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Last week, people who wanted to run for town office but who were uncomfortable collecting signatures on petition supporting their candidacy seemed to have another opportunity to get on the ballot. On Thursday, the House and Senate passed a bill suspending the requirement for candidates to submit a petition with the signatures of 30 registered town voters, but the governor has not signed it. It seemed like a sure thing because the signature requirement was suspended last year to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. On Jan. 14, the governor did
sign S.172, a bill that gives towns that typically vote from the floor of town meeting the option to use an Australian ballot instead. Also still waiting on the governor’s signature is a bill, passed by the House and Senate, to temporarily suspend a requirement to have someone physically on site at public meetings. If approved, the bills would only be in effect until January 2023. They were passed because of the currently high rate of coronavirus infection. On Friday, town and state officials were pretty confident the governor would sign these two bills since the same exceptions See SELECTBOARD on page 16
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So much is going downhill with the pandemic, the economy, the political divide, people hoarding toilet paper, that the Shelburne Tap House decided to go with the flow and embrace the slide by sponsoring a benefit for Cochran’s Ski Area. The Tap House is celebrating all things that go downhill in the snow by holding a Ski Art Show and Auction with the proceeds going to Cochran’s Ski Area. Cochran’s mission is “to provide area youth and families with affordable skiing and snowboarding, lessons and race train-
ing, in the Cochran tradition,” and in 1998 became the nation’s first nonprofit ski area. At Cochran’s, the Richmond ski area founded by Vermont’s first family of skiing, the mission is to provide affordable snowboarding, ski and ski racing opportunities and lessons. The Ski Art Show and Auction is a literal description of the fundraiser: Entrants will paint, draw, use stickers or otherwise create images on skis to then be exhibited at the restaurant. The entry fee is $15, and if an artist doesn’t have a ski to use as a palette, the Tap House will supply See ART on page 11
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Regional planning commission helps Shelburne stormwater During last fall and early winter, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission helped Shelburne with the final design of its stormwater treatment project. The project will slow the flow of stormwater and reduce sedimentation into local streams as well as lower inputs of phosphorus into Lake Champlain. A block grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s Clean Water Initiative Program helped fund the program, support from state and
Mist on the water
federal sources. These funds were matched by the town of Shelburne. Watershed Consulting Associates worked with Shelburne staff and the Boulder Hill Homeowners Association to design a retrofit to an existing stormwater pond that treats runoff from homes, driveways and roads in this neighborhood located just north of Webster Road. Headed into 2022, Shelburne and the homeowners’ association will look to secure grant funds to construct the improvements.
News Briefs Explore wildlife in Hinesburg forest Join Chittenden County forester Ethan Tapper and Andrea Shortsleeve, wildlife biologist for Vermont Fish and Wildlife on Saturday, Jan. 29, 1-3 p.m., for a free, public walk at the Hinesburg Town Forest. The walk will highlight the forest management project, including winter wildlife ecology, wildlife tracking and how active management is expected to influence wildlife habitat and behavior. The Hinesburg Town Forest is 839 acres, owned by the town and managed under the guidance of Chittenden County forester since the 1950s. It is a beloved public resource,
used by people from all over the region for hiking, mountain biking, hunting, bird and wildlife-watching and other activities. Meet at the forest trailhead on Hayden Hill Road East, threetenths of a mile from the intersection with Texas Hill Road. Note that the Hayden Hill Road East trailhead is not accessible from Hayden Hill Road West, and if you put “Hinesburg Town Forest” into a GPS it will send you to the incorrect trailhead. More at linktr.ee/hinesburgtownforest.
Scholars headline historical society speak series This winter’s virtual speaker series at the Vermont Historical
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Single digit temperatures created mist on Lake Champlain at the Shelburne Town Beach Saturday.
Society virtual will feature scholars from around North American who will cover various social issues relevant to Vermont’s history and beyond. The inaugural lecture on Jan. 19, “Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England,” featured Jean M. O’Brien, adistinguished McKnight University professor of history at the University of Minnesota and author of several books about Indigenous people.
Following O’Brien’s program is “Black Politics in the Yankee Republic, 1775-1860” with Van Gosse on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Gosse is Franklin and Marshall College history professort and author of “The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America, From the Revolution to the Civil War.” His talk will explore that political world, particularly notable Black Vermonters like Lemuel Haynes and Alexander Twilight. On Wednesday, March 23,
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Rachel Hope Cleves presents “Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America.” The program draws from an extensive archive of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake’s personal papers at the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury and archival sources discovered throughout the U.S. Bryant and Drake were commonly recognized as a married couple by their kin and community in Weybridge, where they lived together in the early 1800s. This talk explores the roles of family, work, religion, love, and sexuality in women’s lives at this time. The final lecture, on Wednesday, April 27, is “Room for Improvement: Landscape, Social Uplift, and the Changing Nature of Vermont,” by Sara M. Gregg, an associate professor of history who haswritten several books focusing on environmental change, agricultural history and land policy. Gregg’s talk weaves together the threads of landscape change and state planning that oriented her 2010 book, “Managing the Mountains,” and examines the developments that shaped Vermont’s evolving economy and political culture during a pivotal century in its transformation. More at vermonthistory.org.
Correction
There will be no Champlain Valley School District hearing on Jan. 23 as reported last week. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23, at the Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Rotary.
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Shelburne Police Blotter Total incidents: 78 Medical calls: 24 Medical transports: 21 Fire calls: 3 Arrests: 1 Incidents: Jan. 7 at 9:01 a.m., a person on Thompson Road reported that the day before their vehicle was damaged while they were shopping. Jan. 7 at 3:58 p.m., police couldn’t find a person at Shelburne Campground who a caller was concerned about. Jan. 7 at 9:06 p.m., a man in a dark gray truck was reportedly making a disturbance on Ockert Lane, but he had gone when police arrived and wasn’t found. Jan. 8 at 2:47 a.m., after officers identified some people parked behind the old Shelburne Steakhouse, they left. Jan. 8 at 2:47 a.m., a man who called to say he was bleeding severely turned out to be intoxicated with a self-inflicted injury. He was taken to the University of Vermont Medical Center by Shelburne Rescue. Jan. 8 at 6:59 p.m., a woman
called to say a man was refusing to get out of her vehicle at the North Star Motel. Police arrested Noah Lincoln, 31, of South Burlington, who they found had a warrant for his arrest. Jan. 8 at 7:07 p.m., police didn’t find an emergency on Pierson Drive after a 911 call and hang-up. Jan. 9 at 9:01 a.m., Shelburne Police helped with multiple cars that slid off the road on Route 116 because of icy conditions. There were no injuries. Jan. 9 at 12:01 p.m., Quality Inn management asked for help with an intoxicated and unruly man. He was taken into protective custody and transported to detox at Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans. Jan. 9 at 12:45 p.m., someone called from Dorset Street to report a power line was down and in the road. Shelburne Fire determined it was a cable line and called the proper utility company. Jan. 10 at 3:47 p.m., someone on See BLOTTER on page 16
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OPINION
Prop 5 isn’t about abortion, it’s about equality ty to determine one’s own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified Bill Schubart by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive The Vermont State Constimeans.” tution, dating from 1793, has When fully approved by the been the basis of several pioneerLegislature, it will go to Vermonting events in Vermont history, ers for a vote and if supported by including the Marriage a plurality will become Equality Act and the part of the Constitution Equal Educational and law of the land. It Opportunity Act. will also make Vermont The common the first state in the benefits clause of the union to embed such a Constitution reads: right in law. “That government is, It’s noteworthy or ought to be, instithat the law nowhere tuted for the common mentions family planbenefit, protection, and ning, birth control, sex security of the people, Bill Schubart education or abortion. nation, or community, The law is not about and not for the particsexual and medical practice. It’s ular emolument or advantage of about the equality of its citizens any single person, family, or set — a majority of its citizens, one of persons, who are a part only might add, as Vermont women of that community; and that the outnumber Vermont men. community hath an indubitable, Sadly, Prop 5 has been unalienable, and indefeasible dragged into the anti-abortion right, to reform or alter governbattle roiling the country all the ment, in such manner as shall be, way to the U.S. Supreme Court, by that community, judged most which will this year consider conducive to the public weal.” whether to limit the reproductive Vermonters are now considrights of over half the country ering another landmark decision and seriously compromise all our about the equality of its citiprivacy rights. zens, Prop 5, again based on the The amendment effectivecommon benefits clause. ly protects every Vermonter’s Prop 5 adds a 22nd amendment to the Vermont Constitution: right to become pregnant, carry a pregnancy to term, choose or “That an individual’s right to refuse sterilization, contraception personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and digni- or abortion care.
Guest Perspective
Another deeply troubling element in this debate is the focus on women, as if they alone were responsible for sex education, birth control, family planning, conception and birth itself. As a friend often reminds me, “conception begins with an erection.” When mankind needs to invent a word like complementarianism to provide cover for his belief in the inequality of the sexes, every thinking person of any gender should pay attention. Complementarianism is a male-serving religious and tribal belief that, although all of us may be equal in the eyes of God, God created men and women for different purposes and that men must retain leadership in church and home. It is how many religions deny religious leadership to women and justify male dominance within the family and the economy. In fact, the religious right praised Roe v. Wade when it first appeared in 1973. When Roe was first decided, Southern Evangelicals generally felt that abortion was a personal issue in which government had no role, seeing it as a “Catholic issue.” Throughout history men have interpreted religion to favor their own power and authority. In Catholicism, for example, it has meant that only men can be priests. But at its most harmful it has justified involuntary ster-
ilization, denial of education, tomies, sterilization, chemical male-favored compensation, castration or limit family size as property rights, denial of family China did so disastrously for 35 planning tools, enforced hiding years, leading to the killing of of women’s bodies, sexual and newborn female babies, as the physical abuse, domestic subserpreference was to bear male chilvience and eugenics. Vermont’s dren who would be wage earners eugenics frenzy, between 1931 and care for their parents in their and 1941, led to 253 mandatoold age. ry sterilizations, two thirds of While preserving the princiwhich were performed on women ple of free exercise of religion, deemed “mentally deficient.” we must also maintain the clear Complementarianism is to constitutional separation of gender as racism church and state is to race. and reaffirm Men need to We can’t have the equality of it both ways. All all our citiunderstand and human beings zens. Religious are either equal practice must support Prop 5 to or some are less remain accountadvance the equality able to legal so than others. Prop 5 addressprinciples as of all Vermonters. es equality, not expressed in medical practice. law. It states simply that people of This is not a women’s issue. all genders, including cisgender We either believe in equality and gender non-specific, have or we don’t. We are partners in the right to determine their own families, our children’s educareproductive choices. tion, our health care system and As a civilization, we’re either we initiate the conception of going to have to embrace the children. concept of gender and racial This is not a feminist moment, equality in everything we do, it’s a human one. And we men from civics and governance to need to understand and support economic opportunity, housing, Prop 5 to advance the equality of religious practice and reproducall Vermonters. tive rights, or we must acknowledge openly a diminished role for Bill Schubart grew up in women and our own embedded Lamoille County, and now lives sexism. in Hinesburg. He writes about What if the federal governVermont in fiction, humor and ment were to mandate vasecopinion pieces.
Rep. Jessica Brumsted Chittenden 5-2 Member of: • House Human Services Committee • Joint House and Senate Government Accountability Committee • Climate Solutions Caucus • Social Equity Caucus • Women’s Caucus A few of the issues we are currently working on in the House: • Reapportionment • Broadband buildout • Child care workforce support • Appropriating America Rescue Plan Act Funds (ARPA) • Reproductive freedom constitutional amendment • Pension reform I appreciate hearing from you and can be reached at jbrumsted@leg.state.vt.us Paid for by Jessica for Vermont, 228 Caspian Lane, Shelburne
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Spelunking, experiences teach value of reporting gling to get low enough in the boat to keep my head out of the bats carpeting the cave ceiling Scooter MacMillan that was getting lower and lower as we got closer to the end of the At 9 a.m. I was stuck in a rut. rock tunnel. By 10 a.m. I was in the Shortly after 9 a.m., my desk groove. phone rang. At 9 a.m. I was in a deadThis was more than 25 years end reporter’s job that didn’t ago. I’ve told pay enough, and this story so I wasn’t going I’ve traveled a little. many times in anywhere. the more than By 10 a.m. I Maybe I’ll travel two decades was crouching in since and my a rowboat, holdmore. But I’ve more coworkers ing the end of a are sick of it. tape, measuring than made up for the They’re part a cave through of a long line solid rock for places I haven’t been of colleagues, a railroad that offspring, went bankrupt in by being a reporter. acquaintances the 1850s, so the — and students tunnel was never — to have been subjected to my completed. professional origin story. And no one knew how much This past May I recounted my of the tunnel had been finished. caving-in-a-rowboat-for-a-newsUntil then. paper-story for the umpteenth An hour after my tsunami of time to a school group. As professional angst, I was squatalways, the moral was that you ting in the floor of a boat trying don’t get rich as a reporter, but to get all of my self below the your life will be rich in varied boat’s gunwales. I wasn’t thinkexperiences. ing about my job anymore. I was On the ringing phone was a thinking about bats and strug-
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guy I’d interviewed for a story a few months before about the telltale remnants of this railroad that had gone out of business about five years before the Civil War started — a railroad that might have changed history, making the little town in northeast Georgia, where the newspaper I worked for was based, a railroad hub that could have eclipsed Atlanta. In the 1830s Atlanta was named Terminus because it didn’t have much more reason for existing than being the end of a couple of railroad lines. If this railroad had been completed it would have linked Charleston, S.C., with Knoxville, Tenn. It would have been a major boon to commerce and industry in the South. About an hour later I had joined him and three of his fellow historical railroad enthusiasts at the mouth of the tunnel that had filled with water earlier in the 1900s when a stream diverted itself there. One of them climbed into the bow of a rowboat with a paddle. I was cajoled into the stern to hold the end of a very long tape measure, so they could measure how far
into the solid rock core of the mountain the tunnel went. As we floated away from the steadily shrinking semicircle of light at the entrance into the dark, I shined my flashlight down through the clear, cold water. Fifteen feet or so below I could still see the mining rail tracks left from the mid-1800s where wagons had hauled out the chiseled rock out. Not only that but, as the water got steadily deeper and the cave roof got steadily lower, way below in the frigid water I could see picks and other tools the workmen had used. The tunnel was on private property and those tools were the reason no one had measured how far into the mountain workers had dug before bankruptcy shut the railroad project down. A nephew had come into the cave with his cousin decades before. They’d paddled back into the cave and dove into the cold water to retrieve the antique tools. When these two boys filled their boat with as many tools as their craft could carry, or as many as they could stand to retrieve in the painfully cold water, as they tried to climb back in, the boat flipped. They were too cold or confused or panicked to flip the boat back over and tried to swim back to the cave entrance. Only one of the boys made it. The other succumbed to hypothermia and drowned.
After the tragedy, the family closed the defunct tunnel down. No one was allowed there, except when Disney got permission to film a couple of train movies during the 1960s. Except on this day when I hooked up with a group of train history enthusiasts and got a story about the old unfinished railroad. So, I got a newspaper story, a life-defining story and a press association award out of the experience. By the way, we discovered the tunnel had been chiseled by hand a quarter of mile through solid rock. Some of my friends have made enough and saved enough to travel. I love looking at their pictures. I’ve traveled a little. I’d love to have traveled more, maybe I will. But I’ve more than made up for the places I haven’t been with the people I have met because I’ve interviewed them — as a reporter — in a not so dead-end job that’s made me rich in people and experiences. Scooter MacMillan is a reporter and assistant editor for the newspapers of the Vermont Community Newspaper Group. He was a reporter and editor for weekly and daily papers in Georgia and North Carolina and the marketing director of the State Theatre of Georgia before moving to Vermont.
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COMMUNITY Community Notes Learn about Vermont’s architectural building styles The next Charlotte Senior Center Wednesday lecture is “What Style is that Old Building” with Frances Foster on Jan. 26. Join architectural historian Foster for a presentation of Vermont’s most prevalent architectural styles of the 19th century. Learn about why Vermonters built quasiGreek temples, why there is no such thing as Victorian architecture and other tidbits about the state’s built environment. Foster, a graduate of the University of Vermont program in historic preservation, will show slides of buildings ranging from the Federal style through the late 1900s Colonial Revival. The lecture will take about 80 minutes. The free, in-person lectures start at 1 p.m. Questions? Leave a message at 802425-6345 or visit charlotteseniorcentervt. org. The next lecture is “On Being a Vermonter” with David Holmes on Feb. 2.
Two contests inspire young engineers Vermont 4-H invites students in grades 3-12 to explore their creativity, ingenuity and engineering skills through two contests, the Rube Goldberg Challenge and Create Your Own Invention Contest. For the Rube Goldberg Challenge, students are asked to build their own Rube Goldberg machine, named for the late American cartoonist who designed crazy contraptions with several unrelated devices and steps to perform a simple task in a complicated, inefficient way. The Create Your Own Invention contest encourages students to test their
problem-solving, critical thinking and engineering skills by identifying a problem and then brainstorming, planning and designing an invention. To enter, students are required to produce a short video, three minutes or less, describing their invention and showing diagrams to demonstrate how it works. The deadline for both contests is Saturday, Feb. 19. For details, go to uvm.edu/ extension/youth/announcements.
Special Olympics Penguin Plunge returns The Special Olympics Vermont Penguin Plunge will be held Saturday, March 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Burlington Waterfront Park boat launch. The plunge is a unique winter event where participants raise funds to take a dip in Lake Champlain’s icy waters. Now in its 27th year, the Penguin Plunge event supports the Special Olympics Vermont, which serves over 3,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities by using the power of sport to showcase their gifts and abilities. Register at bit.ly/3zXM1RU.
Shelburne Little League registration is open Registration is now open for the 2022 spring Little League baseball and softball season in Shelburne, Charlotte and Hinesburg. All baseball and softball divisions will be back, including the Pee Wee division which will be offered free this season. Here are the 2022 spring divisions: Pee Wee — age 4 (free) See COMMUNITY NOTES on page 10
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LEGISLATIVE
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REP. JESSICA BRUMSTED Democrat Shelburne 5-2
SEN. PHILIP BARUTH Democrat/Progressive Chittenden District
Our highest priorities are still COVID-19 related, although that’s hard to believe. It feels like a decade since we went into the 2020 lockdown. But the federal government came through with historic funding, much of which is still unspent, so we’ll continue to get that out the door to those having trouble paying rent, to school districts facing unprecedented costs and to towns and cities who are incurring unexpected staffing costs and shortages. Those staffing shortages, of course, are leading to strains in mental health and criminal justice, not to mention basic industries like hospitality. We spent time in appropriations just this week, moving money into recruitment and retention programs for corrections officers and nurses. So that’s job No. 1 — again.
What are your highest priorities for the Legislature this session?
Vermont has received an unprecedented amount of federal dollars due to COVID-19 thanks to our Congressional delegation, particularly Sen. Patrick Leahy. Our priority must be to see that those dollars are spent judiciously and equitably. Much of this money is one-time funding, and we must ensure that it is spent appropriately. Another issue of prime concern is that Vermont is struggling to maintain a vibrant workforce. Senate and House committees will address workforce needs within their areas of jurisdiction in the coming months. For example, on my committee, the House Committee on Human Services, we will be working to help find solutions to the workforce challenges in our preschool and child care centers as well as for our long-term care providers.
What do you foresee as hot topics within your committee(s)?
Our committee will be taking testimony from child care workers, parents, long-term care providers, nursing homes, adult day centers and the administration to determine what we can do to help alleviate this situation. This month we will also be reviewing the Senate action on the Proposal 5 constitutional amendment dealing with reproductive freedom. We will hear testimony and inform ourselves on the Senate action prior to voting it out of committee and sending it to the House floor for action. Vermonters will have the final vote in the November 2022 elections. Tragically, the numbers of opioid overdoses in the state are reaching epidemic proportions. It is important that our committee look at this insidious situation and determine what steps might be taken to change this trend that effects the lives of countless Vermonters and their families.
I sit currently on the House committees on appropriations and judiciary. For appropriations, we are dealing with the underfunding crisis in the teachers’ pension system. Fortunately, a working group seems to have brought all the major stakeholders together on an agreement to use onetime money to pre-fund teacher health care and deal with the historical underfunding. In judiciary, we are attempting to reform what’s known as qualified immunity, a federal doctrine that protects public officials from being sued, including police officers. Many advocates say qualified immunity makes it all but impossible to pursue civil cases against police officers who use excessive force, as one example. That will be a hot topic, to say the least.
Something I have become aware of recently is the dilemma that parents of developmentally disabled adults are facing as they try to secure options for continued care when they are no longer able to provide that care for their loved ones. Several of us on my committee have requested that we look deeper into this issue this year.
The sleeper issue is still the underfunding of Vermont’s state college system. Several years back, a select committee restructured the system and kept all the campuses open. But unless we find a defined funding source to increase what we give the system per year, that effort will be wasted. So, I’ve put in a bill to direct 60 percent of the tax realized from recreational cannabis to Vermont state colleges. That money, plus what we’ve traditionally provided, would be just about enough to make our state’s contribution equal to the average in the New England states. Taxand-regulate adult-use cannabis is due to open for business in Vermont this coming year, so it’s high time we defined a purpose for the tax receipts we’ll begin to see soon.
What are your thoughts on having to legislate remotely again, and do you think it’s important to get back to an in-person setting soon?
Though we all know it is not the ideal, I am grateful for the work and planning of the House and Senate leaders who have made it as safe as possible to continue our work of the session. I know Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski has assured us that leadership will continually evaluate the situation so we can meet in person as soon as it is safe for us and for any Vermonter who wants to be in the Statehouse to be there.
I do miss the Statehouse, and all the folks there, but Zoom has been a godsend during the pandemic, and now with the Omicron wave rolling over us, I give thanks for it again. I think our witnesses, staff and the journalists who cover us are probably thankful as well. After all, every committee hearing is now open via YouTube, and archived for later watching. Just a couple of years ago, you might have been able to get an audio recording of a hearing, and you might not. So, I think on balance, remote legislating hasn’t been a bad thing for our Vermont form of democracy.
What brought you at least a little bit of joy this week as you got the band back together again?
I did experience a real sense of joy being in the building, meeting members I had never met in person, catching up with old friends and being in my House seat. I think legislators and all Vermonters are ready to be back together again.
During a meeting of the Senate Democrats, people started spontaneously holding up pets: fat cats, tiny dogs, dogs too big to lift more than their front paws. You’ve probably all experienced something like this in your remote/pandemic lives, a minute when the curtains pull back on the lives of your coworkers, in a nice, human way. It helps you go on, and on, and on.
What are some sleeper issues that you think haven’t been given enough attention?
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SEN. THOMAS CHITTENDEN
SEN. CHRISTOPHER A. PEARSON
Democrat Chittenden District
Progressive/Democrat Chittenden District
Addressing the unfunded pension liability, the climate crisis through translating the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Vermont Climate Council Climate Action plan into legislative action, addressing the housing and affordability crisis in Vermont, and strengthening and supporting our workforce.
In addition to our ongoing COVID-19 response I hope we can make smart long-term investments with our federal dollars. We have the opportunity to accomplish multiple goals at once. For instance, putting infrastructure money to stormwater systems will make developing housing in our downtowns more affordable, reduce sprawl and reduce the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
For the House Committee on Education, the pupil weighting task force recommendations demand our attention as well as other funding topics related to the Espinoza Supreme Court ruling related to public dollars going to private schools. COVID-19 and the learning loss related to these two years of modified and remote learning is also a high priority for the committee to evaluate and address. The Senate transportation committee is going to be looking at how to expand electric vehicle charging stations and related implications for a declining gas tax revenue over the 10-year horizon.
In the Senate Committee on Agriculture, we are always concerned about the dairy economy and the interplay with Vermont’s open lands. I continue to push strategies that prepare for the coming generational shift on farms and look to create a strong, diverse rural economy. In Senate finance we touch many issues including education funding, the pupil weighting formula, broadband, energy policy and taxes. Each area will likely bring proposed changes. My priorities will be for the long-term benefit of our communities. We should not set tax policy, for example, based on inflated revenue brought on by billions in federal stimulus spending.
An important issue for the region and the state is governance over the Burlington International Airport. I’m optimistic that there will be some gradual and thoughtful discussions on this related to bills H.454 and H.52. Another topic is a less common state statute that allows school districts to set their kindergarten entrance age to be any day between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31. This has the effect of putting more demand on child care centers when school districts choose the earlier dates — and there isn’t enough child care in Vermont for kiddos under the age of 5. Standardizing this and picking a later date would give parents more agency in enrollment decisions while also reducing maximum demand for under 5-year-old child care service by 7 percent.
For a long time, I have promoted the idea of paying our school tax based on income. This better reflects a family’s ability to pay and stops penalizing seniors, as an example, who have lived in the same home for decades. I see more and more traction for this issue and hope we might be able to advance a serious proposal in 2022.
Legislating remotely is all I’ve known so I can’t directly compare it to the “before times.” I do feel out of the loop being a new legislator connecting to Zoom meetings from my home and not able to catch people in the hallway, share a commute or grab lunch in the cafeteria. But with vaccinations still rolling out for our youth and with how accessible these Zoom sessions are to the public, it seems prudent to be remote for the start of the session.
Legislating remotely is no fun. But we are reasonably successful with it and, given the number of retired people serving in Montpelier and the fact that we come from every corner of the state to work in small rooms, there is logic to us staying remote for at least January. I hope the Senate will be able to return to working in person soon.
It is hard to answer this question, but I’ll say that legislating from home does allow me to spend more time with my kids. And that always brings me joy.
The first few weeks of session are always full of promise about what we can accomplish, which is fun. And there’s always a few giggles when someone testifying by Zoom is interrupted by a child or a colleague answers their phone but forgets to go on mute.
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Thomas E. Hart Thomas E. Hart died in his sleep at his home in South Burlington on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. He was born June 18, 1942, in Hinesburg, the son of Hugh and Eleanor Hart. Tom graduated from Springfield College and began his teaching career at Champlain Valley Union High School. He created and directed the Life Program, which is now in its 50th year at CVU. After retiring from teach-
ing, Tom pursued an interest in competitive weightlifting. He set numerous state, national and world records in bench press and strict curl. He was also featured on two episodes of WCAX’s Super Seniors. Tom was a beloved husband and father. He is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, siblings and their families. He also leaves behind cousins, a host of friends, neighbors and colleagues whom he deeply valued. Tom was the epitome of quiet strength and deep kindness. He will be greatly missed. There will be a celebration of Tom’s life later in the year. We invite you to send an email to celebratingtomhart@gmail. com if you wish for notifications of the celebration when details are formalized. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Cremation Society of Chittenden County a division of the Ready Funeral Home. Visit cremationsocietycc.com to place online condolences.
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If you were enthralled by Sy Montgomery’s “The Soul of an Octopus” (2016), you will undoubtedly be transfixed by her latest gem, “The Hummingbird’s Gift,” in which she recounts the rehabilitation of two baby hummingbirds — not an easy task when they had to be fed every 20 minutes! (“The Hummingbird’s Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings,” Atria Books, 2021, 83 pages) Along the way, one learns much about these mesmerizing birds — the lightest on earth and the only ones that can hover in
mid-air. Their diminutive size is in great contrast to their fierceness, so much so that the Aztecs believed them to be reincarnated warriors. But their aggressiveness is easily overlooked when we see
them swiftly and gracefully flitting from flower to flower. Their bodies are flawlessly designed for flight, with hollow bones and nine air sacs. They are “little more than bubbles fringed with iridescent feathers — air wrapped in light.” But the hummingbird’s life is not just sweetness and light: to survive, they must visit some 1,500 flowers and eat up to 700 insects every day, and they have many predators. One cannot help but marvel at the great odds they must overcome to flourish. Indeed, their gift is to give us a “sense of wonder and connection to something great and mysterious.”
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registration or reach out via email. The league will continue the health and safety precautions and protocols put in place last year, Safety plans will be modified as updates from both the state and Little League International come in. As a volunteer-driven league, email if you’re willing to help out. To login and register, visit shelburnelittleleague.com.
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continued from page 1 one for $25. All the proceeds from both the entry fee and an online auction on Feb. 6-28 will go to Cochran’s to help pay for scholarships for kids to ski in its afterschool program. There will be a cocktail reception from noon-2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6, for artists, family and friends at the restaurant. Sammy Garey, Tap House manager, said they wanted to give back to the community for its support during COVID-19. So far, the restaurant has managed to stay open during the pandemic. The skis will be on view at the restaurant, hung vertically on the ends of booths and wherever the restaurant can find a space. Jimmy Cochran, general manager of the ski area his grandparents Mickey and Ginny Cochran started in the 1960s with just a rope tow, said Cochran’s really is a quintessential Vermont mom-and-pop ski area that also consistently turned out champions. Of the couple’s four children, Barbara Ann won gold in slalom in Sapporo in 1972, Marilyn skied on the U.S. Ski team for seven years and was a three-time national champion. Bob also skied for the U.S. and professionally and was the first American to win the famed Hahnenkamm combined in 1973. Lindsay, too, skied for the U.S. team and racked up impressive results. Their children continue the Cochran tradition. Ryan Cochran-Siegle currently races on the World Cup circuit with his
cousin Robby, and Jimmy, Roger, Jessica and Tim all raced competitively as well. Before Cochran’s was officially Cochran’s, neighborhood kids after finishing their homework, would come over to the family’s property to ski and run gates on 60 acres of the Cochran’s property. “It was very much accessible,” Cochran said. Sometime in the 1960s, Richmond Elementary School asked his grandmother if she would teach ski lessons to the school’s students. Now, over 1,000 students from Chittenden County schools, including Hinesburg, Williston and Starksboro, come to Cochran’s for an after-school ski or ride. Richmond Elementary School students even come during the school day. They put on the ski boots before leaving school, get on the bus and when they arrive their skis are already laid out. Champlain Valley Union’s and South Burlington’s high school ski teams train at Cochran’s. “The CVU Nordic team just hosted a hill climb here,” Cochran said. “It’s a three-day race competition that culminates in a hill climb race here. The skill and athleticism in that race is amazing.” That race, known as the Tour de Chittenden, happens at two other ski areas before culminating at Cochran’s and draws competitors from several schools. “It’s a very, very special place,” said Penni Rand, whose photos are used in lots of Cochran’s publicity. “I raced there when I was in high
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Sammy Garey, Shelburne Tap House manager, stands with some skis decorating the restaurant to promote the restaurant’s Ski Art Show and Auction.
school in Middlebury in 1981.” “Some of my earliest memories are skiing around with the T-bar,” Cochran said. The Cochran’s tradition of sharing ski racing skills focuses less on the results of the competi-
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SPORTS Girls’ basketball continues its roll LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT
Girls’ basketball Champlain Valley 46, South Burlington 24: Alison Bates scored nine of her 16 points in the second quarter to help Champlain Valley to a win over South Burlington on Saturday, Jan. 15. Bates led all scorers with 16, while Elise Berger added eight points and five rebounds. Ellie Mjaanes chipped in with eight points and four blocks. With the win, the Redhawks move to 6-1.
Girls’ hockey South Burlington 2, Champlain Valley-Mount Mansfield 1 (OT): The Champlain Valley-Mount Mansfield co-op team fell in overtime to South Burlington on Saturday. Sasha Miller scored for the
CougarHawks, while Sabrina Brochu had the assist. Grace Ferguson stopped 18 shots. With the loss, CVU-MMU falls to 5-2.
Boys’ hockey Champlain Valley 4, Rutland 3: The Champlain Valley boys’ hockey moved to 3-4-1 with a win over Rutland on Saturday. Travis Stroh tallied twice for the Redhawks, while Devon Fay and Nic Menard each added a goal.
Gymnastics St. Johnsbury 131.65, Champlain Valley 128.4: Champlain Valley fell to St. Johnsbury in a meet on Thursday. Ruby Opton earned a first place in the beam and second in the overall competition, while Warner Barbic was second in bars.
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Shelburne’s Megan Nick heads to Beijing Olympics LAUREN READ SPORTS CORRESPONDENT
An experience that started as a way to try something new for the Champlain Valley Grad Challenge has Shelburne native Megan Nick getting ready for another adventure. Nick is headed for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. “I was definitely excited, but I think it just put more pressure on and I was just more motivated to have productive training this next month and get ready,” said Nick about the news she had made the team. “So, I’m still pretty stressed about it all but it’s definitely exciting.” Nick, who met the criteria to automatically qualify for the U.S. aerials team, will officially be named to the Olympic team Jan. 21. The Champlain Valley Union High School graduate qualified for the team based on her World Cup performances last year. Nick won two events in January 2021. “I really haven’t taken a moment yet because I didn’t have the start to the season I wanted,” Nick said. “Right now, I’m just so focused on getting ready and having productive training so I can perform the way I want to there.” Nick picked up aerial skiing as
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a senior at Champlain Valley when she went to a camp in Lake Placid as part of the senior grad challenge. She was hooked and quickly took to the sport. Seven years later, she is preparing to represent her country and state in the Olympics. “I always wanted to go (to the Olympics) and it was a huge goal of mine but I don’t think I really ever believed it,” Nick said. “I just kept taking my training day by day and focusing on the little things. I’m very lucky that it has worked out the way it has.” Soon after the team’s final World Cup event in Utah, Nick and the rest of the aerial ski team were whisked into quarantine to avoid any COVID-19 issues affecting the team.
It is there that Nick and her teammates are preparing for Beijing. “Just trying to perfect what we have and tweak little things, but also just work on our consistency,” Nick said. “I think for me that’s the most important part is just being consistent so I can perform the way I train.” The training isn’t the only thing that COVID-19 has affected for Nick. The U.S. team will head to Los Angeles on Jan. 25 to get tests and then fly to China two days later. Once there, Nick is not sure what to expect. Even the team’s participation in opening ceremonies is up in the air as both competitors and the hosts reckon with COVID-19 concerns before the games begin on Monday, Feb. 3. “I was very excited for opening ceremonies but I’m not sure if we’ll be able to participate,” Nick said. “I’m just trying to take it day-byday at this point and try not to get too excited and look too far ahead because when it comes down to it, I just want to perform as I have in training. That’s what I’m focused on right now.” While Nick focuses on her skiing, her family in Shelburne is excited to cheer her on when she hits the slopes. See NICK on page 13
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on the principle of movement mechanics, consistency, form and then intensity, the program pushes for quality movement throughout childhood. Consistent mechanics translates to higher sports performance and fewer sports injuries for kids. Research also indicates that exercise is beneficial to cognitive function, which means a consistent training program will have a positive impact on a child’s academic achievement. Participants of any fitness ability are welcome to join as work-
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erine Gilwee, Petra Kapsalis, Gregory Levine, Lydia Maitland, Mitchell Precourt, Aiden Pricer-Coan, Isabelle Schmitt, Sienna Devoe-Talluto, Grace Caswell, Boaz Pike, Amara Krag, Delaney Miller-Bottoms, Erin O’Donnell, Lars Jensen and Athena Hendrick. Garrett Gruendling of Shelburne has been named to the Plymouth State University president’s list for the fall 2021 semester. Southern New Hampshire University named the following Shelburne students to its fall 2021 president’s list: Megan Rogers, Camber Freese and Emily Gagnon. Shelburne’s Lucas Roberts-Williams, a physics major, made the Clarkson University fall 2021 dean’s list.
“Behind every athlete is a support system that a lot of people don’t get to see. I am super grateful for my family, my friends, my past coaches, my past teammates, all who have helped me get here,” Nick said. “I want to give them the credit that they deserve because I would not be here without all of them.”
Besides firsts at World Cup aerial events in January 2021 — Yaroslavl, Russia on Jan. 17 and Raubichi, Belarus on Jan. 30 — Nick placed first last year in the Nor-Am Cup at the Utah Olympic Park. She has four career wins in Nor-Ams, and two other World Cup podiums. She placed second at Deer Valley and Almaty in 2020.
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Feb. 18, to get more accurate enrollment numbers. The numbers help officials plan staffing and scheduling needs for the upcoming school year. Contact Patty Spagnolo at pspagnolo@cvsdvt.org to pre-register your child if they will turn 5 years old by Sept. 1. Parents or guardians will need to provide the child’s name, date of birth, parent’s names, address(es), phone numbers and email addresses, and a recent photo. On Feb. 1, the school will mail out hardcopy registration packets. Parents who do not plan to enroll their child at Shelburne Community School is asked to let the school know.
Shelburne Food Shelf is open at month’s end The Shelburne Food Shelf will be open at the town offices next week on Tuesday, Jan. 25, Thursday, Jan. 27, and Saturday, Jan. 29. If you have not done so already this year, remember to bring with a proof of residency — a piece of mail or a motel room key, for example. Advance sign-up is required to shop. Call 802-622-3313, ext. 3, with questions or assistance in signing up. Remember to arrive on time for your appointment, fully masked and prepared to answer COVID-19 health-screening questions before entering. More at shelburnefoodshelf.org. The food shelf also accepts
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Student milestones Connor Rushford of Shelburne, a member of the Colgate University Class of 2024, has earned the spring 2021 dean’s award for academic excellence. Richard Hall of Shelburne, a member of the Class of 2023, was named to the fall 2021 dean’s list at Stonehill College. The following students from Shelburne were named to the fall 2021 dean’s list at the University of Vermont: Sawyer Bottoms, Oscar Ewald, Sabine Foerg, Cath-
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TAURUS April 21 - May 21 You are ready to pour a huge investment of time and resources into a creative project that is dear to your heart, Taurus. Let the ideas flow organically instead of pushing too hard.
GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Phone calls and emails keep coming in, to the point where you may want to turn off your devices for the rest of the week. Find opportunities for peace and quiet.
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July 23 - Aug. 23 Leo, you have high hopes for a productive week, but you may not check off everything on your to-do list. It’s fine to let one or two things slide.
VIRGO Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 Virgo, why make things difficult for yourself when others are willing to lend a helping hand? You don’t have to chart the course alone, so accept any offers of help that come along.
LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 Libra, if you are feeling immense pressure to make an important decision, take all the time you need to work through every scenario. This way you’re confident in your choice.
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continued from page 1 were passed last year. In Shelburne, selectboard chair Michael Ashooh will seek another three-year term and wishes someone would run against him. “I wish more people would run,” Ashooh said. “I’d like to be challenged. I think it’s good for the process.” Mary Kehoe will not run for reelection to the selectboard. She was appointed as an interim board member to fill the remainder of Jerry Storey’s term when he resigned last September. She had been a member of the selectboard prior to the 2021 election but did not run for reelection then. Although she is not
running this time either, Kehoe said, “I will miss the selectboard and I am invigorated by the issues facing the town. I do plan to remain involved.” If you’re thinking of entering the race for either seat, decision time fast approaches. The last day to file to run for a town elected position is Monday, Jan. 24, by 5 p.m. Other open seats include town moderator (one-year term); town constable (two-year term); and a threeyear term on the Champlain Valley School District board now held by Russ Caffry. He could not be reached by press time to see if he plans to seek reelection.
Frogs End reported their Rolex had been stolen. Jan. 10 at 8:11 p.m., police responded to a 911 call and hang-up on LaPlatte Circle and found it wasn’t an emergency but a malfunctioning telephone. Jan. 10 at 11:19 p.m., police went to the North Star Motel because of a dispute between guests. The quarrelers had separated when police arrived. After talking to them, no charges were filed. Jan. 11 at 9:24 a.m., police were called to Kinney Drugs because a man was trespassing, but he was gone and couldn’t be found. Jan. 11 at 10:01 p.m., police went to a home on Littlefield Drive where a 911 call and hang-up originated. Once again, the culprit was a malfunctioning phone and there was no emer-
gency. Jan. 12 at 11:54 a.m., no injuries resulted when two cars crashed on Route 116. Jan. 12 at 4:35 p.m., a caller was worried about their relative on White Cedar Lane, but police found they were fine. Jan. 12 at 5:33 p.m., a man who left the Tractor Supply without paying for merchandise was gone when police arrived. An investigation is continuing. Jan. 12 at 8:17 p.m., a fire alarm went off on Simmons Drive but there wasn’t a fire, and the call was canceled before fire and rescue arrived. Jan. 12 at 8:52 p.m., initially it was thought the sound of a man and woman shouting on Shelburne Road might be an argument, but police found people at a nearby business were loud. They agreed to shout quieter.
Jan. 13 at 8:02 a.m., a carbon monoxide detector went off on Point View Drive, but no hazards were found. Jan. 13 at 8:28 a.m., an officer removed a length of aluminum pipe from the road near Shelburne and Martindale roads that were a traffic hazard. Jan. 13 at 9:02 a.m., police stood by on Nashville Road as the Department for Children & Families checked on a family. Jan. 13 at 5:15 p.m., a driver hit a dog on Falls Road and police went to help. The owners took the dog to emergency care. Note: Charges filed by police are subject to review by the State’s Attorney’s Office and can be amended or dropped. The incidents above are not a full recount of police activity, rather a highlight of some of the events that occurred.
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