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Meet the new pastor of the Congregational Church

Town receives high marks from auditor John Hammer

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The Charlotte Congregational Church has a new senior pastor, Rev. Kevin Goldenbogen.

Goldenbogen was approved following a service at the church this summer, where the 79 votecasting members unanimously approved his appointment. He began serving as senior pastor on Sept. 5, following interim pastor Rev. Dr. Arnold Thomas and Rev. Will Burhans, who served the church for 15 years before moving to serve another United Church of Christ in Winchester, Massachusetts. Goldenbogen joins Rev. Susan Cooke Kittredge, who has served as an associate pastor at the church since 2014.

Rev. Kevin Goldenbogen Rev. Goldenbogen grew up in Rochester, New York, holds a master’s degree in theology and a master the Charlotte Congregational Church. of divinity degree from Andover The church was once located on a main Newton Theological School, served road, but when Route 7 was re-routed the building “was suddenly as a youth pastor at up on a hill, away the Congregational from the people and Church of Topsfield, the traffic,” noted Rev. Massachusetts and as How can Susan Cooke Kittredge. a pastor of the United “One of the challenges Church of Underhill, we help for us is, since people Vermont, since 2008. aren’t going to be going build strong He said his interest in past the church every the ministry was inspired communities, day, the church has to go in part by the ritual of to the people.” communion. “Whoever strong families, “It used to be that we are, whatever we people would come look like, whatever we in changing into the church, but believe, we’re all invited people walk into church to this table, and God demographics? buildings less and receives us there and less,” Goldenbogen feeds us and sends us I think this said, noting that this back out again.” is particularly true church is During a sabbatical in Vermont, the least while he was serving finding a lot churched state in the the Underhill church, nation. In a 2015 Gallup Goldenbogen, a of ways to do poll, Vermonters’ church woodworker, built a attendance ranked communion table. While that.”

50th of the states, many communion with only 17 percent tables are “big heavy of respondents in tables, immovable, Vermont reporting that and have a sense of permanence,” Goldenbogen constructed they attended church weekly. “How can another kind of table. “I wanted a table we help build strong communities, strong that was more flexible than that, lighter families, in changing demographics? I than that.” He built a table with three think this church is finding a lot of ways pedestals that could be put together as to do that.” one table or moved around, brought The Charlotte church has an active outside. “It’s sort of a metaphor for the social justice ministry and a strong church’s need to be flexible, rather than commitment to social and environmental people coming to the table, bringing the issues, illustrated by endeavors like the ground-mounted, 23,940-watt solar table to them.”

That kind of creativity in reaching out to the wider community is important for see NEW PASTOR page 2

The Selectboard meeting of November 27 was one in which financial items dominated the agenda. Of major significance was a report by the town’s independent auditor, Rick Brigham of Sullivan, Powers & Co. The review of the town’s FY17 financial statements and management discussion and analysis was approved. His words spoke for themselves when he pronounced that it constituted an “unqualified clean opinion. You can’t get any better.” He commended both the town management and Selectboard for their “cooperation and progressive action.”

Budget reviews In keeping with the seasonal reviews by the Selectboard in preparation for the FY 18-19 budget, they received presentations from the Library and the Charlotte Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services (CVFRS). First came the Library, which sailed right through.

Margaret Woodruff, the Library Director, presented a budget estimate that came in with a modest increase of a little over 4%. This represented some minor increases in staffing hours.

These were counter-balanced by a 50% decrease in energy costs based on this year’s lower actual costs.

Members of the CVFRS, however, did not have such an easy time. Their budget estimate increase came in at something over 9.4%. In the beginning, Lane Morrison, Selectboard Chair, put it this way. “We’ve been satisfied, in fact more than satisfied, for the service because…there’s been tremendous support for what you guys do…and to

date the budgets have been approved.”

However, he and others felt that the option presented, in which the costs rose with no additional service for such an increase, might soon meet resistance from the taxpayers. Tom Cosinuke, the Corporate President of the CVFRS Corporate Board, pointed out that the paramedic and EMT services were ever costlier and a major part of the increase.

It becomes a major question of what expectations the townsfolk have for the services they expect. There was a consensus that this question needs to be discussed and surveyed at the forthcoming March Town Meeting.

Cosinuke pointed out that the CVFRS Board had taken a very hard look at each budget line item, even changing the health benefit insurance provider, and there was no place to cut. Robert Mack, from the audience, raised his threeyear-old demand for a “unified budget” in which all the revenue and expense streams are explicitly presented to the public on a regular basis. This demand was left unanswered at this meeting.

Other actions Other matters included the appointment of Shawn Coyle to the Planning Commission; an agreement to contract with Robert Booher to clean the Town Hall for $375 a month; renewal for a 20-year lease for Thompson’s Point Lot 46 at 496 Flat Rock Road to Thomas D. Trainer; and authorization for the drilling of a well at Thompson’s Point Lot 134 at 351 Lane’s Lane, subject to confirmation of isolation distances from adjacent septic systems.

In one further action, the board extended the warranty for the current computer server in the Town Hall.

Tis the Season for Snow

The first snow of the season put a dusting of snow on Contributing Editor Edd Merritt’s Toyota on Monday, November 20.

Photo by Edd Merritt

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continued from page 1 array built at the church in 2015. “It’s a creative, out-of-the-box way of having good stewardship, sustainability and environmental consciousness,” Goldenbogen said. The church also serves local families in need of food and personal care items through the Food Shelf, housed in the church’s basement, and is active in mission and outreach efforts that include the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program.

“What is so magnetic about Kevin is that he is grounded in something beyond himself, grounded in a faith that he clearly delights in sharing,” said Cooke Kittredge. “His ready laugh and compassionate nature attest to this and

to the belief that God is always present in our lives, drawing us together in communities committed to justice, peace and care.”

Goldenbogen’s family includes his wife, Deirdre and sons Owen, 15, and Simon, 7. He enjoys running, skiing and woodworking—and rides a red Vespa scooter and says that the coming Advent season is a good time to visit the church. During the Advent season, the church will be coming together as a community around Sunday worship, celebrating the annual Messiah Sing on Dec. 3, from 4 to 5 p.m., holding a gun-violence vigil on December 11 from 6 to 7 p.m. and raising money at its Christmas Eve services for mission projects throughout the church. “We’ll be doing both faith formation and engaging with the needs of the world,”

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Commentary There are guns, and there are guns?

Edd Merritt

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by John Prine Well, sometimes we’d travel right down the Green River To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill Where the air smelled like snakes and we’d shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill I grew up in a gun-club family. My father and his father-in-law were avid duck hunters, and our weekend schedule during duck season was to rise before dawn, eat breakfast with other hunters in the only café in the area open at four a.m., and then hie to my grampa’s camp on a lake that was formed like a figure eight. We waited in a cold, wet duck blind until the mallards decided to fly over us from one end of the lake to the other. Red heads and teals joined them, with a few ruddies thrown in for good measure. The ducks would stay south through most of the daytime. I don’t know whether they enjoyed southern delicacies (minnows with a Cajun twist) or, even, whether a lake in Minnesota had such things, but that was their ritual.

Our ritual, on the other hand, was to eat lunch in the blind and listen to the University of Minnesota football games on our battery-operated radio—yelling the score to the hunters on the other side of the lake.

All in all it was not my cup of tea, nor had it stuck with my grandfather. He usually stayed about a quarter of a mile up from the blinds in a camp where he puttered and cleaned even though it had not been used since he last puttered and cleaned. Cows grazed in a field next to us and only mooed when shots rang out. I

think they might have been trying to warn their duck friends, a warning that most often went unheeded.

When hunting season ended, my dad waited until spring to start sharpening up for the following fall by shooting trap and skeet regularly. He traveled to Vandalia, Ohio, to the Grand American World Trapshooting Championships. He would bring home his badges announcing that he had hit 50 straight pigeons, and mom would sew them to his hunting jacket that he would wear proudly at the local gun club. Having outgrown its original site next to a golf course, the gun club moved to a spot where it could carry two sets of trap stations and a skeet range and have all of them in use at the same time. The number of members grew dramatically.

They even built a special clubhouse where they sold shotgun shells, soda, coffee and donuts—no alcoholic beverages.

Somehow the shooting scene did not turn me on in the least, so I worked as a pigeon thrower. When the trapsters yelled, “Pull!” I pulled. On the skeet range I worked both high and low houses.

Given that the alternative on Sundays was church, I preferred the gun club.

Let me give you a brief description of what I learned about the difference between duck-hunting guns and those used in the mass murders. The guns used for killing ducks were a totally different type than those used for killing people.

My grandfather gave me a gun for a high school graduation present, a 20-gauge over-and-under shotgun whose trigger I have pulled perhaps five times over a lifetime. It held two shells, one for each barrel. My dad shot a 12-gauge Browning automatic. It held four shells, I believe.

Neither would take a clip the size of today’s murder weapons.

I am of the opinion that our ability to buy automatic war rifles on the street is the first thing we ought to banish in the way of gun control. Tell the NRA to put its demands where the sun doesn’t shine.

Photo contributed The only weapons that should be sold are those for hunting animals. Wackos will still find ways of shooting people but in fewer numbers—and without carrying 23 weapons up 30 stories in a hotel.

Instead of trying to figure out the psyches of killers, we ought to control their tools of destruction immediately.

The gun dealers, like so many others these days, will have to come up with another way of earning a living, and I, for one, can’t feel sorry for them.

The New York Times reported after the Sutherland Springs, Texas, shooting that the U.S. has 270 million guns that resulted in 90 mass shootings from 1966 until 2012. No other country has had more than 18 mass shootings in that period. In our country, statistics say there are 88.8 guns per 100 people. Switzerland is the next highest nation with half that number.

I’m also interested in learning how the law treats gun sellers. Families of the Sandy Hook, Connecticut, massacre of

young children are appealing a court ruling that said they could not hold companies responsible for weapons used by the killer.

The Times reported that the complainants said that in their case the weapon was specifically marketed as a weapon of war, that it was advertised through video games and slogans promoting its use in combat.

Hyper-masculinity came into play as well with an ad line for assault rifles reading, “Consider your man-card reissued.” The suit says that such lines appeal specifically to disturbed men such as Adam Lanza.

Keep the weapons of war only in the hands of the people of war. That, in itself, is bad enough, but slightly better than giving anyone who wants access to these guns that have a single purpose, to kill humans. If we can’t do that, we’re worse off than imagined. Today’s science fiction may become reality—we may, in fact, need a “hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy.”

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Celebrating the Life of Caleb Ladue Nancy Wood CONTRIBUTOR

Strains of Beethoven’s “Für Elise” filled the hall, as over 300 people crowded into the sanctuary at All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne on Nov. 18. Family and friends were there to celebrate the life of Caleb Ladue, who died at age 25 on October 22 while climbing in the Andes. Every chair was occupied and people stood against the walls and overflowed into the hall.

“Für Elise” was one of Caleb’s favorite songs, said his friend and climbing partner Randall Stacy. He recalled the time they were at what they fondly called Camp Ladue, home of Caleb’s parents, Winslow Ladue and Maryanne Kyburz-Ladue, in Charlotte.

After a morning of waterskiing, Caleb sat at the piano and in a few hours had mastered the music. He continued playing it on a regular basis thereafter whenever a piano was handy. It was performed in his memory at Saturday’s celebration by Coby Gatos, father of Caleb’s friend Harrison Gatos.

Caleb’s older brother, Arlin, a professional videographer, showed two videos he had created about his younger brother’s life. In the first, which opened the program, he showed how Caleb came naturally to a life of outdoor sports and mountain adventures. Their father, Winslow, grew up in Plattsburgh, New York, close to Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains. His father, Bill Ladue, was a 46er, having climbed all 46 of the 4,000-foot-plus peaks.

(Winslow’s mother, Emily, stopped at 44 peaks, saying, “The views from the other two weren’t worth the climb.”) Caleb’s and Arlin’s mother,

Maryanne, spent the first 13 years of her life in Chile where her father was a mining engineer. After high school and before coming to Vermont to attend UVM, she took time off to travel and teach windsurfing, rock climbing and backpacking. She and Winslow then introduced their young sons to the joys of mountain and water sports at very early ages.

In the video, Arlin describes how Caleb, with Randall and three other guides, tackled the 17,050-foot Cerro Contaderas on October 22. The climbing became highly technical above the snowbelt, so they decided to turn around before reaching the summit. There was great snow for skiing down, with Caleb in the lead.

Then, “Just before they reached camp, he disappeared in a crevasse. The group was able to retrieve him, but he did not survive the fall. Just like that, it was over.” Arlin continues, “In 25 years, 180 days, Caleb’s journey was shorter than most, but filled with adventures many of us could only dream of.”

Classmates of Caleb’s from CCS and CVU then sang “El Condor Pasa,” led

by Suzanne Germain, with Francesca Blanchard on guitar and Lausanne Allen on flute.

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Caleb attended CCS, graduated from CVU in 2010 and from Dartmouth College in 2014 with a major in neuroscience. Many of his friends paid tribute to what an extraordinary person Caleb was, in academics as well as sports.

Tad Cooke, one of Caleb’ childhood friends, spoke of how the sharing of stories about Caleb, like a collage of snapshots, paints a portrait of their friend that provides solace, enjoyment

Caleb Ladue and friends enjoy a trip on the river through the Grand Canyon in April 2016.

Photo by Audrey Sherman and laughs.

To Randall Stacey, Caleb was “my closest friend, my mentor in so many things. There is no doubt in my mind that he is the reason why I’ve been able to do all of the things I’m most proud of in my life. He was my inspiration, my source of energy, and the voice in my ear telling me to push harder.”

Caleb’s Dartmouth friend Trevor Gulick-Stutze said he did not “know anyone who balanced love, kindness, smarts and athleticism as well as Caleb.” He said that Caleb was really good at everything he did and “could and did push the boundaries more than anyone.” Yet there was something that always meant more to him than the next summit: who he was doing it with was more important than what he was doing. “He taught me how to live.”

Caleb’s girlfriend, Audrey Sherman, her

voice choked with emotion, described “the ease of his smile, his smelly clothes, his unwavering confidence and competitiveness, his romantic side, the bottomless appetite.” She said Caleb told her often, “I love my life. It’s just so fun.” Laughter filled the room when she described him as the “ultimate sandbagger,” one who “intentionally belies or understates an activity’s difficulty through statements like ‘It’s easy. It’s not that bad. You will love it.’

Caleb is the ultimate sandbagger—it ran so deeply in his veins that it was incurable. On our first date, we went for a run and he lapped me two times on the hill from Lebanon into Hanover like an unleashed puppy. I was so tired, I couldn’t even talk.”

The picture windows behind the podium framed the cloud-covered Adirondacks. While Audrey spoke,

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On October 11, 2017, Caleb Ladue took this self-portrait on a portaledge 1,000 feet up El Capitan, Yosemite, via Tangerine Trip with partners Randall Stacy, Chase Nelson and Avery Parrinello.

The Ladue family gathered in their new kitchen in July 2017, at “Camp Ladue” in Charlotte. Left to right: Winslow, Maryanne, Arlin and Caleb. This was the last photo taken of the family together.

Photo by Arlin Ladue

a ray of sunshine flowed through the windows into the sanctuary, briefly breaking the grayness of the November day.

Over a dozen more friends spoke, with one theme in particular woven through their stories: Even though Caleb was much better than they at just about everything, he never gave them the impression they were slowing him down. Instead, he helped them do their best, to meet challenges they never thought possible.

Caleb’s mother, Maryanne, spoke.

She described Caleb’s “smarts, skills, courage and charm” and his passion for rock climbing, which bloomed at Dartmouth. Several times when she stopped by the campus to say hello she discovered that he was climbing with Randall at Rumney, New Hampshire.

Mary Anne said Caleb had decided to put off medical school after graduation to concentrate on guiding and backcountry skiing. That was his fiveyear plan. This October trip to his favorite ranges in Chile and Argentine Patagonia was part of that plan.

On behalf of Winslow, Arlin and herself, she thanked everyone in the community—friends, family, neighbors, coworkers at Thomas Chittenden Health Center—for the company, the long walks, so much food, and the heartfelt letters that had helped hold them together through the last month.

She concluded by saying that when

“Caleb, all six-feet four-inches of him, was sprawled out in front of me in the first row. With what seemed to be a glint in his eye and just the faintest blush of attitude, he raised his hand. ‘So, what have you done to advance liberty and equality?’ he inquired. He was the only student to ask it, and it was exactly the right question to ask. And every once in a while— more frequently lately—I find myself asking Caleb’s Question— and hoping I can provide a good and sufficient answer.”

As the celebration came to a close,

RAISE YOUR HAND

she was asked how she would even be able speak at the ceremony, her response echoed what many others had described as Caleb’s challenge to each of them. She said, “Caleb would have said, ‘Mom, you can do it.’”

Arlin’s second video then filled the screen with beautiful scenes of Caleb doing things he loved in Vermont and beyond, from waterskiing on Lake Champlain to deep powder skiing in the mountains of the world.

The ceremony concluded with the song, “I’m On My Way,” led by Francesca Blanchard and friends, with the audience joining in the chorus.

The family invites everyone who knew Caleb to view and add to the photographs and stories about him online at Calebladue.com.

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Vince Crockenberg, who emceed the program and was Caleb’s AP U.S. Government teacher at CVU during his senior year, shared a story that he called “Caleb’s Question.” That year Vince gave the graduation address, which he previewed in his three sections of AP Gov. The crux of the speech was that American citizens have an obligation to act—not all the time but at least

occasionally—in ways that help create over time a more free and a more just society.

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to Curt Alpeter in his capacity as a partner in Runamok Maple Syrup. Runamok was featured in the Food Section of the New York Times of November 15 as a company that specializes in organic Vermont syrup. The piece notes that it is “infused with fresh ginger,” making it applicable for a variety of holiday applications running from cocktails to desserts. It was selected for mention from a vast number of syrups from our neck of the woods. to local musicians, Tyler Bolles of the band Swale and guitarist Lowell Thompson, who joined others in a tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers organized by Kat Wright. The concert raised $4,000 for the Turning Point Center of Chittenden County, a nonprofit organization that helps those with substance-abuse problems.

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to Ruah Swennerfelt who was featured in an article in Seven Days on November 22 about the formation of Vermont’s first Repair Café. The first café was held on November 11 in the Charlotte Town Hall and was sponsored by the Charlotte Grange, the Charlotte Congregational Church and Transition Town Charlotte.

Ms. Swennerfelt, who heads the local transition movement, said the café is designed to help communities move away from a reliance on fossil fuels and models of living that depend on consumption. The Repair Cafes around the world fix and repair, with the help of numerous volunteers, everything from clothing to jewelry and small household appliances. In Charlotte, the local food shelf received cash donations and three bags of groceries.

to the following Charlotte Central School musicians who successfully auditioned to play in the District Three Music Festival next February: Innogene Naylor and Ben Fox in the chorus, Heidi Beal, Isabella Hackerman, Neika Haire, Finnegan Mittlestadt and Molly Milne-Gerlaugh in the band, and Jasmine Townsend-Ng will perform with the orchestra. to James Hawke and Amber Fisher of Charlotte on the birth of their son, Shepard Zane Hawke on October 5.

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is extended to family and friends of Linda Lee Atherton of Colchester who passed away November 2 at the age of 67. Her surviving family includes her brother Jeff Beaudin of Charlotte. A memorial service was held on November 18. is extended to family and friends of Father Gerald Ragis of Burlington who passed away November 17 at the age of 82. Father Ragis served for number of years as pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Charlotte. is extended to family and friends of Mary-Beth Orben of Englewood, Florida, who passed away November 15 at the age of 83. Although they lived in Florida, she and her family often spent summers at their Lake Champlain cottage on Thompson’s Point in Charlotte. The family asks that those wishing to make a contribution in her memory consider doing so to St. Marks Episcopal Church, 513 South Nassau St., Venice, FL 342852816 or to a charity of the giver’s choice.

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Town A call for your “Big Tree Champions” Hone tree identification skills and learn more about the world of trees in Chittenden County

Ethan Tapper CHITTENDEN COUNTY FORESTER

When I was growing up down in Windham County, Bill Guenther, the county forester, used to lead a Big Tree Tour every year. As a kid I hadn’t yet fallen into my current tree-crazy state,

How to Measure a Big Tree The Vermont Register of Big Trees uses AF’s formula to determine whether a tree is a champion.

There are three measurements that are used: * Circumference in inches, a measure typically taken 4.5 feet above the ground. Root swell or very low branches may require adjustment to the measurement location. * Height in feet, measured from the ground to the highest branch.

There are many ways to measure the height of a tree. One of the easiest methods is to use a metal tape measure laid out on the ground near the tree or up against the tree to show either 10 (or 20) feet as a reference. Then, by using a thumb and index finger at arms-length and angled parallel to the tape measure on the ground, thumb and index finger, representing the known measure can be sized up against the tree to estimate the tree’s height.

The number of lengths are then simply added up and multiplied by 10 (or 20) feet for the final score. * Crown Spread is measured by extending the outer crown edge down to the ground and measuring widest and shortest diameter.

Average these.

Once you have these measurements, calculate the tree’s total points by using the formula below.

Big Tree Formula Trunk circumference in inches Height in feet + 1/4 of the crown spread in feet = Total Points

and I never attended one of Bill’s tours.

One year, when I was a forestry student at the University of Vermont and had begun to catch forestry-fever, I planned on attending the tour but ended up missing it again. Undeterred, my mother took it upon herself to contact Bill about arranging a personal tour. If any of you know Bill, you know that he will do anything kind for any good reason, and so he offered up a Saturday to take one forestry student and some of his treenerd friends on a walk. I still think of that day, and it was riding around with Bill from tree to tree, talking forestry, that was what first made me want to be a county forester.

The best thing about drawing attention to our big trees is that they are a gateway to so many other good things. Yes, these massive specimens are individually impressive and worthy of our attention.

However, they are also important for how they inspire wonder in people and connect them to trees in general. A love and respect for trees leads to a love of forests and the natural world, which I think feeds into thoughtful, sustainable forest management.

Following in Bill’s sizable footsteps, I’d like to have a “Big Tree Tour” in Chittenden County in the coming years.

The problem is, the only big trees I know are the ones I stumble upon in the woods or in the yards and back pastures of the landowners I visit. I’d like to issue a call to all of you to send me your “Big Tree Champions”.

But wait! If I actually went and looked at every tree that folks thought was pretty big, I would have time for little else.

Here’s what we’ll do: Go to fpr.vermont.gov/forest/vermonts_ forests/big_trees. This is the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR)’s Big Tree Register.

You can search for our current champions by species or town.

Also on FPR’s big tree page, you’ll see how we determine our champs. The formula is a tree’s circumference (in inches) + the tree’s height (in feet) + ¼ of the tree’s average canopy spread (in feet). The result of this calculation is the tree’s point total. The tree of each species with the most points is our champion of that species.

While a tree’s height is difficult to accurately determine at home, it is easy to tell if your Big Tree is close to being a champ by using the other two metrics of the formula. You can measure the circumference of a tree by using any tape measure. Wrap this around the trunk of the tree at breast height (4.5 feet above the ground) to get your circumference.

This is where most of the points for Big Tree Champions come from. You can determine the average canopy spread of

Courtesy photo the tree by walking out to the dripline of the tree (the farthest extent of its branches) and having a friend do the same, directly opposite you on the other side of the tree. Measure the distance between the two of you. Do this twice, once where the canopy is at its widest, and once when it is at its narrowest, and create an average of the two figures.

Once you have your circumference and average canopy spread, divide the canopy spread by four and you have your points total, minus height. Look up the champion of that species of tree you are measuring and see how tall your tree would have to be to beat it. If it seems like you might be in the neighborhood of the champ, give me a call!

If you have trouble identifying the tree, put out a call to friends and neighbors to

see if anyone knows what it is. There are also a number of tree ID apps and online resources to consult. This could be a good opportunity for you to hone your tree identification skills and learn more about the world of trees around you.

Let me know what you find! Even if you don’t haul in a champ, you might still get to look at, and learn about, some amazing trees. (To see the Charlotte Tree Tribe’s list of Charlotte’s champion trees, go to charlottenewsvt.org/2017/10/06/ charlotte-big-tree-roster.)

Ethan Tapper is the Chittenden County forester. He can be reached at ethan. tapper@vermont.gov, (802)-585-9099, or at his office at 111 West Street, Essex Junction, 05452.

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Town Meet Marc Hachey: Rescue is his passion

Meet Adrianna LaClair: Probationary firefighter

and later switched to a dual major in biology and psychology. Marc joined UVM rescue as a freshman. In addition to normal coursework, he worked 2035 hours per week on rescue calls.

By the spring of his first year, Marc was driving the ambulance. Also, during college Marc spent a year and a half volunteering for Williston Fire Department.

In his sophomore year Marc worked per diem at Shelburne Rescue. He continues to work part-time per diem there today.

Marc joined Charlotte Rescue in May of 2016 and has been taking paramedic Marc Hachey with friend. training courses in Middlebury as well.

Photo contributed He has aspirations to become a critical Marc was born in Winthrop, Maine, care flight nurse and perhaps pursue a in 1994 and is the eldest of two boys. public health or business management His father is a chemical engineer for a degree. paper company. His mother is a teacher of children with challenging behavioral Favorite meal—Pork lo mein needs. Marc’s fondest memories as a Favorite musician—Ed Sheeran child were waterskiing and being out Last concert—The Lumineers on the lake with his brother and father. Favorite spot—Joshua Tree, Marc attended Catholic elementary California, where he took technical school and Winthrop High School, rescue training graduating with a class of 60. His Favorite season—Fall for cross high school years were accented by country and his birthday an interest in theater—he appeared in If he were to win the lottery—Buy many productions—and running track a great house, donate some to UVM and cross country. As a senior, he was Rescue and make sure family was named State of Maine runner of the taken care of. year! He began his EMT studies in high school. During the summers Marc worked as a bank teller.

Marc selected the University of Vermont, starting as a freshman in 2013. He majored in neuroscience

When Adrianna comes to CVFRS for training nights on Wednesdays, she always brings her big smile and quick laugh. She was born in Burlington and grew up alongside her brother who recently moved to New Hampshire.

Her dad, who makes hundreds of customers happy at Curtis Lumber, and her mom, who has run a day care for 32 years, have been married 34 years.

Adrianna thinks of them as great role models.

Adrianna attended CCS and CVU where her favorite subject was math and her favorite activity was anything outdoors. She particularly loves Adrianna LaClair Photo contributed running during most seasons and snowshoeing in the winter. She did a for fun in Vermont. She mentioned she stint running on the cross-country team, needs to ask Santa for a child backpack but mainly likes running for the sheer this year to facilitate snowshoeing. joy—and that includes her treadmill Adrianna has jumped into the fire training with both feet. If you see her workouts.

After high school, following perhaps working on vehicle extrication with in her mom’s footsteps, Adrianna hydraulic tools, deploying hoses and worked in a daycare for a couple years placing 30-foot ladders, you would before she started her own business. really appreciate her commitment.

Because she is vigilant, takes care of the Favorite food-Pizza loaded—“Isn’t it details, and works hard, her residential better that way?” cleaning service has taken off and keeps Favorite music—Whitney Houston her busy during the regular workweek. Favorite place visited—So far Weekends you can often find her at The Hershey, Pennsylvania, Chocolate Tour Old Lantern where she helps with set- and the Park up and take-down and anything else the Favorite season—Summer because it is swings, slides and sandbox season celebration requires.

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Santa Claus is making a pit stop at the Charlotte Fire and Rescue on Sunday, December 10th from 1pm - 3pm.

He will be visiting our volunteer fire fighters and Rescuers. They have been very, very good and he decided that they deserved a visit. So don’t forget to bring your list and a canned good for the Charlotte Food Shelf. File photo from

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Town SCHIP announces Fall 2017 grants SCHIP (Shelburne, Charlotte, Hinesburg Interfaith Project) has announced its Fall 2017 grant awards.

A total of $4,500 was awarded to the following nonprofit organizations: Hinesburg Community Resource Center, Lake Champlain Land Trust, Local Motion LaPlatte River, and Support and Services at Home Seniors (SASH).

These awards are made possible with the funds raised by SCHIP through the sale of donated gently used clothing, household items, accessories, art and collectibles at its resale shop in the distinctive yellow building on Route 7, next to the Shelburne town offices.

Since April 2005, more than $620,000 has been distributed.

As a member of our communities, you too are an intimate part of our mission. Come shop, donate, volunteer and help us continue to meet

our objectives for the future. For more information on grant recipients or the organization, please visit our website (schipstreasure.org) or our Facebook page (SCHIP’s Treasure Resale Shop) or call the shop with volunteer or donation inquiries at 985-3595.

The deadline for the next round of grant applications is January 31, 2018. The maximum grant is $3,000.

Application forms are available on the “Contacts” page at schipstreasure.org.

Our participating faith communities are All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne; Charlotte Congregational Church; Hinesburg United Church; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Charlotte; Shelburne United Methodist Church; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, Shelburne; St. Jude’s Catholic Church, Hinesburg; Trinity Episcopal Church, Shelburne; and Vermont Zen Center, Shelburne.

SCHIP’s Treasure Resale Shop located on Route 7 in Shelburne. Photo contributed

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Town

Food Shelf News Kerrie Pughe CONTRIBUTOR

Holiday preparations Please mark your calendars on Friday, Dec 15, at the Congregational Church Vestry, to assemble the Christmas/ Holiday baskets. Bring your friends and just show up, we love the help!

The Holiday Wishing Trees will go up soon at the Charlotte Congregational Church and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

Everyone is welcome to pick a tag indicating a child’s holiday toy wish from the tree. You may wrap the gifts and attach the wish tag, then drop the gifts back at the church some time before Dec 15, when the baskets are prepared.

Holiday gift idea As the holiday season approaches, consider a donation to the Food Shelf in honor or memory of friends and family. It’s also the perfect idea for teacher gifts! Checks may be mailed to the address under “donations”. We will mail a confirmation/acknowledgment to any address provided, on nice holiday-themed stationery/cards.

Will you volunteer?

We are looking for volunteers who can act as substitutes for our distribution days as well as for volunteers to help us stack shelves once a month. Please call Karen Doris at 425-3252 if you can help. This is a

wonderful opportunity to work with a small group of committed individuals who are making a difference at a local level.

Wish list We appreciate donations of healthy after-school snacks for children, such as dried fruit, granola bars, instant oatmeal packs, butter-free popcorn, salt-free nuts, canned fruit in juice, peanut butter, juice boxes (no sugar added) and low-sodium soups. In addition we need spaghetti sauce, crackers, Cheerios and Rice Krispie cereal, pancake mix and tea. Thank you!

New Facebook Page “Like” us at our new Facebook page, Charlotte Community Food Shelf and Assistance, to see photos and get updates on all the Food Shelf activities.

Donations We are a volunteer organization, so all donations you make to the Food Shelf go directly for food or assistance to our local neighbors in need. Thank you so much for considering donating today.

Checks may be mailed to Charlotte Food Shelf & Assistance, P.O. Box 83, Charlotte, VT 05445.

Donated food drop-off locations All nonperishable food donations may be dropped off at the Charlotte Library, the Charlotte Congregational Church vestry, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church (main entrance) or at the Food Shelf during the distribution mornings.

We request that all fresh foods be dropped off at the Food Shelf before the Wednesday distribution hours or before 7:30 a.m. on the Thursday distribution mornings.

The Charlotte Food Shelf is located on the lower level of the Charlotte

Thanksgiving basket preparation wouldn’t have been possible without all the fabulous donations and volunteers.

Photo contributed Congregational Church vestry.

Distribution days and times are posted below as well as on the bulletin board in the Charlotte Congregational Church Hall. You may also call the Food Shelf at 425-3252 for a recording of the distribution times.

We are open to all community residents. Privacy is very important and respected in our mission of neighbor helping neighbor. For emergency food call John 425-3130. For emergency

assistance (electricity, fuel) call Cindi at 425-3234. For more information call Karen at 425-3252.

Holiday Schedule: Thursday, Dec 14 Table set up: Time TBA Friday, Dec 15th Basket set up by volunteers 8am-finish Saturday, Dec 16th Basket Distribution pick up 8:30-10:30 am

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Environment

Forest Products 101

Ethan Tapper CHITTENDEN COUNTY FORESTER

The harvesting of trees is disruptive.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is glossing over how thoroughly a disturbance like logging can affect a forest, its growth and fertility.

In my mind of the most important thing that foresters do is oversee the harvesting of forest products while looking after the health of the forest and its inhabitants. This is a heady task, as forests are incredibly complex systems, and we are constantly learning how interconnected, sensitive and intelligent they are.

For the most part, we cut trees because they provide local, renewable sources of heat, building materials and electricity, in addition to other resources. In addition, forest management provides landowners with an economic incentive to keep forested lands intact and protected from subdivision and development. But what are the products that we harvest from the forest, and how are these products used?

Veneer: The most valuable forest product is veneer. Veneer logs are rare, accounting for a tiny proportion of the total volume harvested in most logging jobs, but often generating a large part of the revenue. Veneer logs must be very large, straight logs without defects (rot, branch stubs, wounds) from hardwood (deciduous) trees. Veneer logs are “peeled” or “sliced” at a thickness of a fraction of an inch, glued to cheaper, less attractive woods and used in furniture making, cabinetry and other applications. Common veneer species

in Vermont are sugar maple, red oak, yellow birch and black cherry.

Sawlogs: Sawlogs are sections of trees that are large, straight and relatively free of defects, but not perfect or big enough to be veneer.

These products, which may be either hardwood or softwood (conifers), are milled into boards (lumber). Softwood lumber is used for structural building materials (2x4s, etc.), whereas hardwood lumber is usually used for furniture making, fine carpentry and flooring. Like veneer, sawlogs are usually less than half of the total volume of wood cut during a timber sale, but account for most of the total value.

Firewood: Firewood is comprised of hardwood logs not big or high quality enough to be sawlogs. Often, firewood is produced when we thin a forest, removing low-quality trees to favor higher quality trees. Firewood is usually sold by the cord, a stack of split firewood 4 ft. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. Given that the standard length of processed firewood is 16 inches, this amounts to three rows (or “face cords”) of stacked wood that are 4 feet tall and 8 feet long.

Firewood is higher in value than pulp or chips, but it is still considered a lowgrade forest product, accounting for a high proportion of the volume, but a lower proportion of the value, from a timber harvest.

Pulp: Pulp is declining in our region, though it is still an important forest product. Pulpwood can be logs of almost any size (greater than 4 inches in diameter) of any species and of any quality. Unfortunately, the major pulp mills in this region are in Maine and New York, and the process of transporting

pulp to these markets eliminates most of its value to landowners. For this reason, most loggers will try to sell most hardwood pulp as firewood, and a lot of the softwood pulp ends up as chipwood.

Chipwood: This last forest product is generally the lowest in value. Any part of any species of tree can be chipped.

Chipwood is used in biomass electricity generation (often at Burlington’s McNeill Plant), or for large-scale heating projects, in schools, colleges, prisons and municipalities. Chipwood is usually generated by “whole-tree” logging crews that employ larger, more mechanized equipment to utilize whole trees from the stump up. Other logging operations will generally leave tops and branches in the woods. This harvesting system has advantages and drawbacks, but it accounts for the majority of the

wood harvested in Vermont.

Hopefully this gives you a better sense of how the wood that we harvest is used and a different perspective on the important outputs that forest management provides. It is important to understand how products that we use every day are produced, and that, with thoughtful management, they can be extracted in a way that maintains or enhances the benefits that our forests provide. As I often say, if you use toilet paper you are participating in—and benefitting from—the forest products economy!

Ethan Tapper is the Chittenden County Forester. He can be reached at his office at 111 West St. Essex Junction at (802)-585-9099 or ethan.tapper@ vermont.gov.

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The Holidays Shelburne Craft School 7th annual Wreath Auction and Winter Festival Please join the Board of Directors with our friends and staff on Thursday, Dec. 7, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. for an enchanting holidayflavored evening with hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and a live auction featuring wreaths created by local artisans and businesses. Tickets include a complimentary glass of wine or beer, light fare and a handcrafted holiday ornament. Food and bar are provided by Arts Riot.

According to Sage Tucker-Ketcham, the executive director of the Shelburne Craft School, “This event has turned into a friendly competition in ways between the artists of who can make the most

interesting wreath. The competitive nature produces not your average wreath but something one can hold onto and show off for years, and it also raises money for a good cause.”

This year funds raised will benefit the Shelburne Craft School Educational Programs. Each year the Craft School contracts with area schools to offer woodshop, and glass, metals, visual art and clay programs, as well as summer camps and afterschool classes for all ages.

Participating artisans include Rik Rolla, Julie Windsong, Wylie Garcia, Sage Tucker-Ketcham, Ryan Cocina, Clark Derbes, Jack

Photos by Shelburne Craft School Lazarowski, Chris Ramos, Kristen Lesperance, Nancy Winship Milliken, Sarah Wilson, Michael Shoudt, Mikayla Dennison, Jane Ann Kantor, Dana Heffern and more.

Cost of tickets: $35 for members, $45

non-members. For more information phone 802-985-3648, email info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org or visit theshelburnecraftschool.com.

Advent Events at Charlotte Congregational Church Sundays, Dec. 3 through 24, at 10 a.m.

Worship services and lighting the Advent wreath Messiah Sing, Dec. 3, 4 to 5 p.m.

Musicians from the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and the Burlington Chamber Orchestra will gather at the Charlotte Congregational Church for a rendition of Handel’s Messiah. Now in its

seventh year, the family-friendly event invites audience members to sing along with the performance of the rousing Christmas classic, which will be conducted by Anne Decker.

“The church lights up with people,” said Jane Kittredge, a violinist with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Kittredge began organizing the event at CCC with her mother, the Rev. Susan Cooke Kittredge, after holding similar Messiah events at a church in central Vermont and deciding it would be a wonderful tradition to begin here. “There’s such a beauty, and a simplicity, to Handel’s music that is very comprehensive and comforting and endearing,” she said.

“It’s just a wonderful music that doesn’t get old.” The piece tells the story of Jesus’ life in three parts, beginning with the angel Gabriel visiting Mary and prophesying Jesus’ birth. The second and third parts of the Messiah tell the story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection.

“It’s a good thing to bring children to, to introduce them to the incredibly important musical traditions that happen at Christmas, aside from Christmas carols,” said Rev. Kittredge. She added that hearing the story of Jesus’s life, “told in a classical way, is a great introduction

for kids.”

Tickets for the event are $15, or $40 for a family of four.

Advent Hours of Sanctuary, 5 to 7 p.m. On Tuesdays, Dec. 5, 12 and 19, the church sanctuary will be open for prayer and meditation.

Gun Violence Vigil, Dec. 11, 6 to 7 p.m. Individual prayer followed at 6:45 by group prayer and reflections Carols of Many Lands, Dec. 15, 6 to 7:15 p.m. All are invited to come and sing carols, new and old!

Christmas Pageant, Dec. 17 at 10 a.m.

Christmas Concert with Elisabeth von Trapp, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m.

Admission by donation. All proceeds will benefit Malayaka House Orphanage in Entebbe, Uganda, malayakahouse. com.

Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 Morning service at 10 a.m.

Family service at 4:30 p.m.

Candlelight service at 7 p.m.

All events are open to the public and are free (unless otherwise indicated).

For more information, see our website at charlotteucc.org or call 425-3176.

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The Holidays Award-winning comedic Surviving the holidays: storytellers to perform in a benefit Breathe deeply Rowan Beck CONTRIBUTOR

The holiday season is upon us!

How will we ever survive the family gatherings, parties, large meals and the ever-dreaded shopping?

Relax. There are a few things you can do to survive this short yet stressful period. One, remember that this too shall pass and that you will survive. Cut yourself some slack, and remember that no matter what you are going through someone else is going or has already gone through it as well. Remember to take time for yourself, breathe and drink plenty of water. I promise you’ll make it.

The countdown begins with the Thanksgiving holiday. We return home to celebrate with our families. We plan a big meal with all the trimmings. We decide who is bringing what, who should sit next to whom, and who will be the designated driver for the one guest who always drinks a little too much. Excitement builds, anticipation sets in, your mouth begins to water as your thoughts drift toward the pumpkin pie, scents of cinnamon and nutmeg, or the sweet smell of pipe tobacco as your father warms his feet by the fire. It’s all very Norman Rockwell until you arrive home and instantly revert to the “you” of somewhere between the ages of four and 12.

It matters not that you have your own children—or grandchildren for that matter—or that you run a Fortune 500 company. You walk through those doors to your family home and instantly every joyful memory, crazy act, misdeed or indiscretion floods through your body. You tell yourself every year it will be different, but it isn’t. You tell yourself to be kind, but you feel your body rise to a slow simmer before anyone has even spoken to you. You just know that you are no longer in charge and are potentially at the whim of everyone else.

So how can you keep the peace and keep your sanity intact? Run out of the house screaming wildly, jump in the car and drive away? Yes, that would work but then you’d miss all that good food…

Here are my suggestions. First, close your eyes and take a full, deep breath. Feel your foot as it lands on the threshold. Take notice of your entire body as you come in the door. Move with intention and deliberation. You can do this. You don’t need to move mechanically; you can float from room to room. Just be aware of where you are in your body. When things get tough, pause, take a big breath in and let it all out through your mouth. Feel your

feet firmly rooted in the floor. Wriggle your feet into the floor or into the rug, into whatever you may be standing on. Then slowly move your body scan upwards. What’s really bothering you?

Lack of control? That gets me every time. Surrender to the feeling. Keep breathing until it passes. Remember that all families are dysfunctional, that normal doesn’t exist. Normal is only conforming to a standard of what someone deems acceptable or not—and everyone’s standards are different.

Second, drink a lot of water. Our bodies are made up of 90 percent water, and our cells need it to survive. When your water intake is down and you’re a little dehydrated, you can get irritable.

If you are going to drink wine or other alcohol, try drinking a glass of water for every cocktail. This will also help you avoid a hangover the next day. And if you’re worried about overeating, it will make you feel full. Also, if you feel the need to leave the room frequently, having to make multiple trips to the bathroom will help! While there, depending on how things are going, you can splash water on your face to bring you back to reality and into your body. It also gives you a moment to yourself and to come back to center.

Third, get outside. Let the cool air clear your head and invigorate your body. Let it awaken the senses. Go for a walk to get the blood flowing. Go alone or maybe ask someone to come with you, depending on who they are and what place they hold in your life.

Maybe it’s someone you want to catch up with, but it’s really OK to go alone.

Process how you’re feeling. Take deep breaths and notice where your body feels tight or restricted. Maybe you want to go for a run to burn off those calories or shed the frustration that stems from having that same conversation on how you “misplaced” your brother’s Kenny Rogers’ album that he played every day for two months....

Finally, know that you are not alone.

Many are feeling this exact way. You have returned home because you love your family and all their quirks. You really wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. Be patient with yourself. If you feel yourself going quickly to an emotion, pause, breathe, take a drink of water. Take care of yourself. Accept all those around you because one day they may not be here. Be grateful for all that you have and that you have someone to celebrate with. This is something you have chosen.

Family is much bigger than you or me; it is a series of generations that we build on to create the moments that make us who we are. May you all have a joyous holiday season.

Photo by Say It Forward Productions On Dec 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Black Box Theater in the Main Street Landing, award-winning comedic storytellers Sue Schmidt and Kevin Gallagher will be joined by special guest Melinda Moulton and live band The Brevity Thing in an all-new show benefiting the Vermont Family Network. ‘“Home for the Allidays” is for anyone thinking of the miles traveled in the name of family at holiday season,” says Say It Forward producer and storyteller Susanne Schmidt. “These short, individual recollections reveal moments of triumph, heartbreak and hilarity around the kids’ and adults’ tables at the holidays.”

The event will open at 6:30 p.m. at The Black Box with a cash bar provided

by The Skinny Pancake.

Tickets are $30 and are on sale

through the Vermont Family Network.

The mission of the Vermont Family Network is to empower and support all Vermont families of children with disabilities. Last year, the Family Support program helped over 1,500 families navigate the complexities of special education, healthcare and disability resources. The Children’s Integrated Services Early Intervention program provided home visits and developmental education to 544 infants and toddlers in Chittenden County. VFN support, information and trainings are invaluable to families of children with special needs and the professionals who serve them.

For more information go to VermontFamilyNetwork.org or call 800-800-4005.

Holidays are about making . . .

At Shelburne Museum, the holidays are about making: making time, making memories, making art! Every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.—and every day during the holiday week in December— makers of all ages gather for Webby’s Art Studio in the Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education’s classroom. From Thanksgiving through the end of the year, we’re making. Join us! And don’t miss the crafts during Deck the Halls, our annual holiday extravaganza, on December 2 and 3.

December Schedule Dec. 2-3 Deck the Halls: Let it Snow! Paint a wooden snowflake to hang in your house this winter season. What kind of crazy colors will you use to make yours stand out?

Printed Packaging: Make your own hand-printed paper and use it to wrap a gift for someone special this holiday season.

Dec. 9 Printed Still Life: Look at the realistic still-life paintings found in Webb Gallery and then make your own modernized still-life print.

Dec. 16 Gumball Machines: Create something sweet to hang on your tree!

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Thursdays at 3:15 p.m. through Dec. 21: CODING CLUB. Beginners will learn to code with Scratch through guided video lessons to make their own simple games. Members with more experience will plan and create their own using skills they’ve learned. Chromebooks & earbuds provided or BYO. For 4th grade & up.

Registration required.

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KIDS PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 3:15 p.m.: AFTERSCHOOL WORKSHOP: Gifts for Pets. It’s holiday time and you have no gifts for your pets? If it’s special cats, dogs or birds, we’ll take care of the pets on your list with homemade treats and toys at the Charlotte Library. Grades 2 and up. Registration required.

Wednesday, Dec. 27, at 10:30 a.m.: LEGO Vacation Wednesday. Join your friends and other Lego fans to create with the library’s LEGO collection.

Tuesdays at 2:15 p.m. through Dec. 19: AFTER SCHOOL STORY EXPLORATIONS. Take the bus from CCS and explore the world of stories!

For kindergarten and 1st grade students.

Registration required.

mysteries to picture books, biographies to bestsellers, you’ll get a brief synopsis and a chance to look through book selections for every reader on your list. Enjoy a relaxed afternoon of gift shopping and good cheer. Refreshments served. Book copies available for purchase thanks to the Flying Pig Bookstore. This program takes place at the Charlotte Senior Center.

Monday, Dec. 18, at 10 a.m.: Mystery Book Group: Before the Poison. This stand-alone mystery by Peter Robinson “reads like a Golden Age classic crime novel, an unhurried, deliberate unraveling of a mystery paralleled by a long, slow reveal of the narrator’s own motivation, told with a ratcheting up of tension.” Copies are available at the circulation desk.

Through December: Tech Help Thursdays, 2-4 p.m. Get some one-onone technology help from Tech Librarian Susanna Kahn. Learn a new skill, troubleshoot a problem on your device, find out about downloading audiobooks and ebooks with your library card, and more. Drop in or sign up in advance.

12/7, 12/14 & 12/21.

Fridays at 10:30 a.m. through Dec. 22: PRESCHOOL STORY TIME. Join us for stories, songs, crafts and fun as we discover the wonder of books and the tales they tell. For children ages 3-5 who are comfortable in a story-time setting with or without parent/caregiver.

Registration required Wednesdays at 3:15 p.m.: MINECRAFT MEET-UPS. Bring your Minecraft mania to the library and help build new worlds each week. Please come with your own device loaded with Minecraft Pocket Edition. For ages 7 and up with basic knowledge of Minecraft.

Meet-up dates: November 29; December 6 & 13.

INFO & INTEREST FOR ADULTS

CHARLOTTE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Emily Ferris, Nan Mason, Danielle Conlon Menk, Jonathan Silverman and Robert Smith. Next Library Board Meeting: Thursday, Dec.14, at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.: Winter Bird Feeding with Birds of Vermont Museum. Dusting off your bird feeder?

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Outdoors

Burlington’s Rock Point Elizabeth Bassett CONTRIBUTOR

Take a walk on the wild side of Burlington! Rock Point is the largest parcel of undeveloped land in the city.

Miles of trails, breathtaking views and natural wonders await. Here’s what you need to know.

Rock Point encompasses 130 mostly forested acres including one mile of Lake Champlain shoreline. Since 1854 the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont has protected and stewarded this treasure. A significant campaign at the diocese aims to cement the future of this parcel. This deliberate process contrasts with the sale of 33 lakefront acres by the Catholic Archdiocese of Burlington to Burlington College. Subsequently, under financial pressure, the college sold the land to a developer.

Trails thread across a landscape that includes Rock Point School, Bishop Booth Conference Center, the Episcopal Bishop’s 19th century residence, an outdoor chapel, Burlington Community Gardens, a solar installation and a summer camp.

The 2.8 miles of trails pass beneath towering hemlocks and hug the shoreline for long stretches, affording fabulous views of the lake and Adirondacks. As is true along many stretches of Lake Champlain, tortured white cedar trees cling to rocky outcroppings above the water’s edge. On a recent stop at Eagle Bay, a lone eagle soared overhead while ravens scolded anyone within earshot.

Rock Point is also home to an unusual

geologic feature, the Champlain Thrust Fault. Along this nearly 200-mile fault, older dolomite has been thrust above shale that is 40 million years younger.

Geologists travel from afar to see the Lake Champlain Thrust Fault at Rock Point, perhaps the best viewing site along the length of the fault. If this sounds familiar, Mt. Philo also features older quartzite at its summit thrust over younger, softer shale. The brittle shale on Mt. Philo crumbles beneath the weight of the quartzite. This crumbling shale is visible on the downhill road not far from where it merges with the uphill lane.

Natural communities at Rock Point include sand dunes, a natural sand beach, lake bluff cedar-pine forest, and mesic oak-hickory-northern hardwood forest.

The property also protects 200 plant species, of which 20 are threatened, rare or uncommon, all protected under Vermont’s Endangered Species Law. In addition more than 40 vertebrate species call Rock Point home. The City of Burlington has embraced this special land by designating it as part of its “sustainable forest community.”

Fortunately for our greater community, Bishop Thomas Ely’s vision for Rock Point includes conserving the property and making it more accessible to the public. To that end the Church as hired Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, former president of Marlboro College, to help raise $1.7 million for the Partnership Campaign for Rock Point. Working part time for the diocese, McCulloch-Lovell seeks grants and philanthropic support to protect this special place.

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View of Lone Rock Point from Lake Champlain.

“We see this entire property as a sanctuary,” McCulloch-Lovell says, speaking for the many who care about Rock Point. “Just being here brings a sense of reverence and calm.”

Other tangible reasons to conserve the property include its environmental contributions not just to Burlington but also to Lake Champlain. “Consider water quality issues in Lake Champlain,” McCulloch-Lovell says. “This land with its old trees, wetlands and undisturbed soils acts as an important buffer between

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the city’s pollutants and the lake.”

Rock Point hides in plain sight beyond Burlington High School. After passing the high school take a right onto Rock Point Road. Pass Rock Point School on the left and park in a small lot on the right across from the brick Diocesan Center. Visitors are encouraged to make a voluntary donation toward the protection of this special place. Daily passes are available for $5 per adult and $12 for a family. Details at rockpointvt.org/rockpoint-passes.

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Bella Voce sings for the holidays The Vermont-based singing group Bella Voce will give two concerts celebrating the holidays. These will take place at St. Michael’s College in the McCarthy Arts Center Recital Hall on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. and the following day, Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. Charlotte is represented in the 35-voice choir by Jeri Bergdahl, who also happens to be on the group’s board of directors.

The group will sing some favorite Christmas carols with guest artists

MetalWerx, a tuba and euphonium quartet.

Tickets available at the door are $18 general admission and $15 for seniors and students. If you cannot make the concert, Bella Voce CDs are available.

And, if you can’t make one of their concerts in this country, the group will be in Scotland next year. The trip alone would be worth the price of admission.

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Northern Bronze handbell ringers will hold three concerts in early January.

They will perform January 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. in the Essex Episcopal Church, then at the same time at the First Congregational Church in Burlington on Jan. 7. Northern Bronze

is a professional community handbell ensemble founded in 2002 with members from all over northwestern Vermont. The group plays at concerts and events throughout New England.

Arabesque recognized as one of “25 Gifted Retailers” in the U.S. Arabesque, Shelburne’s boutique for luxurious gifts, stationery and home décor, has been selected by Gifts and Decorative Accessories magazine as one of its “25 Gifted Retailers” in the United States for 2017.

The magazine, which is the premier trade publication for the retail giftware industry, publishes the list annually to recognize independent gift stores that are “using innovative approaches to marketing and merchandising that are making a difference in their communities.”

The list “is based on what these retailers bring to their customers, whether through product mix, community-based events or exceptional customer service.” It includes stores across the entire country in a variety of categories, regions and incomes.

Arabesque is the only store in Vermont, and one of only three in New England, to be included on the list.

“We were a little stunned!” said owner Tracy Stolese. “We’re way up here in this small town in Vermont, and you don’t necessarily expect to be noticed by your industry. We just go about our days, trying to make our customers happy and keep the store looking pretty and finding fun merchandise,” she continued. “It’s really nice that someone thinks we’re doing something special!”

Stolese added, “Our little town is full of wonderful local stores with incredible owners, and I always wish that everyone knew that it’s very much worth the 10 or 15 minute drive from Burlington to come check us out!”

Arabesque opened in 2000 and has offered luxurious gifts and home décor for 17 years. With the purchase of Ink. Ink. Fine stationery in 2011, Arabesque added wedding and party invitations, personal stationery, business correspondence and do-it-yourself paper components to its offerings.

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Sports Easy Ways to Stay Healthy Through the Holidays StatePoint Between all those holiday festivities and extra seasonal chores, it can be difficult to always stay on top of your health. Here are some easy ways to prioritize wellness this time of year.

Make mornings count Evenings are especially busy around this time of year, so taking control of your mornings can be key. But, on dark winter mornings, the hardest part about working out can sometimes be just getting out of bed. Stay accountable by making workout plans with friends. Get your yoga-loving coworker to commit to a weekly class with you, or start a holiday steps competition at work to motivate yourself to move more.

Try out tech New, innovative technologies can inspire you to take charge of your health.

Wearable fitness trackers have been around for a while, but home DNA tests, like Orig3n’s Fitness test, can help you optimize workouts by providing insights into your genes. Discover whether you have the genes that need an extra rest day, or whether you’re better at high-intensity workouts or endurance exercises.

Strike a balance Exercise accounts for only about 25 percent of weight loss, while healthy eating accounts for 75 percent. Indulge yourself this holiday season, but also make smart choices. Go for the apple pie and eggnog, but pair them with healthier choices earlier in the day. Enjoy the shrimp cocktail instead of the cheese and crackers, or have a light breakfast of yogurt before the holiday feast. It’s all about balance. Instead of reaching for all the sweets and comfort foods in front of

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you, think about what you’d really like to eat. Choose wisely and mindfully.

Focus on fun, not food Don’t overthink it! It’s the holiday season and you’re supposed to be enjoying yourself. If you spend your time at parties counting calories instead of counting down to the New Year, you’ll miss out on the most important part of the season – time spent with loved ones. What’s more, you may find yourself overindulging later if you’re too restrictive. Instead, focus on the people in your life and the memories you’re making.

Get rest The most wonderful time of the year can be the most stressful when you have parties to plan, gifts to buy and financial obligations. A University of Chicago study found that people overeat on snacks –sometimes hundreds of additional calories – when they aren’t getting enough sleep. Take a breather, and when you can, get yourself to bed early.

New England Cross Country results find CVU women among the top four teams

The “Belles” of Belfast, Maine, over the weekend of Nov. 10 turned out to be the women’s cross country team from Pinkerton Academy, Derry, New Hampshire. Vermont’s top team from CVU missed stepping to the podium by one place, finishing fourth among the 29 teams entered from across New England.

The Redhawks’ top runner was Jennifer Ireland who completed the 5K circuit in 46th place, only two minutes behind the winner. Alice Larson in 49th, Cate Noel in 88th, Chloe Andrae in 90th, Ella Whitman, 118th, Isabelle Mittlestadt, 144th, and Sadie Holmes, 171st, formed the full CVU contingent.

There were 258 individuals who ran.

CVU men finished 30th out of 30 teams, with Jared Leonard the top individual for the Redhawks.

Seamus Higgins, Gavin Schaaf, Alex Mogilneicky, Sean Gilliam, Skyler Heininger and Dylan Gooley rounded out the team. Although the Redhawk team finished at the bottom of the list, their average time was only two minutes slower than the winners from Xavier High School in Middletown, Connecticut.

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Redhawk Alex Bortnick plays in the North/South Football Game

The 17th meeting of football stars from northern and southern Vermont high schools was played in Middlebury on Nov. 18. The northern team included CVU’s Jacob Bortnick. For the fourth time in a row, the North prevailed, winning 57-41 in a game that showed an outpouring of offense. BFA-St. Albans running back Nate Parady carried the ball eight times for 120 yards and three touchdowns, and returned a punt for 47 yards as well. North quarterback Gunnar Bierbaum lived up to his first name, throwing for 126 yards and two touchdowns. The north now leads the series 10 wins to 7.

Former CVU star Emily Kinneston now leads American University basketball

Coming down to the wire, it took former local woman hoopster from CVU, Emily Kinneston to bring the victory to the American U visitors in the TD Bank Classic at Patrick Gym last weekend. She put in the winning basket as time expired to give her team a 64-62 win. A senior, Emily has been one of the team’s top players all four of her years at American. She scored 16 points against the Catamounts, shooting 6 for 12 from the floor.

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Taking Care Alice Outwater, Ph.D

Mr. Saity (written 30 years later)

CONTRIBUTOR

I stood there

Some years ago John and I often flew to New York City for the day on Jet Blue’s $19 round trips. We started at the Metropolitan Museum and worked our way down to Grand Central Station, stopping at places of interest.

Jewelry had always fascinated me, and I had read about Mr. Saity’s shop on Park Avenue, which had outstanding Tibetan and American Indian jewelry.

Why not check it out?

A shiny glass window displayed Zuni pottery bowls with distinctive terra cotta black, white and brown designs, carved wooden ceremonial pieces, a Navajo turquoise and shell necklace and a Gallina effigy form of a clay bird. We pressed the button and stepped inside.

Mr. Saity rose from his desk to greet us with a mid-eastern accent overlaid with British diction. He looked us over carefully as if to assess us. I was dazzled by the number of exceptional pieces.

The Park Avenue store was small but beautiful: the walls covered with posters of glittering movie stars wearing his pieces and enticing cases filled with unusual necklaces and bracelets. “Would you show us some of your favorites?” I asked.

He walked with difficulty to the back of the store, then slid open a mirrored door to a small room. “Ah, these are my most precious pieces.” He carefully reached into the glass case and took one necklace after another from the shelves, explaining their stories and why they were unusual.

John shook his hand and said it was time from him to leave. “I am meeting an old friend for a visit.”

“Where were your family from?” I asked Mr. Saity.

befuddled and wondered how to handle this odd situation. How could I have gotten myself into this quandary?

“My family was a wealthy old Iranian family that could be traced back to the beginning of Christianity. They were influential, but we were Farsi and had to leave when the politics turned bad. Ours is a peaceful religion but unfortunately in the minority; the militant people who gained control didn’t like us.

“My father was a wonderful man, well known in commerce. Traders from Tibet would travel 1,000 miles on mule back to bring him jewelry to sell. As a six-year-old boy I remember those traders in their colorful Tibetan dress. I would hide behind the curtain, watching them decide the price of each piece.

My father respected these men, their long heritage and hard life. Now most of them have been killed or dispatched from their country. This is when I began to love the jewelry.

“When I came the U.S. the Indian jewelry was the nearest to it. So I got

Manhattan street scene. interested in the tribes out West and began to educate myself about their pieces. So much history is being lost in the world with all these wars and ethnic killings. It’s shameful. I am doing what I can to preserve these artists’ work.”

He was a raconteur, and I sat transfixed, feeling as if we were soul mates. I noticed people stopping on the street to examine Mr. Saity’s window, pointing at one piece of another, but no one came through the door.

The afternoon was advancing and I knew it was time to leave and hustle to Grand Central Station to catch the bus to the airport. Mr. Saity took one last piece from the case, as if he were saving it. “Of all my pieces, this will suit you the best. Try it on.” I recognized how exceptional it was. “How much is it?” I immediately knew I never should have put it on or asked the cost. “$1,800.” I agreed it looked very fine but explained I couldn’t afford it.

Courtesy photo “I must go now, Mr. Saity, and will stop by during my next trip to New York.” He smiled as if he knew all along: “You see this one is for you.”

I thought, “I don’t know what to do. He doesn’t even know my name, yet there is a bond between us.” I was confused and felt my moral principles were being challenged: Don’t get too personal with strangers. You never treat a shop as an intimate setting. How would I reciprocate?’

I stood there befuddled and wondered how to handle this odd situation. How could I have gotten myself into this quandary?

His voice was becoming more adamant. His act of generosity was outside any encounter I’d ever experienced.

The solution will have to wait for the next TAKING CARE article.

The Charlotte News • November 29, 2017 • 19

Real Estate 5 Ways to Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays

Property Transfers Oct. 11 Estate of Charles Stearns to Hergenrother Construction LLC, 0.81 acre, land only, lot #4 Partridge Lane, $130,000.

Oct. 18 John H. and Lisa A. Hauenstein, trustees of Hauenstein Revocable Living Trust, to Christina Asquith, 14.02 acres with dwelling, 6373 Spear Street, $1,075,000.

Oct. 23 Fecteau Homes to Frank Tenney and RichardTenney, mobile home, 31 Tenneys Mews, $8,000.

Oct. 23 Mary Genova Walker to Petdia II LLC, 0.92 acres with dwelling, 1768 Mt. Philo Road, $215,000.

Nov. 3 Reginald and Colleen Gray to Larry W. and Ambre R. Dailey, 1 acre with dwelling, 3783 Hinesburg Road, $245,000.

Nov. 6 Estate of Thomas C. Henneberger, Jr. to Andrew and Nancy Milliken, 3.05 acres, land only, 1830 Greenbush Road, $15,000.

Nov. 17 Robert W. & Nancy H. Bloch to JWK Thompson’s Point LLC, seasonal cottage, 796 Flat Rock Road, $925,000.

Nov. 20 Estate of Thomas C. Henneberger, Jr. to Peter & Diane Rosenfeld, 2.66 acres, land only, 1830 Greenbush Road, $15,000.

Oct. 26 Patricia Joyce and Deirdre Joyce to FR-IV Properties LLC, seasonal cottages, 730 and 736 North Shore Road, $350,000.

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Whether you’re hosting or just trying to get into the holiday spirit, preparing your home doesn’t have to be daunting or expensive.

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Deck the dining table Get your dining table holiday-ready by purchasing staple décor pieces that can be rotated throughout the year.

Fill glass vases with seasonal items such as ornaments, holly, faux snow or pinecones. Add extra light and warmth to the table with a flameless LED pillar candle. Place tea lights in small vases filled with cranberries, holly and water for an inexpensive and festive way to decorate the table.

Decorate the tree If you’re looking for a fun way to get kids involved in holiday decorating, purchase plain ornaments for them to design with paint or pens. Clear ornaments can be filled with glitter or tinsel to create a unique look for your tree. Decorated ornaments also make great and thoughtful gifts.

Embellish your tree by adding red or burlap ribbon from the top of each side and adding a topper. Then, consider coordinating the color scheme of your tree with gifts, using those that were wrapped early as decor throughout your house.

Deck the front door Make a DIY wreath by gluing bows or pinning ornaments to a foam wreath.

Designing your own door decor doesn’t have to be expensive, and it will allow you to add your own personal touch to your home’s entryway. Complete the look with festive outdoor lighting.

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Design a festive mantle Decorate your fireplace mantle for the holidays without spending much time or money. Wrap a garland in mini string lights and hang leftover ornaments to continue the theme from your tree. Create handmade bows to place at each end of the mantle using your choice of ribbon. If you don’t have a mantle, you can create a fireplace-like space with a cluster of string lights or LED candles in a nook of your home. Then, remember to hang the stockings!

Create a cleaning game plan The holidays can be fun, festive and messy. Create a day-by-day cleaning game plan, focusing on one area of your house at a time. This will save you stress and allow you more time to get organized. Be sure you’re stocked up on all your holiday prep cleaning supplies, including sponges, microfiber cloths and wet mop refills.

Remember, getting into the holiday spirit doesn’t have to break the bank.

Save time and money decorating your home, so you can spend more stressfree moments with friends and family.

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Oct. 30 Jeffrey and Tammy Hall to Philo Ridge LLC, 2.84 acres with dwelling, 875 Hinesburg Road, $269,000.

Nov. 1 Marie Luhr to Eli LesserGoldsmith and Portia Senning, 1 acre with dwelling, 701 Hills Point Road, $775,000.

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Health Easy Ways to Cut Back on Sugar StatePoint Nationwide, 30 million children and adults have diabetes, and 86 million are prediabetic, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

Now is the opportunity to take steps to decrease your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. A leading risk factor for Type 2 diabetes is being overweight.

But the good news is, according to the ADA, losing just seven percent of your body weight can decrease that risk by 58 percent.

One way to manage your weight is to cut back on sugar, which can often be a sneaky source of weight gain.

Before getting started, it’s important to remember that many healthy foods naturally contain sugar, a carbohydrate your body burns for energy. Processed sugars are different, adding calories that provide no other nutritional benefit, and at excessive levels, disrupting your metabolism, and potentially posing serious health risks.

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• Sweeten with spices. Replace sugar from coffee, hot cereal and other foods with spices that have a naturally sweet taste, such as vanilla, cinnamon and cardamom, instead.

• Flavor your water. A 12-ounce can of soda has as much as 40 grams of added sugar. Skip the soda and drink water sweetened with fresh fruit and herbs, like strawberries and basil or lime and mint.

• Start with plain. The fruit in the bottom of your yogurt can come with 25 or more grams of added sugar. Buy plain yogurt and add your own fresh or dried fruit.

• Snack on fruit. One cup of blueberries, for example, has seven grams of natural sugar to satisfy your sweet tooth, but the fruit also comes with fiber to help you feel full and slow the breakdown of the sugars, so you don’t crave more calories soon after eating it.

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Puzzles THEME: HOLIDAY MOVIES

Solutions on page 23

ACROSS 1. Big ____ at 7-Eleven 5. Plays for pay 8. Not counterfeit 12. Largest continent 13. Field worker 14. Eagle’s nest 15. Shadeloving plant 16. River in Bohemia 17. Choice or delicious dish 18. *Vince Vaughn’s title role, 2007

20. Research facil.

____ the Way,” 1996

21. “Colorful” announcement

38. Speak like Pericles

22. Humor magazine

39. Cleopatra’s necklace

23. Sherlock Holmes’ esteemed friend

40. They’re often bolt action

26. Wedgeshaped 30. “Fat chance!”

31. Ancient liturgical hymn 34. Jet black 35. Like Bushmills’ whiskey 37. *”Jingle

42. Tucker of “Modern Family” 43. Football play, pl.

45. *Nicholas Cage’s “The ____ Man,” 2000 47. Egg cells 48. “The Metamorphosis” author

50. Nursery rhyme old woman’s home 52. *Kevin McCallister’s story, 1990 56. Opposite end of alpha 57. “It’s beginning to look ____ ____ like Christmas...”

58. Like desert climate 59. Apple leftovers 60. Container weight 61. *”Trappd in

Paradise” with Jon Lovitz and ____ Carvey 62. Matured 63. “C’____ la vie!”

64. Big Bang’s original matter DOWN

8. *Clarice, e.g.

amount

9. Spans of time

29. *Henry F. Potter in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” e.g.

10. Not a word?

11. Type of Christmas lights 13. Helen in France 14. Type of deadly flu

1. Fishing pole

19. Lamé or serge

2. Olympic castaway?

22. “____’s the word”

3. Pre-euro money

23. *Like Bing Crosby’s Christmas

4. Bamboo forest dwellers 5. *Like Express to the North Pole 6. Overthrow by argument 7. Miners’ bounty, pl.

24. Packers’ quarterback 25. Like Hitler’s Reich 26. Reject 27. Olden day calculators 28. The whole

caffeinecontaining nuts 49. Like a duel in France, usually

32. Oration station

50. Smoke plus fog

33. *Will Ferrell’s 2003 role

51. At this point

36. *Based on “A Christmas Carol,” 1988

53. Unwritten exam

38. Port city in Japan 40. Ribonucleic acid 41. Affected or pretentious 44. Part of eye containing iris, pl.

46. Unwellness 48. Trees producing

52. Antonym of love

54. Number of baseball fielders 55. Dutch cheese 56. Edible tuber

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New sessions of exercise favorites begin next week: Gentle Yoga, Chair Yoga, Tai Chi, Fitness at Any Age, and Pilates. You’ll find schedules and fees in the printed program. As always, you are welcome to come in and try a class to see if it’s the one for you. You can register for classes by calling the Center at 425-

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Dec. 13 at 1 p.m. Wrapping up a Good Read: Favorite Gift Selections from the Charlotte Library Staff. In a rapid-review session Georgia Edwards, Cheryl Sloan and Margaret Woodruff will present their favorites for this holiday season, giving a brief synopsis of books to delight all ages from kids to seniors—

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Enjoy refreshments and browse copies of the books reviewed. You can choose to purchase copies made available at the review session by the Flying Pig bookstore and will have a review list to take home.

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Senior Luncheons: Wednesdays at noon: Special senior luncheons are held on Wednesdays. Make your reservations by calling the Senior Center at 425-6345.

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Community Events SENIOR CENTER MENU Monday Menus (served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.)

Dec. 4 Hearty chili mac soup Mixed green salad, cornbread Honey walnut cake Dec. 11 Turkey & butternut squash soup Green salad Apple cake Wednesday Menus (served at noon) Dec. 6 Cinnamon chicken with Basmati rice & steamed broccoli Birthday cake & ice cream Dec. 13 Zucchini mushroom bake Roasted red potatoes Homemade dessert

snack and water. Mondays from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Charlotte Central School.

Follows the school calendar. Email bbfcharlotteplaygroup@gmail.com for more information.

Pickleball: Step forward and whack the pickleball with purpose on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Charlotte Central School’s Multi-Purpose Room. Jugballs (the indoor version of the pickleball) and racquets will be provided to newcomers to the game. For more information call 425-6129 ext. 204 or email Recreation@ townofcharlotte.com.

Driver’s education: The Charlotte Recreation Department will be offering a driver’s education program this winter by the 802 Driving School. The eight-week program will be taught by Joe Barch, who has over 15 years of experience teaching in public schools. Registration is $690.

Please find forms on the town website at charlottevt.org under the “Recreation” tab or email Nicole Conley at Recreation@ townofcharlotte.com or phone 425-6129 ext. 204.

Film Festival: The Bow Wow Film Festival, a short film for the love of dogs, will be held to benefit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society, at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Saturday Nov. 25. Showings are at 2 and 5 p.m. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. For more information and to purchase tickets visit townhalltheater.org.

Writing workshop: A morning workshop with author Tim Brookes on crafting the best prose will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Shelburne Town Offices on Saturday, Dec. 2. Brookes was born in England, educated at Oxford and moved to the United States in 1980. He has published 16 books, more than 500 newspaper and magazine articles and was a regular essayist on NPR for 21 years.

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