Pete Selikowitz and wife, Minerva, on their wedding last weekend. Sad remembering the 38th anniversary of the passing of Yankee great Thurman Munson. Saw his final home game as a Yank in ’79.

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