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October 10, 2009
Community mourns loss of Vermont Army aviator MIDDLEBURY — A Vermont solder based at Fort Hood was killed in an accident near Fredericksburg, Texas, Sept. 26. U.S. Army Aviation Officer Capt. Luke D. Yustin, age 25, was a resident of Bridport, Vt. His parents are David and Susan Yustin of Bridport. The accident happened at about 3 p.m., Sept. 26, 15 miles east of Fredericksburg. Troopers said Yustin was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on U.S. Highway 290 when a 2010 Camry automobile made a legal left turn in front of him. Troopers said Yustin apparently did not see the car ’s brake light and ran into the vehicle. He was taken to University Hospital in San Antonio where he was pronounced dead. Yustin belonged to Bravo Company 2-4, 4th Infantry Division. He joined the Army in 2006. He served in Iraq before being assigned to Fort Hood in 2008. He received several prestigious military decorations and service awards including the U.S. Army Aviator Badge. He was a graduate of Middlebury Union High School and Norwich University. He worked as an EMT with the Bridport Fire Department and as an auxiliary Vermont State Police trooper. A funeral service was held at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Chruch in Middlebury Oct. 6.
Capt. Luke D. Yustin
FAREWELL SALUTE—U.S. Army pallbearers carry the flag draped casket of U.S. Army Aviation Officer Capt. Luke D. Yustin up the stairs of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury, Oct. 6, for a funeral mass. A distinguished Army officer and former Vermont State Police trooper and firefighter, Yustin was killed in an accident in Texas, Sept. 26. His funeral, attended by hundreds of mourners, including active and veteran military members, police, firefighters, family and friends. See story on page 1. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Local group is not affiliated with controversial ACORN By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com
Illegal aliens not coming to Middlebury jail News report was incorrect By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com
MIDDLEBURY—An Addison County, Vt., based community group has been caught in the national ACORN crossfire—by mistake. According to a public statement released last week by the board of directors for the Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN Network), the organization is not affiliated in any way with the controversial ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) no under fire nationally. According to ACORN Network’s President Jonathan Corcoran, “We are not the ACORN you have been hearing about in the media. We are not that ACORN. Our ACORN stands for the local organization which has been focused on expanding local food and fuel production in our region in
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MIDDLEBURY — A report that appeared in several area newspapers as well as on radio stations last week incorrectly reported that several illegal immigration detainees would be housed in the Addison County jail at 35 Court St. (Route 7) in downtown Middlebury. According to Addison County Sheriff James B. Coons, the report was false. “I don’t know where it came from, but I’d like to correct this false news story. Addison County is not taking the prisoners from Franklin County,”
Coons said. “All the prisoners have been transferred to the jail in Clinton County, N.Y.” Coons said he was surprised that the report got it wrong. “I don’t know who started it, but it’s not true,” Coons said. “This doesn’t mean it can’t happen here some day, but as far as the Franklin County detainees are concerned, they are all in New York now.” Coons said the Clinton County jail is closer to the border and makes the transport of illegals by federal agents easier than in Addison County. The news that Addison County was involved in the transfer may have originated with the Franklin County Sheriff ’s Department jail in St. Albans. The 116-year-old, 20-bed prison closed
Sept. 30; it was used to jail federal prisoners. The St. Albans prison shut down after it failed to measure up to federal detention rules. The 21-bed Addison County jail, built in 1845, has a prison exercise yard and meets federal prison regulations. The news report noted that the allmale St. Albans prison lacked an exercise yard for prisoners and did not provide 24-hour medical service for the prisoners, several with special dietary needs. Federal law says illegals cannot be kept in jail for more than 45 days. The Franklin County Sheriff ’s Department did not return the Eagle’s calls regarding the origin of the spurious Addison County transfer report.
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