Shelburne News - 12-8-22

Holiday hijinks

Santa visits, Shelburne sings carols to usher in the season

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Newly formed communication

union district plots next steps

Goal is to get fiber to more households

Work has begun on the formation of a Chittenden County Communications Union District, approved by voters in five towns in November, with the goal of expanding the county’s fiber network to its participating towns in a county largely dominated by cable.

Voters in Shelburne, South Burlington, Essex, Essex Junction and Williston overwhelmingly approved the creation of a communications union district, the state mechanism to expand and, in some cases, introduce high-speed fiber-optic internet connections while addressing pockets of underserved areas that the private market has so far failed to address.

“There’s an economy of scale of work-

See CUD on page 14

Objet d’art

Artist raffles sled to benefit local food shelves

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Magazine names Fiddlehead craft brewery of the year

STAFF WRITER

Shelburne-based Fiddlehead Brewing Company was named Craft Brewery of the Year by Brewbound, a leading beer industry

trade publication.

Fiddlehead’s success story began on New Year’s Eve 2011, when brewmaster Matt Cohen took his 15-plus years of industry knowledge and broke ground on a 15-barrel brewery in Shelburne. The 3,000-square-foot

brewery and tasting room were the incubator for their flagship Fiddlehead IPA.

The brewery says its focus has always been “crafting approachable, multidimensional beers, while growing responsibly with a focus on the arts and positively impacting

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Fiddlehead has recorded double-digit growth each year across its eight markets,

See FIDDLEHEAD on page 16

Shelburne held its annual tree lighting and carol sing on Dec. 2 on the village green, with tunes by the bands Uncle Jimmy and The Rough Suspects. Kids enjoyed a visit from Santa in the Pierson Library.

Thursday–Sunday through January 1, 2023

5–8 p.m.

$15 for adults | $10 for children (3–17)

Free for children under 3

For tickets visit: shelburnemuseum.org/winterlights

A trio of performances in December kick off Town Hall Theater’s new WinterTide Music Series in Middlebury.

“Town Hall Theater has carefully curated top Vermont musicians and Grammy-nominated luminaries to ring in the season’s sounds,” said executive director Lisa Mitchell. “Sidle up to a speakeasy-style cabaret table with your friends to see Kat Wright and Brett Hughes, bring the family to a New Year’s Eve to remember with Soule Monde and savor the season with Low Lily.”

• Low Lily, Friday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m.: Award-winning American roots band Low Lily teams up with Grammy-nominated bluegrass mandolinist Matt Flinner and Steve Roy on double bass. This collaboration celebrates the winter solstice with instrumentals and songs for the season in

three and four-part vocal harmonies.

• Kat & Brett’s Holiday Show, Saturday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m.: Kat Wright and Brett Hughes, two of Vermont’s most beloved songbirds, join forces once again for their ninth annual Vermont holiday tour. The show, featuring Tyler Bolles on upright bass, offers songs of holiday heartbreak and cheer. Cabaret-style table and regular seating available.

• Soule Monde, Saturday, Dec. 31, 7-10 p.m. Ring in the new year with Soule Monde, an avant-funk group born of the syncopated minds of power drummer Russ Lawton and organ wizard Ray Paczkowski. The ticket includes a flatbread buffet and complimentary champagne toast. Enjoy a ball drop at 9:30 p.m.

Tickets available at townhalltheater.org, by calling 802-382-9222, or at the door.

Chef-prepared foods are back!

Cottage pie, lasagna, mac & cheese, soups, and more featuring local farm ingredients. Perfect for this busy season.

FARM STORE HOURS: 10AM–5:30PM, shop in person, or order online for pickup.

Thank You Shelburne!

The Shelburne Food Shelf would like to thank Shelburne residents and businesses for their generous financial contributions and food donations during 2022, with special appreciation to Shelburne Market for sponsoring the “round-up” program and to those who participate. Thank you to these Businesses and Organizations for their generosity to the Shelburne Food Shelf

Adventures in Early Learning

All Souls Interfaith Gathering

B&R Developers Inc.

B&R Electronics

Benevity Community Impact Fund

Bimbo Bakeries USA

Boy Scout Troop 602

Breambridge Films

Coffee Enterprises

Coldwell Banker Hickok Boardman

Cub Scout Pack 607

David Webster and A.M. Peisch & Company LLP

Ferris-Prabho, P.C.

Floor Coverings International

Friends of the Pierson Library

Growald Climate Fund

Head Over Fields Farm

Misty Knolls Farm

New Lions Club

Pill Maharam Architects

Perrigo Nutritionals

Precourt Investment Co.

Rice Lumber

Rotary Club of Charlotte, Shelburne, Hinesburg

Salesforce.com, Inc.

SCAT & Landowners of VAST network

SCHIP’s Treasure Resale Shop

SCS 7th Graders

Shelburne Athletic Club

Shelburne Community School

Shelburne Farms

Shelburne Market

Shelburne United Methodist Church

Shelburne Vineyard

St. Catherine of Siena

The Terraces

Teucrium Trading

Town Fair Tire Foundations Inc.

US Postal Service

Vermont Diaper Bank

Vermont Day School

Vermont Food Bank

Vermont Zen Center

Wake Robin

With special appreciation to the Town of Shelburne and to all our volunteers who support us every day! Thank you all for making Shelburne a wonderful place to live.

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CRIME & COURTS

Shelburne Police Blotter

Total reported incidents: 110

Traffic stops: 4

Medical emergencies: 48

Suspicious incidents: 10

Domestic incidents: 2

Agency assists: 9

Citizen assists: 10

Welfare check: 4

Automobile incidents: 3

Car crash: 6

Theft: 4

Fraud: 2

Alarms: 8

Pending investigations: 8

Nov. 21 at 3:26 p.m., a retail theft was reported at Kinney Drugs. Officers were unable to locate the individual, but police are investigating.

Nov. 22 at 2:10 p.m., a two-car crash was reported on Falls Road.

Nov. 23 at 3:37 p.m., a caller reported that a woman appeared to be trying to get out of a moving car on Maple Leaf Lane. Police located the vehicle, but the woman was uncooperative, police said, so no action was taken.

Nov. 23 at 8:33 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported at a residence on LaPlatte Circle. The case is under investigation.

Nov. 26 at 3:13 p.m., a one-car crash was reported on Bostwick Road with injuries, but the patient refused transport to the hospital.

Nov. 26 at 6:51 p.m., a caller requested a welfare check on a friend at Harbor Place. Shelburne police called EMS and the person was sent to the hospital.

Nov. 27 at 11:52 a.m., police found what appeared to be an abandoned homeless campsite in a wooded area near Locust Hill after a caller reported finding bicycles and backpacks in the area.

Nov. 28 at 11:52 a.m., a two-car crash reported on Shelburne Road resulted in injury. The patients were transported to the hospital.

Nov. 28 at 1:41 p.m., a caller reported her client was sexually assaulted. Shelburne police took an initial report and forwarded the case to the Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations.

Nov. 28 at 6:24 p.m., a fraud was reported to police from someone on Webster Road. The case is under investigation.

Nov. 29 at 12 p.m. a caller reported

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an unwanted guest was creating a disturbance and refusing to leave the North Star Motel. Shelburne police removed them from the property.

Nov. 29 at 10:48 p.m., a woman told police a man followed her off the bus on Executive Drive and was making threatening remarks. The case is under investigation.

Nov. 30 at 9:53 a.m., a caller reported the theft of items from her car on Toad Lane. A theft report was taken.

Nov. 30 at 2:20 p.m., a two-car crash was reported on Shelburne Road with no injuries.

Nov. 30 at 5:13 p.m., a one-car crash was reported on Shelburne Road, but the person refused transportation to the hospital.

Dec. 2 at 10:58 a.m., police assisted a tractor trailer unit that needed assistance backing out of Locust Hill onto Shelburne Road.

Dec. 2 at 3:15 p.m., police received a fraud complaint from someone on Northside Drive. The case is under investigation.

Dec. 2 at 4 p.m., a retail theft was reported at Tractor Supply. The case is under investigation.

Dec. 3 at 2:17 p.m., a caller reported the theft of items from his car on Falls Road.

Dec. 3 at 9:16 p.m., a woman called police and wanted her husband removed from their residence on Shelburne Road after a verbal dispute. Officers assisted in mediating the dispute.

Dec. 4 at 4:51 p.m., a one-car crash was report with no injuries on Harbor Road.

Beware of gift card jury scam

The Chittenden County Sheriff’s Department is warning of a gift card scam about missing jury duty.

The department says it has received multiple reports of scammers masquerading as sheriffs and calling to instruct people to send gift cards for missing jury duty.

Never provide any personal information such as date of birth, Social Security numbers or credit card information. The sheriff’s office never clears arrest warrants or court cases by asking for money. Report any of these incidents to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office at 800-649-2424.

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OPINION

As you may know, the Shelburne Selectboard voted in August to place the question of a local option tax on the March 2023 Town Meeting Day ballot, which would involve a change to the town’s charter.

On Dec. 6, the selectboard held the first of two public hearings to consider this change. The second hearing is Tuesday, Dec. 20. I’d like to explain our rationale for doing so.

If you’re paying attention to issues in Shelburne you know that the town faces a host of major challenges, capital projects and expenses. We need a new fire and rescue facility, with the rescue facility being in particularly bad shape. In 2019, the town voted to acquire land for a new fire and rescue facility, a move that now seems exceptionally wise.

We need a new wastewater treatment facility, a project we are teeing up for the next several years and which will cost more than $35 million, with costs still rising. Our town officers are understaffed, as revealed by a recent staffing audit.

We have lagged behind pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure needs as more people are walking and biking in increasingly less safe environments. Our capital investment and replacement needs — municipal buildings, infrastructure, technology upgrades, equipment — continue to pile up.

Shelburne is growing by leaps and bounds. Trends are predicted to continue in this direction for some time as more people discover our lovely community and seek refuge from climate change and other challenges. Shelburne has few sources of revenue other than property taxes. If we want to pay for something, such as a new library, we bond for it and repay it out of property taxes.

Shelburne’s property taxes have risen steadily over the past several years at what is generally agreed to be an unsustainable rate of 6 to 8 percent per year. We need to find alternative sources of revenue. So, the idea of a local option tax.

The selectboard asked the finance committee in April to begin investigating the use of such a tax. The results of the analysis show some very promising numbers. Through a 1 percent option tax, we stand to generate close to $1 million in annual revenue and this may be a conservative estimate.

This is revenue that we can use to

finance many of our pressing needs and would alleviate some pressure on property taxes. The 1 percent tax is added to state sales tax on certain retail purchases, such as rooms, meals and alcoholic beverages sold and delivered within the community. Many necessities are exempted from a local options tax (and state sales tax), such as clothing and shoes, food and food products, non-alcoholic beverages, gasoline and diesel fuel, retail electricity and heating fuel, agricultural supplies, motor vehicle purchases or rentals, medical equipment and supplies, over-the-counter drugs and feminine hygiene products.

Approximately 70 percent of total local option tax receipts would be remitted to Shelburne, while 30 percent is retained by the state for its payment in lieu of taxes program, which compensates communities where non-taxable state property is located.

The local option tax is collected by merchants on qualifying taxable items and is remitted to the Vermont Department of Taxes under usual filing procedures. It is administered by the state, not the town or merchant, and is levied based on the location where a buyer takes possession or delivery of qualifying items.

One reason for considering a local option tax is the percentage of local sales from visitors. Most visitors to the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne Farms and the Vermont Teddy Bear factory — about 300,000 total visitors annually — are non-Shelburne residents. More than 5 million vehicles per year pass through Shelburne on Route 7. Shelburne businesses draw substantial commerce from Chittenden County and beyond, but Shelburne residents represent only 4 percent of Chittenden County sales/market area population. In other words, there are many visitors coming to Shelburne and using our services, roads, police and other amenities but not contributing to their cost.

Local option tax revenues will be directed toward planned long-term capital investments and improvements in the community, including infrastructure improvements (recreation and bike paths, building refurbishments, roads); capital equipment (trucks, computer servers, fire, rescue and police vehicles); debt service (debt repayment, capital project equity contributions); long-term investments (community cyber upgrades, village center improvements); and land conservation. It will not be a blank check for pet projects, but subject to the same checks

Leading opponent of Prop 5 contemplates its passage

Guest Perspective

Eric Metaxas, author of “Seven Women and the Secret of Their Greatness,” said, “each era has the fatal hubris to believe that it has once and for all climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is, from the highest and most objective vantage point possible.”

We have been certain in the past: it was a norm to take land and slaughter its people; to sell people; to sterilize those we believed should not be procreating.

None of those actions was taken in the belief of doing wrong. They were in accord with society’s values at that time.

Now, as Vermonters, we have adopted an amendment to our Constitution that has established that personal reproductive autonomy supersedes giving weight to whether another human right is also at stake.

Some are touting this victory as an historic gain. History should give us a cautionary lesson. How sure should we be that we have climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is?

Perhaps now is a safe opportunity to reflect more deeply on the profound issues at stake.

Our human race, worldwide and for centuries, has been wrestling with the issues of women’s rights and abortion. Is it exclusively a right of health care and autonomy? Is a developing embryo or fetus also a person, who therefore also has rights deserving of protection by society?

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and oversight procedures as for any town expenditure.

We know that a such a tax can be a successful source of revenue in Vermont. Twenty-five cities and towns with varying populations (923 to 43,185) have enacted local option tax programs and account for most economic activity in the state. Seventeen of those towns are located within a 60-mile radius of Shelburne and six towns are contiguous or neighboring communities.

The structural and financial characteristics of these cities and towns are like Shelburne’s. Several merchants in communities with a local option tax indicate that the

The history of humankind is deeply engrained with the stain of dividing between fit and unfit, those deemed less than fully human.

Our founding fathers allowed Black slave lives to be counted as three-fifths the value of a white life. Those lives were not recognized as having equivalent value or humanity. Slaves could be hunted down and killed because individual property rights were at stake.

Colonialism and the massacre of indigenous people was not recognized as wrong, because conquerors had the right to claim new lands and new property rights and to kill for that purpose.

Less than 100 years ago, the Supreme Court allowed “unfit lives” — Black, poor, indigenous, sexually different, disabled — to be denied the right to procreate, upholding eugenic sterilization. Respected citizens did not recognize eugenics as wrong, because people unfit to reproduce did

not have equal value and society had a right to prevent unwanted children from becoming a burden on society.

Planned Parenthood removed the name of founder Margaret Sanger, a eugenics supporter, from its New York affiliate building in 2020 with an acknowledgement that it was “both a necessary and overdue step to reckon with our legacy and acknowledge Planned Parenthood’s contributions to historical reproductive harm within communities of color.”

In other words, the planning of parenthood was part of an agenda to curtail the growth of unwanted groups of people, persons of lesser value.

We have always used different labels to distinguish the wanted and the unwanted — not unlike how we talk about whether there is independent life in the womb. When a wanted pregnancy ends in a miscarriage, we say, “she

See DONAHUE on page 16

Letters to the Editor

Winter Lights provides feast for the eyes

To the Editor:

Last week my wife and I, along with some family members, attended the Winter Lights event at Shelburne Museum. Although naming this work of lighting art the eighth wonder of the world might be a little far-fetched, it was a fascinating feast for the eyes and an uplifting spiritual feeling. It brought great

joy to me.

I commend and thank all the generous volunteers and talented designers for their time and efforts for such a breathtaking display and beautiful effort. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Shelburne and to the hosting landscape of Shelburne Museum for accommodating such a fantastic sight.

amount charged is immaterial to purchase decisions and that the administrative time and effort needed for one-time software set-up is insignificant. Every city and town official contacted to date has a very favorable opinion of their local option tax.

In short, the local option tax presents a very favorable mechanism for generating revenue in Shelburne. Shelburne is facing unprecedented capital expenses. These expenses are unavoidable and necessary. If we finance these exclusively through property taxes, then property taxes will rise precipitously over the next several years.

So, a local option tax presents an alternative source of funding. Ultimately, this will be a decision for the voters to make, which is why the selectboard believes it is appropriate to put the question to the residents.

On behalf of the selectboard I invite all residents of Shelburne to inform themselves about this issue by joining the public hearing in person or via Zoom on Dec. 20. This will be an important issue for the town and its future, and we need involvement from all residents in the process.

Michael Ashooh is chair of the Shelburne Selectboard.

GIFT CARDS

Community Notes

Voting group launches climate change series

The League of Women Voters of Vermont, in partnership with Kellogg-Hubbard Library presents the second talk in its lecture series, “The Impact of Climate Change on Vermont,” Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m.

In the series, the league examines climate change’s effect on the personal, economic and ecological level, and closes with action that has been taken and what else can be done.

The program features a panel discussion on climate change and agriculture and ecology. The panel, moderated by Tom McKone, will focus on the effects of climate change on Vermont landscapes.

The program will be hosted via Zoom and is open to the public. Attendance is free with registration at bit.ly/3UoQxSf.

Hinesburg Police now have drug drop-off box

The Hinesburg Police Department now has a collection box for residents to discard old or unwanted prescription drugs.

The 4-foot-tall metal receptacle sits in the police department lobby and can be accessed 24 hours a day. It is under surveillance and a convenient way to discard those medications in a safe manner. Simply open the hatch and drop them in.

Church offers ‘Christmas Oratorio’ Dec. 11

First Congregational Church

United Church of Christ of Burlington, 38 Winooski Ave., hosts

Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Christmas

Oratorio” (“Oratorio De Noël”) on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 10 a.m.

The sanctuary choir will be joined by guest musicians, including soloists from East Carolina University, the University of Vermont and professional musicians from the wider community on harp, organ, violin, viola and cello.

Director of Music Amy Shortt will conduct the “Oratorio,” and Rev. Elissa Johnk will deliver the message.

The “Christmas Oratorio” is offered in person and will be livestreamed and available as a recording at youtube.com/firstchurchbtv.

Lions Club hosts community meet and greet at library

The new Lions Club created to serve Shelburne, South Burlington, the University of Vermont and Burlington is looking for new members who want to help others, build community and make friends.

If you’re interested, come to an informational meeting at the Pierson Library in Shelburne on Saturday, Dec. 10. Coffee served from 1 to 1:30 p.m. with a presentation at 1:30 p.m. For more information, email andygramer767@hotmail. com or call 802-989-8520.

Go to the dogs, take photos with Santa

On two consecutive Saturdays, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17, 10 a.m. to noon, the Shelburne Village Dog Park will welcome families, their kids and their dogs to come to a brightly decorated shed on Harbor Road to have their photos taken with Santa.

This is a fund-raiser for the

Lions hold Thanksgiving food drive

dog park committee to help pay for much needed work in the park to remove the invasive plants that pose a threat to park fences and impeding dog enjoyment the park.

‘Antiques Roadshow’ will air Vermont episodes

The 2023 Antiques Roadshow segments filmed at Shelburne Museum last summer will air in spring 2023.

Broadcast dates for the three episodes from Shelburne Museum are all on Mondays, April 24, May

1 and May 8, at 8 p.m. on PBS. Antiques Roadshow visited the Shelburne Museum on July 12 to a crowd of more than 3,000 people. The filming of this sold-out antique appraisal event took place throughout the museum campus.

Greek church hosts take-out food event

Craving some great Greek food, prepared by the local pros? Order souvlaki, gyro or falafel dinners to-go at The Dormition Greek Church fundraiser on Satur-

day, Dec. 10, noon to 5 p.m.

Pre-order through the online menu or order on the day of the event at the corner of Ledge Road and South Willard Street. Call 802-862-2155 or visit bit. ly/3Vt72Oa

All Souls Interfaith hosts outside slow yoga group

Join All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne for an outside slow-flow yoga practice at All

See COMMUNITY NOTES on page 9

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Liz Fenwick, Jackie Dutil and John Tiholiz helped at the Lions Club Food Drive at the Shelburne Market. The newly formed Lions Club kicked off its first community event with a Thanksgiving food drive on Nov. 19. More than 550 pounds of food, cleaning supplies and personal care items were collected for the food shelf, which reports a high level of need in the area. The community also donated $236.25 in cash along with dozens of eyeglasses and hearing aids. Interested in joining the club? Contact Mark Hanna at lionmark2000@outlook.com.

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Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne every Tuesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Bring a yoga mat and any other props required. All are welcome. The cost is $15 or $10 for virtual practice.

Email c arterbranley@gmail.com f or information.

Enjoy stuffed chicken at Age Well meal

Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish in Shelburne will provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 and older on Tuesday, Dec. 13.

The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church St. from 11 a.m. until noon. The menu is stuffed chicken breast with apple and cranberry stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, sliced carrots, cranberry sauce, wheat dinner roll with butter, pumpkin cake and milk.

To order a meal, contact Sheryl Oberding at soberding@yahoo.com or 802-8258546

Deadline to order is Wednesday, Dec. 7. More information agewellvt.org.

Enjoy Age Well meals at Charlotte Senior Center

The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, Dec. 8, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features roast pork with warm sauce, applesauce, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables with lima beans, wheat bread with butter, chocolate chip cookie and milk.

You must have pre-registered by Monday, Dec. 5, with Kerrie Pughe, 802-425-6345 or kpughe@charlotteseniorcentervt.org

The meal on Dec. 15 is the center’s Christmas meal and includes stuffed chicken breast with apple and cranberry stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, sliced carrots, wheat dinner roll, pumpkin cake and milk. Check the website for last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.

Charlotte Central School hosts holiday market

The Charlotte Central School holiday market will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and still has some booths available. The vendor application

can be found at bit.ly/3TOVT8P.

In addition to two gyms filled with exhibitors, there will also be a children’s DIY craft table, a silent auction and several on-site food options. Entry into the market is free and open to the public.

Contact ccsholidaymarket@gmail.com with questions.

Ugly sweater fun run

The Rotary Club of South Burlington

Ugly Sweater Fun Run is this weekend, so get gather your family and friends Sunday, Dec. 11, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., for the club’s ugly sweater fun run and walk at the Fredrick H. Tuttle Middle School. Come out for a day of fun and exercise while proudly wearing your tackiest, craziest and ugliest sweaters. Complimentary food and beverages, photo booth and a commemorative winter hat available to participants. Prizes will be awarded to the ugliest sweaters. Entrance is $35 for adults, $15 for youth, 12-17. Children under 12 are free. Register at bit.ly/3UqBKq3.

Vermont Fiddlers put on winter show at opera house

The Vermont Fiddle Orchestra, directed by Peter Macfarlane, will perform its winter concert on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Barre Opera House. Admission is by donation.

The orchestra will present traditional tunes including a mix of tunes from Ireland, Scotland, Appalachia and Quebec, as well as marches, waltzes and a heart-rending slow air. More at vermontfiddleorchestra. org.

Knights of Columbus host pancake breakfast

The Knights of Columbus DeGosbriand Council # 279 will host a pancake breakfast on Sunday, Dec. 11, from 9-11:30 a.m., in the parish center of St. Joseph’s cathedral, 29 Allen St., Burlington. The feast will feature bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, blueberry pancakes, French toast and more. Coffee, juice, butter and Vermont maple syrup included.

Admission is $10 and $25 for a family of four.

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School Notes

Carey and Huestis picked as outstanding educators

Champlain Valley educators

Hannah Carey and Heidi Huestis were recognized earlier this month at the University of Vermont’s 42nd Outstanding Educator event. Carey is a math teacher at CVU and Huestis is the librarian at Charlotte Central School. They were nominated by their peers and building administrators.

“Hannah Carey is a creative, connected and collaborative teacher. She knows her students deeply, resulting in lasting relationships,” read one of them comments submitted for Carey’s nomination. “Students name her as a favorite teacher for years after taking her class. Hannah is most passionate about creating opportunities to make learning more engaging and pursues innovations to meet this need.”

“Heidi Huestis has touchpoints with every staff member and student in our building sharing her love of literature with all,” wrote supporters of Huestis. “She uses her knowledge of students, their interests and their abilities to create access to rich books for all. She volunteers as a middle school advisor and spends every morning creating a safe space and fostering connections with our middle school students.”

Rice High School announces new principal

Dr. Andrew Keough is the new permanent principal at Rice Memorial Catholic High School.

David Young, superintendent of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington Catholic schools, made the announcement at the school’s

annual Stunt Nite performance at the Flynn Theater in Burlington on Nov. 22.

“Andrew received broad support from students while serving as interim principal, swiftly winning the respect and trust of students and staff,” Young said in a statement.

Keough became the interim principal in July. He served more than 20 years in leadership roles in Boston-area public schools. His experience includes serving both as a high school principal from 2007-2014 and a school superintendent.

W inter L ights

Fourteen of Shelburne Museum’s buildings and gardens have been decorated in multicolored light arrangements for Winter Lights, which runs through New Year’s Day. The campus will be illuminated for the event with the Hershell-Spillman Carousel bedecked, the Ticonderoga floating on a sea of light, Beach Woods twinkling, the Electra Havemeyer Webb Memorial Building aglow, and more.

CVU grad recognized for art achievement

Charlotte’s Iain Mahaffey is featured in the 2022 AP Art and Design digital exhibit now online.

The Champlain Valley School District graduate is one of 50 high school artists from six countries selected from more than 62,000 portfolios submitted to the 2022 AP Art and Design Exam.

The exhibit is designed not only to showcase the rigor and excellence of the student portfolios but also serves as a teaching tool to be shared with students worldwide.

Participation requires that each student’s work is informed and guided by observation, research, experimentation, discussion, critical analysis and reflection. Students document their artistic ideas and practices to demonstrate conceptual and technical development to create a portfolio. The AP program supports students in becoming inventive artistic scholars who contribute to visual culture through art making.

The AP Art and Design program was founded in 1972. Today, more than 62,000 students participate annually.

ing with many communities together ... in terms of negotiating,” said Robert Fish, the deputy director of the Vermont Community Broadband Board, which has spearheaded the state initiative to expand its broadband network. “(Providers) need a certain number of possible customers to make the case that there’s any business case for them to even participate. It’s like collective bargaining: one employee has a little bit of say, but 90 percent of the employees have a heck of a lot more.”

The new district, the 10th in the state, is a bit unique in that it is “certainly the CUD with the least number of underserved addresses, because it’s a denser area to start with,” Fish said.

Most of the addresses in the coverage area are currently served by cable. Of the county’s 168,000

people, 75 percent have cable internet and 30 percent have highspeed fiber, according to Charlie Baker, the executive director of the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission.

But cable is “not the technology that’s going to be future proof,” Fish said. High-speed fiber is the goal.

“This is about really trying to get fiber to as many homes as possible,” Baker said.

“While there are no guarantees of success, forming a communications union district is clearly our best chance to help facilitate expanded broadband connectivity throughout our region,” Shelburne town manager Lee Krohn said.

But pockets of South Burlington and Shelburne still lack basic internet service — “several hundred people in the towns

that are part of the CUD now that are there at the end of the road; they’re at where the cable companies haven’t seen that it was worth it for them to expand service where there wasn’t a business case for them,” Fish said.

“That’s where we’re trying to solve a market failure here,” he added.

“There are few households in South Burlington that do not have access to at least basic broadband (25/3 speed). However, the majority of South Burlington residential users do not have fiber (100/100 speed) access,” said Andrew Bolduc, the city’s assistant town manager. “The CUD will initially focus on leveraging state and federal dollars to bring fiber to those underserved households, with the hope of continuing to expand the overall fiber infrastructure network.”

Next steps

With the communications union district in its infancy, the next steps include having an organizing meeting, either before the holidays or in January.

Each town will appoint a delegate and an alternate to the board. In some cases, the town manager may play that role.

“It is likely that in South Burlington we will recommend that the manager remain engaged through the early formation stages, bylaw creation, regular meeting scheduling,” Bolduc said.

Concurrent with that process, Bolduc said, “we will also begin to advertise and seek community members interested in being appointed as the municipal representative to this new district. I’ve received a few inquiries already.”

It’s also “highly likely” that, within the next six months, neighboring towns — which, because of local bylaws, could not put the option to join up on their November ballot — will move to join the district. Colchester, Westford, Underhill and Jericho have expressed interest in joining, Fish

said, possibly joining the 213 of Vermont’s 252 towns that are members of such a district.

The county’s southernmost towns, however, seems to be well covered. Charlotte and Hinesburg are both served by Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom and have a significant amount of high-speed fiber optic servicing the towns.

The Charlotte Selectboard felt it would be better to partner with telecom company directly, rather than be part of a communications union district, said Dean Bloch, the town administrator.

“Our strong preference is to work with Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom directly, rather than with a communications union district,” Bloch said in a letter to Christine Hallquist, the executive director of Vermont Community Broadband Board. “Our long relationship with Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom has demonstrated that they have the history, expertise and capability to continue to

Shelburne Selectboard creates town manager screening committee

Shelburne is beginning the process of hiring a new town manager after Lee Krohn announced in July that he would not be renewing his current threeyear contract when it expires next November.

According to the town of Shelburne’s website, “the town manager is responsible for administration of town government and general issues regarding Shelburne,” noting that the candidate search will include a significant candidate vetting process.

Hoping to find well-qualified candidates, the selectboard has commissioned a town manager screening committee composed of five members — two selectboard members, two members from town committees and one employee or citizen not on a town committee.

Once the job posting is listed Dec. 15, the screening committee will review applications using a rubric system. At the end of the search period, a compiled list of five or six candidates will advance to the next round for interviews.

The position is being widely advertised until Jan. 15. Once the candidate list has been narrowed, the committee hopes to begin interviewing candidates in February.

From there, the town will ask two or three candidates to meet with various town department heads and employees and partici-

pate in open forums for community members to ask questions.

According to selectboard chair Mike Ashooh, the composition of the screening committee would be determined at its Dec. 6 meeting of the selectboard, after the Shelburne News went to press.

“I guess we’re going to talk about it at the meeting and I guess people will feel their preferences and we will sort it out,” he said. “We’ve gotten about five or six requests from town employees to be on the committee.”

The town hopes to have a new town manager in place by April 1, but Krohn has already agreed to stay on as needed in order to give the town ample time to find his replacement.

Krohn, 64, was first hired in December 2018 after a sevenmonth stint as the interim manager. That position opened up after the town’s former manager, Joe Colangelo, vacated the position for a job in Hanover, Mass.

Prior to his time in Shelburne, Krohn spent 24 years running the planning office in Manchester, and filling in as zoning administrator — a role he recently assumed in Shelburne following the resignation of the town’s planning director.

“Thank you all for your dedication and hard work. It has been an honor to serve and to work with you all on our Shelburne town team,” Krohn said in his resignation. “I will continue to do my best to support you all for as long as I am here.”

Champlain Valley Junior League holds ‘diaper dumps’ in December

The Junior League of Champlain Valley has set an ambitious goal of raising $10,000 and collecting 50,000 diapers before the end of the year.

The Junior League kicked off its diaper drive Nov. 29, which will be followed by two diaper dumps in December. The first is set for Saturday, Dec. 17, at its South Burlington warehouse and a second will be held Saturday, Dec. 31, at the University of Vermont’s hockey game against Lindenwood.

The drive has collected nearly

1 million diapers since its founding in 2007.

The league distributes diapers and wipes to families struggling to meet basic needs across 13 of Vermont’s 14 counties. In September, the diaper bank distributed more than 90,240 diapers statewide and another 112,750 in October. .

“A steady supply of diapers is critical for every family,” said Amanda Herzberger, diaper bank chair. “It can cost up to $75 per month to diaper a child and no state or federal safety-net program

allocates dollars for the purchase of diapers.”

Donors can donate online or mail a check to the Junior League of Champlain Valley at P.O. Box 4418, Burlington, VT 05406. Diapers can be dropped off at Dee Physical Therapy locations in South Burlington, Hinesburg and Shelburne during regular business hours in December or at one of Junior League of Champlain Valley’s year-round diaper donation bins at Healthy Living Market in South Burlington and Williston and Hula in Burlington.

If it’s important to you or your community look for it in the Shelburne News.

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lost her baby,” not her embryo or her fetus; pharmaceutical companies warn us about risks to an unborn baby.

When parents share pictures of their baby in the womb they don’t say, “look at our fetus,” yet many people recoil at the thought of requiring someone to look at the same photo before deciding to abort. We don’t want that humanity to be visible if it is unwanted.

The criteria of being wanted or not defines one as a fetus and the other a baby.

It does not seem very different from deeming unwanted indigenous people or Black people or Jewish people or poor people as being less fully human to assuage consciences over adopting the priorities of society at the time.

Refusing to recognize that there may be both rights of a person carrying a baby and a right of protection once that new life is in development, demeans value of that life in favor of a societal priority of personal control over pregnancy.

We all voted on Nov. 8 with the intent of doing the right thing — to protect human rights. We simply saw those human rights under very different lenses. That intent should be recognized on both sides, not

vilified.

Good people, however, have in the past made grievous mistakes that violated human rights.

For the prevailing side of Article 22, the question should be asked: what will time tell us about decisions we make in our era? What might we need to apologize for, be forgiven for, be asked to make reparations for?

What we should not do is to have that fatal hubris to believe that we have once and for all climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is, from the highest and most objective vantage point. The way any of us see things is not necessarily everything there is.

Whether perceived as victory or loss, let each of us have the humility to consider our votes with a slight bit less certainty that our perspective will stand the judgement of time.

Rep. Anne Donahue was recently re-elected as state representative for the Washington-1 House district and was a spokesperson for Vermonters for Good Government, which lobbied against passage of Article 22.

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and according to Brewbound, “cracked the Brewers Association’s list of the Top 50 Craft Breweries by volume in 2021, growing production to more than 51,000 barrels.”

In 2017, the company built a larger brewery to meet demand, and in 2021 expanded again with the purchase of a 60-barrel brewhouse to increase fermentation space and a state-of-theart canning line.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 85 percent of the company’s business was based around draft beer. With the loss of in-house business in 2020, the company needed to shift in order to survive.

“At the time we were not canning our flagship IPA,” Cohen said “I never intended to, I always wanted this to be a draft only offer, but I had to pivot because there was no opportunity for draft. So during the pandemic, we started canning our flagship IPA.”

This ultimately opened up an entirely new business for the brewery, and today the company finds itself split right down the middle between producing draft beers, kegs and cans.

“Essentially all the relationships that we had in the business primarily were focused on the premise of bars and restaurants because that’s who we serviced.” said Cohen. “But we didn’t sell a tremendous amount of product

off premise to convenience stores and supermarkets.”

The accolade allows the company to make an even bigger impact around the country with its Team Mastermind initiative in which 25 percent of all sales of its Mastermind Double IPA are donated to charity.

Although initially created to focus on raising money for the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, as Fiddlehead’s distribution territory expands, the teams wants to assure that “Mastermind is not only benefiting those in the community where we live and work but also benefiting those in the communities directly where Fiddlehead is sold.”

Funds are now directed to the Team Mastermind Fund, which provides donations to organizations that support pediatric health and community wellness. So far, more than $400,000 has been raised.

For Cohen, Fiddlehead Brewing Company has never been about winning trophies or awards. “If people are buying my beer, I know that I’m doing something right,” he said. “But to be acknowledged for all the hard work we’ve done from the premier publication in our industry, it was incredibly humbling and it really meant a lot to me and my team and all the hard work that we put in.”

Charlotte artist turns found rusty sled into objet d’art

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It’s the season of giving back and a Charlotte artist, Alexandra Lehmann, has once again used her talents to create something beautiful and jolly — this time, a whimsical winter scene on a restored children’s sled — that will be raffled off to benefit two local food pantries.

This is the fourth time that Lehmann, who grew up in New York but spent much of her life in her parents’ native country, Switzerland, before settling in Charlotte 22 years ago, has created a work of art to be raffled with the proceeds going to a local nonprofit.

“It all began 10 years ago with a fairy house that my friend Ted Roberts and I created at the monument garden outside the Old Brick Store, which turned into an impromptu raffle when so many people wanted to buy it,” the shy 67-year-old explained. “That raised $2,000 for COTS (Committee on Temporary Shelter) that year, and it lit a spark of possibility that something creative could attract people’s interest enough to buy a raffle ticket.”

Through Dec. 20, the restored, cobalt-blue children’s sled is on display at Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne. Raffle tickets are $5, via cash or check, and the raffle is being run on the honor system.

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There is a payment box under the sled and a tin to deposit filled-out raffle stubs.

Checks can be made out to either the Charlotte or Shelburne Food Shelf, both of which provide food assistance to members in

need in their communities. Cash proceeds will be equally divided between the two food pantries.

“Most people don’t understand how much food insecurity there

Youth rowers compete at regional championships

Champlain Valley makes strong showing

On Nov. 19, nearly 70 youth rowers from Chittenden and Addison County middle and high schools competed in the Icebreaker Northeast Regional Youth Open-Water Rowing Championship in Fort Point Channel in Boston, Mass.

This race marked the end of a successful rowing season for high schools in Burlington and South Burlington, Champlain Valley Union High School and Mount Abraham Union High School as part of the youth rowing program with Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.

The teams competed alongside some of the best teams from the Northeast including those in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine.

Each crew competed in a series of three sprint races with several sharp turns. The times from all three sprints were then combined into a cumulative time score to determine the winner for each event.

South Burlington had a strong showing in the novice high school six-oar event where it won by outpacing two crews from New York. Mount Abraham and Burlington High School competed in the intermediate four-oar event.

Mount Abraham challenged the Village Community Boathouse from New York for second place while Burlington High School fought hard for a fifth-place finish.

Vermont teams dominated the intermediate six-oar event with one of the two crews from Burlington High School taking home the victory with a decisive margin. The other Burlington crew placed third

in the event.

Champlain Valley Union High School also had two boats in the six-oar event, placing second and fourth.

In the experienced four-oar event, Vermont was also well represented. Mount Abraham placed second in the event, followed by Burlington in third and South Burlington in fifth.

CVU commanded the compe-

tition in the experienced six-oar event and won the overall race.

The day ended with a nautical mile race where 16 boats lined up for one massive start. Vermont teams eclipsed the intermediate six-oar event once again with two entries from CVU and three entries from Burlington.

One of the crews from CVU won the race, followed by all three of the Burlington High School

crews in second through fourth place.

The final CVU crew rounded out the intermediate six-oar event in fifth place. South Burlington placed third in the experienced four-oar event.

CVU held the top position in the first six-oar event with a decisive victory.

The boats used by Vermont teams, as well as some used by

other competitors, were all built in the boat shop at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum by other local middle and high school students. This rowing season was a team effort by a community of rowers, parents, coaches, donors and dedicated staff at the museum.

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CVU athletes named to all-league teams

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Football

After capturing the program’s first Division I state title, the Champlain Valley football team brought home some extra hardware.

Multiple Redhawks earned spots on the coaches’ all-league teams after a standout season.

On offense, Ollie Cheer and Max Destito were both named to the first team as quarterbacks, while Asher Vaugh (running back), Alex Provost (wide receiver), Jack Sumner (wide receiver), Sean Kennedy (offensive line) and Trey Terricciano (offensive line) all earned first-team honors.

Jacob Armstrong and Billy Bates were both named to the second team as wide receivers and Lucien Griffin, Connor Simons and Charlie Taylor were named to the second team from the offensive line.

Aidan Miller (wide receiver), Calvin Steele (wide receiver) and

James St. Cyr (line) all got honorable mentions.

On defense, the CVU defensive line was well represented with Griffin, Terricciano, Kennedy and Simons all earning first team honors. Devon Gamelin and Taylor were both named to the first team as linebackers, while Cheer and Provost were named as backs.

Cheer was also named to the first team as a returner and Aidan Morris was named as the kicker.

On the second team, Ryan Boehmcke, Jacob Bose and Daniel Tuigere are linebackers. Bates (back), Dylan Frere (back), Chase Leonard (back) and Brian Rutherford (punter) were also named to the second team.

Kenyon Thompson (line), Destito (linebacker), Calvin Steele (linebacker) and Joe Merola (back) were all honorable mentions on defense.

Boys’ soccer

It was a good year for three Champlain Valley boys’ soccer

players as they earned multiple year-end rewards.

Seniors Eli Marden, Diego Robinson and Zach Spitznagle all earned spots on the VSCA All-State DI team and were named to the first team in the Metro Division.

Kyle Clairmont and Dylan Bokan each earned a spot on the second team in the Metro Division, while Sam Dennison, Meil Kanarick and Lucas Kelley all got honorable mentions.

Girls’ soccer

Champlain Valley’s Chloe Pecor was named the Metro Division Offensive Player of the Year and also earned a spot on the VSCA All-State DI team.

Ava Barron, Stella Dooley and Anna Morton all joined Pecor on the DI all-state team.

Barron, Dooley, Morton, Pecor and Zoe Klein were all named to the Metro Division first team, while Emma Allaire, Lauren Knudsen, Norah Munn and Zoe Zuller all earned spots on the second team.

Field hockey

The CVU field hockey team also wrapped up the 2022 season with some awards for their players and coach.

Coach Tucker Pierson was named Metro Division co-coach of the year after leading the Redhawks to the DI state title.

Tess Everett, Danielle Gamelin and Miranda Oppenheimer were all named to the Metro Division first

team from CVU, while Emma Kim and Cordelia Thomas made the second team.

Grace Ferguson, Claire Marcoe and Carly Strobek all earned honorable mentions.

In addition, Everett and Gamelin will represent Vermont in the Twin State game after making the senior all-star game roster. Pierson will join the team as an assistant coach when they take on New Hampshire next summer.

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is around here. We donate to both food shelves, so anything that helps facilitate getting people to support that part of the community, I’m happy to have here,” said Kevin Clayton, the owner of Village Wine and Coffee.

A graduate of Columbia University with a degree in history, Lehmann has always found inspiration in nature and loves working with her hands. For years, she created and maintained four seasonal displays around the World War I monument in Charlotte, before her friend Roberts and his wife, Beth Sytsma, eventually took it over.

“Having always loved anything creative, from carving soap bars as a child to working in fused glass and textiles, if my hands can make it, I love it and I’m always engaged,” she said. “I find it thrilling that you can make something beautiful out of simple objects and that they then go out

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This is the second sled that Lehmann has restored for a raffle. She found this one by the side of Lewis Creek Road, all rusted and with the paint mostly gone. She took it home and over several weeks patiently took the sled apart, stripped, sanded, reassembled and painted it, and then added the forest scene that covers most of the sled’s surface. Finally, she varnished it to protect the antique, which she estimates is at least 60 years old. While it would make a great seasonal display on a covered porch or under a Christmas tree, she doesn’t recommend using it in the snow.

The winning ticket will be drawn on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 3:45 p.m.

Lucie Lehmann is the artistically challenged sister of Alexandra, as well as her biggest fan.

News from Pierson Library

Wonderful aromas, lively conversation and delicious repasts — the holiday season is upon us and the Pierson’s cookbook section has books to inspire all ages, including these favorites recommended by library staff.

“Go-To Dinners” by Ina Garten, released this fall, continues the Barefoot Contessa series with a wide assortment of recipes that include ingredients that we often have in our cupboards or that are easy to source. The book includes a section that about how to make leftovers into a completely different dish and also presents make-ahead meal options helpful for anyone with a busy schedule.

The “Zuni-Cafe Cookbook” by Judy Rodgers is a 2022 inductee into the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Hall of Fame. The San Francisco restaurant, founded in 1979, is best known for its Zuni roast chicken. When Rodgers came on board as a partner and head chef, the restaurant’s popularity took off. Rodgers presents a broad array of tasty recipes with interesting, useful information on the ingredients and dishes.

“The Lost Kitchen: Recipes and a Good Life Found in Freedom, Maine” by Erin French invites cooks and readers to learn about the world famous Lost Kitchen Restaurant located in an old mill in Freedom. Erin grew up in Freedom — the population in 2021 was 722 — helping her dad run the griddle at his diner. A self-taught chef, she used cookbooks as the basis of her culinary education. Her restaurant emits a homey vibe, and her recipes are known for their simplicity and extraordinary taste.

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serve our community.”

In Hinesburg, “broadband has come up a few times, but it hasn’t gained any traction with the selectboard,” town manager Todd Odit said.

Working closely with the towns is the Chittenden Regional Planning Commission, which has provided staff support and other administrative functions, Baker said operating as the “convener and facilitator to make sure all those towns were all on the same page.”

After the district has been fully formed, the next step will likely be issuing a request for proposal, or a request for information, from providers interested in working with the district.

“The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission and the Vermont Community Broadband Board will continue to be exceptional resources for the district in

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continuing to move this forward,” Bolduc said.

Who ultimately makes a bid — be it Burlington Telecom, Comcast, Consolidated Communications, MC Fiber or someone else — is to be determined and could be months away.

But the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of remote work has shown the economic benefits of having a high-speed internet connection for everyone from their homes. While Chittenden County has a solid cable connection, “the rest of the state is moving to fiber,” Fish said.

“Chittenden County has a heck of a lot of cable, that’s great. But they also want a path to develop a path forward, and a business model going forward,” he said. “It’s the economic engine of the state, it should have the best connectivity. They don’t want to be left behind as rural areas catch up.”

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ARIES

March 21 - April 20

Someone thinks you are up to a challenge this week, Aries. Dive right in and prove them correct. There’s much you’ll get done, but leave some time for leisure.

TAURUS

April 21 - May 21

There’s not much you can’t accomplish these next several days, Taurus. The key will be knowing just where to pull back so that you can do each job well.

GEMINI

May 22 - June 21

Think before committing to a project that is expected to take a long time, Gemini. While you may have a lot of free time right now, that may not be the case in a few weeks.

CANCER

June 22 - July 22

Cancer, health concerns may come to the forefront this week, whether it pertains you or someone close to you. Empty your schedule so you can devote the utmost attention.

LEO

July 23 - Aug. 23

Leo, despite many looming deadlines, you are surprisingly relaxed about all the things you need to accomplish. Maybe that is because you have a lot of help.

VIRGO

Aug. 24 - Sept. 22

Some unexpected time off has dropped into your lap, Virgo. Figure out if a small vacation or weekend getaway might be just what you need right now. Then make it happen.

LIBRA

Sept. 23 - Oct. 23

A career change could be on the horizon, Libra. Do your research before you take the full plunge into new waters. Maybe test things out before making a rm commitment.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

Home improvements could be coming soon, Scorpio. They’ll interfere with your daily schedule for a bit, but the results will be well worth any disruption.

SUDOKU

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SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21

Your hospitable nature is a perfect match for the entertaining you will be doing this week, Sagittarius. Expect a houseful of people on one or more days.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20

Spending certainly is up during the holiday season, but you may need to keep a closer eye on what is going on with your nances, Capricorn. Don’t lose sight of your budget.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 21 - Feb. 18

A few interesting possibilities may come across your desk, Aquarius. Look at them with a critical eye and get a second opinion before moving forward.

PISCES

Feb. 19 - March 20

Too many things seem like a priority right now, Pisces. You need to weed through all of your responsibilities and tackle the most urgent.

CROSSWORD

CLUES ACROSS

1. Chop up

5. Ones who utilize

10. Sings with closed lips

14. South American hummingbird

15. Serves as a coxswain

16. Liquor distilled from coconut or rice

17. Spur

18. Senile

19. Tanzanian people

20. Cruel

22. Boxing’s “GOAT”

23. Yokels

24. London soccer team

27. Chinese chess piece

30. Supervises ying

31. 007’s creator

32. Shaft horsepower (abbr.)

35. A spider makes one

37. Lique ed natural gas

38. Opaque gem

39. Brazilian palm

40. Periodical (slang)

41. You might step on one

42. Marvin and Horsley are two

43. Partner to cheese

44. Unpleasant smell

45. Field force unit (abbr.) 46. Fashion accessory 47. Cool! 48. Time zone

49. Songs to one’s lover

52. German river

55. Go bad

56. Sword

60. Very eager

61. Leaf bug

63. Italian seaport

64. Napoleon Dynamite’s uncle

65. Member of Jamaican religion

66. Large wading bird

67. Carries out

68. Eternal rest

69. It holds up your headwords

CLUES DOWN

1. Not low

2. Small water buffalo

3. A mark left behind

4. Archaic form of have

5. Fiddler crabs

6. Popular Hyundai sedan

7. Deport

8. Making over

9. Midway between south and southeast

10. Arabic masculine name

11. Type of acid

12. Popular 1980s Cher lm

13. Outdoor enthusiasts’ tools

21. Chinese city

23. “Star Wars” character

ANSWERS

Solo

25. The bill in a restaurant 26. Old, ugly witch 27. Burn with a hot liquid 28. To claim or demand

29. “A Doll’s House” playwright

32. Involuntary muscular contraction

33. Pea stems (British)

34. Double or multiple fold

36. No longer is

37. Lakers’ crosstown rivals (abbr.)

38. S. American plant cultivated in Peru 40. Cloth or fabric 41. Flanks 43. Dis gure 44. Angry 46. Baltic coast peninsula 47. Large, ightless birds

Plants of the lily family

Medieval Norwegian language

Polio vaccine developer

Not soft

Exchange rate

Voice (Italian) 57. Baseball’s Ruth

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