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City  club  picks  active  teen  as  ‘Youth  of  Year’ By  EVAN  JOHNSON VERGENNES  —  Fifteen-Âyear- old  Kira  Johnson  of  Vergennes,  hav- ing  logged  some  100  hours  and  been  an  almost  constant  presence  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Greater  Ver- gennes  since  grade  school,  was  not  a  surprising  selection  for  the  club’s  2014  Youth  of  the  Year.  When  asked  about  her  commu- nity  service  hours  through  the  club,  Johnson’s  explanation  was  simple:  “I  like  to  stay  busy,â€?  she  said.  “I  can’t  sit  at  home  and  do  nothing.â€?  Johnson  started  going  to  the  club  KIRA  JOHNSON,  15,  of  Vergennes  has  been  named  Youth  of  the  Year  by  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Greater  Vergennes.  Johnson  will  compete  when  she  was  in  second  grade.  For  for  the  state  title  this  week  in  Montpelier. a  self-Âdescribed  shy  person,  the  club  3KRWR E\ ,DQ +RHĂ€H
was  a  good  place  for  her  to  go  after  school.  She  said  the  staff  was  friend- ly  and  she  got  to  meet  other  kids  while  playing  pool,  going  outside  and  doing  her  homework. “It  was  something  to  do  to  get  out  of  the  house  and  help  out  in  the  com- munity  so  it’s  a  good  environment  to  live  in,�  she  said.  Johnson  gradually  became  active  in  some  of  the  club’s  community  projects,  including  picking  up  trash  with  Green  Up  Day,  scaring  visi- tors  at  a  Halloween  haunted  house  and  painting  little  kids’  faces  at  Ver- gennes  Day,  a  task  she  found  par- (See  Youth,  Page  38)
ID-Â4  budget,  playground  plan  face  vote  April  9 By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  Middlebury  residents  will  gather  at  Mary  Hogan  Elementary  School  on  Wednesday,  April  9,  to  consider  an  ID-Â4  budget  of  $6,647,165  for  2014-Â15,  and  deter- PLQH ZKHWKHU WR VSHQG WR Âż- nance  a  new  play  structure  that  would  replace  Kidspace. The  ID-Â4  annual  meeting  begins  at  7:30  p.m.  and  features  three  money  articles.  The  main  attraction  will  be  the  proposed  ID-Â4  spending  plan,  which  represents  a  3.65-Âpercent  in- crease  compared  to  this  year’s  bud- get.  The  increase  is  mainly  associated  ZLWK HPSOR\HH VDODULHV DQG EHQHÂżWV as  well  as  a  proposal  to  establish  a  fourth  1st-Âgrade  class  at   the  school,  which  has  seen  its  enrollment  grow  from  285  students  in  2010  to  412  children  this  past  month. Mary  Hogan  is  one  of  the  few  el- ementary  schools  in  the  state  bucking  what  has  been  a  trend  of  declining  en- rollment.  The  school  currently  serves  around  70  kindergartners  who  will  move  on  to  1st  grade  next  year.  There  are  now  three  1st-Âgrade  classes.  The  ID-Â4  board,  based  on  feedback  from  parents,  has  sought  to  keep  classroom  enrollment  at  around  16  children  for  grades  K-Â2.  That  has  prompted  school  directors  to  recommend  the  fourth  1st-Âgrade  section,  which  will  require  the  hiring  of  an  additional  1st/2nd- grade  teacher  and  a  paraprofessional.  A  substantial  incoming  kindergarten  class  is  also  expected  this  fall,  ac- (See  Mary  Hogan,  Page  38)
A  TIN  HORN,  possibly  used  for  foxhunts  at  a  Burlington  club,  hangs  in  the  new  Henry  Sheldon  Mu- seum  of  Vermont  History  exhibit,  “Circling  the  Sheldon.� Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
Circling back to yesteryear don’s  treasures  in  a  circle  —  or  rather  a  grouping  in  which  each  of  the  featured  items  boasts  a  circle  as  part  of  its  visual  allure. “Circling  the  Sheldon,â€?  on  display  at  the  Henry  By  JOHN  FLOWERS Sheldon  Museum  of  Vermont  History  through  April  MIDDLEBURY  —  The  late  Henry  Sheldon  19,  is  an  exhibit  that  rounds  up  such  intriguing  offer- amassed  so  many  objects,  documents  and  photo- ings  as  a  penny-Âfarthing  high-Âwheel  bicycle  from  the  JUDSKV GXULQJ KLV OLIHWLPH WKDW LWÂśV GLIÂżFXOW WR FRQ- 1880s;Íž  a  multi-Âcolored  “yo-Âyoâ€?  quilt;Íž  a  cornucopia  of  dense  them  all  into  a  single,  round  number. vintage  waistcoat  buttons;Íž  and  a  Civil  War  drum.  It’s  Instead,  the  Middlebury-Âbased  museum  that  bears  an  optical  extravaganza  of  orbs  that  museum  Associ- his  name  has  elected  to  showcase  a  sampling  of  Shel- (See  Sheldon  circles,  Page  7)
Exhibit at Sheldon Museum offers geometric twist on history