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see Vietnam, page 3

see Selectboard, page 8

see council, page 3

Town charter on the table again at Selectboard

see talent, page 4

Maryn Askew brings the house down with her rendition of “Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road” at the Barre Opera House on October 18 as part of the Vermont Has Talent competition for 8- to 24-year-olds. PHOTO: COURTESY

the ‘lotte’S got it

John HammerTHE CHARLOTTE NEWS

The Charlotte Selectboard met for another marathon session on Oct.

26 with a 5:30 p.m. site visit followed by the second public hearing on the proposed legislative charter establishing a new budgetary voting regime. Perhaps because this charter will not be voted on until the next March Town Meeting, there were very few citizens in the audience save members of the Town Meeting Solutions Committee. The committee was infor-mally constituted to investigate means of increasing the participation of Charlotters in voting on the town’s annual budget.

An extended conversation between the committee and Selectboard members centered on how to best communicate the intent of the charter to the public. While many on the Selectboard indicated that they had found a broad understanding by the public, there was still considerable resistance to change. The idea of more public meetings, broader communications and perhaps a direct mailing campaign are

in prospect. The committee was sent away with the task of developing a communica-tions plan.

One hour was consumed by the presen-tation and discussion of the quarterly Charlotte Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services financial management review.

CVFRS’s finances, which are for the most part supported by town funds, have been under close scrutiny for many years and this quarterly report was no exception. CVFRS is an inde-pendent, not-for-profit corporation operating with a memorandum of agreement with the

town. Under the MOA, Selectman Fritz Tegatz has a seat on the board of directors and serves as the gateway for questions between the two groups.

At this meeting, however, John Snow, the corporate president of the CVFRS, Charles Russell, the corporate treasurer, and Fire Chief Chris Davis were asked numerous detailed questions relative to the operations, costs of operation and capital assets. They presented a Composite Management Financial Report

The Town Charter Do you understand what it is and why the town wants it? Will you support it at Town Meeting? Write us a letter—[email protected].

Welcome to the jungleVeterans Day book release and film premier at Main Street Landing Film House

Alex BuntenTHE CHARLOTTE NEWS

private Loring M. Bailey Jr. was killed on March 15, 1970 in Quang Ngai

fighting in the Vietnam War. He was from Stonington, Connecticut, and was only 24 years old. In the “Remembrances” section below his name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website, John Wilson, his platoon leader, recalls the exact time it happened: “I was standing there with him discussing our defensive options. We stood in the same area while discussing the options. . . and as I walked away, there was a booby-trap explosion that killed Loring but just threw me to the ground. To this day I don’t know how or why I survived and he did not.”

Although Ring, as he was called, didn’t make it home, his words live on in a soon-to-be-released book, Calm Frenzy: One Man’s Vietnam War. The book will be released on Veterans Day, November 11, at the Main Street Landing Film House, Burlington, alongside a new award-win-ning documentary film from Soren Sorensen called My Father’s Vietnam, which is in part about Loring and his relationship with Soren’s father during Vietnam.

Calm Frenzy is a series of edited letters to Loring’s wife, Maris Bailey, his parents, Loring Sr. and Dorothy, his

brother-in-law, Rik Carlson, who works at the Little Garden Market in Charlotte and a close friend—the same people who helped compile the book.

The letters, mostly given without dates or addressee, paint a disjointed but candid picture of Vietnam, from basic training to a “360 degree front,” through the eyes of a curious mind and a gifted writer.

Loring writes at the start of the book, “Am I hyper-critical or does it just seem that everyone here would give his back teeth to get to New York City (without having to give up the Chivalay Impala and its stars and bars front license plate). What a sad state to preserve its rights so well and

Kali AdamsTHE CHARLOTTE NEWS

CVU held elections from Oct. 5–9 for freshman representatives to

join Student Council. Student Council works to promote the student voice in all aspects surrounding CVU. It organizes schoolwide activities, works to further the learning environment and seeks positive relationships not only within CVU between the faculty and students but also in the greater community. Each graduating class elects two representa-tives to serve for a year. This year there was a wide range of candidates, including Bay Foley-Cox from Charlotte, who was ultimately elected to represent the Class of 2019 on Student Council, along with Prince Yodishembo from Williston. The

Charlotte News caught up with Bay to ask him about his journey into student politics.

the charlotte newS: First off, how did it feel to be elected?

bay Foley-cox: It feels pretty good. I was happy to see that people believed I was a person who could make changes. I’m excited to get started with Student Council and am hopeful that I can fulfill some of my goals.

tcn: What inspired you to run for Student Council?

bF-c: I’m not satisfied with the student experience at CVU. I think it’s good now but there’s a lot of room for improvement. I wanted to help and I believed that on Student Council I could.

tcn: What has been the easiest part?

Bay Foley-Cox elected to CVU Student Council

Loring M Bailey Jr stands with a human skull while on active duty as an infantryman in the Vietnam war. A book of his collected letters will be releases on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11. PHOTO: COURTESY

Charlotte’s got talentLocals shine at Vermont Has Talent competition

Geeda SearfoorceTHE CHARLOTTE NEWS

Charlotters Maryn Askew and Keira Yardley joined their peers, astonished

the judges and won big at the Vermont Has Talent competition, held at the Barre Opera House on October 18. The event, now in its seventh year, raises money for the Miss Vermont Scholarship fund, a resource that supports young women in Vermont.

Fourteen-year-old Maryn wowed the judges with her piano and vocal rendition of “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.” The top-scoring vocalist and top-scoring solo female performer in the 14-24 age cate-gory, she took home a $100 gift certificate

to the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, a day of recording at Friday Pop Café and a scholarship to the Miss Vermont Scholarship Organization Preliminary Title Holder program. Additionally, Askew won first place overall in her age group.

Keira garnered praise and an award for her vocal performance of “Up on the Fridge.” She earned second place in the 8-13 year-old category and a $50 FlynnArts gift certificate.

Though most of the performances were given by vocalists—there were several piano/vocalists, a band, pianists, and a guitar/vocalist—there were also dancers, and a comedy routine given by second place winner Savannah Yates of Middlesex, who received a $50 FlynnArts gift certificate for her hysterical celebrity impressions.

Shelburne’s Emily Friedrichsen captured the judges’ attention and a $100 FlynnArts gift certificate for her vocal rendition of “In My Own Little Corner.”

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Locals in Lyric Theatre’s White Christmas

Even though we’re just through Halloween and moving toward Thanksgiving, some locals can’t wait for a white Christmas. Mindy Bickford and Kim Anderson of Charlotte fit this bill. They are already actively preparing their roles in the Lyric Theatre’s fall production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Kim is playing Martha Watson, who is the jovial housekeeper at the Inn in Vermont, and Mindy is a featured dancer, in the quintet and in the ensemble. The stage production of White Christmas is based on the 1954 movie musical starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney. The show follows the dynamic duo of Wallace and Davis, who meet during World War II and go on to become partners on stage as singers, dancers and producers. After meeting the beautiful and talented Haynes sisters, the men decide to follow them to

the fictional town of Pine Tree, Vermont, where the ladies are scheduled to perform at an inn over the holidays.

The inn happens to be run by the general that Wallace and Davis served under during the war. Unfortunately the inn has fallen on hard times, mainly because Vermont is experiencing a heat wave and severe lack of snow. Wallace and Davis decide to team up with the Haynes sisters and bring their entire stage show from New York to Vermont for the holidays to help with the general and his nearly bankrupt inn.

Erin Evarts, the artistic director of the Lyric production, describes part of what helped create her vision in bringing this classic to life: “At the heart of the show we see the love the characters have for each other, especially for the general. It is a beautiful story about community, hope and decency—I can’t wait to see how audiences respond.”

The first showing of White Christmas is at 7:30 p.m., November 12, at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington. More info at flynntix.org.

Look for Charlotters Mindy Bickford (left) and Kim Anderson in the upcoming production of White Christmas. PHOTO: TIM BARDEN

NoticeTrustee of public fundsThe position of trustee of public funds is currently vacant. Trustees of public funds oversee real and personal estate, including cemetery funds, held by the town in trust. Trustees are elected for three-year terms and are statutorily regulated by 24 VSA §§ 2431-2434. Statute provides for three trustees.

If you are interested in being appointed as a trustee of public funds until the next town election, please contact Dean Bloch, town administrator, via e-mail ([email protected]) or by phone (425-3071 ext. 5) or stop by the Town Office. Please include a brief explanation of why you are interested in the position. Following your submission, a brief interview with the Selectboard will be scheduled.

Dear Courage,My wife is becoming increasingly

bothered by the long winters in Vermont. We have wonderful friends here and good jobs (and these are not easy for us to come by). I don’t want to start all over again in a new location just for added warmth and sunlight, although I know I would enjoy these, too. I want to respect her need for this, though, as an important quality of life issue. How can we make a decision whether to stay or move?

Signed,Between a rock and

a cold place

Dear Cold,It’s hard, now that we’re in this strange

time of year right before stick season, to imagine how we can say goodbye to those glorious summer and fall days that help us feel grateful to be alive. But Vermont winter is right around the corner, my dear, make no mistake about it. Skiers love it, Huskies grow more fur, and maple saplings go dormant for a cozy nap until sugaring begins. But what about people

who don’t cotton to the frigid time of the year but yearn instead for more clement climes?

Your respect for your wife’s wishes and feelings is beautiful. It requires strength and an open heart to feel compassion for those we love even when we hold a different point of view. And it can be exhausting trying to express our differing opinion in a way that invites discussion rather than debate. This is the work of our intimate relationships, and when we can take up that work with our partners, we experience the deep pleasure of human connection that attracted us to one another in the first place.

Major life decisions like moving are best undertaken without the pressure of a deadline, if possible, and it sounds like you and your wife aren’t necessarily in a hurry, the current drop in temperature notwithstanding. Try to make a point this winter of doing something together outside on a regular basis, even if it’s just once or twice a month. Snowshoeing, cross-country skiing or even just standing quietly outside listening with closed eyes to hear how the quality of sound changes when the world is covered in a blanket of white—these activities can change your heart rate and carry more oxygen to brains

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that are tired of pressing for a decision. A cup of hot cocoa in bed afterwards is also an excellent restorative measure and provides warmth enough to dispel cold conversation should your different views sometimes feel impassable. Spending time with your wonderful friends is essential too. Be here, together, while you’re here, and as the pages of the calendar flip you and your wife will know better whether or not to stay or go. That way, whatever the decision, you’ll be making it together.

Finally, thank you for writing to me as you consider this potential life change. As we age we can sometimes become overwhelmed thinking about how the stakes seem to get higher with every decision, which is why it is so important to express what we struggle with and trust that another human understands. On this chilly November night as I rush to close the door after letting the dogs in, I see, beyond the porch light’s reach, the dark pile of leaves waiting for me to haul them to the compost heap, and I know what we’re in for. Vermont winter may be cold and long, but it can be profoundly beautiful when we know we’re not alone.

Signed, Courage

Grandmother, retired nurse and unshakable champion of the human spirit, Courage Turner Jones.

“Be brave, Beloveds, and somehow we’ll all make it!”

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BF-C: The easiest part was probably getting the 100-signature petition I needed to be on the ballot. I was surprised at how many people wanted me on Student Council.

TCN: Were there any difficulties during the campaign process?

BF-C: The most difficult part was writing my speech. I do well at writing in school, but I found writing a speech that I had to present to everyone was very hard.

TCN: What have you enjoyed most about these elections?

BF-C: I really enjoyed walking around and chatting with random people and seeing what they wanted the school to be. I met a lot of people I probably wouldn’t have otherwise.

TCN: What is your vision for CVU? What inspires you here?

BF-C: My vision for CVU would be a

laugh so long at hair half as lengthy.” Loring’s letters are full of wit, dry

humor and sharp commentaries on every-thing from the subjective experience of organized religion to a detailed analysis of the aerodynamic tendencies of an M16 bullet.

He adopts a duckling named “Duckly” in one letter and questions the frequency of civilian mutilation in the next. As the commanding officer’s radio-telephone operator, Loring was often in charge of calling in the helicopter strikes that led to the latter. He struggles with this and many other facets of war but some-how maintains an even-keeled voice for his readers—drenched from 100 percent humidity or monsoon rain, he wrote whenever he could.

Although positive through many of his letters, the mental hurdles of war hit hard with Loring, especially when he attempts to call his wife for the first time: “Only an eccentric would run around screaming with a light machine gun under his arm. Granted. Only an eccentric could enjoy it, let it roll off his back, not react to it, relax and carry on a normal conversation with his fiancé a matter of hours later. There is no single definition of normalcy—it’s a statistically derived momentary constant which encompasses the infinitude of

behavior.” An articulate writer and deeply humane

soul trapped in an inhumane place emerges from the pages this book. Just as the medi-cal profession is occasionally blessed with a writer who has a keen eye for a story amongst daily suffering, such as William Carlos Williams or Anton Chekhov, so is the military for the experience of living as a soldier. For obvious reasons, however,

solider writers are often more limited in their working time frame. Writing to his wife, Loring

considers this, “We never said much about the hard possibility of my not returning from Vietnam, mostly because I plan to return, and under my own power; but each of the military vignettes in a letter makes that possibility more real for you.”

Loring would have been 70 years old on October 24, 2015.

To purchase Calm Frenzy: One Man’s Vietnam War or for further informa-tion about My Father’s Vietnam, visit calmfrenzy.com. Screenings of the film on Nov. 11 will be at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The director will attend the 11 a.m. performance and be available for questions. For tickets to the Veterans Day at the Main Street Landing Film House, go to flynntix.org. Blocks of tickets are available for veterans and their families through the support of Pomerleau Real Estate and J&A Pump and Motor Service.

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Moving memoryCharlotte’s Town Green takes shape as World War II monu-ment is transplanted


as the sun makes its way west across the sky this Veterans Day, a new and

commanding shadow on Charlotte’s Town Green will shift with each passing hour. On Oct. 12, the World War II monument commemorating Charlotters who served made the trek from Charlotte Central School down the hill to a prominent loca-tion just outside of Town Hall.

Originally installed at CCS when the library portion of the school building, built in 1939, was the Charlotte Town Hall, the monument lists 98 veterans—four of whom died in service or were killed in action.

The heavy lifting and careful attention that Jr Lewis, Gary French and Jeff Kuhn of Kuhn Memorials paid to the monument on that bright October morning are just a piece of the story. As part of a decade-long project to improve the green and find a suitable way to honor Charlotte’s veterans, the monument’s move was the result of concentrated planning and effort by a number of community members.

In 2005, a Monument Committee was appointed to look into the best way to protect, preserve and highlight the town’s existing monuments. Committee members Jim Donovan, Tom Larson, Mary Lighthall, Beth Merritt, Happy Patrick and Jenny Cole worked on compil-ing complete lists of Charlotte veterans and developed a concept for a monument garden on the Town Green, where the World War II monument could be moved. The committee concluded that the town’s World War I monument should remain in place, though new granite curbing was installed to protect the plantings done by

community volunteers.The task was not always easy.

Inaccuracies in record keeping in early conflicts made it difficult to come up with a correct number of Charlotters fallen in service. Even lists for more recent wars were found to have omissions, with some Charlotte veterans listed in neighboring town rosters. The lists do not include veterans who moved to Charlotte after their service or people who have served in recent conflicts where lists were not yet available.

Approximately 350 Charlotte residents have served in conflicts since the early years of our town’s history. Twenty-nine people died during their service. The Civil War list contains 104 names, including 38 soldiers recruited from other towns and seven “substitutes.” There were 38 Charlotte residents who served in the Korean War, and 72 in the Vietnam War. Two people are on the list for Operation Desert Storm 1990-91.

In 2012, a Town Green and Monument Committee was appointed and tasked with coming up with a plan to replace the non-native invasive shrubs and unhealthy trees near the Town Hall and to suggest other ways to improve the Town Green. Committee members and participants included Jessie Bradley, Church Hill Landscapes, Bob Chutter, Dan Cole, Jenny Cole, Winslow Ladue, Dave Marshall, Stanley Lane, Happy Patrick and Sue Smith.

In addition to the natural landscape planning, the committee revisited the

planning done by the previous Monument Committee and incorporated earlier ideas into the current recommendations. In spring of 2013, non-native shrubs were removed and native trees and shrubs planted on the south and east sides of the Town Hall. At Town Meeting, townspeo-ple approved an advisory motion to have the World War II monument moved to a monument garden on the Town Green.

In September 2013, after a very wet spring, the committee concluded that the focus should shift to resolving drainage problems on the green—and that the committee should pursue a simplified version of the monument garden concept. A Town Green drainage plan was devel-oped pro bono by civil engineer Dave Marshall, and the town worked to obtain the necessary permits for the project.

“It was wonderful seeing so many community members get involved and help with this important project,” said committee member Jenny Cole. “It’s so important to remember our veterans and to do so together as a town.” At a cere-mony planned for this Veterans Day at the Senior Center on Nov. 11 Charlotters can do just that. See page 16.

For more information about the monu-ment or the Veterans Day commemora-tion, contact the Charlotte Town Hall at 425-3071 or the Charlotte Senior Center at 425-6345.

For The World War ii moNumeNT’s moVe aNd iNsTallaTioN, speCial ThaNks go To:

Happy Patrick Pete Demick The Friends of the Charlotte Library Marine Corps League Detachment 606Members of the Charlotte 250th Anniversary CommitteeThe Charlotte SelectboardDean BlochDave Marshall Lewis ExcavatingJeff Kuhn The crew from Vermont Roads and Fields

place that looks towards the future. I would like to see the curriculum take advantage of technology in teaching but also teach students how to use technology effectively. I think we should create systems that allow homework and classwork to be handled digitally and only use paper when it adds something to our education. Skills like computer programming should be taught to more students and be implemented into other classes because students should be prepared to enter a world that is run almost entirely by computers.

TCN: Have you had any people who really motivated you through this process?

BF-C: I guess I was motivated by everyone at this school. I believed that I could improve their experience, and that was something worth spending a lot of time on.

Congratulations on your election, Bay! We look forward to seeing your work on Student Council.

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We remember…In addition to the World War II monument now on the Town Green, other monuments honoring Charlotte soldiers include:

The World War I monument at the intersection of Greenbush Road and Ferry Road (by the Old Brick Store) lists 37 Charlotte veterans, three of whom died in service or were killed in action. The granite monument’s inscription reads:

We hold that the right to govern is with and by the consent of the governed

The memorial and dedication at Charlotte Beach for Fred St. George, Sergeant, U.S.M.C., who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967. The memorial’s inscription reads:

We shall not see our brave and young, fall to the sad chance of war, unsung

A plaque in memory of Sgt. Alan N. Bean, Jr., who served in the Vermont Army National Guard, is on a large stone moved from the former Bean property on Hinesburg Road to a location opposite Spear’s Corner Store. Alan was killed in action in Iraq in 2004. The plaque’s inscription reads:

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release From little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear, Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear The sound of wings. Amelia Earhart

Before and after: (Left) The WWII monument in its original location at CCS in 2013. The base was almost completely covered, and the names near the bottom were hard to see. (Right) The monument in its new home just outside of Town Hall. PHOTOS: (LEFT) JENNY COLE & (RIGHT) DON LOCKHART

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The Grand Prize winners this year—Henry and Nathan Wu of Essex Junction—brought the house down with their nuanced piano duet of Brahms’ Hungarian Dance Number One. The pair earned $500, a choice of studying at Spotlight Vermont or Vermont Musical Theatre Academy, and a photo session with Tim Barden Images.

The annual event will be looking for eager and passionate performers next year and makes auditioning easy for those interested in participating. Prospective

competitors will be able to upload a video of their talent to YouTube and email the link to organizers. Amateur performers ages 8-24 will compete—in singing, dancing, juggling, acrobatics, instrumen-tal, magic, stage combat and more—for the top prize of $500 and the opportunity to perform at the Barre Opera House. Performers who have won a town or local talent show are automatically qualified to perform and register at a reduced rate.

For more information about the Vermont Has Talent competition or the scholarships it supports, contact chair Mary Catherine Jones at [email protected].

Maryn Askew, center, poses with Miss Vermont and Miss Vermont Teen after her award-winning performance. PHOTO: COURTESY

Charlotter Keira Yardley garnered praise and an award for her vocal performance of “Up on the Fridge.” PHOTO: COURTESY

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This past September, I had the privilege of speaking at a conference in Asuncion, Paraguay. I was invited by an inspiring young woman, Leticia Rodriguez, to join in the ten-year anniversary of an organi-zation she founded, Enfoque Ninez, which places abandoned children in homes and provides therapeutic support to the chil-dren, their foster parents and biological parents. Their group includes psycholo-gists, social workers and lawyers. They strive toward reunification when possible, and it is the role of the lawyers to help navigate the legal challenges that often arise.

Remarkably, Paraguay has an extremely limited social-safety net. The country was under the control of a dictator, Alfredo Stroessner, until the late 1980s. He developed no social systems, and the legacy of extreme income inequality remains evident even to a casual observer. Consequently Enfoque is funded entirely by donation, and foster parents receive no stipend for their work.

The title of the conference was “Diagnosis and Treatment of Children and Youth: A view of actual alternatives and challenges.” The objective was to provide a forum where critiques of the field could be discussed openly.

I was one of three international guests. The others were the journalist Robert Whitaker, author of several books critical of psychiatry, and Carina Håkansson, a Swedish psychologist who is the founder of the Family Care Foundation, an organi-zation that does work somewhat similar to Enfoque Ninez.

Whitaker’s talk focused on his most recent book, Psychiatry Under the Influence, which was the product of a one-year fellowship that he spent with co-author Lisa Cosgrove, a professor of psychology at UMass Boston, while they were both fellows at Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. They explored what the Safra lab calls “economies of influence,” the forces that exert corrupt-ing influences on an institution. In this book, they examine the institution of academic and organized psychiatry, and they identified three economies of influence: “the [American Psychiatric Association’s] own guild interests, the influence of pharmaceutical money on the APA, and the influence of pharmaceutical money on academic psychiatry.” In great detail, the authors describe how time and again the leaders of psychiatry acted against its stated mission—to understand psychiatric disorders and improve care for

those afflicted—in order to buttress the financial interests of the institution.

Håkansson and Rodriguez are part of an international network of people who are working to use other paradigms that can be helpful to people who are experi-encing emotional distress. Their work emphasizes relationships and buttressing a person’s social network. Håkansson has worked for 25 years with individuals who have rejected the standard system of care; she places them in homes where they are treated as another member of the family. Her organization does not use psychiatric labels and they assist people in discontinuing psychiatric medications if they choose. For those interested, there is a documentary about the Family Care

Foundation called Healing Homes, avail-able for free on You Tube.

It might seem odd that the chief psychi-atrist at Vermont’s largest community mental health center (that would be me) is traveling with such critics of her own profession. Sadly I have come to share Whitaker’s criticisms, and this has led me to search for alternatives. I had traveled to northern Finland and Norway and this is how I came to know Håkansson. My own presentation focused on how I might inte-grate the work of my colleagues in north-ern Europe and Asunción into the work I am doing here in Vermont. Remarkably, I am not alone in this endeavor, and we now have several groups here who are following a similar path.

One highlight of this trip was the tours we took to two large psychiatric hospitals. If we had wondered if Whitaker’s writings had relevance in Paraguay, this was put to rest during our tours. At one of the hospi-tals we visited—notably the poorest—the waiting room was filled with men dressed in suits and carrying large briefcases. We learned that they were drug reps bringing their samples to the hospital. We were given the new intake manual for the hospital, and the cover was emblazoned with advertisements for the newest (and most expensive) psychiatric drugs.

Sandra Steingard, M.D., is chief medical officer at Howard Center. She lives in Charlotte and blogs at madinamerica.com.

At one of the hospitals we visited the waiting room was filled with drug reps bringing their samples to the hospital.

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A land of contrast: (Above) The presidential palace. (Below) The entrance to the largest mental hospital in Paraguay. PHOTOS: SANDRA STEINGARD

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I am delighted that this summer the Charlotte Roadside Tree Restoration Fund received a wonderful boost with another $5,000 grant from the A. William Rutter family and the many generous gifts from community members in honor of the tree warden’s 90th birthday! Thank you again so much. This has made some planting possible this fall. Residents will see new trees at several locations, and as a guide to our newest (plant) community members, the sites and actions are summarized here.

There will be a new sugar maple in the northeast corner of the West Burying Ground (Barber Cemetery). This partially compensates for the Cemetery Commission’s necessary removal of a large decadent black cherry. It will serve to maintain the “open woodland/shady meadow” character of this special place and be a species approved by Cemetery Commissioner Stephen Brooks as in keeping with historic tradition.

At the Old Lantern on Greenbush Road, three of the 13 disease-resistant (Princeton) elms that we planted in 2007 became infected this year with Dutch elm disease and were removed. These are the first of the Princeton hybrid to be reported in Charlotte as succumbing. This reminds us that resistance is not immunity. As replacements, three sycamores have been planted.

Sapsuckers managed not only to kill a two-inch diameter sycamore that Linda and I had planted in our back field a year ago but also decimated six trees in the

town right-of-way on Prindle Road east of the Bean Road intersection on the Knox property. These have been removed and five silver maples planted in their stead.

A major project and headache has been the removal and relocation of an entire row of 23 trees planted in 2008 along East Thompson’s Point Road adjacent to the Mack farm. This became necessary because of tree injury due to too-close crop cultivation, changed drainage ditching and a change in desire for the trees by Robert and David Mack. A difficult situation was greatly assisted by resident Richard Corley who agreed to have a landscape contractor remove 12 of these trees at his own expense and relocate them to the edge of his property along Thompson’s Point Road. Thank you, Richard, for this fine contribution to the Roadside Tree Restoration Program. The remaining trees, less five that Robert wishes to retain, are being moved at the Macks’ expense to the Ferry Road right–of-way along the Jr and Leslie Lewis property.

Shade-tree planting for the children’s playground at Charlotte Town Beach has been proposed by Selectboard member Carrie Spear, with the concurrence of the Recreation Committee. This excellent idea will result in six to seven new trees there next spring, pending additional community contributions for this purpose. (Hint, hint…tax-deductible donations are welcome by check made out to Town of Charlotte, marked for the Tree Fund, and left with the Town Clerk.)

Larry Hamilton is the volunteer Charlotte tree warden. He is professor emeritus at Cornell University and a senior advisor to the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Commission on Protected Areas.


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The Journey Farmer program was developed in 2011 to help farmers successfully bridge the gap from education and apprenticeships to viable commercial enterprises. To reach these goals, the program provides farmer-to-farmer mentoring, free admission into NOFA-VT’s Summer Workshop Series and Winter Conference, business planning support, access to technical assistance, and an educational stipend. Journey farmers also become part of a supportive network made up of other beginning farmers and farmer mentors by participating in special gatherings, educa-tional offerings and events.

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us access expertise from mentors and provided a readily available sounding board for farming questions,” said Ansel Ploog of Fly Wheel Farm in Woodbury, Vermont. “During our ‘journeyship’ our farm has gone from a lean start-up to a

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Location of sugar maple tree to be planted at West Burying Ground (Barber Cemetery). PHOTO: LARRY HAMILTON

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Mahana Magic Haunted House and fundraiser a success

On October 30 more than 450 costume-clad guests got their spook on at The Old Lantern for a great cause at the Mahana Magic Foundation’s 6th Annual Monster Bash. The foundation’s mission is to help those whose parents or loved ones have been diagnosed with cancer. Mahana Magic raised roughly $40,000 at the Monster Bash, which has become its signature event.

The Old Lantern kindly donates the space for the evening, while Vermont Tent Company allows its tent to be transformed into a haunted house. To enter the Old Lantern partygoers had to snake their way through the creepy haunted house where volunteers from the UVM fraternity Alpha Phi Omega terrified the guests with screams and false mirrors. The nights prior to the party the haunted house was open to families. On those nights actors for the haunted house were students from CVU, Rice, The Waldorf School and Vermont Commons.

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Students, teachers, and staff at Charlotte Central School promenaded in costume from the building to the field on the bright and chilly October 30 morning to greet the incomparable Pumpkin Man as he emerged from the woods, thus celebrating a 25-year-old tradition and ushering in the darkening of the year with levity and light.

“Pumpkin Man, Pumpkin Man!” came the chants from the beaming crowd of lions, witches, and ghouls. But for the second year in a row Pumpkin Man was joined by a female companion, a sprightly and engaging figure that The Charlotte News has confirmed to be his wife. “Oh, we all love it,” says Naomi Strada, School Administrative Assistant. “Pumpkin Man lets us experience a mysterious and magi-cal world during the Halloween season.”

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showing revenues at 25.18 percent for the first quarterly budgeted amount while the expenses stood at 20.71 percent. The shortfall in expenses was explained away as being a function of timing factors.

The most significant remark by Snow was: “As we sit here today, we have not seen anything in our current experience, nor are we aware of any intended changes in rates, that would cause us to believe that our budget for next year would be materially different from our budget this year.” He went on to explain that his definition of “materially” implies a variance greater or lesser than 5 percent. The largest component of the budget is for compensation of the EMS personnel who must fill 28 shifts per week. Currently volunteers can cover only 2.5–3 shifts, so all others come generally from part-time employees whose rates are based on their certifications. There is one full-time

employee who covers three shifts plus administrative functions.

In addition, the CVFRS team presented its preliminary capital budget request of $21,892 for next year. This amount covers the replacement of three sets of bunker gear (helmets, suits and boots) that have outlived their certified lives, a replace-ment thermal imaging camera and an IV pump that has been mandated recently by state regulations.

In other budget previews, Kate Lampton of the Charlotte Land Trust requested an annual allocation of $5,000, down from $5,500 last year. She reported that the Conservation Trust Fund will total $553,019 after Nov. 16 Tax Day and recommended that an additional $90,000 be added again for the next year. Currently, there are four potential properties in consideration for these funds. Estimated costs for conserving these properties totals $510,000.

Lampton pointed out that most of these actions reap benefits largely from state and federal grants in a highly competitive

process. In the past Charlotte has been in a highly advantageous posi-tion by being able to move quickly in providing the required matching funds. She pointed out that in the 20 years of its existence, the trust fund has paid out $1.4 million with a return to the town of $7 million in conserved land value.

The Board of Listers came in with an estimated $63,000 budget,

down 10 percent from last year’s request. Jenny Cole, for the Charlotte Park and Wildlife Refuge Committee, requested level funding again for next year at $13,950. She cited approximately 500 hours of volunteer work as being one of the ways the committee is holding costs down.

This meeting also included a number of administrative items, the first of which granted a renewed five-year lease on the town-owned Galbreath parcel to Nordic Holsteins, LLC. This parcel is farmland located south of the intersection of Church Hill Road and Route 7. A highway access permit was granted to George and Claire Aube for access to a proposed building site on the east side of Dorset Street just south of the Shelburne town line.

Other administrative items included approval of a $200 donation to Front Porch Forum, approving payment of a mileage allowance for the animal control officer and authorizing the town attorney to make an appearance at a court action on an appeal by Scott Hardy. In a final action, the Repro company bid was accepted for $4,495.95 to print and mail the 2015 Town Report.

The next regularly scheduled Selectboard meeting will be on Tuesday, November 17. The normally scheduled meeting on Dec. 28 has been rescheduled for Dec. 21.

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Get involved in town government The Selectboard is looking for interested citizens to fill the following vacancies:

• PlanningCommission: Two vacan-cies with terms ending in April 2018

• EnergyCommittee:One vacancy with a term ending in April 2016

• CommunitySafetyCommittee:One vacancy with a term ending in April 2017

• RecreationCommission:One vacancy with a term ending in April 2017

• DesignReviewCommittee(Thompson’sPoint):One vacancy with a term ending in April 2016

• CharlottePark&WildlifeRefugeOversightCommittee: One vacancy

Interested applicants should email, call or stop by the office for more information.Dean Bloch, town administrator, Charlotte Town Office, P.O. Box 119, Charlotte, VT 05445Email: [email protected]: 425-3533

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Two sports shorts struck my fancy near the end of October. One was a note in Front Porch Forum from Naomi Strada under “Charlotte Central School Happenings,” saying that two teams from our school ought to be congratulated for their recent victories.

The first team was the 5th and 6th grade CCS Spelling Wizzes who won the district team-spell-ing competition. The other was the girls cross-country running team that defeated 19 other schools to become Chittenden County champions.

The second sport short that struck my fancy was a commentary on National Public Radio by Frank Deford, in which he talked about the differences he perceived between many small- and large-school athletic programs. His primary observa-tion came as a question: “Who are the programs designed to serve?” His desired answer was the students, but he found that in fact many of the major athletic programs are designed to serve the spectators—some of whom may have been students, many others were not. Ah, but the schools need to raise money in order to fund athletic scholarships and pay exorbitant coaching salaries and build teams that will knock off other star-studded teams and head to one of 40-some bowls at

the end of the season. So build big and fill those seats. Sounds pretty Republican to me.

I am glad that Naomi includes kudos for spell-ing whizzes with cross country whizzes. In this respect, CCS is miles ahead of the University

of Alabama or Arkansas because CCS kids haven’t been living for football since they were six months old.

In all likelihood, neither have the Banana Slugs from the University of California at Santa Cruz (and yes, that is their nick-name along side their competitors, the Tritons, Aggies, Gauchos and Anteaters). The Slugs are a branch of the University of California system south of San Francisco with about 17,000 students which fields 25 varsity teams and nearly as many club programs, ranging from Ping Pong to scuba-diving and Taekwondo. These are enough activities to keep the mascot, Sammy the Slug, occupied year round. Speaking of nicknames, how about Rhode Island School of Design’s hockey team, called the Nads? When the rival Narragansett Clams are in town, one can hear the rink echo with a chant of “Go Nads! Go Nads!”

Deford compares the University of Washington (29,000 students) to Williams College (2,000

students) and notes that Williams fields 10 more teams than UW’s 22. At Williams athletics are part of an educational experience as opposed to a Saturday afternoon of drinking, driving and, despite the fact that fans can barely see the line of scrimmage from the top-row seats of the stadium, claiming Husky superiority in the sport.

My good college friend was third-string kicking specialist at our small upper-Midwest liberal arts college, and he loved it even though most of his actual athletic activity occurred in practice. One never knew, however, when the

first two kickers might wrench an ankle and twist a knee and my friend would be called to cease his conversation with a cheerleader and vacate the far end of the bench. Trotting onto the field, he’d have to set his mind on the goal posts, estimate the cross breeze and drop an end-over-ender through the uprights, smiling and priding himself as he left the field, hearing the 2,000 fans in the stands giving him dignified applause. I never asked him whether he washed his uniform over the course of the season.

So, parents of CCS students, think about the purpose and value of sports for your kids. I speak from some experience in this regard having had two sons who played varsity sports through CCS, CVU and into their first years of college. They both quit varsity at the college level because, even at the small liberal arts schools they attended, the coaches expected the sport of choice to be a year-round activity. Both my sons found other educational experiences in college to be equally enticing and declined to devote themselves to a single sport for out-of-classroom learning (club sports, yes; varsity, no). At first, because I had been watching them play for many years, I missed it more than they did. But I soon picked up on what they sacrificed athletics for and, I hope, encouraged them to pursue their interests before

mine. As far as I can tell, it worked and did what Deford suggests activities (sports and others) should do— expand learning. It goes back to what my graduate-school dean said about how we learn through a constellation of methods, activities and interactions with various people from

parents and classmates through teachers and coaches. Schooling is just a part the experience.

If you’re stuck in a stadium and live with your team in a sports dorm, your existence is single track and the bridge across the river is down. You better have some Matt Damon in you if you’re going to get off “football Mars.” But, then again, he is the lone human on his planet. More and more university football and basketball players have state-wide solar systems to accompany them. Dream on, Razorbacks.

Both my sons declined to devote themselves to a single sport for out-of-classroom learning. At first, I missed it more than they did.

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CVU women’s soccer comes together when it counts

Two losses were hard to fathom for the Redhawk women soccer players. But that’s what did happen. They faced one of the opponents who defeated them during the regular season, Burr and Burton Academy, for the state Division I title on Saturday. For a record fifth year in a row, CVU took the state trophy in hand, beating the top-seeded BBA by a goal, 2-1. Two Charlotte products, one an offensive whiz, Catherine Cazayoux, the other, goal

tender Michaela Flore, were instrumental in the victory. Cazayoux scored to give CVU a 2-0 lead, and Flore backstopped the Redhawks in a back-and-forth contest throughout the second half. Seniors Cazayoux and Co-captain Megan Gannon have hoisted the trophy every year over their tenure at CVU.

CCS girls cross-country team tops in the county, second in state

Led by Sadie Holmes and Isabelle

Mittlestadt hand-in-hand across the finish line tying for fifth place among individual runners, followed by four more team-mates among the top 15, the Charlotte Central girls cross-country team won the team title in Chittenden County. The runners then moved on to state champi-onships at Stowe on November 1, where they finished second behind Burlington’s Edmunds Middle School and ahead of nine others. A distinguishing factor between Edmunds and CCS, according to coach David Baird, is that Edmunds racers were all 7th and 8th graders, whereas CCS had two 8th graders and the rest were 6th and 5th. Chloe Silverman placed sixth for the top CCS individual finish. The course was muddy and cleats may have helped. Both Baird and co-coach Dave Parmelee are teachers at CCS and have managed to develop “great relationships with kids and parents.” They feel this has helped to draw 5th graders to the program.

CVU women runners follow suit

The CCS spirit and skill seems to have carried on into high school as the CVU girls won both Northern Vermont and Division I Vermont State championships, with Charlotte’s Sophia Gorman leading the Redhawk runners in the state competi-tion by finishing five seconds ahead of the second-place runner from Stratton. The team won despite an injury to Charlotte’s Julie Sulva, one of its top runners. This victory makes it seven straight titles for CVU women.

CVU men cross-country runners join their sisters at the top

The year 2015 has been a series of second places for CVU men’s cross-coun-try team. However, the boys came through when it counted, dominating the Division I state championships at Thetford Academy. Tyler Marshall paced the field with a first-place finish, nearly 18 seconds faster than his teammate Calvin McClellan in second. Baxter Bishop, Elliot Eastman and Harken Spillane also placed among the top seven runners.

Rice drops Redhawk men’s soccer in state final

Rice coach Matt Gazo said in the November 1 Burlington Free Press that, while the victory may not have been pretty, the team’s game plan, particu-larly its defense against the Redhawks’ leading scorers, paid off in a 2-0 win over top-seeded CVU. The chances were there for the Redhawks and especially for forward Owen McCuin who fired left-footed off the post and could not get a handle on a set-up from a deflected shot near the end of the game. The Gazo family, from father coach to two sons on the field—goal keeper Leland and forward Louis who scored both Rice goals—were the stalwarts for the Green Knights along with Charlotte’s Hayden Kjelleren who set up the second Gazo tally.

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Klyer White-Hanson fights for the ball with a Rice defender in the state finals. PHOTO: VTSPORTSIMAGES

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Mailna Carroll from Charlotte making a header against Burr & Burton on CVU’s way to the state champ title. PHOTO: VTSPORTSIMAGES

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UVM’s Moulton Winder Field, the Rebels (yes, that’s what they still are) came out running in the first half, forcing Redhawk goalie Tashia Pashby-Rockwood to make five of her total six saves in that half. South Burlington scored the opening goal just over 12 minutes into the game. It took CVU well into the second half before tying matters following a penalty corner and a rebound from Caroline Hern. It seemed appropriate that the winning overtime goal came off the stick of senior captain for South Burlington, Casey Johnson. The win was the seventh state Division I championship for the Rebels since the program began, their first since 2012 which was also over CVU.

CVU football defeated in semis

The first half saw a strong passing attack, while in the second half Rutland reverted to running to knock off CVU in a semifinal football contest. With marches of 80 and 88 yards in their first two possessions, the top-seeded Raiders took an early 14-0 lead. However, the Redhawks quickly cut the lead in half on an 80-yard run by quarterback Andrew Bortnick. Rutland discovered that the short passing attack paid off, gaining 190 yards and four touchdowns by passes. Bortnick paced the CVU offense with four carries for 79 yards and 37 yards through the air. Charlotte’s Richard Lowrey carried the ball 17 times for 49 yards including a touchdown run. The Rutland coach believed his team was able

to dictate the tempo of the game—fast, without a huddle—to be in its favor.

CVU volleyball clubs take on Essex

Saturday afternoon saw both men and women volleyball players from CVU face the Hornets from Essex for the third annual state volleyball championships. The men got to the top tier with a semi-fi-nal win over Burlington. The women beat


Field hockey takes the Rebels into overtime

Number one against number three in Division I field hockey saw top-seeded South Burlington get an overtime goal with a little over a minute and one-half against third-seeded CVU. Playing on

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Klyer White-Hanson fights for the ball with a Rice defender in the state finals. PHOTO: VTSPORTSIMAGES

Chasing the field of dreams in the field hockey state championships. PHOTO: VTSPORTSIMAGES

Mid-Vermont in the semis in a match that included a major come-back in the second set.

The women took the state title by defeating Essex, while the men lost to the Hornets in a close match. Coach Gino Johnson noted that the girls maintained their advantage through a strong service edge, hitting a number of aces.

Burhans collects points for nationally ranked Brandeis soccer

Former Charlotte resident and CVU grad, Haliana Burhans, has been helping Brandeis University maintain its ranking among the top-ten Division III women’s soccer programs in the country. The Judges drew with the University of Rochester to move their record to 13 wins, 2 losses and 3 ties. Haliana set up the tying goal in the 37th minute with a through-ball to her teammate from Massachusetts who split the UR defenders for a goal into the lower right corner of the net.

CVU men’s volley ball takes to the net. PHOTO: VTSPORTSIMAGES

If you build it…they will come

Bat house 101: Secure summer shelter in which female bats can raise their young is crucial to their survival. Bat houses can be installed any time of the year but are more likely to be used during their first summer if installed before the bats return in the spring.

When getting ready for winter, add a bat house-building project to your list! The whole family can partici-pate, learn more about the intercon-nectedness of the environment, and reap the benefits of fewer mosquitos when the weather turns warmer. Now that’s home improvement!

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Barry Genzlinger and his wife, Maureen, are on a mission. As licensed bat rehabilitators for the State of Vermont, the Milton couple has been providing educational programs about bats for more than 15 years, and for the past three years they have been working with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned and injured bats from throughout Vermont. Now, as part of this effort, they have created a nonprofit,

state-certified organization called the Vermont Bat Center. While they are wait-ing for acceptance as a 501(c)(3) from the IRS, a process that should be completed soon, they are busy running the center and have begun work on its social media presence, website, blog and Facebook page. Though its “brick and mortar” pres-ence won’t be open to the public, in order to protect the creatures in rehabilitation there, its cyber presence will be strong, providing comprehensive information

and resources for anyone interested in finding out more or getting involved.

Why create a center devoted to bats? Genzlinger eagerly explains the big picture about why it is so critical to redou-ble our efforts to protect these tiny creatures that make a huge impact on our environment. “With all the news reports about white nose syndrome (WNS) in the past nine years, people through-out the northeast have become

much more aware of bats and their value as nature’s finest pest controllers. Each bat consumes enormous numbers of insects every night. With the loss of huge numbers of bats, the number of insects increases. As the insect populations increase, those who grow our food look to more pesticides as a means of control,” says Genzlinger. The deleterious effect of certain pesticides on our environment threatens the larger ecosystem and carries with it financial implications that affect our economy.

White nose syndrome, caused by a deadly fungus, has devastated bat popu-lations in the eastern United States since it first appeared near Albany, New York, almost ten years ago. An estimated 5.7 million bats have died, and conservation-ists have struggled to find solutions. Caves in the Champlain Valley, the Adirondacks and the Black River Valley have been especially hard-hit.

Scientists across the country have been working on finding a way to control the fungus that causes WNS in bats. Genzlinger explains the challenge of eradicating it. “Since the fungus is a cave dwelling fungus—caves are where many bat species spend the winter— [a lot of people think] ‘why don’t we just spray something into all the caves to kill the fungus?’ That would be a huge mistake since we do not know what effect this would have on the good fungi in caves that are essential to keeping the caves as viable habitats for many other creatures.”

Scientists at Vermont’s Department of Fish and Wildlife have studied little brown bats—tagging and following them—for

several years. A statewide initiative to better understand bats and the vital roles they play in the ecosystem and in agricul-ture has been led by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who worked on the Senate Appropriations Committee with the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, to make white nose syndrome a budget priority.

“Bats are vital to the sustainability of natural ecosystems, national econo-mies, and human health,” Leahy says, “by controlling damaging insect pests, pollinating plants including fruits and vegetables, and dispersing seeds to ensure healthy functioning ecosystems. Research suggests that bats save U.S. farmers at least $3 billion a year in pest control, and some years the value may be as high as $53 billion a year. Bats are found on nearly every continent, providing valuable benefits to farmers worldwide. Those are big savings for farmers, thanks to bats patrolling the skies at night and gobbling up insects that eat or damage our crops.”

Leahy partnered with a team of govern-ment, nonprofit and private organizations to launch Bat Week—now in its second year—which was just celebrated during the last week of October. Coordinated bat house building events around the country raised awareness for the plight that these incredibly important animals face and yielded tangible life-saving help in the form of shelter when they are at their most vulnerable.

For more information about the Vermont Bat Center, email [email protected]. To learn about Bat Week and organize events in your community, visit batweek.org. For additional information and to learn what you can do about WNS, visit whitenosesyndrome.org.

An orphaned big brown bat pup (baby) is rescued, raised, and released by Vermont Bat Center’s Barry Genzlinger. PHOTO: BARRY GENZLINGER

Celebrating success: The Genzlingers release an endangered Northern Long Eared bat that was rescued from a restaurant where it had gotten covered with cooking grease and would not have survived without their intervention. PHOTO: BARRY GENZLINGER


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This time of year the beauty of the forests of northern Vermont is easy to see. The gold and reds of maples, yellows of birches and the steady green of the conifers stand out. What is not so easy to see is the health of those forests. One universally accepted measure of the health of an ecosystem is the species diversity the environment supports. That diversity encompasses the microbes and the mushrooms, the moose and the bear. The healthiest forests are those without too much disturbance, forests managed by nature, where natural processes of disturbance and renewal are intrinsically balanced.

There aren’t many examples of forest-land in New England managed entirely by nature. Most forests have had significant man-made disturbance in the fairly recent past. But man-made disturbance can be a good thing for species diversity, and forest managers and tree farmers can play an important role in improving the health of these forests.

Landowners manage their property with many different goals. Some focus on producing revenue or maximizing the land’s recreational use. A property owner could also want to let nature do her thing—decay and renewal, season after season will leave the forest to its own time-honed processes. In each of these goals the landowner is able to increase the health of the forest.

But how can a managed forest be a healthy forest? By creating a management plan with the over-arching goal of enhanc-ing forest health, individual landowners can cohesively manage their forests for species diversity. It may be useful to think of the concept of species diversity from the perspective of the wildlife that lives in a forest.

What kind of wildlife does your forest support? Do you have ancient apple trees planted by early homesteaders? Your forest may support turkey and deer. Towering oaks? Squirrels, bear, turkeys, deer—lots of wildlife depend on the oak. Young forest and regenerated forest could be grouse, furbearer and fox habitat. Managing for wildlife habitat is a great way to make a healthy forest.

Currently Vermont is 80 percent woodlands. Of these, 80 percent are privately owned. This fragmentation has made it difficult to manage our forests in a consistent fashion. Vermont Coverts, a nonprofit organization founded in 1985,

works to reach Vermont’s landowners with education and resources for such woodland management. Coverts offers spring and fall weekend trainings each year in the spring and fall open to all land-owners or anyone interested in woodland management.

In early September, I attended a Coverts training at the Farm and Wilderness Camp in Plymouth. Over the three-day training we participated in discussions related to timber management, invasive species, landowner programs, climate change and several aspects of wildlife ecology. The lectures were given by professionals from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Vermont Department of Forest Parks, The Nature Conservancy and several other private organizations.

The literature provided by the program covered various aspects of woodland management, including adapting wood-lands to climate change and invasive species removal. I was amazed at the amount of material and professional advice freely given to the attendees.

During the program we were to find out what is considered to be the biggest threat to the woodlands of the Champlain Valley. In Vermont invasive plants are most prevalent in the areas of greatest human disturbance, such as the Champlain Valley. Invasive species negatively impact our ecosystems by crowding out native species, which in turn disturbs the natural ecosystem and degrades forest health. Once established, an invasive plant, like buckthorn or honeysuckle, will completely take over an area because there is no natural competition. An observant motorist can see just how prevalent these plants are.

As fall progresses, our trees lose their leaves; however, the invasive species taking up residence in our road edges, fields and forests will maintain theirs. This adaptation lets them outcompete our native understory plants. A thick invasive understory has been shown to harbor higher tick populations as well as deter wildlife from using the area. Common buckthorn, bush honeysuckle, oriental bittersweet and Japanese barberry are all common invasive plants in Charlotte, Hinesburg and Shelburne. Much of proper woodland management in our area revolves around stopping their spread and clearing areas already affected using mechanical or chemical means.

Coverts training program attendees are encouraged to engage in outreach in their community as well as practice good woodland stewardship on their own prop-erty. This is rewarding work and I look forward to doing more of it.

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Turnau is lead plaintiff in lawsuit against Volkswagen

Charlotte resident Bob Turnau was featured in an Oct. 15 Burlington Free Press story about the fraud in emission standards engineered into diesel-powered Volkswagens. Turnau bought a Jetta Sportwagen TDI two years ago and was very pleased with what he perceived to be its high fuel mileage—over 50 miles per gallon on one long trip, he noted. Then he learned Volkswagen had cheated him.

Cars such as his were not actually envi-ronmentally sound and were emitting 40 times the allowed levels of nitrogen oxides. Turnau’s lawsuit says that owners paid a higher price for their cars because of the alleged lower emissions and through the suit, he and others hope to get back the money they say VW scammed from them. The Burlington law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin is leading the class-action lawsuit.

Charlotte, a leader in dairy robotics?

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problems with his system, having to milk several dozen cows by hand because their udders did not align with the robots’ configuration. When working correctly, Hinsdale’s cows are able take charge of their own milking needs, walking to the machine where grain awaits them along with a computerized pail that clamps to their teats according to the alignment drawn by chips on their collars. The article stated that a machine can milk 60 cows three times in a 24-hour period. The staff of the milking parlor, rather than carrying cans and stools from cow to cow, now sits above the stalls monitoring the herd by computer. Milking farmers who find themselves with physical constraints

from many years of dairying now can continue and not be “knocked out of being able to run a dairy farm.” According to Paul Godin, who installed Hinsdale’s machines, his clients average a 20 percent increase in milk production once the cows and the system develop a simpatico relationship.

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Giving thanksBradley Carleton

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Later this month many of us will take the time to give thanks for the blessing in our lives. We will sit around a table, share our thoughts on family and friends, food and football teams, and express gratitude for all we have. It is, however, curious to me that some people don’t quite under-stand why hunters want to spend the early morning hours in the woods or on the water when there is so much preparation that needs to occur before a feast. But it is those early mornings spent sitting at the base of a tree, far removed from the luxuries of a heated home with electricity and on-demand hot water, that prepares us for a deeper understanding of just how fortunate we are.

I have often sat on a hillside overlook-ing a deer trail, shivering in the northwest wind as it rips through the hollow near our deer camp, wondering what life would be like on a frigid day in the woods with no fire, no water other than what I carried in, and no shelter. I do not think about my favorite football team or the Macy’s Day parade. Instead, I feel a stronger connec-tion to the animals seeking food among the acorns and pine buds and the people in this world for whom simply surviving another day in a war-torn countryside is a blessing.

As a hunter who seeks meaning from connection to the outdoors, my “first-world gratitude” for things like a 20-pound turkey, elderberry pie or pickled ramps goes deeper. I find myself pondering the simple grace of being alive and being nourished by the world in which we live.

I am grateful that we live in a small town where Halloween is still celebrated without fear of crime in the village. I am grateful for the young man who has come into our lives through a respite-fostering program from the Howard Center. I take great pleasure in my connections in the community in which we live, diverse opinions included.

So this year on Thanksgiving morning, I will sit in my little homemade boat, blowing my homemade duck call at far-away mallards. I will watch the sun rise over the mountains and reflect upon its solemn beauty on the swamp. I will meditate on the meaning of the sage and salmon sunrise. I will smile as the whis-pering wings of waterfowl bless the cold morning air above my head.

When it comes time to stand and shoot, I will say a prayer for all those who must procure their food on a daily basis, as I am about to do. And when my shot connects with a quick clean kill, I will say thank you for allowing me to take responsibility for my own food, rather than fighting the crowds in the poultry section of the local supermarket.

I alone assume full responsibility for the death of an animal whose grace, beauty and power will become one with my family.

For this I am grateful to be a hunter.

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Juggling: Whether this word conjures up circus acts with spinning plates and pointed swords or daily sprints from one event and meeting to another, juggling implies a sense of frenzied control. Although we’re not preparing a big top here at the library, there are days when we do an awful lot of juggling. Take one recent morning: telecommuters at the main reading table, newspaper readers in the comfy chairs, more computer users on the public PCs, story time in the back room, preschool visitors in the children’s room, book and movie browsers in the stacks, staff proctoring an exam in the back office and other staff offering

reader’s recommendations at the circula-tion desk. Whew! Fortunately, no plates, literal or figurative, were dropped during our busy day. We welcome the activity and the chance for connection and commu-nication it brings. As one dad left with reluctant children in tow (“Why do we have to leave the library?!” they moaned), he chuckled, “You can tell my family is so glad you’re here!” And we are too. Time to go stack the plates for another day.

Upcoming @ the libraryDon’t forget to check for details on our

website, charlottepubliclibrary.org. And sign up for our e-newsletter to stay on top of all the library news by zipping us an email at [email protected]. Calendars and program information are also available at the circulation desk.

On display at the library: “Shoes for M.” These collage postcards by Marcia Vogler represent three years of commu-nication between the artist and her friend struggling with breast cancer.

Tuesdays it’s time for story time!

Preschool Lunch Bunch, Tuesdays 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Please bring a packed lunch. For children ages 3 to 5 who can enjoy story time with or without a guardian.

Early Elementary Story Time (kindergarten and 1st grade), Tuesdays 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Extend the school day enjoying books, songs, poems and crafts.

Students ride the blue bus to library.Monday, Nov. 9, 10 a.m. Mystery

Book Group: A Great Deliverance, by Elizabeth George. Copies available for check out at the circulation desk.

Wednesdays, Nov. 4 to Dec. 2, 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Tinker Belles Afterschool Program. See how women are putting S.T.E.A.M. into action on the job. For 3rd–5th graders. (Program full)

Friday, Nov. 6, 3:15 p.m. Lego Club for 1st–3rd grades. Explore the world of Legos with build challenges and DIY time, too. Take the blue bus from CCS. Call to register.

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 5 p.m. Knit Some Mitts. The Charlotte Library Knitters are making mittens for the holi-days and invite you to join them. Stop by Nov. 11, to look over the patterns, select materials and get started. A free coupon to the new yarn store, Must Love Yarn, will help keep you inspired. Join us for additional meeting dates on Wednesday, Dec. 2, and Wednesday, Dec. 16, to work on and finish up your project.

Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. Neuroplasticity: How the Brain Heals Itself. Learn about this new paradigm for well-being and how to use it in your life, with guidance from Mischul Brownstone, Guild Certified Feldenkrais practitioner.

Friday, Nov. 13, 3:15 p.m. Lego Club for 4th grade +. Explore the world of Legos with build challenges and DIY time, too. Take the blue bus from CCS. Call to register.

Monday, Nov. 16, 6:45 p.m. Charlotte Library Community Forum. Join the conversation to share your library’s

future. Dessert and coffee. Childcare provided.

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. Cold Weather Comfort. Stay healthy during cold and flu season! Discover natural, safe and effective strategies to support your immune system from Dr. Susan Jacobs, N.D.

Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. Library Book Discussion. Just in time for the chilly days, Cold Comfort Farm, the comic novel by Stella Gibbons. Copies available for checkout at circulation desk.

Happy Thanksgiving! The Library will close at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, and re-open at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28.

Book Review: The Martian

Georgia EdwardsCONTRIBUTOR

Little did Andy Weir know that the sci-fi serial he published on his website in 2011 would morph into the phenomenon it is today. The Martian, his novel about an American astronaut stranded on Mars, went from the Web to a 99-cent Kindle Direct book. Readers raved about it, and the book got the attention of Random House, which published the hardback version in 2014. Hollywood soon picked up the film rights, and The Martian, starring Matt Damon and directed by Ridley Scott, opened in theaters last month.

The Martian is the story of Mark Watney, one of six crewmembers on the Ares 3 mission to Mars. After a year’s travel from Earth to Mars’ orbit, the crew lands successfully. Earlier drops have provided life-sustaining provisions and research equipment, along with the Hab, the crew’s living quarters, and the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), in which they will return to Earth.

The success of the Ares 3’s landing is short lived. Six days into it, a violent dust storm forces NASA to scrub the mission. As the crew scrambles blindly to the MAV, Watney suffers an injury and loses consciousness. Once in the MAV, the team notices he is missing—his spacesuit is not issuing vital signs and he is assumed dead. After a weather-thwarted attempt to locate his body, the Ares crew must depart and leave him behind.

How the stranded astronaut survives on Mars is the core of the story. Watney uses his wits, mathematic calculations, chemistry background and a lot of duct tape to stay alive in the planet’s hostile environment. The author takes the chal-lenges of Mars and becomes creatively inventive. His protagonist stays warm by digging up buried radioactive hardware and obtains water by setting hydrogen on fire. Potatoes become a reliable food source grown in Mars-made soil.

After picking up Watney’s activity on remote imagery, NASA learns that he is still alive. Contact is established and what follows is a nail-biting attempt to either

devise a rescue or keep the astronaut alive until Ares 4 can arrive four years later. The story becomes a race between time, supplies, and the elements to save the marooned Watney.

Weir has made his book as scientifically accurate as possible. A former software engineer, he created a program to calculate all the orbital trajectories of the spacecraft. His math is meticulous; a reviewer from The Washington Post writes, “The Martian is

like an advertisement for the importance of STEM education.” The story feels plau-sible due to the author’s knowledgeable background and research and the authen-tic portrayal of the future of space travel.

Watney is a likeable protagonist who is funny, resourceful and determined—Rob-inson Crusoe in a spacesuit. The tension-filled, life-threatening moments will keep the reader guessing whether he can safely survive his dire predicament and return to Earth. In Weir’s hands, The Martian goes beyond science fiction to become a testa-ment to human ingenuity and resilience.


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Wednesday, noveMber 11 Chiles rellenos bakeWild blueberry crisp

Monday, noveMber 17Homemade soupGreen saladHomemade dessert

Wednesday, noveMber 18 Traditional Thanksgiving feast

Senior luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Advance reservations are necessary and can be made by calling the Senior Center at 425-6345. Our Monday lunch is served beginning at 11:30 a.m.; reservations are not required. A $4 donation is requested.

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Please look for the Winter Program of events and activities in the next issue of The Charlotte News. Until then, here are a few activities to finish up the fall season.

The November Art Exhibit will display works from Katra Kindar, a signa-ture member of the Vermont Watercolor Society. Her watercolor paintings have been in numerous group and solo shows in Vermont and France. The light, shadow and colors of the world around her and the “divinity of the ordinary” are always pres-ent in her art. She continues to be inspired by the work of her teachers Susan Abbott and Sean Callahan.

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, we will be showing the final 2015 Documentary Feature Oscar Nominee, The Salt of the Earth, from 1–3 p.m. Brazilian photog-rapher Sebastiao Salgado has traveled the world creating images of great visual beauty from captured moments of human hardship and suffering. Often working in conjunction with Doctors Without Borders, Salgado has turned his lens on many of the modern world’s most desper-ate and forgotten inhabitants. Registration required. No fee.

Join Hank Kaestner on Wednesday, Nov. 18, for our last Birding Expedition of the year. As we close in on our goal to record 100 species of birds in one year (96 and counting) we hope you can meet us at the center a little before 9 a.m. so we can carpool together to the location Hank has scouted to find the last four. Please regis-ter for this event so if we have to change

the date due to bird migration or weather, we can call you. No fee.

Challenge your brain! With an eye toward speaking and understanding the language better, our French Conversation Group comes together to “chat” about the week’s activities or interests with a goal of improving fluency through listening and speaking. A fun, no-pressure way to meet some new folks, sharpen your mind and practice your French every Wednesday morning from 10:30–11:30 a.m. No fee.

The Friday Morning Art Group, an informal get-together of artists pursuing their creativity and discussing all manner of art topics and techniques, offers a chance to work on your own with the possibility of sharing knowledge and skill with other people. Every Friday morning from 10 a.m.–noon you are invited to bring whatever you are working on and enjoy the give and take of ideas and encouragement that the group has to offer. No fee.

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Wednesdays beginning at 1 p.m. No registration or fee.

nov. 11: a veterans day celebration With dan cole

Charlotte Historical Society President Dan Cole has put together a special Veterans Day celebration with an empha-sis on why local veterans chose to enlist and what their service meant to them. This is an open invitation to all town veterans, and we plan to have all branches of service represented. In keeping with the Veteran’s Administration guidelines to honor all veterans, there will be a wreath laying at the newly moved monument on the Town Green after the program. Not to be missed!

nov. 18: a traditional thanksgiving dinner

Our weekly senior luncheon will be transformed into a spectacular traditional Thanksgiving dinner serving a “down-home” turkey supper. Accepting reserva-tions beginning Nov. 1 with dinner service beginning at noon on Nov. 18. Limit 100.

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The science of epidemiology: beyond observation – the clinical trial

James HydeCONTRIBUTOR

Part 2: You maY be able to observe a lot just bY watching, but sometimes it’s not enough

Last month I discussed some of the limitations of observational studies

that make them a poor choice in trying to understand the causes of disease or assess the effectiveness of treatments. The best way around these problems is the exper-imental study—referred to in the medical literature as a clinical trial.

What distinguishes clinical trials is that they do not rely solely on observing events as they occur in the natural world. Rather the researcher controls as many factors as possible in order to limit the influence of external factors. Consider the following example. The number of bumper stickers on Vermont cars extolling the merits of eating kale is remarkable. Suppose we wanted to study the health benefits of eating kale. One approach would be to recruit a group of kale lovers from farm-ers markets, yoga workshops, etc., and a comparison group of kale “avoiders” from customers at fast-food restaurants. We could then follow the two groups and observe differences in their long-term health status. The problem of course is that there are likely to be profound differences

between the two groups in terms of age, sex, weight, diet, smoking history and existing health conditions that could account for subsequent differences in observed health outcomes. In addition, having to rely on self-reported informa-tion about kale consumption is not very reliable.

The clinical trial offers a different approach. First we recruit a group of people, let’s say 500 Vermonters, who consent to be in a study on diet and health. (We do not tell them the exact purpose of the study. More on this later). We obtain baseline measurements of their blood pressure, cholesterol levels, vitamin D and C levels, as well as information on their existing health status. Next we randomly distribute them to one of two groups—a kale group and a regular diet group. We tell the kale group to eat at least 6 ounces of kale three times a week. We give them scales for measuring, a set of recipes and a weekly stipend to buy kale. We also ask them to keep a log of days they missed eating kale due to travel or other commitments.

The other group is told to just eat what they usually eat—nothing special. They too are asked to keep a logbook noting times they may have eaten “leafy green vegetables.” Both groups get a free annual checkup each year, including a reassess-ment of earlier baseline measures. At the end of five years we look to see if there are differences in the health status of group members.

A few things are worth noting about this approach.Random assignment. This is a powerful method for assuring the groups being studied are comparable. If the sample is big enough—500 is pretty big—we can be confident that we have roughly equal numbers of people with similar characteristics in each group. The goal is to have two groups that are as similar as possible except for their kale consumption practices. “Blinding” or masking. Perhaps you have heard of the placebo effect? This is the well-documented phenomenon by which people may exhibit a positive response to the “idea” or perception of being treated. There is a literature stretch-ing back centuries on this effect, and it has been shown to account for between 20 and 30 percent of response to treatments of all kinds. If we can “hide” our true interest in kale by asking people to also add other

things to their diets—for example, drinking six glasses of water as well as eating kale—then perhaps we can eliminate this source of error.

The “cause” comes before the effect. One of the major benefits of experimental studies is that we can be pretty confident that the “cause” (kale consumption) precedes the effect (health outcomes). This is not always the case with observational studies. Did feeling good cause a person to eat kale, or did the kale cause them to feel good?

Clinical trials also have drawbacks.Ethics. Although some might argue

otherwise, kale is pretty benign stuff. Because we do not know if kale eating is any better or worse than a kale-free diet, we can ethically ask people to consume kale as part of the study. Conversely, because the World Health Organization recently identified processed meat as a known cancer-causing agent, we could never ethically use a clinical trial to directly assess the health risks of eating processed meats. We could, however, use an observational approach, looking at differences in cancer incidence between consumers and non-consumers of processed meats over time.

Practicality. Trials often require follow-ing people over a long period of time. This is extremely time consuming and costly for researchers, as well as exhausting for the participants. People may, for example, drop out or leave the study early. This then presents a problem for the analysis of the results. Did people drop out because they felt worse not better? Perhaps they came to hate kale? How are we going to count people in the results if they drop out?

Compliance. In our kale experiment we have to rely on the good faith of participants to

follow all of our kale-eating instructions. Perhaps they went away on a camping trip for a week and decided it was just too difficult to follow the prescribed regimen. Perhaps the dog “ate” their logbook and so they made up entries for several weeks. Relying on participants to provide data is always a problem, not because people are bad or malevolent but simply because of human nature.

Although not always feasible, clinical trials have a huge advantage over observa-tion alone. However, just because you hear that a “clinical trial shows...” (pharmaceu-tical companies say this all the time) does not mean the study was well done. Next month I will arm you with some simple questions you can use to separate good studies from bad.

James Hyde lives in Charlotte and is emeritus associate professor of public health at the Tufts University School of Medicine. This is the second in a series of three columns helping readers to think critically about health research studies.


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Charlotte Events(or events featuring a Charlotter)FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6Pie sale: Charlotte Congregational Church continues to sell delicious apple pies at the pie stand in front of the church from noon to 3 p.m. on Fridays and Wednesdays until Nov. 13. Also available are small tins of breads— pumpkin, date and autumn harvest (which includes almost every vegetable in the garden and is delicious).

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8Presentation: Ferrisburgh Historical Society will feature a presentation by Silas Towler and Lisa Patton, sharing some of their coastal cruising adventures aboard their 30-foot homemade sloop, Coot. The main focus of the talk will be their 2014 trip to Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. Center School (Ferrisburgh’s former Town Clerk’s Office) at the corner of Little Chicago Rd. and Route 7, 2 p.m. Free. Info: Silas at 425-3380.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9Playgroup: The Charlotte Playgroup is happening again and meets Monday mornings at the Charlotte Central School Multi Purpose Room gym on Hinesburg Rd. from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Snack will be provided. Enter through the main doors and sign in. Everyone is welcome. Info: [email protected].

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11A Veteran’s Day Celebration: Join Charlotte Historical Society President Dan Cole for a talk, followed by a wreath-laying ceremony at the Town Green, 1 p.m.. See pg. 16 for details.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Bill McKibbon talk: Old Lantern, 6:30-8:30 p.m. See pg. 8 for details.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15Concert: Social Band, featuring “Late and Soon” and “Six Climate Choruses” by Thomas Read. Charlotte Congregational Church, 3 p.m. Suggested donation: $15. Info: (802) 355-4216.

Around the AreaTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5Workshop: Registration deadline for “Discover the Brain: A Day of

Neuroscience for High School” to be held Saturday, Nov. 14, 9–2 p.m. at McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College. Registration: vermontbrainbee.com. Info: [email protected]: Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor. Middlebury Community Players. 8 p.m. Tickets: $12 Thursday, $17 Friday–Sunday available at THT box office, 802-382-9222 or townhalltheater.org. Town Hall Theater, 68 South Pleasant St., Middlebury. Info: 802-388-1436 or [email protected]. Through Nov. 8.Artist talk: Shelburne Museum presents “Pop-up Art/Meet the Artist.” Caleb Kenna shares stories of his adventures as a photographer and will answer questions regarding his work photographing Russell Farm in Hinesburg and Butternut Mountain Farm in Johnson for the exhibition “Eyes on the Land,” at Shelburne Museum, 2–4 p.m. shelburnemuseum.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7Concert: Vergennes Opera House presents the acoustic magic of the Bluegrass Gospel Project, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $18 in advance at eventbrite.com or at Classic Stitching on Main Street in Vergennes or $20 at the door.Workshop: Beginners Chanting Workshop with Charlie Nardozzi at Yoga Roots, 6221 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Fee: $30 at yogarootsvt.com/workshops. Info: 985-0090.Artist talk: Shelburne Museum presents “Pop-up Art/Meet the Artist.” Painter Susan Abbott will answer questions on her year of plein-air painting, sketching and writing in the Northeast Kingdom for the “Eyes on the Land” group exhibition, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. www.shelburnemuseum.org.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10Discussion: The Shelburne Charlotte Garden Club will meet 10 a.m. at the Pierson Library, Shelburne. Kristin Leavitt will talk about her hobby, the art of bonsai, and show some examples of her plants. Refreshments served. Info: Ann Mead at 985-2657.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11Calm Frenzy: One Man’s Vietnam War: Book release and film screening at Main St. Landing in Burlington, 11 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 7 p.m. See pg. 1 for details.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12Artist presentations: Presentations from local creatives on art, design and the Vermont landscape at PechaKucha Night, part of the annual Burlington PechaKucha Series. Shelburne Museum, 6 p.m. $6 suggested donation. shelburnemuseum.org.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13Developmental screening: CSSU will hold developmental screenings at Hinesburg Elementary School. A developmental screening is an opportunity for early childhood professionals to observe the way children learn, play, speak and move. Please call 383-1226 with questions or to register your child.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14Concert: Vergennes Opera House presents Charles Neville and the Gent Treadly Band. And to warm you up that evening some locals who go by the name The Good Parts take to the stage. Doors and cash bar by Bar Antidote open at 6:30 p.m. General seating. Tickets $18 in advance, available at Classic Stitching and online at eventbrite.com. If available, tickets will be $20 at the door.Artist talk: Shelburne Museum presents “Pop-up Art/Meet the Artist.” Artist and Dartmouth College studio art teacher Karolina Kawiaka explains how she uses technology to artistically explore our impact on the landscape, in conjunction with the exhibition “Eyes on the Land,” 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16Driving lessons: The Porter Medical Center hosts the new AARP Smart Driver Class. Nov. 16 at 9 a.m. The 4.5 hour refresher course is open to all drivers 50 years and older. Fee $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. Info and reservations: Baird Morgan, instructor, at 802-483-6335.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19Musical: Vergennes Union High School Music Department presents The Addams Family, 7 p.m. (also on November 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. and November 21 at 3 p.m.), Monkton Road, Vergennes. $12/adults; $10/seniors and students. Tickets available at VUHS (11 a.m. to noon and evenings) and at Linda’s Apparel in Vergennes.


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Sympathyto Erin Zubarik whose poem “Always at your side” was featured in the works of the Young Writers Project in the Oct. 30 Burlington Free Press. Responding to the week’s theme of “loyalty,” Erik wrote about a dog that stands “by your heel” from day one. Over the course of the verse, dog and boy grow up and as they both age, he realizes that the “dice of life” are in his hands: “life is a game and you can beat it.” There is nothing to fear because the dog “will always stand by your heel.”

to Michael Metz who is a finalist for the Vermont Technology Alliance Ambassador Award. This award is presented to an individual, company or organization that positively “represents Vermont as a home for technology business.” Michael was the impetus behind Generator, the maker-space in Burlington’s Memorial Auditorium. It helps new and start-up businesses—many of them tech-based—by providing space and certain administrative functions. According to an article in Seven Days, it now has 180 members, and Michael played a major role in “gathering expertise and raising money to get the venture off the ground.”

to Dianne Leary of Charlotte whose work with Vermont’s Old Cemetery Association was featured in the October 28 issue of Seven Days. While many towns, including Charlotte, have cemetery commissioners to oversee maintenance,

there are 1,900 cemeteries on record in the state, and, according to the article, “many are too small to merit a commissioner.” Dianne is the granddaughter of Leon Dean, a late professor of English at UVM, who founded the small cemetery associ-ation in 1958. Leary “follows the family tradition” by tending a Monkton cemetery where some of her ancestors are buried. As VOCA’s grant administrator, Dianne says it is a challenge to get people to follow through on their grant-funded projects. The article also featured Jim Woodman, a retired Burlington firefighter who has now taken to restoring headstones in many out-of-the-way Vermont cemeteries.

is extended to family and friends of Solange Gloria Lalancette of South Burlington who passed away October 30 at the age of 87. Her surviving family includes her daughter, Pamela Munsell, and Pamela’s husband, Peter, of Charlotte. The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Smile Train, 41 Madison Avenue, 28th floor, New York, NY 10010.

is extended to family and friends of Paul J. Ferdinand of Charlotte who passed away October 9 at the age of 83. Paul and his wife, Barbara, moved to Charlotte from Stowe over 50 years ago. He was a technical writer in the Burlington branch of General Electric for 30 years. Barbara and their three children, Mark, Peter and Lisa, survive Paul.

is extended to family and friends of William Bosworth of Surprise, Arizona who passed away October 25 at the age of 73. Having moved to Vermont following service in Vietnam, he and his family lived in Charlotte for 26 years before heading to Arizona. His surviving family includes stepchildren Tom and Molly Williams, recently of Charlotte, along with several step-grandchildren. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Congratulations to Erik Martin Fischer of Charlotte and Kerby Anne Smith of South Burlington who are engaged to be married in May of 2016. Erik is the son of Kurt and Patricia Fischer of Charlotte. Both he and his fiancé graduated from South Burlington High School. A graduate of the University of Vermont, she is a second grade teacher at Orchard School in South Burlington. He graduated from the Louis F. Garland Fire Academy and is now a captain in the Vermont Air National Guard Fire Department.

Mason Associates appoints Allison Kimmerle to its consulting staff

Mason Associates, an independent educational consulting organization located on Greenbush Road in Charlotte, has appointed Allison Dillon Kimmerle to its staff. Kimmerle’s appointment will enable families interested in junior and secondary boarding schools to explore appropriate school options for their children.

After many years in college career counseling and corporate recruiting, Kimmerle moved to private school admis-sion positions at Miss Porter’s School and Avon Old Farms, private schools in Connecticut. Most recently she was director of admissions and, after a stint as a corporate recruiter, Kimmerle in 1986 moved into at The White Mountain School in Bethlehem, N.H.

Said Kimmerle, “Ultimately, career counseling, corporate recruiting and school admissions are all about finding a great fit for the applicant and for the organization. When it comes to school, the uniqueness of the student should guide the search. One size does not fit all.”

Kimmerle lives in Shelburne with her husband, Ken. They have two sons, Sam, a graduate of Avon Old Farms and the University of Vermont, and Ben, a graduate of Avon Old Farms and Boston College.

Charlotte Trails Committee receives grant

The Charlotte Trails Committee recently received a grant for $50,000 from the VTrans Bike and Pedestrian Program to continue its work on the Charlotte Town Link Trail. This multi-use trail runs for seven miles from the town beach into the West Village center and on to Mt. Philo. Its purpose is to provide a track for hikers, bikers and cross-country skiers that connects the two sides of town, East and West Charlotte. The grant is intended to allow the committee to scope and plan the next phases of the trail. One phase is on State Park Road, the other from Cohousing into the West Charlotte village. This is the third grant Charlotte has received to support the Town Link Trail. The two previous ones came in 2011 and 2013, each for $20,000.

(Above and below right): Trail Committee members volunteer their time to work with Timber & Stone Trailbuilders on the Co-Housing section of the Town Link Trail.

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