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VOLUME 44, NUMBER 11 MARCH 15, 2017 ONE DOLLAR Newport City Council Two aldermen Congratulations, Falcons! to be appointed by Joseph Gresser

NEWPORT — The city’s three council members will appoint two aldermen to serve until the annual meeting next March, or until voters petition the council to hold a special election. That was the primary result of the special meeting held by the Newport City Council Monday night. Mayor Paul Monette and Aldermen John Wilson and Denis Chenette were put on the spot by the unexpected resignation of city council President Neil Morrissette and Alderman Steven Vincent after the results of Town Meeting Day balloting were known. Both men submitted letters of resignation immediately after learning that Alderman Jacques Roberge had lost his re-election bid to Mr. Chenette. “At this time and under the current conditions I can no longer serve,” both men wrote in submitting their immediate resignations. Mr. Morrissette had another year left in his term, and North Country Union High School seniors Dana Marsh, left, and Dawson Cote carry the championship banner Mr. Vincent had just been re-elected with the leading the Falcons hockey team in a victory lap around the ice at Gutterson Field House on Thursday in highest vote total in the four-way contest. Burlington. The Falcons defeated Harwood Union 4-3 to capture the Division II hockey crown. For more pictures (Continued on page twenty-four.) and a season wrap-up, please see page eighteen. Photo by Pamela Wade

Medicaid could be Act 46 study cut by $200-million committee struggles by Joseph Gresser insurance. Only about 2 percent of Vermonters lack any insurance at MONTPELIER — Vermont is all, the second lowest percentage in to define its purpose likely to see a $200-million the nation. by Elizabeth Trail dialogue with the public at their reduction in federal Medicaid funds Vermont has the smallest respective meetings and passed out if Congress passes the version of the percentage of uninsured children, BARTON — A committee copies of an updated Act 46 survey. American Health Care Act (AHCA) according to AHS Secretary Al formed Monday evening to study At its first meeting, the study now making its way through the Gobeille. how schools in the Orleans Central committee decided it was important House of Representatives. That was The large reduction in payments Supervisory Union (OCSU) will to get more public input. the message delivered Friday by is the result of an unfortunate comply with the state mandate to Although the district merger officials of the state Agency of coincidence, he said. The AHCA consolidate into fewer districts proposal was defeated last year by Human Services (AHS) at a press will cap the amount of money going struggled with the seemingly simple five of the six towns in the Orleans conference here. to states based on the number of task of defining its goals. Central Supervisory Union, only 552 According to Corey Gustafson, patients covered in 2016, a year that Members of the committee were people actually went to the polls. commissioner of the Department of the number of people covered was sharply divided on whether the In many towns, the margins Health Access, the Medicaid artificially low, Mr. Gustafson said. point is to make another try at were narrow, Chair Amy Leroux program covers the medical costs of Mr. Gobeille said the change in consolidating into a single unified pointed out. In Albany, the approximately 24 percent of the way funds are allocated to the school district, or explore other consolidation measure was only Vermonters. Around 35 percent of state could require Vermont to alternatives. defeated by three votes. Vermonters are covered by group make difficult choices in the years And they disagreed about Over 1,300 people filled out a policies provided by employers, and ahead. whether to have the process driven survey handed out to voters in the another 22 percent get their health These could include reducing by input from the community, or general election in November, but coverage from Medicare, the the number of people whose health whether to start with the state no one seems to be quite sure how to program for those above 65 years of care is covered by Medicaid, mandate and figure out how to sell interpret the results. age. changing what services are offered, it to voters. When the new Act 46 Study Another 11 percent are covered or taking funds away from other About 20 people, some members Committee convened a few weeks by small group policies, military programs covered by federal money. of the Act 46 Study Committee, and ago, members decided to try to benefits, and federal employee Such programs include wellness some interested citizens, came to engage the public in their respective programs intended to keep down the the meeting in the COFEC building towns in a dialogue at Town cost of health care, he said. in Barton. Meeting. The bill would also make major It was the committee’s first And a new survey was drawn changes in the premium subsidy meeting since Town Meeting Day, up. (Continued on page twenty.) when study committee members (Continued on page twenty-three.) from each school district opened a Page Two the Chronicle, March 15, 2017

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Latest Last Last Month Month Year Forgotten Farms to be screened at City Cinema The Orleans County Natural Resources for generations. The film provides a glimpse into Jan. Dec. Jan. Conservation District (OCNRCD) will host a the past and a vision for a future regional food community viewing of the documentary film system through conversations with farmers and ’17 ’16 ’16 Forgotten Farms on Thursday, March 30, from 4 policy experts, and reconsiders the role of the These unemployment rates for Vermont and the to 6 p.m. at City Cinema in Newport’s Waterfront vital but forgotten farmers. Derby labor market area are from the Vermont Plaza. Forgotten Farms examines class divides in Visit www.forgottenfarms.org, for more Department of Labor. They are not seasonally our farm and food communities. 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Editorial Speak up gentlemen Last week, immediately after learning that Mr. Roberge’s loss in the election, we have to with the other people who voters wanted on that Newport Alderman Jacques Roberges had lost his assume that Mr. Chenette’s presence on the board. A responsible public official doesn’t pick city council seat to Denis Chenette, fellow council council rather than Mr. Roberge’s is the up his marbles and go home in a snit upon members Steve Vincent and Neil Morrissette “condition” that prevents Mr. Vincent and Mr. learning that voters disagreed with him about resigned. Mr. Vincent quit the seat he had just Morrissette from serving. who his fellow board members should be. been re-elected to. So what is that about? If Mr. Vincent and Mr. Morrissette have Their explanation? That they can’t serve It’s no secret that the trio worked in tandem, legitimate concerns about city government and under the current conditions. but the city council has not been starkly divided, how it’s conducted, they should say so. They owe The two resignation letters are brief and at least not in public. Most votes have been it to voters to explain what their concerns are nearly identical. They were clearly drafted either unanimous. Some have been preceded by about the “conditions” they can’t serve under. before the election results were in, or very rapidly discussion and differing opinions, but that’s Actually, they owe more than that to all those after. Their authors do not elaborate on what the simply democracy at work. who voted for them. If their real concern is for conditions are that prevent them from serving in Did Mr. Vincent and Mr. Morrissette quit Newport and its people, they should never have the offices they were elected to. Contacted on because, if they don’t have a guaranteed majority walked off the job in the first place. election night, Mr. Vincent wouldn’t say anything vote on the council, they don’t want to govern at Speak up gentlemen. Tell your former further. Later in the week, Mr. Morrissette all? It sure looks that way. constituents just what these “conditions” are that simply hung up on a reporter who wanted to ask People who run for public office generally — make it impossible for you to do the job you were why he quit. hopefully — do so because they want to serve the elected in good faith to do. Otherwise, we will So we’re left to guess. Since the only public, the municipality. They don’t get a say, have to assume you’re simply pouting, in which difference between last Tuesday and last Monday beyond their own vote, in who they serve with. case it’s probably good in the long run that you — when Mr. Vincent and Mr. Morrissette The voters make that decision. And one of the made the decision you did. — T.S. apparently still wanted to be aldermen — was talents of a successful board involves working

This country needs immigrants — and new immigration laws

Chronicle office To the editor, quota system makes it so. John Klar wrote a persuasive letter for the Our Statue of Liberty has this inscription: hours March 8 issue, but he ignores reality in making “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled We are open for business: his case regarding immigrants. masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched Monday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. He wrote: “There is no objection to people refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Latin America to apply for visas like homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp Wednesday, closed. everyone else, and then come work here legally.” beside the golden door.” Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Problem is, Mr. Klar, if you are an ordinary Our country needs immigrants and needs to Latin American citizen without next of kin take a giant step in the right direction with new Come by our office located on Water Street in relatives in the USA and want to immigrate immigration laws in concert with that inscription. Barton or phone us at (802) 525-3531. legally to Vermont (or anywhere in the U.S.), the Another positive step would be purging our minds current waiting list is 18 years! Our current of bigotry and hate, and welcome people from other lands for what they are, not what we think they are. the Chronicle Mack Stewart Higganum, Connecticut © copyright, 2017 Memorial service Vo lume 44, Number 11 March 15, 2017 A celebration of life for Elaine A. Cole will Published weekly, except for the last week in be held at the Derby Community Church in December, by the Chronicle, Inc. the Chronicle (014-590) Derby Center on Saturday, March 25, at 1 Publishing office: 133 Water Street p.m. Barton, VT 05822 March 7-13, 2017 Telephone: (802) 525-3531 Snow on Fax: (802) 525-3200 High Low Prec. Snow Ground Please call the office during business hours. T 3/7 37 3 0.18” 0.70” 11.00” Death notice W 3/8 39 30 0.17” 0.00” 10.00” Website: www.bartonchronicle.com Th 3/9 47 22 0.22” 2.60” 10.00” E-mail addresses: F 3/10 27 10 T 0.30” 9.80” • Editorial department — Theresa J. Lavoie [email protected] S 3/11 27 -11 0.04” 0.80” 10.60” S 3/12 0 -8 0.01” 0.20” 10.50” • Advertising department — Theresa J. Lavoie, 82, of Island Pond, died M 3/13 12 -7 0.01” 0.10” 10.50” [email protected] on March 13, 2017, at her home. Friends may • Circulation department — call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, [email protected] at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford T = Trace Periodicals postage paid at Barton, VT, and Funeral Home, 1199 Railroad Street in Island High and low temperatures, precipitation, additional mailing offices, including North Pond. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Haverhill, NH. on Friday, March 17, at St. James Catholic snowfall, and snow depth are for 24-hour period Postmaster — Send address changes to: Church in Island Pond where a Mass will be ending 7 a.m. of the day listed. P.O. Box 660, Barton, VT 05822 celebrated. Site is in Sutton, elevation 1,500 feet.

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Dear editor, affirmation of the principles on which we stand as schools, but this precedent has already been Reviewing the response to my letter to the Christians, notwithstanding our pledge to our established throughout Vermont. Public funds editor about tax dollars for private schools, it nation. Every school, public or private, has a set are already used to support students attending seemed appropriate to comment. While I fully of values, standards and principles that guide the private schools such as St. Johnsbury Academy. respect the difference of opinion shared by Karen school, though they may not recite them My concern is merely that, if we in Vermont, are Hack of Coventry about the use of public funding regularly. Ours happens to rest on a faith to allow public funds to be used for private for private schools, I wanted to clarify something commitment that guides our actions, behaviors, schools, then all private schools should be she observed while visiting United Christian and relationships in the school. Our expectation included. I do not see this occurring in the Academy (UCA). The debate about public of any student is affirmation of this traditional current system of choice. funding for private education can and will statement of belief, as well as a code of conduct I hope this serves to clarify the fact that UCA continue. I was more concerned about her that flows from this belief, not unlike any is fully involved and supportive of our nation conclusion about our school based on a organization including public schools. The pledge while remaining fully grounded in a faith misunderstanding of a poster she saw. she saw was to this faith statement that guides commitment. We faithfully pledge to God and Ms. Hack believed she saw a restriction our school. country. The result is a school with a wonderful clause added at the end of the United States Though, as Ms. Hack said, “our public atmosphere for learning and a track record of Pledge of Allegiance. After speaking with some education system does not and cannot distinguish equipping students to succeed. I invite you to faculty who remembered the poster, it is clear between those who do or do not “believe,” UCA is visit again and see what can occur as a result of that there was a misunderstanding. UCA has a school of people with many different faith common affirmation of both pledges, and never changed the Pledge of Allegiance. In fact, traditions; Catholic and Protestant together. We agreement on a common statement of faith and our students begin each day reciting the same are united under one common, centuries old code of conduct. We are a private school with Pledge of Allegiance that has been said Apostle’s Creed and a code of conduct which we distinctive qualities, but we are definitely open to historically for centuries, without change. This is ask all to affirm. This is our guide for decisions all who want to learn in a place where God’s love unlike many public schools, including the one my and under which we strive to exemplify is lived out in the community. Small classes grandchildren attend in another state that has consistently, though often imperfectly. We realize enable strong nurturing and encouragement, and stopped reciting the pledge to ensure no one is that the beliefs of any person are not fully known one common pledge affirms allegiance to our offended. unless expressed by the individual, nor do we nation, while another affirms allegiance to a God The pledge Ms. Hack saw was a pledge to the attempt to force anyone into one particular mold. we define through a Christian perspective. Christian flag, which Christians have said for However, convinced that our beliefs motivate Please do call. We would appreciate a chance to decades, arising out of children’s VBS and behavior, we do ask all who become part of UCA discuss your concerns further. Sunday school programs. It states: “I pledge to affirm a common belief or creed. This has The Reverend J. Loring Carpenter allegiance to the Christian flag and the Savior for resulted in fewer discipline problems, a safer Head of school whose Kingdom it stands. One Savior, crucified, learning environment, and an atmosphere that United Christian Academy risen, and coming again, with life and liberty to exudes a love of others shown in Jesus, the Savior Newport all who believe.” Sharing this each day is not mentioned in the pledge to the Christian flag. meant as an indicator of intolerance, but an We may differ on public funding for private

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Opinion The public’s right to know is under attack by Senator Patrick Leahy exploitation, injustice, and excess. Judiciary Committee during the consideration of With the new administration, the very the last two Supreme Court nominees. And for This is the first Sunshine Week, since it existence of facts and truth seem to be under me this will remain a top priority. We have began in 2005, when the public’s right to know attack. From his first days in office, in which he already seen one Trump nominee mislead the has been under direct assault, and on several made outlandish claims about his inauguration Judiciary Committee under oath when Attorney fronts. “Fake news,” “alternative facts,” crowd size, the President has waged a war General Jeff Sessions did not accurately respond retaliatory restrictions of press access by the against reality. President Trump labels to my direct question and then failed to disclose White House, and demonizing attacks on the unfavorable reports as “fake news,” while false testimony, until prompted by news reports. working press are eroding the public’s access to simultaneously decrying the leaks from his We cannot allow that to happen again. Not when real facts and real information about what their administration that gave rise to the reports in the the stakes are so high for our system of justice government is doing. first place. And in an attempt at censorship, his and for our democracy. Next week the Senate Judiciary Committee administration has retaliated against respected Despite the alarming attacks on the free will convene for crucial hearings to consider the media institutions by limiting their access to press from our new President and the misleading nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the cover the White House. testimony of his Cabinet members, I believe we United States Supreme Court. These hearings Instead of censoring the media, we have a can and we must, continue to bring more are a unique moment when all three branches of responsibility to ensure it can operate transparency to government. We did so last year government converge as senators consider a freely. Last year we took a significant step with the FOIA Improvement Act, and we can presidentially appointed nominee to serve on the forward when Congress finally enacted my FOIA continue by promoting transparency and highest court in the land. I plan to use these Improvement Act to strengthen and modernize accountability through technology. My parents public hearings to ask Judge Gorsuch about vital the Freedom of Information Act — our nation’s ran an independent printing press in Vermont. matters affecting millions of Americans, and premier transparency law and a tool the press From an early age, I understood the power of about how he will approach those issues if he is relies on to root out the truth behind government technology to inform the public. Today, all that confirmed. spin. This new law, which took years of hard separates our citizens from vital information and It is fitting that these hearings will occur just work to pass, made permanent President news is often the click of a button. after Sunshine Week, a time when we rededicate Obama’s directive that government agencies Next week, Vermonters and all Americans ourselves to transparency in government. It was operate with a “presumption of openness” when will be able to tune in to the Senate Judiciary Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, a staunch considering the release of government Committee’s public consideration of a Supreme believer in open government, who famously said information under FOIA. I fought for this Court nominee. While this same process should that sunlight is the best disinfectant. It is often strengthening legislation because I believe we have been afforded to Chief Judge Merrick the press that shines the sunlight in dark corners have to hold all presidents and their Garland, President Obama’s highly qualified where we need it most. Since the beginning of administrations accountable to the highest nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, our Republic, Americans have recognized the standards. In retrospect, given the Trump Republicans broke a century of Senate tradition freedom of the press as central to our democracy. Administration’s hostility to the press, this and refused him the opportunity of a public But today, that basic understanding is being legislation could not have been better timed. By hearing. Now we are faced with a new nominee tested by a president who apparently needs a codifying the presumption of openness, we declare for the highest court in the land, nominated by a refresher. that sunshine, not secrecy, is the default setting President who has already shown hostility to Our Constitution provides for freedom of the of our government. independent judges who dare to uphold the press because a democracy cannot survive While passing the FOIA Improvement Act is Constitution, and to journalists so bold as to write without it. But a free press is not just a important progress, we cannot stop there. We the truth. Next week’s hearings mark a time constitutional requirement; it is essential for the must make sure that our government conducts its where transparency and a free press can public’s participation and faith in democracy. work in public where possible and uses illuminate for the American people exactly what The press informs the public and holds elected technology to invite more people into public is at stake with this Supreme Court nominee and officials accountable. It serves as a critical check proceedings. This access and transparency were this presidency. During this Sunshine Week, let on our government, shining a light on corruption, a priority for me when I was chairman of the us all remember to keep the spotlight shining.

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To the editor, the Clinton Foundation was receiving money from Senator Sessions was on the Senate Foreign Both Senator Sanders and Senator Leahy foreign governments or when Hillary deleted Relations Committee and he talked to have demanded that Attorney General Jeff 35,000 e-mails from her non-secure server? ambassadors all over the world and this is Sessions resign. Both Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch have absolutely allowed. The RussianAmbassador Their “outrage” is obviously a partisan witch been involved in controversy several times, and Sergey Kislyak visited Obama’s White House 23 hunt and it is an orchestrated attempt by the we never heard word one from our Washington times and even sat with Democrats during Democratic party to discredit Trump and/or his delegation. Hypocrisy at its best! Trump’s Joint Session speech. nominees any way they can. This current witch hunt stems from one of the This “selective” outrage was planned by the I find it very ironic that we never heard a questions submitted to Sessions by Leahy: Democrats to counter the positive speech given by word from either of them, or Representative “Several of the President-elect’s nominees or Trump and designed to hit the press the following Welch, regarding the fast and furious gun senior advisers have Russian ties. Have you been day. How convenient! running operation on the Mexican border. in contact with anyone connected to any part of It is going to be a long four years if our three We also didn’t hear from them all through the the Russian government about the 2016 election, legislators continue to take unwarranted pot IRS scandal when the IRS admitted they profiled either before or after election day?” Response shots at the current administration. Sooner or conservative organizations and purposely delayed from Sessions “no” later they must accept the fact that they lost the their 501c3 certifications. Being an attorney, Senator Leahy should election and work with the President. Why was our delegation silent during the know better. He didn’t ask him if he had ever Chet Greenwood, Benghazi hearings when four Americans were met with a Russian contact, he asked specifically Chair, Orleans County Republican Committee murdered? How about when Bill Clinton visited about the election and Sessions said no to the Derby Loretta Lynch on the tarmac to discuss whatever? question. Honest answer, yes; ambiguous, Why were all three quiet when it was revealed probably; enough to resign, NO.

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To the editor, the opposite occur in this area. Some of the joining a Parent Teacher Association, serving on My teaching career began in the small problem is a result of the phenomenon I described local boards or government, and most of all, for western Colorado town of Center, in the San Luis in a recent letter about school choice, that being more informed choices when people go to the polls Valley. I saw poverty that probably surpasses our area has suffered as a result of a to vote. One could argue that these new that seen in this area of Vermont’s Northeast depopulation of the school and the out-flux of Americans whom I taught, are more in touch with Kingdom, and many of my students were of better off families who have the skills and money the American dream than the “average Joe.” In Hispanic origin, many of Mexican and Native to achieve elsewhere, along with their high fact, the successful effort made by each successive American heritage. Some were probably children achieving children, leaving behind an ever wave of immigrants from our workaholic Puritan of undocumented parentage but born themselves increasing core of students who are from poorer, ancestors, to Irish in the 1840s, to Italians, in the United States; others had been born in more disadvantaged families where there is less Vietnamese, and others, has been fueled by that Mexico and had only come to the U.S. after support for students due to economic strife. This same promise of success in exchange for hard completing the sixth grade, which was the end of has caused a gradual lowering of academic work. I believe that for this country to function the line for their education for them at home. achievement over the years, and has lowered the as our founders intended as a democracy run by The school where I taught was one of the bar in classrooms where teachers have to work the people, we need to work with, not against, our “state identified” schools that was being targeted harder with an increasingly more challenged local school systems. Public servants, like by laws pressuring those schools to either achieve student population. teachers and the police, are often demonized as a “proficient level” on the state standardized test, Although the parents of students at my school failing our kids or communities, but ultimately or be replaced by a publicly funded, but privately in Colorado were even more impoverished than their success derives primarily from support from run charter school. Amazingly, the year I was the people here, they had a strong desire for their the communities. there, the school managed to get itself off the list children to be successful. They were always I am thankful for the perspective I have been by having the majority of the school’s students supportive of the work done in the schools and given from working for a year in Center, test proficient on the Colorado Student packed the school on both open house nights Colorado, before coming here to teach. In that Assessment Program exam, or CSAP. This feat hosted by the school at the beginning and end of school, as I do at our school here, I did the was all the more remarkable since many of the the year. Additionally, parents would always yearbook. We even printed and bound the whole students were classified as ESL, or English as a back me up if I had a problem with any of their book right in the classroom. The end of the second language, and some had started school children in the classroom. school year brought me the most emotional time I (after sixth grade) without even the knowledge of Why is this? Because most of them were have ever had in my teaching career. Once the our number system since they came from Mayan immigrants. They labored in the potato, carrot, yearbook was finished, students wanted to write areas of Mexico where counting was still done and lettuce fields of huge farms in the San Luis in my yearbook, and many thanked me for with dots and glyphs! Valley and so did their kids in the summer. Since challenging them, teaching them, or just giving In years since have I stayed in touch with the many were laboring for 12 hours a day or more, them a chance. At the end of the year I felt like I teachers, principal, and even the superintendent older siblings had to be responsible enough to get had truly made a difference in their lives. This of that school, and during that time the school younger brothers and sisters fed, dressed and to was all part of a supportive community culture has made an amazing transformation. It has school on time. It was a hard life but those where people take pride in, and believe in their been entirely rebuilt, modernized, and the parents held a big stake in their community schools. superintendent was honored as the state schools and trusted their ability to help pave a Although I do not get the same overwhelming Superintendent of the Year for Colorado just a brighter future for their children. feeling teaching locally, I do see signs, and am couple years ago. So I guess the moral of this tale is that sometimes told I make a difference by some of my The student poverty rate, based on the sometimes a little perspective on a situation can students. Since North Country Union High number of kids who qualified for subsidized shed some needed light. In an age where we School was my alma mater, and where my father lunches at that school, was over 90 per cent. How demonize immigrants, and are discussing taught, I have always made the best effort I can did they achieve success? How did 11-year-old, building a wall along the Mexican border to keep there to bring my best to the classroom for the non-English speakers with no math skills acquire them out, I would argue that here is a population sake of my students, and to help the children of the skills that allowed them to pass the CSAP that instead of blaming the school for the people I went to school with. My first year of exam in just five years? The answer is simple: problems of their children, impressed me with teaching in that isolated part of the country, Because they wanted to, and their families their diligence and determination. As a however, showed me what a difference, regular wanted them to. So this school out in the middle community that valued education, these but dedicated educators can make when paired of nowhere, Colorado, with an overworked and immigrants have made this country a little bit with a community of supportive and active underpaid staff, was able to turn itself around. It more of what we consider to be truly “American.” parents who are invested in the school and their has now risen like a Phoenix from the ashes A place where education is valued and paid for children’s success. We can have a great school primarily because of community involvement. because a better educated population is better here as well, or any place in this country, but it Parents cared, and so students cared. That is the able to benefit their workplace and serve the needs to start with a caring community. formula that worked for them and would be community and our country as a whole. More Brian McCrae helpful to this area’s school system as well. education also allows for better participation in Newport Since moving back to Vermont, I have seen government, whether writing letters to editors,

Let’s find common sense solutions for funding education To the editor, affordable for families and businesses” was While I understand wanting to try to get state Look I get it, governing can be hard. All you something just about everyone could agree with spending under control, it is absurd that our have to do is look at the mess that our wonderful — at least until we saw his budget proposal. Governor has proposed balancing the budget on President is making at the moment to see what I Especially his ideas around funding education in the backs of our teachers. am talking about. However, I still find myself the state. I am thankful that our legislators have disappointed because even though as a state we The Governor’s budget proposal would create decided to not pursue his proposal this year, and I elected a Republican Governor, at the very least a $50-million shortfall in the education fund, encourage them to not entertain such silly budget it was Phil Scott, who on the campaign trail which he then proposes to cover by increasing the proposals like this in the future. Instead, let’s basically came across as a Midwest Democrat — monetary burden of human services on our come together to find common sense solutions to conservative around the edges while liberal on teachers; then by effectively stripping our towns funding education that doesn’t rob our children the inside. of any local control and requiring level funding and our towns of education opportunities. While Phil Scott was pretty short on ideas for town’s education budget proposals. And to Thank you, during the campaign at least his tired yet true (I think, that is what is coming from a Republican. Shane Rogers mean tried and true) slogan of “make Vermont GASP! Newport

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Opinion On modestly expanding school choice by John McClaughry calls for expanding public school choice. school district of residence to permit the student 2004: Governor Douglas renews his call. For … to transfer to any other public school in the Here’s a capsule history of the fitful advance the first time the State Board of Education state that provides an academic course, sports of parental choice in education in Vermont. unanimously endorses the concept of universal program, officially sponsored extracurricular 1869: The landmark Act 9 allows towns public school choice. activity, or service that is offered at the other without secondary schools to tuition pupils to 2010: Commissioner Armando Vilaseca public school but not at the public school of the public and independent schools. launches a persistent attack on independent student’s district of residence, and by requiring 1990: The 1869 tuition law is expanded to schools receiving tuition voucher payments. the other public school to accept the student include grades 1-6. 2012: Act 129 repeals the failed public high (unless there is no physical capacity to accept the 1997: In debate over what becomes Act 60, school regional choice act of 2000, but replaces it student). The school district of residence would the education finance law, Senator Jeb Spaulding with a similar measure that requires no payment pay [an unspecified amount of] tuition to the (D) offers an amendment for full public and non- of tuition by the sending school district. receiving school district.” sectarian independent school choice, with a state- 2015: Forced consolidation (Act 46) and This isn’t the full bore parental choice that specified tuition amount following the student. It controversial State Board of Education rules many have sought for so many years, but it passes 18-12 with the support of Senate President threaten to end choice in tuition towns. pushes the door a little further open for kids to Peter Shumlin (D). The House rejects it in 2016: State Board of Education launches a depart their local public school to an educational conference. new attack on independent schools receiving environment better suited to their needs, 1998: For the first time ever, the national tuition vouchers. Initially thwarted by the interests, and abilities. Gallup poll shows support for school choice, 51-45 Interagency Committee on Rules, the battle John McClaughry is vice-president of the percent. A Vermont Public Radio poll asks continues. Ethan Allen Institute. “Should parents be allowed to use tax dollars to A week before his election as Governor, Phil send their children to religious schools?” Yes, 55 Scott (R) says, “new rules proposed by the State percent; no, 34 percent; undecided, 12 percent. Board of Education would undermine the rights Iowa fifth-grader looks for information 1999: Governor Howard Dean (D) strongly of towns and parents, and weaken local and on Vermont calls for public school choice in a message to the regional economies.” Governor Scott called on the Legislature. State Board of Education “to withdraw and Dear readers, 2000: The Legislature uncomfortably enacts rewrite the rules to preserve and strengthen Hello! My name is Sarah S. I’m a fifth grade Act 150, a highly restrictive high school student choices for parents.” student at Harlan Intermediate School in Harlan, exchange experiment so far removed from real Now we’re up to 2017. The battle over the Iowa. My class is studying the geography and school choice that leading choice advocates fate of tuition town choice in new unified districts history of the United States. I am excited to decline to support it. has yet to be settled (except in the new Northeast learn more about your state of Vermont. I would 2001: The Ethan Allen Institute offers the Kingdom Choice District, composed of ten K-12 really appreciate it if you would send me pictures, first comprehensive parental choice and provider tuition towns.) Nor has the issue of the State postcards, souvenirs, or information on your competition plan, called “Schoolchildren First.” Board’s imposition of deliberately crippling, and state. My teacher, Mrs. Newlin, would like a car (Senator Shumlin joins a hastily union-arranged potentially lethal, requirements on independent license plate if possible, for a teacher project. I news conference to denounce it.) schools that accept tuition students. really appreciate your time and looking forward 2002: The Republican House passes a public- But a new bill sponsored by Representatives to learn more about Vermont. school-only choice bill (72-67). The Democratic Vicki Strong and Mike Hebert and 30 co-sponsors Sincerely, majority buries it in the Senate. In June, the offers a modest step forward. (H. 450). Sarah S. U.S. Supreme Court rules that vouchers used by Their bill would amend Act 129 of 2012 to Mail items to: Cleveland parents at faith-based schools are expand public school choice options to all students Sarah S. constitutional. in grades K-12. It would “require the student’s c/o Mrs. Newlin’s S.S. Class 2003: New Republican Governor Jim Douglas Harlan Intermediate School 1401 19th Street Harlan, Iowa 51537 Congressional delegation needs to represent all Vermonters

Dear editor, year-old sandbox tactics to delay allowing Trump I am in full agreement with the open letter from performing his duties as a freely elected Chet Greenwood submitted regarding the President. All three need to remember hypocrisy of Vermont’s representatives to Democrats may be back in power sometime in the Washington. future, and when Republicans use the same It is my understanding that these three tactics I wonder what their position will be then. Happy representatives represent everyone in the state of Senators Leahy and Sanders, and Vermont, and when they play partisan politics Representative Welch, it is time to grow up and they do not represent me or the rest of Vermont be the individuals the people of Vermont elected who are not die-hard liberal Democrats. you to be. Birthday I believe all three live in glass houses when it Gene Besaw comes to casting stones at those who don’t tell the Derby to the following people! truth. Jessica Gilman, Sheffield, March 15 I want my three representatives to represent Dakota DeGreenia, Coventry, March 15 all of Vermont, which means stop these three- Happy Birthday! Caitlyne DeGreenia, Coventry, March 17 March 20th 95th Year Samantha Lefebvre, March 19 Josh Baker, Holland, March 19 Lordy, Lordy, ~ Matthew Gilman, Sheffield, March 19 William Baker, March 20 PleaseONA send cards to her atFORTY P.O. Box 322, Barton, VT 05822. Look Who’ s Huey Flanders, Newport, March 21 Happy Birthday, Mom! Claude Lafleur, Newport Center, March 21 – Donna Lee, Connie, Bill, Tonya Rhae Claudette Thibault, South Burlington, March 21 FORTY! Marc Quirion, March 21 Caroline Aurora Todd, Canton, NY, March 21 Heather Chang Sukkaew, Albany, March 22 Congratulations Araceli Derbyshire, Barton, March 22 Christine Degre, Newport, March 22 Piette! Newly Engaged Couples! Isaiah Braithwaite, West Glover, March 22 We’re your wedding headquarters! Sandra Scott, Brockton, MA, March 23 Wedding Supplies: Tucker Baker, March 23 • Invitations • Thank-you • Favors Notes Sandra Scott, Massachusetts, March 23 Cards of Thanks Over 20 • Attendants’ • Place Cards different Submit birthdays online at catalogs! Gifts • Favor or are $10.50 per column inch. (An ad this size is $21.) • Napkins Cake Boxes bartonchronicle.com/birthdays Birthdays & Card Showers Check out a sampling of our invitations online at or e-mail them to [email protected], fax them to are $13 per column inch. (An ad this size is $26.) www.memphremagogpress.com 802-525-3200, or mail them to the Chronicle, ATTN: Birthdays, OFFERING 10% OFF! P.O. Box 660, Barton, VT 05822. (No phone calls, please.) Deadline is Monday at noon. Please include their name, birthday (no year), town of residence. 415 Union Street Names are submitted by your family and friends, but if you’d like your name removed Newport, VT 05855 or your town changed, please let us know. the Chronicle Since (802) 334-2780 • (800) 440-2780 1937. Fax: (802) 334-6344 802-525-3531 • [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Open: Mon.-Fri. 7-4. Closed Sat. & Sun. Page Ten the Chronicle, March 15, 2017 Health Department looks at roots of addiction by Joseph Gresser

NEWPORT — Preventing heroin addiction may be as simple, or as complicated, as paying attention to the difficulties individuals face in their early years and offering help to overcome those traumas. That was the message offered at the latest in a series of meetings dedicated to dealing with an epidemic of opioid abuse that has become increasingly virulent in recent years. The meeting, held at North Country Career Center on March 9, was organized by Julie Raboin, a substance abuse prevention consultant with the state Department of Health. Ms. Raboin pointed to studies that show young people use alcohol and binge drink more often in Orleans County than they do in the state as a whole. When those numbers are broken down by income, it appears that Orleans County’s higher rate of alcohol use is driven by people of lower socioeconomic status. Young people from wealthier backgrounds have no higher rate of alcohol consumption than do others of their economic background in the state, Ms. Raboin said. In fact, higher status youth in Orleans County use marijuana at a significantly lower rate than do their peers in the state as a whole. A much higher percentage of young people from Kari White explains how bad childhood experiences can affect a person’s life at a meeting to discuss ways to less well-off families in Orleans County smoke pot prevent heroin addiction. Ms. White said the brain is resilient enough to overcome trauma and thrive. than similarly situated youth in the rest of the Photo by Joseph Gresser state, she said. Another survey showed that fewer than 50 aspects of a person’s life, such as their success in Inga Hoag of the North Country Supervisory percent of young people in Orleans County feel school or at work, she said. Union said her supervisory union has created a valued by the community, Ms. Raboin said. While the figures do not necessarily apply to committee to find ways of making wellness and Youth in the county are much more likely to every individual, the relationship between ACES health part of the curriculum. be disconnected, that is not in school and and poor health in large populations is clear. The plan is not to teach about drugs, but unemployed, than in Vermont or the nation as a Ms. White said that a person need not be a rather to provide information about things whole, she said. victim of his or her past. The human brain is students can do instead of taking drugs. Ms. Raboin’s said about 22.2 percent of resilient and can heal, she said. While people are working to make changes in Orleans County’s youth are disconnected One place to start is helping those who have the community, Ms. Raboin said, “I don’t want to compared to 7.4 percent for the entire state and experienced trauma in their childhood from sit here and give anyone the impression that 12.3 percent for the whole country. continuing the cycle of trauma as they raise we’ve got this.” She said the state needs to strive for what she children. Ms. White suggested that having health Colleen Moore de Ortiz, who also works for called “health equity.” That means that people’s care workers visit homes to provide instruction on the Department of Health, recalled her health ought not to depend on how much money better ways of parenting can be effective. experience growing up and feeling disconnected they have. Similarly, providing easy access to health care from her community in Holland. One theory about the connection between lack and income support for those who are in She said she ran away, but moved back to the of money and poor health is based on an precarious economic circumstances can reduce area, living on Third Street in Newport. Ms. evaluation of people according to their exposure overall stress for a family, Ms. White said. Ortiz said she felt like a loser for years, before to childhood trauma, Ms. Raboin said. Schools can also go out of their way to make reaching out and meeting her neighbors. Today, She introduced Kari White, who serves as students feel as if they are valued members of a Ms. Ortiz said, she feels as if she is part of a real director of quality initiatives at Northern County community, she said. community full of people on whom she can rely Health Care, a federally supported organization Ms. White said teaching adults to do a better for support and help when needed. that runs medical centers in Caledonia and Essex job in dealing with young people will have One of her neighbors, Michelle Rossi, now counties. beneficial results for the future. serves on the committee working on ways of Ms. White talked about a study of what are The most important factor in assuring good dealing with the addiction problem. called adverse childhood experiences or ACES. outcomes for a young person is having a stable Ms. Rossi said, “I was part of the problem for These include witnessing domestic abuse or living and committed relationship with a supportive seven years, now I’m trying to be part of the with alcoholic or drug using adults, among other adult, Ms. White said. solution.” stress factors. Individuals can also help themselves by She was given the honor of announcing that According to a study of 17,000 people improving their brains through exercise, proper the community has been awarded a $150,000 conducted by Kaiser Permanent in the late 1990s, nutrition and learning new things, how to play a Promise Grant as part of the federal Race to the ACES can serve to predict health outcomes. musical instrument, for instance, Ms. White said. Top program. The money will go toward funding The likelihood that a person will experience She also recommended striving to achieve programs that can help reverse the causes of the heart disease, cancer, drug abuse, suicide, or what she called collective impact, which she area’s drug problems, Ms. Rossi said. depression increases with the number of stress defined as a kind of deep collaboration that brings “So many dark clouds hover over our factors experienced by a young child. Similarly, people together to work in a structured way for community,” she said. “It’s time to shed some those factors can have a negative effect on other social change. light.”

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Page Twelve the Chronicle, March 15, 2017 Barton bar fined, and told to close for four days by Joseph Gresser Ms. MacEachern said she had sent in the The VLCB thanked Mr. Sackett for bringing required paperwork and was not surprised that the matter to its attention, but said his BARTON — The Lake House Saloon here will she had not received a new license for the tickets “description of events may be tempered by his be closed for four days in April, and owner Anne because she had earlier been told they are not desire to receive compensation for the damage to Marie MacEachern will have to pay a $500 fine to sent out annually. his DJ equipment.” The board said it could not resolve charges against her establishment filed by That information was incorrect, as it turned help him in that. the Vermont Liquor Control Board (VLCB). out, and Ms. MacEachern’s applications had not According to the board, the saloon might have The VLCB heard from Ms. MacEachern and been received by DLC. benefitted from having more bouncers on duty the several witnesses at a hearing held in Montpelier Ms. MacEachern told the members of the night of the fight, but in view of Mr. Butler’s on February 8. DJ Don Sackett complained of Liquor Control Board that she donates the attempts to quell the disturbance and the fact what he called a brawl at the Lake House on proceeds from the break open tickets to Post #76 that no patrons were hurt, it decided a warning August 5. He described a melee involving around of the American Legion in Barton. Board was the proper response. 15 people during which his equipment setup got members were surprised to hear that Barton’s As for investigator Welch’s response, board knocked over, doing damage he said would cost Legion Post does not have its own bar. members were unable to decide how many of the around $1,500 to repair. Ticket sales at the Lake House raise about ten violations alleged against the Lake House Clayton Butler, a bouncer who was working $3,000 a month for the Legion, Ms. MacEachern were supported by facts. There was at least one that night, said he was jumped by two patrons said. She told the board that she is president of violation of rules prohibiting serving drunken and fell into the equipment as he attempted to the post’s auxiliary. patrons, they found. deal with them. He said there were no more than The Liquor Control Board issued a 12-page With that in mind the board looked at the five people involved in the scrap — the two people decision and order on March 8. record of the Lake House in the eight years Ms. with whom he struggled, himself, and two other In their decision the board found that Ms. MacEachern has been running it and found it was patrons who attempted to assist him in getting MacEachern had committed a “violation of form, fined in December for serving customers who control of the situation. rather than substance” by failing to submit the were already under the influence, and that the After Mr. Sackett complained about the proper forms for the break out ticket sales. Had bar was shut down for three days in 2014 due to a August 5 incident to the Department of Liquor she done so, she would certainly have received fight. Control (DLC), Michael Welch, an undercover permission to sell them, the board said. That led the board to decide to close the investigator for the board, paid a visit to the The VLCB’s ruling says Ms. MacEachern’s saloon for four days from April 26 through April saloon on November 19 and watched as several “fundraising activities for her organization are 30 and to fine Ms. MacEachern $500. patrons he thought were clearly intoxicated were commendable.” The board decided to only issue a Ms. MacEachern was behind the bar Monday served drinks. warning for the violation, and said it will take a serving a very quiet group of patrons. She said Mr. Butler and two other employees of the look at the instructions it provides bar owners to she wished the board had not penalized her, and Lake House, Kevin Tartaglio and Lester make sure they clearly state the license must be that she is ready to get out of the business. Bousquet, said they were trained to detect people renewed annually. While the VLCB did not penalize her for the who had too much to drink and were instructed to As for the fight, the board found that state ticket violation, she said they are going over the let the bartenders know if someone should be cut regulations don’t require liquor license holders to records of the American Legion to make sure the off. Ms. MacEachern said the same thing. be punished every time a fight breaks out, but do money got into its hands. Ms. MacEachern said Investigator Welch said he noticed that break call for prompt action should one erupt. she is not concerned, because she knows open tickets were on sale at the saloon and Mr. Butler took immediate steps to deal with everything was done properly. checked with William Goggins, the DLC’s director the fight and made no attempt to hide what Still, she said, another violation under her of enforcement, licensing, and education. happened from investigators. The board noted ownership will mean stiffer penalties. The bar is Mr. Goggins said Ms. MacEachern had not that only Mr. Butler and Mr. Sackett’s equipment up for sale, and she will be glad when she is out applied for the permit needed to sell the tickets in suffered in the fray. of the business, Ms. MacEachern said. several years. Be prepared to operate snow blowers safely The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute engine is cold. 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Derby church hosts discussion of the hurricane of 1938

The Hurricane of 1938 wreaked havoc on parts of New England, including here in the Northeast Kingdom. There are still people alive today who remember this weather event. On Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m., the Derby Historical Society is hosting a talk about the hurricane. The guest speaker is Steven Long, the author of Thirty-Eight: The Hurricane that Transformed New England. Mr. Long’s presentation, will take place in the community room at the Community Church of Derby (formerly the United Church of Derby). The public is invited to come and learn about the hurricane, and maybe even share their own memories. People with questions about the event can contact Bill Gardyne at 766-5324, Allen Yale at 766-5159, or Scott Wheeler at 334-5920. — from the Derby Historical Society.biz CNB community The Hurricane of 1938 wreaked havoc on parts of the Northeast Kingdom. The photo above right shows some of the wind damage in Newport. Photo courtesy of the Derby Historical Society

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Community National Bank (CNB) has presented Sandy Hilliker with the bank’s Community Service Award for the fourth quarter Wed., April 12 of 2016. This award was developed to recognize the unsung heroes that make our communities better places to live, work and play. Ms. Hilliker has poured her heart and soul and into helping the Newport Center United Methodist Church thrive. She has been a part of the church’s handbell choir for over ten years. Her keen musical ear and caring personality Thurs., April 13! make her a wonderful director. Ms. Hilliker holds practices once a week to prepare the choir for monthly church service rings, orders music, • Consult with Dr. Larry Byle, Dr. Larry Byle, Au.D. and makes weekly calls to remind choir members of practice sessions and schedule changes. our visiting audiologist — As a member of the United Methodist Women’s Group, Ms. Hilliker plays an active role IT’S FREE! in the church’s fund-raising dinners. She organizes food donations and is always on site to • Come see and try out our newest hearing aid help serve food and stays to clean up. Due to the shortage of ministers in our area, technology Ms. Hilliker has been working with a group of church members to seek out a minister. Despite the difficulty of finding someone to lead Sunday • Check out our specials for this event services, she always remains positive and finds a way to make sure Sunday services are held. • Trade in your old hearing aids CNB’s Community Service Award honors and recognizes recipients by making a $500 contribution to a local, non-profit organization of the recipient’s choice. Ms. Hilliker has requested BOOK NOW, SPACE IS LIMITED! that her donation be made to the Newport Center United Methodist Church. For more information about CNB’s Community Service Award, and to nominate a Hearing Center of Vermont deserving recipient, please visit www.communitynationalbank.com. — from 5452 U.S. Route 5, Suite F Community National Bank. (Derby Times Square), Newport, VT 05855 Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back! Online subscriptions are only $ Heidi Eichenberger, BA, LHAS, COCH, BC-HIS per28 year. www.bartonchronicle.com 802-487-9902 www.hearingcenterofvt.com Page Fourteen the Chronicle, March 15, 2017 Lyon family deals with the loss of historic barn by Elizabeth Trail

BARTON — Almost four days after fire destroyed the Lyon family’s big barn across from the Orleans County fairgrounds, Shirley Lyon still hadn’t been able to bring herself to look out the window and see the still smoldering wreckage. “I just can’t,” she said over the phone on Saturday afternoon. The barn, which belonged to Mrs. Lyon and her husband, Melvin, burned early on Wednesday morning. The glow of the fire lit the whole sky in Barton that night. Mrs. Lyon’s son Harvey saw the fire sometime after 12:30 a.m. “He saw flames coming out of the milkhouse on the east side,” she said. But Harvey Lyon only has cell service in his house and he’d left his cell phone in his work truck. By the time he ran to his parents’ house next door and reached the fire department on their phone, flames were shooting out the west end of the barn as well. The barn, possibly the oldest in Barton, was

The searchlight on an Orleans Fire Department ladder truck makes an eerie glow in the smoke created by the fire. The fire began sometime around 12:30 a.m. on March 8. Photos by Elizabeth Trail

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the Chronicle, March 15, 2017 Page Fifteen Heat tape may have caused blaze (Continued from page fourteen.)

Mrs. Lyon thought the sound of explosions during the fire might have been the gas tanks on the vehicles exploding. The horses’ winter store of hay is safe in a metal building nearby. “But come summer, we’re missing three tractors, so it’s going to be hard to make hay,” Mrs. Lyon said. The heat of the fire melted the vinyl siding and simulated brick on the front of the senior Lyons’ house, but the glass on the sunroom didn’t break. “We did have some luck anyway,” Mrs. Lyon said. “The door from the sunroom into the house was open for quite a while. I think that may have saved it.” The heat of the fire also melted snow on the roof, sending a cascade of water down over the sunroom’s glass. That, too, might have helped save the sunroom, she speculated. New snow has fallen since the fire, making it impossible to tell what kind of damage the roof on the house might have sustained. “They suspect it may be wavy, too, but they can’t look until the snow melts,” Mrs. Lyon said. Fire trucks lined all of the approaches to the Lyon’s barn on Roaring Brook Road. The transformer on the power The transformer on a nearby power line blew pole closest to the fire blew, leaving neighboring houses in darkness. at 1:20 a.m., leaving both Lyon family households and others along the Roaring Brook Road without motorcycles that other family members had put in On Saturday afternoon, some of the wood in power, Mrs. Lyon said. the barn for winter storage. the fallen structure re-ignited. Fire fighters came The power company worked half the day on “There’s no insurance on the boats,” she said. out again and sprayed more water on the debris. Wednesday to restore the damaged lines. So far, three insurance adjusters had been to She said she’s heard there might be a cell And a control box for Harvey Lyon’s heating look at the barn, as well as fire investigators, she phone video of the fire. She couldn’t bring herself system melted at about the same time, leaving said. to watch the fire itself, but on Saturday she his house without heat. Members of the Barton Fire Department thought watching the video might be a first step Harvey Lyon carried the insurance on the haven’t returned calls. toward looking out the window at the pile of barn. His mother said she thought insurance on charred timbers at the end of the high drive ramp the barn itself was probably adequate. across the road. But she didn’t know about the cars and “I’d like to see it, she said. S&D Accounting Services SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING Denise Sullivan, CPA, LLC Serving your tax & accounting needs! STEPHEN C. MENGEL Individual & Business Tax Preparation Completing a tax return is not 802-424-1500 P.O. Box 781 (802) 274-2171 • 274-2172 just fill-in-the-blanks. 173 VT Route 111 [email protected] We help you make decisions P.O. Box 4159 Derby, VT 05829 sdaccountingservicesvt.com that save hundreds of dollars in taxes: St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 • Obamacare health insurance decisions • IRAs & how much they save [email protected] • Depreciation of property & equipment • Education deductions & credits Traci Lamarche • Taxation of Social Security • Sale of home & business assets Tax Preparer We’ve been preparing taxes for over 38 years. Three enrolled AARP TAX AIDE PROGRAM E-File provider agents & our experienced staff ensure your taxes are done right. Free tax returns prepared for taxpayers with low- • Corporate We offer a free review of your prior year tax returns.  Lamarche Bookkeeping moderate income, with special attention to those  • Individual  P.O. Box 179 Pat Hunt, Inc. 60 and older, every Wednesday, from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30  Albany, VT 05820 • Payroll   p.m. at the Goodrich Memorial Library in Newport.  (802) 673-2244 Hunt’s Tax Service   375 East Main Street, Newport, VT 05855 Call Chris at 802-279-0442 for an appointment.  [email protected] • Bookkeeping   802-334-8322 • [email protected] SUBSCRIBE NOW!

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St. Paul’s Mathcounts team participated in the regional Mathcounts competition held at Lyndon State College in February. Based on her high score, Marina Rockwell, a seventh grader, has been invited to further compete in the state Mathcounts competition at Vermont Technical College in Randolph, on Saturday, March 25. Pictured here is the Mathcounts team. In the back row, from left to right, are: coach Madalyn Ledoux, Allie Cloutier, Hannah Poginy and Sam Coe. In the front, from left “I spied this young bobcat stealing suet from our bird to right, are: Jude Coe, Marina Rockwell, Isabella Coe, and Quinn Snedeker. Photo courtesy of St. Paul’s School feeder on March 7th in Wheelock.” — Alice Simpson We want to share your Amazing Photos! Send your photos to: Amazing Photos, the Chronicle c/o the Chronicle, P.O. Box 660, Barton, VT 05822 Let come to you! or e-mail it to: [email protected] with Subscriptions cost $27 in Vermont, “Amazing Photo” in the subject line. $40 out of state.

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The North Country Union High School hockey team lets the world know they are number one, posing on the ice at Gutterson Field House in Burlington after winning the state Division II hockey championship on March 9. The Falcons rode a record- setting performance by goalie Dana Marsh to earn a 4-3 win over Harwood Union CONGRATS High School. Brady Perron scored two goals for North Country. Dawson Cote had a goal and an assist. Mitchell Austin netted the game-winner about midway through the third period. The following is a list of the championship team’s roster: Arne North Country Div. 2 Hockey Bannach, Mitchell Gonyaw, Alex Fletcher, Zack Hamblett, Dylan Harlow, Dawson Cote, Brandon Starr, Evan Wilkie, Caleb Lanoue, Brady Perron, Chad Dupuis, Mitchell Austin, Jordan Cote, Connor Duncan, Patrick Gaudreau, Tyler Smith, Alex Giroux, on winning the state title! Riley Fletcher, Zach Abbott and Dana Marsh. Ryan Jacobs is the Falcons’ head coach, assisted by Mike Paul and Jim Jacobs. Chelsea Bohannon is the athletic trainer. Reid Burke is the team manager. Photos by Pamela Wade

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But she says she was Study Committee have been hoping happy to sign on to a bipartisan that this year’s Legislature would effort to give local schools more time modify the 2015 school district to come up with a workable solution consolidation law to make its to district consolidation. requirements easier to meet. “We meant H.7 as a At the very least, OCSU placeholder,” Ms. Batchelor said. representatives were hoping for an “Something that could be amended, extension on the July 1 deadline for but got the subject onto the agenda.” putting its next proposal in front of That effort succeeded, even voters. though the bill itself is dead, along But no one, including local with several others introduced early legislators, seems to know exactly in the session. what the prospects were for seeing “The House is unlikely to act on it happen. H.7,” Mr. Sharpe said. “I’d like to know that myself,” Albert Pearce, vice-chair of the Representative Sam Young of House Education Committee, Glover said. favored H.15, a bill that both On Tuesday, the Senate extended Act 46 deadlines and gave Committee on Education more consideration to alternate unanimously passed a committee forms of governance such as bill that would allow additional supervisory unions. combinations of districts and He’s from Richford, one of supervisory unions to qualify for tax several towns in the northwestern incentives, according to Chair Philip part of the state where voters have Baruth. rejected district consolidation. It would also extend deadlines, “I’m new on the committee, but I and allow districts with smaller have a sense that overall they are numbers of students. strongly in support of Act 46,” he That bill may go before the full said. Senate as early as next week. A similar bill in the Senate, If it passes the Senate, it would S.15, would have extended the time advance to the House Committee on frame to July 2020, and would give Education and then on to the full equal weight to proposals for House. supervisory unions and other less That bill, called a committee traditional ways of grouping schools State Representative Brian Smith of Derby, displays what he said was the complete set of bills currently before the Vermont House of Representatives. Mr. Smith showed bill, is expected to replace all of the into larger and more efficient units off his collection at the Derby Town Meeting on March 6. other legislation pertaining to Act for administrative purposes. Photo by Joseph Gresser 46 that has been introduced this The bill’s nine sponsors included year. senators John Rodgers of Glover “The Senate has taken the lead and Bobby Starr of North Troy. by a consolidated district, but for towns to vote on Act 46 in modifications to Act 46,” said Another bill in the house, H. preserves individual control. proposals until November 15. Representative David Sharpe, chair 174, sponsored by some legislators “I don’t think we’ll be taking up The current deadline is July 1. of the House Committee on from the southern part of the state, the individual bills,” Mr. Pearce All bills go to committee after Education. proposed a more complicated idea said. Instead, his committee will they’ve been read on the floor for Four Northeast Kingdom called side-by-side school districts. act on the bill just passed by the the first time. Then it’s up to the lawmakers are among the 24 H. 174 would have allowed three Senate Committee on Education. committee chair whether to move sponsors of a bipartisan bill called or more school districts to merge in The bill coming out of the the bill forward, ignore it, or H.7 that proposed adding a year to such a way that each of the pre- Senate Committee on Education combine it with other similar bills. the timeframe for each step of existing districts and the merged includes provisions for a simplified district consolidation. district would sit side by side under version of the side-by-side district contact Elizabeth Trail In addition to Mr. Young, the the umbrella of a supervisory union. concept. [email protected] legislators are Lynn Batchelor of That lets some functions be handled And it extends the time frame

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The charge of last year’s committee was: back at square one is disingenuous. “We want as many voices as we can get,” Mr. “As soon as practicable, submit a report to the “Last year, the committee came out and said Sanville said then. State Board of Education that will indicate if there was a desire to form a single district, and But when they arrived, they were told that there is a desire to create a single educational the voters said there wasn’t,” he said. their participation would be limited to the public district that includes all of the towns of the He said he felt that to pretend otherwise was comment period. Orleans Central Supervisory Union.” to ignore the input of voters who went to the polls “I just want to explain that this meeting is “Does that charge seem to fit this committee?” last year. open to the public, but this is not a meeting of the Ms. Leroux asked. “If we use the words approved structure public,” Ms. Leroux told the group. “I’m not sure we should start with the same instead of single educational district, won’t that That meant, she continued, that people who question,” Carole Young of Glover said. “We may leave it open?” asked high school student Rebecca weren’t officially members of the committee could end up with the same results.” Doucet, who is a member of the study committee. speak during the public comment at the It quickly became clear that those in the room Howie Gentler questioned the phrase “all the beginning of the meeting. were far from agreeing on what exactly the towns” in last year’s charge, saying that he was “If the public input is limited, where is the committee was setting out to do. hearing talk of a voluntary merger between the place for public participation?” someone asked. Albany and Irasburg schools. Another wanted to know how useful The wording needs to leave room for other community input was if it wasn’t responsive to outcomes that might emerge, he said. what was actually being discussed. And there’s still a question mark about After more people registered their dismay, Westmore, which has no school of its own and Ms. Leroux backed down from her original The charge of the offers school choice at the elementary level. All position and allowed the public to be fully schools in a district have to adopt the same involved in the conversation that unfolded. committee is to define structure, a change that Westmore voters seem But she reserved the right to limit public and propose a structure unwilling to make. comment on the evening’s issues if necessary in “How can we agree on the committee’s charge the interests of time. that will be acceptable to if we disagree on where we’re going?” Ms. Young Community members weren’t shy about asked. stating their positions. the people of the towns “Until we agree on something, we’ll sit here Dan Demane of West Glover said he wanted and do nothing,” Tammy Wiggett said. to see the current supervisory union structure and is also acceptable to Mr. Demane said he feared that OCSU’s goal tweaked and submitted to the state. is to present a finished product to the Evan Gentler wanted to take that one step the State Board of community. further and see the committee explicitly charged Education He compared that to the North Country with finding an alternative structure that is Supervisory Union, which also distributed a acceptable to the state. survey at Town Meetings. He’s a teacher, but attended the meeting as a “They’re going out into the community first to citizen of Irasburg. find out that they want, before they move Act 46 apparently allows supervisory unions “Let’s define what single educational district forward,” he said. “They plan to let public input to be approved if they meet certain criteria like means,” Mr. Sanville said. guide them.” size and sharing a central administration. “Can you have a single educational district There was no change from the first to the But no one in the room was certain about and keep your own school boards, your own third OCSU public information meetings, Mr. whether a supervisory union gets the same tax assets, your own debt?” Ms. Young asked. Demane said. It was clear that public input, breaks and grant incentives the state is offering No, seemed to be the answer. however scanty, was not heard by the OCSU to new consolidated districts. And that was the sticking point for several representatives. “We need clarification on that,” said Leah speakers. The State Board of Education has to approve Rogers, chair of the Glover School Board. Mr. Sanville had already parsed Irasburg’s a proposal before it’s sent to the voters, Ms. A meeting with a representative of the Town Meeting Day survey results. Irasburg Leroux explained. Vermont School Board Association is planned to voters were 90 percent against district “Last year we were up against a time frame,” answer questions about Act 46 requirements. It’s consolidation, he said. she said. “We were trying to get it to a vote in scheduled for April 25 at 6 p.m. at Lake Region “It’s clear that Irasburg wants to look at a time to qualify for the tax incentives and grants.” Union High School. different model,” he said. “I don’t think we’re She said that this time around, there’s less “I’m going against the tide here,” said Brian going to get any support if we go down that road pressure. Carroll, of West Glover. “But I’d like to see us again.” And there’s hope that legislation under moving expeditiously rather than seeing the state As Mr. Sanville sees it, there are two consideration in Montpelier may give districts come in.” conflicting goals that the committee has to more time, state Representative Vicki Strong The state is reserving the right to form achieve. It has to come up with a proposal that said. districts in the future if local schools haven’t been voters will approve — and that the authorities in As it stands now, there is still a late June able to agree on consolidation plans of their own. Montpelier will accept. deadline for the next Act 46 vote in the towns As an educator, Mr. Carroll said he believes He sees the challenge as reconciling those two trying to submit a merger proposal this year. that there may be advantages to consolidation. objectives, or removing that tension. After more back and forth about the wording “I’d like to see us look at the benefits of a But Ms. Leroux seemed to disagree. of the charge, the committee finally accepted a unified approach,” he concluded. “The work of this committee is to take a suggestion from Evan Gentler, who proposed Howie Gentler of Irasburg was critical of last proposal out into the community,” she said. “The charge of the committee is to define and year’s study committee’s public presentations. To be clear, she said, only 28 surveys were propose a structure that will be acceptable to the “Information was presented without much returned in Irasburg, hardly a representative people of the towns and is also acceptable to the opportunity for input from the other side,” he sample. State Board of Education” said. “It was like a propaganda thing.” While district consolidation was defeated in “Getting the public involved helps toward Since the first proposal was voted down, it five of the six OCSU towns at the polls last June, that,” Ms. Young said. behooved the committee to listen to the public, he the total difference was only about 100 votes, she said. said. Margins were very narrow in some towns. But another retired teacher, David Paul, But the survey results in Irasburg reflect the supported change. vote at the polls last June, Mr. Sanville said. “We probably do need a change,” he said. Albany was split nearly half and half at the “There are things we don’t do well. We need to polls in June, said Neil Urie, the school board

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That tower would hold over a Mr. Monette said the council will welcome empty seats as quickly as possible; it merely million gallons. questions to the candidates from the public, but would mean that whoever is chosen to fill the The second possibility is building what Mr. suggested they be submitted ahead of time so vacancies on the council will have to face the Bernier called a stand pipe. It would be a tall council members can pose them to prospective voters earlier than they would otherwise. cylinder, 25 feet in diameter. Only the water in candidates. Mr. Johnson said the winners of a special the top half of the stand pipe would be high City resident Anne Chiarello urged the board election will fill out the remainder of the term for enough to provide acceptable pressure to the to call an election, saying it would be the the seat he or she occupies. The person who parts of the city it serves, he said. democratic thing to do. If members of the council takes Mr. Morrissette’s place on the council would That would not be a problem, though, because interview candidates, they will be tempted to pick have to run for re-election on Town Meeting Day, the cylinder would be continually replenished people with whom they think they can work while the person replacing Mr. Vincent would fill with water pumped from the reservoir near the easily, she said. the remainder of his two-year term. Newport Country Club. The top half of the stand The city would be better served with five Should there be no special election, voters pipe would hold about 200,000 gallons, Mr. independent voices, Ms. Chiarello concluded. would select the occupants of both seats next Bernier said. Mr. Johnson said a special election can be March, he said. He recommended the stand pipe, saying it called by petition of 5 percent of Newport’s voters. Mr. Johnson estimated the cost of holding a would cost less than half the price of the larger Ms. Ladds calculated that would amount to about special election at between $900 and $1,000. The tower. Either structure would be made of steel 160 signatures. city would have to pay to advertise the ballot and and lined with glass, which Mr. Bernier said Once such a petition is delivered to city to hire people to work during the election, he would reduce maintenance costs. authorities, the council would have to warn a explained. The council encouraged Mr. Bernier to special election, Mr. Johnson said. Voters must In other business, the council heard from Tom continue working on the stand pipe proposal. be given at least 30 days’ notice of the election, he Bernier, the city’s director of public works, who Ms. Chiarello rose to thank the Newport City said. reported on progress in the design of a second Fire Department for their quick response to a fire Mr. Johnson said he is not sure how long water tower to serve the eastern side of Newport. at her house. She said the city’s firefighters potential candidates would have to submit Mr. Bernier said engineers were doing saved her house and took care to do the least petitions to place their names on the ballot. He preliminary design work on the tower and had amount of damage in extinguishing the blaze. promised to investigate. come up with two ideas. The first, which would She suggested that the city purchase new He said the possibility of an early vote does cost around $2-million would call for the uniforms for the department as a mark of respect construction of a tower similar to the one on for its professionalism.

The Town of Coventry RABIES CLINIC TOWN OF NEWPORT RABIES CLINIC will hold a Saturday, March 25, from 9–12 at the Holland Town Garage The Town of Newport will be holding a RABIES CLINIC RABIES CLINIC on March 18, Sat., March 18th from 12-2 p.m. from 9-11 a.m., All dogs are welcome to come on a leash and DERBY POND at the Newport Center Fire Department on the cats in a carrier. You don’t have to be a Coventry ANIMAL HOSPITAL Cross Road. Other vaccines will be offered this resident. Coventry residents can register their Kim O’Connor, DVM • William R. Mentes, DVM day in addition to the rabies vaccine. dogs that day. Remember ALL CANINES are 2757 U.S. Route 5, Derby, VT 05829 Both dogs and cats are welcome. 802-766-2222 • 800-276-3755 required to be registered by April 3rd. Dog license prices $11 spayed, $15 not spayed. • SMALL ANIMAL • MEDICINE & SURGERY Quality Care with Compassion at Affordable Prices. OFFICE HOURS BY APPOINTMENT • ON-SITE CREMATORY • WE NOW ACCEPT CARE CREDIT NOTICE Newport Veterinary Hospital presents: TOWN OF ALBANY RESIDENTS Dog Licenses are due on or before April 1, 2017. Neutered or Spayed $9.00 Notice AT YOUR Male or Female $13.00 Brownington Residents Neuter or spaying certificate must be presented unless on file. Must have valid rabies vaccination certificate unless on file. 50% There will be a Rabies Clinic at the Penalty added to renewal fees after April 1st. License early or by Brownington Town Clerk’s Office mail. Enclose a .71 cent S.A.S.E. for return papers. Offering convenient and Saturday, March 18, 2017, compassionate care to your dogs and Hailey Gentile, DVM There will be a rabies clinic at the Albany Town Hall from 9–11 a.m. cats in the comfort of their own home! on Saturday, March 18th, from 1:15 p.m. to 2 p.m. 802-334-2655 Dog licenses are due on or before April 1, 2017 The Town Clerk will be there to license dogs. The Town with documentation of a current rabies Clerk’s Office will be open on Saturday, vaccination. April 1st, to license dogs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in addition to our regular hours, 754-8401 Newport which are Tuesday & Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 7 Veterinary Hospital p.m. Debra Ann Geoffroy, Albany Town Clerk Pet overpopulation is a problem you The Northeast Kingdom’s can help solve! Premier Pet Boarding, Low-cost Spay/Neuter Grooming & Daycare Provider Assistance Programs in 246 VT Route 105, Newport, VT 567 Sias Avenue, Newport, VT 05855 the Northeast Kingdom: (802) 334-2655 Call today: (802) 334-7005 • Pope-Memorial Frontier Animal Shelter – Feline Spay/Neuter Clinic: Monthly/bi-monthly spay/neuter clinic for cats. The $45 fee includes rabies and Specializing in Compassionate, Quality Care www.OasisPetResort.com distemper vaccinations. Call 334-8197 for appointment. • Northeast Kingdom Spay-Neuter Program: Provides a voucher for a spay/ Offering: Preventive Care, Diagnostic Medicine, Surgery, • State-of-the-art Facility neuter procedure at a reduced fee for either a cat or a dog in Orleans or Essex Dental Procedures, Behavior & Training, and Boarding. • Comfortable Dog Suites counties, for use at participating local veterinarians. For more info, call 334-7393. Consultations & second opinions welcomed! • Private & Secluded Cattery • Vermont Spay Neuter Incentive Program is available to help Vermonters ~ We carry ~ • Professional Grooming & Bathing unable to afford the cost of spaying/neutering cats & dogs for which they BRAVECTO We now have • Outdoor Exercise Yard & Large Dog Park provide care. Send a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) to: VSNIP, P.O. for dogs, a BRAVECTO Box 104, Bridgewater, VT 05034 for an application. yummy chew for for cats, a topical 3 month flea & • Our Store Features Wellness™, • Felines & Friends Foundation: Provides spay/neuter assistance for barn cats, up to 12 weeks tick medication unowned, or loosely owned cats. More info at FFFVT.org or call 323-4793. of flea & tick ProNature™, Lupine™ & more prevention. for cats. • VT-CAN! is a stationary, reduced-cost, high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter Same owner, same location for 40 years! clinic located in Middlesex, Vermont. More info at http://vt-can.org. You can also e-mail [email protected] or call 223-0034. We invite you to check out our facebook page • Providing Ethical Treatment for Strays (P.E.T.S.) of the Kingdom: Focuses on animal cruelty investigation and other animal welfare issues. More info at WE DOG & at www.facebook.com/oasispetresort petsofthekingdom.weebly.com or 673-3791. CARRY CAT FOOD Page Twenty-six the Chronicle, March 15, 2017

Over 150 handbell musicians to perform Greensboro church at Lyndon State College hosts mud season follies The thirty-sixth annual Vermont Spring Ring Vermont Spring Ring begins with an evening The Greensboro United Church of Christ will Concert will be on Saturday, April 29, 2017, at 4 of instruction designed for handbell directors on host a mud season follies on Saturday, March 18, p.m. in the Lyndon State College, Stannard Friday, April 28, continues with a day of at the church. The evening kicks off with a Gymnasium. rehearsals and classes for handbell musicians, potluck supper from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Each April handbell musicians from Vermont, and culminates with Saturday’s public concert. Fellowship Hall. The show starts at 7 p.m. in the Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New The free concert will feature both sacred and sanctuary. This is a family event, open to York, and Canada travel to participate in the secular pieces played by all participants en children, youth, and adult performers and Vermont Handbell Association’s yearly festival masse, selections by individual handbell audiences alike. People are invited to sing, dance, known as Spring Ring. This year’s festival is ensembles, as well as solo handbell ringing. play an instrument, perform a skit, offer a being hosted by handbell choirs from the For more information about Vermont Spring reading, perform with puppets, interpret a piece Northeast Kingdom and will take place under the Ring or other activities of the Vermont Handbell of art, or create one live on stage. The organizers direction of internationally recognized handbell Association, contact [email protected]. — are open to other ideas as well. director, Stephanie Wiltse of Grand Rapids submitted by Kimberlee Strepka. Admission is by donation, to benefit local Michigan. children for summer camp scholarships at Wonder and Wisdom. Anyone interested should contact Judy Waible at [email protected] or (802) 533-9894 to offer their participation as a Dream position on the island of Martha’s Vineyard performer, or to be on the setup or cleanup crew. Position: Administrative and Program — from the Greensboro United Church of Christ. Coordinator — UP for Learning MAINTENANCE MANAGER Overview: Join a rapidly growing, dynamic, non-profit that is engaging youth and adults in school change efforts throughout Tired of the North Country? Looking for an exciting new opportunity? Vermont. Provide leadership and oversight for the day-to-day Relocate, live, work, and enjoy life at Winnetu Oceanside Resort on the Vineyard. Easily accessible to Cape Cod. Year-round position available logistical operations of the organization, including event immediately with housing included. Good benefits. E.O.E. employer. coordination, financial, and bookkeeping management, Excellent school system and a welcoming community. website oversight, and logistical support for UP initiatives (event coordination). Candidates should have leadership skills and set a good example for This full-time job is a mix of virtual and on-site team meeting others. Jack of all trades who can do the work themselves and know time in the Hardwick/Montpelier area. Strong office when and how to delegate to others. HVAC skills critical as well as management organizational skills and the proven capacity to carpentry, electrical and plumbing important. Need to be organized and NEKCA HEAD START JOB OPENING work independently are essential. detail oriented. Sense of humor helps. Extensive interaction with our guests whom we go to great lenghts to please. Please send resumé and references to: TEACHER Send resumé to Roland Georges, General Manager, at [email protected] [email protected]. www.winnetu.com The NEKCA Island Pond Head Start, a 5-STARS preschool program, is seeking a full-time teacher. Qualified candidates should have the ability to plan and implement a developmentally appropriate comprehensive education program for 3-5 year old EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY children in a classroom setting, ability to function in a the Chronicle team teaching situation, keep objective records, and engage families in areas of Health, Nutrition, Family Services, and Education. Minimum of a Bachelor’s Help Wanted ETHAN ALLEN degree in Early Childhood Education, or Bachelor’s We’re looking for a personable and creative degree in a related field with coursework in Early marketing assistant to sell ads for new ORLEANS DIVISION, ORLEANS, VT. Childhood Education required, experience working with digital and print products, work with website, young children preferred. The closing date for applying Ethan Allen Inc., a leading manufacturing/retailer in the is March 27, 2017, or until filled. To apply, send a cover and develop new accounts. The position [email protected], requires thinking out of the box, knowledge of home furnishings industry, is accepting applications for a letter, resumé, and 3 references to: fax to 802-334-5249, or mail to: NEKCA Human website technology, and eagerness to meet Resources, P.O. Box 346, Newport, VT 05855. E.O.E. potential clients face-to-face. This is a part- Parts Assembler time position with commission-based salary. in our Cabinet department. Full time. Benefits Package. Experience in sales or related area is a must ! for this position. The successful candidate will Interested applicants can apply online@ ! be a dynamic people person, a team player http://www.jobs.net/j/JyNq9kfU?idpartenaire=10339&jobdetails=true and original thinker able to enthusiastically !"#$%&'()#'(*+!',+-#+.')#/0'#)('1))))) promote, develop, and sell media products. OR The Vermont Department of Labor Please submit resumé and cover letter, which Based in Derby, VT, the candidate will service 100 Main St. Suite 210 includes qualifications, experience and/or existing accounts, resolve customer and end- Newport, Vt. 05855 what you could bring to the position. E-mail user complaints, obtain and process orders, [email protected] or send to the generate sales leads and contribute to a team Chronicle, P.O. Box 660, Barton, VT 05822, Ethan Allen Operations Inc. effort. attn: Tracy. Orleans Division An Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer The ideal candidate must have proven communication skills, solid Excel knowledge, and 1 year in a sales related field. NORTH COUNTRY UNION HIGH SCHOOL Newport, VT Please send resumes to: IMMEDIATE VACANCY [email protected] CUSTODIAL FOREMAN Laboratory Technologist A friendly small town hospital with high tech instrumentation. NCUHS has an immediate opening for a year-round custodial foreman to work the second shift, which is an 8 hour shift that starts North Country Hospital’s Laboratory is seeking a Laboratory at 3 p.m. Hours may vary slightly as needed. Technologist. WE ARE GOING TO HIRE Our opportunity is PART time [40 hrs./pp], covering 8- or 12-hour Requirements include: prior supervisory and commercial cleaning intervals primarily starting at 6:45 a.m., with weekend rotation and experience, detail-oriented, ability to lift a minimum of 45 pounds, Foreman, Laborers, Equipment Operators coverage for 6:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. This generalist position performs availability to do occasional overtime or cover a weekend shift as Operator/Laborer clinical testing in chemistry, hematology, blood bank, microscopy, needed. Must be a team player who works well with others. More than Competitive Pay Rates, and Benefits Offered microbiology areas, as well as phlebotomy skills. The technologist based on your qualifications & team player attitude. must be comfortable working independently, have effective A full job description is available upon request. U Located in Newport VT, operating in Northern VT & NH, communication, and interpersonal skills. Interested persons can apply via: www.Schoolspring.com, or can covering approximately 100 mile radius. Job Requirements: Baccalaureate degree in Medical Technology or complete a job application, including prior employment references, U Earthmoving, Site & Utility Sub-contractors a baccalaureate degree in a related science, with approved clinical available at the NCUHS main office or at NCSU Central Office, and laboratory scientist training. Non-traditional route to establish skill forward it to: U Specialize in “Turn-Key” Site & Infrastructure Build-out, level may be accepted after review of education and experience. Brent Hilliard for Owners & General Contractors. Associate degree in Medical Technology, or an associate degree in a Operations Coordinator related science with approved clinical laboratory scientist training, A Company Profile is available for your review upon request. NCUHS Applications are available by fax or e-mail. Call for details. plus two years working in a clinical laboratory. Nationally 209 Veterans Avenue recognized certification credentials or equivalent preferred. Newport, VT 05855 An equal opportunity employer Interested candidates may apply online at: www.northcountryhospital.org. Salary & Benefits: This is an exempt position. Salary based on For additional information, contact: experience. Tina Royer, Recruitment Coordinator Human Resources Application Deadline: Application screening process will begin immediately and continue until position is filled. North Country Hospital SSXcavating Corp U 5558 US Rt. 5 189 Prouty Drive Newport, VT 05855 U 802-487-9110 Newport, VT 05855 Criminal Record Check & Child Abuse/Neglect Registry Check # 802-334-3210, ext. 407 required. Contact; Kory Scott, Ed Gaudreau or Dan Scott E-mail: [email protected]. or e-mail:[email protected] Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Galaxy Bookshop to host self-publishing workshop

Self-publishing has become a major force in 7 p.m. A panel of experts including successful the world of books, and easier to do than ever self-published authors, an editor, a small with a wide range of options for authors to choose publisher, and representatives from IngramSpark JOBS from. The volume of options can be daunting, and Independent Publishers of New England will however, as can the next steps of marketing and discuss the process, from finding the right self- NEKCA EARLY HEAD START JOB OPENING selling your published book. The Galaxy publishing outlet to editing and design to Bookshop hopes to educate both new and marketing and beyond. Pre-registration is EARLY HEAD START HOME VISITOR Families with children birth to three years of age in Island seasoned authors about the possibilities of required and may be done online at Pond are looking for a supportive, creative, and flexible person independent publishing through its self- galaxybookshop.com or by phone at (802) 472- to visit them in their homes to plan and implement home- publishing workshop on Wednesday, March 22, at 5533. — from Galaxy Bookshop. based learning experiences and child development activities as well as health, nutrition and family services. The perfect candidate will have experience home visiting, working with infants, toddlers, and expectant families, excellent Barton school hosts annual two-on-two basketball tournament communication skills, the ability to keep objective records, maintain confidentiality, and work as a team member. Computer skills a must. Minimum of Associate’s degree in Barton Academy and Graded School will host team must be 15 years old or younger and the Human Services, Child Development, or related field required. its twentieth annual two-on-two tournament on other must be 16 years old or older. The closing date for applications is March 27, 2017, or until Friday, March 24, from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Anyone interested is encouraged to sign up filled. To apply, send a cover letter, resumé, and 3 references March 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. early as there will be a maximum of 32 male to: [email protected], fax to 802-334-5249, or mail to: The tournament is used to raise funds for the teams, 16 female teams and 32 co-ed teams. The NEKCA Human Resources eighth grade class trip at the end of the year. registration fee is $10, and the registration P.O. Box 346 Newport, VT 05855. The eighth grade is currently seeking teams to fill deadline is Wednesday, March 22. Sign up at E.O.E. in their brackets of this double elimination event. Barton Graded School or call 525-3636 for Teams will compete in one of three divisions: information. — submitted by Bob Partridge. male, female, and co-ed. One player on each HELP WANTED Auto FULL-TIME AUTO MECHANIC Detailer EMPLOYMENT 40+ hours per week, Mon.-Sat. Experience preferred. Scenic View is a Level 3 Assisted Living home in wanted to join our team. Must have Westfield, VT. Scenic View is under new management Stop by with your resumé today. and currently hiring for the following positions: a part- general knowledge of automotive repairs Call Buzz at Carl’s Equipment in 3760 U.S. Route 5, Derby, VT time Registered Nurse (RN) for day shift and full & for full service shop — cars and light Right part-time Licensed Nurse Assistants (LNAs) for day, trucks.Barton Must have at 802-525-3662. own tools. Must have 802-766-2100 evening & night shifts. Serious inquiries regarding the rightwheelsvt.net references and work history. Wheels OPEN SUNDAYS! positions should be sent to Sarah Kenney, 802-473-3156, [email protected]. MICHAUD MEMORIAL MANOR RuralEdge, P.O. Box 259, Lyndonville, VT DERBY LINE 800-234-0560 • www.ruraledge.org Permanent Part-Time Positions Michaud Memorial Manor is seeking a Equal Opportunity Employer. Open at Circus Smirkus PART-TIME COOK to prepare meals for our residents at our Level III Residential Care Home. One year of experience in www.smirkus.org/employment. The Town of Coventry Select Board is seeking candidates food service, or care of older adults preferred. for the position of Delinquent Tax Collector. OfficeWouldn’t Assistant you like to join the Circus Smirkus family? If interested, please contact: If you are interested in any of these openings, please check out This is an appointed position by the board. Compensation to Jackie Demsky, at 802-873-3152, or apply in person the full job descriptions at be negotiated. Applicants must have experience in at 47 Herrick Rd., Derby Line, VT 05830 accounting. Job description is available on request and is posted at HQ - 1 Circus Rd, Greensboro, VT. on the Town of Coventry’s web site: coventryvt.org. We are looking for someone who wants year-round part-time employment to help out in our busy office. The candidate should Please send resumés to the following no later than Monday, TROY SCHOOL have at least two years of office experience, listening and March 20, 2017, at 5 p.m.: Town of Coventry Select Board, P.O. NORTH TROY, VT communications skills, customer service skills, experience using Box 8, Coventry, VT 05825. Or e-mail to: MS Word and Excel, as well as Google applications, attention to Immediate Vacancy detail, and the ability to maintain confidentiality. The work [email protected]. Administrative Assistant schedule is Mon.-Fri. afternoons. 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This year-round part-time person will work specifically on the This position is responsible for general maintenance Camp and School Residency programs, handling all Qualifications: correspondences, schedules, contracts, and registration details. on all resort vehicles, to include small engines and This candidate should have experience working with online recreational vehicles. Duties include, but are not 1. Associate’s degree preferred. databases, MS Office platforms, and strong verbal and written limited to, diagnostic and repair of various issues, 2. Minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience customer skills as well as possess a strong attention to detail. 3. Basic bookkeeping and analytical skills. The workplace for the summer will be Smirkus Camp, on Breezy as well as preventative maintenance. 4. Computer literate with competency in Microsoft Suite, Google, Ave. in Greensboro, and at Smirkus HQ during the off season. If Qualified applicants will have 3 to 5 years of spreadsheets, & databases. Seasonal Positions Open at Smirkus Camp you have these skills, please consider joining our team! If you advanced electrical and repair knowledge, and be 5. Clear written, oral, interpersonal, and communication skills. 6. Self-motivated to function efficiently by prioritizing can’t juggle, don’t worry, we’ll teach you! able to work independently. Knowledge of acetylene independently with strong organizational and problem solving Camp Specialty Cook torch required, and welding experience preferred or skills. – 409 Breezy willingness to learn. Ability to lift and move at least 7. Ability to maintain confidentiality is essential. Avenue, Greensboro, VT. 75 pounds is required. Must be willing to learn Interested candidates must submit a letter of interest, and resumé - Smirkus Camp is looking for an maintenance of a variety of equipment and provide listing three current references (or 3 current letters of reference) via: Campexperienced Prep Cook/Dishwashercook who specializes in vegetarian, vegan, and sufficient tools to perform necessary maintenance. www.schoolspring.com (preferred) or to: gluten free meals to join our team. This is a full time, 11 week position. Due to the seasonal nature of our business, weekend Christopher Young, Principal work during the winter will be required, as well as Troy School Camp Building and Grounds Specialist- In this entry-level - position call-in work if necessary. P.O. Box 110 you’ll learn most basic food service skills while working in a North Troy, VT 05859 Qualified candidates must have their own tools busy and fun environment. Full time, 11 weeks. Or via e-mail: and apply in person or online at [email protected] We seek someone JayPeakResort.com/jobs Deadline: Application screening process will begin immediately and handy to be responsible for the repair, maintenance, cleanliness, and safety of all camp facilities and grounds. Full time, 11 weeks Rate is dependent on years of experience. Must continue until position is filled. Position is to begin on April 1st. [email protected], provide three professional references. A sign on Criminal Record and Child Abuse Neglect Registry Checks required. Qualified candidates for any of these job descriptions please bonus of $500 will be available following a send your application, resumé, and cover letter to: successful completion of 90 days. Equal Opportunity Employer. or mail to: HR Circus Smirkus 1 Circus Road Greensboro, VT 05841 Page Twenty-eight the Chronicle, March 15, 2017

The Outside Story Early research on climate change and soil by Rachel Sargent

For many of us, winter in the Northeast means cold temperatures and piles of snow drifting through forests and across fields. It’s hard to imagine that winter here could be different, but the prospect of climate change has scientists asking just what our winters might look like in the future — and how those changes might influence forest ecology. At the U.S. Forest Service’s Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, scientists are thinking about the year 2100. How much warming will occur isn’t certain, but some projections suggest that average air temperatures in our region may increase 5.5 to 9 degrees over the course of this century. The effects are likely to be complex and are difficult to predict, with benefits and costs for different organisms. Some tree species, for example, may benefit from longer and warmer growing seasons, but they may also sustain root damage from more frequent soil freezing. It may seem counterintuitive that soils would freeze more often during warm winters. The reason is a projected lack of snow. The blanket of snow that usually accumulates during winter insulates the soil below, preventing it from

experiencing the full, sub-freezing temperatures WARNING OF THE ANNUAL MEETING STATE OF VERMONT of the air. When warmer temperatures leave a BARTON ACADEMY AND GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION thinner blanket of snow, or none at all, the soil is ORLEANS UNIT DOCKET NO: 64-3-16 Oscv The legal voters of Barton Academy and Graded School District more likely to freeze when cold snaps strike. are hereby notified to meet at the Barton School Gymnasium on BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. To tease apart the opposing effects of a Tuesday evening, March 28, 2017, at 7 p.m., eastern daylight Plaintiff warmer growing season and more soil freezing in time, to transact the following business viz: winter, Hubbard Brook researchers have started v. 1. To elect a Moderator, Clerk, Treasurer, and Tax Collector to the “Climate Change Across Seasons Experiment” (CCASE), to investigate cross-season effects on serve for one year. CLIFFORD T. FERLAND; DAWN FERLAND; maple trees. Geoff Wilson, a research technician 2. To hear and act upon the report of the School District SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT C/O at Hubbard Brook, explained that there is a long Directors. INFORMATION SYSTEMS & NETWORKS CORPORATION; history behind this project. EQUABLE ASCENT FINANCIAL, LLC; 3. To elect a Director to the Barton Incorporated School District Since 1955, the U.S. Forest Service has LVNV FUNDING LLC; for a three-year term (vice David Doucet, whose term OCCUPANTS RESIDING AT: 195 SAWMILL LANE maintained a long-term watershed monitoring expires). BROWNINGTON, VT 05860 project, taking daily or weekly measurements of Defendants 4. To elect a Director to the Barton Incorporated School District environmental and meteorological conditions such for the remaining two years of a three-year term. NOTICE OF SALE as temperature, precipitation, snowpack, streamflow, and biogeochemistry. These data 5. To elect a Director to the Barton Incorporated School District By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a supported pioneering work on acid rain research, for a one-year term (vice Phil Roberts, whose term expires). certain mortgage given by Clifford T. Ferland and Dawn Ferland to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for and also revealed, in the 1990s, another 6. To elect a Director to the Barton Incorporated School District GMAC Mortgage Corproation, its successors and/or assigns, dated surprising change. There was something weird in for a one-year term (vice Matthew Gilcris, whose term April 16, 2003 and recorded in Book 41 at Page 412-419 of the the watershed records: unexplained spikes of expires). Town of Brownington Land Records, of which mortgage the high nutrient runoff in some years. Because they undersigned is the present holder by Assignment of Mortgage 7. To elect a member to the Lake Region Union High School recorded 59, Page 41, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage occurred after winters with less snow, researchers District for a three year term (vice Tammy Wiggett, whose and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public suspected the nutrient spikes were linked to the term expires) Auction at 4:00 a.m. on March 30, 2017 at 195 Sawmill Lane, weather. Brownington, VT 05860 all and singular the premises described in To investigate this phenomenon, in 1999, a 8. To see what annual salaries the electorate shall authorize in said mortgage, payment of the school Directors. To Wit: (Continued on page twenty-nine.) 9. To have presented an estimate of the expenses of the District Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Clifford for the ensuing year. Ferland and Dawn Ferland by Warranty Deed of Syman Belmore and Lynn Marsh, of even or approximate date herewith and to be TOWN OF BARTON 10. Shall the voters of the school district approve the school recorded in the Browington Land Records. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING board to expense $2,655,889, which is the amount the school board has determined necessary for the ensuing fiscal Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Syman There will be a public hearing before the Barton Town Planning year? It is estimated that this proposed budget, if approved, Belmore and Lynn Marsh by Warranty Deed of Sarah C. Stevens, Commission and the Barton Zoning Board of Adjustment at the Barton will result in education spending of $ 13,774.22 per dated August 14, 2001 and recorded in Book 39, Pages 130-131, of Town Offices, located at 34 Main Street, Barton, VT 05822, on equalized pupil. This projected spending per equalized pupil the Brownington Land Records. Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at 6 p.m. to consider the following application: is 9.28 % higher than spending for the current year. The application is for a zoning permit submitted by Roland and Sharon The description of the property contained in the mortgage Bickford for a garage on property at 224 Roaring Brook Road, Barton, 11. To see if the voters will authorize the school Directors to shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. VT. This garage requires a variance. Further information is available at borrow money, if necessary, to pay outstanding indebtedness the Town of Barton Zoning Office, 34 Main Street, Barton, VT 05822. and current expenses of the District. The public sale may be adjourned one or more times for a total Joyce E. Croteau time not exceeding 30 days, without further court order, and without 12. To see in what manner the taxes shall be collected. Zoning Administrator, Town of Barton publication or service of a new notice of sale, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment or by posting 13. Discussion of other non-binding business. notice of the adjournment in a conspicuous place at the location of STATE OF VERMONT PROBATE COURT the sale. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or by certified DISTRICT OF ORLEANS, SS. DOCKET NO.: 4-12-91-OSPR 14. To adjourn. check by the purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at IN RE TRUST ESTATE OF closing. The sale is subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, JOHN MALCOLM COLTON Dated at Barton, Vermont this 23rd day of January, 2017. f/b/o Lake Region Union High School Scholarship Fund tax titles, municipal liens, if any, which take precedence over the Grace Mason, Clerk said mortgage above described. ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO INTERESTED PERSONS: The Mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time Barton Academy and Graded School District WHEREAS, the following Motion has been filed with the Orleans prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, District Probate Court; Motion to Allow Accounts for the period David Doucette including the costs and expenses of the sale. Teresa Diette January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016; and WHEREAS, the court has assigned the 30th day of March, 2017, at Phil Roberts Other terms to be announced at sale. Barton Academy and Graded School District Board of Directors the Probate Court in Newport, Vermont, at 10 a.m., to hear said motion, and ordered that notice thereof be given by publishing this Bank of America, N.A., notice for two weeks successively in the Chronicle, a newspaper I hereby certify the above warning was duly recorded in the ______circulating in Orleans County. Service by publication to be complete records of the Barton Academy and Graded School District Jeffrey J. Hardiman, Esq. at least 14 days prior to the day assigned for hearing; previous to the posting and publication. Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP THEREFORE, you are hereby notified to appear before said Court, at 1080 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 the time and place assigned, to make objections, if you have cause. Dated at Barton, Vermont this 23rd day of January, 2017. 877-575-1400 Dated at Newport, Vermont, this 27th day of February, 2017. Attorney for Plaintiff John P. Monette Grace Mason, Clerk Judge of Probate Barton Academy and Graded School District

[email protected] the Chronicle, March 15, 2017 Page Twenty-nine Sugar maples most affected (Continued from page twenty-eight.) bill must be substantial,” Mr. Wilson commented. research team led by Peter Groffman of the Cary In some plots, the soil is warmed an Institute of Ecosystem Studies conducted a series additional nine degrees during the April to of soil freezing experiments at Hubbard Brook. November growing season, and an insulating The researchers used shoveling to mimic reduced blanket of snow is left for the winter. In other snowpack on ten-by-ten meter plots of mixed tree plots, the soil is warmed for the growing season, species at different elevations. This was not easy but the snow is shoveled off for the first several work — imagine drawing the short straw and weeks of winter to let the soil freeze. trudging out to the study plots after every The CCASE experimenters measure nutrient snowfall — but it yielded some clear consequences and water uptake by trees, root growth and of soil freezing. death, and competition for nutrients between The shoveled plots that experienced soil plants and microbes. They also investigate the TAYLOR’S freezing had higher levels of nutrients in the soil effect on soil arthropods, as Ms. Templer and her AUTOMOTIVE, INC. water collected from them — corresponding with students have seen soil arthropod diversity drop 334 Barton/Orleans Rd., Rte. 5, Barton, VT • Open Mon.-Fri., 7-5:30 after soil freezing events. the elevated nutrient runoff that researchers had All major & minor mechanical repairs This is a multi-year study that’s still in 1-802- first noticed following warm winters. These plots 525-3456 • Brakes • Exhaust • Tires also exhibited more root damage than control progress, but Mr. Wilson shared some early • Tune-ups • Suspension plots that were insulated with snow. The team observations. They’re seeing that the extra CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS warming in summer plots does increase tree 10% OFF found that the trees most affected were sugar FIRST Transmission growth. Unfortunately, even if trees benefit from INSPECTION maples. Service Work DUE#4 NOW LIMIT 1 Like all good science, these studies led to yet more growth in the summer, this benefit may be more questions, which is why Hubbard Brook limited since the trees also experience root started the CCASE project. damage due to soil freezing in the winter. This project, led by Dr. Pamela Templer of Studies like this one are early steps in exploring ...and Boston University, tracks six 11-by-14-meter how climate change may impact forests, but there 24-Hour Towing Emergency plots dominated by red maple. To prepare, in are still many questions to be answered. Service 2012, Ms. Templer’s team buried 2.5 miles of Rachel Sargent is an editor for a electrical cable to warm the soil. “The electricity pharmacology journal, as well as a freelance nature writer and illustrator. The illustration for • Nokia Tires • Bridgestone Tires • Firestone Tires this column was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine, and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of New Hampshire We buy junk cars, Charitable Foundation: [email protected]. trucks & scrap metal.

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