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By Gail Callahan gail4kidsire@burlingtontelecom.net
Remembering Marselis Parsons By Gail Callahan
gail4kidsire@burlingtontelecom.net WILLISTON Ñ Longtime WCAX-TV journalist Marselis Parsons died May 26 after a battle with cancer. The 70-year-old Shelburne resident was a resident of Vermont Respite House in Williston at the time of his death. ParsonsÕ family announced May 28 that a memorial service for the man known for his passion for accuracy and who championed reporters as they drafted stories, will be held June 6 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington. Parsons, who left a wife, a daughter, son-in-law and a grandchild, started working for the South Burlington CBS affiliate 48 years ago. His career path included time as an anchor and news director before heading off to semi retirement nearly six years ago. Shortly after leaving WCAX, Parsons was named by the Vermont Association of Broadcasters n to its Hall of Fame. Another smaller memorial service is slated for a later date for the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire.
HINESBURG Ñ One thing is certain, the Hinesburg community suffered a tragedy April 26 when Joseph Marshall, 17, fatally hit cyclist Richard Tom. Marshall, a senior at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, was also killed in the highspeed crash. What followed weeks after the accident has tugged at the hearts and souls of Hinesburg residents; the townÕ s Police Chief Frank Koss wrote a locally published commentary recently. His words stoked the flames of local discussion about the tragedy . In his commentary, Chief Koss stated bluntly that if Marshall had survived the accident, he would have been Ò charged with second-degree murder. This was not going a little fast or even distracted driving, it was gross careless and negligent driving... Although bicyclists are always aware of the inherent danger from speeding or distracted drivers, this event crossed an unimaginable line.Ó Koss wrote that police had spoken to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
Congratulations to Stephen Santor, a resident of Leiceter and Middlebury College employee. Santor won the Eagle’s 2015 Grand Prize. He found the $1,000 certificate in the hollow of a tree located in Monkton. Santor said he traveled nearly 200 miles following various Grand Prize clues, over many weeks as they appeared in the Eagle newspaper. He eventually narrowed his search down to Monkton when a clue mentioned P.T. Barnum—which he took to mean Barnum Road. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Sanders promises to make nation like Vermont By Bruce Parker Vermont Watchdog Report
U.S. Sen. Bernard Sanders kicked off his 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign in Burlington. Photo by Bruce Parker
BURLINGTON Ñ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, touted his socialist vision for America as thousands of energized supporters cheered the politicianÕ s Vermont-styled solutions on issues from education and health care to a living wage. In a forceful speech that echoed across the shores of Lake Champlain in downtown Burlington on Tuesday, Sanders promised Ò a political revolution to transform our country economically, politically, socially and environmentally.Ó Flanked by millionaire Ben & JerryÕ s founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the beloved junior senator known affectionately as Ò BernieÓ wasted no time blaming nearly all AmericaÕ s problems on the wealthy. Ò To the billionaire class I say that your greed has got to end. You cannot take advantage of all of the benefits of America if you refuse to accept your responsibilities,Ó he said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
Throughout the speech, Sanders depicted an America in economic shambles. His litany of woes included a real national unemployment rate of 11 percent, a disappearing middle class, 35 million people without health care, debt-buried students and even people dying of starvation. Despite little mention of the Obama administrationÕ s role in creating such conditions, and with no discussion of the nationÕ s $18 trillion debt, Sanders pledged a host of costly new programs to be paid for by Ò the billionaire class.Ó Among the new handouts were free college for all, a universal pre-K education system, expanded Social Security, pay equity for women workers, guaranteed vacation time and paid sick leave, and universal health care. Some pieces of SandersÕ Ô Agenda for AmericaÕ are already well along in Vermont. In addressing income inequality, which Sanders called Ò the great moral issue of our time,Ó the senator disparaged the federal minimum wage as Ò a starvation wageÓ and promised to raise it. Ò The minimum wage in this country must