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Capital committee recommends local option tax

By COLIN FLANDERS Essex and Essex Jct. are leaving a combined $1.4 million on the table each year it remains without a local option tax. That’s according to a new report from the village capital committee, which has asked local elected officials to consider using the one percent tax to increase funding for the municipalities’ costliest infrastructure projects.

“We feel it’s time that our community reevaluate,” said village president and capital committee chairman Andrew Brown.

Local option taxes, or LOTs, help municipalities raise money without directly bumping property taxes by levying a percentage tax on three types of transactions: general sales, rooms and meals, and alcoholic beverages.

Sixteen Vermont municipalities currently levy the one percent sales taxes, including Colchester, Williston and Winooski. Supporters of the move here say that’s all the more reason Essex needs one: Local residents who shop in nearby towns are funding major projects there without reaping the same benefits in their own community.

The committee now plans to share its report with the trustees within the next couple months before bringing the topic to a future joint meeting. If officials agree to pursue a LOT, they will still need to make some decisions, starting with timing.

The joint boards expect to spend much time and energy over the next year discussing a potential merger, See LOT, page 4

cOURTeSY Of THe eSSeX WeSTfORD ScHOOl DiSTRicT

Students file off the bus at Hiawatha Elementary School on the first day of school last week. After three years of trying, the Essex Westford School District finally managed to deploy a fleet of buses in the village.

Village busing hits ground running

By COLIN FLANDERS As three yellow school buses embarked on their maiden voyage through Essex Jct. last week, local school district officials could finally breathe a sigh of relief. That’s because, while Essex Westford School District’s transportation expansion has been defined by its failures, the new service’s roll out felt to some like a true sign of progress: Three years later, busing had arrived to the village.

“It’s really an impressive day of work,” said board member Patrick Murray, who has been one of the most vocal advocates for the village busing expansion. “I wish it could have happened a little sooner than this, but all of those bumps mean that when we finally got it, I think we

got it right.”

Murray noted he no longer has to make the four daily trips across Five Corners to drop off and pick up his daughter, and said he’s heard from other people who feel like traffic has dipped slightly thanks to less parents driving their kids to school.

“Personally, it’s been such a big relief,” he said of the new service. “Everything I’ve seen for the most part has been very thankful.”

Feedback from parents in a public Essex Facebook group was equally positive — a stark contrast to the tone of discussions seen over the last several years. Numerous parents said they appreciated the new service even after See BUSING, page 3

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There’s nothing quite like that back-to-school vibe that signals the impending arrival of fall. That was the scene across 10 local schools last week as the Essex Westford School District welcomed students on their first days. For some, their primary education is nearing its end, while others, like the young students above, the journey is just beginning.

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their children experienced some of the system’s early hiccups.

Of course, that doesn’t mean everyone is happy, acknowledged EWSD transportation manager Jamie Smith, who for the last year has overseen the busing expansion.

“There’s always some folks who are disappointed that it’s not the end all be all, and that they have a little bit longer walking distance than they had expected, or their kid is getting picked up earlier and later than they wanted,” Smith said.

Indeed, with the village buses replacing routes that previously picked up town high school students, the new service has rippled through the district’s transportation system: Town high schoolers who live outside of the Green Mountain Transit walking zones must now ride buses that primarily serve K-8 students, while some of the district’s youngest students must transfer buses before arriving at school. Meantime, pick up and drop off times across the system remain a source of concern, with some students not arriving home until nearly 5 p.m.

“Because of the resources that we have, we’re going to have some of that stuff that’s less than ideal,” Smith said. Still, he too has fielded mostly positive feedback from the community, he said. And while he noted a few “kinks” typically expected of the first couple of days — kids getting on the wrong bus, for example — he expects those problems will sort out as students learn how to use the new system and drivers get more comfortable.

Smith said it’s too early to judge the

district’s success in encouraging families to use the buses. Ridership data has been relatively low thus far, but that’s not out of the ordinary for any start to the school year: Many parents choose to drive their kids to school on the first day of school, he said, whether to help acclimate them to the new routine or grab some keepsake pictures.

Over the next few weeks, Smith and his team will examine the routes to ensure they’re running as expected.

They will also perform a ridership survey.

Using that information, plus insights from bus drivers, parents and school staff, the district plans to roll out some modifications in early October. “Those adjustments could be a tweak to the rights or lefts in the routes, a tweak of a stop location or just cleaning up our pick up and drop off times,” Smith said. He didn’t expect any major changes.

Smith, like many district officials tasked with working on the busing expansion, has spent countless hours puzzling over how to provide the best bus service. Yet despite the frustrations — or maybe because of them — Smith expressed excitement over seeing the village service finally up and running.

“The people that I work with — principals and school staff — they all understand what a term tremendous undertaking this is,” he said. “The overwhelming vibe within our district is positive: Everybody is coming at this with sunshine and support. I am so grateful.”

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As of Sept. 1, residents must be 21-years-old to purchase tobacco in the state of Vermont. The change in legal age from 18 to 21 is thanks to legislation passed earlier this year, and includes the use of e-cigarettes and vape products, in addition to all tobacco products, tobacco substitutes or tobacco paraphernalia.

“As students head back to classrooms this week, parents and teachers will know that the State of Vermont is taking steps to address the youth e-cigarette epidemic and prevent tobacco use,” said Harold Wimmer, President and CEO of the American Lung Association.

According to the American Lung Association, close to 2,500 youth under 18 try their first cigarette every day and more than 400 kids become regular daily smokers. Two-thirds of 10th grade students and nearly half of 8th grade students say it is easy to get cigarettes. Because students typically do not reach 21 years old while still

in high school, Vermont’s new law is expected to greatly reduce the number of high school students who have easy access to tobacco products.

Vermont’s Tobacco 21 law was introduced by State Senators Virginia Lyons and Deborah Ingram, following a December 2018 announcement by the U.S. Surgeon General alerting the public that youth e-cigarette use had reached epidemic levels.

According to the announcement, e-cigarette use increased by 78 percent among high school students from 2017 to 2018.

The report warned that this dramatic change in youth tobacco use could set the stage for another generation of Americans addicted to tobacco products and ultimately more tobaccocaused death and disease.

The Vermont legislature passed the bill in April and was signed by Governor Scott on May 16, 2019.

Vermont is the 18th state to pass a law raising the minimum age of sale for tobacco products to 21.

LOT from page 1 with a hopeful vote date of November 2020. So Brown expects officials will need to determine whether it makes sense to tackle the LOT topic before or after a merger vote.

“We don’t want to overwhelm the community,” Brown said. “We don’t want to have there be too much at one time.”

They will also need to figure out how much money each municipality is due. That’s because when businesses report their sales to the Vt. Department of Taxes, they self-identify their location, Brown said. With all of Essex identified under the postal zip code for Essex Jct., the “overwhelming majority” of businesses show they are in the village, Brown said.

“Realistically we know that what’s being reported isn’t what’s accurate,” he said. “So we need to make sure the distribution between the town and village makes sense.”

Then there’s the question of what to do with the money. Seventy percent of the revenue stays with the municipality while 30 percent goes to the state, which uses the money to cover the administrative costs of the program and to reimburse municipalities for state-owned buildings within their boundaries.

Municipalities can individually decide how to spend their share, and local communities have done so in a variety of ways. Colchester, for example, recently proposed spending millions out of its LOT fund to help pay for a new sewer line along Malletts Bay (the measure eventually failed at the

polls). South Burlington, meanwhile, uses its $3.5 million in yearly LOT revenue to tamp down the tax rate and pay off its police station bond, according to VTDigger.

Members of the village capital committee recommend any money raised from the LOT be funneled into the capital budget. Last year, the village doubled the yearly percentage increase paid into that fund at the committee’s urging, fearful that the village’s infrastructure needs will soon outpace its ability to pay for them. Funds from a LOT would further sway that balance in the right direction, Brown said.

There will likely be some debate over the move, especially among businesses, which are forced to pay additional taxes under a LOT by either eating the difference or passing the cost down to their customers. And residents have already shot down a previous proposal in 2009 that would have placed a town-wide 1 percent tax on local sales. Officials said it would have raised about $850,000 annually, but media reports noted IBM officials claimed the tax would have affected the facility’s ability to stay competitive.

Still, Brown believes there’s an appetite to spend more money on infrastructure projects, pointing to a resident’s request on Town Meeting Day that added $100,000 into the town budget to pave more roads. The measured passed after a floor vote.

“We know there’s more work that needs to be done,” Brown said.

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Thursday, September 5, 2019 Vermont opts out of federal health care funds

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By REPORTER STAFF Vermont will stop using federal Title X funds to provide health care for low-income Vermonters in response to a Trump administration gag rule barring doctors and other health care providers who receive the funds from discussing abortion with patients.

Health Commissioner Mark Levine, MD., notified U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services that Vermont will replace the federal funds with state funds on Monday.

The funds were provided to Planned Parenthood of New England which used the money to provide contraception, cancer screenings and other health care services to low-income families and those without insurance.

Nationally, Planned Parenthood is refusing the funds, which now come with ties barring health care providers from giving patients information about how or where to access abortion services.

The administration’s new rules also require those providing abortion services to be physically separated from recipients of Title X funds, a move Planned Parenthood of New England said was “clearly meant to push Planned Parenthood health centers and other reproductive health care providers out of Title X.” In Vermont, Planned Parenthood uses Title X funds to provide care to

nearly 11,000 patients at 10 centers around the state.

“These changes by HHS will disrupt one of our state’s most essential public health programs,” Levine said. “For nearly 50 years, Title X has helped ensure that Vermonters have access to quality family planning and we want to make sure this continues.”

The Trump administration’s new rules run afoul of state law. In 2019, Vermont enshrined in law “the fundamental right of every individual who becomes pregnant to choose to carry a pregnancy to term, to give birth to a child, or to have an abortion” and prohibited interference with “regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services or information, the choice of a consenting individual to terminate the individual’s pregnancy.”

“It’s important that we maintain women’s rights and access to health care,” said Governor Phil Scott. “It’s unfortunate we are at this point, but I appreciate the collaboration with the attorney general and legislature to put aside contingency funding in the 2018 budget. Vermont joins Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts and Maryland in foregoing Title X.” “At Planned Parenthood, we are committed to serving all of our patients in Vermont, no matter what happens in Washington, D.C.,” said Lucy Leriche, See GAG RULE, page 14

County foodshelf announces rebranding effort Submitted by Feeding Chittenden Burlington, VT – The Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf (CEFS), the largest direct service emergency food provider in Vermont, announces today that it will now operate under the new name of Feeding Chittenden (FC). The comprehensive rebrand elevates FC’s ongoing mission of alleviating hunger, creating community, and cultivating opportunities for education and advancement for people experiencing food insecurity and hunger.

From 2017 to 2018, CEFS held a series of listening sessions with staff, volunteers, supporters, and recipients.

Feedback from these groups indicated that the old name did not accurately represent the full scope of programming, and rebranding would be appropriate.

“We’ve heard for years from our supporters and partners that we’re ‘more than just a food shelf,’ and that our name didn’t reflect all of the work that we do,” said Kelly Saunders, FC Development Director. “We hope that our new name and logo can help us tell our story more effectively in the community.”

Saunders emphasized that the rebrand is crucial to communicating

the impact and work of the organization. “Over the last 45 years, we’ve grown from a small food pantry into an anti-hunger organization that operates a diverse array of programs serving more than 10,000 of our neighbors each year,” Saunders said. “We now provide prepared meals, meal deliveries, groceries, social work services, and access to expanded opportunities for those we serve through culinary job training programming operated in partnership with the Vermont Foodbank.”

Rob Meehan, FC Executive Director, said the new logo reflects the diversity of Feeding Chittenden and characterizes the brand as community and service-oriented.

“We worked with Four Nine Design to create a new logo that is colorful, vibrant, and represents our goal of providing food, community, and opportunity,” Meehan said. “Every day we help seniors, working families with children, people with disabilities, people who are homeless or marginally housed, and New American and refugee families, as well as others who are facing food insecurity. We’re excited to tell our story and continue to serve residents throughout Chittenden County.”

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Young Writers Project receives hundreds of submissions on youngwritersproject.org from students across Vermont, the U.S., and beyond. Each week we select the best work for publication in this newspaper, and in The Voice, on vpr.net, vtdigger.org, and more. Read more at youngwritersproject.org, a safe, civil, online community of writers and artists. This month we present a General Writing response.

A love letter to my bedroom

By IsaBella sIlva 15, Essex Junction

M

y dearest darling, my most beloved chamber, How my heart aches at the words I have to say to you now. I am behind a veil of tears as I think of our nearing separation. It is you that has been close by my side these long eight years, you who hath raised me alone in the comfort of your insulated embrace. I still remember when I first met you, a child of seven years, eyeing your vintage 50s, floral wallpaper and seafoam-green carpet, stuck to your pale, hardy walls and auburn floorboards since birth.

I admit, in those early years, I was jealous to have had to share your affections with my sister. Oh, how you used to favor her. You gave her the larger bed, the nicer bureau, the more-stuffed animals upon her sheets. She treated you so poorly, rejected your tokens of love, abused and neglected your kindness.

She threw her toys about the room and left me alone to clean up the mess. I think, as much as you may deny it, you fell in love with me during that time,

too. I got to know you very well – your nooks and closet, the tiny hiding places within your rectangular perimeter. I waited patiently all those years for you to finally be mine and mine alone, when I could shut the door and not expect anyone to interrupt me.

Then came that fateful day in 2015. Mom and Dad told me that I would finally have you, that I was to have a room of my own now that I was nearing adolescence. I watched your transformation as the faded pink posies and yellowed baby’s-breath adorning your papering turned to a bright, magnificent shade of deep, royal purple. You wore it well; it suited you much better. I’ll never forget the beauty of seeing you that first day after the paint job was complete, truly as you were always meant to be: light and awash with silver light. I remember the way it touched your newly painted walls, reflecting a glittering light.

That’s always been a funny thing about you, that you never needed a light to shine because you were always somehow, by some magical spell, alight with white daylight.

Please know that it was not my choice to leave you.

Do not blame yourself, for I think we both knew that this was never meant to last. Even if I stayed now, I would be gone soon. I am now in my second year of high school, and after that I shall be in my third.

Our time together has been running out for a while,

and I would have had to go sometime. Our departure was inevitable, as tragic as it is. We, my love, were not meant to last, as nothing is meant to in this life.

Every leaf and breeze, every tree branch and rainfall, dies and is reborn again into Earth’s soil. We are just the same.

I instead urge you to remember the happier days, when you and I would spend hours alone – like the times I’d be writing, lying flat on my belly on the bed as you whispered poetry into my ears to inspire my prose. Or when I’d be drawing, whilst your gleaming light shone down on my paper so I could always see what I was working on. You never criticized, never judged my art or skills, never doubted my talent.

You were one of the most supportive people in my life during those early years as I began to discover my own abilities and boundaries. I will always be eternally grateful to you for that, and I know I shall always hold those memories within my heart with great tenderness.

As you know, I leave you tomorrow. How greatly I will miss you, my dear. But please, I beg you not to dwell on my memory too heavily. Do not let my absence close your heart to new loves and new, happy memories. There are new people coming, after all. I hear that they have a child, a young girl that I know you will like very much. Please be kind to her.

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

High school sports and a troubling trend

By EMERSON LYNN We all know about it. We know who there are. We watch them, and then, to a surprising degree we become them.

They are the parents who go to extraordinary lengths to make sure their children are the next John LeClair, or Tom Brady, or Carli Lloyd, or, take your pick. They are looking for that scholarship, and attention, that helps their child get into college.

The odds, of course, are prohibitive. Or they used to be.

In the 1990s, Division 1 and Division 11 colleges and universities distributed less than $300 million in student-athlete scholarships. Today, that figure exceeds $3 billion. That’s

a ten-fold increase within a 20-year time frame. Over that same time period, we’ve seen roughly a 50 percent increase in the number of students [public and private.] The story, however, has less to do with whether those studentathletes are worthy of their scholarships, and more to do with the impact this “meritocracy” has on the participation we see in high school sports.

In the 2018-2019 school year we saw, for the first time in more than a generation, a decline in the number of high school students participating in sports. This has happened even as the number of students increased [it’s only in New England that the overall student count is in serious decline.] Why?

In football, it’s attributed in part to the concern about head trauma. We have fewer males playing high school football now than anytime this century. But that’s not the case in the other sports. Basketball, baseball, soccer, golf and lacrosse are all losing players.

There are fewer girls playing basketball, for example, than anytime since the early 1990s.

Is it the digital revolution and kids simply preferring screen time to building a little sweat equity?

Nope.

The culprit, according to the experts, is sports specialization, parents who spend the money and the time trying to train their children to be the best at one sport instead of being a multi-sport athlete.

That’s a pursuit that costs money. Quite a bit in fact. Ask any parent who signs up their kid for club soccer or club hockey. And the more elite the teams the more appeal they have. And the greater the cost, in time and money.

What’s happening is that the local leagues don’t have adequate numbers or resources. Those families with the fewest resources are those whose children never really develop the team sports habit.

When kids specialize in a single sport, it obviously subtracts from the other sports.

Whereas it was once common place for kid to be a threesport athlete, that’s unusual today.

That’s unfortunate. Not only are the students not as

Letter to the editor Another series of mass shootings this time in Dayton, El Paso, Mobile, and Odessa - ushered in the expected “thoughts and prayers” from elected officials across the nation. 40 people were killed and 73 more were injured over the span of just a few weeks in those four shootings alone. The usual, performative hand wringing began, and quickly subsided. Gun violence prevention was discussed only as far as it was politically expedient and not a second longer.

Once again, we are burying the dead, nursing the wounded, and trying to comfort the living. Once again we are fully equipped with the solution, yet held hostage by the gun lobby. What is abundantly clear is that we cannot expect leadership from Washington to tackle the issue of gun violence.

Thankfully though, Vermont leaders have, at times, shown a willingness to stand up to the corporate gun lobby. 2018 saw a suite of common-sense gun violence prevention measures passed through the legislature and signed by our governor.

In contrast, this past year was an

incredible disappointment as Governor Scott suddenly fell back in line with the corporate gun lobby, vetoing a waiting period bill that the data shows would save lives. I know the governor values the lives of Vermonters. My hope is that he will come back in 2020 ready to buck the gun lobby and do right by his constituents.

The legislature has shown great tenacity and I applaud their outspoken commitment to passing gun violence reforms when they return to the state house in January. Hopefully this time the governor will do the right thing: sign gun safety legislation and save lives.

Passing a 72-hour waiting period to purchase any gun and closing the Charleston Loophole are two meaningful steps that Vermont legislators should take when they return to the state house in January that would make our state and country a safer place. While many are no doubt familiar with the concept of waiting periods, the Charleston Loophole remains relatively obscure. Under current law, people who buy a gun from a licensed dealer have to go through a background

check. The FBI has up to three days to complete this check. But if it doesn’t complete the check during this time period, gun dealers are allowed to sell the firearm anyway. This loophole allowed a white supremacist to purchase the gun he used to kill nine people at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015.

We all know what we have to do, but to do it our leaders must show courage and listen to the majority of Vermonters rather than the gun lobby. Because the majority of Vermonters want gun safety legislation. Poll after poll backs this up.

Vermonters, like Americans everywhere, have had enough. Enough of the fear, the bloodshed, the dead, the wounded, and the excuses. We want our children, our family and our neighbors to live without fear of being shot. We want to continue the great tradition Vermont has of leading the country, of being brave in the face of adversity, and of choosing our people over special interests.

Clai Lasher-Sommers Executive Director, GunSense Vermont

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fully rounded as athletes, they are more likely to get hurt, or to burn out and drop out of sports all together. This specialization also works against the low income, who don’t have the resources to participate at the same levels.

That’s a problem because statistics show that kids who participate in sports are onetenth as likely to be obese, or to have chronic disease, and far more likely to stay in school and to excel.

Today’s trend is not the sort of progress we’d like to see.

Clarification A graphic in last week’s Reporter of the planned University of Vermont Medical Center was rendered by Scott + Partners Architecture.

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

Working toward a greater Essex Will merger affect development in the Town and Village centers?

The Village of Essex Junction is an incorporated municipality within the Town of Essex. The governments of the two municipalities, the Town and the Village, have been consolidating services and departments since 2013, and are now exploring the concept of a complete merger.

By GeorGe Tyler Board of Trustees Vice President

Vice president George Tyler

Dan Kerin

Raj Chawla

Amber Thibeault

Answer: No … and yes.

Community development is guided by a complex planning and regulatory process. Essex Junction and Essex Town are geographically subdivided into zones in which only certain types of buildings and infrastructure are allowed. The Essex Junction Village Center zone and the Essex Town Center zone are both considered ‘growth centers’ in which high population density and commercial development are actively pursued by our community development offices as part of their strategic, economic development goals.

The design and structural codes in these two ‘growth center’ zones encourage multistory commercial and mixeduse commercial/residential buildings.

Infrastructure growth in both centers has sparked controversy throughout the community, which was reflected in many of the comments we heard in the recent online survey about governance and merger sponsored by the Essex Junction Trustees and Essex Town Selectboard.

The logic and long range vision for our growth centers is spelled out in the Town’s and Village’s municipal plans, which are legally binding master documents required by the state and the regional planning commission. Each municipal plan integrates its community’s development goals with its existing zoning and building codes. Communities must abide by their municipal plans and can’t arbitrarily deviate from them in response to circumstance or political whim. Communities can revise and update their plans, but the process is slow, incremental, and heavily regu-

lated. Essex Town can’t suddenly change the zoning for an entire residential neighborhood to make way for a manufacturing plant. Essex Junction can’t suddenly forbid multistory buildings in the Village center.

Essex Town’s municipal plan doesn’t include Essex Junction, even though the Village is considered part of the Town for taxing purposes. Essex Junction’s plan stops at the Village borders. Merging the Town and Village governments wouldn’t change their municipal plans, but it would merge them into a single document. The ‘hole’ in the Essex Town plan that should contain the Village would be filled, but the development goals and regulations within each plan would remain the same upon merger.

If merger happens, the long-term evolution of the newly unified TownVillage municipal plan would be under the control of a single planning commission, development office, and elected board. Changes and updates would reflect the coordinated strategic vision of the entire community. We’d finally be able to start planning together as a unified community.

For example, with 11,000 people in about four square miles, Essex Junction, independent of Essex Town, is nearly as densely populated per square mile as cities like Burlington, Rutland, and Winooski. Do we want this trend to continue and have the Village become the ‘city’ section of the town? Do we want to shift some of the growth to the Essex Town Center? Or do we want to slow the growth of the Town Center to retain its suburban character? As the state’s second largest and fastest growing community, these are the kinds of conversations we should be having and could be having under a unified government.

The results of the first resident survey--and much more--are posted on www.

GreaterEssex2020.org. Stay tuned for next week’s column, and as always, send your questions, thoughts, and concerns to us at ehaney@essex.org, abrown@ essexjunction.org, and eteich@essex.org.

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Obituary Robert E. Sheridan III Robert E. Sheridan III died on August 21, 2019 at Birchwood Terrace Healthcare Facility in Burlington, Vermont, ten days after his 84th birthday.

Born in Morristown, New Jersey on August 11, 1935, Bob was the first-born son to Robert E. Sheridan II and Rosalie Averill Monahan Sheridan. He grew up on his grandmother Monahan’s dairy farm with an extended family in Mt. Fern, New Jersey, where---despite the fact that his early childhood encompassed the lean, great-depression years---he described a home filled with warmth, affectionate banter, hijinks, and a crowd around the dinner table.

He lived on the farm until his high school years with his parents, four sisters, a younger brother, his paternal grandfather, two grandmothers, and the seemingly-ever-present visiting uncles and aunts.

At age 16 Bob was badly burned in a fire causing 2nd and 3rd degree burns over much of his body, nearly costing him his life, and delaying high school graduation. Very soon after enrolling in Seton Hall University, he answered a spiritual calling, entering a Carmelite seminary in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

After five years, he decided that, while most aspects of the life fulfilled him, celibacy did not. He returned to Seton Hall completing a BA in history. In 1967, he received his M.Ed. in Personnel and Guidance, from Seton Hall University. During the 1960’s Bob taught high school history, elementary school, and served as a guidance counselor in New Jersey. In 1969 Bob was recruited to serve as Assistant Superintendent of Schools for Orange East Supervisory Union in Bradford, VT. During the next 30 years he served as Superintendent of Schools in Orange East and Chittenden Central

Supervisory Unions, Coordinator of Extension Services at Johnson State College, where he also taught graduate courses in Education Administration, Director of Guidance and then Principal at Milton Junior-Senior High School, and guidance counselor at Bakersfield and Berkshire Elementary Schools. He retired in 1997 as Principal of Bakersfield Elementary School.

An admirable leader, Bob possessed those qualities that earned the enduring respect of students, teachers, and colleagues. Kind and generous, when things went well, he shared the credit; when mistakes were made, he graciously shouldered the blame. He delighted in praising individuals in the presence of others, and helping people actualize their talents. Bob was mentor to many. He had an entertaining sense of humor with the ability to laugh at himself. He had a strong sense of justice, keen perception, and understanding of human behavior.

Bob held himself to high moral standards and strove---each and every day--to perform ethically in all situations.

He expected the same from students, staff, and superiors alike. He was courageous, took risks, and did not hesitate to speak truth to power.

Bob believed in the value of the arts in childhood development, and advocated for their funding even in times of austere budgets. In1978 he received the Vermont Council on the Arts “Award of Merit for Distinguished Services to the Arts,” and in 1979, a “Certificate of Appreciation” from the Vermont Alliance for Arts Education. Most of all, he cherished the admiration he received from students. The Milton High School Senior Class of 1989, dedicated its yearbook to Bob with the inscription: “You are an inspiration to us and when we look back at our senior high school years, you’ll be the one we remember. Thank you for making our years something to be proud of !!”

Bob enjoyed his retirement years in the Mount Mansfield area. If Bob was not abroad visiting his wife, who was still working in Russia until 2005, he could usually be found engaged in some form of social interaction.

It might simply be smiling and chatting with neighbors as he walked one of his adored Scottish Deerhounds, or helping friends remove ice dams, or wielding a pruning saw to save an injured maple tree. Although he had many intellectual pursuits---reading about the cosmos or trying to comprehend Steven Hawking or Einstein’s theories---he was rarely at home for long unless he was executing one of his massive landscaping projects or entertaining friends. He delighted in treating friends at local restaurants, never forgetting to compliment the chef or leave a large tip.

Above all, Bob was a “people person.” With child-like innocence, he simply loved people---old/young, rich/

poor---it mattered not. He always had good wishes or a sincere compliment for acquaintances and strangers alike.

Bob was loved in return and will be missed by many.

Bob leaves his wife of more than 39 years, Doreen J. (Boyle) Sheridan, a daughter and son from his first marriage, Lauretta Sheridan of South Burlington, VT and Robert E. Sheridan IV of Hinesburg, VT, three grandchildren: Robert E. Sheridan V, of Hinesburg, Gerald Sheridan of St. Albans, VT, Angela Simpson of Atlanta, GA, and one granddaughter, Nevaeh Sheridan of St. Albans. He is also survived by his siblings: sister Rosalie Guest, of Torrington, CT, brother David Sheridan, sister-in-law Karen Sheridan of Somerville, NJ, sister Judy Meyer, brother-in-law James Meyer, of Raleigh, NC. and brotherin-law, Dennis J. Boyle of Orchard Park, NY. He was predeceased by his sister, Marie Drew of Clermont, FL. His eldest sister, Jeanne Knowles of Bushnell, FL, passed away on August 23rd, two days after Bob’s passing.

He also leaves a multitude of beloved nieces and nephews, their children and grandchildren, as well as many cousins.

His wife would like to thank his caregiver, Monica Morano, for the loving care she provided Bob, throughout his illness. Doreen would also like to express her gratitude to the devoted family of caregivers at Birchwood Terrace for the joy and comfort given Bob during the past seven months.

Donations in Bob’s memory may be made to Birchwood Terrace Residents’ Activities Fund at 43 Starr Farm Road, Burlington, VT 05401. Friends and family will be invited to share memories at a celebration of Bob’s life to be announced at a later date. Condolences may be sent to Lavignefuneralhome. com, where an expanded obituary is posted.

Hannaford extends new parental leave to employees COURTESY HANNAFORD SUPERMARKETS Hannaford Supermarkets is now offering parental leave benefits that will provide qualifying full- and parttime associates with six weeks of fully paid leave during the first 12 months following the birth, adoption or legal placement of a child.

The new policy, which is designed to support parents and caregivers during a critical time of transition in their family, went into effect on Sept.

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“We see and appreciate that there is a wide spectrum of circumstances that brings families together and we want to ensure we live up to what it means to be an inclusive employer in how we extend our care and support,” Margo Peffer, vice president of human resources, Hannaford, said. “Having easy access to tools and benefits that support wellbeing and balance in our personal and

professional lives is important for all of us at Hannaford.”

According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in March 2018, 17 percent of civilian workers had access to paid family leave and 89 percent had access to unpaid family leave. Sixteen percent of private industry workers had access to paid family leave and 88 percent had access to unpaid family leave.

“As a parent, I know firsthand the peace of mind that comes with meaningful support to focus on your loved ones after a key life event,” Peffer said.

“I am proud that we are an early leader in being able to offer a benefit that will

improve the health and well-being of our associates and their families.”

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The Essex Hornets football squad fell in its opening day contest against St. Johnsbury by a score of 38-19 despite a valiant comeback effort. See Joe Gonillo’s column for stats from the game.

Essex volleyball takes three sets from Enosburg

By Ruthie LaRoche

The Essex boys volleyball team won three of their four sets against Enosburg on Tuesday afternoon in Enosburg (25-17, 25-8, 19-25, 25-19).

Jason Robtoy, the Enosburg boys varsity head coach and founder of the program in Enosburg, credited Essex on three strong sets.

"Essex is very good and they run a lot of plays we can't and their movement is very good," said Robtoy.

Essex Coach, Albert Gonzales, whose Hornets left Enosburg with the win, appreciated the quality of play by both teams.

"Enosburg is a good team," said Gonzales.

"They're scrappy; they can find balls and get them back over, and that's key to continuing play."

Gonzales noted that the volleyball team acquires many new players each year, some who haven't played the game before. Shaping the new group into a cohesive team requires patience and good communication.

"We're working on trying to get more vocal on the court and to keep our momentum going when we have it," said Gonzales. "Every situation is a little bit different, and there's no one way to do something or one way to do it right. You have to

read what's happening and respond."

Liam Chisholm and Zach Schmolz, captains of the Essex boys volleyball team have each played the game for years. They were pleased with the start to the 2019 season.

"This was our first game playing together, and we know we have some things we need to iron out. We talked a lot and got some good hits and some good kills. We got it done," said Schomlz.

"We have a good mix of new players and returning players, and this is going to be a fun season. We've got some good things going," said Chisholm.

RUTHie laROcHe, Reporter Sports LEFT: Zachary Schmalz (#5), Drew Riester (#7) and Tobey Cram (#8) spring into action. ABOVE: Andrew Goodrich prepares to bump the ball during Tuesday’s win over Enosburg Falls.

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Hope Labor Day was fun and relaxing, and that summer weather is not over.

Saturday had a taste of just about everything going as Hornet teams were competing all day. Soccer, field hockey, and the annual Essex Invite had athletes, coaches, officials, fans, workers, and cars all over the parking lots at EHS and down Colchester Rd. Football kicked off as well. Jay Brady Soccer Tourney and a huge corn roast this week/weekend.

The Essex Invitational went smoothly Saturday. The Citizen’s Race began the day won by Oliver Wood of Colchester in 16:40 and Claire Serrano of East Montpelier 25:00. The CVU girls won scoring 30 pts followed by Essex 87, BHS 93, Harwood 102, and U-32 125. Natalie Preston crossed the finish line in 7th to lead EHS. The Hornet boys won their invite scoring 50. U-32 85; CVU 85; St. Albans 127, and BHS 136. Henry Farrington won the race in 15:42.9. Brady Martisus finished 3rd; Charles Martell 13th; Braden Cummings 15th; Walker Cummings 18th; Lucius Karki 27th; Jaron 31st.

The jv girls were 2nd as Ary Wilson ran 4th. Liam Mack won the jvb race in 17:30.2 as EHS finished 2nd. Both team will run in the BHS Invite SAT. The football team battled in their opener but fell to StJ 38-19. QB Sam Bowen passed for 127 yards and 2 TDs. WR Chris Davis totaled 74 yards and a touchdown. Thomas Hoffman reeled in a 90-yard TD reception. The Hornets went into a deep 24-0 hole in the 2nd Q but battled. Thet had only 25 yards on the ground. This week they play at Rice Saturday if the Green Knights can bounce back and field a team.

The jv’s played CHS Tuesday 9/3 and travel to Rice Monday while the frosh KO 9/11 home vs RUT. The field hockey team opened the fall and coach Grace O’Neil’s inaugural varsity game with a 2-1 win over Burr & Burton. Hornet Abby Guenther opened the scoring halfway into the first half then Addy Deming banging in an insurance goal with a bit over 5 minutes to play.

The jv’s won 2-0 on goals by Ali Stevens and Ashley Clark with the assist by Madison McCuin. This week they battle Rice and BHS home then away, BTW former Hornet FH coach Heather Garrow’s daughter, Ryleigh – a freshman, scored her first varsity goal in CHS’ first game last week.

The soccer teams swept MAU yesterday. In the VSOC DH the boys crushed the Pats 7-0. A bevy of goals scored by rookie varsity players. Hornets who notched goals (and

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Community Calendar 5 THURSDAY 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.; Fundamental-Independent.

CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - Route 2A, Williston, just north of Industrial Ave. 878-7107. Wes Pastor, Senior Pastor.

Summer Worship Service Times (June-September): Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Nursery is provided for infant-K. Also check out our other summer offerings: Wednesday Gatherings, Ultimate Frisbee, Play Dates in the Park, Summer Bible Camp, and more! www.cmcvermont.org; also on Facebook & Instagram.

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 childcare provided, cccpastorjeannette@gmail.com; Facebook page: bit.ly/2rDz4NE DAYBREAK COMMUNITY CHURCH - 67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester. 338-9118. Jesse Mark, 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: 8:00am, 9:30am & 11:00am, www.essexalliance.org.

ESSEX CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 119 Center Rd (Route 15), Essex. 878-8304. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. Service 10:00 am 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 - 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. 1 Church Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452. Telephone (802) 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 2 – September 1.

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. 8788071. 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. 878-4014. 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.

Brownell liBrary Closed for staff development food shelf 9 - 11 a.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, 6 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Aunt Dot’s Place, 51 Center Rd. Essex Jct. Serving the communities of Essex, Westford, Jericho and Underhill. Visit auntdotsplace.com for more information. seated yoga 10:30 a.m., Essex Area Senior Center noon Book group Noon, Essex Free Library. This session discusss Persuasion

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knitting & CroCheting 1 - 3 p.m., Essex Area Senior Center

story time with emily 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library.

CriBBage, Cards, games 1 - 4 p.m., Essex Area Senior Center

teCh help with Clif Noon - 1 p.m., Brownell Library.

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

essex eats out 5:30 - 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, Essex Jct. Free community dinners for all! If you need a ride, please email essexeatsout@ gmail.com

Bridge 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., Essex Area Senior Center

7 SATURDAY

Book & Bake sale 9 a.m. - noon, Grace United Methodist Church.

vt. astronomiCal soCiety 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., Brownell Library.

genealogy open house 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Vt. Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen.

Join us for 30-minute demonstrations of genealogy research resources, including demonstrations of the internet resources we offer. Free refreshments. This event is free. Please visit our website http://www. vtgenlib.org/ or call 802-310-9285 for more info.

10 TUeSDAY

Current events disCussion group 10 - 11:30 a.m., Brownell Library. Led

by Sandy Baird, this discussion group is free and open to all.

Registration is not required.

Bingo 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., Essex Area Senior Ctr.

spanish/english interCamBio Noon - 2 p.m., Essex Free Library. For the first hour of every session we will speak exclusively in Spanish and for the second hour we will speak exclusively in English.

Come join the conversation!

CollaBorative art: sChool of fish 2:45 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Design your own unique fish and help us make a school of fish to hang on our walls! Ages 5 & up. drop-in knitting 6:30 - 8 p.m., Essex Free Library.

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2 p.m., senior Center Craft fest Committee, Essex Area Senior Center 6 p.m., town Zoning Board, Town Offices, 81 Main St. 7 p.m., town and village subcommittee on governance, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St.

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7:45 p.m., town selectboard/village trustees Joint meeting, Town Offices, 81 Main St.

tue., sep. 10

must read mondays 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Brownell Library.

This session discuss Educated by Tara Westover.

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

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9 MonDAY

LOCAL MEETINGS

6:30 p.m., village trustees, Lincoln Hall, 2 Lincoln St. 10 a.m., senior Center origami Club organizational meeting, Essex Area Senior Center

writer’s group 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library.

All levels and genres welcome as we come together to share our work and offer support to one another.

11 WeDneSDAY

teCh time 10 - 11 a.m., Essex Free Library. Drop in with your device and questions! lunCeon 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Essex Area Senior Center teCh help w/ Clif Noon - 1 p.m., Brownell Library. (See Monday, Sep. 9) dupliCate Bridge 1:15 p.m., Essex Area Senior Center drop-in games 1:30 - 4 p.m., Essex Area Senior Center

UPCOMING EVENT DIVORCE CARE SUPPORT GROUP Sundays, September 8 - December 1 Divorce is a tough road. Feelings of separation, betrayal, confusion, anger, and self-doubt are common. But there is life after divorce. Led by people who have already walked down that road, we’d like to share with you a safe place and a process that can help make the journey easier. This free 13-week group for men and women will be offered on Sunday evenings, 5:30-7:30, Sept. 8 through Dec. 1 at the North Avenue Alliance Church, 901 North Ave., Burlington, Vt. Register for class at essexalliance.churchcenter. com. For more information call Sandy 802-425-7053.

16 • THE ESSEX REPORTER

Thursday, September 5, 2019

At Mansfield Place, the transition to assisted living is a positive and happy experience for residents and their loved ones.

Why Choose Mansfield Place?

To join in the fun! Here are just some of the many benefits available at Mansfield Place: • Delicious chef-prepared meals and snacks.

• Assistance with personal care, grooming, bathing,

dressing, medication management and physical therapy.

• Housekeeping, laundry and maintenance services.

• Scheduled transportation for medical appointments, errands and events.

• A variety of studio, one and two-bedroom apartments.

• Engaging activities and events, as well as health and

fitness programs.

• Pendant call system to alert for assistance.

• Common areas including living and dining room, private dining room, country kitchens, cocktail lounge, exercise room, salon/barber shop, patios, walking paths and gardens.

Call Laurie today to schedule your visit. (802) 871-5808 MansfieldPlaceVT.com • 18 Carmichael Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452

Move-in Before October 1st and We’ll Waive the Community Fee! You’ll get even more value it’s a savings of $1,950!

PET FRIENDLY

For Over 30 Years We’ve Been Providing Assisted Care The Way It Was Meant To Be. • Experienced, 24 Hour a Day Care • All-Inclusive Monthly Pricing • Private, Spacious Apartments • Vermont Owned and Managed • Convenient Location

Come Learn What We Have to Offer!

Call Erin Knox today to schedule a Personal Tour at 802-861-4003 or visit our website: gazeboseniorliving.com 1510/1530 Williston Road | South Burlington