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Busing plan still in the works By AMANDA BROOKS Essex Westford school leaders are working on some unique – yet temporary – fixes in response to the transportation controversy this week while parents continue to chastise leaders for their handling of the ordeal, which has left many students without a bus on the first day of school. Mountain Transit has 11 drivers going through the training and licensing process and it’s unclear when they will be ready for driving, according to Brian Donahue, chief operating officer of EWSD. He added in an email to the Reporter that several drivers test dates have been moved up to the beginning of next month, meaning more bus

routes could be created earlier than expected. In lieu of a permeant solution, EWSD has been working on a few temporary fixes to ease parents’ struggles to find transportation as the school year begins. Donahue said over 1,000 responses to ridership surveys sent out by the district helped the transportation team come up with alternatives for students without transportation options, especially those in rural areas. One solution includes a fleet of districtowned minivans driven by teachers and EWSD staff members, who will be paid extra for their work in the mornings and afternoons. Donahue said that deploying these

minivans, consolidating routes and having EHS students utilize free GMT buses could get service to all of rural Essex Town on the first day of school. He also noted the district is still offering free parking passes to all EHS students, with increased capacity at the school and extra traffic attendants hired for the first week. Donahue held an information session last week on the status of busing to address parents’ concerns. After the presentation, EWSD transportation manager, Jamie Smith, and school board members joined Donahue to field questions and comments from parents. Many were frustrated with the lack

of communication and more last-minute changes, forcing them to scramble for alternative ways to get their children to school. “My son’s going to be a junior at this high school and his anxiety level is through the roof,” one parent said. “Getting on a bus, a city bus, has made him so nervous in the last week, it’s unreal.” “You didn’t plan a ‘plan b’ or a ‘plan c,’ you’re working on that now,” another parent said. “I’m hoping it’s a Band-Aid fix, that it’s not the go-to for the rest of the year.” Safety was another major concern. Parents who live on roads without sidewalks worried about their children having to walk to consolidated stops, especially during the See BUSING, page 3

Dogs have their day PHOTOS BY KYLE ST. PETER

Pooches owned the pool at Maple Street last Sunday during the annual farewell-to-summer event hosted by the Essex Jct. Recreation and Parks department. Dogs jumped, paddled and slobbered their way around the pool deck for two glorious hours. See more photos on page 2.

Village, AOE in dispute over preschool accreditation By COLIN FLANDERS The village plans to withdraw a court appeal over an Agency of Education decision that it says jeopordizes nearly $100,000 in revenue for its recreation department and instead work with the state on a legislative fix to their dispute. The controversy centers on a designation under Vermont’s universal pre-K law, Act 166, known as “prequalification.” The status allows preschool programs to partner with school districts and pass along up to 10 hours of funding per week. In an appeal filed this June, the village claimed the AOE incorrectly terminated Essex Jct. Recreation & Parks’ prequalification status and never informed the village of the change, allowing its preschool program to continue accepting school district funds without the correct accreditation.

Downplaying the clash, village attorney Claudine Safar said she doesn’t think the village is in a “completely adversarial” posture with the state, noting it has tentatively agreed to dismiss its court action without prejudice and instead pursue the legislative route. Attempts to reach AOE's legal counsel were unsuccessful. Court documents filed in the appeal show the AOE’s decisions could have ramifications not only for EJRP but also its partner districts, which can count preschoolers who attend prequalified programs in their student population numbers, or “average daily membership.” Calculated on a two-year rolling average, ADM is used to determine homestead tax rates. According to Safar, under the current AOE ruling, those partner districts can’t count students who attended the EJRP program. Now, some of those districts

want their money back, and the village fears others could follow suit. EJRP began its preschool program in 2009 at its Maple Street headquarters and two years later became accredited under the Step Ahead Recognition System, or STARS, which rates adherence to state regulations and overall performance and is a condition for prequalification. EJRP expanded its preschool program during the 2014-15 school year and started another classroom in the Park Street School. The AOE then granted EJRP prequalification status for a threeyear term starting June 2015, but it only applied to the Maple Street license. A month later, EJRP consolidated its preschool program into the Park Street location, expanding that state license to include both rooms and ending the license at Maple Street. See PRESCHOOL, page 3

Essex man appointed to community safety task force By MADELINE CLARK Rob Evans is no rookie when it comes to school and campus safety. In 2006, he led a group of officers into Essex Elementary School in response to an active shooter. He described the multi-agency response as the unfortunate reality of what law enforcement must train for these days. “Everybody knew the same tactics, everybody was operating under the same framework and they just went in and responded as they should,” he said. “It certainly highlighted for me, and I'm sure others in the state, that this type of work needs to continue.” Today, Evans serves as the Vt. Department of Public Safety and Agency of Education’s See SAFETY, page 10

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EWSD Chief Operating Officer Brian Donahue speaks to a crowd of parents at a forum last week focused on the district's ongoing struggle to provide transportation for its students.

BUSING from page 1 winter, when they say sidewalks in their area are never plowed or sanded in time for school. Donahue assured the audience the district would work with individuals based on the ridership survey to ensure no child would be put in danger, and he told the Reporter that EWSD was collaborating with the town and village to ensure safety. “The municipal government now has all our existing routes in their geographic information system (GIS),” he wrote in an email. “This will allow us to work handin-hand with their maps for snow clearing, infrastructure projects and street maintenance.” Some parents wondered why the district won’t switch back to the old start times, which would make

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That’s where things get tricky. According to the appeal, the department’s STARS accreditation transferred to Park Street, but its prequalification status didn’t – a fact state officials shared in an email more than a year after the move. EJRP reapplied for the prequalification the following day. The AOE denied that request in a letter sent to Park Street – a location where the department says it doesn’t receive mail – instead of the Maple Street address included on its application. “There was no ability for them to know that the application was denied, and there was no way for them to appeal that denial,” Safar said. Meanwhile, EJRP’s program remained listed on an AOE database that parents and school districts use to verify prequalification status. The department continued providing preschool services until 2017. Safar said the AOE agreed to waive its termination up until that point. But it refused to move on the most recent school year, and some of EJRP’s partner schools who say

more buses available until more drivers could be hired. But with a week left until school started, Donahue said it was too late. “It’s just going to have another group of people in the auditorium, right?” he said. School officials have said the decision to change start times has been years in the making and was initially supposed to help bus more efficiently. Donahue explained that an hour gap between the start times for the district’s youngest and oldest students should have allowed for buses to be reused for a second route in the morning and afternoon. With the number of bus drivers still lagging, the district created combined bus routes as a temporary solution to reach more students. Doing so meant longer bus rides, however, leaving not enough time to reuse the buses. It’s also meant longer bus rides than normal for some students, only

the department violated its agreement with them are asking for a reimbursement of over $5,800, with the potential for other districts to do the same, a potential cost of $92,000. EJRP learned through one of its partner districts in April that the AOE no longer considered it a prequalified program, at which time it submitted another application. The AOE notified the village a month later that it “cannot and will not” retroactively reinstate the program’s status. The AOE explained its position, the appeal says, by noting all prequalified programs must be currently licensed, and therefore, when the Maple Street license ended, so did its prequalification status. The appeal says that position is inconsistent with AOE and Agency of Human Services guidance issued in 2014 that says prequalification and STARS will transfer to a program’s new license number when it doesn’t “substantially change.” “It was the same program providing the same services to the same kids in a location that was already being used,” Safar said, later adding, “Everybody was relying on something that, from our perspective, was not very clear.”

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adding to parents’ frustrations. “That is not ideal,” said Smith, the transportation manager. “As we build out our system and gain more drivers ... then we start to look at who are the students that are on the bus the longest and how do we reduce those times?” Patrick Murray, EWSD board member, defended aligning start times throughout the district by pointing to its goal of a single curriculum. “It’s so much easier to be able to do this with all of our teachers all being on the same page if they have the same amount of time to teach,” he said. Families without busing, meanwhile have struggled to find alternatives in time for the first day of school. One parent said she doesn’t know of a single family in the village that can make it work. Another lamented the stress of trying to get her child to school when she’s supposed to be at work.

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“I hear a lot of apologies, but as a parent, I want to see some action,” she said. Donahue said the transportation team is working as hard as they can to alleviate the issues, but he admitted there’s no guarantee on a specific date when enough bus drivers will be hired. He said their focus right now is firming up the contingency plan. “We’re going to create this microsystem that’s going to be replaced by a 100 percent system and that handoff is going to have to work as smoothly as possible,” he said. But the lack of a guaranteed solution remained a sticking point for some parents. Donahue has repeatedly apologized for the district’s handling of the saga and again shared his regret during the informational meeting. “I really feel bad for where families are finding themselves,” he told the Reporter.

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Village voters demand better busing Now that we have one of the largest school districts in Vermont, we must have an administration that can scale its management practices to meet the larger demands of a bigger district. This busing crisis raises serious doubts. Busing rollout in Essex Junction was bungled badly from the beginning. Last academic year, the heralded buses were scrapped days before school began. This school year is about to begin with even more widespread problems, while Village taxpayers continue to foot the bill. There's plenty of blame to go around, with District COO Bruce Donahue's infrequent public communications characterized by frequent timeline reversals. But when there is a crisis in the district, it's the superintendent's job to address it. Beth Cobb is the one empowered with the authority to stop the equivocations and put together a viable plan. Now is the time for Cobb to step up. Village voters demand better from Cobb. That starts with delivering on busing. Max Ekstrom Essex Jct. We live here; therefore, we want a shooting ordinance

As people who live here other than hunters’ urging: We want the Essex Selectboard to do the right thing and protect the public by extending the highly travelled portion of Saxon Hill Road and Park 200 feet to protect the public! After reviewing the hunters' comments at the last week's, (Thursday), firearms discussion, I believed the public has a right legally to demand public safety in these discussed areas, because we live here! After careful review with legal experts, the fact hunters at the meeting stated that the town could not regulate “hunting” is true. The legislature enacted that law which says: “except as otherwise provided by law, no town... shall directly regulate hunting.” 24 V.S.A. 2295. But, the statute goes on to state that it “shall not limit the powers conferred upon a town, city, or incorporated village under subdivision 2291 (8) of this title. Section 2291 (8) of this title authorizes municipality’s to regulate the use or discharge of firearms within the municipality and sections there of." After viewing the Aug. 23 Essex Planning Commission meeting on Channel 17, I feel the zoning and planning commission is on the right track discussing the future land use issues when planning the Essex Town Center for the next 30 years! Hunters need to realize that our

roads in Essex are not only for passenger car safety, that the public who chooses not to hunt has a right to use these roads year round with a proper buffer because we live here! R1 District is not just a highway for cars to travel through. Please, selectboard, make our town a vibrant scenic destination for our community and those who visit. Patty Davis Essex Glad selectboard is taking on gun discharge issue I am very glad to see that the Essex Town Selectboard is addressing the issue of gunfire discharge in areas such as Indian Brook and Saxon Hill. I know that then-Chief LaRose wrote a report two years ago recommending changes because, "the probability of a fired projectile striking a person or property has increased significantly over time ..." I had and still have great respect and trust in Chief LaRose. He actually recommended that, "The safest approach would be to prohibit the discharge of firearms completely." Whatever the Selectboard can do to accomplish that, or anything close to it, I am in favor of. Thank you Max Levy and other Selectboard members for taking on this important issue. Mark Redmond Essex

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Will Trump drown in the swamp he created? By ANGElO lyNN Not since President Richard Nixon has the United States faced the prospect of indicting a sitting president, and not since Nixon has a sitting president been implicated in a felony crime. In Trump’s case, this first felony allegation relates to failing to record the payoffs to two women with whom he had sexual affairs while he was married to Melania Trump as campaign expenditures. Those funds, the prosecution found in compiling charges against Trump’s personal lawyer and fix-it-man, Michael Cohen, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars and were used to buy their silence ahead of the presidential election. Cohen testified that he made those arrangements under Trump’s personal direction. Meanwhile, in Wednesday’s headlines, Trump praises his former campaign chairman and friend Paul Manafort as a “wonderful” and “brave” man, even though he was convicted by a jury of 8 charges of fraud, hiding and lying about millions of dollars of income to avoid paying taxes and worse, while the jury was hung on 10 other counts. Trump’s comment? He continued to call the special prosecutor’s investigation “a rigged witch hunt” because Manafort was only

convicted of eight counts, while on 10 counts the jury couldn’t decide if the evidence was beyond a doubt. The prosecution is considering retrying those 10 counts, and should, but in the meantime, Manafort faces more charges on obstruction of justice and his dealing with Russia and their attempts to influence the election. In short, he’s a scoundrel whose been caught lying and stealing his way to riches, and could have been undermining the country’s free election — and Trump calls him a hero. Think about that lack of judgment in our current president. It’s was bad enough on the campaign trail when he was exposed as a cheating, sexist pig of a man, boasting of taking liberties with women. His language and his attitude were crass and below the dignity that Americans have long sought in their president. But that was just the start of Trump’s 18-month downward spiral into the swamp he has created in the nation’s capital. When stories of his infidelity to Melania Trump first came on the stage, he was vehement in his denial; and he kept lying about those sexual infidelities right up to the point that the facts were so overwhelming even he couldn’t deny them. Now that the public

knows the truth: that he had sexual affairs with two different women, including during the months his son with Melania was being born and thereafter; that he paid them off to keep their stories from going public before the election; that he lied repeatedly to his followers and the nation about it; and now, even as it all but admits those relationships, he still refutes responsibility, and denigrates the man he asked to carry out his orders — apparently without any recognition of personal shame. Trump supporters, and those on the fence, must ask themselves if that is really the kind of person they want as a leader. And that’s just the petty stuff. Collusion with the Russians to sway the election may be difficult to pin precisely on Donald Trump, but Robert Mueller III’s team appears to be getting closer and closer to that outcome. So far, Mueller’s team has secured guilty verdicts against five close aides to the president, one Dutch attorney for lying about the administration’s connection to Russia, and has charged 13 Russian nationals and 12 Russian intelligence agents with direct efforts to influence in the election. That is an astounding amount of corruption in any president’s first year-

plus in office. And, no, that isn’t just the liberal press castigating this president unfairly, it’s a fact that all Americans should be extremely troubled by and committed to bringing those violating the law to trial. What Americans have seen with this Trump administration are some of the most corrupt Americans ever to be appointed as trustees of the American treasury and to oversee the essential services government should provide for the public good. And there is more to come. As many pundits have said, what the public knows to date — which is already incriminating enough to warrant impeachment proceedings against the president — is but a fraction of what Mueller knows and what he is preparing to litigate. The hope is that a bipartisan Congress elected this November will strengthen the Legislative branch of our three-legged checks-and-balance form of government, and the system that the Founding Fathers constructed will work as envisioned. Angelo Lynn is co-publisher of The Essex Reporter and publisher of the Addison Independent, where this editorial first appeared.

Vermonters must address racism; it’s alive, and here By SEN. CAROlyN BRANAGAN, FRANKlIN DISTRICT

arlier this past week a young woman who represents a House district in Bennington county announced she was withdrawing from the November election contest. Just last week she won the Democratic nomination for a third term. Her skin is dark and a while back she spoke with me about having received a number racial comments and threats online. Apparently now she has decided to pull out of the race entirely because of continuing concerns regarding the impact of these threats on her family, and especially on the safety of her bi-racial young son. I am extremely disappointed and angry that this has happened: disappointed at loosing the skills of this bright young woman and angry that someone’s cruel thoughtlessness caused her to leave the race. This is

not just an issue for Bennington, it is a loss for the entire state. She always had valuable input, wise comments and a good view of the role of the legislature in efforts to make Vermont better. A young mother and social justice worker, she brought much that was good to our work at the statehouse. Her input will be missed. It is hard to believe racism could be the reason for someone to withdraw from anything here in Vermont. But it is. Her husband reports the police told him they would not begin an investigation without more evidence. No one in this state should experience derogatory racial comments, racial harassment or threats. The racism and hostility expressed toward this Bennington County family makes me angry, and ready to take action. Vermont was the first state to outlaw slavery in its state constitution. Vermont sent a higher percentage of eligible volunteer soldiers to the Civil War than any other state. Anti slavery

societies were common across our state. Church records all over Vermont record 150 years of sermons on the evils of treating people differently because of the color of their skin. Presently we think of our state as progressive- leaning, with a long history of social justice leadership. But in this incident, we see the open hatred that reflects the extremism movement growing in other parts of the country. This cannot be allowed in Vermont. Our state needs the difficult conversations about race, about whether there is institutional racism here, about whether there really is equal inclusion here and what it means to be diverse in Vermont. We all need to learn more about racism and be able to make sure it does not happen in our state. Sen. Carolyn Branagan is from Georgia, Vt.

We can turn the tide on opioids By CHRISTINE JOHNSON

hen I tell people about the Chittenden County Opioid Alliance’s broad mission to reduce the impact of opioids on our communities, there is a predictable response: ‘Gosh, that sounds overwhelming.’ It’s repeated often that Vermont, and the country as a whole, is in the grips of an opioid epidemic, and while that is indeed the case – 64,000 Americans died of an overdose in 2016, with two-thirds attributable to opioids – the sheer magnitude can leave people feeling powerless to help. I’m here to tell you nothing could be further from the truth. There is a simple but impactful way we can all contribute to turning the tide in this epidemic. We’ll do it by helping close the empathy gap that yawns like a chasm between people with substance abuse disorders and society. This gap is characterized by the stubborn and persistent view of addiction as a moral failing. How can we do it? First, we can respectfully engage people who, through their words and actions, shame and stigmatize addiction – perpetuating the idea that people with substance abuse deserve what they get. Brian Stevenson, the civil rights attorney who provides legal counsel to death row inmates, has said, “Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.” This maxim of compassion must be applied to people with substance abuse disorder, who may ruin relationships and commit crimes in furtherance of their addiction. They are still deserving of love, respect and human dignity. That doesn’t mean we can’t hold people accountable for their actions, but accountability doesn’t always have to be punitive, as many prosecutors and criminal justice reformers are starting to show us. Second, we can check our own impulse to turn away from, ignore – and thereby further isolate – people with substance abuse disorder. Addiction is discomforting to watch from afar, and achingly painful close up, and while it’s important to have boundaries that preserve our own wellbeing, to the extent we are able, we must stay connected. Connection is the inverse of loneliness, and in many ways addiction is an affliction of loneliness and isolation. Addiction also correlates with a rigidity in thought patterns that can rob people of agency. In a sense, addiction is perpetuated through a lack of imagination – an inability to conceive a different life. When we connect with someone isolated by their addiction, it helps to break the narrowly focused drug seeking behavior by centering their humanity, and reminding them that they are loved. In practice this can take many forms, something as simple as smiling when we see a person on the street who appears to be struggling, or asking how they’re doing. It also means that when you hear of a friend or relative who has an addiction, don’t just say ‘Oh, that’s a shame,’ and move on. Reach out. You don’t need to bring up substance abuse, and you don’t need to assume responsibility for their life. You could simply ask if they'd like to grab lunch – or even just let them know you’re thinking about them. Calling out stigma and staying connected are small acts, and on their own they won’t end the opioid epidemic. However, it’s something we can all do every day, and in conjunction with smart policy measures, it will contribute to a healthier culture – one in which opioid addiction is less likely to be a life sentence or a death sentence.

Connection is the inverse of loneliness, and in many ways, addiction is an affliction of loneliness.

Christine Johnson is the executive director of the Chittenden County Opioid Alliance and an Essex resident.

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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH - 61 Main St., Essex Jct., 878-8341. James Gangwer, pastor. Sunday School: 10 a.m., Worship Service: 11 a.m., Sunday evening worship: 6 p.m., Wednesday evening youth groups, Adult Bible study and prayer: 7 p.m.; FundamentalIndependent. CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. 878-7107. Wes Pastor, lead pastor, proclaiming Christ and Him crucified, Sundays: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., www.cmcvermont.org. COVENANT COMMUNITY CHURCH - 1 Whitcomb Meadows Lane, Essex Jct. 879-4313. Rev. Jeannette Conver, pastor. Adult bible class: 9 a.m., Sunday service: 10 a.m. with fellowship following. Infant through pre-K

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Farm Plaza, Colchester. 338-9118. Brent Devenney, lead pastor. Sunday service: 10:30 a.m., AWANA: Thursdays twice a month, www.daybreakvermont.org; brentdaybreak@gmail.com ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH - 37 Old Stage Road, Essex Jct. 878-8213. Sunday services: 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m., www.essexalliance.org. ESSEX CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 119 Center Rd (Route 15), Essex. 878-8304. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. Summer Service 9:00am with nursery 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; Website: www.fccej.org ; Email: welcome@fccej.org Senior Pastor, Rev. Mark Mendes, Assoc. Pastor, Rev. Josh Simon. Summer Worship One Service 9 am, June 3 – September 2. Communion: first Sunday of every month. School Year Faith Formation. Jr. & High School Youth Groups. Heavenly Food Pantry – second Monday, 5:30-7:30pm; fourth Thursday, 2-6pm, except for Nov & Dec when it is the third Thursday. Essex Eats Out Community Dinner – 1st Friday of the month, 5:30 – 7pm. Music includes Sanctuary Choir, Finally @ First Band, Joyful Noise, Cherub Music, Handbell Choir, Men’s Acapella and Ladies’ Acapella groups. GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 130 Maple Street, Essex Jct., 1 mile south of the Five Corners on Maple Street / Route 117. 878-8071. Worship Sundays: 9:30 a.m., with concurrent church school pre-K to grade 6. Handicapped-accessible facility. Adult choir, praise band, women’s fellowship, missionally active. Korean U.M.C. worship Sundays: 12 p.m., come explore what God might be offering you! HOLY FAMILY - ST. LAWRENCE PARISH - St. Lawrence: 158 West St., Essex Jct. 878.5331. Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m.; Sunday Morning: 8:00 a.m. Holy Family: 36 Lincoln St., Essex Jct., Sundays: 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. For more information visit www.hfslvt.org. MT. MANSFIELD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP - 195 Vermont Route 15, Jericho, the red barn across from Packard Road. 899-2558. Services are held 9:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of each month from September through June. Visit www.mmuuf. org. ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct., off Rt. 2A at the Fairgrounds Gate F. 8784014. Rev. Kim Hardy. Holy Eucharist, Sundays: 10 a.m. Visit www.stjamesvt.org; office@stjamesvt.com. ST. PIUS X CHURCH - 20 Jericho Road, Essex. 878-5997. Rev. Charles Ranges, pastor. Masses: Saturday, 4:30 p.m. & Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. or please call 878-5331 for an appointment.

Food shelF

9 - 11 a.m., Aunt Dot's Place, 51 Center Rd. Essex Jct. A community resource for neighbors in need. Aunt Dot's Place is happy to serve the communities of Essex, Westford, Jericho and Underhill. Visit auntdotsplace.com for more information.

Thursday Topics: lori houghTon

10 - 11:30 a.m. Essex Area Senior Center. Lori Houghton, State Legislator and Village Trustee welcomes discussion on issues facing seniors today.

new canasTa

12:30 - 4 p.m., Essex Area Senior Center. Come play new canasta at the Senior Center.

duplicaTe Bridge

1 - 4 p.m., Essex Area Senior Center. Duplicate bridge is now on Fridays. New players welcome!

Trucks, Taps and Tunes 5 - 8 p.m., HammerFit parking lot, 21 Essex Way, Essex Jct. Come to a family-friendly community food truck event featuring local food trucks, live music and craft brews. This food truck night happens every Thursday starting through August 30; check the Facebook event page for weekly updates on music, food trucks and more at facebook.com/essexvt.

evening Book group

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. Please join in to discuss "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk.

31 Friday colchesTer log schoolhouse Final weekend

Friday - Monday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Airport Park, Colchester. Since the restoration and public opening of the schoolhouse in 2007, thousands of visitors have stepped through its doors and back in time. If you are interested in volunteering as a host, please call 497-3036. Free parking and admission; donations appreciated. The schoolhouse will close

for the season following this weekend.

Mah Jongg

10 a.m. - noon, Essex Area Senior Ctr. The Center has three Mah Jongg sets which are available for anyone who would like to come in and play. Members play for free. Nonmembers pay $1/visit. Newcomers are always welcomed!

Musical sTory TiMe

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

at this local yard sale. if anyone has items they would like to donate for the yard sale they can call Diana at 782-5758 or Melissa at (617) 356-6873 for pickup or drop off.

weekend sTory TiMe

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Start off your weekend with books, rhymes and songs!

2 sunday winooski FarMers' MarkeT

5:30 - 7 p.m., Saint Pius X Parish, 20 Jericho Rd., Essex Jct. Free community dinners for all! Essex Eats Out seeks to build on this shared value by providing healthy, free meals in a warm, safe, and inclusive atmosphere. If you need a ride, please let us know with an email to essexeatsout@gmail. com.

10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Champlain Mill Green, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Winooski. Managed by the Winooski Community Partnership, the Winooski Farmers' Market brings you the finest local produce, farm goods, artisan crafts, locally prepared foods, musical entertainment and a fun interactive kids' program. Free meals will also be distributed at the market for anyone under the age of 18.

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Town and village oFFices, essex area senior cenTer, essex Free liBrary and Brownell liBrary are all closed in oBservance oF laBor day.

essex eaTs ouT

9 a.m. - 1 p.m., 39 Main St., Essex Jct. $2, nightwear; $1, men's and women's shorts and slacks; $2, blouses and knit shirts. Good clothing at a great price!

Food shelF

9 - 11 a.m., Aunt Dot's Place, 51 Center Rd. Essex Jct. (See Thursday, Aug. 30 for details.)

Free pracTice saT TesT

9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Burnham Memorial Library, 898 Main St., Colchester. All practice tests will be proctored by a Kelsey at Burnham Library or at the Colchester Meeting House. Scores will be provided after the test by Princeton Review. For more information, or to sign up, call Brownell Library at 878-6956. You can also sign up online at https:// colchestervt.gov/241/ Young-Adult.

canine cancer yard sale

9 a.m. - 3 p.m., 162 River St., Milton. Come support Emma's Foundation for Canine Cancer

4 Tuesday Bingo

12:30 - 3:30 p.m., Essex Area Senior Ctr. very card costs a penny, so if you play 10 cards, each game costs a dime. If 20 games are played in an afternoon, your total for the afternoon would be $3. Nobody goes broke and nobody gets rich, but everyone has a good time as the tension mounts each game until a lucky person yells “BINGO!”

hvacr Technician Training prograM kick-oFF

4:30 - 5:30 p.m., SkillTech, 10 Meadow Terr., Essex Jct. Come to the opening class to help kick-off this program, which marks a year-long

effort to gain industry support, acquire equipment, renovate space, secure instructors and enroll students. You will be able to meet the instructors, see the space and participate, if desired, with opening comments. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by calling 8577251.

yoga wiTh Jonah

5:30 - 6:30 p.m., First Congregational Church,1 Church St., Essex Jct. New to yoga? Returning? Come sit with Jonah and practice a gentle sequence to integrate the mind, body and soul. In each session we will focus, breathe, build heat, strengthen and relax. Wear comfortable, non-restrictive clothing. Bring a mat or borrow one at the event. Donations welcome, but not required.

Food shelF

6 - 7:30 p.m., Aunt Dot's Place, 51 Center Rd. Essex Jct. (See Thursday, Aug. 23 for details.)

drop-in kniTTing cluB 6:30 - 8 p.m., Essex Free Library. Bring in your current knitting project or start a new one in the company of fellow knitters!

5 wednesday seaTed yoga

10 - 11 a.m., Essex Area Senior Center. Want to try a new form of exercise? How about trying seated Yoga? Seated yoga is a gentle form of exercise, designed to increase flexibility and balance and help reduce stress. Led by dedicated volunteers, this free exercise class is open to all seniors.

Tech help wiTh cliF

Noon - 1 p.m., Brownell Library. Offering oneon-one technology help. Reservation required. Please call 878-6955 at least 24 hours in advance.

craBapple sauce

3 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Pick crabapples from the library's tree and make applesauce.

Five corners FarMers' MarkeT

4 - 7:30 p.m., Five

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calendar local meetings tuesday, septemBer 4 6 p.m., Village capital program review committee, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct. 6:30 p.m., Essex Westford Unified School Board, Essex High School Library, 2 Educational Dr., Essex Jct.

thursday, septemBer 6 6 p.m., town Zoning Board, Town offices, 81 Main St., Essex Jct. 6 p.m., essex cemetery commission, Town offices, 81 Main St., Essex Jct.

Corners, 3 Main St., Essex Jct. Market vendors offer produce, meat, specialty food, agriculture, prepared food, crafts and there will also be a featured community table. Please check out our website: 5cornersfarmersmarket. com and facebook.com/ 5CornersFarmersMarket.

Bella Voce Women's chorus: soprano auditions

Evening, Colchester. Vermont’s premier women’s chorus is celebrating its 15th anniversary this season. Currently they are scheduling auditions for sopranos (first sopranos are particularly encouraged to audition). Visit BellaVoceVt.org for audition information and to schedule an audition appointment!

6 thursday Food shelF

ing mothers, share your stories and questions and find breastfeeding support. A La Leche League Leader will be on hand to answer questions or for a private conversation. Join whether you are pregnant, nursing your first tiny baby or weaning your last toddler. Meeting is downstairs in the children’s area.

cuB scout pack #630 meeting

6:30 - 7:45 p.m., First Congregational Church, 1 Church St., Essex Jct. Please join us at our first Pack Meeting of the year! It’s fun, hands-on learning and achievement that puts kids in the middle of the action and prepares them for today – and for life. For boys and girls in grades K - 5. Please email pack_630@yahoo.com for more information.

7 Friday

9 - 11 a.m., Aunt Dot's Place, 51 Center Rd. Essex Jct. 9 - 11 a.m., Aunt Dot's Place, 51 Center Rd. Essex Jct. (See Thursday, Aug. 30 for details.)

Book and Bake sale

essex art league

9:30 - 10:15 a.m., Brownell Library. Listen to picture book stories, play with rhymes and music . For children ages 2 - 6.

9 - 11 a.m., First Congregational Church, 1 Church St., Essex Jct. The goal of the Essex Art League is to support the appreciation and creation of art among artists and within Chittenden county. Members meet monthly to share ideas and information, create and implement programs, and participate in show venues.

Wii BoWling

2:30 - 4 p.m., Essex Area Senior Center, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Jct. Join the fun and see if you can beat your friends! Maybe we’ll start a league. Can be played seated or standing.

trucks, taps and tunes 5 - 8 p.m., HammerFit parking lot, 21 Essex Way, Essex Jct. (See Thursday, Aug. 30 for complete details.)

adult coloring

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. Join the fun of adult coloring! Bring your own books or choose from a variety of printed pictures supplied by the library.

la leche league

6:30 - 8 p.m., Essex Free Library. Come connect with other nurs-

9 a.m. - noon, Grace United Methodist Church, 130 Maple St., Essex Jct.

Friday story time

mah Jongg

10 a.m. - noon, Essex Area Senior Ctr. (See Friday, Aug. 31 for complete details.)

musical story time

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

knitting and crocheting

1 - 2 p.m., Essex Area Senior Ctr. For more information call Lou Ann Pioli at 876-5087.

essex eats out

5:30 - 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, 1 Church St., Essex Jct. (See Friday, Aug. 31 for details.)

magic: the gathering

6 - 8 p.m., Brownell Library. Come play the role of planeswalker: a powerful wizard who fights others for glory, knowledge and conquest. Your deck of cards represents weapons in your

arsenal, spells you know and creatures you can summon to fight for you. Grades 6 and up.

VFW Fish dinner 6 - 7 p.m., VFW Post 6689, 73 Pearl St., Essex Jct. Open to the public.

8 saturday Food shelF

9 - 11 a.m., Aunt Dot's Place, 51 Center Rd. Essex Jct. (See Thursday, Aug. 30 for details.)

Vermont genealogy open house

10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Fort Ethan Allen, 377 Hegeman Ave., Colchester. Come check out a huge genealogy book sale, demonstrations using FamilyTreeMaker and RootsMagic software as well as tips on using Ancestry.com and FindMyPast.com. Our volunteers will provide tours of our library and its resources including our 4500 books and our online subscriptions (Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, two powerful Quebec websites and 2 others). We'll also have free refreshments throughout the day. This event is free and open to the public.

Weekend story time

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Start off your weekend with books, rhymes and songs!

WildliFe rocks!

11 a.m. - noon., Brownell Library. Southern Vermont History Museum Presents: "Wildlife Rocks!," when you can come meet some live animals! Museum educators will bring five or six live animals native to New England for an up close look at their amazing skills and adaptations. They'll touch on Vermont’s history, ecosystems and how all of our wild creatures work together to keep the Northeast rockin’!

Blood driVe

11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Essex Cinemas, 21 Essex Way, Essex Jct. The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Thank you for supporting our community and the American Red Cross!

stick and puck

11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m., Essex Skating Facility, 2 Educational Dr., Essex Jct. Rentals and sharpening available. $3, students; $4, adults. Call 857-7300 for more information.

puBlic skate

2 - 4 p.m., Essex Skating Facility, 2 Educational Dr., Essex Jct. Rentals and sharpening available. $3, students; $4, adults. Call 857-7300 for more information.

VFW dance

7 - 10 p.m., VFW Post 6689, 73 Pearl St., Essex Jct. Come enjoy the

sounds of "Contraband." Open to the public.

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9 sunday Fall country BreakFast BuFFet

8 - 10:30 a.m., St. Thomas Church Parish Hall, 6 Green St., Underhill Ctr. The buffet style breakfast will include juice, fruit, eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon, home fries and coffee or tea. Please come and bring the whole family to this delicious event. Unfortunately, the parish hall is not handicap accessible at this time. The cost is by donation. All are welcome. Please call the rectory office at 8994632 with any questions.

shriners Bingo

12:30 - 4:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Expo, 105 Pearl St., Essex Jct. Win some cash and support the Mt. Sinai Shriners of Vermont.

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2 - 4 p.m., Essex Skating Facility, 2 Educational Dr., Essex Jct. (See Saturday, Sep. 8 for details)

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Thursdays 6 - 7:30 p.m., Sundays 1 - 4 p.m, Browns River Rd., Essex Jct. Special exhibits this season focusing on WWI and the 125th anniversary of the Village of Essex Junction.

"start With the arts" For childcare proViders

VSA Vermont is currently accepting applications for its fall semester of Start With The Arts: a professional development program for childcare providers. This experiential, on-site, inclusive arts-based literacy program is offered for no cost to providers and the children they care for, ages 0-5. By the end of the program, providers have the inspiration and confidence to continue the use of the model on their own. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until Saturday, Sept. 15. "Start with the Arts" is a program provided free to child care providers and begins in October. The For more information and to apply, contact Peggy Rainville at peggy@vsavt.org, or visit www.vsavt.org.

Vermont genealogy research

Tuesdays, 3 - 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, 377 Hegeman Ave., Colchester. The library will be open for research throughout the year. Please visit vtgenlib.org or call 3109285 for more info.

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Study to gauge future space needs for town and village departments By COLIN FLANDERS Town and village officials say an upcoming study of the municipalities will help address a status quo that finds departments operating in a sub-optimal environment and could lay the ground work for future municipal construction projects. That’s the goal of an upcoming space needs analysis in which the municipalities are seeking an outside firm to gauge their current facilities and project what they might need 30 years from now – a lengthy timeframe that would give the boards “significant time to obtain voter support for new facilities,” according to a draft request for proposal. Deputy town manager Greg Duggan emphasized the study will not include recommendations on specific properties or projects but rather inform officials of what's needed to perform municipal services in the future. “From there, we can

decide what’s important in terms of property and where and when,” he said. The selectboard authorized staff last month to seek proposals for the study and agreed to add two village departments – recreation & parks and fire – to the four originally selected: town fire, town parks & recreation and town and village public works. Funds for the study were included in the fiscal year 2018 capital budget. The village will pay $10,000 while the town will cover the remainder of a $40,000 budget, though staff may need to ask for more money due to the added departments. Staff planned to ask for the trustees’ approval Tuesday night, after The Reporter's deadline. The draft RFP explains the four initial departments are operating in “sufficiently old and non-code compliant” buildings that don’t accommodate employees, lack space for equipment and materials, prevent departments from working ef-

ficiently and, in the case of the town recreation department, rent space for programs. The two additional departments, meanwhile, are included “with consideration for future merger.” “It is unknown at this time whether or not the two communities will remain as they are today (partially consolidated), merge into one community or separate into two independent entities,” the document reads. Indeed, the swirling questions about governance between the town and village are complicating matters by forcing the analysis to account for several futures. “Even in a consolidated world,” Duggan said, “you could need different locations or multiple facilities.” The selected firm must determine the current and future space needs of the departments and meet with department heads at least twice. It must then write up a report for the trustees and selectboard outlining its recommendations on space requirements. Using that document, the selected firm must de-

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The Essex Public Works department, pictured above, is one of six departments between the town and village that will be part of a study gauging the future spatial needs of the the two municipalities. velop preliminary sketch plans and cost estimates for proposed building and host a public presentation of its findings. At the project’s

conclusion, the firm will submit a final report, plans and cost estimates to the town and again host a public presentation for the two

elected boards. Each of the four phases comes with a 60day deadline.

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A successful write-in campaign earlier this month finds former Essex Jct. Rep. Paul Dame again vying for a seat in the Vt. Legislature, this time in the incumbentladen Chittenden County Senate race. Fifty-nine voters wrote in Dame during the Aug. 14 primary, eclipsing the required 40 votes to place his name on the ballot come November. He joins Republicans Alex R. Farrell and Dana Maxfield in their bid to knock off some of the six Democratic incumbents seeking re-election. “I was pretty excited,” Dame said of the news he’d made the cut. “But I couldn’t have done it without the support of all the people.” Dame said he didn’t plan on running this year, but the roots of his budding crusade trace back to the candidate himself. In July, he urged members of the Essex Town Republican Committee to consider writing in candidates for vacant seats in the upcoming primary – doing so, the committee chairman said, may help convince those people

make an official run down the road. In response, Maxfield told Dame his pitch was convincing. So convincing, in fact, Maxfield planned to write him in for the Vermont Senate. After some introspection, Dame began a low-key campaign in which he “casually” informed people he encountered about his bid and sent out his first official campaign letter the day before the primary. Now, he says, is when the real work begins. Dame’s two-year stint in the House gives him decent name recognition in town, but the same isn't true county-wide. He plans to join forces with his Republican challengers and piggyback off their varied support in the greater-Burlington area, where he thinks the trio can separate itself from the incumbents, half of whom call the Queen City home. (Two others live in Williston, the third in South Burlington). “We have a little bit of a different perspective,” Dame said of the Republicans, noting Maxfield lives in Milton and Farrell hailed

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from Shelburne before moving to Burlington. “We can appeal to folks who feel their vote gets swallowed up by Burlington.” In the same breath, Dame points to his eight years of living in Burlington to show that he, too, understands what it’s like to “be downtown and not use your car for a week.” And he emphasizes that at 36, he’s the “old man” in the Republican field – Maxfield and Farrell are 33 and 25, respectively – suggesting that will help them leverage support in a county ripe with young voters. Pointing to the lopsided representation of the last biennium, Dame is also banking on voters who favor balance.

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SAFETY from page 1 school safety liaison and was appointed to Gov. Phil Scott’s Community Violence Prevention Task Force on August 16. The task force is a group that focuses on reducing violence in both schools and communities around the state. The force -- a group of 19 appointed members with backgrounds in law enforcement, education, licensed gun dealers, health care professionals and more -- assesses “high-quality primary research” to identify the underlying causes of violent behavior in communities. “Our goal must be to find real solutions [to violence] and take steps that will make a difference,” Gov. Scott said in a press release. Evans’ understanding of violent incidents and school safety come from his experience as a state police officer, director of Vermont’s special operations teams, head of the state’s tactical unit and now as a consultant at Margolis Healy -- a firm that specializes in safety and security for primary, secondary and higher educational institutions. After the last four years working to enhance emergency preparedness in Vermont’s public, private and independent schools, he’s happy to have a seat at the task force’s table and support its conversations.

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“We have spent an awful lot of time, resources and money preparing ourselves to respond,” Evans said. “We need to figure out and spend just as much resources on how to prevent these types of things before they happen.” The task force will work as a team and in subcommittees to analyze, research and present a plan to the governor for tackling the root causes of violence, brainstorming how to make help more widely available to troubled persons and ways to make public spaces like schools safer and more prepared in the event of an emergency. “We're taking a look at anything and everything that potentially leads folks to a pattern of violence in our communities,” Evans said. “I don't think anything is off the table; what we are trying to do is be fact and databased in our findings and in our rec-

“We’re not a 100 percent Democrat in Chittenden County,” he said, referring to the lack of a Republican senator in the county. Dame’s newfound candidacy aligns with a longterm goal of the Vermont Republican Party: finding candidates to fill out the ballot. But the power of incumbency presents a major challenge for Dame and his running mates. Still, the Essex hopeful notes he’s no stranger to taking on the odds: In his first and only successful bid for the Vt. House in 2014, the Republican challenger unseated an incumbent Democrat in Chittenden 8-2. The success lasted only two years. Dame lost his seat in 2016 to Democrat newcomers Lori Houghton and Dylan Giambatista. Dame said he spent his time away focused on his family and business, recently hiring his first employee. He admitted the campaign cycle returned faster than he excepted after his first stint in the House and blamed his loss on being outworked. He said that won’t be the case this year. “They’re going to continue to work hard,” Dame said of the incumbents, “but it’s just motivation for me.”

ommendations to the governor.” The committee will meet monthly and submit its preliminary recommendations to Scott by December 31, according to Evans. Evans noted the complexities in his field. Both people outside and inside schools can pose a threat, he said. “Kids that are in our school are coming from diverse backgrounds and diverse families, and a lot of kids in our schools are suffering from trauma associated with things that they may be seeing in our homes,” he said. These experiences can affect how students perform in school and can be problematic without support and intervention. According to Evans, national best practices based off of events like Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech and Columbine will help improve school safety. Additionally, he developed a series of best practices to accompany the Vt. Department of Public Safety’s school safety and security grant. Evans hopes to find a way of address the “full landscape” of safety issues in and around schools while maintaining a comfortable learning environment for students. “I'm confident that we can do that,” he said. “But we need to do it in a well thought out way that's got subject matter experts that are helping folks with those planning processes and implementations of those plans.” With a seat at the governor’s table, Evans will continue his work to keep the Green Mountain state’s schools and communities safer.

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ome improvement projects are as popular as ever. In its 2017 True Cost Survey, the home improvement site HomeAdvisor found that, between February 2016 and February 2017, homeowners spent an average of just over $5,000 on home projects. That marked a nearly $1,900 increase from the year prior, indicating that homeowners are increasingly opening their wallets to transform their homes. In addition to spending money to improve their homes, many homeowners are spending their time on projects as well. While DIY projects can provide a sense of fulfillment and personal attachment to one’s home, prospective do-it-yourselfers should ask themselves some questions before picking up their hammers and getting to work. Do I have any physical limitations? No matter how much home improvement

television shows may simplify projects, prospective DIYers should know that such undertakings are typically very difficult and oftentimes physically demanding. Homeowners with existing health conditions or other physical limitations may not be capable of performing certain tasks or may need to take frequent breaks, which can delay projects. Do I have the time? Many home improvement projects require a significant amount of time to complete. Homeowners whose time is already stretched thin with commitments to work and/or family may not be able to complete projects within a reasonable amount of time. That’s fine if working on a part of the home that won’t affect daily life, but can prove stressful or problematic if the project is in a room, such as a kitchen or bathroom,

Guide to safely removing fallen leaves this autumn Raking leaves is a chore many people immediately associate with autumn. Even though raking seems like a simple activity, it’s still possible to be injured while removing leaves from the yard. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center advises that pain from outdoor leaf chores can range from strained back muscles to twisted knees. Blisters on the hands and sunburn are other potential side effects. Many people do not realize that raking is a thorough cardiovascular workout. Individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease or those who have recovered from surgery may not be well enough to rake leaves. Here’s how to make autumn leaf removal more of a breeze when the job is done safely. • Pay attention when using a leaf blower. Be cautious not to point an operational blower in the direction of people or pets, as debris can be blown about and cause injury. • Stretch out before raking leaves. Warm up muscles beforehand so they are less likely to cramp. UPMC experts suggest taking a short walk prior to raking to stimulate circulation. • Use proper raking form. Much like snow shoveling, one should emphasize proper posture when raking, with legs slightly bent and weight distributed evenly. Hold the rake handle close to the body and keep one hand near the top of the rake for better leverage. • Use the proper gear. A leaf rake fans out like a triangle and comes in various widths. Choose a lightweight material that can be easily maneuvered. A metal rake is for stones and dirt and shouldn’t be used for leaves. To get between bushes, a smaller version of a leaf rake, called a shrub rake, should be used. • Wear protective gear. When raking or leaf blowing, protect your eyes against debris. You also may want to use a mask to prevent inhalation of leaf mold and other particulates. Gloves can protect hands from blisters. • Follow manufacturers’ directions. Read the instructions for powered leaf

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blowers, and never modify the device in an unauthorized way. • Use a tarp and lift wisely. Rake leaves onto a tarp that can be dragged to a garbage pail or to the curb for municipal pick up. For those who must lift bags of leaves, do so by bending at the knees, not from the waist. • Wear sunscreen. Protect skin from the sun. Even though temperatures are cooler in the fall, this does not mean the sun’s rays are any less harmful. Also, take breaks to rehydrate frequently. • Use a secure ladder. When removing leaves from gutters, be sure the ladder is sturdy and secure. Consider having a friend serve as a spotter, holding on to the ladder to offer greater security. Do not overextend to stretch for leaves. If at any time during leaf clean-up you feel sharp or dull, incessant pains, stop working. Listen to your body’s signals and start the task anew the next day or when you feel better.

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Yes, they make it look so easy. But all prospective DIYers should ask themselves a few questions before taking on a home improvement. that residents of the home use each day. Novice DIYers should be especially honest with themselves about the time they have available to work on the project, as such homeowners are bound to experience a few time-consuming missteps along the way. Can I afford it? While DIY might seem more affordable than hiring a contractor, that’s not necessarily true. Novice DIYers may need to buy or rent tools, costs that can add up. Contractors already have the tools necessary to begin and complete projects, so the cost savings of DIY might not be as significant as homeowners think. Before going the DIY route, homeowners should solicit estimates from contractors, comparing the estimates to how much a project will cost if homeowners do it themselves.

Can I go it alone? Many home improvement projects require more than one set of hands, and it’s risky and even foolish for first-time DIYers to assume they can begin a project and see it through to completion entirely on their own. Homeowners whose spouses, partners, friends, or relatives are willing to chip in may think that’s enough. However, the DIY skills of those who volunteer may be a mystery until the project begins. Novice DIYers should enlist the help of a friend or family member with home improvement experience. If no such person is available, it may be wise to hire a contractor instead. Home improvement projects may seem simple on television. But prospective do-ityourselfers must make honest assessments of their skills, time and budgets before taking on a DIY project.

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Nascar this week

AMERICA DARLINGTON ROAD THREE THINGS WE LEARNED

THREE THINGS TO WATCH 1. Historic stretch The next two weekends of racing will be full of motorsports history and lore. The NASCAR Cup Series has been racing at Darlington Raceway since 1950 and returns to the track “too tough to tame” for its annual throwback racing weekend. After competitors race in South Carolina, it is on to Indianapolis, which is hosting its 25th Cup Series race, known as the Brickyard 400. Indy has hosted racing for more than 100 years.

2. Smell of desperation

3. Championship battle

With only two regularseason NASCAR Cup Series races left in the regular season, there is desperation spreading through the garage area. Twelve playoff positions have been clinched, leaving only four openings for the postseason. Alex Bowman is on the points bubble with a 79-point cushion on Ricky Stenhouse Jr. But should Stenhouse or any driver outside the points wall win, Bowman would not make the playoffs.

On the other end of the points spectrum are Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick battling for the regular-season Cup Series championship. The winner of that title will earn 15 of those golden playoff points, which drivers carry over from one knockout round to the next. Busch has a 43-point lead on Harvick. Martin Truex Jr. had a pile of playoff points that he used as a safety net to carry him to the 2017 Cup Series championship.

— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

1. Bill is back! Bill Elliott came out of the NASCAR Hall of Fame to compete in Saturday’s Xfinity race at Road America. The 62-year-old driver finished 20th with a big smile. “I hit everything except the lottery,” Elliott said of the road race.

2. No more Bill Elliott had a big time donning a driver’s suit and helmet, but he indicated this was a one-time experience. “It was a great day. It was a lot of fun,” said Elliott, who started 23rd in the field. Asked if he would race again, Elliott said: “I doubt it. This was a good time.”

Bill Elliott (right) and son Chase had fun in Victory Lane after Chase’s victory at Watkins Glen on Aug. 5. Bill tried his hand at road racing on Saturday and finished 20th in a NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America. [AP/ JULIE JACOBSON]

3. Legge improves Katherine Legge, who has wheeled everything from sports cars to IndyCars in her racing career, did much better in her second Xfinity start. After a 30th-place at Mid-Ohio, the blazing

Brit finished 14th at Road America. She hopes to get a Cup ride for the Charlotte Roval.

— Godwin Kelly, godwin. kelly@news-jrnl.com

keN willis’ top 10 Nascar driver raNkiNgs KYLE BUSCH Should do a Kurt Busch throwback, but won’t

KEVIN HARVICK One-for-21 at Darlington

MARTIN TRUEX JR. Near and long-term future now a question

KURT BUSCH Had Darlington’s greatest-ever runner-up finish

CHASE ELLIOTT Daddy has five Darlington trophies

ERIK JONES No one named Jones has ever won at Darlington

CLINT BOWYER One Darlington top-10 in 12 starts

RYAN BLANEY Thirtieth, 13th, 31st in three Darlingtons

KYLE LARSON Will finish eighth Sunday

JOEY LOGANO Mr. Hunch likes his chances this week — really

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April 15: Food City 500 at Bristol (Kyle Busch) April 21: Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond (Kyle Busch) April 29: Geico 500 at Talladega (Joey Logano) May 6: AAA 400 at Dover (Kevin Harvick) May 12: Go Bowling 400 at Kansas (Kevin Harvick)

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FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE

GirlS VarSitY Field HOCkeY

BOYS VarSitY CrOSS COuntrY Sat., Aug. 25 Sat., Sep. 1 Sat., Sep. 8 Sat., Sep. 15 Thu., Sep. 20 Sat., Sep. 22 Sat., Oct. 6 Fri., Oct. 12 Sat., Oct. 13 Sat., Oct. 20 Sat., Oct.27 Sat., Nov. 11

CVU RELAYS ESSEX INVITATIONAL BURLINGTON INVITATIONAL BFA FESTIVAL SOUTH BURLINGTON INVITE MANCHESTER, N.H. INVITATIONAL WOODS TRAIL RUN MMU INVITATIONAL BURNT HILLS INVITATIONAL NVAC MEET FINAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP NEW ENGLANDS

CVU TREE FARM AWAY HARDACK AWAY DERRYFIELD PARK THETFORD MILLS RIVERSIDE PARK TBA MISSISQUOI THETFORD MANCHESTER, N.H.

2 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m 10 a.m. 4:15 p.m. 2 p.m. 11:45 a.m. 4:45 p.m. TBA 3 p.m. TBA 11:30 a.m.

TREE FARM AWAY AWAY AWAY DERRYFIELD PARK THETFORD BFA FAIRFAX SARATOGA STATE PARK MISSISQUOI THETFORD

11:15 a.m. 11:30 a.m 4 p.m. 4:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 11:45 a.m. 4 p.m. TBA TBA 3 p.m.

GirlS VarSitY CrOSS COuntrY Sat., Sep. 1 Sat., Sep. 8 Fri., Sep. 14 Thu., Sep. 20 Sat., Sep. 22 Sat., Oct. 6 Tue., Oct. 9 Sat., Oct. 13 Sat., Oct. 20 Sat., Oct.27

ESSEX INVITATIONAL BURLINGTON INVITATIONAL MT. MANSFILED UNION RED ROCKS MANCHESTER, N.H. INVITATIONAL WOODS TRAIL RUN COOKIE RACE BURNT HILLS INVITATIONAL NVAC MEET FINAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

VarSitY CHeerleadinG Fri., Aug. 31 Fri., Sep. 7 Fri., Sep. 14 Fri., Sep. 21 Sat., Sep. 29 Fri., Oct. 5 Fri., Oct. 12 Fri., Oct. 19

7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.

Fri., Aug. 31 Thu., Sep. 6 Sat., Sep. 8 Wed., Sep. 12 Fri., Sep. 14 Tue., Sep. 18 Sat., Sep. 22 Fri., Sep. 28 Tue., Oct. 2 Sat., Oct. 6 Wed., Oct. 10 Fri., Oct. 12 Tue., Oct. 16 Thu., Oct. 18

Sat., Sep. 1 Tue., Sep. 4 Wed., Sep. 12 Sat., Sep. 15 Tue., Sep. 18 Fri., Sep. 21 Wed., Sep. 26 Sat., Sep. 29 Tue., Oct. 2 Sat., Oct. 6 Wed., Oct. 9 Sat., Oct. 13 Tue., Oct. 16 Fri., Oct. 19

Noon 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 10 a.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.

Fri., Aug. 31 Fri., Sep. 7 Fri., Sep. 14 Fri., Sep. 21 Sat., Sep. 29 Fri., Oct. 5 Fri., Oct. 12 Fri., Oct. 19

MOUNT ANTHONY RICE MEMORIAL BURR AND BURTON RUTLAND BURLINGTON COLCHESTER CVU BFA - ST. ALBANS ST. JOHNSBURY COLCHESTER BURLINGTON CVU MOUNT MANSFIELD SOUTH BURLINGTON

BOYS VarSitY SOCCer Sat., Sep. 1 Thu., Sep. 6 Sat., Sep. 8 Fri., Sep. 14 Mon., Sep. 17 Sat., Sep. 22 Tue., Sep. 25 Fri., Sep. 28 Wed., Oct. 3 Sat., Oct. 6 Tue., Oct. 9 Fri., Oct. 12 Wed., Oct. 17 Fri., Oct. 19

2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 10 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m.

RICE MEMORIAL SOUTH BURLINGTON BURR AND BURTON UNION 32 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION BURLINGTON RICE MEMORIAL SOUTH BURLINGTON CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION BURLINGTON MOUNT ABRAHAM MOUNT MANSFIELD COLCHESTER MIDDLEBURY

A H A A A H STADIUM A H A H H A STADIUM

BOYS VarSitY FOOtBall

GirlS VarSitY SOCCer

SOUTH BURLINGTON ST. JOHNSBURY CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION MOUNT MANSFIELD RICE MEMORIAL COLCHESTER RUTLAND HARTFORD

4 p.m. 4 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 2 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 7 p.m.

MOUNT ANTHONY RUTLAND RICE MEMORIAL CVU BURLINGTON CVU BURR AND BURTON BFA - ST. ALBANS BURLINGTON SOUTH BURLINGTON RICE MEMORIAL MOUNT MANSFIELD COLCHESTER ST. JOHNSBURY

7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.

S. BURLINGTON/BURLINGTON ST. JOHNSBURY CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION MOUNT MANSFIELD RICE MEMORIAL COLCHESTER RUTLAND HARTFORD

SBHS H H H A A A H

GirlS VarSitY VOlleYBall Thu., Sep. 6 Thu., Sep. 13 Mon., Sep. 17 Thu., Sep. 20 Mon., Sep. 24 Wed., Sep. 26 Thu., Sep. 27 Sat., Sep. 29 Thu., Oct. 4 Mon., Oct. 8 Wed., Oct. 10 Thu., Oct. 11 Sat., Oct. 13 Mon., Oct. 15 Thu., Oct. 18

4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 11 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. TBD 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m.

LYNDON MID-VT CHRISTIAN ENOSBURG FALLS RICE MEMORIAL SOUTH BURLINGTON VT COMMONS MOUNT MANSFIELD ST. JOHNSBURY BURLINGTON HARWOOD RICE MEMORIAL CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION RHODE ISLAND INVITATIONAL RANDOLPH ST. JOHNSBURY

BOYS VarSitY VOlleYBall Fri., Aug. 31 Tue., Sep. 4 Fri., Sep. 7 Tue., Sep. 11 Fri., Sep. 14 Tue., Sep. 18 Tue., Sep. 25 Fri., Sep. 28 Tue., Oct. 2 Tue., Oct. 9 Wed., Oct. 10 Fri., Oct. 12 Sat., Oct. 13 Fri., Oct. 19

4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 11 a.m. 4:30 p.m.

BURLINGTON SOUTH BURLINGTON ENOSBURG FALLS VT COMMONS CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION BURLINGTON SOUTH BURLINGTON LYNDON ENOSBURG FALLS CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION VT COMMONS BURLINGTON SOUTH BURLINGTON LYNDON

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BOYS VarSitY GOlF Thu., Aug. 30 Tue., Sep. 4 Thu., Sep. 6 Tue., Sep. 11 Thu., Sep. 13 Tue., Sep. 18 Thu., Sep. 20 Tue., Sep. 25 Thu., Sep. 27 Wed., Oct. 3 Wed., Oct. 10

9:30 a.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 10 a.m. 9 a.m. TBD

NORTH COUNTRY INVITATIONAL MILTON, MIDDLEBURY, S.B. MIDDLEBURY & COLCHESTER BURLINGTON & S. BURLINGTON MMU, RICE & ST. JOHNSBURY BFA & MISSISQUOI ST. JOHNSBURY & NORTH COUNTRY CVU, SPAULDING & MILTON NVAC METRO CHAMPIONSHIP STATE QUALIFIER FINAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

NEWPORT CC ESSEX CC RALPH MYHRE CC CEDAR KNOLL CC WEST BOLTON CC CHAMPLAIN CC ST. JOHNSBURY CC LINKS @ LANG FARM

WILLISTON CC EQUINOX CC CC OF VERMONT

GirlS VarSitY GOlF Wed., Sep. 5 Fri., Sep. 7 Tue., Sep. 11 Thu., Sep. 13 Mon., Sep. 17 Thu., Sep. 20 Mon., Sep. 24 Thu., Sep. 27 Tue., Oct. 2 Thu., Oct. 4 Tue., Oct. 9

4 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. TBA 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. TBA

9 HOLE MATCH 9 HOLE MATCH 9 HOLE MATCH 9 HOLE MATCH 9 HOLE MATCH 9 HOLE MATCH NORTH COUNTRY INVITATIONAL 9 HOLE MATCH 9 HOLE MATCH 9 HOLE MATCH FINAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

ENOSBURG CC ARROWHEAD CC VT NATIONAL CC RALPH MYHRE CC ST. JOHNSBURY CC CHAMPLAIN CC NEWPORT CC WEST BOLTON CC WILLISTON CC ALBURG CC RALPH MYHRE CC

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NSN to Video Stream Essex High School Football The Northeast Sports Network is pleased to announce it will video stream the entire 2018 Essex High School football schedule, allowing Hornets fans to follow the team home and away live on the internet. All eight of EHS's regular-season games will be available live at no cost to viewers on www.NSNSports.net, starting with the season opener at Burlington/South Burlington on August 31. NSN's coverage will continue into the early rounds of the Division I state playoffs if Essex qualifies. “It's really exciting,” longtime sportscaster George Commo said of the Hornets' upcoming season. “Essex has built a great tradition of football through the years. Drew Gordon got to experience it as a player and now is getting to experience it as a coach.” The Essex football games are part of a busy fall of Chittenden County high school sports onNSNSports.net. The schedule also includes all football games for Champlain Valley Union High School as well as selected games for other schools around northwestern Vermont.

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Aug. 31, Essex at BHS/SBHS, 6:50 p.m. Sep. 7, St. Johnsbury at Essex, 6:30 p.m. Sep. 14, CVU at Essex, 6:50 p.m. Sep. 21, Mt. Mansfield at Essex, 6:50 p.m. Sep. 29, Essex at Rice, 12:50 p.m. Oct. 5, Essex at Colchester, 6:50 p.m. Oct. 12, Essex at Rutland, 6:50 p.m. Oct. 19, Hartford at Essex, 6:50 p.m.

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MondAy, August 20

9:25 a.m., Property Damage on Center Rd. 12:52 p.m., Animal Problem on Gauthier Dr. 1:40 p.m., Property Damage on Susie Wilson Rd. 4:22 p.m., Animal Problem on Susie Wilson Rd. 4:31 p.m., Threatening on River Rd. 10:40 p.m., Suspicious on Pearl St. 11:54 p.m., Threatening on Maple St.

tuesdAy, August 21

1:18 a.m., Suspicious on Railroad St. 9:44 a.m., Lost/Found Property on Railroad St. 10:21 a.m., Larceny on Mason Dr. 12:17 p.m., Suspicious on Upper Main St. 1:09 p.m., Suspicious on Lincoln St. 1:14 p.m., Animal Problem on Pearl St. 1:53 p.m., Suspicious on Pearl St. 5:23 p.m., Threatening on Countryside Dr. 6:09 p.m., Disorderly Conduct on Essex Way 7:16 p.m., Animal Problem on Center Rd. 7:27 p.m., Suspicious on Jackson St. 9:46 p.m., Suspicious on West St. 9:59 p.m., Suspicious on Pearl St. 11:37 p.m., MV Complaint on I-289

WednesdAy, August 22

sAturdAy, August 25

12:40 p.m., MV Complaint on Center Rd. 3:02 p.m., Traffic Offense on Center Rd. 3:11 p.m., Fraud on Grove St. 4:33 p.m., Larceny on Maple St. 5:20 p.m., Suspicious on Allen Martin Dr. 8:32 p.m., Theft of MV on Pearl St. 11:05 p.m., Suspicious on Lincoln St.

9:36 a.m., Suspicious on River Rd. 10:04 a.m., Suspicious on Lost Nation Rd. 12:05 p.m., MV Complaint on West St.

thursdAy, August 23

12:57 a.m., Untimely on Lost Nation Rd. 10:56 a.m., Suspicious on Pinecrest Dr. 5:44 p.m., Traffic Offense on Susie Wilson Rd. 6:20 p.m., Suspicious on RT 128 9:05 p.m., Larceny on Susie Wilson Rd. 11:44 p.m., Suspicious on Colchester Rd.

FridAy, August 24

7:32 a.m., Larceny on Maple St. 8:15 a.m., Stolen Property on Pearl St. 9:54 a.m., Suspicious on Pearl St. 10:28 a.m., Stolen Property on Pearl St. 10:56 a.m., Lost/Found Property on Maple St. 2:20 p.m., Larceny on Pearl St. 4:19 p.m., Property Damage on Colchester Rd. 4:52 p.m., Missing Person on Giles Dr. 6:04 p.m., Lost/Found Property on Lasalle Rd. 8:44 p.m., Animal Problem on Tanglewood Dr. 8:58 p.m., Trespass on Pearl St. 10:41 p.m., Suspicious on West St. 10:54 p.m., Disorderly Conduct on Pearl St. 11:12 p.m., Suspicious on Pearl St. 11:27 p.m., Lost/Found Property on Pearl St. 11:33 p.m., Intoxicated Person on Brickyard Rd. 11:48 p.m., Simple Assault on Pearl St.

10:11 a.m., Littering on Main St. 11:55 a.m., Property Damage on Park St. 3:26 p.m., Animal Problem on West St. 6:00 p.m., Animal Problem on Lincoln St. 8:35 p.m., Lost/Found Property on Pearl St. 8:54 p.m., ATL on Pearl St. 9:35 p.m., Suspicious on Carmichael St. 9:57 p.m., Lost/Found Property on Pearl St. 10:38 p.m., Trespassing on Pearl St. 10:44 p.m., Intoxicated Person on Pearl St. 11:01 p.m., Trespassing on Pearl St. 11:35 p.m., Lost/Found Property on Pearl St.

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sundAy, August 26

9:46 a.m., Animal Problem on Essex Way 10:34 a.m., Lost/Found Property on Pearl St. 11:12 a.m., Suspicious on Pearl St. 12:13 p.m., Suspicious on Ethan Allen Ave. 2:13 p.m., Lost/Found Property on Pearl St. 2:41 p.m., Vandalism on Steeplebush Rd. 4:32 p.m., Intoxicated Person on Pearl St. 5:50 p.m., Animal Problem on Park Ave. 5:51 p.m., Larceny on Pearl St. 7:24 p.m., Vandalism on Essex Way 7:31 p.m., Stolen Property on Railroad Ave. 9:49 p.m., Simple Assault on Pearl St. 10:24 p.m., Lost/Found Property on Pearl St. 10:58 p.m., Larceny on Pearl St. 11:15 p.m., Trespass on Pearl St.

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Vermont bear hunting starts in September MONTPELIER, Vt. -The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says bear hunting season starts in September and there are new bear hunting regulations in effect this year. Vermont has two bear hunting seasons. The early season, which requires a special bear tag, starts September 1 and continues through November 9 with one exception. Nonresident hunters using dogs cannot start bear hunting until September 15. The late bear season begins November 10 and continues through November 18. A hunter may only take one bear during the year. In addition to a hunting license, a bear hunter using a bow or crossbow must have either a bow license or a certificate proving completion of a bow hunter education course. The hunter must field dress the bear before taking it to a reporting station. It is also legal to skin the bear and cut it up in order to carry it out of the woods. Although the bear must be reported within 48 hours, Fish & Wildlife urges doing so quickly to cool the meat. The hunter must also collect and submit a pre-molar tooth from the bear within 48 hours which provides important data on the age structure and size of the bear population. Upon the request of a game warden, a person harvesting a bear is required to return to the kill site with a game warden. Vermont’s bear biologist Forrest Hammond says Vermont’s regulated bear hunting seasons help in managing the state’s population which has grown in recent years. “Twenty-five years ago Vermont had less than 3,000 bears, and they were found mostly in the mountains and northeastern quarter of the state,” he said in a news release. Hammond asks hunters in southern Vermont to avoid shooting bears with yellow ear tags and GPS collars because they are valuable animals in the Deerfield Wind bear study.

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Back-to-School Smarts

Stay safe and healthy with simple tips

Catch up on check-ups The first thing to put on your back-to-school checklist is making sure your child has had an annual check-up, and ensuring their immunizations are up to date. By laying this groundwork of health, you can help ward off potential illness in the future. Additionally, if your child has a chronic condition like asthma, diabetes, or an allergy, remember to alert the school nurse and your child’s teacher so that there’s a plan in place in case of any emergency. Transition back into routine sooner rather than later Schedules can change in the summer, with bedtimes and mealtimes becoming more flexible to accommodate days at the beach and evenings on the deck. Putting a routine in place before the year begins can make a huge difference in starting out right. Sarah Pawlowski, MD, child and adolescent psychologist at the UVM Medical Center, suggests setting a target bedtime each week and going to sleep earlier by fifteen minutes each time. (This can be useful for adults without children as well!) Make sure that you get up on time to eat a good breakfast, and have a routine for dinner. Everyone adapts better to a more gradual change, and having a routine will support you and your family in planning and enjoying healthy meals throughout the week. Meet your children’s teachers Dr. Lewis First, MD, chief of Pediatrics at The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, advises introducing yourself to your child’s teacher. If you can’t meet in person, write a note. Stay on top of upcoming activities and read the notes that your child brings home about events and updates. Include your child in planning their schedule and let them help pick school supplies. Protect posture and spine health with a sturdy backpack Dr. First suggests that children’s backpacks should be wide, with padded shoulder straps and a padded back. The pack should never weigh more than 10 percent to 20 percent of your child’s body weight, and

should never be carried by only one strap. This will help avoid spinal problems. It’s good advice as well for anyone who carries a large purse, especially with a laptop or tablet inside. Be careful during the commute During the month of September, the morning commute becomes more hectic, for both drivers and pedestrians. If your children walk to class, they should be accompanied until age 10. Developmentally, many children cannot judge speeds and distance until at least that age. Walk the route with them and discuss the safest places to walk. If your child bikes to school, make a “no helmet, no ride” policy. If you drive to school, remember to be more alert and drive slowly in school zones, neighborhoods, and near crosswalks. Practice good hygiene Teach and remind children to wash their hands before meals, after using the bathroom, and after physical activities like gym class. Remind your children not to drink from the same cups or water bottles as other children and make sure they know not to share combs or hairbrushes, since head lice can spread this way very easily. Following these tips will set your family up for a healthy and active year.

Local Health Events, Classes & Surveys September

Wednesday, September 19 – “Stop the Bleed” Training Session. This session is part of a national campaign to teach proper techniques to stop uncontrolled bleeding after an injury.

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September marks the end of summer and a change in routine as school starts up again. Schedules get busier, the morning commute becomes more hectic, and there’s more contact with germs. However, you can do several things to help prevent sick days, and help kids stay caught up in the classroom.

Wednesday, September 5 – Exercise class for older adults

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Tuesday, September 4 – All About Flu: the Virus and the Vaccine

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The UVM Medical Center offers free educational programs, healthy lifestyle classes and workshops. Preregistration is required and is free for most classes. For more information, visit www.UVMHealth.org/ MedCenterClasses. Phone numbers and registration information are listed on the website.

Late summer harvest: Carrot fries Add some beta-carotene to your plate

ur health care providers at the University of Vermont Medical Center get lots of questions in August and September from families hoping to start the school year off on the right foot, and from patients who just want to stay healthy into the fall and winter months. There are some steps our clinicians suggest: ensure immunizations are up to date, stress the importance of safety in walking and bicycling to school, and make sure backpacks aren’t too heavy. Many of these suggestions are good to remember year-round, and one suggestion in particular can help us maintain healthy habits for a lifetime: Set a routine and stick to it. Setting a routine applies to so many aspects of health: bedtime, meal planning, breakfast. It’s good advice for any stage of life – not just those of us with children going back to school. And it also applies to one of the most important things in health care: the routine check-up. As Vermont’s health care system works to keep people out of the hospital, emphasizing prevention over treating patients only when they are sick, it is more important than ever that we make sure we’re providing care in the right place, at the right time. Often, that means something as simple as making sure that patients are coming in for their annual or biannual checkups, colonoscopies when appropriate, and other timely preventive medical care. By staying in touch with our health care providers, we can catch health issues before they require medication, or a hospital stay. Through new health care reform efforts, you may hear more frequently from your doctor’s office to make sure you remember an appointment, or to help you understand your treatment plan. By staying in touch, asking questions about our health, and treating minor conditions before they become major, we can get and stay as healthy as possible – through this school year and for many years to come. If you have questions or ideas, please email me at AskEileen@UVMHealth.org.

Community Health Needs Assessment 2019 - Every three years, the UVM Medical Center partners with more than 20 local organizations to identify priorities impacting the health of Chittenden & Grand Isle Counties.

––– Eileen Whalen, MHA, RN, is a former trauma nurse who now leads The University of Vermont Medical Center. She currently serves as co-chair of the RiseVT board, and co-chair of the Chittenden County Opioid Alliance board.

The survey is open now: Contact AskEileen@UVMHealth.org to receive more information and a link to participate.

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Carrots are one of the most popular vegetables, a well-loved snack food and vegetable side dish alike. Carrots are best-known for their high vitamin A content, which comes from beta-carotene. Fun fact: There’s a reason why “carrot” and “carotene” sound alike. The word carotene was devised in the early 19th Century by a German scientist after he crystallized the compound from carrot roots.

Ingredients:

Try this simple recipe for carrot fries for a delicious side dish or snack.

Instructions:

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2 lb. carrots, peeled and cut into thin sticks

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2 Tablespoons oil

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1 teaspoon salt

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1 pinch black pepper

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1 tsp dried oregano

• Spread out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake until tender (15-20 minutes), stirring occasionally.

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1 tsp chopped raw garlic

* For a sweet treat, drizzle some honey on top.

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. • Toss carrots with remaining ingredients: oil, salt, pepper, oregano, and garlic.

The University of Vermont Medical Center is the community hospital for residents of Chittenden County and part of The University of Vermont Health Network, which serves patients throughout Vermont and Northern New York. To learn more about what we offer, please visit www. UVMHealth.org/MedCenter.