Sheffield High school Labor Day fall sports celebration. schedules. 12 20 the Chronicle THE WEEKLY JOURNAL OF ORLEANS COUNTY TWO SECTIONS, 48 PAGES VOLUME 43, NUMBER 36 SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 ONE DOLLAR Stenger settles, Jay girl is national flowboard champ no longer works at Jay by Joseph Gresser Bill Stenger, the former president of Jay Peak Resort, is no longer a defendant in the civil lawsuit filed by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against him and the owner of the resort, Ariel Quiros. Mr. Stenger is also no longer employed by Jay Peak. Mr. Stenger reached an agreement with SEC lawyers under which he will be liable for whatever penalties U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles might impose for securities fraud. Monica Caffrey rides a sheet wave at the Pump House water park at Jay Peak. Over a four-month tour season, the 14-year-old traveled all over the United States competing in ten flowboarding events before being recognized as the women’s amateur national flowboarding champion. Photo by Andrew Lanoue After several months of negotiations, Mr. by Elizabeth Trail Peak has a state-of-the-art sheet wave machine Stenger reached an agreement with SEC lawyers called a FlowRider. under which he will be liable for whatever JAY — Monica Caffrey is tiny, muscular, Flowboarding is so trendy these days that penalties U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles and tanned. She’s 14 years old, and an eighth- FlowRiders are being installed in water parks might impose for securities fraud. Although Mr. grader at North Country Union Junior High all across the world. There are 90 FlowRiders in Stenger neither admitted nor denied the charges School. And she was recently crowned the the United States and another 90 elsewhere filed against him, he will allow himself to be amateur women’s national flowboarding around the world. They’re even being put on treated as if he were guilty of the charges for champion. cruise ships for entertainment. purposes of punishment. Flowboarding — also called flowriding — Jay Peak’s website for the water park calls As part of the settlement, Mr. Stenger is hasn’t been around as an organized sport much flowboarding “a cross between skateboarding, permanently barred from participating in any longer than Monica’s been alive. surfing and snowboarding (minus the kneepads, way in selling securities connected to the EB-5 It’s somewhere between skateboarding and sharks and snow).” visa program or having any control over a surfing. The board is like a small finless Flowboarding is a fast moving sport, but the business that does. surfboard. The moves are straight out of water is only a few inches deep, making it pretty That visa program allows foreign citizens to skateboarding right down to the names. hard to drown. And as several online sites point put $500,000 into a business that creates at least But it’s done on the water — specifically on out, falling on a sheet wave doesn’t earn bruises ten full-time jobs in exchange for a green card and an artificial 35-mile-an-hour vertical wave, or road rash the way skateboarding does. eventual permanent residency status. Jay Peak called a sheet wave, that can curl over at the top The biggest danger is whiplash, Monica set up seven such visa-financed programs that like a breaking wave on the beach. said. Everyone who gets on the FlowRider at brought in $350-million from about 700 investors. The Pump House indoor water park at Jay (Continued on page eighteen.) (Continued on page twenty-two.) Lake Region to hold evacuation drill September 9 by Elizabeth Trail Police, fire departments, and rescue vehicles When the all clear is sounded, students will will rush to the campus, while students and staff be driven back to the high school by bus to finish On Friday, September 9, Lake Region Union are evacuated from the buildings, loaded onto the day as usual. All classes will meet on High School will hold a mock evacuation drill. buses, and driven to relocation sites in Irasburg, Friday. The point is to see how the school’s written plans Orleans, and Barton. The evacuation drill will give students and will work out in real life. Students will be returned to the school by bus school staff a chance to practice the procedures In the middle of the morning on Friday, after the drill is over. that would be needed in case of an emergency alarms will sound, and first responders will “I just want to be sure that if family or where students needed to be taken off campus — swarm into the school just as they would if there friends drive by and see all the emergency a gas leak or major fire, for example. Trained was a real school-wide emergency. vehicles, they know that it’s just a drill,” observers will be there to critique how the staff Principal Andre Messier said. “We could have a and first responders handle the situation. real panic.” At around 10 a.m., right after Period 2, the During the drill, all of the high school’s fire alarm will go off. Students and staff will driveways, and possibly Lake Region Road, will leave the building and assemble outside in their be closed to traffic except for buses and (Continued on page twenty-six.) emergency vehicles. Page Two the Chronicle, September 7, 2016 the Chronicle Driver restoration program began INDEX Kingdom Calendar .................................8B-13B on September 1 Letters to the Editor ....................................4-6 Starting September 1, individuals with program will have a positive impact on increasing Obituaries................................................3B-4B outstanding traffic tickets that have led to license the numbers of Vermonters driving legally and Perimeter....................................................16B suspension may be eligible for a reduced fine with proper insurance,” Vermont Agency of Property Transfers ........................................7B through a statewide driver restoration program. Transportation Secretary Chris Cole said. 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