Cake & West Glover fire conversation ruins home. about death. 9 14 the Chronicle THE WEEKLY JOURNAL OF ORLEANS COUNTY TWO SECTIONS, 44 PAGES VOLUME 44, NUMBER 36 SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 ONE DOLLAR Island Pond-a-thon draws all kinds Students raise thousands for Harvey victims Former Irasburg residents, now Houston teachers, talk about schools’ needs.
by Joseph Gresser Two Irasburg sisters who made their way to Houston, Texas, to pursue teaching careers came through Hurricane Harvey with their homes intact, but they and their students will be dealing with the devastation wrought by the storm for months if not years. Chris Eldridge-Grant and Amy Eldridge- Green, who both work for the Klein Independent School District, also inspired an effort in the North Country Supervisory Union (NCSU) schools Monday that raised at least $4,100 for those affected by flooding. According to Liz Butterfield of NCSU, which sponsored “T-shirt These four out-of-towners participated in the Island Pond-A-Thon bike, run, and walk race that was held over Tuesday” to encourage donations, that amount Labor Day weekend. Contestants circled the lake in a race that began a new chapter Sunday for an event that will rise when the money has all been counted started in 2007 to raise a scholarship fund of $25,000 in the name of Taini Mae Kinney, who died as a result of Wednesday. a motor vehicle accident. Entry fees for this year’s races will go to help fund the town’s recreation activities, The Klein district is one of two in the Spring according to Emma Gunn, one of the organizers. From left to right, the well-heeled contestants are Johannes Burger of Mooretown, New Jersey; Chickie Curran of East Burke; Skinny Legs McGee of Portland, Maine; and area of northwestern Houston. Ms. Eldridge- Jo O of Planet O. Photo by Paul Lefebvre (Continued on page twenty-one.) NCSU fights on Albany celebrates Labor Day against Act 46 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — After attending a Vermont Superintendents Association meeting on August 30, John Castle, who oversees the North Country Supervisory Union, took off for the woods. He said Monday that he wanted to take time to get away from it all. “All” definitely includes Act 46, he said. Mr. Castle said state officials, including Governor Phil Scott, Secretary of Education Rebecca Holcombe, and the heads of the House and Senate education committees took part in the Superintendents Association meeting. Representative Dave Sharpe of Bristol, who chairs the House Committee on Education, predicted a six- to ten-cent increase in the education property tax rate next year, but Mr. Castle said most of those present appeared pleased by how Act 46 has worked so far. The law, which presses local school districts to combine into much larger ones, has been on the minds of many superintendents over the past couple of years. That pressure includes the offer
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An Albany family is celebrating six generations of membership in the local Grange. Marion Darling Cubit (left) carries a photo of her grandfather Arthur Cheney, an early member of the Grange. Her granddaughter Margery Cubit is seated next to her with a photo of Doris Smith Cubit. Margery Cubit’s sister Elizabeth Bissell Knight rode on the tailgate of the pickup with her children, Sam and Lydia Knight. The youngsters upheld family tradition when they joined the Grange this year. Here they are in Albany’s Labor Day parade, held on Monday. For more photos of Albany’s Labor Day festivities, please see page sixteen. Photo by Elizabeth Trail Page Two the Chronicle, September 6, 2017 the Chronicle News briefs from around the county
INDEX by Elizabeth Trail required information is provided, the PUC said in a July 24 decision. Crossword Puzzle...... 19 PUC rejects Kidder Hill developer appeal Lawyers for Kidder Hill Community Wind Kids’ Corner...... 19 appealed, calling the commission’s decision Kingdom Calendar ...... 8B-13B The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is “unjust” and an “abuse of its discretion.” They Letters to the Editor ...... 4-8 standing by its ruling that Kidder Hill argued that alternate site proposals are allowed Obituaries...... 3B-4B Community Wind’s late June petition for a within a single petition, and that with this Perimeter...... 16B Certificate of Public Good is incomplete and decision, the commission is requiring more detail Ruminations...... 2B therefore not yet officially filed. than it has in the past. Sudoku Puzzle ...... 7 Due to the level of organized public opposition Instead, they asked to be allowed to “develop Advertising Sections in Irasburg, agents for wind developer David the case through the contested case proceeding.” Auctions & Real Estate ...... 4B-5B Blittersdorf submitted a petition that included Last week, the commission rejected those Auto ...... 25-27 three possible sites for the twin wind towers. arguments. The rules “mandate that a petitioner Building Trades ...... 6B-7B One possibility was the original Irasburg file a fully developed proposal at the outset,” the Classified Ads...... 14B-15B location. But Mr. Blittersdorf’s land runs over PUC response says. the ridgeline into Lowell as well. So the petition Gardening...... 21 It says that “allowing Kidder to develop its mentioned a second possible site in Lowell, a case through the contested case proceeding would Hair...... 22 town traditionally friendly to wind development. present a moving target for other parties to the Jobs...... 24 And it hedged its bets with a third proposal that proceeding, resulting in an unnecessary and Pets...... 23 placed one turbine in each town. inappropriate burden on those parties.” Restaurants & Entertainment...... 9B-11B In July, the PUC ruled that the petition was That would be contrary to the intent of Act incomplete because it didn’t include system 174, the PUC decision says. That’s the law impact studies and information about the grid passed last year to make it easier for the public to interconnection for each possibility. The petition participate in energy siting decisions. also failed to provide decommissioning costs, “Kidder’s approach again puts other potential saying those costs would vary depending on the parties in an untenable position by forcing them site and model of turbine chosen. to evaluate and respond to multiple possible No further action can be taken until all (Continued on page three.)
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the Chronicle, September 6, 2017 Page Three State forest opponents to meet with commissioner Supervisory Union (OCSU) is scheduled to meet “I think it’s important to stress to people that (Continued from page two.) again on September 14. The committee took a the filter we tested was temporary,” said Jeanne scenarios instead of just one,” the PUC decision break in July and wasn’t able to drum up a Desrochers, who sits on the fire district board. says. quorum in August. She cautioned that it will be a year before the Furthermore, Kidder Hill’s appeal didn’t Although the Act 46 Committee hasn’t met new water system is up and the water is safe to mention that some required plant, bird, and bat since June, the issue came up at an OCSU use. The system will be similar to the one that’s studies haven’t been done, the PUC says. Executive Committee meeting on August 30. currently in use in Newport. The filter will also So it’s back on the wind developer to submit a “At this point we’re crunched for time,” Thea reduce iron staining on clothes and fixtures. complete proposal, including studies — for Schwarz said. “We don’t have time to get “People will be able to do their laundry and whether they’re choosing one site or three. anything to a ballot.” have it come out white,” Ms. Desrochers said New rules passed during the legislative Tueday. South beach development session give supervisory unions that have failed a Once the pilot test results are official, the previous attempt to consolidate into a district engineers will design a filtration system that can After launching a call-in campaign to until November 30 to pass a new plan. handle all of the fire district’s needs. Then there Vermont State Parks Commissioner Michael But the plan would have to be drawn up, will be bids, a bond vote, final financing, and Snyder, representatives of Protect Willoughby approved by the state, and put before voters construction. The state will have to approve have scheduled a meeting with the commissioner. before that deadline. several of the steps. The informal group is opposed to plans for Alternative plans — remaining a supervisory “There are checks and balances all along the parking, trails, and bathhouses at the south end union, for example — aren’t approved until way,” Ms. Desrochers said. of the lake. several years down the road. The project should be completed by After a series of public meetings in the spring At Act 46 meetings in the spring, it was September 2018, just in time for the state’s and early summer, the Department of Forests, pointed out that there’s always the risk that an deadline. Parks, and Recreation scaled back the plans a bit. alternate plan may not be acceptable. The state In the meantime, households served by the But the new drawings left room for adding retains the right to make its own decisions about fire district need to keep on buying water or using the disputed parking spaces and bathhouse in the how to handle districts that haven’t merged. their personal filtration devices, Ms. Desrochers future. According to Protect Willoughby’s In the meantime, districts that haven’t said. Facebook page, the group has collected about merged may lose grant funding. Arsenic is a naturally occurring substance, 4,000 signatures opposing the state’s plans. “Before, we picked a path, good, bad, or town residents learned at a public information At a public meeting in July, officials indifferent,” Amy Leroux said. She’s chair of both meeting last November after new government announced abruptly that control of the beach area the Act 46 Committee and the OCSU board. “This safety standards made Coventry’s arsenic levels would be moved from Forests, Parks, and time we’re divided — the committee can’t even unacceptable. Water flowing underground picks Recreation to the state park system. agree.” up arsenic from surrounding rocks. There’s also Protect Willoughby leaders sent a letter to arsenic in food. Mr. Snyder early in August to ask whether the Coventry to proceed with arsenic treatment But being natural doesn’t make it healthy. final plan revisions were ready. In June, the fire district — which is in charge “The concept plans have changed based on Tests of a filter system that would get the of the water supply and has nothing to do with constructive public comment received,” he replied. arsenic out of the water in Coventry Village and putting out fires — outlined options for dealing But Mr. Snyder’s letter says both that there surrounding areas appear to have been with the problem, including finding a new water would be a chance for additional public comment, successful, but it will be another year before source or installing one of several possible and that the new plans would go out for bid people will have water that’s safe to drink. filtration systems. immediately. Last fall, arsenic levels in the water in homes Digging a new well was ruled out because After a letter from Protect Willoughby asking and businesses served by the Coventry Fire tests around the area suggest that a new well for clarification went unanswered for ten days, District Number One — including Coventry would be just as likely as the old one to tap into the call went out on Facebook, urging supporters Village, the school, and a few dozen homes and rocks bearing arsenic. “to inundate the FPR Commissioner’s office with businesses in surrounding areas — were found to Several Northeast Kingdom water supplies phone calls to protest their current proposal.” be around ten parts per billion. have found themselves on the wrong side of the Mr. Snyder’s office has scheduled a private That’s over the federal safety standards. new standard.inpplthe wrong side of the limit. meeting with a small number of Protect During a two-week pilot test in August, levels The fire district hopes that construction can Willoughby representatives. of arsenic in water run through a small prototype begin in the spring. filter measured between two and three parts per OCSU Act 46 Committee trying to resume billion. 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FOR MORE INFO CONTACT Newport, Vt Elks Lodge MANON PERRAULT @ 334-6094 OR 802-673-8088 #2155 3736 U.S. Route 5 Derby, VT Page Four the Chronicle, September 6, 2017 Letter to the editor Thank you for believing in our children To the editor, The students went as a learning experience began to ask for help. As a parent of one of those Six students from the Lowell Graded School and wanted to win, yet everything that could go students, a teacher at the Lowell Graded School had the privilege and honor to represent Vermont wrong, did go wrong. After a long day waiting to and a community member who grew up in the and participate in the Odyssey of the Mind world compete, the students and families left before the Northeast Kingdom, I felt an overwhelming sense finals at Michigan State University in East awards, knowing they did not win, hoping to come of love, giving and hope. The money wasn’t for Lansing, Michigan. These students were: third- back next year with more experience and learning me directly, yet I felt blessed beyond measure. To grader Tristan Blay, and fourth-graders Malachi from their errors. The next day their teacher and be able to grow up and live in the Northeast Beckwith, Olivia Geoffroy, Natalee Kneeland, coach received an e-mail stating that her team of Kingdom where communities and businesses Samuel Randall, and Eli Willey. Their coach was six students from Lowell Graded School took first value children is an unbelievable gift. So many their third- and fourth-grade teacher, who led an place and are the state champions for their people were excited to give and help six students Odyssey of the Mind afterschool program at division and problem. She was then asked if they partake in an opportunity of a lifetime. Lowell Graded School. would be attending the world finals in Michigan The town of Lowell contributed substantially The culminating activity for these students in May. Such an exciting surprise to everyone. and to be a resident of Lowell and to call this was supposed to be the state competition held at The students won because of their ability to solve place home, leaves me with nothing but gratitude Champlain Valley High School in Hinesburg on their spontaneous problem and because they had for our parents and extended families, the March 18. The students competed in the level I perseverance in their long-term problem. They community at large, businesses, the school, its division for “Catch Us If You Can.” They were held their composure and finished the task they teachers and Principal Anita Gagner. Thank you given a long-term problem to solve using limited set out to do, even when it wasn’t working. True from the team of students and the parents of resources. They had to come up with a skit to go problem solvers. these students; we could not have gone to the with their solution, which encompassed the In order for the students to attend the world finals without you. I am not sure that creation of three different vehicles that must Odyssey of the Mind world finals in Michigan, all these words hold the weight of the immense joy escape without getting caught. parents and students had to be willing to and gratitude I have in my heart, but thank you! participate. Then came the fund-raising. This The world finals came and went. It was a team had to raise $7,000 in about four to five very intensive trip, every moment full of new weeks. The parents decided they were willing to adventures, learning, and excitement. I think I Chronicle office do whatever it takes and went out into the can safely say there was never a dull moment. community and surrounding communities and We chose to drive through Canada, which for hours some students was a first. We drove through the We are open for business: city of Toronto, which was a great opportunity for our rural students to see a city. We stayed on Monday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Death notices campus at Michigan State University and the Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. students had the opportunity to live college dorm Wednesday, closed. Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Joyce Winifred (Morey) Simons (Continued on page five.) Come by our office located on Water Street in Joyce Winifred (Morey) Simons, 70, of Barton or phone us at (802) 525-3531. Barton died peacefully on Sunday, September 3, 2017. A memorial service is scheduled for Memorial service Saturday, September 9, at 2 p.m. at the the Chronicle Brownington Center church. A gathering is P. Dermot Cosgrove planned at the church immediately after the © copyright, 2017 memorial. A memorial service will be held for P. 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The campus is several times the size of team was an opportunity for both to learn about science. More specifically she had the the University of Vermont. another culture. Each group brought gifts for the opportunity to look for meteorites. The students engaged in pin trading, which other team. Our team brought maple syrup, of My son Tristan Blay told me that week, sounds mundane. However, students from all over course, hats from our school, and photos of where “Mom, I think I want to work for NASA and when the world wanted to see and get pins from other we are from, what we do and what the students they have bring-your-parent-to-work day, I will states and countries. Pin trading broke the value about growing up here. The team from bring you.” I don’t know what my son’s future language barrier and allowed students to begin a Qingdao gave items that represent their culture, holds. All I know is growing up in the Northeast conversation, which led to getting to know each such as ink pens, artwork, postcards, and their Kingdom of Vermont, living and going to school in other. Pin trading happened everywhere, and all hats. The artwork is an understatement! One of Lowell, is one of the best opportunities I could the adults were at the mercy of the pin trading the students gave art to each student that was ever give him. To receive the support and love he frenzy, which left us in awe at how a pin could created by his grandfather who is a famous has leads to bright futures where anything is entertain these children for so long and could get painter in China. There were silk handkerchiefs possible. Thank you again for believing in our them out of their comfort zones to begin and paper cut in designs and more. children and giving so freely to help them have a conversations in hallways, elevators, entryways, bus Our students from Lowell had the opportunity great opportunity to attend and compete in the stops, on the bus and anywhere else you can imagine. to attend a semi-professional baseball game, go to world finals for Odyssey of the Mind. The students had to solve a spontaneous a local zoo, and learn about NASA from Jennifer Blay problem that they are given eight minutes to individuals who work for NASA in different fields. Lowell
Harvey is a reminder of how much we have, and take for granted Loon song To the editor, almost-new pillows and warm blankets. Twenty- by Rita Chartrand Tonight’s the last night I’ll ever spend in the four hours a day, I could access the Internet home I’ve lived in nigh onto three decades. effortlessly. Near the spruce-filled shore, I see soft ripples on Tomorrow is the day the new owners move in. Nobody in the flooded states will be able to the lake; I’ve spent the entire summer packing up 30 years say this any time soon. They never thought, as A bird, dressed formally in black and white, of cherished memories, tossing unneeded-by- they slept, that they’d awaken to the total surfaces and gives a joyful yet maniacal cry; anyone-ever things. I’ve been able to slow down devastation, which is now their reality. Unlike He is “yodeling,” people say, a poor word for such when I broke a bone in my hand. Also, when I myself, these new refugees expected it to be the ardent music. sprained my back, I had the option of lifting only last time they’d ever sleep in their homes. What light boxes until that injury healed. I’ve taken up we take for granted, the self-imposed rest needed I listen closely to this singular music. to four showers daily because going through a after injury, cherished memories, a roof over our I hear it echo across the lake. basement, bedrooms, offices and the town library abode, showers any old time, clean sheets, fluffy I strain, hoping to once again catch each in this house, I’ve often needed to wash off. pillows, a car that starts, good roads on which to passionate cry. Every day, every single day, I could look out any get to a stocked grocery store, the laughter that window and see beauty. I heard laughter when happens when neighbor meets neighbor, and high Suddenly, an answering cry — happy folks stopped to swap stories in the Jolley speed Internet. My prayer: O universal energy A drawn-out fluting note of achingly woeful Store’s parking lot. I could get into my car and be which binds us all, please give to those affected music. assured that, when I did get to the grocery store, by Harvey what I have — all that I take for I hear no reply. Quiet descends on the lake. there’d be well-stocked shelves of anything granted every day. Every single day. Blessed be. needed by anyone. The road I took to get to town Heather McKeown Later, curled in bed in the camp by the lake, was without blemish. Every night, every single East Berkshire I hear cries in the night, night, I crawled into a bed with clean sheets, A duet of northern music.
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Blue Seal has been supplying quality livestock feed for over 50 years! Come see our selection. Fall is here! Get ready for cooler temps with a lined hoodie by Page Six the Chronicle, September 6, 2017 Letters to the editor The Northeast Kingdom has a grand opportunity to be better To the editor, Heermansmith Farm Inn. Wow, I could go on open with Mr. Webster’s antiques. People are always wondering about the “what and on about the different places of employment When the small dairy farms started going out if’s” or what something will become. Or about the and restaurants. of business, we had no idea of the consequences of power of working together to make a place better. I think back on so many of those fond what it would do to the NEK. I go through small We all have our differences, but we can make memories and times past and realize that if we and large towns and see general stores that were something even more special. Remember “we the keep thinking of the past, we can’t move on to the once bustling with farmers coming in for coffee, people.” future. Yes, times are changing and we have to talk or something to eat. I see towns that had So here it goes, and you may be wondering adapt to those changes. Yes, we have a hole in farm equipment dealers and car dealers, now what that is all about? the ground; that is called opportunity — dormant. I know this sounds sad and is very sad The Northeast Kingdom, the beauty, the opportunity to make something that was great in to see, but I see some of the younger generation people, and the places. the past be better in the future. Businesses are starting to open up small farms again. I also see Back in the ’70s and ’80s things were good for closing in large part due to society changing. opportunity in these businesses that once were, the most part for the area, but times were What do I mean by that? Well, the computer age, as not just an empty business, but what it could changing and no one had an idea of how big those where you can get something delivered to your be. changes would be. Remember what we had in the door without leaving your home. The Internet is The NEK has always been changing. It has area for employment, from Ethan Allen, Indian playing a huge role in changing our downtown evolved from logging communities, to bustling Head Plywood, Bogner, Slalom Ski Wear, the mill areas. We should bring restaurants, the arts and towns and cities during the early and mid- in North Troy, Prouty and Miller, Newport specialty stores to Main Street. We need to stop twentieth century, to now a grand opportunity to Furniture, Butterfield’s, Kraft in Troy. turning our backs to the lake and face it. We make this special area, even better. This whole Yes, we do have some of these businesses left, need to work on getting industry to this area, to area of the NEK has a grand opportunity to be but names have changed. Remember also the get this area moving forward. Bringing industry better, but this is going to take all the places that we could go — to Winnie’s World, the will open up for tourism, filling the hotels and communities to come together for a common goal drive-in movie theater, the arcade in Newport, B&Bs, to people buying certain things in the area and that is to make this area better for the future etc., or walking downtown Newport, or Barton or just going out for something to eat. We have generations. This is not going to be done with and all the businesses knowing just about an amazing career center, we have an amazing meetings after meetings, this is going to take everyone walking through the doors. Those were community. We have so many groups here that putting plans in actions and making those actions the times! are doing good things, but we have to make this happen. Remember all the places that someone could about community. To attract people to the area Rick Desrochers go have some great food — Nips, A&W, B&W, to have something to do and not just pass Derby Line Village Pizza, East Side, Long Branch, Frank’s, through. We have an opportunity with the Bluff The Landing, Santoros, the Old Bobbin Mill, Side Farm or figuring out how to get a museum
Grateful for Moffatt’s years of service To the editor, welcomed community questions and Heartfelt thanks to Steve input. Steve was always committed, Moffatt who served our Craftsbury organized, and professional. I miss community so honestly, diligently, his presence on the board and want YE W TATOLLYE TAG EV TNEG and positively for so many years to publicly express my thanks for following his family tradition of his strong leadership over the past giving back to the community. six years and for all that he has It always made me proud to given so selflessly. I know his have Steve at the helm of our school judgment and integrity are trusted board through often challenging and respected in the Craftsbury $ OFFOF years. He took the time to community. thoroughly understand the situation Sincerely, and to explain it to our community Margaret Ramsdell 800 at Town Meeting and other Craftsbury Common A HAA ARD DDRA AAYY’S PP’Y LS LAAYY informational gatherings and
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Opinion No more presidential bling, please by Tena Starr writer or musician whose work I’ve bought before has released something new. And if I’ve looked At first I was amused, a little mystified, but online for, say, a dress, when I check the Weather now that it’s gone on for seven months I’m Underground site in the morning for a forecast, a frankly tired of being bombarded with e-mails dozen pictures of dresses I might like show up. from our President urging me to buy Trump bling But I’ve never expressed a desire for a — T-shirts, baseball caps, hoodies, coffee cups, baseball cap that says Make America Great one that says I “heart” waking up and Again. For that matter, a baseball cap of any remembering that Donald Trump is President. kind that says anything. I have more coffee mugs As it happens, I don’t. But beyond that, than I need. And who needs a button that says enough already with the sales pitch. Trump is President of the United States? J.C. Penny, Old Navy, Land’s End, Amazon, The campaign is over, as the button itself Death Wish Coffee, a few other companies I’ve points out. bought things from online, all fill up my inbox “We believe this is an important way to reach with e-mails telling me about their sales, urging our grassroots supporters with the most up-to- me to buy their products. date information regarding the efforts of the It’s mostly irritating, and I generally delete Trump Make American Great Again Committee them without a glance. I’m careful now, if I buy and President Trump, and we’re glad you’re on something online, to unclick the box that says I’d our team,” the Labor Day e-mail says. like to get e-mails informing me of specials. Well, no, the e-mail provided exactly zero But never did I expect to get regular e-mails information “regarding the efforts of the Trump from the President of the United States saying Make America Great Again Committee and things like: “This weekend only, all merchandise President Trump.” All horizontal rows of nine, all vertical through the official Trump store is 25% off with Instead, I’m getting a steady pitch to buy the code LABORDAY. Because of the hard work things I have no conceivable use for and are columns of nine, and all the heavily of patriots like you that are celebrating American absurdly expensive — $30 for a coffee cup? outlined boxes of nine squares must prosperity this weekend, we wanted to be sure And, in my opinion, this is not a dignified way contain all the numbers from one to nine. you had the chance to join us with 25% off your for a President to behave. I understand that J.C. favorite OFFICIAL Trump merchandise.” Penny’s purpose is to make enough money to Solution, tips and computer program at I don’t know who writes these things, but survive. I understand the purpose of a country’s www.sudoku.com they need to take lessons in grammar to start President as something quite different. with — a person is a who, not a that — and from So, Donald Trump, stop trying to sell me The answer is on page 2B. J.C. Penny second. Penny’s, at least, anticipates bling, please. I don’t need, and can’t afford, a $30 my needs. For many years I’ve bought back-to- coffee mug no matter what it says. school clothes this time of year, so they think I If you want to fill up my inbox, tell me what might do it again. They don’t know yet that the you’ve done that would make such unnecessary Online Subscriptions last kid has left home. purchases, as well as necessary ones, more $ Amazon, clever company that it is, tracks my affordable in my life and the lives of countless are only per year. buying history carefully and notifies me if a 28 others. www.bartonchronicle.com
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Opinion Prepare now so you don’t get stung later by Erica Bornemann, director Vermont can keep you safe while you await Emergency Management help. You need a plan for your family before, during, and after a Like most of you, we at Vermont disaster. Emergency Management have been Have you ever discovered a bees watching events unfold in Texas nest on your house or somewhere following Hurricane Harvey. As we near your yard? You probably made watch, most of us are no doubt a point to keep the kids away from reminded of our own historic it, worked around it when mowing, disaster: Tropical Storm Irene. or sprayed it — whatever it took to We’ve seen many stories from avoid getting stung. You may not Houston about individuals and have realized it — but you families who were rescued from developed a small-scale disaster their flooded homes or were plan. You took steps to mitigate the stranded in place for several days. risk and improved your odds against Those who were stranded surely ran being swarmed or stung. low on, or eventually ran out of, That’s what preparedness is essentials like food and water while about: developing a plan to mitigate awaiting rescue. They weren’t being the effects of a disaster or crisis, no ignored; the scale of the disaster matter how big or small. simply made it difficult to get to You may not be able to avoid everyone quickly. disaster, but if you know how to The same circumstances were evacuate your home in the event of present during Irene, and could one a flood, or if you have food and day again happen here in Vermont. water on hand to sustain your Determine the best route to the over-the-counter and prescription Vermont has thousands of family should you become home- shelter from your home, taking you medications. committed and talented emergency bound for an extended period, you over high ground in case flooding Help elderly neighbors, or responders who dedicate their lives better your odds against suffering overwhelms lower-lying roads. anyone who may need assistance, to protecting the lives of others. serious harm. An emergency plan is Establish an out-of-state develop a preparedness kit. But during a disaster their numbers scalable and can be as large or as relative who would be a central Make sure your children know can also be spread thin and they simple as you choose to make it. contact for your family should you about your plans and involve them must respond to the most life- September is National become separated during a in developing your preparedness kit. threatening situations first. That Preparedness Month, which reminds disaster. Responders do all they can to can mean if you are not in imminent us to remind you that you can make Have essential items on hand in help everyone in a crisis, but it may peril, they may not be able to make a difference in protecting yourself the event you are homebound. Your take time to rescue you. So help it to you immediately. and your family. preparedness kit should include them by helping yourself — prepare That’s why emergency planning Contact your town office and ask water, canned food, batteries, now, so you don’t get stung later. for your family is so important — it where your town shelter is located. flashlights, a battery power radio,
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the Chronicle, September 6, 2017 Page Nine Fire ruins West Glover home Help victims of Harvey Hurricane Harvey has caused catastrophic damage to southeast Texas, and many Vermonters are eager to assist the survivors. Vermont Emergency Management has compiled some resources and tips from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other sources on volunteering and donating responsibly in the wake of this devastating disaster: Cash is the most efficient way to donate. Donations should be made to a known, reputable charitable organization. Be wary of scammers looking to profit from a dire situation. A list of organizations can be found below. Sending unsolicited goods is strongly discouraged. Volunteers should affiliate with an organization. Self-deploying to the disaster area actually creates a strain on local officials recovering from the disaster. Volunteering with an organization ensures your time will be spent safely providing help. Volunteers and people traveling to disaster areas should always heed the safety precautions of local officials. Travel Fire ruined Norine Phillips’ home on the County Road in West Glover Tuesday evening. Job Breitmeyer of the conditions in the impacted areas of Texas are still Glover Fire Department said the department received a call at roughly 5:30 p.m. about a house that was already fully involved in flames. At the scene, he said he did not yet know the cause. No one was hurt, Mr. Breitmeyer hazardous. said. Photo by Tena Starr For help connecting to organizations that are actively helping survivors of Harvey, the following resources are provided below: https://www.fema.gov/volunteer-donate- responsibly, www.nvoad.org, Scouts kick off recruiting effort www.serve.gov, and www.citizencorps.gov. The Green Mountain Council, Boy Scouts of involvement and responsibility, and personal — from the Vermont Department of Public America has kicked off its statewide youth and fitness in an environment that is family centered Safety. parent membership recruitment effort to invite and fun for everyone. boys to join Scouting. Scouts can participate in one-day, weekend, The campaign will run primarily through the or week-long camping programs, explore their months of September and October. Any boy in community, learn skills in emergency kindergarten through fifth-grade is invited to join preparedness, first aid, swimming, lifesaving, a local Cub Scout pack in their community. Boys nature study, environmental awareness, and 11 to 17 years old are invited to join a Boy Scout more. In addition, Scouting provides programs troop. Keep an eye out for yards signs, that teach teamwork, good sportsmanship, and Happy Birthday information flyers, posters and other media personal fitness. promotion that will be distributed throughout the Scouting is a great way to get a son involved communities. with boys his age in a program that has to the following people! Last year, the Green Mountain Council something for everyone, regardless of athletic Jesse Lucas, Irasburg, Sept. 6 introduced a pilot program to add kindergarten ability, social, economic or ethnic background. June Sheltra, Newport Center, Sept. 6 age boys to the Scouting family. The results were For information on how to get into a Scouting an outstanding success, so much so that the unit, go to BeAScout.org, or contact the Scout Brandon Perron, Glover, Sept. 6 program will continue this year as well. Service Center in Waterbury at (802) 244-5189. Lois H. Carbonneau, Sept. 7 Scouting provides an opportunity for youth to — from the Green Mountain Council. 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Page Ten the Chronicle, September 6, 2017 E-bikes a big draw at Craftsbury electric vehicle event by elizabeth Trail CRAFTSBURY COMMON — “It’s like the hand of God reaches down and pushes you along,” Larry Gilbert said. Mr. Gilbert’s playful description of what it’s like to ride an electric bicycle was pretty much spot on. In the beginning, the electric bike feels heavy and awkward. It weighs about twice as much as an ordinary bicycle, and it has big, fat, heavily ribbed tires that don’t exactly turn on a dime. But halfway around the first turn of the pedals, the battery assist kicked in and the bike leapt forward as though pushed from behind by an unseen hand. It was a little unnerving at first.
“It made biking more fun, more accessible.”
Mr. Gilbert, the owner of ZoomBikes in Montpelier, was offering electric bicycle rides at the Craftsbury Farmers Market on Saturday morning. E-bikes have a battery powered assist that makes them move along with far less effort on the part of the rider than an ordinary bike. That makes e-bikes an option for people with bad knees or other physical challenges. And it makes them great for shopping or commuting, especially when hills are involved. In Craftsbury Common on Saturday, the road Nancy Kellogg, who already owns an electric bicycle, chats with larry Gilbert, owner of ZoomBikes in Montpelier. flew by under the fat tires with almost no Mr. Gilbert brought two of his e-bikes to the farmers market in Craftsbury on saturday for an electric vehicle “show pedaling. In fact, as the speedometer rose past 16 and tell” event. Photo by elizabeth Trail miles an hour, the brakes started to seem a lot more important than the pedals. That’s just a matter of tweaking the settings, so steep that cars routinely overheat. Coming to a steep hill, the booster took over Mr. Gilbert said. They also made it back down safely — quite a most of the effort, though the 250-watt model He was one of a group of e-bike enthusiasts feat given the weight of the bikes. didn’t offer quite enough power to make it up the who made it to the top of the Mount Washington hill without some pretty strenuous pedaling. toll road recently. That’s seven miles up a road (Continued on page eleven.)
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Increase confidence and practice • CBCS Medical Billing and Coding with support. Email accounts, create documents, would take less than a day to help a new manufacturer get his master the finer points of getting Explore the possibilities at explore the internet. Thursdays: October 12–26, e-bike business up and running. https://careertraining.ed2go.com/ncccadult/ 5:30–7:30 p.m. the most out of the booster engine. Ms. Kellogg recently had an The chance to ride an e-bike was accident on her electric bicycle when Online Learning with Ed2go Troubleshooting Computer Operating easily the biggest attraction of the she was forced off the road by a Only $99. Systems day at Saturday’s electric vehicle • Accounting Fundamentals $60 (6 hours). Diagnose basic problems and do truck. • Quickbooks • Adobe Illustrator event sponsored jointly by the your own updates. Students will have the option That brings up a lot of questions • Resume Writing • Italian to bring in their own computers to work on. Craftsbury Energy Committee and about how to use e-bikes safely on Explore the possibilities at (Windows 7 to 10). the Craftsbury Farmers Market. local roads. www.ed2go.com/ncccadult Thursdays: November 2–16, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Dozens of people tried the Ms. Kellogg said she’d like to electric bicycles over the course of OSHA Training – On-line German Christmas Bread use her e-bike for practical Only $25. OSHA 10 for General Industry, $30 (2 hours), materials included. Stollen, a the day. transportation, but she doesn’t feel Construction Industry, Agriculture, and traditional German fruitcake, taught by Chef “It’s a lot of kick,” said Alan safe on the roads any more. Her Healthcare from the convenience of home. Fritz. Monday, November 20, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Turnbull of Burlington, soon to be a Please contact our office to register, 334-5469 hopes are pinned on seeing the x3309 or [email protected] full-time Craftsbury resident. Lamoille Valley Rail Trail finished Introduction to Professional Cooking “More than I expected.” $250 (18 hours) includes materials. For career or between Danville and Wolcott to Licensed Nurse Assistant Program (LNA) hobby. Knife skills, seasoning techniques, sauces, Mr. Turnbull tried the bigger of create a safe place to ride. $1,050 course, text $75, licensing fees $150. cooking protein to perfection. Mr. Gilbert’s two e-bikes. Its 750- A lot of the money and volunteer 115 hour State Board of Nursing approved Tuesdays: October 3–November 7, watt motor handled a steep hill with course prepares students for licensing exam. 5–8 p.m. labor for the trail is being supplied Class begins in January 2018. ease. by VAST, the Vermont Association Application due December 1, 2017. Wendy Turnbull was already ServSafe – Food Handler’s of Snow Travelers. But Ms. Kellogg Training sold on the e-bike concept. She wants to see the cycling community Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) $25 (2.5 hours) includes text and exam. $700, text $75. 140 hour course is designed to tried a different brand recently at get involved in the four-season trail Nationally recognized certification that is an event in Burlington. prepare students for national certification. practical for all food service employees. project as well. Tuesdays & Thursdays, October 10–February 13, Saturday, October 21, 9–11:30 a.m. “It made biking more fun, more “It would make a big difference,” 6–9 p.m. (No class the week of December 25.) accessible,” she said. she said, “if we got as involved as Saturdays: October 21, ServSafe – Manager Training Ms. Turnbull said it’s been years November 18, December 16, $180 (8 hours) includes text and exam. the snowmobile people have been.” January 20 & 27, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. since she’s spent much time on a Ryan Gerrity’s electric car was Train employees in food sanitation, and how to bike. She’d like to ride more often, prevent foodborne illness. Saturday, November almost overshadowed in the public Medication Nursing 18, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. both for the exercise and for a more enthusiasm for the electric bicycles. Assistant (MNA) environmentally friendly way to do But Mr. Gerrity’s Chevy Volt $1,400 course, texts and materials $100. Knitting for Pleasure 100 hour course offered to LNAs who hold an errands. also has the potential to provide $60 (6 hours). Basic techniques in knitting, “I find the effort a disincentive,” unencumbered Vermont LNA license and have purling, cable, casting on, and binding off. transportation on little or no 4,000 hours of LNA experience (2,000 hours in a Thursdays: October 12–26, 6–8 p.m. she said, “especially with steep hills gasoline. long-term care nursing facility). National or heavy loads.” He’s spending the summer certification results in an endorsement from the Lace Knitting Workshop She imagines being able to ride Vermont Board of Nursing, which allows the $20 (2 hours). Chart reading, gauge, yarn traveling around the state for Drive passing of certain medications at a Level 2 from Craftsbury Common to the Electric Vermont, but the sporty selection, increases/decreases, triangular shawl facility. Class begins in January 2018. construction. Tuesday, November 2, 6–8 p.m. grocery store in Craftsbury Village, black car is his own. Application due December 1, 2017. letting the vehicle take over the long “They’ve really upgraded the Knitting – Cable Workshop uphill grind back up to the Common. styling in the past couple of years,” Basic Life Support for Health Care $20 (2 hours). Read a graphed pattern with a Giving up most of the work of he said. “It doesn’t look like an Providers – American Heart Association complex cabled design. Tuesday, November 9, riding a bicycle also reduces the $45 (4 hours). Recognize several life-threatening 6–8 p.m. electric car at all.” emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and health benefits. And it doesn’t. Gone is the relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective Watercolor Mr. Gilbert promotes his electric doodlebug look that used to make manner. Thursday, October 5, 5–9 p.m. $130 (10 hours) materials included. Build on bicycles as a sort of middle ground hybrids instantly recognizable. your current drawing skills in a new medium. between the strenuous workout Welding (Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced) Focus on artistic expression and enhance color The plug-in Volt can travel 56 $600 (30 hours) includes materials. Safety and offered by a regular bicycle and the theory understanding. Tuesdays: October miles on no gas at all, he said. But skills in electric arc, oxy-fuel, gas metal arc, and 10–November 7, 6–8 p.m. passive experience of driving a car it has a gas tank, and like other gas tungsten arc. Options for certification. Mondays or motorbike. hybrids, it can recharge its battery & Thursdays, January 22–February 22, 5–8 p.m. Ceramics Studio - Holiday Ready “It’s not as much exercise as a by recapturing energy during braking. $150 (12 hours) includes materials. Explore Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) sculptural and functional ceramics with a focus regular bicycle,” he concedes. “But Using a combination of gas and it’s way more than you get in a car.” Training on creating gifts to give for the holidays. battery power gives the Volt a range Class A $5,200 (160 hours) / Thursdays: October 19–November 30 (no class He sees an electric bicycle as of about 420 miles on a tank of gas. 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[email protected] Page Twelve the Chronicle, September 6, 2017 Career center rethinks its programs by Joseph Gresser September as Ms. Illuzzi pulls firefighting. she hoped to do when she left together information. The center is Its first teacher was charismatic school. NEWPORT — Students have bound to a schedule that requires and attracted a large number of Be a veterinary technician, the just started classes, but Eileen her to start working out plans for students. When he left to take a student replied. After a bit of Illuzzi is already thinking about the 2018-2019 before 2017-2018 is in similar position in Chittenden conversation, Ms. Illuzzi learned the next school year. The North full swing. County his replacement, while student had transferred to the Country Career Center, which she It’s a very lengthy process, Ms. excellent, did not spark the same center from another school where directs, is quite successful when Illuzzi said, that begins in level of enthusiasm, Ms. Illuzzi said. she had been placed in the only compared with others in the state, September with a review of trends That program, also, was shut down. program that had room for her — but it’s still feeling the effects of the in course enrollment and projections “We put a lot of money into cosmetology. general decline in student for the number of high school training kids for nonpaying jobs,” Ms. Illuzzi suggested she might population. students in coming years. Ms. Illuzzi said. have an easier time reaching her North Country Union High Those numbers “don’t look The program does have a goals if she entered the health School currently has an enrollment great,” Ms. Illuzzi said. positive legacy, though. Fire services program. One of its of seven hundred something, Ms. The advisory board will meet on equipment used to train students teachers is a veterinarian, she said, Illuzzi said. September 18, she said. has been donated to local and was able to guide the student “In its heyday there were 1,200 “We’ll be discussing whether departments and now protects on her way to the career of her students,” she said. we’re offering the right things and firefighters. choice. About 65 percent take career whether we should be offering Students do not always make When the new career center center classes, a remarkable figure different things,” she said. course decisions for the same opened hopes were high for its adult considering that the state average is The board starts putting the reasons an adult might, she said. learning program. Things have not about 18 percent. budget together in October. For instance, a student might get worked out as originally thought, A much smaller group of Lake Ms. Illuzzi said the timing is excited about a subject and Ms. Illuzzi said. Region Union High School students difficult. Staffing changes occur persuade his friends to join him in a “There is not much reason for take classes at the center, Ms. later in the year, but could well course. workers to invest in skills in order Illuzzi said. have a big impact on the budget. When the student graduates, to get a better job without the job “We have a very good working “We’re always responding to numbers could slip because of the being there,” she said. “At the same relationship with the school, and what the kids are saying and what loss of that motivating factor, Ms. time employers are wary of paying they work hard to send kids up,” she employers are saying,” she said. Illuzzi said. to train employees who might take said. That includes having a special “Last year we looked at the At present, the center’s most their new skills elsewhere.” bus travel between Lake Region and numbers in the programs and at the successful course of study is health Ms. Illuzzi said the center has Newport. job opportunities in the hospitality sciences, a course that can help a settled on a “just in time, sort of As a result of those trends, Ms. field,” Ms. Illuzzi said of the board’s student earn certification as a thing.” Employers can contract with Illuzzi finds herself having to decision to close down the hotel and licensed nurse assistant, she said. the center to provide training for balance the desire for the most hospitality program. A student in the early childhood workers as needed. complete lineup of courses with the “When the program started in program can take advantage of the For instance, a company that financial realities. 2013 Jay Peak had plans for a state’s dual enrollment program to has decided to switch the software When the center opened in 2008 waterfront hotel in Newport,” she earn college credits toward program that all its employees use it offered 17 career paths. Nine said. There was even a proposal to certification in early childhood may hire the center to provide years later that number is down to have a classroom in the hotel, she development, Ms. Illuzzi said. across-the-board training. 13. recalled. Many kids work while in school, North Country Career Center Decisions on which classes to Jay’s expansion began the first either through the center’s work- then looks for a teacher and keep and which to let go are year the career center started in its based exploration program or in a provides the space and computer complex and difficult, Ms. Illuzzi present building, Ms. Illuzzi said. paid job that can also earn them resources for the training. said. They begin each September Since then, the center has school credit. While the center is busy with consultations between school found, “there was not as much need Ms. Illuzzi said work experience working on its plans for next year it officials and the regional advisory as we thought,” she said. “Most of can be part of the state’s new is also working to provide new board. the need that existed was in lower emphasis on “flexible pathways” to students with information they can Under state law, career center wage jobs.” learning. That program encourages use for decisions about their futures. budgets are made by appointed Although the program is students to set their own On October 11 it will hold a career boards drawn from members of the shutting down, the few students educational goals and work toward fair with representatives from business and economic development who were enrolled will be able to achieving them. businesses around the Kingdom who community. The elected North complete their studies before it’s She said North Country can help students learn about job Country Union High School Board entirely gone. administrators are very supportive options they may never have must give its approval to the budget The center’s protective services of students who see their path considered. before sending it on to voters, but program was aimed at helping leading toward careers that can The path to many of those they are not able to change it. students prepare for careers in law benefit from the center’s programs. opportunities may be advanced by The budget process starts in and border enforcement as well as In general only eleventh- and the present programs the career twelfth-grade students can enroll in center offers. Those are the center’s programs, although an transportation science, STEM and occasional sophomore is granted mechatronics, building trades, admission, Ms. Illuzzi said. heavy equipment operation and EAST MAIN AUTO REPAIR INC. 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5025U.S.Rt.5,DerbyRd.,Newport,VT05855•(802)334-8011•TollFree1-800-339-8011 the Chronicle, September 6, 2017 Page Thirteen Newport downtown designation up for renewal by Joseph Gresser designation is good for five years, making 2017 developed, did not include a map showing the the time for Newport’s second renewal. extent and boundaries of the designated NEWPORT — Newport’s participation in a The program has a long list of requirements, downtown. state program that promotes economic among them that each city have a designated At first it appeared that the map was simply development in downtowns is up for renewal, and organization or agency to advocate for the not forwarded to NVDA, said Alison Lowe, a city officials have been straining to meet a downtown area. The Newport City Renaissance senior planner. But Paul Dreher, the city’s November 6 application. Corporation was created to fill that role. former zoning administrator, said the only copy of The Designated Downtown program, which is City officials are working hard to make sure the map belongs to him and was never included run by the state Agency of Commerce and the city’s renewal application is successful. David in the plan. As it turned out, state regulations Community Development, is designed to help White, the consultant hired to help Newport plan did not require the plan to include such a map keep the business districts in the state’s cities its redevelopment efforts, recently said until recently. vibrant. It provides an array of tax credits, designation is “critical” to Newport’s future. NVDA Executive Director Dave Snedeker including ones to promote the installation of One of the issues they have focused on is the swooped in to break the logjam. He offered to sprinkler systems, elevators, technological town plan. Newport has a valid plan, but Mayor provide the city with a map already in NVDA’s upgrades, and improvements to the facades of Paul Monette and City Manager Laura Dolgin, possession. Including the map, he said, would be historic buildings. along with Karen Geraghty of the Northeastern only a minor change to the city plan that would Newport was late to the party. It was the last Vermont Development Association (NVDA), not require extensive public hearings. city in Vermont to ask for and receive a worried about its frequent mentions of proposed Gary Holloway, who heads the downtown downtown designation ten years ago. A city’s development projects that were to be funded program for the state, said there actually is some through the sale of EB-5 visas. leeway in the application process. Those plans came to an abrupt halt when Once the city submits its application at the Ariel Quiros, owner of Jay Peak, was charged beginning of November, he will look it over and with investment fraud. with other staff members make a Catholic churches While the mayor and his colleagues would recommendation to the Downtown Development have liked to see all mention of the projects Board, a group made up of officials from a variety to hold collection removed from the plan, they feared that would of state agencies as well as representatives from require running the plan through a full approval municipal organizations. for Harvey victims process. One of those is Patricia Sears, the former That would mean hearings before the executive director of the Newport City In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Bishop planning commission and the city council, as well Renaissance Corporation, who was appointed to Christopher Coyne has requested that a as a hearing conducted by the NVDA and a vote the post by Governor Phil Scott. special collection be held at all 73 Vermont by that organization’s board of directors. They will review the city’s application at their Catholic parishes for those affected. It will be With the application deadline drawing near, meeting on November 27. on the weekend of September 8 and 9. Funds the planning committee resorted to a work- Mr. Holloway said the board can simply collected will support the humanitarian and around. Instead of changing the plan it appended approve or reject an application or it can impose recovery efforts of Catholic Charities USA and a note advising readers that the EB-5 projects conditions for a municipality to meet in order to will provide pastoral and rebuilding support to were no longer in the works. maintain full access to the program’s benefits. impacted dioceses through the United States Clark Curtis, the planning commission’s Conference of Catholic Bishops. chair, was not entirely happy with the solution, “God works through us to serve the but went along with the idea on condition the city 5025 U.S. Route 5 greater community, especially in times of provide a legal opinion saying the commission’s Newport, VT 05855 great need,” Bishop Coyne said. “We are action was lawful. called to be generous to the victims of Then another matter threatened to call for a Hurricane Harvey just as so many responded full approval process. 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Craftsbury Fire and Rescue sent a truck to the Albany Labor Day parade on Monday, but apparently a human driver could not be spared. Besides the parade, the celebration included a local food and craft fair, a chicken barbecue to benefit the fire department, live Brian Goodridge, an Albany Selectman, drove a big piece of equipment in the parade, with a little help from his music and dancing, and activities for children. young sons Dylan, age two, and Logan, age eight. Photos by Elizabeth Trail
Young entrepreneurs Emma Locke-McAllister and Tressa Urie sold fresh-squeezed lemonade to thirsty parade-goers in Albany on Labor Day. Tressa, an Albany Community School fifth-grader, and Emma, a sixth-grader at St. Paul’s School in Barton, have run the lemonade business all summer. They buy the lemons, cups, Hunter Poirier of Albany drove his antique tractor in Monday’s Labor Day parade. and sugar, and divide their profits. Emma is saving for school and to be able to buy The Lake Region Union High School sophomore had a sign on one side of the tractor presents for her friends, she said. Tressa, who was saving for a horse last year, isn’t advertising his small engine repair business. sure now what she’ll do with her earnings.
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“Call me Ryan,” a youth said to the Sheffield Field Day Prize Committee, which had Paul Daniels and Lindsay McCaw take a turn around the floor while waiting for the no further information about the lad. Nevertheless, his inspired depiction of the judges at the Sheffield Field Day fiddlers contest to come to their decisions Monday. Moby Dick climactic scene of rendered entirely in cucurbits, won a blue ribbon. A group of their fellow contestants provided accompaniment for clogging, including (left to right) Adam Cook, Larry Davis, Geoff Goodhue, and Zac Johnson. When the music stopped Ava Guillette of Westfield walked away with top honors in the junior division. Ms. McCaw took second place in the adult competition behind Courtney Drew. Mr. Davis took first prize in the senior division, followed by Burt Porter. And Anthony Washburn won the super senior competition with Lawrence Earle in second place. Photos by Joseph Gresser
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In Superior Court Derby Line man accused of assaulting police officer by Paul Lefebvre The three felony charges are aggravated At this point, the trooper said, he called twice domestic assault, aggravated assault on a police for back up. NEWPORT — A Superior Court judge here officer, and aggravated assault. The four The struggle allegedly escalated with both Tuesday refused to issue a fail-to-appear charge misdemeanors include two charges of cruelty to a men fighting with close fists. The trooper says he against a defendant who is reportedly in the child, domestic assault, and resisting arrest. was twice punched hard in the head, causing pain hospital after a domestic altercation and an When he arrived at the Derby Line residence and knocking off his Stetson. assault on a Vermont State Police trooper Monday. late in the afternoon of September 4, Trooper Successive punches allegedly brought the The Labor Day blowout left Derby Line Daniel Lynch was aware that a male suspect, who defendant to the floor, but he continued to resist. resident Paul Scalzo, 60, facing seven charges, had been drinking all day, had assaulted two young The trooper tried to subdue him first with his including three felonies. girls and a woman, according to his affidavit. Taser, and then by drawing his pepper spray and Judge Robert Bent told the prosecution that After being led inside the residence, the spraying both the defendant’s eyes from a Mr. Scalzo will be held without bail, and the trooper said he noticed the living area was distance “of approximately three feet.” arraignment will be reset daily until the cluttered, and that the defendant was in the According to the affidavit, the defendant defendant appears in court. living room “bending over, facing away from me.” continued to struggle while going into a State’s Attorney Jennifer Barrett argued for Allegedly, the woman told him there were “passively resistive state.” tighter conditions of release, noting that imprints weapons in the bedroom, but despite the officer’s When backup arrived in the person of Trooper remained on the trooper’s neck where the defendant orders, the defendant repeatedly refused to show Calvin Burns, Mr. Scalzo was lying on the floor with had allegedly tried to choke him. She also strongly his hands. his hands cuffed behind him, the affidavit says. alleged that children were among the victims. According to the affidavit, a scuffle arose as After police transported the defendant to the But the judge said he wanted to hear more the defendant tried to prevent the officer from Derby barracks, the woman talked to another before preceding any further. “I’d like to hear arresting him. At some point in the struggle, the trooper who had arrived at the scene. In her from someone else,” he said, as he declined the affidavit continues, the trooper said, the affidavit, State Police Sergeant Debra Munson state’s recommendation for conditions of release. defendant “grabbed the left side of my throat with said the assault on the children began while they Although the defendant has yet to enter his right hand, applying squeezing pressure. were watching television. pleas, Judge Bent already has found probable “I felt a sharp pain from one of his fingers, Allegedly, the defendant grabbed them so cause for the three felonies and four and felt his grip constrict my tracia, restricting violently they believed he “was going to break misdemeanors brought against Mr. Scalzo. my breathing.” their necks.” A juvenile at the residence allegedly told police that Mr. Scalzo is a violent person who drinks from morning to night. There were also allegations in the affidavit that abuse of the children had been ongoing.
(Continued on page nineteen.) Glover senior meals menu for September The Glover Senior Meal Center is located at the Glover Town Hall. Lunch is served at noon on Mondays and Tuesday. All meals are served in a family-style setting with choice of drinks: coffee, tea, and juices. People can also enjoy card playing. Monday, September 11 — Baked chicken, brown rice, green beans, and Jell-O with fresh fruit. Tuesday, September 12 — Homemade baked beans, hot dogs with rolls, coleslaw, and vanilla ice cream. Monday, September 18 — Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, carrots, tossed salad, vanilla pudding with fresh fruit. Tuesday, September 19 — Quiche (variety), tossed salad, pineapple upside-down cake with topping. Monday, September 25 — Macaroni and cheese with ham, corn on the cob, and Jell-O with topping. Tuesday, September 26 — Chicken strips, potato salad, squash, and chocolate ice cream. — from Glover Senior Meal Site.
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(Continued from page eighteen.) Irasburg. The value of the pilfered groceries was Misdemeanor innocent pleas estimated between $300 and $500, according to Abigail Josey, 26, of Newport received a break the deputy’s affidavit. Among those defendants pleading innocent at when the State’s Attorney’s office withdrew a Courtney Collins, 26, of Newport will serve up their arraignments to misdemeanor charges were: probation violation charge and allowed her to 15 days in the community on two convictions Max Picket, 32, of Orleans to violating an deferred sentence to continue with a slight for driving after her license had been suspended abuse prevention order on August 28 in Derby; modification. Agreed to by Judge Bent, Ms. Josey (DLS) Anthony Yitchiniski, 73, of North Troy to must complete ten hours of community service by The first offense occurred on April 19 when criminal threatening and aggravated disorderly October 6. Newport Patrolman George Butler cited her upon conduct on July 13 in Newport Center; Convicted for domestic assault in August 2015, inspecting a parked vehicle at Gardner Park after Kyle Raymond, 28, of Derby to domestic Ms. Josey was accused of violating her probation closing time. The defendant allegedly told the assault on August 26 in Newport; by discontinuing counseling, according to an officer she was there to look at the stars. He Rebecca Sweeney, 32, of Newport to retail affidavit from Probation Officer Lisa Levesque. checked and found she was DLS. theft on June 9 in Derby; Ms. Josey pled guilty to punching a man in On June 22 Ms. Collins was again cited by Curt Perry, 34, of Derby to domestic assault the face on November 10, 2014, during an Deputy Sheriff Jacobs when he recognized her as on August 20 in Derby; altercation in a Newport motel room. a woman operating without a valid license. Joseph Clark, 42, of Derby to violating The court released Cassandra White, 29, of conditions of release on July 7 in Derby; A Reparative Board sentence Newport on standard conditions after she pled Devin Pratt, 28, of Newport to unlawful innocent to a felony charge of aggravated assault trespass on June 29 in Newport; Sherry Ingalls, 54, of Irasburg changed her with a deadly weapon. She also pled innocent to Jacob McDonald, 33, of Newport to retail plea to guilty to twin charges of petty larceny. three companion misdemeanors of unlawful theft on June 9 in Derby; Judge Bent accepted the sentencing terms of mischief, disorderly conduct, and reckless operation. Lindsay Bishop, 28, of Orleans to DLS on a plea agreement and ordered her to report Newport Patrolman Jay Lillis said in his July 7 in Derby; and directly to the Orleans County Reparative Board. affidavit that Ms. White repeatedly rammed a Timothy Ferland, 27, of Newport to charges of The court gave Ms. Ingalls 120 days to man’s vehicle during an altercation on June 19 unlawful mischief, disorderly conduct and simple complete whatever assignments are imposed on outside an Indian Point Street residence. assault on June 19 in Newport. her by the board. According to the affidavit, the driver was contact Paul Lefebvre at Deputy Sheriff Jesse Testut said he cited Ms. about to give another woman a ride when Ms. [email protected] Ingalls for stealing groceries on two occasions, White drove into the driveway and blocked him May 11 and May 18, from Ray’s Market in from leaving.
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(Continued from page one.) very different from the hilly terrain of Irasburg. recovery. Ms. Eldridge-Grant teaches science to fifth- “This was very impromptu,” Mr. Castle said. Grant teaches English at one of the district’s five graders at Lemm Elementary School. Lemm’s “Hopefully it will be a way to get people’s high schools. building was wiped out by flooding, she said attention. Whatever we pull together will be sent Spring is a diverse community, Ms. Eldridge- Monday. But school officials acted quickly, and to Casey’s daughter. Hopefully it will help.” Green said. She teaches English as a second her students will be back in class Thursday at the Spring, the community where the two sisters language as part of her duties. She said nearly school’s new home, she said. live, has 110,000 students, more than all of 120 languages are spoken by people who live in Casey Boyle-Eldridge, mother of the two Vermont. The Klein district has 38 schools and the community. women, also acted quickly. She recently retired continues to expand. “Natural disaster is the great equalizer,” she from the North Country Supervisory Union. That, said Ms. Eldridge-Grant, is fortunate said. When she heard about the situation in Houston for her students. When the district finished Even the more affluent neighborhoods were she immediately contacted Ms. Butterfield, building its newest high school it decided to bring hit by the storm, she said, and the flooding executive assistant to Superintendent John students in one class at a time over four years. destroyed many, many vehicles. Castle and a former colleague, to see what, if This year only freshmen and sophomores attend The land Houston is built on is flat, Ms. anything, North Country could do to help the the school, leaving plenty of space for the 580 or Eldridge-Green said, so the reach of the flooding children in Houston. so children from Lemm. was based more on proximity to creeks than on Their answer was to hold T-shirt Tuesday. “We have a whole wing,” Ms. Eldridge-Grant elevation. The idea, Mr. Castle explained, was to encourage said. “They’ve arranged it so our students have “When I first got here,” she joked, “I felt the students to wear a favorite T-shirt and to make a their own entrance and won’t have contact with opposite of claustrophobia.” contribution to aid Lemm Elementary School’s the high school kids.” She said she’s now used to a landscape that is Ms. Eldridge-Grant recalled going back to the old building to retrieve her belongings. “All I had from a 25-year teaching career fit
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(Continued from page twenty-one.) had done to provide for the children. For those who did not, the road to recovery is “Four high school students saw me and came going to be difficult. Few people in the area have in a cardboard box,” she said. over and asked why I was crying,” she said. flood insurance, Ms. Eldridge-Green said. It’s Some science equipment, such as beakers and “When I told them, they said, ‘You’re at Klein extremely expensive, and the coverage does not thermometers, can be cleaned and used, but Cain High School, we’ll take care of you.’ Those pay for much if one is flooded, she said. anything that water can damage is lost, she said. are 14-year-olds, by rights the most selfish people “It’s the way it would be to buy snow Both women said it’s hard to know what in the world. Of course, the spigot just opened insurance in Vermont,” Ms. Eldridge-Green said. effect the storm will have on their students until wider.” “If you’re lucky enough, a tree fell through they see them at school. No one knows yet how Ms. Eldridge-Green said she feels a little your roof. Then you’re covered,” she said. many children lost their homes and how many guilty for escaping the flood without damage to Ms. Eldridge-Green said she talked to a are living in temporary shelters, or even if their her house. Neighbors only a couple of blocks family friend who lives by himself in a travel schools may have lost a student. away are tearing out sheetrock and flooring to get trailer. He left his home during the storm and “I pray for the guidance counselors,” Ms. ahead of mold which could make their homes returned to find it ruined. He was left only with Eldridge-Green said. uninhabitable. the clothing on his back and a few other personal Ms. Eldridge-Grant said it will be especially She said she and her husband have been possessions. difficult for the Lemm Elementary kids. The doing what they can, but she said it is impossible She said her family invited him to stay with school includes students from kindergarten to provide everything people need. them, but he declined, saying his truck was old through fifth grade. Ms. Eldridge-Green suggested that folks who and the commute to work would be too much of a She said the combination of having their want to help Houston residents get their lives strain on it. homes destroyed and then having to adapt to a back together might consider buying and sending The recovery process is going to take a long new school will be hard on her kids. Walmart gift cards. while, and Ms. Eldridge-Green said she and her The sisters had nothing but praise for district “A person might be lucky enough to find an husband have already discussed holding back administrators, who have acted quickly to make apartment, but when it comes time to vacuum, some of their contributions so they have money to the schools as stable an environment as possible. realize the vacuum cleaner is gone,” she said. share when some of the long-term effects of the Teachers have been asked to keep an eye out “There’s a Walmart on every corner here, and the flood are revealed. for children and keep track of what kinds of store carries everything someone might need to Both sisters said their church has been active things they or their families might need to get get started again,” she added. in the recovery effort and many community through the crisis. Ms. Eldridge-Grant said she and her brother- members are working to help their neighbors. Ms. Eldridge-Grant said local people have in-law had been out that day bringing a Ms. Eldridge-Green said one person at her made a huge effort to help the school, so much so refrigerator to a neighbor who lost hers in the school already runs a food shelf that rivals the that the school already has the books it needs for flood. one in downtown Houston. She’ll know what a new library and more supplies than it can “I saw on Facebook that she needed one and everyone needs and will help make sure they are possibly use. we had an extra,” she said. “The post had only taken care of, she said. She said Lemm sent two 18-wheel trucks full been up a couple of minutes before I responded.” Ms. Boyle-Eldridge said she is very proud of of donated supplies to other schools suffering Both sisters said social media have been a her daughters’ efforts to help those worse off than from the storm. huge help in finding people who are in need and themselves. They’re behaving as one would hope “How many notebooks can you use?” she figuring out how to get them help. their children would, she said. asked. Ms. Eldridge-Green said it has been Ms. Eldridge-Grant said she places her trust Ms. Eldridge-Grant said she was deeply somewhat awkward to run into friends at the in God’s love for all people. moved by the outpouring of support from a local grocery store. “Love,” she said, “is not a feeling. It is a community that is dealing with its own trauma. “We look at each other for a moment and then decision followed by action.” She and her colleagues spent the weekend ask if the other is okay,” she said. So far, those working to get Lemm’s new home ready for friends she’s run into survived the storm with students. Ms. Eldridge-Grant said she began to intact homes. cry when she saw how much people in the area
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(Continued from page one.) That means schools with students ranging or districts’ finances. To all intents, theirs is a of tax reductions for districts that vote early to from preschool to eighth grade that are also part faith-based argument,” Mr. Castle said. merge. of a high school union can merge. A school that “We can demonstrate that we did our due Mr. Castle said the Legislature did not find a has preschool to sixth grade and sends its older diligence,” he said. “We engaged with the public, source for the promised money and suggested kids to junior high before high school could not be had public forums, and ‘meetings in a box.’” those tax reductions may be responsible, in part, part of the district. One thing North Country did not do was seek for the statewide tax increases. Mr. Castle and the North Country available grant money to pay for a consultant. Taxes may also be rising because the Supervisory Union Board hope to keep the Susan Clark, the expert who helped train the Legislature decided last year to use around $35- present structure under a provision of the law volunteers who ran the series of district-wide million in one-time money to close a gap in that allows the Agency of Education to approve meetings donated her services, he said. spending. Without those funds the gap will have what are known as alternative structures. He also credited his executive secretary, Liz to be closed with tax increases, Mr. Castle said. The supervisory union has spent the past Butterfield, with carrying the load of coordinating Mr. Castle was a voice against Act 46’s months gathering data it hopes will support its efforts around the supervisory union and pulling passage and now that it’s in effect, he continues argument to the state. Mr. Castle said he thinks together the data. to believe that the “preferred model” set out it has between 70 and 80 percent of what it will Mr. Castle said he expects the state will allow under the law is not the best fit for a district that need to make its case. North Country to keep its present governance covers as much area and has as many different At its September meeting, the North Country structure, but will also try to impose conditions grade configurations as North Country. board plans to put together a draft of its proposal. on the supervisory union. Those, he thinks, will After going through a lengthy discussion Mr. Castle said the plan calls for board members include checks on educational outcomes that have process, the towns making up the supervisory to get a final draft finished by October, have it not been mandated for schools that took the union decided they do not want to follow a model approved by the full supervisory board and the Continued on page twenty-five.) that calls for a single pre-kindergarten through individual districts in November, and submitted twelfth-grade district to replace the current to the state in early December. system of town districts. “We have to provide empirical evidence Even though the North Country Supervisory showing we’ll have fiscal efficiency and outcomes Union has the 900 students required to form a that are as good or better than the preferred district, the component schools do not share a model,” Mr. Castle said. “It’s kind of a set-up,” he said. He said he Notices governance structure. 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(Continued from page twenty-three.) the new style of governance is making a huge the superintendents meeting. difference in the cost of education, he said. “That seemed to stump the chair of the state preferred route. “Research shows a consolidated bureaucracy Board of Education, from South Burlington,” he “There’s nothing in the laws that allows them tends to grow more. It’s hard to know if that is said. to do that, but I expect them to hold our feet to happening, there’s a lot of variation,” Mr. Castle Districts that have challenges with higher the fire,” Mr. Castle said. said. poverty need higher resources, Mr. Castle said. He said neither he nor the supervisory union He also went after the idea of equity as it is The state should work on a new funding plan has a problem with the law’s stated goals of defined by the Agency of Education. While Act 46 that addresses such discrepancies, he said. assuring educational quality, efficiency, is narrowly focusedWhy on Pay achieving More equity between Mr. Castle said he is not entirely unhappy transparency, and equity. schools in a district,Elsewhere? no thought is given to equity with the experience of dealing with Act 46. He does object to many of the assumptions between rich partsINTEREST of RATESthe stateAS LOW ASand 1.4% areas that are “In an odd way it forced us to do more work (TO QUALIFIED BUYERS). behind Act 46, especially that consolidation would not so well off, he said. together,” he said. “In some ways we’re more necessarily save money and improve equity Don’t make a $2,000 to $3,000 Mr. Castlemistake said heby raisedbuying theelsewhere! issue of “equity unified because of our opposition to Act 46.” among schools in a district. of need in addition to equity of opportunity” at At the superintendents’ meeting, “nobody said OVER 130 VEHICLES IN STOCK! anything about savings from Act 46,” Mr. Castle said. “Everybody is toned down on that, and the Joint Fiscal Office said it can’t project savings.” Alain Berube The savings that have been reported are Our 35th year in business! Wayde 802- www.shattuckmotors.com 334-6428 “anecdotal and minor,” he said. Tyler Districts have reported savings of $300,000 on C&D 154 East Main Route 5 NEW & • Cars budgets of $50-million, Mr. Castle said. Street Derby Road, Starter Shop • Trucks REBUILT • Tractors 154 East Main Street Rte. 5, Derby Road 536 Highland Avenue, Newport, VT 05855 “Not that it isn’t important to be careful with Newport, VT Newport Derby Derby, VT UNITS • Interstate (802) 334-5044 (802) 334-6044 AVAILABLE. Starters, Generators & Alternators Repaired Batteries taxpayers’ money, but those are the kind of (802) 334-5044 www.shattuckmotors.com (802) 334-6044 Our 33rd year in business. savings that can result from several retirements,”
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Steve Ellis Dale Mosher Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Closed Sunday. EXTENDED THROUGH END OF SEPTEMBER! Page Twenty-eight the Chronicle, September 6, 2017 Peter Diamondstone dies at 82 Peter Diamondstone, co-founder of Vermont’s “Liberty Union would take over the state, but mellowed. Asked why he chose to take on that Liberty Union Party, and, starting in 1970, a we didn’t have enough children.” icon of the political left, Senator Bernie Sanders, perennial candidate for office, died on August 30. He and his wife and campaign companion, he offered “the same thing I said about Leahy two He was 82. Below is an interview with him that Doris, have four children. One of them, Jessica years ago: they’re both militarists.” the Chronicle ran in October of 2012. “Jessy” Diamondstone, is a candidate for state Not satisfied that both opposed the war in treasurer. Their son, Aaron Diamondstone, is a Iraq, Mr. Diamondstone rustles through a large by Chris Braithwaite candidate for state senator in Windham County. white food container that serves as his on-the- Another son, Ian Diamondstone, and a grandson, road file cabinet to find a “concurrent resolution” Peter Diamondstone is as much a fixture of Owen Diamondstone-Kohout, are candidates in of the House and Senate dated March 2003. It Vermont politics as Patrick Leahy — if not, separate Windham County House districts. All begins by: perhaps, as effective. are Liberty Union candidates, Mr. Diamondstone “Expressing the support and appreciation of Every two years as the General Election noted proudly. the Nation for the President and members of the approaches, Mr. Diamondstone presents himself Armed Forces who are participating in Operation at the Chronicle office as a candidate for statewide Iraqi Freedom.” office. And it goes on for several pages in much the The offices have varied, over the years. But same vein. Mr. Sanders voted for it in the House, Mr. Diamondstone’s party affiliation has not. He and Mr. Leahy in the Senate, Mr. Diamondstone campaigns as a member of Liberty Union, a party said. that has represented the left side of Vermont “They voted for appropriations to finance the politics since long before there was a Progressive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,” Mr. Party. Diamondstone said of Vermont’s sitting senators. This year Mr. Diamondstone is running for “The power of all war is in the appropriation the U.S. Senate. process.” But he’s not running, he corrected this reporter Mr. Diamondstone also brought up a new during a recent interview. Mr. Diamondstone partnership between the University of Vermont scolds the press constantly for reducing political and Sandia National Laboratories, an outfit that, campaigns to the level of a soccer match by using Peter Diamondstone in 2014. according to its own website, has a deep zippy words like “run” and “battle.” Photo by Joseph Gresser involvement with the U.S. nuclear weapons The correct form, he said, is that he is a arsenal that dates back to 1949. candidate for senator. “None of us run,” he As for the patriarch of the political clan, at The new partnership, says its website, “was added. “It’s a hiring process, and the voters are age 77 he’s moving a little more slowly this year, created to enhance multidisciplinary education the hiring committee.” with the aid of a cane. The couple has had a and workforce development appropriate for a It doesn’t seem to bother Mr. Diamondstone difficult year. Their huge, rambling home near smart electricity infrastructure sector….” that he never gets hired. He did a little better in Brattleboro was damaged by tropical storm Irene “We now have the militarization of Vermont,” each election, he said a good many years ago. If in the summer of 2011. Then early this past Mr. Diamondstone said. And because of that, he he never achieved elected office, the verdict would summer it was destroyed by fire. They spent the added, “I’ve become an ardent secessionist.” not be that he failed, but that he didn’t live long summer in a borrowed recreational vehicle on the “It’s stuff like that that prompts me to keep enough. property, and only moved into warmer quarters going,” Mr. Diamondstone said. Stuff, he said, Mr. Diamondstone was pleased to be about a week ago. with an accusing glare at a reporter, “that people reminded of that statement on his most recent If Mr. Diamondstone has aged and weathered just don’t latch onto.” visit. And he offered another one: over the past two years, he hasn’t exactly