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Stray bullet enters home

Police: No one injured after pistol slug ricocheted through open window

By COLIN FLANDERS

Essex police say a stray bullet entered a residence in the northernmost portion of Sand Hill Road last Friday.

Lt. Robert Kissinger said the bullet entered the residence through a screened window shortly after 9:30 p.m. August 11. He said the bullet entered the home at an altered trajectory and appeared to have foliage attached, leading police to believe it struck another object first.

Kissinger said evidence shows the bullet was shot from an area north of the home, and residents found it lying on the floor, suggesting it entered with a reduced velocity.

Kissinger said the bullet was shot from a pistol, but police haven’t determined the specific caliber. He declined to share the exact location of the incident since the investigation is ongoing, but said the incident could lead to a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment.

Kissinger said he’s not unaware of any similar incidents on northern Sand Hill Road.

He said he believes a person would have felt the bullet if struck him or her, but it’s unlikely a potential victim would have been injured.

The incident is the second time in the last three years a bullet has entered an Essex residence and comes a week after the Essex Selectboard said it will wait until hunting season ends before scheduling forums on potential changes to the firearms ordinance.

Police say shooting is not allowed in this area of town. Anyone with more information is asked to contact Essex police at 878-8331.

Essex native to lead National Guard PR

By KAYLEE SULLIVAN Just as his relatives did before him, Essex’s Mike Acrovitch grew up with a desire to serve his country.

Leaving his teaching career behind, the 2002 Essex High School graduate is now fulfilling his goal fulltime as he settles into his new role as public affairs official for the Vermont National Guard. “[I’m] coming into a whole new challenge. For a long time, I was teaching marketing and teaching Mike Acrovitch lessons about public affairs,” Acrovitch, formerly of Burlington High School, said. “And now being able to apply it, on a much larger scale, is exciting.”

Simply put, the lieutenant’s job is to tell the National Guard’s story, he said.

Hired on May 31, Acrovitch is learning the ropes before outgoing PAO Maj. Christopher Gookin leaves his post come 2018. According to Acrovitch, Gookin is staying within the organization.

Expanding exposure and celebrating the Guard’s soldiers and airmen are at the core of Acrovitch’s focus. Like anything, Acrovitch recognized the military might not always be well received by those outside the organization. By spotlighting the work Guardsmen do, he hopes to begin breaking that barrier.

Growing up, Acrovitch looked up to his two grandfathers who served — one in the Air Force and the other in the Marine Corps.

So when the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks hit his senior year of high school, he knew he wanted to enlist.

But his mother told Acrovitch, then just 17, no way. So he headed off to Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a marketing degree and continued chasing his love for sports. Upon returning to Vermont, he notched a teaching license from the Teacher Apprenticeship Program.

After completing a student teaching assignment in Essex, Acrovitch began his career at BHS at age 23.

Nine years later, increasing budget constraints left Acrovitch’s position in jeopardy, leading him to look elsewhere. He also served as the school’s football and lacrosse coach, the latter a position he still holds.

See GUARD, page 3

PHOTO BY COLIN FLANDERS

Peter Edelmann, pictured in his office overlooking the Essex Outlets on Monday, will present a concept to the planning commission August 24 that details his vision for the area's future.

Developer considers major outlet revamp Conceptual plans show trio of six-story buildings, hundreds of residential units

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By COLIN FLANDERS

s the rise in e-commerce hollows shopping centers across the nation, their desolate halls, like forgotten Olympic villages, offer clear warning: Evolve or get left behind.

For Peter Edelmann, managing partner of the Essex Outlets, the retail transformation was no surprise.

“It was coming,” he said in an interview last Friday. “It was just a question of how big and how fast it would go.”

When he and a dozen partners purchased the outlets 25 years ago, the area seemed prime for growth, benefitting from two I-289 access points and hope for the circumferential highway still alive. He even received a tiny shovel to commemorate the groundbreaking by then-Gov. Jim Douglas.

But the circ’s failure and retail’s shifting tides are now offering Edelmann, whose office overlooks the outlets, a front-row view to the revolution. Vacancies mar his shopping center, and turnover is headlined by the departure of once cherished destinations — Ralph Lauren, Coach, Under Armour — inspiring many locals to write off the outlets as a tanking enterprise.

Ask Edelmann, however, and the solution is quite clear: an ambitious redevelopment project that shifts focus to entertainment and experience, values local boutiques and services over national retailers and stacks residential units in the heart of the outlets.

Doing so, he hopes, will inject life back into the area.

See OUTLETS, page 10

PHOTO BY COLIN FLANDERS

A map posted outside of the Essex Outlets shows vacancies dot the shopping center.

Edelmann believes he can reinvigorate the area by demolishing two buildings, including the one pictured above, and replacing them with up to nine new edifices that would host hundreds of new residential units.

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WITH TLC, THE '90S RETURN TO THE FAIR

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By ABBY LEDOUX

n case you missed it, the ‘90s are back.

From crop tops to tattoo chokers to classic sitcom reboots (here’s looking at you, “Full House” and “Will & Grace”), trends predating the second millennium are having a moment.

That includes music trends, too: For the second year in a row, Champlain Valley Fair-goers can relive the popular decade, albeit for one night, when “I Love the ‘90s: The Party Continues” hits the Coca-Cola Grandstand on Saturday, Aug. 25.

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"I Love the '90s: The Party Continues" hits the fair on August 25 featuring headlining act TLC, the best-selling American girl group of all time. Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins (pictured above left) spoke with The Reporter in advance of the show.

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Fab 9 celebrates 60 years in Essex Jct.

Boards narrow search for recruitment firm

Calvin Combs, 21, shares advice on money management, investing young

Vermont statesmen gather at chip facility to commemorate milestone

Pat Scheidel submits resignation letter, will go into effect April 1, 2018

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For six years, Combs has Combs enrolled there in 2015 with a focus run and operated Good Neighon accounting. In addition, his business bor Lawn Care, a company that provides has enabled him to fully fund living on his spring and fall cleanup, hedge trimming own in Essex, as well as put away money and lawn mowing for 23 weeks annually. for his retirement and graduate school.

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But knocking on doors, Combs is more and handing out than just a flyers until somebusinessman.

Inspired by his one let me cut their father, a pastor lawn.”

The summer who moved his after his freshman family to Essex year of high school, from Virginia Combs had a handin 2003 to build ful of regular cusa church in the PHOTO BY CINDY CHITTENDEN tomers, and each town of Georsummer, his client gia, the youngCalvin Combs, 21, has run Good Neighbor Lawn Care for list grew. Encourer Combs now the past six years, trimming hedges and mowing lawns for aged by the growth teaches a bible 23 weeks annually. and wanting to study group for know more about his peers.

“I see people lost and hurting,” he said. business, he “People are disconnected and I want to enrolled in the Vermont Academy of Scihelp. I see the need.” ence and Technology program at Vermont

The entrepreneur and communityTechnical College in 2014.

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GlobalFoundries celebrates 60 years

By SAM HELLER

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contingent of prominent Vermont statesmen, including Sen. Patrick Leahy and Gov. Phil Scott, gathered August 9 at GlobalFoundries’ labyrinthine Essex Jct. campus, nicknamed Fab 9, to celebrate the site's 60th anniversary.

The celebration took place in a sweeping courtyard behind GlobalFoundries’ main lobby, where attendees mingled and chatted over hors d'oeuvres – including a dome-shaped cake baked to look like the company’s logo – before settling into their seats to listen to a brief speech by senior location executive Dale Miller who served as the anniversary’s master of ceremonies.

Miller began his introduction by welcoming a number of distinguished guests: Vermont State Sen. Michael Sirotkin, Reps. Betsy Dunn and Linda

GUARD from page 1 Thoughts of either moving south or joining the Marine Corps in New York fizzled when his family determined Essex is where they want to be. His wife, Ashley, also an ’02 EHS grad, and their three kids – 4-year-old Mason, 2-yearold Brooks and 4-monthold Walker – are heavily involved in their town, he said.

The father of three linked this to military values, saying the Guard is inherently a community-

Myers, Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation president Frank Cioffi and Vermont Chamber of Commerce President Betsy Bishop, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders’ outreach coordinator Haley Pero.

“And now, on to the good part,” Miller said before ceding the microphone to a rare speech by GlobalFoundries CEO Sanjay Jha.

Jha manages GlobalFoundries operations from New York to Singapore to Dresden. The anniversary celebration marked the elusive executive’s first visit to Fab 9 since the one-year anniversary of the company’s 2015 acquisition of the site from IBM.

During his speech, Jha congratulated the staff at Fab 9 for their perseverance and flexibility in light of changes that had swept the company.

Fab 9, originally nicknamed BTV, was first opened by IBM in 1957 to make wire contact relays.

Since then, it’s been regularly ex-

based force.

Acrovitch’s job transition felt natural, he said.

Along with his deep family ties, his experience playing and coaching sports taught him the importance of physical and mental strength. As such, he said, he learned he could push his body past conceived limits.

Dubbing himself a “relationship kind of guy,” he said the public affairs listing was right in his “wheelhouse.”

His marketing degree provided credentials, but Acrovitch noted his ability to build community relationships as his major

panded and repurposed. In the ’60 s, IBM built several new buildings on the site and used it to produce 64-bit memory chips. In the ’70 s, it produced magnetic film memory for NASA.

GlobalFoundries acquired Fab 9 from IBM in the summer 2015.

Today, the company continues to produce microchips in addition to semiconductors and power amplifiers.

“This organization, this site, has been through multiple different avatars – multiple different versions of itself,” Jha said. “It's evolved multiple times, and what it has done is innovated every single time to become the next thing which is valuable for the industry.”

PHOTO BY SAM HELLER

Gov. Phil Scott poses with Dale Miller, Executive for GlobalFoundries' Essex facility, last week at Fab 9 to celebrate the site's 60th anniversary.

selling point. Being a Vermonter is key, too, since knowing the ins and outs of the state and its people will aid the Guard in its communication efforts, he added.

So far, Acrovitch has even met military figures in the nation’s capital, where he visited earlier this summer. Coming into his position, Acrovitch is tackling the learning curve by getting to know the various people within the Guard and their duties. Last week, he had plans to hop in a helicopter and capture photos of training on base.

Acrovitch said the military has a unique identity: Funded by taxes, the military affords Americans the right to know how their tax dollars are being spent and who the soldiers and airmen are protecting them.

Plus, he’s living a lifelong dream.

“Being able to fulfill this role while being in the military is the best of both worlds,” Acrovitch said, sporting a uniform he said he’s proud to wear. “I get to serve, and I get to do something I find very interesting."

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The 30-date national tour with a bill of notable ‘90s hitmakers follows the success of last year’s original “I Love the ‘90s” tour, which induced nostalgia with old-school hip-hop acts Salt-N-Pepa, Coolio and Vanilla Ice.

The lineup varies by city, but all stops are headlined by TLC, the best-selling American girl group of all time with over 65 million records sold worldwide.

The original trio, consisting of Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and

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ABBY LEDOUX: You’re just over a month in headlining this tour.

What has that experience been like?

TIONNE “T-BOZ” WATKINS: We’ve never stopped touring, so for me, it’s like my second home. It comes naturally, just doing another tour, but it’s been fun. All the crowds have been high energy and amazing.

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Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, first rose to fame out of Atlanta in the early ’90s, recognized for their unique blend of R&B and hip hop, uninhibited lyrics and ostentatious outfits.

TLC earned fans with radio classics like “Waterfalls,” “No Scrubs,” “Creep” and “Unpretty” – all No. 1 Billboard hits.

In all, the group saw nine songs chart the Top 10 and racked up a bevy of awards – including five MTV Video Music Awards, four Grammys, and three Billboard Music Awards – and dozens more nominations, all cementing their place in the genre’s canon.

TLC was in the middle of recording their fourth album when Lopes was killed in a car crash in Honduras in 2002. Watkins

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AL: And you have your fifth studio album out now.

TW: Yeah, I can’t believe it. I’m so happy it’s out – oh my God, I was so nervous … It was received well, so that’s a breath of fresh air.

AL: Are you doing new stuff and the classics on this tour?

TW: Yeah, we mix them in together … I hate performing songs people don’t know ... but the reception has been good, and I see certain people singing along like, ‘Girl, I know it!’

AL: What’s your favorite song to perform live?

TW: I don’t have one.

Never have. I just like being up there, touring, period.

It’s really the energy that you feel from the audience.

and Thomas finished without Lopes and notably continued on as a duo, never considering replacing the “L” between them, they’ve said.

Today, TLC has proven longevity, releasing a self-titled album – their fifth and final offering – on June 30. The lead single, “Way Back,” featuring Snoop Dogg, spent 16 weeks topping Billboard’s R&B chart, hitting the No. 8 spot.

TLC will hit the stage at the Expo on the fair’s opening night, joined by other ‘90s favorites like Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath, Rob Base, All 4 One and C+C Music Factory.

The Essex Jct. stop will be Watkins’

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AL: What’s your schedule like

on this tour?

TW: I have a 2-year-old son, and he’s out here. My daughter’s 16, and she’s doing our makeup out here on the road; I have my whole family here. That is good for me, because I probably wouldn’t function well if I didn’t have my family here with me, but my daughter has to leave pretty soon to go back to high school. ...

After you do the family thing and walk the dog, feed your son, play with him, before you know it it’s time to do meet and greets.

AL: You have some pretty classic ’90s heavy hitters with you. What’s it like to tour with the other acts?

TW: It’s always cool hooking back up with your peers, cause throughout the years we’ve all either worked together or ran into each other at some point … Everybody’s still doing their thing, and I’ve always loved, like, [fellow tour act] Biz Markie. I was rocking him when I was little.

AL: What do you miss about the ’90s?

TW: That was just a good era of music. That’s when you really had steep competition, and not because of streaming or social media and popularity. It was like real music, real categories that you had to compete with …

Whitney Houston, Hootie and the Blowfish, R.E.M., Garth Brooks, Michael Jackson, Janet. Everybody was out!

AL: If you could come up with a dream ’90s tour other than the one you’re on, what would the lineup be?

TW: You’re gonna crack up, but I would pick Nirvana. Kurt

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first time in Vermont. Now 47, Watkins is responsible for many of TLC’s distinct lead vocals, lending a deep, gravelly soul to the popular refrains.

On the road since July 1, Watkins caught up with The Reporter’s associate editor, Abby Ledoux, last week from Ohio to offer her take on everything from social media (“a blessing and a curse”) to her dream tour partner (Nirvana). Read the interview below, and track down your acidwash overalls and a scrunchie before “I Love the ‘90s” storms the fair on August 25.

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Cobain. You know what, a LaFace [Records] tour would have been awesome -– Usher, Outkast, TLC.

AL: Maybe you can still make that happen.

TW: I just would want to do a one-offer, like a Coachella or something with Nirvana, just because it would be cool.

AL: Switching gears, what are you listening to right now?

TW: My playlist is not too much new stuff, honestly … [besides] Bruno Mars. When he came out with “24 Karat Magic,” I was like ‘Oh-em-gee, for reals?’ …

[He has] Prince and all that funk covered right now; I love it.

I got some Drake, Kanye and Jay-Z on there, but not the new stuff; it’s kind of their older stuff.

And then it’ll go crazy, it’ll go to Chris Brown, Marvin Gaye, then it’ll go to Al Green. I have a whole shuffle list full of old mixed with new.

AL: Things have changed so much for you professionally and personally since you started TLC. What’s it like headlining today?

TW: Touring is still kind of the same thing as it was … it’s kind of like, if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

AL: You’ve made an effort to keep Left Eye’s presence alive in the group. How do you do that on tour, live?

TW: You feel her energy. We built this together, and we have a catalogue that we built and history together. Nobody else put in on that, and neither will they ever get in on that. We had a special chemistry that couldn’t be replaced and packaged together even if you tried, there’s no way possible.

At the end of the day, it’s a bittersweet moment. You see people laughing and crying. When you come to our shows, you leave with an overall good feeling because you still feel her presence, and we make sure of that. Whether it’s just “light for Left Eye,” when people put up lighters or their cell phones … whether we show a collage of pictures or a video of her talking, you totally feel her somehow. She still sings her own parts, and even though she’s not standing there physically, you still hear her, still rocking out to her, you still see her on the screen.

And you remember, ‘You know what, that’s what I loved those girls for.’ You still get that feeling.

AL: What do you want your fans in Vermont to know?

TW: I want to tell them thank you. Coming out with an album 15 years later is almost crazy … For us to be No. 1 on certain charts, No. 1 in the country, that’s because of the fans. I just would like to say thank you, ultimately.

And go buy the album if you don’t have it, because it is the last TLC album.

AL: And what about your book? [Watkins’ memoir comes out September 12.]

TW: People can pre-order it now, but it’s called “A Sick Life.”

It has a dual meaning – not sick as in, yeah, I have sickle cell disease, but sick as in I’ve worked with Michael Jackson, I’ve toured the world; it’s a triumph story. Anyone who’s been through anything health-wise – I think it will help a lot of people.

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FAR LEFT: Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas perform as TLC.

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Learning from federal achievement tests

By William J. Mathis

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ike the unexplained monoliths in the classic movie, “2001, A Space Odyssey,” our standardized test scores float untethered in space, free of the very things they are supposed to measure; yet they hold great power.

They claim to measure “college and career readiness.” Yet, it takes no particular insight to know that being ready for the forestry program at the community college is not the same as astrophysics at MIT. Likewise, “career ready” means many different things depending upon whether you are a health care provider, a convenience store clerk or a road foreman.

The fundamental flaw is pretending that we can measure an educated person with one narrow set of tests.

There is no one universal knowledge base for all colleges and careers. This mistake is fatal to the test-based reform theory.

When the two test batteries (PARCC and SBAC) are put to the test, they don’t score very well. Princeton based Mathematica Policy Research compared PARCC test scores with freshman grade point average and found only 16 percent could be predicted (in the best case) by the math test and less than one percent by the English language arts score. The SBAC, doesn’t have such a validity study but they say it “appears in their crystal ball.” Since the future of schools and children are in the balance, this is no place for murky crystal balls.

Building a test is conceptually simple. You get an elaborate web of subject matter specialists together to outline the content based on what they think is important. For those tests that have a pass-fail point, the cut-score is likewise based on expert opinion. Aided and abetted by advo-

cates and politicians seeking to create a scientific “proof ” of the failure of American education, the cut scores are knowingly set to have a majority of students fail.

The irony is the tests have a major predictive validity problem. They can’t tell you whether they are measuring what they claim but they know how many will fail. Like our monolith, they float untethered in space yet

The fundamental flaw is pretending that we can measure an educated person with one narrow set of tests. have immense but ungrounded power.

Now, why do we have such a state of affairs?

In a distinguished awards address by former American Educational Research Association president and Stanford professor Richard Shavelson, test-makers get caught up in the latest testing fad. This results in the tail wagging the dog.

In the current latent traits fad, here’s how the tail has to wag:

Knowledge can only have one line from easiest to hardest, children within a grade are equally distributed within and across all classrooms and that all children learn the same things in the same way, in the same order and at the same time. As any parent of two or more children can tell you, that is not reality.

I realize this is not good news for families who have likely already made plans based on the anticipated busing. However, I favor this decision because I don't see the point in trying to implement when neither the bus service nor the community itself is ready.

This is a difficult situation, but I appreciate that they made the decision so families can plan around it.

– Gabrielle Ratte Smith

Another fatal tail-wagging is that no matter how important the item, if it doesn’t fit the latest test fad, it is tossed out. The result is that the test drifts off in space. This problem is made worse when politicians dangle money in front of test experts to do things with tests that cannot and should not be done, Shavelson says.

If we redesigned our measures to address what our state constitutions and citizens tell us is important, we would concentrate on the skills that define success as a citizen, worker and human being. These which include clear and effective communication, creative and practical problemsolving, informed and integrative thinking, responsible and involved citizenship and self-direction.

This is not to say that standardized testing should be eliminated. It is the single uniform measure across schools. But the very standardized attributes that make them valuable cause harm to those things that are truly important for our children and our communities.

Since the “recommended” SBAC tests’ standards are currently set to fail about two-thirds of students, the data will wrongly and dishonestly provide fodder for school critics. In high scoring states, a mere half of students will be declared failures even though they would rank in the top 10 percent of the world. The test scores measure neither college nor careers nor success in life. They simply float free in monolithic space radiating glossy ignorance but as far as informing us about our schools, they are a cold, silent and misleading void.

William J. Mathis previously served as a design consultant for the National Assessment for Educational Progress and consulted on assessment for a number of state agencies. The views expressed are his own.

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Lost In the Pacific, 1942

By Tod Olson Middle school readers Reviewed by Caitlin Corless

Raymond E. Skinner was born Jan. 2, 1920 in Burns, Wyo. and spent most of his adult life in the naval city of San Diego, Calif. with his loving wife Clara (Chris) Skinner. Raymond died Aug. 7, 2017 at a hospice facility near Pinehurst, N.C. where his brother, Harris F. Skinner Jr., lives. Raymond left San Diego and went to Pinehurst in his last days to be with his brother and some family. Ray was only there six weeks before he died.

Raymond is predeceased by his loving wife who died on Easter, April 4, 2010.

Raymond was a retired naval officer and will have a full military honors burial ceremony with his ashes laid to rest those Chris at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego. He and Chris were members of the historic Point Loma military chapel in San Diego where a service will be held in his honor.

Ray is predeceased by his older brother, Harland Skinner, who died in 2000, and by his wife, Marjorie Skinner, who died in 2011.

Ray is also predeceased by his brother Harris Skinner's wife, Marjorie Perry Skinner, who died in December 1975.

Raymond also leaves behind two nieces and a nephew Sandra Skinner Haseldine, Patricia Garvey Skinner and Robert Perry Skinner. He leaves his grandnieces Deborah MacDonough, Jessa Skinner Moyer, Greta Garvey; his grandnephews Ryan Skinner, Sean Garvey and Casey Garvey; his great-grandnephew, Aiden, and greatgrandniece Rose, children of Jessa Moyer.

Raymond's birth, and his two brothers, took place in a most humble prairie home near Burns, Wyo. Ray was the second born of three sons of Rose B. Skinner and Harris F. Skinner Sr. who were natives of New England, New Hampshire and Vermont, respectively. Harris and Rose moved to Burns in 1907 to manage a 160-acre wheat farm miles from common services of electricity and running water.

Raymond and his brothers learned early the value of

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The pioneer family moved to the small town of Pike, N.H. in 1926; there, the family managed a three-story inn for several years then bought and managed a 220acre dairy farm until 1960.

Raymond and his brothers were all students of the University of New Hampshire. Raymond and Harris had business degrees from UNH while Harland earned a master’s in history, becoming a school principal. Harris's degree was in business, and he became a manager for the Motorola Company.

He lived in Essex Jct. for 25 years starting in 1956. Raymond, with an MBA from Berkeley, become the manager of San Diego's Public Works, and for 24 years oversaw the operation of four separate operating divisions.

Raymond and brother Harris were part of the "Greatest Generation" with Raymond giving more than 30 years of full-time and naval reserve time starting with WWII. Through WWII, Ray was attached to a naval reconnaissance unit in the South Pacific with air patrols flying recon over Japanese naval and land forces. Raymond served as the units supply and finance officer. Over Raymond's long military service, he received meritorious awards including the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three bronze stars, the Navy Unit Commendation Medal, Korean Service Medal, UN Service Medal and a Naval Reserve Medal. He retired from the navy as lieutenant commander.

Ray met his Navy sweetheart, Chris, in spring 1946.

They quickly fell in love and tied the knot on Aug. 9, 1946. They lived in various places in rented apartments in Oakland, Calif. and Spokane, Wash. Ray was called to active duty in 1951 during the Korean War and was on ship duty on the USS Montrose.

When Ray left active duty in 1955, he returned to the reserves. He and Chris set their roots in San Diego, home of one of the Navy's most prestigious ports.

They had a house built with views of the ocean and the beautiful bay of San Diego.

They never thought about moving anywhere else. San Diego was the city at the end of their rainbow! Over their many years in San Diego, they made many friends.

Ray's family knows they are mourning his loss, the loss of this great storytelling man with a great sense of humor. He was a smart and gentle, talented and caring man. He is sorely missed by his brother Harris and the whole family, and missed by his many friends in the San Diego area. God Bless Raymond Skinner. We will see you again. You are with the angels. One day, we will be as one.

On Oct. 21, 1942, a B-17 bomber carrying an eightmember crew was unable to locate its refueling station and was forced to land somewhere in the middle of the 68 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean.

After heroically surviving the seemingly impossible landing, the crew then began their 22-day struggle to survive aboard three small life rafts in shark infested waters. Lost in the Pacific is the thrilling account of this amazing event in history. It is children’s nonfiction at its best, but it will keep readers of all ages on the edge of their seats.

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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.

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Join Penny Cunningham and Lisa Liotta for an outdoor sketching and painting session at Sam Mazza's Farm Market at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21. Some materials provided but feel free to bring your own. This is a relaxed group that welcomes all levels of artistic experience. See listing for more information.

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.

Harriet Powell Historical Museum

6 - 7:30 p.m., 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.

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.

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.

Family Movie

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

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.

Whole Book Approach

The Big Blue Trunk Final Reading

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.

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.

Friday Nights at Maple Street Park

Little Woof Small Dog Adoption

Musical Storytime

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

Rock and read together with songs, stories and instruments.

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

Noon - 3 p.m., Orvis, 21 Essex Way, Essex Jct. Looking to add a furry four-legged family

member to your family?

Come see who we have looking for a new loving home and find out about volunteer opportunities, our organization and ways to help.

Lamoille County Players Auditions

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.

LCPlayers.com for more information.

20 sunday Weekend Storytime

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

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

Lamoille County Players Auditions

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.

21 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.

Eclipse Viewing

1:15 p.m., Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, 8 River Rd., Jericho. We're ready with special eclipse glasses and will have refreshments to enjoy while we await the big event. Come for any or all of the afternoon and view this momentous happening safely.

Eclipse Viewing Party

1:30 - 3:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Come out to witness Eclipse 2017! Solar eclipse glasses will be provided to attendees.

Summer Sketching Outdoors

6 p.m., Sam Mazza’s Farm Market, 277 Lavigne Rd., Colchester.

Join Penny Cunningham and Lisa Liotta for sessions of outdoor sketching and painting in beautiful locations around Colchester. Some materials provided but feel free to bring your own. This is a relaxed group that welcomes all levels of artistic experience. Sign up at http:// colchestervt.gov/158/ Burnham-MemorialLibrary.

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calendar LOCAL MEETINGS MonDAY, AUG. 21 5 p.m., Village tree advisory committee, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.

5:45 p.m., Village bike/walk advisory committee, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct. 7 p.m., Town selectboard, Town offices, 81 Main St., Essex Jct.

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.

Read to Willy Wonka the Volunteer Therapy Dog

4:15 a.m., Burnham Memorial Library.

Sign up to read to our certified therapy dog. If you’re not yet reading, an adult will read to you while you and Willy Wonka sit back and enjoy the stories. Call 264-5660 to sign up.

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.

23 wednesday Tech Time with Traci

tuesDAY, AUG. 22

6:30 p.m., Village trustees, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct.

thursDAY, AUG. 24

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

7 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. TED Talk videos around this theme will be viewed and reflected upon. This is a great opportunity to connect with others!

24 thursday Lego Club

4 p.m., Burnham Memorial Library. Do you know someone who likes Legos? Stop by the library every Thursday and join us! Each week we’ll be creating a new project.

25 friday Summer Storytime

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

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.

Clean Water Week Tour

10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Essex Jct. Wastewater Treatment Facility, 39 Cascade St., Essex Jct. Come celebrate Clean Water Week with a tour of the recently refurbished wastewater treatment facility. You will learn how the facility is working to improve the water quality of Lake Champlain and learn how we use wastewater treatment by-products to reduce our dependence on heat and electricity and fertilizer. Free.

Refreshments will be served. Free. For more information, visit http:// dec.vermont.gov/ watershed/cwi/cleanwater-week/

Musical Storytime

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

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Rock and read together on Friday mornings with books, songs and instruments. For all ages.

Tech Help with Clif

Live Action Role Play

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.

TEDxBrownell Library: Things Building a Better World

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: Movie Night in the Park.

Join us for a nighttime movie at Maple Street Park. We will provide the lawn space and a family-friendly movie.

Bring a chair, blanket or sleeping bag and get comfortable for a great family fun event!

Camp Hochelaga Dinner & Discussion

5:30 p.m., YWCA Vermont Camp Hochelaga, South Hero. Join us for a book signing, dinner and discussion with Debby Irving, racial justice educator and author of "Waking Up White." $50 to attend dinner and discussion, $60 for dinner, discussion and book copy. Visit www. ywcavt.org for more information.

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.

26 saturday Weekend Storytime

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

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

Whole Book 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.

Antique Appraisals

12:30 - 2 p.m., Burnham Memorial Library. Join professional antique dealer, auctioneer and appraiser Brian Bittner and full-time appraiser Lori Scotnicki. Special interest and experience in works of art, painting and sculpture, early American accessories and folk art, vintage and antique pocket and wristwatches and other estate jewelry, old silver and old photographs from Daguerreotypes to WWII snapshots.

Sign up at http:// colchestervt.gov/158/ Burnham-MemorialLibrary.

Spaghetti Dinner and Raffle

4 - 7 p.m., VFW Post 6689, Essex Jct. Hosted by the Boy Scouts of America Venture Crew 6689. Enjoy spaghetti, meatballs, sauce, fresh baked bread and butter, salad and dressings, dessert and raffle prizes. Need not be present to win. 25 percent of proceeds to benefit the VFW Post.

27 sunday Zoe’s Race

9:15 a.m., Oakledge Park, Burlington. A 1K/5K race to benefit home renovation programs for families with children with developmental differences. $20-40 entry fee with the option to fundraise for more projects. Visit http://bit.ly/2vOMQxn for more information.

4th Annual Del’s Ride

Noon - 6 p.m., Sleepy Hollow Ski and Bike Center, Huntington. Join us for the 4th annual ride and trail run to benefit Cure AHC, in support of 8-year-old Delaney Johnson of Essex Jct. The 2017 ride will have three loops for riders: 7 miles, 10 miles with a shuttle return and 20 miles, a 5-6 mile strenuous trail run and activities and a kids ride. Registration starts at 11 a.m. BBQ to follow. $75 minimum fundraising goal. Visit www.delsride.org for more information.

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Pets of the Week MISS KITTY

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Reason here: I was not getting along with the dog in my home Special Considerations: I am FIV + In my new home I should live as an indoor-only cat; Not to worry - Miss Kitty has trained the staff to school her adopters on what this means!

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My thoughts on: Cats: I lived with cats in my previous home and hissed at them. I may do OK with a cat with a proper slow introduction.

Dogs: No thank you! I lived with a dog and I need a home without one.

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Beatrix Potter Garen Tea

1 - 3 p.m., Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, 8 River Rd., Jericho. You are cordially invited to a Beatrix Potter Tea to thank and honor our UVM Extension Master Gardeners.

This amazing group of volunteers has created a very special Beatrix Potter Garden this year complete with Peter’s little blue jacket and watering can. Enjoy refreshments and a presentation by community members and bid on a special Beatrix Potter basket any time in August.

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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TREADMILL, Move in ready, 3PB RiverSELF CAMCORDERS (3) ONLY Wanted to MAKE Buy & BOATING Mach. DEKORRA LEO’S STORAGE for sale: ShoreMaster, $4,397.

02-485gmfvt.com/ platform, five liter mercMILL, FOLDS down, Cou spot, in great condition.

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802-370-5719 HOUSE SHELF, metal,START-UP SALE $150. Cash 9055 lbs. $2000. in new CHINE, wells, your own bandmill-Cut skis, anchor and lines.

ESSEX JUNCTION, VT 05452 EXCAVATION condition. electric. $50.

802-527Complete households, FILL ADS ch, MERCHANDISE 15”x14”x23”, never upplies fromWII 7thCONSOLE Avenue CataTues., 8/15 & parts purchased sum50. lumber any dimension. $5,000.

OBO. 802-482DAYCARE SPACE SERVICES only. 802-582-5557 7891 mostall anything old/of CS ONLY Yates Family Farm s of Notice is Cost hereby that the contents used. askBOAT, STRING log sold$149., for given $179.95.

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45+ STAND, Firewood/Lumber/ Maple Syrup ing self-storage ing $80.

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Cud19.5”d X listed 80”h. renovated Never 9:00am - 3:00pm ROOFERS and per Sport, 1988.

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Fencing 2017and Crop dy Cabin wth mooring used.

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Asking Full size bed, couch, by sealed bid.

This sale is being held to collect unpaid LABORERS Cabin wth mooring RENTAL SOLAR PANEL/batNorwoodSawmills.com space currently being drainage, light excaEtc. Exercise/Sporting TIFU AIR CONDITIONING BOATS/ paid!

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802-868-7613 kitchen table and lots of Year round, full time cover, Bimini top, swim tery caddy/ hand held 1-800-578-1363 Ext. storage unit oc cupancyused fees, charges and expenses of sale. as a certified dayvating, chainsaw work, BOATS/ SPACE Equipment white UNIT $50.

Call Ed Lambert RS (3) Gallon $44.00 BOATING Mach.

SEASONED, 16 inch for sale: ShoreMaster, MAPLE SYRUP ONLY $4,397.

MAKE & platform,five fiveliter litermercmercsmall items. Everything positions platform, remote; stump ShoreMaster 300N ROTISSERIE BBQ SERVICES care.

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802-849-6195 lbs. $2000. in new your own bandmill-Cut ITEMS CHINE, skis, anchor anchor and and lines. lines. Callcable; 81 Fairfield Street benefits skis, Smart Jacks electric. $50. 18”x24” 802-527Cross Parish 802-863DanPint at:4 $10.00.

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EXCAVATING on the entire contents of each self-storage great shape. $50.

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RS Old Stone Church unit. ONLY Winning bids require a $50.00 cash deposit, per unit, and Lafayetterails.

Painting for sale: ShoreMaster, $4,397.

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802-527BED, FULL SIZE, very calic all items must be removed by 4:00 Cantilever lift, 5000 9055p.m.

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802-752hardwood maple. $240.

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802-373-1920 25”x48” $25.

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Immediate occupancy. inused.

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2nd floor unitAColover 1100floor sq. paid!

BOILER, WOOD GUN UNIT Mach. $50.

All Grades old.There New: Move in ready, great $5,000.

OBO. 802-482$75.

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SAVE MONEY with END OF 802-528-5851 or .

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Thursday

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1:36 p.m., Juvenile problem on Killoran Dr. 2:24 p.m., Citizens assist on West St. 3:28 p.m., Accident on Pearl St. 6:36 p.m., Citizens dispute on Pearl St. 9:39 p.m., Weapons offense on Sand Hill Rd.

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1:19 a.m., Agency assist on River Rd. 9:30 a.m., Traffic offense on I 289 10:18 a.m., Citizens assist on Baker St. 10:20 a.m., Suspicious on Damon Dr. 10:23 a.m., Accident on Susie Wilson Rd. 12:34 p.m., Wanted person on Pearl St. 2:45 p.m., Welfare check on Jericho Rd. 3:51 p.m., Accident on Park St. 4:55 p.m., Theft on Parizo Dr. 9:05 p.m., Intoxicated person on Tanglewood Dr. 10:31 p.m., Citizens assist on Susie Wilson Rd.

Tickets Issued: 110 Warnings Issued: 5 Fire/EMS Calls Dispatched: 53

Sunday

12:28 a.m., Alarm on Maple St.

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The road from concept to ribbon cutting poses a slew of challenges, from garnering public support to a regulatory system that currently prohibits the density Edelmann desires.

And to be clear, it’s still very early in the process: He hasn’t even submitted a formal site plan, though he’s scheduled to present his concept at an Aug. 24 planning commission meeting.

Yet even in its infancy, the project offers Edelmann’s response to shifting market forces and an attempt to create a sustainable venture, one that may very well shape the town center for years to come.

Plus, he doesn’t feel like he has much choice: “If I don't do it, it's going to fall apart,” he said.

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Edelmann was asked to the Aug. 24 meeting to discuss his plans due to their scope and size. Though informal — staff don’t prepare a report, and more than one site plan can be submitted — the meeting offers Edelmann a chance to revise before submitting a formal proposal.

It will also serve as his project’s first real test with the public.

Two plans show slightly different ideas for a plot north of Carmichael Street between Hannaford and Ace Hardware that presently hosts four buildings.

Like what’s there now, both plans detail about 165,000 square feet of commercial space. They highlight three construction phases, one showing eight new buildings, 420 residential units and 1,324 parking spaces; the other showing 586 units, nine buildings and 1,511 parking spaces. Both boast three six-story buildings.

Edelmann, who's also managing partner of the Essex Spa and Resort, said the residential units would be a combination of independent living, traditionally for 50-and-over, apartments and condos.

At that density, he said he could afford underground parking for residences, meaning more ground-level spaces for the public and less surface area impacted.

Both plans phase growth over five years, during which Edelmann would demolish the southern-facing buildings that house Brooks Brothers and Hammerfit.

Some of the new buildings would be constructed over those footprints, while green space and parking fills in the rest.

He hopes to draw new businesses to

spur more activity there. He envisions a small, upscale bowling alley catering to private parties, and he’s supporting a brewer he’d like to establish a taproom.

He’s “pretty serious” about adding a covered pavilion that can double as an ice skating rink in the winter and a gathering place for summer — think music, or a new farmers’ market locale, he said — and wants to attract more food offerings.

Edelmann imagines pedestrian-scale lighting for walkways and a bike path, more green space, and hopes to go solar, something he couldn’t previously afford in

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What is clear, however, is Edelmann is banking on these changes to accommodate his project in its current form.

He’ll also need some help from the town. Last week he met with staff, who explained wastewater and water systems would need major capacity improvements to service such growth.

But perhaps more important is what can be most difficult to obtain for highdensity projects: blessing from the people.

It’s a struggle that’s played out locally in recent years. In Burlington, opponents of the downtown mall revitalization led a yearlong challenge to the project, highlighted by a settlement last month that will require 250 more parking spaces and ban large-scale college housing in the first phase.

The settlement didn’t touch the biggest sticking point, however, as it failed to address the building’s 14-story height.

Around the same time, a handful of Essex Jct. residents convinced the board of trustees to cap building height in the village center at four stories. At meetings leading up to the decision, residents diagnosed the four-story 4 Pearl St. building as a towering example of the maladies of growth.

In a preview of the discussion to come, residents took to a public Facebook group earlier this week to voice both concerns and tempered optimism about Edelmann’s concept.

Some scoffed at the six-story buildings and questioned how the housing influx would impact schools and Essex’s historically difficult traffic issues. A few others shared preference for density over sprawl and said they hoped new housing could help current stores stay in business.

Edelmann knows securing public support remains vitally important. He believes Vermonters want limited building footprints and protection for scenic views.

His project does both, he asserts, by building upward and keeping the highest buildings in the middle of the project.

Plus, he said, the type of quaint, lowdensity development some people prefer no longer makes financial sense.

“In today’s world, you can’t build it,” he said. “Retailers are not paying, especially in our market. The rents don’t support building something that is a low density.”

Admitting the endeavor has become a legacy project, Edelmann said his goal is keeping the community happy while still making economic sense.

His biggest challenge will be finding where the two converge.

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Edelmann’s conceptual plans don’t obey the town’s current zoning regulations, specifically those prescribPeter Edelmann ing building height.

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He also wants to use what the area being studied for changes. already has to offer. The winged-shaped

Regulations reflecting a 1991 Town building next to the cinemas will serve Center Master Plan cap heights there at as the area’s focal point after some façade 40 feet. That plan is undergoing its own improvements, and he's planning upgrades massive overhaul, informed by 400 survey to Essex Cinemas, too. responses that town officials expect will

Already, the space that once hosted inspire a slew of new rules.

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A consultant will present the survey Salon. Owner Kim Scoffield said the expanresults on August 31. Community developsion will allow her to offer Chittenden ment director Dana Hanley said the consulCounty’s first salt cave and hire about 20 tant’s final report will recommend changes more people. to encourage desired growth and design

Edelmann said the salon will be the standards. building’s anchor and is an example of the

Hanley said the process is in its early “vibe” he’s looking to curate. stages, and she estimated the regulatory

“It will be a lifestyle-type community,” process, which involves the planning comhe said. “And many of the components are mission and selectboard, will start early here, but it's putting it together and doing next year with no specific end-date.

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Meanwhile, tenants in areas facing potential demolition will have a choice: Temporarily relocate and wait for new space or simply move on.

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He plans to rent commercial space at “market-comparable” rates and doesn’t foresee an increase.

He’s yet to approach all tenants, however, because he’s still unsure of his exact concept and the community consensus, he added. Until then, he would “just be crying wolf.”

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The Essex board of trustees and selectboard narrowed their search to three firms to recruit a replacement for joint municipal manager Pat Scheidel, who tendered his resignation last week effective for April 1, 2018.

Members read through the six applications prior to their joint meeting August 7, where they performed an informal vote via sticky-notes, placing one next to each of their top three choices.

During a brief 20-minute discussion, members then pointed out errors in some applications — a few misspellings, while one referred to Essex, Conn. — before deciding on the three firms: Municipal Resources, The Mercer Group and GovHR USA.

Members are now inviting the finalists to attend a follow-up interview during a joint meeting August 24 before a majority of each board will agree on a candidate.

Municipal Resources reported an estimated cost of $15,000 for the search, while the latter two shared estimates around $23,000.

Village president George Tyler said the eventual public engagement process will need to be “robust” and worked out with the

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Village president George Tyler places a sticky-note on a board during an informal vote to narrow down potential manager recruitment search firms at a joint meeting last week. chosen search firm.

Proposals included a brief history, a list of prior recruitments and a detailed plan and schedule for the selection process. Firms were also asked to include information on the average tenure of their past candidates.

Municipal Resources said 75 percent of its placements remain nine years later, and Mercer Group reported an average of eight years. GovHR said it doesn’t keep track.

All three finalists also differed on their guarantees in the event the manager or town terminates a contract.

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The chosen firm will have a difficult search ahead if it’s looking to match the tenure of Scheidel, who began with the town in 1990 and took over the joint role five years ago.

After trying to retire for years without following through on his threats, as he puts it, Scheidel formalized his plan last week by submitting his resignation letter to the two boards.

“Everybody tells you that you know when it is time to retire. I’ve reached that point,” he said. “It’s not because I’ve fallen out of love; I’m still madly in love with the place and the peo-

ple … that’s why it’s been so hard for me to actually come up with a day and say goodbye, but you know what? It’s time.”

He thanked the trustees and selectboard for the opportunity to serve and said he couldn’t think of a better place to have landed.

Scheidel said he knows the next manager will feel the same way. Then, he offered an extra incentive.

“My wife said I can give her a birthday present, which is in April, or a Christmas present if you work real quick and get me replaced,” he said to laughter.

Selectboard chairman Max Levy warned Scheidel to prepare a speech for his final Town Meeting Day.

“Oh, no,” Scheidel replied. “This is where brevity is going to come into play.”

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t’s easy to think of dozens of flavors that are delicious when paired together: like chocolate and strawberries, lemon and lime, potato chips in a PB & J. (Or is that just me?) Each flavor stands out but also works together to make a tasty offering. And then there are some flavor combinations that are more than just compatible.

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I have turned to lemon-vanilla many times: for the filling in my red, white and blue ice cream sandwiches, in ice cream form topped with crushed blueberries, and in my sweet lemon strawberry sandwich cookies.

Another combination that seems to magically transform into one delectable flavor is blueberry with peach. The first time I had this combination was only a year ago, when we visited Pie In The Sky Bakery in York, Maine last summer, just before the owners retired and closed up shop. I had a slice of their blueberry peach pie, and I could not have guessed how pleasantly peach enhances blueberry. The flavor of the blueberries is simultaneously elevated and softened by the sweet, sweet peaches. All the pie at Pie In The Sky was amazing, but I found myself thinking about that blueberry peach pie for a long time after. Should I call it Plueberry? Peacherry? Bluepeach?

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Transfer the pureed sauce to a heat-proof bowl. Allow the mixture to cool, then cover the bowl and place it in the fridge to chill thoroughly.

Once the sauce is completely chilled, assemble your ice cream maker. Have a large freezer-proof bowl ready to hold the sorbet once it's done.

Remove the puree from the fridge. Add the lime juice, zest and sugar. Whisk the mixture well to incorporate all the sugar and lime.

Pour the mixture into the bowl of an ice cream maker and churn the sorbet according to the manufacturer's instructions. In my ice cream maker (a Cuisinart Fruit Scoop) the sorbet was done in about 20 minutes. Transfer the sorbet to the freezer-proof dish.

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bra, paralyzing him from the neck down. He hasn’t stopped advocating his love for sports since.

That’s why, year after year, wiffle-ballers travel from around the country to take part in some friendly competition in Essex. Last weekend's tourney raised over $585,000.

All bottles of Travis’ Choice were labeled with the beer name, foundation emblem and BU colors, red and white.

Mixing the foundation’s values with the brewery’s, a soldier is pictured with Roy’s old jersey number, 24, on his back. Both Trout and Jarvis are veterans of the U.S. military.

This is the first time the brewery has dedicated a limited release to someone, Trout said. Next year, they plan to switch up the lineup a bit and brew something different. Players will partake in a contest to name the new beer.

Trout said he and Jarvis partnered with the foundation to promote its mission. Part of the brewery’s proceeds from the weekend was donated to the charity.

Jarvis, an avid hockey fan, noted the importance of getting out in the community.

“This is the first time we’ve had anything like this,” Downs said of the partnership.

Throughout the weekend, players were encouraged to visit for post-game refreshments. Beer and baseball – the American dream.

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layers at this year’s Travis Roy Foundation Wiffle Ball Tournament had something new to sip on: a beer brewed specifically for Roy. Christened “Travis’ Choice,” the India pale ale sported a citrus character, light body and 6.5 percent alcohol by volume. Wiffle-ballers first tasted the blend at the tourney’s kick-off party at Essex Jct.’s 1st Republic Brewery last Thursday night.

According to 1st Republic co-owner Shawn Trout, the collaboration was a home run.

“We’re super excited and super happy to have had this opportunity,” he said.

His business partner, Kevin Jarvis, pitched the idea to his coworker at General Dynamics, Tom Downs, who plays on one of the four remaining original tourney teams.

Downs immediately knew he wasn’t going to swing and miss this one. He said his team, The Curse Lifted, hopes the partnership will continue. Trout says the brewery has similar game plans.

Trout brewed seven barrels, three and a half for in-house pours and around 750 bottles for batters to buy and take home. With some lessons learned, the co-owner is looking forward to growing the event even bigger next year — it could even travel out of the

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Six bottles of Travis' Choice are displayed on the bar last weekend at 1st Republic Brewery. The special brew was a limited release for this year's Travis Roy Foundation Wiffle Ball Tournament. park and into a larger venue.

In its inaugural year, 1st Republic is focused on not only creating tasty concoctions but is also partnering with Essex-based organizations, Trout said.

The Travis Roy Foundation provided a unique opportunity, Trout added, because the brewers got to meet and work with Roy

himself, making it a personal connection.

Established in 1997, the foundation helps aids spinal cord injury survivors and funds related research for a cure.

At 20 years old, Roy was stripped of a promising hockey career during his first season at Boston University. An incident on the ice left him with a cracked fourth verte-

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