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VOLUME 43, NUMBER 25 JUNE 22, 2016 ONE DOLLAR Walmart wishes a happy More charges stem from ninety-eighth to Gisele Barton meth lab raid by Joseph Gresser amount and remains at Northern State Correctional Facility in NEWPORT — The other shoe Newport. dropped Tuesday for Terry A. The falling shoe clipped another Parson, 33, of Bellows Falls. He five people in its descent. All was brought into the Criminal appeared in court on June 15 and Division of Orleans County Criminal have entered pleas of innocent to a Court Tuesday where five more large collection of charges related to charges were added to the three he the meth-making operation Mr. already faces for allegedly making Parson is accused of running. and selling methamphetamine. Donald A. Sabens, 34, of St. Mr. Parson pled innocent to two Johnsbury was charged with felony charges of conspiring to make possession of methamphetamine, meth and one of manufacturing the three charges of conspiracy, one drug. He also denied charges of charge of cruelty to a child, one cruelty to a child and reckless charge of reckless endangerment, endangerment. and three of possession of the If he is convicted of the most chemicals needed to produce serious charge, manufacturing methamphetamine. methamphetamine, Mr. Parson Damion Gage, 23, of could spend up to 20 years in prison Brownington pled innocent to four and pay a fine of $1-million. charges of possessing chemicals for One May 23 Mr. Parson pled meth production, sale of Gisele Seymour celebrates her ninety-eighth birthday in grand style. The tireless innocent to selling meth, a felony, methamphetamine, three charges of petitioner, described by Derby Selectman Brian Smith as the reason Walmart is and possession of less than 2.5 drug conspiracy, and one of coming to town, was serenaded by a chorus of 50 construction workers Tuesday grams of the drug. conspiracy to manufacture meth. in the gigantic shell of what will soon be Vermont’s largest Walmart. More photos Judge Howard VanBenthuysen Danna M. Shover, 31, of of Ms. Seymour’s birthday can be found on page twenty-two. kept Mr. Parson’s bail at $100,000. Photo by Joseph Gresser Newport pled innocent to three He has not been able to raise that (Continued on page sixteen.) in Coventry Select board considers gift of historic church by Elizabeth Trail was one of the three. about one more year,” he said. But there is no An agreement had almost been reached to money to paint the building or put on the new COVENTRY — The Coventry Select Board is donate the church to the town, when one of the roof it needs. once again considering an offer made ten years select board members made a comment about In the United Church of Christ, also known ago by the last surviving members of the selling the historic building, he said. as the Congregational Church, the building Congregational Church of Coventry to give the That brought an end to the negotiations. belongs to its members, he said. historic church building to the town. Since then, one of the three members has The intent of the congregation is expressed in The church was built in 1829 by prominent died, and one is having memory issues. Dr. notes taken ten years ago during a meeting with early resident Elijah Cleveland. Feltmarch is himself elderly and would like to see attorney and Probate Judge John Monette, he A decade ago, there were three living the matter settled. said. members of the church, said Alan Feltmarch, who “We have enough money in the account to go (Continued on page twenty-six.) in Barton Brownington death Arts group reconsiders ruled homicide buying Thibeault house The death of a Brownington Smith dead “of unknown causes,” by Elizabeth Trail café in Newport, and we mentioned man in March has been ruled a according to a press release issued that we were starting an arts group homicide. at the time. BARTON — Is there support for in Barton,” Ed Helm said. Mr. The Chief Medical Examiner’s Police said then that Mr. Smith an arts center in Barton? Helm has been one of the key office announced on Monday that died of “an incised injury to the The organizers of the Greater figures in organizing the proposed Kevin Smith, 38, died from a stab chest” but added that the manner of wound to his chest. death was pending further Barton Arts Center, Inc., think so. arts center. Around 8:30 p.m. on March 28 investigation and an autopsy from “We were in the natural foods “The reaction was, in Barton? I think that’s an image we’re going to State Police responded to a 911 call the medical examiner’s office. have to work to overcome.” from Jennifer Simard, Mr. Smith’s In a statement issued Monday, “To be honest, that’s my girlfriend, who said he was at her State Police Public Information reaction, too,” painter Ann Young house near the Evansville Trading Officer Scott Waterman said the said. Post and unresponsive. investigation is ongoing, and no “There are a lot of people who When police and Orleans further information will be released ambulance arrived, they found Mr. at this time. (Continued on page twenty-four.) Page Two the Chronicle, June 22, 2016 the Chronicle Size of workforce declined last month INDEX The Derby labor market area saw another drop in the size of the local workforce in May, The jobless rate Kingdom Calendar ...... 12B-17B compared to May of 2015. State Department of Letters to the Editor ...... 4-6 Labor figures show the number of jobs was the Derby & Vermont Obituaries...... 4B-7B same as that recorded a year earlier. Perimeter...... 3B The result was a dip in the unemployment Ruminations...... 2B rate to 4.3 percent. In May of 2015 that figure Derby VT Sports...... 22 was pegged at 5.1 percent. Sudoku Puzzle ...... 6 This May, 12,500 people were ready and Advertising Sections willing to work. 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Have a safe and happy 4th of July from all of us at the Chronicle! (802) 525-3531 • [email protected] • [email protected] Page Three the Chronicle, June 22, 2016 Rotary raises over $3,000 with Hayes Ford fund-raiser by Elizabeth Trail “We repair houses,” she said. “We built a shed for the Boy Scouts. We have a new program NEWPORT — Despite a hot day that made to help both active and retired veterans — going to the beach or gardening a tempting anything from groceries to gift cards, and we alternative, more than 150 people showed up at helped one get his car fixed.” Hayes Ford here Saturday to test drive cars and Last year the club formed a task force on raise money for a good cause. substance abuse, Ms. Moot said. The annual Drive-4-Ur-Community fund- “We decided that drugs are one of the biggest raiser raised a little over $3,000 for the Newport threats to our community,” she said. Rotary Club. Two club members — Stephanie Bowen and The money comes from the Ford corporate Michelle Tarryk — are working with Newport office, said Jessica Judd, who works in customer Police Chief Seth DiSanto to see where money relations for Hayes Ford and does the hands-on can best be spent. Ms. Bowen works in a court work to get the event off the ground. diversion program, and Ms. Tarryk is executive Twice a year, the dealership is allowed to put director of Northeast Kingdom Learning Services. on an event benefitting a local school or “The reason I like the Rotary is the members,” community organization. Mr. Smith said. Ford pays $20 for each person who comes in He was working for the state when he went to to test drive a car, up to a total of $6,000. his first Rotary Club meeting more than 20 years This is the third year that the Rotary Club ago. has taken advantage of the program. “I heard them talking, and I thought, I want The previous times, the club made about to be with these people,” Mr. Smith said. $4,300. “They’re civic minded, they’re thinking about the “It’s not our biggest fund-raiser, but it’s the community, not themselves.” shortest. Everything happens all in one day,” But all of that community involvement takes Rotary Club Chair Jude Smith said. a lot of money. Mr. Smith did most of the coordination The Rotary’s bigger and more time-consuming between the club and Ms. Judd for the Ford event. fund-raisers are a basketball tournament and a “It’s a super easy way to make a lot of money duck regatta, Mr. Smith said. in one day,” Ms. Judd said. The basketball tournament involves 300 to Super easy is, perhaps, relative. 400 youngsters and goes on for about two weeks. The Ford Corporation donates the money. The club makes about $10,000 and $12,000 from But the local dealership puts up a tent, pays for admissions and food sales. publicity, and supplies food and gift bags. Hayes “It’s a lot of work,” he said. “But we focus on Ford also kept Ms. Judd on site for the day. teaching sportsmanship. That’s something they’re Members of the Rotary Club greet people as not getting from sports these days, especially if they show up, and ride along with them on a they’re looking at professional players.” short loop drive through the streets north of the Club members also spend months before the dealership. They’re also on hand to grill and duck regatta selling rubber ducks to businesses serve hot dogs. and the public. That event typically raises about “I like working with the Rotary,” Ms. Judd Newport Rotary Club Chair Jude Smith was the star of $15,000. said. “They’re right here, helping all the time.” the publicity poster he’s holding up to advertise That points out a significant difference Saturday’s Drive-4-Ur-Community event at Hayes Ford. Contrary to what some people may fear, there between other fund-raisers and Ford’s Drive-4- is never a sales pitch, Ms. Judd said. No Club member Candy Moot is at Mr. Smith’s right. The Ur-Community program, Ms. Judd said. event raised over $3,000. Photo by Elizabeth Trail salespeople get involved. And the names “Those events recirculate money that’s already collected are only used to verify how much money in the community,” she said. “This money comes to send with corporate headquarters. The local Rotary also buys winter clothes for from Ford. It’s new money coming in.” “We don’t directly make any sales from this,” poor children, he said. she said. “But the Rotary does so much good in “It used to be toys, but now kids need the the community, we want to support them.” necessities,” Mr. Smith said. Last year, the Rotary Club raised over In recent years, the Newport Rotary also

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Sunday morning, I returned home from going to retrieve the “Refugees Welcome” banner that we had hung from the suspension bridge in Hardwick, only to find that it had been vandalized. Since Monday is the actual date of World concerning tolerance and love. We asked people Refugee Day, I planned to hold vigil at this bridge to please join us and feel free to bring a personal from sunrise to sunset, one day before the longest banner or sign about tolerance and love. Chronicle office day of the year. We will repaint the banner, Emily Lanxner meditate, drum, share songs, and discuss any Hardwick hours issue that people have concerns about, especially We are open for business: Monday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. After 71 years, what’s to be gained by an investigation? Wednesday, closed. Dear editor, I support Mr. Bradley’s son James Bradley in Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Being a Marine Corps veteran myself, I am his opposition to the investigation of an event Come by our office located on Water Street in always interested in the happenings of the Corps. that took place more than seven decades ago. Barton or phone us at (802) 525-3531. I read the article “Marines Investigating Claim Most of the identified personnel in the photo, as About Men in Iwo Jima Photo,” in the May 3 well as the photographer Joe Rosenthal, are dead, issue of the Newport Daily Express, and was not so although it may be good to have the correct happy with what is going on in the Marine Corps facts about the photo, and maybe personnel, after of today. 71 years, what really is there to be gained by a the Chronicle For over seven decades that photo has been time-consuming, expensive, and I also feel © copyright, 2016 used in many good ways, the first in raising funds unnecessary, efforts in an investigation of for the war effort through U.S. war bonds, which questions by two amateur history buffs. 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Opinions and letters are the opinion of more than 250 words will be edited for length. the author. the Chronicle, June 22, 2016 Page Five Letter to the editor An open letter to Deb Markowitz, secretary of Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources Dear Secretary Markowitz: stress due to a warming climate, but mostly have at least engendered some discussion and I am writing to request that you take two unrelenting hunting pressure has been the key debate rather than the complete silence and urgent steps: 1.) Use your office and authority factor in the population decline. Since 2009, the groupthink in April? And why were there no over the Department of Fish and Wildlife to first year of the population going into the red, alternative proposals, including one that was request that Governor Shumlin cancel this year’s 3,854 moose permits were approved by the FWB conservative in fact, offered to the board by DFW. moose season, and 2.) that you appoint a special with nearly 2,000 moose killed, pushing the How could one proposal cover all the diverse investigator to launch an inquiry into the population deeper and deeper into deficit. perspectives towards management of this iconic decision-making process for this year’s moose Most troubling is the fact that calf mortality species in crisis? Why did your team at DFW hunt to determine whether state laws and public appears to be off the charts. A recent study of convey to the public that this year’s plan was very policy were violated in the process. collared moose calves in Maine showed a 75 conservative after it was voted upon in April? I make these requests for the following reasons: percent mortality rate. In New Hampshire in the Vermont has been deemed the state with the Vermont’s moose population is in crisis; it has past year a stunning 80 percent of collared study highest percentage of wildlife watchers. Most been in decline over the last ten years but most moose calves died. Vermonters simply want to see a moose, yet for significantly the population has been below the The stated goal of this year’s decision by over a decade the odds get worse each year. minimum carrying capacity threshold since 2009. DFW/FWB is “…designed to increase moose Shouldn’t moose be managed to benefit all That threshold minimum of 3,000 animals has numbers throughout the state.” In what Vermonters as state statutes require? Isn’t been long-standing public policy. Current Orwellian world does an aggressive kill quota of a wildlife held in the public trust and not privatized population estimates hover around 2,000 animals. species in decline coupled with likely very high to serve special interests and not public interests? Despite the severe population deficit, the calf mortality result in a stable and increasing Isn’t this year’s aggressive kill proposal contrary Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (DFW) population? The biology doesn’t support it; to all reasonable expectations held by the vast recommendation to the Fish and Wildlife Board neither does basic arithmetic or simple logic. majority of Vermonters? And how did our (FWB) of 160 moose permits (some 8 perent of the And perhaps most troubling of all is that the management decision-making process become so current population) was accepted by the board decision by the FWB was chiefly informed by the thoroughly broken, so reckless? this April without a single vote against the categorization of this year’s permit quota by DFW I implore you to look into this entire fiasco proposal despite a host of alarms going off. leadership as “…..very conservative.” In fact, of that throws public interests, public policy and Vermont’s moose population is facing serious the three key moose states in New England, public law under the bus. I implore you to do all threats — winter ticks, brain worm, and heat Vermont’s quota is actually the most aggressive. you can to halt this year’s kill so that this state’s New Hampshire, with a moose population twice moose population has some small chance of that of Vermont’s, is releasing 71 permits — less recovering. Doesn’t that serve all interests long than half the number Vermont is releasing. And term including hunters? There are simply too Death notice Vermont’s quota, as compared to Maine’s with many red flags to not halt this year’s take and some 65,000 animals, is nearly three times as examine how this arm of Vermont’s governance Jack Frederick Healey aggressive as Maine’s as a percentage of failed so miserably. population. Thank you for your hearing me out. I look Jack Frederick Healey of Woodstock, Did the FWB approve the DFW proposal forward to your reply. 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Opinion I grew up here; they didn’t by Bill Schubart couldn’t reach it. My wife was away. That night, I went to a party and a friend was there. I asked New Age trigger warning: The following her if she would accompany me into the bathroom column contains information that may be and remove my tick. We’re closer friends now. troubling to people with heightened sensibilities Nashville capitalized on the tick phenomenon and little real world experience or who suffer with a hit single entitled “Ticks.” “I wanna check from enhanced yuck factor syndrome. you for ticks” is the new singles bar come-on. Biologists claim the only life-threatening Last week, I was doing my annual cattail fauna in Vermont are the endangered timber harvest in our pond. I had never seen a leech in rattlers making their homes in Benson. Benson there in the ten years since we dug it. I was wasn’t my first choice when I was looking for a pulling cattails in about a foot of murky water home. It’s a nice town, but until I began stacking and felt the usual polliwogs swimming around wood at age 24, I was even afraid of garter inside my swimming trunks. Then I began to feel snakes, which often confuse woodpiles with some light stings and wondered if polliwogs had condos. Even today, “slither shock” still elicits an evolved into carnivores. I kept at it until I adrenalin discharge but no longer paralysis. finished my harvest, swam around for a bit, and I went to a fairly low-rent summer camp for a then emerged and pulled off my trunks to shake week on Lake Eden and, while there, first met out the polliwogs. I gasped when I saw a good 30 leeches. We called them “bloodsuckers.” There leeches squirming around in the bottom of the were so many that the camp owner had a salt lick bathing suit, the losers in a game of musical on the swimming dock so we could rub salt on chairs unable to find any open thigh space left to them, causing them to disconnect, pucker up, and attach to. I shook the losers out on the grass and fall back into the water. I was middle-aged when returned the polliwogs to the pond. I then All horizontal rows of nine, all vertical I first donated blood. removed as many bloodsuckers as I could reach columns of nine, and all the heavily There were no ticks when I was young, except and walked up to the house, yelling for my outlined boxes of nine squares must from the grandfather clock in the hall that didn’t patient wife’s help. contain all the numbers from one to nine. keep time, but made weird mechanical noises and Standing naked on the lawn in a mooning chimed at odd hours. I first learned of them posture with my beloved picking slimy hemovores Solution, tips and computer program at when a friend told me a friend of his from Long off my nethers, our cheery UPS driver drove up www.sudoku.com Island was suffering horribly from a new disease and almost careened off into the vegetable called Lyme disease. I added both to my middle- garden. The answer is on page 2B. age catalog of fears. “Never been mooned by a customer before,” he I met my first tick many years later. It had yelled cheerily as he drove off after discretely settled into my thigh. I felt an itch, looked down leaving a package in the driveway. saw forays into the woods prefer the needle tracks and saw some tiny little legs flailing in the air. I So when Vermarketers tout the lack of left by the bloodsuckers, so at least there’s less plucked it out, examined it and dropped it in the dangerous fauna in Vermont, call me. I grew up scar tissue. sink. It was a harmless large tick. The next here. Most of them did not. Bill Schubart is a writer who lives in visitor landed in the middle of my back and I P.S. The deer ticks I remove after my chain Hinesburg.

Northeast Kingdom Relay for Life to be held June 25 The community is buzzing with Relay for Life said it best. community. I want to see more and more of the Northeast Kingdom preparations, as well as “I started participating in Relay for Life six survivors with fewer families losing the ones local fund-raisers leading up to the big event on or seven years ago. I decided to join and raise they love to cancer.” Saturday, June 25, plus an overnight, on the track money because my family had just received the Ms. Carron has a team of ten so far who will of North Country Union High School in Newport. news my uncle had lung cancer. I wanted to walk for hope at the relay and is happy to North Country Hospital celebrated National make a difference, helping raise funds to find a welcome more team members or answer any Cancer Survivor’s Day on June 5 with a local cure, to help the patients and families during questions about the upcoming event. Her contact event for survivors and their family members at their darkest days, to allow more people to see information is 334-3210, extension 108. the Gateway Center in Newport. another day, week, month or year. Almost The relay website is at Chelsey Carron, who works as a medical everyone has someone they know that has or had www.RelayForLife.org/northeastkingdomvt. — assistant in the hospital’s Sleep Medicine Clinic, cancer. This is my way of giving back to my from North Country Hospital. the Chronicle, June 22, 2016 Page Seven

Newport City Council Aldermen divided on new cruiser for police chief by Joseph Gresser technician. He said he was concerned that the Mr. Vincent said he saw no need for a vote, as dealer that bought the car might sell the hybrid the council had never made moving to Newport a NEWPORT — Mayor Paul Monette called for to an unsuspecting buyer. Mr. Roberge said he requirement for Ms. Dolgin. He pointed to the a moment of silence in memory of Edwin Newton was worried that the city might wind up on the city charter and said it backed him up. Monday evening at the start of the city council wrong end of a lawsuit as a result. The discussion see-sawed with each side meeting. Mr. Newton was a member of the city’s The chief said the main problem with the car repeating its arguments until Mayor Monette volunteer fire department for over 40 years, the was that it has been used as a police cruiser even pleaded for a vote to end the discussion. Mr. mayor said. though it lacks the heavy duty parts found in Wilson noted that Ms. Dolgin had put the matter Alderman Steven Vincent paid tribute to the most vehicles used for law enforcement work. on the agenda and suggested the council should contributions Mr. Newton made to the city and Newport recently bought snow machines vote as a matter of courtesy. his fellow firefighters. The department needs using money from federal grants connected with The aldermen did vote, and Ms. Dolgin will be new blood, he added. the Operation Stone Garden border protection permitted to stay in her Derby home. Fire Chief James LeClair said the average program. The new cruiser has the oomph needed When Zoning Administrator Charles Elliott age of the department is under 50, but his to tow those machines and other city equipment, appeared before the council and asked for department has only about 25 members as Chief DiSanto said. permission to have the city attorney look over a opposed to the 50 it boasted years ago. One of the Mr. Roberge suggested the city might save proposed ordinance to control chickens in problems is the training requirements, which are money by using other department’s equipment to Newport, the aldermen were united in their as stringent for a small department like tow the police trailers. willingness to grant his request. Newport’s as they would be for a big city force. Chief DiSanto pointed out that Operation Mr. Elliott said there have been a number of When young people discuss the possibility of Stone Garden could require the equipment to be householders who own chickens and have allowed joining the Newport department they often ask towed as far as Canaan. the birds to roam. about the pay schedule, Chief LeClair said. Chief LeClair said he couldn’t allow his Mr. Wilson said there was such a flock in his When he tells them it’s a volunteer force their trucks to be taken that far from the city for fear neighborhood, and the birds have torn up gardens enthusiasm tends to diminish, the chief said. that a fire or other emergency might require their and destroyed cherished perennials. Mr. Vincent said there ought to be a way to presence in Newport. Under a proposal from the city planning encourage high school students to think about Mr. Roberge insisted that the chief talk to the commission, a permit would be required to keep signing up. technician and return to the council before taking chickens in city limits, and their housing would There will be a county wide force in the not- further action. be inspected annually. Violations of the too-distant future, Mr. Vincent said. That will Alderman John Wilson noted that Chief ordinance, including failure to control the birds, allow people who work a distance from their DiSanto was not asking for extra money and had would be punished by a fine that would increase home to fight fires when they are in the vicinity. brought in more than $200,000 in grants in daily. Chief LeClair said he expects to see such a recent months. He said the council ought to trust Chief DiSanto said his force will not make development within the next ten years. the chief’s judgment on what equipment he needs chicken complaints a priority. He said he feared At Alderman Neil Morrissette’s request, the to operate and moved that the chief be authorized that people who are plagued by neighboring fowls council gave $250 toward a plaque to honor Mr. to trade in his old car and buy the new used one. might feel they are being neglected by the city as Newton and other firefighters. He said the Mr. Roberge and Mr. Vincent opposed the a result. department plans a spaghetti dinner at 5 p.m. on motion. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Morrissette favored He proposed that enforcement be placed in June 25 to honor Mr. Newton’s memory. it. The tie was broken by Mr. Monette who voted the hands of the animal control officer. The It will take place at the Elks Club in Derby. to let the chief buy new wheels. council was prepared to vote when planning Admission is by donation, Mr. Morrissette said. A similar dispute broke out over Mr. Wilson’s commission member Clark Curtis rose. That expression of praise for the city’s motion to allow City Manager Laura Dolgin to Mr. Curtis said the commission had not voted firefighters was just about the last thing council maintain her residence in Derby. Earlier in the to authorize Mr. Elliott to place the proposed members agreed on. year Mr. Wilson complained that Ms. Dolgin had ordinance before the council. He said they only When Police Chief Seth DiSanto asked for said she would move to Newport when she was asked to have the city attorney look at it and approval of his plan to trade in his hybrid cruiser, hired, but was later told by members of the write a section dealing with enforcement. Alderman Jacques Roberge objected. In a memo, council that she needn’t do so. Mr. Elliott and the aldermen tried to the chief said he has experienced problems with Mr. Wilson said he knows Newport’s charter persuade Mr. Curtis that they were only doing the hybrid, including overheating of the battery does not require city employees to live in the city, what he proposed, but he disagreed. and at least one occasion when it wouldn’t start. but said the advertisement for the job said the It was finally decided to send the ordinance That was a time when an officer had called manager must live in Newport and each back to the planning commission and forward it for backup. candidate was asked if he or she would move to to the city attorney for review only after the Chief DiSanto wanted to exchange the car the city. commission’s next meeting. and $3,000 cash for a used conventional cruiser. He said he was happy to let the matter drop, This year the Fourth of July falls on a Mr. Roberge said he thought the chief ought but thought it could be best put to rest by a Monday, so the council will have an extra week of to have his cruiser looked at by a certified hybrid council vote. rest before it meets again on July 11.

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How did Pageant Park get its name? In 1921 the citizens of Barton celebrated the on Water Street to see the new exhibit of the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the pageant showing many photos of the various permanent settling of the town in 1796. The scenes and the list of participants. Still living in celebration lasted four days and included many Barton, the Mays and Owens were the only events, including parades through the village, participants who were actual descendants of the airplane exhibitions, band concerts, baseball pioneer families. People are sure to recognize games, and an outdoor pageant depicting the some of the family names. history of Baron in 18 different scenes. Music The museum is open Sunday afternoons from was provided by the New Harmony Orchestra and 1 to 4 p.m. through August or by appointment by the Barton Band. The cast of 300 plus (all calling 525-3084. residents of Barton except one) were dressed in This summer there will be weekly authentic costumes, and the scenes were taken presentations from 2 to 3 p.m. as follows: June from actual records. A grandstand was built to 26, storytelling — the way it was; July 10, seat 1,200 people and was filled to capacity for Barton’s contribution in wars; July 17, each performance. organization of towns and villages; July 24, In 1924, Henry Cutler, president of the Barton historical pageant of 1921; July 31, the history Savings and Trust Company, donated 17 acres of and significance of the coming of the railroad; land, including the pageant grounds, for a municipal Pan calls elements, spirits of woods and mountains to August 7, Powerpoint of tourism; August 14, park. It is enjoyed today as Pageant Park. mingle in dance, which fades before the spirit of the significant fires, August 28, end of season ice Visit the Barton Museum at the Pierce House Indians who in turn disappear as the pioneer spirit cream social. — submitted by Dorothy Hathaway. comes on. Photo courtesy of Dorothy Hathaway

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RENTALS FOR ALL Newport demonstration held in OCCASIONS 20’x40’ Canopies. Setup & breakdown wake of Orlando shootings included. by Joseph Gresser Bouchard. Both carried handmade posters Tables & chairs expressing the theme of the day. available. NEWPORT — Some Newport residents Harvest had drawn a detailed image of a decided not to let a Florida shooting that left 49 semiautomatic weapon inside a red circle with a people dead and another 53 wounded pass red slash across it. He said he used photographs without a public statement about their distress of rifles as a reference for his work. July 2, 1937 and anger. Esther was ambivalent about attending the 79th Birthday Card Shower for Pam Ladds was seated at the Emory Hebard protest, her mother said. State Office Building at 3 p.m. on Friday. She “She said she kind of likes guns, but I made wore a T-shirt decorated with a big pink triangle her come here,” Ms. Cornelius said. Carl “Tom” Nelson and carried a hand drum. Most of those at the demonstration made c/o Maple Lane Nursing Home Ms. Ladds was the only person on time for a clear that they were specifically opposed to demonstration called in the wake of the June 12 civilians owning military style rifles. None said 60 Maple Lane, Room #9 murder of 49 people at a gay nightclub in they had a problem with their neighbors who own Barton, VT 05822 Orlando, Florida, but said she was confident that firearms for hunting or personal protection. others would soon join her. Paula Graveline and her daughter Aleena Sure enough, people began arriving, one or attended the protest together. two at a time, until a small crowd, about 12 or 13 “People who think they should have an Cards of Thanks strong, stood near the big stone fish on the plaza assault rifle that shoots 50 bullets a minute are $10.50 per column inch. (An ad this size is $21.) in front of the state office building. should have to explain to the rest of us why they Birthdays & Card Showers Most carried hand lettered signs opposing the need to have such a weapon,” Paula Graveline are $13 per column inch. (An ad this size is $26.) sale of military style weapons for civilian use. said. Deadline is Monday at noon. “The demonstration was scheduled as a way “People with a gun who are not experienced the Chronicle of raising awareness of what happened in could kill someone,” her daughter added. She 802-525-3531 • [email protected] Orlando,” Ms. Ladds said. suggested a gun safety course ought to be a “Someone with a serious mental condition, or requirement for anyone who wishes to buy a poor impulse control and a high capacity rifle,” firearm. 415 Union Street shot up a crowd of people out for an evening of Paula Graveline said her daughter wanted to Newport, VT 05855 enjoyment, was her summary of the crime. attend the demonstration, but was concerned that (802) 334-2780 • (800) 440-2780 Since Fax: (802) 334-6344 The weapon the murderer brought to the club someone who disagreed with her position might 1937. E-mail: [email protected] was designed “for slaughtering people and go so far as to shoot demonstrators. Open: Mon.-Fri. 7-4. Closed Sat. & Sun. animals,” Ms. Ladds said. In fact the reaction to the demonstrators was Our services are tailored to fit your needs. Judith Henault agreed. largely positive. Many drivers honked as they From a simple business card to a complete presentation folder. . . “I think people shouldn’t have these,” she passed the protest and gave the thumbs up sign. we are ready to assist you with precision & efficiency. said. “They are meant to kill and only the wedding invitations & accessories graphic design There were also those who expressed their banners newsletters military should have them.”

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IRASBURG — Two contending parties appear before a judge at the start of Lesley Becker’s new play The Gods of the Hills. They are disputing the validity of the signature on a contract allowing a pipeline to carry oil from tar sands through the water supply for the small, imaginary, Vermont town of Hillsboro. The play, presented in a performance in Irasburg Saturday evening, is a cry from Ms. Becker’s heart against the abuse of the environment for the love of money. Most of the play consists of an extended flashback showing the machinations of Eric Powers, a thoroughly corrupt state official. Powers, performed by Joseph Grabon, is a consummate manipulator who exerts a baleful influence on almost every character, charming, blackmailing or bribing them to get his way. What does he want? His complicated and seemingly contradictory agenda includes getting approval for the tar sands pipeline to run through environmentally sensitive areas, and authorization for industrial scale wind towers to After the performance, a panel that included, from left to right, Senator John Rodgers, Dr. Ron Holland, Robbin be built close to the homes of Hillsboro’s people. Clarke, and Suzanna Jones discussed issues touched on in the play. Photos by Joseph Gresser

His Agency of the Environment is also that his promises to protect Hillsboro from pushing a plan to condemn and demolish homes further encroachment by wind developers mean that don’t meet insulation standards. Powers’ nothing and quits her job. idea is to cut back on atmospheric warming and At nearly the same time, Ms. Green sees her depopulate rural areas by forcing people to move boyfriend’s true character and sues him in an to urban areas. attempt to have the agreement Ed signed Ed Montgomery (Bob Carmody), the head of declared void. Hillsboro’s select board and its sole water The judge (Cynthia Seckler) does not resolve commissioner, is key to the pipeline and wind the question, but looks at the way courts protect schemes. He is a man suffering from headaches the rights of children, who cannot speak for caused by wind turbine noise, and troubled by a themselves, in deciding to appoint a guardian ad past that doesn’t bear public scrutiny. litem to represent the interests of the planet. Powers finds the selectman’s police record In the end the play is an argument for and uses it as leverage to get his signature on the creating such a guardian of future generations to pipeline agreement. Montgomery’s status as protect the earth from greedy schemers. water commissioner means it can be put through Ms. Becker directed the reading of her play on his say-so alone. with stark simplicity. An actor moved a pair of The plan hits a snag when Ed Montgomery chairs around the stage to indicate the location of kills himself, and his place is taken by Alison each scene. Fields (Kyla Paul), a nurse who suspects the pipe Ms. Becker, who directs the Health Works is not structurally sound. ONE Newport office as her day job, said she spent Powers arranges to have her fired by the two years writing and polishing the play. The hospital that employees her, and with the help of process included showcasing parts of the drama Playwright Lesley Becker laughs at a comment made Karin Green (Andy Krakow) an environmental at workshops and having trusted friends read and during the after-performance discussion. lawyer with whom he has established a romantic critique the work, she said. liaison, he tries to get her cooperation. She is no stranger to the theater, having Fields takes a well-paid job with the Agency studied at the Lee Strasburg School in New York of the Environment, only to discover it requires (Continued on page eleven.) her to support Powers’ policies. She also realizes

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Page Twelve the Chronicle, June 22, 2016 Retired scientist bikes to Texas for the environment by Elizabeth Trail justice issues in how the decreasing availability of places to stay or interesting opportunities to energy, food, and water will affect people’s lives either learn or talk about sustainability issues, DERBY LINE — The Haskell Opera House in the years to come. Mr. Martin said. was the unofficial starting point of a solo bike trip A string of connections, beginning with Mr. In New York City, he’s meeting with people from Vermont to Texas by a 69-year-old retired Martin’s social justice concerns in Texas, brought about water issues, planting a community garden bug scientist with a message about the him to Barton to stay with Ed and Adrien Helm. with children, and going to a board meeting of environment. From Burlington, Mr. Martin will head south Dos Pueblos, a sister city organization. After speaking at the First Universalist through Middlebury and on to New York City and In Washington, he’s visiting the Nature Parish Church in Derby Line on Sunday, Paul Washington, D.C. Conservancy’s national headquarters and going to Martin posed for pictures in front of the opera He had hoped to meet with environmental the League of United Latin American Citizens house and library, which sits astride the activist Bill McKibben in Middlebury, but Mr. (LULAC) national convention. international border. McKibben is in Europe right now, fund-raising for Outside of Atlanta, he’ll go to an agricultural But Mr. Martin’s trip officially started in the environmental group he founded, 350.org. research station to see some old colleagues. Burlington on Monday, after a jaunt to St. Mr. Martin will head down the East Coast as He said he expects to learn as much as he Johnsbury to visit Senator Bernie Sanders’ far as Atlanta before turning west, eventually teaches. Northeast Kingdom office. getting back to his hometown in southern Texas. “What is the pulse of the country?” is a Mr. Martin is biking to raise awareness of the He hasn’t trained for the trip, though he is fit question he will ask himself as he talks to people energy crisis facing the planet, and particularly for his age. about climate change, the environment, and the about the role that food choices and agricultural When asked why he’s choosing to head south role lifestyle choices play. “And how do we practices play in how much energy people will use on a bicycle in the hottest part of the year, he just change people’s mindsets?” in the future. laughed. One thing he’s sure of. He chose Vermont as his starting point “Well, maybe it was kind of stupid,” he said, “We can’t continue to have this high impact because of his admiration for Senator Sanders’ undaunted. world,” he said. messages about social and economic justice. His itinerary was determined by where he Like Senator Sanders, Mr. Martin sees social knows people who could set him up with either (Continued on page thirteen.) JUNE IS DAIRY MONTH!

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the Chronicle, June 22, 2016 Page Thirteen The planet’s resources are like a pie (Continued from page twelve.) indefinitely, given the growing human population number that are alive now. and the ever-increasing amount of stuff and At current levels of consumption, most On Friday night, Mr. Martin met with Ben energy that people use. Americans are using about three times the Luce, a Lyndon State College physics professor amount of resources that they should, Mr. Martin who lives in Newport, at the Helms’ home in said. And the problem will get worse as the Barton to talk about solar energy. world’s population grows and people everywhere Mr. Luce was formerly the head of alternative expect to improve their lifestyles. energy research at the Los Alamos National The planet’s resources are like a pie, Mr. Laboratory and has been a critic of wind energy Martin said. The more people there are in the in Vermont. room, the smaller each person’s slice of the pie is “I’ve been bad-mouthing photovoltaics,” Mr. going to have to be. Martin said. “But my knowledge was way Economists assume that the pie can just outdated. This is the way.” continue to grow, Mr. Martin said. But that flies An interview with Mr. Martin, which took in the face of very real limitations on energy and place at the Helms’ home on Saturday night, will resources. appear on Newport’s public access television “We’re in overshoot,” he said. That means the channel. This reporter asked some of the questions, along with Mr. Helm and Barton earth now has more people than it can support. “In the Northeast Kingdom, we are facing the Village Trustee Tin Barton-Caplin. opposite problem,” Mr. Barton-Caplin said. “How After earning his PhD, Mr. Martin spent most to grow the local economy in the face of a of his career as an agricultural entomologist — a declining population. Do you have any thoughts scientist who studies insects and their on how we deal with that?” relationship to crops. “That’s the question, isn’t it?” Mr. Martin One of his projects used lacewings, a said. predatory insect, to control cotton bollworms. Other parts of the world where populations “But then I started realizing it’s not really the are in decline are trying to figure out how to raise insects that are the problem, it’s the people,” he birth rates to keep their economies growing, he said. “People and a system of agriculture that said. Economists don’t know how to have a throws all of the natural systems out of whack.” healthy economy without growth. In 1980, he was one of three authors of a But population growth makes its own research paper called “An eco-approach to pest problems, like providing energy, food, and water management.” for more people, he said. And there’s less and He served as the state sustainable agriculture less left over for nature. coordinator when Jim Hightower was the Texas Mr. Martin will keep a blog at Commissioner of Agriculture in the 1980s. His paulpeaceparables.com, and learn how to use sustainability work has also taken him to Brazil Retired scientist Paul Martin at the Haskell Opera Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to keep people and other Latin American countries. House in Derby Line before starting a solo bike trip up to date on his trip. He’ll also have an app from Vermont to Texas. Mr. Martin hopes to raise Mr. Martin started to think and read about called Glympse to let his family keep track of sustainability in the 1970s. awareness about environmental issues. Photo courtesy of Adrien Helm where he is in real time. “But we weren’t using that term back then,” “This is the first time I’ve used technology he said. “We were concerned with dying towns, In fact, it’s not really a question, Mr. Martin like this,” he said, holding up his iPhone 6. and quality of life for people across the area. We “These have a large ecological footprint. looked at it as a question of social justice, basic said at Saturday evening’s gathering. Within the lifetimes of some children Unacceptable, really.” humane-ness, and sanity.” already born, the world’s population is expected contact Elizabeth Trail, Sustainability is now used to refer to whether to hit about 11 billion people — half again the [email protected] the earth can support life as we know it JUNE IS DAIRY MONTH!

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nothing is certain except the ending, closely may not be the best way to and that still is shrouded in a veil of lead your life.” uncertainty.” Her earliest dream was to That uncertainty, he said, become a mail delivery lady, she “makes it all the more important said. Ms. Strong said she has that you live life to the fullest learned that it’s important to be extent and be the best version of flexible and “accept amendments to yourself you possible can.” your dream.” Salutatorian Anna Strong told Ms. Strong said it’s important Members of the graduating class gather one last time to celebrate their freedom from her classmates that, while dreaming not to get too absorbed in one’s high school in a shower of mortarboards. is important, “chasing dreams too (Continued on page fifteen.) dl un e It! B the Chronicle customers have been asking Wishing for it, and we listened. For only you a $10 more, you can add the online edition of sweet Orleans Country Club Restaurant the Chronicle 316 Country Club Lane, Orleans, VT 05860 regular subscriptionto your summer Full menu: www.orleanscc.com/facilities and enjoy it both TAKEOUT AVAILABLE. 802-754-2497 solstice Restaurant closed Mondays until May 30, and Tuesdays until May 18. ways! from How to sign up? Main Courses served daily for dinner, 5 p.m.–closing. We’ve added the “option to bundle” Jed’s! time with your Mother? • Bowties with Duck ragout on the subscription form located Bowtie pasta topped with a tomato duck ragout. in the paper. We will be closed June 26-28. •Y nY strip steak (10 oz.) You can also look for the “option to red wine & pomegranate reduction, at servedthe $25 with early grilled seasonasparagus, rate. bundle” on your renewal postcard. Gift Shop Hours: blistered cherry tomatoes and malt fries. Mon.-Fri. 8-4, Sat. 10-4. Already have a subscription and want • Pan seared almond Crusted Halibut (802) 766-2700 served over israeli couscous salad with mint, spinach, and tomatoes. to add on? Give us a call at jedsmaple.com 802-525-3531 or e-mail us at • Pork Chop with strawberry & red Wine reduction over roasted garlic mashed potatoes served with seasonal vegetables. [email protected]. 259 Derby Pond Rd. Derby, VT additionalP dinner specials available on Fri. & sat. Stephen & Amy Wheeler TOURS • TASTING • MUSEUM • GIFT SHOP For catering, special events, call chef Nadav Mille at 754-2497 or 914-215-4059. the Chronicle, July 23, 2014 Page Fifteen “Accept amendments to your dreams”

(Continued from page fourteen.) Ms. Thurber reminded students of words spoken to them by the Reverend Parker recently. dreams. She quoted J.K. Rowling, the author of “Together we have what it takes. Stay in the Harry Potter books as saying, “It does not do touch. Call me. We all need each other.” to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” Academy Principal Merri Greenia took the She looked over at the other 24 members of podium to hand out the many awards earned by her graduating class and recalled their time her students. Among them were full together. Fifteen of the seniors have been scholarships, one granted by St. Michael’s College together at school since their preschool days, Ms. to Ms. Strong, another, from the University of Strong said. Vermont to Jared Benson. She said she thought her teachers dreamed of Craftsbury Academy’s most distinctive award, students who were quiet and obedient. They also the Outstanding Student Cup, has been the had to amend their dreams and settle for a highlight of graduations since it was established boisterous, but naturally curious, class that in 1944 in memory of Lucille Fin and James Urie investigated the world through loud discussions. Jr. The school chooses its recipient on the basis Bev Thurber, a longtime teacher at the of cooperation, service and scholarship. academy who is retiring this year, picked up on Before presenting the cup each year, the some of Ms. Strong’s memories and added many principal of the academy reads the roll of those of her own. who have their names engraved on the cup and She recalled seeing many of the young people asks them to stand to be recognized. headed off to college or to work as pajama-clad This year the recipient of the award was children stretched out in the pews at the Church Kestrel Owens. on the Common during the Christmas Eve Following the presentation of awards, service. students received their diplomas and marched out She noted with pride the class’ generosity and to the common. acts of community service, and she listed some of There they enjoyed slices of cake, cupcakes, the characteristics that defined members of the and the congratulations of family, friends, and tight-knit group. well wishers. Members of the class of 2016, she said, are Many lingered along the fence chatting with skiers, hunters, loggers, fishermen, woodcutters, former teachers, as the sun headed toward the mechanics, artists, actors, musicians, scientists, Kestrel Owens smiles as Craftsbury Academy Principal horizon behind the Church on the Common, until, equestrians, and firefighters. Merri Greenia (back to camera) presents him with the as if hearing a signal, the class members drifted One, Ms. Thurber said is a healthcare worker, Outstanding Student Cup, the school’s highest honor. into a tight huddle. and another won a bronze medal competing in the He won’t get to keep it, but his name will be engraved On the count of three a fountain of graduation on the cup and will be read at future graduations. Special Olympics. caps soared into the air above the Class of 2016.

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Those who the police say helped buy batteries, freezer packs, and camping fuel, Mr. According to the affidavit filed by Newport pseudoephedrine started making purchases in Parson did not teach others his method, Detective Detective Aaron Lefebvre, who is assigned to the late April and continued until May 20, the Lefebvre said. That knowledge would cost a Vermont Drug Task Force, the investigators did affidavit says. That was the day Mr. Parson was would be apprentice $2,000, the affidavit says. encounter hazardous materials, including a mini- arrested. Detective Lefebvre said he and Newport refrigerator that, when opened by police, gave off Using information provided by the registry Police Chief Seth DiSanto spoke with an ammonia gas causing the level in the house to and that provided by confidential informants, informant on May 9. The informant told them rise to almost three times that the National police were able to trace Mr. Parson’s path before the Parsons were staying at Mr. Shover’s Eastern Institute for Occupational Health and Safety he reached Barton, the affidavit says. Avenue apartment. They paid their rent and deems safe for short term exposure. According to the second affidavit, Mr. Parson, rewarded Mr. Shover for buying ingredients for The affidavit says police first learned of Mr. his wife and child crashed around Newport, them with meth, the affidavit says. Parson’s activities from a confidential informant. making methamphetamine in apartments in Detective Lefebvre said he spoke with Mr. According to Detective Lefebvre, the informant densely populated parts of the city. On one Carpenter in early June. Mr. Carpenter said he asked nothing in return for helping law occasion an accident nearly set a room in a also let the Parsons stay at the apartment he enforcement. Mr. Parson showed crowded apartment building on fire, the affidavit shared with his mother, Ms. Gibney. methamphetamine to the informant and offered it says. At first he denied knowing what Mr. Parson for sale, Detective Lefebvre said. The affidavit says that Mr. Parson, who was doing, but later admitted that he saw him Another informant, called Blue by Detective fancied himself a chemist, ran an operation very making methamphetamine at Mr. Gage’s house in Lefebvre, knew Mr. Parson and had been asked by different from that portrayed on television’s Brownington, Detective Lefebvre said. him to buy pseudoephedrine, the affidavit says. Breaking Bad. His only piece of equipment was a Mr. Parson also made meth in Mr. Federal law governs the sale of PowerAde bottle in which he combined the Carpenter’s apartment, in a crowded complex on pseudoephedrine and other chemicals used to components needed to make meth, said Detective Bayview Street, according to the affidavit. make methamphetamine, and a buyer must show Lefebvre. On one occasion in early May Mr. Parson’s identification and sign a registry when buying the He said Mr. Parson and his helpers shook the operation nearly ended in tragedy, the affidavit drug. Even then, there is a limit to how much a bottle and, as the chemical reaction caused gases says. Mr. Shover said he was helping Mr. Parson person can buy, and pharmacies can refuse to sell to form, burped it, releasing small amounts of to release gases from the bottle, when a portion of to people they find suspicious. foul-smelling gases to relieve the pressure its contents escaped and exploded, Detective Blue’s name did not appear on the registry, building up in the bottle. Lefebvre said. but the names of Mr. and Ms. Parson, Mr. Detective Lefebvre said the Parsons’ small Mr. Shover said his kitchen curtains caught Sabens, Mr. Gage, Mr. Shover, and Ms. Gibney son and Mr. Sabens’ small daughter were present fire from the blast, according to the affidavit. did turn up on the registries of pharmacies from at various times when the grownups were making

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These quiet and Through a generous donation from the Class of social studies in the amount of $50 is awarded to the conscientious individuals are active participants 2012, scholarships are awarded in memory of senior having the highest average for four years of within the school community. Their determination Suzanne Fogle, a beloved mathematics teacher at science and social studies. The award went to Jared and commitment to getting things done has been Craftsbury. Scholarships were awarded to Matthew Benson. greatly appreciated. They are Carina Eldred, Taylor Allen and Kisiah Waterhouse. The K. Stephen Williams Sterling College Award Phelps, and Jessica Spurr. The University of Maine Farmington, in honor of in the amount of $100 is given to a student who has The American Legion Post #7 Jimmy Rogers impressive academic performance, presented an curiosity about the natural world, exhibits civic Scholarship in the amount of $700 went to Jeremiah academic achievement scholarship in the amount of responsibility, understands the rewards of hard Lasher. $2,000 to Duncan Martin-Baker. work, and has concern for fellow citizens. The award The Altar Society of Our Lady of Fatima sponsors The United Church of Craftsbury awarded book went to Carina Eldred. a $100 award for a enior who will enter the world of awards in the amount of $500 to Colby Massé, On behalf of the Morrisville Rotary Club, $500 work, and who has demonstrated a positive work Taylor Phelps, Anna Strong, and Noah Sweet. was presented to Kestrel Owens. ethic. This year’s recipient was Robert Williams. The recipient of the $500 Helen Paterson Dustan An award has been established in memory of The state of Vermont and the Vermont Student Scholarship shall be a college-bound student who has Louis and Ola Marckres, both graduates of the Assistance Corporation awarded the Vermont Honor shown significant interest in, and aptitude for, the academy. The student who receives this award must Scholarship for $1,000 to Anna Strong. study of literature or the art of writing, and who demonstrate the qualities they both modeled: The Craftsbury Snowmobile Club, with funds exhibits integrity, reliability, and concern for others. perseverance, working to the best of one’s ability, raised in memory of Stephen Willey, presented a The award went to Adriana Eldred. honesty, and being a self-directed learner. The $50 $250 scholarship to Issac Spaulding. The recipient of the $500 Charles Paterson award was presented to Taylor Phelps. A $500 award is given to the graduate whose Dustan Scholarship goes to a student who has shown North Country Credit Union awards $300 to a life, character, and attitude most closely reflect those significant interest and aptitude for math or science student who best exemplifies a commitment to ideals taught in Masonry. The Free Masons of and who exhibits integrity, reliability and concern improving community. In addition to the $300 Craftsbury Meridian Sun Lodge #20 recognized and for others. The award went to Jared Benson. awarded to the student, a $200 donation has been congratulated Kestrel Owens. A scholarship in memory of Genevieve Pike, who made to the Craftsbury Fire Department as his The Stephanie Dunbar Memorial Scholarship taught English, French, and Latin to a generation of chosen charity. The award went to Colby Masse. Award is given to seniors who exhibit outstanding Craftsbury Academy students, is awarded to a An award has been established in memory of leadership and commitment to their school and student who excels in the study of language. This author and former Craftsbury Academy teacher community while maintaining a high level of year the award went to Olivia Jones. Elliott T. Merrick. It will be presented to the senior academic success. This year the award went to A presidential scholarship from St. Michael’s who best demonstrates a command of written Maris Eldred. College is awarded to a student who is in the top 10 language. The winner was Matthew Allen. The Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship is percent of the graduating class and has The Marshall Brown Memorial Award is given in awarded to a graduate who will continue his or her demonstrated leadership qualities and a memory of Judith and Christopher Marshall Brown education in the field of engineering. This year’s commitment to community service. This award for to a student who is either first-generation college recipient of a $500 award was Kestrel Owen. four years of full tuition went to Anna Strong. bound or entering the world of work in a craft or Alumni scholarships in the amount of $500 were The Green and Gold Scholars Program was trade. The recipient was Issac Spaulding. awarded to Jared Benson, Kestrel Owens, Taylor created in 2001 by the University of Vermont to The Sons of the American Legion Squadron #7 Phelps, Anna Strong, and Noah Sweet. recognize students in the very top of the graduating from Hardwick presented $750 scholastic achievement The Stephen Willey Award was given to Colby class of every high school in Vermont. This year’s awards to Jeremiah Lasher and Noah Sweet. Masse. Craftsbury’s Green and Gold scholar is Jared Concept II sponsors two awards of $1,000 each. The Bradley Harris Memorial Award trophy is Benson. Recipients should demonstrate academic excellence, awarded to athletes who inspire others. The The Outstanding Student Cup was presented to be environmentally conscious and be athletes. The recipient was Anna Strong. the academy by the class of 1944 in memory of awards went to Olivia Jones and Kestrel Owens. The Vermont Scholars Program was established Lucille C. Finn and James F. Urie Jr. The cup is The Rita Davis Memorial Scholarship, given to to recognize the most academically talented students awarded on the basis of student cooperation, school recognize a graduate who has demonstrated a enrolling at UVM. Vermont scholars typically have service, and scholarship. This year the award went commitment to community and service, and has an academic records that place them in the top 15 to Kestrel Owens. interest in pursuing a career in a service-related percent of their class. field was presented to Taylor Phelps. 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Perkins Sierra Draper H Rachel Justice Butts HH Jade Noel Piette Adriana Eldred* Richard Carroll HH Noah J. Racine Carina Rene Eldred Amos Cassidy Austin J. Roberge Marisa Sean Eldred* Nathan Charland H Nikki Lyn Roessler Olivia Jones* Logan Marie Conley Laine A. Ross Raymond L. LaMare Autumn Leigh Cortez H Kristen Raye Rowell Jeremiah C. Lasher** Brandon J. Croteau h Kiana J. Royer Talia Elizabeth Marek Dylan C. Poginy h Zachary V. Royer Duncan Martin-Baker Konnor N.V. Dalpe Jasmine M. Sicard Colby J. Masse Caleb Derbyshire Kaitlyn Grace Stone Kestrel Van Akkeren Owens* h Roberto E. Diaz HH Ryan G. Streeter Taylor Sue Phelps Hailey Ann Downs Heidi M. Taylor Hunter Charlton Russell h Daniel E. Epinette Crystal Elizabeth Triebe Issac Spaulding H Taryn Raye Fairbrother Chris Truszkowski Renee Spiese* H Emily Lynne Faust H Bailey P. Turner Jessica Spurr h Jesse T. Fecher h Bree-Ann Marie Vallieres Anna Strong* Summer Ashley Fontaine *HH Allison M. Warner Noah Sweet H Melanie B. Gagnon Tiffany A. Wheeler Lelia Larkin Volmer Kolby George Ethan D. Willey Kisiah D. Waterhouse** Shia-Marie Lynn Gonyaw HH Maya Ann Willey Robert Williams h Shania Makayla Hayes *HH Karamae Adiza Hayman-Jones HH Students with highest honors – ** National Tech Honor Society H Kaytlyn Nicole Houle cumulative grade point average of 3.6 or higher * National Honor Society Sage B. W. Huff * Meagan Elaine Joubert H Students with high honors – cumulative Shayla Mary Kippen grade point average of 3.3 or higher Nicholas A. Lantagne h Jared P. Lehouillier h Students with honors – cumulative grade United Christian Academy H Kaitlyn M. Lemieux point average of 3 or higher Andreanna Andrew HH Bianca J. Mackay Justin Limoges HH Cassi M. Martin *National Honor Society Jihoon Park HH Katie L. Menard Gu “Lucy” Zhifei

Ms. Andrews and Mr. Limoges received UCA’s Eli Goss Memorial Scholarship.

our newest You’ll REALLY LIKE feature... Mobile Deposit! the Chronicle, June 22, 2016 Page Twenty-one Congratulations to the Class of 2016 North Country Union High School Francesca Acebo Derrick Daigle Zachary Hawkins Jacob Pennington Savannah Alberghini-Giroux Gabrielle Daniels Skylar Hinton Jerry Pfeiffer Alexis Alderman Tawnya Davignon Spencer Hinton Anselme Pion Phoenix Alix Alyssa Davis Kylie Jones Cassie Piper * Rebecca Allen Bethany Davis Shannon Kane Jacob Poginy Caleb Anthony Corey Davis * Allison Kelley * Jordan Pratt Amber Archer Devinnie Davis Caroline Kirchner Haven Provencher Alyssa Ashman Devon Davis Sierra Knaggs Seth Prue Brooke Austin Jarrett Dawson Mary Labelle Cody Raboin * James Bailey Emma Decelles Parker LaCourse * Teddy Randall Mya Baker Henry DeLaBruere Keirstan Lague John Ricard III Brandon Baraw Neil DeLaBruere Alexis Lantagne Kaitlin Rice Nicholas Baraw Jonathan DeRoehn Curtis Lapierre Skylar Rogers Brooke Barney Konnor Descheneau Tyler Lapierre David Ross Benjamin Barrup Leanne Dewing Adrien LaRose Parker Royer Dylan Bates Emily Dobler * Jacob LaRose Alana Sargent Maddison Beauchemin Tegan Dobrynski Thomas Lemieux Eric Scott Justin Berthiaume Kristen Dopp Brandon Lester Ethan Scott Shayne Berube Cindy Dowland Nick Leithead Ellie Searles Dylan Bessette Alexis Drew * Kyle Letourneau Abigail Sheltra Meagan Betts MacKenzie Drew Seth Liberty Alexa Sicard Braxton Birchard * Casey Driver Desiree Lopez Dylan Simoneau Kayla Blouin Kortni Driver Katie Lucas Samiah Sohan Erica Bogar Matthew Dumont * Hallie Lyon Connor St. Onge Kaitlynn Bouchard Josef Eastman Tamara Mackenzie Hunter Stanley Brandon Bouffard Jacob Falconer Silas Marsh Zackary Stanton Brandon Bowen Rebecca Farrow Nathan Martin Peter Steuwe Desiree Bowen * Tristan Farrow Janey Masi * Jeffrey Stevens Kaitlynn Briere * Kendra Fecteau Jarid Mathieu Bayla Stewart Graeden Britch Cameron Flynn Mattie Matthews-Austin Zachary Supry Audry Brown Jillian Fortunati Kateri Maxwell Jacob Swanson Ryland Brown Freya Fritsch James Mayhew Hunter Sweeney Delaney Bryant Patrick Gaboriault * Chloe McFarlane Brandi Swett Meira Buck Angelique Gamble William Mcmillan Benjamin Sykes Isaiah Carbonneau Eric Gauvin Alexandria McVeigh Devin Tetreault Shane Caron Mariah Gently Riley Mead Scott Tinker Jr. * Daniel Carpenter Angela Gluck Shane Mead Cassie Toupin John Carpenter Andrew Gonyaw Sierra Mead Anyas Tullis-Morin MacKenzie Caswell Dylan Gray Lauren Metevier Erica Tweed * Devlin Chambers Jacey Gray Brianna Miskimen-Graves Chelsea Urie Cody Chaput Ashlea Green Michael Morse Cody Villeneuve Zachary Charboneau Samantha Greenwood Quintin Morse Samantha Warner Hannah Chitambar Alex Grenier Aiden Mulroy Tristan Webb Brittany Clogston Alysha Grenier Colin Myrick * Jed Wheeler * Christopher Clowery * Desiree Grenier Owen Nadeau * Zack Winchester Joshua Coates Nathan Grimm Taylor Naramore Hayley Young Leah Coleman Andrew Grittner Toma O’Keefe Kaitlyn Young Michaela Columbia Austin Guyer Rufael Palin Celeste Zerwek Shane Copp Frank Hale Elizabeth Pappalardo Christopher Zerwek Cassandra Crawford * Gaylon Handy Celina Patten Sara Cubit Zane Harvey Matthew Paul *National Honor Society Member

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Page Twenty-two the Chronicle, June 22, 2016 Glover Red Sox defeat Troy in Walmart petitioner celebrates tournament ninety-eighth birthday

Gisele Seymour celebrated her ninety-eighth birthday Tuesday at McDonald’s with The Glover Red Sox rallied back on June 14, from one run down, to win the final game family and friends. Pictured, from left to right, in the back are Cecile Gaudreau, in the tournament 5-2 in Glover against the Troy TAYS, with the help of excellent Gisele Seymour, her daughter Nancy Dowling, Ernie Gagnon, Yvette Fedele, Ruby pitching by Logan Ingalls and David Piers and outstanding catching by Connor Bianchi, Reynold Sicotte, and Chris Blais. In the front are Madeleine Roy, Louise Thompson and Jaden Hayes. Pictured above, in the front from left to right, are Gosselin, Lois Jenks, and Leo Dagesse. Photo courtesy of Chris Blais Connor Thompson, Joe Wilcox, Nuri Maher, Riley Blair, Logan Perkins, and Logan Ingalls. In the middle row are Grant LaClair, Evan Fulford, Jaden Hayes, Donavin Barton, John Smith, and David Piers. In the back row are Coach Rick Hudson, Head Coach Patrick Thompson, Coach Makaio Maher, and Coach Bill Hayes. Picture courtesy of Julie Thompson

Pictured to the right, Gisele Seymour chats with Beula-Jean Shattuck, a member of the Derby Select Board. A host of admirers joined to celebrate Ms. Seymour’s ninety- eighth birthday Tuesday, including Jeff Davis, the developer building her long- dreamed-of Walmart. Mr. Davis said he expects to have the building done and ready to turn over to the retailer in August, well ahead of schedule. He said he expects the company to have a soft opening of the store sometime in October. If the public has to wait to see the new Walmart, Ms. Seymour did not. Her celebration took place in the warehouse portion of the megastore. Photo by Joseph Gresser

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HELP WANTED Only four came for art meeting (Continued from page one.) buying the building a few years ago. He is willing Christmas Tree shearing help to owner-finance the building to the fledgling want to see this happen,” said Adrien Helm, nonprofit for $45,000 at 4 percent interest over 30 wanted. References needed. another of the moving forces behind getting the years. Call Bill Tester, 525-3814, arts center going. At last fall’s meeting, 15 supporters pledged “When we had our first art show at E.M. or cell 802-793-0868. monthly contributions of $10 to $50. That would Brown, over 100 people signed the guest book on be enough to meet the mortgage payment and one day. We got 12 people for our first plein aire cover some basics like insurance, Mr. Helm said. event. I really think there is support for the arts But massive stones jutting out of alignment here.” Wanted: in the basement wall, and a sunken place in the But besides the organizers and the press, only yard, suggest movement in the foundation that four people showed up for the first 2016 art CARPENTER may cost a fortune to fix. for local residential, new construction, and center meeting Sunday. A neighbor mentioned that he’d seen someone “I approach this with a good deal of renovations. Experience required. in the backyard pulling out the copper electric skepticism,” Ms. Young said, “because I’ve seen Year-round work. Call to see what lines leading to the barn. So the status of the other art centers and what it takes to keep them opportunities may be available for you! wiring is questionable, he said. going.” 673-9768 (5-7 p.m.) Sagging floors hint at other structural issues. If no answer, please leave message. “I echo what Ann said,” Donna Walsh said. “A lot goes into a gallery — who plans the shows, At the very least, the house needs to be inspected and appraised before making a decision, who hangs them, who sits them.” Mr. Helm said. But despite the small turnout, discussion was An inspection is going to cost about $675 for lively, even heated. the house, and another $100 for the barn, he said. The main issue was whether to go ahead with HELP WANTED Mr. Helm’s best guess for an appraisal was buying the old Thibeault house on Water Street. Family dental practice is seeking a part-time dental around $300 to $400. That means that collecting The building needs a lot of work, Mr. Helm assistant who is certified in radiology. Must be willing to the information to make an informed decision is said. work flexible hours which will be discussed at interview. going to cost over $1,000 up front, he said. Job duties include chairside assisting and sterilization of The current owner of the house has put on a (Continued on page twenty-five.) instruments/rooms. Position available August 1st. new roof and made other significant repairs since Submit resumé to: Drawer B c/othe Chronicle Butler’s Bus Service P.O. Box 660 the Chronicle School Bus Drivers Barton, VT 05822 is looking for an or e-mail to [email protected] with the subject POSITIONS AVAILABLE “DRAWER B JOB.” assistant editor. No experience necessary. No weekends or evenings unless YOU want them! The job involves rummaging through a mass of e-mails to sort out what to keep and what not, editing press Call Butler’s Bus Service to arrange releases and our Section B pages, which include obituaries, births, and weddings. Basic copy editing skills are an interview. absolutely necessary. Familiarity with Quark, or another We have locations in: layout program is helpful, but we can teach. 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Morgan, VT 05853 the Chronicle, June 22, 2016 Page Twenty-five The house would be expensive to renovate (Continued from page twenty-four.) proved to be impossible, the group could carry on members. in rented space, or even find ad hoc space for each And Ms. Youmans has drafted a proposed That would use up several months of the planned class or event — at least until the group board structure that also included the heads of money that supporters have pledged, and most of several key committees as board members. the summer would have gone by before any Tin Barton-Caplin, a Barton Village Trustee, progress could be made on the purchase. has agreed to serve as treasurer. “My feeling is that this house is going to cost But several people have balked when asked to a fortune to renovate,” Ms. Young said. serve as president. “This is a special site, but we have to think Although the Helms were the first to have the about it in terms of whether we can realistically vision of an arts center for Barton, they live in St. take on a half-million-dollar renovation if that’s Petersburg, Florida, most of the year. They have what it needs,” Ms. Helm said. always insisted that the serious decisions and More experienced artists argued that the management of the arts center be up to year- house’s small rooms and wall space cut up by round residents. windows is not ideal gallery space. “I don’t want to be the spear carrier,” Mr. Different types of artists have different needs. Helm said. Ms. Helm and her sister Carol Youmans However, it’s not really necessary to have particularly enjoy outdoor, or plein aire painting. Ms. Young is a portrait artist and would be those three officers, Ms. Walsh said. interested in finding a group of local painters to She runs several nonprofit arts organizations share the cost of hiring a model for two or three in Florida, and puts on a series of plein aire hours on a regular basis. painting events in the Northeast Kingdom during Several people questioned whether the group the summer. really needs to own a building in order to carry The group’s articles of incorporation could be out its mission. written to require three board members, with They wondered if a building is necessary at duties informally divided among them, she said. Andy Bondor’s dog Wendi looked a little taken aback all and if the Thibeault house is the right And a three-member founding board could be as her owner grew increasingly impassioned during a changed after the group is up and running. building. discussion of the best way forward for the planned The sharp contrast in attendance to last Ms. Helm sees having a building as a Barton area art center. “This is not going to work powerful symbol of the importance of art in without passion,” organizer Adrien Helm said. summer’s standing room only meeting at the Barton. But she agreed that a rented space, such Photo by Elizabeth Trail Thibeault house on Water Street could be as the empty half of the Pierce Block, could explained by the hot, sunny weather, Ms. Helm provide the same benefits without the expense said. Or the low attendance could have been finds its feet and is better established. and uncertainty of taking on a huge renovation because she had relied on press releases, which Over the winter, Ms. Helm got the paperwork run on a space available basis, to let people other project. filed to make Greater Barton Arts Center a Ms. Walsh suggested striking the words “by than the pledged supporters know what was up. Vermont nonprofit. The application for 501(c)3 The organizers hope for a better turnout at providing physical space” from the proposed status is ready to be mailed to the IRS, except for mission statement, so that if buying a building the next meeting, planned for July 5 at 6:30 p.m., finding three people willing to serve as board most likely at the Thibeault house.

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Page Twenty-six the Chronicle, June 22, 2016 Town should decide, Marcotte says (Continued from page one.) to be, and we need to put that in front of people Mr. Marcotte said. “What’s it going to cost, what at a town meeting so they can make an informed can the town use it for?” “Can we get copies of those minutes?” select decision.” “I understand the importance of preserving board Chair Mike Marcotte asked. “Whatever An architect who went through the building historic buildings,” said selectman Scott Morley. was said to John is what is going into the deed.” about five years ago was amazed at the overall “But that’s the personal side.” The suggestion to sell the building was soundness of the building for its age, Dr. From the business side, Mr. Morley wanted to probably the thought of one selectman, not the Feltmarch said. However, it does need roof work know whether the select board had taken any consensus of the board, Mr. Marcotte said. and paint. formal action ten years ago. “We don’t want to see it end up as a Brewski’s “No,” Dr. Feltmarch replied. “But I’m II,” Dr. Feltmarch said. “It’s got the location and warning you that if you don’t take action now, it the space for a bar and dance hall.” could end up being thrown in your lap.” He suggested that Mr. Monette be asked to The select board will tour the historic church meet with town attorney Bill Davies to decide at the beginning of its next meeting on July 11 how to proceed. before discussing the next steps. Among the conditions the three-person In other business, the selectmen went over congregation had set was that the building still the list of vendors and bands for the upcoming be available for weddings and funerals. Coventry Day celebration. “There are families in this town that have “It sounds like a hopping day,” Mr. Morley always been married and buried in that church,” said. Dr. Feltmarch said. The board accepted Fred Webster’s In fact, he has heard that there is someone resignation from the planning commission and who has written in his will that his funeral take accepted the nominations of Jim Cobb and Phil place in the church. Marquette to serve on the planning commission Important documents have been lost over until the next Town Meeting. time, he said. The Porsche rally at Jay Peak is expecting to The deed was burned in a fire. The roster of hold time trials at the Coventry airport this week. members is lost. And the Vermont Conference, Bleachers have been put in place at the airport, United Church of Christ, the governing body for but the select board has still not received the Congregational churches in the state, was paperwork it needs to approve the gathering. unaware that the church still existed until Dr. As of Monday morning, aviation Feltmarch started asking questions recently. administrator Guy Rouelle had taken the contract “We hadn’t gotten a bill from them for years,” to the Agency of Transportation. Dr. Feltmarch said. “I just got a bill from the With that paperwork, the select board’s Vermont Conference for 230 bucks.” conditional approval, granted at its last meeting, Officially, there should be a closing service to will go into effect, Mr. Morley said. decommission the church. The event is not open to the public but still “But to me it’s not necessary,” Dr. Feltmarch The Congregational Church on the green in Coventry requires state and local permits for the gathering said. “The church is closed.” has been a town landmark since 1829. The surviving church members would like to donate the building to because it takes place at the state-owned airport. “I don’t think this is a decision a three-man The selectmen also accepted the new Sheriff’s board should make for the town,” Mr. Marcotte the town, with the stipulation that it still be used for weddings and funerals. Photo by Elizabeth Trail Department contract at $1.20 more per hour than said. “We need to understand what the last year’s contract. responsibilities are, what the expenses are going And the downstairs social hall needs They decided to advertise for proposals from renovations. cleaning services to maintain the community “I’d love to see it fixed so we could have building, rather than hiring someone. chicken pie socials again,” Mr. Marcotte said. “I believe we should contract for cleaning and Because of the history of the building, there not go down the road with an employee,” Mr. UNISEX S•A•L•O•N would be grants to help with the cost of Morley said. renovating and preserving it, Dr. Feltmarch said. “There could be a need for cleaning Friday “Still, we need to lay out the correct night and again on Saturday night and again on KAREN CHAFFEE information for the town and let them decide,” Sunday,” Town Clerk Cynthia Diaz said. 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Notice of early deadlines Dog no longer comes to office and 4th of July holiday schedule Due to the 4th of July holiday being on a Monday, (Continued from page twenty-six.) it goes into the land of never knowing.” the Chronicle office will be Another point of concern was that the Town “Changing use means changing needs,” Mr. Foundation has keys to the town clerk’s office Morley said. because they frequently need a copier. Mr. Morley is also in the middle of getting Animals in the building was once again an CLOSED estimates from three local businesses to paint the agenda item, but the discussion was low key. MONDAY, JULY 4TH. community center. Selectman Brad Maxwell asked, “Is the dog There will be EARLY DEADLINES The two estimates the select board has gotten still coming to the office?” for the issue of July 6th: for rebuilding the outdoor fire escape stairs at the “She hasn’t been,” Ms. Diaz replied. • Real estate ads need to be in by back of the community center are problematic NOON on THURSDAY, JUNE 30. “I think that’s good,” Mr. Maxwell replied. because one estimate is for rebuilding the stairs • Obituaries, Kingdom Calendar events, classified ads, as they are now, cantilevered from the wall, and “It doesn’t bother me, but I’m used to a and Building Trades ads will need to be in by the other estimate is for putting the stairway on German shepherd,” Mr. Marcotte said. NOON on FRIDAY, JULY 1. For everything else, the noon on Tuesday deadline still applies. posts to the ground. “Some people aren’t comfortable with dogs,” Have a safe and happy 4th of July from all of us at the Chronicle! “There are specifications now for an outdoor Mr. Morley said. “They could be skittish about (802) 525-3531 • [email protected] fire escape that are mandated,” Ms. Diaz said. walking into an office where there’s a dog.” [email protected] “Let’s get the fire marshal out to tell us what contact Elizabeth Trail, we need,” Mr. Morley said. [email protected] The existing stairs and exit door were built in 1987, so it’s hard to criticize the construction. NOTICE “It’s held up,” Mr. Morley said. TOWN OF ALBANY RESIDENTS The select board also took up the question of Barton Village Inc. is Seeking The Albany Select Board will start holding who has keys to the building, who should have Sealed Bids for... regular monthly meetings on the first and keys, and how keys are tracked. third Tuesdays of each month, starting with “Good practice would seem to be one person • 2006 4100 International 6 wheel dump truck with July 5, 2016, at 7 p.m., at the Town Clerk’s having knowledge of who has keys, with an 9’ Everest angle plow. The body is an MG 3 cubic annual accounting.” Mr. Morley said. “Otherwise yard inner body with hydraulic sander. The truck is office, until further notice. a VT 365 6 speed Allison manual transmission with s/ S. Christopher Jacobs 52,400 miles. Reserve bid of $2,000. s/ Brian Goodridge s/ Phillip Beaudry The Orleans Supervisory Union Office • 2004 F250 XL Ford cab & chassis with an Astoria 6 door contractor’s body. The truck has a Triton 5.4 Select Board, Town of Albany & COFEC Building Summer Hours liter V8 with auto. transmission with 141,970 miles. Reserve bid of $1,000. For the month of July, summer hours STATE OF VERMONT will be in place as follows: All bids must be sealed and delivered by July 1, 2016. SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION Monday–Thursday: 8 a.m.–4 p.m. All questions can be answered by DPW Foreman Essex Unit Docket No. 18-4-16Expr Fridays: closed. Andrew Sicard at the Village Office, 802-525-4747. In re ESTATE of: MITCHEL DEAN PROCTOR NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the Creditors of: MITCHEL DEAN PROCTOR, Regular hours for June and August: late of Brighton. Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing without four (4) months of the publication of this notice. The NOTICE: claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not INVITATION TO BID In accordance with the provisions of 18 V.S.A. §5212 the presented within the four (4) month period. LEASE OF ONE (1) COPIER Town of Barton hereby provides notice of its intent to Date: June 10, 2016 Executor/Administrator: remove the buried cremains of Lawrence Gleason and Nevada Proctor NORTH COUNTRY SUPERVISORY 146 Boys Camp Rd. Elaine Gleason from their current location in the North Enfield, NH 03748 UNION – CENTRAL OFFICE Cemetery and to reinter the same cremains in the so-called (603) 491-5262 Contact Theresa Wilkens, Gleason Family Lot in said cemetery in a double lot the Name of Publication: the Chronicle North Country Supervisory Union at 334-5847, center point of which is 24 feet east and 29 feet south from Publication date: June 22, 2016 ext. 2012 or e-mail: [email protected] the northwest corner marker of said lot. The spouse, child, Name of Probate Court: Vermont Superior Court/Essex Probate Division Address of Probate Court: P.O. Box 75, Guildhall, VT 05905 for a copy of bid specifications. parent, sibling, or descendant of either of the deceased, or Bid should be submitted the cemetery commissioner or other municipal authority no later than 2 p.m. on July 12, 2016 to: responsible for cemeteries in the Town of Barton may Theresa Wilkens object to the proposed removals by filing a complaint in the North Country Supervisory Union Orleans District Probate Court in accordance with the 121 Duchess Avenue, Suite A provisions of 18 V.S.A. § 5212a. If no objection is filed, the PROPOSED STATE RULES Newport, VT 05855 Barton Town Clerk will issue removal permits 45 days By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the The NCSU reserves the right to accept any following the second publication of this notice. public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for proposal, which it deems most favorable to the interests administrative rules are now also available online at of the NCSU and to reject any and all proposals or any https://secure.vermont.gov/SOS/rules/ . The law requires an agency portion of any proposal, submitted which, in its opinion, to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in is not in the best interest of the NCSU. The NCSU also LOWELL GRADED SCHOOL writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members. reserves the right to waive any technicalities in the bid LOWELL, VERMONT To make special arrangements for individuals with disabilities or process not in the best interest of the NCSU. special needs please call or write the contact person listed below as soon as possible. INVITATION TO BID To obtain further information concerning any scheduled hearing(s), CERTIFIED WATER SYSTEM obtain copies of proposed rule(s) or submit comments regarding proposed rule(s), please call or write the contact person listed OPERATOR below. You may also submit comments in writing to the Legislative TOWN of WESTMORE Committee on Administrative Rules, State House, Montpelier, 54 Hinton Hill Road Vermont 05602. (802-828-2231). For a copy of bid specifications contact Theresa Wilkens, Orleans, VT 05860 —————————————————————————————— The Town of Westmore is accepting bids for Business Admin. Assistant at (802) 334-5847, ext. 2012, The agency has requested a second public notice for the following JOB’S POND CAMP ROAD North Country Supervisory Union rule and has scheduled another hearing on July 18, 2016 at 2 p.m. 121 Duchess Avenue, Suite A at the VT Department of Health, Room 2B, 108 Cherry Street, CULVERT REPLACEMENT Newport, VT 05855 Burlington VT 05402. • Quote to include supplying and installing 30 feet of [email protected] 81’’X59’’ polymer coated CMP, 5X1, 12 gauge culvert Licensed Lodging Establishment Rule. with band. Vermont Proposed Rule: 15P070 Sealed bids to be sent to: • Pump water by during construction. AGENCY: Human Services, Department of Health Anita Gagner, Principal • Over excavate by 12 inches to place clean gravel under CONCISE SUMMARY: This rule provides the requirements for culvert for base. Lowell Graded School sanitation and licensing of lodging establishments. The existing rule is • Back fill culvert with gravel each side and over top. 52 Gelo Park Road being replaced by a complete update to incorporate current best Lowell, VT 05847 practices and modernized sanitation requirements. This rule will also • Place ledge on each end of culvert to protect pipe & road. incorporate the existing Spas and Hot Tubs rule and the necessary • Seed and mulch any disturbed areas not covered by ledge. No later than 12 p.m. local time, on July 11, 2016. updated requirements for those facilities based on recommendations • Town will supply and deliver the estimated 115 yards of from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ¾’’ crusher run gravel needed for project. Bids will be opened publicly at the regularly scheduled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Lillian Colasurdo, Board meeting on July 11, 2016. Department of Health Commissioner’s Office, Suite 301, Vermont Sealed bids due 07/11/2016 by 6 p.m. and will be opened Criminal Background Check Required. E.O.E. Department of Health, 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05402. at the select board meeting at that time. Tel: 802-951-0107. Fax: 802-951-1275. E-mail: lillian.colasurdo@ vermont.gov. URL: http://healthvermont.gov/regs/index.aspx. Contact: The Lowell Board of School Directors reserves the right to accept any proposal, which it FOR COPIES: David Englander, Commissioner’s Office, Suite 301, Steve Davenport deems most favorable to the interests of the school district and to reject any and all Vermont Department of Health, 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT Road Foreman proposals or any portion of any proposal, submitted which, in its opinion, is not in the 05402. Tel: 802-863-7280. Fax: 802-951-1275. E-mail: 802-525-4708 best interest of the school district. The school district also reserves the right to waive any [email protected]. technicalities in the bid process not in the best interest of the district. Page Twenty-eight the Chronicle, June 22, 2016

In Superior Court Newport man sentenced for violating abuse prevention order by Joseph Gresser November 18. He was angry because he had been possession of marijuana and sale of marijuana. She banned from the Maplefields store. According to an was released on a $10,000 unsecured appearance NEWPORT — John F. Webb went into court on affidavit from Patrolman Lillis, Mr. Warren- bond. June 15 hoping to persuade Judge Howard Hoornstra blamed the woman for his plight. Tyler J. Lavoie, 19, of Irasburg pled guilty to VanBenthuysen to allow him to have contact with He grabbed her by her arms, pushed her against operating a vehicle without its owner’s consent and his family. He left the courtroom having pled guilty the wall, and slapped her when she tried to escape was sent before the reparative board to determine to ten felony charges of violating an abuse his grasp. what he must do to make amends to the car’s owner prevention order. He began to strangle the woman, who said she and the community. The 39-year-old Newport resident agreed to a felt her feet come off the floor. A couple went to the State Police on November plea agreement that came with a one-to-three-year Patrolman Lillis ran into Mr. Warren-Hoornstra 16, 2015, to report their BMW convertible had been sentence, concurrent with the nine-to-12-month earlier in the evening when the clerk at Maplefields stolen, said Trooper Amy Borsari in an affidavit. sentence he was already serving for domestic abuse. called asking him to serve Mr. Warren-Hoornstra The couple owns an apartment complex and Mr. Webb had been forbidden to contact the with a no trespass order. kept the car in a Quonset hut style garage. Only one victim in the case in any way. In the affidavit he Sergeant Moulton grabbed Mr. Warren- of their tenants even knew of the car’s existence, filed, Newport Patrolman Joshua Lillis said he was Hoornstra’s arm, but he tried to pull away. When they said. told on November 20 to serve a subpoena on the he resisted being placed in a police cruiser the Mr. Lavoie, the son of a tenant’s girlfriend, had chief of security at Northern State Correctional officers walked him down the street to the station. recently come to live with his mother. Facility asking for recordings of Mr. Webb’s phone There, Mr. Warren-Hoornstra kicked a counter until Trooper Borsari said she was talking with the calls. police handcuffed him to a bench. couple when a call came in saying the tenant had There were 28 listed phone calls, Patrolman Christopher J. LaFlam, 30, of Vergennes is being spoken with Mr. Lavoie about the car, and he said it Lillis said, of those, 25 were to the victim. The relief held on $20,000 bail at Northern State Correctional was in the garage. The car was there, seemingly from abuse order was lifted after Mr. Webb was Facility. He pled innocent to a felony charge of undamaged. There were ashes in the car and a charged in the violations, but prison officials refused aggravated assault and giving false information to lingering aroma of marijuana. to allow him to communicate with his family, an officer. Mr. Lavoie admitted to Trooper Borsari that he Eugene Levine, Mr. Webb’s lawyer, told the court. State Police Detective Sergeant Larry Smith’s had taken the car for a spin without permission. He noted that the victim had already said she is not affidavit says that on April 29 he was told about an Cross words and blows at a mud bog event were afraid of her husband. assault at Northern State. The victim was taken to enough to provoke Jordan S. Medley to smash the The only reason to keep them from UVM Medical Center in Burlington, and Mr. side windows of an acquaintance’s dump truck. Mr. communicating was to punish Mr. Webb, even LaFlam, the aggressor, remained at the prison, Medley, 26, of Derby Line pled guilty to unlawful though he had not been convicted, Mr. Levine Sergeant Smith said. mischief and was sent to the reparative board. argued. According to the affidavit, Mr. LaFlam punched Mr. Medley will also have to pay restitution, but Judge VanBenthuysen invited Mr. Levine and the victim in the face several times. The victim said the amount has not been determined yet. Orleans County State’s Attorney Jennifer Barrett, to the two men quarreled about Mr. LaFlam failing to Orleans County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant his chambers, after first getting Mr. Webb’s consent. repay the loan of some candy, the affidavit says. Eric Hazard’s affidavit says a man called police on The two lawyers emerged, and Mr. Levine and his While Patrolman Nicholas Rivers spoke with a May 2 and asked him to go to Irasburg to look at the client went to another room to talk things over. Mr. man and a woman who were found passed out in truck. Webb returned and changed his plea to guilty. their car on October 6, 2015, Newport Sergeant There were broken beer bottles outside the truck A man who choked a woman in anger over being Travis Bingham walked his K9 Dax around the car. and a four-foot length of two-by-four inside the cab. barred from a convenience store will serve a three-to- The dog indicated it smelled drugs and Patrolman It had been used to break the truck’s driver and seven-year prison term. Rivers offered the man found in the drivers’ seat the passenger side windows. Cory S. Warren-Hoornstra, 25, of Derby pled choice of allowing him to search the vehicle or to Samantha J. Fortin, 30, of Orleans pled guilty guilty to aggravated domestic assault, a felony, and have it impounded. to driving with a suspended license for the second resisting arrest. The state dismissed a charge of The man picked the second option and time (DLS-2) and simple assault. She will spend 14 unlawful restraint as part of a plea agreement. Patrolman Rivers was granted a search warrant. days on a state work crew and go before the On November 18 Patrolman Joshua Lillis said Police allegedly found a variety of drug reparative board. he and Sergeant Charles Moulton were sent to talk paraphernalia, including a small scale, in a purse Trooper Callie Field said she was sent to with a woman who said Mr. Warren-Hoornstra belonging to the woman, Felicia L. Hanvey, 29, of St. Orleans on November 30 to help deal with an slapped her, choked her, and pushed her against a Albans. They also found a shopping bag that held altercation between Ms. Fortin and another woman. wall. seven bags of pot weighing a little less than nine contact Joseph Gresser at The woman said she went to Mr. Warren- ounces all together. 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