February 14, 2013 - The Colchester Sun

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VOL. 12 No. 7
Severance Corners ‘experiment’ approved
Selectboard relaxes traditional rules to
improve growth center
By JASON STARR
The Colchester Sun
The Colchester Selectboard approved what board members
described Tuesday as a zoning experiment to improve the look
and feel of the state-designated growth center at Severance
Corners.
The unanimous approval of “form-based zoning” for
the residential and commercial project taking shape at the
intersection of Route 7, Severance Road and Blakely Road caps
roughly two years of detailed work by the Colchester Planning
Commission and two hired consultants — with input from the
two primary growth center developers.
The new code scuttles such traditional zoning criteria as
parking capacity, street setbacks and building heights in favor
of more flexible guidelines that give architects the ability to
design structures that match their intended uses. Ultimately,
the regulations are expected to attract more commercial tenants
and result in an aesthetic for the growth center reminiscent of
Vermont’s historic downtowns.
“What form-based zoning does is attempt to decrease the
regulations of all the dimensional requirements and really get
back to what the building looks like and how it’s going to
function,” Colchester Planning and Zoning Director Sarah Hadd
explained. “We can be more hands-off in terms of uses to give
developers more flexibility and more success in seeking tenants.
That makes the growth center more desirable to locate homes
and businesses.”
The growth center incorporates four quadrants of land.
One of the quadrants is substantially complete, with a mix of
condominiums and businesses. Under the previous zoning,
Nemo found
the existing quadrant’s development was maxed out. The new
code offers more density and more possible business uses.
For example, Hadd said, a bank with a drive through was not
allowed under the previous zoning and now can be built.
“Form-based zoning will give the existing corner a lot more
possibilities,” she said.
SD Ireland Companies has developed the existing quadrant
and participated in Planning Commission meetings when the
new zoning was in its formative stages. Bart Frisbie of Sterling
Construction has plans for one of the undeveloped quadrants
and also offered input. Frisbie plans a residential development
and said the new zoning “certainly has some attributes and
things that should be very helpful.”
“Like all new things it will take a while to see how it actually
works in the real world,” he said. “There’s a learning curve, and
I think it will take the town and developers a while to figure
–See SEVERANCE on page 3
Invigorating
Colchester’s
farm-to-school
connection
Backed by $5K grant, middle school
envisions program
By JASON STARR
The Colchester Sun
Colchester Middle School hosted a farm-to-school
celebration dinner last Wednesday along with a brainstorming
session about how to develop a sustained connection between
curricula, cafeteria and locally grown foods.
The school district is looking to maximize a $5,000
farm-to-school grant awarded through the Vermont Agency
of Agriculture and Department of Health. It is focusing the
resources on Colchester Middle School and recruiting teachers
there into a 12-week course on integrating farm-to-school
–See SCHOOL on page 5
CHS raises awareness
about dating violence
By KELLY MARCH
The Colchester Sun
John Quinn blows snow off his driveway on Friday afternoon in Colchester.
Photo by Oliver Parini
Colchester High School is usually associated with blue and
green, but the Laker halls took on a brighter hue on Monday.
Colchester students – and their peers in Essex, Champlain
Valley Union and South Burlington – donned orange on Feb.
11 as part of a national initiative to bring attention to Teen
Dating Violence Awareness Month.
“Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month is nationally
recognized as a month-long initiative to raise awareness about
the prevalence of dating violence,” explained Emily DeWitt,
the outreach coordinator for Women Helping Battered Women,
a service provider for abused women in Vermont. “Programs
around the country are coming together to highlight the need
to educate young people on healthy relationships and promote
programs that offer support and services to teens who are
affected by abuse. The wear orange initiative is a national effort
–See DATING on page 5
Colchester awaits
economic strategy
analysis
By JASON STARR
The Colchester Sun
The Town of Colchester’s
next move on economic
development
is
coming
together in the Connecticut
offices of Garnet Consulting.
The
consultant
was
hired through the town’s
Community and Economic
Development
Department
last year to provide a list of
recommendations how the
town can spur job growth and
tax revenue as well as become
a better attractor of new
businesses.
Since initiating the study,
the Community and Economic
Development Department’s
only employee has resigned,
and the department has
remained dormant. Town
‘The Cochran Way’
By ELSIE LYNN
The Colchester Sun
ROPE-A-THON
Manager Al Voegele, who
also plans to leave his post
this year, has taken over
management of the study
along with the Colchester
Selectboard.
The study was due to
be completed last summer.
Garnet Consulting President
Mark Waterhouse said last
week that it will be delivered
by the end of this month. The
delay was primarily caused
by the town’s request to
incorporate a build-out study
of the entirety of Colchester,
assessing how many units
of housing and commercial
space are allowed townwide under current zoning
and analyzing what the tax
revenue picture would look
like at build-out.
“We teach and coach in the Cochran’s way,” said Colchester
High School Alpine Ski Coach Kevin Ose — a young student
of Cochran’s Ski Area founder Mickey Cochran, and racer in
the National Championships in 1979. “To me, that means we
use certain techniques Mickey developed and have fun doing
it. Mickey was a really good engineer; he used a lot of his
background to figure out the physics and science behind going
fast.”
Ose, who resides in Colchester with his wife Laurie, has
been teaching at Cochran’s since 1986 — the year he stopped
racing — and continues to help out when he is not coaching the
high school team. “I learned so much growing up through the
Cochran’s program; this is my way of giving back.”
The nationally and globally acclaimed Cochran siblings —
Marilyn, Barbara Ann, Bobby and Lindy — got their start racing
by skiing a hand-cut trail behind their home in Richmond. Their
father, Mickey, a trained mechanical engineer and graduate of
the University of Vermont, built a rope tow behind the home in
1961 and Cochran’s Ski Area started tugging racers up the hill.
“For the first probably 10 years or more of the ski area,
the warming shelter was Mom’s (Ginny Cochran’s) kitchen,”
Bobby remembered in an interview last week. “There were
people in her kitchen all the time.”
–See ANALYSIS on page 5
–See COCHRAN on page 5
WHEN:
Thursday Feb. 28 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Registration from 9-10 a.m.
CAUSE:
To help with operations at Cochran’s Ski Area, the
family owned resort has a goal of raising $40,000 in
donations through a “Rope-A-Thon.” The goal is to
reach 5,000,000 vertical feet in one day on the rope
tow.
The rope is approximately 250 vertical feet, but since
it’s just as hard to go up as it is to ski down, you get 500
vertical feet credit for every run.
The event is geared toward the ski club and high
school racers who regularly train at Cochran’s, but
everyone is encouraged to come help out. Individuals
may be sponsored or donations may be given directly
to Cochran’s.
MORE INFO: Contact Laura Farrell at 802-291-1348 or
jlfarrell0@gmail.com
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SEVERANCE
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that out.”
Sterling Construction is
“actively waiting” to finalize
plans for its quadrant of the
growth center, Frisbie said,
until the town secures state
transportation funds to improve
the intersection and increased
water storage to serve the
development.
Regional
planners have recommended
that the intersection funds
be included in the state
transportation budget for the
upcoming fiscal year. The town
continues to work on the water
storage capacity issue.
“Without
those
two
infrastructure
components
approved and ready to roll,
we can’t do anything with our
(development),” Frisbie said.
The state growth center
designation allows developers
to bypass state land use
regulations in an effort to
concentrate growth in mixeduse, walkable nodes. In order
to keep the designation, the
center must be served by public
transportation. Town Manager
Al Voegele noted Tuesday that
the town is at risk for losing the
designation unless bus service
is implemented along Route
7 through the development.
A
special
election
is
planned for October to ask
Colchester voters whether to
join the Chittenden County
Transportation Authority that
could provide the service.
In approving the formbased zoning regulations,
selectboard members expressed
cautious optimism about the
growth center’s future.
“It’s an experiment to see
if we can make something
better,” board member Marc
Landry said.
Herb
Downing,
who
acted as a liaison between
the selectboard and planning
commission during formulation
of the new code, added: “We’re
at the cutting edge of formbased zoning in the state,
and I think it’s going to be a
wonderful experiment.”
No one spoke during a
public hearing on the new
regulations at the outset of
Tuesday’s meeting.
Gene Darrah
Vermont Karaoke Championships
If grabbing a microphone
and belting it out to a crowd
at The Venue in Colchester
sounds like fun, then get
ready for the Vermont
Karaoke
Championships.
The statewide competition
kicks off Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. and
continues until a champion is
crowned on April 12.
Gene Darrah, or Gene
Clark as he’s known on
the stage, has been singing
karaoke style for about 15
years. He was first involved
with the Vermont Karaoke
Championships in 2002.
Darrah is also the former
owner Geno’s Karaoke Club,
presently The Venue, located
at 127 Porters Point Road in
Colchester.
“I owned Geno’s for
five years,” he explained.
“In those five years we
had five Vermont State
Championships, five local
Talent Quest contests and
five New England Talent
Quest Championships. There
are some really great singers
in this area.”
Darrah is an Essex
resident of 47 years, having
grown up on Sand Hill Road
in Essex Center, graduating
Essex High School in 1972
and now residing in an Essex
Junction home with his wife
Nancy.
In high school, he played
four years of football and
baseball. Then, 22 years after
graduating from high school,
he
attended
Champlain
College. “I wanted to prove
to myself that I could do it,”
he said. “I ended up with a
3.54 G.P.A. Not bad for a
guy that just barely got out
of high school.”
Darrah is one of four
siblings, and has four
children of his own. He
and Nancy have eight
grandchildren, who also visit
with Darrah’s parents, who
reside in Essex as well.
“My wife is the sweetest,
kindest, most caring human
being I’ve ever known,”
he said. “I am truly a lucky
man. Anyone who knows
Nancy can’t help but love
her. She is that nice.”
After a cancer diagnosis
in 2005, Darrah really dove
into his karaoke passion.
“I guess you could say
I’m a music man,” he said,
citing another studio — GN
Recording Studio in Essex
Center — that he also owned
and operated. Darrah still
does some recording in his
house, and is looking to
build another studio.
Darrah recently reflected
on why karaoke is important
to him, and he encourages
singers to come out for
the
Vermont
Karaoke
Championships.
Q: Why do you like
Karaoke?
A: A friend of mine
painted a mural that covered
two of the walls end to end.
It had several portraits of
famous singers along it, and
the words “Music Is The
Window To Your Soul”
written on the bottom.
I also love working with
the singers in this area,
there’s a lot of talent around
here.
But the biggest reason I
love Karaoke is it saved my
life. In 2005, I was told I had
stage-three cancer. When
you have cancer you have to
find something, somehow,
someway, to stay positive.
For me that was singing
Karaoke. The club and the
music got me through a
very dark period in my life.
Singing picks me up no
matter how low I’ve fallen.
One of the men that I used to
get my chemo with had the
same cancer and same stage
that I had. He couldn’t find
a way to stay positive, and as
a result, he is no longer with
us.
Q: Did you go to the
Talent Quest National
Championships
as
a
performer or an organizer?
A: I’ve performed on
the Talent Quest National
stage for eight years. I even
went out there when I was
going through chemo… That
was my best year out there;
Gene Darrah
I ended up in the top 10.
We’ve had five people from
the old Geno’s — now The
Venue — finish in the top 20
at the Talent Quest National
Karaoke Championships.
Q: What will this year’s
competition look like?
A: All competitions start
at 8 p.m. There will be four
qualifying rounds, Feb. 28,
March 7, 14 and 21. There
are three categories: Country
— male and female, Rock —
male and female, and Duets.
You must be 18-years-old
to sing, and you can only
compete in one category. No
past champions can compete
this year, except in the duets
category. Contestants will
be judged on their vocal
performance, stage presence
and mic control. We’re
looking to send 10 people
from each category to the
quarterfinals.
The quarterfinals will
be held Thursday, March
28 at 8 p.m. again at The
Venue in Colchester. We’ll
be cutting it down to five
singers and sending them to
the semifinals.
The semifinals will be
held Friday, April 5 at 8
p.m. again at The Venue
in Colchester. At that time
we’ll be cutting down
to three singers in each
category and sending them
on to the Vermont Karaoke
Championship Finals.
The Vermont Karaoke
Championships Finals will
be held April 12 at 8 p.m. at
The Venue in Colchester.
We’re setting up a State
Champions Tour throughout
Vermont. We also have a
really big surprise for the six
state champs this year… but
you have to wait to find out
more.
Q: Why should people
in the area compete?
A: It’s been five years
since the last Vermont
Karaoke
Championships.
If you’ve been waiting for
it to come back, here it is.
There are a lot of really great
karaoke singers in this area,
so if you can sing get down
to The Venue and get into
this one. We’ve got a great
surprise for the winners.
We’ve got a great sound
system for you to sing on as
well.
Don’t miss this one!
Even if you don’t sing come
to The Venue in Colchester
and cheer on your friends,
and listen to some of the best
singers in Vermont.
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Vt. should pass death with
dignity; it’s our choice
By EMERSON LYNN
Life is something to be protected, to be cherished and to be
pursued with all possible passion. That is a given. It’s our daily
task. From it we draw our sustenance, we create our memories,
and we stitch together the bonds of love that make us who we are.
There is no effort more personal, or one that better defines
one’s freedom to choose. Every fork in life’s path is one chosen,
and one from which there is no retreat.
We spend every waking moment fashioning the model for
that life, like a sculptor laboring to find his vision in a block of
marble. Where we struggle is finding that same beauty in life’s end.
Statistically, most of us are fortunate. The end either comes
quickly or, like the evening’s sunset, we fade like dust blown into
life’s horizon. Some are not so blessed. Life’s end is a bitter battle with pain
as a constant companion. It’s a journey that ravages not only the
person affected, but the families who hold their hands and hearts.
We must do a better job in tending their wounds. To that effect, the Vermont Legislature is in the midst of its
“Death with Dignity” debate that would allow a more merciful,
and “dignified” end of life.
It is a debate rich in emotion and one fraught with compelling
philosophical, ethical, moral and legal arguments. One side is not
good and the other bad, or one right and the other wrong. Both
sides have their perspectives and both argue passionately for what
they believe to be the correct choice.
But how is it that we can pretend to know what is best for
someone else? How do we put words to that defense?
When someone has been conclusively diagnosed as being
terminally ill, and when that person is writhing in pain, how is
it that someone other than that person, or that person’s family, is
able to declare the pain must continue and that the person’s life
must continue along that tortured path?
The counter argument is that today’s medicine provides the
palliative care that eases the pain. That’s true for some. Not others. For those who continue to suffer, what is the justification for
not allowing the patient to ask for medicine that helps end that
suffering? If it’s really about the patient, if life’s pursuit is about
the quality of the life lived, if our lives are our own, then by what
right do those unaffected control those who are affected?
Opponents demean the argument, and, frankly the dignity
of the conversation when they dismiss it as nothing more than
suicide, as if the person, or families involved, were weak, or
amoral.
That shows nothing but a profound lack of empathy.
It also betrays a lack of insight and depth. People can disagree
on the proposed legislation, but casting those in favor as acting
contrary to our customs and religious beliefs, is as insensitive as
it is shallow.
Asking to be spared pain is not an act of weakness. Advocating
for a loved one whose end of life is abysmal and counter to
everything he or she wanted, is not amoral. It’s an act of love. It’s
an act of courage.
As written, the proposed law has thoroughly exhausted all the
what-ifs that Vermonters should require to prevent any potential
for abuse. Patients with mental disorders aren’t eligible. Patients
would be required to be enrolled in palliative care, or at least
undergo palliative care consultation. Patients would need to make
a formal request, and the physician would have to wait 15 days to
have the patient reaffirm that choice. The request would need to
be signed by two witnesses who are not related to the patient.
The legislation, if passed, would affect very few Vermonters.
In Oregon, the first state to embrace the legislation, one out
of every 500 deaths is through legally prescribed medicine. In
Washington, which also adopted the legislation, it’s one out of
every 1,000 deaths.
According to reports, the vast majority of those who have
taken advantage of the law are white, well-educated and
financially comfortable. This is precisely the opposite of what
opponents thought would happen.
They are people who wanted the ability to control the ends of
their lives, knowing that if their circumstances became unbearable
and protracted that they could guide themselves to their own
conclusions. Having that knowledge is both comforting and powerful. It’s
freedom stripped to the barest essential. It’s life. It’s dignity in
love’s tender embrace.
Emerson Lynn is the co-publisher of The Colchester Sun,
and the publisher of The St. Albans Messenger.
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Letters To The Editor
Can’t escape the budget numbers
In the Jan. 31 article entitled “School
board: budget is more than numbers”,
a Colchester School Board member is
quoted saying “We are way, way, way
too focused on numbers. But we are not
getting across the human side of what goes
on in the school district day after day.”
This was in reference to the 6.7 percent
increase that the Colchester School Board
approved in spending over the current year.
If approved by voters at Town Meeting
Day, this will increase the property tax rate
by 10.7 percent.
As a Colchester taxpayer it concerns
me that someone who has a huge influence
over how our money is spent is not focused
on numbers. As taxpayers, our bills always
come in numbers and that is how they
leave our bank accounts.
Due to the economy many people had
a zero percent increase in salary this year.
A 10.7 percent tax increase is a lot to ask
for.
I feel a good education is important
to the children of Colchester. However,
Vermont spends more money per student
than all but two states; and Colchester is
one of the top spenders. This spending will
exponentially grow out of control if we let
it.
Last March voters rejected the
school budget before a lesser budget was
approved in May. The second ballot in
May asked voters if they would like to
approve the reduced school budget. Voters
who do not actively read The Colchester
Sun would not know that the school board
was actually asking for an increase that
far outpaced inflation. The budget was
only reduced from the proposal that voters
rejected. I am appalled that such deceptive
wording was used to trick voters. I feel
that on any subsequent ballots it should be
called an increase if the budget proposal
exceeds inflation. It should certainly not be
called a decrease.
Derek Joyal
Colchester
When will the spending slow?
I received a $20.40 raise in my Social
Security. Then I got hit with a $20 medical
benefits hike. This left me with a $.40
raise or $4.80 a year. I then read about the
town and school budgets and find out that
my income raise will not quite cover the
approximately $400 a year tax hike.
First, I am not against better education.
I am fortunate in that I also receive a
pension, however it is fixed and will not
go up. I cannot begin to imagine what tax
increase like this will do to people who
only have Social Security.
However, I would like to know how
many people in the town of Colchester can
expect a 3 to 6 percent pay raise every year
to match budget growth. Remember, for
two years people receiving Social Security
did not receive an increase.
I don’t have the answer to this problem,
however there has to be a point where the
spending must radically slow down.
John Dusten
Colchester
Few would profit from sewers in
the bay
I was chairman of the Colchester
Planning Commission when sewers in
Malletts Bay last went before the voters.
As you stated (“Another look at sewers
in the bay” Feb. 7), the ballot item was
defeated.
This is purely an economic
development issue, increasing town tax
revenue while benefiting a few property
owners. Most of the properties along West
Lakeshore Drive are owned by three or
four entities. Based on studies, little of the
water pollution in the bay is domestic —
it’s mostly runoff from developed areas,
farms, or the goose population at Bayside
Park.
When last proposed, the Planning
Commission added Marble Island Road
and Spaulding East and West Shores to
the plan based on comments by longtime residents of those areas that septic
was failing or marginal on some of those
properties. I think that those, if any,
properties might be contributing to any
domestic pollution and should be included
in the sewer plan.
When last considered, the town
adamantly opposed the idea of testing
suspected sub-standard septic systems
although the test is simple and inexpensive.
So no one knows to a certainty where
domestic pollution, if any, originates.
Without federal or state funding, the
cost falls on Colchester property owners.
After spending $1 million on a piece of
property with almost no lake frontage that
has not been touched, several million on a
new town hall that is 30 percent hallways,
several million more on renovation of the
police station (sorely needed), and bidding
$4.5 million on Camp Holy Cross, it’s
time to do the math – Colchester is a small
town of about 17,000 with only 6,150
households plus businesses to spread the
burden over. Unless a large portion of the
cost is allocated to the new development
made possible by the sewer, we are asking
all residents to support the profits of a few.
James McGarry
Colchester
Mulcahy will provide selectboard
leadership
There is no disputing that Dick
Paquette has been a dedicated Colchester
Selectboard member and citizen of
Colchester. Over the years he has given
his time and effort in improving our
community, however over the last several
years he has allowed the board to conduct
its business in a condescending way.
The chairman of the board is obligated
to assure that the proceedings are
conducted in a respectful and professional
manner. That has not been the case. The
town manager and other board members
have been allowed to insult and denigrate
citizens with opposing positions on issues
regarding the town’s governance.
We have a great opportunity to move
forward to make Colchester a model
community in Vermont without the
acrimony that we have witnessed over the
last several years. I have spoken to many
citizens of Colchester and have asked them
why they don’t go to more selectboard
meetings to express their views on key
issues. The most common response was:
“Why, so I can be ridiculed by one or more
board members?”
We need a change in attitudes on that
board.
Tom Mulcahy has demonstrated his
leadership and open-mindedness during
his chairing of the Heritage committee
meetings. His leadership brought the
community together for a common cause
and good. Tom will bring the needed
objectivity, professionalism and respectful
leadership to the selectboard.
Brian J. Grenon
Colchester
Please let her die
I am sitting here writing this in a
nursing home watching my 95.5-year-old
mother June die a terrible death, denied
her medication, water and food. She had
a great life; she felt she “was one of the
lucky ones.” Despite the best efforts of her
doctors nurses and aides her impending
death has been a horrific experience for
her and us, her family.
You see June eventually couldn’t
swallow and drink without aspirating
some of it, causing pneumonia.
After a trip and weeklong stay at the
hospital, we were offered the options of
surgically implanting a feeding tube or
return to the nursing home with the likely
possibility that it would happen again. We
chose the latter.
I visited my mom everyday after work
trying to time it so I could feed her dinner
and give her meds. All to no avail as she
got pneumonia and got sick again.
The doctor and the nursing staff
recommended we begin her end of
life plan with palliative care. This
meant discontinuing her regular daily
medication, withholding food and water,
then administer pain killers until she dies.
I checked, this is the standard practice.
A week ago when I asked about how
long she would have I was told it was
hard to say, but probably a day or two.
This past week has been agonizing for
June and for us. Watching her wither and
shrivel and listen to her groan and cough
has been almost unbearable. Images of
starving dying people in Bangladesh and
concentration camp victims come to mind.
This all could have been avoided; she
didn’t need to suffer. If we had a Death
with Dignity Law allowing doctors the
ability to end suffering and give a positive
closure to her life.
My beloved dog developed facial
cancer and reached the point where his
quality of life was not worth living. So
this summer it reached the time where we
took him to the vet and humanley ended
his suffering. I only wish I could have had
a similar option for my mother June.
It’s hard to care for elderly parents in
Vermont with limited choices and nursing
home costs 150 percent the national
average.
How can we live in a society that
understands and allows us to end an
animal’s life with dignity, but makes us
starve and dehydrate our parents to death
at the end? As a state I know Vermont can
do better. We must do better! These are
our loved ones, our family members.
Please support passing the Death
with Dignity bill and end the needless
suffering for the patients, the elderly and
their loved ones.
Growing up an only child of older
parents my biggest fear is they would die
and I would be orphaned. My prayers
were answered; they were married 69
years until my Dad died at age 93. Now
I find myself in a position I never could
have imagined, praying for my Mom
to die to end her and our end-of-life
misery.
Robert D. Traquair
Colchester
ANALYSIS
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SCHOOL
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from page 1
That
analysis
was
completed by the Chittenden
County Regional Planning
Commission in January.
“I waited for that
information, and I’m now
ready to finish,” Waterhouse
said, adding that he has sent
pieces of the study that are
finished to town officials.
The build-out analysis
takes
a
neighborhoodby-neighborhood look at
the number of houses and
commercial buildings that
will be built over the next 20
years using a rate of growth
based on both the current
and historical economies.
The analysis assesses where
the town will be in five-year
increments.
“Like any projection, the
further out you look, the less
accurate it is,” Colchester
Planning
and
Zoning
Director Sarah Hadd said.
“We did our best to come up
with a rate of growth based
not only on what we are
seeing now, but on our past
history.”
The town has done
build-out analyses before
to determine the town’s
septic system capacity and
population projections, Hadd
said. This was the first to
study tax revenue benefits.
Voegele declined to share
results of the tax revenue
analysis, saying it would
be better understood within
the context of the overall
economic
development
study.
DATING
from page 1
to show support by wearing
the color that represents Teen
Dating Violence.”
Students from each of the
four participating Chittenden
County schools have been
working
with
Women
Helping Battered Women
to plan awareness events at
their campuses throughout
the month. These students
also provide education to
their communities about the
services offered at Women
Helping Battered Women and
serve as a support system for
those seeking help.
“These teens are part of our
new outreach initiative called
the Teen Peer Advocacy
Program,” DeWitt noted.
“They provide education
and awareness to their
school community, as well
as offer emotional support
and resources to anyone who
may be experiencing teen
dating violence. All (teen peer
advocates) teens go through
our Victim and Crisis Worker
Privilege Training and serve
as a peer advocate in their
school.”
According to DeWitt,
teens are at a higher risk for
intimate partner violence
than adults, with one in three
adolescents falling victim
to
physical,
emotional,
verbal or sexual abuse from
a dating partner. For that
reason, Women Helping
Battered Women – which
provides emergency shelter
and housing advocacy, a 24hour hotline, legal advocacy
and educational outreach
programs – is hoping to
expand its partnerships with
high schools in the future.
“The ultimate goal is to
raise awareness about the
issue of teen dating violence,”
DeWitt reflected. “Women
Helping Battered Women is
here to help those teens. We
are creating a relationship
with these high schools so
that the students feel they
have somewhere to go
when they are experiencing
violence. Our goal is to
expand this program to every
high school in Chittenden
County so that each teen can
feel supported.”
For more information
about
Women
Helping
Battered Women, visit www.
whbw.org.
principles into traditional
classroom lessons. The course
is designed by Vermont
FEED (Food Education
Every Day) — a collaboration
between Shelburne Farms, the
Northeast Organic Farming
Association and Food Works
of Montpelier.
School District Nutrition
and Food Services Director
Steve Davis said the program
was supposed to be further
along at this point, but the
school has struggled to enroll
teachers. He encouraged the
group of students, parents
and educators attending last
Wednesday’s dinner to recruit
middle school teachers into
the program, saying the grant
funds are at stake.
“We experience that
all the time,” said Danielle
Pipher of Vermont FEED and
Shelburne Farms. “Teachers
have a very full plate. It takes
a commitment. Encourage
them and remind them that
Vermont FEED and the
farm-to-school network will
support (them) and help
(them) to thrive and be a
success.”
The
school
district
began to get serious about
developing
a
farm-toschool connection in 2011.
Already, local schools have
built productive gardens
with food grown on campus
June K. Traquair
June K. Traquair
Traquair,
Junes’
great
granddaughter was born 14
months ago. June got see her
grow this past year and she
brought her great joy.
June
had
many
unforgettable moments in
her full life.
Her older brother died
when she was 4-years-old of
hemophilia.
At 19, she won an MGM
sponsored talent search to
win the title of Miss Buffalo.
She took 17-hour flight to
Hollywood, was made up
by Max Factor, had a screen
test and met and dined with
likes of Clark Gable, Marx
Bros., Spencer Tracey, Joan
Crawford, Robert Taylor,
Betty
Furness,
Mickey
Rooney and more. Even
though she had opportunities
sometimes to make that
connection, but they are
starting to understand that.”
Attendees
of
the
dinner included teachers,
administrators, parents and
students. An employee at Paul
Mazza’s farm was also there.
Members of Colchester’s
student Iron Chef team
prepared
the
vegetable
samosas and beet dip they
entered into competition a
week earlier. After eating, the
group discussed its vision of
Colchester’s farm-to-school
program.
Several ideas bubbled up,
to be prioritized and acted on
as the grant runs its course.
Ideas included: creating an
inventory of Colchester’s
active farms, bringing farmers
into classrooms for discussion
of their work, getting students
involved in preparing meals,
conducting field trips to farms,
improving school gardens,
creating farm internships and
hosting an in-school farmers’
market and harvest festival.
Pipher
noted
that
federal support for farmto-school programming has
increased under the Obama
Administration.
“This is a drive we all
believe in,” said Davis.
us. He never worried about style
points; it was always about the
clock. We were always trying
to push limits, and even on this
little tiny hill we still had a lot
of limits to push — that’s what
racing is all about.”
“Everyone who raced here,
not just us Cochran’s, started
dropping their times after they’d
do a course several times,”
added Barbara Ann, “and so
Dad started wondering why is it
that they were getting so much
faster. That’s when it dawned on
him that they knew the course,
and he started encouraging us to
use visualization and memorize
the course… He knew all about
the importance of repetition
back in the ’50s.”
With only 10-15 gates and
a quick tow ride back up, all
racers at Cochran’s are able
to train with the repetition
necessary for improvement.
“I love that there is no lift,”
Ose added during an interview
Monday. “It means we’re on
our feet all the time. There is a
subtle part to that, which helps
our team get in shape faster,
have more balance, and I think
makes us better racers. There’s
also no lift line. We get more
done at Cochran’s in two hours
than in four to five hours at any
other ski area.”
Ose’s own son raced at
Cochran’s growing up and until
he graduated CHS in 2008.
Now the coach — who, like
Mickey, is also a mechanical
engineer — Ose is there every
Wednesday evening to train
with the CHS Alpine team.
“One of the biggest draws
is
the
non-intimidating,
supportive family atmosphere,”
Ose added. “Kids can still attend
high schools at home (not go off
to academies) and still get really
good ski training.”
Colchester School District family and consumer science teacher
Sandy Hawkes explains the district’s farm-to-school activities
last Wednesday during a dinner in the Colchester Middle
School cafeteria.
Photo by Jason Starr
COCHRAN
from page 1
By 1984, Cochran’s Ski
Area had expanded up the hill
from the original house and
rope tow, into the adjacent
140-acre parcel of land now
complete with eight trails, four
tows and a one-room warming
lodge.
“It never felt small skiing
here,” added Bobby, recalling
how they used to set gates
every evening after school and
start up the rope tow under
lights. “That was probably
because we were trying to get
better one turn at a time.
“Dad would always time
Obituary
COLCHESTER
—
We are celebrating the
remarkable life of June K.
Traquair of Colchester who
died Thursday afternoon in
Burlington at age of 951/2
with her family present to
support her.
She was born in Buffalo
June 1917 and lived there
most of her life. She was
happily married to her
husband Robert J. Traquair
for 69 years who predeceased
her in 2009.
June moved to Vermont
shortly thereafter to live
with her son Robert D.
Traquair and his wife
Wendy (Schroeder) Traquair
in Colchester along with
her grandsons Christopher
T. Traquair and Tyler J.
Traquair.
She lived there happily
for four years experiencing
Vermont culture and beauty
until a fall and resulting
broken hip sent her to the
hospital and caused her to
eventually live in an area
nursing home the past year.
Eldest grandson Scott
R. Traquair and his wife
Elizabeth
(Sobieraj)
Traquair went to college
and lived near June and
Bob in Amherst, N.Y. Scott
helped them be able to live
in their own home several
years and they looked out
for them when they moved
into assisted living. Cecilia
being served in the cafeterias.
The district also initiated a
wellness program through
which the $5,000 grant was
successfully applied for.
With
those
factors
working in its favor — as
well as a community of active
local farms and a supportive
food services director — the
school district is “teed up for
success” in its farm-to-school
initiative, Pipher said.
“The
grants
are
competitive and you should
be very proud,” she said.
“You have demonstrated the
most interest and promise in
the work.”
Before the brainstorming
session, a farm-to-school
video described the benefits of
connecting the food-growing
community
with
school
cafeterias and classrooms
as powerful and reciprocal.
Among the benefits: Teaching
kids to grow vegetables
makes them more likely
to eat them, which works
against childhood obesity
and increases the market for
locally grown food. Also, the
local food economy is buoyed
and agricultural traditions
are invigorated for a new
generation.
“(Colchester
students)
know they are from a farming
community,” said school
district wellness coordinator
Jaycie Puttlitz. “They struggle
to stay or return, she was
homesick
and
missed
Buffalo and her family,
Hattie Smith her Mom and
Georgina (Smith) Hillary,
her sister.
June met Bob, fell in
love and they were married
and made it through the
depression.
June discovered the
beautiful beaches in Ontario
and they bought and fixed
up at cottage at Cedar Bay
where they spent wonderful
summers and made many
friends.
She was a member of
Studio Arena Theater.
Worked as switchboard
operator and lived in
Dunnville
in
Ontario,
Canada, while Bob was a
Sylvania plant manager.
June had her first and
only child Rob, at age 39.
June enjoyed singing and
dancing and was a longtime
front row member of Quaker
Sweet Adelines serving as
choreographer.
She traveled to Florida in
winter and went to Scotland,
Tahiti and Germany.
Special thanks to Shelby
Miller for her personal
assistance and the loving
care she provided June.
There will be a private
memorial service in summer
for June in Vermont and
another in Buffalo.
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Lea will speak on poetry and read some
of his work. Free and open to the public.
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, 21 Library Lane, Williston, 11 a.m. Contact:
878-4918
Theater performance. “Urinetown.” A story
of a town affected by a 20-year water
shortage, forcing the people to pay to
use the public facilities run by a mega
corporation. If the townspeople refuse
they are sent to a penal colony called
“Urinetown.” Ascension Lutheran Church,
95 Allen Road, South Burlington, 7:30
p.m. Contact: 862-8866.
Genealogy. “Searching Quebec Records
with the LaFrance Collection.” Join Tom
DeVarney as he teaches tips and techniques for getting the most from the
Drouin-LaFrance database. Class: $5.
Vermont Genealogy Library, Hegeman
Avenue, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester,
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Contact: 802-2385934.
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Sunday
Presentation. “John Stark: Enigmatic Revolutionary.” Karl Crannell, independent
scholar, author, and historic guide, will
introduce everyone to General John
Stark — a Revolutionary War hero.
No charge, but donations appreciated.
Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, Burlington, 2 p.m. Contact: 865-4556 or
info@ethanallenhomestead.org
Concert. “Shared Visions.” Theme: “Songs of
Hope, Joy, and Peace.” Featured music
will range from Gustav Holst’s ethereal
Ave Maria to spirituals and folksongs.
Presented by Bella Voce Women’s Chorus and the Vermont Women’s Fund. McCarthy Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, St.
Michael’s College, Colchester, 3-4 p.m.
Contact: 802-398-2300.
Musical performance. The Bells of St. James
and The Essex Children’s Choir. Free and
open to the public. Refreshments to follow. UCW White Church, Westford, 4-5
p.m. Contact Marge: 802-879-4028
Pancake breakfast. Menu: pancakes, VT
maple syrup, scrambled eggs, sausage,
coffee, juice. Free and open to the public. Two servings. Grace United Methodist Church, 130 Maple Street, Essex
Junction, 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.
Spaghetti supper. Menu: spaghetti and sauce
with or without meat, salad, desserts
and drinks. Take-outs available. Cost:
$10 adults, $5 children 6-10. Hosted
by the St. Thomas Knights of Columbus
Council #7810. St. Thomas Church, Underhill, 5-7 p.m. Contact: 899-4632
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Workshop. “Helping Children Resolve Conflict
and Manage Anger” by Scott Noyes.
Open to Summit Street School families
only. This presentation stresses resolving
conflict through mediation, triads, and
supportive intervention. Begins with dinner and workshop to follow. Childcare
provided. Free. Summit Street School,
Essex Junction, 5:30 p.m. Register: 8577000 x2526
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Tuesday
Firefighter story time. Ages 5 and up join
members of the Williston Fire Department
for stories. Free. Dorothy Alling Memorial
Library, 21 Library Lane, Williston, 11
a.m. Contact: 878-4918
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Wednesday
Public forum. The public is invited to offer
suggestions to the Chittenden County
Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC)
for regional transportation and land use
planning projects in Chittenden County.
CCRPC Offices, 110 West Canal Street,
Suite 202, Winooski, 6 p.m.
Local government day. Includes guest speakers, roundtable discussions, committee
meetings, and a State House tour. Capitol Plaza Hotel, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Register: www.vlct.org/eventscalendar or
1-800-649-7915.
Theater production. Through Feb. 23. “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.” William Shakespeare’s tragedy about treachery, revenge, incest, moral corruption, and
family. Presented by the Champlain College Theatre Department. Tickets: $20.
Tickets available at the door. Champlain
College Alumni Auditorium, 163 South
Willard Street, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Contact: 802-865-5468
Grand Canyon talk. Former National Park
Ranger, Helen Hossley will show slides
of the Glen Canyon National Recreation
Area, Lake Powell, Grand Canyon National Park and the Havasupai Indian
Reservation’s turquoise waterfalls. Free
and open to the public. Pickering Room,
Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street,
Burlington, 7 p.m. Contact Barbara: 8657211
Community dinner. Buffet-style meal organized by the Winooski Coalition for a
Safe and Peaceful Community. Children
under 16 must be accompanied by an
adult. Transportation available for seniors. Free and open to the public. O’Brien
Community Center, 32 Malletts Bay Avenue, Winooski, 5:30-7 p.m. Contact: 802655-4565
Reading and discussion. “Lincoln: Bicentennial
of his Birth.” Celebrate with an in-depth
look at the man behind the president in
two celebrated biographies and Lincoln’s
own words. VT Humanities Reading and
Discussion series led by John Turner. Session 3: “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns
Goodwin. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, 21 Library Lane, Williston, 6:30
p.m. Register: 878-4918.
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Team meeting. Relay For Life of Chittenden
County. American Cancer Society, 55
Day Lane, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Musical. Porters Point School K-2 students will
perform the musical, “Go Fish,” by John
Jacobsen and John Higgins. Half of the
school will perform tonight. Colchester
High School Theater, Colchester, 6:307:10 p.m. More info: http://ppsmusicwithmsmutz.blogspot.com/.
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1pm-3pm
Monday
Essex Rotary meeting. Guest speaker: UVM
Athletic Director, Dr. Bob Corran. “Sports
at UVM.” Serving the communities of Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho and Underhill.
The Essex, Essex Junction, 12:10 p.m.
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Theme: “Songs of Hope, Joy and Peace”
Featured music will range from Gustav Holst’s
ethereal Ave Maria to spirituals and folksongs.
Presented by Bella Voce Women’s Chorus and
the Vermont Women’s Fund.
McCarthy Fine Arts Center Recital Hall,
St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 3-4 p.m.
Contact: 802-398-2300.
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, 55
Day Lane, Williston, 3-4:30 p.m. Contact
Peg: 802-655-2000.
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Thursday
Film screening. “A Royal Affair.” Free and
open to the public. A discussion about the
film will follow the screening. Main Street
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CALENDAR
WITH LIA SOPHIA JEWELRY
Landing Film House, 60 Lake Street, Burlington, 7 p.m.
Public meeting. Hear about the activities of
the CIRC Alternatives Task Force. The
meeting will feature an update about the
transportation projects that are underway,
the projects under consideration, the projects moving into planning, and next steps
for the Task Force. Town Hall, 7900 Williston Road, Williston, 7-9 p.m. Contact:
802-865-1794
Musical. Porters Point School K-2 students will
perform the musical, “Go Fish,” by John
Jacobsen and John Higgins. The other half
of the school will perform tonight. Colchester High School Theater, Colchester,
6:30-7:10 p.m. More info: http://ppsmusicwithmsmutz.blogspot.com/.
Theater performance. Wendy Wasserstein’s
“The Heidi Chronicles” presented by the
UVM Department of Theatre. Tickets: $18.
Through Feb. 24. The Royall Tyler Theatre,
University of Vermont, Burlington, 7:30
p.m. For tickets and info, contact: 6562094.
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Friday
Community meeting. The community is invited
to listen to and ask questions of our legislative representatives. Congregational
Church meeting room, Essex Junction, 7:30
p.m.
EVENTS AT BURNHAM MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Feb. 16
Friends of the library winter book sale. Don’t miss this wide variety of gently
used books and audiovisual materials – all at bargain prices! Can you help
at the sale? The Friends need extra hands; call 879-7576 for info about
volunteering. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Feb. 20
Pajama story time. Little ones of all ages cuddle up in pajamas and listen to bedtime stories. Cookies and milk will be served. No signup required. 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 21
Burnham Library Trustees meeting. The library’s trustees meet monthly, and
meetings are open to the public. 4 p.m.
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.
Preschool 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.
Drop-in storytime. Saturdays. A weekly selection of music and books for children
of all ages. No sign-up required. Contact: 878-0313. 10 a.m.
Mexican night. Nachos and tacos. Hosted by
the Men’s Auxiliary. Cost: $5. VFW Post
6689, 73 Pearl Street, Essex Junction,
5:30 p.m. Contact: 878-0700.VFW Post
6689, 73 Pearl Street, Essex Junction, 5-7
p.m. Contact: 878-0700.
Toddler storytime. Tuesdays. A weekly selection of music, rhymes, and stories. For
ages 18 months-3 years. Call to sign-up.
Saturday
Bird-monitoring walk. An early morning walk
with experts to locate various bird species
in their natural habitats. Free and open to
adults and older children. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington, 8-9:30 a.m.
Workshop. “Introduction to Microsoft Windows.” Ted Horton’s will teach an overview
of Windows programs to beginners. Suggested donation: $3. Preregistration required. Fletcher Free Library, 235 College
Street, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Contact
Barbara: 865-7211
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Sunday
Fundraiser. Support the Underhill/Jericho Fire
Dept by attending the Mardi Gras Gumbo
Cook-off Competition. Raffles, prizes and
lots of gumbo. Cost: $10/person at the
door. All proceeds to benefit the UJFD’s
100th Year Community Celebration in
July. Village Cup, 30 VT Route 15, Jericho, 4 p.m.
Ongoing
Bingo. Sponsored by the Whitcomb Woods
Residents Association. Whitcomb Woods,
128 West Street, Essex Junction. Mondays
at 6 p.m. Contact: 879-1829.
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.
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
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Free tax filing help for seniors and lower income households. Saturdays (except Feb. 16). AARP’s Tax Aide Service volunteers file taxes for seniors (55+)
and lower income households (less than $35,000). Call 879-7576 for an
appointment. To be held at Burnham Memorial Library from 9:15 a.m.-1:15
p.m. More info at 878-0313 or email jmuse@colchestervt.gov.
Burnham Library hours
Monday, Wednesday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday: 12-5 p.m.; Saturday: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
898 Main Street, Colchester
Contact: 879-7576 or jmuse@colchestervt.gov.
the month. The meeting agenda includes
a business and social time, and features
a guest artist presentation. Essex Junction
Congregational Church on Main Street,
Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. Visit: www.essexartleague.com
Essex Junction Block Party Committee. Want
to help plan the block party on July 20?
Use your talents to put together a familyfriendly community event in the heart of
a historic downtown. Meetings are the 4th
Monday of every month. Essex Junction
Municipal offices, 2 Lincoln Street, Essex
Junction, 4 p.m. Contact Patty: 878-6944
or patty@essexjunction.org.
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.
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.
Genealogy. Let the experts find that missing
ancestor. Resources available for New
England and New York. Vermont Genealogy Library, Hegeman Avenue, Fort Ethan
Allen, Colchester, Tues: 3-9:30 p.m. and
Sat: 10 a.m.-4p.m. Contact: 802-2385934 or http://www.vt-fcgs.org.
Infant and toddler programs. Join us for a
rhythmic morning of play, song, puppetry and community for families with toddlers. Come once a week: every Tuesday,
Wednesday or Thursday. Infant classes
offered Fridays. Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 9-11 a.m. Contact: 985-2827
Italian conversation group. Open to all interested in learning/hearing the Italian
language. Room 101, St. Edmunds Hall,
St. Michael’s College, Colchester. Every
second and fourth Wednesday of the
month, 7-9 p.m. Lupus support group. Third Saturday of the
month. Brownell Library, Kolvoord Com-
munity Room, Essex Junction, 9:30-11:30
a.m. Contact: vtlupusgroup@yahoo.com.
Mount Mansfield scale modelers. Informal gathering of model enthusiasts. All
skill levels welcome. Third Thursday of
each month. Kolvoord Community Room,
Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:308:30 p.m. Contact: 878-0765.
Open gym. Ages 4 and under. Free. Every Saturday through March 2. Balls,
basketball, balance beam, trampoline,
riding toys, and fun activities toddlers.
Essex Junction Parks and Recreation,
Maple Street, Essex Junction, 3-4:30
p.m. Contact: 878-6715 or LMBruneau@aol.com.
Preschool playgroup. Tuesdays and Thursdays. For ages birth through five years.
Essex Junction Recreation and Parks
Department, Maple Street, 9:30-11
a.m. Follows school calendar. Contact
Saramichelle: 872-9580
Reading with Frosty and friends. Tuesdays.
All dogs registered with Therapy Dogs
of Vermont. Bring a book and read to a
dog. All ages. Pre-register for 10-minute individual sessions. Dorothy Alling
Memorial Library, 21 Library Lane,
Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Contact: 8784918
Toy library playgroup. Fridays. Ages birth
through five years. Memorial Hall, Essex, 9:30-11 a.m. Contact Lauren: 8786715.
Welcome Baby Playgroup. Wednesdays.
Ages birth to two years. MoveYou Fitness Studio, Essex, 9:30-11 a.m. Follows
school calendar. Contact Lauren: 8786715.
VCAM access orientation. Free. Vermont
Community Access Media, 208 Flynn Avenue 2-G, Burlington. Mon.-Fri. 10
a.m.- 10 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Contact: 802-651-9692 or www.vermontcam.org.
For more calendar events, visit
www.colchestersun.com/calendar
878-7844
802-863-9027
Feb. 23
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. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
One-on-one tutoring. Mondays (4:30-6 p.m.), Wednesdays (4:30-6 p.m.), Thursdays (3-6 p.m.), and Saturdays (10 a.m.-1 p.m.). Students from the Albany
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Colchester campus) tutor students in reading, math, and science at the library. The program is focused
on grades 1-6, but tutoring is available in other grades for certain subjects.
There is no fee for this service. Call 878-0313 to sign-up.
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Feb. 18
Closed for Presidents’ Day
Winter hops conference. Speakers will discuss
hops research, management practices and
infrastructure for small-scale hops production. Fee: $40-45. The Essex Resort and
Spa, Essex, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Round Church Bicentennial Concert Series.
“Children’s Night.” Live entertainment:
Swing Peepers and the Heather Morris Celtic Dancers. Community Room, 2nd
Floor, Richmond Free Library, 201 Bridge
Street, Richmond, 6:30 p.m. Contact: 4343036, rfl@gmavt.net
Wednesday, February 20th from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Holiday Inn – So. Burlington
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CIRC Alternatives Task Force
Public Meeting #2
February 21st at 7:00 PM
Williston Town Hall, 7900 Williston Road
Come hear about the Task
Force’s work and the next
steps to improve travel in
Williston, Colchester,
Essex, and Essex Junction
www.circtaskforce.org The meeting is free and open to the public. Refreshments will
be served. The meeting is sponsored by the Chittenden
County Regional Planning Comm. (CCRPC). Questions? Call
Diane at 865.1794.
Colchester
Religious Directory
Daybreak Community Church
67 Creek Farm Plaza, Colchester VT. 05446
802-338-9118 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!
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
1063 Prim Road, 658-0533.
Rev. Lisette Baxter, Rector
Sundays: 8 a.m. & 10 a.m., Holy Eucharist
10 a.m. Sunday School: Nursery & all grades
Wednesdays: 11:30 Bible class; 12:30 Holy Eucharist
For evening services & Adult Education,
check answering machine.
All are always 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
Christ Centered - Family Oriented.
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ICE CREAM
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CHAFING DISH,
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Friday at 5 p.m. for line ads
to run in the following
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jackets. 802-485-8266
JACKET, MENS,
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Ski Pants, kids size
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$15.
Boots, 2-3 years
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company in the region, is looking for the
right person to work a part-time, exible
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566 Hercules Dr,
Colchester VT (near Costco)
old, kids size 10.
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Scrub pants (6),
ladies 1 and 2
XL, scrub shirts
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XL. Excellent
condition. $4.
each.
Call 802-782-9436
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Refunds are not issued for classified ads, but
if notification is given to our department after
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corrected ad for one extra day. We will not
be responsible for more than one incorrect
publication of each ad.
Always start with a keyword that makes it clear
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Home Provider
Support an individual with a developmental disability in your
accessible home. Generous tax-free stipend and paid time
off (respite) is available for providing residential support to
an individual. Various situations available. Contact Brent
Hewey for further information: bhewey@ccs-vt.org , 655-0511
extension 119
Community Inclusion Facilitators
Support an adult with a developmental disability in a one on
one community and vocational setting, expand relationships,
and diversify experiences. We are currently hiring two, part
time, fully benefited positions. This is an excellent job for those
first entering the field of human services or for those looking to
continue their work with people. If you are interested in joining
our diverse team, submit a letter of interest and resume to Karen
Ciechanowicz, staff@ccs-vt.org.
Champlain Community Services
512 Troy Avenue, Suite 1
www.ccs-vt.org
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MATERIAL BARK
CLOTH, country
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COMPUTER
CHAIR,
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condition. $45.
802-527-7421
COMPUTER
MONITORS,
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COMPUTER
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LAPTOP, DELL,
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VCR'S, (2), WITH
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each. 802-8680096
CAMCORDER,
TWO BATTERIES,
charger, manual
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COW, NECK
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each. 802-7825000
COLOR TV, $25.
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802-524-2934
DVD PLAYER,
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$15.
802-868-0096
TV (3) 13". $50.00
for all. Call to
inquire. 802-7963119
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6. Toward the
stern
9. Hit the bottle
13. “La traviata”
composer
14. Tokyo,
formerly
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President to
resign
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hipbones
17. Bruin legend
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18. Some
tournaments
19. *First to be
assassinated
21. Protests
23. Corn spot
nod
53. Second word
of many fairytales
55. Poison ___
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Scholar
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67. Nobody
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baby
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correction, pl.
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Scandinavian god
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Gasteyer
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Christmas guests
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necessary
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night...”
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44. Bouncing off
the walls
46. Sports award
47. Equal
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concluded
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on black-andwhite TV
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9. Cone-shaped
quarters
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11. FrenchAmerican soprano
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short
15. Paying close
attention
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TV
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in White House
26. Star bursts
27. Beside,
archaic
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number two
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32. Untwist a
rope
33. Garden
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36. “True ____,”
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42. Disinfectant
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56. Type of whip
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COLCHESTER’S WEEKLY
Town News
BOOK REVIEWS
“Barnum’s Bones,”
by Tracey Fern and Boris Kulikov
Juvenile Non-Fiction, 2012
“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
Reviewed by Josh Muse, Library Technology
Barnum Brown was born in 1873, the son
of Kansas farmers. At a young age, he was
fascinated with the small fossils that turned up
in newly plowed fields. This led to a class at a
university and fieldwork, where he showed a
real knack for finding fossils, and was hired on
by the American Museum of Natural History.
These early pursuits would set him on a
successful lifelong career as a fossil hunter — of
all types of creatures, but especially dinosaurs.
He traveled worldwide, finding prehistoric
remains across the globe, but his greatest discovery was the first partial Tyrannosaurus Rex
skeleton. With an enjoyable story and amusing drawing style, Fern and Kulikov’s book should
appeal to the aspiring paleontologist in all of us.
The following information highlights
some activities performed by the Town
from Feb. 1 - 8.
Police Department
Reported by Chuck Kirker, police chief
Federal law enforcement grants have
diminished somewhat in past years
but nevertheless have proved valuable
to our department. This week we
completed a drawdown of a 2009 Byrne
Grant that brought approximately
$130,000 to Colchester for much needed
equipment. Included were new patrol
rifles, outdoor scene lighting systems
and shelters, as well as a cruiser
locator system. This system allows our
communications staff to monitor the
exact location of our fleet vehicles. This
is an extremely important officer safety
issue should radio communication be
lost and also affords the dispatchers
the ability to see which of the patrols is
closest to an emergency call. This same
grant had previously also been used to
install access management and video
surveillance systems in the new police
facilities.
“Batman: The Dark Knight Returns,”
by Frank Miller
Adult Graphic Novel, 1986
Reviewed by Josh Muse, Library Technology
This well-drawn tale takes place in a near
future, where an aged Bruce Wayne has been
retired as Batman for ten years. Both Gotham
and the nation are collapsing under a wave of
crime, corruption, and ineffective leaders on all
sides. Batman’s greatest nemeses are released
into society, after being declared reformed;
but they are no more reformed than Bruce
Wayne himself, whose inner demons drive him
once again to action. At the same time, cold
war brinksmanship hints at destruction on an
even broader scale. A young new Robin and a
conflicted Superman also make appearances.
Like Watchmen, with which it shares thematic
similarities, Miller’s is one of the seminal titles
in American graphic novels. The book is dark
and violent even by Batman standards, and
it intersperses not very subtle social critique
throughout, showing the lone individual
dragged down by a complacent yet corrupt
society that has no place for him.
Finance
Reported by Joan Boehm (asst. town
manager/CFO)
This week the emphasis is on
the services the Town of
Colchester offers in the
Public Safety category.
This category
Read the complete
includes the Police
newsletter online:
Department, Rescue,
www.colchestersun.com
Technical Rescue and
the Town’s stipend to
the volunteer fire departments.
Public Safety makes up over 45 percent
of the FY 14 budget for a total of about
$5.1 million.
Some of the services offered by this
segment of the budget are as follows:
• 24/7 police protection
• Protection of life and property
through education and enforcement
of criminal and motor vehicle laws
• Motor vehicle crash investigations
• Police assistance to public for crisis
mediation, quality of life issues
• Communication services for police,
fire and rescue
• Proactive safety initiatives including
DARE training, school resource officer,
child restraint technicians & selfdefense classes
• 911 Emergency ambulance services
• Outreach events - Annual Family Fun
& Safety Night
• CPR Courses (American Heart Assoc),
CPR in Schools
• First Aid for Scout Troops
• Technical Rescue - search & rescue
(including water rescues and confined
space rescue)
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.
Next prompts:
About the Project
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helps them improve and connects them with authentic audiences.
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and find a big, purple egg in your
backyard. You keep the egg for a
few days and then it hatches. What
This Week’s Prompts:
Reflection & I Believe
I Believe...
Photo of the Week
Nature’s Song
By Paige Hauke
Grade 10,
Rice Memorial
High School
I believe that nature sings
to all
Every day in each
Leaf
Flower
Tree
Scene
Piece of the whole
There is a story to be told
A message to be taken
Something to learn
The tune is soft
Almost inaudible
Above the din of
Time
Work
Hurry
Me, me, me
Valentine’s Day
Photo of the week by Jenna Rice of The Sharon Academy
happens?
Alternates: General writing or
Photo 9. What’s the story? Due
March 1
Yet still present
A small whisper
That sometimes only the
child hears
I believe that each note
emitted
From the mouths of the
green
Has an enormous edge of
Purity
Intricacy
Delicacy
Beauty
Indescribable awe
That can only be known
By those who gather
round the bushes
Put an ear against the
roots
And listen real close
If that is accomplished
There is no need to try for
meaning
All of it is available
Ready
Waiting
Watching
Wanting one to take it in
Even without
understanding
How it is composed
Maybe all of this nature
with absolute miracles
Is not something real but
something else
Instead something
different
Still
Inactive
Imaginary
Soundless
Just what is seen
The nature that looks
pretty
But is nothing more than
meets the eye
Just mechanical creation
doing as it should
But I believe that nature
sings
And because of it
I listen
And because of it
I hear
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POND HOCKEY
Let the games begin
Pond Hockey Classic slated
for this weekend
By KELLY MARCH
The Colchester Sun
Around 600 ice hockey enthusiasts will
travel to Colchester to compete in the second
annual Lake Champlain Pond Hockey Classic
(LCPHC) on Malletts Bay this weekend.
“Ice conditions are looking great and
we are excited for a good weekend,” said
tournament director Lou DiMasi. “A good mix
of people signed up this year. We’re adding
a family skate area and a skills competition.
There’s going to be something for everyone.”
Eighty-three teams from across the
country, with some travelling from as far away
as Montana and Florida, will participate in the
three-day USHA tournament sponsored by
Labatt Blue.
This year’s event would mark the third
birthday of the LCPHC if not for a snowstorm
on the eve of the first scheduled tournament
that forced a cancellation in 2011. The weather
also prompted a change of plans last year, when
four consecutive days of 40-degree weather
limited the event to two days of action.
Will Mother Nature have an impact on
tournament plans again this year?
“Hopefully the weather forecast for the
weekend stands as is,” DiMasi said on
Monday afternoon. “We chose (to hold the
tournament at) Malletts Bay because the boat
access bay has a proven record of producing
solid ice conditions.”
Local businesses are hoping that that
record will hold true and continue to entice
the LCPHC organizers.
Jeff Mongeon, co-owner of New York
Pizza Oven in the Harbor View Plaza
Shopping Center, estimated that his business
saw nearly a 25 percent increase during the
inaugural event compared to other winter
weekends.
“Events like (the LCPHC) are a necessity
for the business community, especially
during the winter,” Mongeon said after last
year’s tournament. “The summers are great,
but doing business in the offseason … you
just wait for an event like this. We’re rooting
for them to grow the event and make it bigger
and better each year.”
With over 30 more teams and 200 more
people registered for this year’s event
than last year’s tournament, growth seems
plausible in years to come … if, of course,
the weather allows it.
The games will run from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
on Saturday and Sunday and from 8 a.m. – 1
p.m. on Sunday on the shoreline of Malletts
Bay near the Champlain Marina on West
Lakeshore Drive. The event is free and open
to the public.
Chris
“The
Rocket”
Richards
brings
the
puck up the edge of the
rink during last year’s
Pond Hockey Classic on
Mallets Bay in Colchester.
The second annual event
will be held this weekend.
File photo by Oliver Parini
Bowling
FOR A CAUSE
Lakers’
schedule
Bowling is a popular pastime across
the ages. For this reason, several local
organizations have decided to host bowla-thons to raise money for various causes.
Here’s a look at two such upcoming events
that will benefit Colchester residents, as well
as those across Chittenden County:
Bowling and a movie
VSA Vermont will host its first ever bowla-thon to support Colchester resident Mark
Utter’s quest to finish and share his movie
I am in Here, a day-in-the-life film about
Utter’s experience learning to express himself
through a form of alternative communication
known as assisted typing. Utter bowls twice a week and chose to
include a scene from this part of his life in the
movie. After filming the scene at Champlain
Lanes last summer, owner Mike Longe passed
a business card to Emily Anderson, the film’s
producer and co-director. The card read, “Call
me about having a bowl-a-thon. I will help. I
think we can raise some good money.”
Longe stuck by his words.
The I am in Here bowl-a-thon will be held
at Champlain Lanes on Sunday, March 10, at
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Proceeds will be used to
put the final touches on the 30-minute movie
and assist Utter in taking his message on the
road to colleges, high schools, film festivals
and communication conferences. Although
Anderson and Utter have successfully raised
$33,000 through grassroots efforts, the bowla-thon will help raise the additional $25,000
needed to ensure the completion of the film
and a successful screening tour. In the spirit of putting the fun in
fundraising, prizes will be awarded for best
scores, most money raised and best costume.
The individual who raises the most money will
BOYS’
BASKETBALL:
2/14 Colchester
at CVU
7 p.m.
receive an iPad. Bowlers could also win a stay
at the Green Mountain Inn, a serenade from
Robert Resnik, Lake Monsters tickets, gift
cards for Healthy Living, City Market and the
University mall, Where clothing, Shelburne
Farms treats and more.
The first 25 bowlers to register will receive
a signed copy of Seven Days columnist and
author Jernigan Pontiac’s second book,
Hackie 2. To register as a bowler or make a
contribution, visit VSA’s website www.vsavt.
org. CVAA pledges to strike out senior hunger
The number of seniors who need help
getting food in Chittenden County and
surrounding areas is on the rise, according
to the Champlain Valley Agency on Aging
(CVAA). In an effort to raise awareness of this
issue, as well as funds to combat it, CVAA
is holding its third annual “Bowl-a-thon to
Strike Out Senior Hunger” on March 23 from
1:30 – 4 p.m. at Spare Time in Colchester.
To play, teams of four must raise pledges
of $400, enough to feed over 80 seniors in
need. Teams that raise pledges of $500 or
more will be entered to win tickets to the
Boston Red Sox. Each year the CVAA Bowl-a-thon to Strike
Out Senior Hunger has a theme and this year it
is “escape to paradise.” Teams are encouraged
to dress in their best Caribbean outfits. Prizes
will be awarded for the team that raises the
most money, that has the highest score and
that has the best costume.
Space is limited, so if you’re interested in
participating register at www.cvaa.org or call
865-0360.
–Kelly March
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL:
2/14 Colchester
vs. Missisquoi
7:15 p.m.
2/11 Colchester
2/18 Colchester
at Middlebury
at Burlington
7:30 p.m. 7:15 p.m.
ABOVE:
The Arbors in Wonderland bowling team strikes a pose after winning the costume contest at
CVAA’s 2012 Bowl-a-thon to Strike Out Senior Hunger. This year’s event is slated for March 23 at
Spare Time in Colchester.
Photo contributed
BELOW:
Mike Longe, owner of Champlain Lanes, and Colchester resident Mark Utter, who wrote the
screenplay I am in Here about finding his voice through assisted typing, are joining forces with
VSA Vermont to host a bowl-a-thon on March 10.
Photo contributed
BOYS’ HOCKEY:
2/16 Colchester at
S. Burlington
5:10 p.m.
GIRLS’ HOCKEY:
2/16 Colchester
at Essex
6:10 p.m.
2/20 Colchester at
Middlebury
7:00 p.m.
2/18 Colchester
at S. Burlington
4:30 p.m.
GIRLS’ HOCKEY:
2/20 Colchester
at BFA
4:30 p.m.
ALPINE:
2/9 Colchester
at Stowe
TBA
DANCE:
2/16 Colchester
at Vergennes
3 p.m
NORDIC:
2/16 Colchester
at S. Burlington
10 a.m.
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SPORTS
Gliding into the
home stretch
IN THE AIR
Colchester’s Laurel Robbins gets some air during the USASA BoarderCross competition Sunday at Jay Peak, where she
won all three of the Women’s Jam events.
Photo by Jennifer Langille
THIS WEEK IN
ST. MICHAEL’S COLLEGE
ATHLETICS
Men’s basketball snaps fivegame losing streak
The men’s basketball team
finished the week 1-1 in the
Northeast-10
Conference,
bettering the University of
Massachusetts at Lowell,
81-70, to end its five-game
losing streak on Wednesday
before falling to Franklin
Pierce University, 69-60, on
Saturday. Franklin Pierce was
tied for second in the league.
Senior Derek Knutty
recorded game highs of 21
points, 14 rebounds and
three blocks off the bench
against UMass Lowell while
hitting 9-of-11 from the
floor and adding four assists.
Sophomore Dom Ditlefsen
had 16 points on a 6-for-6
showing on free throws, and
classmate James Cambronne
added 12 points. First-year
Greg Grippo notched 12
points and a season-high eight
assists, while sophomore
Corey Crawford II scored
11 points and collected six
boards. Classmate Mauri
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points and three steals.
Crawford netted 15 points
and tallied four assists against
Franklin Pierce, while firstyear Will Davis totaled a
season-high 12 points on
3-of-3 three-point shooting.
Cambronne had 10 points and
seven rebounds, and classmate
Mike Thompson grabbed a
career-high 12 boards while
blocking a pair of shots.
Women’s
basketball
responds to midweek loss
with 73-59 victory
The women’s basketball
team was 1-1 in a pair of
Northeast-10
Conference
games last week, falling to a
team with the nation’s thirdhighest scoring offense, the
University of Massachusetts
at Lowell, 101-74, on
Wednesday, and topping
Franklin Pierce University,
73-59, on Saturday.
Junior
Alexa
Long
approached a double-double
with 18 points and nine
rebounds, including five on
the offensive glass against
UMass Lowell. First-year
Makenzie Burud added 15
points and four boards, while
senior Megan Olsen finished
with 10 points, six assists,
five rebounds and a pair of
steals. Classmate Nicole
Adach totaled 10 points and
three assists, and junior Cara
Deroy had three assists and
two steals. Senior Kayla
Carnell matched her career
high with eight points while
snagging five rebounds.
Olsen fell one rebound
shy of a triple-double against
Franklin Pierce, finishing
with 19 points, a career-best
10 assists, nine rebounds
and five steals in a game in
which the Purple Knights
were without their leaders in
assists and rebounds. In her
first collegiate start, firstyear Theresa Carey netted a
season-high 14 points on 3-of3 three-point shooting after
entering the contest with eight
points in 14 games. Adach had
13 points, six rebounds and
three assists, moving within
27 points of becoming the
20th Purple Knight with 1,000
in a career. Burud totaled 10
points, and Carnell again
scored eight points, this time
in her first career start.
Men’s
hockey
downs
Castleton State
The men’s hockey team
posted a 1-2 record last week,
posting a 5-4 overtime victory
against a Castleton State
College team that is receiving
a vote in the most recent
D3hockey.com national poll
during Saturday’s Senior Day
in an Eastern College Athletic
Conference (ECAC) East
game. The Purple Knights fell
at Franklin Pierce University,
5-2, in a Northeast-10
Conference tilt on Tuesday
and suffered a 4-3 setback to
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her 11th 40-save game of the
season. Santore moved into
a tie for fourth in program
history in career goals (32),
and she stands tied for seventh
in points (50).
Kristen Spulecki netted a
pair of goals on Saturday, and
Stevens notched 39 saves in
the record victory.
Swimming & diving teams
break seven school records
The men’s and women’s
swimming & diving teams
wrapped up their 2012-13
seasons at the three-day
New England Intercollegiate
Swimming
&
Diving
Association
(NEISDA)
Championship
over
the
weekend. The diving portion
of the meet is slated for this
coming weekend, and while
the Purple Knights will not
be sending any qualifiers,
neither will any of the teams
within 100 points of the St.
Michael’s squads. The women
currently stand fourth out of
21 institutions, which would
be just their third top-four
showing since 2001-02, and
the men are fifth in a field
of 11 schools, as they are in
position to match their best
finish since 2000-01.
On Friday, sophomore
Steph Nadow set school
records in the 100- (1:00.68)
and
200-yard
(2:12.30)
backstrokes, topping Cassie
Littlefield’s ‘04 12-yearold marks, with the 100
back record coming during
the leadoff leg of the 400yard medley trials. Nadow,
senior Corine McAllister,
junior Julie Mullowney
and sophomore Kathleen
Lamontagne finished third
in the 400 medley relay.
Mullowney placed fourth
in the 50-yard freestyle and
joined Nadow, sophomore
Kim Brady and first-year
Luci Franklin to take fourth
in the 200 free relay. On the
men’s side, senior Andrew
Marshall surpassed Gene
Taylor’s ‘11 five-year-old
mark in the 500 free, posting
a fifth-place finish (4:53.74).
Classmate Kyle Esposito
also passed Taylor’s record
to place sixth (4:58.91).
Esposito and Marshall joined
first-years Sam Miller and
Joe Thomas to finish eighth
in the 200 free relay.
In the second day of
the championship, Nadow
bettered her day-old school
record in the 100 back,
winning the event (1:00.09).
Mullowney
broke
her
own school record while
placing fifth in the 100-yard
breaststroke (1:08.65). Brady,
McAllister, Mullowney and
Nadow raced to a fourth-place
finish in the 200 medley relay,
while Brady, Lamontagne,
Mullowney and first-year
Catherine Tierney were
sixth in the 800 free relay.
Tierney also finished eighth
in the 1,000 free. Marshall
was fourth in the 1,000 free
(10:08.30) in another schoolrecord time, while Esposito
was sixth. Esposito, Marshall,
Thomas and sophomore
Nathan Paluso combined
to take fourth in the 800 free
relay, and first-year Nick
Johns placed eighth in the
100 back.
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Skidmore College on Friday
during ECAC East play.
First-year Nick Potter
scored the first two goals of his
career during the third period
at Franklin Pierce. Senior
Mike Dizgun stopped seven
shots in the first period before
being replaced by sophomore
Dave Donzanti, who made 18
saves in the final two periods.
Senior Josh Geary netted
a pair of goals and tacked on an
assist against Skidmore, while
classmate Petr Soustal also
scored. Sophomores William
Côté and AJ Pieprzak each
added two assists, and Dizgun
turned away 29 shots.
Pieprzak
scored
the
game-winning goal with 39.4
seconds remaining in overtime
against Castleton State as one
of his two markers in the
contest. Geary also scored
twice, while junior Kevin
Lampron tallied his first goal
of the season. Côté, senior
Morgan Bell and sophomore
Mark Higgins each had
two assists, and senior Eric
McGuirk made 32 saves.
Women’s
hockey
ends
winless streak with 2-1 win
The women’s hockey team
went 1-1 over the past week,
suffering its third straight
one-goal defeat in a 3-2
loss against Franklin Pierce
University on Friday before
posting a 2-1 win over the
Ravens on Saturday to its end
its 17-game winless streak.
Senior Madelena Santore
and junior Macey Thomas
each scored goals in Friday’s
contest, while senior Erin
Stevens made 46 stops for
The Colchester High School boys’ hockey team edged
Spaulding 5-4 on Saturday evening behind two third-period
goals. Sophomore Jared Antoniak knocked in the go-ahead
goal and sophomore Avery Steele tallied the game-winner
with 2:47 on the clock. Steele’s goal prevented the game from
coming to a tie when Justin Flory scored for the Crimson Tide
(5-8-2) in the final minute of regulation.
Sophomore Jared Rylant led scoring with a pair of firstperiod goals and junior Ryan Francis added a fifth for the
Lakers.
With the victory, Colchester improved its record to 103-2, the third best record in the Metro division behind South
Burlington and Essex. The victory also marked the fifth
consecutive win for the Lakers, whose previous best stretch
this season was 3-0-2.
With only five games remaining in the regular season,
Colchester is looking to continue its late season hot streak.
That hope will no doubt be tested this week, with back-to-back
games scheduled against the top two teams in the division.
The Lakers hosted Essex (11-2-2) on Wednesday, after the
time of press. Colchester will take on South Burlington (132-0) at Cairns Arena on Saturday at 5:10 p.m. The last time
the Lakers and Rebels faced off, South Burlington bested
Colchester 5-2, the Lakers’ only loss of the season to exceed
one goal.
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SCHOOLS
Educating Colchester
A great sense of pride in our schools
By LARRY WATERS
Thursday,
February 14
MBS fifth-grade band and chorus
concert from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Friday,
February 15
CHS Coffeehouse from 7-10 p.m.
in the Colchester High School
cafeteria
Friday,
February 15
CSD choral concert from 7-8:30
p.m. in the Colchester Middle
School gymnasium
Tuesday,
February 19
Colchester School Board meeting
from 7:00-10:00 p.m. in the
Colchester High School library
Historically, Colchester’s school
budgets have been challenging to
CSD
pass. On March 5, the voters will
Superintendent
determine whether they support a
budget of about $34 million dollars
to provide educational programs for
its 2,100 children. This year, the school board also approved
an additional ballot item for a five-million-dollar bond for
the renovation of Colchester High School’s outdated science
classrooms and labs that are of limited instructional use.
Each year, I receive questions about what Colchester
receives for its investment in our schools. Indeed, it is a
fair question and is often challenging to answer in concrete
terms. Rather than starting at the beginning of the educational
spectrum, let’s go to the final experience — high school.
In a recent presentation to the board, Principal Amy Minor
provided an overview of our course offerings compared to
other districts in Chittenden County. It was very evident that,
while CHS does not offer the breadth or depth in mathematics,
sciences, humanities or languages courses compared to other
high schools, it excels in high performance in math, reading,
writing and science — and this high performance allows
CMS News
Wednesday,
February 20
Porters Point School presents “Go
Fish!” from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the
Colchester High School theater
Thursday,
February 21
Porters Point School presents “Go
Fish!” from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the
Colchester High School theater.
Larry
Waters
A group of Colchester
Middle School students are
hard at work for a great cause.
As are some MBS
Ospreys, members of CMS’s
community service club
are spearheading efforts
to support the annual Big
Change Roundup fundraiser,
which fortifies programs and
services for local children at
Fletcher Allen Health Care’s
Vermont Children’s Hospital.
The CMS students have
rolled up their sleeves and
are contributing to the effort
to meet the hospital’s goal
of $250,000 by arranging a
“change challenge” in which
the school community is
competing until Feb. 15.
For more information,
call CMS at (802) 264-5800,
or e-mail Kara Pawlusiak at
pawlusiakk@csdvt.org.
— Submitted by
Colchester School District
MBS News
At Malletts Bay School,
students in Dawn Buswell’s
fifth-grade class have been
studying Greek mythology,
creating scrolls — written
in Greek — and sharing and
translating them with their
peers.
The study of mythology
is a particularly important
component in the study of
classic and modern literature.
It is also helpful in the study
of ancient culture as well as
the study of the beginnings of
Western civilization. “Besides
exposing children to classic
literature, I use the unit to
reinforce the concepts of
theme, conflict and resolution,
UMS News
Union Memorial School students practice rhythm on drums.
Photo contributed
Union Memorial School students have been learning about
rhythm in their music classes this year. In addition to studying
progressive rhythms and four-beat rhythm patterns — quarter
notes, eighth notes and rests — the students have engaged
in rotation activities in order to explore a variety of drums,
including Tubanos, gathering drums, hand drums and floor
toms. Practicing with a variety of drums also allows the students
the opportunity to try out different drumming techniques and
expand their understanding of rhythm.
For more information, call UMS at (802) 264-5959, or
e-mail music teacher Martie Mutz at mutzm@csdvt.org.
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and inference,” Buswell
said.
Students are also using
iPads to conduct a short,
focused research project
on the Greek city-states
and learning about ancient
Greek life. As part of this
research, they will need to
argue and defend why they
wish to live in a particular
city-state.
call MBS at (802) 2645900, or e-mail Dawn
Buswell at buswelld@
csdvt.org.
— Submitted by
Colchester
High
School’s
award-winning
debate team competed at
the Vermont State House in
Montpelier on Feb. 9.
Six members of the team
— which finished first in
the Jan. 12 tournament held
at CHS and finished second
at the Feb. 2 tournament at
Woodstock High School
— competed in the poetry,
prose,
impromptu
and
original oratory categories.
Debate is excellent life
and career preparation. In
addition to training students
to
carefully
examine
multiple perspectives of
complex
issues,
debate
cultivates
participation
in leadership and conflict
resolution,
integrates
knowledge about a variety of
subjects, sharpens students’
ability
to
effectively
defend their position when
challenged,
develops
effective
communication
skills, improves confidence
and much more.
For more information
about the program or about
the meet, call CHS at
(802) 264-5700, or e-mail
Humanities teacher Steve
Fiske at fiskes@csdvt.org.
— Submitted by
particularly with regard
to winter; students have
discussed animals that are
active through the winter
as well as elements of
hibernation and migration.
Students have also studied
animal tracks and have
created
animal-related
stories. PPS’s iPads have
been used for this study of
animals, as well.
call PPS at (802) 2645920 or e-mail Jordanna
Silberberg at silverbergj@
csdvt.org.
PPS News
In Jordanna Silverberg’s
first-grade classroom at
Porters
Point
School,
students have been learning
all about the animal kingdom
and the ways in which
various species interact with
the natural world.
Silverberg
first
introduced some general
species classifications —
mammals, birds, reptiles,
amphibians, fish and insects
— and some of the common
characteristics shared among
members of each group.
Since that time, Silverberg
has expanded the students’
study to include a variety
of
animal
adaptations,
— Submitted by
How do community
newspapers stack up?
Pet of the Week
“At their best, community newspapers
affirm a sense of community through their
publications. They emphasize connectedness
and “us-ness.” They cover school plays
across four columns with pictures of the
students large enough to see their faces. It’s
showing the community members that they,
as individuals, matter.”
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our students access to top colleges and universities across
the nation. More significantly, CSD’s per-pupil spending is
hundreds — and in some cases thousands — of dollars less
than most other schools. In the recent report “An Evaluation of
Vermont’s Education Finance System” by Lawrence O. Picus
and Associates prepared for the Vermont State Legislature,
CHS was celebrated for consistently demonstrating high
performance despite low per-pupil costs and below-average
teacher salaries. CHS also has a graduation rate of 93 percent,
well above the average in Vermont.
Of further note is the number of tuition students we receive
from communities without a high school, such as Grand Isle and
Georgia, and the resulting increased revenue supplementing
our budget — currently approximately $800,000 for eightythree tuition students — benefiting Colchester taxpayers.
Students from these outlying communities report the student
climate, instruction and curriculum programs and athletics as
the basis for their decision to attend CHS.
Though high school culminates the educational experience
in Colchester, credit must be awarded to all our schools,
parents and community members. Our students, teachers and
administrators who work to achieve high standards are very
proud to belong to our school community — and a great
sense of pride in our schools is critical to our success.
Connect
with your
community.
Call
878-5282
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SUMMARY: Grover’s story begins on a dark and stormy
night (presumably), on a cold street bathed in the glow of
oncoming headlights. Cut to Act II, in
which he finds himself at Burlington
Emergency & Veterinary Specialists,
changing hands from the good
Samaritan who brought him in, to the
veterinarian who would amputate his
leg. In Act III, Grover rehabilitates
at the home of one of the BEVS
veterinary technicians, and in Act
IV, he arrives at HSCC. You’d
never know the leg was missing
if not for that big bald patch …
Grover gets himself up to the top
of anything, if allowed! And he’s
certainly not missing anything for
friendliness. Here at the shelter, this
kitty is patiently practicing his lines,
doing his warm-ups, watching for
the curtain to rise on Act V: Grover
goes home.
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Current
exhibits
September
Susan’s Pick:
Cork art by Grey Owl Design
Spotlight on Matt Gang
BY SUSAN BONDARYK
The Colchester Sun
Y
ou can bet that a lot of wine
bottles will be opened this
Valentine’s Day. But instead of tossing
the cork, donate it to Matt Gang, of
Grey Owl Design.
“I’ve found corks on Craigslist,
some restaurants save them for me,
many friends and family give me
5-10 corks whenever I see them,”
Gang revealed. “As I started wanting
to do more complicated patterns
I realized that I needed way more
corks.”
Gang – a Winooski resident –
recycles all the corks he can get
his hands on into works of art. His
patterned designs are intricate and
framed with handmade barn boards.
Gang interlocks light and dark corks
to create contrast. Bigger champagne
corks are often weaved throughout
to divide his color arrangements.
“Corks are very interesting to work
with. They come in so many colors
and types, and each cork has a story
attached to it,” he explained.
Working with patterns isn’t new
for Gang. His previous job was
in the hardscaping business. He
has installed many brick, paved
and stone patios, driveways and
walkways.
“The patterns are beautiful in their
simplicity. Herringbone, running
bond, basket weave. All of these
patterns work well with corks,” said
names, words and
house numbers.
“If you can think
of it, I can cut it
out,” Gang noted.
“People seem to
love my Vermont
state cutouts
with a heart over
Burlington.”
Gang will be
applying for a
booth at the
summer farmer’s
Cork art by Grey Owl Design
market in
Burlington again
Gang. “And corks are
this
year,
which
runs
from mid May
much easier on the back than bricks.”
through October. In the meantime,
you can find Gang’s work on display
After five years of making art as
locally in his studio.
a hobby, Gang established Grey
Owl Design last year. He opened a
It is also available for sale on Etsy at
studio in the 4 Howard Building in
www.etsy.com/shop/GreyOwlDesign.
Burlington’s South End and starting
selling his art at the Burlington
Remember to save your corks! Gang
Farmer’s Market.
shared new cork art ideas that he
can’t wait to try: “I want to add depth
“Working for myself has always
been a major goal in my life, and that to the designs, like a contour map. I’d
love the chance to install a large cork
was the main reason for my decision
design on a ceiling, door or kitchen
to start this business. I love the
backsplash.”
freedom to be able to set my own
hours and rely on my creativity to
make a living,” said Gang.
In addition to cork art, Grey Owl
Design offers custom-painted wood
cutouts. Gang makes signs for
businesses and summer homes, cuts
animal silhouettes, colorful kids’
Get in touch with Gang directly by
emailing greyowldesign@gmail.
com. Find out more about Grey Owl
Design at www.greyowldesign.com.
Know an artist? Let Susan know today!
Email susan@colchestersun.com
or call 878-5282.
Porters Point students to perform
All Kindergarten through secondgrade students at Porters Point
School will perform the musical
“Go Fish,” by John Jacobsen and
John Higgins on Feb. 20-21 in the
Colchester High School auditorium.
The performance is a culmination
of several weeks of learning for the
students that include reading the
script and learning songs, speaking
parts and dances.
The school is split into two
performing groups — half the
school performs on Feb. 20 and the
other half performs on Feb. 21. Both
performances start at 6:30 p.m. and
run 40 minutes.
incorporate speaking and dancing
parts … the story really comes alive
for the students when they’re a part
of it … for many of our children this
is their first time on a real stage.”
“Musicals give the children the
opportunity to learn on so many
levels,” said Martie Mutz, CSD
music teacher at PPS and Union
Memorial School (UMS). “It’s more
than just singing songs. We take the
opportunity to read the story and
This colorful musical features
all sorts of sea creatures,
including sharks, octopus and
many kinds of fish. For more
information, visit Mutz’ PPS blog
at ppsmusicwithmsmutz.blogspot.
com.
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“High Trash.” Work made from the repurposing of cast-off goods, forcing attention
toward 21st century environmental issues.
Free admission. Through Feb. Fleming
Museum of Art, 61 Colchester Avenue,
Burlington.
“Bounty.” Sculpture installation by Vermont artist Gregg Blasdel. Runs through
Apr. 6. Art Lab, Fourth Floor, The BCA Center, Burlington. Contact: 802-865-7166.
“Color Story.” A juried exhibit that crosses
subject, theme and genre and focuses
on choice of color. Runs through Mar. 3.
Darkroom Gallery, 12 Main Street, Essex
Junction.
“Strength in Numbers.” Feb-March 2.
Work by a group of 11 Vermont art teachers who come together twice a month to
support each other in their art. Free and
open to the public. Pickering and Fletcher
Rooms, Fletcher Free Library, 235 College
Street, Burlington. Contact Barbara: 8657211
“In the Eye of the Beholder.” Pastel works
by Anne Unangst, Cindy Griffith, and
Marcia Hill based on the same series of
landscapes. Explores artistic interpretation
and point of view. Runs through March
31. A photo ID is required for admittance.
Governor’s Gallery, Fifth Floor, Pavilion
Building, Montpelier.
“The Eye of Senator Leahy.” A personally
selected collection of U.S. Senator Patrick
Leahy’s unique photography images while
serving Vermont for the past 38 years.
Through Feb. 28. Vermont Supreme Court,
Montpelier, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Upcoming Events
2/14
”The Heidi Chronicles” presented by the
UVM Department of Theatre. Tickets: $18.
Through Feb. 16. The Royall Tyler Theatre,
University of Vermont, Burlington,
7:30 p.m.
For tickets and info, contact: 656-2094.
2/15
Cabaret Night. General admission: $7.
Tickets go on sale Feb. 11 in the Essex
High School main office or at the door.
Essex High School Cafeteria, 7 p.m.
Contact: 802-857-7000 x1581.
2/16
Poetry reading. Vt. Poet Laureate Sydney
Lea will speak on poetry and read some
of his work. Free. Dorothy Alling Memorial
Library, 21 Library Lane, Williston, 11 a.m.
Contact: 878-4918
2/16
“Urinetown.” Ascension Lutheran Church,
95 Allen Road, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m.
Contact: 862-8866.
2/17
”Songs of Hope, Joy and Peace.” McCarthy
Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, St. Michael’s
College, Colchester, 3-4 p.m.
Contact: 802-398-2300.
2/17
The Bells of St. James and The Essex
Children’s Choir. Free. UCW White Church,
Westford, 4-5 p.m.
Contact Marge: 802-879-4028
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HEALTH/FOOD
Watching Death Panna
By SCOTT FUNK
Scott
Funk
Recently I was at the hospital
visiting an old friend. The
jaundiced color, frailty, body of
skin and bones combined with
the morphine drip told all this
was a final visit. This was a
moment of good-bye.
The conversation dwelt on platitudes and humor. But what is
there really to talk about at such times? Everything has already
been said that needed saying by the way lives were lived, by who
one is and how one made his or her way.
So, in the sterile room of institutional health and diminished
expectations, what can we do but joke and act like nothing
extraordinary is happening? Tomorrow everyone will wake up
and life will be the same except for one slight hole in the universe.
One missing piece.
I have long ago entered the point where funerals have become
more commonplace than marriages. There are friends and
acquaintances that I now see only at funerals. There are those I
catch up with solely to say good-bye.
Such is the blessing and the curse of a long life. If we last long
enough, we get to bury everyone. If we do not, well, then someone
else gets to bury us.
We don’t talk about death and dying much in our society. The
subject is taboo. It is almost as if dying is a personal failing. It
has become more private, too. Deathbed scenes with family and
friends gathered around are less common these days. When was
the last time you heard the news reporter announcing the last words
of someone famous?
That’s too bad. If death is a part of life, then it must be good.
The gift of life is good, so death must be a gift, as well. The native
people of the far north believe that the wolf is a gift to the caribou.
The wolf was sent to keep the heard healthy. Just like the wolf,
death is a natural part of things. It isn’t personal; it just is.
One of the things I’ve learned in working with older clients is
that it isn’t “if I die,” it is “when I die.” Perhaps if we could talk
more about this, it might break down some of the false divisions
our society has erected around aging. That we all will face and
deal with death is far more significant than perceived differences
of years or activities.
Not cheerful stuff, I know. But, aging is moving in a one-way
direction. Each passing tells us more about our own mortality than
anything else. This is not good. This is not bad. This is just the way
of life and we must learn to deal with it. Each in our own way for
more than anything else we are survivors. But, only temporarily.
Aging in Place, it doesn’t’ happen by accident. And, it doesn’t
last forever.
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.
Putting the freeze
on frostbite
Q: What do ice fishers,
small babies and the
homeless have in common?
A: They are all at increased
risk for frostbite. Anyone with
excessive exposure to cold is
at risk: ice fishers or hunters
sit for prolonged periods in
the cold; babies are poor at
generating heat and obviously
are unable to say when they are
cold; and the homeless may
be inadequately dressed and
have no warm shelter. Also
at greater risk of frostbite:
outdoor workers, joggers and
winter enthusiasts who may
get overly chilled with sweaty
outfits, and any person who
drinks alcohol (excessively or
not) because alcohol increases
heat loss through our skin and
impairs our judgement.
Q: What is the difference
between
frostnip
and
frostbite?
A: Frostnip happens when
an extremity cools down until
it is tingling but not freezing,
hence it does not cause
permanent damage. Frostbite
is when a part of the body
actually freezes. Ears, noses,
cheeks, fingers and toes are
most at risk. In order to keep
the body’s core temperature
up, blood is shifted towards
vital organs. Symptoms of
frostbite include an initial cold
sensation which can progress
to prickling and itching and
then to numbness with stiff
pale, white skin.
Q: Do I need to see a
doctor to treat frostbite or
other cold injury?
A: It is safest to be seen
by a medical professional to
treat cold injury. People who
are hypothermic (their body
temperature is too low) may
show lack of clear judgment
and should be brought to
the emergency department
for immediate treatment.
Treatment includes removing
wet gloves or clothes, and
Alicia
Jacobs,
MD
slowly warming the affected
areas with dry clothes, warm
blankets or tepid water. The
warming process can be
quite painful. In addition, if
there is no way to stay warm,
it is best to postpone thawing
frozen body parts. Recurrent
freezing and thawing can
cause irreparable damage to
the body part. If the frostbite
is severe, the body part can
be damaged beyond repair
and turn gangrene. Gangrene
can lead to the loss of the
affected finger, nose or toes.
Q: How do I avoid cold
injury?
A: The bottom line
is it is better to prevent
frostbite with adequate cold
protection. All babies should
have one additional layer
of clothing than an adult
would need to stay warm.
Generally, it is safer to use a
scarf, gator or balaclava than
put protective ointments on
cheeks. Waterproof mittens
are better than gloves and a
hat will minimize heat loss
out of your head. Bring extra
dry clothes if doing outdoor
winter activities. Remember
that a ‘nip’ of alcohol only
makes you feel warmer while
making your body lose more
heat. If you feel you need a
nip to keep warm, you may
already be at risk for cold
injury!
Alicia Jacobs, MD is
the medical director of
Colchester Family Practice.
Dr. Jacobs is also Associate
Professor of Family Medicine
at the University of Vermont
College of Medicine.
cotta
with
maple
aspic
Food styling and photography by Tracey Medeiros
Recipe from Vanna Guldenschuh
and Vermont Spirits
Makes six servings
Ingredients for the panna cotta:
1 package unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup vodka, preferably
Vermont White Vodka
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 cups heavy cream*
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Ingredients for the maple aspic:
1 tsp unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup pure Vermont maple syrup
1/4 cup vodka, preferably
Vermont Gold Vodka
Local Merch
t Your
ant
Mee
Vermont Spirits
Distilling Company
Owner: Steve Johnson
By TRACEY
MEDEIROS
For The Colchester Sun
Vermont Spirits was
originally established in
1999 in Barnet, Vt., which
is about an hour north of its
present location in Quechee.
The original property had
a sizeable number of sugar
bush, so the idea to produce
a distilled product from a
local sugar/starch source
(while slightly ahead of its
time) seemed like a good
one. They started in a small
wooden structure, where the
entire ion product process
required a lot of handling
and maneuvering to make
up for the small workspace.
The distillery outgrew the
building and equipment by
2006, moving into a larger
facility in Barnet, in 2008,
before finally making the
move south, to Quechee, in
2011.
Owner Steve Johnson
recently
shared
some
information
about
his
distilling company.
Q: When did you
first became interested in
vodka?
A: All of the employees
at Vermont Spirits have a
keen interest in distilled
spirits,
from
both
a
creative and a production
perspective. Being good,
or even just a pretty good
distiller, requires a lot of
patience and a willingness
to always be learning and
trying out new methods
and theories in an effort to
improve on your product.
Vodka is, of all the spirits,
the purest expression of the
source of its ingredients
and therefore, deserves our
interest and attention. This
is where many begin and,
while we have moved into
producing more complicated
spirits, much of the work
often comes back to what we
learned when producing our
vodka from scratch. All this
means that we do not buy
raw alcohol and redistill, but
rather ferment our own sugar
Method of preparation:
For the panna cotta: combine the
gelatin and milk in a small bowl. Set
aside and let bloom for at least 10
minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large saucepan
heat the vodka, sugar and cream until
it almost comes to a boil, stirring until
the sugar is dissolved. Add the gelatin
mix and vanilla and gently whisk over
low heat until the gelatin is dissolved.
Strain the mix into a pourable
container and fill martini glasses about
two thirds full. Put in the refrigerator to
set. When the panna cotta has started to
set, make the maple aspic.
For the maple aspic: combine the
gelatin and water in a small bowl. Set
aside and let bloom for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan
sources (maple sap and syrup)
and then begin the distillation
process.
Q: What is a typical day
at the distillery like?
A: A typical day begins
by starting the boiler and,
when the desired steam
pressure is achieved, starting
the still or stills. Some of our
stills require the distiller’s
undivided attention; if you
are running one of them, that
job will be the focus of your
entire day. Other days may
include less focus and more
multi-tasking, allowing one to
work on any number of jobs
that may include beginning
a fermentation, bottling and
paperwork, to name a few.
Q: What makes your
vodkas so unique?
A: Our vodkas are made
with alcohol fermented from
sugars and starch, which are
representative of Vermont.
We began with maple,
which we think is the purest
expression of Vermont, and
more recently have begun to
work extensively with apples
from the Champlain Valley.
Q: Why did you choose
vodka?
A: Vodka is often the spirit
that a new distillery will begin
with, because it requires no
aging and can begin to produce
an immediate revenue stream
for the business. We chose
our product line because of
the unique characteristics
that are produced through
maple fermentation, which
still allows us to create a
traditional style of unflavored
vodka. As evidence of this
e
Fre
warm the maple syrup and vodka to a
simmer over low heat. Add the gelatin
mix and gently whisk over low heat
until the gelatin has dissolved. Allow to
cool, but not set, at room temperature.
Strain it into a pourable container.
Making sure the panna cotta has set
enough to hold the aspic on top, slowly
pour the completely cooled maple
mixture over it to form a golden layer.
Return to refrigerator and allow to set
for several hours or overnight.
Note: You may substitute whole
milk or half and half for some of the
cream, but always use at least one cup
of cream.
success, we were flattered to
see our Vermont Gold win a
blind taste test in Moscow in
2004.
Q: How would you
describe the flavor profile
of Vermont Gold, Vermont
White and the Limited
Release Vodka?
A: When distilled correctly,
Vermont Gold, made from a
fermentation of concentrated
maple sap, produces rich
smooth vodka with a caramel
note unlike any other. Vermont
White is made from lactose
fermentation, which creates
vodka with a super smooth
mouth feel and a hint of vanilla.
Our VS Limited Release is a
special vodka made entirely
from the early run sap of the
year’s maple season. This light
in color, and delicate tasting
sap, produces exceptionally
smooth vodka with only a hint
of caramel or maple. It is only
produced every couple of years
to be sold in Vermont, and one
or two other select markets,
such as New York City.
Q: Who is Harry
Gorman? How did he end up
joining the Vermont Spirits
Distilling Company team?
A: Harry Gorman has been
a distiller of Vermont Spirits
since 2004. He had been an
enthusiastic participant in
the hobby of wine and beermaking most of his adult life,
so when the opportunity to
partner with Vermont Spirits
presented itself, the fit was
apparent. His mechanical
and problem-solving skills,
coupled with his enthusiastic
embrace of all things related
to producing distilled spirits,
have helped him to develop the
formulas for Vermont Spirits
highly acclaimed vodkas. Harry
first came to Vermont in 1982
following an 8-year living,
learning and working journey
throughout Europe and North
America. He and his wife, Ann,
bought a 19th-century Vermont
farmhouse, which they restored.
Apart from an 11-year stay in
Ireland, the couple have lived in
the Green Mountain State ever
since.
Harry has always believed
that his education comes from
actively participating in life’s
immense variety of endeavors.
In his youth, he worked as a
migrant agricultural worker,
commercial fisherman, potter,
contractor, furniture maker and
baker. The common thread has
been his desire to learn, perform
and master the skills needed
to produce quality work.
Harry has an enduring love of
Vermont, its serenity, resources
and deep sense of community.
He and Ann, now married for
31 years, live in their farmhouse
in Danville, Vt.
Tracey Medeiros, of Essex,
is a freelance food writer,
food stylist, recipe developer
and tester. Medeiros is
the author of Dishing Up
Vermont (Storey Publishing,
2008). Countryman
Press will be publishing her
second book, The Vermont
Farm Table in the spring of
2013. Reach Tracey at: www.
traceymedeiros.com or via
e-mail at: traceymedeiros@
comcast.net.
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Colchester High School 2012-2013
Honor Roll ~ Quarter Two
Taking the Plunge
Colchester High School students and teachers participated in the Penguin Plunge on Feb. 2 at the
Burlington Waterfront. Two teams that dove in together: the Colchester Lakers Football Team
and the CHS National Honor Society advisor and members. Pictured from left to right are CHS
football players William Ward, JP Olson and Grant Cummings.
Photo contributed by Ronalyn Cummings
9th Grade High
Honors
Sadie Anderson
Jenna Baillargeon
Lauren Bergen
Sevda Beridze
Isabella Bertoni
Nicholas Bouffard
Rachael Buckley
Abigail Burgess
Devan CameronVaupel
Kaley Campbell
Matilda Carney
Kalin Collins
Meghan Collins
John Cullen
Jordan DeMatteis
Patrick Desmond
Jake Ducharme
Ryan Eustace
Justin Evans
Samuel Evans
Ellyse Fredericks
Kaylee Gallagher
Katelyn Haas
Abigail Harrington
Brenden Hinman
Clara Johnson
Brett Krzynski
Andrew Lynch
Cassie Mallabar
Kyla McClanahan
Victoria Mier
Jonathon Mussaw
Peri Navarro
Emily O’Neill
Brennan Paradee
Anthony Park
Robbie Peeters
Madeleine Prevost
Kaitlyn Robinson
Jade Ronish
Zachary Sheets
Cameron Smith
Camil Srna
Garrett St. Pierre
Abraham Trabulsy
Emma Tudhope
Jenna Visage
Kyle Walker
Ashley Wells
Katherine White
Danielle Whitham
10th Grade High
Honors
Andre Amrain
Reid Atwood
Alexander Barrett
Connor Breen
Patrick Bushey
Rozlyn Calderon
Sarah Campbell
Michael Chambers
Corinne Colgrove
Bryce Colvin
Thomas Condon
Elizabeth Connors
Grant Cummings
Alison Davis
Daniel DeMars
Kevin Desmond
Molly Dickin
Cady Dubuque
Hannah Echo
Samantha Gordon
Dakota Gorkun
Audry Houle
Elias Igneri
Cassandra LaBonte
Erik Lagerquist
Cassidy Lawrence
Timothy Lewis
Patrick McHugh
Jennifer McNall
Margaret McNeil
Chelsea Mead
Ann Meadows
Meghan Meyers
Haley Mock
Liam Mooney
Casey Nichols
Bhawana Niroula
Quinn O’Reilly
Andrew Pike
Allison Pilcher
Mirela Poljak
Madeline Powell
Gabrielle RancoudGuillon
Samuel RancoudGuillon
Ellen Rathe
Alexina Richard
Hannah Rogers
Nigel Sarrazin
Rachel Scibek
Miranda Scorsome
Benjamin Seaman
Megan Severance
Paige Shepard
Austin Simeck
Sophia Simkins
Hannah Spence
Anthony Tabet
Quinn Trabulsy
Destyni Travers
Rexana Vachereau
Kiera Zehnacker
11th Grade High
Honors
Kiley Baillargeon
Jeremy Barton
Daniel Brigante
Megan Bullock
Summer Colley
Benjamin Cross
Braeden Doud
Tanner Ducharme
Emily Ellsworth
Mikayla Fay
Alan Feeley
Joshua Gervais
Danielle Hart
Lauren Hutchings
Jordan Lamay
Taylor Lance
Samantha Martello
Julia Meadows
Ethan Miller
Justin Miller
Jacquelyn Nagle
Natalie Orner
Samuel Pakulski
Haley Palchak
Maia Patrie
Carina Sobel
Ethan Thibault
Meranda Turner
Kristen Veronneau
Amanda Wark
Gabriela Zimbron
12th Grade High
Honors
Jessie Allen
Pavlo Babkin
Erin Balas
Arthur Barrett
Vanessa Barton
Deanna Bessy
Austin Bushey
Sean Callahan
Zebulon Carney
Kathryn Carver
Megan Chanbers
Seth Chornyak
Stefano Coccetti
Hunter Colvin
Tiffany Couture
Sydney Crady
Julia Crane
Meghan Critchlow
Leah Dell
Denir Djozic
Bridget Doherty
Emily Eakin;
Jake Ermolovich
Chiara Evans
Melinda Fortuna
Ashley Francis
Jenna Griffith
Jordan Isham
Lindsay LeBlanc
Abigayle Long
Andrew Lopes
Kevin Lynch
Aaron Mallabar
Kathleen McMahon
Lindsay McNall
John McNeil
Shea Mercy
Laura Miller
Kyla Mooney
Adam Nichols
Mariah Noth
Hanna Orselet
Alexis Osler
Jacqueline Park
Nicole Quintal
Ethan Reynolds
Kate Rielly
Joshua Rylant
Jacqueline Sortor
Kimberly Spacapan
Lucie Stein
Collin Turner
Kasey Verba
Alyse Winchester
Grace Yasewicz
Lauren Zwonik
9th Grade Honors
Cynthia AlersRodriguez
Alexandra Anthony
Kirsten Atkins
Sean Bagdon
Dakota Bilodeau
Lauren Brooks
Ethan CameronVaupel
Kelsey Cauchon
Curtis Chagnon
Brendan Connors
Nathan Crammond
Kelsey Desjardin
Angus Doherty
Christian Douglas
Thomas Duggan
Stacy Franklin
Lekesha FrostBushey
Alex Gardner
Leland Gazo
Nicholas Graeter
Mathias Henson
Mike Jurendic
Colton Lafayette
Taylor Losier
Sabrina Maceri
Joshua Mercure
Katina Messier
Dakota Navari
Sage Papariello
Angela PellegrinoWood
Emily Pike
Jayda Posey
Makayla Rounds
Cole St. Amour
Jake Stebbins
Teeana Sykas
Bryan Thibault
Hailey Thibault
Suleika Torres
Dominique Torro
Olivia Trevisani
Regan Ugalde
Lily Webster
Devon Wells
Skyler Wilkinson
10th Grade
Honors
Brittany Aiken
Josephine Ames
Jared Antoniak
Devin Ashley
Joseph Baker
Connor Barton
Pascal Bechade
Elisha Berry
Julia Bessy
Tyler Breen
Shelby Chagnon
Luke Chamberlain
Robert Chase
Jack Conant
Jacob Dwinell
Alexa Eddy
Clayton Ellwood
Brennan Fitzpatrick
Mark Gauthier
Robert Hamlin
Katherine Hinman
Harrison Holmes
Brittany Isabelle
Aleksa Jenkins
Jamie Marcelino
Brian Masson
Kennedy Maxfield
Bryan McSweeney
Hytham Mohamed
Keira Mulcahy
Tierra Myers
Samrety Nguon
Ashley O’Kane
Mikayla Racine
Lakysha Rock
Jared Rylant
Karen Savage
Jordan Schnabel
Nathaniel Schramm
Anna Senft-Miller
Sophie Singer
Avery Steele
Erik Swan
Jordyn Thayer
Maxwell Trahan
Cody Turner
Kendra Viens
Brooke Walton
Jordain Williams
Chelsea Wimble
Janice Wood
John Young
11th Grade
Honors
Alexander Barnes
Taylor Bean
Bryana Blair
Avery Blanchette
McKenzie Bogner
Elise Bouffard
Calvin Brault
Matthew Brien
Aidan Cameron
Molly Carver
Nickolas Castle
Kristina Chapman
Matthew Cuce
Savanah Davison
Autumn Devoid
Woodrow Dubuque
Rachel Elgert
Kelsey George
Richard Giroux
Julia Goldman
Matthew Goudie
Whitney Grant
Jensen Hamblett
Erica Hoffman
Tucker Jean
Haley Jestings
Nicole LaCroix
Kellie Lockerby
Aaron Longchamp
Milan Marak
Cassidy Moore
Brett Nelson
Maike Neukirch
Dugan O’Donnell
Jason Ploof
Camron Remillard
Samuel Robinson
Katherine Sirois
Alexandria St. Peter
Grant Thibault
Bryan Tiburcio
Maci Wallace
Matthew Waters
Cassidy Wells
12th Grade
Honors
Sarah Amour
Maggie Batchelder
Kristy Benoit
Nicholas Bezio
Alyssa Borden
Marie Bouffard
Sydney Brown
Alexandra Brownell
Miranda Bushey
Devan Chanbers
Alicia Champman
Allsion Crammond
Sierra Cummings
Andrea Daly
Hailey Dubuque
Kayla Eustace
Fiona Farmer
Kassandra Fasano
Samantha Ford
Mandi Fortin
Kyle Galusha
Jacquelin Gauthier
Taylor Genest
Alex Gould
Dominic Guerrina
Jennifer Hinchey
Shaun Keogh
Nicholas Kerr
Therese King
Riley Kruger
Andrew LaPlant
Frederick LeBlanc
Quinten Lewis
Caleb Mann
Joseph Marcone
Ally McAuslan
Matthew McBride
Dylan Meekins
Susan Mendl
Jeremy Miles
Jacob MortonBlack
Collin O’Reilly
Joseph Pakulski
Austen Paradee
Sarah Paskevich
Sarah Pike
Morgan Prouty
Karl Raacke
Matthew Ryan
Brooke Sarault
Balke Stanyon
John Surprenant
Mitchell Thayer
Samantha Thompson
Nicholas Wyckoff
Colchester Middle School 2012-2013
Honor Roll ~ Quarter Two
High Honors
Grade 6
Alexandra Aley
Lauren
Baillargeon
Sophia Brigante
Anna Dean
Julia Dell’Amore
Katelyn DeMatteis
Molly Echo
Elisabeth FaulWelfare
Ava Hayes
Lucas McClanahan
Ani McMannon
Conroy O’Donnell
Autumn Olsen
Bryce Orner
Abigail Palaza
Jacqueline Palaza
Michael Prevost
Amanda Rogers
Gabriel Sharp
William Stetson
Gavin Sweeney
Ruby Tetrick
Angelo Trevisani
Kayley Tullgren
Jayden Walters
High Honors
Grade 7
Landon Cayia
Sophia Comi
Morgan Eaton
Ethan Goedken
Gabrielle Gosselin
Bailey Luter
Riley Magoon
Samantha Messier
Rebecca Mier
Tabitha Myers
Yogeshwari Oka
Anya OlmsteadPosey
Duy Pham
Selma Poljak
Brooke Senesac
Andrew Spencer
Savanah TebeauSherry
Cydney Viens
Brayden Wilkins
High Honors
Grade 8
Brendan Adamczyk
Cara Barmore
Emily Bryant
Laura Campbell
James Collins
Jillian Davila
Rachel Gervais
Sierra Gorkun
Erin Horton
Colyn Hutchings
Alyssa Jenkins
Haley Kieny
Emma Lamothe
Morgan Landry
Charlotte Lau
Corinna Pilcher
Caitlain Quirini
Ian Sarrazin
Madeline Schroeder
Anne Stetson
Kristen Thompson
Vivian Trevisani
Connor Zwonik
Honors Grade 6
Hussein Abdikadir
Keisha Aikey
Nora Allen
Maxwell Anderson
Felix Ayer
Emily Bissonette
Michael Blair
Gavin Brunell
David Campbell
Grace Campbell
Amelia Cassidy
Owen Chamberlain
Hayley Church
Annika Cooper
Jacob Cullen
Justin Dattilio
Makayla Davis
Keegan Davis
Alexandra Duffy
Jennifer Dunn
Basmala Fadel
Samuel Fath
Madison Finelli
Alan Frank
Isaiah Freeman
Zachary Goad
Elizabeth Graeter
Summer Hathaway
Anna Higgins
Iverson Hines
Christopher Howard
Grace Johnson
Edin Jukic
Ava Kendrick
Samantha Kieny
Vincent Lai
Evan Lamothe
Austin LathropJohnson
Mariah Lavallee
Zachary Lavalley
Ryan LaVigne
Kelsey LeClair
Trevor Matot
Madison McElroy
John Moore
Braylen Morits
Jackson Muir
Devin Mulac
Hans Nedde
Van Nguyen
Paige Paradise
Lauren Pelletier
Eleanor Peterson
Cassandra Ploof
Joshua Porter
Jameson Roach
Shyanne Roberge
Kailey Robert
Molly Ryan
Karissa Sailer
Dasha Serdyuk
John Shail
Kaeleigh
Shamberger
Cameron Shepherd
Anna Singer
Kaitlyn Small
Evan Soulia
Abbie Sykas
David Tran
Lauren Zehnacker
Honors Grade 7
Nicholas Blin
Jacob Blow
Justin Bouchard
Alex Carp
Ella Cole
Emily Conant
Nicole Corriveau
Fiona Doherty
Brayden Duggan
Thurman Dusablon
Anna Eaton
Evan Fredericks
Taylor French
Molly Fuller
Bailey GagnonFoy
Louis Gazo
Dzejna Halilovic
Jack Hammond
Meghan Harbison
Autumn Hathaway
Emily Huff
Isaac Hutchins
Addison Kalmer
Samuel Lamphier
Camden LeClair
Abigail Longchamp
Brooke Marcotte
Scott Mass
Seth Masson
Marissa Miles
Hannah Miller
Aiem O’Donnell
Joey O’Kane
Ella Pellegrino
Ethan Pellegrino
Benjamin Rathe
Holden Riley
Tiana Roberge
Olivia Rosato
Gwendolyn
Ruescher
Michael Schick
Olivia Schmidt
Allison Sheets
Everett Simkins
Sydney Soren
Geoffrey Southwell
Michael Spillane
Mason Thackara
Gerardine Torres
Jerome Trudeau
Thomas Vesosky
Kelsi Wallace
Djoule Warren
Elysia Way
Emily White
Matthew Whitham
Travis Whittaker
Honors Grade 8
Ray Aley IV
Ryan Arel
Isabell Ayer
Jessica Benoure
Ian Bishop
Jenna Blondin
Aliza Bogner
Ethan Bokelberg
Maxwell Brault
Maggie Brigante
Chloe Bullock
Benjamin Clark
Jaclyn Cline
Adrianne Colley
Kerrigan Davis
Ethan Dean
Michael Draus
Lucas Draus
Grayson Ducharme
Christopher El-hajj
Jessica Erdmann
Danielle Feinman
Stefani Franklin
Shannon French
Katrina Groseclose
Abby Handy
Megan Hoague
Nikoli Holly
Mario Houle
Cole Igneri
Clayton Isham
Acacia Kranz
Abigail Ladd
Jace Laquerre
Haley LathropJohnson
Curtis Lehouiller
Sawyer Loftus
Emily Lopes
Alexandria Marcou
Kiah Martin
Madison Martin
Derek Maxfield
Brenna McMannon
Sarah Mendl
Jaeger Nedde
Alyssa Noel
Alana Plumb
Charles Powell
Kelasia Provencher
Lynneah Rabidoux
Isaac Racine
Morgan Ricker
Cassie Rivers
Mason Rogers
Madaline Schmidt
Nicholas Schramm
Laura Shaw
Joseph Sheehan
Amber Sicard
Zayla Smith
Dylan St.Hilaire
Andrew St.Pierre
Nathalie Stapleton
Raven Sweeney
Sonya Tuttle
Ivy Vachereau
Kyra Walker

February 14, 2013 - The Colchester Sun

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