Public input soughtBy MICHELLE MONROEMessenger Staff Writer

ST. ALBANS —Bellows Free Academy (BFA) school board

is seeking public input regarding the hiring of a new principal. Dennis Hill, has announced that he will leave to become Missisquoi Valley Union High School (MVU) principal for the start of the next school year. The BFA board has posted a survey asking what attributes community members think are most important in a school prin-cipal. Options include creating a clear vision and generating excite-ment about that vision, creating a

culture of achievement, setting high standards for achievement, and building strong relationships with faculty, students and the community. Respondents are also asked to comment on BFA’s strengths and the challenges they believe the new principal will face. The BFA board is also asking respondents to state what one question they would ask of a prin-cipal candidate. The survey will be posted on the BFA Web site (www.bfasta.net) through Feb. 8.

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The BFA-St. Albans junior varsity cheer-leading team performs during Saturday’s Academy Cheer Challenge at the Collins-Perley Sports Center.

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Franklin County Snow Raiders Club held its St. Albans Bay Radar Run Saturday with competitors revving up their engines in heats clocked by radar. The event drew a good crowd despite the cold. After all, these are snowmobile enthusiasts.

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Above, Britney Surprenant charges through the course. She passed the finish line in a rush of snow for a posting of 92 mph. Left, Blair Whitney, is seen here with dad, Ryan Whitney, just prior to the Ryan’s first timed radar run clocked at 82 mph. Entrants pay

a $10 fee and purchase race slots at five for $20 to try to improve their competition

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EDUCATION

Addison Co. schoolsexplore union district Seven towns may voteto adopt RED solution Editor’s Note: The experiences of other Vermont school districts may be of value when and if the area of school consolidation takes root locally. Here is one example of what is happening elsewhere in the state.

By JOHN FLOWERS

MIDDLEBURY — A committee exploring ways to stream-

line operations within the Addi-son Central Supervisory Union

is recommending that residents in the seven-town school district vote on a referendum that some believe could reduce bureaucra-cy and create more educational equality and opportunities for students. Specifically, the ACSU Study Committee wants to hold a vote on whether to combine some, or all, ACSU schools into a Regional Education District, known as a RED. Made possible under Vermont’s Act 153, an RED is a new type of union school district that can allow multiple community and

! See EDUCATION on page 11A

Warming up for a concertThe horn section of the fourth grade beginner band, including Kyle Wilkens (left) and Kalan Kenyon (right), play during the Swanton Elementary winter concert. See more photos, page 11A

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Town managergoes for clarityBy JESSIE FORANDMessenger Staff Writer

ST. ALBANS TOWN — Aside from minor reorganization, St.

Albans Town’s proposed annual spending plan for the next fiscal year is neither an exciting nor controversial document, says the town manager. However, the budget does make allowances for six-figure improve-ments to the bay dock, should grant funding be approved, and will be the last spending plan approved prior to the arrival of big-box store Walmart. For now, however, the next fis-cal year’s spending plan amounts to “a pretty darn vanilla budget,” said Carrie Johnson, town man-ager. Johnson said the town is work-ing to obtain grant funding for dock work through the State of Vermont. The addition money for

the dock was set aside for match-ing funds in case that state fund-ing is granted in the amount of $100,000. The budget includes the police contract line item of $513,604, which has been a controversial issue in the past. That contract, however, is firm for this year and not up for reconsideration until next year when it could simply be renewed or put out to bid. A police advisory committee

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Livingston builds a musicalfollowing in St. Albans

Cindy Livingston has played and taught music for nearly 50 years, starting with the recorder at age 8.

A year later, flute lessons started; and never ended. In her twenties, piano lessons started; and never ended. Her life and education in music never ends. “It’s who I am, and I learn something every time,” said Cindy, who teaches piano and flute lessons at her St. Albans home through her business, St. Albans Music Studio. “I think it’s important for people that teach music to stay current with their instruments.” When school ends, Cindy’s workday begins. Each afternoon, she has about a half-dozen, back-to-back students in piano (where the age range is 6 to 60) and flute (taken by junior high and high school stu-dents when their teachers encourage private lessons). “St. Albans has been a good place,” Cindy said. “It takes a while to build a following.” Cindy’s bent is classical music, but she caters to all interests – from the high school girls that wanted to learn Beatles tunes and ‘70s pop, to the boy that first studied with her and moved on to jazz. “Some of these little ones know more about classical music than my high school students, because they fall asleep to it,” Cindy said. Cindy’s students perform two annual

recitals – in winter and spring – and she offers two group classes a year (divided by age) that are 90 minutes long, and she pro-vides food. Past sessions include “Amazing Phrasing,” “The Not So Simple Crescendo” and “From Baroque to Contemporary in 20 Minutes.” “It’s actually an opportunity for my stu-dents to get to know each other,” Cindy said. “Otherwise, it’s really one on one.” Cindy’s father moved his family from the steel mill town of Irwin, Pa., to the green

mountains of Vermont when he transferred to IBM in Essex. Cindy and her husband, Phil, a builder, have been married 33 years. Cindy wanted to be a musician when she graduated from Essex High School in 1974. “I never wanted to be anything else,” she recalled. When she graduated from the University of Vermont in 1978 she wanted to be a musi-

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cologist at the college level, because of her passions for music history and iconography. Instead, she sold real estate and taught religious education. At one time, she was also religious education director for a local church. Through it all, though – since middle school – she taught music lessons. She offi-cially opened her business at her former Fairfax home, in 1992. “I don’t know why I waited so long,” she said. Another interesting side note about Cindy: she and her best friend, Sabrina Rood – an Essex native now residing in Washington State – met through music in grade school and have been performing together in a duo called Sarabande (named for a Baroque form of dance) since 2001. “She knows when I’m going to breathe,” Cindy said of Sabrina. Cindy will always teach music. “If my body lets me,” she said.

City resident teaches piano, flute to students age 6 to 60

Senator to VPIRG chief: Try to be more civil MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont state senator is taking exception to remarks made by the head of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group on the develop-ment of large-scale wind power in the state. VPIRG executive director Paul Burns this past week said supporters of a three-year moratorium on mountaintop wind power in Vermont are denying the science of climate change, and likened them to people who deny evolution. That drew a rebuke from Sen. Peter Galbraith, who rose Friday in the Senate to criticize Burns’ remarks. Galbraith said none of the supporters of the wind moratorium deny the science of climate change. He urged that the debate be conducted in a more civil tone.

Vt. lawmakers to take economic development tour MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A busload of Vermont lawmakers heads north this coming week for a tour of economic devel-opment projects in the Newport and Jay areas. Members of the House Commerce and Economic Development and Transportation committees are scheduled to depart Montpelier at 8 a.m. Tuesday to view projects being launched by Jay Peak resort Bill Stenger and his partners. Expansions at Jay Peak and the Burke Mountain ski area, a new hotel and two new manufacturers in Newport are among a group of projects that are expected to bring up to 10,000 jobs to northern Vermont.

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Community supports efforts of the Challenger Learning Center of VermontSWANTON — The Challenger

Learning Center was recently presented with a check for $2,500 by Barrette Ford to support the future center. Through Ford’s Drive 4 UR Community initiative, Barrette Ford worked with several Franklin County Organizations to bring these dollars for the Center’s use. Bringing the STEM Focused Challenger Learning Center to the State of Vermont will provide essen-tial opportunities for all of Vermont and communities in Northeastern New York, Northern New Hampshire and communities in Southern Quebec. The Center is glad to have Jon Barrette and Sara Barrette of Barrette Ford as one of our greatest promot-ers. They joined forces with The Ford Motor Company, Swanton PTO, Swanton Schools, Board Members of The Challenger Learning Center, St. Marie’s Market, and several members of the Franklin County Community to bring these dollars to help advance the Center’s capital fundraising efforts. For each Drive 4 UR Community

event, Ford dealers team up with a local nonprofit organization to sched-ule a test drive fundraising event. The dealers provide the cars to be test-driven and work together with the nonprofit groups to organize and publicize the event. For every valid test drive completed, Ford Motor Company will donated $20 to the par-ticipating nonprofit or community group, up to a maximum of $6,000. We were fortunate to make $2,500 on our first event. As a part of the daily events, fami-lies were invited to test drive a car while children were able to partici-pate in several NASA developed STEM activities. Children had fun learning about the science of rockets and com-pleted an activity of building balloon rockets. They examined how craters are formed and how they impact the Earth. They created their own cra-ters by making flour craters. Students worked in teams to use science, tech-nology, engineering, and math skills to design, measure and record various data for these activities. Barrette Ford and the Challenger

Learning Center will be planning another Drive 4UR Community Fundraiser for April 16. There will be special visits from the Ford Motor Company to highlight how STEM related learning is linked to the new technology found in today’s automo-biles. We hope to set a goal for $4,000 dollars for our next event. This project is just one example of how organizations can work together with our future center to promote STEM Education for our area. The center will allow Vermont to focus on the success of helping to build a workforce in our region. This is one way that we can ensure to develop the skilled workers we need for the jobs of the future. The Challenger Learning Center Board is proud to have had the expe-rience of working as a team to bring this activity to our community. You are invited to join us in our journey! Please visit our website at Challengervt.org for additional infor-mation.

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Oil falls to below $97 after weeks of strong gainsBy PABLO GORONDIThe Associated Press

NEW YORK — Oil prices fell below $97 a barrel Monday amid some optimism over possible direct

negotiations between the United States and Iran on nuclear issues and as traders booked some recent prof-its. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for March delivery was down $1.03 to $96.74 a barrel in elec-tronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 28 cents to finish at $97.77 a barrel on the Nymex on Friday. Oil prices have been partly supported of late by ten-sions in the Middle East which have fueled concerns about the safety of oil supplies flowing from the region. And sanctions against Iran have hampered the Islamic Republic’s ability to sell its oil. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden indicated a possible change in approach. On Saturday, while on a visit in Germany, Biden said Washington was ready for direct talks with Iran over its nuclear program, which Teheran insists is only for peaceful purposes. The Iranian foreign minister on Sunday welcomed Biden’s gesture but did not commit to taking up the offer. Negotiations between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.S. Security Council plus Germany have made little progress and analysts welcomed the possibility of direct talks. “It seems that small steps in that direction have start-ed,” said Olivier Jakob of Petromatrix in Switzerland. “The U.S. had its election, Israel had its election but Iran still needs to go through its elections in June and that could still be a delay in the formal process but already a small change of dynamics will be important.” A stronger dollar also hurt oil prices by making crude more expensive — and a less appealing invest-ment — for traders using other currencies. On Monday, the euro was down to $1.3559 from $1.3652 late Friday. “We expect some further correction lower in the oil market today, as the strengthening U.S. dollar currently weighs on oil prices, while investors would like to lock in recent gains,” analysts at Sucden Financial Research in London said. Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, was down 81 cents to $115.95 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London. In other energy futures trading on Nymex: — Wholesale gasoline fell 3.03 cents to $3.0233 per gallon.

— Natural gas retreated 2.7 cents to $3.274 per 1,000 cubic feet.

— Heating oil lost 1.11 cents to $3.1495 a gallon.

UK Treasury chief announces bank breakup powersBy DANICA KIRKAThe Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s treasury

chief warned the coun-try’s banks Monday that they face being broken up if they fail to protect their retail operations from their riskier invest-ment arms. George Osbor ne told executives from JPMorgan that the days of banks being “too big to fail” are over in Britain, and that taxpayers shouldn’t be expected to bail out the lenders. The next time a crisis hits, he wants more options to act. “My message to the banks is clear: if a bank flouts the rules, the regu-lator and the Treasury will have the power to break it up altogether — full separation, not just

a ring fence,” he said. “We’re not going to repeat the mistakes of the past.” The new measure gives regulators the power to force a complete separa-tion of a lender’s retail business from its invest-ment banking. Risky investments undermined banks’ stability in 2008, leading to taxpayer bail-outs of two big U.K. banks. Osborne’s remarks fol-low recommendations from the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards that propos-als for a “ring-fence” to protect retail banks need-ed to be “electrified” to discourage banks from probing for loopholes. Osborne had been reluc-tant to accept the idea, but faced pressure stem-ming from public out-rage over the behavior of Britain’s banks.

Britain’s banking industry has been caught up a in a series of scan-dals since the financial crisis in 2008. Several leading executives at Barclays have been forced to step down after the bank was hit with >290m fine for rigging Libor, the rate at which banks lend to each other. Royal Bank of Scotland also faces a >500m fine for manipulating the key interest rate. HSBC and Standard Chartered have also fallen foul with regu-lators over the way they

do business overseas. The banking standards commission said that the scandal of manipulating key lending indexes had “exposed a culture of cul-pable greed far removed from the interests of bank customers.” The British Bankers A s s o c i at i o n s a i d Osborne’s decision was “regrettable,” and that it would create uncertainty for investors. Bankers say it will hurt the com-petitiveness of British banks and do little to make them more stable.

“No other major econ-omy is considering mov-ing away from the uni-versal model of banking because it undermines banks’ ability to provide all the services busi-nesses need,” the associa-tion said in a statement. “Above all, what banks

and business need is reg-ulatory certainty so that banks can get on with what they want to do, which is help the econo-my grow.”

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Pull-tab taxmay not beVt.’s bonanza“Charitable gambling”

in Vermont comes in the form of break-out tickets, or pull-tabs. It’s a simple game: buy a card, pull back the tab, if the images match, you win. It’s popular because you’re not play-ing against the House; there are a finite number of winners. Apparently, we do this a lot. But we’re not sure. The state tax depart-ment has put a $170 mil-lion a year estimate on our bar-time habit. But it’s regarded as a “very rough estimate.” Regardless, the Shumlin administration has identified the fun as a something that could generate an estimated $17 million in revenue each year, money that would be used to fund the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and alternative energy and efficiency projects. The proposed plan is to assess a 10 percent surcharge on the retail value of the tickets. The proposal has caught the attention of the various civic organizations in the state that use the tickets to raise money for their charitable organizations. There are roughly 600 bars in Vermont that sell the tickets and about 8,500 nonprofit orga-nizations that could be participants. It’s a largely unregulated activity, which means it’s not an activity that invites the participants to be overly transparent. Go figure. Thus, the administration’s objective is two-fold: it’s one way to raise money for a good cause that is not a broad-based tax; and, it’s a way to make sure that the end-line charity gets all the proceeds intended. Will it raise as much as the administration hopes? That’s questionable. Both Connecticut and Massachusetts tax pull-tabs and raise far less than what the Shumlin admin-istration intends. The reputed leader in pull-tab revenues is Minnesota, which generated about $34 million in revenue from pull-tabs in 2009. Minnesota has 5.3 million people. We have 626,011. Last year, Minnesota decided it would pay for its new Vikings stadium through its new electronic pull-tabs and bingo. They were hoping for an estimated $100 million a month in sales. They have had to cut that estimate in half. Part of Minnesota’s problem is that they have yet to be able to install the electronic version of the pull-tabs in enough bars to satisfy the need. But even where they are installed, they are generating less than anticipated. [Legislators in Minnesota also elected not to include revenue from the traditional paper pull-tabs.] Minnesota’s example brings to mind several things: first, it seems a bit ambitious for Vermont to raise $17 million, given our small population; second, we don’t know what change in behavior will occur – if any – if the Legislature goes along with the governor’s plan; third, assuming that private sector vendors would bear the cost of installation, having electronic pull-tabs would be an easier, and perhaps more compelling way to play the game. It would also provide for easier oversight. In Minnesota, the growth of the electronic games [pull-tabs and bingo] is expected to double the amount of money fun-neled into its charitable gambling industry. Vermont might be well advised to watch to see if that prediction is met. If so, it could be a guide to follow. There is an understandable aversion to gambling of any variety. It’s something that picks at the pocket of those who normally can’t afford the cost. But it makes more sense to tinker with pull-tabs or break-open tickets than to consider larger scale operations, like casinos, which other states are considering. The pull ticket amounts are normally small, the odds are more appealing, and the proceeds guided toward charity. We just need to proceed with the understanding that the 10 percent tax on the state’s charitable gambling business may generate a lot less than anticipated.

by Emerson Lynn

Letters

Satisfied to know we have two great schools for our children

Fortunately for the students at the St. Albans Town Educational Center, perception is rarely reality.

Last week, nine eighth-grade students from SATEC swapped places for a day with nine students from St. Albans City School. This provided a great experience for the 18 “swapped” students as well as the receiving eighth-graders who interacted with them. Firstly, I need to state that no one is more proud and positive about both the City school and the Town school than I. I graduated from City school several years ago. Now, I have a daughter who is a student there and a respected uncle who teaches on City school’s Team USA. For the past three years, I have been a seventh and eighth grade teacher at the Town school. My respect and pride for both schools is immense. However, after a great swap day followed by the SATEC ambassadors describing their day at City school to their classmates, I was gravely disappointed by the multiple articles that were written in the Messenger this past weekend. Had I not been knowledgeable about both schools, I would have believed a false reality that equates SATEC as the School of Flintstone and SACS as the School of Jetson. Even the three large quotes on the front page contained one positive about SACS and two negatives about SATEC. As a parent and as an education professional, there is much that I admire about Team USA. Students are organized in committees and nations, academics are com-bined with a focus on public speaking, and the students are taught to promote a strong community outreach. My disappointment and frustration within the Messenger articles certainly was not the positive light that was cast on the deserving teachers and teams at City school. Rather it stems from an absence of posi-tives about our students and teams at SATEC. I was not surprised that the current City students were proud of their school. They should be. What surprised me was the one-sided slant that was authored in the articles. I felt compelled to address the apparent distortion. I clearly realize that the 18 student ambassadors wit-nessed a one-day snapshot. It’s very difficult to get a clear picture of a public education system from such a short glance. During a 40 minute enrichment period, I assisted Mr. Goodland in giving a tour of our building to the SACS students. Most of our time was spent asking the City students about their school and what they like about it. They were very eager and shared many posi-tives. However, I wish that we had spent some time shar-ing with them many of the positives that we offer that cannot necessarily be viewed on an average day. While I normally practice humility about activities in which I am involved, I believe it is important for our com-munity members to realize just some of the innovative accomplishments of our students and our school. Though we currently do not have an official “commit-tee” time for our students, many groups use enrichment times to execute student-led initiatives. For example, one group led by two of our teachers, organized several fund-raisers including a bottle drive that included 50 volun-teers and raised over $1,000. A science group organized and executed a green up day and cleared and maintained nature trails in the wooded area on the school grounds. Another group, led by Mr. Goodland, have planned sev-eral off-site field trips to visit and learn about several area businesses and a government department such as Mimmo’s, Eastern Dragon, Northwestern Medical Center, and the Fire Department. Next, they are visiting a dairy farm and Blooming Minds Enrichment Center. In fact, this group initiated the City-Town student swap. All four of our homerooms adopted several area families at Christmas and filled a large truck and two cars with gifts. Our ten-member 8th grade Courage, Careers, & Leadership (CCL) committee has planned and organized several guest speakers for our entire 8th grade and, on occasion, our 7th grade as well. Our students planned and hosted a forum for the Franklin County Senate Candidates prior to election day, a leadership seminar led by Rear Admiral Warren Hamm, and a demonstration by Officer Weatherby and his K-9 partner Wyatt. Our next speaker is a retired counter-intelligence officer and we have contacted former Lt Governor Brian Dubie about visiting. In addition, our CCL helped organize 400 SATEC students who participated jointly with City school for this past November’s Veteran’s Day celebration in Taylor Park. To capture each event, our students use equipment from Channel 15/16 and display their programs for the local community to view. Although students could always benefit from more pub-

lic speaking o p p o r t u n i -ties, there have been s e v e r a l instances of our students d i s p l ay i n g their talents for public s p e a k i n g besides rou-tine practice in all classes. Anyone who was pres-ent at the Ve t e r a n ’ s celebration heard three outstanding s p e e c h e s and a musi-cal perfor-mance from Town students alongside several excellent speeches by City students. Following our Senate Candidate forum, five of the six candidates immediately approached me and stated that our student moderator was the best mod-erator they had encountered during the entire election season. Last year, a group of our current eighth-graders met with a City school committee regarding energy efficiency. The collaboration between students was extremely posi-tive as they jointly planned and advertised for an energy efficiency seminar at BFA. Several of our students informed our SATEC school board of their activities and performed brilliantly. Our group of students organized and executed a school-wide computer shutdown program that saved thousands of computer-hours. Our classes are routinely innovative. Students per-form multiple hands-on science experiments and com-plete tasks online. Language Arts students create videos and participate in several mock trials each year. Students in Social Studies often create board games to show their understanding of complex issues, complete scavenger hunts and spy missions, and can be found outside learn-ing about Baron von Steuben by drilling around the school grounds like it was the 18th century. Math stu-dents use mirrors to measure the elevation of the radar base, discuss the mathematical underpinnings of Google Earth, and have completed an individualized personal finance unit that compared the income and expenses they are likely to have as a student at BFA using linear func-tions. In bettering my own teaching, I continue to seek the best methods that are non-traditional and innovative as well as those that are “traditional.” At SATEC, we are always open to newer, better ideas to integrate with what we already do well. I would be a fool to think that any public education system is or could be perfect. The few student accomplishments that I have men-tioned have occurred with just our current eighth-grad-ers. The rest of the school contains many more examples of innovation and student led accomplishments such as the strong Odyssey of the Mind program that has more than 25 participants. The purpose of my letter is not to be a complete, inclusive list of activities. Instead, it’s purpose is to counter many of the negative undertones and messages that were present in the three Messenger articles that covered the City-Town student swap. Mr. Goodland’s purpose in organizing the student exchange was to encourage collaboration, learning, and understanding between students at both schools. He wanted to break down existing “City-Town” stereotypes before these students become classmates at BFA next August. In that spirit, our SATEC students were encour-aged to focus on positives when they spoke with the Messenger folks. Instead, the Messenger articles present-ed the exchange as a competition between two drastically different schools. Heavyweight contenders wrestling for the title of ‘King of St. A’ with one victor and one loser. I feel badly for the 18 students who were asked to decide which school was better. It would be difficult for anyone to weigh the differences after spending nearly nine years in one building and a single day in the other. At this point, I am satisfied to know that we have two great K-8 schools in our community. It is in everyone’s interest that both schools continue to be great. It is also in everyone’s interest that we constantly seek improve-ment and mutually beneficial collaboration.

Respectfully submitted,Bryan DesLauriers

SATEC Teacher & Parent of a SACS Student

ANDRÉ W. BROSSEAU

ST. ALBANS — André W. Brosseau, 59, a lifelong

resident of this communi-ty passed away peacefully Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, in the Fletcher Allen Healthcare Center, following a short ill-ness. His loving family was at his side. He was born in St. Albans on Dec. 1, 1953, the son of Dr. Albert and Julianna Brosseau. On May 3, 1980, André married Margaret Connor, in St. Patrick’s Church in Fairfield. Andy and Margaret went on to raise their son, Matthew. André attended Holy Angels School, Central Catholic High School, and graduated from Bellows Free Academy and the University of Vermont. André was employed by Perrigo for the past 27 years. André was a lifelong carpenter and craftsman, and enjoyed bee keeping with his father-in-law in his early years. He would also develop a passion for collecting milk bottles from Vermont dairy farms, which led his family on many antique outings across the state. His great-est enjoyment came from the years he dedicated to traveling with his wife and son for hockey games and tournaments. André is survived by his wife, Margaret, son, Matthew, sisters and brothers-in-law; Therese and Richard Aucoin, Monique Brosseau, Sister Rita Brosseau, Jacqueline Brosseau-Cyr, Madeleine and Geoffrey Bates; broth-er and sister-in-law; Claude and Louise Brosseau. He is also survived by his sisters-in-law and broth-ers-in-law, Daniel Connor, Sheila Heald, Loretta and Richard Pigeon, Maureen and Robert Morgan and many nieces and nephews. André was preceded in death by his parents,

daughters Alicia Brosseau and Amanda Lee Brosseau and sisters Cecile, Suzanne, Marie Ellen Brosseau, father-in-law and mother-in-law Bernard and Mary Connor, brothers-in-law Winslow Heald, and Ronald Cyr and nephew, Liam Morgan. Visitation will be at the Heald Funeral Home, 87 South Main St, St. Albans, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. in Holy Angels Catholic Church on Lake Street with the Reverend Maurice J. Roy as cel-ebrant. Interment will follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue – Suite 310, White Plains, New York 10605. Assisting Andre’s family is the Heald Funeral Home of St. Albans. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family through www.healdfuneralhome.com.

CAROLYN K. WHITING

ENOSBURG FALLS — Carolyn Kittell Whit-

ing, 81, of Enosburg Falls died peacefully Feb. 1, 2013 at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington with her devoted husband and loving family at her side. She was born March 27, 1931 at her grandmother’s home in Sheldon and grad-uated from Enosburg Falls High School in 1949. On June 4, 1950, she married the love of her life, John Whiting, with whom she raised two daughters who were her pride and joy. Carolyn was always ready to help others. She was the organist at the Rice Hill Methodist Church for 15 years and when asked to

fill in temporarily as organ-ist at the West Enosburg Methodist Church, she did for over 40 years. She had a green thumb and ran Whiting’s Flower Shop with her husband from 1965 to 1987. She was a mem-ber of the Sheldon Grange, where she and John met, for many years as well as the West Enosburg United Methodist Women, the DAR and Enosburg Historical Society. Carolyn was prede-ceased by her father and mother Alan and Alice (Smith) Kittell, her step-mother, Gladys “Sally” Riley Kittell, sister, Eleanor, brother-in-law, Roger Clokey and neph-ews Alan Kittell and Glenn Clokey. She is survived by her husband of (almost) 63 years, John Whiting; two daughters Janet Spaulding and her husband, Michael of Fairfax, and Jeanne Whiting Magoon and her husband, Mark of Enosburg; granddaughters Jessica Rowe and her hus-band, Ricky, Ryan Yandell and her husband, Jeremy all of Norman, Okla., Ellen and Maggie Ross; great-grandchildren Calliope and Clementine Rowe, Drake, Jayden and Kensey Yandell; her brother, Stanley Kittell and his wife, Kay, her sis-ter, Alberta Clokey and her partner, Frank Reed and stepbrother, Christopher Riley of Lachine, Quebec. Visitation will be held Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Spears Funeral Home in Enosburg Falls. A celebration of Carolyn’s life will be held at Enosburg Falls Methodist Church on Feb. 6, 2013 at 2 p.m. A luncheon will be served at the church imme-diately following the ser-vice graciously provided by the United Methodist Church women. Interment will be held this spring in the Rice Hill Cemetery in Sheldon. For those who wish, contributions in Carolyn’s memory may be made to the West Enosburg United Methodist Church c/o Darlene Wright, 1811 Horseshoe Circle Road, Enosburg Falls, VT 05450. Private condolences may be sent to Carolyn’s fam-ily on-line through www.spearsfuneralhome.com.

MARK V. BROWN

BURLINGTON — Mark Victor Brown died on

Jan. 30, 2013 from complica-tions of living. Mark was

born May 4, 1957 and was the beloved first child and only son of Donald A. Brown and Dorothy Seale Brown. He was raised in the Burling-ton area and graduated from Burlington High School in 1975. From his parents he learned to love the outdoors. He was a hunter and fisher-man, and always chose to work out of doors whenever possible. He worked in the building trades in Vermont, Texas and Alabama. Mark returned to Vermont several years ago to be close to his family. During those years he spent much time bird watching, learning to cook and spending time outside. Mark married Patricia Billado in 1989 and she has been by his side ever since providing him with loving care. Pat, his parents, his two children from a previ-ous marriage Tabatha Soliz and her husband, Richard as well as his son, Joseph V. Brown, survive him. Mark’s two sisters Faith Brown, Martha Brown and her husband, Rob Donaldson also survive him. Through his marriage with Pat he became a beloved Papa to her chil-dren, who were by his side through his last ill-ness and death. No greater tribute could be asked for than their love and atten-tion to him through the years and right up to the last moments of his life; Jeff Billado and his wife, Crystal of Winooski, Julie and James Benham of St. Albans, Lori and Richard Senna of St. Albans. He also leaves his grandchil-dren Jonathan Billado, Katelyn Duchaine, Joshua Billado, Amanda Billado, Jacob Billado and Mark Billado, as well as Jaime Benham. Mark was pre-deceased by his cherished grandson, Tyler Billado. Mark’s family wishes to thank Dr. Ben Parkhurst of FAHC for his kind atten-tion during Mark’s last illness. They also wish to thank Tom LaVigne, one of Mark’s childhood friends, for all his help and sup-port in making arrange-ments for a celebration of Mark’s life, to be held on Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the LaVigne Funeral Home, 132 Main Street, Winooski, VT. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Vermont Nature Conservancy at http://www.nature.org/ourinitia-tives/regions/northameri-ca/unitedstates/vermont/index.htm or The Nature Conservancy 27 State Street, Suite 4 Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Phone: (802) 229-4425 Fax: (802) 229-1347.

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has been working on law enforcement needs and hopes to soon work with a consultant, perhaps from the Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) to further research the issue. The budget also includes an ambulance line item for $97,903. Also absent from this year’s budget and Town Meeting Day ballot, is the French Hill Road recon-struction project, which failed at last year’s meeting. Johnson said she and the selectboard decided to have an analysis and a plan cre-ated to show whether that work is in fact needed and what specifically is needed. Funds set aside for French Hill reconstruction will be used for that study. Selectboard chair Bernie Boudreau noted the French Hill project, too, saying the town chose not to put $100,000 away for a project not completely engineered. There is also no extra money in the budget for the town’s forest. Work will continue, likely to involve Project Soar students, to develop directional signs. Parking lot upgrades will be completed, too, but Johnson said that required no additional funds. No direct expenses were needed regarding the arriv-al of a Walmart store ten-tatively slated for comple-tion in October. Johnson said traffic concerns were addressed during the per-mitting process. As was previously report-ed, the selectboard at its last regular meeting approved the proposed spending plan that calls for a 1.6 percent increase in taxes, Selectman Joe Montagne said the bud-get would require about $14 more in taxes on a home val-ued at $200,000. The current fiscal year budget required a 4.5 percent tax increase. Johnson said there are no unexpected or surpris-ing items in the budget. The budget justification that was prepared to explain expenditures lists most cat-egories as “level funded.” Boudreau, asked for com-ment on the budget, said, “I’m a firm believer that it is more responsible to raise your budget a little bit at a time.” He considers a respon-sible tax increase to be a value somewhere between zero and three percent. The town manager also has worked to prepare a budget document that is more easily understood, but fully accomplishing that will take at least one more budget cycle. Instead of listing items under a general term, such as “town administration,” she has begun to be more specific, showing where expenses actually occur, such as salaries dedicated to town clerk, town listers, planning and zoning, and police offices. “I don’t want to over simplify it, but I really just wanted to make this easier for everyone to understand and to follow,” she said. Former manager Gerry Myers started reorganizing the budget a bit last year, also as a step toward mak-ing year-to-year compari-sons easier. However, such comparisons won’t be easy until the next fiscal year document is released. “It’s going to be a little tough because you can’t just look at 2012-13 and compare that salary line to the 2013-14 salary line, because it’s going to look like we dropped it by half and that’s not representa-

tive of what we really did,” Johnson explained. Johnson was clear that new accounts were cre-ated. Simply put, only the accounting method was changed. She added that this year’s budget reflects some necessary maintenance work and a few public works projects. Engineering consulting fees are involved, for work to be done for future plan-ning, as mentioned in the Messenger late last month. For example, the town will hire consultants to look at capital improvement and budget planning. The town’s General Fund needs have been steadily on the rise, the actual budget in 2012 showed $3,472,904, the fiscal year 2013 budget showed $3,758,545, and now the Fiscal Year 2014 budget shows a total of $3,819,867. The town’s Park and Recreation fund did see a significant increase, from $65,779 last year to $155,911 this year. Parks salaries saw a $3,280 increase, but the largest growth came from grant-funded proj-ects which the town was required to match, includ-ing $12,000 for a backstop at the Bay Park softball field. Changes to meet com-pliance requirements for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) were budgeted at $10,000, for an upgrade of Bay Park rest-rooms. Bay dock expenses jumped from $5,000 last year to $10,000. The budget section dedi-cated to funds given to area organizations, including Court Diversion, Home Health, Care Partners, Martha’s Kitchen, Laurie’s House, and the Humane Society, among others, saw a $20 decrease. Added to that list are Vermont Green Up at $300 and Vermont Adult Learning at $500.

Sex offender Web sitecan contact registrantsWATERBURY –– The

Vermont Criminal Information Center (VCIC) will implement a new Sex Offender registration data-base, as well as a new Sex Offender Web site. “The department is confident that the new OffenderWatch system will help the Vermont Sex Offender Registry improve the quality and accuracy of the information main-tained by the database, while providing a higher level of service and pro-tection to the public and law enforcement,” said Commissioner of Public Safety Keith Flynn, in a press release. The Vermont Sex Offender Registry is used to track sex offenders in Vermont. The new regis-try database, developed with Watch Systems LLC, will provide VCIC with a more robust and versatile tool for the management of sex offender registrants, according to a statement released on Friday. Statewide mapping capabilities are built into the software. Where pos-sible, the software mini-mizes manual entry by using calculated fields and auto fill dropdown menus thus reducing the

possibility of typographi-cal errors. The system utilizes several electronic interfaces to other sys-tems, such as the National Crime Information Center and the Vermont Criminal History database, to help ensure that information is accurately and consistently passed between the sys-tems. Among the new features of the software, the system can send electronic and telephonic notifications to sex offenders request-ing address verifications as well as providing those with email the ability to electronically update their address and living sta-tus. This will assist the Sex Offender Registry in ensuring the most current addresses and information for offenders is on file in a timely manner. Citizens using the enhanced registry Web site will now be able to receive email alerts when a new internet-posted sex offend-er moves into their city or town; and the alerts will remain in effect until can-celled by the citizen. The Internet address for the new public Web site is www.communitynotifica-tion.com/vermont/.

Experts find remains ofEngland’s King Richard III LEICESTER, England (AP) — He wore the English crown,

but he ended up defeated, humiliated and reviled. Now things are looking up for King Richard III. Scientists announced Monday that they had found the monarch’s 500-year-old remains under a parking lot in the city of Leicester — a discovery Richard’s fans say will inspire new research into his maligned history. University of Leicester researchers say tests on a battle-scarred skeleton unearthed last year prove “beyond reasonable doubt” that it is the king, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, and whose remains have been missing for centuries.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19)**** You might walk into a veil of con-fusion because someone is not being clear. This person does not totally understand the dynamics of the situa-tion at hand. Communicate your mes-sage with more clarity, and you will get results. Tonight: Laugh off a recent misunderstanding.TAURUS (April 20-May 20)*** You are full of questions. Have that long-overdue discussion. Your energy rarely is sporadic, though it could be at the moment. Swallowing your anger could be one of the causes. A money-making idea sounds good -- just do your research first. Tonight: Follow

someone’s lead.GEMINI (May 21-June 20)*** Confusion marks your commu-nication. Assess where the mix-up might be. Excellent ideas could fall flat today. Have some sympathy for a boss or higher-up who might be hav-ing a similar experience. Your innate good nature draws in opportunities. Tonight: Go with the moment.CANCER (June 21-July 22)**** You could be upset by what you see. Diving in and fixing the problem usually works, only right now the problem isn’t obvious. In fact, you could have a hard time zeroing in on the dynamics involved. Remain confi-dent. Tonight: Touch base with some-one at a distance.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)***** Where others seem to be baf-fled, you will have a sense of direction. You might not be able to verbalize

where this knowledge comes from. A friend who understands you very well encourages you to go down an unknown path. Trust your sixth sense. Tonight: With the gang.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)** Demands seem to appear out of nowhere. This issue could involve your home, personal life and/or real estate. A parent could be involved. A partner or associate seems extremely whimsical with money, which causes you some concern. Tonight: Stay close to home.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) *** You’ll ask a lot of questions as to what is happening within your immediate circle. You want to get to the bottom of a problem. Approach issues creatively today. Do be careful when dealing with anything mechani-cal. News from a distance thrills you. Tonight: Keep it light and easy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)**** Your creativity surges, and you will cook up a great idea. The prob-lem lies in the cost. Even if you do not anticipate a financial snafu, it still could happen. Use good sense with a child or new love interest. You do not want to go overboard. Tonight: Allow greater give-and-take. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)*** You feel up to nearly any task. You might have an important matter to deal with, which could make you feel a little uneasy. Slow down. You can be successful doing so many different things. Lighten up the moment, and share more of your feelings. Tonight: All smiles.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)**** You know precisely where you want to go with a conversation that is a bit overdue. Listen carefully to news, and take time to digest what you are

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15,927.52 13,248.92 Wilshire 5000 15,979.16 +154.84 +.98 +6.56 +12.28907.91 729.75 Russell 2000 911.20 +9.11 +1.01 +7.28 +9.64

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Today Monday, Feb. 4

Public Meetings:

! Town of St. Albans Selectboard special meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall. Agenda: 1. Call to order. 2. Public Hearing on Proposed Charter. 3. Adjourn.! St. Albans City Development Review Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Agenda: A. Public Hearings (1. Case 2013-004 – Gregory & Kimberly Douglas. 222 North Main Street/Parcel #22,063,222. Applicant requests conditional use approval to change a multi-family dwelling into a single family dwelling. The property is located in the B-2 Business 2 District. 2. Case 2013-005 – Daniel J. Handy Family Trust/Gregory Abbott. 260 North Main Street/Parcel #22,063,260. Applicant requests conditional

use approval to operate a furni-ture store. The property is locat-ed in the B-2 Business 2 District. 3. Case 2013-006 – 109 North Main Street, LLC. Parcel #’s11,022,009 / 11,022,013 / 11,022,015 / 11,063,109 / 11,063,115 / 11,063,117 / 11,063,119. Applicant requests a major site plan approval. The properties are located in the B-1 Business 1 District.) B. Other business (1. Approval of meeting minutes. 2. Planning and Development update). C. Public comment. D. Decisions! Highgate Planning Commission meeting at 6 p.m. at Municipal Office Building. Agenda: 1. Call to order. 2. Other business (a. Review and approval of Jan. 14 minutes. b. Discussion of bylaw review timeline. c. Planning update to the selectboard. d. Update on projects. e. Fee update informa-tion). 3. Deliberative session. 4. Adjournment.! St. Albans City Council

special meeting at 5:15 p.m. at City Hall. Agenda: 1. Executive session. 2. Other business. 3. Adjourn.

Tomorrow Tuesday, Feb. 5

Public Meetings:

! Town of Swanton Selectboard meeting at 7 p.m. at the Town Office Building. Agenda: A. Call to order. B. Pledge of Allegiance. C. Meeting Topics: 1. Minutes (a. Jan. 15, Jan. 21). 2. Public com-ments. 3. Old business. 4. Law Enforcement and Fire Department (a. Swanton Village Police Chief report. b. 40 MPH zone on Rt. 7 update). 5. Highway department (a. Salt and Sand updates. b. Well drilling quotes. c. Other updates). 6. Franklin County Humane Society (a. Discuss 2013 contract). 7. Discuss open meetings info. 8.

Correspondence. 9. Other busi-ness. 10. Public comments. 11. Upcoming events. 12. Executive session. 13. Adjournment.! Georgia Board of School Directors regular meeting at 6 p.m. at the Georgia School Library. Agenda: 1. Call to order. 2. Consent agenda (minutes, cor-respondence). 3. Public comment. 4. Board business (a. FY14 bud-get: communication, budget guide and presentation. b. Update on board elections / petitions. c. Set next meeting date). 5. Reports (Principal, financial, superin-tendent, board/school commit-tees). 6. Policy review. 7. Other. 8. Executive session. 9. Adjourn.! BFA UHSD #48 / NWTC Board of School Directors meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the BFA Library Conference Room. Agenda: 1. Call to order. 2. Pledge of allegiance. 3. Visitors (3.1 Academy 21 Student presentation). 4. Consent agen-da (4.1 Approval of minutes. 4.2 Student representative report.

4.3 BFA Administrator’s report. 4.4 NWTC Director’s report. 4.5 Supervisory Union report. 4.6 FCSU Steering Committee report. 4.7 BFA committee reports. 4.8 Collins Perley report). 5. Old busi-ness (5.1 Policy for adoption (a. Student bullying prevention pol-icy). 6. New Business (6.1 FY13 Budget status. 6.2 FY14 Student schedules / changes. 6.3 FY14 bud-get summary. 6.4 Principal search discussion). 7. Other business (7.1 Collins Perley Sports Center Manager’s report. 7.2 Department reports. 7.3 Monthly financial report). 8. Agenda Items for future meeting (8.1 Booster Club pre-sentation. 8.2 Revision of bylaws. 8.3 Non-union, non-certified guidelines. 8.4 Environmental club presentation. 8.5 Student team reports). 9. Approve war-rants. 10. Executive session (10.1 Personnel). 11. Adjourn.

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The collaborative partnership of Northwestern Medical Center, Franklin County Home Health Agency, Northwestern Counseling and Support Services, and the Vermont Department of Health.

BIKRAM YOGASATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 20139:00 A.M., NOON & 4:00 P.M. (90 MINUTES)A BEGINNING YOGA CLASS --- PARTICIPANTS OF ALL AGES AND LEVELS OF FITNESS ARE WELCOME. BIKRAM YOGA IS A 90 MINUTE HATHA YOGA CLASS DONE IN A HEATED ROOM TO HELP IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH, STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY. PLEASE COME 15 MINUTES EARLY. LOCATION: BIKRAM YOGA STUDIO, 13 CENTER ST., ST. AL-BANS PROGRAM COST: FREE PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: CALL 524-1234 CLASS SIZE: LIMITED TO 20

LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTERMONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 20134:30 TO 6:00 P.M.A FREE INTERACTIVE DEMONSTRATION FOR WOMEN WHO ARE EXPE-RIENCING APPEARANCE RELATED SIDE EFFECTS DUE TO TREATMENT.LOCATION: NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, CONFERENCE ROOM #1 FEATURING: CAROL LUMBRA, BEAUTICIAN, RAIL CITY SALON AND BONNIE RAINVILLE, BEAUTICIAN, ELITE BODY BOU-TIQUE PROGRAM COST: FREE PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: CALL OLIVIA LAPORTE AT 524-8479

VERMONT QUIT NETWORK FRESHSTART (TOBACCO CESSATION CLASS)TUESDAYS, FEBRUARY 5, 12, 19, 26, 20134:00 TO 5:00 P.M.JOIN OTHERS FOR THIS 4-SESSION SERIES TO HELP YOU SUCCESSFULLY QUIT SMOKING. AS A VERMONT RESIDENT, YOU CAN GET FREE PATCHES, GUM & LOZENGES. LOCATION: NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, CONFERENCE ROOM 3 TO SIGN UP: CALL CHARI AT 524-8480.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 201311 A.M. – 2 P.M.JOIN NMC STAFF FOR A FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT THAT INCLUDES FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS, FITNESS ACTIVITIES, INFORMATION ON HEART DISEASE PREVENTION, HEALTHY SNACKS AND SMOOTHIES, KIDS’ AC-TIVITIES, PRIZE DRAWINGS AND MORE. LOCATION: ST. ALBANS CITY HALL AND TAYLOR PARK. COST: FREE. DONATIONS TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WELCOME. FOR INFO: CALL 524-1239.

HEALING CIRCLE BREAST CANCER NETWORKA SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCERMEETS ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 5:30PM, AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, CONFERENCE ROOM 1. PLEASE RSVP AT 524-8479.

BREASTFEEDING: KEEP IT SIMPLETUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013NOON TO 1:30 P.M.GET INFORMATION ABOUT GETTING STARTED IN THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING CREATING AN INDIVIDUAL BREASTFEEDING PLAN TO SHARE WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE TEAM. LEARN WHAT TO EXPECT FROM YOUR BREASTFED BABY AND WHO TO CALL FOR HELP IF YOU NEED IT. LOCATION: VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, 20 HOUGHTON STREET, ST. ALBANS PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: CALL 524-7970

CHOLESTEROL CLASSWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 20138:00 TO 9:00 A.M.A MONTHLY GROUP DISCUSSING FOODS AND EATING HABITS THAT MAY HELP TO MANAGE YOUR CHOLESTEROL LEVELS. IT WILL INCLUDE PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR OVERCOMING THE BARRIERS TO EATING IN A HEART HEALTHY WAY. LOCATION: NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, CONFERENCE ROOM 2 PROGRAM CHARGE: SUGGESTED DONATION OF $5 AT THE DOOR PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: CALL 524-1234 OR EMAIL CFHW@NMCINC.ORG

CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION CLASSESNEWBORN 101SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 201311:00 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. THIS COURSE PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR “THE 4TH TRIMESTER,” THE 3 MONTHS FOLLOWING BIRTH. FIND OUT WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER YOU COME HOME WITH YOUR NEW BABY. COUPLES WITH BABIES ARE WELCOME. BABIES UNDER 4 MONTHS ARE ALSO WELCOME. COST: $30 PER COUPLE (BABY’S 2 PRIMARY CARE-PROVIDERS) LOCATION: FRANKLIN COUNTY HOME HEALTH, 3 HOME HEALTH CIRCLE, ST. ALBANS PRE-REGISTER REQUIRED: CALL 527-7531

DIABETES AND YOUMONDAYS, FEBRUARY 11, 18, 25 & MARCH 4, 11, 20139:30 TO 11:30 A.M.A FIVE-PART, TEN-HOUR GROUP EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES TELEPHONE FOLLOW-UP SESSIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES AND THEIR FAMILIES. ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION. LOCATION: NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, CONFERENCE ROOM 2 PROGRAM CHARGE: CALL FOR PRICING PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: CALL 524-1031 OR EMAIL DROBERTSON@NMCINC.ORG PROGRAM SIZE: LIMITED TO 15

District Court:

Judge James R. Crucitti will preside over the fol-lowing cases Monday at Franklin County District Court in St. Albans City. The schedule could change.

Jury drawings beginning at 8:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m. State v. John L. Tatro – Burglary, buy/receive/sell/possess/conceal stolen property

State v. Doris L. (Machia) Douglas – Buy/receive/sell/possess/conceal stolen property, escape custody (rescue/aiding)

State v. Cory B. Laplant – Violation of conditions of release, assault and rob-bery, leaving the scene of a crash, aggravated driv-ing without owner consent, careless or negligent opera-tion, resisting arrest, DUI, depressant/stimulant/nar-cotic posession

State v. Ryan Trombley – Burglary

State v. Stringfellow Hawke – Careless or negligent operation

State v. Corrine Gabaree – Driving while license sus-pended

State v. Joel Heyer – DUI

State v. Darryl Beaumont – Burglary

State v. Duane A. Ladieu – Simple assault

State v. Christopher Hodgdon – Gran larceny

State v. Danny L. Bouchard, Jr. – Accessory after the fact, minor alcohol con-sumption, violation of con-ditions of release

State v. Barbara Barratt – Driving while license sus-pended

State v. Daniel S. Roberson – Aggravated assault, sim-ple assault, violation of conditions of release

State v. John W. Williams – Simple assault

State v. Steven C. Cross – Aggravated assault with weapon

State v. Joseph M. Devino – Disorderly conduct, simple assault

State v. Gary Lee Manning, Jr. – Disorderly conduct, unlawful mischief

State v. Jonathan Newton – Unlawful mischief

State v. Timothy H. Patterson – Tattooist, body piercer prohibitions/regis-tration, grand larceny

State v. Justin Robtoy – Simple assault

State v Erich Switser – Buy/receive/sell/possess/conceal stolen property

State v. Darren J. Whitehead – DUI, reckless endanger-ment

State v. Darren J. Totten – Attempt to elude law enforcement, driving while license suspended, false information to law enforce-ment, reckless endanger-ment, resisting arrest

State v. Frank A. Cameron – DUI, leaving the scene of a crash

State v. Donald G. Blanchard III – Escape custody (fur-lough)

State v. Paul W. Turcotte – Burglary

State v. Joseph G. Laviolette – Marijuana cultivation

State v. Rykeem Allen – Simple assault, cocaine sale, marijuana sale

State v. Jordan A. Hemingway – Burglary

State v. Travis Lee Lapant – Aggravated driving with-out owner consent

State v. Nathan L. Robtoy – Depressant/stimulant/nar-cotic possession

State v. Brian R. Barbour – DUI

State v. Stephen W. Geno – DUI

State v. Michael Miller – Lewd/lascivious conduct with child (attempt)

State v. Robbie A. Robtoy – Driving while license sus-pended, sexual assault (vic-tim less than 16 years old)

State v. Richard Davis – Aggravated sexual assault (victim less than 10 years old)

State v. Steven M. Stowe – Driving while license sus-pended

State v. Timothy J. Dufresne – Simple assault on correc-tional officer, unlawful mis-chief, unlawful mischief

State v. Steven A. Mashtare – Retail theft

State v. Paul H. Stanhope – Driving while license suspended, minor alcohol consumption, disorderly conduct

State v. Corey A. Keith – Burglary

State v. Steven M. Stowe – DUI, violation of condi-tions of release, driving while license suspended

State v. Adam Coolum – Excessive speed, driving while license suspended

State v. Todd Unwin – Marijuana cultivation

State v. Andrew D. Marshall

– Marijuana possession

State v. Connie A. Johnson – Theft of service

State v. Joel D. Partlow – Driving while license sus-pended

State v. Robin Sweetser – Disorderly conduct

State v. Erin M. Charbonneau Chamberlin-Brosseau

State v. Kyle D. Flanders – Driving while license sus-pended

State v. Jamie L. Goff – DUI

State v. Bridget Sibley – Careless or negligent oper-ation

State v. Brandy L. (Domina) Clogston

State v. Areil Cooper – Simple assault, disorderly conduct

State v. Chad M. Hendy – Retail theft

State v. Ivy L. Chickering – Driving while license sus-pended

State v. Timothee Morgan – Excessive speed

State v. Laura Murray –

Disorderly conduct

Paul A. Turcotte – Attempt to elude, careless or negli-gent operation

Troy L. Waite – Driving while license suspended

State v. Matthew A. Webster – Careless or negligent operation

State v. Christopher Wescott – Disorderly con-duct, posess/sell/offer zip gun or switchblade

State v. Kyle Marquez – Depressant/stimulant/nar-cotic possession, unlawful mischief, petty larceny

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USDA announces important updates on the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) programCOLCHESTER — U.S.

Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Vermont State Executive Director Robert Paquin today announced that beginning Feb. 5, USDA will issue payments to dairy farmers enrolled in the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program for the September 2012 marketings. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the authoriza-tion of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) through 2013 for many programs administered by

FSA, including MILC. The 2008 Farm Bill extension provides for a continuation of the MILC pro-gram through Sept. 30, 2013. MILC payments are triggered when the Boston Class I milk price falls below $16.94 per hun-dredweight, after adjustment for the cost of dairy feed rations. MILC payments are calculated each month using the latest milk price and feed cost. As announced by FSA on Jan. 22, all dairy producers’ MILC contracts are automati-cally extended to Sept. 30, 2013. Eligible producers therefore do

not need to re-enroll in MILC. MILC operations with approved contracts will continue to receive monthly payments, if available. The payment rate for September 2012 is approximate-ly $0.59 per hundredweight. The payment rate for October 2012 marketings is approximately $0.02 per hundredweight. The payment rate for November 2012 marketings is zero. Before the October MILC pay-ment can be issued, dairy farm-ers must complete a new Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)

form for 2013. The new form, CCC-933 Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Certification and Consent to Disclosure of Tax Information, must complete by producers before they can receive payments for a variety of programs administered by FSA and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Producers may obtain CCC-933 at their local USDA Service Center or online at www.fsa.usda.gov/ccc933. Dairy operations may select a production start month other than October 2012. Producers who want to select a production

start month other than October 2012 must visit their local FSA office between Feb. 1 and Feb. 28, 2013, also known as a relief period. FSA will provide producers with information on program requirements, updates and sign-ups as the information becomes available. For more information on MILC, contact a local FSA county office or visit the FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov.

— USDA

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A CHANGING CLIMATECourtesy Photo

Franklin-7 legislator Cindy Weed of Enosburg led the climate change discussion after the public viewing of the movie Carbon Nation at the Town Hall in Bakersfield on Sunday.

“There was lots of food for thought,” Weed commented, “plus great conversation and refreshments.”The event was sponsored by the Bakersfield Conservation Commission and donations benefited the HF Brigham Library.

Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association holds annual meetingESSEX JUNCTION — On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Vermont

Maple Sugar Makers’ Association (VMSMA) held its 120th Annual Meeting at the Vermont Farm Show at the Champlain Valley Exposition where Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets Secretary Chuck Ross addressed the crowd of 240. VMSMA Chair Jacques Couture presented two awards which are given annually to those who have demon-strated a commitment of service to the Vermont maple industry. The Sugar Maker of the Year was presented to David and Barbara Mayotte of East Fairfield. Longtime sugar makers, Dave and Barb started Mayotte’s Maple Products in 1980 to supply equipment to area sugar makers, creating strong customer relations with their willingness to remain open on weekends and late into the night, accommodating the busy schedules of the sugaring season. Dave and Barb were early adopters of many of the modern techniques that are now com-monplace in maple syrup production, including reverse osmosis to concentrate maple sap before boiling. In 2012, Dave and Barb retired from their business, leaving a lasting legacy within the Vermont maple community. The Sumner Hill Williams Memorial Cup, awarded to the Maple Person of the Year, was presented this year to Don and Betty Ann Lockhart of Charlotte. Don and Betty Ann have long been active in the maple industry, volunteering for many marketing and promotional events. Together they founded Perceptions, Inc., an award-winning, full-service, self-contained media com-pany, producing several maple-themed video produc-tions including Voices from the Sugarwoods and The Magical Maple Tree. The company has received several CINE Golden Eagles, Telly, and Communicator Awards, as well as numerous regional and local awards. Betty Ann has also written several books on the history of Vermont Maple, including Celebrating Centuries of a Proud Tradition: Pure Vermont Maple – A Treatise of Facts, Folklore and Recipes from Vermont’s Community of Sugarmakers for the Vermont Bicentennial and Maple Sugarin’ in Vermont, a history of maple sugar production from Native Americans up to the mid-twen-tieth century. About VMSMA: The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association was founded in 1893 and is made up of sugar makers and maple packers who are committed to producing the highest quality maple syrup in the world and promoting the “Official Flavor of Vermont.” For more information, please visit www.vermontmaple.org.

— Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association

Department of Public Safety unveils new sex offender registration database and websiteWATERBURY — The

Vermont Department of Public Safety is pleased to announce that the Vermont Criminal Information Center (VCIC) will be implementing a new Sex Offender registration database, as well as a new Sex Offender website. “The department is confident that the new

OffenderWatch system will help the Vermont Sex Offender Registry improve the quality and accuracy of the information main-tained by the database,” said Commissioner of Public Safety Keith Flynn, “while providing a higher level of service and protec-tion to the public and law enforcement.”

The Vermont Sex Offender Registry, man-aged by VCIC pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 5402, is the process of recording and tracking sex offenders in Vermont. The new regis-try database, developed with Watch Systems LLC, will provide VCIC with a more robust and versa-tile tool for the manage-ment of sex offender reg-istrants. Statewide map-ping capabilities are built into the software. Where possible, the software minimizes manual entry by using calculated fields and auto fill dropdown menus thus reducing the possibility of typographi-cal errors. The system utilizes several electronic interfaces to other sys-tems, such as the National Crime Information Center and the Vermont Criminal History database, to help ensure that information is accurately and consistently passed between the sys-tems. Among the new features of the software, the system can send electronic and telephonic notifications to sex offenders request-ing address verifications as well as providing those with email the ability to electronically update their address and living sta-tus. This will assist the Sex Offender Registry in ensuring the most current addresses and information for offenders is on file in a timely manner. Soon after the system goes live VCIC hopes to allow access to critical information in the data-base to the law enforce-ment community for inves-tigative purposes. Offender mapping is one of the many capabilities that would be made available to law enforcement so they can better track and monitor offenders in their commu-

nity. The Vermont Sex Offender Registry web-site contains information on sexual offenders in Vermont who are required to register and whose infor-mation we are legislatively allowed to post to the inter-net. The new website, pow-ered by OffenderWatch®, will now function in real time which means that when a change is made in the Vermont Sex Offender Registry database it is auto-matically pushed out to the website and is accessible to the public almost imme-diately. The National Sex Offender Registry website is updated in a similar fash-ion. The internet address for the new public website is: http://www.communi-tynotification.com/ver-mont/. Citizens using the enhanced registry website will now be able to receive email alerts when a new internet-posted sex offend-er moves into their city or town; and the alerts will remain in effect until can-celled by the citizen. VCIC worked extensively with Watch Systems, LLC to customize their nationally recognized OffenderWatch system to meet Vermont’s needs. The OffenderWatch system is complies with current federal guide-lines regarding the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. OffenderWatch is in use with 4565 agencies nation-wide in over 34 states and handles nearly 60 percent of the nations registered sex offender population. For more information about the Vermont Sex Offender Registry, visit http://vcic.vermont.gov/sex_offender or call VCIC at 802-244-8727.

— Department of Public Safety

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Civil rights lawyers: NYPD spying broke rules WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Police

Department’s focus on Muslims has renewed the political surveillance of the 1960s and ‘70s that was banned under a landmark legal ruling, according to a new court filing by civil rights lawyers. They are seeking an injunction against further surveillance of Muslims without evidence of crimes and a new court-appointed auditor to oversee police activities. Describing continuing surveillance of Muslims as “widespread and intense,” the civil rights lawyers complained that the NYPD has monitored public plac-es where Muslims eat, shop and worship and has kept records and notes about police observations despite any evidence of unlawful or terror-related activities. The lawyers said the NYPD’s actions violate rules, known as the Handschu guidelines, that a court had imposed as part of a 1985 landmark settlement with the NYPD to a lawsuit they filed. “There is substantial persuasive evidence that the defendants are conducting investigations into orga-nizations and individuals associated with the Muslim faith and the Muslim community in New York, and have been doing so for years, using intrusive methods, without a reasonable indication of unlawful activity, or a criminal predicate of any sort,” the lawyers wrote in a motion to be filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. They said the NYPD’s actions were so “flagrant and persis-tent” that an auditor should be appointed. A spokesman for the NYPD did not respond to a phone message and email request for comment from The Associated Press. The NYPD and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have said the department follows the Handschu guidelines and did not break any laws over the course of its surveillance of Muslim communi-ties. NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly has said the department has plenty of oversight, including five district attorneys, a committee that investigates police corruption, the NYPD’s own internal affairs office and the court-imposed Handschu guidelines. The spying was the subject of a series of stories by the AP that revealed the NYPD intelligence divi-sion infiltrated dozens of mosques and Muslim stu-dent groups and investigated hundreds. The NYPD is the largest police department in the nation, and Bloomberg has held up its counterterrorism tactics as a model for the rest of the country. The new court motion by the civil rights lawyers refers repeatedly to the AP’s reporting and includes some internal NYPD documents the AP had obtained and published.

Beer will help power Alaska brewery By JOSHUA BERLINGER,Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alas-kan Brewing Co. is going green, but

instead of looking to solar and wind energy, it has turned to a very familiar source: beer. The Juneau-based beer maker has installed a unique boiler system in order to cut its fuel costs. It purchased a $1.8 million furnace that burns the company’s spent grain — the waste accumulated from the brewing process — into steam which powers the major-ity of the brewery’s operations. Company officials now joke they are now serving “beer-powered beer.” What to do with spent grain was seemingly solved decades ago by brew-eries operating in the Lower 48. Most send the used grain, a good source of protein, to nearby farms and ranches to be used as animal feed. But there are only 37 farms in south-east Alaska and 680 in the entire state as of 2011, and the problem of what to do with the excess spent grain — made up of the residual malt and barley — became more problematic after the brewery expanded in 1995. The Alaskan Brewing Co. had to resort to shipping its spent grain to buyers in the Lower 48. Shipping costs for Juneau businesses are especially high because there are no roads lead-ing in or out of the city; everything has to be flown or shipped in. However, the grain is a relatively wet byproduct of brewing, so it needs to be dried before it is shipped -- another heat intensive and expensive process. “We had to be a little more innova-tive just so that we could do what we love to do, but do it where we’re locat-ed,” Alaskan Brewing co-founder Geoff Larson said. But the company was barely turn-ing a profit by selling its spent grain. Alaskan Brewery gets $60 for every ton of it sent to farms in the Lower 48, but it costs them $30 to ship each ton.

So four years ago, officials at the Alaskan Brewing Co. started looking at whether it could use spent grain as an in-house, renewable energy source and reduce costs at the same time. While breweries around the world use spent grain as a co-fuel in energy recovery systems, “nobody was burn-ing spent grain as a sole fuel source for an energy recovery system, for a steam boiler,” says Brandon Smith, the company’s brewing operations and engineering manager. It contracted with a North Dakota company to build the special boiler sys-tem after the project was awarded near-ly $500,000 in a grant from the federal Rural Energy for America Program. The craft brewery is expecting big savings once the system is fully opera-

tional in about a month’s time. Smith estimates that the spent grain steam boiler will offset the company’s year-ly energy costs by 70 percent, which amounts to about $450,000 a year. Alaskan Brewing Co. makes about 150,000 barrels of beer a year. The beer is distributed in 14 states after recent entries into the Texas, Wisconsin and Minnesota markets. It brews several varieties of beer, but is best-known for its Alaskan Amber, an alt-style beer. The company is also known for its dis-tinctive beer labels, including featur-ing a polar bear on its Alaskan White Belgian-style ale. When asked which beer’s spent grain burns the best Smith joked “we’re still trying to figure that out. We have our suspicions.”

JOSHUA BERLINGER, AP PhotoIn this photo taken Jan 23, in Juneau, Alaska, Brandon Smith, the Alaskan

Brewing Co.’s brewing operations and engineering manager, speaks to reporters about the company’s new boiler system. The brewery has installed a unique boiler

system that burns the company’s spent grain the accumulated waste from the brewing process into steam which powers the majority of the plant’s operations.

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DEAR ABBY: We’re a military family and have moved often since my husband and I married. In the past, relocating was always easy because our two sons were younger, but we have lived in the same com-munity for more than five years now. Our older son is 14 and a freshman in high school. My husband has reached a point in his career where he can either retire from the military or re-enlist to finish out his 30 years. Either way, it will probably require another move. Our 11-year-old son is a free spirit who seems to adjust wherever we are. The problem is, our teenager is begging us not to move because of the friends he has in school. I’m torn. I understand my son’s reasons, and people who had to move as teens agree it’s difficult when they’re in high school. We live in a very small town, and I’m sure the move will take us to a larger area. I know my son will see he’ll have more to do and will make a lot more friends. But he doesn’t want to leave and is becoming very emotional about it. My husband is willing to leave without us, get settled and let our son finish high school here. I don’t want to separate the family. Can you help us? -- NOT “AT EASE” IN GEORGIA

DEAR NOT AT EASE: Do not separate your family. If this were your son’s last year of high school, I might feel differently. However, there is still plenty of time for him to make new friends at a new high school. Because he doesn’t want to lose his old ones, he can stay in touch with them electronically. What your son is experiencing is one of the realities of mili-tary life, and it may teach him to become more adept at social rela-tionships. So think positive and do not let his fear of change hold you back.

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DEAR ABBY: I have a pet peeve and it’s an aggravation I encounter frequently. For some reason, people do not understand hours of business. Our hours are always clearly posted, so PLEASE don’t knock on the door

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DEAR HAD A LONG DAY: Not only was it a long day, it appears to have been a bad one. If it wasn’t, you wouldn’t have forgot-ten that the most important thing in running a business is customer service. This sometimes can mean bending the rules. If you find this too difficult, you can always refuse to open your door early and “remind” anyone who enters just before closing that you lock your door promptly at the posted hour for the reason you stated. Individuals who want more personalized ser-vice are, indeed, free to shop at stores with more flexible hours. (And they will.)

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secondary schools to oper-ate under one board with a common budget with shared resources. The committee spent almost two years convening public forums in the ACSU-member towns of Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge asking residents their pri-orities for their respective schools and how they could continue to offer qual-ity education in the face of declining enrollment and budget constraints. Those who showed up at the forums acknowledged the need for better communica-tion and shared resources among schools. But there was no overwhelming sup-port in any of the seven communities for any dra-matic steps, such as closing and/or combining schools. That “left the commit-tee at a crossroads as to which direction do we take this,” said ACSU Study Committee Chairman Eben Punderson of Weybridge. “There’s no question a lot came out of the forum pro-cess, but what didn’t come out of the forum process was any real clear advocacy for real changes in the gov-ernance structure.” While there wasn’t any great public outcry for change, committee mem-bers conceded that the direct question of chang-ing the schools’ governance structure was not squarely asked, nor were the finan-cial and logistical impli-cations of such a move offered to forum partici-pants. The ACSU schools are currently governed by nine separate boards with a combined total of 52 mem-bers. This has made for a lot of evening meetings for ACSU administrators — particularly the superin-tendent. Some feel the num-ber of meetings is scaring off some potential succes-sors to Superintendent Gail Conley; the ACSU is in its fourth search effort in two years. So committee members felt uncomfortable about simply abandoning the governance debate and decided to pursue it to a conclusion: A vote, up or down, by ACSU voters once they have learned all the pertinent facts and con-sequences of establish-ing a Regional Education District. Punderson said the committee was swayed greatly to take this posi-tion by a letter written by its former chairman, Rick Scott of Bridport. In his letter, Scott cited several reasons for allow-ing district residents to vote on the issue. They include:

-quence of our recent failure to secure a superintendent

of schools for the ACSU, the importance of governance restructuring has become significantly more impor-tant,” Scott said. “The issue put forward by one of our most recent finalists was directly related to the num-ber of boards the superin-tendent is accountable to … And it’s entirely plau-sible that our governance structure has caused other potential candidates to not even consider the ACSU.”

Scott said an RED would allow the ACSU to direct its combined resources at such offerings as a second-language program. Second-language instruction is not offered in all ACSU schools, mainly because of a lack of resources. Consequently, some ACSU students are not as prepared as others to take on a second lan-guage when it is offered to all students beginning in 8th grade.

budget across the schools would equalize the costs of education across the dis-trict, providing cost equity to the taxpayers,” Scott said.

state officials have been discussing legislation to reduce the total number of supervisory unions from the current 63 to 15. He said it might be in the ACSU’s best interest to pre-emp-tively create its own RED to make sure that it isn’t arbi-trarily thrust into a larger supervisory union by the state.

The state, under Act 153, is offering financial rewards to communities participat-ing in REDs to minimize impacts to tax rates during the first four years of the transition. There are four incentives for the creation of REDs: 1. An 8-6-4-2 cent-per-year reduction in residential property tax during the first four years for districts that create REDs.2. Up to $20,000 in consult-ing fees associated with planning.3. Up to $130,000 in addi-tional “facilitation grants.”

requirement to return state aid for school construction in the case of school clo-sures. “The original $20,000 budget remains intact and there is some money left,” Scott said of the RED pro-cess going forward. If it is to pursue forming an RED, the district must follow some additional steps mandated in Act 153: Create a plan to form the new union, conduct a cost-benefit analysis, submit the plan to the Vermont Board of Education for its approv-al, and gain voter approval in all involved districts.

Scott would like to see that vote take place before the end of the year, ideally this fall.

ANWSU GOVERNANCE Over the past decade, the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union spent many months holding mul-tiple votes on what was ulti-mately an ill-fated attempt to bring all its schools under one board. Residents in some towns voiced con-cerns about how the consol-idation would affect their property taxes; others were concerned the move might be the first step in com-bining and/or closing some community schools. Similar concerns are likely to be aired during the ACSU’s consideration of an RED. Conley said he under-stands the arguments both for and against establishing an RED. He noted that while such a move would reduce bureaucracy and create new efficiencies, commu-nity members would have to sacrifice some of the local control they currently have over their community

single RED board (with rep-resentation from all partici-pating communities) would have to make financial and curricular decisions for the perceived good of the whole district, as opposed to the micromanaging that local boards can now do at their respective schools. And an RED board, Conley said, could be thrust into deci-sions of whether special programs now offered at but a few member schools should either be offered district-wide or eliminated, because of the more global budget. ACSU schools, Conley noted, already share some teachers and services across town lines. Those relation-ships include music and art teachers who work at mul-tiple ACSU schools; shared second-language students in Weybridge and Ripton as well as Middlebury Union Middle School and High School; and shared custodi-ans, nursing staff and para-professionals. The next few months are shaping up to be very busy ones for the ACSU Study Committee as it navigates the provisions of Act 153 toward a vote on an RED. “My position is to let the study committee continue its work,” ACSU board Chairman Mark Perrin said. “There is something to be said about following through on a process and bringing it to closure.”

-- -- -- John Flowers is a report-er for the Addison County Independent, a Messenger sister publication.

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SUZANNE KENYON photosAbove, Swanton Elementary fifth and sixth grade chorus members top off their performance of Katy Perry’s big hit “firework” Wednesday night during the school’s Winter Concert. This is the first time the school has had a chorus group. It is led by longtime music teacher, Melissa Ewell. Also participating in the show were

the fourth grade beginner band, beginner strings group, fifth and sixth grade band and fifth and sixth grade strings, all led by band teacher Gianna Messier. Above right, Ethan Bourdeau shows the crowd how a slide

trombone can slide real low.

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