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Pharmacy
college
at full
enrollment
The Vermont campus
of the Albany College of
Pharmacy and Health Sciences
will graduate its first class
next spring after opening on
Colchester’s Water Tower
Hill in 2009.
The college started with
77 students from across the
country as its class of 2013
when it opened four years
ago. It has since added a class
of approximately 70 students
each year, and for the first time
this fall is at full enrollment:
261 students.
Faculty and staff have also
increased yearly, jumping
from 14 in the first year to 25
this year, according to college
Spokesman Gil Chorbajian,
who is based out of the main
campus in Albany, N.Y.
“There is a lot of excitement
attached to it,” Chorbajian said
of the first graduation, which
is scheduled for May 19 at a
site to be determined. “With
the first class, there is a real
strong attachment as the sort
of pioneers of the school.”
This will be a year of
internships for the senior class
at pharmacies throughout
Chittenden County and in
New York. The students will
be getting clinical experience
in
hospitals,
nursing
homes,
doctors’
offices
and pharmacies throughout
the school year. The class
has been generally active
in the Chittenden County
community,
Chorbajian
said, participating in cancer
awareness
fundraisers,
volunteering at public health
screenings and collecting food
for families in need during the
winter holidays.
About half of the school’s
students live at the Severance
Corners development a couple
miles up Route 7 from the
campus.
Seventy-four
of
the
original 77 in the inaugural
class have made it through
–See COLLEGE on page 2
Special
education
costs bust
budget
were required to dismount their bikes
and then run toward the finish line while
carrying, pushing, pulling of dragging a
sandbag.
Colchester residents placed first in
both the female and co-ed divisions.
David Olson and Lauren Olson set
the bar for co-ed teams with a time
of 2:04:03, while Lori McBride and
Allison Shepherd set the bar for female
teams with a time of 2:15:56. Richmond
residents David Gawlik and Del Howard
placed first in the male division with a
time of 2:09:20.
Mitchell has been floating the idea of
starting an adventure race in Colchester
since first watching Eco-Challenge on
the Discovery Channel about a decade
ago.
“(The Colchester Parks and
Recreation Department) has talked
about holding an event like this for a
number of years, but finally decided
to implement it because adventure
racing has gotten very popular in New
England,” Mitchell reflected. “We’ve
Colchester
School
District’s special education
program ended last school
year $700,000 over budget
and included more students
than the district had predicted,
Special Education Director
Carrie Lutz reported to the
Colchester School Board last
month.
The number of students in
special education rose during
the school year from 278 to
315, she said, including a
doubling from 12 to 24 of
students that require placement
in programs outside the school
district. The expense of those
placements was a large factor
in the program going over
budget.
In addition to the cost
of out-of-district programs,
such as those run by the
HowardCenter of Burlington,
out-of-district
placements
also come with increased
transportation costs, as the
district transports students
to off-campus locations. Of
the three vehicles the district
uses, one had to be replaced
unexpectedly last school year,
Lutz said.
The district prefers to keep
special education students in
the regular student population
not only for cost purposes,
but also for educational
purposes. Lutz said special
education students who learn
in classrooms with typically
developing peers are less
likely to require support
services as adults.
The district enters the
current school year with 15
students placed in out-ofdistrict programs, down from
the 24 it finished with last
spring.
Special education staff
salaries were also over
budget. Lutz said positions
created with funds from the
federal Recovery Act of 2009
–See MUCK on page 2
–See BUDGET on page 2
Adventure racers paddle down the Winooski River in a tandem kayak during the Muck It Up Sprint Adventure Race at Bayside
Park in Colchester on Saturday morning. See more photos on page 5a.
Photo by Oliver Parini
Full of muck
A successful first for
Colchester’s newest
race
By KELLY MARCH
The Colchester Sun
The first annual Muck It Up Sprint
Adventure Race, which consisted of
6 miles of trail running, 3.5 miles of
mountain biking, 3 miles of paddling,
and a few mystery physical challenges,
brought 38 adventurers to Colchester
last Saturday.
“We had 19 teams, which we were
happy with for our inaugural year,”
explained Derek Mitchell, Assistant
Director of the Colchester Parks and
Recreation Department. “We would
have liked more, but 19 teams gave us
the opportunity to administer the race
this year, make necessary changes,
and return next year with all in kinks
worked out.”
The course included an out-and-
back paddle on the Winooski River and
running and mountain biking segments
on a pre-marked off-road course, the
exact location of which was kept secret
until the day of the race.
Along the route, competitors faced
three challenges designed for “weekend
warriors” who are up for a challenge,
but aren’t looking for something as
intense as those found in the Tough
Mudder or Spartan races, according to
Mitchell. The challenges included:
The Three Legged Climb: Near
the end of the trail running segment,
participants for the two-person teams
were required to strap two of their legs
together at the ankles, and then proceed
to run up an inclined portion of the trail.
The Quad Burn: During the
mountain mike segment, teams came
to a point where they were required to
dismount their bikes, and then run to
a designated turn around point while
carrying their bikes. Bikes were only
permitted to touch the ground when the
racers were idle.
The Feats of Strength: Near the end
of the mountain bike segment, teams
Randy Brock talks
Republican candidate for governor
outlines plan
By JASON STARR
The Colchester Sun
Randy Brock explained why he is running for governor
of Vermont last Thursday to a group of about 35 ColchesterMilton Rotary Club members.
The Republican nominee will face incumbent Democrat
Gov. Peter Shumlin on a platform of instilling a pro-business
climate within state government, downsizing state bureaucracy
to lighten taxpayers’ burden, rethinking the state’s 90-percent
renewable energy goal and charting a course away from the
government-run health care model Shumlin is pursuing. He
outlined the platform during a half-hour speech and questionanswer session at The Hampton Inn in Colchester.
“For 200 years Vermont has been a place where people value
independence, self-reliance and the resoluteness of the people,”
he opened. “It’s a tradition I’m concerned may be leaving us. It
starts gradually, but it is accelerating.”
During his speech, Brock — a graduate of Middlebury
and Yale, former state auditor, current state Senator, Swanton
resident and retired executive vice president at Fidelity
Investments who used to commute daily by plane to Boston —
asked audience members if they know someone who is looking
for work, or who has left Vermont for employment. He says he
usually sees 60 percent of his audience raise their hands. On
Thursday at the Rotary Club meeting, the response was more in
the 30 percent range.
Still, he says, a fragile economy is Vermont’s primary issue
and one he would address first and foremost if he were elected.
Winooski considers
recommendations
for traffic change
By KELLY MARCH
The Colchester Sun
Republican candidate for Vermont governor, Randy Brock,
speaks Thursday to the Colchester-Milton Rotary Club in
Colchester.
“So many of the jobs we’ve created in the last 10 years are
jobs in government and the non-profit segments that don’t add
value in terms of products and services,” Brock said. “We’ve
added jobs, but have we added the right jobs?”
Brock would spur private-sector job growth largely through
a statewide change in tone to one of being “open for business,”
he said. The tone change would not only come from himself as
governor, but throughout the administration and state agencies
that deal with permitting private developments.
“We have to open ourselves up and indicate that we really
do want business … There’s a real perception that we (don’t),”
–See BROCK on page 2
The
Winooski
roundabout, which opened
to traffic in 2005 as part
of the city’s downtown
redevelopment project, was
recently deemed the most
accident-prone location in
the state by the Vermont
Agency of Transportation.
The circulator was the
scene of 191 crashes from
2006 to 2010, according to
a report recently released
by the agency. Of these, 16
involved bike or pedestrian
collisions, 13 of which
resulted in injuries. The
Highway Safety Council
estimates that these accidents
have cost $4 million in
insurance
premiums,
emergency
response
expenditures and medical
expenses.
Winooski’s
Traffic
Advisory Board (TAB) —
a citizen board established
by the City Council about
a decade ago — has been
investigating
congestion
and safety issues related to
the circulator in conjunction
with
the
Chittenden
County Regional Planning
Commission since 2011.
That process culminated in
a presentation last Monday
night, when the TAB
presented recommendations
for changes to the circulator.
“The purpose of the
discussion was to present the
Council and public with the
information collected and
considered by the TAB, and
for the Council to decide, after
hearing both the proposal
and comments, whether
it wished to obtain more
information or to schedule the
–See WINOOSKI on page 2
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WINOOSKI
from page 1a
recommendation as an action
item on a future agenda,”
explained Winooski Mayor
Michael O’Brien.
The TAB presented five
recommendations,
which
included improving signage
and pavement markings,
eliminating two signaled
pedestrian crosswalks and
reworking the remaining
crosswalks.
According to the analysis
presented by the regional
planning commission on
Monday, the circulator’s high
volume of pedestrian traffic
has contributed to its high
crash rating.
“A traffic circulator is
designed to move traffic; it is
not really designed to move
pedestrians,” noted Steven
Jerome, a TAB member
with a background in road
construction. “We’re trying to
come up with a compromise
to give everyone what they
want.”
The roundabout, which
was developed as an efficient
way to move traffic through
the busy intersection of Route
7 and Route 15, has signaled
pedestrian crossings running
through the middle of the
oval-shaped circulator. A
high concentration of rearend collisions have occurred
at these sites as motorists
focused on merging or
switching lanes crash into
those idling at a red light.
This design also poses a risk
to pedestrians, as merging
motorists don’t always see the
traffic light in time to allow
safe crossing.
The TAB recommended
eliminating
these
two
crossings and remodeling the
northeastern and southeastern
crossings
to
improve
pedestrian visibility and
provide crossings to the park.
Part of that process would
include adding a traffic signal
at the southwest crossing.
“The goal of these
changes is to limit queuing
and improve sight distance
and driver reaction time
when stops are necessary,”
City Engineer Steven Palmer
explained.
Many Winooski residents
who attended the meeting
questioned the impact such
a change could have on the
burgeoning downtown area.
“The central pedestrian
walkway makes the Winooski
downtown
work,”
Dan
Higgins lamented after the
meeting, noting that the
central crosswalks provide
the most direct access from
Winooski’s welcome center,
art gallery and parking garage
to the restaurants on the
opposite side of the street.
“There’s an issue here
of how to get cars and
pedestrians through town
safely, and another issue of
how to get the two halves
of the city to integrate,”
added Higgins, who moved
to Winooski in 1969 when
the town was split by a two-
Traffic circulates through the Winooski circle Tuesday afternoon.
M A K E
I T
lane road. “Storefronts on
the eastern side of the circle
have been empty for a long
time, and a central part of the
growth we’re seeing now has
come from getting people to
that side of the street.”
All in attendance at the
meeting seemed to champion
the TAB’s recommendation
to improve signage and
pavement markings in the
circle. In fact, a few Winooski
residents suggested that the
signage could improve the
conditions so much that
further change wouldn’t be
necessary.
“I think a big part of
the problem is that people
travelling to the town don’t
know that there’s a traffic
light in the circle,” Higgins
explained. “I understand all
the different issues here, and
the safety issue especially,
but my sense is that until
signage is improved, we
shouldn’t
blame
these
accidents on the central
crossings.”
After
hearing
the
recommendations
and
related public concerns,
the Council asked the TAB
for additional information.
Specifically, the board will
be looking into issues raised
by those who attended the
meeting,
including
the
origin and destination of
pedestrians, the handicap
accessibility of the proposed
alternatives,
and
the
projected impact of reducing
the speed limit.
“We’re hoping to have a
follow up discussion no later
than Oct. 15,” explained
City Manager Katherine
R. Decarreau. “The state
designated money to work on
this problem and we feel that
we need to move forward
as soon as we can because
we’re keeping that money
from other communities.
But, that said, we don’t
want to move forward with
a solution that won’t work or
that will cause other harms.
We want to move forward
deliberately to ensure that
our solution is the best
possible.”
BROCK
from page 1a
he said. “Changing that
attitude at all levels of state
government is the job that the
governor should do.
“We need to look at
the byzantine regulatory
environment that we’ve
created in Vermont,” he
added, suggesting state and
municipal permitting be
merged into one process and
that heads of state agencies be
given more flexibility to work
with applicants rather than
following unwavering rules.
“The best corporations
are those that empower their
employees,” he said.
Brock sees a restructuring
opportunity in the upcoming
retirements of older state
employees and teachers —
a quarter of the state and
education workforce is set for
retirement in the near future,
he said. “It’s a great time to
make it smaller, leaner and
more effective without having
BUDGET
from page 1a
were rolled into the special
education budget last year.
The positions were retained
because the number of special
education students continues
to rise, she said.
Lutz also said that
Colchester out-paces state
averages in children with
emotional
disturbances
and autism, conditions that
require the most intensive
care and staffing.
“It’s not just the increase
in students, but we’re also
MUCK
from page 1a
been so successful with the
triathlon, and we wanted to
try bringing something else
to the community, and to the
state.”
Mitchell, pleased with
the success of the inaugural
mass layoffs.” Allowing
attrition to reduce the number
of state employees, combined
with a prioritizing of the state
government functions, would
lead to reduced pressure on
Vermont taxpayers.
Brock
addressed
his
disagreement
with
the
concept of government-run
health care and the way the
Shumlin
Administration
and
Democrat-controlled
Legislature has endeavored to
create it. He favors the health
care exchanges to be set up
under the federal Affordable
Care Act and access for
all Vermont residents to
affordable health care, but he
opposes reducing consumer
choice through a governmentrun system.
“Health care should be
patient-driven, where people
are able to make the decisions
about what’s best for their
families as opposed to being
dictated what the best is for
us by government,” he said.
“My plan puts patients in
charge” partly by recruiting
more health insurers to come
to Vermont.
The five-member Green
Mountain Care Board that is
designing the government-run
system is too powerful and
unaccountable, said Brock,
setting prices for services,
health care regulations and
hospital budgets without
direct accountability to voters.
He also said questions about
what the system will cover,
whether people can keep their
existing insurance, how it will
be paid for and how much it
will cost should have been
answered by now.
“We have no more idea
of what the plan is today than
when we started,” he said.
Brock sponsored a bill last
Legislative session that would
have mandated the Green
Mountain Care Board to work
out and reveal publically the
financing of the system before
the November election. The
bill did not pass.
“You have to ask yourself,
how much of your freedom
are you willing to lose to save
money,” he said.
seeing a higher number of
students with a higher level of
care needed,” she said.
School board chairman
Dirk Reith noted that the
district spends an average of
about $14,000 a year on each
typically developing student
and $38,000 on each special
education student.
“I want people to know
how expensive the system is
and how talent-intensive it is,”
Reith said.
In the coming year, the
special education program
in Colchester will focus on
including more students in
regular classrooms with a new
co-teaching model where a
regular teacher and special
education teacher co-teach
classes. The district also hired
a behavioral specialist for the
kindergarten-through-fifthgrade level to bring more
students in-house who may
have been placed in out-ofdistrict programs in the past.
Lutz plans to give quarterly
reports to the board about
how the current-year budget
assumptions are holding up.
“The unknown factor is
what moves in and out,” she
said. “(Enrollment) goes up
and down throughout the
course of the year.”
race, is already scheming
challenges for next year.
“I don’t want to divulge
too much this early to potential
teams next year,” Mitchell
quipped.
“The
mystery
challenges will change and
there may be another race
component added. We will
gather feedback from this
year’s teams during the next
week or so to see what ideas
they have to offer. This race
is for the participants, so
hearing ideas they have may
differ from my idea of getting
them full of muck from head
to toe.”
The race was a selfsupporting event, meaning
that each team’s $115 entry
fee was used to cover race
expenses.
community, the more the word
is spreading.”
The college’s community
involvement will be bolstered
over the next two years by
a $300,000 grant from the
pharmaceutical
company,
Pfizer. The grant will cover
the work of students and
faculty members providing
flu screening, education and
vaccines to elderly patients in
Vermont.
Professor Ron DeBellis
said the work dovetails
with the State of Vermont’s
health care reform efforts by
increasing vaccinations among
the elderly and potentially
reducing disease and hospital
stays — and therefore costs.
“There’s really no better
way than through vaccines
and disease prevention,”
said DeBellis, the Vermont
campus’ chair of pharmacy
practice.
— Jason Starr
— Jason Starr
G R E A T™
COLLEGE
from page 1a
the first three years. Three
members (4 percent) of
the original class are from
Vermont. Now, enrollment of
Vermonters is at 10 percent.
“It’s more than doubled
since the school’s first year,”
Chorbajian said. “The longer
we’re here and involved in the
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In This State
Simplifying poetry with Vt.
poet laureate Sydney Lea
By TOM SLAYTON
Sydney Lea, Vermont’s
current poet laureate, wants to
use that honorary position to
clear away some of the fog that
he believes surrounds poetry
these days.
“I would like to de-mystify
poetry,” he said. “Poetry is
really just another way of
looking at the world.”
And so, Lea is focusing
his four-year term as poet
laureate on appearances around
the state where he is sure of
finding ordinary Vermonters
who might be willing to give
poetry another try: community
libraries.
By the end of this year, he
will have read his poems and
had discussions at 50 libraries
scattered the length and breadth
of Vermont. There are some
300 community libraries here,
an extraordinarily large number
for so small a state, and Lea
hopes to read in all of them.
He will have three more years
as poet laureate of Vermont to
do so.
“I’ll visit every one that will
have me,” he said. “I wanted
to go to some place where
people were literate, but not
necessarily literary.”
That distinction is an
important one for Lea.
Although he has taught widely
in prestigious colleges, he
decided early in life that he
didn’t want to be a scholar,
and he chose poetry instead
because, for him, it offered a
way of saying complex things
in a direct and accessible
way. That, in fact, is different
from much scholarly poetry
published today, which can be
obscure and hard to understand.
But Lea doesn’t think much of
that sort of poetry.
“So much poetry written
since (Robert) Frost is
unnecessarily complicated,”
said the Philadelphia native,
who came to the area to teach
at Dartmouth in 1974. “It’s
basically ungenerous.”
Admittedly, Lea’s direct
way of saying things can
sometimes seem simpler than it
actually is. His poetry is almost
conversational in tone and very
accessible; you don’t have to
struggle or ponder to get the
meaning of his words. But that
directness can be misleading,
because his poems are also very
subtle, often slyly humorous,
and sometimes surprising.
They work on more than just
their explicit, surface level of
meaning.
Like any good Vermonter,
Lea, of Newbury, is adept at
saying things without saying
them, so his poems and images
resonate in your mind long
after you’ve read them.
In the poem, “Yellow
House,” for example, Lea
recalls an old, under-insulated
farmhouse that each winter let
in “biting boreal gales through
every socket and nailhole.”
“You had to know the
combination.
That’s how you put
it: how to tweak
air volume controls
on the antique pump,
Sydney Lea: “So much poetry written since (Robert) Frost is
unnecessarily complicated.” Photo by Tom Slayton
and from which roof valley
you needed to chop
the ice dams first, and
how to get a stone-dead boiler
to kick in again…”
From
that
rugged
beginning, the speaker in the
poem goes on to detail his
worry about the woodstove that
glowed red-hot, the ineffective
corncob and paper insulation
in the walls, and the pipe under
the kitchen sink “that froze to
death whenever it was twenty
below…” He noted that he
survived, although his first
marriage did not, adds that
he married again, and closes
with a description of a winter
walk in “the deep-blue glory
of February” many years later,
when winters are easier to get
through and his children are
grown up and moved away.
It’s a lovely poem that
layers winters present and
winters past, with the many
emotions that color both the
hardship of the cold months
and their enduring beauty. In
short, it chronicles a classic
Vermont experience – deep
winter – and combines it with
the way the human mind works
through such experiences over
the years.
“Yellow House” does its
complex work in language that
is unobtrusive and deceptively
simple — a characteristic that
links it with Vermont’s best
poetry, which is usually clear,
crisp, and as invigorating as an
autumn morning. Sometimes
lyrical, sometimes plain and
understated, that direct voice
bridges many individual styles,
but can be heard in Vermont
poets as different as Robert
Frost, Galway Kinnell, Ellen
Bryant Voigt, and David
Budbill. And of course, Sydney
Lea.
Another Vermont trait that
infuses Lea’s poems is his
obvious interest in real physical
work. The title of his book, “To
the Bone,” refers to the time
Lea gashed his leg deeply with
a chainsaw. Trucks loaded with
wood or livestock regularly
turn up in his poetry, along
with frozen pipes that need to
be thawed, John Deere tractors,
cow manure, and other vivid
reminders of the actual life
lived here.
Lea modestly points out
that he doesn’t make his living
from physical labor. But he
clearly respects those who
do. His forthcoming book of
prose, A North Country Life,
includes the stories of several
New England old-timers Lea
has come to know. “I love the
quasi-elegiac quality to their
stories,” he said. “I wanted to
get their voices onto the page.”
Lea has published in several
genres:
poetry,
criticism,
essays, and fiction, and has been
honored with several important
fellowships and literary awards
— among them Fellowships
from
the
Guggenheim,
Fulbright, and Rockefeller
Foundations. In 1996, he was
awarded The Poets Prize, for
To the Bone, and in 2000, his
ninth collection of poems,
Pursuit of A Wound, was one
of three finalists for the Pulitzer
Prize in poetry. He has taught
at Dartmouth, Yale, Wesleyan,
Vermont and Middlebury
Colleges as well as at Franklin
College in Switzerland and the
National Hungarian University
in Budapest.
While he is not fond of
poetry that is so enigmatic
that it is hard to understand,
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most modern poetry, his own
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of the cryptic in composition,
for me,” he noted. “I often
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from?’ But there’s a difference
between that and crypticism
willfully put in (a poem).”
A strength of poetry, he
said, is its ability to transcend
the everyday dualistic way of
“either/or” thinking. He notes
that the poetry of Robert Frost,
while being very accessible on
a surface level, almost always
has deeper meanings that may
run counter to or be at odds
with the surface meaning of
his poems. The same is true for
Sydney Lea.
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an act of discovering what’s
on my mind,” he said. “I never
know exactly where the hell a
poem is going to go.”
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OPINION
P erspective
New rec event
stands out
By INGE SCHAEFER
Three Colchester 250th
Anniversary
meetings
were held last week, the
reparative board, civil board
and selectboard met, as did
the school PTO. The first
monthly meeting of this
year’s Colchester Historical
Society schedule was held,
and the first annual “Muck
It Up” event took place
Saturday. Who knows what
I’m missing? The point is
that there is plenty going on
in Colchester every week that
probably could benefit from
your participation.
No kidding. The terrific
people
attending
these
meetings and helping to
make this town better in
whatever small way they can
would welcome the input that
only you could bring. Why
not consider joining them
or perhaps another type of
Colchester volunteer group.
You can check out what’s
going on in town by going to
www.colchestervt.gov.
Speaking of the “Muck
it Up Sprint Adventure” that
began at 7 a.m. on Saturday, I
think it is safe to say it was a
huge success, especially given
that it was the first one ever
held in Colchester. I suspect
it won’t be the last because it
generated a crowd that mostly
smiled from the minute they
arrived until the minute they
left (for most that was 2.5 to
three hours later). I am not a
7 a.m. kind of gal – I’m up
and moving usually, but in
the house, in a robe with a
cup of coffee. BUT, I offered
to help so was amazed when I
got there to see that those who
had signed up (38 in 19 teams
of two) were not only there
promptly at 7, but were wide
awake and raring to go. This
after having first loaded their
bikes AND kayaks onto their
car, packed up a backpack
of who knows what to get
through this event and driven
from wherever.
The “Muck” included a
run (6 miles), paddling (3
miles) on the Winooski River,
and biking. Now, were that
all, I might have deliriously
thought that maybe, just
maybe — in my younger days
— I might have also been able
to compete. But no — there
was also something about
a three-legged run up a hill
and later carrying a sandbag
across a field. I don’t know,
maybe “Muck it Up” needs
to be rephrased to something
like “You’re kidding, right?”,
or “Marbleperson Race” (the
politically correct Colchester
version of the “Ironman”
challenge).
In any case, the day was
gorgeous and the event went
off without a hitch. This (the
organization and planning,
not necessarily the weather)
has come to be the expected
norm for Colchester Parks
and Recreation events, so
perhaps that was one of the
draws for those who attended
on Saturday. Derek Mitchell,
assistant parks and recreation
director, whose idea it was
to offer this somewhat
novel challenge, said at its
conclusion: “We are very
pleased with the end result.
The participants were having
a great time, they were happy
with the course and there
were no accidents. It’s clearly
something we will do again.”
Always a big part of any
community event is who
you see there and that was a
highlight for me. In addition
to the volunteer support
of several members of the
town, and forgive me if I am
leaving you out (these are the
folks I recognized or worked
with): Clerk/Treasurer Karen
Richard was there with
COLCHESTER’S
CHRONICLER
Inge
Schaefer
her husband Ed, Human
Resources Director Sherry
LaBarge, Pam Loranger,
Holly Haggerty, Nancy and
Dick Pecor, the parks and
recreation staff, former CPD
Officer Stuart “Buddy”
Marceau,
members
of
Colchester
Rescue
and
Technical
Rescue,
and
serving as M.C., guide,
cheerleader and general all
around nice guy was Leigh
Mallory who many years
ago started the Colchester
Triathlon that has now
become so well established
and is considered to be one
of the best of its type in
New England (who knows –
maybe even in the world!) It
was good to see Leigh who
is already busy getting ready
for the 31st Annual Colchester
Ski and Skate Sale (another
project he started years ago
to benefit the school district’s
sports
and
recreation
programs) to be held on Oct.
6-7 in the high school gym.
I saw neighbors, members
of my church and other
Colchesterites in addition
to overhearing folks with
accents that clearly sounded
European, and at least one
couple from Quebec. Look
for this event again next
year and try to imagine what
“mystery” challenges they
may add for that one . . . just
to “muck it up.”
Do you need to kick up
your garden for next year?
Saturday, Sept. 22, beginning
at 10 a.m. (and do wait until 10
a.m. before picking over the
offerings) is the Colchester
Garden Group fall Perennial
Swap. You’ll see the group
on the green between the
Burnham Library and the
Town Meeting House on
Main Street. Bring something
to share in a container or
wrapped in newspaper with
sufficient soil — preferably
not wilted (best to transplant
at least as soon as you read
this Sept. 20). Please identify
the plant. The exchange is
free as is the advice from
these knowledgeable folks
who love to garden and want
you to as well.
Oh, before I forget, I was
incorrect when I said in my
last column that the Historical
Society speaker last Monday
was the President of the
Winooski Historical Society.
Al Blondin is their archivist.
Rita Martel is the president.
So sorry for the error. I also
said that there were three
storefronts being constructed
on Macrae Road by the
Porters Point intersection.
Wrong, there are two. There
is no new info on those stores
(or the disposition of the
old restaurant on Lakeshore
Drive that is such a terrible
eyesore), and according to
town zoning folks, there
apparently are no contracts
yet for either of the new
storefronts. I continue to try
to reach Joe Handy, but to no
avail.
And last, but not least,
during this political season,
this quote (and I have no idea
who said it): “A government
that is able to give you
everything you want is a
government that is able to
take away everything you
have.”
A blessed Rosh Hashanah/
Yom Kippur and to all –
Happy fall and God bless.
On turning 80
By VICTOR NUOVO
On my 70th birthday, I paused
to tell myself that life begins at 70
and then continued on life’s way
unperturbed, with the same prospect
that I had before of life with no
apparent end, full of expectation
and the hope of achievement. It
has been my good fortune not to be
disappointed; the last decade has
been the most productive in my life
in ways that I could scarcely have
imagined or foreseen.
Now that I have reached 80, I find
that I am no longer able to amuse
myself with such sanguine thoughts,
let alone be persuaded by them; age
has matured my thinking and made me
a confirmed philosophical naturalist,
sensible to the fact that there is a
limit to the tenure of life, that this
is true of all living things, indeed of
everything: earth, the sun, our galaxy,
the universe itself. Nothing is eternal,
except perhaps prime matter and its
generative power, which is nature
itself. For everything else, it is the
nature of existence to flourish and to
perish.
But this universal condition of
things is no excuse for becoming
melancholy or morbid, obsessed with
dying, or life-denying. Life has its
seasons, and autumn is as beautiful
as spring; and the taste of bittersweet
is not to be despised, indeed it may
be the most savory of all; for it is
overflowing of compassion, and
compassion (which is caring for
another out of a sense of one’s own
vulnerability) is the root of all value.
There is an ancient prejudice that
only eternal things have real value.
How this belief came to possess the
human mind and why it persists would
take a long time to explain. It has
been enshrined in Plato's philosophy,
which as Francis Bacon remarked is
the apotheosis of an error, sublime and
magnificent though it may be.
But this is not my present concern.
Life has its seasons, and
autumn is as beautiful as
spring; and the taste of
bittersweet is not to be
despised, indeed it may be
the most savory of all.
What concerns me is that this belief
devalues things that should and
do really count for us: a mother's
tender love for her nursing child, the
comfort of parental love, the everyday
sensory delights that bring pleasure
and enjoyment, sunrise and sunset, a
lingering twilight, the afterglow, the
moon drifting through clouds (or is it
clouds drifting past the moon?), the
sight and sounds of a flowing river,
the scent of barberry or lilacs in spring
caught up in a passing breeze, the taste
of a fresh tomato, a bird's dazzling
flight, a child's first steps, a dancer's
grace, a puppy's innocence, the touch
of another's hand in friendship, old
friends, new friends, being alive.
These things are real, tangible, all the
value we need resides in them, flows
out of them and fills the world.
The great Roman poet Lucretius
writing about nature imagined that
life, the universe, and everything is
bound not by inviolable laws but by
mutual bonds akin to covenants, as
though all the operations of nature
and her products: minerals, plants,
animals, celestial systems, worlds,
were determined not by omnipotent
decree but by consensus of their parts,
by agreement of parties limited in their
outlook, seeking some mutual benefit,
benefits that can be secured only by
shared risk and mutual striving, by
experiment.
Hence the essential fragility of all
natural things, for the universe is held
together by covenants (metaphorically
speaking) whose participants are
themselves fragile, transitory, not
always reliable, and in some instances
downright malignant.
The point of all this is that worlds
like ours, whose order is determined
not by fixed laws that operate like
clockwork, but are rather makeshift
arrangements and the physical
equivalents of negotiated agreements,
covenants, promises — such worlds
are impermanent, they come apart.
Pity the world when this happens.
Hence the wisdom of bittersweet.
From all this it follows that life, the
universe, and everything are precious
just because they are, like you and
me, impermanent. We are all in
this experiment of living together.
Lucretius was the first philosopher to
recognize that all animals grieve, that
just as tender love is the source of all
good, so cruelty, its opposite, is the
greatest evil.
Covenants are also the foundation
of our civil society and the institutions
of government, of schools and
hospitals, of public and private
corporations, professions, the arts,
religious associations and more.
Through them our values are made
real and operative. However, the same
fragility and uncertainty that obtains
in nature obtains here also, for they
are rooted in nature and never rise
above it.
If the world were to end
tomorrow, they would cease to be.
But by themselves, they age, become
infirm, puffed up, demented, or lose
their purpose. Yet, because they
are in different ways indispensible
instruments of human flourishing,
their promises must be reaffirmed,
their covenants clarified and renewed.
Just as we care for our bodies, so we
must care for the body politic, which
is to say that we have promises to keep
before we sleep.
Victor Nuovo is a professor of
philosophy at Middlebury College.
Is state set to lose again to Vermont Yankee?
By EMERSON LYNN
For years, Vermont has
seen Vermont Yankee for
the cash cow that it is. That
was beneficial when the
relationship was cordial and
the various contracts were
things negotiated between
the two in good faith. That
would not be the description
of today’s relationship.
Lawsuits,
a
hyped
political atmosphere and
poorly written legislation
will do that.
But
the
Shumlin
administration has committed
itself to the pursuit of shutting
the nuclear power plant in
Vernon down and although
it’s currently finding itself
fighting an uphill legal
battle, the intent remains.
Further, the intent on
the Legislature’s part has
If the court thinks the language points to
behavior intended to shut the plant down, or
to usurp federal regulatory authority, then it’s
likely Vermont Yankee will win in court again.
If the state loses, then state taxpayers are on
the hook for the company’s legal costs, which
are likely to be expensive.
been this: If the plant is to
continue to operate, then the
state intends to tax the plant
for as long as it’s operational.
Entergy, the owner of
the plant, is feeling picked
upon and, given the fact
that it has nothing to lose
and everything to gain, it's
pushing back. Hard.
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Last week the company
sued the state over the $12.5
million tax the Legislature
levied
on
electricity
generation in the 2012
session. The company sued
on four counts of violating
its constitutional rights:
violating the supremacy
clause,
violating
the
commerce clause, violating
the equal protection clause
and violating the contract
clause.
Basically, it’s a battle
of control. Entergy says
the state does not have the
power to levy such a tax and
that it picked out Entergy,
specifically, to target the tax.
The state, obviously,
says it does have the power
to control and that the tax on
electricity generation was
not intended to single out
Vermont Yankee.
The statute in question
does not name Vermont
Yankee per se, but the tax
is confined to any electric
power plant built after July 1,
1965 and one that generates
more than 200,000 kilowatts.
It’s a distinction without
a
difference.
Vermont
Yankee is the only plant in
Vermont that meets those
standards.
The state of Vermont lost
the first round in its case to
shut the plant down and it
lost largely because the court
reviewed the legislative
history and determined that
the legislative language was
focused on the need to shut
the plant down because of
safety concerns — something
beyond the state's control. The court, in the case
filed last week, will follow
the same exercise, which
is to review the legislative
record to gauge intent. If the
court thinks the language
points to behavior intended
to shut the plant down, or
to usurp federal regulatory
authority, then it’s likely
Vermont Yankee will win in
court again.
If the state loses, then
state taxpayers are on the
hook for the company’s legal
costs, which are likely to be
expensive.
The
electricity
generation tax is not large
in and of itself. It’s also not
inconsistent with what other
states are charging. But there
is a wrong way to do things,
and a right way. And the
right way would be to strip
the process of the political
edge.
The state might actually
have to talk to Entergy and
negotiate in a way that meets
constitutional requirements.
But, and this is just basic
business, sometimes you
have to deal with players who
are less than desirable to deal
with. You can be tough, but
you have to be fair and things
need to be done properly.
It can be expensive, and
counterproductive to do
otherwise, as Vermont may
learn, yet again.
Emerson
Lynn
is
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Messenger.
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Thursday
Presentation. “Prepare for Homeownership —
Part 2.” Presenter: Local Realtor, Home
Inspector and Attorney. Free but seating
is limited. New England Federal Credit
Union, 141 Harvest Lane, Williston, 5:307 p.m. Sign up: 879-8790 or nefcu.com
Concert. Vibraphonist Joe Locke with drums,
sax, piano and bass. Free and open to
the public. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m.
Seminar. VBSR Networking Get-together.
Hosted by the Vermont Energy Investment
Corporation (VEIC). VEIC Offices at the
Vermont Innovation Center, 121 Lakeside
Ave, Suite 401, Burlington, 5:30-7:30
p.m. Contact: 802-862-8347
Chili cook-off. No cost to enter. Compete
against other cooks for the glory of being
crowned Best Chili Maker. All proceeds
support SM & Friends, a team raising
money for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s,
which takes place Sept. 23 at Shelburne
Museum. Tickets to attend the cook-off:
$10 adults, $5 children 12 and under. All
you can eat; please bring own plates and
utensils. Town Hall, Shelburne, 5:30-8 p.m.
To sign up, contact Paige: faigepeeser@
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Friday
Community presentation. Horace C. Campbell — professor, author and activist —
will speak about Bob Marley on the topic
of resistance to war. City Hall, Burlington,
7 p.m.
Reception. “Mobile-o-graphy” is a display of
amusing and eclectic photographs taken
from mobile phones. Exhibit through Sept.
23. Darkroom Gallery, 12 Main Street,
Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m.
Brown Bag Book Club. Looking to meet
others who love to discuss books? This
month: “The Sense of An Ending” by Julian Barnes. Copies available at library.
Coffee, tea, juice and dessert provided.
Free and open to all adults. Dorothy
Alling Memorial Library, 21 Library Lane,
Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Contact: 8784918
Casino Night and Texas Hold’em tournament. Blackjack, craps, roulette and
wheel of fortune. Admission: $10.
Hold’em: $100.00 buy in. All proceeds
go to charitable causes including food
shelves, mentoring programs for students,
sports and music programs. Presented by
the Colchester Milton Rotary. Hampton
Inn, Colchester, 7-11 p.m. Preregistration
for Hold’em tournament: 6 p.m. Contact:
802-658-4182 or suzannebrownesq@
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Concert. Cello and piano pieces played by
Melissa Perley and Vladimir Odinokikh.
Includes Sergei Rachmaninov’s Sonata for
Cello & Piano, Op 19 in g minor. College
Hall Gallery, 36 College Street, Burlington, 8 p.m.
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Saturday
Workshops. Local photography group “Art
in Photography” is offering 3 workshops with “iPhone Artistry” author and
instructor Dan Burkholder. Through Sept.
23. Darkroom Gallery, 12 Main Street,
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Harvest supper. Menu: homemade baked
beans, rolls, squash, beets, hash, home-
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Co-hosted by theater professional Robin Fawcett and poet
Reuben Jackson, 15 young
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Presented by Young Writers
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Burlington Book Festival.
Film House, Main Street
Landing Performing Arts
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children over 3. Monkton Friends Methodist Church, Monkton, 5-6:30 p.m. Contact:
453-2870.
Chicken and Biscuit supper. Menu: chicken,
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Essex Center, 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. For reservations: 878-8304. Presentation. “Irish Genealogy — Research
in the U.S.” Ed McGuire will discuss ScotsIrish and Catholic immigration waves,
techniques for locating Irish records in this
country, key repositories and online databases. Classes: $5. The Vermont Genealogy Library, Hegeman Avenue, Fort Ethan
Allen, Colchester, across from the State
Police Building, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Contact: 802-482-3075
Vermont Harvest Supper. Chicken and gravy,
lumpy mashed potatoes, fresh squash,
home made cranberry sauce, fresh baked
biscuits topped off with fresh apple crisp
and ice cream. Live music. Cost: $12
adults, $5 children. Essex Grange Hall,
4:30-6:30 p.m. Contact: 802-899-2120
Oldies But Goodies dinner dance. All ages
are welcome. Poodle skirt and saddle
shoes strongly encouraged. $10 per person over age 16. Reservations appreciated but not needed. St. James Church, 4 St.
James Place (gate f to Champlain Valley
Expo), Essex Junction, 6-9 p.m. Contact:
802-878-4014
SEPT.27
WATERCOLOR FOR BEGINNERS
Every Thurs. morning from Sept. 27-Oct.
18. Free for seniors. Learn washes, color
mixing, layering, wet-on-wet painting
and making gradations. Paint, brushes
and supplies provided.
The Colchester Senior Center, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Contact Kelly: 802-264-5646.
chael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m.
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Tuesday
The Burlington Garden Club meeting. “Teaching Stewardship to Our Youth - 15 years
and Growing” by Carol McQuillen. Learn
how the South Burlington School System is
evolving with a growing number of school
gardens. Free and open to the public.
Handicapped accessible. Brand Hall.
Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset Street, South Burlington, 1:15-3 p.m.
Contact: 863-6764
Presentation. “Galapagos: The Enchanted
Isles.” Speaker Shirley Johnson will show
pictures of the birds, plants, animals, and
scenery of the Galapagos. Shelburne Library, Shelburne, 6:30 p.m. Contact: 8784132.
Discussion. “Think Outside the Box: The Fascinating World of Modern Proverbs.” Dr. Wolfgang Mieder, co author of the
new “Dictionary of Modern Proverbs”
will discuss the language, structure,
length, and metaphors of the proverbs Dine and discuss. “Red Badge of Courage” by
Stephen Crane will be discussed. Part of
of the 20th/21st centuries will be anathe new Inner Journeys Series. Patrons are
lyzed. Free and open to all adults. Doroasked to bring a Potluck dish to share. Try
thy Alling Memorial Library, 21 Library
making or buying food that recalls 19th
Lane, Williston, 1 p.m. Contact: 878-4918
Century American --Northern or Southern.
The library will provide tableware, water
and decaf. Copies of the books available
at Main Desk, Northfield Saving Banks
and Peoples United Susie Wilson Road.
Pre-registration encouraged. Space is
limited to 35. Open to readers grade 7
Reception. “Vermont Visions on Paper” feaand up. Brownell Library, Essex Junction,
tures an exhibition of watercolor works
6-8:30 p.m. Contact: 878-6955
by members of the Vermont Watercolor
Society. Exhibit runs through Oct. 20. Free
Meeting. The CIRC Alternatives Task Force.
and open to the public. Sugar House, ViOpen to the public. Town Hall, Williston,
sions of Vermont Fine Arts Galleries, Jef6:30-9 p.m. Visit: http://www.circtaskfersonville, 3-5 p.m.
force.org/.
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23
Sunday
Pie Fest and Cider House Run. Pre-registered
participants in the Pie Fest are encouraged to drop off a two-crusted apple
pie by 11:30 a.m. 1st Place walks away
with $200 cash. The Cider House Run is
a family-friendly 2 or 4- mile run, or
2-mile walk, through the orchard. Registration: $20. Shelburne Orchards, 9:45
a.m. check-in for race, 12 p.m. judging for
pies. Contact Rayne: 316-7142, rayne@
racevermont.com, or visit www.shelburneorchards.com. Walk to Defeat ALS. Three-mile walk to spread
awareness, raise funds for patient services and research, and offer support for
those who have fought and are fighting
the disease. Rain or shine. Coffee, juice
and snacks will be provided as well as
a light lunch followed by an award ceremony. Presented by the ALS Association
Northern New England. Chapter Dorset
Park, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Registration and information: 603-969-3004
or acoyne@alsanne.org and dwehrlin@
yahoo.com.
Jane Austen in Vermont. “An Afternoon with
Jane Austen.” Presentations by authors
Elsa Solender and Stuart Bennett. Two
sessions will be linked with a talk by
Hope Greenberg as she goes through the
stages of “Dressing Jane” in the proper
Regency fashion of her day. Books will be
available for purchase and signing. Free
and Open to the public. Light refreshments served. Hauke Conference Center,
Champlain College, 375 Maple Street,
Burlington, 1-5 p.m. Contact: 802-3432294
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Wednesday
Monday
Shape and Share Life Stories. Prompts real
life experience stories which are crafted
into engaging narratives and shared with
the group. Led by Recille Hamrell. Free
and open to all adults. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, 21 Library Lane, Williston,
12:30-2:30 p.m. Contact: 878-4918
Nordic Naturals Demo. Learn about their different omega oil products. Sweet Clover
Market, 21 Essex Way, Essex Junction,
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Presentation. Dr. Trevor Weston, AfricanAmerican composer and choirboy with a
doctorate from Berkeley, will speak on
“Music and Mysticism.” Free and open to
the public. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Mi-
Model Railroad Clinic. Topic: Installing DDC
sound in a locomotive by Paul Allard
MMR. No handouts provided, no charge.
Drive up hill around in back of Planet Fitness and follow the RR signs. Northwestern Vermont Model RR Club Rooms, 57
River Road, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Contact:
802-370-9617
Fall Foliage Fiesta of Rug Hooking. Sponsored by Green Mountain Hooked Rugs,
this annual event offers traditional and
contemporary rug hooking classes and
a Rest and Rug Hooking Retreat option. Registration required. Through Sept.
30. College Hall, 36 College Street, Burlington
27
Thursday
Pickle Tasting. Pucker up for a tangy tasting!
Sweet Clover Market, 21 Essex Way, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Look Good —Feel Better Program. Free program that teaches female cancer patients
techniques to help restore their appearance during chemotherapy and radiation treatments. American Cancer Society
Hope Lodge, Lois McClure-Bee Tabakin
Building, 237 East Avenue, Burlington, 11
a.m.-12:30 p.m. Contact Hope Lodge:
802-658-0649
Volunteer advisory council meeting. The
Burlington Walk/Bike Council. 5:30pm in
Room 12, City Hall, Burlington, 5:30 p.m.
Learn more at http://burlingtonwalkbike.
org/
Colchester/Milton Rotary meeting. Speaker:
Cathy LaClair, Rotarian. “Classification
Speech.” Hampton Inn, Colchester, 121:30 p.m.
Presentation. “Life In A Jar: The Irena Sendler
Project.” Author Jack Mayer will speak
about his book that documents the true
story of Holocaust hero, Irena Sendler —
a woman who rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Lawrence
Memorial Library, 40 North Street, Bristol
Village, 7-8:30 p.m. Contact: 453-4147
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Friday
Grand opening. Dress for Success Burlington.
Reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony.
95 St. Paul Street, Suite 110, in Burling-
7a
CALENDAR
ton, 4-7 p.m. Contact: 802-316-1026 or
Burlington@dressforsuccess.org
Meet the Butcher. Eric will be sampling some
of his house made sausages. Sweet Clover Market, 21 Essex Way, Essex Junction,
4-6 p.m.
Presentation. “Wild Mushrooms: Forager’s
Dream and Potential Pitfalls.” Join mycologist and mushrooming author, Greg
Marley for a visual feast of the common
mushrooms of fall and a talk on foraging
for edible and medicinal mushrooms. Attendees are invited to bring mushrooms in
for review. Fee: members $5, non-members $10 No registration required. Richmond Free Library, 201 Bridge Street,
Richmond, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Reception. “Vermont Plein Air Octoberfest”
with 25 artists. Exhibit runs through Oct.
28. Galleria Fine Arte, 6 Sunset Street,
Stowe, 5-8 p.m.
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Saturday
Full Moon Stroll. Moonlit walk and discussion
on how wildlife prepares for the upcoming winter months. Followed by hot chocolate and a campfire. Free and open to
the public. Binoculars, information packets,
and beverages will be provided. Please
bring a flashlight and wear appropriate
footwear for a mile walk on wooded trails.
Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 7 p.m.
Register: 802-863-5744 or americorps@
wvpd.org.
Workshop. “Mushroom Identification for the Forager.” This in-depth mushroom workshop
will give participants the skills and confidence to identify common edible, medicinal and toxic mushrooms. Fee: Members
$60, Non-members $65 Pre-registration is
required for the field day. Education Barn,
Green Mountain Audubon Center, 255
Sherman Hollow Road, Huntington, 9 a.m.3 p.m. Registration: 434-3068.
“Speed Date Your Senators.” An introduction to
the candidates for VT State Senate from
Chittenden County. The candidates will rotate through tables of 8-10 voters to discuss a set of questions on issues facing the
State today. Sponsored by The League of
Women Voters of the Champlain Valley.
Tuttle Middle School, Dorset Street (across
from the fire station), South Burlington, 11
a.m.
Barn sale. Enormous 45-family barn sale to
benefit Saxon Hill School. Excellent selection of gently used, high quality children’s
clothing, outdoor gear, toys, books, movies, and house wares. Through Sept. 30, 10
a.m.-3 p.m. Saxon Hill School, Route 15,
Underhill, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Chicken pie supper. Includes chicken pie,
mashed potatoes, squash, homemade dessert, beverages and more. Take outs available. Price: $10 adults, $5 children 6-12.
Sponsored by the Ladies of the United
Church of Fairfax. BFA Elementary Gym,
Fairfax, 5 p.m. Contact: 849-6313.
Stiletto Walk. Participants will walk a .6 mile
route up and down Church Street in the
“shoes they choose.” Prizes will be awarded for creativity. Help spread awareness
about sexual violence and help raise funds
for services for survivors of sexual violence
in Chittenden County. Burlington City Hall,
3 p.m.
Craft show. Fundraiser for Making Strides
Against Breast Cancer. Pick apples and
shop local crafters. Features a bake sale
and raffle items. Through Sept. 30. Allenholm Farm, South Hero, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Contact: bhawley03@gmail.com
Genealogy. “New England Genealogy Research: Using AmericanAncestors.org.” Ed
Learn to use America’s best website for
in-depth research into early New England
settlers and their ancestry, including over
30 million vital records. The unique collections in this site also cover early settlers in
NY, NJ, VA and PA. The Vermont Genealogy Library, Hegeman Avenue, Fort Ethan
Allen, Colchester, across from the State Police Building, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Contact:
802-482-3075.
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Sunday
Puppy workshop. Open to puppies aged 8
weeks-5 months and their people. Will
cover puppy management, a few basic
commands, and how to understand your
puppy. Suggested donation: $20. All proceeds benefit a local dog-related nonprofit chosen at the workshop. Pet Food
Warehouse, 2500 Williston Road, South
Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. To sign up: deb@
goldstardog.com before 9/28.
Ongoing
Bingo. Sponsored by the Whitcomb Woods
SEPTEMBER EVENTS AT BURNHAM MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Sept. 20
Burnham Library Trustees Meeting. The library’s trustees meet monthly, and meetings are open to the public. Burnham Memorial Library, 898 Main Street, Colchester, 4 p.m. Contact: 879-7576 or jmuse@colchestervt.gov.
Sept. 22
Practice SAT Part 1. Take an authentic, accurately scored SAT. Next week at Part
2, receive your scores and tips from a Princeton Review instructor. There is no
charge. The registration link is available on our website. Burnham Memorial
Library, 898 Main Street, Colchester, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Contact: 879-7576 or
jmuse@colchestervt.gov. Web: Colchestervt.gov/Library/.
Sept. 24
Intergenerational Dessert Book Discussion. For anyone grade 6 to adult who loves
a good “read–and–rant!” Eat something sweet and talk about a great book.
Stop by to sign up. Burnham Memorial Library, 898 Main Street, Colchester,
6:30 p.m. Contact: 879-7576 or jmuse@colchestervt.gov.
Adult Writing Group. Join a new writing group for aspiring authors of all styles.
The group will be led by Carrie Shamel. Burnham Memorial Library, 898 Main
Street, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Contact: 879-7576 or jmuse@colchestervt.gov.
Sept. 25
Vermont and the Civil War. Vermont author and Civil War historian Howard Coffin
will speak on the war and its effects on Vermonters. Discussion on Red Badge
of Courage, by Stephen Crane, and Bull Run, by Paul Fleischman. Burnham
Memorial Library, 898 Main Street, Colchester, 1 p.m. Contact: 879-7576 or
jmuse@colchestervt.gov.
Sept. 26
Massage. Laura Emerson, trained at Aveeda Institute, will give information on the
health effects of massage, as well as a demonstration. Burnham Memorial Library, 898 Main Street, Colchester, 4-7 p.m. Contact: 879-7576 or jmuse@
colchestervt.gov.
Sept. 29
Practice SAT Part 2. Receive your scores from last week’s test, and discuss tips and
strategy with a Princeton Review instructor. Free. The link to register online
is available on the library’s website. Burnham Memorial Library, 898 Main
Street, Colchester, 10-11:30 a.m. Contact: 879-7576 or jmuse@colchestervt.
gov. Web: Colchestervt.gov/Library/.
ONGOING
Burnham Knitters. Knitters of all skill levels meet most Wednesdays. Beginners welcome. Burnham Memorial Library, 898 Main Street, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Contact: 879-7576 or jmuse@colchestervt.gov.
Colchester Farmers’ Market. Wednesdays. The Market will take place rain or shine,
and will feature local farmers, artisans, and food vendors. Bikers and walkers
encouraged; limited parking is available at Burnham Library, United Church of
Colchester, the Meeting House, and Our Lady of Grace. 4-7:30 pm.
Drop-in story time. Saturdays. A weekly selection of music and books for children
of all ages. No sign-up required. Starts Sept. 15. Burnham Memorial Library,
898 Main Street, Colchester, 10 a.m. Contact: 878-0313 or jmuse@colchestervt.gov.
Music with Raphael. Wednesdays. Raphael plays guitar while emphasizing good
fun, taking turns, and dancing. Best for ages 3-5. Colchester Meeting House
(next door to the Burnham Memorial Library), 898 Main Street, Colchester,
12:30-1 p.m. Contact: 878-0313 or jmuse@colchestervt.gov.
Drop-in Gentle Hatha Yoga. Tuesdays. Bring a mat and enjoy poses for mindful
stretching and relaxation. Beginners and intermediates welcome. 4:30-5:30
p.m. Call 878-0313 to sign up.
Preschool story time. Mondays and Thursdays. Starting Sept. 10. Stories followed
by a craft or activity. For ages 3-6. Call to register. 10:30 a.m.
Burnham Library resumes normal hours
The library is now open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Contact: 879-7576 or jmuse@colchestervt.gov.
Residents Association. Whitcomb Woods,
128 West Street, Essex Junction. Mondays
at 6 p.m. Contact: 879-1829.
Call to artists. “Hot and Cold” exhibit is looking for 2D and 3D media that explores
all interpretations of this pair of opposites. Through Oct. 31. Artists’ Mediums,
Williston. Visit: www.artistsmediums.
blogspot.com/p/1.html
Cell Phones for Soldiers. Local residents can
support these collection drives by donating their old cell phones at A. W. Rich Funeral Home, 57 Main Street, Essex Junction. Collections accepted 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Contact: 849-6261.
Colchester Farmers’ Market. 4-7 p.m. each
Wednesday at the Burnham Library
Green on Main Street in Colchester, rain
or shine. Music Sept 19th:
Colchester’s own Rick & Linda Presson perform
familiar sing-along pop and jazz songs.
Enjoy prepared foods, fresh produce,
artwork, jewelry and more. Contact: colchesterfarmersmarket@gmail.com
Divorce Care Support Group. The 13-week
group for men and women. Sept. 12-Dec.
12. Wednesday evenings. Essex Alliance
Community Center, 37 Old Stage Road,
Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Contact:
802-425-7053.
English as a Second Language Classes. Improve your English conversation skills and
meet new people. Wednesdays. Pickering Room, Second Floor: Intermediate/
Advanced. Administrative Conference
Room: Beginners. Fletcher Free Library,
Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Contact Elena Carter,
FFL Outreach Department: 865-7211.
Essex Art League. Meets the first Thursday of
the month. Agendas include business and
social time and a guest artist presentation. Full details at www.essexartleague.
com. First Congregational Church, Main
Street, Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m.
Essex Rotary Meeting. Essex Rotary Meetings
are held on Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m.
at The Essex. Serving the communities of
Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho and Underhill.
Every Woman’s Craft Connection. Twice a
month on Thursday evenings. Essex Alli-
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ance Church Community Center, 7-9 p.m.
Contact Deb Schonberg: 879-5176.
Exhibit. “Vermont Plein Air Octoberfest” with
25 artists. Runs through Oct. 28. Galleria
Fine Arte, 6 Sunset Street, Stowe.
Exhibit. Vermont Photo Group. Fine art photographers display their new work featuring landscapes and images in nature.
Through Sept. 29. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street, Burlington. Contact: 802-865-7211
Exhibit. “Migration Ahoy!” Art installation on
birds, migration, and woodcarvings. Thropugh Sept. 30. Dorothy Alling Memorial
Library, 21 Library Lane, Williston.
Exhibit. “Mobile-o-graphy” is a display of
amusing and eclectic photographs taken
from mobile phones. Through Sept. 23.
Darkroom Gallery, 12 Main Street, Essex
Junction.
Exhibit. “The Collier Classification System for
Very Small Objects.” Things big enough to
be seen by the naked eye but no larger
than 8 by 8 by 20 millimeters. Brian Collier. Through Oct. 15. Durick Library, St.
Michael’s College, Colchester. Contact:
802-654-2536
Exhibit. “Vermont Visions on Paper” feawwwwtures an exhibition of watercolor works
by members of the Vermont Watercolor
Society. From Sept. 14-Oct. 20. Sugar
House, Visions of Vermont Fine Arts Galleries, Jeffersonville, Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5
p.m.
Exhibit. “Endangered Alphabets.” Tim Brookes’
five-foot wood panels displaying the alphabet of four languages nearing extinction will be displayed in foyer of the
newly renovated main entrance to the library during the Burlington Book Festival.
Runs Sept. 21-25. Main Entryway Foyer,
Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street,
Burlington. Contact: 802-865-7211.
Family Support Group. Outright Vermont
holds support group meetings for family
members of youth going through the process of coming out. One Sunday evening
and one Wednesday morning each month
at Outright Vermont. Contact: 865-9677.
Stern Center
for Language and Learning
Williston, VT | White River Jct., VT
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Colchester
Religious Directory
Daybreak Community Church
67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester VT. 05446
802-33a8-9118 or brentdaybreak@gmail.com
www.daybreakvermont.org
Sunday Service at 10:30am
Lead Pastor, Brent Devenney
Islamic Society of Vermont
182 Hegeman Avenue. 655-6711
Islamic Society of Vermont. Join Imam Islam Hassan (imam@
isvt.org) for the five daily prayers. Timings at ISVT homepage
www.isvt.org The call for Friday Jumah prayers is exactly at
1:00PM followed by Khutbah and prayer. Additional Friday
night lectures between Magrib and Isha prayers. Weekend
Islamic classes on Sundays 9:45AM-1:30PM for all children 4
years and older during the school year. Interested non-members
always welcome. (802) 655-6711 or salam@isvt.org
or Facebook.
Malletts Bay Congregational Church UCC
1672 West Lakeshore Dr. 658-9155. Rev.
Mary Nelson Abbott, Pastor. Worship
Service: Sunday at 9:30 a.m.; Church
School: Sunday at 10:00 a.m.;
Fellowship time: Sunday at 10:30 a.m..
Childcare provided. All are welcome!
United Church Of Colchester
- ABC
Rte 2A-Village Green, 879-5442.
Pastor Josh Steely.
Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Adult Sunday School: 9 a.m.
Youth Sunday School during 10:30
worship; pre-school through 11 years.
Nursery care available during worship
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GARAGE SALE
Sat. Sept. 22nd
from 9-5. End
of the season
sale for bargain
hunters. Ladies
right hand
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golf clubs,
tapestry golf
bag, collectibles,
Christmas items
and much more.
1224 Old Stage
Rd. Westford,
next to Adams
Turkey Farm.
“No early birds,
please”
Neighborhood
garage sale.
Household items,
toys, sporting
goods, furniture,
treasures and
more! 9am
- 3pm. Sat.
Sept 22nd.
Steeplebush
Road, Essex
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POTATO RICER
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REFRIGERATOR,
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Antique
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never worn $25.
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VICTROLA
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w/records, $40.
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802-393-2744
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Pantech with
camera, $40.
and one is a
flip phone with
camera, $30.
802-393-2744
PLAY SAUCER,
FOR infant. $20.
802-393-2744
SURROUND
SOUND WITH
DVD player and
all speakers.
Works great. $50.
802-868-0096
CRAFT ITEMS,
LARGE box of
styrofoam in
different shapes,
$20. for all. 802485-8266
VCR/DVD
COMBO, WORKS
great. $40. 802868-0096
CRAFT ITEMS,
LARGE box of
yards of burlap,
in natural and
different colors
beautiful. $30.
802-485-8266
CHAIN SAW,
HUSQVARNA,
440 X Torq
E series. 16"
blade with extra
chain. Excellent
condition. Comes
with chain guard,
CANNING JARS,
QUART $6./
dozen, pint $4./
dozen, jelly jars
$4./dozen, no
gas tank, file,
wrench and bar
oil. Asking $150.
or best offer.
802-868-7811
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ONLY $3997.
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CROSSBOW,
WEIDER, $150.
or best offer. Call
802-735-8256
leave a message.
FIREWOOD FOR
SALE, 16" dry,
$225./cord,
pickup. 802-7822217
BRAND NEW
QUEEN mattress
set, comes with
matching box
spring, still in
plastic, can help
with delivery.
$150. 802-5570675
BUNK BED,
METAL, white,
Ashley furniture,
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condition. $150.
802-868-4194
BUREAU, 4
DRAWER, great
condition. $35.
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CHAIRS, (2), ONE
is a rocking chair
and the other is
a regular chair.
Both are wooden.
$15. for both.
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DINING ROOM
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KITCHEN HUTCH,
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x 29" wide, 3
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doors on bottom
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Public Complaints About Personnel Policy # D10
School Emergency Plans Policy # E3
Smoking in School Building and/or Grounds Policy # F3
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DOLL, VINTAGE,
ANIMATED,
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perfect condition
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LIVING ROOM
SET, overstuffed,
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rocker recliner
$150. 802-8916580
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condition. $35.
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air compressor,
mileage of 94,000
+/-. Submit bids
by 9/28/12 to
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District No. 2, PO
Box 4, Colchester,
VT 05446
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with questions.
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(black mask, white chest, white gloves and stockings, white
tip of tail). Microchipped. Extremely fearful. Please do not
approach. Any info, call Judy at 878.7668.
Essex Town School District Child
Nutrition Program has food service
assistant positions open in Essex
Elementary and Founders Memorial
Schools.
Substitute food service
assistants are also needed. Work hours
typically are 8:15 am to 1:30 pm. If you
are interested in interacting with great
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Library
seeks
flexible
individual for busy circulation desk. Part
time, nights and weekends. High school
diploma or GED, library experience,
computer and people skills. Application
and job description at Village of Essex
Junction office, 2 Lincoln Street, Essex
Junction (878-6944), or at the Brownell
Library. Position open until filled. EOE
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THEME: FAMOUS
WRITERS
ACROSS
1. Put to the
metal?
6. British rule
over India prior
to 1947
9. Gas giver
13. Grooves in
rocks, e.g.
14. Flightless
bird
15. Mr. in Mexico
16. Arm-__-___
17. ___ Kempner,
famous socialite
18. Speak one’s
mind
19. From times
long ago
21. *”Anna
Karenina” author
23. ___ date
24. C&H crop
25. Pacquiao
move, e.g.
28. a.k.a. “The
Biggest Little City
in the World”
30. Preserve, as
in body
35. Inspired
by feeling of
reverence
37. R in RPM, pl.
39. Titled peer of
the realm
40. First ____ on
a ship
41. *Romantic
novelist
43. *Oscar
Wilde’s character
Dorian ____
44. _____ Park,
CO
46. *Betty
Smith’s grew in
Brooklyn
47. Equal
48. Mohammed’s
descendant
50. To, archaic
52. Sea in Spain
53. Lump of stuff
55. Remains
container
57. *Creator
of Inspector
Maigret
61. *Rabbit’s
chronicler
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"
DOWN
1. Tire
measurement
2. Volcano in
Sicily
3. Crossdresser’s
garb
4. Ran or
appeared
5. *Prolific
Western fiction
writer
6. Tear violently
7. Medical group
8. Military-led
government
9. To liven, as in
“it ____ him up”
10. Used for
measurement
11. Kissing
disease?
12. *Michael
Crichton’s novel
about nanorobotic threat to
mankind
15. In earnest
20. Sneers
22. The top seed
24. The corrupt
often do this
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835 Blakely Rd, Colchester, VT 05446
Sept. 11- Sept. 17, 2012
Tuesday, Sept. 11
0021 Intoxication on Cashman Rd
1013 Boating incident on E Lakeshore
Dr
1019 911 hangup on First St
1108 Accident on W Lakeshore Dr
1137 Accident on Blakely Rd
1233 MV complaint on Main St
1343 MV complaint on Blakely Rd
1348 VIN inspection on Roosevelt Hwy
1548 Accident on Roosevelt Hwy
1647 Trespassing on Mercier Dr
1649 Agency assist on Holy Cross Rd
1835 Overdose in Colchester
1847 Threatening on First St
2055 Noise disturbance on Mohawk Dr
2146 Drugs on College Pkwy
2220 Citizen assist on Blakely Rd
2313 Suspicious activity on Belwood
Ave
2348 MV complaint on I-89N
Wednesday, Sept. 12
0324 Alarm on Orion Dr
0656 Theft on Eagle Park Dr
0726 Theft on Cobbleview Dr
0729 Theft on Main St
0853 Theft on Brookside Way
0915 Medical on Main St
0923 Theft on Main St
0932 Suspicious activity on Roosevelt
Hwy
1039 MV complaint on S Bay Cir
1107 Suspicious activity on Eagle
Park Dr
1154 Medical on Farnsworth Rd
1435 Stalking on Watertower Cir
1444 Theft on Laker Ln
1449 Juvenile problem in Colchester
1458 Medical on Bonanza Park
1605 DUI on Macrae Rd
1623 Medical on Bonanza Park
1802 Welfare check on Seventh St
1856 Agency assist on Ethan Allen Ave
2041 Traffic Hazard Malletts Bay Ave
2228 Fall on Pine Ln
2310 MV complaint on Blakely Rd
Thursday, Sept. 13
0429 Agency assist on College Pkwy
0810 Fire alarm on Troy Ave
0837 Chets pain on Hercules Dr
1034 Alarm n Overlake Dr
1101 Suspicious activity on College
Pkwy
1148 Theft on Ethan Allen Ave
1204 Agency assist on S Park Dr
1244 Trespassing on W Lakeshore Dr
1310 Suspicious activity on College
Pkwy
1445 Alarm on Belair Dr
1450 Suspicious activity on Church Rd
1531 Directed patrol on Malletts
Bay Ave
1659 Boating incident on Niquettes
Bay
1805 Medical on W Lakeshore Dr
1850 MV complaint on Creek Farm Rd
1912 Sex offense in Colchester
2258 MV complaint on Wiley Rd
Friday, Sept. 14
0657 Agency assist on Laker Ln
0713 Directed patrol on Porters Point
Rd
0756 Agency assist on East St,
Winooski
0917 Suspicious activity on Birchwood
Dr
1023 Agency assist on Main St
1126 Suspicious activity on Mountain
View Dr
1304 Fire alarm on College Pkwy
1358 DLS on Shady Ln
1444 Disorderly on Wedgewood Rd
1616 Citizen assist on Leoray Ct
1701 ATV incident on Severance Rd
1714 Alarm on Orion Rd
1739 Medical on Wedgewood Rd
1915 Unsecure premise on Prim Rd
1958 Suspicious activity on Porters
Point Rd
2000 Agency assist on US Route 7,
Milton
2110 Agency assist on Gilman Cir
2207 Suspicious activity on Williams
Rd
2226 Agency assist on Roosevelt Hwy
2237 Family fight in Colchester
Saturday, Sept. 15
0007 Medical on Wildflower Ln
0053 Utility problem on Mill Pond Rd
0333 Family fight in Colchester
0627 Chets pain on Indian Cir
1010 Fraud on College Pkwy
1152 Citizen assist on Lower Mountain
View Dr
1319 Accident on Main St
1425 Boating incident on Colchester
Point
1451 MV complaint on Roosevelt Hwy
1503 Agency assist on Stone Dr
1506 Theft on S Park Dr
1515 Suspicious activity on Mountain
View Dr
1642 Suspicious activity on Pine
Meadow Dr
1758 Welfare check on Douglas Dr
1850 MV complaint on Roosevelt Hwy
2011 Citizen dispute on Douglas Dr
2013 DUI on Bay Rd
2124 Citizen dispute on Douglas Dr
2225 Drugs on Bay Rd
2333 MV complaint on Main St
Sunday, Sept. 16
0010 Theft on Barnes Ave
0015 DUI on Campus Rd
0144 Suspicious activity on
Wilmington Rd
0214 Agency assist on Young St
0321 Agency assist on Brickyard Rd
Wilmington Rd
0628 Noise disturbance on Bay Rd
0941 Burglary on Canterbury Way
0947 Fire on Red Rock Rd
1016 Accident on Ford Ln
1020 Burglary on Mills Point Rd
1046 Welfare check on Fox Run
1117 Citizen assist on Ethan Allen Ave
1535 Medical on Hercules Dr
1815 Citizen dispute on Roosevelt Hwy
1901 Alarm on Watertower Cir
2221 Medical on S Park Dr
Monday, Sept. 17
0804 Theft on Barnes Ave
0933 Burglary alarm on Crossfield Ave
Wilmington Rd
1141 Unconsiousness on College Pkwy
1149 Suspicious activity on Bay Rd
1241 Burglary alarm on Barbara Ter
1354 Traffic hazard on College Pkwy
1536 Citizen assist on Sunset View Rd
1944 Agency assist on Hall St,
Winooski
2022 Suspicious activity on Wells Ave
2040 Agency assist on S Park Dr
2046 MV complaint on W Lakeshore Dr
2341 Suspicious activity on Severance
Green
For more information about
these and other incidents,
contact the Colchester
Police Department (802)
264-5556
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air
65. Transgression
67. Napoleon’s
time on Elba, e.g.
69. Ralph in Paris
70. And so forth
71. Follows wash
72. They march
one-by-one
73. Likewise
74. Passover
meal
25. *”The Turn
of the Screw”
author
26. Inundated
27. Davis or
Midler, e.g.
29. As opposed
to gross
31. Peat
wetlands
32. Biblical
Abraham’s
original name
33. Camel’s
cousin
34. *The Twilight
Saga author
36. It freezes in
headlights?
38. “As ____ on
TV”
42. Reduce
pressure
45.
Communication
that encodes a
message
49. ___ Rida,
rapper
51. Superior
commands
54. Early stages,
as in sickness
56. Female
water-elf
57. *”Pretty
Little Liars”
author, ____
Shepard
58. Islamic
Republic of ____
59. Debatable
point
60. Plural of #14
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is natural
62. Type or sort
63. Other than
what’s implied
66. International
trade
organization
68. Poetic “ever”
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BOOK REVIEWS
“The Astonishing Life
of Octavian Nothing,
Vol I, The Pox Party”
By M. T. Anderson
Young Adult Fiction,
2006
Reviewed by Josh
Muse, Library
Technology
Anderson’s
book
starts off as a small
but intense story, about a boy’s life as an
experiment; by the end, however, it has
expanded to encompass the idea of race and
the limits of “freedom” in the American
Revolution. Octavian and his mother live in
a peculiar educational institution just before
the Revolution, though only gradually does it
become apparent that they are not at liberty to
leave. Octavian receives a classical education,
from science to Latin, and shows himself to
have an exemplary mind. But at the same time
he is an experimental subject, whose every
bodily function is quantified. This bizarre stasis
is ultimately broken by a chain of external
events, which have drastic implications for
the institution and Octavian. Anderson’s
precise and rarefied language well reflects
the academic environment of Octavian’s
upbringing, and his story confronts a topic that
has been largely ignored
in popular culture.
“Austenland”
By Shannon Hale
Adult Fiction, 2007
Reviewed by Gizelle
Guyette, Youth Services
Thirty-something
Jane bears a shameful
secret: she, a modern, professional woman, is
a secret Jane Austen devotee … complete with
the Colin Firth “Pride and Prejudice” miniseries
hidden on her bookshelf. Her hawk-eyed,
disapproving elderly aunt discovers her secret,
then promptly dies and bequeaths Jane... not
an inheritance per se, but a lesson in the form
of a Jane Austen role-play holiday, at a highend Regency-themed resort. Goodbye, cell
phones and television; hello corsets, mannered
flirting, verbal sparring with an arrogant Mr.
Darcy-like character, a forbidden fling with a
smoking-hot gardener, and, just maybe, some
socially-incorrect high drama followed by an
ending even Austen would love.
“Colchester, Vermont, located on Lake Champlain’s Malletts Bay, is a diverse,
civic-minded community endowed with a rich heritage of commercial, agricultural,
recreational, and educational gifts. Proud of the quality of life already enjoyed
here, the people of Colchester seek to build upon this foundation to ensure economic
prosperity, recreational opportunity, and an entrepreneurial spirit for future
generations”
Vision Statement, Heritage Project, 2012
The following information highlights some
activities performed by the Town from
Aug. 11-Aug. 16:
ASSESSOR
Reported by Bob Vickery, assessor
The Board of Civil Authority (BCA) has heard
most of the appeals for 2012 Grand List (GL),
The BCA will be finishing up the hearings this
month, and will be inspecting the properties
over the next month. As soon as we receive
the decisions from the BCA we will be
entering into the Computer Assisted Mass
Appraisal (CAMA) software the information
from the BCA. When all the decisions are
entered we will be able to finalize the GL and
start entering data for the 2013 Grand List.
“Witness”
By Karen Hesse
Children’s Fiction,
2001
Reviewed by Taylar
Foster, Planning
and Zoning
Department
Set in 1924 rural
Vermont, Hesse’s
novel is the story
of a town upended
by the arrival of the Ku Klux Klan. It is told
through beautifully written poetic vignettes
from a diverse cast of characters, spanning
different religions, skin colors, ages, genders,
and occupations. Written for ages 8-12, it
is an intense and emotional lesson, fictional
but based upon very real events. The book
deals with prejudice, violence and death, but
balances it with hope, courage, truth and the
discovering of unlikely allies in the bleakest
of times. Adults will be moved as much as
younger reader.
There are 10 appeals to the State Appraiser
that have not been scheduled yet. There
are five appeals that are scheduled in the
months of September and October.
The assessor and state District Advisor
will be meeting this week to review the
sales that will be used in the
equalization study. The
equalization study will
calculate the Common
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Level of Assessment (CLA). The CLA is very
important because it will be a factor in
determining the Town’s Education Tax Rate,
the lower the CLA the higher the tax rate. A
hand full of sales with unusual circumstances
can have an effect on the CLA which in turn
can affect the tax rate. It is important that all
the sales are reviewed and that only “arm’s
length” sales are included in the study to
ensure that the most accurate CLA possible is
used when the tax rate is calculated.
CLERK’S OFFICE
Reported by Karen Richard, town clerk
Election notes: The voted ballots from
the Aug. 28 primary were delivered to the
Chittenden Superior Court so that they
would be included in the recount requested
by Annette Smith, for the governor’s race
on Progressive ballot. Colchester had one
person vote a Progressive ballot in the 9-2
district.
The November ballots have not arrived yet,
but we expect them by Sept. 24. Any time
after that residents are welcome to stop by
for early voting or call 264-5525 and request
that an absentee ballot be mailed to you.
For more information about the Town of Colchester visit the town offices at
781 Blakely Road, Colchester, online at www.colchestervt.gov or call (802)
264-5500.
Obituary
Volunteers
hangs on the wall in the Quinn
home. Bob was an avid Boy
Scout from a young age and
eventually achieved Eagle
Scout status, the Boy Scout's
highest honor. Bob knew at an
early age what he wanted to do.
He had a ham radio and fell in
love with the craft and knew
he wanted to be an electrical
engineer. Bob was a member of
ROTC and had the achievement
of being a sharp shooter. When
Bob found out his grandson
had a pin collection, he gave
his achievement pins to him.
That was the kind of man Bob
was, always giving. Bob met the
love of his life, Judith DeForge,
at Henry's Diner in Burlington.
They were both on dates with
other people that night, but Bob
ended up walking Judy home.
At her doorstep, Bob asked if he
could have something to sleep
on (looking for a good night
kiss). Judy instead threw him
a pillow from the front porch
swing and he was hooked. Bob
loved Judy's spunk and wit, and
they both shared a wonderful
sense of humor, teaching that
to their children. They were
married at St Joseph's Church
in Burlington and celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary
on Oct. 28, 2011. In 1961, Bob
and Judy moved to Troy, N.Y.,
where Bob attended RPI. The
first four children, Bruce, Brian,
Kerry and Amy, were born
there. Bob obtained two Ph.D.'s
while at RPI, one in electrical
engineering and one in physics.
After his education, they moved
back to Burlington, where the
fifth child, Ethan, was born.
Bob was always active in his
children's lives, coaching little
league baseball and volunteering
at swim meets over the years. He
was also president of the PTO in
Burlington at Flynn School. Bob
was always there for his family.
He was our rock and our love for
him cannot be measured. There
is nothing to compare it to.
Bob worked for over 20 years
at IBM, and while there had
many awards and patents for his
inventions. Bob's work in semiconductor transistors/processors
contributed to the development
of the computer microchip,
which is used in all PCs today.
Bob retired from IBM in 1992,
and ran the Old Mill Kitchen
Company in the Chaplain Mill,
with his wife, Judy, until 1998.
In 1997, Bob received a kidney
from his son, giving us 15
more precious years with him.
Bob took a job for Lockheed
Martin and then BAE systems
in Manassas, Va. Bob and Judy
lived there from 1997 to 2012.
Bob was responsible for very
sensitive and secret government
work and achieved many more
awards and patents while in
Virginia. He never talked much
about what his work involved
there, but we used to joke with
him about designing invisible
airplanes. Bob was a man with
a kind voice, a kinder heart
and so much to give.
Share in a celebration of
Bob's life on Thursday, Sept.
13, 2012, from 2 to 4 p.m. at
the Ready Funeral Home, 68
Pinecrest Drive, in Essex.
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Saturday, September 22
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Group lessons will be offered
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SEE PAGE 9b
Colchester resident
wins 50K ultra
marathon
By KELLY MARCH
The Colchester Sun
The Colchester High School football team looks to make space on a first down during a matchup against the Burlington Seahorses,
where the Lakers won 28-15 last Friday night.
Photo contributed
Colchester edges Burlington
Lakers pull out win after a dominating
fourth quarter
By KELLY MARCH
The Colchester Sun
After trouncing Spaulding 54-14 the previous Saturday,
the Colchester High School football team clipped the hosting
Burlington Seahorses 28-15 last Friday night.
“So far, so good,” Head Coach Tom Perry said, reflecting on
the Lakers 2-1 record. “It’s pretty early still; in another couple
weeks we’ll have more of a gauge on what’s happening, but
they’ve been playing well.”
Colchester quarterback Bobby Brigante led the Lakers down
the field for a touchdown on their first possession of the game.
After a series of small-gain plays, senior Dylan Meekins ran the
ball 42 yards down the field, setting the team up for a first and
goal. Senior David Lacroix then plunged through the defensive
line from two yards out, clinching an early 6-0 lead for the
Lakers.
Burlington responded later in the quarter when quarterback
Adam Poquette connected with Hunter Knight for a 91-yard
pass-and-run touchdown. A converted point after try gave the
Seahorses a one-point lead.
Colchester then turned things around early in the second
quarter when Brigante hailed a 29-yard touchdown pass to senior
Anthony Scorsome, taking the Lakers to a 14-7 lead.
Burlington rallied at the end of the third quarter when
Poquette found Knight with a second touchdown pass before
connecting with Josh Hale on a two-point conversion.
While the Lakers began the fourth quarter trailing 14-15,
Brigante led the team to a decisive victory with two touchdowns
and a key defensive play late in the game.
The Lakers regained the lead seconds into the fourth quarter
when Brigante plunged into the end zone on a 3-yard run,
bringing the score to 21-15.
“I’ve been impressed with (Brigante’s) play this year, and
I hope a lot of people have,” said Perry. “He’s a good football
player and a good, hard working kid.”
After a series of runs in the Lakers’ next possession,
Brigante found Lacroix with a 39-yard pass, putting the Lakers
on Burlington’s 5-yard line. Brigante then found senior Shaun
Keogh in the end zone on the second down, taking the Lakers
to a 28-15 lead.
The game wound down after Brigante intercepted a
Burlington pass on the goal line, halting the advancing Seahorses
and securing the 28-15 lead for the Lakers.
Colchester’s next game will be at home under the light
against BFA-St. Albans this Friday at 7 p.m.
“We’ve got a tough opponent coming in this week,” Perry
said of the matchup. “We want to play a little more physical, and
we definitely want to be more focused and disciplined.”
Vermont physicians discuss brain trauma in sports
By KELLY MARCH
The Colchester Sun
ECHO Lake Aquarium
and Science Center welcomed
the return of its evening lecture
series Café Scientifique last
Thursday with a discussion
about concussions and brain
trauma in sports.
“With school sports back
in full swing and the increased
attention on the prevention
of concussions in sports, it
seemed timely for this topic
to lead off our next series,”
explained Linda Bowden,
ECHO Lifelong Learning
Coordinator and Educator.
Dr. James Slauterbeck, a
professor at the University of
Vermont and an orthopedic
surgeon at Fletcher Allen
Hospital, kicked off the event
by describing how the football
culture in Texas, where he
began his career in sports
medicine, led to his interest in
researching concussions.
“I took care of the west
Texas
football
teams,”
Slauterbeck
explained.
“Football was incredibly
intense in this particular
area, and there were a lot of
concussions.”
Slauterbeck spoke of
a coach who attempted to
usher a potentially concussed
player back onto the field
after administering “the west
Texas three-point neuro
exam,” placing three fingers
up for the player to count.
Much to the chagrin of the
coach, Slauterbeck refused
to let the player reenter the
game. As the coach called
out a line of expletives,
Slauterbeck realized the
importance of educating the
public about concussions.
After
Slauterbeck
discussed how to manage
and prevent brain injuries,
Dr. Kalev Freeman, Director
of Emergency Medicine
Research at UVM College of
Medicine, took the stage to
discuss the biology of a postconcussive brain and modern
rehabilitation strategies.
The following are some
key points from the discussion:
What is a brain concussion?
“Brian injuries are a
spectrum of disease,” Kaley
explained. “A concussion is in
the same spectrum as a severe
life threatening brain injury
that can put you into a coma
or be potentially be lethal.”
The brain is a soft organ
surrounded by cerebral spinal
fluid that acts as a cushion
between the brain and the
skull. When a person’s body is
impacted, his or her brain can
crash into the skull, causing
damages of varying severity.
According to Kaley, there
are over 1.5 million traumatic
brain injuries in the U.S. every
year, around 1.1 million of
which present to emergency
rooms.
Diagnosing concussions
“We don’t really have a
litmus test that we use today
or any real test that says
this child is concussed,”
Slauterbeck reflected.
Slauterbeck
explained
that while there is a long
list of symptoms health
care providers can look for
when trying to diagnose a
concussion on the field, such
as headaches, memory loss or
“We don’t really have a litmus test that we use today
or any real test that says this child is concussed”
Dr. James Slauterbeck
professor at the University of Vermont
Orthopedic surgeon at Fletcher Allen Hospital
light sensitivity, the evaluation
is difficult because many
of the tests are meaningless
without a comparison from
before the incident.
Another issue is that many
concussion symptoms could
be attributed to a number of
other things.
In the time it takes to
drive from Colchester to
New York City; fly from San
Francisco to Boston; or slow
roast a stuffed 24-pound
turkey, Colchester’s David
Mitchell completed Jay
Peak’s 50K ultra marathon
on Labor Day weekend.
That is to say that in
five hours, 24 minutes and
22 seconds, Mitchell ran a
little over 31 miles at pace of
10:28.
Not only did Mitchell
finish
his
first-ever
competitive 50K-race, but he
finished in first place, beating
his closest competitor in a
field that included 22 male
and six female finishers by
nearly 24 minutes.
“I was pretty content
with how everything turned
out,” Mitchell reflected. “It
was my first competitive
50K, and my first win. I
(wouldn’t) change a thing.”
The course, a 25K loop
up and over the summit of
Jay Peak that competitors
circled twice, involved over
8,000 feet of gain and loss in
elevation.
“The first part of the loop
was rolling trails around
the base of Jay Peak,”
Mitchell explained. “Then
we followed ski trails and
some single tracks straight
up the mountain. After
we reached the summit, it
was a pretty intense tramp
downhill to the base of the
resort. The course was pretty
challenging; at the steepest
points, all one could manage
was quick walking.”
Mitchell, who has been
running for most of his life,
attributes his initial interest
in the sport to his mother.
“My mother was the type
of runner that got out of bed
at 4 a.m. every day to greet
the world with a seven-mile
run,” he explained. “I guess
that influence sort of sparked
the idea to be a runner in
my head. With that said, it
wasn’t until after college that
I began running seriously as
“I was pretty content
with how everything
turned out,” Mitchell
reflected. “It was my first
competitive 50K, and my
first win. I (wouldn’t)
change a thing.”
David Mitchell
Colchester resident
a way to deal with emotional
turmoil.” While the 50K stands
as his longest competitive
race to date, Mitchell has
completed several long
distance fun runs with his
dog Clover in recent years,
including a trip from the
Appalachian Gap to Lincoln
Gap and back, and a 30mile trip up and around the
Santanoni Range in the
Adirondacks.
He has also trained for
various endurance events,
such
as
half-Ironman
distance triathlons and the
Vermont City Marathon,
and considers the 50K a
continuation of that training.
“At this point, training is
more habitual than anything,
but it actually feels good
and normal to train each
day,” Mitchell reflected. “I
know that I will have more
energy and feel more able to
confront life if I am training
daily. It is also nice to zone
out and focus on individual
steps in a sort of meditative
trance.”
Mitchell is currently
training for a full Ironmanlength triathlon in Naples,
Florida, in January 2013.
“My goal is to complete
the course,” Mitchell said.
“My second goal is to finish
in under 11 hours. Next year
I will focus more on trail
running, and will compete in
as many long distance events
my body can handle after my
work day as a farmer.”
Lakers’ schedule
–See TRAUMA on page 3b
CHS GIRLS’ SOCCER:
9/22 Colchester vs. Essex
9/25 Colchester at CVU
10 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
CHS BOYS’ SOCCER:
9/21 Colchester at Essex
4 p.m.
9/26 Colchester vs. Middlebury
7 p.m.
CHS FIELD HOCKEY:
9/22 Colchester vs. Essex 9/25 Colchester at Middlebury
10 a.m.
4 p.m.
CHS FOOTBALL:
9/21 Colchester vs. BFA. St Albans 7 p.m.
CHS CROSS COUNTRY:
9/25 Colchester at Burlington
Dr. James Slauterbeck discusses concussions at the ECHO
Lake Aquarium and Science Center last Thursday.
4 p.m.
2b
SPORTS
CROSS-COUNTRY
Cool running
CHS competes in
Burlington Invitational
The Colchester High School girls’ and
boys’ cross country teams competed in the
Burlington Invitational last Saturday.
Starting and finishing on Lake Champlain’s
North Beach, the flat course wound through
the city park and Burlington bike path.
Jordan Lamay led the boys’ team with
a time of 18:00.6 and an 18th place finish in
the 5K-meet. The Lakers finished sixth with
a team score of 159 behind Essex, Harwood,
South Burlington, CVU and Burlington.
Deanna Bessy led the girls’ team, placing
39th in the 5K-meet with a time of 22:49.4.
CHS finished in 13th place with a score of 332
over Rice, Missisquoi and Mt. Abraham.
The following is a list of the Lakers’ results:
Varsity Boys
18 Jordan Lamay 18:00.6
26 Nigel Sarrazin 18:10.1
28 Aaron Mallabar 18:13.7
39 John McNeil 18:42.7
48 Ethan Thibault 18:57.1
73 Micheal Granai 19:55.6
90 Andrew Pike 20:18.4
Varsity Girls
39 Deanna Bessy 22:49.4
55 Peri Navarro 23:33.4
75 Vanessa Barton 24:20.0
79 Jackie Park 24:32.0
89 Marie Bouffard 25:07.9
96 Chiara Evans 25:16.0
102 Hannah Echo 25:48.0
For a full list of results from the Burlington
Invitational, visit our website at www.
colchestersun.com
RIGHT: Jacob Dell of Colchester Middle School runs in the
Burlington Invitational on Saturday.
Photo by Josh Kaufmann
SOCCER
ABOVE: Elise Bouffard of Colchester and Taylor Knapp of BFA-St. Albans sprint after the ball late in the first half
of Friday's girls’ soccer game in St. Albans, where the Lakers tallied their fourth consecutive shutout with a 1-0
victory over BFA.
LEFT: Matt Brien (13) and Tommy Couillard (10) of Colchester try to head the ball upfield during Wednesday's
soccer game at BFA-St. Albans, where the Lakers won 5-0. Colchester then beat Mt. Mansfield 7-1 on Saturday,
improving their record to 4-0.
Photos by Josh Kaufmann
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ST. MICHAEL’S COLLEGE
ATHLETICS
Cross Country takes
second at Aldrich
Invitational
The men's and women's
cross country teams both
finished second out of six
teams on Saturday at the
Aldrich Invitational hosted
by Middlebury College. The
men faced a Middlebury
side that is ranked 10th in
Division III by the U.S. Track
& Field and Cross Country
Coaches Association, while
women competed against a
Middlebury team that holds
the top ranking in Division
III.
Sophomore
Chloe
Boutelle finished seventh out
of 67 racers in the women's
meet with a time of 19:11,
beating six members of a
Middlebury team that was
the runner-up at the NCAA
Championship a season ago.
Sophomore Colleen Gilliatt
placed 13th at 20:02, while
senior Jennifer Labrenz and
sophomore Lindy Heffernan
finished 14th and 15th,
respectively, at 20:42 and
20:51. Sophomore Allie
Gratton rounded out the
Purple Knights' top five,
finishing 17th at 21:10.
Senior Colin Delaney led
the St. Michael's men's team
with a 12th-place finish and a
time of 27:50 in a 75-person
field. Sophomores Alex
Gilgore and Peter McKenna
finished four seconds apart in
23rd and 24th, respectively,
in 29:24 and 29:28. Firstyear Jack Loomis ran a
29:49 and placed 26th, while
junior Dana Glubiak finished
at 30:27 to place 30th.
Field
hockey
forces
overtime in NE-10 opener
before falling
The field hockey team
went 0-2 last week, falling
7-0 at nationally-ranked
Merrimack
College
on
Wednesday before hosting
Assumption College and
dropping a 4-3 decision in
overtime on Saturday during
its Northeast-10 Conference
opener.
Sophomore Sarah
Healey made 12 saves
against a Merrimack team
that is ranked seventh by
the National Field Hockey
Coaches Association.
Seniors Erin Brien and
Kelly MacDonald each
scored against Assumption,
with Brien, a defender,
netting the first of her
career. St. Michael’s was
also awarded a tally on an
own goal from a Greyhound
player. Senior Hali Roy and
junior Kelly Celata provided
assists for St. Michael’s,
while senior Laken Ferreira
recorded her first career
defensive save on a potential
game-winning goal early in
overtime. Healey stopped
eight shots in the contest.
Head
coach Carla
Hesler has 126 wins in her
St. Michael’s career and sits
just one victory behind Anne
Noone Adams, who coached
from 1985 to 1997, as the
program’s
all-time
wins
leader. Adams is currently in
her second year as assistant
coach to the field hockey
program.
Men’s golf completes first
two tournaments
The men’s golf team
opened its 2012-13 season
at a pair of tournaments
during the past week, placing
seventh at a two-day Franklin
Pierce University Division II
Invitational that ended last
Monday and finishing 20th
in the two-day Duke Nelson
Invitational at Middlebury on
Sunday.
Senior Nick Angelo and
junior Steve French each shot
157 strokes during the two
rounds at the Franklin Pierce
Division
II
Invitational,
missing the top 15 by one
shot. Angelo carded a 76
on Monday, improving five
strokes from his Sunday
score. Senior Dylan Lavallee,
of Colchester, shot a 160
and junior Spencer Mallette
was two strokes back. Senior
George Flanagan rounded out
the Purple Knights’ top five.
Angelo shot a 77 on
Saturday at the Duke Nelson
Invitational,
ending
the
tournament with a 158,
tying him for 29th. French
shot an 80 on both days to
finish with a 160 and tie for
43rd. Mallette ended the
tournament with a 171, three
shots ahead of Flanagan.
Lavallee finished fifth for the
Purple Knights, carding an 87
on Sunday, the team’s thirdbest showing for the final day
of the tournament.
Men’s soccer splits first two
NE-10 contests
The men’s soccer team
went 1-1 in Northeast-10
Conference play last week,
dropping its opener, 2-1, at St.
Anselm College on Tuesday,
before topping The College
of St. Rose, 3-1, at home on
Saturday. Junior Josh Vlasich
tied the program record for
assists in a season (7), picking
up an assist in each of the
Purple Knights’ contests last
week.
Junior Anthony Stanley
scored his sixth goal of the
season against St. Anselm,
while Vlasich tallied an assist.
Senior Logan Kingman made
five saves.
Against St. Rose, the
Purple Knights received goals
from Vlasich, senior Ian
Rowe and sophomore O.J.
Rivas, who scored the first
goal of his career. Stanley,
Vlasich and senior Steve
Scanlon contributed assists
for St. Michael’s. Kingman
made a pair of saves to grab
his fifth victory of the season.
See more online at www.
colchestersun.com/sports
Catamounts remain
undefeated
The Colchester Catamounts’ sixth-grade football
team improved their season record to 3-0 last Saturday
with a 20-0 victory over South Burlington.
Colchester quarterback Ryan Byrnes connected
with tight end Bailey Olson for two of the team’s
touchdowns. On the first, Olson caught Byrnes’ precise
pass and out ran the South Burlington defense to the
corner of the end zone.
Lucas McClanahan accounted for the other score
after returning an interception for a touchdown.
The Catamounts next game is Saturday, Sept. 22 in
St. Albans.
Determining severity
“Loss of consciousness and
convulsion are not indicators of how
severe a particular concussion is,”
Slauterbeck explained, debunking a
common misconception. “It does not
tell us the magnitude of a particular
concussion that a child has received.”
According to Slauterbeck, the
only way to accurately determine the
severity of a concussion is to look at
the length of a persons’ recovery. For
that reason, researchers are currently
exploring how loss of consciousness
Concussion law
“The Vermont law on concussions is
very vague,” Slauterbeck said, “It states
that when a child or adult is concussed or
we are concerned about a concussion, they
must be held out of play and evaluated by a
health care provider who is knowledgeable
about concussions before they can get back
in the game.”
Slauterbeck contends that Vermont’s
law regarding concussions came out of
the increased attention brain injuries have
received in recent years.
Treatment
“What looks like the best therapy is
actually cognitive rest,” Kalev explained,
before concluding his talk by reciting
“the three Rs” he covers when discussing
treatment with a patient:
Reassurance –Most people recover
from concussions. The time course can be
very varied, from a day to multiple years,
but most people do recover.
Rest – Getting cognitive rest until
symptoms improve and measures normalize
is crucial to recovery.
Rehabilitation – Studies have proven
that people with severe brain energies
benefit from rehabilitation, whether that
entails physical therapy, occupational
therapy, language pathology or medical
psychology, and research suggests the same
may be true for people with minor brain
injuries.
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lecture in full, visit http://video.vpt.org/
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By ELSIE LYNN
The Colchester Sun
GUESS, the fashion retailer best known for denim, plans to
open next door to Sweet Clover Market on Oct. 1. This space,
previously occupied by Vermont Toy and Hobby, has been
vacant since March of 2012.
"The space is pretty much ready to move into," said Eric
Fitzgerald, marketing director of EuroWest Properties, which
includes all of the Essex Shoppes and Cinemas properties.
"They will be adding dressing rooms and doing some minor
cosmetic work."
The store will have 4,240-square-feet of space to showcase
men's and women's contemporary denim, clothing, watches and
other accessories.
"This is a niche that we really needed to fill," added
Fitzgerald. "GUESS is a young, sexy and fashionable store,
which is something we need in the Essex Shoppes and Cinema.
BCBG is tailored to women, Polo is more standard ware and
Brooks Brothers is higher end. GUESS is a huge addition for
us; it will hopefully draw 16-29-year olds and drive traffic from
Burlington as well as Canada."
GUESS is currently hiring for a store manager, two
assistant managers and several sales associates to help in the
new location. Fitzgerald noted that a store of this size typically
employees between 7-10 employees.
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Sportfish and Wildlife
Restoration celebrate
75th anniversary
National Hunting and
Fishing Day on Sept. 22 is a
perfect day to celebrate that
2012 is the 75th anniversary
of America’s Sportfish
and Wildlife Restoration
Program. “Celebrating
National
Hunting
and
Fishing
Day helps recognize that
hunters and anglers have
been the leaders in major
conservation programs since
the beginning of the 20th
century,” said Vermont Fish
and Wildlife Commissioner
Patrick Berry. “They are
responsible for the majority
of funding for Vermont’s
fish and wildlife department
through the federal excise
taxes they lobbied to create
and through the annual
licenses they purchase.
Thanks to the PittmanRobertson Act and the
Dingell-Johnson Act, the
money collected must be
dedicated to supporting fish
and wildlife conservation.” The
resulting
scientifically based fish
and wildlife conservation
programs have led to the
dramatic comeback of many
species that appeared to
be headed for extinction
in Vermont. For example,
Vermont’s populations of
white-tailed deer, moose,
bear and wild turkey, are
now restored to abundant
numbers.
“We can thank our
sportsmen and women for
their continuing efforts to
ensure the wise use and
proper management of our
fish and wildlife resources,”
said Commissioner Berry.
“And we can also thank
them for providing most of
the funding over the past 75
years for the fish and wildlife
conservation programs here
in Vermont and throughout
the United States.”
The
program
was
jumpstarted
in
1937
when President Franklin
D. Roosevelt signed the
Federal Aid in Wildlife
Restoration Act (also known
as the Pittman-Robertson
Act), which raises funds
through a dedicated excise
tax on sporting guns and
ammunition. In 1950, the Federal Aid
in Sport Fish Restoration
Act (also known as the
Dingell-Johnson Act) was
enacted. This law provides
funds for fish conservation
and boating and fishing
recreational programs in
each state through an excise
tax on fishing and boating
equipment and fuels. Both sources of federal
funding,
coupled
with
license dollars, continue
to pay for most of the fish
and wildlife conservation
work done by state fish and
wildlife agencies throughout
the country.
Congress
established
National
Hunting
and
Fishing Day to recognize
hunters and anglers for
their leadership in fish and
wildlife conservation. Since
launching in 1972, National
Hunting and Fishing Day has
been formally proclaimed
annually by every U.S.
President.
“National Hunting and
Fishing Day gives us a
chance to reflect on the
foresight of generations of
hunters and anglers who
have worked ceaselessly to
protect the resources we all
enjoy,” said Commissioner
Berry. “We can use
Saturday as an opportunity
to enjoy firsthand the
legacy they have created
and that we all must work
together to preserve.”
More
information
available
at
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SCHOOLS
CHS hosts Senior College Night tonight
Colchester High School is hosting
Senior College Night this evening
Sept. 20 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Senior College Night is CHS's rampup event to help students kick off
their college application process.
The guidance department will share
important information about a wide
variety of topics, including the college
application
timeline,
application
options, standardized tests, campus
visits, application essays and more. It
will be a soup-to-nuts approach about
what one needs to know about applying
to college.
CHS will follow this up with a
CMS awarded
$2,000 youth
literacy grant
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has
awarded a Youth Literacy grant in the amount of $2, 000
Colchester Middle School.
“The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is pleased
to support the literacy efforts of Colchester Middle
School,” said Rick Dreiling, Dollar General’s chairman
and CEO. “The Youth Literacy grants are awarded
annually at the start of the school year so that the funds
are in place to have an impact on reading education and
support.”
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s Youth
Literacy grants are awarded to assist with implementing
new or expanding existing youth literacy programs; to
purchase new technology or equipment to support youth
literacy initiatives; or to purchase books, materials or
software for youth literary programs.
Week
Submit to Green Up
Vermont
Any student K-12 may
submit one entry each for
both of Green Up Vermont’s
annual poster and writing
projects. Entries must be
received by Jan. 31. One
poster design is selected as the
official 2013 Green Up Day
poster, promoting Green Up
Day, the first Saturday in May.
Poster entries should be 11- by
14-inches, created by hand
(without the aid of computers)
and must include the words
“Green Up Vermont.” Writing
entries should be a poem or
an essay of up to 400 words
relating to “What Green Up
Day means to you.”
All rights for use and
reproduction belong to Green
By Chiara Evans
Grade 11, Colchester High School
www.
colchestersun.com
of the
This article is an adaptation of the
original report in the Sept. 14 CSD
Spotlight.
What Makes
Up Dreams
Read more
Colchester
writing at
Reader
Vermont
Student
Assistance
Corporation (VSAC) Paying for
College Night on Nov. 1, which will
cover how to pay for it all.
For more information, call CHS's
guidance office at (802) 264-5713.
And as a friendly reminder, the
cyberbullying and digital citizenship
presentations will also take place
at Colchester High School on
Sept. 20. All are welcome.
Presentation begins at 5 p.m.
Conglomerate messages wound up in the day’s thoughts
A simple process of untying your own
knots
The best objects of your desire
A wish for something better
A touch of love
A tear shed for something gone wrong
Allow yourself to take a journey into your
own mind
Look at yourself through your own eyes
And see what others see
Go floating through your scatterbrains
And don’t let anyone take away your
childish wonder
The best entertainment is one you make
Wrapped up in memories and wishes
To go far away
To have something new
Or just a better life one day
Dreams fulfill us and take us through
sleep
Seemingly short but ever so long
Conscious but unconscious you sleep
While being carried off farther and farther
Don’t get lost
Dreams will haunt you, make you laugh
Dreams will love you, and send tears to your eyes
But you have to remember not to get
caught
Hold on to reality
Because dreams are just your brain
Figuring things out
shouldn’t wear the same bow.
Up Vermont. Entries will not
be returned. All poster and
writing entries must include
the following information,
on the back upper right hand
corner: student name, grade,
county, home address; parent/
guardian name and phone;
school name, address, phone
and teacher. Home-schoolers
are also encouraged to enter.
Entries should be mailed to
Green Up Vermont, P.O. Box
1191, Montpelier, VT 056011191, or delivered to the Green
Up Vermont office at 14-16
Baldwin St. For questions,
call 802-229-4586 or 1-800974-3259 or visit http://www.
greenupvermont.org/contests.
php for more information.
Cara Barmore
Eighth-grader, Colchester Middle School
Cara Barmore from the Mansfield House at
Colchester Middle School has been chosen as this
week’s Reader of the Week. As this is Barmore’s third
year of reading all 30 required books, she received a
personalized trophy.
Barmore selected as her favorite book “Inside Out
and Back Again,” by Thanhha Lai. The plot: Ha is a
girl growing up during the Vietnam War, whose family
has to flee when Saigon is taken over. This novel in
verse describes how Ha finds refuge in Alabama but
also struggles with bullying by classmates.
About the Project
Schools Project, a comprehensive online classroom
and training program that works with teachers
to help students develop their writing and digital
literacy skills. Learn more at ywpschools.net or
contact Geoff Gevalt at (802) 324-9537.
YWP is an independent nonprofit that engages
students to write, helps them improve and connects
them with authentic audiences.
YWP runs youngwritersproject.org and The
Next prompts:
FLYING.
HAUNTED.
YOU and your friends are exploring an old, abandoned
house when things suddenly turn scary. What happens?
Alternates: Candidate. Write a short, catchy political ad
for yourself. Whether you’re running for President of
the United States or local office, convince voters to vote
for you!; or General writing in any genre. Due Oct.
YOU are flying blissfully and effortlessly over the
countryside. What do you see and feel? Alternates:
Fan. Write a fan letter to someone. It can be a celebrity,
a loved one, an 18th century poet – anyone; or Photo
3. What happened here? Or what is about to happen?.
Due Oct. 19.
12.
This Week:
YWP Anthology Celebration Oct. 27
Every year, YWP publishes an anthology of the year’s best student writing and photos. On Oct. 27, we will
toast the publication of Anthology 4 with a day of celebration and writing workshops in partnership with the
Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier. Included in this year’s anthology is Colchester writer Chiara Evans.
See Chiara’s poem below
Photo of the Week
Photo Prompt
Photo by Margaret Slate of Peoples Academy
Photo 3 by Karlo Fresl of Essex High School
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Weekly Vt. foliage reports available
Early color tinges the hillsides
and northern regions
In concert with this weekend’s autumnal
equinox, colorful foliage will continue to
unfold and invigorate Vermont’s scenic
landscape. Early yet, colors are showing in the
higher elevations of the Northeast Kingdom
and in moist, low-lying areas with varying
shades of orange, yellow and red.
In general, higher elevation areas in the
northernmost regions will offer the most
panoramic views of emerging color across the
valleys, and many low-lying marsh areas will
offer some of the most vivid and varied early
season change. Route 108 through Smugglers’
Notch between Stowe and Cambridge is
showing color, as are Routes 242 and 100 near
Jay Peak; plus Routes 16 and 5A in the Lake
Willoughby area. The Worcester Range and
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Mount Elmore along Route
12 north of Montpelier are
tinged with early color,
as are views from Route
14 in the Hardwick and
Craftsbury region.
Rutland
County
Forester Chris Stone notes
Route 103 is revealing
5-20 percent early stages.
“Trees are just starting to
lose some green and hints
of yellow and orange are
starting to show at higher
elevations. Some scattered
individual red maples are
turning at higher elevation
wetlands. While the color
has yet to really show,
there is a hint of fall on the
hillsides.”
For more Fall Foliage
News, visit our online
Foliage Page.
Helpful tools include:
• Audio Foliage Report
• Travel hints and links
• Foliage photos
• There’s even a place
to submit your own Fall
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with the community.
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The Frozen Butcher
at Snug Valley Farm
Owner: Helm, Nancy and Ben Nottermann
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By TRACEY MEDEIROS
For The Colchester Sun
The story of The Frozen
Butcher at Snug Valley
Farm springs from Helm and
Nancy Nottermann's days
as successful dairy farmers,
and Holstein breeders, in
the Northeast Kingdom of
Vermont. It was a natural
transition from milking, for
them to use their years of
experience to raise Holstein
steers for grass-fed beef. The
duo had already been doing
that for neighbors and family
for years. In 2002, they
made the plunge: The Frozen
Butcher at Snug Valley Farm
was born as the farmers’
market arm of their grassfed beef operation. The
frozen meat products (hence,
The Frozen Butcher) were
transported and displayed in
solar powered freezers, on a
trailer with the distinct logo of
a mustached purple cow. Good nutritious food and
cooking have always been
central to the husband and
wife team's home life and
their 33 years on the farm. Their son, Ben, has returned
to the farm holding that same
mindset.
Located in East
Hardwick, Vt., they now
happily find themselves in
the midst of an agricultural
and food revolution, but were
already there in 1991, just not
at farmer’s markets. With no female bovines
on the farm, the Nottermanns
support local dairy farmers
by purchasing two-dayold Holstein bull calves at
a premium price and then
raise them without hormones
or stimulants. Dedicated
to providing humane and
natural care for their animals,
they use herbal homeopathic
remedies,
natural
milk
replacer, supply calf cozies
(jackets) to the sensitive
newborns, and provide each
with a roomy individual
stall. As the friendly critters
grow for a full two years,
Photo contributed
they graze on the farm’s Cows graze on the grass fields at Snug Valley Farm in East Hardwick.
pastures in summer and eat
its hay all winter, which
makes for delicious grassfed beef. As a newborn them natural grain. Snug to provide the best grass
weighs about 100-pounds Valley Farm’s third product possible for ‘the boys.’
and full grown cows are managed by their son, Ben, Local is also central. They
at least 1,500-pounds, it’s is the thousands of pumpkins are committed to supporting
understandable that affection sold from the front lawn. area businesses, from the
from a newborn is more This arm of the farm started local family-run dairy farms
pleasing than a 1,500-pound when Ben was six-years- where they purchase their
‘nudge.’ However, it is a old and paid for most of his calves; to the farm supply
positive testament to the college.
stores, graphic designers and
bond the animals share
Being worthy stewards of printers, nearby vegetable
throughout their lives with the land and the environment farms and food co-op. The
the Nottermanns. The trio are paramount to Helm, three strive to keep the
also raises pork, buying Nancy and Ben. Thus, Northeast Kingdom a vibrant
piglets from a local farmer, they maximize the health and growing agricultural
raising them on pasture of their pastures with community.
Certainly,
(great rototillers) and giving intensive rotational grazing growing food and getting
it to the greater Vermont
community is essential to
that goal. A baby calf looks up this spring at Snug Valley Farm in East
Hardwick.
Photo courtesy of Liza Carter
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owners should replace cracked or
pitted windshields that obscure
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automobile with a defective
windshield is driven toward the sun.
As the incoming rays of sunlight
are refracted in many directions,
the driver is subjected to dangerous
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block his or her view of the road.
When windshield replacement
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food stylist, recipe developer
and tester. Medeiros is
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HEALTH / FOOD
Rolled Stuffed Beef (Rouladen)
Recipe from The Frozen Butcher
at Snug Valley Farm. This recipe
will appear in The Vermont Farm
Table Cookbook by Tracey Medeiros
(Countryman Press, April 2013).
This recipe is from a region in
Southern Germany where Helm
Nottermann grew up. The area consisted
of small farms, limited budgets and
great cuisine. His Swabian mother was
able to prepare delicious meals using
mostly homegrown ingredients. Helm
and his wife, Nancy, enjoy many of his
mother’s recipes using their own grassfed beef.
4 Servings
Ingredients:
2 pounds top round or flank steak
Kosher salt and freshly
ground black pepper, to taste
1/3 cup Dijon mustard
1 large sweet onion, minced
1/2 pound bacon slices, cut into
small dice, preferably
Vermont Smoke and Cure
1 cup packed fresh parsley, minced
3-4 tbsp canola oil, or as needed
1 3/4 cups beef stock, divided
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 cup red wine
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
3-4 tbsp sour cream
Chopped fresh parsley
Method of preparation:
For the steak: To make slicing
easier, place the meat in the freezer for
two hours before cutting. Cut steak in
half, so each piece is approximately 4-
by 8-inches. Then slice each piece in
half horizontally, forming a 1/4-inch
thick sheet.
Place each sheet of meat between
parchment paper and, using a meat
mallet, pound to 1/8-inch thickness.
For the Rouladen: Working in
batches, season the meat with salt and
pepper to taste. Spread a thin layer
of mustard on one side the meat. In a
small bowl, combine onions, bacon and
parsley. Spread a thin layer of mixture
over mustard. Repeat with remaining
sheets of meat.
Loosely roll up the beef lengthwise,
being careful to keep mixture inside
of bundle; carefully tie each roll with
butchers’ twine, securing ends and
center portion to form an oblong roll or
secure with toothpicks.
Heat oil in a large braising pot over
medium-high heat. Add the meat in
batches and brown on all sides, about
4 minutes per side. Remove the meat
from pan and place on a baking sheet.
Using the same pot, reduce heat
to medium and add 1/4 cup stock.
Scrape up drippings and whisk in flour,
stirring until smooth. Whisk in wine,
Worcestershire sauce and remaining
stock until smooth.
Cover and reduce heat to low.
Simmer for approximately 1.5 to 1.75
hours.
Remove Rouladen to a warm platter.
Whisk in the sour cream until sauce is
smooth. Pour sauce over Rouladen
and serve. Garnish with chopped fresh
parsley, if desired and serve with garlic
mashed potatoes, roasted red potatoes,
sweet potato fries or homemade spatzle,
if desired
Retiring in a down economy
We work for 20, 30, even
40 years or more. All the
while, there are thoughts about
the future. There will come a
day when the work stops and
we step out from the shadows
of time-clocks and deadlines,
into the bright sunshine of
retirement.
OK, maybe it isn’t always
on our minds. But the longer
we work, the harder the job,
the more likely it is. Even if
we love our jobs and never
want to stop, other factors can
move us along towards what
used to be represented by a
gold watch.
If we have done things
right, all our ducks are in a
row. We picked the age;
we saved and planned and
arrived at the launching pad
to the rest of our lives, on
schedule and ready for the
journey ahead.
But for those of us born
in the 1940s or early 1950s,
the timing might be proving
a bit awkward. Home values
are down (even in Vermont)
and most of our 401k’s have
seen some pretty rough seas
in the last few years. So,
timing . . . well, timing, as
they say, is everything.
Obviously, the first
choice is to keep working
if possible.
Delaying
retirement from age 62 to
65 can make a significant
Scott
Funk
difference in Social Security
earnings for the rest of our
lives and for our surviving
spouse, if we have one.
Waiting
to
65-years-old
has the added benefit of
qualifying for Medicare. The
savings in health insurance
for those three years may be
considerable. And if we had
planned for retirement at age
65-66, could we make it to 70?
Perhaps a longer transition
to retirement? Going first
to part time and retiring
completely in a few years can
stretch things out a bit. Staying
put rather than moving out of
the area is another option that
may help. Familiarity and
established connections may
provide better choices than
we would find as strangers in
another locale.
There may also be
alternate sources of cash flow
available, such as reverse
mortgages or borrowing
against life insurance policies.
Alternative or transitional
funds may help to bridge the
cash flow gap to higher Social
Security eligibility.
It’s important to involve
a financial professional who
is proficient at advising
clients during retirement. The
accumulation phase of financial
life, setting money aside and
letting time and good advice
increase the savings, is vastly
different than the distribution
phase, where spending down
the savings is the point of it all.
Experience with navigating
taxes, the timing of dispersals,
and other challenges is vital.
After all, it isn’t just what we
earned that matters, it’s what we
get to keep (and use).
Finally, there is “the brass
ring.” The unknowns are many.
Make sure, in spite of all the
worries and concerns of our
times, to reach out and grab a
few of the shinny things life
offers.
Retirement is a journey. We
don’t know how long it will be
or where it will take us. But
one thing is certain: we aren’t
coming back alive. We must
enjoy as much as we can, while
we can.
After all, Aging in Place
doesn’t happen by accident.
Scott Funk is Vermont’s
Aging in Place advocate, writing
and speaking around the state
on issues of concern to retirees
and their families. He works as
a reverse mortgage consultant
in Richmond.
Banish the aches and pains of obesity
with diet and exercise By STEVE FUCHS
We all know that obesity is harmful to our
health, but a new study shows that those extra
pounds can actually cause pain in various parts
of the body. Researchers at Stony Brook University
found that heaviest individuals report the
highest rates of pain. That’s because excessive
weight puts pressure on the joints, causing
back ache and osteoarthritis. These findings confirm the results of an
earlier study, carried out at University of
California, University of Washington, and
the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare
System, which reported the link between
obesity and chronic pain. It also listed
headaches, fibromyalgia, abdominal pain and
other widespread aches as a result of the extra
load. It’s clear that obesity is not only a risk
factor for serious illnesses like heart disease,
certain types of cancer, and type 2 diabetes,
but it can also lead to chronic pain. Relieving
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the pain is of course important, but what’s even
more crucial is treating the underlying cause —
obesity.
The most effective way to lose weight is a
healthy, whole foods, calorie-restricted diet in
combination with regular exercise. Losing weight often results in partial or
complete pain relief, not to mention all the other
health benefits. However, people who have obesityrelated medical conditions should consult their
healthcare providers before starting a diet and an
exercise program. Once the green light is given, start exercising
slowly and gently, increasing the duration and
intensity level of your workouts as you become
more comfortable and adept.
Don’t wait until those extra pounds you carry
around cause you widespread discomfort. To
paraphrase the saying: “no gain, no pain!”
Steve Fuchs is a certified fitness expert and
the owner of Burlington Boot Camp. He can be
reached at steve@burlingtonbootcamp.com or
876-7787.
Sniffing out solutions
to body odor
By DR. LEWIS FIRST
Parents have been asking me to come
clean about the subject of body odor — why
do some children have it even before they
become full-fledged teenagers, and what
can be done about it? Let me see if I can
roll on — or should I say roll out — some
information on the topic of body odor.
First, there is no problem that can cause
a child more embarrassment and hurt selfesteem than body odor, so even recognizing
that this is a problem and talking about it
with your child puts you ahead of the game.
Most body odors start at the time that
puberty begins, as hormones in your child’s
body increase and in turn increase the amount
of sweating they are apt to do. The odor that
results is due to skin bacteria breaking down
compounds in the sweat, which produces
chemicals that have a terrible odor —
especially in the area of armpits, feet and
genitals. Therefore, the best approach to combat
body odor is to reduce the amount of sweat
produced and the number or bacteria on the
skin’s surface. How can this be done? • Washing with an antibacterial soap
can reduce the number of bacteria, as can
deodorants that contain bacteria-killing
metals such as aluminum, zinc and zirconium,
and contain scents that mask underarm odor. • Use of an antiperspirant combined
with a deodorant will reduce the amount of
sweat produced by the sweat glands and at
the same time cover up the bad smell. • Cotton t-shirts, socks and underwear
will help absorb sweat more effectively than
other synthetic fabrics do. Your child’s
clothes should be washed after they are worn,
or they will continue to carry the body smell.
• What you eat can also make a
difference. Fish, cumin, curry, onion and
garlic lead the list of foods that can give off
an odor through your skin, so avoid these if
body odor is a problem for your child.
If routines of good hygiene, food
avoidance and use of an antiperspirant
and deodorant don’t work, speak with
your pediatrician who may recommend
other prescription products to reduce the
production of sweat and improve the body
odor.
Hopefully tips like this will sniff out
any concerns you may have the next time
you are worried about your older child’s or
teenager’s body odor. Lewis First, M.D., is chief of Pediatrics
at Vermont Children’s Hospital at Fletcher
Allen Health Care and chair of the
Department of Pediatrics at the University of
Vermont College of Medicine.
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