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APRIL 27, 2017 Teachers Granted $75,000 Fellowship INSIDE… Richard Tom Foundation From press release now.” In fact, he is not the only one excited about this at CVU. “I have had so Page 23: On May 20, the Richard Tom hamplain Valley Union High many congratulatory remarks and great Foundation will be hosting the second School visual art teacher Abbie conversations already stemming from annual Richard’s Ride. CBowker and librarian Peter Lan- this award — from faculty, staff, and gella have been named to the 2017–18 even students. It makes me realize what class of fellows by The Rowland Founda- an amazing and supportive school and CVU Senior Wins tion. The Rowland Foundation, located community that we have. We are always $1,000 Grant in South Londonderry, Vermont, is an looking for ways to bring betterment to organization that seeks applicants “who our school, for our kids. I’m thrilled that Page 14: In its 32nd year of honoring the are visionary, willing to lead, motivated, we are going to be able to have the time nation’s best high school athletes, The and committed to affecting change in to really dig in and work on this next Gatorade Company announced Tyler an area of concern within their respec- year,” said Bowker. Marshall as its 2016–17 Gatorade Vermont CVU librarian Peter Langella and visual art tive schools, and who take risks and Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. work collaboratively with others,” said teacher Abbie Bowker. Photo by CVU senior The work that Bowker and Langella are Charles Scranton, the Foundation’s ex- Caroline Averill. taking on directly fits with CVU’s cur- ecutive director. rent vision and the legislation from the Bowker and Langella’s fellowship comes State of Vermont’s Act 77, also known The foundation receives many applica- with a $75,000 grant for CVU. A portion as the “Flexible Pathways Initiative,” tions from educators across the state of the grant money will allow Abbie and which considers personalized learning each year for these highly sought-after Peter release time from their daily jobs processes and alternative pathways to fellowship grants. “Each year up to to research school transformation initia- graduation. The idea might be “elegant ten Vermont secondary school educa- tives and create an interest-based, em- in its simplicity,” but it really holds up tors are selected as Rowland Fellows bedded program at CVU that allows stu- as incredibly innovative in approach. from among all qualified applicants. dents to practice skills, gain knowledge, The foundation provides grants up to and meet proficiencies through regularly Langella recognizes the charge that is $100,000 to each of their schools for the scheduled experiences of their choosing. set in front of them. “It’s exciting. There Rowland Fellow to implement a vision to isn’t a research and development de- transform an aspect of the school which Principal Adam Bunting said, “The beau- partment in our school. To be awarded will positively impact its culture and cli- ty of Abbie and Peter’s proposal is that the opportunity to research, build, and mate,” said Scranton. it is elegant in its simplicity ... this is continued on page 11 the thing I am most excited about right Senior Night at CVU Page 16: Congratulations to all the Water Matters to Us in Shelburne, Lake Iroquois seniors on the CVU basketball team for a Hinesburg, and Charlotte Gearing up for great season. By Roberta Nubile LaPlatte Watershed Partnership, the watershed includes approximately one Greeter Program group of about seventy citizens hundred and seventy-four miles of river From lake iroquois and town officials from Hines- channels and tributaries that drain a association press release Aburg, Charlotte, and Shelburne fifty-three square mile area mainly in of Hinesburg gathered at the latest Water Matters Hinesburg, Charlotte, and Shelburne be- Application deadline April 30! event Thursday March 30 at the Hines- fore discharging into Shelburne Bay. Page 12: Hinesburg Art Explosion! Art burg Town Hall. re you looking for a summer that amazes – created right here, by Act 64, Vermont’s Clean Water Act, regu- job on weekends? Want to help “The purpose of the Water Matters se- your neighbors. lates practices and funds initiatives to Lake Iroquois combat invasive ries is to raise awareness about LaPlatte A help clean up Lake Champlain and the plants and animals? Do you have an in- River watershed pollution concerns rivers and tributaries that flow toward terest in and recent coursework in biol- among the three towns who share it,” it. Of greatest concern is stormwater ogy or ecology? Do you work well with a says Jean Kiedaisch, a member of Re- (from rain or snowmelt) that drains varied boating public? sponsible Growth Hinesburg, one of from our parking lots, roads, farm fields, the event co-sponsors along with Lewis and lawns and the bacteria, phospho- If so, you could be a candidate for a Creek Association and the Chittenden rous, and sediment it contains, which greeter position at the Lake Iroquois boat County Regional Planning Commission. can render lake water undrinkable, un- launch area during the summer of 2017. In the past nine years, the Lake Iroquois According to a 2011 report from the continued on page 10 Greeter Program has provided educational information and boat inspections for literally thousands of boaters. This year for the first time, the greeter role will include operation of the Hot Water Power Boat washer at the boat launch site. Greeters and Lake Iroquois PRESORT STD Association board members will be US POSTAGE trained at an onsite, hands-on workshop PAID led by staff members of the Department HINESBURG, VT of Environmental Conservation. The PERMIT NO 3 continued on page 11 page 2 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG The Use of Deadlines for our next Letters Herbicide to Issue: May 11, 2017 Control Milfoil Please send your article as an attached file low. Lots more needs to be understood (Word document preferred; .jpg files for Letter Policy - how “Sonar,” aka fluridone, works in I have lived on Lake Iroquois for 47 years images) to: [email protected]. Or the lake, how it impacts the neighbors’ and over nearly the last decade I have call us at 482-2350. he Hinesburg Record welcomes lake water usage, lake users, and the en- seen the value of the lake plummet. It letters from local residents and You may also use the drop box at the Giroux vironment, and how the “controls” sup- was so bad last year that there was only from others who are involved in home at 327 Charlotte Road to drop off hard T posedly work, before the State hands a fraction of the boats and swimmers as issues that effect our town. The opinions copy articles and photographs. out a five-year permit carte blanche in prior years. expressed in the Letters to the Editor are never to be questioned again. Contact us at [email protected] for those of the writers. I am a SCUBA diver and can tell you that ads or call us at 482-2540. We’re told this fluridone product, with it is like a densely-infested forest below All letters must be signed. Addresses and as much as 5 percent of its composi- the surface. I have seen canoes get stuck Deadlines for 2017 and 2018 phone numbers must also be provided tion consisting of three proprietary in the jungle of milfoil. I have been har- Advertisement/News Publication Date for verification purposes. Addresses and ingredients, is safe because it does not vesting mounds of milfoil by the roots for phone numbers will not be published. May 11...... May 25 bio-accumulate. Fluridone is not a simple many years as have my kids and grand- June 15...... June 29 Letters should be brief. We do not have compound. It is a sophisticated organic kids when they visit. chemical, not organic in the way we as- August 10...... August 24 precise guidelines for length but reserve Diver Assisted Suction Harvesting pire food to be, but organic chemically in September 14...... September 28 the right to edit based on available space. (DASH) in 2016 was expensive and only the same vein most notorious persistent October 12...... October 26 To the extent possible, letters should focus effective in a small area for a large price. environmental contaminants we know November 16...... November 30 on local issues. Other forums exist for I know from personal experience how dif- and fear are. January 11, 2018...... January 25, 2018 discussions of statewide, national, and ficult it is to pull milfoil by the roots, bag international issues. How did we get to the point of going it, and get it from the lake. nuclear with herbicide? And what’s the With these cautions, please keep those I have attended meetings of the Lake Our Policies rush to pull the trigger this year on an letters rolling in. Send them via email to Iroquois Association although I am not a aquatic nuisance plant that’s been in The Hinesburg Record is published ten times [email protected], mail them to member of the board. It was obvious that Lake Iroquois for decades? Fluridone not each year by The Hinesburg Record, Inc., a The Hinesburg Record, P.O. Box 304 or to their proposal to add safely tested chem- only kills Eurasian watermilfoil it also nonprofit corporation, and is mailed free of 327 Charlotte Road, Hinesburg, VT 05461, icals in carefully monitored quantities kills other aquatic plants like cattails, charge to all residents of Hinesburg. or deliver them to the Record drop box on under the guidance of the State would be pond lilies, arrowhead, and a few pro- Charlotte Road. harmless and extremely beneficial. The The Hinesburg Record Inc. is not responsible tected species. It will impact what most recommendation to use the herbicide beyond the cost of advertising for any addi- admire as habitat. It does not kill algae. tions, deletions, or typographical errors that Sonar (fluridone) in a very low concen- Fluridone tration, as it is done in other lakes in may occur. The controls are too few, far between, and unconvincing. There’s not a hint standard Vermont, is safe as documented in many I’m grateful the Towns of Hinesburg and The Hinesburg Record Inc. is not responsible protocols apply. Treating Lake Iroquois studies. I was very happy to donate to Williston asked the Lakes and Ponds beyond the printing of corrections for errors with a herbicide (5 percent proprietary) the project because I know that clearer section of the VT Watershed Manage- in submitted material. to be sampled by volunteers with FasT- water will improve swimming, boating, ment Division to hold a public meeting, EST kits bought from the herbicide manu- sailing, water-skiing, and fishing for ev- The Hinesburg Record Inc. assumes no re- set for Thursday, May 4th at Hinesburg facturer, and analyzed in the manufac- eryone who visits the lake. sponsibility for claims arising in connection Town Hall 6-8 PM, on the permit appli- turer’s lab, doesn’t pass the straight face with products or services advertised herein. cation to treat Lake Iroquois lake-wide Steve Reiman test. Here we are talking about procedures with an herbicide marketed as “Sonar” Letters and articles printed in The Hines- when we should have been involved at beginning as early as May with multiple burg Record do not necessarily reflect the the concept stage of this plan. treatments through this summer, and Concerns Over opinions of the staff. The staff reserves the through the next four summers that fol- Half the permit application filed by Willis- right to reject copy or letters that are unsuit- ton (available at tinyurl.com/2240-ANC) Weed Killer able for readers from a general audience. The is obsolete because the use of fluridone staff will not accept Letters to the Editor that pellets for better control was apparently In connection with any opinions or news are unsigned. denied by VT DEC. So, are we to under- regarding the use of Sonar in Lake Iro- stand the permit will allow liquid fluri- quois, any claims that this herbicide is done with the same target range in single safe and “harmless” must be tempered Subscriptions digits parts per billion with less control? with some truth about this chemical. It One year subscriptions are available for a $15 is listed as hazardous by OSHA and must donation to The Hinesburg Record, Inc., PO On top of all fluridone is no silver bullet. be handled carefully. Degradations of this There is no promise of success. Where Box 304, Hinesburg, Vermont 05461. Please chemical will remain in the floor of any fluriodne application hasn’t been denied print the name and address clearly. pond in which it is used. no one is loudly singing its praises. Per- petual annual costs are guaranteed. Lake In addition, there is no valid claim from Volunteer Staff Iroquois is not your token gated commu- the manufacturer or applicants for the nity, golf course, or pretend lake. Its pres- use of Sonar in Vermont that this chemi- Lisa Beliveau: Advertising and Billing Coordi- ence and its waters are part of the com- cal “cleans” water or has any beneficial nator, Secretary munity. We’ll lose a lot if the stigma of impact on water quality. The chemical kills milfoil (and maybe more) and leaves Mary Jo Brace: Finance Officer, Treasurer fluridone treatments become the norm. the dead plants and chemical residue on June Giroux: Managing Editor, Board Member Roger Donegan the floor of the pond. Mona Giroux: Subscription Coordinator Dan Sharpe Jean Isham: Business News Rachel Lapidow: Copy Editor/Proofreader Kevin Lewis: Layout, Photo Editing, President Ray Mainer: Circulation Coordinator, Copy Editor Doreen Patterson: Copy Editor Cathy Ryan: Vice President, Supervising Editor Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG • page 3

recurring Meetings and events Town Clerk Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. GOVERNMENT -4:00 p.m., Town Hall. Missy Ross, Clerk/ Town News Treasurer, [email protected] 482-2281 ext. 223. CONTACTS Town Administrator Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. Green Up 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., other hours by ap- US Senators pointment, Town Hall. Trevor Lashua, Town Administrator [email protected] 482- Vermont – Patrick Leahy 2281 ext. 221. Saturday, May 6 (802) 863-2525, leahy.senate.gov Town Planner Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m, Town Hall, 482-3619. hines- By Phil Pouech Bernie Sanders [email protected]. Alex Weinhagen, (802) 862-0697, sanders.senate.gov pring is in the air along with spring Planner. projects and outdoor activities. US Congressman Zoning Administrator Office Hours: SAs we begin to open our car win- Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Town Hall, dows, start biking, and walking on our Peter Welch, D 482-3619, E-mail, hinesburgzoning@gmavt. roadways we begin to see the trash and net. Peter Erb, Administrator. debris that built up over the winter. Now (802) 652-2450, welch.house.gov is the time to mark your calendar and Assessor’s Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 9:00 make plans to join neighbors, friends, VT Senate a.m. to noon, other hours by appointment, and family to Green Up Hinesburg. Town Hall. Marie Gardner, Assessor 482-2281 David Zuckerman, P/D-Hinesburg ext. 228, [email protected]. Volunteers of all ages make Green Up a Hinesburg Recreation Office – Jennifer Mc- community event. Participating in Green Vermont’s Green Up Day will be May 6. 598-1986, [email protected] Cuin, Recreation Coordinator Town Hall. 482- Up is a unique and memorable highlight volunteers of all ages. These include: for all Vermont children. They have fun Vermont House 2281 ext. 230. Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. -3:00 while learning a valuable lesson about • If you have a volunteer group that p.m. [email protected] community activism and spirit. wants to participate on a project, call us Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg Recycling & Trash Drop-Off Centers: Hines- so we can organize your efforts. 482-3528, [email protected] burg: Beecher Hill Road at the Town Garage; This year we will have our commu- Sat., 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; 482-4840. Wil- nity lunch at the new Bissonette Fields • Call to volunteer for special town proj- Mike Yantachka, D-Charlotte/Hinesburg (weather permitting). We’ll meet there ects including landscaping for the Bis- liston, Redmond Road; Mon., Weds., Fri., & at noon to celebrate our community vol- sonette Fields. 425-3960, [email protected] Sat. 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; 872-8111. South Burlington: Landfill Road (off Patchen Road), unteers and the development of our new • Help set up and serve our community community recreation facility. Hinesburg Selectboard Mon., Tues., Thurs., & Sat. 8:00 a.m.-3:30 BBQ lunch (11 a.m.–1 p.m.) p.m., Fri. 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., 872-8111. Hinesburg Green Up • Drivers with trucks can help with final Philip Pouech, chair CSWD website: cswd.net. Schedule pickup of roadside bags (2–4 p.m.) 482-2060, [email protected] Environmental Depot: 1011 Airport • Bring a salad or dessert for the BBQ Parkway, South Burlington. Weds., Thurs., Fri. Thursday, April 27: Green Up bags be- Aaron Kimball, vice-chair lunch to share with your neighbors. 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; Sat. 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. come available at the Town Clerks’ office 482-7458, [email protected] 863-0480. in the Town Hall, and at Carpenter-Carse If you’ve never participated in the past, Hinesburg Community Resource Center, Inc. Library. we guarantee you will feel a real belonging Merrilly Lovell to Hinesburg. If you have participated in Leave a message for Laura Hoopes at 802-373- Saturday, May 6: Green Up Day 482-5665, [email protected] the past, you know how fantastic it feels 2894. Rachel Kring (482-4667) is the contact for Friends of Families. 8 a.m.: Town hall is open as Green Up to participate in this wonderful Vermont Tom Ayer Central tradition. We will all feel pride as we bike, Hinesburg Food Shelf: Fri. 10:00 a.m. -12:00 walk, or drive our Hinesburg roads. 482-5163, [email protected] 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.: Town garage open noon. Tues. 5:30-7:30 p.m. to drop off collected trash, tires, and Don’t forget to celebrate your great work Andrea Morgante United States Post Office Hours: Window: Mon.- metal at our annual community BBQ lunch, 482-5120, [email protected] Fri. 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 2:00-4:30 p.m., which starts at noon at the new Bisson- Sat. 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Lobby & TriVendor: 12–1 p.m.: Bissonette Fields for annual ette Recreation Fields. Mon.-Fri. 6:00 a.m-6:00 p.m. BBQ lunch. Access from Shelburne Falls Hinesburg Community Road. If you have any questions, want to sug- Web Pages: gest or work on a special project, or just If you cannot participate on Green Up School Board hinesburgrecord.org. The Hinesburg Record need to get more information, you can day due to sports or travel, you can still news, contact information, publication dead- call Phil Pouech at 482-2060 or Rocky Keith Roberts, chair, 482-2081 participate. Pick up bags at the town hall lines, submissions guidelines, town calendar. Martin at 482-2096. or library and Green Up any time before Bill Baker, vice chair, 989-313 HCS: hcsvt.org. Viking newsletter, cafeteria May 6. It’s easy, just fill out the sign-up menu, email addresses for staff, department sheets when you pick up your Green Up The Importance Kathy Beyer, clerk, 482-4822 and team web pages, calendar information bags to let us know where you plan to Colleen MacKinnon, asst clerk 482-3266 etc. work. If you need to leave the Green Up CVU: cvuhs.org. CVU activities and programs, bags along the roadside, no problem, just of the Logger sports schedule, and more. make sure the bags are secure. As green By Ethan Tapper, Chittenden CVU School Board CCL: carpentercarse.org. Library hours, ser- bags begin to appear along our roads, ev- County Forester eryone knows Green Up has begun. Lia Cravedi, 482-2060 vices, and online resources. On Green Up day come to the Town Hall hether you are the owner Ray Mainer, 482-3134 Hinesburg Town: hinesburg.org. Official Town any time after 8 a.m. to get your Green Up of a half-acre or a hundred- of Hinesburg web site. bags, check and mark the master road map Wacre woodlot, at some point hinesburgbusiness.com – FREE. POST NOTICE for progress, join a work group, or meet up you might start thinking about if some OF JOB OPENINGS. POST RESUMES. Sponsored with your community organizations. of your trees should or could get cut. Maybe you’d like to mill some ultra-local by HBPA. Green Up trash, metal, and discarded wood for a building project, harvest seewhy.info: Official website Connecting tires (no household trash please!) will be some cull trees for firewood, encourage Youth (CY), the Chittenden South community- collected at the town truck shed which your maples for a future sugar bush, or Have an ad? 482-2540 or based organization is located next to the CSWD drop-off sta- create some young forest for wildlife dedicated to creating a safe and healthy tion. Collected trash can be dropped off habitat. If you have a tractor, an ATV, or [email protected]. environment for young people. on Green Up day from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 a strong back and a chainsaw, you may Have news? 482-2350 or facebook.com/connectingyouth. p.m. If you can’t bring it all to the facility, be able to harvest some trees yourself. Connecting Youth (CY) Fan Page: just let a Green Up helper know where to At some point, however, when the trees [email protected]. send our trucks to pick it up. for parents and teens to connect with others are just too big, or too many, or too far in the CY community! away, you might want to consider call- Be safe while working: wear gloves and ing in an expert. You’ll want to appeal boots, take precautions for ticks, and to an endangered species: the Vermont please use caution while on our roadsides. logger. If you want to help out further we have a continued on page 4 number of supporting activities that need page 4 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG

 Town News sustainable resource. continued from page 3 Which brings us back to the logger. While At this point I’ll make a quick plug for landowners and foresters may have my trade, and suggest that your first some pretty fancy ideas about how to call be to a forester. Foresters act on the manage forests, we can only actualize behalf of landowners to make sure that these visions in partnership with log- timber harvesting is done in accordance gers. After all, it is the logger who has the with best practices and with the forest’s equipment and the know-how to actually health in mind. They will help you hire cut the trees we choose and to get them a trustworthy, skilled logger and sign If you are considering cutting down trees, out of the woods. Without loggers, there A bridge completed during last year’s Na- them to a contract that articulates their your first call should be to a forester. is no way to turn your trees into a prop- tional Trails Day responsibilities and ensures that every- erty tax payment, a new shed, or a warm ment of some sort has been occurring in fire in your woodstove. one is being paid fairly for their services. Vermont for thousands of years certainly Bird Walk - Saturday, May 13, 7 to 9 The forester will mark the trees to be cut well before European colonization — So is the only purpose of forests to pro- a.m. - Lenore Budd, TC chair, will be and supervise the harvest to make sure forests are able to grow, reproduce, and vide landowners with economic benefits? leading a tour through Geprags Park to everything is going smoothly. While it is identify as many bird species as pos- be healthy without human intervention. Of course not. Forests in Vermont pro- possible to skip this step and go straight sible. Last year 27 different types of birds However, as I often tell landowners, the vide a multitude of services to all of us in to the logger, you have a better chance of were found. This year we’ll try for 30! All untended forest will not necessarily do the state. Some of these services (clean things going well for you and for your for- ages and abilities welcome, but no dogs, these things on our (human) terms. air, clean water, carbon sequestration, est if you involve a forester. please. Bring binoculars and field guides wildlife habitat for game species, and or example, consider what will if you have them. Wear long pants and When the word “logger” comes out of my tourism) provide humans with a clear happen if we don’t “thin” our boots because of ticks and prickers. We mouth that is often when landowners’ forests.“Thinning,“tending” or benefit. Others are just as important but faces drop. Many are intimated by log- F should be able to hear and see golden- not as obvious. We humans especially “intermediate” treatments are systems winged warblers, a species of “greatest gers and by the concept of logging; they foresters, loggers, and forest landown- of harvesting timber to free-up grow- conservation need” in Vermont. Meet in have seen photographs of harvests gone ers) need to walk to fine line of preserv- ing space in an immature stand. In the Geprags parking lot. Rain date is Sunday, wrong, read news articles about loggers ing these benefits while recognizing that course of a thinning we cut some trees May 14, 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. If you think you fined for misconduct, and heard the producing a sustainable resource lowers to reallocate growth potential (i.e. light, might be attending you should RSVP to frustration of their friend’s or neighbor’s the impact of humans on our environ- canopy space, soil minerals, and other Lenore at [email protected], in case experience. These stories give landown- ment, and that producing income for resources) to trees of our choosing. we have to postpone to Sunday. ers second thoughts about bringing in a In the process, we make some tough landowners lowers development pres- logger to cut their precious, well-cared- choices, deciding which trees to retain sure on our precious forests. High-quality Story Walk© in Geprags Park – Back by for land. However, this public perception based on their health, species, wildlife forest management walks this tightrope, popular demand! We are working with is highly misleading. What you don’t hear utility, aesthetics, and their ability to and can only be realized with the help Annette’s Preschool to arrange the “book about in the news is the harvests that go produce valuable timber or some other of skilled loggers. And so, as spring ap- tour” for kids, which sets up one page well. These successful harvests, which forest product (such as maple sap) in proaches, I would invite you all to thank of a children’s book on stakes every few exponentially outnumber the problem- the future. your local loggers and recognize the yards. Kids can walk a bit, read a page, atic ones, leave the forest in good shape, assets that they are to our environment walk some more, read some more, until looking well-tended, and well-stocked If we do not thin our forests, will they and our community. the book is finished. Still in the planning with healthy, productive trees. still be able to grow, reproduce, provide stage, we hope to have it available some- Ethan Tapper is the Chittenden County wildlife habitat, and look beautiful? Ab- time in May. More details will be posted But why do we need loggers? Forests do Forester for the Vermont Department of solutely. But they will not necessarily do on Front Porch Forum. not “need” to be cut to be healthy, right? these things and produce trees of com- Forests, Parks and Recreation. His office The answer is “yes,” and “no,” and “it’s mercial value (or of some other human is at 111 West Street, Essex Junction. National Trails Day – This year National complicated.” value) and do so as quickly as possible. He can be reached by phone at (802) Trails Day will be held on Saturday, June 3, 9 a.m. to noon Forests in the northeast are certainly ca- Our intervention helps us to create a sys- 585-9099 and by email at ethan.tapper@ . Across the nation — pable of looking after themselves. While tem where we can protect the ecological vermont.gov. and of course right here in Hinesburg there is evidence that human manage- importance of the forest while extracting teams of volunteers will gather to clear an economically and culturally important hiking trails of winter damage, reroute trails around erosion, build bridges or walkways, and complete other maintenance projects. Each year the TC has seen an increase in the number of Hines- burgers who join committee members in making the HART system clean and Upcoming Events safe. At noon we gather at the Town Hall for a pizza lunch and to report in on our By Jane Sheldon, Trails accomplishments. If you are interested Committee Member in volunteering, contact Sue Rusten at [email protected] so we will know now has melted and mud will be how many people we need to keep busy; drying up in a short while (if not and so we wilo be able to contact you Salready! With the end of mud sea- if we have to postpone for any reason. son our trails will be open for use once Look for more details in the May issue again, so the Trails Committee is hard at of The Hinesburg Record and on Front work planning ways to get our residents Porch Forum. out onto our Hinesburg Area Recreation Trails)system in the warmer weather. Here are just a few of the events we have planned or hope to finalize soon. Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG • page 5 Friends of Families Events CSWD Police By Rachel Kring, Coordinator, Hinesburg Community HPD INCIDENT COUNTS BY CATEGORY Resource Center Register for Chief’s Corner MARCH 2017 Baby Massage Classes Composting BY CHIEF FRANK KOSS, HINESBURG 0 5 10 15 20 25 COMMUNITY POLICE Burg/Theft/Rob 5 Offered Vehicle/Traffic 18 Workshops o far this year, Vermont has had Infant massage will be offered at Thurs- Property 16 May 7-13 is International Compost Aware- sixteen fatalities on our highways. day Baby Playgroup in May and June! Even one is too many and all Against Persons 5 We’re lucky to have Nell Ishee back with ness Week. In honor of compost, we’ve S Drugs 0 were preventable in some way. In some us to teach caregivers the basics. Baby planned some events at Green Mountain Fraud Investigate 3 Compost to celebrate! of these accidents, wearing a seatbelt playgroup is for caregivers and babies would have prevented the death; while Juvenile 1 up to 18 months. On days when massage Backyard Composting in others, not being under the influence Hazards/Threats 1 is offered folks can decide if they want of alcohol or drugs could have saved Medical Emergency 17 to try the class or just participate in the and Digesting Workshops lives. What is interesting in Hinesburg, Public Safety 0 playgroup, based on the baby’s interest. Persons Assist 20 Learn the joy of home composting AND is that the worse the weather is, the Animal 8 digesting in a free workshop – geared fewer the number of car crashes. People Agency Assist 14 toward adults – with one of CSWD’s resi- are clearly driving with more attention E911 Hangup 2 dent compost gurus. Discover how to because of the slippery roads. Give us a Investigate Support 14 manage your own household food scraps sunny day, and we have rear end colli- Other 4 in this interactive, hands-on demonstra- sions in stopped traffic because drivers tion of a healthy compost system and a are not paying as much attention, or backyard digester. drivers are driving off the road because GRAPH DATA SUPPLIED BY DOUG OLUFSEN of inattention. Visit our Backyard Options page at cswd. net/composting/backyard-options to We are still having an issue with cell 2A in St. George for a tractor trailer that read more about composting and digest- phones as evidenced by the number failed to stop at the intersection and ran ing food waste. of drivers being cited in our afternoon off the road. Past participants in a baby massage class. commute. Since hands-free technology Attendees of the workshop are eligible is inexpensive, there is no excuse to text Vandalism Here’s a little more about the classes: for a 50 percent off discount on the Soil- while you drive. Saver compost bin and GreenCone back- On Friday, March 17, an officer respond- Do you know why massage strokes on ed to a business for a report that a tire of the belly should go in a certain direction, yard digester (while supplies last) thanks to a grant from VT DEC. an employee had been punctured. The or what very young babies don’t usu- Incidents investigation is continuing. ally like to be massaged on their arms? Purchasers of reduced price bins will be Join us for infant massage on Thursdays asked to complete brief feedback forms in Theft Vehicle Theft at the nursery in the United Church of six months and in one year to help us learn On Saturday, March 11, an officer re- Hinesburg parish hall from 10-11:30 a.m. On Friday, March 17, a report was re- more about how the bins work for people. sponded to BirchwoodnLan. for a report Nell Ishee will be teaching the basics and ceived of a stolen vehicle. This vehicle of a theft from a vehicle. offering helpful hints about what might Discount pricing: was determined to be in New York City when a family member received a speed work best for you and your baby. Many SoilSaver: $23.49 plus tax. Green Cone: Suspicious citation from a camera. The registered caregivers say they knew about the ben- $60.13 plus tax. Cash or check only for owner is currently in jail and did not give efits of massage, but felt more empow- discounted bins. On Wednesday, March 15, officers re- ered to try it after taking a class. Nell has sponded to Baldwind Road for a report of permission for anyone to take the vehicle. a wealth of tips and tricks that will give Tours people that could be heard crying. Noth- you a great foundation to enjoy massage ing was found upon the officer’s arrival. Criminally Suspended with your little one! We’re leading tours behind the scenes at License Green Mountain Compost, our industrial Agency Assist Have a concern about sleeping, gas, composting facility where food scraps, On Wednesday, March 22, an officer on colic, etc.? Massage can help with all of yard trimmings, and even paper tow- On Wednesday, March 15, an officer patrol made an enforcement stop on a these, so bring your questions for Nell, els, napkins, and pizza boxes become responded to assist the State Police at continued on page 6 and come try it out. No registration is healthy soil in a matter of months. Vermont Route 116 and Vermont Route required. Drop in when you can. Please bring a towel or a baby blanket to class. Get the dirt on a facility that incorpo- rates leading technology gleaned from The current session will run from May 4 around the country, and built right here through June 8. in Williston! Welcoming Hinesburg’s Tuesday, May 9 Newest Members 4:30–5 p.m.: Green Mountain Compost tour Calling all Hinesburg families with babies born in the past year; please join us for 5–6:30 p.m.: Backyard composting and a yummy brunch, a raffle, and an op- digesting workshop portunity to meet others with kids the Thursday, May 11 same age. There will be fun activities for siblings, and you can pick the library 1:30–2 p.m.: Green Mountain Compost book that gets dedicated to your baby at tour the event. 2–3:30 p.m.: Backyard composting and The brunch will be held on Sunday, May digesting workshop 7, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Hinesburg Please register for tours and workshops Town Hall. We hope you can join us! at: RSVP to Rachel Kring at HinesburgFOF@ cswd.net/register-composting-work- gmail.com or 482-4946. shops-tours page 6 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG

 Police Theft driveway? Please consider placing a 911 continued from page 5 address sign by your driveway. Address On Tuesday, March 28, a report was signs may be purchased through the vehicle for a registration violation. It was taken regarding a theft from a vehicle on Fire Hinesburg Fire Association and will be determined that Eric St. Cyr, 32 years old Birchwood Drive. installed by a member. For more informa- from Hinesburg, was driving on a crimi- tion, please email [email protected] nally suspended license. He was arrested Family Fight or leave a message on our non-emergen- and taken to the station for processing. There’s an On Wednesday, March 29, officers re- cy number 482-2455. He was cited and released. sponded to a residence off of Richmond. Emergency … Assault Road for a reported fight between a Welcome father and daughter. Parties were sepa- Is Your Home On Thursday, March 23, a person came rated upon arrival and it was determined New Resident to the office and reported that he had that it was a physical confrontation. The Clearly Marked? been assaulted by a home owner when report was submitted to the States At- At 11:23 p.m. April 7, Hinesburg EMS was he delivered a washing machine. He torney’s office for review and possible In the early morning hours, this can be dispatched for a woman in labor. Hines- stated that the homeowner became irate charges. difficult. When it is dark and rainy, it is burg members acknowledged the call and when the delivery person broke a pipe even more difficult. were responding within minutes. Shel- while installing the machine. The depart- Driving Under the Influ- burne Dispatch remained on the line with ment is still waiting for the complainant ence of Alcohol ometimes the numbers on the the caller, and provided updates to Hines- to provide a written statement. mailbox are small; sometimes they burg and St. Michael’s Rescue. Just prior On Sunday, April 2, officers were noti- Sare non-reflective. In some cases to the arrival of the first EMT, dispatch fied that an off-duty officer from another Animal Problem the numbers may only be on one side advised that the baby had been born. town was following a possible DUI driver. and not necessarily from the direction On Saturday, March 25, an officer was Officers made an enforcement stop on emergency vehicles are arriving. As we Members entered the residence and while contacted regarding a dog attack on the vehicle on Magee Hill Road. and de- go into the more rural areas of town, one member spoke with and assessed the town trails off of Gilmand Road. termined that John Dunshee, 74 years houses are up long driveways which may mom, a second member assessed our The woman reported that her dog was old from Hinesburg, was under the influ- not be clearly marked. In some cases, newest resident, a boy. Mom and son attacked by a dog that appeared to be ence of alcohol. He was arrested and where there is more than one home, and were doing fine, and rested together com- a boxer terrier mix, approximately 30 taken to the station for processing. He the driveway forks, there is no indication fortably for the arrival of the ambulance. pounds, fawn tan color with a white was then cited and released. at the fork. There are even some areas stripe on its nose to between the eyes. Hinesburg Fire would like to welcome where mailboxes are grouped together Please contact the police department HFD responded to 33 calls in March our newest resident and congratulate the and not necessarily at the end of a drive. with any information. family. To assist in finding your home quickly, whether for a medical, police, or fire call, please consider these simple solutions. If 75th your mailbox is at the end of your driveway, place reflective numbers on both Anniversary sides of the mailbox. If there is a fork in the driveway leading to your house, The 75th anniversary of the Hinesburg please place a sign with your house num- Firemen’s Association will be in 2018. We ber on the side of the fork which leads to are starting to plan a big celebration for your home. June of next year. Watch for more information in The Hinesburg Record, and on Do you live in the village area? Reflective our Facebook, and webpage. numbers should be placed on the post of your porch or on the front of your home. Follow us on Facebook at Hinesburg- FireDepartment and be sure to visit our Do you live in the rural area of town or website hinesburgfd.org. do not have a mailbox at the end of your

HFD INCIDENT COUNTS BY CATEGORY, MARCH 2017

Medical 24

Motor Vehicle Crash no Injuries 2

Motor Vehicle Crash with Injuries 1

Fire or Carbon Monoxide Alarms 3

Smoke in building or Structure Fire 1 Fire-Non Structure Flooding/Trees/Power Lines Down

Mutual Aid 1 Public Assist

Gas Leak or Haz Mat Spill 1

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 GRAPH DATA SUPPLIED BY ERIC SPIVACK HFD responded to 33 calls in March * an example of a non-structure fire would be a telephone pole, car, or grass/brush fire. Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG • page 7 Business Recreation access to Burlington, Williston, and Ad- BY JENNIFER MCCUIN Horseback Riding Camp Businesses Are dison County. Hinesburg is also home to one of the few remaining industrial zones [email protected] 482-2281texten- at Livery Stables sio. 230. To sign up for activities please Springing Up! in Chittenden County. Hinesburg has ac- Join Kim Johansen and staff at Livery cess to fiber in a country setting, as well go to hinesburgrec.com. ook around you in Hinesburg. Stables for a week-long horse camp. En- as access to public transit. Join existing joy an hour of riding with a lesson, enjoy What you’ll find is new businesses businesses like Renewable NRG, Vermont “Get Golf Ready” Camp are arriving and expanding in grooming, tacking, and general horse L Smoke and Cure, Giroux Machine Shop, eginner golfers learn quicker from duties in the relaxed atmosphere of the Hinesburg. From the expansion of Frost Merchants Bank, National Bank of Mid- Ultimate Golf School Instructors. barn. There are horse crafts, kittens to Beer Works, the redevelopment of the dlebury, Aubuchon Hardware, Waitsfield The Get Golf Ready group clinic is police station by Energy Futures group, B play with, and an equestrian camarade- and Champlain Valley Telecom, and Lant- the perfect way to introduce yourself to rie that can’t be beat! Please note below a new boutique home décor store called man’s Market. golf. The most important shots that are Blue Cottage, a new laundromat in the there are two options for camp times. To find out more about the Hinesburg required to play a round of golf will be plaza, and finally the arrival of a new taught. Shots such as putting, chipping, Who: 6–12 years. Where: Livery Stables, brewery (Foam) at the cheese plant. Revolving Loan Fund, and to apply for 601 Lavigne Hill Road, Hinesburg. When: funding, go to hinesburg.org/rlf. pitching, and the full swing with irons and What does this tell you? woods are stressed. Some introductory Camp Week 1: June 20–24. Camp Week Hinesburg is a place you can live, work, rules and etiquette are also discussed. 2: June 27–July 1 plus July 4 to include and grow your business! TaeKwon Do Although this class is perfect for the be- participation in Hinesburg July Fourth ginner, it is also ideal for the advanced be- Parade. Time: 8 a.m.–1 p.m. or 8 a.m.–3 The Hinesburg Revolving Loan Fund is KICKS New ginner. All of the fundamentals discussed p.m. Cost: Camp 1 is $250, until 3 p.m. the seeking loan applications from business- pertain to anyone looking to improve cost is $300. Camp 2 is $275, until 3 p.m. es that are located or interested in locat- Location and their skill. Equipment is available to use at the cost is $335. ing in Hinesburg. The funds for the loan no charge. Just wear a comfortable pair of fund came from a Vermont Community Be sure to pack a lunch, a snack, a drink, sneakers. The Get Golf Ready Camp will as well as boots. Register with HRD! Development Program loan to Vermont Upcoming Basic meet once per week for three consecutive Smoke and Cure in the wake of the Sapu- weeks and each class is two hours long. continued on page 8 to Cheese Plant fire. This funding has al- Self-Defense Generally, each week will have one hour lowed Vermont Smoke and Cure to locate of work on the full swing and one hour of and expand in Hinesburg. The former Class work on the short-game shot - pitching, cheese plant is home to other businesses chipping, and putting. that have decided to make Hinesburg From press release home, including tech company Senix, When: Session 2: Thursdays, June 2, 9, Green Mountain Organic Creamery, and aster Kellie Thomas of Tae- and 16. Session 3: Wednesdays, July 6, 13, the Hinesburgh Public House. Kwon Do KICKS is excited to an- and 20. Time: 5:30–7:30 p.m. Where: Cedar Mnounce that we are moving to Knoll Country Club. Cost: $120 per session. The Hinesburg Revolving Loan Fund our new location at the United Church Maximum: eight players per session. seeks to support emerging and small of Hinesburg the first week of May. Tae- businesses located in Hinesburg, espe- Kwon Do KICKS teaches students rang- Register with Hinesburg Recreation De- cially those that will help grow the vi- ing from 2 years of age through adults partment. Checks are payable to HRD. brant village district. The revolving loan on Wednesday afternoons and evenings. fund will offer a complementary funding Master Kellie Thomas is a fifth degree Recreational Track and source for businesses who cannot meet black belt and has been teaching for Field their funding needs through traditional over 20 years specializing in toddler/ means alone. preschool and family classes. TaeKwon The Track and Field program continues Do is a Korean martial art known for this summer where children ages 6–14. The loan fund: its dynamic kicking, think Chuck Nor- years old learn and master the basics of • is for businesses considering moving to ris and Jean-Claude Van Damme, but running, sprinting, jumping, throwing, Hinesburg also strives to teach balance in spirit, using starting blocks, and participating body, and mind. KICKS stands for Keep in relays. The Parisi Speed School staff • provides loans from $5,000 to $50,000 fit, Inner strength, Confidence, Kinship, work with athletes to provide dynamic • helps with financing gaps not available and Self-defense and it is through these stretching and speed techniques to sup- through traditional sources values Master Thomas tries to teach plement our track and field staff. There balance. will be several casual meets with local • targets businesses that can help grow track and field programs such as.South the village center and add jobs to the Special Mothers and Guest Self-Defense Burlington, Essex, MMU, Colchester, and community Class: Master Thomas is also offering Burlington. To culminate the season, a basic self-defense class on Saturday, Here’s what some of Hinesburg’s existing athletes are encouraged to participate in May 20 at the Wiggle Room in Hinesburg business had to say about doing busi- the VT State Track Meet in St. Johnsbury from 1–5 p.m. Absolutely no martial arts ness in Hinesburg. on July 23. experience is required - as self-defense “For Renewable NRG Systems, Hinesburg and martial arts are really two differ- Who: 6–14 years. When: Mondays and presents the best of both worlds. With its ent things. This course will cover basic Wednesdays June 15–July 23. Where: proximity to Burlington, Hinesburg offers self-defense situations like wrist grabs, CVU Track. Times: 6:15–7:45 p.m. Cost: the amenities and public transportation chokes, bear hugs, punches, and pos- $50. Register with HRD! options of a city alongside the peaceful, sibly knives if time permits. This teaches close-knit atmosphere of the countryside.” simple effective techniques using the strongest parts of our bodies to the most –Justin Wheating, President, Renewable vulnerable parts of the attackers. In ad- NRG dition to learning effective physical tech- “Hinesburg has been excellent to work niques your voice will become louder with from the start. From working with and more affirmative in setting verbal us on the Community Development and physical boundaries and you’ll learn Block Grant process to communication to trust your intuition. This is going to be about water operations, the Hinesburg a course that anyone at any age or ability team has welcomed us and been helpful can participate in. This course is open at each step.” to kids 10 years old and older, and men and women. Price is $35/person or $60 –Chris Bailey, CEO, Vermont Smoke and for two people. Registration and full pay- Cure ment are due in full by May 13. Hinesburg is a great place to live, work, To find out more about either program, and grow, with a strong community and a please contact Master Kellie Thomas at growing village center. Its location along either [email protected] or call the Route 116 corridor provides easy 377-0476. page 8 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG  Recreation Arts and Crafts Camp continued from page 7 with Chris Billis Hinesburg Summer Join Chris Billis for a week of art projects Library Concerts in the Park galore this summer. Enjoy a diverse variety of crafting options each day with The 2 -plus year tradition continues at the ability to make your own choices. Round the gazebo behind the Hinesburg Com- Want to use that glue gun and create a Children’s Monday and Saturday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. munity School. Enjoy Wednesday eve- sculpture or make a crazy pair of sneak- ning concerts from 6:30–8 p.m. Rain date ers? Want to create your own jewelry? Tuesday and Thursday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Programs is Thursday. Thanks to our sponsors Leather stamping, china plate pieces Wednesday and Friday: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Waitsfield Champlain Valley Telecom and made into jewelry, cool stuffed pillows, Youngsters’ Storytime Lantman’s Market. funky t-shirts with fringe and beads, and Phone: 482-2878 Babies and kids ages 0–4 with their care- sculptures that defy gravity. The sky’s July 13 – Rodney Putnam Address: P. O. Box 127, 69 Ballard’s givers join Librarian Sara every Tuesday the limit with Chris! Plenty of time to Corner Road, Hinesburg 05461 Website: and Thursday from 9:30–10 a.m. at the July 20 – The Tenderbellies delve into art projects that have multiple carpentercarse.org library’s community room for stories, July 27 – About Time steps and phases. This is a camp for kids movement, songs and, snacks. August 3 – The Dixie Six who LOVE art and want to be kept en- -mail: [email protected] gaged with diverse materials! August 10 – Hinesburg Community Band Mister Ethan Musical Who: Grades 2–6. When: July 18–22. Concert for Children Hinesburg’s Fourth of Time: 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Where: TBA. We Deliver Mister Ethan joins us at the library for Time: 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Cost: $225. Register Free delivery of materials is available to July Celebration music and musical activities on Wednes- with HRD! Hinesburg residents who find travel or day, May 3 at 4:30 p.m., appropriate for Sunday July 3 : Annual Hilly Hobble physical access to the library building ages 0–6. You may know Ethan from Mu- Foot Race: Registration starts at 6 p.m. in Global Premier Soccer difficult. front of HCS. Cost is $5 for adults, and $3 (GPS) Vermont Camp sic for Sprouts and from hearing him play for children. All proceeds benefit Hines- with local musician, Mister Chris. We are burg Fireworks. The 10k starts at bottom GPS Vermont will offer a half and full-day Outreach very excited and lucky to have him! We of Buck Hill Road West at 6:30 p.m., 5k soccer camp program July 31–August 5 hope you and your little ones can join us starts at 7 p.m., and 2k kid’s run starts in behind Hinesburg Town Hall. NEW this On the third Friday of each month, our for this special free concert. front of Good Times Café at 7:10 p.m. All year is the junior option for 3-4 year library director visits a meal site for local runners finish at Veteran’s Park. olds and 5–6 year olds with a shorter seniors and lends large print books, mag- Friday Afternoon Movie time period. All programs will include azines, audiobooks, music, and DVDs. Monda , July 4: Festivities begin at 9 a.m. Children and adults cozy into the com- age-specific soccer training and games Each meal site visit is a special time for with a book sale in Town Hall, Historical munity room for a free movie and to help players improve in a positive en- making new friends, and sharing good Society display, silent auction, and mu- popcorn on Friday, May 26 at 3 p.m. All vironment. food, conversation, and good books. The sic. Parade line-up at the bottom of Buck movies will be rated PG or G. Movies location of the meal site is Osborne Hall, Hill Road West begins at 10 a.m. Judging U4s (3 and 4 year olds) Monday–Friday will take place on the fourth Friday of adjacent to the United Church of Hines- is at 10:30 a.m. Prizes awarded in 10 cate- 9–9:45 a.m. $45sjuniors every month. Children under the age of burg’s parking lot on Route 116. gories! Parade begins at 11 a.m. and trav- 10 must be accompanied by an adult. U6s (5 and 6 year olds) Monday–Friday els north through the village, turning on Call the library to ask what movie will be 10–11:30 a.m. $90 Mechanicsville Road, and finishing at the Trustee Meetings playing (482-2878). post office. Ice cream social next to HCS, U8-U14 (7–14 year olds) Monday–Friday 9 Mother’s Day Picnic music at Veteran’s Park, a beverage tent a.m.–12 p.m. $120 Carpenter-Carse Board of Trustees meet- at Hinesburgh Public House’s parking lot – ings are held on the fourth Wednesday Celebrate Mom (or Grandma or Auntie!) with music and fireworks at dusk – about U8-U14 (7–14 year olds) Monday Friday 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $195 of each month unless otherwise warned. at the library. Come on Saturday, May 13 9:30 p.m. behind HCS. Meetings are held at the library at 7 p.m. at 11 a.m. for stories, a craft, and hearty The theme for the 2017 Parade is “Mardi All coaches will be locally based staff and are open to the public. Please call snacks, and go home with a plant for Gras.” under the camp director and everyone’s 343-3075 for more information. your loved one. We will be picnicking favorite coach, Iain Manson. Each player rain or shine (indoors if rain). You must will receive a GPS t-shirt. preregister for this event: room@ccl. To enroll, contact GPS Vermont at 497- gmail.com or 482-2878. Have an ad? 482-2540 or 0193 or at gps-vermont.com [email protected]. Library Hours Year Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG • page 9 LARGE PRINT: Reeder, Lydia, Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspir- Adult Programs ing Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Cruz Smith, Martin, Girl from Venice Way to Basketball Glory Vermont Song Farmers Flynn, Vince, Order to Kill On order: new titles by Paul Auster, Fredrik Backman, David Baldacci, Eliza- Gathering Freethy, Barbara, Beautiful Storm (Light- beth Berg, Rhys Bowen, Kate Daloz, ning Strikes (Volume 1) We have the perfect suggestion for musi- Alexandra Fuller, Lisa Gardner, Nina cians and music lovers looking for a good Freethy, Barbara, Lightning Lingers (Light- George, Mark Greaney, Todd Haire, Paula time on a Thursday night. The Vermont ning Strikes (Volume 2) Hawkins, Bunmi Laditan, Anthony Law- Song Farmers gather to plant musical rence, Laura McNeal, James Patterson Freethy, Barbara, Summer Rain (Light- seeds to help our community grow, host- and Maxine Paetro, Kim Stanley Robin- ning Strikes (Volume 3) ed by Rik Palieri. If you play an acoustic son, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Jessica Shat- instrument such as: guitar, banjo, man- tuck, and Elizabeth Strout. dolin, fiddle, ukulele, or hand drums - or Adult Nonfiction: just enjoy singing along, come join us on Alter, Adam L., Irresistible: The Rise of Thursday, May 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. This is Addictive Technology and the Business of Libraries a free library event and we look forward Keeping Us Hooked to seeing you there! You will be glad you Transform checked out this popular program. Anderson, Gillian, We: A Manifesto from Women Everywhere; 9 Principles to Live By We celebrated National Library Week with Book Discussion Group Berger, Amy, MS, CNS, NTP, The Alzheim- our patrons April 9–15. This year we fo- Carpenter-Carse Library celebrated National Join avid readers for their next book dis- er’s Antidote: Using a Low-Carb, High-Fat cused on “Libraries Transform,” an Ameri- Library week April 9–15. cussion on Wednesday, May 10, for dis- Diet to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease, Memory can Library Association multi-year initia- cussion of the novel Nutshell by Ian McE- Loss, and Cognitive Decline tive that showcases the transformative wan. The Thursday, June 15 gathering nature of America’s libraries and elevates Bertine, Kathryn, The Road Less Taken: will feature A Tale for the Time Being by the critical role libraries play in the digital Lessons from a Life Spent Cycling Ruth Ozeki. Meetings are held in readers’ age. The message is that libraries trans- homes. For more information, including Brierley, Saroo and Larry Buttrose, A form lives and communities, that libraries directions please call Shelli at 482-3193. Long Way Home: A Memoir (Adapted into are a good investment, and that librarians the film Lion) are passionate advocates of lifelong learn- Hinesburg Community ing. We asked visitors to the library dur- Bush, George W., Portraits of Courage: A ing National Library Week to let us know Writers’ Group: The Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s how we help them grow and transform. Craft of Writing Warriors They left us brief notes expressing what the library and librarians do for them, Local writers: get your literary juices Didion, Joan, South and West: From a Notebook and the difference we make in their lives. flowing in the library’s Community Room We thank our patrons for their participa- at our-first-Tuesday-of-the-month Craft of Engler, Mark and Paul Engler, This is an tion, and Jane Racer for creating the eye- Writing Night, May 2, 7–9 p.m. There will Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shap- catching library display! Visitors entered be creative writing prompts and stimu- ing the 21st Century a drawing to win a book bag of goodies lating discussions about the how-to tips Hayes, Chris, A Colony in a Nation (chocolate too!) The winner’s name will of writing, from style, to technique, to be announced next month. breaking through the dreaded block. To Lamott, Ann, Hallelujah Anyway: Redis- continued on page 9 submit a topic or prompt suggestion, or coveringy Mercy for further details, email Laura Wisniews- ki at [email protected] Levy, Ariel, The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir Maran, Meredith, The New Old Me: My Recents Late-Life Reinvention Acquisitions Massimino, Mike, Spaceman: An Astro- naut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Se- Adult Fiction: crets of the Universe Brody, Frances, Death of an Avid Reader Nye, Bill; Cory S. Powell, editor, Unstoppa- ble: Harnessing Science to Change the World Brody, Frances, Dying in the Wool Gaiman, Neil, Norse Mythology Grodstein, Lauren, Our Short History: AlNovel Iles, Greg, Mississippi Blood: A Novel (au- diobook) Kaur, Rupi, Milk and Honey Mohsin, Hamid, Exit West: A Novel Patterson, James and David Ellis, The Black Book Riggs, Ransom, Library of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children Wait, Lea, Shadows on a Morning in Maine Winspear, Jacqueline, In this Grave Hour: A Maisie Dobbs Novel page 10 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG

 Library National Life Group Charitable Founda-  Water Matters continued from page 9 tion (match) continued from page 1 Nicole Gilbert-O’Brien Linda and Tim Parent fishable and unswimmable. Library Renate B. Parke In June 2016, the U.S. Environmental Polly Quinn Benefactors Protection Agency released phospho- Ernest Reit rous pollution limits for Lake Champlain Lately the library has been acknowledg- Keith and Heather Roberts called TMDLs (total maximum daily ing in The Hinesburg Record the many James and Margaret Ross loads), for twelve Vermont segments of people who have shared their time, Rotary Club of Shelburne/Charlotte Lake Champlain, including Shelburne Citizens and town officials from Hinesburg, talents, and resources to support our Elisabeth Sengle Bay. The TMDLs help define standards public library during the past year. In Charlotte, and Shelburne gathered at Hines- Carol T. Specht and show where to best concentrate January, we thanked our esteemed vol- burg Town Hall on 3/30 to discuss how to Richard Stowe family efforts of pollution reduction. When a unteers. In March, we focused on those waterway becomes impaired by these keep the LaPlatte watershed healthy. Photo Aaron Townshend by Matt Kiedaisch. who have given high-quality books or standards, it is federally required that other media to Carpenter-Carse. This Johanna White a state takes action. It is commonly ac- more local LaPlatte Watershed Water month we express our gratitude and give Jeffrey Wood cepted that it is far less costly and less Quality Scorecard. This map showed the recognition to those who have made dangerous to human, pet, and aquatic monitoring results of stream pollution cash donations to the library during health to take action before a waterway by the South Chittenden River Watch 2016/17. You have truly made a positive Literary Quote of becomes impaired. volunteers in Shelburne, Hinesburg, and difference in library service to our town Charlotte, along McCabe’s, Thorp, Kim- and beyond. If your name has been in- The meeting showcased two tools which the Month ball, and Holmes Brooks, with levels of advertently left off this list, please don’t illustrate how to prioritize clean-up ef- water quality delineated by red, green, hesitate to give us a gentle reminder! A forts of watersheds, and a grassroots From son: “Dear Abby 1973”: and yellow. By showing “hot spots,” the hearty “thank you” to all of you; together initiative at CVU. map allows homeowners to see how we are building a better public library for “…Signed bewildered” The first tool we learned about, the their neighborhood directly affects the all. Do remember that we have a DONATE (Reply to Signed bewildered): Clean Water Roadmap, was explained water that runs into the Lake. button on our library’s web site. by Neil Kamman of the Vermont Depart- [Chorus] The last presentation was from Marty Norm Anderson ment of Conservation. The interactive Illick of Lewis Creek Association who re- Jennifer Choido and David Harcourt “Bewildered, bewildered web-based tool, said Kamman, has multi-functions and layers which include viewed the Ahead of the Storm project, Jaymi Cleland You have no complaint identification of Vermont watershed a grassroots initiative which showcases Andrew Day areas and their baseline total phospho- demonstration sites in Charlotte, Hines- Dorothy Delaney You are what you are and you ain’t what burg, and Shelburne which show how to you ain’t rous rates based on 25 years of testing; Anne Donegan best conservation opportunities; a soil help water sink into the ground rather Carrie Fenn So listen up buster, and listen up good water assessment tool which looks at than have it rush toward the lake, carry- ing phosphorous and sediment. Kathlyn Furr Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking how landscape affects water quality; Shelli Goldsweig on wood” and “reasonable assurance scenarios,” Ahead of the Storm began in 2014 as Bart Howe where a user can plug in a project and a collaboration of LCA and concerned —John Prine see what the result might be. Carol Jenkins Charlotte citizens. With grants from the (1946– iconic songwriter, performer) Department of Environmental Conser- Hinesburg Lions Club Krista Hoffsis, the program coordinator vation and the Lake Champlain Basin Lauri Mansfield at the Lewis Creek Association, and a Charlotte resident, then presented the Program, the program funds and pro- Emma Mead motes the implementation of optimal Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG • page 11 stormwater conservation practices, de-  Teachers signed to go above and beyond current continued from page 1 state-mandated practices for abating the impacts of stormwater on our lands and implement new programming from the water resources. bottom up is quite special.” The fourteen demonstration sites in- Bowker recognizes the role of the whole clude schools, a library, a nursery, a community in this process. “I grew up town garage, a farm, a wildlife refuge, in Williston. I went to CVU. I know this a forest, single residences, and whole community very well. I recognize the neighborhoods. importance of community involvement “The common thread of all the sites,” and voice when working through new said Marty Illick, executive director of programs and making adjustments to LCA, “is that they are viewable by the a system — especially one that is so public ... if we each learn to take care dear to our community. I recognize of our properties, we are in nice shape that we must work with our faculty, our to prevent pollution, and to prevent the students, and hear voices from our full big, costly fixes.” community to understand the best path for our school. We want to form rela- Illick then introduced two Champlain Val- tionships and partnerships within our ley High School students, Molly Duncan school and community. We are planning and Mia O’Farrell, who, along with other on taking our time to do this right.” students from Dave Trevithick’s Natural Resource class, worked with LCA and Bowker and Langella begin their Row- engineers from Milone & MacBroom to land journey this spring at a series of identify stormwater issues on the CVU orientation events and will be fully campus. With engineering guidance, the involved for the 2017–18 school year. students developed preliminary designs “We’re very honored to be part of The that addressed six areas of concern. In Rowland Foundation cohort,” said Lan- addition, Milone & MacBroom provided gella. “This grant will push us to grow a detailed OCP design to deal with storm- as educators; to practice the type of water impacts from a future campus lifelong learning that we hope to instill greenhouse. The system will also store in our students.” Bowker continues: water for use in plant propagation. Dun- “I recognize that we have a proposal; can and O’Farrell presented a well-orga- we have a plan. But I also know that nized PowerPoint presentation which through this process, that plan is likely highlighted the project. to shift and change into something even more special. That’s part of the learning CVU holds a prominent position within journey. It’s how good things grow into the LaPlatte watershed. The 80-acre something great.” campus straddles two sub-watersheds: Patrick Brook and a tributary that flows from the CVU fire pond directly to the LaPlatte. When stormwater is on the  Lake Iroquois move across the CVU landscape, it takes continued from page 1 its toll. It causes surface erosion of fields and walkways, and undermines parking workshop is scheduled for June 10. lots and other hardscapes. Downstream of CVU, the increased water levels of Greeters work weekends and holidays the two streams leads to excessive bank from Memorial Day through Labor Day. erosion, bank failure — and when condi- Because of the added responsibility of tions are right — flooding. If soil moves, running the boat wash, greeters will earn it inevitably ends up in the water. This $15 an hour during the summer of 2017. increases turbidity, which signals sedi- Anyone wishing to apply for a position as mentation and nutrient loading, which greeter should send a cover letter and re- is bad for the aquatic life in the streams sume postmarked by April 30 to LIA, PO and Lake Champlain water quality. Box 569, Hinesburg, VT 05461, or email to The three S’s — slow it down, spread it [email protected]. In- out, and soak it in — are the new mantra terviews will take place in early May, and for improved stormwater resiliency and additional training from DEC is required water quality in the era of global warm- before the Memorial Day opening. ing and extreme weather events. What can each homeowner do? 1. Support local initiatives like Lewis Creek Association, Responsible Growth Hinesburg, and the Lake Iroquois Asso- ciation. 2. Pick up dog poop from your yard and along all public trails. 3. Find ways for water to sink in, slow down, and spread into your soil — visit smartwaterways.org. 4. Have your property BLUE certified: mychamplain.net/blue-certification- program. 5. Contact Krista Hoffsis to see how you can support Ahead of the Storm: krista- [email protected] 6. Reduce or eliminate use of harmful fertilizers. For links to more internet resources, see this article at hinesburgrecord. com. page 12 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG

Scan QR code at right or visit studio finishing paintings, http://bit.ly/2oNNoQj-explosion working from studies, and to read this article onlne. experimenting with process and technique. “But, there is nothing quite like being outside, looking and listening, taking in the air and feeling the day, and then translating that of Hinesburg onto canvas. I can paint the same place many times then use acrylic paint to effect a some- and it will always be different, and I am Hinesburg Art Explosion what abstract interpretation of the sub- always on the lookout for a view I’ve ject matter. never seen before. I am mostly inspired by the beauty of the everyday. Finding a By Kevin Lewis land, and work in a variety of mediums, “My inspiration comes from nature, slight- place that may feel very ordinary — like but prefer to work in watercolor. he artist community in Hinesburg ly pushing the envelope of reality there- a field one might pass every day, a struc- is alive and well. In fact, it’s posi- “I find watercolor challenging, as it al- fore creating a non-traditional familiarity. ture in the landscape, or even the sky Ttively thriving. The variety of styles lows me the freedom and spontaneity to “I attended The Art Students League in above. With only a short time to catch and mediums, the spectrum of subject arrive at a concept or a moment of em- New York. I live in Hinesburg, Vermont the moment, they all have a story to tell. matters, and the sources of inspiration pathy with my subject. I am not a genre with my husband, Ron, and operate Blue It is within these spaces and moments distinguish the work artists in Hinesburg painter, but prefer to paint my surround- Heron Art and Framing. Me and my hus- that I focus on the light, the composition produce. As for the artists themselves, ing life. Whatever the subject, I seek band Ron gave up the city live a number and the atmosphere to create a paint- well there is their incredible talent, ener- to express and share my vision of its of years ago, and have loved living in ing. And it is these elements that make a gy, and skill for one thing. And then there inherent beauty and excitement. Though Hinesburg since 2001. painting sing. To stand in the world, and are the unique and varied backgrounds I work in a realistic approach, the overall just take real notice of where I am, is from which our artists come. Most abstract design or composition is very “My website is blueheronartandframing.com/ the greatest gift. I feel fortunate to call incredible of all is that our little town important to my final statement. I like my artists/011/a-0.htm.” painting my life’s work.” work to be a combination of hard and seems to be a sort of mecca for artists — Connie Lavallee Fiona Cooper Fenwick soft edges, keeping my interpretation per capita we seem to be exploding with [email protected] fionacooperfenwick.com artistic talent. fluid and thus challenging the viewer to become a participant.” You can share in this explosion! Check Diane Snelling Antonio F. Pezzimenti out each artist below. Play our Guess Scan QR code at rjight or visit the Artist Contest (see inset). Visit artist [email protected] http://bit.ly/2o76Vwp websites given in this article. Better yet, to enter the Guess the Artist contest onlne. visit http://bit.ly/2oNNoQj-explosion, where Connie Lavallee you will see far more of their creations, or links to these works. Guess the You can even visit the studios of our artists! Open Studio Weekend comes to Artist! our community each May, and the dates Musical Memory this year are May 27 and 28. Some of our Artist’s Statement: “I’m grateful for the Win $100! artists will be participating, so please feel opportunity to share these painting free to visit them and share the explosion drawings with you. After being away for a What do you know about our 14 local in person! More information is at few years, I returned to Vermont in 1983, artists and their work? Here is your vermontcrafts.com/OSW/maps-directions. and have lived in Hinesburg since then. I chance to show html. found my dream house here, and never off! Guess Without further preamble, let the want to leave. correctly and Explosition begin! “To consider making art is the ultimate you will be in optimism, but it also requires risk and a drawing for Antonio Pezzimenti responsibility. There’s no guarantee that a $100 Gift art will ever be viewed as intended. The Certificate to responsibility is to continue making what Blue Heron Art might be art, and enjoy the variability of and Framing! the interpretations. Good or bad, after many years, I’m enjoying the insights that come from practice over time. As Along Lewis Creek Henry Miller, the writer, and watercolor Artist’s Statement: “I have loved drawing painter, once said, ‘Paint as you like, and and painting since childhood. I enjoy die happy.’” trying to portray subject matter both re- alistically and some with ‘artistic license’ Diane Snelling Abandoned Apple Orchard working primarily with acrylic, pastels [email protected] Artist’s Statement: “I am a graduate of and mixed media. Fiona Cooper Fenwick Syracuse University, College of Fine Art. “In my mixed media work. I take my cue Since 1960, I have been a practicing artist from nature and make it “imperfect.” and art director in the advertising field There’s no mystery to what my work and corporate communications. During depicts, I just try to make it a little less my early years in New York City (or the perfect. so called ‘Mad Men’ years), I was fortunate to be involved in a major change in “It is said that an artist does not know advertising. This period marked a time when a piece is done. By taking an imper- when artist and copy writers teamed up fect approach to my representations, it to combine visual creativity and success- can be ‘done’ whenever I want it to be. Rules: ful written communication. “My hope is that we will not make nature The collage of images at “Like many commercial artists, the desire itself less perfect. right contain one painting to focus on fine art has always been my of each of the 14 artists “I use as many recycled materials as pos- Gaelics Garden goal. In addition to painting, I enjoy sculp- featured in this story. sible when creating my original mixed turing in clay and soft stone. My inspira- Open Studio Weekend Participant Correctly match each media work. In addition, I use plaster tions come from traveling, and spending and acrylic paint to create bas relief on Artist’s Statement: “I am a landscape painting to its artist. time in the outdoors. The artists who Masonite and three-dimensional papier- painter, working primarily in oil. It is the Submit your entry have most influenced my art are John mâché sculptures. landscape that inspires me. I primarily on or before May Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Robert paint plein air — out in the open air. I 15, 2017. Bateman, Ogden Pleissner, Ted Kautzky, “Mat board pieces are cut into abstract go out painting as soon as it is warm Morton Solberg, and Nita Engels. shapes and layered along with plaster enough, and paint well beyond when it’s If you have a to create form, texture and dimension. I Facebook account, please go to “I have exhibited in Florida and New Eng- too cold. In the winter, I am mostly in the Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG • page 13

Gloria Reynolds “Painting is groping for answers to things Lake Champlain, or a flower or pattern take up painting until I was in my fifties. dimly sensed ... a searching for myself. found in the garden. Although, with a number of other interests including my invention business, “I have work on display at the Public “I attended UVM and graduated from Chittenden Research and Development, House in Hinesburg, and I am the fea- Rhode Island School of Design with a I never seem to be able to find enough tured artist at the Charlotte Senior Cen- BFA in Illustration and special interest in time; painting is where I go whenever ter in May. photography, printmaking, and textiles. possible. My favorite subjects include I have combined a career in teaching art “I’ve lived in Hinesburg for 21 years. I am people in conversation, reimagined with drawing, painting, and illustrating a Louisiana native.” historical events and commentary, and for a variety of clients including books abstracted architectural images — par- and magazines. I began my career as a Gloria Reynolds ticularly the barns of Vermont.” [email protected] full-time art teacher at South Burlington High School; writing curriculum for their “Just Talking,” 16 x 20, acrylic on paper Helen Nagel fledgling art program before becoming a “1969,” 46 x 52, acrylic on canvas freelance illustrator. I continued to teach “The Milk Cycle,” 33 x 42, acrylic on Ho- classes in my studio, for College of the masote Atlantic’s Summer Institute (Bar Harbor, Len Duffy Maine), RISD’s Continuing Education Deep in Thought [email protected] program, and a variety of classes for lo- Artist’s Statement: “Painting is an exten- cal organizations including UVM’s OLLI Loy Harrel sion of myself ... my personality, inner program and Friends of the UVM Horti- feelings, and conflicts are reflected in the culture Farm. I currently teach Drawing finished work. Each piece involves emo- and Painting Botanicals in the Plant and tion, sensitivity, balance, color, and Soil Science Department at UVM. movement. “I work primarily in transparent watercolor, “I strive to make an honest gouache (opaque watercolor), and pencil statement. The painting (graphite and colored pencil) with a strong may result in an abstract interest in botanical themes, landscapes, interpretation, a represen- and portraiture from life. I love the adven- tational image, or be totally turous aspect of drawing people from life, non-objective. Early Snow and the observation — sharpening the ef- Pair of Amur Leopards Artist’s Statement: “In 1998, when my fect it has on my artistic vision. “As the sole judge of my husband and I were transferred overseas, Artist’s Statement: “I am a retired physi- work, I am not bound by we decided to make Hinesburg our per- “Moving to Hinesburg with my hus- cian who has resided in Hinesburg since convention and am there- manent home. My father is a fourth-gen- band, Vince, in 1978 proved to be a wise 1973 and built my present home in 1979. fore free to explore reality eration Vermonter, and as a child I fre- choice, with its proximity to Lake Cham- Inspired by the wonderful creative art on an intuitive level. quently visited Vermont no matter where plain, the mountains, and because of the that I see daily by my wife and fellow art- my father was working. I dreamed of liv- positive sense of community we found ist Rae Harrel, and for the sake of finding ing in this beautiful place and painting it. here. Guests are invited to visit my stu- something worthwhile that would be sat- http://bit.ly/2o76Vwp to submit an entry. isfying personally, I turned to painting. Or email [email protected] with dio and ‘Little Barn’ gallery by appoint- “We have lived in Egypt; London; and ment to see drawings, paintings, giclée Rae has always urged me to follow this your guesses. Or snail-mail guesses to The Washington, D.C. In London, I took the op- prints, illustration, and photography. course. She has seen several sketches I Hinesburg Record, portunity to further study art history and had done and said I had ‘hidden talent.’ 327 Charlotte fine art, especially oil painting. The more I Jean Masseau So off I went. Road, Hinesburg, have traveled, the more I love Vermont. jcmasseau.com VT 05461. I have directed my energy into painting “There is a poignant beauty in old build- Len Duffy wild animals. All my paintings are 24 x 36, One entry per ings being un-built by nature. Nothing we and for some unknown reason I have not person, email see is permanent. These structures and deviated from this approach. They are address and/or the ever-changing seasons are a continu- also acrylic on canvas. I wanted my sub- street address. ing inspiration to me and are reminders jects to be ‘bigger than life’ and for the of the moment. When I can express what viewer to feel an intimacy with the sub- I see and feel, it is very rewarding. ject. I determined that the eyes were the “I continue to study art to improve my most important aspect of my subjects. work including copying paintings at the As such, each animal has eye contact National Gallery of Art. But I especially with the viewer and hence an intimate love getting out with my friends and relationship. Each painting also has the painting in Vermont’s fields.” Waiting Loy Harrell ‘logo,’ i.e. a depiction of ei- Artist’s Statement: “My wife Carolyn and ther the sun or moon on each canvas. Helen Nagel At the present time, there are four of my helennagel.com I moved from Washington, D.C. to a par- tially winterized camp in Hinesburg in works displayed at the Paisley Hippo. I Jean Masseau 1972, with a one-year-old and another on did a special painting of a ‘Nile Hippo’ for the way. I started an architecture firm the deli. I also have a rotating painting on and she began teaching at St. Michael’s display at the Hinesburg Merchants Bank College. We moved to our present farm where my latest painting ‘Pair of Amur on Silver Street in 1978, and have Leopards’ can be seen.” watched Hinesburg evolve around us. Loy Harrel “I have been sketching and drawing since [email protected] I was a toddler, and have always been in- continued on page 24 All entrants must terested in creative pursuits, but I didn’t reside in Hinesburg for at least part of the year. Artists featured are pro- Acadia Island Blue Heron Art & Framing hibited from enter- Artist’s Statement: “Drawing has been the ing, as well as members of foundation for all of my art pursuits since Free Framing the Hinesburg Record. Entries I was old enough to hold a pencil. Some of with purchase of any currently must be submitted on or my earliest memories are of sitting at the available Sabra Field Print before May 15, 2017. window by our family’s birdfeeder patient- A correct entry, drawn at ly waiting for and drawing birds; eventual- random and will win a $100 ly adding nests and delicate, discarded Blue Heron Art & Framing Gift Certificate to Blue Heron robins’ eggshells to my ‘portfolio.’ I con- 723 Baldwin Road Art & Framing. tinue to draw inspiration from nature and Hinesburg, VT 05461 my immediate environment: a shard of Please call ahead; 802-482-3858. Winner will be announced in our next issue late light on a nearby meadow, a neighbor www.blueheronartandframing.com on May 25th. at work on their farm, a boat bobbing on Good luck! page 14 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG

efforts create a rich and rewarding educational experience for all of us. CVU Senior Stay tuned for upcoming PiE events: ticket Tyler Marshall Education sales for Hinesburg’s Night at the Ballpark on July 2 will run from April 17 to May 19. The next PiE planning meeting takes place Wins $1,000 HCS PiE Family April 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the HCS Flex Space. Finally, mark your calendars for The Ver- Gatorade Grant mont Comedy Divas fundraiser at Cedar Dance a Success, From press release Knoll on May 19. Become a part of the PiE Again family and get involved! inesburg resident and CVU senior Tyler Marshall practically by Jill Kiedaisch Hgrew up at the Catamount Out- HNS Gears Up for door Family Center, running and moun- ou’ll be hard-pressed to find tain biking there since he was 9 years an event in town that matches Big Truck Day old. So, when the opportunity arose to Hinesburg Community School’s do something great for Catamount, Ty- Y By Sara Armstrong Donegan, PiE Family Dance in collaborative in- ler stepped up. volvement, turnout, and energy. For Parent Volunteer starters, it was a total blast, with great In its 32nd year of honoring the nation’s music, delicious goodies, and a silent he kiddos are excited, the parents best high school athletes, The Gatorade auction. The auction was so vast and are organizing; Big Truck is right Company announced Marshall as its varied that this parent had to collect Taround the corner! That’s right, 2016–17 Gatorade Vermont Boys Cross her end-of-the-week wits about her just vroom, vroom! Beep, beep! It’s that time Country Runner of the Year. Marshall is to process the display, let alone appreci- of year again! Vehicles of all kinds will the first Gatorade Vermont Boys Cross roll into town for the Hinesburg Nursery Country Runner of the Year to be cho- ate the amount of effort that must have Monty the Moose from University of Ver- gone into making it a reality. School’s 19th Annual Big Truck Day and sen from CVU. mont Children’s Hospital will join the fun on Children’s Festival on Saturday, May 20 On Friday, March 10, the third annual May 20! Photo by Jamie Cudney. from 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Big Truck Day is The award, which recognizes not only PiE Family Dance attracted an impres- a community event that lets youngsters outstanding athletic excellence, but also sive crowd of kids, parents, grandpar- and their families get up close to (and high standards of academic achieve- ents, and teachers. The HCS halls were even climb inside) their favorite big ment and exemplary character demon- alive with students from every grade, trucks and vehicles. strated on and off the racecourse, dis- darting from dance floor, to photo tinguishes Marshall as Vermont’s best booth, to bake sale spread, and back The action all takes place right behind high school boys cross country runner. Hinesburg Community School. This year again. Parents mingled, volunteered at As a Gatorade Player of the Year, Mar- various stations, and even did their part the lot will be packed with construction vehicles, a school bus, firetrucks and shall was able to select a national or lo- to ensure the moonwalk never becomes cal youth sports organization to receive Join HNS students at Big Truck Day ... you will other rescue vehicles, tractors, and util- a thing of the past. The dedication of the a grant as part of the Gatorade Play people involved in PiE — which appro- be glad you did! Photos by Jamie Cudney. ity vehicles for children of all ages to see, touch, and explore. It Forward program. Every Gatorade priately stands for Partnership in Educa- Player of the Year state winner receives tion — really came through. PiE would like to extend a special thanks to the following sponsors: to the National After the kids are done investigating the a $1,000 grant to donate. Marshall chose This year, PiE has shifted away from Bank of Middlebury for its directed do- big trucks, they can enjoy entertainment the Catamount Outdoor Family Center sales-based fundraisers in favor of nation of tickets for families who might by Mike and The Big Blue Trunk, face as the recipient of the $1,000 grant. events that promote and fuel commu- not otherwise have been able to attend, painting by HyperFocus Art, live music by Mister Ethan from Music for Sprouts, The 6-foot-2, 160-pound senior raced nity building. That’s just what this gath- to Village Car Company for making the to the Division 1 individual state cham- ering did. Through ticket sales, a raffle, photo booth possible, and to River Cove and a visit from Monty the Moose from The University of Vermont Children’s pionship this past season with a time the silent auction, and the bake sale, PiE Animal Hospital for funding the DJ. Many of 16:13.9, leading the Redhawks to the raised $3,800 — a significant contribu- thanks also to Good Times Café, Papa Hospital. Everyone can fill up on tasty BBQ lunch and goodies from the bake state title as a team. Marshall also won tion toward the overall fundraising goal Nick’s, Aubuchon Hardware, Lantman’s, the Queensbury Invitational, the Burnt of $20,000. All fundraising dollars are in- Kinney Drugs, Price Chopper, Hannaford, sale. So bring your camera, your ap- petite, and your friends for a day full of Hills Invitational, and the Varsity C race vested back into the school to support Dakin Farms, Shaw’s, The Mill, and at the Manhattan Invitational. He fin- teachers and enrich student learning. Healthy Living for the generous dona- fun! Have sensitive ears? Don’t worry — ished fourth at the New England Cross tions of food, drink, and gift cards. the event will be horn free from 9:45 a.m. until 1 p.m. Admission to Big Truck Country Championships, third at the Major kudos to Alex Koncewicz and Jen Day and Children’s Festival is $5 per Nike Cross Nationals Northeast Regional Morton for organizing the auction and child ... adults are free when accompa- championships, and 36th nationally at raffle, and to Josee Laroque and Peter nied by a child. the NXN Final. White for coordinating the food and Marshall has volunteered locally on drinks. Finally, we are very grateful to Proceeds from the event benefit the Hinesburg Nursery School. We are a behalf of youth track programs and Elisabeth Garvey and Jenny Wilkinson community road races. “Tyler has an for taking the lead and ensuring that the nonprofit, STARS certified, state licensed parent-cooperative preschool for chil- amazing work ethic, which has allowed many individual efforts coalesced into a him to grow over four years into one seamless and enjoyable event for all. dren ages 3 through 5. Visit us at hines- burgnurseryschool.org to learn more of the best cross country runners in As a parent in attendance at the Family about our school and events. New England and the entire Northeast Dance, I felt proud of our school. I also region,” said CVU coach Scott Bliss. “I’m felt encouraged, knowing my kids have HNS would like to say a very special not sure I’ll ever coach another boy at the good fortune to grow up surrounded THANK YOU to Headline Sponsors: Par- his level. I’m glad I got to experience it by such a caring and committed group ent Construction; Vermont Gas Systems, at least this one time.” Inc.; and The University of Vermont Chil- of parents, guardians, educators, and Marshall has maintained a 3.41 GPA in community members whose collective dren’s Hospital. Thanks to Community Supporters: Kohn Rath Danon & Lynch, the classroom. He has signed a National LLP; Murdoch Hughes & Twarog; Hart Letter of Intent to compete in cross coun- & Mead, Renewable NRG Systems; and try and track and field on scholarship at Papa Nick’s. Thanks also to our Friends: the University of Vermont this fall. Senix Corporation and Joseph D. Fallon, For more on the Gatorade Player of the Attorney at Law. Year program, including nomination information, a complete list of past win- ners, and the announcement of the Ga- Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG • page 15

The Clubhouse in Hinesburg is a five Report, which highlighted some wonderful Competition in Montpelier for his “Selfie” STAR program offering afterschool, va- achievements by CVU students. watercolor and pen piece. cation and summer camp for children in adison Hakey, who discovered CVU’s International Business class held grades 1–3 with an onsite pool and free her passion for journalism writ- weekly Skype conversations with stu- swim lessons. They are located at 96 ing for the school paper, did an dents from Turkey on a variety of topics Pond Road. For more information on up- M internship at The Charlotte News and ranging from assumptions the Turkish coming school-age events call 482-5986 was a featured speaker at the paper’s have about Americans, Turkish culture, or email [email protected]. second annual Writers’ Workshop at the to student goals and aspirations. In addi- Mt. Philo Inn. tion to Skype chats, Turkish and Ameri- can students were partnered up and Fifty-nine CVU students from EnACT and have been communicating via email. This Natural Resources attended the first an- allows the Turkish students to practice nual Rally for the Planet. What beautiful their English and learn about American day for a march, rally, and time to talk culture and a chance for CVU students to Catamount owners Jim and Lucy McCullough, with legislators! More than 30 Vermont learn about another country and culture Tyler Marshall, and Catamount Operations schools participated. Manager Tag Carpenter on far right. from their Turkish counterpart. Congratulations to Vernon Shipway as he Morgan Schnell and Kaitlyn Kaplan orga- torade National Player of the Year, visit Cardboard Carnival during February Vaca- was presented with an Honorable Men- nized a Stuff the Truck event at CVU to www.gatorade.com/poy tion Camp at the Clubhouse tion at the prestigious Congressional Arts continued on page 16 Events at Annette’s Full S.T.E.A.M. Preschool Ahead: Take a Building Blocks of the Brain: Why Play Isn’t Just for Preschool Ride on the Thursday, May 18 6–7:30 p.m. at Annette’s Cardboard Preschool, 96 Pond Road, Hinesburg. Light dinner and child care provided Train! with RSVP: buildingblocksofthebrain. eventbrite.com By Andrea Sambrook, Director, For more information: 482-2525 or info@ Annette’s Preschool annettespreschool.com he Clubhouse in Hinesburg hosted Join us for an evening of hands-on in- a Vacation Camp in February that vestigation about the role of play in how Tfeatured a weeklong Cardboard children learn from ages pre-K–grade 3! Carnival. Designed and built completely Open to families, educators, and com- out of cardboard boxes, the carnival munity members with an interest in included mini cups of popcorn, and how play activates high-level learning tickets for free admission. Decorated in children’s brains. Teachers from An- with signs, streamers, lights, and music, nette’s Preschool, Hinesburg Community the elementary-aged children spent an School, and Hinesburg Nursery School entire week designing a carnival that will present their novel, creative, and would engage their preschool peers. science-based table stations for you to They decided that an essential ride explore! The evening will conclude with a would be the two-seater cardboard discussion on homework, differentiated train, complete with comfy pillows, duct instruction, and how play meets learning tape, and two scooters as a chassis. standards for all children, 0–8 years. Resident engineer Lukas Maceyka took his job very seriously, and managed all GraffitiK nitting Project Needs Textile design elements, safety features, the Artists track, the signage, and the turn-taking. Annette’s Preschool will host a Graffiti His train trousers, striped hat, and neck- Knitting Project to add a creative sense erchief really wowed his passengers. of humor and whimsy at the entrance Others on the school-aged team created drive to their school at 96 Pond Road. a challenging bowling game, a soccer Children will learn to “sew” knitted and game, a basketball game, face painting, crocheted swatches around the trees and a bouncy castle with striped tent with the help of family and friends on Sat- overhead. Even the preschool director urday, May 20. The preschool is looking couldn’t resist a turn on the trampoline! for community members who knit or cro- chet to knit up any leftover yarn into a swatch of any shape, pattern, or color to add to our design! Collection boxes are available at the Carpenter-Carse Library, the preschool, and CVU Knitting Club. Please email info@annettespreschool. com, or call 482-2525 for more information or to make a donation! Highlights of CVU Student Achievement

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second and fourth in the intermediate effort was part of Abby’s Effective Altru-  CVU Student Achievement division. ism Project for the Holocaust and Human continued from page 15 Behavior class and all her proceeds went CVU Design Tech students produced to Shakti Samuna, a nonprofit organiza- benefit Habitat for Humanity. Items were and painted the posts and frame of the Sports tion dedicated to combating the traf- collected to be sold at ReStore and the sign for Twice Is Nice on Route 116 in ficking of women and girls in Nepal and proceeds helped fund the construction Hinesburg across from Lantman’s. The India. Students donated $2 for three tries of houses in Chittenden County by Habi- business the sign advertises is a clothing at dunking teachers Rahn Fleming, Amy Senior Night tat for Humanity. thrift store, part of the Hinesburg Com- Wardwell, Amanda Terwillegar, and Mark munity Resource Center. All of the profits Congratulations to Eva Rocheleau and Pogact. All four teachers reported that at CVU support the Food Shelf and other proj- Becca Cottrell (and South Burlington stu- CVU students are indeed exceeding the ects associated with HCRC. dent Fiona Nelson) for their film “Break- standard in aim and pitching mechanics! By tom giroux ing Binary” which won the Vermont Folk The CVU Varsity Softball Team found the CVU designers Aidan Corcoran, Jenna he Champlain Valley Union High Life Ethnographic Award at the Freedom opportunity to make dinner for those Baginski, Megan Mahoney, and Campbell School boys’ varsity basketball and Unity Film festival. The documentary staying at the Ronald McDonald House Whalen showcased their designs at the team celebrated Senior Night at explores the importance of understand- in Burlington. Eleven CVU players made T Strut fashion show, an Art Hop fashion the team’s last regular season home ing and breaking the gender binary that Dijon chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, event. game on February 13. This event pre- exists in our society. pasta salad, and cupcakes for about 15 ceded a convincing win over the Hilltop- people! The CVU Rowing Team of Lily Basye, Fairbanks (one of the houses at CVU) pers of St. Johnsbury Academy. ninth graders have been immersed in an Morgan Blaine, Anna Bosen, Meredith Eight CVU business students were in- inquiry project examining what it means Coach Mike Osborne started everything Gove, Eliza Fehrs, Paul Hoeppner, Julia ducted into the CVU National Business to contribute positively to a community. off by individually thanking all those Kahn, Emily Mason, Tony Nguyen, Paige Honor Society: Amelia Pflaster, Griffin They have been out in our community who helped to make the home games so Niarchos, Jacob Mintz-Roberts, Megan DiParlo, Trevor Kingston, Olivia Mach- participating in community service. A successful throughout the season. This Rogers, Finn Wheeler, Wiley Simard, and anic, Benjamin Masson, Matthew Palmer, few of the projects they are involved included all the staff in custodial, admis- coaches Helen MacAndrews and Linda Max Pudvar, and Jenna Caminiti. CVU is in are: the New Community Project in sion, front desk/athletics, training, and Burden participated in the Otter Creek the first school in Vermont to establish a Starksboro, Maple Winds Farm in Rich- the scoring table. He also recognized St. Challenge race where they finished National Business Honor Society chapter, mond, the Intervale in Burlington, orga- Jays seniors; the girls’ basketball teams; and as such, recognizes business stu- nizing a food drive and stocking shelves the community of fans; and his fellow dents who have met the rigorous criteria for the Williston Food Shelf and Shel- boys’ team coaches, Seth Emerson and established by the organization. burne Food Shelf, and organizing a cloth- Anthony Spagnolo. Mike also gave hom- Have news? 482-2350 or Abby Higginbottom raised over $100 ing drive for Twice as Nice thrift store in age to student assistant Max Schmid, [email protected]. in the CVU Dunk Tank on Fundraiser Hinesburg. “who has been an outstanding team Thursday assisted by her classmates member and photographer for us this Julia Kitonis and Caroline Pastore. This year.”Then it was on to recognizing the Service Directory

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The seniors from Williston who were rec- Starting 22 of his 38 games at the varsity ognized were Josh Bliss and Matt Spear. level, Colin Monsey has compiled 260 Josh is a two year captain who has start- points, 101 rebounds, 76 assists, 36 steals, ed 36 of his 55 games as a Redhawk. He 10 blocks, and 33 shots from downtown. has amassed 400 points, 163 rebounds, In a personal best win over the Colchester 64 assists, 51 steals, and 19 block shots. Lakers, he had 22 points, 4 rebounds, 4 Josh has scored a career high 20 points assists, and 4 steals, while shooting 9 for in two games, and is tied for second on 12 from the field. Colin leads the team the team in scoring. His parents are Wen- in three-point field goals made. He is un- dy and Matt, and he is planning on at- decided on a major, but is considering eight seniors on this year’s best ever tending Villanova, RPI, or Northeastern, going to Roger Williams, Loyola (MD), CVU hoop squad. and studying either Computer Science or Marquette, or Holy Cross to obtain higher The lone senior from Shelburne on this Computer Engineering. learning. His parents, Toni and Bob, aren’t looking forward to the fall. year’s Redhawk roster is Walker Storey, Matt Spear, in 27 games — 16 as a starter and what a player he is. He has now — has scored 141 points, fought for 61 The next local senior is Brad Reynolds, scored 759 points, grabbed down 364 rebounds, handed out 65 assists, and who has been scrappy in his 27 games rebounds, dished out 90 assists, had 97 had 47 steals and 7 blocks. His best over- on the hardwood. He has knocked down steals, 74 block shots, and 100 three- all game came in a 15 points, 8 rebounds, 40 points, collected 46 rebounds, had pointers, in 61 games — 58 as a starter. 5 assists, 7 out of 10 from the field, win 7 assists, 7 steals, and 6 blocks in his Walker’s career game high is 25 points, over St. Johnsbury. Matt is considering career at CVU. His favorite game was a but his best effort came in a 23 points, continuing his education in Business 6 points/6 rebounds affair against the 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, Management at numerous schools, but is Hornets two weeks ago. Brad, whose par- 7 out of 9 from the field (5 out of 5 from leaning toward Thomas College. His parents are Paige and John, is likely to take 3-point land) win over MMU last season. ents are Lisa and Mike. up business or psychology as a field of As a junior, he led the team in field goals, study at one of the following schools of Junior forward, Will Burroughs, is the three-point FGs, rebounds, steals, blocks, higher learning: USC, UCLA, Chapman, or other Williston resident on the Redhawks. and points scored, while earning All-Met- maybe with George at Elon. ro first team, All-State second team, and The seniors from Charlotte honored were The other hoopster from Charlotte on being selected to the Dream Dozen. This George Davis, Colin Monsey, and Brad the team is Spenser Dooley. year he leads the team in points, FGs, Reynolds. George is a tri-captain on the rebounds, and blocks. Walker is headed Redhawks squad this season. While play- Hinesburg senior Marc Hoeppner has next to St. Michael’s College, on a full ing in 59 games — 18 as a starter — George played in 24 games, compiling 11 points, athletic scholarship to play basketball. scored 133 points, collected 85 rebounds, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals in His parents, Cheryl and Bill, will enjoy had 28 assists, 32 steals, and 6 blocks. His his time as a Redhawk. In a win over seeing him play close to home as a future career highlight reel includes a 10 points, BFA, Marc contributed 2 points and had Purple Knight. 3 steals game in a win over Spaulding. 5 rebounds and 2 assists. He hasn’t de- The other players on the varsity team George’s parents are Susanne and Chris. cided yet on attending either Maryland from Shelburne are Jack Scotnicki, Gra- He is thinking about earning an advanced or James Madison, but will likely major in ham Walker, and Paul Keen degree in business at either Elon, Boston marketing. Marc is the son of Sue and Joe. College, Richmond, or Lehigh. continued on page 17

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. CVU School Board Meet- Calendar ing. CVU 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. HCS Board Meeting. CVU 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Development Review Thursday, April 27 Monday, May 8 Board. Hinesburg Town Hall 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Hinesburg Historical 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Village Steering Com- Wednesday, May 17 Society Meeting. Hinesburg Town Hall, Lower mittee Meeting. Hinesburg Town Hall. Contact Level Conference Room George Dameron, Chair 482-3269 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Fire and Rescue/Busi- ness Meeting. Fire Station Monday, May 1 Tuesday, May 9 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Hinesburg Trails Com- 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Lake Iroquois Recreation 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Conservation Commis- mittee Meeting. Hinesburg Town Hall Lower District Meeting. Williston Town Hall. Public sion Meeting. 2nd floor, Town Hall Level Conference Room. Lenore Budd, Chair invited 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Recreation Committee Tuesday, May 23 HINESBURG BUSINESS AND PROFES- 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Selectboard Meeting. Meeting. Hinesburg Town Hall SIONAL ASSOCIATION OFFERS FREE 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Conservation Commission Hinesburg Town Hall 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. LandTrust Meeting. TBD. JOB SEARCH AND POSTING SERVICE Wednesday, May 24 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Vermont Astronomical Interested parties should call Ann Brush at By Jean Isham, HBPA Society Meeting. UVM 482-5656 or [email protected] 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Carpenter-Carse Library Trustees Meeting. Carpenter-Carse Library The Hinesburg Business and Profes- Tuesday, May 2 Wednesday, May 10 sional Association (HBPA) has added 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. CVSD Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Fire and Rescue/Heavy 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Fire and Rescue/Fire to its web site space for area busi- Hinesburg Community School, 10888 VT-116, Rescue Training Training nesses to post employment openings Hinesburg 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Planning Commission. 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Planning Commission. and for area residents to post re- 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Community Writers’ Hinesburg Town Hall Town Hall quests and/or resumes when seeking jobs. The service is free of charge to Thursday, May 25 Group. Carpenter-Carse Library, 69 Ballards Thursday, May 11 members and non-members. The As- Corner Rd, Hinesburg. Calling all local writers! Advertising and News deadline for the May 25 May 25 issue of The Hinesburg Record sociation encourages area businesses Join us for our monthly Community Writ- issue of The Hinesburg Record published and job seekers to use the site. Ex- ers Group! All genres are welcome. Get your 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Hinesburg Historical panded usage will enhance the value literary juices flowing with creative writing 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Town Forest Committee of the site to the community. Meeting. Lower Level Conference Room in the Society Meeting. Hinesburg Town Hall, Lower prompts; network with other local word- Level Conference Room To access this service simply go to smiths; and enjoy a fun, stimulating monthly Town Hall Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 27 the HBPA web site, hinesburgbusi- workshop in the Carpenter-Carse Community Monday, May 15 ness.com, and click on the appropri- Room. Snacks will be provided. To submit a 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Selectboard Meeting. Open Studio Weekend takes place Saturday ate option: Seek A Job, Post A Job, piece of writing for others to review and enjoy Town Hall and Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend. Search Resumes, Post Resume. We before the group meets, email Laura Wis- Authenticity and quality are at the heart of think you will find the application Tuesday, May 16 niewski at [email protected]. the event. Visit http://vermontcrafts.com/ easy to use. If you do not have ready 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. CSSU School Board 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Development Review OSW/maps-directions.html for more info. access to a computer, access may be Meeting. CVU available through your local library. Board. Town Hall 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Business and Profes- Wednesday, May 3 If you have any questions about this sional Association Meeting. Papa Nick’s site or its use, contact Robert Stahl 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Fire and Rescue/Medical Restaurant. Contact HBPA President Walter Training. Hinesburg Fire Station Hausermann at 802-878-7144 or walter@ allstate.com page 18 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG

 CVU Senior Night continued from page 17 Reece Pawlaczyk, a senior from South Organizations Burlington, has popped in 172 points, gotten 95 rebounds, and has collected 61 assists, 23 steals, and 13 blocks, in his 53 games (18 as a starter) as a member Hinesburg Boy of the red and white. In last year’s game versus Rutland, he had a career best 16 Scout Troop 690 points; he had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists in a victory over Essex. Reece’s Raising Funds to dad, Joe, and grandparents, Ellen and Ted, were in attendance at senior night. Purchase He will decide soon on attending either Brown or UVM and is choosing Biochem- Equipment istry as a major. The Hinesburg Boy Scouts are raising funds to buy an equipment trailer. Congratulations to all the seniors on the Trailer CVU basketball team for a great season • 45 will serve in the Military. Hinesburg 4-H Club members Kaitlyn Arena, so far, enjoy your future endeavors, and By Susan Abell, Chair, Zoe Bills, Tianna Bills, Luke Bills, Corinna • 1 person will use scout skills to save we can’t wait to see the first boys’ bas- Parent Committee Hobbs, and Cyrus Tyler each establish somebody else’s live. ketball banner hanging on the wall at individual project goals for the year which he Boy Scouts of Troop 690 need Bremner Gymnasium. • 2 will report that they used scout skills volunteer leaders use to set up monthly to purchase an equipment trailer to save their own lives. project lessons for the club. Zoe is pictured Tto replace our storage space at about to take her turn practicing controlling a the old Vestry building. The Vestry • 17 will later serve as adult volunteers sheep on a lead line. building was damaged last year in a storm and the space is no longer safe • 8 will find their future life vocations pare breed characteristics, overall size, for long-term storage. from scouting. and good posture and to make sure they didn’t have any defects. If the best lambs We are hoping our friends and neigh- Here in Hinesburg, our Troop has had four members reach their Eagle Scout don’t get sick or die, we show them in the bors would consider making a financial fair or to breed next year’s flock. gift towards the purchase. In addition rank in the last three years, and four of to this direct ask, funds from our winter our scouts have been selected to join the We practiced halter training adult sheep bottle drive and the Independence Day Order of the Arrow, Scouting’s National so we would know how to train the pulled pork sandwich booth will go to- Honor Society. Our sons are giving back lambs. We had to walk up slowly to the wards this project. to Hinesburg in many ways, whether it sheep so we didn’t spook them. One at a is through planting trees, doing service time, each member held out their hand All donations are tax-deductible and projects for the local library, or creating for the sheep to smell in order to calm would enable our troop to easily store Eagle Scout projects that will benefit the them down. Once the sheep knew who and transport our gear to Camporees town for years to come. you were, we could practice walking and other scouting events. Donations can be mailed to BSA Troop 690, them on the halter, or leader rope. Each Out of 100 boys who participate in PO Box 38, Hinesburg, VT. Please make member also got a chance to put the Scouting: checks payable to Boy Scout Troop 690. halter on an adult’s hand, pretending it was a sheep’s head. We learned this skill • 4 scouts will reach rank of Eagle Scout. to move sheep around the farm and to Hinesburg 4-H show them at the fair. Club News 4-H Sheep Tour By Hinesburg 4-H Club reporter Corinna Hobbs Held March 25

On April 8, the Hinesburg 4-H Club met From press release for their monthly sheep project meeting. We talked about how to pick out “the best Five Vermont 4-H’ers took part in the lamb.” We looked at the sheep to com- State 4-H Sheep Educational Tour, March 25, in Addison County. Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG • page 19

year, the Vermont Foodbank will package approximately 45,000 bags, or 160,000 pounds of food, for children in need. Many hours of volunteer work go into organizing this event, with each deci- sion focused intentionally around two goals: how can we maximize our impact for hungry Vermont youth through our Five 4-H sheep club members visited a farm The United Church of Hinesburg will be donation to the Vermont Foodbank, and supply store and farm in Addison County as holding their annual Plants and Baked Goods how do we execute a fun and welcoming part of the State 4-H Sheep Educational Tour Sale on May 13. community event to raise awareness on on March 25. Front row: Caroline Hobbs, this issue? Hinesburg. Back row (from left): Corinna We are very proud that a 5K Fun Run Hobbs, Hinesburg; Max Crossman, Whitehall, organized by a small group of extraor- NY(quizmaster); Cyrus Tyler, Richmond; and dinarily hardworking and dedicated Raymond and Jarod Bushey, both from Ad- Hinesburg residents has quickly become dison (photo by Trevor Hobbs). continued on page 20 Jarod and Raymond Bushey of Addison; Caroline and Corinna Hobbs, Hinesburg; and Cyrus Tyler, Richmond; participated The fifth annual Hearts for Hunger 5K will in this University of Vermont (UVM) take place on May 20. Extension 4-H event. The Bushey broth- a.m.–2 p.m. at the church on Route 116 ers are members of the Critter Creek 4-H in the center of Hinesburg Village. We $3,200 in our first year and $7,500 in club while the other 4-H’ers belong to the are celebrating more than 40 years of 2016, the Hearts for Hunger 5K and 1K Hinesburg 4-H Club. this spring tradition. We will have hardy Fun Run/Walk has donated a total of perennials, annuals, and home-made The day began with a behind-the-scenes $22,300 to the Backpack Program to help baked goods for sale, all with the small- feed Vermont youth in need. This na- tour of Depot Farm Supply in Leicester town hospitality you would expect in where the group learned about the busi- tionally recognized program of Feeding Hinesburg. The perennials are dug from America is designed to meet the needs ness and observed how livestock feed gardens in and around Hinesburg and is produced, packed, and shipped. They of Vermont’s school-aged children facing potted for transplanting into your own food insecurity at times when other re- also had a lesson on how to read feed bag gardens. We have traditional and unusual labels and the various minerals and other sources, like school breakfast and lunch, selections at very reasonable prices, well are not available, such as weekends and components for a better understanding of below what you would find at local gar- the nutritional value of different feeds. school vacations. The Backpack Program den nurseries. We will also have a large disperses food packages to about 1,250 The next stop was SDG Farm in Whiting, selection of annuals in full bloom for you children per week. Over the course of a owned by Jonathan and Janelle Ashley. to choose from. Our baked goods include The Ashleys raise Navajo-Churro and pies, breads, cookies, baked beans, and Soay sheep for meat, wool, and starter other delicious ready-to-serve fare. flock sales as well as for show. The Our youth group will be selling coffee 4-H’ers toured the farm to learn about and donuts and holding a yard sale on these rare heritage breeds. the front lawn of the church beginning Following lunch, the sheep club mem- at 8 a.m. the same day. All proceeds will bers participated in a mini-quiz bowl at benefit their week-long trip to Boston in the farm, answering questions on sheep June to explore social justice issues. breeds, feeds, anatomy, flock health, We hope to see you there! lambing, sheep showmanship, and marketing, among other topics. Max Cross- man of Ewetopia Farm, a Cotswold sheep Fifth Annual operation in Whitehall, New York, served as quizmaster. Hearts for The event was coordinated by Wendy Sorrell, UVM Extension 4-H livestock Hunger 5K and educator, and members of the State 4-H Sheep Committee. To learn more about 1K Fun Run/ the 4-H sheep program in Vermont, contact Sorrell at [email protected] or Walk (802) 651-8343, ext. 513. By Katie Dooley Plant Sale and he Fifth annual Hearts for Hunger 5K Fun Run will take place on May Yard Sale at the T20. This impactful event began in 2013 inspired by a desire to bring support and awareness to the issue of child- United Church of hood hunger. This event is hosted by the United Church of Hinesburg, and will Hinesburg occur at CVU High School in Hinesburg beginning at 9 a.m. Online registration is From press release now open at tinyurl.com/hearts4hunger. The United Church of Hinesburg will be All proceeds generated at this fundraiser holding their annual Plants and Baked are donated to the Vermont Foodbank Goods Sale on Saturday, May 13 from 9 Backpack Program. Between raising page 20 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG

 Hearts for Hunger January 29, she gave a presentation at letters back. The letters are translated continued from page 19 the United Church of Hinesburg’s Com- but you still see the letters in the child’s passion Sunday. Kristi’s advocacy has handwriting as well as their drawings. a major contributor to the Vermont Food- resulted in 16 sponsorships, 14 by Hines- Kristi said “we share photos and send Arts bank Backpack Program, but we need burg residents and 1 each by a Starks- prayers.” It is important for these chil- your help! Runners and walkers of all boro and Essex residents. Kristi and dren to know that there is someone out- levels, please consider participating and her husband, Kieran, provide 3 of those side their own family that is encouraging supporting Hearts for Hunger! If you are sponsorships. them. One of the objectives of Compas- Hinesburg Artist unable to participate, please consider a sion International is to end the cycle of child development and child donation. We also are looking for spon- poverty. Many of the children that have Series Spring advocacy ministry dedicated sorships from local businesses; if you are been sponsored go on to college and to helping over 1.7 million interested in making a business dona- A then work in their communities as teach- Concert children in need worldwide, Compas- tion in any amount, please contact Katie ers, social workers, or dentists. Dooley at [email protected]. sion International was founded in 1952. By rufus patrick Thank you to the town of Hinesburg for Compassion International works in Andrea Baldwin Haulenbeek of Hinesburg the continued support of the Hearts for partnership with local churches to help has been a sponsor for 11 years. Her first ome join friends and neighbors Hunger 5K! You can find the event on them implement programs that provide sponsorship started with a 6-year old girl on Sunday, May 21, at CVU High Facebook, with a link to the online reg- for the child’s physical, emotional, so- from Brazil who aged out of the program CSchool auditorium at 4:30 p.m. istration page. We hope to see you with cial, and spiritual needs. in 2016. Andrea said “I saw striking dif- The concert will feature the Hinesburg ferences in the pictures of the little girl Community Band, and the South County your family and friends on May 20! Kristi said that for her family the main every year as she just blossomed both Chorus, under the direction of Rufus thing is letting these children know that health wise and in her facial expres- Patrick. The concert will feature flutist someone cares about them. “We felt that sions. I kept encouraging her by telling Laurel Ann Maurer. Compassion: in the United States there are a lot of dif- her that school was her job and I was ferent social services that are available The Hinesburg Community Band will per- proud of her. Her grades and marks rose Sponsor a Child whereas the developing countries do not form “Star Wars’” “Heroes,” “Kirpatrick’s from below average to above average.” have these kind of services. Even though Muse,” “At the End of The Rainbow,” and Andrea noted that the program helps the we cannot always travel to different “Wild Rose Jamboree.” Flutist Laurel Ann — Change a Life children with homework and hygiene. countries to do mission work this is our Maurer will be the soloist for “Carmen It also feeds them, keeps them off the way to reach out and help others.” Fantasie Brilliante” based on the music Hinesburg Resident streets, and teaches them scripture from from the opera by Bizet. Kristi Kilbride Tells Us In many countries, not all children are the bible all of which translates into love, able to attend school and get health care. concern, security, and safety for the The South County Chorus will sing “Aura How By sponsoring a child through Compas- children. Andrea is now the sponsor of a Lee,” “Flight Song,” “Will the Circle Be By Jean Isham sion International this gives the child 5-year old girl from Brazil. She said that Unbroken,” “I’m Gonna Ride That Glory access to an education, health care, and sponsors who have visited the child they Train,” and a great Greg Gilpin arrange- In October of 2012, Kristi Kilbride be- other opportunities for their future. sponsor tell her it has an amazing impact ment of George and Ira Gershwin’s “Clap came a voice for Compassion Interna- on both the child and the sponsor. Your Hands.” tional in the Hinesburg community. On Sponsors write letters directly to the child they are sponsoring and receive If you would like to sponsor a child or Guest artist Laurel Ann Maurer has ap- obtain further information you may do peared as flute soloist throughout the so at www.compassion.com or by con- United States and Europe, including tacting Kristi at [email protected]. performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln The monthly cost to sponsor a child is Center, and the Kennedy Center. She has $38. Compassion International is one of appeared as concerto soloist with the the highest rated charities by Charity Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Navigator for the amount of funds that go National Flute Association’s American directly to the children in need. Flutist Concerto Orchestra, the Salt Lake Symphony, and the Long Island Cham- ber Orchestra. Laurel is based in Barre, Vermont and enjoys her dual roles as Have an ad? 482-2540 or performer and teacher. She is a previous guest artist with the Hinesburg Artist [email protected]. Series, and is the artistic director of Ver- mont Virtuosi. Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG • page 21 Such Silence by Mary Oliver Health & Safety found at stoweboyd.com/post/ 153441369342/such-silence-by-mary-oliver we would all be together As deep as I ever went into the forest Silence in a sudden strangeness. I came upon an old stone bench, very, Fisherman in the cold sea very old, By Laura Wisniewski, Director, would not harm whales and around it a clearing, and beyond that Beecher Hill Yoga and the man gathering salt trees taller and older than I had ever would not look at his hurt hands. seen. s the long sleep of winter fi- Those who prepare green wars, Such silence. nally begins to lift, early spring wars with gas, wars with fire, It really wasn’t so far from a town, but it can bring a racket of activity, A victories with no survivors, seemed change, blossoming, and beginnings. would put on clean clothes all the clocks in the world had stopped In our practice of yoga, we learn that and walk about with their brothers counting. well-being comes from the balance of in the shade, doing nothing. So it was hard to suppose the usual rules opposites. To honor the fact that April What I want should not be confused applied. is National Poetry Month, here are two with total inactivity. Sometimes there’s only a hint, a possibil- poems about the value of silence: Flutist Laurel Ann Maurer Life is what it is about; ity. I want no truck with death. What’s magical, sometimes, has deeper Keeping Quiet If we were not so single-minded roots by Pablo Neruda about keeping our lives moving, than reason. and for once could do nothing, I hope everyone knows that. found at onbeing.org/blog/pablo-nerudas- perhaps a huge silence I sat on the bench, waiting for something. keeping-quiet-2 might interrupt this sadness An angel, perhaps. Now we will count to twelve of never understanding ourselves Or dancers with the legs of goats. and we will all keep still. and of threatening ourselves with death. No, I didn’t see either. But only, I think, For once on the face of the earth, Perhaps the earth can teach us because let’s not speak in any language; as when everything seems dead I didn’t stay long enough. and later proves to be alive. let’s stop for one second, To learn more about Beecher Hill Yoga, Now I’ll count up to twelve and not move our arms so much. you can contact Laura bhy@beecherhillyo- and you keep quiet and I will go. It would be an exotic moment ga.com or go to beecherhillyoga.com. without rush, without engines;

were acquitted. So my question today is ..… where to Comentary draw the line, who should do the draw- Rufus Patrick rehearsing with the South County Chorus. ing - and how much longer we can afford We are Losing attack and growing dimmer. to wait? The event is FREE, with donations grate- There’s increasing concern that inexperi- fully accepted. Hope to see you there on Our Way ence and confusion in the White House Sunday, May 21 at 4:30 p.m. are doing irreversible harm, and polls By bill schubart show that many voters who believed cam- paign promises to “make America great rowing up in the transition from again” are also having doubts, as they Vermont’s Republican century to see their own interests being tabled. This Gthe Democratic sixties, the po- president and his closest advisers dictate, People litical labels we used seemed meaning- but appear incompetent to govern them- less in the many discussions I had with selves, let alone our country. Even the people of differing political ideals. I usu- sycophants who aspire to wealth or power Hinesburg ally found commonsense and decency in from their proximity to this president are their differing perspectives. showing signs of anxiety. Student Selected The social compression of Vermont’s The process of impeachment is again be- small towns, both in daily life and an- ing mentioned — impeachable offences for Juried Art nually at town meetings, didn’t inhibit usually being described as treason, diversity of opinion on any topic. But the bribery, or other high crimes and misde- Show at fact that we depended on one another in meanors. But only two presidents in U.S. hard times, attended the same churches, history have been impeached and both Champlain traded in the same stores, and buried our dead in the same cemeteries meant College we generally spoke civilly to one another, considered opposing opinions, and often adison MacMahon of Hinesburg found common ground. was selected for a juried art show at Champlain College in I don’t know whether it’s the inherent dis- M tance of digital communication, a general Burlington, Vermont. MacMahon is ma- joring in Creative Media at Champlain decline in life’s imposed exigencies, our College. obsession with “things” over values, or whether we’re just “Amusing Ourselves The second annual campus-wide juried to Death” as Neil Postman wrote in 1985, student art exhibition opens on March but the loss of civil engagement that has 30. The exhibition features 34 student paralyzed Congress for years has appar- artists selected by a jury made of faculty ently now spread to the White House and industry professionals — in a variety — though for now at least, the Supreme of mediums, including video, 3D model- Court still seems to be capable of occa- ing, graphic design, digital painting, pho- sionally rendering coherent decisions. tography, illustration, and painting. But setting politics and ideologies aside, I find myself increasingly wondering what to do when leadership at the top falters. Have news? 482-2350 or Once the hope of the world, we’re fast [email protected]. becoming a disappointing puzzle to many and a source of fear to others. The very values that made us a beacon are under page 22 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG

An Open and Affirming Reconciling Congregation Address: 44 North Williston Road, Religion Williston VT 05495 Phone: 878-5792. Please call Marie at 482-2290 (Parish United Church Saint Jude Office) or 434-4782 (home) for more in- Website: steeple.org formation. Lay Minister: Charlie Magill of Hinesburg the Apostle Eucharistic Adoration: Eucharistic Activities: Junior and Senior High Youth Adoration is held the first Friday of each Groups; Men’s Bible Study; Women’s An Open, Welcoming, month following the 8:00 a.m. Mass at Catholic Book Group; Junior, Senior and Con- Affirming and Reconciling Church St. Jude. temporary Music Choirs; Friendship Pastor: Rev. Jared Hamilton Church Food Shelf Weekend: Every third Suppers; opportunities for mission and Office Hours:Monday to Thursday 8:30- Pastor: Reverend David Cray, SSE Saturday and Sunday. Parishioners are outreach in the community, country, 11:30 a.m. asked to make an extra effort to bring and world. Pastor’s Residence: 425-2253, dgcray@ non-perishable canned and dried food Service: Sundays 9:30 a.m., Nursery/ Location: 10580 Route 116 gmail.com in weekly for the Hinesburg Food Shelf. Child care provided; Sunday School dur- Food Collection baskets are in the entry Phone: 482-3352 Mailing Address: 2894 Spear Street/P. O. ing the service for pre-K through high for your convenience. Email: [email protected] Box 158, Charlotte, VT 05445 school; Coffee/Fellowship after service Senior Meals: Will be served from noon in Fellowship Hall. Address: P.O. Box 39 Hinesburg Rectory: 482-2290, Stjude@ gmavt.net, P. O. Box 69, Hinesburg to 2:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Website: ucofh.org 05461, (10759 Route 116) Tuesday of each month unless otherwise noted. Food will be prepared by Trinity Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 a.m. Parish Secretary: Marie Cookson, 434- Meals on Wheels. There will be cards, 4782, Rectory, 482-2290, marietcook- Choir practice: 9:00 a.m. Sunday board games and door prizes. Cost is Episcopal [email protected] $4.00 donation. Please call in advance Sunday School: Nursery and story so we have plenty of food on hand. For Office Hours:Mondays and Thursdays, Church time; Christian Education Kindergarten reservations call Ted Barrett at 453-3087 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. through 8th grade during academic or Marie Cookson at 482-2290 (parish of- Address: 5171 Shelburne Rd., p.m. Parish Council Chair: Allan Monniere fice) or 434-4782 (home). Caretakers are Shelburne, VT 05482 578-8572 Senior Meal Site: Every Friday 11:00 welcome. Hinesburg Rides will pick you Church phone: 985-2269 up and bring you home at no charge. a.m.- 1 p.m. (except first Friday) Os- Finance Council Chair: Doug Taff: For more information, call the parish of- Church email: info@trinityshelburne. borne Parish House 482-3066 fice at 482-2290. org AA Gratitude Group: every Monday Buildings and Grounds Supervisor: Website: trinityshelburne.org 7:00 p.m., Osborne Parish House. Buildings and Grounds Supervisor: Henry Moreno, 802-777-4169. Community Worship service: Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. Weekend Masses: Alliance Church Saturday, 4:30 p.m.; Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Worship service and Sunday School: St. Jude Church, Hinesburg Pastor: Scott Mansfield Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., Our Phone: 482-2132 Space for Grace program: Sunday Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Charlotte Email: [email protected] mornings 9:15 a.m. Weekday Masses: Monday and Friday, Web: hinesburgcma.org Lighthouse 8:00 a.m., St. Jude Church Address: 190 Pond Road, Hinesburg All Souls Baptist Church Tuesday, Thursday: 5:15 p.m. Our Lady (overlooking CVUHS soccer fields) of Mount Carmel Church Interfaith Pastor: Reverend Ed Hart Sunday Services: 10:30 a.m. Children’s Sacrament of Baptism: Call the Pastor programs, for nursery through elemen- Gathering Non- Church Phone: 482-2588 for appointment tary school ages. Home Phone: 482-2588 Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays Middle School and High School Youth Denominational at 4:00 p.m. at St. Jude Church and by Email: [email protected]. Group: Meets from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. appointment. on Sundays. This is a great time to meet Service Website: LBCvt.homestead.com Sacrament of Marriage: new friends, hang out and talk real life. Contact the Pastor: Rev. Mary Abele Location: Hinesburg Village Center, Pastor at least six months in advance Weekday Life Groups: Various times, 90 Mechanicsville Road Phone: 985-3819 Communion at Home: Call Parish days, and locations throughout the week. Address: P.O. Box 288 Office, 482-2290 For more information, please contact Mailing Address: 371 Bost- wick Farm Rd., Shelburne, VT Regular Services: Confirmation Coordinators: the church at 482-2132 or visit hines- Dan & Rox- 05482 Sunday Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m., anne Smith, 453-3522 burgcma.org. Nursery provided. Services: Religious Education Coordinator: Sunday Evening Service: 6:00 p.m. Marie Cookson, 434-4782 Williston Sunday 9:00 a.m.: Morning Meditation & Prayer Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. Bible Study and Religious Education (CCD): Monday Prayer Meeting; Nursery provided. evenings from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. for Federated grades K-8. Registration is required. Church The 9th and 10th grades (Confirmation Years) meet once a month. This is a United Church of Christ and United two-year program. Watch Sunday bulle- Methodist Church tins for dates and times. Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG • page 23

will be strong participation from chil- The Richard Tom Foundation thanks Richard Tom dren and families. Richard, while work- our many individual donors who have ing at Earl’s Cyclery and Fitness, took helped the Richard Tom Foundation Have news? 482-2350 or Foundation great joy in helping parents and children grow this year. Learn more about the select the perfect first bike or graduate Richard Tom Foundation and Richard’s [email protected]. Hosts Second to an upgrade. In the spirit of his con- Ride at richardtomfoundation.com. nection to families and to cyclists of all Annual ages and abilities, there will be several options ranging a 4.4 mile for the Chil- CLASSIFIEDS Protect yourself...read The Legal Richard’s Ride dren’s Ride to a challenging 70-mile loop Rights of Women in Vermont from the for advanced riders. To support safe For over 40 years, Lafayette Paint- Vermont Commission on Women. Find From press release riding for the Children’s Ride, Cochran ing has provided top quality interior it at women.vermont.gov or call 800- Road between Cochran’s Ski Area and and exterior painting services. Our 881-1561. n April 26, 2015, Richard Tom, Dugway Road will be closed from 11 specialized crews can do your job a beloved and avid cyclist from a.m. until 1 p.m. All rides will be staged quickly and the result is guaranteed Sunday 4/30 11am-2pm. The School- OHinesburg, Vermont, lost his life from the Cochran Ski Area base lodge to look great. Call 863-397, visit Lafay- house - 8 Calkins Drive, S. Burling- when a speeding and impaired driver on Cochran Road in Richmond, VT with ettePaintingInc.com ton. Come shop with your favor- struck him one-half mile from his home t-shirts and post-ride meals provided to ite direct salesbrands. Shop for MISSING DOG as he began a solo bicycle ride on an participants. in North Central yourself, for a mother in your life and otherwise quiet and peaceful morning. Vermont since 8/3, “Lincoln”, a Red more... Plenty of parking and no en- Courageous rescue attempts by neigh- To register for Richard’s Ride please go Heeler. Red and white, tail is black and trance fee. Featured Brands: LuLaRoe, bors could not bring him back to this to bikereg.com/rtfoundation. white striped. Male, 1.5 years old, 35 Pampered Chef,SeneGence/Lipsense, lbs. Collar with tags, microchipped. life, so he was released to the next with Richard’s Children’s Ride (road and Thirty One, Perfectly Posh, Scentsy, Please do not chase him and do not wishes of love and caring. trail): The Cochran Road will be closed Beautycounter, WildTree, Usborne yell to him! Call 917-445-3924 if seen. to through traffic for the duration of Books, Stella & Dot, Rodan + Fields, An outpouring of love and affection for $50 reward for photo! Facebook.com/ this ride which will be a 4.4-mile out Premier Designs, YoungLiving. Richard was expressed the following FindLincoln. Sunday when 400 cyclists gathered to and back (those on mountain bikes can honor and remember Richard at his Me- choose to ride back on the Winooski morial Ride. Hinesburg Chief of Police, River trail). This ride is offered free of Frank Koss and Vermont State Police charge to children under 17. Lieutenant Scott provided lead and fol- Richard’s Family Ride: This ride con- lowing vehicles. Concurrently, during sists of a 15-mile ride from the ski area that tumultuous week, the Richard Tom out on Cochran Road and the Duxbury Foundation was formed and soon there- Road to the end of the pavement and after was chartered as a 501(c)(3) char- return. This ride is targeted toward ity organization. parents with children of an age who can This mission of the Richard Tom Foun- manage this distance, including some dation contains several key elements: rolling hills. • Sustain and build on Richard’s legacy Richard’s 30: For more experienced by promoting and hosting events that riders, this ride will loop over rolling reflect his spirit of fun, fitness, and terrain through Richmond, Jericho, and adventure gained through cycling in Williston. Vermont. Richard’s 70: For advanced riders, this • Provide scholarship and financial 70-mile loop will take cyclists from Rich- support to organizations that build life mond to Cambridge, Fletcher, and Fair- experience, mentoring, and skill build- fax with a return through Westford and ing to children through participation Essex. Climbs and descents will test the in cycling camps. The Foundation has endurance and fitness levels of even the initiated this aspect of our mission by most advanced riders. creating partnerships with Little Bellas Richard’s Mountain Bike Ride: The and Catamount Family Center, both of MTB route will be a technically challeng- which offer summer cycling camps to ing trail ride for experienced mountain young children. bike aficionados. • Advocate for safe riding and safe driving practices and also advocate for leg- islative action to increase the safety of vulnerable users of roads. abra Davison of Little Bellas stated: “Richard Tom supported Little SBellas from our formative years in Vermont. His enthusiasm helped move girls into the program and get them riding the right bikes. We are honored to continue his support of the program through the Richard Tom Foundation.” Richard’s Ride 2017 On May 20, the Richard Tom Foundation will be hosting the second annual Rich- ard’s Ride. This ride will be different from other organized rides in that there page 24 • Hinesburg Record • APRIL 27, 2017 • hinesburgrecord.orG

ate an intimacy, a heightened awareness, 1976 after getting a teaching job in Burl- tration work and it has taken me time to that expands perceptions. Images from ington. Chuck and I moved to Hinesburg loosen up. (‘Weeds’ did it the best.)” nature such as flowers, leaves, wood, and in 1983. Sandy Chichester Rivkin feathers are often juxtaposed with items “Some of my earliest recollections in [email protected] such as ribbons, gloves, or tools. Words, entwoodfarm.com/art_work.html thoughts, or poems are sometimes intro- life involve my hands being used in a of Hinesburg creative pursuit. I clearly recall the deep duced in a continuing search to express Kevin Lewis is layout tartist, president and satisfaction that brought me as a child. ideas and experiences. Chief Person in Charge of Himself at The  Art Explosion I find that same satisfaction as I work Hinesburg Record. Sometimes he thinks he continued from page 13 “The drawings have been exhibited main- creatively today. Whether it is gardening, can write stories; please don’t humor him ly in the Northeast, particularly in Ver- cooking, rug hooking, or painting, I find in this regard. About this story, every effort Marian Willmott mont, New York, and Boston. Locally, the a deep sense of peace when I am able to was made to discover and contact every work can be seen at Furchgott Sourdiffe express myself in any of the many ‘art’ artist in our community. If you or someone Gallery in Shelburne and at my website forms available to me. I find painting to you know has been omitted, it was not in- www.miriamadamsart.com.” be particularly engrossing. I gravitate tentional. Please reach out to Kevin at 802- towards landscapes and other subjects Miriam Adams, [email protected] 999-2410 or [email protected]. miriamadamsart.com from nature. I feel a connection with the beauty we have around us in Vermont Rae Harrell and elsewhere, and enjoy finding ways to Ad Coordinator interpret them on canvas. I have always been fascinated by the variations of light Wanted! and shadow upon the ever-changing landscape. The colors and shapes created by Want to join a great team of the interplay of light have been a source community-minded volun- of great inspiration. The emotions evoked teers, earn some extra cash Late Light by these combined elements are what I and help publish The Hines- hope to convey in my work.” burg Record? Open Studio Weekend Participant Sally Merring Reiss Can you dedicate 8-10 hours Artist’s Statement: “I received an MFA in smreiss.com per month: painting in 1987 from Goddard College and the Vermont Studio Center, working Sandy Rivkin • Earning ad commissions with oil paints, primarily focused on land- • Composing print & web ads scapes. About ten years ago I took a break Around the Bend • Billing for ads from painting and started working with Artist’s Statement: “Art has been one the monoprints, enjoying their exploratory most gratifying areas of my life, as it has • Developing ad sales and experimental nature. Around this always brought me joy. I have worked in Qualified candidate will have time I also began writing poetry which many mediums and love them all. Al- ad sales background in print I continue to do today. I have returned though I have studied with many known and online, and a sincere to painting, recently painting from the artists, I am unschooled in the traditional regard for the community model, both portraits and figures, along sense. I feel my work comes from within. with painting the landscape. My aim is to of Hinesburg. Residence in paint directly and intuitively, responding “Color excites me and comforts my ar- Hinesburg is a plus! to the essence of the subject. My studio is tistic nature. I can immerse myself in my Call 802-999-2410 or email my sanctuary – a place to lose myself and work and the pallet becomes my only [email protected]. connect to nature’s energy. reality. Weeds “My work can be seen in various venues “My work consists of very large and Artist’s Statement: “I grew up in Connect- throughout Vermont, and at my studio in small works. I focus on what is occur- icut, started drawing and painting while Hinesburg during Vermont Open Studio ring in my life at that time. Much of the very young and had many lessons and Weekend in May or by appointment and work is meditative, I use mandalas as my experiences with excellent artists and online at www.willmottstudios.com.” primary design surrounded by my inte- teachers. I entered college as a pre-med rior visions. I do portraiture, abstracts, student for medical art but soon Marian Willmott [email protected] some representational, and many with no switched over to painting and went to art willmottstudios.com names that I make up on the spot. I work school in New York City where I also with paint, wood, fabric and other fibers, worked as a jacquard fabric designer for Miriam Adams found objects, and anything interesting many years. that I come across. “We arrived here in 2008 after selling our “I am showing permanently at Public farm in Virginia, coming to Hinesburg House, in Hinesburg. at the Innovation where my daughter and her family lived. Center in Burlington, and I will be the No longer having a large farm to take care featured artist in the month of June at the of, I decided to go back to painting. Charlotte Senior Center.” “Early on I did mostly watercolors and Rae Harrell, [email protected] then oils, but then I married, had chil- raeharrell.com dren, and did not paint at all for a very long time. In spite of the kids (three of Sally Merring Reiss them) I started to do scientific/biologi- cal illustrations and still do. I illustrated Piece of Mind many books and freelanced for Princeton Artist’s Statement: “A deep love of draw- University Press and other publishers. ing, its rhythms and sinuous lines, is the Recently my emphasis has been on en- basis for my work as an artist. Drawing is dangered species and the drawings of the a way to see, understand, react to, and green sea turtle and other species I did communicate with the world, with life. It have been made into cards as an educa- is my signature, my way to remember the tional project. past and move forward. Trees Dressed in Red “I have started painting again (very limit- “The drawings are in graphite and water- Artist’s Statement: “I arrived in Vermont edly) and some of the paintings are now color on paper, a simple and direct tech- from central New York in 1972. After a bit hanging up in the conference room at the nique allowing for a subtle play of line of back and forth I settled in Vermont in Hinesburgh Public House. Painting has and color. Although the work is realistic been challenging after the precise illus- in style, it is abstract in concept. “More than forty years ago I moved to Hinesburg for one year, and have never left. It has proven a peaceful place to live and work, and has enhanced my ap- preciation and valuation of the natural world. However, rather than work with the vastness of landscape, I focus in closely on my subjects in order to cre-