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Town, gun club near noise agreement

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Three members of the Williston Selectboard separately asked the president of the North Country Sportsman’s Club last week the same question: How many shooting events outside of the club’s regular hours would the club like to hold each season? The board and the club are attempting to work out an agreement about the volume of shooting that takes place at the Old Creamery Road site and the resulting noise that will be allowable under the town’s noise ordinance. The club’s operations have been at odds with the ordinance going back to the early 1990s. The sound of shotgun blasts emanating from the site are also the subject of occasional neighbor complaints. The club sued the town in 2015 after the town cited the club for violating the noise ordinance, and the case landed in Vermont Supreme Court two years later. The court ruled in 2017 that the town could not restrict the club’s activities to any less than the club’s “historical levels of shooting.” The ruling pointed to 2006 — the year state law was amended to limit municipal oversight of sport shooting ranges — to define the club’s historical activity. Each time he was asked how many events the club would like to hold —outside of its regular Wednesday and Sunday operating hours —during last week’s selectboard meeting, club president Bob Otty declined to offer a definitive answer. He argued for a generous interpretation of the Supreme Court’s reference to 2006, pointing to a portion of the ruling that identified the more vague “circa 2006” as a historical baseline. That would broaden the time frame of reference to include 2007, Otty said, when there were 25 special events. How many events are allowed in a rewritten noise ordinance “could make a significant financial differsee NOISE page 2

Observer photos by Al Frey ABOVE: Protesters march on the ICE building in Williston on Sunday, denouncing federal immigration practices. BELOW: A Williston police officer escorts protesters along Harvest Lane.

20 arrested, Harvest Lane closed during protest Observer staff report Hundreds of activists gathered in Williston on Sunday for a group protest outside the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building on Harvest Lane, denouncing federal immigration policy that separates asylum seeking migrant parents from their children. Protesters came from across Vermont, according to Burlington’s Peace and Justice Center, a lead organizer of the event. The center organized a similar protest last summer. Harvest Lane was closed to cars for about two hours during the demonstration. The Williston Police Department reported charging 20 people — ranging in age from

20 to 70 — with disorderly conduct, citing them to appear in Chittenden Criminal Court in Burlington on Aug. 13. Two music groups performed and several social activists spoke at the event. The protesters called on local and state elected officials, as well as Vermont’s representatives in Congress, to advocate for several federal and state policies, including ending family separation and

immigrant children incarceration; ending ICE raids and deportations and defunding the agency; and ending state and local police collaboration with ICE. The Peace and Justice Center describes the ICE building on Harvest Lane as a “data center” that operates 24/7 and employs about 400 people, providing data about people’s immigration status to federal agents and local police.

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‘Having a firm number helps everybody ... You want to make sure, if the people change, that everyone knows what the activity is.’

The North Country Sportsman’s Club in Williston plans to host about four hunter education classes annually in partnership with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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ence to the club,” he said. Board members Joy Limoge and Ted Kenney offered to allow 16 events — with no more than three per month. That is the number of events the club says it held in 2006. Kenny said the Supreme Court was definitive in referencing 2006 as the baseline usage the town is obligated to allow. “I don’t think the ‘circa’ part is going to be determinative,” he said. This year, the club is on pace to host between 13 and 15 events, Otty said, an uptick from last year. Otty did not comment on the board’s offer of 16 events, but did take exception to the three-permonth limit. “That sounds fine until we get a fourth request,” he said. “Then do we just say ‘no?’ That is a significant financial (impact) to us.” Otty made two additional requests. One is that hunter education classes that the club hosts in partnership with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife be included as a “public service” and not counted against the 16 event allowance. The club has held hunter education classes this year for high school

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students at Champlain Valley Union and envisions hosting them for the area’s municipal parks and recreation departments. The board agreed to allow up to four hunter education classes per year on top of the 16 special events. “That’s 20,” Limoge said. “That’s a lot of events given the time frame (of the season).” Otty’s other request — that the special events be allowed on days other than Saturdays — was left unresolved. Otty said some of the events in 2006, the year the Supreme Court identified as representing the club’s allowable historical use, took place on Thursdays and Fridays. Board chairman Terry Macaig directed town staff to draft a noise ordinance reflecting the 16 event allowance, plus four hunter education events. There will be opportunities to discuss whether to allow events to take place on days other than Saturday at future public hearings on the ordinance, he said. “I think having a firm number helps everybody,” Kenney said. “This selectboard isn’t going to have the same members (in the future). Same with the gun club. You want to make sure, if the people change, that everyone knows what the activity is.”

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Police chief creates ‘second-in-command’ position ‘We need a path forward for people to get to the top job’ By Jason Starr Observer staff

Williston Police Chief Patrick Foley received selectboard approval last week to create a second-in-command lieutenant position, a first for the Williston Police Department. The position has managerial and administrative responsibilities and will be called on as acting police chief during any Foley absences. Foley describes it as “my righthand person” and sees it as a way to groom his eventual successor. He noted that the Williston Police Department has never hired a police chief from within the organization. Foley expects to promote one of the department’s four sergeants

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a long-vacant detective position, which would take investigative pressure off officers. “I’m trying to make changes here, and it’s been a struggle be-

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— Bart Chamberlain, Brian Claffy, Scott Graham or Josh Moore — into the lieutenant spot. He hopes all four apply and has no plans to advertise the position to outside candidates. If one of the sergeants is promoted, that would create a vacancy for promotion of a current officer into a sergeant position. “For morale purposes, hopefully we stay within the department,” Foley said. “It gives more confidence to everyone here that it’s one of our own that’s going through the ranks … To build the department up, we need a path forward for people to get to the top job.” Funding for the new position was approved in the current fiscal year budget. The department’s personnel costs have been perennially under budget because of ongoing officer vacancies. Currently, Foley is looking to fill three officer positions. If and when those vacancies are filled, he plans to fill

cause of not having the bodies I need,” said Foley, who has been chief for nearly two years. The new lieutenant position will not be part of the officers’ union,

a setup that ensures an ability to conduct internal investigations on officers’ conduct, one of the first components listed in the job description. Other duties include equipment maintenance and purchasing, grant writing, budgeting assistance and ensuring compliance with internal policies and state and federal laws. The lieutenant would be given a take-home police car. Town Manager Rick McGuire noted that the last time the department had a “second-in-command” — Justin Huizenga under former chief Todd Shepard — Huizenga was a member of the officers’ union. That setup led to accusations from officers of special treatment and poor accountability and devolved into an internal investigation conducted by McGuire, and to Huizenga’s eventual resignation in 2017.

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By John McClaughry Under a directive from the Environmental Protection Agency, Vermont has spent $66 million over the past three years to cope with serious phosphorus pollution in parts of Lake Champlain. State Auditor of Accounts Doug Hoffer has just released a report on how that money is being spent, and the results obtained. Before getting to Hoffer’s findings — which are very significant — it’s worth asking why the Champlain basin has a serious phosphorus problem. Lakes surrounded by wilderness rarely exhibit such a problem. Naturally occurring phosphorus in the soil leaches into waterways and lakes, and arrives at an equilibrium without creating the blue green algae blooms that have seriously reduced Lake Champlain’s water quality. The problem arises when we humans add phosphate (usually from mines) to a watershed at a rate that nature can’t accommodate without unhappy effects. Why are we bringing in phosphorus? Because it stimulates plant growth

and improves nutrition of animals that eat the plants. According to the auditor’s report, 54 percent of the phosphorus entering Lake Champlain originates with agriculture. Far mers spread phosphor us fertilizer onto crop fields. The crops, along with purchased phosphorus-containing feed, are fed to dairy cows to maximize milk yield. Dairy farms return manure to the fields, including the phosphorus that doesn’t leave with the milk. As is often the case, we can thank the government for accelerating this process. Former Agriculture Secretary Roger Allbee reminds us that the Comprehensive Study of the Future of Vermont that was done after the 1927 flood stated that every farmer should apply at least 200 pounds of phosphorus per acre per year. In the 1950s, the local agencies of the federal agriculture department constantly promoted phosphorus addition to improve milk yields. Apparently, nobody in that department thought to ask where that phosphorus would end up. Agriculture is, as noted, by far the biggest contributor to the prob-

lem. But homeowners and gardeners also make use of fertilizer that finds its way into the lake. So do dog owners. Phosphorus is a component of dog food (but curiously, not cat food). It would be prohibitively expensive and impractical to regulate or prohibit phosphorus usage by homeowners, compared with the dairy farms and wastewater plants within the basin. The auditor’s report notes that in the first three years since the enactment of the Clean Water Initiative in 2015, the state spent “nearly $100 million, more than two thirds of it in the Lake Champlain basin.” The legislature wisely required that the spending “achieve the greatest water quality gain for the investment.” Alas, it did not. “Wastewater projects received the largest share of state clean water funding in the basin even though the share of phosphorus pollution from this source is lowest by far. Wastewater projects account for 4 percent of phosphorus pollution, but wastewater projects accounted for 35 percent of expenditures,” the report states. Two thirds of that see MCCLAUGHREY page 5

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spending was on low- or no-interest loans from a revolving fund, and the remaining one third came from another fund “provided to help municipalities to pay back ... the loans.” That is, the state gives you the money to help pay back the loan you got from the state. One hundred thousand dollars spent on reducing agricultural phosphorus migration into the lake captures 18 pounds annually, according to the report. This amounts to the removal of one medium-sized Thanksgiving turkey of phosphorus! The report concludes: “95 percent of all state clean water expenditures did not yield any measurable reduction in phosphorus.” Ouch! So why are we spending any money at all on such amazingly ineffective projects? A major reason is that municipal governments that operate sewage plants are always aggressively seeking funding for operation, maintenance, upgrades and extensions. They knew where to go for the money, and got there

first with their hands out. Never mind the legislative mandate about cost effectiveness. In a Feb. 2015 column, I predicted this would happen: “The state response now races far beyond the original problem — reducing phosphorus runoff into Lake Champlain. Now it includes the entire enviro wish list of ecosystem restoration, stormwater management, wastewater treatment, nutrient management, erosion stabilization, buffer zones, highway maintenance and much more. A program for ‘reducing phosphorus pollution in the Lake’ has become an all-inclusive envi ron ment al improvement program, with a new taxpayer funding source.” Is there a better way to reduce the phosphorus loading of Lake Champlain by 34 percent in 20 years, as EPA and the state have agreed to do? Probably, but Montpelier officialdom has made its choices, and cost effectiveness has not been a leading criterion. John McClaughry is vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute, online at ethanallen.org.

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nation, only hours after the special counsel’s testimony, repeating a pattern of partisan stonewalling on any measure that would strengthen election security and get states the resources we need to defend our democracy sustainably into the future. Last year, the bipartisan Secure Elections Act was killed on direct order by the White House, and while the House has passed measures that would strengthen our ability to protect the integrity of every vote cast, under Sen. Mitch McConnell’s leadership, they all have been dead on arrival in the Senate. It’s time for the partisan games to end. Our free and fair elections are the foundation on which our democracy rests, not a political football used to score cheap points. States like Vermont are doing the hard work we need to do to protect the integrity and security of our elections, but it’s time for the president and Sen. McConnell to get on board to help us do this work, or it’s time for them to get out of the way. Jim Condos Vermont Secretary of State

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SD Ireland plays for Legion championship

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SD Ireland went 3-0 in the early rounds of the American Legion baseball tournament last weekend to advance to to the championship round this week. The title game was played after press time in Colchester on Wednesday. The Williston-based team entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed and opened with a 10-2 win over Rutland on Saturday. Tyler Skaflestad had two RBIs, while Jacob Boliba scored three runs and Sam Morse earned the win after pitching 4 innings of relief. The team followed with another victory on Monday, defeating the Colchester Cannons 3-1 behind a complete game pitching performance from Storm Rushford. Rushford allowed one run on six hits to earn the win. Ian Parent had a home run, and Collin Vincent went 2-for-3 with a run scored. SD Ireland booked a spot in the championship round with its second win Monday, defeating Brattleboro 6-1. Parent got the win with a seven-inning pitching performance, and Jacob Murphy had an RBI double. Skaflestad added an RBI and run scored. The double-elimination championship round was set to begin at 1 Observer photo by Al Frey p.m. Wednesday. SD Ireland’s Colin Vincent makes a play at shortstop during the American Legion state championship tournament —Lauren Read Saturday in Colchester.

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Savvy Senior By Jim Miller Surprised Senior Dear Surprised, This is a Medicare issue that confuses many seniors. Yes, Medicare does cover emergency ambulance services and, in limited cases, non-emergency ambulance ser-

example, Medicare probably won’t pay for an ambulance to take someone with a simple arm fracture to a hospital. But if he or she goes into shock, or is prone to internal bleeding, ambulance transport may be medically necessary to ensure the patient’s safety on the way. The details make a difference. Second, the ambulance must take you to the nearest appropriate facility, meaning the closest hospital, critical access hospital, skilled EXPIRES 8/16/19

Dear Savvy Senior, How does Medicare cover ambulance services? About three months ago, I took an ambulance to the hospital emergency room because I rarely drive anymore, and I just received a $1,100 bill from the ambulance company.

vices, too, but only when they’re deemed medically necessary and reasonable. So, what does that mean? First, it means that your medical condition must be serious enough that you need an ambulance to transport you safely to a hospital or other facility where you receive care that Medicare covers. If a car or taxi could transport you without endangering your health, Medicare won’t pay. For

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nursing facility or dialysis facility generally equipped to provide the services your illness or injury requires. It also means that the facility must have a physician or physician specialist available to treat your condition. Thus, Medicare may pay for an ambulance to take you to a more distant hospital if, for example, you are seriously burned, and the nearest hospital doesn’t have burn unit. Similarly, if you live in a rural area where the nearest hospital equipped to treat you is a two-hour drive away, Medicare will pay. But if you want an ambulance to take you to a more distant hospital because the doctor you prefer has staff privileges there, expect to pay a greater share of the bill. Medicare will cover the cost of ambulance transport to the nearest appropriate facility and no more. N O N - E M E R G E N C Y S I T UA TIONS In limited cases, Medicare will also cover non-emergency ambulance services if such transportation is needed to treat or diagnose your health condition and the use of any other transportation method could endanger your health. Not having another means of transportation is not sufficient for Medicare to pay for services. Some examples here are if you need transportation to get dialysis or if you are staying in a skilled nursing facility and require medical care. In these cases, a doctor’s see SAVVY page 11

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order may be required to prove that use of an ambulance is medically necessary.

HOW TO APPEAL If an ambulance company bills you for services after Medicare denies payment, but you think the ride was medically necessary, you can appeal (see Medicare.gov/claims-appeals). Often, a lack of information about a person’s condition or need for services leads to denials. If you need some help, contact your State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), which has counselors who can help you file an appeal for free. To locate your local SHIP, visit ShiptaCenter.org or call 877839-2675. For more information on this topic, call Medicare at 800-633-4227 and ask them to mail you a copy of the “Medicare Coverage of Ambulance Services” booklet, or you can see it online at Medicare.gov/Pubs/ pdf/11021-Medicare-Coverage-of-Ambulance-Services.pdf. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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AMBULANCE COSTS The cost for ambulance services can vary from several hundred to several thousand dollars depending on where you live and how far you’re transported. Under original Medicare, Part B pays 80 percent of the Medicare-approved amounts for ambulance rides. You, or your Medicare supplemental policy (if you have one), will need to pay the remaining 20 percent. If you have a Medicare Advantage Plan, it must cover the same services as original Medicare, and may offer some additional transportation services. You’ll need to check with your plan for details.

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