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Neighbors taking sand pit issue to court

By COURTNEY LAMDIN A Milton homeowners’ association will appeal the development review board’s most recent decision involving a controversial sand pit project to environmental court.

Karen Ciechanowicz of the Winter Lane Homeowners Association maintains the town didn’t properly notify abutters of a hearing for J&M Sand’s pro-

posed sand pit on McMullen Road, despite the DRB voting otherwise late last week.

“This opens the door for us,” Ciechanowicz said.

Opponents showed in force to the March 22 DRB meeting, asking members to reopen J&M’s application. The DRB denied the request in a two-page decision mailed out on Friday, saying the HOA provided insufficient evidence to support its claims.

The DRB approved

the sand pit in April 2017 after a hearing in March 2016. Adjoining landowners say they never received the typical postcard notice about the project, or they would have come en masse to u see SAND PIT, page 4 COURTNEY LAMDIN | MILTON INDEPENDENT

Karen Ciechanowicz (left) of the Winter Lane Homeowners Association explains why she thinks the town improperly warned neighbors about a sand pit project on McMullen Road during a development review board hearing on March 22.

Beetle mania The emerald ash borer is here. Luckily, Chittenden County has time to prepare for the inevitable.

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The emerald ash borer, an invasive pest from Asia, was found in central Vermont in February.

Experts say it's only a matter of time before it migrates to Chittenden County, but there's also time to prepare for its arrival.

By COURTNEY LAMDIN

cross the street from Ethan Tapper’s Essex Jct. office is a picturesque neighborhood, a cluster of colonials with paved driveways, basketball hoops and two-car garages.

Both Hayden Street and Wilkinson Drive are lined with ash trees, some nearly 30 years old, on both sides of the road, adding a coziness to the development that’s situated just beyond the busy Route 15.

Within 20 years, all those trees could be gone if the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest found in central Vermont this February, makes it way north as expected.

Tapper, the Chittenden County forester, says that’s almost certain to happen.

“We can’t contain it,” he said. “It’s going to kill 99 percent of all the ash trees we have.”

Black, white and green ash trees make up 5 percent of Vermont’s trees, and due to their hardiness, are commonly seen in urban areas and lining residential streets such as the ones in the village.

There, 21 percent of public trees are ash, according to a 2014 tree inventory. Neighboring Colchester has 19

percent ash trees, Essex Town has 16 percent and Milton 11, as reported in those towns’ tree inventories.

Add in the ash in town forests, large parks and on private property – plus the thousands of dollars in economic benefit trees provide – and the insect’s potential for collateral damage becomes glaringly apparent.

Infected trees die within three to five years, posing danger to homes, powerlines and the traveling public.

Cutting down just one of them can costs hundreds, plus a few hundred more to replace it. Not to mention the visual impact that hundreds of dead or missing trees has on a community’s landscape.

But experts say there’s no cause for panic, arguing there’s time to plan for the borer’s inevitable arrival to Vermont’s northwestern corner.

The emerald ash borer was found in the U.S. in Michigan in 2002, likely by hitchhiking on shipping material from its native Asia. Since then, it’s killed millions of trees across the country.

The borer makes its home underneath an ash’s bark, tunneling through the outer wood, disrupting the tree’s flow of nutrients and killing it from the top down. A telltale sign of infestation is the D-shaped exit wound it leaves in the bark. u see BORER, page 2

Police: Milton man sexually assaulted child

By COURTNEY LAMDIN A Milton man has denied felony charges of sexually assaulting a child with deadly force, court documents show.

Jamie A. Bunnell, 34, was charged on March 26 after an investigation by the Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations. He is currently being held at Northwest State Correctional Center without bail.

“No condition or set of conditions will reasonably prevent continued physical violence,” deputy state’s attorney Dana DiSano wrote to the court.

Bunnell was arrested after the victim escaped his Bear Trap Road home with another adult, who brought the child to the Milton police station on March 23. The child was not wearing pants or underwear when they arrived.

The victim, who was known to Bunnell, told police Bunnell grabbed them by the throat, slammed them into the ground and grabbed their genitals. He threatened to kill the victim, who he ordered to perform oral sex on him, an affidavit says.

The woman who reported the crime told police Bunnell’s behavior had recently changed, and she believed he’d gone off his medication and was possibly suicidal, court documents say.

Earlier that day, the woman had applied for a relief from abuse order from Bunnell, in which she wrote, “I am afraid [Jamie] will come after me.” u see ASSAULT, page 3

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NEEL TANDAN | MILTON INDEPENDENT

Milton artist Lorraine Manley is pictured in her home studio earlier this year. Manley's works focus on her love of trees and the Vermont landscape.

Milton painter gives landscape warmth, vibrancy

By NEEL TANDAN Lorraine Manley’s studio was glowing with soft morning light.

She had a large acrylic painting propped up on her easel with tall supple trees rising out of a yellow ochre field, splotched with pastel colors. The trees flanked the canvas like a parted crowd, and behind them, in the middle of the painting, a cotton-candy pink sunset blistered behind a wall of deep green.

Manley said the painting had sat

unfinished for months, waylaid by the holiday season and sickness.

“I was almost ready to just paint it all white – gesso it. But then I thought, ‘No, you're better than that,’” she said.

“I guess I just saw it as a challenge to make a painting of it.”

Manley almost exclusively uses a pallet knife when she paints and approaches the canvas with a loose hand, capitalizing on imperfections, scraping away what she is unhappy with and reapplying. She said her style developed

slowly by simplifying, until she was mostly reliant on the one tool, freeing herself from the finer details a brush permits.

“They all have something in common, apparently; people recognize my work,” Manley said, looking at the canvas in front of her. “I can't do anything about it because this is the way I paint.

And it still may evolve, who knows.”

She called her work impressionistic, separating her colors and using lights and darks to capture a moment. u see PAINTER, page 3

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leaves in the bark.

Experts aren’t sure whether the borer will eat its way through Vermont and die out or if it will stick around. In the meantime, they have some suggestions for municipalities and homeowners alike. The first: Don’t cut all your trees down right away.

The die-off actually has some benefits, Tapper says. “[Ash trees will] rot; they’ll become really important wildlife habitat. They’ll fall on the ground, and they’ll become soil, which is all good,” he said. “Cutting all your ash trees is not going to, in any way, slow the spread of the borer.”

Eventually, though, that might become an unfortunate reality. As such, Warren Spinner, Essex Jct.’s tree warden and Burlington’s former arborist for 38 years, said municipalities should begin considering how to manage the infestation.

The Essex Jct. Tree Advisory Committee has just started that process. Last week, Spinner and fellow committee member Nick Meyer told village trustees the committee will soon prepare a report on village ash locations and size and a plan to replace them.

“It’s a matter of economics now,” Spinner said. “What’s it going to cost?”

Essex Town planner Darren Schibler has begun to address that question.

His department, along with the Essex Conservation and Trails Committee, just finalized a draft street tree management plan, which estimates it could cost nearly $47,350 to proactively remove 212 trees.

Infected trees could cost 2.5 times that amount to remediate, the chart shows.

However, the plan suggests only removing a portion of these trees, enough to maintain the recommended 10 percent of any one species. This amounts to removing six trees a year for nine years.

“The plan that we have is one that would gradually move the needle toward more diversity [in species] and less risk of one pest having that impact,” Schibler said.

“With the arrival of the emerald ash borer, we have to reevaluate the timeline.”

He hopes to present the plan – two years in the making – to the selectboard later this month.

According to Danielle Fitzko, program manager for the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program, Essex is one of only 30 communities that have pest preparedness plans, an effort her group has pushed for the last seven years.

Neither Milton nor Colchester are among them.

In Milton, planning director Victor Sinadinoski said news of the borer’s arrival has spurred casual conversations, but department heads have yet to form an official beetle policy. Although Milton’s Conservation Commission will likely add a discussion to an upcoming agenda, the town has no immediate plans to inoculate or cut down trees, he said.

“There’s no high level of concern right now. Not because we’re not concerned the ash borer might come here,” Sinadinoski said. “We don’t have any signs yet that it’s infested here. I don’t think there’s been as much urgency as some other towns.”

Communities like Williston and Stowe have 42 and 50 percent ash street trees,

Public tree composition MILTON 35 percent maple 11 percent ash 9 percent honeylocust 9 percent apple 7 percent spruce

ESSEX TOWN 29 percent maple 20 percent oak 16 percent other 16 percent ash 15 percent pine 4 percent apple

ESSEX JCT. 43 percent other 21 percent ash 19 percent maple 6 percent littleleaf linden 6 percent pine 5 percent red oak

COLCHESTER 27 percent maple 20 percent other 19 percent ash 11 percent elm 9 percent oak 7 percent apple 5 percent honeylocust

Sources: Milton Public Tree Inventory Report, 2015; Town of Essex Street Tree Management Plan Draft, 2018; Essex Jct. Tree Inventory, 2014; Colchester Urban Tree Inventory, 2014 COURTNEY LAMDIN | MILTON INDEPENDENT

Above, Essex Jct. tree warden Warren Spinner inspects an ash tree on Hayden Street in the village. That street, along with the nearby Wilkinson, is completely lined on both sides with ash trees that will eventually disappear once the emerald ash borer makes its way to Chittenden County, a near-certain possibility, according to experts.

respectively, Fitzko said. The former has already begun replanting, aiming for biodiversity, a goal she recommended Milton undertake when it begins its upcoming streetscape project.

A portion of voter-approved tax increment financing funds will purchase trees to plant along Route 7 from the Milton Diner to the Clark Falls Dam. Needless to say, ash won’t be added to the mix, Sinadinoski said.

The town has separately pondered banning vegetation that’s prone to invasive species but ultimately decided the preference doesn’t need to be enforced in zoning, he said.

Still, Sinadinoski said now that the borer is here, the town needs to take it seriously. He plans to send staff to the Vermont Arbor Day conference, which will feature a panel on the invasive pest.

“Once it strikes, it strikes really hard,” he said. “It’s on people’s minds now, so

that’s what will eventually trigger some action, at least preventative action.”

Colchester also hasn’t formed a prevention plan, though its 2014 tree inventory recommended this step, especially since almost half the new trees planted there are ash and maple – both susceptible to invasives.

“While we are very fortunate to have this plan completed, like many worthwhile endeavors, we fall short on implementation resources,” Colchester public works director Bryan Osborne said in an email.

The report estimated it cost could $31,000 to replace the 124 public ash trees.

Conservation commission chairwoman Theresa Carroll doesn’t think the borer will be too destructive in Colchester and said her biggest worry is campers bringing in contaminated firewood, the borer’s primary route of travel. She said the commission may post bulletins on Front Porch Forum or reach out to local firewood

sellers.

Overall, Carroll suggested residents follow the standard law enforcement motto: “If you see something, say something.”

Fitzko, with the urban forestry program, said homeowners can consult with arborists, organize informational meetings or become pest detectors through her organization.

Tapper, the county forester, said municipalities can start underplanting ash trees with new varieties so the streets won’t look so stark when the ash are eventually gone.

On Monday, Essex Jct. tree warden Spinner stood in the ash-lined neighborhood near Tapper’s office, imagining how it would look without any trees.

Taking hold of a branch, he saw seeds sprouting, signs of regeneration and hope that once the borer passes through, the ash might return someday.

“We’re in the infancy of this whole thing,” he said. “Let’s see how it develops.”

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continued from page 1 Milton police denied the order, the affidavit says.

Later that day, the woman left the residence and returned to find the lights off. Inside, she could see Bunnell choking the victim, who was able to run outside and into the woman’s car.

While a neighbor attempted to talk to Bunnell, who was naked, the woman drove away with the victim, the affidavit says.

The following day, Bunnell told detectives he’d recently left the Brattleboro Retreat. He said the woman “walked into the residence at the wrong time and misunderstood what she observed,” the affidavit says.

After his arrest, Bunnell nearly immediately violated conditions prohibiting him from contacting his ex-wife by telephoning her from prison. The ex provided police a recording of her phone call, court documents show, and Bunnell was charged with violating conditions of release, a misdemeanor.

A judge has also ordered a psychiatric evaluation of Bunnell to determine if he’s competent to stand trial.

Court records show Bunnell has an extensive criminal history: A 25-page rap sheet shows convictions for disorderly conduct, simple assault, unlawful trespass, giving false information to police, petit larceny and more. He’s also failed to appear in court five times, documents show.

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Participants also got to meet the Easter Bunny, like the excited girl pictured above, drink cocoa and visit with baby goats.

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continued from page 1 She works from black and white photographs she takes with her phone, using the images to guide her composition. The end results are vibrant and sometimes intense depictions of nature, with names like “Autumn Canopy,” “October Sparkles” and “Crimson Foliage.”

“Sometimes the least amount of information is probably better for me,” she said, holding a photograph she’d used as a guide. “Because then I can go on my own.”

Manley said her paintings don’t require true colors or representations and described her work as “undisciplined.” She pointed to what could have been weeds or bushes in the foreground of her painting, simply referring to them as “shapes.”

“It can be anything. Basically, it's just color,” she said.

Manley lives in a small home on her family farm on Manley Road and used to paint the property’s

myriad picket fences before turning to the trees, which are just as straight, stretched out into lithe bands up and down the canvas in many of her works.

At one point, Manley walked

Manley works in steps, allowing her to reevaluate the painting along the way. She uses a warm yet vibrant palette and integrates the colors throughout the canvas. She takes pinks and blues from her sky

It can be anything. Basically, it's just color.

Milton artist Lorraine Manley around her studio covering up the trees on her canvases and revealed what remained: without the trees as a reference point, her paintings morphed into almost abstract works – fields became less discernable, looking like a patchwork of color; the crowns of trees sometimes looked fantastic and cloud-like.

and incorporated them into the field below.

Her inspirations are the impressionists, she said, like Van Gogh and Monet, as well as more contemporary artists like Wolfe Kahn, whose influence is the most identifiable.

Manley was born in St. Albans and first took studio art classes

while studying at the University of Vermont. When her son was five, about 30 years ago, she said picked it up again and helped co-found the Milton Artists’ Guild.

Manley usually paints in the mornings and afternoons, with a Montreal classical station on in the kitchen, drawing the shades when the sun gets too bright. From her house you could see Arrowhead Mountain through an east-facing window, where there were sugar woods, and wild turkeys trotted across a west-facing slope.

Manley said something about the “linear” aspect of trees keeps her coming back to them, her favorite subjects.

“It could go back to childhood when you used to climb trees,” she said. “Who knows? Maybe it’s their interesting shapes – beautiful shapes. And it's life.”

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continued from page 1 protest it, as they did 2015 when the pit was initially proposed. The DRB denied those plans over traffic concerns.

At the most recent hearing, planning director Victor Sinadinoski said the town’s notification process changed between 2015 and 2017. In 2016, the town shifted the burden to the applicant to decide whom to notify.

Neighbors argued this introduced bias. They said the town notified more people in 2015 than was legally required, and in 2017, J&M basically only met the minimum standard.

John Hemsted, the de facto leader of the sand pit opposition in 2015 and an East Rd. resident, said town staff should have vetted J&M’s list and grandfathered in the people included three years ago.

“They should have had the right to continue with that through its finality,” he said. “But they were excluded.”

Project applicant Paul Jarvis spoke very little at the hearing, except to defend his company’s procedures, saying J&M did notify a few members in the HOA who live across the railroad tracks. Vermont law essentially says anyone who lives opposite a private right-of-way like a railroad

doesn’t need notice, DRB chairman Bruce Jenkins said.

“We did it out of a matter of courtesy,” Jarvis said.

“We did give notice to seven members of the association in four different households. There is a presumption in Vermont law that when something is mailed,

“They didn’t want to admit any wrongdoing.”

John Hemsted J&M Sand Pit neighbor

it is received.”

But at least two Winter Lane residents, John Line and Jason Taylor, said they didn’t receive it, despite being on the mailing list.

“If the cards had gone out, you would have gotten people here,” Taylor said, adding he didn’t know the project was approved until it began the Act 250 permitting process.

Line agreed: “You have a bunch of people here that are very passionate about this subject,” he said. “If we had been notified, we would have been here. Obviously something has happened.”

COURTNEY LAMDIN | MILTON INDEPENDENT

J&M Sand opponent John Hemsted speaks at a development review board hearing on March 22.

The Winter Lane HOA has separately appealed the Act 250 permit, Ciechanowicz said.

Hemsted received the postcard but blamed former planning director Jake Hemmerick for giving him misinformation about the language on it.

Hemsted says Hemmer-

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ick told him the hearing was for a proposed subdivision of the sand pit lot, not a final permit. He provided a copy of a June 2017 email exchange with Hemmerick, who acknowledges he may have made a mistake.

However, in emails between Sinadinoski and Hemmerick provided to the DRB, Hemmerick says Hemsted may have confused the sketch plan hearing with the final hearing.

“I don’t recall misspeak-

ing about a third hearing, but even if I did, [Hemsted] got notice,” Hemmerick wrote.

At the meeting, Sinadinoski said the DRB should consider the possibility of a mistake, a term, he noted, that isn’t defined in statute.

“That’s why you guys are the decision-makers,” he said. “I don’t think this has ever been an issue that’s gone to the state environmental court level.”

Sinadinoski said the

town’s computer records show the postcards were mailed out, but since this case, the town began including physical copies in each case file.

“We want to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” he said. “We cannot show what previous staff did or didn’t do. That’s why we’re here today is for the DRB to make the decision whether or not there's proof that previous staff did not mail out those cards.”

In the end, the DRB said the town provided adequate and “multiple alternate forms of notice … in substantial conformance with statutory requirements.”

“There is no evidence that the posting and notice that was provided was materially misleading in content,” it reads.

Contacted Friday, Hemsted was disappointed but unsurprised at the result.

“The DRB and the town as a whole knew they weren’t going to pass that,” he said. “They didn’t want to admit any wrongdoing.”

Hemsted he personally doesn’t have the funds to appeal but supported Ciechanowicz’s efforts. Ciechanowicz said she hasn’t given up because her concerns with the project are too great.

“The noise levels, the pedestrian safety, the sand,” she said. “We will be bombarded with sand on a regular basis.”

Jarvis, the project owner, did not respond to an interview request by deadline Tuesday.

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you can keep letter carriers safe We’d like Milton and Georgia pet owners to take a moment and look at the world through their dog’s eyes.

Eating, sleeping and playing take up most of their day. The one job they do have, at least in their minds, is protecting their turf and their family.

“It’s OK, he won’t bite you” is a phrase heard often by letter carriers.

But the truth is that all dogs will bite if they feel their territory or family is being threatened.

To protect your mail carrier, or anyone who may visit your home make sure that your dog is inside, or restrained out of reach of your door, when you’re expecting a delivery. Before opening your door to accept or sign for a package place your pet in another room, secured out of sight of what they may consider a threatening transaction. Make sure any children in the home also understand the need to separate the family pet and a visitor at the door.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs each year.

Dog bites account for more than one third of all liability claims against homeowners insurance.

With your help, we can keep our carriers, your neighbors and your dog

safe. Thank you for being a responsible pet owner and for protecting your pet, and our letter carrier as we continue to bring packages and other important correspondence to your door each day. cathleen Moss Milton Postmaster egg hunt thank you Happy spring! Milton Recreation would like to thank all who attended the annual Egg Hunt in Bombardier Park West on Saturday, March 31 – what a beautiful day! It was a joy to see such a huge crowd of children ages 0-9 and their families having a wonderful time hunting down over 3,500 candyfilled plastic eggs, visiting with The Bunny, hanging out with baby goats, having their faces painted, enjoying hot cocoa, music and more.

Milton Recreation would like to thank event sponsor Rich Jones State Farm Agency; “Golden Egg” sponsor Jenkins Auto Repair; Milton Hannaford, Kinney Drug, Four Season Real Estate and IT Services for their generous candy donations; Spare Time for bowling certificates; Milton Girl and Boy Scouts and other volunteers for stuffing and “hiding” the eggs; Girl Scout Troop #30612 for Face Painting & Lawn Games; G & M Goat Farm for bringing along four adorable and ener-

getic goats; photographers Greg Burbo and Harjit Dhaliwal for capturing the moment; Morgan Jones, aka “The Bunny” and her helper Brett Stankiewicz; emcee John Lindsay; Karlo Salminen for the use of his PA system; and Milton Fire & Rescue Departments for delivering The Bunny to and from the event.

Thanks again to all and we look forward to the Egg Hunt 2019 – fingers crossed it will be a sunny spring day once again! kym duchesneau Coordinator, Milton Recreation can you say hypocrite?

According to the Guttmacher Institute, there were some 1,400 abortions performed in Vermont in 2014.

That's 1,400 babies cut out of their mothers’ wombs. During that same period there were no school shootings in Vermont. Zero! Someone please explain to me why protesters in Vermont are condemning gun owners. I haven't killed a baby ever in my life! Don't tell me you hypocrites care about others when you say nothing about all the children killed legally. alan hatch Milton

Obituaries & In memoriam

Bunny RichaRds MILTON – Valada “Bunny” Richards, 86, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, April 1, 2018 surrounded by her loving fam-

MaRk Mossey FAIRFAX – Mark D. Mossey, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Fairfax, on March 30, 2018, following a long illness.

Mark was born in Burlington on Oct. 13, 1958 to the late Irving and Marjorie (Denton) Mossey.

An avid outdoorsman, he spent his entire career working outside. First for his brother, Alan Mossey, operating heavy equipment.

Although he was proficient on anything he ran, his ex-

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She was born April 13, 1931 in Burlington, the daughter of the late Josephine Pray. She lived in South Hero with her grandfather and grandmother, the late Warren and Clara Bruleigh. Upon the death of her grandfather in 1941, Valada moved with her grandmother to Burlington and attended parochial schools in Burlington.

After high school, Bunny moved to Milton.

She married her husband, Robert “Bob” Richards in 1948. The couple began and owned a successful dairy farm on Lake Road in Milton for many years. Bob predeceased her in 2002. The couple enjoyed a marriage

of 54 years.

Bob and Bunny raised seven children, who survive her: Diana Peirce and her husband, Tim, of Vista, Calif.; Kathleen McDonald and her husband, Jon, of Minnesota; Donald Richards and his wife, Teresa; Susan Bluto and her husband, Larry; Michael Richards, Linda St. Peter and her husband, Bryan; and Sandy Richards and her fiancé, Mike Thomas, all of Milton; by 11 grandchildren, 20 greatgrandchildren, 13 greatgreat-grandchildren; by her sister Patricia Bouley of Mississippi and by several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband Bob, Bunny was predeceased by her brothers Mickey, Rob-

ert, Raymond and Beaver Bruleigh and her sister Theresa Shelton.

In 1976, Bunny was chosen as Vermont Mother of the Year.

Bunny leaves her church family, along with many friends. She will be greatly missed by all.

Visiting hours will be held on Friday April 6, 2018 from 11-1 p.m. at Minor Funeral and Cremation Center in Milton. A funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. in the funeral home. Interment will be in the Miltonboro Cemetery at the convenience of the family.

Online condolences may be made to www.minorfh.com.

pertise shined with the excavator, his favorite piece of equipment. Over the many years he worked with Alan, he left his mark on the town of Milton, much of which can be seen as you drive along Route 7.

In 1995, he took a position with the road crew for the Town of Milton where he spent the next 19 years working many long hours plowing in the winter and becoming the highway supervisor. After being diagnosed with a rare lung disease, he tried to continue working wearing oxygen but it soon proved to be too difficult.

Mark loved to hunt and fish with his family. In recent years, when walking in the woods wasn't possible, he managed to get on his four-wheeler and go down to the edge of his field to hunt.

He always watched for deer to come out in the field from the dining room window.

His excitement was like he was seeing deer for the first time. Every day.

One of his greatest

loves was his dogs, who he treated like his children. He eventually bred boxers and had several litters, loving the chaos of having puppies for eight weeks and taking care of them when they're newborns.

Even in his decline, he continued to invent ways to improve his situation and make it easier to maneuver, trailing 50-plus feet of oxygen tubing. A friend and friendly to everyone he met, he never lost his sense of humor, even in his last days and hours. He will be missed by his family and friends.

Mark is survived by his four children who he loved dearly, two daughters who were by his side 24/7 for the last few weeks, providing the much needed comfort of having them close: Heather Mossey and Darrell Morin of Westford and Miranda Boucher of Fairfax and two sons, Brian and Meghan Mossey of Wappingers Falls, N.Y. and Joshua Mossey and fiancée, Meredith, of Durham, N.C.; by his two granddaughters Eve and

Mae Mossey of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., whom he adored; his four faithful boxers Tasha, Sarge, Anna and Sophie and by Hyde the cat.

He also leaves his Dad, Edward Cote; his sisters Aleta and Winifred Decker, Dawna and Doug Beyor, Debbie and David Wimble, Cheryl Letourneau, sistersin-law Wanda Mossey and Michelle Mossey and many nieces and nephews.

Mark was predeceased by his brothers Alan Mossey and Irving (Dunny) Mossey, his brother-in-law Christopher Letourneau and nephew Jess Wimble.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Franklin County Animal Rescue, 30 Sunset Meadows, St. Albans City, VT 05478 or Franklin County Home Health Hospice, 3 Home Health Circle, #1, St. Albans City, VT 05478.

Burial will be on Friday April 6, 2018 at 10 a.m. at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington.

Condolences may be made to www.minorfh.com.

MILTON – William E. Shafer Sr., 88, died Thursday March 29, 2018.

Bill was born June 20, 1929 in Willimantic, Conn.

He was the son of Harley and Helen (Sledjeski) Shafer. At an early age, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in Japan during WWII. Shortly after returning to the states, he married Eva Rayhall on Oct. 14, 1948 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Willimantic, Conn.

Together, they lived a very busy life, from own-

ing two dairy farms, one in Connecticut and one in Cornwall, grocery stores in Wardsboro, So. Londonderry and Jeffersonville; a motel in Morrisville and a clothing store and restaurant in Middlebury. They retired to Maine for 18 years, returning to Vermont in September.

Bill is survived by his wife of over 69 years, Eva Shafer; his daughter Stephanie Adams and her husband, Gordon, all of Milton; his son William Shafer Jr. of Middlebury and by many

grandchildren and greatgrandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

He was predeceased by his son Vincent Shafer and daughters Janette Shafer and Linda Roberts.

Visiting hours will be held Tuesday, April 3, 2018 from 10-11 a.m. with a funeral service held at 11 a.m. at Minor Funeral and Cremation Center in Milton.

For those who wish, online condolences may be made to www.minorfh.com.

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Creative

had been sorting out some boxes when I came upon some embroidery and hand made lace.

Towels, antimacassers, coasters and doilies – all were present, made and decorated in a day when everything was at least Lorinda Henry nominally “useful.”

Even into the early '60s, Mom had antimacassers on the sofa – a large one on the back and one on each arm. Supposedly the lace was easier to clean that the sofa, which was probably true before the age of treated fabric that resisted grime. Whatever one needed around the house was at one time made around the house. Eventually there was enough time to embellish and money to buy embroidery thread. There was more scope to be creative.

In 1860, Anna Mary Robertson was born to a rural family. She went out to work as a hired girl by the age of 12, and certainly knew that life could be hard. She eventually married and had children of her own, able to spend only found minutes on her embroidered pictures, which she favored over the primarily useful crafts. After her husband died when she was in her late 60s, she continued farming with one of her sons until creeping age forced her to retire from farming and live with a daughter.

While there, she continued her embroidery, creating stitched scenes of a rural life, until arthritis forced her to stop with the needlework.

I guess for many of us, that would be the end of the line, creatively speaking. But for Anna Mary, it was the impetus to start over with another craft, so at the age of 79, she took up a paintbrush. At first she painted postcard images and ideas from prints, but she soon went back to her rural subjects. She had no training, no artists' paints, she used whatever was hanging around to paint on, but “she persisted” as we say. Soon she became known as Grandma Moses, Moses being her married name. Her paintings were based on her memories of a farming life.

Most of us have seen her art – a lot of the winter ones are reproduced on holiday cards each year.

We are so used to them they have kind of become cliché, and we don't really see them any more, nor appreciate her eye and her imaginative storytelling about her times. She was purposeful about leaving out modern bits and pieces to give a cohesive picture story about her history. You won't find tractors or telephone poles in her busy landscapes, but you will come upon myriad other details – a grindstone seen through a barn door, horses running around the pasture as a thundercloud builds, a steeple clock on a kitchen shelf.

Her stories are true ones – one of my favorites is of laundry day, a panoramic view of all the steps. I love the way she shows how we spread all the white things on the lawn and bushes for the sun to bleach.

It's so right, and so, for the most part, forgotten.

Then there is one called “Early Spring.” It is a scene all snow-covered and chill. But if you are an initiate from this north country, you can tell it is spring. The geese are out. The sled has been replaced already with a wheeled wagon, which is no doubt having trouble in the snowy road. Around the bases of trees a little grass space has opened up. It's springtime, even if winter is not quite letting go.

Moses lived near Bennington, although in New York state, and the Bennington Museum has the largest collections of her work around. If you go, try to forget all the holiday cards and look anew. And remember she lived to be 101. She started painting when she was 79 and was still painting in her last year. She is a role model of the words, “It's never too late!”

Whatever one needed around the house was at one time made around the house.

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THU | 5 Milton FaMily CoMMunity Center PlaygrouP

9:30 – 11 a.m., Milton Public Library. This is a great opportunity for families and caregivers to connect with other families while engaging in a group experience and exploring early educational opportunities with a trained facilitator. No pre-registration necessary; homeschoolers are welcome.

ColChester/Milton rotary Meeting

Noon, the Hampton Inn, 42 Lower Mtn. View Dr., Colchester. For more information, contact Earl Wertheim at 651-1690 or vt210@earthlink. net.

FireFighter assoCiation Bingo

5 p.m. dinner; 6:30 p.m. warmups, Arrowhead Senior Ctr., 46 Middle Rd., Milton.

Bingo happens weekly, except for the third Thursday of the month. Dinner will be served for a modest price before the game starts. Contact Betsy Whitney at 309-7710 with questions.

ColChester/Milton teen night

6 – 8 p.m., Cornerstone Community Church, 26 Bombardier Rd., Milton. Games, food, family atmosphere. For grades 5-8. All are welcome! Free.

tree KeePer training

6 - 8 p.m., Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Building, 645 Pine St., Burlington. The training session is led by Brian Sullivan, an experienced urban forester and certified arborist.

The program will cover information on how a tree grows, where and how to plant a tree and how to prune and care for your trees correctly. We hope this training session will help the public take care of trees where ever they are. All attendees will receive a coupon for a free bag of compost from Green Mountain Compost.

Attendees will be entered into the drawing for a free tree!

Please RSVP for refreshment count by emailing jacob. holzberpill@gmail.com or calling (617) 794-7192.

uKulele Class

6:30 p.m., Georgia Public Library. Some are led by instructor Dennis Carman, others are peer practices. Free.

Boy sCout trooP #603 Meeting

7 p.m., United Church of Milton, 51 Main St, Milton.

Poetry oPen house

7 - 8:30 p.m., Milton Public Library. Come share a poem at this poetry open house. In honor of National Poetry Month! We’re turning the center of the library into a coffee house, and serving refreshments. Drop in to share a poem you’ve written, recite a

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The popular Community Dinner Series returns to Milton High School this month with an "empty bowls" dinner. MHS art students will provide bowls to be filled with a healthy, hearty meal and there will be exhibits promoting healthy lifestyles. See Thursday, April 12 for complete details.

favorite poem, or just listen to others read poetry aloud.

adult BooK grouP disCussion

7 - 9 p.m., Milton Public Library. This month's discussion will be about "Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics, 1965 - 2001" by Sir Paul McCartney.

FRI | 6 story tiMe

10 a.m., Georgia Public Library. Join us for stories, songs and activities for ages 0-3.

PresChool story tiMe

10 - 11 a.m., Milton Public Library. Books, songs and crafts for preschoolers ages 3 to 5 years. No sign-up required.

BriCK-Builders' CluB

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Georgia Public Library. Use your imagination to build brick projects!

For ages 5 and up; parents encouraged to attend.

elisaBeth von traPP in ConCert

7 p.m., Malletts Bay Congregational Church, UCC, 1672 West Lakeshore Dr., Colchester.

An evening of beautiful music to be enjoyed by people of all ages. Both in song and words, Elisabeth’s concerts are part music and part inspiration. Free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $10.

Proceeds to benefit Malletts Bay Congregational Church, UCC. Contact Sally May at 658-9155 or revsallymbucc@ gmail.com for more information.

SAT | 7 oPen gyM For FaMilies

9 - 11 a.m., Milton Elementary and Middle School, 42 Herrick Ave., Milton. Beat the winter blues and join the fun expending energy indoors! Kids will have a blast playing games and taking part in all kinds of fun activities each week. Free; parents or guardians must stay with children (no drop-offs).

transluCent WindoW stars 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., Milton Municipal Building. Brighten up your winter decor with these cheerful translucent window decorations! Easy and fun to make. All materials included, no experience necessary. You'll take home one or two stars. $19 per person (includes supplies); ages 8 and up (under 12 accompanied by adult).

landsCaPe taPestry Weaving WorKshoP

10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Milton Artist Center and Gallery, Milton Plaza, 199 U.S. Route 7 South, Milton. A fun and informative introduction to tapestry style weaving. Learn the basic tapestry techniques needed to design and weave a landscape on a wood frame loom. You will begin your project in class and complete it at your own creative pace at home. Bring pictures or photos to the workshop of landscapes that inspire you. The instructor, Janice DeCooman of Wildflower Weaving & JDesigns / wildflowerweaving.weebly. com, will provide all materials which includes a basic wood frame loom, handouts and

fibers for separate materials fee. $40 MAG members; $45 non-members. Add in $35 materials fee paid to instructor the day of the workshop. Visit miltonartistsguild.org for more information.

Non-perishable food items earn extra raffle tickets; all donations go to benefit the Heavenly Food Pantry. Free.

Booster Bingo

10 a.m., Milton Public Library.

Drop in for storytime every Saturday. For all ages.

3 p.m. doors; 4:30 p.m. start, Milton High School cafeteria.

Hosted by the Milton Boosters, which help support MHS cocurricular activities and award scholarships to seniors.

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droP-in story tiMe

10 - 11 a.m., Milton Public Library. Read to Cleo, Vermont’s Therapy Dog! For children of all ages.

sugar on snoW suPPer

4:30 & 6:30 p.m., Georgia United Methodist Church, U.S. Route 7, Georgia.

On the menu will be ham, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, rolls, sugar-on-snow with doughnuts and pickles.

Adults, $12; children ages 4 - 12, $5. Call 893-4413 for reservations.

SUN | 8 selF-Care Wellness Fair

Noon - 4 p.m., Be Intentionally Well, 8 Pearl St., Essex Jct. At this encore to Feburary's wellness fair, there will be reduced price sample sessions of cold laser detox, brain reset, tarot readings and massage for $20 for 20 minutes. There will be healthy refreshments, raffles, and fun local Vermont-made vendors including Be* Healing Crystal Essential Oil rollerballs, Simply Organic Body, Vermont Wood Florist and more.

5:30 - 8 p.m., JMMY Center, 1486 Stone Bridge Rd., Georgia. Alpha is a series of interactive sessions exploring the Christian faith. Each week the group will share a great meal, watch a video clip and have small group discussions around life, faith and meaning.

There is no pressure, no followup and it's fun! Free; open to anyone. Visit alphausa.org or call Tina at 338-2533 for more information.

MON | 9 Milton FaMily CoMMunity Center PlaygrouP

9:30 – 11 a.m., Milton Public Library. (See Thursday, April 5 for details.)

ClassiC Country MusiC

6 p.m., Arrowhead Senior Center, 46 Middle Rd., Milton.

Enjoy the music or get out and shake a leg! There is a 50/50 raffle, too.

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6:30 – 8:30 p.m., New Life

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One-On-One COmputer Classes

6 - 8 p.m., Milton Public Library. Our volunteer tutors will structure your session around your needs. Sign up required.

Call 893-4644.

nar-anOn Family GrOup

7 p.m., United Church of Milton, 51 Main St., Milton. For family and friends of people addicted to drugs. For more information, call 279-3822.

TUE | 10 inFant early literaCy stOry time

10 - 11 a.m., Milton Public Library. Lap songs, books and fun! For infants birth to age 18 months. No sign-up required.

mah JOnGG

1 – 3 p.m., Milton Public Library. If you enjoy games but have never played Mah Jongg before, you’ll be paired with an experienced player, or you’ll learn to play some easier hands. If you have a Mah Jongg set and are willing to share, please bring it. No sign-up required.

FireFiGhter assOCiatiOn BinGO

5 p.m. dinner; 6:30 p.m. warmups, Arrowhead Senior Ctr., 46 Middle Rd., Milton.

Bingo happens every Tuesday night. Dinner will be served for a modest price before the game starts. Contact Betsy Whitney at 309-7710 with questions.

prOstate CanCer suppOrt GrOup

6 - 8 p.m., Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. The Champlain Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group meets the second Tuesday of each month. Wives, partners, men newly diagnosed, men dealing with recurrent prostate cancer, men dealing with the side effects of treatment and men who have been successfully treated for the disease. are all invited to attend. Any men dealing with advanced prostate cancer are also encouraged to attend in order to benefit both themselves and others by sharing their experiences. This week Dr. Steve Ades, medical oncologist at the UVM Medical Center, will be our guest. Discussions are informal and refreshments available.

WED | 11 liBrary CaFé

9:30 a.m., Georgia Public Library. A weekly opportunity to meet up with your neighbors for a chat, read the paper, sip some coffee and have a snack.

All are welcome. Co-sponsored by 802Magic.

stOry time

10 a.m., Phoenix Books Essex, 2 Carmichael St., Essex Jct. Free; all ages.

tOddler early literaCy stOry time

10 - 11 a.m., Milton Public Library. Rhythm and movement activities and stories. Meets every Wednesday. For children age 18 months to 3 years. No sign up required.

GrOOvy lunCh BunCh

Noon, Arrowhead Senior Center, 46 Middle Rd., Milton.

Have lunch, socialize and partake in various activities like Wii, shuffleboard, speakers, etc. Reservations 24 hours in advance to Shirley Bunnell at 893-1619. Sponsored by Age Well.

sponsorships and service promoting the health and wellbeing in our community. This month's meal will be an "empty bowl" dinner. Bowls will be provided by MHS art students.

Linda Berlin from the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture will be speaking about food insecurity in Vermont at 5:30 p.m. Community members of all ages are welcome! Please call 893-5501 with questions or if your organization or business is interested in volunteering or sponsoring a meal.

Free; donations appreciated to benefit the Milton Food Shelf.

miltOn yellOWJaCket BOOsters meetinG

1 - 3 p.m., Milton Public Library. Beginners to experts, all are welcome. Friendly games every Wednesday; no sign-up required.

6 p.m., Milton High School library, 17 Rebecca Lander Dr., Milton. The Milton Yellowjacket Boosters help support the MHS co-curricular activities and award scholarships to graduating seniors. New members welcome! For information, contact Jenn Tracy at 3632570 or dalesr38@msn.com.

strateGy BOard Games

COlChester/miltOn teen niGht

BridGe CluB

5 - 8 p.m., Milton Public Library. Learn and play a variety of strategy board games. The group meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. For ages 13 and up.

WOmen united netWOrkinG event

5:30 - 7:30 p.m., 14th Star Brewing Co., 133 N. Main St., St. Albans. Women United, a diverse network of women within the community of United Way of Northwest Vermont, will host an evening of networking with a panel discussion illuminating the value female workers bring to our economy and how to best support their success. For tickets, please visit workingwomeninvermont. eventbrite.com. $25 (reduced price tickets are available by request). Please contact Ruthann Hackett at Ruthann@ unitedwaynwvt.org. with any questions.

adult COlOrinG CluB 6:30 - 8 p.m., Milton Public Library. Coloring reduces stress, relaxes your mind, and sparks creativity. Supplies are provided, or bring your own.

Light refreshments served.

THU | 12 miltOn Family COmmunity Center playGrOup

9:30 – 11 a.m., Milton Public Library. (See Thursday, April 5 for details.)

miltOn COmmunity dinner series: empty BOWls dinner

4:30 - 7 p.m., Milton High School cafeteria, 17 Rebecca Lander Dr., Milton. Back by popular demand, the Milton Community Dinner Series features a delicious hot and healthy meal and a variety of community partner exhibits,

6 – 8 p.m., Cornerstone Community Church, 26 Bombardier Rd., Milton. Games, food, family atmosphere. For grades 5-8. All are welcome! Free.

dOrOthy CanField Fisher BOOk disCussiOn

6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Milton Public Library. Get together with other students to discuss these selected books. This month we will discuss "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill. Grades 4 - 8.

Registration is required; call 893-4644 to register.

ukulele Class

6:30 p.m., Georgia Public Library. Some are led by instructor Dennis Carman, others are peer practices. Free.

BOy sCOut trOOp #603 meetinG

7 p.m., United Church of Milton, 51 Main St.

FRI | 13 stOry time

10 a.m., Georgia Public Library. Join us for themed stories, songs and activities for ages 0-3. No sign-up required.

Local meetings Monday, April 9 6 p.m. - Milton School Board Milton School District Office 42 Herrick Ave. 7 p.m. - Georgia Selectboard, Georgia Municipal Building 47 Town Common Rd.

Tuesday, April 10 7 p.m. - Georgia School Board (Carousel Meeting), Fletcher Elementary School 340 School Rd., Fletcher 7 p.m. - Georgia Planning Commission, Georgia Municipal Building 47 Town Common Rd.

Wednesday, April 11 6 p.m. - Milton Recreation Committee Milton Municipal Building 39 Bombardier Rd.

Thursday, April 12 6 p.m. - Milton Development Review Board Milton Public Library 37 Bombardier Rd.

middle sChOOl art niGht at Gems

5:30 p.m., Georgia Elementary and Middle School, 4416 Ethan Allen Hwy., Georgia.

Come see art across all mediums created by middle school students on display for family, friends and neighbors.

SAT | 14 Champlain Games Festival

All day, Champlain Valley Exposition, 105 Pearl St., Essex Jct. Vermont is having a game festival! The Champlain Games Festival is a single day event featuring locally made digital and tabletop games.

The event is family friendly and is a chance for gamers and game developers to connect and play fun games. Contact Curtis Aube for more information at 878-1594 or curtis. aube@champlaingamesfestival. com.

Open Gym FOr Families

hOmesChOOl prOJeCt day

9 - 11 a.m., Cornerstone Church, 28 Bombardier Rd., Milton. Beat the winter blues and join the fun expending energy indoors! Kids will have a blast playing games and taking part in all kinds of fun activities each week. Free; parents or guardians must stay with children (no drop-offs).

BriCk-Builders' CluB

10 - 11 a.m., Milton Public Library. Come enjoy wondrous stories. All ages.

presChOOl early literaCy stOry time

10 - 11 a.m., Milton Public Library. Books, songs and crafts for preschoolers ages 3 to 5 years. No sign-up required.

1 p.m., Milton Public Library.

Share your projects with other home school families.

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Georgia Public Library. Use your imagination to build brick projects!

For ages 5 and up; parents encouraged to attend.

drOp-in stOry time

mOvie at the liBrary

1 - 4 p.m., Milton Public LIbrary. Watch Disney/Pixar's newest film "Coco" on the big

screen. "Coco" is rated PG with a runtime of 105 minutes. For children of all ages; snacks will be provided.

SUN | 15 maple ham dinner

Noon, Georgia Elementary and Middle School, 4416 Ethan Allen Hwy., Georgia.

There will be a single seating for this delicious dinner. $14 adults; $10 seniors; $7 children ages 5 - 12; $35 per family.

JOe levesque BiG Band

3 p.m., First Congregational Church of Essex Junction, 39 Main St., Essex Jct. Joe’s Big Band is a 17-piece ensemble that has performed for many years throughout northwestern Vermont, at weddings, dances, schools, and community events.

The band members are a combination of accomplished local musicians who share a passion for performing the diverse styles of big band music from the Swing Era to the present. Free; donations accepted at the door.

BOOster BinGO

3 p.m. doors; 4:30 p.m. start, Milton High School cafeteria.

The biggest fundraising effort for the Milton Boosters, which help support MHS co-curricular activities and award scholarships to graduating seniors.

explOre liFe: try alpha

5:30 - 8 p.m., JMMY Center, 1486 Stone Bridge Rd., Georgia. (See Sunday April, 8 for details.)

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Amethyst Star Healing is a bit tricky to find. That’s partly because it’s been too cold to attach a directional sign to the glass door on the backside of the Blakely Rd. Citgo gas station and partly because, well, you don’t expect to find a holistic healing studio inside a Citgo gas station.

Still, wafts of essential oils (mixed with the thick scent of bread baking in the Subway shop below) suggest a path up a set of stairs and down a carpeted hallway.

Behind an unassuming office door is owner Stephanie Davis, grinning widely on a cozy gray couch framed by twinkling Christmas lights.

“My clients come in, and they feel a different part of their soul that’s been remembered,” Davis said.

“They don’t know what they need … [but] something’s got to give.”

Davis was scared as she readied to move her studio to Colchester this December after 14 years in Burlington.

The longtime resident wondered how the more traditional community would view her work and if current clients would be willing to trek up north.

In fact, she’s gained clients since making the move.

Many come in for a tradi-

Fairy House Building Join artist and outdoor enthusiast Susan Lepple for a morning of creative and whimsical house building with naturally found objects for folks of all ages.

Date: Sat, Apr. 14 Time: 9 – 11am Location: Community Room in Milton Municipal Building Fee: $39/person (includes all materials!

Drawing with Young Rembrandts Inspire your student’s love of art through the power of drawing.

Dates: Tuesdays April 17 – May 29 (No class on Apr. 24) Time: 3:30 – 4:30pm Location: Milton Middle School Cafeteria Fee: 79/student/six-week session Zumba Dance to improve cardio and muscle tone.

Dates: Mondays and/or Wednesdays, beginning April 16 Time: 6 – 7pm Location: Milton High School Cafeteria A Fee: $39/six-week session, or $49 for 6-class punch card, or $10 to try one class

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talked for 20 minutes.”

During the first half of my treatment, I was hyperaware as Davis moved around in silence and seriously conscious of my own breathing. She recommended frankincense, an earthy scent, for grounding. Later, she added peppermint — simply because the oil called out, “Pick me!”

I felt giddy with relaxation — and a bit like I was sleepwalking — as I put on my jacket to leave an hour later. Davis had warned me to clear my schedule that afternoon and to be careful driving home.

She said she revels in the post-treatment daze her clients don and especially loves when they press her to explain what exactly just happened to them. One person once asked incredulously, “Are you a good witch?”

“It’s energy work,” Davis explained. “I’ve done nothing except be with them.”

MICHAELA HALNON | MILTON INDEPENDENT The unusual nature of Stephanie Davis recently moved her holistic healing studio to Colchester after 14 years in downtown Burlington. She this profession is not lost on incorporates alternative treatments, like crystal and aromatherapy, into her yoga classes and massage appointments.

Davis. She grew up in a conventional family and said tional massage but trust Da- laxation.

A meditative “How is your world work- her interest in tarot cards vis when she recommends soundtrack plays softly as a ing?” and astrology was frowned something else — aroma- water feature babbles nearIt’s no wonder appoint- upon in her youth. Her detherapy, crystal therapy, by. Shiny crystals and dark ments with Davis have a cision to get a massage liflower essence therapy or vials of essential oil popu- tendency to become therapy cense after completing her healing touch. late little shelves around the sessions. About one in 10 bachelor’s degree was not “The people who walk room. When she asked to end up crying during their enthusiastically supported, in my door you would know demonstrate a few healing treatment, and Davis swears she said. in the community and you elements in her arsenal of she can tell if someone will But Davis said that would not say, ‘Oh, well services, I happily obliged. be overcome by emotion as helps her serve as a bridge they’re a little bit alternaThe appointment start- soon as they walk in her for folks who may be a bit tive,’” Davis said. “They’re ed with some expected ques- door. shy about stepping into the very normal, normal people tions. Davis asked if I’d had “That is my biggest alternative medicine realm that are curious about how a massage before and where challenge,” Davis said. “Peo- for the first time. they can be a better version I typically hold tension. ple start talking, and I want “I’m kind of a chameof themselves.”

Then the queries pivoted: them to talk, except that leon,” Davis said. “I’ll meet Every element of Da- “Are you a type A personal- they’ve come in for a 90-min- you wherever you are, and vis’ new place exudes re- ity?” “How do you relax?” ute massage and they’ve chances are you’re in a much more conservative place than I am.”

Davis teaches yoga exclusively through the Colchester Parks and Recreation Department and usually attracts enough interest to merit a waiting list.

The yoga isn’t particularly intense or disciplined, she said, but provides a space to laugh, bang on the floor and make primal sounds.

“They know that it’s safe to be silly and not be an adult,” she said. “These are very normal citizens in this community that would be mortified if they were named.”

Earlier this month, Davis stepped out of her own comfort zone and hosted her first “red tent” at the studio.

The all-female gatherings take place during the new moon and allow attendees to “share their womanly experiences” in whatever capacity they feel comfortable. the “I wasn’t sure if anyone was going to show up,” Davis admitted. “I was terrified they were going to cancel the day of because our energy is lower on a new moon.”

Seven people did come — though none had any idea what they were in for. The result, Davis said, was the most sacred two hours. She plans to host another next month.

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MINORITY LEADER DON TURNER H.923, the capital construction and state bonding budget adjustment bill, passed this week with little debate. A few sessions ago, the legislature decided to implement a twoyear capital bill. In the first year of each biennium, the legislature decides which state capital projects will be funded and how much bonding will be authorized. This is done to preserve the state’s bond rating.

The bill also incorporates state corrections and forestry policies. Therefore this year, the second year of the biennium the bill is actually an adjustment bill. Some projects get delayed or run into unforeseen cost increases etc. so this bill modifies funding in accordance to what is actually occurring.

One particular section I find very important pertains to school safety. The governor instructed the state police to audit all schools to determine what is needed to improve safety. These reports are due very soon and this bill includes five million dollars to address the items identified in the audits to improve overall for school safety. H.923 is a good bill and I think that this is a very important provision. I supported passage of this bill.

More emotional debate on S.55 an act relating to the disposition of unlawful and abandoned firearms on Tuesday. I supported a number of amendments in hopes of improving the overall bill. Unfortunately, I could not support the final bill as it still had a number of problematic provisions.

S.221, an act relating to establishing extreme risk protection orders, passed the house this week. This is a good bill which includes many of the “red flag” elements will likely improve public safety. A provision in this bill outlines a procedure for police to remove firearms in reported domestic violence situations. It stipulates how long firearms can be held by law enforcement in these cases and clarifies language pertaining to restraining orders. I feel that this bill is a step in the right direction and supported its passage.

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Thank you for your continued support.

Please feel free to contact me if you have questions, comments or concerns. I can be reached at the Statehouse by calling 1-800322-5616 or by cell at 373-5960. My email address is dturner@leg.state.vt.us. Thank you and have a great week.

REP. CARL ROSENQUIST Yesterday, we took up S-55 (the gun control bill) again for final approval before sending it back to the Senate. Over the weekend multiple amendments surfaced, which were presented, debated and voted on before the ultimate vote on a roll call. It passed 85 for the bill and 54 against the bill. It will now move to the Senate, where they will review the House changes and either concur or send it back to us with further changes.

I voted for several amendments to make this flawed bill better, but each amendment I voted for, other than the one to protect a major employer in our area, failed to gain approval. I vote no on the final bill due to its many flaws.

The bright spot in all the chaos was that almost concurrently we debated and voted on the annual capital bill, which contained $4,000,000 to survey our schools and give them available grants to buy equipment, i.e. metal detectors and security systems, etc., which will make our schools safer. I will be attending our local school board meeting soon to see if there is anything else we can do.

During all this high tension debate on gun issues, the annual appropriations bill was also presented, debated and passed overwhelmingly last Friday. I was one of a handful who voted against this bill (at this time) since it did not even come close to funding the request of our state’s attorneys to prosecute the overwhelming caseload coming before them. If we are a nation of laws, we must provide the resources to adequately prosecute and execute our laws.

There are many debates ahead. I will keep you informed, as we continue.

Vermont spring turkey hunt starts soon MONTPELIER – It’s almost time for spring turkey hunting in Vermont. Youth spring turkey hunting weekend is April 28 and 29 this year, and the regular spring turkey season is May 1-31.

Vermont hunters set an all-time record last year when they took 6,599 turkeys in the spring youth weekend and May seasons.

The previous spring record occurred in 2013 when 6,365 birds were taken in the spring.

The April 28 and 29 youth turkey hunting weekend provides an excellent opportunity for experienced hunters to teach young hunters how to safely and successfully hunt wild turkeys.

“Beyond the simple joy of sharing an outdoor adventure of this sort with a young friend, experienced hunters can take satisfaction in knowing they’ve introduced these youths to some of the most exciting and rewarding hunting the state has to offer,” said Chris

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Landowner permission is required to hunt on private land during youth turkey hunting weekend. To participate, a youth must be age 15 or under and must have completed a hunter education course and possess a hunting license, a turkey hunting license and a free youth turkey hunting tag.

All of these are available on Fish & Wildlife’s website (www.vtfishandwildlife. com) or from any license agent.

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Last year, young hunters took 745 turkeys during the two-day youth hunt with a success rate of 33 percent.

The regular spring turkey hunting season is May 1-31. Shooting hours are one half hour before sunrise to 12:00 Noon, and two bearded turkeys may be taken.

A shotgun or archery equipment may be used in the youth or regular spring turkey hunting seasons.

Shot size must be no larger than #2 and no smaller than #8.

The success rate last year during the May season was 29 percent, and of those successful hunters, 38 percent harvested a second bird under the two-bird limit.

The 2017 Turkey Harvest Report, available on the website, has details to help plan a turkey hunt, including the number of turkeys taken in each town.

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The reports reflect information logged by Milton police at press time. Check out MPD on Facebook for more news at facebook.com/ MiltonVTPolice.

TICKETS 9 Speeding 2 Uninspected vehicles 1 Driving with suspended license 1 Operating without insurance 1 Operating without license ARRESTS 2 Domestic assault 1 Driving with criminally suspended license 1 Excessive speed 1 Aggravated sexual assault of child 1 Violation of release conditions TOTAL CALLS 157 3/21, 9:09 a.m., Public Assist, Herrick Ave. There is no information in the report.

3/21, 11:47 a.m., Juvenile Problem, Russell Circ.

Cpl. Jason Porter responded to a domestic dispute between family members. The case was referred to the juvenile court system.

3/21, 2:24 p.m., Drugs, Herrick Ave. A small amount of drugs were recovered from a student at the school. The case was referred to the juvenile drug diversion program.

3/22, 10:52 a.m., Public Assist, Crest Dr. Officer Noi Jones responded to a citizen’s concerns over a neighbor’s vehicle operation in the proximity of her child. Officer Jones advised MPD would increase patrol presence in the area.

3/22, 3:51 p.m., Motor Vehicle Complaint, East Rd. at Riparian Way Officer Kendra Raymond responded to a report of a vehicle in the ditch. She arrived to find the vehicle being removed by a tow truck. She provided blue light coverage until it was removed.

3/22, 4:31 p.m., Found/Lost Property Sgt. Paul Locke spoke with a subject about a registration plate he’d found.

Sgt. Locke recovered the plate and is attempting to contact the owner.

3/22, 6:53 p.m., Domestic Assault – Misdemeanor, River St. Officer Richard Corbin responded to a late reported domestic assault.

As a result of his investigation, he subsequently charged 40-year-old Daniel Verwey of Georgia with domestic assault. Verwey was issued a citation to appear in Chittenden Superior Court, Criminal Division on April 3.

3/23, 1:39 a.m., Accident – Property Damage, Duffy Rd. Officer Corbin responded to a report of a single-car crash involving a deer. There were no injuries reported, but the deer was deceased on his arrival.

3/23, 11:18 a.m., Fraud, Middle Rd. Officer Ed Larente spoke with a complainant about filing a police report in regards to fraudulent transactions on his bank account. The investigation is ongoing.

3/23, 2:31 p.m., Motor Vehicle Complaint, Sanderson Rd. Officer William Bosworth responded to a suspicious vehicle parked in front of the complainant’s residence. He was cancelled en route as the caller determined it was actually someone they knew.

3/24, 12:20 a.m., Suspicious, Centre Dr. Officer Matthew McQueen responded to a call about a car seat in a vehicle which was covered with a blanket, and the caller was concerned there might be an unattended child in the car. Upon arriving, the vehicle was already gone.

McQueen determined (via social media) that the vehicle owner had checked in to a business in South Burlington shortly thereafter. He contacted SBPD to attempt to contact the owner and check the welfare of any children present.

3/24, 3:15 p.m., Public Assist, Southerberry Dr. Officer Larente spoke with a complainant about questions regarding shared tenancy and renters rights.

3/25, 12:38 p.m., Public Assist, Route 7 Officer Larente spoke with a subject who had put money in the machine at a local car wash and it had not given her change. She advised she had attempted to contact the owner for this issue in the past. Larente advised this was civil

matter, and she needed to contact the business owner.

3/25, 2:16 p.m., Juvenile Problem, Checkerberry Sq. Officer Bosworth responded to a report of a child playing on a private business’ playground. The caller was concerned because the business owner had told them they did not want children using the playground after hours due to liability reasons. There were no children present when he arrived.

3/25, 9:31 p.m., Motor Vehicle Complaint, Route 7 Officer McQueen responded to a motor vehicle complaint of an erratic operator.

There is no narrative yet in this case to indicate the outcome.

3/26, 9:40 a.m., Suspicious, Herrick Ave. Officer Bosworth responded to a report of a student who had arrived with an item that smelled like marijuana. He filed a report with DCF. 3/26, 10:25 a.m., Threats/ Harassment, Railroad St. Detective Nick Hendry spoke with a subject who had attended a rally recently and was receiving comments which he felt were threatening via Facebook.

Hendry spoke with him about options including remedies via Facebook, restraining orders and advised he would attempt to contact the subjects making the posts to determine their intentions.

3/26, 3:51 p.m., Assist Motorist, Route 7 at West Milton Rd. Cpl. Porter stopped to check on a vehicle, which was parked in a bad spot on the highway. He spoke with the operator who advised she was just closing her trunk, as it was not latched all the way. The operator then continued on her way.

3/27, 12:18 a.m., Suspicious, Birch Ln. Officer Corbin responded to a report of two suspicious males who were seen walking in the woods near a complainant’s residence. He located two juvenile males and subsequently provided them a ride home after he determined no criminal action had occurred.

3/27, 8:06 a.m., Public Assist, Main St. Detective Hendry investigated a letter that was written to a local paper espousing concerning viewpoints related to how juveniles are raised today. He met with the subject and spoke with him about the concerning language he had used. Hendry determined the subject did not seem to be a threat, and no crime was committed.

3/27, 9:29 a.m., Motor Vehicle Complaint, Route 2 at Rainbow Pl. Officer Raymond took a complaint of a vehicle which had reportedly passed a school bus. She is still attempting to contact the operator at this time.

3/27, 10:42 a.m., Public Assist, Rebecca Lander Dr. Officer McQueen responded to the high school for a report that several children had not arrived at school yet. Upon arriving, he was advised the students had just arrived and they no longer needed assistance.

3/27, 2:41 p.m., Juvenile Problem, Mackey St. Officer Jones responded to a report of juveniles throwing snowballs at school buses. He was unable to locate them.

3/27, 4:59 p.m., Animal Problem, North Rd. Officer Jones responded to a report of skunk acting strangely on the complainant’s front lawn. He arrived and determined the skunk did not appear sick, but seemed to have a minor leg injury. He was unable to safely euthanize the skunk, so no further action was taken.

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SPORTS

BOYS BASKETBALL

sports editor: Josh Kaufmann, josh@samessenger.com sports clerk: Ben Chiappinelli, ben@essexreporter.com

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WINTER SPORTS WRAP-UP BOYS' VARSITY BASKETBALL Makes it to state championship for first time in decades Lake Division II Standings 4

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Lake Division Honors Player of the Year Ian Jennings

Coach of the Year Chris Brown

First Team Ian Jennings

Second Team Seth Herrity Deven Creamer

COURTESY PHOTOS

LEFT: Coach Chris Brown comforts his players after a tough loss at the state championship. BELOW: Nick Johnson wrestles his way to success this season.

BOYS' VARSITY HOCKEY

VARSITY GYMNASTICS State Championship team results 1. Champlain Valley 142.325 2. Essex 140.575 3. Montpelier 125.225 4. St. Johnsbury 120.500 5. Middlebury 114.250

6. Milton 111.925;

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CHEERLEADING

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VARSITY WRESTLING Nick Johnson (195 lbs.) becomes first Yellowjacket to win a wrestling state title

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State championship team results

Madison North

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TRACK AND FIELD

Boys' varsity track and field take home Division II State Championship

DIVISION II STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS BOYS 55 Meter Dash 2 Carson Bianchi

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GIRLS' VARSITY BASKETBALL Lake Division II Standings

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TEAM SCORES: 1. Milton 92; 2. Rice 79; 3. Hartford 71; 4. Oxbow 47; 5. Thetford 46; 6. Lyndon 34; 7. Spaulding, Fair Haven 24; 9. Middlebury 21; 10. Vergennes 18; 11. Missisquoi, Bellows, Harwood, Randolph 10.

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Elaina is constantly challenging herself to excel in all areas of study.

She is always asking great questions and making connections. She is so kind and supportive to all her classmates. She is always making sure everyone is feeling good about themselves.

Elaina Walford Grade 2 SSU

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