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THE ESSEX

August 25, 2016

Vol. 36, No. 34

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Despite pushback, CCSU firm on transgender policy

By COLIN FLANDERS

T Photo by COLIN FLANDERS Parent Kaley Smith addresses the CCSU board about her concerns regarding the transgender policy at a Monday night meeting at Essex High School.

he Chittenden Central Supervisory Union will remain firm in its stance on transgender bathroom and locker room access despite a handful of parents who urged it to reconsider on

Monday night, superintendent Judith DeNova said.

CCSU decided in May it will allow students to access bathroom and locker rooms based on gender identity, not biological sex. The change will include both students and

school visitors.

Nearly all parents who spoke shared concerns for safety and emotional strife. Some felt the supervisory union’s stance leaves students vulnerable to outsiders. Others said their children are wary of changing in front

of the opposite sex, regardless of gender identity.

DeNova referenced Vermont’s guidelines on bullying, hazing and harassment, which mandates all schools provide safe learning environments free of See TRANSGENDER, page 3

State: Fairfax CTE students to stay put

By COLIN FLANDERS The Center for Technology in Essex received welcome news Tuesday after the Vermont Board of Education denied a request to reassign students from the Franklin West Supervisory Union to a different service region.

CTE director Bob Travers said the proposal would have meant losing $640,000 in revenue for the state’s largest tech center if passed — just under 8 percent of its operating budget.

This would have inevitably led to teacher layoffs, he said in an interview last week.

The proposal came before the state board after FWSU Superintendent Ned Kirsch requested the change last October. His proposal would have transferred all tech students from BFA-Fairfax to Northwest Technical Center in St. Albans.

School districts in Vermont are assigned to one of 16 technical center service regions; FWSU is currently assigned to Chittenden County, which CTE shares with the Burlington Technical Center.

The state board employs four factors when examining these requests: enrollment, distance traveled, student opportunities and fiscal impacts.

Secretary of Education Rebecca Holcombe recommended the board deny Kirsch’s request because it failed to meet three of these benchmarks, with shorter travel time between high schools and the center the only clear benefit.

See TECH, page 2

Michael Barney moves on

Photo by COLIN FLANDERS Friends and family of Alicia Shanks gathered at The Barn at Lang Farm last Saturday to celebrate the Essex Elementary School teacher’s life.

Ten years later, healing continues Friends and family of Alicia Shanks celebrate her life

By COLIN FLANDERS

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tephen Shanks can still picture his late wife, Alicia, making a batch of chocolate chip cookies, al-

ways managing to keep a fair amount of dough from making it to the oven.

He didn’t mind, however, because she always shared.

Shanks can still see her loading the van to meet up with friends before taking off

due north in search of little more than a good view. They always managed to find the perfect spot, he recalls.

And he can still see a woman never afraid to let her hair down, like when she danced atop the kitchen island during

See BARNEY, page 2

See SHANKS, page 4

All is Fair Summer-end celebration starts Friday

By COLIN FLANDERS Michael Barney’s days of living in front of the Essex fairgrounds appear to be over, nearly three months after the village board of trustees commenced a process to evict him.

Deputy Sheriff Lt. Daniel Gamelin informed Barney, a homeless veteran, on Aug. 15 he had one day to vacate before he could be arrested for trespassing, Essex Police Chief Brad LaRose said.

Essex police joined Gamelin the following day to assist in moving Barney’s belongings. Barney wasn’t there when they arrived, LaRose said.

A few storeowners in the area familiar with Barney said they saw him walking west on Pearl Street earlier that day. They told police he was carrying much more than he typically does, and it appeared he was “moving out,” LaRose said.

Police gathered what was left, including a weathered tarp and some empty bottles. Gamelin said by law, the village isn’t required to keep his belongings, but last week LaRose said officers kept them at the

her 50th birthday party.

These were just some stories Stephen shared during a celebration of Alicia’s life at The Barn at Lang Farm last Saturday. Alicia was killed by a gunman while prepar-

By JASON STARR

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ssex Jct. once again welcomes thrill seekers, animal lovers, music fans, motorheads, runners, diners and anyone seeking an end-ofsummer good time.

The Champlain Valley Fair kicks off Photo by JASON STARR Friday and runs Workers set up a fried dough stand Monday in preparation for the Champlain Valley Fair to start Friday. through September

Senior center resolution approved

By MICHAELA HALNON Village trustees unanimously approved a resolution last week, assuring members of the Essex Area Senior Center that familiar programming

would continue under a new governing structure.

Last June, EASC members voted to transfer center management to the municipality of Essex in a special meeting with town officials. They previous-

ly operated as a private See SENIOR, page 3

Photo by MICHAELA HALNON RIGHT: Housed in the village municipal offices, the Essex Area Senior Center provides programming for adults ages 50 and up.

4. Organizers expect about 150,000 people over the 10-day event.

You don’t mess with a 90-plus-year tradition too much, but every year brings something new to the grounds, and this year is no exception. The eight stages scattered throughout have See FAIR, page 3

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Her recommendation echoed that of Deputy Secretary Heather Bouchey, who said the proposal would adversely affect student counts and revenues at BTC and CTE while increasing Northwest’s.

She also concluded student opportunity would be limited.

The board concurred with Holcombe and Bouchey, voting 5-1 to deny Kirsch’s request.

Kirsch said Act 46, the landmark education law passed in 2015, largely motivated his request for the reassignment as FWSU looks for more ways to save money.

CTE’s full-day program takes away students from BFA-Fairfax, he added, limiting class sizes and program offerings for those who stay at the high school.

The change would cut travel time for students by up to 2.5 hours for BTC attendees, Kirsch said, and reduce mileage reimbursements for special education services sent to Essex. He estimated the change would save $137,000 annually.

Judith DeNova, superintendent of Chittenden Central Supervisory Union where CTE is located, empathized with Kirsch’s attempt to save money but asked the board to deny the request during “this time of exploration” sparked by Act 46.

The state board’s criteria say tech centers must accommodate changes so other districts don’t have to make up the losses with higher tuitions.

Tech centers’ revenue depends on enrollment, which is reported as full-time equivalents, or FTEs. Today, 46.83 FTEs from FWSU attend CTE, including students from the towns of Fletcher, Georgia and Fairfax.

Bouchey initially said CTE would lose 22.73 FTEs with the change. Multiplying that by CTE’s $16,750 tuition, she estimated a $380,000 loss of revenue.

Travers felt her assessment didn’t show the whole picture, however.

Students in Fletcher and Georgia, towns without high schools, can choose to attend BFA-Fairfax. Travers said there’s about 10 FTEs who do so and also attend CTE. These students would also be forced to attend Northwest under Kirsch’s request, making the actual loss about 32 FTEs, Travers said.

The cost for each FTE is closer to $20,000 when including about $3,300 per student in state aid.

In testimony to the board on Tuesday, Bouchey revised her data to agree with Travers’ estimate. This would force him to cut at least nine teachers and thereby lose programs or raise tuition and bill sending districts, he said last week.

Kirsch acknowledged CTE would have to cut costs “just as all schools and districts must do” but wrote the impact would be “negligible,” as 83 percent of CTE’s enrollment comes from outside FWSU. CTE would recoup lost students through Essex’s merger with Westford,

he added.

Travers and DeNova refuted this claim in a December letter to the AOE, arguing Essex High School will likely gain only 20 Westford students once choice is phased out; of those, only up to three would likely attend CTE. Bouchey sided with DeNova and Travers, saying the change would negatively affect both Burlington and Essex’s enrollment while increasing Northwest’s by 35 students.

Tuition is paid based on a six-semester average of enrollment, or three years’ worth of data, so it would be paid incrementally over the next three years.

Northwest wouldn’t fully yield tuition for all 35 students until fiscal year 2020.

DeNova and Travers questioned if Northwest could handle this influx while not receiving any funding during the transition’s first year.

“We are concerned that FWSU or NWTC may not understand the full impact of these funding implications,” they wrote.

Leeann Wright, director of Northwest Technical Center, and Kevin Dirth, superintendent of Franklin Central Supervisory Union, where Northwest Tech is located, responded to these “erroneous conclusions” in a letter.

They wrote Northwest Tech is fully aware of and prepared for the delay, and Wright affirmed this Tuesday at the meeting.

Northwest is opening a new program and expanding popular ones to further accommodate more students, Kirsch added.

He also disagreed with Bouchey’s assessment on student opportunity, arguing students can attend tech centers outside the service region if their assigned one doesn’t offer their desired program.

For example, Northwest doesn’t offer agribusiness or dental assisting, so students could attend Cold Hollow Career Center in Enosburg and CTE, respectively, Kirsch said.

Yet Bouchey wrote there’s a “real likelihood” programs unique to BTC and CTE wouldn’t exist after both centers cut programs to make up for the decline in enrollment.

Prior to voting, members of the board commended the testimony from both sides.

“This is one of the most challenging votes that I’m going to be putting forth,” board member Mark Perrin said.

In an interview following the decision, Kirsch admitted he’s still confused about the state board’s criteria.

“I felt like we met the standard,” he said, adding FWSU will continue exploring the best option for the town of Fairfax and its students.

“In the long run, the decision subjugates Fairfax students to longer bus rides and the high school less access to students,” he said.

Even so, he felt the three tech centers involved all have great programs.

“The kids win either way,” he said.

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department in case Barney wanted to pick them up.

As of last week, Barney hadn't come by, and police were likely to throw the items away, LaRose said.

Barney previously spent time in Ohio before relocating to Essex last winter. He occupied the space in front of the fairgrounds for approximately nine months.

His green and gray tarps were visible from Route 15, where he’d often be seen mornings walking toward Burlington.

Barney was banned from a number of local businesses, and police issued formal trespass notices on behalf three others.

Police said they tried connecting him with various support services for the homeless on multiple occasions, at which time they learned he doesn’t qualify for veteran benefits with no explanation why.

Robert Burke, director of the Vermont Office of Veteran Affairs, had said there are a number of reasons a veteran can’t receive benefits, including the length of service and the character of discharge.

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unclear. He declined to speak with The Essex Reporter in May. Since Barney was living on public property, the village had limited options.

His reluctance to move prompted the village to file a lawsuit in June, which it won on a default judgment late last month after Barney failed to respond.

The Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office served Barney a writ of possession notice August 1. He had 10 days to leave the area.

A caller informed Gamelin that Barney was seen pushing a shopping cart on Williston Road in the South Burlington area last Tuesday.

Gamelin said he’s never encountered a situation like this in over 30 years in law enforcement. The village was equally unfamiliar, prompting the trustees to look into creating a vagrancy ordinance.

Village president George Tyler estimated the board will review a draft of such an ordinance by October. That process, which includes two public hearings before a vote, can take months, he said.

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LOCAL Essex man faces third DUI charge after crash

By MICHAELA HALNON

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Photo by COLIN FLANDERS

ABOVE: Wren House, a genderqueer student in Essex, addresses the CCSU board at its meeting Monday night. BELOW: Essex resident Paul Campo was one of a handful of parents opposed to the plan who attended the meeting.

discrimination. She said the statement intended to educate the school community on gender identity.

“That’s a big challenge, to create a culture,” she said, one that will require both parents and school leaders.

Essex parent Paul Campo said this is why he feels CCSU is rushing its decision. DeNova responded, citing state law once again before asserting her motivation goes beyond that.

“I’m also following my moral compass to do what’s right for all students,” she said.

Campo understands state and federal pressure but said the decision came off as “ultra [politically correct] and a tyranny of the minority.”

“Do you do right for a few, or do you do right for as many as possible?” he said.

DeNova assured CCSU schools will ensure children who are uncomfortable for any reason have access to private, single-use bathrooms. Issues will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis, she said.

Kaley Smith, who said CCSU tried to implement the change without notifying parents before the school year, sent numerous emails rallying parents to the meeting. She said her daughter is “horrified at the thought” of changing in front of a boy.

DeNova said it was difficult to hear all CCSU students don’t feel safe.

“It will require all of us to work together to create that level of safety, and that comes with education,” she said.

CCSU’s statement references a mandate from the Obama administration that threatened to withhold federal funding from non-compliant schools.

After 13 states challenged the directive in a lawsuit, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction deeming it isn’t enforceable until the lawsuit makes its way through the courts.

Some parents thought this should be enough to hold off on the change.

Others offered suggestions on how to implement it.

Laura Campo, a nurse with two daughters in CCSU schools, said transgender students should need documentation of their “medical condition.”

She said the high school required her daughter, who has celiac disease, to provide a doctor’s note before it would provide gluten-free food.

“They should be mandated to have a letter from their provider that says, 'I am transgender,’” Laura Campo said.

“If they don't have those letters, they should not have these accommodations.”

In an interview with The Reporter earlier this month, DeNova said CCSU has no policy requiring transgender students to “register” with their schools.

Vermont State Police say they arrested an Essex man after he crashed his car while drunk last Saturday night.

Police say Daniel Horsford, 51, caused minor damage to a fence on Plains Road in Jericho but was uninjured. He provided a preliminary roadside

breath sample and registered a .188 percent bloodalcohol content, a press release said.

Horsford was lodged at the state police barracks on suspicion of his third DUI. Bail was set at $2,500. He was scheduled to appear in Chittenden Superior Court last Monday.

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“Nor should there ever be,” she said.

Wren House, an EHS 11th-grader who identifies as gender queer, pushed back at some parents’ concerns.

House said transgender people are more likely to be assaulted or bullied than to commit such acts in bathrooms.

A 2013 study by the UCLA School of Law backs up House’s claim. It surveyed 93 transgender and gender nonconforming people living in Washington, D.C. in 2008 and 2009. Sixty-five of the respondents, or 70 percent, reported either being denied access to or verbally harassed in bathrooms.

Eight of the 93 interviewed reported they’d been physically assaulted in one.

More than 200 municipalities and 18 states protect transgender access to bathrooms with non-discrimination laws, according to the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, a nationwide coalition of over 200 organizations.

There’s been no rise in sexual violence or other public safety issues due to these laws, the coalition wrote in a statement this April.

“Assaulting another person in a restroom or changing room remains against the law in every single state,” the coalition wrote.

Patty LaRose Kent, the only parent who didn’t criticize CCSU’s stance, referenced safety in a different way.

“I'm more concerned about my daughter on a date ... than I am about of her being attacked in a bathroom,” she said. Her daughter is a rising senior at the high school.

LaRose Kent said she fears more for her niece, a transgender woman, than her own daughter.

“I can’t imagine what she goes through having to use a public bathroom,” she said.

new performers putting on multiple daily shows that are free with admission: an alligator wrestler, a comedic juggler, a high-wire act and a rotating roster of 20 local musicians.

Fair-goers can expect a familiar mix of fried dough, cotton candy, burgers and hot dogs. They will also find new offerings such as wood-fired pizza, tortilla bowls and Chinese dumplings, according to fair spokesman Chris Ashby.

Also new is a Civil War re-enactment that will coincide with Military Appreciation Day on Monday.

The carnival company that sets up the signature fair rides is in its second year working the fair. Strates Shows of Florida came from the Erie County Fair in New York last week to install what amounts to a temporary amusement park on the midway.

They are adding a couple new thrill rides and a new ferris wheel to the mix this year, Ashby said.

Some recent amusement park tragedies in other parts of the country have fair organizers defending their safety record. Ashby noted the recent tragedies have taken place at permanent parks.

Rides set up and broken down every week to 10 days are inspected before and after each event, he said, which is more attention than permanent rides get.

The fair’s nightly concert series lost one of its best-known performers when Gregg Allman had to cancel a few weeks ago due to health concerns. Fair organizers quickly replaced him with the Georgia Satellites.

“It’s a challenge to replace an artist that close to the show,” Ashby said. “It’s a matter of finding an artist who is not already committee that is a good fit for that kind of music.”

Other concert headliners include Rascal Flatts, Chris Young, a Journey tribute band and a 1990s rap ensemble that features Vanilla Ice, Salt n’ Pepa, Tone Loc and Coolio.

It will all take place against a backdrop of the fair’s founding purpose, to showcase the state’s agricultural heritage and community.

“A big part of it is educating the public about food and where it comes from, about fiber and where it comes from and why agriculture is still really important in Vermont,” Ashby said.

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nonprofit, town manager Pat Scheidel said.

“By approving the resolution, we assuaged any fears that anything would be changing,” Scheidel said.

The resolution detailed members’ requests that all existing senior activities would remain the same under town management and that a center advisory board be appointed,

among other things.

The center operates out of village offices and offers programs like seated yoga and genealogy classes, as well as several special excursions to adults ages 50 and over.

EASC does not need approval via public vote to become a municipal department, Scheidel said, because the village will not be incurring any new

costs. Director Lou Ann Pioli is EASC’s only paid staff member. Her salary was approved in last year’s budget.

Pioli declined to comment on the resolution’s approval.

Scheidel noted the center has seen a phenomenal increase in membership with Pioli at the helm, with current membership exceeding 280.

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ing for her 23rd year at Essex Elementary School in 2006. She would be 66 today.

“Memories of Alicia still burn in my heart, and I’m sure in yours as well,” Shanks said to a crowd of more than 80. “She was a caring and nurturing woman with strong resolve.”

Born in Burlington, Alicia lived most of her life in the Essex area, helping to raise six younger siblings after her mother died of cancer while she was a teenager.

Those who knew her well point to this as a guiding force in her career, which began at Fairfax Elementary School after she graduated from Johnson State College in 1972.

She married her college sweetheart, Stephen, that same year, and together they had two children, Emily and John.

Ten years later, Shanks’ healing continues.

"For the first two years, I was lost," he said Monday, admitting the pain hasn’t fully healed.

Yet he’s learned good triumphs evil, he said, adding nights like Saturday’s celebration are “good for the soul.”

“I wanted it to be about life,” he said.

Indeed, lively recounts of Alicia’s life floated through the barn, a soundtrack to more than 100 photos on display.

One shows her standing beside her then-roommate from Johnson State at a party. Below it, she’s seen as a child in a black and white photo, missing teeth and all. Another finds her and Stephen together on Christmas in 1990.

A snapshot dated 1981 captures them mid-stride; Alicia, in a long coat, and Stephen, in sunglasses, resembling movie stars.

The photos tracked a smile through the decades, one that left its mark on Essex.

Just ask the four former

students from Alicia’s last class, who gathered to reminisce before their high school graduation this June. Or many of those in attendance Saturday, like Louise Stimets, who said Alicia was a loving and genuine friend.

Stimets, an only child, recalled Alicia often telling her the two were more like siblings.

Alicia was one of the most sought after teachers by parents in the Essex Town School District, she added.

That’s no surprise to Barb Smith, who met Alicia in college before supporting her classroom as a guidance counselor.

Alicia was a “master teacher,” Smith said, one who embraced individuality and encouraged risk taking — a vital trait for young learners.

She valued the process more than the right answer, Smith added.

To this day, Smith carries these lessons whenever observing a new teacher.

“She is with each of us,” Smith said.

Shanks has since remarried; his wife, Jan, occasionally snapped photos while he spoke, capturing new memories to join the old ones.

At times, laughter echoed through the barn as he replayed memories of Alicia. Moments later, tears formed.

“I miss her, think about her and love her,” he said, raising his glass in a toast.

The community will have a chance to share their memories of Alicia during a 5K run and walk at Essex Elementary on September 24. It costs $25 to register, and all proceeds go toward sustaining the Alicia Shanks Memorial Scholarship, which assists college juniors and seniors in Vermont pursuing elementary education.

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Photos by COLIN FLANDERS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: 1) More than 80 people gathered at The Barn at Lang Farm last Saturday to celebrate the life of late teacher Alicia Shanks. 2) Alicia and Stephen Shanks are pictured on Christmas in 1990. 3) Photos displayed on boards around the barn show Alicia Shanks throughout her life. 4) Stephen Shanks, right, hugs his sister, Susan Ayers, after raising a toast.

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opinion & community letters to the editor Support for Wrenner First hand I would like to say I support the actions of Essex Selectboard member Irene Wrenner. She is the only person who is seeing what the supposed rigged recreation committee is trying to cram their proposal down our throats and raise the taxes for the individuals living in the Town of Essex yet again.

The recreation department in the town runs efficiently as it is. The problem I see is the wheeling and dealing done by the junction has put their recreational department in turmoil, since they allowed the school district to run it in the first place. I attended the last committee meeting and I left with the impression that they did not care about our concerns and they will move forward with their proKeep rec under town control Your article covering the recent Essex Town Selectboard meeting and the character assassination of board member Irene Wrenner made it appear the anti-Irene mob was the only citizens in attendance. I was there in opposition to those forces in town that wish to stifle any dissent, along with others who not only opposed the plan being discussed, but filed complaints with the town for violation of open meeting laws.

Selectboard Chairman Max Levy, who is also on the Recreation Governance Study Committee, shows clear bias in his position as chair of the selectboard. He argues with dissenters and coddles supporters. Since he clearly supports the work of the committee he was a member of, he should have turned the chairmanship of the meeting over to an unbiased member.

Mike Plageman ranted the Essex Jct. Parks

Voters deserve better First, my words are entirely my own and do not represent the opinion of any board or committee.

In February the Essex Town Selectboard joined the Essex Village Trustees and Prudential Committee (school board) in appointing a Recreation Governance Study Committee to explore various options for consolidating the town and village recreation programs. This exploration is a direct result of the school district merger; the recreation and parks program in the village will no longer be a part of the school district.

The school board helped create the committee because it, and not the village trustees, governs the village rec department in the current arrangement.

The selectboard chose me as its representative on the committee along with two other town residents.

After many hours of duly warned and open meetings, the committee unanimously recommended forming a union municipal recreation district. It would have a gov-

Condom stunt not the point of rec discussion

posal, as Mark Levy said, the tax situation is uneven. As for making recommendations, that was a farce, since in their words we had maybe six to eight residents at those meetings. They used the school district merger, town roads, and another service as grounds to create a "Special recreational district" where the junction residents can vote twice to the town residents vote.

The school district merger was a state law, not the town’s or junction. Since 2009, when the town residents chose not to merge the town and junction, the town manager and selectboard(s) have been piecemeal-ing the services from the junction under the town, resulting in higher taxes for the town and lower taxes for the junction!

I strongly believe the

junction's recreation department is its problem and the junction should take over the responsibility of it. Additional, I heard that the residents of the junction have to pay for recreation in both the town and the junction.

They choose to do that.

When someone wants to use the Maple Street pool from the town, we pay non-resident fees.

The governing board of the junction created its problem over the years by giving the store to IBM and failing to levy a usage tax on the fair grounds.

I urge the residents of the town to get out and vote no on December 13. I stand by Wrenner, and the rest of the town residents need to stand up and say enough is enough.

and Recreation would disappear in July if this new special tax district wasn’t approved. When pressed, he agreed this isn’t true: It will continue another year then be rolled into the Essex Jct. Village government.

Hidden behind all the brouhaha concerning people’s sensitivities being bruised because of the use of a condom to bring attention to what is commonly known as an STD (special taxing district), are the facts no one has determined what this new tax will be because no one, including the study group, has yet studied the cost differences between creating this new STD and the cost to simply roll both the village and the town recreation departments under the town umbrella.

The town has capable employees in HR, IT, insurance and management.

The STD needs to hire employees to perform those functions. The town owns all the town parks. The STD would need the town to sell, give or lease them

the lands. The town sends annual tax bills. The STD will hire staff to create bills and collect taxes or pay the town to do it for them. The town prepares its budget taking into consideration all pressures of the taxes on its citizens.

The STD will prepare its own tax, not taking into consideration other municipal needs, and they will hold a separate vote on a different day.

The benefits of staying under the town umbrella far outweigh the benefits of forming a separate special taxing district not under the town board or manager.

I am firmly in favor of local government control.

Since we already have a local government named the Town of Essex, why form a new one just to handle recreation? The answer to the perceived problem exists.

It is the simple answer – keep both recreation departments together under the town.

ernance structure similar to the current Union 46 School District (Essex High School), with a fivemember governing board elected by the community and an independent budget voted by Australian (paper) ballot. It would be required to follow all the transparency and financial auditing practices expected of other public entities.

Essex voters will be asked to approve the recommendation in December. The rec committee will organize a public information and engagement effort this fall leading up to that vote. A “no” vote will keep the rec programs separate, thus requiring the process of finding a home for the Junction Rec and Parks Department to happen again. Four of five selectboard members agreed to support the committee's efforts thus far.

That doesn't necessarily mean they will endorse its final recommendation.

Unfortunately, the dissenting selectboard member chose to discredit the rec committee's efforts and acted in a way, described in last week's Reporter

(August 18), that I believe was irresponsible and objectionable. Those actions most certainly didn't represent my opinion, and I was embarrassed to see a dedicated group of citizens publicly insulted by a fellow board member who had helped appoint them.

The town government, working with the rec governance committee, will provide detailed information that citizens need to make an informed decision about the upcoming vote. Following usual practice, and to the greatest extent possible, it will provide balanced accurate information that does not attempt to sway voters' decisions. I urge everyone to give the rec governance committee a fair hearing.

Let members explain the financial, operational and governance details of their recommendation and how they arrived at their decision before making negative judgments. Let's keep open minds and not let bias or personal agendas tarnish an important decision.

Dennis Bergeron Essex Town

RaMona Sheppard Essex

Max Levy Essex Selectboard

See more letters on page 16.

It seems to me that there was a lot of wasted print coverage of this socalled "stunt" by Irene Wrenner, one of the hardest working selectboard members we have. I received one of Irene's flyers on election day (without the prop), and it was obvious from reading it that it was a communication to voters by Irene as a concerned citizen, using a play on words to make a point. I would have liked to see more coverage of the substance of Irene's flyer, for those who have not attended the meetings of the Rec Governance Study Gimmick got my attention I am writing in support of Irene Wrenner’s actions in regard to the distribution of her flyer about the creation of a special tax district. I was one of those voters who have been away for a substantial part of the summer.

I had no idea this proposal had been made and am grateful to have been made aware by Irene’s distribution of the flyer.

It was crystal clear to me from reading it that the flyer was Irene’s creation and reflected her personal viewpoint and not that of the selectboard on which she serves. I think it is wrong to expect that our elected officials should be silent about their personal views. After all, we elect Recreation in Essex: Our past, our present, our future On February 16, the Essex Village Trustees and Essex Selectboard unanimously formed the Recreation Governance Study Committee to study and explore options for potentially restructuring the village and town recreation departments.

Past: RGSC, with community input, thoroughly reviewed both consolidated and separated structures.

The RGSC unanimously approved the formation of a unified municipal district – a recreation district for the village and town together. We then drafted the agreement to form the Essex Community Parks and Recreation District.

This agreement is very similar to a municipal charter – outlining the purpose, organizational structure, oversight, budget and more. After presenting the draft agreement to all boards and the community, we made several changes incorporating the community feedback.

Present: The RGSC now begins the work of providing information to the community, while the transition team, consisting of school, municipal and recreation personnel, will embark on developing the operational details of the district. We will need a couple weeks to develop the informational pieces, but have a few facts to share now: 1) Unified municipal districts are outlined in Vermont Statue 24 V.S.A 4862 2) EJRP is not a village department. We cannot consolidate recreation like we have the highway departments.

3) Property will not be

Committee, rather than a wholesale condemnation of her by people who took offense to the term "STD." For instance, what is a "special tax district," and why is the RGSC moving in this direction, rather than consolidating the town and village rec departments in the same way as other departments? Why are we creating more bureaucracy for this departmental consolidation? Why are we being asked to approve it before we have hard numbers on how it will affect our taxes? What level of accountability will this STD have to the citizens of Essex Jct.-Essex Town?

Aren't our taxes high

enough without jumping into an untried (in Vermont) method of consolidation, which might just add to our bureaucracy, possibly without adequate accountability to the citizens?

I hope the RGSC plans to provide a lot more information about its methodology and the reasoning behind this move, prior to December 13. Right now, I see no reason to vote for this proposal. I hope everyone will demand the information we need to make a good decision, particularly hard numbers on costs.

them on the basis of their judgment and knowledge, and public discussion informs us about the qualities and viewpoints of those candidates.

While I was not handed a condom, I laughed when I read The Reporter’s account of the “stop STDs” gimmick, and I congratulate Irene on her ingenuity in getting the attention of the public to this important issue. I find it ludicrous to conclude that Irene was implying any similar qualities between the proposal and sexually transmitted diseases beyond her view that they both should be opposed.

As to the sensitivity felt toward the public mention of a condom, I shudder to think where our society is going if we retreat to the days of being unable

to talk publicly about the prevention of serious diseases that put the public at risk. Hurrah to The Essex Reporter for using the word in the story headline.

It would have been interesting to have conducted a poll of local residents’ awareness of the special tax district proposal on August 8, and compare to results obtained today.

Irene Wrenner has used her personal resources to engage the public in discussion of an important issue in our community.

Whether you agree with her about the proposed special tax district or not, we should all feel grateful to her for getting us talking about it.

given away; people will continue to have access as they do today.

4) The transition team will have a draft budget available in October.

5) EJRP does not receive in-kind donations from the school district.

EJRP pays for all CCSU services.

6) Currently village resident’s tax dollars help fund Essex Parks and Recreation. This is similar to the various services we have already consolidated.

The town and village municipalities will work to ensure town residents are not saddled with a large increase due to the tax equalization across our community and only village residents, who voted for the facilities at Maple Street Park, will continue to pay down the bond.

Future: Six public forums will be held to inform the community: September 28 at EMS, September 29 at ADL, October

13 at Essex Elementary, October 18 at Fleming, November 16 at Founders and December 6 at EHS. Forums start at 6:15 p.m. with free childcare. Information will be available via a dedicated website, www.essexrec.org, Front Porch Forum, various community events and at municipal facilities.

December 13 voters will decide whether or not they support the formation of the district. Voters in both municipalities must approve the district to move forward.

We appreciate your patience over the next couple weeks as the RGSC and transition team continues their work. All information from our committee will come from me.

This ensures the public has one point of contact for factual information.

Louise Goodrich Essex Town

Zail Berry Essex Town

Erika Baldasaro Rec Governance Study Committee Communications Team

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Religious Directory

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH - 61 Main St., Essex Jct., 878-8341. James Gangwer, pastor. Sunday School: 10 a.m., Worship Service: 11 a.m., Sunday evening worship: 6:30 p.m., Wednesday evening youth groups: Awana, pro-teens and prayer meeting, 7 p.m.; Fundamental-independent.

CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. 878-7107. Wes Pastor, senior minister, proclaiming Christ and Him crucified, Sundays: 9:30 a.m., www.cmcvermont.org.

DAYBREAk COMMUnITY CHURCH - 67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester. 338-9118. Brent Devenney, lead pastor. Sunday service: 10:30 a.m., www. daybreakvermont.org; brentdaybreak@gmail.com ESSEX ALLIAnCE CHURCH - 37 Old Stage Road, Essex Jct. 878-8213. Sunday services: 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m., www.essexalliance.org.

ESSEX CEnTER UnITED METHODIST CHURCH - 119 Center Rd (Route 15), Essex. 878-8304. Rev. Mitchell

Photo courtesy of essex high School Last year's freshman class is pictured at Essex High School on the first day of school. The 2016-17 school year kicks off on Wednesday with orientation programs the day before. See event listings for more information.

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. Summer Worship One Service: 9 a.m., June 5 – September 4. Communion: first Sunday of every month. School Year Sunday School: 5th/6th Grade, Jr. & Sr. high youth groups.

Heavenly Food Pantry: fourth Thursday of the month, 2-6 p.m. except for Nov. & Dec. when it is the third Thursday. Essex Eats Out community dinner: 1st Friday of the month, 5:30 – 7 p.m. Music includes Senior Choir, Praise Band, Junior Choir, Cherub Choir, Handbell Choir, Men’s Acapella & Ladies’ Acapella groups. UCC, an Open and Affirming Congregation, embracing diversity and affirming the dignity and worth of every person, because we are all created by a loving God. www.fccej. org; welcome@fccej.org gRACE UnITED METHODIST CHURCH - 130 Maple Street, Essex Jct., 1 mile south of the Five Corners on Maple Street / Route 117. 878-8071. Worship Sundays: 9:30 a.m., with concurrent church school pre-K to high school. Handicapped-accessible facility. Adult study group Sundays: 11:00 a.m; adult choir, praise band, women’s fellowship, missionally active. Korean U.M.C. worship Sundays: 12:30 p.m., come explore what God might be offering you!

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

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

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 4 St. James Place, Essez Jct., off Rt. 2A at the Fairgrounds Gate F. 8784014. Holy Eucharist Rite II: 9 a.m. Visit www.stjamesvt. org; stjamesvtoffice@yahoo.com.

ST. PIUS X CHURCH - 20 Jericho Road, Essex.

878-5997. Rev. Charles Ranges, pastor. Masses: Saturday, 4:30 p.m. & Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. or please call 878-5331 for an appointment.

25 ThurSdaY Tai chi for healTh and WellneSS

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

WinooSki one hYdro PlanT Tour

3 - 4 p.m., Winooski One Hydro Plant. To increase public awareness of water use and management in the Lake Champlain Watershed, UVM Extension's Lake Champlain Sea Grant Program hosts a free tour of the Winooski One Hydro Plant. Situated on the Winooski River, this 7.4 megawatt hydroelectric generating station also has a fish lift and riverside park. Space is limited, and preregistration is mandatory – sign up by August 23 at www.uvm. edu/seagrant/events.

Instructions on where to meet will be provided.

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

children’S STorY Time

6 p.m., Rocky’s Pizza, 39 Park St., Essex Jct..

Mother Goose stories and Aesop’s Fables.

eSSex communiTY hiSTorical SocieTY 6 - 7:30 p.m., Harriet Farnsworth Powell Museum in Essex Center, Routes 128 & 15.

Step into the story of Essex and its people.

Our museum collection brings the stories of Essex history to life in displays about local families, businesses and those in the armed services from the Civil War to Vietnam. Free and ADA accessible. For more information, email essexcommunity historicalsociety@ myfairpoint.net or call 879-0849.

adulT evening Book diScuSSion

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. Join us as we discuss "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrick Backman. Copies of the book are available at the main desk.

26 fridaY all ageS STorY Time

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

muSical STorYTime

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

Rock out and read with stories, songs and instruments. All ages.

five cornerS farmerS' markeT

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

dungeonS & dragonS

6 - 8:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Embark upon imaginary adventures.

Our Dungeon Master serves as the game’s referee and storyteller.

For grades 6 and up.

maggie’S fiBer fridaY for adulTS

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

Maggie Loftus, veteran knitter, will be settled in front of the fireplace in the Main Reading Room.

She invites adult knitters and crocheters to join her with their projects and engage in conversation. Bring patterns to share if you’d like. For more information, email Maggie at 6maggie2@ myfairpoint.net.

27 SaTurdaY BroncoS fooTBall JamBoree

7 a.m. - 4 p.m., Bombardier Park East & West, Milton. Milton Broncos youth football once again hosts this great event featuring youth football teams from across the state, playing in scrimmages. Watch a game, enjoy concessions and more. For more information, contact Rodney Tinker at 2338350 or rjtinker10@ aol.com and find Milton Broncos Vermont on Facebook.

annual marine familY Picnic

10 a.m., Sand Bar State Park, Milton. The family picnic is the summer highlight of the social calendar for the Marine Corps League. Burgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob and drinks will be provided. Please bring a dish, casserole or dessert to share. The picnic is for Marines, Marines no longer on active duty, Fleet Marine Force Corpsmen and other service members who were attached to or served with the Marine Corps as well as family members and friends of the Corps. Please RSVP to John Kohler at 238-8405 no later than August 25. Rain date: August 28.

28 SundaY american legion communiTY BreakfaST

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

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

Women'S Pick-uP Soccer 6 - 8 p.m., Leddy Park fields behind tennis courts, Burlington.

29 mondaY WeSTford Prek-8 orienTaTion

Westford School. Check with child's teacher for times.

droP-in STorY Time

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

lego cluB

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

learn To kniT

6 p.m., Burnham Memorial Library. Have you always wanted to learn how to knit?

Want to participate in yarn-bombing our light pole? Here’s your chance to do both!

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calendar lOcal MeeTInGS ThurS., auG 25 6:30 p.m., Town planning commission, Town offices, 81 Main St., Essex Jct.

ThurS., SepT 1

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

are no charge, but we welcome sustainability donations to further the program – these can be made online while registering or mailed to CVAA, 76 Pearl St., Suite 201, Essex Jct.

MakInG crab apple Sauce Seasoned knitters will show you the basics and help troubleshoot your very first piece of fiber art. Claim a tag and a spot for your creation to be immortalized on the light pole and learn a new trade all at the same time. All materials are provided.

This program is for teens and adults, but families are welcome.

Register online at www. colchestervt.gov/609/ Sign-Up-for-Programs.

30 TueSday kInderGarTen OrIenTaTIOn

7:55 a.m. - 8:45 a.m., Summit Street School.

FreShMan OrIenTaTIOn

8 a.m. - 2:35 p.m., Essex High School.

pre-k Open hOuSe

10 a.m. - 11 a.m., morning program; 1 p.m. - 2 p.m., afternoon program, Hiawatha School.

TaI chI FOr healTh and WellneSS

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

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 chOcOlaTe lab

3:30 p.m., Burnham Memorial Library. Sign up to read to our new 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 Friends of the Burnham Library.

drOp-In knITTInG club

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

31 WedneSday FIrST day OF SchOOl

ADL School, STEM Academy, Westford School, Thomas Fleming School, Essex High School and Hiawatha School.

Tech TIMe WITh TracI

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

eSSex rOTary club MeeTInG

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

Visitors are always welcome.

Guy readS bOOk club

6 p.m., Groennfell Meadery, 856 Hercules Dr., Colchester. Do you like reading non-fiction, science fiction or action novels? Join us at Groennfell Meadery to enjoy some good books and better drinks.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of gender.

This time, we’ll be reading "The Last Policeman"

by Ben H. Winters.

Register online at www. colchestervt.gov/609/ Sign-Up-for-Programs.

WOMen'S pIck-up baSkeTball

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

1 ThurSday eSSex arT leaGue

9 - 11 a.m., Essex Jct. Congregational Church, Route 15. The meeting agenda includes a business and social time and a guest artist presentation. A detailed calendar of meetings, speakers and an online gallery is published on the League's website at www.essexartleague. com.

TaI chI FOr healTh and WellneSS

11 - 11:45 a.m., Bayside Activity Center, Colchester. For ages 50+; registration is available at taichi@ cvaa.org or by calling Karen at 865-0360, ext. 1019. Classes

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. We’ll harvest crab apples from the tree behind the library, then cook and strain them into a batch of beautiful red applesauce. A warm and tasty treat! For kids in grades 1 - 5.

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

chIldren’S STOry TIMe

6 p.m., Rocky’s Pizza, 39 Park St., Essex Jct..

Mother Goose stories and Aesop’s Fables.

eSSex cOMMunITy hISTOrIcal SOcIeTy 6 - 7:30 p.m., Harriet Farnsworth Powell Museum in Essex Center, Routes 128 & 15.

Step into the story of Essex and its people.

Our museum collection brings the stories of Essex history to life in displays about local families, businesses and those in the armed services from the Civil War to Vietnam. Free and ADA accessible. For more information, email essexcommunity historicalsociety@ myfairpoint.net or call 879-0849.

InTrOducTIOn TO SWInG dance

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Milton Public Library, 37 Bombardier Rd., Milton.

Join us for a free swing dancing demonstration with Milton residents Heather Sheehan and Michael Boucher.

adulT cOlOrInG

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. Come the first Thursday of the month and join in on the fun of adult coloring!

Bring your own books or choose from a variety of printed pictures supplied by the library.

2 FrIday all aGeS STOry TIMe

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

MuSIcal STOryTIMe

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

Rock out and read with stories, songs and instruments. All ages.

FIve cOrnerS FarMerS' MarkeT

3:30 - 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Place, Essex Jct. There will be delicious fresh produce and prepared foods for sale, as well as cheeses, meats, local wines, baked goods, crafts and more! So

Help the St. James Flea Market find vendors!

much variety you can get in a week's worth of shopping and find Friday's dinner, too!

MaGIc: The GaTherInG

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

3 SaTurday brOWnell lIbrary clOSed FOr labOr day Weekend.

SaTurday drOpIn STOry TIMe

10 a.m., Burnham Memorial Library. A weekly selection of music and books for children of all ages. No sign up required.

12TH ANNUAL

FreedOM rIde

10:30 - 11:45 a.m. registration, noon - 2:30 p.m. ride, Eagles Club, 42 Centre Dr., Milton.

Join this motorcycle ride to support the troops.

After registration, riders leave the Milton Eagles Club to travel south on Route 7 to Route 2 through the Islands, then east on Route 78 to Maquam Shore, through St. Albans Bay and back to Milton. A free lunch/buffet will follow the ride, which is expected to last about 2 1/2 hours. Registration: $20/person; all motorcycles welcome.

For more information, contact Wade Costello at 893-2002 or Ken Mayo at 893-1101.

St. James Episcopal Church in Essex Junction is taking Registrations for vendors for The Fall Flea Market Saturday, September 17th 9am-3pm

Information for vendors can be found on our website www.stjamesvt.org YOU provide the table and treasures WE provide ample parking, a central location, advertising, and buyers.

Authentic, Fresh Greek & Mediterranean Food

GYROS • PANINI • SALADS FALAFEL • BAKLAVA BOSNIAN GRILLED SPECIALITIES ESPRESSO DRINKS • BEER & WINE 17 Park St., Essex Jct. (near 5 corners)

878-9333

DINE IN OR TAKE OUT Tu-Th 11-8 • F & S 11-9 • Closed Sun & Mon Full Menu www.cafemediterano.com

No need to travel to Montreal, Boston or New York when we're just minutes away!

ReModel ReUse ReStore Furniture, appliances and building materials get a new life when you donate and shop.

G r e e n M o u nt a i n

528 Essex Rd. (Rt. 2A) • Williston • 857-5296 • vermonthabitat.org Open to the Public Mon. - Fri. 10 - 6 & Sat. 10 - 5

FURNITURE • APPLIANCES • ART • HOUSEWARES • RUGS • TOOLS • BUILDING MATERIALS

4 Sunday aMerIcan leGIOn cOMMunITy breakFaST

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

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

300± Vehicles! 30± Donations & MORE! Saturday, August 27 @ 9AM

Register from 7:30AM

298 J. Brown Dr., Williston, VT • 800-878-9200

’12 Nissan Versa ’11 Honda Accord ’10 Subaru Impreza ’09 Ford Focus ’08 Chevy Cobalt ’08 Kawasaki Ninja

’08 Kia Spectra ’08 Mazda Tribute ’08 Scion tC ’08 Subaru Forester ’08 Toyota Prius ’08 Volvo XC705

’07 Buick LaCrosse ’07 Chevy Equinox ’07 Chrysler Pacifica ’07 Ford 500 AND MORE! Subject to change.

Sell your car, get Paid in 3 days!

Bank Foreclosure: 3BR/2BA Farmhouse Friday, September 9 @ 11AM

77 Academy Lane, Bakersfield, VT OPEN HOUSE: Friday, August 26 from 2-4PM

WOMen'S pIck-up SOccer 6 - 8 p.m., Leddy Park fields behind tennis courts, Burlington.

OnGOInG evenTS:

3BR/2BA home on 0.75± acre with 1.5 story detached garage. Cape Style home is just off Route 108.

Many windows have been replaced.

Thomas Hirchak Co. • THCAuction.com • 800-634-7653

chaMplaIn valley FaIr

August 26 - September 4, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Jct. Enjoy 10 days of rides, food and craft vendors, concerts and more! Visit www. champlainvalleyfair.org for more information.

Special event co ming up?

Tell Michael! michaela@essexreporter.com calendar@essexreporter.com Tell Michaela!

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Quart $15.00 for everyone. Furniture, Yates Family Farm Gallon $44.00 esthetician roomat avail$600.

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26’ wooden ladder, Maple Syrup Crop.

Sat., 8/27 & Sun., 8/28 Half Gallon $24.00

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MOP, SHARK 25 Orchard Terrace Sat., 8/27 & Sun., 8/28 Contact Half Gallon $24.00 dishes, Futon, linens, Deluxe.

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MERCHANDISE Garrys Barber it’s yours.

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Sports WANTED letter of interest to Mary Thompson, Assistant - 43 Bombardier Road, WANTED Watches, Silver,Administrative Art, Essex Junction Free house visits. cards, 13,560.

Asking TO BUY Milton, VT 05468 mthompson@town.milton.vt.us.

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CallTown 802-862-5163 in the Manager’stion Office or on the Town Website at www.miltonvt.org/jobapp.pdf.

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SALE 802-272-7527 14x56 - $54,000.

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8028/26 CITY GAS10-12, GRILL, p.m.

NAVY blue.

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802-658-1636 room, garage, Excellent 8/271 &car Sun., 8/28 condition. $75.condi802- Sat., 4125 Etc. Tools large eat-in kitchen tion.

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KILLbrim BED and Perfect condition. Nonsmoking long sleeved. $2.-$3. blue. home, ex- 350 West Enosburg 12:00pm-6:00pm cover ears. Size 7Harris 1/4.

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Sat.,for 8/27 & Sun., 8/28 $10. askRoad for Bill.

Bed 802-658-1636 Bug Killers/kit 3645, 524-2466.

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1.25 ery QUETTE, AC power light purple, beautiful. something for every- Liz DROP leafs,The natural, plies brand wareClaiborne, stores, Home bar.

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Like new POP CORN Has ARMCHAIR TRAY, TREE new, worn, in- HUNTING Depot.never homedepot.

802-524-3645 for and rear ask porches, cluded. $100.

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RENTALS 350 West Enosburg $4397.

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Apartments for Bill.

WELDER, your own bandmill. Cut Enosburg style, on wheels. New, STRAW 802-891-6140 Musical Items HAT, SUMAppliances TOTE,Furnishings NEW, WITH 802-735-8256.

Available immediately.

Unfurnished lumber any dimension.

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BEDSPREAD, CROLost & Found 21”x13”, $1,600./mo.

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Bedroom Sears, duplex, Sawmills.com bag.

Good condition. snow/rubbish removal, for style, on electric wheels. blackSell collar.

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802-868-7613 W/Dgreat stove/refrigerator, $100, sell for $35.

Call REWARD OFFERED! 802-735-8256.

ROUND, beautiful an- TOTE, BEDSPREAD, CRO- Never & Found NEW, WITH needs oil or gas. petsLost considered, no metal lighthouse.

New, Ext. 300N hookups, $750./mo.

Movies/CDs/Tapes/ BEARS, (50), GLASS/ 978-505-2769.

Disappeared on 7/21 in CHETED, tique with designs. 10” handles, DOUBLE 21”x13”, New, over $100.

Sell smoking.

Available imstill in box. Nice for Exercise/Sporting plus deposit.

802-309Lawn/Garden Etc. for all. GERMAN SHEPARD, $20.

Fairfield.Name is Mow-ceramic. in diameter. Handle in beautiful. size, $25. formediately. $10. 802$35. 978-505-2769. $1,100./mo. displaying photos, etc.

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1636 DISH, ELECTRIC, Sears, DISPLAY Call: ing $85. 802-868-7613 CRYSTAL SHELF, 6’ PUSH, Excellent Computers/Supplies consets, bag, cart, clubs, tion.

Help us bring RENOVATED 3 bednal jackets, 1940sREWARD OFFERED! Collectibles ROUND, beautiful an- metal lighthouse. New, great for small area.

1-800-864-6226 $75. on 802-782ICE BUCKET, balls, tees.

Very Contact good, Bicycles/Bikes Mowgli home! room, Call plenty storage,dition.

1960s. forof informaDisappeared 7/21 in COMPUTER KNEELtique with designs.

10” Never needs oil or gas. still in box. Nice for 4125 x7852 BEARS, GLASS/3 clean GEORGE(50),Briard, sets. $50. for each 802-524-1107 with in-ING niceCHAIR, village location. tion and listing. $150 Fairfield.Name is MowergonominNew, diameter.

Handle in over $100.

Sell or 802-343-0540 displaying photos, etc.

BIKE, WOMEN’S, ceramic. $20. vinyl for all. quart, brown lid, set.

Call 802-524-2466 formation.

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AskNEW, 26”, Beach 802-524-9691 brown tweed handle for more information. pets/smoking. $750./ 2466. der and needs medicaLIMITED SUPPLY, 6 brown kneeling and sitsir.com ing $85.includes 802-868-7613 Cruiser with accesso- and trim. Brand new. 1636 Wanted to Buy LAWN MOWER, mo., electric.feet tion. Arborvitae, Help us bring fast ting pads.

Excellent IN-LINE SKATES, SENComputers/Supplies ries. White, large seat, $15. 802-891-6140 PetsBUCKET, growing, PUSH, Excellent con- ICE 802-860-6416 Bicycles/Bikes home! Contact $129. $40. 802- Mowgli ECA, Marauder, white condition.

BUYING ANTIQUES HomesReg for rent hard pedal. Selling for dition. $75.

802-782- GEORGE Briard, 3 NOW 802-524-1107 with in$69. Beautiful, MATTRESS KNEELCOVER, with COMPUTER pink and purple, 891-6140 SMALL APARTMENT MINIATURE DACHSComplete households, health reasons. $100.

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Movies/CDs/Tapes/ Champlain YOUTH size,Valley begin-Self Storage, LLC Free Info/DVD: Exercise/Sporting Etc. www.Norwood ners, with gig To cover this debt, Equipment since brown June 30, 2016.

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GOLF CLUBS, TWO R.P.M., 100+, in origiper our lease dated 6/16/16, the contents 1-800-578-1363 $50. 802-868-7613 sets, bag, cart, clubs, nal jackets, 1940sofMovies/CDs/Tapes/ unit #045 will be sold at private silent Ext. 300N balls, tees. Very good, 1960s. Call for informaauction on Etc.September 10, 2016. Auction clean sets. $50. for each tion and listing. $150 Exercise/Sporting Equipment pre-registration Call 802-871set. Call 802-524-2466 for all. Call 802-524RECORDS, 33 required.

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GOLF CLUBS, TWO R.P.M., 100+, in origi5787 for auction information. sets, bag, cart, clubs, nal jackets, 1940sIN-LINE SKATES, SENPets balls, tees. Very good, 1960s. Call for informaECA, Marauder, white and listing. $150 with pink and purple, MINIATURE DACHS- clean sets. $50. for each tionVILLAGE OF ESSEX JUNCTION size 4. Like new condi- HUNDS PUPPIES for set. Call 802-524-2466 for all. Call 802-524ZONING BOARD ADJUSTMENT for more information.

2466. tion. In original box. $20. sale. 2 males and 2 PUBLIC HEARING 802-891-6140 females. Each born IN-LINE SKATES, SENPets on June 27th. Asking ECA, Marauder, white SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 Furniture $500. Call 802-285- with pink and purple, MINIATURE DACHS6:00 P.M. size 4. Like new condi- HUNDS PUPPIES for CHAIRS, UPHOL- 6287. tion. In original box. $20. sale. 2 males and 2 STERED, TWO. One Appeal Administrative Officer’s decision 802-891-6140 females.

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Asking wood, natural finish for Furniture $500.

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STERED, TWO. One District, by Lori Dion Echols, appellant. platform rocker, real COUCH, FREE, THREE ________________________________ cushion with matching PUG PUPPIES, (6), wood, natural finish for This DRAFT agenda may be amended. This two females, 4 males. starter home or camp. chair, royal blue. Good condition. 802-782-5361 Lots of fun. Up to date Must see $40. OBO. meeting will be held in the conference room shots. Ready to go. 802-527-1421. of the Essex Junction municipal building at 2 RECLINER, LA-Z-BOY, $650., negotiable. 802Lincoln St., Essex Junction, VT. COUCH, FREE, THREE NAVY blue. Excellent 752-5947 cushion with matching PUG PUPPIES, (6), condition. $75. 802-7824 males. chair, royal blue. Good two Legalfemales, ad for 08/25/16, Essex Reporter 4125 Tools of fun. Up to date condition. 802-782-5361 Lots Any questions re: above please call Robin SOFA, BROYHILL, Ready to go.

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10• The Essex Reporter • August 25, 2016 ness administration), Lara Collins (B.S., public communication), Spencer Cray (B.S., community entrepreneurship), Lauren Cray (B.S., medical laboand Essex Jct. residents ratory sciences), Trevor graduated from Johnson Crum (B.A., computer sciState College: Eric Jones ence), Kayla Della Grot(B.A., history), Jennifer ta (B.A., psychology), Alex Clarke (B.A., professional Dickinson (B.A., religion), studies), D o m i n i c Hunter DiGangi (B.A., Damato (B.A., profes- global studies), Jacob sional studies), Francine DiMille (B.S., business Giroux (B.A., psychology), administration), Joshua Kelsey Lamphere (B.A., Dyke (B.A., economics), interdisciplinary studies), Shina Ellis-Garcia (B.S., Naandi Maharaj (M.A., wildlife & fisheries biolocounseling) and Kayla gy), Theresa Fano (B.S., Pratt (B.A., childhood ed- animal sciences), Gabrielle Fernandez (B.A., ucation).

Chinelo J. Asanya history), Ian Foertsch and Elizabeth A. Lucas (cum laude, B.S., computer of Essex Jct. graduated science), Melissa Fonfrom St. Lawrence Uni- taine (B.S., business adversity. Asanya earned ministration), Tonya GraB.A. in art and art history ham (B.S., individually and Lucas graduated cum designed program), Stella laude with a B.A. in Span- Grenn (B.S., business administration), Leah ish studies.

Peter Dietrich of Es- Grzych (B.S., secondary sex Jct. graduated from education – language), the Medical College of Wis- Peter Handy (B.S., busiconsin as a member of the ness administration), Hira Wisconsin Beta Chapter of Haq (magna cum laude, Alpha Omega Alpha Medi- B.S., biochemistry), Marcal Society. Dietrich was tin Harrison (B.A., ecoalso awarded The Randle nomics), Philippe Hebert E. Pollard, M.D. Endowed (cum laude, B.S., busiPrize in Urology and will ness administration), Ian be completing his urology Johnson (B.S., biological residency at the Medical science), Casey Lander College of Wisconsin affili- (B.S., molecular genetics), Lucy Lincoln (B.S., exerated hospitals.

The following Essex cise and movement sciencand Essex Jct. residents es), Sara Lott (B.S., geolgraduated from Castleton ogy), Lucas Martin (B.S., University: Nathan Bouf- business administration), fand (B.S., social work and Ashton McCuin (B.S., sociology), Samuel Car- chemistry), Levi Merpenter (B.S., communica- chant (B.S., business adtion), Alla Crowe (magna ministration), Derek Neal cum laude, A.S., nursing), (magna cum laude, B.A., Patrick Nee Jordan Goodrich (B.A., English), Prime commercial property in social studies), Christo- (B.A., geology), Nicholas Chittenden County and beyond pher Jurnak (B.S., exer- Orr (B.S., psychology), Kacise science), Kyle Kane trina Overton (B.A., biol(B.S., sports administra- ogy), Christine Paluga tion), Charles Morenus (magna cum laude, B.S., (B.S., physical education) elementary education – Molly Platania and Taylor Rock (magna K-6), cum laude, B.S., sports ad- (B.S., public communication), Emily Rutz (summa ministration).

Mark Furland of Es- cum laude, B.S., commusex graduated from Michi- nication science and disgan Technological Uni- orders), Anna Schmoker versity with a bachelor of (summa cum laude, B.S., science in computer sci- chemistry), Emma Schultz (B.A., English), Lily ence.

The following Es- Schulz (B.S., public comsex and Essex Jct. resi- munication), Ellen Sedents graduated from the yller (cum laude, B.S., moUniversity of Vermont: lecular genetics), Himani Katherine Amey (B.S., Sharma (B.S., neuroscialternate track – VT RN), ence), Miriam Sheehey Victoria Bespalov (B.S., (B.S., alternate track – VT public communication), RN), Charles Sheppard Sean Bombardier (B.S., (B.A., English), Erica mechanical engineering), Tremblay (B.S., early Dominique Braceras childhood preschool), Amy (magna cum laude, B.S., Wagoner (B.A., English), exercise and movement sciences), Aaron Brunet Ayla Walker (B.S., environmental studies) and (B.A., computer science), Vincent Chiu (B.S., busi- Sarah Weiss (B.A., biol-

announcements Wedding.

Johnson – Bruno Wendy and Dan Johnson of Essex Jct. announce the engagement of their son, Matthew Johnson, to Kailey Bruno, daughter of Jeanne and David Bruno of Burlington, Mass.

Johnson, an EHS alumnus, is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Wilmington and the U.S. Navy Officer Candidate Program in Newport, R.I. Bruno is a UVM graduate.

A fall wedding is planned in Everett, Wash.

Graduations Danielle Barclay of Essex Jct. graduated from the University of the Sciences with a B.S. in health science with a minor in social science. Barclay was also named to the spring 2016 dean’s list.

Awadh Alanazi, Kate Barash-Engel, Jordan Beauchemin, Nathan Brown, Cara Ladouceur, Macie Laurin, Kate Morrison, Merima Omanovic, Charity Parker, Austin Postlethwait, Joshua Rouleau and Adam Yandow of Essex Jct. and Reid Contois and Seth Stevens of Essex graduated from Vermont Technical College.

Hillary Bocash and John Crowley of Essex Jct. graduated from Tulane University. Bocash earned a master of architecture degree and Crowley a B.A. in liberal arts.

Ellen Rickes of Essex Jct. graduated summa cum laude from Gettys-

burg College with a degree in Spanish/Latin American, Caribbean and Latino studies.

Jacob C. Dowman of Essex graduated from Clarkson University with a bachelor of science with distinction in mechanical engineering.

Isabella C. Esposito of Essex graduated from Clarkson University with a bachelor of science with distinction in engineering and management.

Mathew D. Spencer of Essex Jct. graduated from Clarkson University with a bachelor of science in environmental engineering.

Buddy Gammal of Essex Jct. graduated from Grove City College with a bachelor of science in business management. Gammal was also named to the spring 2016 dean’s list with high distinction.

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Kevin Jenko of Essex Jct. graduated from Becker College.

Colin Watts of Essex Jct. graduated cum laude from Tufts University with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.

Alexandra Wells of Essex Jct. graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering.

Academic achievements Alexandra Wells and Vahan Ionnisian of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Calgary Tremblay of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 president’s list at the Community College of Vermont.

President’s list students must achieve a GPA of 4.0 or higher.

Laura Sturm of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Ithaca College.

The following Essex Jct. students were named to the spring 2016 dean's list at Norwich University: Francesca Barbara Sands, Kevin James Svarczkopf, Jacob Rannoch Bovee, Ryan

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Garrity Grindle, Matthew Henry Mulcahy, Nadeem Joseph Shedyak, Connor Patrick Knowles, Timothy Raymond Clemens and Sam Mattson. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Frank Puelo and Andrew Lange of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Roger Williams University. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.4 or higher.

Carolyn C. Leccese of Essex and Jasmine A. Powell, Gariela F. Heermans, James C. Combs and Jessica R. Barnet of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at St. Michael’s College.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.4 or higher.

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August 25, 2016 • The Essex Reporter •11 Alexandra Macfarlane of Essex and Maria Reed of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Merrimack College.

Tiffany Barnes of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at University of New Haven.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Martin T. Deutsch of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Colby College. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.75 or higher.

Erin Louise McIntosh of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at McDaniel College with honors. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Julia Nye of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at the University of Albany – SUNY. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Grace Schonberg of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Wheaton College.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Ryan McEvoy and Tyler Powell of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Lyndon State College. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Olivia Malle of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at

Coastal Carolina University. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Jesse Earisman and John Valley of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Dean’s list students must complete work at the A level.

Patrick Abbott of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Champlain College. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Elainey Fitzpatrick, Austin Hayes, Christopher Jurnak, Hanna McEvoy, Emily O'Neill, Taylor Rock, and Liam Welsh, all of Essex Jct., and Kyle Kane of Essex were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Castleton University. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Annie Grey Tarver of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Baylor University.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.7 or higher.

Laura Maguire of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 SUNY Potsdam president’s list. President’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Alexander Jacob DeWitt, William Logan Harris and Kaitlin A. Tallman of Essex Jct. and Isabella C. Esposito of Essex were named to the

spring 2016 dean’s list at Clarkson University.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.25 or higher.

Katherine Anne Furland of Essex Jct. was named a spring 2016 President Scholar at Clarkson University. Students must achieve a GPA of 3.8 or higher to earn this distinction.

Sarah Emily Koch of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Anderson University.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Rebecca Ann LeBlanc of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at the University of Rhode Island. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.3 or higher.

Sarah Sturm of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Luther College. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Austin Postlethwait, Christopher Cobler, Elise Contois, Hossain Al-Mordef, Patrick Wilkins and Sarah Ferland of Essex Jct. and William McSoley of Essex were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Vermont Technical College. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Daniel Rapoza of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 president’s list at Vermont Technical College. President’s list stu-

announcements dents must achieve a GPA of 4.0.

Jacob Munro of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at the University of Hartford.

Katherine Crawford and Olivia Loisel of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at the Univeristy of Connecticut.

Kara E. Sheftic of Essex Jct. and Steven J. Maloney of Essex were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Boston University. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Joseph Michael Picard of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Endicott College. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Rachel Gammal of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Emmanuel College.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Mackenzie Burnett of Essex and Benjamin Pearl, Jacob Benson, Amarah Emerson, Karyn Scarczkopf, and Kymberly Svarczkopf of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at the University of New England. Dean’s list stu-

dents must achieve a GPA of 3.3 or higher.

Victoria Gibson of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at SUNY Cortland.

Elisabeth Palmieri of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Union College. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Maria Grant, Alexa Pius and Nathan Watts of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Tufts University.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.4 or higher.

Robert Busch, Colby Pastel and Brian Sandon of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.4 or higher.

Kyah McCormick of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Clark University.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Matthew Bergeron of Essex was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at St. Lawrence University.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.6 or higher.

Patrick Abbott, Lisa Ashley, Samuel Barch,

Cecelia Billings, Alison Bovee, Dominique Cornaccia, Christopher Diego, Brendan Harlow, Lalaina Miner, Alexandra Nicasio, Peter Orzell, Devin Renca, Hugues Ross, Joshua Sharp, Shawn Tkach, Lillian Vinson, Katherine Weed and Jack Whitney of Essex Jct. and Hally Yandow of Essex were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Champlain College. Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Kathryn Boynton, Jamie Favaloro, Scott Jurkiewicz, Elizabeth Lane and Hannah Wagner of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 president’s list at Champlain College. President’s list students must achieve a GPA of 4.0 or higher.

Lee Murphy of Essex Jct. was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at the University of Rochester.

Rose DeNofrio, Alyssa Henry and Sydney Duncan of Essex Jct. were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at the University of New Hampshire.

Dean’s list students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

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health BaCK tO SChOOl: head lice 101 What are head lice?

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, head lice are parasitic insects that can be found close to the scalp, most often on the head, eyebrows and eyelashes. While head lice don't spread disease, they do feed on blood several times per day.

Who is most susceptible to head lice?

Nasal spray no more

Following new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nasal spray flu vaccine will not be available in the U.S. for the upcoming flu season. Instead, all flu vaccinations will be given as a standard shot.

The nasal spray flu vaccine has been offered in recent years to healthy individuals ages 2 to 49. This past June, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend it not be used during the 2016-17 flu season.

New research has shown a significant difference between the effectiveness of the standard flu shot and the nasal spray flu vaccine.

During the 2015-16 flu season, the flu shot was 63 percent effective at preventing or reducing influenza-related illness in people ages 2 to 17. However, the nasal spray, which accounted for fewer than 10 percent of all flu vaccinations, was only 3 percent effective. Scientists are continuing to investigate the reasons for the low effectiveness of the nasal spray vaccine.

“Each year, the effectiveness of the flu vaccine varies depending on how good a match it is to the type of flu strains that

Head lice are more common in close, overcrowded living conditions, which may be one reason why schoolchildren who spend their days in the relatively close confines of classrooms tend to be vulnerable to head lice infestations. In fact, the CDC estimates as many as 12 million head lice infestations occur each year in children between the ages of 3 and 11 in the U.S. alone. Adults are not immune to head lice, though they may be less likely than children to suffer an infestation.

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circulate during the season,” said Vt. Dept. of Health immunization program manager Christine Finley, “but 3 percent is far too low a level to ensure protection.”

Although the nasal spray won’t be used for flu vaccines this year, CDC and the health department continue to recommend everyone age 6 months and older get a yearly flu shot. At this time, there is no indication that there will be a shortage of vaccine.

Flu vaccination can reduce illness and prevent flu-related hospitalizations. Vaccination also lowers the risk of illness in people who cannot get a flu shot, or who are more vulnerable to getting the flu, such as older adults, infants younger than 6 months and people with chronic health conditions. Vaccinated individuals who do get sick experience milder symptoms.

Getting a flu shot during pregnancy has been shown to protect both the mother and her baby for several months after birth.

Vaccination is particularly important for people who are at high risk of serious complications from the flu.

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What are the symptoms of head lice infestations?

how can I reduce my child's risk for head lice?

Schoolchildren are typically tested for head lice at the beginning of each school year, and such tests may uncover an infestation before kids even begin to exhibit any symptoms. But kids can be infested with head lice

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Contrary to popular belief, head lice cannot hop or fly. Head lice move by crawling, and they can be spread in various ways.

According to HeadLice. org, head lice can spread whenever there is direct contact of the head or hair with an infested individual. Head lice also can spread when an infested person shares personal articles – including hats, pillows, towels, brushes, hair ties and helmets – with someone who is not infested.

– which can live up to 30 days on a human – at any time of year, so parents should be on the lookout for the following symptoms of head lice: • Tickling feeling of something moving in the hair • Excessive itching of the scalp, which may be the result of an allergic reaction to bites of the head louse • Difficulty sleeping, as head lice are most active in the dark • Head sores that result from scratching and may lead to infections caused by bacteria found on the infected person's skin.

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Teach kids to avoid sharing certain items.

Though learning to share is critical to children’s development, it’s also important that parents teach kids to avoid sharing combs, brushes, hair

ties and other accessories, hats, helmets, coats, scarves, towels and ear buds. Head lice can attach themselves to such items, making kids vulnerable to infestation when these items are shared.

Avoid storing clothing in common areas. Coats, scarves and hats hung in common areas are vulnerable to head lice infestation, as lice can crawl from item to item, spreading infestations along the way. While the CDC says spreading head lice through inanimate objects is uncommon, it can occur. Teach kids to keep their clothing in their own lockers at school, and encourage educators to make separate hooks available to each student to reduce the risk of spreading infestations among classmates.

Though most head lice discussions occur at the dawn of a new school year, infestations can occur anytime. Learn more about head lice at www. headlice.org.

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Hornets kick off new season

Photos by George Henry The Essex High School football team kicked off its 2016 campaign at the EHS practice fields on Monday, Aug 15. The Hornets will look to improve on last season's 4-5 record when their season begins against Colchester on September 2. Top: Players line up during a drill at EHS on August 15. Above: A player snags a pass. Bottom left: A player stretches out for a catch. Bottom right: Coach Charlie Burnett addresses the team during practice.

summer league champions

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by JOE GONILLO So for the first time in the last 37 years, the words “back to school” did not send chills down my spine. As some of you knew, I retired from teaching in June after 35 years in the classroom. I graduated from St. Michael’s in 1980, did a semester student teaching with Bill O’Neil, met Steve Dowd and started an extremely rewarding career as a teacher and coach over the last 36 years. I have been involved in education for over 50 years counting my years as a student/athlete, and I would not trade any of that for any price.

Bill gave me a chance to teach learning some valuable experiences. Steve introduced me into coaching cross-country and then track and field. Hollis Emery and Kirk Bosworth took a chance on a young, raw, inexperienced teacher with a lot of heart, a willingness to learn and a growing love for both professions. For the first few years of my career I taught grammar to freshmen the entire month of September. Bev Gonyea took care of me. English colleagues took me under their wing, shared lesson plans and pointed me in the correct direction toward the classroom.

My parents, Don and Rosemary, supported me from the day I was born, spending time with my brother and me in our preschool years. Mom stayed at home – no such thing as daycare in the ’60s. Dad was a classroom teacher, AP, principal and administrator in Waterbury, Conn. for 50 years or more. They spent time with us, read to us, taught us to read before we were in kindergarten, drilled multiplication tables into our brain, taught us spelling and constantly bought us books. They sent us to Holy Cross High School, which, at the time, was a private, Catholic, all-boys’ school with a jacket and tie dress code. Thank God the all girls' school folded my senior year, and they merged with us. As we drove I-84, 91, 89 at 55 mph to Vermont for college, my dad coerced me, not really, into changing my major from history to English by asking me if I wanted to be a history teacher. I told him unequivocally, no. He then asked what I enjoyed doing. Since there were no professional wiffleball leagues, I stated reading, sports, writing and hanging out at the beach.

I wanted to be a sports writer like Oscar Madison and cover the Knicks, Yankees, Rangers, pro and college sports and maybe even high school.

So we discussed a journalism major. I said I would not want to pigeonhole my choices and back myself into a corner. I settled on English, as it was much more specific than liberal arts but would allow me to expand into sports writing, writing, law school or teaching.

When it finally hit me the second day of my second semester junior year – in the middle of my Con Law class – Vince told me there was a poetry class offered by a non-conformist instructor named Father Stapleton. I made the decision (probably with some divine intervention) to become a teacher. I politely closed my book, finished out class and informed a young Dr. Hughes of my intentions. While walking back to our North Campus apartment, I decided I wanted to coach, too. What a great job and set-up for life: Teach till 2:30/3 p.m. then get to spend a couple of hours in athletics. If you love your job, it really isn’t work, right? Well that has to be balanced with the bushels of papers I corrected, but I digress. My English advisor, the late Dr. John Reiss, was pleased when I shared my news.

My educational advisor, Dr. Stockton, informed me because I declared so late, I would graduate with an English degree and have to finish the educational credits in a fifth year including my student teaching stint.

I placed myself at EHS, meeting then-principal Hollis Emery through a buddy at Tim Emery’s graduation party. My buddy, a former Hornet and his pal, Downpour drummer turned real estate mogul and now present Rice girls’ hoop coach, Tim Rice, pointed me in the direction of Essex Jct. High School because of its strong sports program. I had visited classes at CVU, BHS, and, of course, Rice and was leaning toward the latter. Hollis welcomed me like an old friend and invited me to EJHS that week. I met with him, and he sent me up to the English department, where I met Mr. Bosworth, an exNavy, no-nonsense chairman of the department.

We picked Mr. O’Neil’s name off the board. I met Bill at Sand Hill Pool later in early August. He was very welcoming, told me to grab “Of Mice and Men” and to report Day 1, the Tuesday after Labor Day. I realized later I did not attend the one scheduled, all-important in-service day. Thought I had gotten away with one. The district piled them on over the years to make up for it.

Jay Brady pulled me into coaching basketball and soccer in ’83 and ’84.

I became a decent soccer official and dabbled in indoor track before it went dormant for years until Jeremy Hammond, then Eric Langevin resurrected the program. I became the school’s permanent substitute after one year of teaching as the numbers’ game caught me. Both Hollis and Kirk said they wanted me around, so I stuck with that job for two years until an opening reappeared in English. I was an assistant girls’ TF See GONILLO, page 14

14• The Essex Reporter • August 25, 2016

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TEST takes second at states

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The Town of Essex Swim Team took second the in state championships on August 6 and 7 at White at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center in White River Junction. TEST had 77 swimmers take the pool en route to taking 28 first-place finishes while breaking 17 team records. TEST also broke three state meet records, two of which were by Erik Linesiesen in the 11-12 50-yard backstroke and 50-yard fly. Linesiesen also linked with Thomas Denton, Owen Robinson and Luke Austin to break the 12-and-under 200-yard free relay record.

Top: Ross Macy swims the breast stroke. Above: Oliver Austin swims the back stroke. Left: Jake McIntyre races during the state championships the weekend of August 6.

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coach until ’85 when AD Gene Nelson allowed me to take over the boys’ program, working side-by-side with friend and mentor Steve Dowd and many talented athletes and coaches. My goal was to help make/continue the success of the boys’ program along with the girls’.

Karen Bucke Albright also helped that situation.

When she moved south in ’96 AD Bruce Wheeler put me in charge of the girls’ team in ’97. Ed Hockenbury took over the helm of the athletic department, and before his first day on the job, he was at our state meet at SBHS supporting and congratulating our girls for their then national record 13th straight state track and field title.

I have had the privilege to work in a great school and district over the years; married a beautiful and intelligent woman who allowed me to put my coaching and reffing first; taught and coached thousands of youngsters turned adults some who didn't mesh or appreciate my wisdom/advice but much more who did, many are friends and close friends now with families; was thrilled to have athletes return to EHS and coach with me in soccer, basketball and track and give back to our school; coached with some fine, excellent, top-notch individuals who have become close friends; and have not

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Though I won't be coaching soccer this fall or TF this winter, I will be substituting and reffing soccer. The spring is TBA. My wife may be calling it quits this year at VSAC. Jamaica may come sooner. We may be home for Christmas and New Years for the first time since about 2000, and some winter months in Florida might be on the horizon. I plan on continuing this column for a while as well.

Stay tuned.

Soccer officials are needed for the fall season. Middle school, freshman, and JV boys’ and girls’ games are available to ref Monday through Friday with high school games on Saturday. Most games are in Chittenden County with some games in Middlebury, Mt. Abraham, U-32, Harwood, Randolph and Vergennes. They begin weekdays at 4/4:30 p.m. If you are interested, please email me atjgonillo@ ccsuvt.org.

Happy birthday to my beautiful wife, Christina, who celebrates on Thursday.

She is my best friend and the love of my life. We have spent 27 wonderful years together and are looking forward to many, many more. Also birthday wishes to Kristin Kowalski Todzia, Ryan Jenot, Wendy Peyrat, Nick Lavalley and Kristen McGinnis Chalmers. I would also like to remember friend and teacher Alicia Shanks who was taken away from us – too early – years ago this week. See more about a 5K planned for her on page 1.

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hen it’s way too hot to turn on the oven, this icebox cake featuring strawberries layered with whipped cream and graham crackers is a perfect dessert. After an overnight stay in the fridge, it becomes a delicious treat to slice up and serve.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound fresh strawberries, washed and allowed to dry • 1 1/2 c. whipping cream • 2 tsp. vanilla • 1 5.3-oz. container plain Greek yogurt • 1/2 c. superfine (castor) sugar • 9 sheets of graham crackers (typical boxes of graham crackers have 3 prewrapped packages with 9 crackers in each)

Directions:

1. Have ready an 8-cup loaf pan (mine is 5.25" x 9" x 2.75"). Place a mixing bowl and beater into the freezer to chill them for whipping cream.

2. Prepare the strawberries: Set aside three whole strawberries for use later.

Hull the berries, and then slice them vertically into thin slices. Set aside.

3. Once the bowl and beater have chilled, whip the cream: Assemble the bowl and beater. Turn the mixer on low and slowly pour in the whipping cream.

Add in the vanilla and increase the speed to medium-low or medium. The cream will whip faster the higher you can have your speed; find the highest speed you can go to without cream flying all over the kitchen.

4. As the cream begins to thicken,

add in the superfine sugar. Beat the mixture until it has thickened and holds loose peaks. Depending on the speed you use, expect this to take between 10 to 14 minutes. (Warm weather may also make the whipping process take a little longer.)

5. Once the whipped cream is finished, fold in the plain Greek yogurt.

6. Assemble the icebox cake: Take 1 c. of the whipped cream mixture and spread it over the bottom and most of the way up the sides of the loaf pan.

7. Break the graham crackers along the perforated lines and make a single layer of grahams over the bottom of the pan, on top of the cream. Fit the pieces in as closely as you can.

8. Lay a layer of sliced strawberries over the top of the graham crackers, fitting them close together.

9. Take 2/3 c. of the cream mixture and spread it evenly over the strawberries. Add another layer of grahams and a layer of strawberries as you did in steps 7 and 8.

10. Repeat the layers one more time with 2/3 c. of cream first, then grahams and then strawberries.

11. Spread the remaining whipped cream mixture over the top of the cake.

12. Take the whole strawberries set aside at the beginning, slice them in half vertically and arrange them decoratively on top of the cake (cut sides down).

13. Wrap the pan in plastic wrap and place in the coldest corner of your refrigerator. Chill for 8-10 hours – overnight is ideal.

14. Remove the cake from the fridge.

Cut into slices as you would a loaf of bread and serve immediately.

Leftovers can be refrigerated for up to 4 days. Makes 8 servings.

he challenge working parents face in maintaining work-life balance is often compared to a juggling act.

Finding time together, especially on weeknights when family schedules tend to be hectic, is no small task.

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3. Form 1-in. round meatballs and place them on the baking sheet.

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16• The Essex Reporter • August 25, 2016 Five Corners developments are unsightly

letters Fraud controls needed for rec district As a resident of Essex, I have attended meetings about the new municipal tax district recommended by the park and recs study committee. A very basic issue about finances is being obscured.

At the Aug. 1 selectboard meeting, member Andy Watts raised questions about finances for the new tax district. First, he questioned why the study committee is asking for an exemption from the Vermont law, which requires the treasurer be independent. An exemption allows the treasurer to be placed under the executive director. At the Aug. 10 park and recs study committee work session, I asked why they are asking for an exemption from state law that allows them to remove the independent status of the treasurer. I received no clear answer.

This is one of several legal waivers from the Vermont law code be-

Thanks for campaign support This is a note of thanks to all of those who have extended a welcome to me and to other local House candidates as we’ve started campaigning this summer. I’ve knocked on

ing requested. I asked my neighbor, Mary-Ann Parizo, retired Essex Jct. state legislator, whether the legislative intent in making the treasurer’s function independent was to deter major fraud. She said, “Yes, it was.” Removing the independent status of the treasurer will be an invitation to major fraud in this new municipal tax district.

I question creating a structure that would make fraud easier 15, 30 or 50 years from now. In the past four years, there has been widespread fraud, running in one instance into a half million dollars, in a dozen Vermont municipalities. This kind of fraud already happened here in the 1970s when a village treasurer absconded with hundreds of thousands of dollars. No external audit guarantees discovery of really sophisticated fraud.

Mr. Watts also raised the issue of dedicated funds received through the school and of future

grant funding.

I assume that as with a 501.c.3 nonprofit, the books of the new tax district will be closed. Residents will see only the line item budget for a vote.

Will the new municipality file a tax return, and will that return be open to the public? Reading a tax return is not a foolproof way to discover fraud, but it is a way to track use of all funds. A closed tax return contributes to fraud.

Other legal waivers are being requested, notably an exemption from state law that allows the new park and recs municipality to increase the time limit for a vote to withdraw from the new district from one year to three, or even seven years. For voter transparency, I am asking all legal waivers being requested should be released to the public in a clear list, with reasons for the requested exemptions.

hundreds of doors and have had great conversations. I am especially appreciative of those who have asked me inside or have extended a cold drink on a hot day. We live in a wonderful community with many thoughtful and insightful neighbors.

Thank you for your feedback. I look forward to continuing the discussion this fall.

Paula DeMichele Essex

I have been very fortunate to have lived in Essex Jct. since 1958 when I came to the little village after marriage. My career of teaching for 30 years was here in the schools of Essex Jct. I raised my two children here, and they went through the school system. Two of my grandsons lived here until their teenage years.

I represented Essex Jct. from 1990-2000 in the legislature. My husband, Bernard Parizo, had served many local offices Essex PD is thankful On behalf of the entire membership of the Essex Police Department, I wish to thank the community for the very strong, passionate and extensive display of support for and appreciation of the members of the department over the past several weeks. From a freshly baked batch of

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Now that I have given you my background, I will spout off about my complaints.

No. 1: The unsightly buildings near Five Corners – Berdas, Nomad, the pergola. Although I must say the pergola is not unsightly but clearly out of place. I think it really looks pretty tacky. I think all the people will see when they sit in the pergola is traffic. There is nothing to intrigue them.

Essex Jct. doesn’t really have a downtown. Why is

it necessary to promote it when there is no need?

No. 2: The monstrosity of the four-story building that is in the process of being built in the busiest section of the village. I still remember the beautiful Robinson brick building before they tore it down and put in a modern brick bank.

I know that I am from the old guard and so was my husband. Change is difficult, but really. These buildings are so out of place for the Five Corners of Essex Jct.

cookies to the large, youthcrafted message displayed on a poster board that now hangs in the dispatch office, each and every offering has instilled a sense of pride within us knowing that those we work to protect are protective of us.

Pursuing safety and justice in every community will inevitably become ever more challenging.

The many partnerships our community maintains are consistent with the value we place on safety and are vital to our overall mission. I appreciate this opportunity to offer that reflection and say thanks.

Stay safe.

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Mary-Ann Parizo Essex Jct.

Bradley J. LaRose Essex Police Chief