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Williston’s one-man stormwater department turns over By Jason Starr Observer staff

James Sherrard, the only stormwater coordinator the Town of Williston has ever had, leaves this week for a similar job with the City of Burlington. The Williston Department of Public Works is accepting applications for his successor through next Friday. Sherrard developed the stormwater department from its infancy in 2015, taking control of about $700,000 in annual revenue from the stormwater fee the town began collecting that year. The fee charges homeowners $51 per year to help the town control and clean rainwater that runs off impervious surfaces, and eventually into local streams and lakes. Larger property owners are charged based on the square-footage of impervious surface on their properties. The money covers maintenance of existing stormwater infrastructure — runoff retention ponds and roadside ditches and culverts, for example. About 40 percent is also set aside for new infrastructure that can help the town meet the requirements of its state-approved plan to restore the Allen Brook. The Allen Brook flows through the center of town and is designated as impaired by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The designation obligates the town to design and implement a “flow restoration plan” for the brook. The DEC approved the town’s plan in 2016. One of the plan’s key tenets is to upgrade stormwater infrastructure

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Williston Stormwater Coordinator James Sherrard leaves this week for a similar job with the City of Burlington.

in 18 of the town’s residential neighborhoods. Much of Sherrard’s work has focused on fostering relationships

with members of neighborhood homeowners associations, educating them about the upgrade requirements and working with

the selectboard to create policies to help the associations cover costs. The selectboard has agreed to have the town apply for stormwater grants on the neighborhoods’ behalf and offer low-interest loans to help fund the improvements. It also committed the town to take over long-term maintenance of the upgraded systems. Sherrard said last week that 12 of the 18 neighborhoods have completed upgrades, and two more are expected to be complete by the end of the year. The town has received and distributed about $700,000 in grant funds over the past two years to defray costs, and loaned about $1.1 million, he said. The experience has been an education in diplomacy, local politics and state bureaucracy for Sherrard. That, and the use of the engineering and hydrology knowledge he acquired while earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering have made the job fulfilling. “I am really grateful for having been able to work in Williston,” he said. “It’s bittersweet to leave a program that you’ve been at the inception of.” The job description posted by the public works department is two pages long. The top-line responsibility states: “plans, organizes, oversees and directs all aspects of the program, including legal and regulatory compliance; coordinates with the public, private businesses, homeowners associations, and governmental agencies …” Public Works Director Bruce Hoar said the pool of candidates with experience in the field “is pretty narrow.” “Stormwater is a little bit of a unique field,” he said. “But we’ve

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Cards, change stolen from parked cars Williston police are investigating a series of thefts from unlocked cars in the Indian Ridge neighborhood off Talcott Road. Credit cards were stolen in at least two instances, and later used at the Price Chopper store on Shelburne Road in Shelburne, according to Officer Keith Gonyeau. In other cases, change, phone chargers and gift cards were stolen. Gonyeau said eight cars were entered in the early morning hours last Monday, June 17, on Isham Circle, Read Road and Kristen Court. The cars were unlocked and parked in homeowners’ driveways, he said. “We are being much more vigilant now,” said Carey Haug, an Isham Circle resident who lost change and a phone charger in the crime. “We are locking all our cars, even the ones inside the garage, and I’m parking inside the garage now.” On Thursday, residents of nearby Winslow Lane reported two more similar incidents. Gonyeau said these kinds of thefts have happened in clusters in Williston every couple of years. “They are going after the cars that are unlocked. It seems if they find a door locked, they move on to the next one,” he said. Gonyeau is working to retrieve surveillance video from Price Chopper to match the timing of when the stolen card was used in order to identify a suspect in the June 17 thefts. Police have store video of a person they believe stole a credit card in Thursday’s incident on Winslow Lane. “We have a person we are trying to identify,” Gonyeau said. “We’ll have to see if it’s the same person when I get the (second) video.” — Jason Starr

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Concert kickoff The Eagles Experience, an Eagles tribute band, kicked off the Thursday evening concert series at Maple Street Place last week. The series continues each Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the Maple Tree Place central green. The schedule: June 27 — Britishmania Beatles Tribute July 11 — Garth Brooks Tribute July 18 — Elvis Tribute July 25 — Shake the Band (Original local) Aug. 1 — Thea Wren Soul Jazz Aug. 8 — Johnny Cash Tribute Aug. 15 — Poison Tribute (80s Rock) Aug. 22 — Chicago Tribute

Attempts to organize a farmers’ market at Kismet Place in Williston for a second season were called off this week after organizers struggled to garner interest from potential vendors. Market organizer Jonathan Fleming, who took over organizational tasks in May after the previous organizer unexpectedly stepped down, announced the decision Tuesday. Fleming had hoped to launch the market for the season June 9 in the Kismet Place parking lot on Blair Park Road, where the market took place from June through mid September in 2018. “Unfortunately, we could not make the market happen this year,” Fleming said in an email to the Observer. “We are taking the summer off to research and will be back for next year. Our desire is to have a market with many vendors and foot traffic.” Fleming is a practitioner at Integrative Acupuncture, which operates out of the Kismet building. He invites anyone interested in supporting the market for next season to call him at 876-7187 or email jonathan@integrativeaom.com. —Jason Starr

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It does not make sense to bury these materials in a landfill. Reusing and then recycling them into a new form will help recapture some of (their) embedded energy.

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Activists and politicians around Vermont are preening with pride about having passed the nation’s broadest ban on plastic bags and plastic products, with a promise (in the form of a study committee) of more to come. As citizens of an ostensibly free society founded upon the principle of limited government, this is not something we should be pleased about. This bag ban is a truly authoritarian/ totalitarian policy. Given that, in the current national political atmosphere, words like authoritarian, dictatorial, police state, etc. are being thrown about quite a bit, it is probably important to revisit what those terms really mean: — au·thor·i·tar·i·an. Adjective. 1. Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom. — to·tal·i·tar·i·an. Adjective 1. Relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state. With the bag ban, rather than allow merchants the personal freedom to decide whether or not to provide plastic bags, and cus-

tomers the freedom to choose what kind of bag they would prefer, the state has usurped and centralized the authority to dictate that decision to us, and we are to strictly obey — or the police will force us to. Hence, it is an authoritarian policy. I also call it totalitarian because, in a totalitarian system, the totality of decision-making for the citizenry rests with the state. If we citizens are not at liberty to decide for ourselves something as minute as “paper or plastic,” what decisions can’t the state make for us? This is not limited government, it’s limitless government — total control. Sadly, way too many policies becoming law these days are authoritarian, robbing us of individual liberty and requiring obedience to centralized, government decision-making. The state has assumed the authority to decide whether or not we must purchase health insurance, what kind, and from whom; where our children must go to school and what they will learn there; everything down to what kind of light bulbs we can use and, increasingly, what kind of electricity we must buy to power those bulbs. The list goes on and on; this seems to be the progressive vision.

But this is not, as the chant says, “what democracy looks like.” This is what an authoritarian police state looks like. A society based on individual liberty, as ours is (or was), leaves the people free to make decisions for and amongst themselves. The legitimate role of government in such a society is to ensure that private decisions are made “free of force and fraud.” In other words, government is supposed to protect citizens from other citizens who want to force us to do things against our consent. It is certainly not supposed to be the entity doing the forcing! Government is always, by its very nature, an agent of force. It has what has been aptly described as a “monopoly on legitimate violence.” What makes ours a uniquely free, democratic and non-authoritarian society is that our Constitution, when followed, limits to a vast degree where and when that violence can be employed. Hence the oft-repeated language in our Bill of Rights like “Congress shall make no law,” rights “shall not be infringed,” government can’t take action “without the consent of the owner.” With respect to most aspects of our daily lives, we do not have to obey government so long see BAN page 7

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as we deal on a peaceful, mutually consensual basis with our fellow citizens. And this is a good thing. When outcomes are by necessity determined as a result of mutual consent, it fosters understanding, cooperation, innovation, diversity, shared value and values. This dynamic is what has made the United States the most prosperous and diverse nation in human history. On the other hand, when outcomes are the result of one side extracting its agenda from another through force, it leads to anger, resentment and reactive hostility. As government force injects itself into more and more aspects of our lives (such as plastic bags), the more anger, resentment and hostility grows. And, honestly, who wants to live in a society where everything is decided by force or the threat of force besides a narcissistic psychopath who gets a thrill out of controlling other people and bossing them around? When people are for government action these days, they are too often saying, “I cannot get my fellow citizens to consensually do what I want them to do, so use the government’s monopoly on violence to force them to do as I say.” The impulse to resort to force is unfortunately a common human reaction to not getting one’s way. But giving into that impulse is to embrace authoritarianism at the expense of liberty. This is exactly what our government is supposed to guard against, not foster.

Ashe’s heap of assumptions In the June 20 edition of the Observer, State Sen. Tim Ashe decried Governor Phil Scott’s veto of S.169 (“Governor’s gun veto hard to fathom”). The bill would have created a 24hour waiting period for purchasing handguns. Ashe provided no facts to support his view. He cited nothing to buttress his contention that persons “going through a very hard time” end their lives within 24 hours of purchasing a gun. He provided no evidence for his opinion that those given to “impulsive gun violence” bought a gun within that time period.

The bill would have infringed on the U.S. and Vermont Constitutional rights to keep and bear arms. By stating his hypothesis as a conclusion, Ashe attempts to avoid the necessary burden of proof to justify any infringement. Therefore, his criticism of the governor’s veto is unjustified. Bret Powell Williston

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day. I went from having a great job with two incomes to only one income and it was all a blur.” In order to better support local cancer families, CPSF has launched the Hope Hero campaign, where people can sponsor one family in crisis. For $400 — or $33.33 a month — you can be a Hope Hero and remove one financial worry for a family dealing with cancer. For each Hope Hero, a custom Vermont Teddy Bear with our “Hugs, Hope, Happiness” logo will be given to a local patient in treatment, or you can give to someone in your life touched by cancer. Each Hope Hero bear represents one family in crisis, and it also represents one local sponsor who

wants to make sure that patients and their families are focused on getting well and not worrying about housing, food or even how they can afford to get to the hospital for treatment. Some patients delay treatment simply because they cannot afford the gas to put in their cars. Others make difficult choices between taking life-saving medications or feeding their children. “Many patients are unable to work while they are in cancer treatment,” explains Sarah Lemnah, executive director of CPSF. “They tell us they are more worried about the money than the cancer. As they struggle to afford the cost of transportation to hospital visits, prescriptions and medical costs not

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patients in Vermont and Northern New York from 2017-2019, and over $2 million since the fund’s inception. Each year over 630 families are supported by CPSF due to the generosity of our donors in Vermont and Northern New York. Support a local cancer patient and their family. All funds stay locally in Vermont and Northern New York. For more information go to www.cpsfvt.org/hero or call (802) 488-5495. Nonprofit News is a weekly series highlighting the work of nonprofit organizations in Williston and throughout Chittenden County. This story was provided by the Cancer Patient Support Foundation. Nonprofits seeking to tell their story in this space, please email editor@willistonobserver.com or call Jason at (802) 872-9000 ext. 117.

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fraudster the gift card number), or some form of cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. While the scam can be devastating, there are several steps you can take to prevent yourself, and your loved ones, from falling victim to this scam: — Don’t trust your caller ID: Scammers can make it look as if the Social Security Administration is calling and even use the agency’s real number. If you receive an unexpected call from Social Security, don’t answer it. Instead, call Social Security’s c u st ome r s e r v ic e nu mb e r at 800-772-1213 to see if they were actually trying to contact you. — Remember, Social Security will never suspend your number or call and demand money. If anyone tells you something different, you’re being scammed. — Don’t give out personal information: Never give out your Social Security number, bank infor mation or other personal details to an unknown caller. If you already did, visit IdentityTheft.gov/SSA to find out what steps you can take to protect your credit and your identity. — Don’t trust the caller just because they may know some of your personal information. It’s most likely a scam if the person on the other end asks to confirm your information. — Talk about the experience. T hose who’ve be e n t a rget e d should alert friends and neighbors about the call to spread information and report the scam to the FTC at FTC.gov/complaint. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Nor m a n , OK 73070, or v i sit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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Lake Iroquois invasive prevention program launches

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The Town of Williston and the Lake Iroquois Association are partnering this summer to run a greeter and boat wash program at the Lake Iroquois public access. The program will employ five greeters plus a manager to inform lake visitors about invasive species and inspect and wash boats to make sure invasive species are not brought into the lake. In addition, the greeters will ensure that invasive milfoil from Lake Iroquois isn’t attached to boats as they exit the lake. The greeters will be at the lake each Friday afternoon and all-day Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day Weekend. The program is made possible by a $14,800 grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. The grant will also help fund diver-assisted removal of milfoil from the lake later this summer. —Observer staff report

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Cooking Corner

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CALENDAR THURSDAY, JUNE 27 Scam prevention seminar AARP hosts Frank Abagnale, former conman turned FBI informant, to discuss identity theft and fraud protection. 6:30 p.m. DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton, 870 Williston Rd., South Burlington.

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Hope for Tomorrow Project Hoeppner and Lake Champlain Maritime Museum present the first annual HOPE for tomorrow, a fun row to New York (2-mile round trip) to increase awareness for teen suicide. 8:30 a.m. Meet at the museum, 4472 Basin Harbor Rd., Vergennes. Hope4TomorrowVT@gmail.com

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Electric vehicle expo Richmond Climate Action Committee presents an afternoon of electric car and bike displays and test drives. Presented with Drive Electric Vermont, Green Mountain Power and the Vermont Electric Coop. 3-6 p.m. Richmond Free Library, 200 Bridge St., Richmond.

MONDAY, JULY 1 Army band concert 40th Army Band “Unplugged.” Music from the 1990s to today.

Food truck and ice cream available. 7 p.m. 1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington.

SATURDAY, JULY 6 Bird walk Join naturalist Terry Marron on a bird-viewing walk at the Oak View Hill Trail in Williston. Bring binoculars, water, bug spray, snack and boots. Park at trailhead at Oak Hill Road. 8-11 a.m. tgmarron@ comcast.net.

SUNDAY, JULY 7 Chittenden County Historical Society presentation Historical voyages of the Lois McClure schooner on Lake Champlain. Tour the schooner at Perkins Pier in Burlington. 2 p.m. 47 Maple St., Burlington.

TUESDAY, JULY 9 Youth Farm Safety Day Join the UVM Extension for education about the potential dangers of farming, especially for kids. Workshop for ages 10-16. 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ballard Acres Farm, 1900 Ballard Rd., Georgia. Lunch is included. (802) 524-6501 ext. 449.

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Essex Historical Society show Tales and Treasures of Essex featuring Edward Phelps and the poem “Lay of the Lost Traveler.” Tim Jerman leads the discussion. 7 p.m. Memorial Hall, Towers Road, Essex.

ONGOING Richmond Farmers’ Market Every Friday through Oct. 11, 3 - 7 p.m. on the Volunteers Green in Richmond. Discover local produce, prepared food, handmade crafts, baked goods, local meat, live music and more. info@richmondfarmersmarketvt.org NAMI-VT Williston Family Support Group for family members and close friends of a loved one with a serious mental illness. First and third Monday of the month. 6-7:30 p.m. at the NAMI-VT office, 600 Blair Park Road. 310-4199. Sustainable Williston monthly meeting. Fourth Thursday of each month. 7:15 p.m. Dorothy Alling Memorial Librar y, 21 Librar y Lane, Williston. Meet to discuss sustainability issues and projects and plan new steps for the future. 6 p.m. potluck dinner precedes discussion. Sustainablewilliston.org.

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POLICE BLOTTER Williston Police Dept. June 15-21

JUNE 22– OCTOBER 20, 2019

JUNE 15, HARVEST LANE Received a report that an infant had been accidentally locked in a vehicle, but was not in distress. An officer responded and was able to successfully unlock the vehicle. JUNE 15, ESSEX ROAD An Officer conducted a motor vehicle stop of a vehicle with a headlight out. During the stop it was determined that the operator is required to have an ignition interlock device in their vehicle, which they did not. They were cited to appear in court for driving with a criminally suspended license.

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Officers received eight reports throughout the day that the previous night, vehicles had been gone through, many were missing change, gift cards and credit cards. Officers are investigating the string of thefts. JUNE 18, DAY LANE Officers responded to a report of a verbal family fight. Officers spoke with all parties and ensured the situation was safe and nothing physical had occurred. JUNE 19, HAWTHORNE STREET Officers assisted Williston Rescue with a medical emergency that occurred in a store. JUNE 19, HARVEST LANE Received a report that an infant had been accidentally locked in a

vehicle, but was not in distress. An officer responded and was able to successfully unlock the vehicle. JUNE 19, HARVEST LANE Officers responded to a report of a purse being stolen from an elderly woman’s shopping cart at WalMart. Officers presented the images of the suspects to the media, and were able to identify the suspect and get the purse and its contacts returned to their rightful owner. JUNE 20, WINSLOW LANE Officers received more reports of vehicles having been gone through, and having items stolen from them. They believe these are related to the thefts that were occurring on June 17, and the investigation is ongoing.

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CLASSIFIEDS Seeking Office “Magician” We have a full-time position in our Williston Auto Auction facility for a computer proficient individual with a pleasant demeanor to assist in the office for our busy auctions. Applicant must be detail oriented, organized, and possess great customer service skills. Cashier experience helpful. 40-hour work week includes Saturday auctions. A background check is required. Competitive wages and benefits package including 401(k). Please forward your resumé and references to HR@THCAuction.com

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Independence Day Celebration The theme of this year’s July Fourth celebration is: “Independence Day! Celebrate the Red, White & Blue.” Parade and vendor registration forms — as well as a list of this year’s activities — are available at willistonrec.org. Registration is required to be in the parade. The parade will be held on

Thursday, July 4 with fireworks to follow that evening.

Firecracker 5K Fun Run The Firecracker 5K Fun Run starts at 5 p.m. July 3 in Williston Community Park. The route goes to North Williston Road, Mountain View Drive, Old Stage Road and finishes back in park. Proceeds go to the Richmond/Williston Rotary Club for its volunteer service of the run. Preregister at willistonrec.org to get a 5K Fun Run T-shirt. Onsite registration starts at 5 p.m. on July 3.

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Tickets and parking passes to the Great Escape in New York are now on sale at the Town Clerk’s Office. Tickets are good any day and cost $41 (children under 2 are free). A parking pass is $18. Tickets can be purchased Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the clerk’s office, 7900 Williston Rd.

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SD Ireland’s Jacob Boliba makes a running catch during the Williston-based team’s American Legion League baseball game against the Schenectady (N.Y.) Indians on June 15.

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Legion season starts with mixed results

SD Ireland opened the Legion baseball season June 13 with a win, but quickly dropped its next three games to finish its first week with a 1-3 record. The team has since bounced back to even its record at 3-3. SD Ireland beat Barre Post 10 in the summer opener 4-0. Storm Rushford earned the win with a complete game effort on the mound, while Tyler Skaflestad and Aidan Johnson each had two hits. The team then fell to Oneonta 2-1 on June 15. The two teams were tied in the bottom of the seventh before Oneonta scored a walk-off win. Lars Jensen had the lone RBI for SD Ireland.

Whitman named player of the year By Lauren Read

Nora Weisman-Rowell represented CVU on the Vermont squad.

Champlain Valley Union High School’s Ella Whitman was named the Vermont high school track and field player of the year by Gatorade last Thursday. The Hinesburg resident recently won her third straight state title in the 3,000-meter race at the Division I state championships. She also finished second in the 1,500-meter race to help the Redhawks to a second-place finish as a team. “Ella Whitman has been dominant for so long,” said Burlington coach Dan Hagan in a press release. “She continues to improve in the 3,000 despite the fact that no one in Vermont can run with her. She spends most of the seven-and-a-half laps all by herself.” The senior maintained a 3.94 grade point average and signed a national letter of intent to compete for Boston College in the fall.

BASEBALL Vermont and New Hampshire faced off in the Twin State Baseball Classic on Saturday at White River Junction, with the Granite State winning the first game 4-1 and the Green Mountain State taking the second 11-3. Champlain Valley’s Tyler Skaflestad went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and one run scored for Vermont in the second game.

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The team fell to Schnectady 8-2 later in the day, squandering a 2-0 lead by giving up eight unanswered runs. Last Monday, SD Ireland fell to the Colchester Cannons 4-0, with Baker Angstmann pitching six innings in a losing effort. Then, over the weekend, the team beat Rockland, 6-5, and lost to White River Junction, 10-7. Rushford pitched five innings, while Baker Angstmann entered for 1 ⅔ innings of relief against Rockland. Tyler Skaflestad had three hits to lead the SD Ireland offense in the win. Against Colchester, Jacob Murphy had three hits and Lars Jensen drove in two runs. — Lauren Read

FIELD HOCKEY Vermont took on New Hampshire in the 36th annual Twin State field hockey game Friday, and the Green Mountain State emerged with a 3-0 win in Manchester, N.H.

LACROSSE Vermont and New Hampshire split the 27th Byrne Cup in Lebanon on Saturday, with New Hampshire winning the girls game 23-8 and Vermont beating New Hampshire 21-5 in the boys game. New Hampshire’s Hannah McCarthy scored four goals, and four other players notched hat tricks as the Granite State offense overwhelmed Vermont in the girls game. In the boys game, Champlain Valley’s Jake Schaefer had two goals and two assists as Vermont dominated. Burr and Burton’s Jake Baker had five goals to pace the Green Mountain State.