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THE ESSEX

November 3, 2016

vol. 36, No. 44

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iPads and Decarreau othEr fads looks ahead to budget season

By COLIN FLANDERS

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While some seniors made their way to the cosmetology classrooms to get manicures and haircuts, others could be found in the animation computer lab. This is where Pat, a senior citizen, was get-

atherine “Deac” Decarreau knows her way around a budget.

The Winooski native spent the past seven years as city manager of her hometown, where she’s credited with eliminating a major deficit and establishing a culture of civic engagement.

Trading in streets and sewers for classrooms and children, the new Chittenden Central Supervisory Union chief financial officer is learning schools are a different beast.

“I've probably asked more questions over the last three months than I have the last three years,” said Decarreau, who started August 1.

The biggest surprise? The range of regulations that dictate school spending and the various mandates that require funding.

“There are certainly fewer levers that you have control of," she said, amazed at how much creativity the system requires. Still, she’s found the work rejuvenating.

“I feel young again,” she said, laughing.

Her next challenge is creating a budget for the Essex Westford School District, the newly merged entity between the Essex Town School District and CCSU.

See CTE, page 3

See BUDGET, page 9

Photo by KAYLEE SULLIVAN CTE student Richard Spradling helps senior Joyce Aosmidek understand the ins-and-outs of her iPad last Friday during the school's Senior Appreciation Day. Students assisted their elders in the computer labs, in addition to providing manicures, haircuts, automobile assistance, blood pressure tests and more.

CTE students give back to senior community

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By KAYLEE SULLIVAN ssex senior citizens were in for a treat last week, one that extended beyond a scrumptious buffet lunch.

On October 27 and

28, about 150 students at the Center for Technology, Essex showed their gratitude to the elder generation by hosting Community Appreciation Days. In the eighth week of the school year, the students put their acquired skills to

use while giving back to the community, school guidance counselor Charles Brady said.

People aged 60 and over spent the day getting pampered and learning from the students. About 80 seniors participated each day.

Village ushers in new safety path

By COLIN FLANDERS A stream of cold rain splashed atop Toni Morgan’s green umbrella while she and husband, Greg Morgan, stood by the new multi-use safety path along the Essex Jct. railroad tracks last week.

They joined members from Essex’s governing boards and village offices at the path’s Central Street intersection to usher in the village’s newest commodity.

Despite the gloomy weather, spirits were high as trustee Lori Houghton sliced the red tape before the attendees walked along the new digs.

As the Morgans tagged along, they recalled a much different landscape. A few years back, during Green Up Day,

they’d stumbled across a worrisome haul: Liquor bottles and used needles littered the area.

Thanks to a nearly $490,000 facelift, the area bares little resemblance to its former self. Now, blacktop winds parallel to the railroad tracks from Essex High School to Main Street, streetlights reflecting off a black fence lining the path.

“It’s a linear park,” Greg Morgan said of the 1,150-foot route. “It’s terrific,” Toni Morgan added.

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Photo by COLIN FLANDERS Village president George Tyler, center, and public works superintendent Rick Jones look on as trustee Lori Houghton cuts a ribbon to commemorate the village's new multi-use safety path last Friday.

Cultures collide

CWD seeks bond approval on ballot

By MICHAELA HALNON

Program brings Belgian students to EHS

By KAYLEE SULLIVAN

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s snow trickled from the sky for the first time this season in Essex last week, 20 Belgian students gravitated toward the large, wall-length window in the Essex High School library to take in the scenery.

Photo by KAYLEE SULLIVAN Twenty Belgian students participated in a cultural activity with Molly Edwards' World Cultures class in the EHS libary on Wednesday, October 26. The Belgian students were on a 10-day visit to Essex through the Virtual Intercultural Avenues program.

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HOME

A monthlong series for Hospice and Home Care Month

By MICHAELA HALNON

Much attention has been given to races at the top of the ticket this election season.

But down the ballot, Essex voters will be asked to consider more than $6 million in bonds to fund Champlain Water District projects, the state’s largest provider of treated drinking water.

If approved, CWD will

use the money to pay for three separate projects: A twin filtered water tank and wet well expansion at the treatment plant site in South Burlington, a new 600,000 gallon water storage tank in Williston and improvements to transmission lines throughout the region.

CWD general manager Jim Fay said the district is paying off several See BOND, page 2

VNA: Caring for community The Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties is celebrating its 110th birthday this year, but president and CEO Judy Peterson says the provider is aging in style.

“We’re not your grandmother’s home health agen-

cy,” she said with a smile.

The VNA began with a single nurse, Peterson said, traveling to homes around Vermont to follow up with mothers, children and the elderly.

Now, after more than a century of service, Peter-

son said staff members are performing procedures and providing a level of care once seen only in the intensive care unit of a hospital.

See VNA, page 2

Courtesy photo Left: A VNA nurse walking down the sidewalk in a 1960s archival photo.

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existing bond debts in the coming weeks, making the new bonds rateneutral.

In other words, the new projects will not affect CWD’s current uniform wholesale water rate – a constant financial goal, according to Fay. “If life is perfect, you add new debt as the old debt is retiring,” Fay said.

CWD costs aren’t reflected in property tax bills, Fay explained, because CWD charges its 12 member municipalities a uniform wholesale price. Currently, the rate sits just below $2.04 per 1,000 gallons.

The district supplies water to a combined 75,000 residents in Colchester, Winooski, Shelburne, Jericho, South Burlington, Williston, Milton and Essex, according to Fay. Those towns can then add a retail markup to the charge, Fay said.

That’s the number folks see on their water bill.

The ticket price on the ballot may be shocking to some voters, but Fay said the facilities desperately need updates. Many of those improvements seek to create a back-up option for water storage.

“A lot of the infrastructure that is very costly is buried,” Fay said.

“It’s kind of out of sight, out of mind.”

At the plant site, for example, just one tank stores the treated water for all CWD’s consumers. The facility is showing its age, with cracks showing up around the concrete edge. A sudden problem with that tank could lead to a crisis, Fay said.

“We can’t afford to be taking them out of service [to repair] them,” he said. “We always want to be in the position to supply consistently safe water around the clock.”

The district purchased an adjacent 2.4-acre lot from Green Mountain Power with capital improvement funds early last month. It will house an identical treated water tank, allowing CWD staff to fix up the current tower.

Additional preparation is also the aim of the transmission line improvements. A design called “looping” allows CWD to quickly funnel water to emergency personnel during a natural disaster, Fay said.

Fay said the district generally places bond items on the Town Meeting Day ballot in March. This year, they moved to the November ticket in hopes of benefitting from increased voter turnout for the presidential election.

General manager since 1996, Fay said he’s seen seven or eight bonds go up for vote. The average voter approval rate is 74 percent, he said.

But Essex resident Paula DeMichele, who cast her ballot early, said she voted all three measures down because it was unclear that the bonds were rate-neutral.

“I saw no figures for the changes in water rate,” DeMichele said. “I don’t know why people would vote for this when there has been no information said publicly about whether or not rates will change.”

Fay said legal restrictions against voter persuasion prevent the district from expressly stating that information on the ballot. As such, Fay started promoting the bond on the CWD website and at public forums early this summer.

Still, he acknowledges it can be tricky to get the word out efficiently.

“If you do it too early, everyone won’t remember all the details,” Fay said. “We try to do it in a phased manner, but some of what we’re doing is in the last couple of weeks here.”

If the measures don’t pass, Fay said the district would likely ask voters to approve the bond trio on individual ballots. But he doesn’t see the total figures changing much, if at all.

“There isn’t a lot of cutting we can do on these projects,” Fay said. “When they’re required, you can’t reduce the scale a whole lot and still have it be effective.”

A public information meeting regarding the bonds will be held in Essex Jct.’s Lincoln Hall this Thursday at 7 p.m.

Photo by MICHAELA HALNON Water from Lake Champlain is treated at Champlain Water District's plant site in South Burlington. The district is seeking voter approval on three new bond projects this Election Day.

VNA

from page 1 Together, VNA caregivers log well more than 1 million road miles a year and see a client once every 10 minutes on average, according to Christine Werneke, vice president of marketing and client relations.

Open 365 days a year, the VNA serves more than 5,000 unique individuals, from infants to seniors.

“The VNA would not exist without the dedication of our staff,” Peterson said. “No matter if it’s a holiday, a Friday night, a Sunday afternoon or it’s their birthday, people just continue to be out there caring for our community.”

In the coming weeks, Peterson says that dedication will be especially honored. The VNA is celebrating national Hospice and Home Care month, a time to formally recognize staff work.

Throughout November, The Reporter will spotlight the variety of caregiving

options the VNA provides, each focusing on one of their three clinical program divisions.

Home health represents the association’s largest service area and includes nursing care, therapies and medical social work. All performed in a client’s house by traveling caregivers, the care can help avoid or delay hospitalization.

We’ll ride along with a traveling caregiver to visit clients in Essex and Milton.

Community care is a long-term option for clients. The Adult Day Program, provided at three sites in the county, provides an alternative to institutionalized nursing home care. For this piece, we pay a visit to program staff and participants in Colchester and Essex.

Finally, hospice and palliative care serve patients at the end of life. That help can be provided in home or at the Respite House, recently relocated to Colchester. We’ll spend a day at the Respite House, talking with staff, volunteers and residents.

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the same core goals, Peterson said: improving patient experience, increasing successful outcomes, reducing cost and supporting staff.

Because the VNA is an insurancecovered provider, clients must obtain a doctor referral to take advantage of nearly every program, Werneke said. Still, Peterson said they would never turn a client away based on inability to pay.

“We don’t say no; we provide what we call universal access,” Peterson said.

“That’s just not true in many other states in the country.”

“The commitment to serve all who need us is really where the VNA story starts,” Werneke added.

That aim is what enticed Jean Harry, a 40-year nursing veteran, to return to the VNA after decades away.

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Now the clinical manager of adult home care, Harry said she is constantly reminded why she was first drawn to the field.

“There are a lot of things we do that are surprising,” Harry said.

In the hospital, nurses might see a patient for an hour. With home and hospice care, Harry said, VNA staff could spend years with the same client. Those hands-on hours create a more personal bond, Harry said, but can also improve medical outcomes.

A VNA nurse might notice a client is having an unusually hard time forming words, for example, a benchmark that would be difficult for an emergency room nurse to assess.

“This VNA is an incredible place,” Harry said. “[The staff] cares about our community. It’s their community. They want to make it better.”

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Essex High School principal Robert Reardon interacts with students during a world cultures activity in the school library last week.

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The students arrived in the United States on November 20 for a 10-day trip as part of the Virtual Intercultural Avenues program, headed by EHS French and Spanish teacher Jill Prado.

Their week was filled with a variety of activities, including a hockey game at the University of Vermont and a trip to the Jay Peak water park. Other activities, in school and at home with their hosts, dug a bit deeper into cultural comparisons.

Last Wednesday morning, the 20 students participated in an activity with Molly Edwards’ World Cultures class in the library. “[My students are] going to live in a much different world that I did growing up, working globally with people from all different cultures,” Edwards said as she oversaw the morning’s task.

Several pieces of thin, long paper strands peaked out of the decorative pumpkin buckets that rested on each table, accompanied by homemade minimuffins and candy, all in the Halloween spirit.

Two Belgians and two Americans sat at each table, picking out the paper strands, which displayed get-know-you questions, meant to create dialogue about the similarities and differences between the two cultures.

Some caused a few nervous laughs: “Do you sing in the shower?” and “Do you believe in soulmates?”

The laughs halted though, when the students were told an emergency lockdown drill was about to take place.

Normally, students aren’t warned when these drills occur, but with 20 students out of their element, the teachers believed it was necessary.

As the students waited for a signal to pile into the library’s computer lab, conversation arose at some tables about the Belgians’ lockdown procedures, particularly after the March terror attacks at a Brussels airport and metro station.

“It’s learning about the other cultures that I find so interesting,” said EHS student and VIA host Emilee Friedman. “Just meeting new people that are your age but live kind of a separate life.

It’s nice to learn about similarities and differences and build those connections.

Then you have these friendships around the world.”

According to Friedman, the Belgian students were open to making friendships quickly. They’re also surprised to see what America – and specifically Vermont – is really like.

“I hope they come out of this knowing what it’s really like to live in America, because a lot of movies and music show America as a glorified place: New York City, Los Angeles, Disney Land and that kind of thing,” VIA ambassador Regan Day said.

Before this year, ambassadors like Day were not as involved with exchange students, previously having a French student shadow her for only one day. Visiting students can now shadow ambassadors for longer periods of time, and ambassadors are more involved in VIA field trips and after school activities.

Over the course of 10 days, the Belgian students got a taste of American life by living with a host student and visiting different tourist attractions.

The Americans gained a better understanding of Belgian life, too.

“It’s definitely different having to bring someone along,” host Maggie Donahue said. “But it’s really, really fun because everything that we do that seems so usual for me – like we’ll be driving in the car and [my hostmate] will see the leaves and say, ‘It’s like a movie!’ – isn’t usual to her.”

“Just to see the differences, it’s great,” said Barbara Courtmans, Donahue’s Belgian hostmate. “Meeting other people, another culture, it’s very enriching.”

Differences the foreign students noted include Essex’s lack of public transportation, its big school, open land and students’ ability to use cell phones in school.

Talk about cultural comparisons also traveled into the home, where students shared stories, meals and more. Hosting an exchange student helps develop more than just the Americans’ Frenchspeaking skills, parent Karen Harvey explained.

Harvey, a three-time host, said she’s seen her daughter, Emily, come out of her shell. “[I’ve watched] her put herself in someone else’s shoes, so to speak, and think about their needs and wants as they’re 600 miles from home,” she said.

Photo by KAYLEE SULLIVAN Pat, a senior citizen, points at a picture of her grandmother that CTE animation students restored for her last week.

it’s important to teach students to show appreciation for their community.

Back in the cosmetology classroom, Peg Verge patiently waited her turn for a manicure. Verge, almost 94, isn’t new to the event.

Year after year, she looks forward to “seeing smiling people and smiling faces,” she said. “It means a lot.”

Hannah LaBounty, a health informatics student, was assigned as Verge’s guide for the day.

Verge’s daughter also tagged along and took advantage of the services at hand.

Looking forward to a career in the health care industry, Hannah said she was happy to see Verge “having a blast” and enjoyed providing services to the seniors. “[The students] act as if they want to take care of us – they’re very dedicat-

ed. They should get their certificates today!” she joked.

Simultaneously providing services and gaining experience, the students were both learning from and teaching others.

Some teaching occurred in another computer lab, where teens helped seniors troubleshoot their iPhones and iPads and set up email accounts.

The community appreciation also extended from the auto garage, where students rotated tires and performed vehicle safety checks, to a Thursday jazz concert and yard clean up teams.

“Creating [community sense] in students is very important. It helps tie us in the community and it helps the community tie into the school,” Brady said. “That give and take, that two-way street, is what community appreciation is really about.”

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ting an old picture of her grandparents restored.

“There’s only one other picture that my family has of them,” she said.

“My grandparents died when I was quite young so it means a lot to me.”

CTE student Soren Sandblom was one of about eight students to help Pat restore her picture.

“It’s a way for them to relive their own memory,” Soren explained. “Instead of looking at old dusty photos, this gives them a better remembrance.”

Once Soren scanned the picture into the computer system, he uploaded and emailed it to a group of students, all at individual computers. Each teenager spent time restoring the picture. In the end, their teacher chose which one would be emailed to Pat. “It gives [the students] a chance to work with a different clientele,” Brady said, noting it's beneficial for the students to perform skills, such as testing blood pressure, on someone other than a fellow classmate.

Up until this year, the event was coined as Community Service Days. In its 19th year, they decided to make a switch.

“It’s not service to us, because it’s stuff we like to do,” Brady said, adding

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two dreams came true tuesday when shannon’s Fine Jewelry opened at the Essex shopping Plaza on Pearl street. a Vietnamese immigrant became a small business owner in america, and longtime Essex jeweler steve saunders got a successor to carry on his legacy as an independent neighborhood jeweler. saunders died unexpectedly in May at age 65 at his home in Essex Jct. saunders Jewelers has been closed since. Before he died, with retirement on the horizon, saunders had discussed a succession plan with his primary repair and custom jewelry technician, tan tran. at the time, tran didn’t feel ready to own the store. He continued to work fulltime at Perrywinkle’s Fine Jewelry in Burlington while doing freelance repairs and customizations for saunders.

But saunders’ death reshaped tran’s outlook. over the summer, tran worked with the saunders family to sort through the store’s inventory. this fall, he and his wife, shannon, a native of Colchester, proceeded with a buyout and takeover of the store’s lease. a grand opening celebration is planned for November 19.

“I know my father would be very pleased,” said sarah King, one of saunders’ five children. “this is what he would have wanted.

“He was using tan for years and always said wonderful things about him.

His work is impeccable,” she continued. “as much as I wish my father was still here, I would not want it to go to anyone else than shannon and tan.” tran moved to the United states in 1993 and has been in Vermont since 1997, starting the next year in the local jewelry business. Until now, he’s always been behind the scenes, repairing and customizing pieces for other jewelers.

“Coming to the United states as an

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Photo by JASON STARR Tan and Shannon Tran opened Shannon’s Fine Jewelry at the former location of Saunders Jewelers this week at the Essex Shopping Plaza.

immigrant, we always had dreams about owning our own business,” tran said.

“We believe the harder we work, the greater reward we’ll get.” at least one of saunders’ employees will stay with the store, tran said. the store’s website is online at www. shannonsofvermont.com, and the trans plan an initial advertising push and sustained presence on social media, something saunders did not fiddle with. saunders first opened a jewelry store in Burlington in 1984 before moving to the Essex town Marketplace on susie Wilson road then into the current location about 10 years ago. “steve served the community for so many years. We are getting the word out to let people know we are here and continuing that tradition of a local business,” tran said.

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opinion & community letters to the editor Postpone the rec district vote I am really disgusted with the idea of yet another special voting day. If we can't vote on the proposed recreation district in November, then it should be postponed to our next regularly scheduled vote in March.

What's the rush? Having a larger turnout is more important. The rec departments will manage to function as they have for years, while we learn more about the options.

An extra election in December would cost taxpayers $8,000. And, the extra drive to the polls (in the December snow?) will cost thousands more dollars in gasoline and thousands of hours of the voters' time. All for the convenience of the town clerk?

Trust but verify President Reagan said about dealing with the Russians, “Trust but verify.” As a former selectboard member, I confess, when dealing with the town of Essex, “It is hard to trust when you can’t verify.”

Town Manager Pat Scheidel’s recent dismissal of “people in our community … who have been overly zealous in scrutinizing processes,” as quoted in last week’s Reporter, exemplifies a long pattern of denying the public information that should be available under the open meeting and public records laws.

Some examples: Ever wonder how merging of services actually got started? On June 6, 2012, the trustees and the selectboard held a joint meeting and decided to establish a so-called Committee of Six to study possible merger issues. The town, in violation of state law, did not post those minutes. Only after I recently filed a request for public information did I receive them.

Or was the vote, which could have been arranged in November, pushed into December for the purpose of reducing turnout?

For many years I've said that voting on the school budget in April is unjustified, and appears to be a (successful) ploy to reduce turnout. I implore the new unified school board to return that vote to Town Meeting Day, as it once was here, and still is in all the neighboring towns.

Meanwhile, the selectboard has not officially warned the rec district vote. They meet on November 7 to make that decision. Let them know that a special election in December is not acceptable in a democracy.

I discovered, “The consensus was to create a committee of six, comprised of the two managers, two board chairs and two residents, to draft a memorandum of understanding.” A decision was made, but no vote was recorded, again another violation of state law. Oddly, votes to adjourn the meeting were taken and posted in the minutes.

Brad Luck raised concerns about lack of public input. Village president George Tyler said, “Nothing of substance would happen without massive amounts of public input.” Yet, in August 2012, the Committee of Six met in the village offices. No formal notice was posted by either the town or the village as required by law. Tyler evidently passed something out at the trustees meeting the night before, and a Burlington Free Press reporter was there, which is how I found out.

That meeting was attended by the selectboard and trustee chairs, the municipal managers and citizen members of the Committee of Six, Mary Morris and Jeff Carr.

How were the citizens picked? Who

Moshe Braner Essex knows? No public record exists formalizing their appointment.

Clearly, this committee was designed to avoid formal, public meetings. Linda Myers said, “We could start this route and rather than try to do the whole thing with two boards working together which tends to be …” Pat Scheidel said, “Two boards working together” and George Tyler said: “And having to call formal meetings.” Carr later stated, “We need to channel it in a way that is structured so that we don’t get chaos.”

No minutes were posted. I recorded it with my digital recorder and transcribed much of that meeting.

As an old country song goes, “No one knows what goes on behind closed doors.” The moral: Regarding the recreation proposal or any other information coming from the town, I urge “overly-zealous” citizens not to trust but to verify – if only they can.

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PersPective

Educating for lifelong health

By BRETT BLANCHARD

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ermont and the whole nation are in the midst of one of the worst epidemics in U.S. history that has had dire consequences for nearly all aspects of living, most notably, and too often tragically, with the youth of Vermont. The rapidly declining health of our children is associated with our exploding opiate addiction, leads to the excessive medication of our kids and swamps our healthcare system. The good news is this epidemic is entirely reversible and within our immediate control.

As a school administrator, I have too often seen larger societal issues come our way for correction. However, with improving student’s lifelong health, our educational system is best equipped to lead the charge.

Vermont’s education system has a sacred obligation to systematically reverse this trend, as improvement here will trickle down to academics, self-perception and positive societal engagement. Studies conducted worldwide point to one conclusion: Improvement with exercise and diet will reverse most significant health issues.

Separate studies involving over 3 million students conducted in 2009 by the New York City Health Department and Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency reported physically fit students were more likely to succeed in school and have fewer disciplinary

problems. California and Georgia also conducted exercise and cognition studies with similar results. Results of an August 2016 study from Sweden concluded, “Poor physical fitness amounts to nearly as high a risk of premature death as tobacco smoking and appears to be more lethal than hypertension and cholesterol.” A more regional study conducted at Dartmouth University made note that students with ADHD responded better to behavioral intervention than those who were inactive. “As a youngster, your brain is still developing,” the study said. “By exercising, you’re taking advantage and capitalizing on this period of development and plasticity.”

One issue we face is the tendency to rely on a sports system designed to continually funnel down the number of participants as they become older. These are also the students who often have the greatest need of any physical exercise. Traditional athletics have a very limited role in improving our nation’s health; in actuality, our continued emphasis of traditional sports may hinder our ability to reverse the epidemic. For the better part of 100 years, society has funneled youth fitness into team sports that restrict the number of players that may participate. The most popular sports attached to our educational system are basketball, football, soccer, baseball and softball. These sports will see roughly 30 percent of our students participate.

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The good news is this epidemic is entirely reversible and within our immediate control.

where all students receive the same instruction and complete the same tasks in the same manner. Traditional sports follow suit: All studentathletes receive the same physical education instruction and complete the same drills taught in the same manner. This is an outdated and ineffective model.

The modern learner should be inquiring, researching, collaborating worldwide, assessing and performing. The modern studentathlete should do the same by establishing athletic goals, collaborating with coaches, peers and experts from around the world; practicing and performing. Unlike with today’s academics, however, athletics does not need to completely change; we should keep traditional sports while vastly expanding lifelong opportunities that allow full participation regardless of ability.

Expanding options to include obstacle racing, year-round road/ trail races, fitness challenges, climbing competitions, endurance events, etc., is proving to be more adaptable, effective and ultimately more interesting to high school students.

Every Vermont student should create four-year personalized fitness plans as part of their state mandated learning plans. With every student establishing fitness goals with means to both realize and assess those goals, we can empower students to control their own health.

So much of today’s news comes our way with a deep sense of both helplessness and hopelessness.

With our current health epidemic, however, there need not be any such pessimism. We have the immediate means to reverse and permanently improve student health. While it won’t be easy, our students will leave our educational system with the skills and knowledge for lifelong health.

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Take advantage of all public libraries offer

By ANN PAIETTA

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n this age of changing technology, don’t overlook all the library has to offer.

Public libraries are constantly changing programming and services to meet the many needs of their community.

Make sure to take advantage of the variety of services, many of which can even be accessed from home.

Library cardholders can access links to online language software, magazines, car repair manuals, downloadable audio and e-books and more from their library’s website. Instructor-led online classes are also available for cardholders in more than 500 subjects. For people who are technologically challenged, staff gladly offers help.

The days when libraries offered just books, videos and basic computer needs are long gone, and the plethora of services offered at libraries is something from which every resident can benefit.

Parents often devote a great deal of energy to choosing activities for their children. So much of library programming caters to young children and teens and can enrich a child’s day. Begin a new relationship with the library by attending a preschool age story time, or a toddler story time or musical story time. Encourage your teen to attend a book discussion geared for them.

For the adults, lectures onmany topics and book discussions are regularly held.

For those who are already avid library-users, give back to the library by volunteering. Or perhaps join the Friends of the Library. In addition, you may have a skill or interest to share with others.

Libraries have become so much more; they are the heart of communities of which every resident should take advantage.

We are here for you.

The plethora of services offered at libraries is something from which every resident can benefit.

Ann Paietta is the director of the Essex Free Library.

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Religious Directory

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH - 61 Main St., Essex Jct., 878-8341. James Gangwer, pastor. Sunday School: 10 a.m., Worship Service: 11 a.m., Sunday evening worship: 7 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, senior minister, proclaiming Christ and Him crucified, Sundays: 9:30 a.m., www.cmcvermont.org.

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

ESSEX CEnTER UnITED METHODIST CHURCH - 119 Center Rd (Route 15), Essex. 878-8304. Rev. Mitchell Hay, pastor. Service 10:00 a.m. with Sunday School and childcare provided. We offer a variety of small groups for prayer, Bible study, hands-on ministry, and studying contemporary faith issues. Please join us for worship that combines the best of traditional and contemporary music and spirituality. We are a safe and welcoming space for all people to celebrate, worship, ask questions and plant spiritual roots.

FIRST COngREgATIOnAL CHURCH OF ESSEX JUnCTIOn - 1 Church Street, Essex Jct. 878-5745. Rev. Mark Mendes, senior pastor. Sunday Worship Services: 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. Communion: first Sunday of every month. Sunday School: 5th/6th Grade - 1st Sunday of the month, Jr. & Sr. high youth groups - every Sunday.

Heavenly Food Pantry: fourth Thursday of the month, 2-6 p.m. except for Nov. & Dec. when it is the third Thursday. Essex Eats Out community dinner: 1st Friday of the month, 5:30 – 7 p.m. Music includes Sanctuary Choir, Praise Band, Junior Choir, Cherub Choir, Handbell Choir, Men’s Acapella & Ladies’ Acapella groups.

UCC, an Open and Affirming Congregation, embracing diversity and affirming the dignity and worth of every person, because we are all created by a loving God. www.fccej.org; welcome@fccej.org gRACE UnITED METHODIST CHURCH - 130 Maple Street, Essex Jct., 1 mile south of the Five Corners on Maple Street / Route 117. 878-8071. Worship Sundays: 9:30 a.m., with concurrent church school pre-K to high school. Handicapped-accessible facility. Adult study group Sundays: 11:00 a.m; adult choir, praise band, women’s fellowship, missionally active. Korean U.M.C. worship Sundays: 12:30 p.m., come explore what God might be offering you!

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

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

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct., off Rt. 2A at the Fairgrounds Gate F. 8784014. Rev. Kim Hardy. Holy Eucharist: 8:15 & 10:30 a.m. Adult study: 9:15 a.m. Visit www.stjamesvt.org; stjamesvtoffice@yahoo.com.

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

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

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Remember to vote! Tuesday, nov. 8 is election day – essex voters can head to the polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

To find your polling place, visit www.essex.org.

3 ThurSdaY eSSex arT league MonThlY MeeTing

9 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Jct. Congregational Church, Route 15. A presentation by watercolor artist Peter Huntoon.

noonTiMe Book diScuSSion

Noon, Essex Free Library. Join us as we discuss "Adapted Eye"

by Barbara Vine.

read To archie

3:15 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Archie loves to listen to kids read and is certified by Therapy Dogs of Vermont.

Archie’s owner is Christine Packard, chair of Brownell Library Trustees. All ages.

coMMuniTY Soup & Bread Supper

4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Covenant Community Church, 1 Whitcomb Meadows Ln., Essex.

Choose from a variety of hearty soups and breads and a sweet dessert. Stay and eat with friends and family or pick up to take home.

Donations accepted.

Call Pastor Steve Anderson at 879-4313 for more information.

children’S STorY TiMe

6 p.m., Rocky’s Pizza, 39 Park St., Essex Jct. Mother Goose stories and Aesop’s Fables.

adulT coloring

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

4 fridaY SongS & STorieS wiTh MaTThew

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

MuSical STorY TiMe

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.,

Essex Free Library.

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

terns to share if you’d like. Email 6maggie2@ myfairpoint.net for more information.

Teen adviSorY Board

5 SaTurdaY

3 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Create a moustache display for the teen room, celebrate National Candy Day and try your persuasive skills in Book Lust. For high school students.

Single adulT acTiviTY

6 p.m., Essex Alliance Church Community Center, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Jct. A volleyball game and dinner night for single adults. $5 suggested donation.

To RSVP, contact Sue at 999-5291.

Brave liTTle finn STorYTiMe & acTiviTieS

6 p.m., Phoenix Books, 21 Essex Way, Essex Jct. Join "SheepOver" authors John and Jennifer Churchman for a Brave Little Finn storytime and activity session.

Guests are invited to bring their own stuffed animals and leave them for an animalsonly “sheepover” in the bookstore. Pick up your animal the next morning and stay for weekly storytime. Call 872-7111 or visit www. phoenixbooks.biz for more information.

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.

For grades 6 and up.

Maggie’S fiBer fridaY for adulTS

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

Maggie Loftus, veteran knitter, will be settled in front of the fireplace in the Main Reading Room. She invites adult knitters and crocheters to join her with their projects and engage in conversation. Bring pat-

euMc holidaY Bazaar

9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Essex United Methodist Church, 119 Center Rd., Essex Center. Baked goods, candy, books, crafts, cookie walk, knitting, sewing, plants and white elephant items.

Lunch available starting at 11 a.m.

Town MeAdow SenioR HouSing

annual Bazaar and café

9 a.m. - 3 p.m., 22 Carmichael St., Essex.

cozY nook crafT fair

9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Essex Free Library. Crafters and artists display their treasures on all three floors of the library, and baked goods beckon from the circulation desk. Proceeds directly fund the summer reading program, the purchase of juvenile titles, summer page honoraria and other special items.

Visit the library or call 879-0313 for more information.

chriSTMaS Bazaar

9 a.m. - 3 p.m., St. Pius X Church, 20 Jericho Rd., Essex. Start your holiday shopping by visiting crafters, Treasures from the Attic and entering a raffle drawing. Bring the family to enjoy Santa and his helpers along with the Christmas Café and the Sugarplum Bakery. For more information, visit www.saintpiusx.net.

whole Book approach

11 a.m., Phoenix Books, 21 Essex Way, Essex.

Calling all kids! Join us for our weekly "Whole Book Approach" story time. The approach explores the ways words, pictures and book design work together to tell a complete story.

The adult leads children through the book, rather than reading the book at/to them. We’ll hold story time just about

every week. Want to double check on a particular date? Call us at 872-7111.

gerMan dinner

5:15 & 6:30 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 273 Route 15, Jericho. Pork schnitzel with gravy, potato stuffing, german rotkohl and buttered carrots; beverage and dessert included. Live music and candlelight; handicap accessible. $12 for adults, $5 for children 4 - 12, free for children under 3. To reserve seats, call 899-3932 or email gslcvt@ gmail.com. For more information, visit www. goodshepherdjericho. org.

6 SundaY KnigHTS of ColuMbuS

counTrY BreakfaST

8 - 10:30 a.m., St. Thomas Parish Hall, underhill Center. This buffet style breakfast includes juice, fruit, eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon and more.

All are welcome; cost by donation. For more information, call 8994632.

auxiliarY coMMuniTY BreakfaST

9 - 11 a.m., VFW Post 6689, 73 Pearl St., Essex Jct. Open to the public.

14TH AnnuAl

children'S MeMorial Service

3 p.m., ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont, 26 University Place, Burlington. Family, friends, healthcare providers and other community members are all welcome to attend this service, which provides parents and families an opportunity to honor the memory of a child of any age who has died in a supportive environment. Anyone is welcome to attend, regardless of whether their child was ever a patient at UVM Children's Hospital. For more information, call Dr. Marlene Maron at 847-4880.

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Special event co ming up?

calendar local meetInGS thurS., nov. 3

tueS., nov. 8

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

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

mon., nov. 7

thurS., nov. 10

7:30 p.m., town Selectboard, Town offices, 81 Main St., Essex Jct.

7 monday drop-In Story tIme

10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Essex Free Library. Enjoy books, songs and crafts each week. All ages.

leGo club

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

So you Want to be preSIdent?

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library. Come explore what it means to be a citizen. Librarian Erna, a recently naturalized citizen, will read a book about voting, play the game “On the Way to Congress,” show you questions new citizens are asked and talk about voting.

annual Sutherland lecture

4 p.m., Dion Family Student Center, St. Michael’s College. The Sutherland Lecture Series presents Jane Davidson, pro vicechancellor and director of INSPIRE at the University of Wales, Trinity St. David. Her topic will be “Dream Green – creating the next generation of doers and change makers.” Free.

VERMONT ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETy

IS the Sun bIG?

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

has the resources to help you find those elusive ancestors. For more information, visit www. vtgenlib.org.

read to daISy

3:15 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Daisy loves to listen to kids read and is certified by Therapy Dogs of Vermont.

Daisy’s owner is Maddie Nash, a retired school counselor. For all ages.

drop-In KnIttInG club

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

nIGht oWl StorytIme

6:30 - 7 p.m., Essex Free Library. Come dressed in your pajamas and relax with some quiet songs and bedtime books.

9 WedneSday red clover Group for homeSchooled StudentS

9 - 10 a.m., Brownell Library. Each month, students in grades K-3 read two titles and do activities with one of the books on the list for this year’s Red Clover Award. Voting takes place in April.

7:30 - 9:30 p.m., Brownell Library. A talk

by Joel Greene. When we look at the star that powers our world and neighboring planets, it’s hard to think of anything dramatically bigger.

Let’s face it, over one million earths can fit in the sun! However, our yellow Dwarf star is not even close to being as big as other stars.

dorothy’S lISt Group for homeSchooled StudentS

8 tueSday

Gmba booK dIScuSSIon for homeSchooled StudentS

electIon day

Polls open 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Check your polling location at essex.org.

Story tIme for babIeS and toddlerS

9:10 - 9:30 a.m., Brownell Library. Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets for babies and toddlers with an adult.

Story tIme for preSchoolerS

10 - 10:45 a.m., Brownell Library. Picture books, songs, rhymes, puppets, flannel stories and early math activities for preschoolers.

vermont GenealoGy lIbrary

3 - 9:30 p.m., 377 Hegeman Ave., Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. The Vt. Genealogy Library

9 - 10 a.m., Brownell Library. Each month, students in grades 4-8 hear book talks from this year’s Dorothy’s List.

Students keep a log and vote for their favorite to win the Dorothy’s List Book Award in the spring. Group discussion is encouraged.

9 - 10 a.m., Brownell Library. High school students who homeschool will gather monthly to discuss the books on the Green Mountain Book Award list and make a book trailer for their favorite. Voting is in May. For grades 9-12.

Visitors welcome.

comIcS WorKShop

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Brownell Library.

Interested in comics, science or bookmaking?

How about all three?

Vermont cartoonist Jon Chad will share some cartooning tips, talk about his process for drawing his newest graphic novel "Volcanoes: Fire and Life" and lead participants through a bookmaking activity where everyone will make their own mini comic!

an evenInG WIth a doG lIStener 7 - 8 p.m., Brownell Library. Are you struggling with your dog’s undesirable behaviors?

Have you wondered why your dog behaves as it does? Or, do you have a good relationship with your dog but wonder if there is something missing? Join us.

chronIclInG the other amerIca: a 25-year retroSpectIve

7 p.m., McCarthy Arts Center Recital Hall, St. Michael's College.

A lecture by journalist and best-selling author Alex Kotlowitz. He will reflect on changes he has observed in the “other America” and our continuing failure as a society to address the needs of people who live there.

10 thurSday read to archIe

3:15 - 4 p.m., Brownell Library. Archie loves to listen to kids read and is certified by Therapy Dogs of Vermont.

Archie’s owner is Christine Packard, chair of Brownell Library Trustees. For all ages.

chIldren’S Story tIme

6 p.m., Rocky’s Pizza, 39 Park St., Essex Jct. Mother Goose stories and Aesop’s Fables.

a vISIt from butterWorKS farm

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Essex Free Library. Join us for a talk with Jack Lazor, farmer and activist, as he discusses food choices people make and how they relate to climate issues.

11 frIday veteran'S day broWnell lIbrary and vIllaGe offIceS cloSed.

tech tIme WIth tracI

muSIcal Story tIme

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

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

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

eSSex rotary club meetInG

vIntaGe movIe matInee

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

Noon, Bayside Activity Center, 2 West Lakeshore Dr., Colchester.

Bring your lunch at noon to meet others or just come for the movie at 1 p.m. Beverages and popcorn provided.

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annual chrIStmaS bazaar

9 a.m., United Church of Colchester, 900 Main St., Colchester. Shop quality craft tables with quilting, knitted items, painted wood, metal design, jewelry, watercolors and more.

A kids room features crafts, presents and face painting. you can also find a huge bake sale, quilt raffle and soup, sandwiches and pie.

No entry fee. Proceeds benefit the Colchester community projects.

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eSSex craft faIr

9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Founders Memorial School, Essex Center. The Essex Unified Sports Programs will feature a variety of crafters, a raffle, bake sale and light lunch.

The fair offers unique gifts and great buys for your holiday shopping needs. Come join the fun and help support Unified Sports, an after school sports program for kids in 3rd grade through high school with and without disabilities.

Teams participate in bowling basketball, snowshoeing and bocce.

At the end of each sport, a tournament is organized by Special Olympics of Vermont.

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St. JameS church craft faIr

9 a.m. - 3 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place (Gate F to the Champlain Valley Expo), Essex Jct. For more information, call 878-4014.

Feline Veterinary Hospital and Boarding Suites

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Whole booK approach

11 a.m., Phoenix Books, 21 Essex Way, Essex Jct. (See Saturday, Nov. 5.)

13 Sunday WESTFORD MUSIC CONCERT

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5 cornerS craft feSt and Indoor farmerS’ marKet

9 a.m. - 3 p.m., 75 Maple St., Essex Jct. A one-day market with local, organic farm-raised pork, beef, poultry and vegetables, plus lots of great handcrafted items. Hot food vendors will be on site. EBT accepted.

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4 - 5 p.m., Westford UCW church.

O'hAnleigh entertains audiences with lively and haunting rhythms of Irish America. A special opportunity to enjoy Irish music while warming up with the band.

Appropriate for the entire family. Refreshments served; free will donation to support the Westford Music Series.

For more information, call 879-4028.

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Visit www.essexvtseniors. org for a list of events happening at the center this month. For more information, call 8765087.

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local Four Quebec men charged in ATM fraud scheme

PATH

By COLIN FLANDERS

The Don Weston Company took around four months to complete the project, according to community development director Robin Pierce. It’s the first time the New England Central Railroad has allowed such a project along an active line.

The bottom line includes engineering services, legal fees, project supervision, labor and materials. It was funded by grants from the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Chittenden Country Regional Planning Commission. The village paid 20 percent of the cost, around $100,000.

The project aims to illuminate and beautify the area to help eliminate drug and criminal activity, she said, while curtailing illegal use of the railroad tracks as a shortcut.

Essex police Chief Brad LaRose confirmed there have been incidents of both in the past. He said the path is safer and more inviting, and expects it to discourage such use.

Pierce also views the project as part of a “web of pedestrian and bike routes we are working to develop in the village,” he wrote in an email.

That includes widening Pearl Street and add-

Quebec, the news release said.

Federal agents executed a search warrant on a storage unit in Williston on October 21, where they recovered about $33,000 in cash, a laptop, a card-reading device and more than 375 gift cards with markings indicating there was banking information on them, the news release said.

Agents with the Department of Homeland Security arrested the men at the Highgate Springs port of entry as they attempted to enter the United States.

The men appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy in Burlington on October 25.

If convicted, the men face a maximum of five years in prison and fines of up to $250,000.

Four Quebec men were charged in a fraud scheme involving ATMs in Essex and Burlington, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release.

Mathieu Baaklini, 21, Safwan Bensalma, 21, and Brandon Lo, 24, all of Laval, Quebec, and Nicolau Manfredi, 21, of Montreal were charged with conspiracy to use access devices fraudulently resulting in the receipt of more than $1,000.

Between March and October of this year, the four men traveled from Quebec to use ATMs in the Essex and Burlington area, obtaining cash advances on cards using stolen information from Canadian accountholders, the news release said.

On May 25, one of the men made $11,00 in wire transfers from Chittenden and Franklin counties to locations in

RE-ELECT SENATOR MICHAEL

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Essex resident with wife, former Essex Rep. Sally Fox, for 25 years

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“MICHAEL IS TENACIOUS, SMART AND EFFECTIVE. IT’S IMPORTANT TO ESSEX AND CHITTENDEN COUNTY THAT WE RETURN HIM TO THE SENATE”

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from page 1 ing bike lanes, widening the Pearl Street sidewalk around the new building and bike lane and sidewalk improvements scheduled to begin next year.

On its face, the path might seem like simply another route to walk or ride, but Pierce must also think in larger terms.

It’s another effort toward creating a “vibrant and verdant” village center, one that accommodates vehicles while giving priority to pedestrians, he said.

“We are trying to take the Five Corners back for residents and visitors while acknowledging that vehicles will continue to drive through,” Pierce said.

He believes it will help reduce pollution by limiting wait times at the Five Corners intersection, and in turn reduce temptation for drivers to cut through the village’s residential streets.

With the village center serving as the “fulcrum of a web” of pedestrian and bike routes, and traffic patterns moving vehicles through more efficiently, Pierce believes the village can improve the potential for social interaction and add more green spaces to visit and stay.

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he election of November 8th presents two choices: Progressivism or Constitutionalism.

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Progressivism rejects this for History’s evolution and the Planned Society. The individual replaced by the Common Good. The Laws of Nature and Nature’s God erased for the Common Good.

“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State” defines totalitarian society: And this reveals the ends of Progressivism’s deceptive gradualism.

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All these moving parts help spur a village center that’s more attractive from an economic perspective.

“Businesses like to be where people are,” Pierce said.

Greg Morgan views the path in similar terms.

He’s long advocated for putting “the junction back in Essex Jct.,” and said the path can help make the village’s rail system more presentable.

Coupled with the proposed approved structural improvements to the village’s train station and street scape, which are awaiting state and federal funding, the path can help make the Essex Jct.’s rail system more presentable, he said.

Village officials believe the potential added ridership from a return of rail service to Montreal could also provide a healthy boost to town and village economy.

On a micro-scale, however, the path is simply a great example of “community municipal collaboration, Houghton said. She thanked a few residents by name, including the Morgans, Peter and Susanna Olsen, and Jaye and Ken O'Connell.

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The district’s first budget must address currents needs while eyeing future savings, which played a key role in motivating Essex and Westford voters to approve the merger last November.

The Regional Education District Study Committee, which recommended the move last year after six months of studying its merits, reported a potential savings of more than $1 million over a five-year period, mostly from consolidating administration services.

Only two positions are combined in the first year: superintendent and CFO, since ETSD’s Roger George is set to retire this year. All other administrative services will remain the same for fiscal year 2018. Other savings include consolidating software licenses or moving from consultants to employees.

To avoid cutting other positions, Decarreau hopes the district can find ways to avoid hiring new staff for empty positions.

For example, with a parttime bookkeeper retiring this year, the district hopes to absorb that work without replacing the employee.

“If we can avoid layoffs just by natural attrition, that's what we want to do," Decarreau said.

She admits this approach can be difficult.

It forces people to design systems that may result in their job becoming obsolete. Yet finding a way to close the gap can avoid layoffs down the road.

Decarreau wants to make sure the district can sustain any decisions

Katherine “Deac” Decarreau

it makes, however. She’s had entities request cuts only to ask for the positions back after a few years, she said.

Tied into savings are property tax incentives meant to encourage mergers statewide under Act 46. The reductions are realized over a five-year period, starting with 10 cents and decreasing by 2 cents each year.

Decarreau cautioned that because the state isn’t receiving any additional funds for education, there’s only so much money to go around.

With 55 towns voting to merge this year, all with incentives paid from the state’s education fund, taxpayers likely won’t see a tax rate 10 cents lower than the current year.

Rather, they’ll see 10 cents lower than if they hadn’t merged.

It’s too early to accurately predict what that rate may look like, however, as the state doesn’t set the education tax rate until January, Decarreau said.

Decarreau wants to use these additional transition funds to pay for onetime costs instead of long-

term plans. That way, when the incentives fade out, the district doesn’t need to taper its services to keep pace.

She must also familiarize voters with a new budget number, one much larger than each district’s current total. She’s still working to figure out exactly what that number is.

While it may seem simple — just add the current budgets together — it actually involves a more detailed process, Decarreau said, ensuring all reimbursements and assessments from CCSU’s three districts, which pay for administrative services, are removed.

From there, she’ll guide the unified board in its budget process.

The district’s first year will establish a “financial baseline,” according to a memo from Decarreau and superintendents Judith DeNova and Mark Andrews.

The board plans to finalize the budget in late February, with the budget vote set for April 11.

Decarreau plans to present the budget in four parts: a rollover budget assuming no major changes from FY17, a list of possible additions prioritized by the current superintendents, a list of capital spending requests reflecting the next five years and a list of transition expenses for short-term projects.

Some assumptions, like salary and benefits, will be provided in midNovember after contract negotiations and inflation projections become clear.

Other long-term decisions must wait until the board hires a new superinten-

dent.

Three search forums were held to gauge what administrators, staff and community members envision in an ideal candidate.

Consultants Dan French and Brian O’Regan updated the unified board last month.

Commons themes include a candidate with experience and expertise who can communicate

with a diverse group of stakeholders.

Applications received before November 4 will receive first consideration.

The first round of interviews is tentatively scheduled for November 16-17, and the second round will take place around December 5-6.

French hopes to have a small pool of candidates

by January, with a deci-

sion coming soon after.

Essex’s two current superintendents announced in September letter that neither would apply for the position.

“We will remain committed to working tirelessly … doing all we can to ensure that the superintendent succession plan is executed with fidelity,” Andrews and DeNova wrote.

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All seventh-graders visited the Heavenly Pantry food shelf to learn about this important community resource as part of the ALPHA team’s “Empty Bowls” community service unit. Students will organize a food drive as part of this service learning project.

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Photo by ALISON LEVY EMS Delta Team students (L to R) Will Powell, Ben Hood and Ben Peake work to build a cooking fire on the team's recent trip to Keewaydin Environmental Education Center. Sixty-eight sixth-graders on the Delta Team spent four days and three nights learning environmental science, including some survival skills, through a truly hands-on exploration of beautiful Lake Dunmore in Salisbury.

Fall Band Concert: On Thursday, Nov. 17, the Albert D. Lawton Concert Band will have their first performance of the year. The concert begins at 7 p.m. in the ADL gym. The Concert Band, Wind Ensemble and ADL Jazz Band will perform, immediately followed by a small reception. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there.

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Photos by TERI FERREIRA The Essex field hockey team held on for a tight 2-1 win over Colchester at the University of Vermont last Tuesday to move into the state finals. The Hornets will now take on No. 1-ranked South Burlington in a 10 a.m. game at UVM on Saturday. Clockwise from top left: Senior Sam Hemphill steers past a Mt. Mansfield defender during the Hornets' game last Saturday. 2) Goalie Kaylan Ferreira, Sam Hemphill and Sarah Coulter players celebrate after their win against Mt. Mansfield. 3) Dakota Allen reaches in on a Mt. Mansfield player.

Essex falls to Middlebury Hornets finish 6-3 Photo by GEOFF GADBOIS The No. 4-ranked Essex football squad wrapped up its season with a 17-14 loss to No. 5-ranked Middlebury in the first round of the state tournament. Essex held the Tigers scoreless in the second half after, but couldn't muster enough offense to complete the comback. The Hornets finished their season with a 6-3 record. Left: Senior quarterback Otis Crock looks down the line before stepping under center during the Hornets game against Middlebury last Friday.

Boys soccer outlasts South Burlington in PKs

ello, November! So the string has run out on October. November brings a week of semi-final playoff games, championship Saturday, some postseason activities and of course Halloween. Yes, we are also preparing for winter, but if you're a skier, you're in good shape. Get your leaves raked before the snow falls. Don’t forget about Daylight Savings Time this week. Continue to check the Hornet website for up to date playoff information. Election Day is next week, so finally an end to all those ridiculous TV ads.

The football team lost a close, exciting first-round playoff game to Middlebury 17-14 last Friday night. The No. 5 Tigers barely had enough to upend the No. 4 Hornets and end their season and the careers of the many seniors on the team. Both teams own matching 6-3 records as Middlebury moves on to the semis vs.

No. 1 Hartford next week. Essex showed heart, strength, guts and some guile responding to just about every Tiger blow. Middlebury scored on its first possession to go up 7-0. It took the Hornets all of 12 seconds as Jordan Hines sprinted 86 yards for a touchdown on the ensuing kickoff. The Tigers scored again and added a very late field goal to lead 17-7 at the half. Remember the toughness I mentioned? Essex did not allow another point the entire second half. They opened by running a five-minute, 55-yard drive that saw Hines sprint in from 19 yards to close the gap to 1714. Unfortunately, those were the Hornets’ final points of the season. Sad end to a solid football season for Essex. No reason to hang heads! Liam Coulter also did a fine job.

The JVs lost their last game of the season to Rutland 28-14.

Ryan Fitzgerald and Tyler Millette had touchdowns the latter on a hook and ladder. They finish the fall 2-4.

The freshmen trailed 28-6 in Rutland at the end of the first quarter in their last game. They proceeded to score the final 26 points to complete the comeback and win 32-28! Corey Gianelli scored 2 touchdowns and iced the game with an interception.

Seth Carney, Luke Williams and Luke Meunier scored as well.

What a game!

The boys soccer team cruised into the D-I semifinals winning their playdown game 3-0 over Spaulding.

Tristan Salgado scored twice while Kirk Teare added the third. They followed that up with a quarterfinal 2-0 win over Rutland. Salgado and AJ Whitney supplied goals. Paul Federico and the defense pitched both shutouts. They hosted South Burlington on Tuesday.

The girls soccer team ended their season down in Manchester with a 5-0 defeat to the No. 1 seed.

The field hockey team beat Mount Mansfield 2-1 in their quarterfinals matchup Saturday morning. Jenna Puleo scored in the first half with Anna Singer doubling the score in the second. Goalkeepers Cassidy Reid and Kaylan Ferreira made five stops for the Hornets as they move on to the semis versus No. 6 CHS at the University of Vermont on Tuesday. Essex is 11-22.

Our No. 1 girls volleyball

Photo by COLIN FLANDERS Essex boys soccer held on for a nailbiter last Tuesday afternoon, advancing to the finals after a 4-3 win via penalty shootout against South Burlington. Essex now faces Burlington in the finals on Saturday, game time TBA. Above: Senior Hamza Halilovic challenges a Rutland defender during the Hornets game last Friday.

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File photo by KYLE ST. PETER The boys volleyball team huddles during the Green Mountain Bhutanese volleyball tournament earlier this month.

Volleyball shines in first varsity season Although volleyball may still be in its first season as an official varsity sport, the Hornets squads are no strangers to success.

The undefeated girls are currently ranked first, their only loss over the last two seasons coming at the hands of CVU in last year’s state finals.

The boys, three-time defending state champions who lost five starters from last year, are ranked second, finishing the regular season with a 9-2 record.

After three years of exhibition play, Vermont became the final state in the country to sanction volleyball as a varsity sport.

It’s been a long road for Essex head coach Karen Chesser, a former standout collegiate and semi-professional player who, upon arriving to Essex from California four years ago, met many enthusiastic players, only two of whom had prior experience.

Fortunately, two parents offered to help, namely former assis-

tant coach Kris Vroegop and current girls head coach Jennifer Liguori.

Since then, parents Sara Arden, Sara Lestage, Phil Reynolds, Guy Nerad, Laura Vallett, Eric Machet, Jocelyn VanOpdorp and Diane Dominic have all pitched in.

This army of helpers developed the Hornets into two of the state’s most feared squads.

Essex’s story shares a common thread with the sport’s growth around the state: Adult players turning to coach and referees, helping lead the charge to evolve Vermont’s volleyball scene.

Chesser, along with coaches from CVU, Enosburg and Vermont Commons, are now supporting boys programs for other schools while building middle school programs to create more opportunities for offseason play.

Chesser said the adult volleyball community is ready with resources and coaching hopefuls ready to help grow school programs around the state.

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She’s optimistic the sport will only continue to grow and said the competition has drastically risen over the past four years thanks these outside efforts.

“It was only a matter of time,” she said.

Both the boys and girls squads punched in their tickets for a return to the title game, sweeping Vermont Common and Rice on Tuesday evening, respectively.

With both CVU teams vying for a trip to the finals, there’s a strong possibility for a rematch of last year’s championship.

With both CVU squads vying for a trip to the finals, there’s a strong possibility for a rematch of last year’s finals.

What better way to cap off the inaugural varsity season than to solidify a true rivalry among the state’s top teams? The finals are set for 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at St. Michael’s College on Saturday.

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The Essex Middle School boys cross-country team took first in the state championships last Saturday at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe.

Essex topped 16 other teams. Back row: From left, head coach Andrew Kasprisin, Walker Stapleton, Rozz Bigelow, Liam Mack, Aiden Philbrick, Brady Martisus and Ryan Clark. Front row: From left, Pierce Bauer, Joey Lemire and Griffin Larson. Not pictured: Assistant coach Matt Davide, James Boldosser, River Koval and Jean-Paul Guinee.

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defeated VT Commons 3-0, advancing to the state semis Tuesday. The finals may be Saturday. The girls will be looking for their first state title. They are 15-0.

The boys, No. 2 and three-time state champs, defeated BHS 3-2 and moved on to the semis vs.

No. 3 Vt. Commons on Tuesday. Check website for finals’ schedule.

Cross-country competed last Saturday in the NVAC meet at MVU in Highgate. The boys ran third while the girls were fourth. Henry Farrington led Essex in fourth with Peter Alden ninth, Jake Wagner 18th and Ben Stewart 21st. The Red Hawk girls swept 1-3. Emma Farrington was fourth with Annemarie Martel eighth. Both CVU squads look to be the favorites in Saturday’s state meet in Thetford.

The Hornet teams could be in the running for second if they step up to the challenge. Good luck!

The cheerleaders completed their fall season and, with some rest, will be ready for the winter. Speaking of winter, the winter sign-up meeting is November 9 at 2:45 p.m. Please check the poster outside the athletic office for where your team is meeting. Sign-up registration is now open, so please complete the neces-

sary forms for the winter season. No excuses!

From the Essex Warriors: Old school wrestling youth clinic this Sunday for grades 3-8 at the Essex High School wrestling room. For more information, contact Blaine Isham.

The World Series has been exciting as the Cubs and Indians give us fun moments.

Shout out to announcer Rich Haskell, who worked the football game solo on the radio last Friday. Spotting for announcer Jeremy Hammond, we both got to listen to his insightful play-byplay. Without a partner, he was easily able to fill about five minutes of dead air as refs and coaches had a summit meeting regarding time clock at the end of the first half. Great job.

Happy birthday to James Olsen, son of the unofficial Mayor of Westford, Mike Olsen; Grand Isle’s Don Hathaway and my father-in-law, Ed Bechtel, who would have been 95 last week. Counting down the days until my wife, Tina, retires next week. November 9 is RDay. Then we really get to spend the rest of our life together. Don’t worry. I will help her transition into the relaxing retirement life.

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he tail end of daylight saving the symptoms of SAD have appeared for time occurs this year on Novem- three consecutive winters and have gone ber 6, when millions of people into remission once spring and summer will turn their clocks back one have arrived. hour. Few people enjoy turnWhat are the symptoms of SAD? ing the clocks back in autumn as much Simply feeling bummed out that winas they enjoy turning them forward in ter is on the horizon does not mean a perspring. Turning the clocks forward af- son has SAD. The following are some of fords many people, in particular working the more common symptoms of the disorprofessionals who spend much of their der: weekdays working indoors, a chance to · Depression marked by feelings of enjoy some sunlight when leaving their misery, guilt, hopelessness, despair and offices each day. However, once the clocks apathy. A loss of self-esteem may also ocare turned back, professionals typically cur. find themselves leaving their offices un· Feelings of anxiety including tenPrime commercial property in der a cover of darkness. sion and inability to tolerate stress.

Some people easily adjust toand less beyond day· Mood changes that are sometimes Chittenden County light, while others experience a condition extreme; some SAD sufferers experience known as season affective disorder, or feelings of mania in spring and summer.

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ining out is wildly popular. The convenience of letting someone else do the cooking and the opportunity to try new types of cuisine is too great to resist for many people.

According to Zagat's 2016 National Dining Trends Survey, people go out to eat (not counting breakfast) an average of 4.5 times per week. While it can be easy to count calories and adhere to other dietary restrictions when eating at home, that's not always the case when dining out. Fortunately, there are ways for people who love to go out to eat to have their gourmet cuisine and eat it, too.

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Request items be to high cholesterol, high loaded with bacon and cooked a certain way. blood pressure and weight cheese and smothered

While diners might not be able to order off-menu dishes, they can try their luck at asking for dishes on the menu to be prepared a certain way.

For example, if a menu is loaded with fried foods, try asking for dishes to be grilled instead of fried. Researchers affiliated with the Harvard School of Public Health found that people who ate fried food at least once per week had a greater risk of both type 2 diabetes and heart disease than those who avoid fried foods, and that their risk increased with each additional fried meal they consumed.

Researchers also found eating fried foods away from home posed the greatest risk, as the frying oil used may not be fresh.

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in creamy dressings can be just as detrimental as large entrées cooked in an unhealthy way. When ordering salads, make sure the salad is loaded with healthy fare like raw vegetables and choose a lowcalorie, low-fat dressing.

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Peruse menus before leaving home.

Viewing menus online before leaving home allows diners to find restaurants that offer the kind of healthy fare they're looking for. Arriving at a restaurant without knowing its menu increases the chances of simply choosing something from the menu regardless of its health value.

Health-conscious diners can still enjoy nights out on the town without sacrificing their waistlines or putting their long-term health in jeopardy – consider the tips above before sitting down to order your next restaurant meal.

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he Town of Essex will allow commercial scale wind farms and solar arrays in its commercial and industrial zones, provided they have no impact on the town’s most scenic vistas, according to a Nov. 1 submittal to the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission.

The CCRPC is developing a countywide map of where renewable energy projects can and cannot be sited in response to Act 174. Passed last year, the legislation gives localities greater say in energy project applications in front of the Vermont Public Service Board. The CCRPC is requesting input from the county’s municipalities as it develops its map.

Last week, the Essex Planning Commission approved the Nov. 1 memo from Essex community development director Dana Hanley. The memo refers to the town plan, updated earlier this year, saying the town supports commercial-scale wind and solar development in com-

mercial/industrial zones, defining commercial scale as greater than 500 kilowatts of generation.

Hanley noted the commercial/industrial zone boundaries in the Saxon Hill Forest are subject to change under the outline of an agreement the town recently reached with the Saxon Hill Forest landowner. The agreement won’t be finalized, however, until a land use review under Act 250.

Any project “shall have zero impact on views identified as ‘most scenic’ in the town plan,” the memo states. The town’s most scenic views were inventoried in a 2009 “Scenic Protection Manual” developed by Smart Growth Vermont.

A patchwork of commercial/industrial parcels — two near the Jericho town line, one along the Winooski River banks south of River Road and another abutting the Colchester behind Fort Ethan Allen — are developable without regard to scenic vistas, according to the memo.

The memo also states that non-commercial-scale

It would be more than ironic if we despoiled the Vermont brand in a rush to add renewable energy to our list of achievements.

File photo A solar array on the Whitcomb Farm in Essex Jct. was constructed in 2014. Planners hope to protect Essex’s scenic vistas in new energy applications.

projects — those generating less than 500 kW — are allowed in all other zoning districts.

Under guidance from the state, the CCRPC will exclude flood zones, river corridors, federal wilderness, rare and irreplaceable natural areas, vernal pools and wetlands from renewable energy consideration. It also considers agricultural soils, conserved lands and deer wintering habitats not preferred as energy sites.

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Hanley also suggests incentives to increase rooftop arrays, rather than using undeveloped land, for solar generation as the state pursues a goal of getting 90 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2050.

Hanley’s submittal applies only to the town

Robin PieRce, village development director outside the village of Essex Jct. Village development director Robin Pierce weighed in with an Oct. 28 letter, bypassing input to the CCRPC and addressing Department of Public Service commissioner Christopher Recchia directly.

Pierce skewered the idea of harvesting renewable energy on undeveloped land and instead urged small-scale projects in developed areas. Such an approach would keep the energy generated local rather than transmitting it to the statewide grid. It would also be in keeping with “the Vermont brand,”

Pierce wrote.

“It would be more than ironic if we despoiled the Vermont brand in a rush to add renewable energy to our list of achievements,” Pierce wrote. “We don’t think the two are mutually exclusive. But, we do need to insure that when we make renewable energy decisions, they are compatible with our brand.”

Pierce said the PSB should review each renewable energy proposal first on whether it is compatible with the development pattern of compact villages surrounded by open, productive farmland. He suggested artful wind turbines and rooftop solar arrays.

“We should be rightsizing renewable energy installations so that they produce the energy needed for the place they are in,” Pierce wrote. “The optimal site for energy production should not be the deciding factor … Looking back, we would be proud to think the way we moved our renewable energy future forward is a model for others, rather than a warning of what not to do.”

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Beat in the eggs, one at a time until thoroughly mixed in. Add in the vanilla extract and combine. Add in the pumpkin and thoroughly combine with the other wet ingredients.

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7:56 a.m., Suspicious on Hillcrest Rd. 9:42 a.m., Violation of an Abuse Prevention Order on Dalton Dr. 10:53 a.m., Fraud on Brickyard Rd. 11:45 a.m., Animal Problem on Rustic Dr. 12:43 p.m., Runaway (located) on Willeys Ct. 5:21 p.m., Burglary on Susie Wilson Rd. 10:04 p.m., DUI on New England Dr.

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Wilson Rd. 4:16 p.m., Suspicious on Railroad Ave. 4:36 p.m., Citizens Dispute on Wrisley Ct.

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8:47 a.m., Citizens Dispute on Oliver Wight Dr. 1:06 p.m., Suspicious on Patricia Pl.

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9:07 a.m., Juvenile Problem on Lincoln St. 9:11 a.m., Juvenile Problem on Pearl St. 9:13 a.m., Assault on Essex Way 3:56 p.m., Property Damage on Susie

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3:35 a.m., Arrest for Domestic on Autumn Pond Way 12:29 p.m., Citizens Assist on Maple St. 1:03 p.m., Citizens Dispute on Central St. 1:41 p.m., Suspicious on Educational Dr. 7:09 p.m., Citizens Assist on Old Colchester Rd. 8:55 p.m., Family Fight on Park Ter. Tickets Issued: 6 Warnings Issued: 18 Fire/EMS Calls Dispatched: 44

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