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Sunset amendment added to draft legislative charter Municipal budget could be hybrid of floor votes and Australian ballot by 2017 (From left) Model Cassie Franklin and designers Campbell Whalen and Megan Mahoney are all smiles after the STRUT! Fashion Show on Sept. 12. PHOTO: COURTESY

A Reason To Sew Three Charlotters STRUT! their stuff as designers in Art Hop fashion show Geeda Searfoorce THE CHARLOTTE NEWS

Amidst the flurry of last minute alterations and touch-ups, three Charlotters were front-and-center—backstage—at the STRUT! Fashion Show on Saturday, Sept. 12, as part of the 23rd Annual South End Art Hop in Burlington. Jenna Baginski, Megan Mahoney and Campbell Whalen—emerging designers and students at CVU—draped local models with their work and skillfully displayed to onlookers how creativity and brio can propel artists all the way down the runway and back.

Art Hop is a three-day celebration that brings over 30,000 residents, visitors, business owners, artists and community members together to experience the vibrant art and culture of Burlington.

Every year revelers enjoy art exhibits, music, performance, comedy, sculpture

Harvest Charlotte Amos Baehr CONTRIBUTOR

Harvest is synonymous with food, and a repeated theme I’ve found is the difficulty of buying Charlotte farm products right here in town. This article focuses on what’s available around town and how the weather affects the harvest season. The growers I talked to are eager for—and in some cases actively pursuing—the means for getting their products to the most local of local consumers, but what’s available depends largely on the weather.

With decades of experience as a fuel dealer, Peter Trono of Fat Cow Farm has a habit of closely following forecasts and weather trends. He has firsthand experience with the impacts of weather on the activity of his customers and his business.

In the fuel business, having a strategy can “even things out some,” but as a farmer

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and fashion from over 500 participating artists at over 100 locations throughout the South End Arts District. STRUT!, which is held under an outdoor tent in the heart of the festivities, is the only ticketed event at Art Hop and is a rare opportunity for established and emerging designers to share their work in a public forum.

For designers like Baginski, 16, Mahoney, 15, and Whalen, 15, that opportunity can make a profound impact on their creative trajectory and their development as artists. Each displayed an interest in fashion design during middle school, and each credits her parents for providing the encouragement to pursue her work: with summer camps, well-timed gifts of sewing machines or fabric and inspiring pep talks to help keep focused if confidence or determination ever waned.

“My parents set up a ‘craft room’ for me that was really a little cubby within our pantry,” Mahoney remembers. “It was my favorite place to be from the time I was really little.”

Now that her designs are adorning actual people traipsing a lit runway for an enthusiastic crowd, she is gaining confidence in her vision and abilities. “This experience has made me realize I have a reason to sew,” she says. “Making things will always be a part of my life.” see Strut, page 4

he has to take what he gets. And the issue at the moment is rain, and unfortunately the extra rain in June will not even out the long dry spell of August.

I talked to the owners of Stony Loam Farm, Adam’s Berry Farm and Fat Cow Farm—all with very different crops. With a range of plants and animals on each farm, it was not surprising to see differences in the ways they were affected by the weather.

Stony Loam Farm is a CSA and wholesale vegetable farm. When I caught up with owner Dave Quickel, he had just returned from the Shelburne Farmers Market. Asked about the weather, Dave was quick to point out that customers (that is, non-farmers) have a different perspective on weather than farmers and plants do. According to Dave, the weather in June has the most impact. This June it was too wet to get seedlings like winter squash in the ground and too cool to get them off to a running start. Now the winter squash harvest will be down when compared with years past. This point was confirmed by see HarveSt, page 7

Approving the municipal budget is one of the biggest decisions the Town of Charlotte faces each year. At the Selectboard meetings of September 14 and 21, the discussion about how the town will vote was lively.

The September 14 Selectboard meeting started with a serendipitous nod to greater town involvement and transparency as it was the first meeting that Vermont Community Access Media, or VCAM, filmed in Town Hall for public consumption. According to Community Programming Manager Elizabeth

Rossano, the entire meeting was available both online and through cable by 4 p.m. on September 15. (VCAM was not present for the September 21 hearing.)

And it was an historic meeting to be filmed with the Town of Charlotte pushing forward with a legislative charter that would change a 253-year-old democratic process.

This charter is the result of 126 voters passing an advisory motion at the 2015 Town Meeting for the Selectboard to explore adopting a system that would make the approval of the municipal budget a two-part process. According to the current draft charter document, after the usual Town Meeting, with discussion, amendments and floor votes, if passed, the budget would not be effective until it was voted on by Australian ballot. The date of the Australian ballot vote would be at least 20 days after a posted warning.

The Selectboard would not be permitted to change the budget in between the two votes and those who voted on the floor would have to cast their vote a second time.

A first in Vermont, this hybrid system attempts to both keep the teeth in Town Meeting but also open up the democratic process to the many who cannot attend the daytime proceedings for various reasons.

Other areas of Vermont host their town meetings at different times to be more inclusive—in the evening or on the see SunSet, page 9

CCS kids help build ‘Stone Clouds’ at Shelburne Museum Alex Bunten THE CHARLOTTE NEWS

Oblong lengths of industrial pipe jut out of the ground in all directions against the backdrop of the Shelburne Museum’s quintessential Round Barn. One visitor said it “looks like a jungle gym after a tornado hit.”

In the middle, a twisted mass of fence wire outlines what looks like three clouds, while straighter wires function as support on the periphery. Milling around this wild framework on September 17 were 48 CCS 4th graders, holding large stones with their names written on them, eagerly awaiting their chance to help sculpture artist Dan Snow of Dummerston finish

building an art installation titled “Stone Clouds.”

The event was part of the “Eyes on the Land” project, which is a partnership between the Vermont Land Trust, Shelburne Museum, a group of artists, and owners of conserved land. Last year, 13 Vermont artists were paired with conservation properties from all over the state and were asked to create “visual essays” exploring how the landscape can be viewed and experienced through a variety of artistic lenses.

The 13 artists chosen for this project were: Tyler Wilkinson-Ray (film), Mark Nielsen (paint), Cameron Davis see Stone CloudS, page 11

Dan Snow stands with the first group of CCS 4th graders to help him complete “Stone Clouds” at Shelburne Museum as part of the “Eyes on the Land” project. PHOTO: ALEX BUNTEN

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Voices It’s not perfect yet, but I think you’ll find it looks alright.

We don’t have the archive there and pictures are few, But heck, we’re making progress, and it’s all for you!

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Web Dev Poem Have you heard about the World Wide Web? It’s quite the attraction, so my friends have said.

You can learn Yiddish or Swahili, find friends or shop tattoos.

But most importantly, there’s a new website by your hometown Charlotte News!

Yup, we’ve done it—we’ve made a brand spankers website.

At TCN headquarters, we have the town’s history, from now back to 1958, And we are trying to make it searchable, clean and up-to-date.

It’ll be navigable for gramps and cool for the kids, Infographics for the Millennials, but nothing your Ma-dukes forbids.

So check us out, comment, and link us up to FB, Instaspam your friends and Tweet from your webular tree.

We’re putting Charlotte’s modern history on a sturdier, worldly stage, Trying to give the town a broader perspective, webpage after webpage.

Lastly, if you dig web dev and have some ambition, It’s a big job we’re doing, so we’d love to have some help in our mission— To construct the archive and bring our history alive.

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The Humbled Parent Time is not the enemy Carrie Fenn CONTRIBUTOR

My last piece drew a lot of really nice comments. People took the time to text, email, stop me in the store, and, in one case, actually write a card and send it to contriButorS my house to thank me. The writers and Geeda Searfoorce Gay Reagan stoppers came from people with all ages Amos Baehr Nicole Conley of kids, but my favorite response came Carrie Fenn Elizabeth Bassett Nancy Wood Margaret Woodruff from the mom of a girl just entering high school. She read the piece right after Alice D. Outwater Mary Recchia her daughter got on the bus to CVU for Rowan Beck Kerrie Pughe the first time. She said a lot of beautiful things, but the line that really struck me

was “Time is not the enemy.” I couldn’t have said it better myself.

This week, I have seen so many Facebook posts about children heading off to new things— preschool, elementary school, middle school, college and beyond.

There is a note of sadness in these posts—a sense of loss and the tragedy of things left behind. The preschool backpack now outgrown, the back turned at morning drop-off, the (sniff) empty bedroom. It’s as though something precious has passed us by and we can never get that back. All that we love and hold dear is encapsulated in this incredible being, and we can’t bear to lose this one thing that we have right now. I remember the moment I went into labor with my second child. I looked at my husband in despair—”I love our daughter so much!” I told him. I can’t love another

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Carrie Spear, Cindy Bradley and Debbie Christie helped give the town a seasonal feel by decorating signs, posts and trees with what Carrie called “Harvest People.”

Photo: Alex Bunten

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child that much! What am I going to do?”

Well, I love that child as much. And I love the boy that came along eight years later as much. I love my beautiful stepdaughters. And, amazingly, I love the oldest child’s children more than I believed I could ever love anything. A four-year-old girl was the sweetest gift that has ever been bestowed upon me, until that little girl grew up and became my best friend. Time marches, it defies our wants, and surprisingly, it knows more than we do. It knows that we inevitably grow with our kids, and while the idea of losing them to kindergarten or college seems horribly unfair, by the time they reach those marks, we have (sort of) learned to let them go. They need us, but as they grow, they need us less and less.

And as we grow as parents, we need them less and less.

I have now sent three kids off to college, and each time it was time. They went and didn’t look back. That’s hard. But I know it’s right. My middle child recently noted how all my kids are great at heading off without looking back. “It’s what you want, right? You know you’ve done a good job, right?” Right.

I recently did college tours with the two youngest, and I will admit it felt different. I choked up when I watched the baby (who is 5’11” by the way) strut to the front of the tour. I watched his head bob up and down as he took in the sites of campus, I watched his hand come up when he asked questions about housing and sports. I watched the tour guide chat with him about the filmmaking program.

And I watched the “likes” rack up on his Facebook page when he added a picture of himself with the team mascot under the comment, “I found my school.” I even hit the thumbs up, offering my approval. It’s time, whether I am ready or not.

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Voices

OutTakes Commentary Edd Merritt

I got water on the brain I’m growing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights In all of my dreams I am roaming once more Back to my home on the old river shore “Miss the Mississippi” – William Heagney Last week we went out to Martha’s Vineyard to help my in-laws pack up their house for the summer, ready to head to the mainland. Beth and I took the fast ferry from New Bedford, which is a speedy way to get to the island and back. As the boat approached Woods Hole on Cape Cod, we rolled through waves that seemed to extend from horizon to horizon. Pretty soon buoys appeared, other boats passed, and I began to contemplate the major role water has played in my life—or at least most of it. And it has not been simply one waterway or one type of water. It has varied from inland rivers to ponds and lakes, salt water to water so fresh you could drink it straight from the lake, and water that in the winter froze hard enough to become a key element in a Minneapolis high school’s success at hockey. Visiting teams with dull skates were dead meat on the natural ice of the lake-top rink that was as hard as a crystal glacier.

As we entered the Woods Hole passage I saw a red buoy out my right window and a green one out of my left. It took me back to my Navy days on the bridge of the “Bonnie Dick” when one of my jobs as we entered and left port was to spot the buoys that marked the channels and told us we were going in the right direction. It also reminded me of keeping near the center of the channel as we out-boarded down the Mississippi River, which was also delineated by buoys. We often followed a grain barge to Red Wing, keeping just clear of its wake, but close enough to benefit from its slipstream.

So the two critical sayings for steering ships were 1) “red right returning,” meaning that red buoys were off your starboard side and green ones were off port if you were heading into the port itself, and 2) “even red nuns have odd green cans.” Now this saying was a bit dicey for young men screaming into puberty. And if you said it out loud to a partner, it was not complete without a giggle at the end, even though everyone knew it referred to buoys. Once I dated a nursing student from a local Catholic hospital. Her dormitory was

monitored by Sister Gordon whom we called “Flash.” I wonder now whether Flash was, in fact, an “even red nun.”

(With an odd green...well, never mind.)

Flash’s main task was measuring her students’ skirts to make certain they did not exceed the hem-height limit before letting the tender young ladies hit the hot streets of Rochester, Minnesota. The reputation of St. Mary’s School of Nursing was on the line after all.

The privilege of going out with an appropriately hemmed garment was equal to that of going out on my friend Tom’s riverboat docked in Wabasha harbor where they shot the movie, “Grumpy Old Men.” Although we were neither grumpy nor old, we were hot to take chicks across the mighty river to the islands on the Wisconsin side where the prying eyes of parents couldn’t find us hiding in the marshes. In an attempt to gain some sense of shipboard civility, Tom’s dad separated the cabins of the boat into girls and boys, so when it came time to get into or out of swim gear, we wouldn’t bare our cheeks to the wrong gender. I never ventured close enough to the girls’ cabin to know if they spoke in muted whispers about their desires for a particular guy—and wished beyond belief that if so, it was I. In college, the Rock River formed the line of demarcation between the green knoll of the campus and the beer parlors filled with townies and those of us who had spent enough on dormitory bills to finally move “off campus” and put our fake IDs to the test. Butch, Wad and I actually lived above one and still managed to graduate.

Water—it can bring peace to your life as our pond in Eden does. It can be the source of tension as was the Gulf of Tonkin for me as our ship jousted with Russian trawlers and dodged venomous sea snakes. Its depth can spell mystery for what lies and swims deep, invisible from the surface.

The reefs on Lake Superior held shipwrecks and bodies for years before letting them settle into the cold depths, maybe to extend foreshortened lives of the crew that sank with them—who knows? At least one ship rested on a reef under a steep set of palisade cliffs, and we fished from a boat tied to its barely visible mast. The Mississippi drained 2,320 miles of Middle America from northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Forty-three dams kept it navigable between Minneapolis and St. Louis. Each dam had a set of locks that gave those us who plied the river a feeling of importance as they raised or lowered us to the next level of water.

Water is a necessary body fluid, the evidence of which scientists look for in order to know whether life exists on other planets. It’s more than a home for “Champ.” It’s where the Lake Monsters go to swim between games. And it is likely to be where my ashes will go. So keep those red nuns alive and make sure their odd green cans provide a wide enough channel for Champ to navigate. Who knows? We all may gather in the Gulf for a grand Charlotte reunion.

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Solar Farms – Public Service Board/Act 250 Editor: As background, we live on a piece of property created during the Act 250 split of the Dike Farm in East Charlotte. The Act 250 was submitted to the Town of Charlotte and the Act 250 board for approval. The Act 250 permit included a set of covenants that intended to minimize the aesthetic impact of the development on the region. The submission was signed off by all the purchasers of land that was part of the original farm.

The covenants included statements prohibiting antennas and commercial enterprises.

Twenty years hence we have a field of solar trackers next to our home. Our pastoral view of Lewis Creek has been trashed. Hauenstein Solar LLC has placed 10 huge solar trackers on our abutting field (60 kW). They are an eyesore. They have been placed on a field that was to be used for agriculture or livestock…solar trackers are neither. There was no contact made by Hauenstein Solar in advance of the request to the Public Service Board for the Certificate of Public Good for the installation of the panels. This was not the neighborly thing to do. Adding insult to injury, Hauenstein Solar LLC has applied for an amendment to the CPG to add four more trackers yielding a total of 14 on the property. The four new trackers will ruin our view shed even more.

When the Act 250 permit was created there were no solar trackers, hence no language prohibiting them. I think the intent was clear. A solar tracker is a variant of an antenna albeit much uglier.

How can there be such a violation without repercussion?

There were to be no commercial enterprises on the property. Is Hauenstein Solar LCC an enterprise?

Our abutting land was to be used for

agriculture or livestock and was fenced in with five-wire, high-tensile fencing with the intent of retaining livestock. Who paid for this fencing?

Our neighbors did not consult with us about this project. Is this how neighbors should act?

Let’s put the pressure on the town and the Act 250 board to start doing the right thing prior to permitting these trackers to proliferate without proper consideration other than the Public Service Board.

Jeff & Gayle Finkelstein

Swimming with the hunters Editor: To follow up on the hunting at the Charlotte beach, I spoke at some length with Dana Joyal, our resident game warden. He was at the beach opening weekend and is vigilant in checking the credentials of all hunters he encounters.

A couple of points he sees as important to note are: the waterfowl season was extended this year to include the first week in September and the weather was in the 90s so the chances of hunting and swimming activities overlapping increased. The law is also the base level for all hunters to abide by; he hopes that above that was good judgment and awareness of the impact that your actions, while legal, may have on others—something we can all strive to live by. He did say some hunters may not have exhibited the best judgment in their choice of hunting sites. The town can invoke ordinances that a game warden is not responsible to enforce; town authorities would have to enforce those ordinances.

Feedback is welcome to recreation or the safety commission.

Bill Fraser-Harris Recreation Commissioner All opinions expressed in the Voices section are those of the writers and not of The Charlotte News, which is published as an independent, nonprofit, non-biased community service and forum.

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Strut

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Rachel and Jenna Baginski enjoying Burlington’s fashion scene. PHOTO: COURTESY

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Baginski credits the event with amplifying her ambition and offering her the impetus to strive continually for excellence in her own work. “I want to go into a profession that I’ll want to keep doing in 50 years,” she says. “I like how hard fashion is, how much time it takes. This work is always evolving. You can get ideas from every new place you go and learn every day.”

Evolution is key for Whalen, who has attended STRUT! every year since she was nine. “This was my first year as a solo designer,” she says, “and I can definitely see how I will grow along with this event. It’s such an incredible outlet for expression.”

Fashion’s role as a medium for self-expression is a tenet to which all of the designers hold fast. Though their backgrounds are similar—all three were born in either Massachusetts or Virginia and moved to Charlotte with their families when they were very young—their styles are diverse and mark each young woman’s unique perspective on what it means to move about in this world. Baginski describes, with candor and self-assurance, her style as “edgy, bold and pretty metropolitan.” She uses reflective hues of silver and gold, along with crisp patterns, and experiments with techniques such as burning the edges of sheer fabric, allowing her to push her understanding of how textiles change with light. Mahoney considers her work “really eclectic,” but comfort is a common thread in the various styles of dresses—made over the years with duct tape, white T-shirts, or, in the case of this year’s designs, 1920s flapper-inspired shifts with detailed backs.

“Laid back and casual” is how Whalen assesses her work, and her “modern,

fashion-forward” culottes, mini-skirts, pants and tops seem to have an ability to move through an active lifestyle with grace and seamlessness.

Each artist’s process begins with sketching, then moves to thumbing through magazines, clicking around Pinterest or hunkering down for some good, old-fashioned people watching while visiting Montreal or New York.

Working with materials occurs relatively

“Don’t stop making things.

Spend more time working creatively. Don’t spend as much time on your phone.

And don’t give up.”

–Megan Mahoney late, though it vitalizes the development of a design exponentially and provides a satisfying challenge as each designer transmutes her visual concepts into tangible handiworks.

Watching models move through space wearing their creations was incredibly gratifying for these developing artists. The thrill that STRUT! provides plants a seed that will grow as their tastes and perspectives change. Though each articulated the desire for the event to help connect them, as emerging designers, with established artists in a mentor capacity in some way, they recognized that the benefits that this exposure is offering to them now.

“A bigger city might not have an opportunity like this,” Mahoney says. “There are so many creative people here and it’s just fun to be a part of it.”

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The Charlotte Way of Doing Business Nancy Wood CONTRIBUTOR

Original Country Home Products partners Dick Raymond, Rich Alther, John Gibbons and Lyman Wood withthe first DR Trimmer Mower in 1985. PHOTO: COURTESY Charlotte families and the community as a whole benefitted from the good-paying jobs that were allowed to develop.

How many potentially successful businesses are being started today in the homes of Charlotte residents? And how encouraging are we as a community?

Both Garden Way and Country Home Products were provided the breathing room to grow and prosper. But a point did come when Country Home Products could no longer expand here as needed, and Vergennes offered an attractive opportunity. As we consider changes to our Town Plan and regulations, we have a chance to define Charlotte as a place where this type of entrepreneurship is welcome and new businesses like these are encouraged to grow.

The DR Work Rest Wagon was the earliest product offered by Country Home Products. This picture of Lyman Wood was featured in the promotional materials.

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The article about the sale of Country Home Products in the last issue of The Charlotte News (Town Bites, September 10, 2015) got me reminiscing about what it was like doing business in Charlotte in the 1970s and 80s and how that relates to Lois Simone, Lyman Wood’s niece, tests current discussions about changes in our the Work Rest Wagon. PHOTO: COURTESY zoning regulations. of the garden and onto the lawn.” They But first, here’s a bit of clarification hit upon the idea of a string trimmer on about the origin of Country Home wheels, and, after testing the market, the Products. The article says it was founded DR Trimmer/Mower was born. (The “DR”

by Lyman Wood (my father) in the 1960s in the name stood for Dick Raymond, not and that it “became known as Garden for “doctor” as many have assumed.) Bill Way.” In fact, they were two completely Lockwood, also a Garden Way colleague, separate companies. Lyman and others joined the group in 1986 as president and founded Garden Way in the 1960s with partner. the rebirth of the original Rototiller, You may be asking how all this relates which became the Troy-Bilt rear-end to Charlotte zoning regulations. Back in tiller manufactured in Troy, New York. the 1960s when Garden Way was develThat successful mail-order business oping, there were very few regulations. provided the funding for the growth of Lyman tested products in his garden several Garden Way divisions in Vermont, here at Cedar Beach. He held meetings including Garden Way Publishing (books by phone and at the dining room table in for country living), Garden Way Research his home. As the business grew, he built (manufacturer of the Garden Way carts) a log cabin office by the garden. In 1972 in Charlotte, plus the Garden Way Living it was expanded into what was called Center retail store and the nonprofit “The Meeting House” and served as Gardens For All in Burlington. corporate headquarters for Garden Way, Garden Way was also known as one of Inc. With development of the cart and the first “socially responsible” businesses then publishing businesses, the first of the before that term was coined. Its mission commercial buildings on Ferry Road was statement described it as a “not-for-profit constructed. It was added onto as needed, only” business that cared first for its customers, employees, community and the environment.

How many potentially successful Unfortunately, as it businesses are being started today grew larger, not everyone ascribed to that mission. A in the homes of Charlotte residents? group of dissidents in Troy And how encouraging are we as a who were more concerned community? about profits masterminded an internal takeover on January 28, 1982, ousting and eventually the larger building at the Lyman and other key employees in back of the property was built to house Vermont on that day. Within two years, all Garden Way Research. The Creamery of the Vermont operations had been sold building (formerly the site of the Waldorf or closed and over 200 employees relieved School) was eventually added for more of their jobs. The nonprofit, Gardens for office space.

All, was the one exception, and it continThe town welcomed this growth and ues today as the National Gardening the many jobs that it provided. Employees Association. were available to be weekday volunteers Many of those Vermont employees for Fire and Rescue, and so much mail started new businesses (such as Vermont activity was generated that a new post Teddy Bear, Gardeners Supply and office was built.

Williamson Publishing), and Lyman This process was repeated in the was no exception. Even though he was 1980s with the growth of Country Home forced out of Garden Way, he was still Products. Meetings were again held in subject to a non-compete agreement.

Lyman’s home and the Meeting House.

Garden-related products were out, so he Products were developed and tested here investigated other possibilities. With his at Cedar Beach. Fortunately, the property friends John Gibbons (former owner of had been grandfathered for business use Harrington’s) and Dick Raymond (former when zoning became more restrictive. gardening guru and author at Garden The business moved to the old Garden Way) he came up with the name Country Way Research building on Ferry Road Home Products. when the number of employees and traffic They first tested a new cart that he generated outgrew the home place. I think called the Work/Rest Wagon. Lyman that was when there were too many people described it as “the senior citizen cart to sit around the big round table for lunch model… You could take it out in the and the pool and ping pong tables had garden and just sit there, or sit and plant been converted to desks! seeds or weed… For elderly persons Thankfully, no one complained, and who are a little unsteady, it was a great the zoning administrator never questioned walker.” (Quotes are from “What a Way the number of employees on the property to Live and Make a Living: The Lyman or the daily traffic generated. Our current P. Wood Story” by Roger Griffith.) There zoning regulations are very specific in was interest in the cart, but at a lower price regulating both of these for home occupathan they could afford to build and sell it. tions. Also, in the Ferry Road commercial The team—now joined by Rich Alther, zone, the type of businesses being run and another former Garden Wayer—pursued the amount of truck traffic they caused other products. Garden Way objected to were not put under the microscope. Many the first two, so their thinking moved “out

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Taking Care Alice D. Outwater, Ph.D.

The secret energy source: a lighter body Author’s note: I appreciate those whom I interviewed on this touchy subject. I’ve changed your names, as promised.

Self-discipline seems like an odd topic

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You wouldn’t have reached this junction without discipline. However, it’s worth shining a spotlight on and making some adjustments even now.

Many people find the very problems that continue to plague them were also troublesome in the past. They skillfully push them aside.

One common vexation is they talk endlessly about dieting. I hear friends lamenting, “I hate the way I look but I can’t do anything about it.�

Our bodies and abilities have changed during these past decades. Perhaps you’ve been chugging along so fast you haven’t paid as much attention as is advisable now. I spoke with a few people about their dilemmas concerning weight and got the following replies: Jessie said, “I’m so sick of the whole topic. I wear those long, blousy tops and convince myself they hide everything.

Who am I trying to fool? I’ve lost 15 pounds recently. I became scared when my body felt different. I wasn’t used to it—so I stupidly gained all the weight back plus an additional five pounds. My husband never mentions weight, but I know he isn’t pleased.�

Sally shared, “I’m capable in so many areas, have an excellent job responsible for several employees, and am asked to present throughout the country. It’s so embarrassing to get on a plane and ask the stewardess to bring me an extension for the seat belt. I know passengers cringe as I come down the aisle, hoping I won’t be their seatmate and hog part of their space. This weight is disrespectful of everyone.�

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I drink three glasses of wine when one would suffice—and oh, the chocolate desserts with whipped cream. In addition, I snack all day.

Truly I know better, but can’t help it. Then before going to bed, I open the refrigerator and go at it again.

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I never talk about this arrangement.

I know it isn’t healthy for my body to seesaw back and forth, but I can’t keep my resolutions to seriously lose weight and stay there.�

The men express similar concerns about being overweight. Sam’s comments were especially insightful: “I do chores around the house, lifting things, snow shoveling in the winter, and I get so out of breath. Now with good weather I golf with my buddies regularly.

We used to walk and carry our golf bags, enjoying the exercise. Now we drive carts, hop off, shoot a ball, and climb back on.

Afterwards we have two or three beers to celebrate, maybe watch TV, and eat handfuls of snacks. My stomach overhangs my pants, but I hide this with those loose sweatshirts. Men’s clothes are wonderful, everything comes in big sizes and fits.�

Henry whispered to me, “My wife put on an extra 50 pounds. She’s a good mother and takes care of us all without complaining. Our sex life is okay, but I turn off the lights when we make love as she looks so unappealing with all that extra flesh. I wish her weight didn’t matter to me, but it does.�

More than two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese. Yet healthy food was never so available. Colorful magazines hold tasty recipes, enticing combinations and preparation guides— plus the number of calories to guide us. A nourishing dinner can be cooked in 15-20 minutes from start to finish.

After each pregnancy I found the last 10 pounds difficult to get off. The temptation is to leave them on.

That would have meant 40 pounds over

four pregnancies. Luckily my friends and I discovered Weight Watchers the first year it arrived in Burlington.

I found the decision to alter my eating habits needed to come from a place deep inside me. I made an agreement with myself to be persistent and patient. I knew it wasn’t going to happen overnight.

My game plan included not only rethinking but also reeducating myself about the kinds of foods and combinations to avoid. Modest planned treats are permissible but constant grazing is not.

Weight loss help is all around.

Overeaters Anonymous and others are there for the taking. Their encouragement made a huge difference for me, including going to meetings and talking with like-minded people. I found by eating the right food my brain and body began to settle down and I stopped craving high-calorie foods. The gnawing hunger disappeared. I also upped my exercise considerably.

This new behavior and way of thinking took some weeks to integrate into my days. It wasn’t easy in the beginning but gradually became part of my lifestyle. I had to be willing to do the hard work— and over the years periodically return to the meetings.

The motivational speaker William Knaus in his book “Do It Now� has a surefire method for behavior change: Write down what you want to change.

Compose a list of 20 ways to accomplish the results you seek.

Follow the list, then review it every day.

It’s surprising how this simple system works.

Don’t forget: you are trying to eat your body’s way to a new set point.

So keep trekking as you discover the self-discipline to nourish your body and mind. You’ll be proud of the results and the bonus is, you’ll enjoy your increased energy and attractive looks. You might even get a whistle or two as you walk down the street. Not bad if you’re in your 80s!

Sailing away summer The Charlotte Sailing Center has recently started a Thursday evening race night.

Pictured are a few boats from the third race on September 10. They start at 5:30 p.m. and head over to a buoy near the Pataki place on the New York side of the lake. They usually finish before dark, but we are losing two minutes a day at this time of year, so next week might be the last. PHOTO: SUZY HODGSON

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The CharloTTe News • sepTember 24, 2015 • 7 spaces they provided around their farms.

It was evident in their warm attitude of continued from page 1 sharing both products and knowledge.

Trono used the phrase a “Charlotte meal” Peter Trono when discussing his hay crop. as we sat on the porch of the Fat Cow Farm A long warm fall will not make up the full stand. “Local” doesn’t meet Peter’s aspiralag from spring. Spring greens did well for tions because it could be anything within David, but the fall crop needs water and a 100- to 500-mile radius. He spoke of a the irrigation ponds are all dry. It’s no joke Charlotte breakfast where you knew that that for farmers and comedians, timing is the pancake mix, the eggs, the berries and everything. the Vermont maple syrup were from not Adams Berry Farm is a pick-your-own just “locals” but neighbors. Both the Fat berry grower and wholesaler with frozen Cow and Adams Berry Farm farm stands (popsicles and sorbets) as well as fresh have room for seating. These spaces market products. There I spoke with reflect a willingness not just to sell food Jessica Sanford who told me they have 13 but to talk about food, nutrition, growing varieties of blueberries, eight varieties of and preparing food. strawberries and 10 varieties of raspberJessica Sanford teaches a course at ries. The fall varieties of pick-your-own UVM in food systems, and she feels as raspberries are the teacher she “has to now coming into educate customers in production and will the qualities of different continue into late I was reminded of a varieties of berries.”

October. All vari- vegetable stall in France I was reminded of a eties were selected where the attendant said, vegetable stall in France for flavor and time the attendant “This avocado is for where of harvest. said, “This avocado is When speak- tonight, this one is for for tonight, this one is ing to Jessica, I tomorrow.” for tomorrow.” I don’t related my story experience that attenof the Cornell tion to quality when plant breeder shopping a supermarket. Now I have been who retired after 40 years of breeding invited to experience that in Charlotte. commercial food crops. He reported that David Quickel invited me back to CSA never in his career had he been asked to shares pick-up night to see the people. Yes, breed for flavor. On the contrary, organic, there would be tomatoes, green beans, fresh and field ripened is the essence of kale, melons, cukes and yellow squash, Adam’s Berry Farm, even in its frozen along with flowers to be cut for bouquets, line of fruits, popsicles and sorbets. The but the invitation came when we were diversity at both Stony Loam Farm and talking about the people aspect of food. I Adam’s Berry Farm is one of the few did come back and what struck me as I got strategies available to fruit and vegetable out of my car was the sandbox. A sandbox farmers against unstable weather patterns. said family to me and reminded me of the At Adam’s Berry Farm that was evident powerful link between food and family. in the contrast between strawberries Emma Burrows, who is David and blueberries this year. The June rains Quickel’s wife and a clinical psychologist, were a constant threat to strawberries. It said it very clearly, “One of the things I was a pick-all-you-can-when-you-can strawberry season because mold spreads fast on wet fruit. The fact that Adam has developed a freezer capacity meant that he didn’t have to rely on the pick-your-own crowd. On the other hand, the rain was actually good for blueberries, which were exceptionally large this season.

At Fat Cow Farm, diversity isn’t as much of a strategy against production loss.

There will be only two cuttings of hay and that is that. According to Peter, late hay looks to be of very high quality, but it won’t make up the quantity of a third cutting.

Silage corn did well on fields where it was planted and up before the rains came.

Other fields were delayed and will not do as well. This was the case for Peter and his son Lucas, who is in charge of the forage crops. Peter emphasized that, compared to his fuel business, farming has more risk factors that cannot be managed. Each of these farmers expressed gratitude for the support of the Charlotte Land Trust. In conjunction with the Vermont Land Trust, the Charlotte Land Trust was one of the entities that helped make it affordable to farm in Charlotte.

Aside from a love of their crops, the farmers I talked with also love people.

This sociability was evident in the people

Harvest

like about the atmosphere here [at the pickup shed] is there is no exchange of money. Most of that takes place before the season starts. That means now the energy is about something else.”

Our conversation touched on quality—not only quality of food but quality of experience. At the pick-up shed I observed an exchange of pleasantries and an exchange of trust and shared risk.

I want to say thank you on behalf of these farmers. In addition to the Charlotte Land Trust, each of these farmers also mentioned the strong sense of community regarding agriculture. And I want to invite you to the quest for the “Charlotte

meal.” It is doable right now but it will take some planning and effort. There are among us those determined to make it easier. I have been told to think of food not as commodity but as a craft. Charlotte is a place alive with the pursuit of that craft.

A foundation has been laid by places like the Brick Store, Little Garden Market and Pizza on Earth and new initiatives are expanding. Hay and pumpkins may be a little more expensive this fall, but be alert and you will find there is still great abundance. The vagaries of weather are only one among many in the risky business of farming. The most essential support is to buy “local” Charlotte.

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8 • September 24, 2015 • the Charlotte NewS presentation on new and updated ways to enhance student wellness. Wellness topics may include substance abuse, nutrition, exercise, stress management, healthy relationships and others.

News From CVU

leGAl Lawyer Art Cernosia will present his yearly update on issues in the legal world relevant to the CSSU.

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Preview - CVU School Board Work Plan Did you know that each summer the CVU administration, CVU School Board chair and the CSSU collaborate together to create a plan for the work of the CVU School Board over the coming school year? While a final plan won’t be officially adopted by the entire CVU School Board until later this fall, we wanted to give you a preview of some of the topics they are likely to hear about.

Below is a list of CSSU Common Topics and CVU Administration Presentations. CSSU Common Topics are intended to provide all board members in the CSSU district with a broad view of strategic trends and issues in education.

CVU Administration Presentations focus on CVU-specific topics of interest that may or may not be related to the CSSU Common Topics. The public is invited to attend any of these informational talks.

Monthly school board meeting agendas will include other topics for discussion in addition to these. For specific presentation dates and meeting agendas, please visit cssu.org.

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This presentation will provide an overview of state-mandated Performance Based Learning requirements as they relate to potential graduation standards.

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Where will we be in five years? What’s new on the horizon? How does it impact the work we do today and in what ways do we prepare?

Gaps in student academic achievement data continue to persist at CVU when disaggregated by differences in socioeconomic circumstances and gender. This topic connects to many others, including existing systems within schools, governance and student outcomes. Speaker not yet confirmed.

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Students at CVU have a growing number of opportunities to travel as part of their school experience. (Please note that these trips do not receive support through the school budget.) However, not all students have equal access to these opportunities. This presentation will explore why it is important to give students opportunities to travel, how it fits into CVU educational outcomes, and what strategies might exist to create more opportunities for students who want to have the opportunity to travel.

TeCh inTeGrATion An update on the CSSU/CVU Tech Integration initiative will be provided.

This multi-pronged initiative encompasses technology learning standards for students, the use of technology for instruction, and the standardization of technology (both in terms of learning

standards and hardware/software) across the CSSU.

Co -CurriCulAr proGrAm CVU students are fortunate to have many opportunities to participate in a robust co-curricular program that accounts for less than 3.5% of the CVU budget. This presentation will focus on questions of management, access, fundraising, equitable distribution of these limited resources and how the mission of the co-curricular program ties to the broader CVU mission. Why spend valuable time on matters that impact the budget so minimally? It’s simple. The program’s small fiscal footprint translates to consequential experiences for many CVU students. It’s time to ask ourselves, are we getting it right?

plpS updATe In this presentation, the board will learn how freshmen are embracing CVU’s approach to meeting state-mandated Personalized Learning Plans for all Vermont students. How is it evolving and where can improvements be made?

We hope that the information provided here gives you a sense of the breadth and complexity of the work undertaken by the CSSU, CVU and the CVU School Board (along with the K-8 schools and boards) on behalf of students in the CVU sending communities. Your interest in learning more about this work and your questions, thoughts and ideas are welcomed.

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Board report: CCS School Board is back in session Rowan Beck THE CHARLOTTE NEWS

The first CCS School Board meeting at CVU on September 15 started with making adjustments to the agenda. Mark McDermott announced there would be an executive session at the end of the meeting to discuss a leave of absence and student disciplinary action. The board then moved on to the principal’s report from Lead Principal Barbara Anne KomonsMontroll. She discussed the facilities updates completed over the summer, new staff, new positions, professional development and student enrollment. She reported that the principal offices are now in the first floor front office area, major roof repairs were completed, and the elevator from the primary level to the middle level had been replaced. For a complete facilities update see the full agenda packet found on the CSSU website, tab school boards.

A review of positions and faculty followed the facilities report. Rebecca Provost is the 1.0 Behavior Systems and Response Coordinator, a position aimed at supporting our positive behavioral system, and Louise DeGuise is the 0.4 Health Educator, the position that aims to meet the state requirements and National Health Education Standards for a

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weekend. This only changes the group of people attending according to Chairman Lane Morrison. It doesn’t increase the amount of people.

At the hearing on September 14, Selectboard Member Matt Krasnow called the charter an “experiment” and expressed concern that jiggling the foundations of a 253-year-old democratic process could have unintended consequences. As a result, he proposed a threeyear sunset clause amendment wherein at the end of three years, an Australian ballot would be held to determine if the new system should be continued. Krasnow said the current system is “functional” and asked, “Do you want a charter for the first time and to irrevocably change the nature and power of direct democracy in perpetuity?”

Patrice Machavern, a Town Meeting Solutions Committee member disagreed with Krasnow’s amendment, saying at the September 21 hearing: “To call [this opportunity] an experiment and say we need to sunset it for that reason…If we go back in time over the past 253 years—the legislature didn’t call it an experiment when they modified and made an amendment to the constitution allowing men who were not land owners to vote. We didn’t have a sunset provision for that because that was an experiment. We didn’t have a sunset provision when women were provided an opportunity to vote.”

The semantics of the sunset clause were hotly debated at the September 21 hearing.

Lynne Jaunich, a member of TMSC, said, “it’s a matter of attitude,” preferring the clause to stay in effect unless challenged by the town. Whereas Krasnow supported a clause that would allow the new system to lapse unless re-affirmed by the town.

Valerie Graham, a TMSC member,

comprehensive health education program.

She will work predominately with middle grade students. Other new faculty include Tasha Marvinney, a 6th grade math and social studies teacher; Lauren Dabkowski, a music teacher and choral director; Diana Clayton, a .25 Spanish teacher for 1st and 2nd grades; Kristin Mills, a 0.5 speech language pathologist, who will be working mainly with grades three and four; and Penny Stearns, a new 0.8 math coordinator/0.2 CSSU math coach.

The last item in the principal’s report was current enrollment for grades K-8, which has decreased from 412 to 367. A brief discussion followed centered on the significant decrease in students due to a large graduating class last year and a small kindergarten class of only 27 entering this year. Board member Kristen Wright wanted to know the number of students who attended summer school versus who it was offered to and if those who did not attend had transportation issues. Lastly, Chair McDermott requested that all board members use the email designated to them

by CSSU. They need to follow policy and the law and not use their personal emails.

The board then discussed the budget assumption number and Act 46.

McDermott requested that board members keep in mind an increase of 5 percent for the assumption when they begin working on the budget. The first budget meeting is scheduled for December 1, and the board will be putting a call out for “budget buddies.” These are members of the community who will shadow the budget process and attend every meeting.

Act 46 was a big topic for the board.

According to the Vermont education department website, Act 46 is “an opportunity for districts and supervisory unions to unify existing, disparate governance expressed her concern about the charter in general and said at the September 14 meeting, “To me the danger is that if we don’t do something like this, that we’ve talked about and that the town has approved, somebody is going to come in with a petition that you cannot ignore, saying you are to vote—turn this to an Australian ballot. Town meeting is gone.

So this is strictly a compromise. That we are toying with town government but we’re managing to keep Town Meeting, which to me is supremely important.”

After a long discussion at the September 14 meeting, Krasnow’s motion to explore language of a sunset clause was approved by a 3-2 vote. At the September 21 meeting, the Selectboard approved the sunset provision by a 4-0 vote. November 3 was set as the date for the special Australian ballot on the charter to be held in the CCS Multi-Purpose Room. October 26 will be the second hearing on the charter. The town is encouraged to attend.

Cyclists riding in the 10th Annual Kelly Brush Century Ride powered by VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations on Sept. 12 in Middlebury, Vermont. PHOTO: CALEB KENNA structures to preferred governance structure by 2020.”

A merger committee has been formed to review possible opportunities within the district, and Chair McDermott felt that it was in CCS’s best interest to participate. Board member Wright agreed and said, “We owe it to the students and taxpayers to look into it. Property taxes can get unmanageable and it doesn’t hurt to look. There could be more flexibility and options.” Board member Erik Beal agreed. Board member Clyde Baldwin was the only one to speak out against it by saying it was a “manipulative and punitive bill.” He also opposed the Legislature’s forcing the hands of those who don’t want it. Ultimately, he supported sending both McDermott and Beal as representatives to the committee as there are tax incentives on the table that need to be looked at.

The discussion later turned to photocopier bids that had been presented to the school. Bob Mason, CSSU COO, said that all copier bids had gone out to rebid due to a conflict. A complaint had been filed

by Office Systems of Vermont, the lowest bidder, that the CSSU had not gone with one of the three lowest bids but the fourth lowest. The selected bid was from Canon whose three-year total was $28,290, which was $8,482 above the cost of OSV. Following the complaint, Mason sought the advice of attorney Paul Giuliani who recommended it was in the best interest of the CSSU to start over.

Mason then went back to CCS, met with appropriate personnel and revised the specifications and sent requests out for new bids. According to OSV the only machine that fit those specs was from the Canon bid. Mason disagreed. Board

member Wright was concerned with the perception and Baldwin asked how it happened.

Mason ultimately accepted the Canon due to features, reputation and quality.

He agreed in the end that, had he known that such a heated interaction would occur over these bids, he would not have revised the specs from the original. Several audience members were concerned with the discrepancy and felt it was taking money directly away from the students. Andrew Haigney wanted to know how much the lawyer cost and where that money came from. The monies came from CCS’s budget, and, according to Wright, the attorney cost roughly $200 per hour. It was suggested that his services were used for three to four hours. The new bids are due by the beginning of October.

Finally, the meeting turned toward director’s comments. There was a brief discussion about the upcoming curriculum night and barbecue to follow on Monday, Sept. 21, at 5 p.m. It will be a time for parents to meet the children’s teachers in an informal, community get-together at the school. Principal Komons-Montroll encouraged all to attend.

The next CCS School Board meeting will be Oct. 21 at 7 p.m.

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Now, as I gaze across the bay at sunset, I watch the pink and gold reflected light soften the Green Mountains. Clouds flicker bright or fade in the fall of the evening. Lapping water and crashing waves on the rocks envelop my mind in peace. My stresses and worries come with me as I sit on the screened porch of my camp and look out but when I see, hear, or feel the sun and wind on the water, my petty—or significant—burdens are set aside for that moment.

I think back to when I arrived at our Flat Rock camp at age thirteen. My mother was recently separated and then divorced. The two of us had spent four rugged years as my mother was finding her way forward. I had gone from rural Pennsylvania and Quaker schools to the experimental New Lincoln School in New York City. I then travelled for two years with my mother, grandmother, or father through Europe and South America. I was home schooled through a Calvert correspondence course and then attended, for a semester each, the American School in Mexico City and a boarding school in Pennsylvania near my grandparents.

I learned much about the world in those previous four years. With my arrival on Thompson’s Point, however, I found stability in my mother’s second marriage and felt the wonder of Vermont summer living. My parents had invited two other girls, Mary Jane and Astrid, to spend the next five summers with me. I built strong friendships with these girls. My values, skills, and confidence strengthened, as I progressed through my teenage years, because of the nourishment I received

from the landscape, my parents, and this special summer community.

My first discovery was the power of Lake Champlain. My stepfather had an old wooden leaky Chris Craft nicknamed “The Sieve” after it had hit a rock the summer before behind Garden Island.

Bailing was one of the first things that my girlfriends and I learned. Over a summer or two we all learned to water ski. Finally, by 16, I learned to drive the Chris Craft and navigate the waters between West Port and the Essex Ferry. During the day we would ski over to Ecole Champlain, the French camp that is now Kingsland Bay property, or explore the New York coastline down to Barn Rock across from Basin Harbor. Once a summer we would meander with our boat up to Vergennes, following the lazy curves of Otter Creek.

We cruised around the point to watch the sunset and we put in Poor Farm Bay to watch the full moon rise. When we were not on the lake we were swimming in it or hanging out on the dock in the sun. The lake was our endless pleasure.

The central place for gathering Thompson’s Pointers was the club house, an early 1900s building with its ping pong table and stone fireplace, rocking chairs on the three-sided open porch, and two clay tennis courts and a decaying shuffle board court. I learned to play tennis on those courts. Guy Chang, a former Davis Cup tennis player who had a gift shop on Route 7 and Mount Philo Road, would line up children and teenagers once a week to give us informal tennis lessons. Peg Reid, a Thompson’s Point parent who had four children about my age, would organize tournaments for us. This simple club was where my two girlfriends and I met other teenagers from the Point. Soon it became our hang out place in the evenings.

Astrid, Mary Jane, and I walked in the evenings from Flat Rock down to the club house and out to the end of the Point, where a crumbling rock and cement dock stuck out into the water. The Ticonderoga, the big paddle-wheel steamship now lodged at the Shelburne Museum, used to come into this dock in the early 20th Century. We’d leave the dock and walk on the Indian Path that wandered between cottages and the lake on the south side of Thompson’s Point. There once was an Abenaki couple in the early 1900s who acted as caretakers, providing firewood and woven baskets and who lit the gas lamps along the path. By my time the gas lamps were gone, so we would use flashlights instead to navigate the paths. Those first two years of early teens, we would collect fireflies and bring them home in a jar and watch them blinking in our room.

Later we would meet boys and navigate these paths to various cottages and beaches in order to party.

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(Top)“Stone Clouds” in its final form.

(Bottom left) Dan Snow moves the clouds into place with on of the 48 CCS 4th graders.

(Bottom right) A CCS 4th grader shows he’s ready to rock.

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TownBites Edd Merritt

Selectboard considers Town Clerk salary The September 12 Burlington Free Press carried a lengthy article on Charlotte Town Clerk Mary Mead’s request for a $15,000 raise in her salary for the current

fiscal year plus an $8,000 raise for former Assistant Town Clerk Sharron Balaban. In preparing its proposed budget to be voted on at Town Meeting, the Selectboard fell short of the $15,000 by just over $14,000, adding $930 to Mead’s salary, a 1.5 percent increase. In preparation for the Town Meeting vote, both Mary and the Selectboard studied salaries of clerks in Chittenden County and came up with different figures. Selectboard chair Lane Morrison said the board studied ways of classifying salaries and asked a consultant for help. The board wanted to create the appropriate pay grade for each town job.

Mary, in turn, asked the board to evaluate her performance. They did so in both public and private sessions. According to

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(paint), John Willis (photography), Caleb Kenna (photography), Brian D. Collier (multi-media), Dan Snow (sculpture), Karolina Kawiaka (sculpture/installation), Bonnie Acker (paint), Gowri Savoor (sculpture), Charlie Hunter (paint), Susan Abbott (paint), and Neil Riley (paint).

Snow was partnered with the Mettowee valley near Dorset, Vermont. The inspiration for “Stone Clouds” came from all the softball-sized stones that are still harvested from this land every year. “When I saw the fields—they are still continually littered with cobbles—it got me thinking about where they came from,” said Snow.

“And, in fact, they fell out of the glaciers.

So I thought how about putting that stone back up in the air because it would have been over our heads when in the glacier.”

One by one, the CCS students stepped onto a raised platform and, aided by Dan’s soft-spoken directions, placed their rounded individual stones in the wire cage. Raised aloft and bunched together, the glacial stones seemed to take on a puffier look than when seen individually on the ground.

Despite the beautiful sunny day, Snow’s wife and business manger, Elin Waagen, said, “The best time to come see this is on the Free Press article, evaluations are not required because the clerk is an elected official who does not come under the board’s scrutiny. Few residents attended the public session.

a foggy morning. They look so good in the mist.”

Snow’s usual medium as an artist is dry stone construction, which is one of the most ancient forms of building—the pyramids in Egypt, Peruvian temples and many walls in the UK are timeless examples of this. Throughout New England Snow has built awe-inspiring curved walls, timeless staircases and graceful arches—all with nothing but gravity and patience. Photos of Snow’s work can be seen in his two books, “In the Company of Stone” and “Listening to Stone” (both published by Artisan) or on his website at dansnowstoneworks.com.

Snow has also worked internationally in Finland, Denmark and the UK. Most recently he unveiled a large-scale project called “Rock Springs” at Glenmorangie Distillery in Tain, Scotland.

Snow’s granddaughter Marlie Cartwright is a 4th grader at CCS and was one of the first to place a stone in the cloud. Marlie’s friend, Ava, said of Snow, “Your grandpa is awesome.”

“Eyes on the Land” will be exhibited at Shelburne Museum from Oct. 3 through Jan. 3. More information is available at eyesontheland.org.

“Stone Clouds” was funded, in part, by a grant from the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

They have found that measures limiting lamprey access have been successful solutions to improve water resources in other geographic areas and look forward to similar results in the Champlain Basin.

Lampreys to be limited in lake

The Lake Champlain watershed covers 8,234 square miles in Vermont, New York and Quebec. It contains 11 major tributaries draining into the lake. The Corps of Engineers control program features sea lamprey barriers on both sides of the lake.

According to the engineers, lampreys are contributing to a significant decline in fish and other aquatic ecosystem resources.

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Sports CVU Spirit Day covers the field of fall sports From volleyball to men’s and women’s soccer, to field hockey, the Redhawk spirit showed on the scoreboard as well as on the pitch. Although the cross-country runners were in St. Albans, they, too, contributed with victories. Even the football team, which lost to Essex by a lone touchdown, played out the game until the last minutes.

Let’s begin with the women soccer players, a group that was determined to come back to the victory lane following its first loss in 49 games the week before.

And they did so with a vengeance. Seven Redhawks hit the net in a 9-0 shutout of Spaulding, with Sydney Jimmo and Megan Gannon finding the ropes twice each. With Spaulding called upon for 16 saves, CVU showed its offensive prowess which had been missing earlier in the year by blasting 25 shots on goal.

The CVU men remained undefeated for the first half of the season with a 4-1 Spirit-Day win over Spaulding followed by a 3-0 shutout of Mount Mansfield.

Will Yakubik and Cooper O’Connell scored in both games with most of the play occurring in the opponent’s end of the field. CVU goalies totaled five saves in the two contests.

Field hockey moved its record to 3-1 with a Spirit Day 2-0 shutout of Middlebury on first- and second-half goals by Kate Machavern. Tasha Pashby-Rockwood in goal made five saves as the Redhawks outshot the Tigers 14-5.

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It appears that CVU’s cross-country runners could be the top two teams in the state regardless of gender. Among the girls’ top ten individuals in the BFA St. Albans Invitational meet, six wore Redhawk red. Sophia Gorman, Meara

Henninger and Jennifer Ireland placed 2, 3 and 4 with Jul Sulva seventh, followed by Haley Harder and Rosalie Lacroix in ninth and tenth.

Tyler Marshall topped the field among the boys with Elliot Eastman in third and Calvin McClellan and Harken Spillane in sixth and seventh, Baxter Bishop and Jared Leonard finishing ninth and tenth.

Football succumbs to Essex First-half fumbles will kill you, a lesson the Redhawks learned against Essex in a close Spirit-Day loss, 20-14. The Hornets forced four turnovers, three of them on fumbles, in the first half Saturday, breaking through themselves with a couple of long runs in the third quarter to end the period with a 20-0 lead. CVU did turn around in the final stanza with two TDs, but it proved to be too little, too late. Among nine CVU ball carriers, Charlotte’s Rich Lowrey once again led the pack with 75 yards on 12 carries.

best start since 2004. On Saturday the Judges handed Wheaton College its first loss of the season, sealed according to Brandeis’ report, by a “sensational goal” from Burhans. Her speed paid off as she led the rest of the field by 25 yards before eluding the goal keeper and depositing the ball into the open net for the game-sealing goal.

Volleyball does in Green Knights CVU’s relatively new volleyball club handed Rice a 3-0 defeat as part of Spirit Day Saturday. The team had a 95 percent service percentage, meaning the vast majority of serves fell within the court.

They added 19 kills accompanied by 15 blocks. They face Burlington next.

Burhans and Brandeis go together nicely CVU grad and former Charlotte resident Haliana Burhans has put in goals for Brandeis University’s women’s soccer team, which is ranked number 15 among Division III teams in the country. Haliana, a sophomore, scored her first goal of the season earlier this month against Lesley on the road, leading her team to a 7-0 season record, the University’s

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Selectboard Reviews Town Clerk Performance and Rail Document John Hammer THE CHARLOTTE NEWS

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The docks at the town beach will be in for a couple more weeks as the fall season is slowly approaching. It looks like organized adult tennis at the beach has ended for the season, but pickle ball will continue to meet until the weather starts to turn. Pickle ball will continue indoors during the winter at CCS. I would like to say thank you to Greg Smith for organizing the evening adult tennis and pickle ball programs this summer at the beach. Fall soccer is entering its third week! Charlotte children from preschool to 4th grade have been out practicing and playing games during this beautiful fall weather. The last day of soccer will be on Saturday, Oct. 10.

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We look forward to offering the program again in the summer!

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The Selectboard once again held an Full name: _____________________________________ out-of-schedule meeting at 11 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 10. The two items on the Address: ______________________________________ agenda were a performance evaluation E-mail: ______________________________________ of the Town Clerk Mary Mead and the approval of a letter to the Vermont Agency Please make your check payable to: The Charlotte News and mail it to us at: of Transportation concerning the Draft 2015 Vermont Rail Plan.

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Because the Selectboard can only meet in a warned session before conducting such a review in executive session, this process was followed in open meeting with requisite time provided for public discussion.

Two members of the public voiced their sincere satisfaction with Mead’s performance as town clerk for more than 20 years. The review was then conducted in executive session.

Join us ~ The second article followed discussions at two earlier Selectboard meetings in the Little City with the Big Heart! at which the Citizens for Responsible Railroads presented the urgent need to strengthen the safety and environmental sections of the Draft 2015 Vermont Rail th Plan being put forward by the VAOT. The CVFRS had developed a 14-page document stating its concerns and presented it September’s Arts Walk is dedicated to the memory of to the Selectboard on Sept. 3. As a result, Chef Michele Mahe. A gifted photographer, select photos from the document had been reviewed by a number of town officials and Selectboard his personal collection will be on display throughout Vergennes. members and reduced to 10 pages. The www.VergennesDowntown.org 802 598-7424 issue then under discussion was primarily to determine how the town should forward the final document.

There followed almost two hours of discussion on the content and sense of the cover letter to be submitted by the Selectboard on behalf of the town. On the one hand, Selectman Spell proposed a cover letter that stated a position not agreeable with the Charlotte Fire & Rescue members present. His was an effort to take an independent position with support from the CVFRS document.

Selectman Krasnow, on the other hand, moved that the town endorse and forward the CVFRS document. When Selectman Tegatz expressed reservations for supporting some of the statements made in the document, he was joined by Spell.

After it was generally agreed that the first paragraph of the 10-page document did a good job of succinctly stating the town’s concerns, it was agreed to make that the bulk of the cover letter, forwarding and endorsing the attached document. This letter, on town letterhead and signed by all Selectboard members, forwards the remaining contents of the CVFRS letter as Attachment One. They state that the Selectboard “supports and endorses the substance of these comments.” It also points out that RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL the comments were initiated by “Charlotte Featuring Environmentally Friendly Flooring Solutions residents with input from the Charlotte fire Hardwood • Bamboo • Cork • Marmoleum • Rubber • Wool chief/local emergency Locally Owned & Operated management director.”

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Out-Doors Elizabeth Bassett THE CHARLOTTE NEWS

Local victuals Hop aboard a metaphorical bike ride across Charlotte to gather local fixin’s for dinner, a 21st century hunter-gatherer experience.

I pedal no farther than the farm stand at Philo Ridge Farm, 2766 Mt. Philo Road. Less than a mile from home, I hit the jackpot as the former Foote Farm has transformed into a diversified farm in its first summer of production. “I just ate the most wonderful bread from the outdoor wood-fired oven at Philo Ridge Farm,� Michael Krasnow told me.

Perhaps that’s why there were no loaves left when I arrived at 6 p.m. “I had some of their bacon and it was fabulous,� echoed Frances Foster. “Lauren Lees bakes bread in our wood-fired oven once or twice a week,� says Vera Simon-Nobes, education and events manager at Philo Ridge. “Lauren

joined the farm team this summer from Mendocino County, California, where she worked on a diversified apple farm.

Lauren’s bread uses 100% Nitty Gritty Grain Company flour from just down the road. The bread is long fermented with wild yeast (sourdough) and is baked in the wood-fired masonry oven that Michael [Haulenbeek] built last summer. There’s not a regular schedule for when Lauren bakes, but if you’re lucky enough to see ‘fresh bread’ on our sign, stop by!�

Michael Haulenbeek is the farm manager at Philo Ridge. A dairy farm since 1840, the farm now has livestock— lamb, meat chickens, heirloom pigs and laying ducks—and orchards and gardens.

They also have community events—the first was the Farm to Ballet in August. “The farm stand has been a fun experiment,� Vera says. “We have a little bit of a lot, so aren’t very consistent in what we can offer. There is a clipboard where you

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The list of items sold this year includes bacon, sausage, pork chops, whole pasture-raised chickens, green beans, potatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, summer squash, kale, beets, corn, fresh bread, bouquets, basil, cantaloupe, apples and yarn from the flock of sheep. To date only the garlic is certified organic. Meat is non-GMO and raised without hormones or antibiotics. Coming soon—100% grass-fed lamb.

I purchase some bacon and pedal on.

I still need bread for BLTs (L&T from my own garden). The smell of baking bread pulls me up the rise to Pizza on Earth where I somehow resist buying a pizza. With pain de campagne onboard I continue toward Adam’s Berry Farm on Bingham Brook Road.

An important detour, but not today, is Stony Loam Farm where for many years we enjoyed a CSA share. Then our kids grew up and moved away, and now our veggie garden feeds us all summer. I also know I can get Dave Quickel’s produce at local markets in a pinch.

After years of flooding in Burlington’s Intervale, Adam’s Berry Farm moved to high ground in Charlotte. With help from the Vermont Land Trust and the Farmland Access Program, the organic farm relocated to 985 Bingham Brook Road in 2013. Their strawberries, blueberries and raspberries are joined by kiwis, gooseberries, currants, rhubarb, elderberries and a young and eclectic orchard that includes peaches, pears, plums, quince, cherry, persimmon and cherries. Every year should be better!

On the other side of Bingham Brook Road is Fat Cow Farm owned and operated by Peter Trono and his son Zach.

The quaint-looking shop was closed, but I could see freezers stocked with meat (beef and pork, I believe) as well as a small kitchen and counter for a meal.

Charlotte Berry Farm is next on my route. The farm is in transition with new owners. Blueberries were the primary 2015 crop with more to come in 2016. I have it on good authority that the blueberry smoothies are “most excellent,� and the owners are very supportive of the Town Link Trail!

Pelkey’s never disappoints with 10 acres of pick-your-own blueberries, an expansive view and, if you are lucky, blueberry pies. Since 2001 Pelkey’s Charlotte Village Winery has been producing wines from Vermont fruits as well as grapes with wine tastings daily.

Dale Knowles stocked a summer farm stand at the corner of Ferry and Lake roads, but on a mid-September weekday all was quiet. I continued north on Lake Road to Old Homestead Farm or Fortin’s Little Veggie Barn. Two signs grace the small shed where pumpkins and gourds spill across the grass. If you need a jack-o-lantern, this is the place.

Looping up to Greenbush Road I stopped at an unnamed farm stand a half mile north of the WWII monument.

Coolers and shelves overflowed with summer produce and a hint of fall— butternut squash. The sweet corn was delicious!

The last stop on the way home was the LaBerge farm on Lime Kiln Road. When the sign is posted on Mt. Philo Road, make a detour, especially if you plan to make corn chowder.

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Margaret Woodruff CONTRIBUTOR

Banned Books Week (Sept. 27–Oct. 3) “Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.”

—Article 3, Library Bill of Rights There are over 13,000 items in the Charlotte Library collection. I haven’t read all of them, but I can say with certainty that I don’t endorse all of them—even some I have read. There are titles in fiction and non-fiction which make me wince and shudder or shake my head in dismay or disbelief. The distraction of this discomfort highlights what a valuable notion it is, that our libraries can provide information and ideas running the full spectrum of opinion and perspective. As Oliver Wendell Holmes said during the trial of a Hungarian refugee seeking U.S. citizenship, “If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.”

(See Mick Hume’s piece in the Wall Street Journal, Aug. 21, 2015).

We celebrate this principle every September during Banned Books Week.

As outlined by the American Library Association, “Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community—librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types—in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.”

Our “Banned Books” display will be up all week. Check it out and see what you might disagree with.

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NEW LIBRARY REGISTRATION FOR JUVENILES: In keeping with recommendations from the Vermont Department of Libraries, the Charlotte Library is issuing juvenile library cards for patrons 15 and under. New patrons 15 years and under will fill out a special

Upcoming at the charlotte library: Library card raffle: Still time to get your card and a chance to win a basket of fabulous local treats. Thanks to all the businesses that contributed: Little Garden Market, The Old Brick Store, Torrone Candy, Chef Contos, Flying Pig Books and Shelburne Country Store.

Thursdays, Sept. 17 through Saturday, Oct. 3: Vermont Reads: From Haroun to Charlotte & the Sea of Stories. All events are hosted by the Charlotte Library, but take place at different locations.

Thursday, Sept. 24, 3:15 p.m. How to Tell A Charlotte Story—A Vermont Reads Event. Join us at the Charlotte Library for this discussion/exploration event as we learn how to tell a tale from local history. Local historian Jenny Cole and newspaper editor Alex Bunten share the secrets.

Thursday, Oct. 1, 3:15 p.m. Charlotte & the Sea of Stories—A Vermont Reads Event. Join us at the Charlotte Library for a storytelling session as we put our Charlotte stories together in word and action.

Saturday, Oct. 3, 10:30 a.m.

Charlotte & the Sea of Stories—A Vermont Reads Event. Join us at the Shelburne Museum where first we visit the Tuckaway General Store, the historic story spot in many Vermont towns to set the scene. We then travel to the museum classroom to present our own Charlotte stories.

Wednesday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m. Vermont Food Bank at the Charlotte Library.

September is Hunger Action Month and in recognition of this, representatives from the Vermont Food Bank highlight the importance of our own Food Shelf here in Charlotte and how we can support its efforts.

Carolina Sicotte, Grade 7 You feel a cold breath down your neck; it sends shivers up your spine.

You stop in your tracks and don’t move a muscle.

You take a deep breath, in for five seconds, then out for six.

You don’t dare to look behind you because you already know what is there.

You feel the warmth of the devil, flaming fires catching up to you.

You close your eyes and brace yourself for the worst.

You feel the devil’s claws, ripping at your throat.

You look down at your hands, coated with your own blood.

And then you let it out, the blood curdling scream

“Planetarium” Noa Urbaitel, CVU Graduate 2015 And I have a sick fascination with planets that spill from fingertips galaxies that collect near hairlines like dust And the men on the concrete corners act like aliens holding up technology boxes speaking to invisible people with perfect hair and loud problems And despite society’s ruination these are the things I hold dear:

and the last breath you will ever gasp.

dark blue minor chords eyelashes typewriters Not To Be Mentioned At The Dinner Table And everything else is in a basket a miniscule wicker basket hidden next to mementos from childhood: pages of ink black words threadbare tee shirts And, planets and galaxies that haven’t spilled from me in years.

And I can hear Saturn’s moons crying Help Help Help

Shoes Courtney McDermott, Grade 7 Whose shoes are these?

They have been sitting next to my mailbox for a while now.

Whose shoes are these, that have sat here in rain and sleet and sun and snow?

They look tired now.

The leather is worn, the laces are frayed, and still no one claims them.

How long will they sit here?

Whose feet will miss them?

These shoes, that have sat here in rain and sleet and sun and snow?

These shoes, that have sat next to my mailbox for a while now?

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Charlotte Senior Center Mary Recchia, Activities Director CONTRIBUTOR

Would you like to learn how to play Duplicate Bridge? The Monday bridge group has been talking about providing lessons for newcomers who may be rusty in their duplicate bridge skills or who have never played duplicate. Come to the Center on Monday (by 12:30) and speak to Ed Ziemer, Warner White, Margery Rutherford or Sherry Goucho. They have volunteered to be instructors and will make arrangements for lessons at the Center on Friday afternoons.

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meet some new folks, sharpen your mind, and practice your French. Registration required. No fee.

Fall Hikes in the Champlain Valley with Marty Morrissey continues with Trip #2 on Tuesday, Sept. 29 to Blueberry Cobbles, New Russia, New York. (Note: 8:30 a.m. start). Trip #3 will be on Tuesday, Oct. 6, to Catamount Trail in Jonesville. A full description of this trip and the degree of difficulty is available at the host desk.

Please bring water, food and good hiking or walking shoes for departure from the Senior Center at 9 a.m. Registration required. No fee.

Pam Lord returns with Step Aerobics on Fridays from 9:15–10 a.m. Dates: Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13 and 20. Step aerobics was created in 1989 as a way to get a high-intensity, yet low-impact workout. With a portable platform (provided),

you choose to do the workout without the step. Pam was previously certified with the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America and will show you how to perform the moves safely with the correct technique and have you stepping like a pro in no time! Registration Required. Fee: $7/class.

Fun For Fall will be the focus of a Watercolor Class with Lynn Cummings on Tuesdays from 9:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Dates: October 6, 13, 20, 27. We’ll paint fall-themed subjects new and create some holiday-themed projects too. Other subject suggestions are welcome by emailing the instructor prior to October 6. Watercolorists of all levels will find this class fun and interesting. If you have taken a class like this before, you may bring your supplies from previous classes. If you are new to watercolor or new to Lynn’s classes, please make sure you receive the materials list at least a week prior to the first class by contacting Lynn at Lynn.Cummings@uvm.edu.

Registration required. Fee: $96.

The Center is pleased to host the American Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 2–7 p.m. The comfortable atmosphere and great snacks make giving the “Gift of Life” at this site most pleasurable.

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collection of lectures , performAnces And speciAl events showcAsing the diverse interests of our community:

Recent Senior Center kayak trip on the Lamoille River. PHOTO: COURTESY with Annette Zeff and friends gathers on Wednesday mornings from 10:30–11:30 a.m. Come challenge your brain! With an eye toward speaking and understanding the language better, this group comes together to “chat” about the week’s activities or interests with a goal of improving their fluency through listening and speaking. A fun, no pressure way to

you will do choreographed exercise routines up, onto, down and around the step for great cardio fitness, as well as exceptional training to shape the lower body, strengthen and tone muscle groups, and improve coordination. Set to music, this class uses cardio work to produce an easy-to-learn and effective workout. The aerobic benefits are equally effective if

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

Sept. 30: Exploring the Arctic Circle with Jim Squires A Charlotte resident and award-winning underwater photographer, Jim’s passion for the environment is united with his interest in photography to bring you a breathtaking view of this remote area of the world. He was first invited to explore the Svalbard Peninsula aboard a National Geographic ship and the presentation brings viewers step by step through the

The Café Menu mondAy, september 28 Split pea soup Fruit salad Bread Apple/berry cobbler wednesdAy, september 30 Black bean & sweet potato enchilada casserole Homemade dessert mondAy, october 5 Mulligatawny soup Green salad Orchard delight wednesdAy, october 7 Texas hash Birthday cake & ice cream Senior Luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Reservations are necessary in advance and can be made by calling the Senior Center at 4256345. Reservations are not required for the Monday Munch. A $4 donation is requested.

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Oct. 7: The Green Riders Cross Country Electric Bicycle Tour Catherine Bock will describe and show slides of the most interesting parts of a two-month bicycle journey from California to Washington, DC learning about and participating in sustainable innovations for the future. The route was chosen by contacting communities that were living in ways that were healthy for the environment and wanted them to participate in green events like electric vehicle demonstrations. This took them to places like Rockport, Missouri, with its own wind utility company and Boulder, Colorado, with extensive bike paths and a solar-powered water treatment plant. The goal of the Green Riders was to meet with President Obama to discuss sustainability.

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Winter outerWeAr donAtions The Food Shelf is teaming up again this year with the Charlotte Grange to outfit kids in need with winter boots, hats, snow pants, gloves, socks and coats. Donations of these new or gently used items will be accepted at the Charlotte Grange Saturday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Monday Sept. 28 and 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We’ll need to outfit children of all ages through late teens, so adult sizes would be appropriate as well. Thank you!

Vermont FoodbAnk presentAtion In recognition of Hunger Action Month, please join us at the Charlotte Library Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 7 to 8 p.m. for a presentation by representatives of the Vermont Foodbank. The discussion will cover the issue of the pervasive hunger in our communities and how to become involved and take action. The Vermont Foodbank is the state’s largest hunger-relief organization, serving Vermont

August 21–september 10 Doris W. Maeck Revocable Trust to University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, 36.45 acres, 251 Tamarack Road, $303,900.

Deborah K. Ramsdell Revocable Trust to Patrick McKee and Phyllis Mazursky, .05 acre with dwelling, 3 Common Way, Unit 3, $322,000.

Susan O’Brien (F/K/A Susan Ainsworth) to Mikel Farley and Melissa Mlynarick, 1.02 acres with dwelling, 267 Wildwood West, $335,000.

Keep those fresh veggies coming from your wonderful gardens. The best time to donate fresh food is the Wednesday of our distribution weeks. You may leave your donations right on the steps outside the Food Shelf door if it is locked. See the distribution dates in this paper.

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The Charlotte Food Shelf is located on the lower level of the Charlotte Congregational Church Vestry.

Distribution days/times are posted in this newspaper and on the bulletin board in the Charlotte Congregational Church Hall.

You may also call the Food Shelf number (425-3252) for a recording of the distribution times.

We are open to all community residents.

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For emergency food call John at 425-3130.

For emergency assistance (electricity, fuel) call Cindi at 425-3234.

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Community Events With a Charlotte Connection September 25 Friday

exhibit: Burlington City Arts, in conjunction with Vermont State Parks, Shelburne Farms and Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historical Park, announce “Of Land & Local 2015,” the 3rd annual statewide exploration of contemporary art. Featuring Susan Raber Bray of Charlotte using functional forms constructed from grape vines.

Opens September 25 at the BCA Center and October 1 at Shelburne Farms.

Info: burlingtoncityarts.org/Exhibition/ land-and-local-2015.

September 26 Saturday

rummage Sale: The Charlotte Grange will be collecting books, toys, small household items, clothing and shoes on Saturday Sept. 26 from 10 a.m.–1 p.m., and Sept. 28–29 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. for the semi-annual Grange Sale. Sale Thursday from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday (bargain day) 8 a.m.–noon. All proceeds benefit our community. The Grange has again partnered with the Charlotte Food Shelf in a winter wear drive.

Gently worn children’s coats, boots, hats, gloves and snow pants will be given free of charge. Drop off times will coincide with the rummage sale drop off times.

September 27 Sunday

FeStival: Harvest Festival Potluck Lunch at the Charlotte Congregational Church. Lunch at 11:20 followed by a silent auction. They are looking for people who can help either set up, serve or clean up for the luncheon.

Please contact Ebeth Scatchard at ebethandtom@gmail.com or 233-2383 if you are able to help out. Guidelines for meal contributions: Last names beginning with A-D: sandwiches cut in quarters, deviled eggs; E-G: pasta salad; H-J: green salad; K-M: rice salad; N-S: dessert; T-Z: drinks. Please be sensitive to allergies and label gluten and nuts.

September 30 WedneSday

Film: Charlotte businesses Vermont Eco-Floors and Artisan Engineering are helping to sponsor Architecture & Design Film Series season 3 at Contois Auditorium, Burlington. Reception at 6 p.m. Film at 6:30 p.m. Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line. Directed by Muffie Dunn & Tom Piper. 2012, USA, 54 Minutes. Info: adfilmseries.org.

Regular Church Services SaturdayS St. Jude Catholic Church, Mass, Hinesburg, 4:30 p.m.

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Community Alliance Church, Hinesburg, Gathering Place, 9 a.m., Sunday School, 9 a.m., Worship, 10:15 a.m. Information: 482-2132.

OctOber 1 thurSday

FundraiSer: The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) announces the 21st annual Share the Harvest event, to be held at more than 52 food businesses around the state. Charlotte’s own “Your Farm Stand” is one of the businesses. Up to 15% of sales on this day at participating restaurants, co-ops, and stores will be donated to NOFA-VT’s Farm Share Program, which assists limited-income Vermonters in obtaining farm fresh fruits and vegetables through subsidized CSA shares. Info: Kim Mercer, 802434-4122, kim@nofavt.org.

OctOber 3 Saturday

cOncert: Francesca Blanchard of Charlotte will have a album release concert at 8:00 p.m. at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe.

Twenty-three year-old Francesca Blanchard has been called a “a profound, mature talent” who “displays guile and artistic sensitivity that would be the envy of many tunesmiths twice her age. She may be young, but she has an old soul.” (Seven Days) $20; $25 day of performance. Info: 802-760-4634, SprucePeakArts.org.

OctOber 4 Sunday Walk: Global March for Elephants and Rhinos. The Yardley family of Charlotte hopes you will join them at 11 a.m. to gather on Church Street in front of Burlington City Hall to march at 11:30 a.m. At noon there will be a rally on Church Street in front of City Hall.

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OctOber 8 thurSday

Film: Jazz Ambassadors: From Burlington to Yaroslavl—a film about music, understanding, and joy. Produced and directed by Charlotter Ken French.

Burlington City Arts Firehouse Gallery, 135 Church St., Burlington. 7 p.m. reception, film at 8 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info: 865-7166. blOOd drive: The Charlotte Senior Center is pleased to host the American Red Cross Blood Drive from 2–7 p.m.

The comfortable atmosphere and great snacks make giving the “Gift of Life” at this site most pleasurable. Info: 800733-2767, redcrossblood.org.

OctOber 9 Friday

Film: Jazz Ambassadors: From Burlington to Yaroslavl—a film about music, understanding, and joy. Produced and directed by Charlotter Ken French.

Ten Stones Common House, 100 Ten Stones Circle, Charlotte. 7 p.m. reception. 8 p.m. film. $5 suggested donation. Info: 425-5505.

Charlotte Congregational Church, Worship, 10 a.m., Sunday School, 10 a.m.

Information: 425-3176.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mass, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Information: 425-2637.

St. Jude Catholic Church, Mass, Hinesburg, 9:30 a.m. Information: 482-2290.

North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church, Hollow Road,

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Volunteer Sign Up for Tour De Farms September 26 Tour de Farms and ACORN are looking for 40 volunteers to help run this year’s event.

Most of the volunteers can also ride for free, depending on their role.

All volunteers will receive a free T-shirt and will automatically be entered to win a raffle of donations and gift certificates from our sponsors, including: • Farmhouse Group of restaurants • Dinner for two at the Juniper Bar & Restaurant at Hotel Vermont • Citizen Cider Tasting Room • Healthy Living Market and Cafe • Bee’s Wrap Support our local food economy, meet your neighbors and eat delicious farm fresh food. If you are interested in riding the event, you can save $20 by pre-registering before September 18 at 5 p.m. Info: acornvt.org/ portfolio/2015tour-de-farms/

Regional Events September 26 Saturday

rummage Sale: Lake Champlain Waldorf School 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 359 Turtle Lane (off Harbor Road), Shelburne www. lakechamplainwaldorfschool.org, 802985-2827. exhibit: “Visions of Lake Champlain and Beyond”, Art Exhibition & Sale.

Opening Reception: 2 to 7 p.m.

Exhibit through December 30. LuxtonJones Gallery, 5955 Shelburne Road, Shelburne. Info: 802-985-8223 or luxtonjonesgallery.com.

September 26 Saturday

Concert: VSO “Made in Vermont Statewide Tour” with Jaime Laredo, conductor and violin; Katherine Winterstein, violin. 7:30 p.m. Vergennes Opera House. Adults-$29, Seniors-$25, VSC Faculty/Staff-$15 and Students/ VSC Students-$10/6. Info: Flynn Regional Box Office, flynntix.org.

September 27 Sunday

lecture: Vermont Furniture and Woodwork: The Art of Our Towns.

A picture show and lecture by William Hosley. 2 p.m. Free with Museum admission. The work of rural cabinetmakers, operating amidst abundant raw materials and unfettered by stylistic tyranny, provides convincing evidence of an emerging American artistic culture.

Selectboard: Sept. 28, 7 p.m.

Planning Commission: None CCS School Board: None CVU School Board: None Zoning Board: Sept. 30, 7 p.m.

Conservation Commission: None Meeting times are subject to change. Check the town website for more info: charlottevt.org

have yOur Say | Selectboard MeMberS | Chair, Lane Morrison, 425-2495 Matthew Krasnow, 922-2153 Carrie Spear, 425-4444 Jacob Spell, 425-6548 Fritz Tegatz, 425-5564 Selectboard Regular Meetings are usually at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. If you would like to bring an issue to the attention of the Selectboard, contact the board chair or administrator Dean Bloch at 425-3071, ext. 205.

| ccS School board | Chair, Mark McDermott, 425-4860 Vice Chair Erik Beal, 425-2140 Kristin Wright, 425-5105 Clyde Baldwin, 425-3366 Susan Nostrand, 425-4999

| cVU School board-charlotte | Lorna Jimerson, ljimerso@wcvt.com Lynne Jaunich, lmjau@gmavt.net

| Planning coMMiSSion | Administrator, Jeannine McCrumb, 425-3071; jeannine@townofcharlotte.com Chair, Jeffrey McDonald, 425-4429 Vice Chair, Peter Joslin Members: Gerald Bouchard, Paul Landler, Charlie Pughe, Donna Stearns, Marty Illick

| Vt goVernMent | vt Senate (chittenden diStrict) Tim Ashe, D/P-Burlington, 318-0903, tashe@leg.state.vt Philip Baruth, D-Burlington, 503-5266, pbaruth@leg.state.vt.us Virginia “Ginny” Lyons, D-Williston, 863-6129, vvlyons@leg.state.vt.us Michael Sirotkin, D-South Burlington, 999-4360, msirotkin@leg.state.vt.us Diane Snelling, R-Hinesburg, 482-4382, dsnelling@leg.state.vt.us David Zuckerman, P/D/W-Hinesburg, 598-1986, dzuckerman@leg.state.vt.us vermOnt hOuSe Mike Yantachka, D-Charlotte, 425-3960, myantachka.dfa@gmail.com

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Information: 425-3625.

Assembly of God Christian Center, Routes 7 and 22A, Ferrisburgh, Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Sunday School, 9 a.m. Information: 877-3903.

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Around Town Congratulations to Tai Dinnan and Evan Webster who were married in Charlotte, August 22. Chris Dinnan officiated the wedding.

Tai is the daughter of Marty Illick and Terry Dinnan of Charlotte. Tai graduated from CVU and directs the after-school and summer-camp programs at the Lake Champlain Waldorf School in Shelburne.

Originally from Boston, Evan runs the Evan Webster Ink screen printing business in Shelburne. The couple lives in Charlotte. to Charlotte artist Meg Walker, whose work is on display through October 9th at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Fine Arts Center. Meg has entitled her work, “The Brain Unraveled,” and speaks of it resulting from “images that flit obsessively through my head.”

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between mind and brain rather than illustrating the brain in its physical context.

Walker’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world, in this country, Great Britain and France. Her current display focuses much on how communication is achieved through the brain, a central task of that organ.

Sympathy is extended to family and friends of Linda (Pittman) Carr a.k.a. Alix of Tampa, Florida, who passed away August 17 at the age of 52. Surviving family includes her parents Donna and Gary Pittman of Charlotte. Memorial arrangements have yet to be announced. is extended to family and friends of Carol Sperry Worak Hill of Shelburne who passed away September 12 at the age of 79. Her surviving family includes a son Jeff Hill and Jeff’s wife Dorothy of Charlotte. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the UVM Cancer Center. is extended to family and friends of Constance Lewis of Shelburne who passed away September 10 at the age of 86. Her surviving family includes her son David and David’s wife Karyn in

Classifieds addition to her grandchildren Sarah and Alex Lewis, all of Charlotte. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to St. Catherine of Sienna Catholic Church. is extended to family and friends of Flora Borat of Swanton who passed away September 15 at the age of 91. Her surviving family includes her sister-inlaw Theresa Knowles of Charlotte. The family asks that those wishing to make gifts in her memory, consider doing so to the Samaritan House, Inc., in memory of Tim Borat, 20 Kingman Street, #1, St, Albans, VT. is extended to family and friends of Robert LaGrow of Williston who passed away September 16 at the age of 62. His surviving family includes his sister Gayle Lane and Gayle’s husband Stanley of Charlotte. The family asks that those wishing to make donations in his memory consider doing so to Essex CHIPS, 2 Lincoln St., Essex Junction, VT 05452. is extended to family and friends of Mia Callahan of Burlington who passed away September 16 at the age of 64. Her surviving family includes Lucas Trono and his wife Genevieve, as well as their son Derek, all of Charlotte. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations in her memory be made to Living Hope Christian Church, P.O. Box 511, Williston, VT 05495.

NOTICE OF SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON PROPOSED TOWN CHARTER TOWN OF CHARLOTTE The Selectboard of the Town of Charlotte hereby gives notice that a combined second public hearing and public informational hearing will be held on October 26, 2015 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Charlotte Town Hall, 159 Ferry Road, Charlotte, Vermont, in connection with a proposal to adopt a Charter for the Town of Charlotte.

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