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Subs, suits and sweets for Finney Crossing Three new businesses set to open next to L.L. Bean BY KARSON PETTY Community News Service

Summer keeps rolling along Nothing says summer like fresh air, green grass and a leisurely scoot along Williston’s bike path on Tuesday. OBSERVER PHOTO BY AL FREY

Dozens apply for Catamount leadership role

Family Center seeks executive director BY JASON STARR Observer staff

About 50 candidates have applied to be the next executive director of the Catamount Outdoor Family Center, which operates biking, skiing and running programs on Williston’s Catamount Community Forest. The organization’s first executive director, Kim Stinson, who held the job for roughly three years, is transitioning to a new job with the North Country Animal League of Morristown, where she will lead the equine center. Stin-

‘There is never a good time for an executive director to leave, but I feel really good about where the organization is.’ Kim Stinson COFC executive director

son plans to step away from Catamount gradually in the coming months, helping her successor get up to speed. The Catamount board of directors’ deadline for applications passed Monday. A hiring commit-

tee of three board members plans to do initial applicant screening this week, said board vice president Alan Cote. “We received many resumes,” he said. “We really only need one person, but having more people to look at is a good thing … We will interview a number of finalists, then make a decision from there.” The executive director’s job is to generally further the center’s mission of creating “outdoor experiences … that build active lifestyles, friendships and environmental awareness” and further the board’s vision “of a community in which playing in nature is everyone’s first choice.”

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Jersey Mike’s Subs, Men’s Wearhouse and Crumbl Cookies will be opening in the Finney Crossing building anchored by L.L. Bean over the next several months. This will be the first Vermont location for both Jersey Mike’s and Crumbl Cookies. The New Jersey-based sandwich chain will be the first of the three new businesses to open, welcoming customers by the end of this month. “We are excited to bring Jersey Mike’s to Vermont. There will be more to come …,” Jersey Mike’s Area Director Chad Faulkner said, hinting at other future locations in the Burlington area. The franchise has hundreds of locations nationwide. The Williston store will be owned and operated by New Jersey native Tom King, who has Vermont connections as a graduate of UVM and as a frequent winter visitor to Waitsfield, where his family owns a home. “My wife and I moved back to Vermont six months ago to open (the restaurant),” King said. “I feel like I’m coming home.” Men’s Wearhouse is planning to move into the L.L. Bean-anchored building from its current location in Maple Tree Place. Finney Crossing developer Scott Rieley estimates the apparel store will open in its new home in October. This will be the second move for the Williston Men’s Wearhouse store, which was originally located on Route 2. “I think they’re relocating be-

cause they’re having a brand new, custom, state-of-the-art store built for them, as opposed to an old legacy location,” Rieley said. Crumbl Cookies, which has employed an active social media strategy to gain popularity — including 5.6 million followers on TikTok — is early in its planning for the Williston store, according to company spokesperson Rachel Fabbi. There is no estimated opening date yet.

A Jersey Mike’s sandwich shop is set to open at Finney Crossing by the end of the month. OBSERVER PHOTO BY KARSON PETTY

“The (Williston) store is still in the very early stages, but we’re really excited for our franchise partners to open the first store in Vermont,” Fabbi said. With Jersey Mike’s, Men’s Wearhouse and Crumbl Cookies, the entire L.L. Bean-anchored building will be occupied. L.L. Bean opened in June. “We’re very very pleased with the progress (the property has) made,” Rieley said.

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Food shelf to collect donations at Aug. 9 polls The Williston Community Food Shelf will be collecting non-perishable food at the primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 9 at the National Guard Armory on Williston Road. Particular needs include boxes and bottles of juice, canned fruit/cups, granola bars, canned pasta sauce and canned soup.

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For the eighth consecutive year, farmers across Vermont will open their barn doors and garden gates to welcome the public for a behind-the-scenes look at Vermont’s working landscapes. Vermont Open Farm Week 2022 will be held Aug. 7-14, and will feature about 100 events at roughly 50 farms across the state. Events are sorted by day and location on www. DigInVT.com. The weeklong event lets visitors learn more about local food origins and gives them an opportunity to build relationships with local farmers. Offerings will include maple and honey tastings, kids yoga, ice cream socials, behind-the-scenes tours, on-farm dinners, 5k races, pie contests and more. Each participating farmer will create

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‘State of Chittenden County’ report released

The annual Environment, Community, Opportunity, Sustainability (ECOS) report for Chittenden County in the year 2021 has been released by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission. The report summarized progress toward the goals set in the Chittenden County ECOS Plan, adopted nearly 10 years ago. The ECOS Plan includes 17 broad goals and eight key

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The board seeks someone with an entrepreneurial mindset to manage existing programs, create new programs and events, develop new partnerships through community outreach and oversee fundraising. The executive director oversees the center’s two full-time staff members and its seasonal staff. Stinson was hired just after the town completed its purchase of the Catamount Community Forest — the land on which the center operates — and just before Covid lockdowns upended the operations. Her tenure was defined by

strategies for achieving those goals. Highlights of the report include: • Demographics: 99.7 percent of the population growth in Chittenden County over the last 10 years has been people of color. This equates to 11,746 of the 11,778 people coming into the county from 2010-2020. “This change in demographics is exciting as it brings a diversity of thought, ideas and

remote work, video-meetings and online operations management. She said the transition of the forest to public ownership expanded its visitor base, and that the executive director position calls for cultivating relationships with town staff, the volunteer board and Catamount Community Forest Management Committee, and adjacent landowners who host portions of the property’s trail system. “It’s a unique position and a really awesome opportunity for the right person,” Stinson said. “There is never a good time for an executive director to leave, but I feel really good about where the organization is. The board is strong and we have an awesome staff … It’s a pretty amazing place.”

innovation to our region,” the CCRPC’s announcement of the report states. • Homelessness: As of January 2021, homelessness increased to 700 individuals (626 households), compared to 261 individuals (217 households) in 2010. “This is the stark reality of mental health services pushed to a breaking point and a severe lack of housing,” the report announcement

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states. The ECOS report and its supporting data can be found at www.ecosproject.com. The ECOS partnership includes the CCRPC, the City of Burlington, Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation, Lake Champlain Chamber, United Way of Northwest Vermont, University of Vermont, University of Vermont Medical Center, and the Vermont Department of Health.

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The aftermath of a disturbance, whether natural or human-caused, can be a very stressful time for forest stewards and forest lovers. Events like fires, windstorms, ice storms, insect infestations and disease outbreaks can leave a forest seeming ugly, empty, hopeless. However, if we allow ourselves to look beyond the messy aftermath and to consider a more holistic understanding of what forests are and how they work, we can see that these moments are opportunities, chances for the forest to showcase the miracle of regeneration, and the many benefits that come with it. Forests are resilient. When light and space is made available in the forest, it is inevitably filled with regeneration — the growth of new trees and plants. Forests, and the thousands of species that comprise them, have adapted to disturbances for thousands of years. As jarring as they may be to us, forests need disturbances. They are a critical part of how forests change over time, how they become diverse and complex and how they provide habitat for wildlife. The miracle of regeneration is the evolutionary response of the for-

est community to a dynamic world. mid-sized openings, too small for Light — the currency of the forest shade-intolerants and too big for — is usually controlled by trees, slow-growing shade-tolerants to be their broad canopies casting the competitive in. understory in shade. Through the Different tree species are also death of trees, a disturbance allows competitive on different soil types some of this and depths as precious light to well as differThrough the death of reach the forest ent slopes and floor, offering aspects. Yellow trees, a disturbance an opportunity birch and hemallows some of this for new trees lock seedlings to establish and often grow on precious light to to grow toward rotting “nurse reach the forest the riches of the logs,” or on the canopy. upturned roots floor, offering an Like wildof fallen trees. opportunity for new life, each tree White pine and plant speseedlings coltrees to establish and cies occupies a onize scarified complex ecologto grow toward the (disturbed) soils, ical niche. One whereas sugar riches of the canopy. of the ways that maple does best trees’ niches are with a deep laydefined is by the er of decomposlight levels under which they are ing leaves. most competitive. Shade-intolerant Red oak and white ash establish species like white birch and aspen advance regeneration — seedlings (poplar) require very large openings, that may wait in the understory for such as those caused by large-scale a decade or more, ready to shoot upor catastrophic disturbances, where- wards in the event of a disturbance. as shade-tolerant species like beech, Cherries, raspberries and blackbersugar maple and hemlock can grow ries produce seeds that can remain in near or complete shade. Mid-tol- viable but ungerminated in forest erant species like white ash, red oak soils for decades, only sprouting foland yellow birch compete best in lowing a disturbance.

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While it is intuitive to think of regeneration as a means to an end – the process by which dead trees are replaced by living trees – the process itself has tremendous value to the forest community. As a forest regenerates, it passes through many different stages, each of which provides unique habitat used by wildlife from the insectivorous birds that hunt in canopy gaps to the pollinators that visit the diversity of herbaceous plants in flower. Each step in this continuum of change is normal, natural and important to a wide range of living things. Understanding the miracle of regeneration, and the benefits it brings, can change the way we think about disturbances in the forest. Forests are built on change. Every old growth forest was once a young forest and will be one again, and every

tree in the woods is the legacy of the death of another tree. While it is incredible to witness the resilience of a forest, how it responds to adversity with regeneration and renewal, this resilience isn’t limitless. The miracle of regeneration is threatened by invasive plants, pests and pathogens, by deer overpopulations, by climate change, by forest fragmentation and by deforestation. In this moment, it is critical that we take action not just to protect forests but also to protect their ability to regenerate, to adapt to change, to remake themselves for the world of the future. Ethan Tapper is the Chittenden County Forester for the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation.

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Wheeler Park in South Burlington will be the site of a new dog park, under construction this summer. COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE PHOTO

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After Covid delays and logistical obstacles, the Wheeler Dog Park is set for construction this summer. “From a recreation perspective, we are all about building community — so often we think about people and not extensions of the family, such as dogs,” said Holly Rees, director of South Burlington’s recreation and parks committee. Plans for the park — which will be located on the city’s Wheeler Nature Park property — have been in the works since 2019, when the city council earmarked $35,000 for it in that year’s capital improvement plan. The pandemic froze planning for about two years, but Betty Milizia, chair of the city’s common areas for dogs committee, sees this in a positive light. “The delay has given us more time to really think about how this can be done in a thoughtful way,” Milizia said. “It is going to look like it belongs on this property, designed around the topography. It won’t stand out in the pasture.” The park will be designed around the behaviors of dogs, rather than their size or breed. Young or old, anxious or excited — dogs can find like-minded playmates and get the most out of the park, planners hope. “One thing that has been integral is not only the form and function of the dog park, but the finesse of how it comes to be,” Rees said. “It is more than just putting fencing in. “The committee has done extensive research on dog behaviors,” she added. “This park will have rounded edges, so dogs don’t get stuck in corners, intentional entryway access and directional information for safer dog engagement.” Rees and Milizia both stressed that the park should focus on the health and wellness of the individual, as well as the community. “Even just from Farrell (Park), you can clearly see there is bonding, community building and friendships being made just

from that little community,” Rees said. “The (Development Review Board) has a menu of offerings, and dog parks are ones to consider when building neighborhoods and dense housing.” Rees and Milizia said they want to educate dog owners on good behavior so that the park can be enjoyed by both dog owners and the public. “The reality is, there are very few municipalities in this country that can afford full-time enforcers,” Milizia said. “They have to depend on the public. Enforcement is self-governance, and public education changes behaviors.” Committee members are considering several ideas around public education, including classes before issuing dog licenses, a lecture series featuring veterinarians and behavioral experts, and an effort to create a community culture where folks educate one another. Rees described a handful of planned events, including a Barktober Fest in the fall, a canine keg pull and dog costume contests. “If we do those fun things, it is important for us not only to address what a dog’s family wants, but to make things fun for everyone and engage the broader community,” Milizia said. Milizia and Rees also aim to bring to the park lighthearted reminders about cleaning up dog waste, keeping dogs on leashes where required and other dog care guidance. The park’s bike path patrol worker could have coupons to give out as incentives for responsible dog ownership alongside signs on the trail encouraging good behavior. How will the new park fit in with the city’s other outdoor offerings? Rees and Milizia believe the new park will decrease the number of unleashed dogs on the city’s nature trails, while also adding a space for those pets to run free. The planned park will also boast an event space and community gardens. “There is a place for everybody,” Rees said. Despite the long wait for the new park, Milizia and Rees look forward to moving from frustration to fruition.

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How is Vermont health care evolving? BY BILL SCHUBART I was asked recently if there was a simple way to keep track of how our health care system measures up. My “simple” answer was, “Yes, count the number of people in emergency rooms, homeless shelters and jail cells.” I was, in fact, answering a different question focused on “population health” rather than the success or failure of the health care system itself. Although they should be aligned, they encompass different objectives in practice. The vital question we must answer is, are we measuring the success of the health care system and infrastructure, or measuring the well-being of the population they serve? If the former is the measure of success based on balance-sheet strength or delivery-on-mission — if it’s the financial and systemic well-being of the healthcare infrastructure itself, we’re failing. If it’s delivery on mission — “population health,” as they state — we’re also failing, and the two major pain points are access and cost, which are related. If early diagnosis and treatment is the standard of care in health care, then access becomes critical. If cost prevents access, then we must regulate cost. We recently visited new Vermonters in central Vermont, both professionals on navigating health care systems, and they, too, expressed confusion. Their local hospital told them they would need a primary care doctor for referrals but they were then told they were 219th on the waiting list for a local primary care physician. Current estimates are that the

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Hospitals account for roughly half of all health care spending, leaving less money for essential communitybased services that keep people healthy and divert them from expensive hospitalizations. find that even that cost exceeds their capacity. Most Vermonters presently cannot afford access to health care. More than half of Vermonters have employer-assisted private insurance as their primary source (329,800), but shared costs, deductibles, copays and spiraling inflation make this unaffordable for many. Meanwhile, the current round of hospital budget hearings has the University of Vermont Medical Center requesting a 20 percent increase in commercial insurance rates. Rutland Regional hospital is asking for an 18 percent increase, and the Central Vermont hospital is asking for 14.5 percent.

If double-digit increases are granted, access to health care services will diminish further. Furthermore, federal supports for insurance premium subsidies are set to expire in December. Given the congressional standoff in funding health care, the probable loss of these subsidies will pitch even more Vermonters into the realm of the uninsured. It’s past time to rethink all this. But the currently deployed infrastructure of 13 regional hospitals and two tertiary-care hospitals — UVM and Dartmouth-Hitchcock — is cost-excessive. Hospitals account for roughly half of all health care spending, leaving less money for essential community-based services that keep people healthy and divert them from expensive hospitalizations. With demand far outpacing capacity for mental health, substance abuse and home health services, to name a few, some hospital funding must be redirected to those services — the only sensible course if we are to reduce costs over the long term. If we cling to the goal of sustaining all this infrastructure with net positive income (all are nonprofits), we’ll have lost focus on the well-being of those the system is designed to serve. Population health extends way beyond emergency rooms. It starts with neonatal care, early childhood education, care and play, trauma-informed family counseling and support, access to health care (mental and physical), healthy food, and access to education, secure housing, employment, and a healthy environment. If we redesigned a health care system to indeed focus on population health, it would not reflect what has evolved over the last 50 years in Vermont. In fact, it might look more like what preceded it in my childhood, with community doctors in small practices, local clinics and support services, and tiny community hospitals. Meanwhile, UVM Health Network is consolidating its dominance and governance, eliminating the longstanding local community board members of each of these hospitals and reducing their ability to make strategic decisions based on the needs of their community. Henceforth, decisions will be made based on the corporate needs of the network. How does consolidating the governance (finance, budgeting and strategic planning) of a dispersed six-hospital network in two states improve local delivery? Is the model for UVM’s expansion to create a clone of the Geisingsee SCHUBART page 7

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er network, a massive health care business not without its own challenges? If we’re ever to deliver accessible, affordable health care in the broader service of population health, it will be with a properly funded, local primary-care network supported by regional secondary- and tertiary-care hospitals designed solely to accommodate trauma, specialty and high-acuity cases. We’ll need to invest in several generations of new primary care doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners. The economics — including tuition forgiveness and adequate compensation — must work so they can afford to live in their communities. We must reverse the number of nurses either leaving hospitals or becoming “travelers” (agency-hired) as well as the number of doctors leaving and starting “concierge” practices or retiring early. When I was young, our family doctor, Phil Goddard, was one of three independent family practitioners in our small community of 4,000 people. They knew everyone in town, their strengths and frailties, their health status, history, and capacity to pay for a home or office visit, and they charged accordingly. Unlike Doctor Phil, today’s concierge doctors charge a fixed annual fee for access as needed, a fee beyond the reach of many. We must make choices about what matters in our society. Population health encompasses almost all aspects of the social safety net. If health care is to aim for population health, it must start with support services in the communities served,

escalating to secondary- and tertiary-care regional facilities with increased acuity or specialization. As UVM Health Network reengineers its governance and dominance, absent any clear state health care policy, we’re putting “population health” further at risk. Gov. Scott seems to have washed his hands of health care and is AWOL. The Department of Health, which is responsible in statute for health care policy, has been AWOL since Gov. Shumlin pulled it into his office and never returned it. The Green Mountain Care Board is struggling with its own job description, vacillating between health care policy architect and health care policy regulator. It will have to choose one or the other; it cannot ethically or practically do both. The Legislature just passed Act 167, tasking the Green Mountain Care Board and the Agency of Human Services with engaging communities and providers to develop a more sustainable health care system. When will the public engagement begin? Will it be robust? Will leadership listen? Meanwhile, the state’s largest health care entity, UVM Health Network, steers its own way through the ice floes with no clear policy or regulatory navigation, other than its goal of growth and consolidation. If we really believe in population health and expect to care for our aging population, leadership must have the courage to make hard decisions. Bill Schubart is a retired businessman and a fiction writer. He is a former chair of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the parent organization for VTDigger.

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The State of Vermont has contracted with a design firm to plan a new women’s prison and reentry facility, and to possibly reconfigure the state’s prison system over a 10-year period. In a report drafted for lawmakers in 2021, the global design firm HOK laid out options for the state to replace and consolidate some prisons and build lower-security

ated women and criminal justice also fund diversion programs and reform during this year’s legis- other alternatives. lative session. Some testified to “If we have 100 beds, 200 beds, lawmakers that the proposed con- 500 beds — that’s how many womstruction was far too large and that en we’ll find in prison,” she said. the Legislature had not adequately Tronsgard-Scott estimated that studied or funded alternatives to only about a dozen women in Verincarceration. mont are serving long-term senHOK’s 2021 proposal sug- tences. gested the new women’s facility Most incarcerated women in should have 194 beds — larger Vermont are in prison not because than CRCF’s pre-pandemic ca- of a new conviction, but because pacity of 177 beds, and substan- they violated a condition of supertially higher than its incarcerated vised release. Between the 2017 population during the past several and 2019 fiscal years, 85 percent years, both before and during the of women entering Vermont prisCovid-19 era. ons were there due to supervision As of Tuesday morning, Ver- violations, according to an analmont imprisoned ysis by the Coun95 women. cil of State Gov‘Abolishing In an interernments Justice prisons is the view, James Lyall, Center. executive director Some women future, but it’s of the American are reincarcerated not going to be Civil Liberties for infractions as Union of Vermont, minor as missing in my lifetime … called the 2021 curfew, according So we have to do proposal “really to Messier. misguided.” The Vermont something now.’ “It seems to go Network also tesKaren Tronsgardagainst what many tified to lawmakScott policymakers ers this session Vermont Network have said they’re Against Domestic and that alongside Sexual Violence interested in dothe disagreement ing,” Lyall said. over bed count, “I don’t know that they were conall of Vermont’s policymakers are cerned that a corrections campus aware of what’s been going on in — co-locating men’s and women’s the House Corrections Commit- facilities on the same plot of land tee, or how they’re gonna respond — would present additional risks when they see the results.” to incarcerated women. The Vermont Network Against With both facilities close toDomestic and Sexual Violence — gether, the Network argued, womwhich provides support services en could lose gender-specific proto women at CRCF — has asked gramming and staff. They also the Department of Corrections to noted that if the reentry facilities make the facility no larger than are close together, and people who Williston 50 beds, according to the organi- live there come and go for work, zation’s executive director, Karen there could be increased safety Tronsgard-Scott. risks for incarcerated women — Need to sell? Call Tronsgard-Scott is worried that many of whom have experienced your local Williston if the state builds a larger prison, sexual and domestic violence or it will inevitably incarcerate more other kinds of abuse. agent, Elise Polli, at 802-399-0134! women, particularly if it doesn’t Tronsgard-Scott and other anti-incarceration advocates are aiming to reduce state investments and reliance on the prison system, while also ensuring incarcerated people are housed in humane conditions. The Vermont Network leader said she envisions a multi-pronged • Will advocate for affordable housing that actually meets the needs of solution. She advocates for reduclower income families. ing the number of incarcerated women through long-term invest• Will help protect Vermont’s green spaces so that future generations ments in social supports, increascan enjoy. ing community-based services and improving the living condi• Will fight for the right for every parent to access affordable child care. tions for the small group of wom• Will promote economic plans that address our demographic crisis now. en serving longer sentences. “Abolishing prisons is the fu• Will support laws that protect reproductive rights for all. ture, but it’s not going to be in my lifetime,” Tronsgard-Scott said. Visit www.lewisforvermont.com “And so I can’t wait until we’re at this place where we think as a society, ‘Let’s not have prisons.’ We have to do something now.” — Erin Petenko contributed Paid for by Lewis Mudge for State Senate • 3046 Greenbush Road • Charlotte, VT 05446 reporting.

reentry facilities. The new contract, obtained by VTDigger, tasks the firm with detailing the size and scope of the proposed prisons and reentry facilities, which would be sited on a shared campus somewhere in the northwest corner of the state. The agreement with HOK represents the next step in a yearslong controversy over what to do with the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility, the state’s only women’s prison. Past reporting

by Seven Days and VTDigger, as well as a series of investigations, have documented unsanitary living conditions and an array of sexual misconduct and retaliation allegations at the site. “Everybody agrees CRCF needs to be closed,” said Ashley Messier, executive director of the Women’s Justice and Freedom Initiative. “Where we start to differ is, what do we do after that?” Aspects of HOK’s proposal alarmed advocates for incarcer-

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Utah resort group offers $58 million for Jay Peak BY ALAN J. KEAYS VTDigger

Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in charge of overseeing Jay Peak for the past six years, has a $58 million offer to buy the scandal-plagued ski resort in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. “The time has come for the receiver to sell the Jay Peak Resort,” Goldberg said in a filing submitted in a federal court in Florida on Monday. Goldberg’s filing stated that the resort has a $58 million offer from Pacific Group Resorts Inc. for the resort, though he wants to be allowed to continue to seek qualified buyers and, if a matching or higher price is offered, an auction would be held to sell the resort. “Absent receipt of a qualified bid constituting a higher and better offer for the assets, the receiver may deem buyer’s bid the highest or otherwise best offer, and may proceed with the transaction,” Goldberg’s filing stated. Pacific Group Resorts, based in Park City, Utah, owns several smaller ski resorts, including Ragged Mountain in New Hampshire and Powderhorn Mountain Resort in Colorado. Ariel Quiros, Jay Peak’s former owner, and his former business partner, Bill Stenger, Jay Peak’s former president, had funded massive upgrades at the resort, including new hotels and a water park, paid for with funds raised through the federal EB-5 visa program. According to separate lawsuits brought in April 2016 by state and federal regulators, Quiros and Stenger misused $200 million of the more than $350 million they raised from EB-5 investors. Regulators said Quiros alone “looted” more than $50 million for himself for personal expenses, including buying a luxury condo in New York City. Quiros and Stenger have since reached settlements — neither denying nor admitting fault — with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and state regulators in the cases.

Both men were also federally indicted on crimes in connection with another EB-5 financed project to build a $110 million biomedical research center in Newport, later deemed by federal regulators “nearly a complete fraud,” and both are serving prison terms. The proceeds from Jay Peak’s sale, according to past court filings by Goldberg, will be distributed on a “pro rata” basis to the defrauded investors. Goldberg submitted his filing Monday in the U.S. District Court in Miami, Florida, since that is the court where the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought its civil enforcement action against Stenger and Quiros in April 2016. Quiros was living in Florida at that time and many of his businesses and holding companies were based in Miami. It was through that SEC action that Goldberg became the receiver overseeing the Jay Peak resort. Jay Peak was valued on the town of Jay’s grand list at $121 million. Resort officials later appealed, arguing that its actual value in 2020 was about half that amount. In a settlement, the town and resort settled at an assessed value of about $85 million. “Other parties have expressed interest in purchasing the Jay Peak Resort over the past few years; however, only Pacific Group Resorts Inc. has been willing to submit a binding bid,” a footnote in the 15-page filing stated. “The receiver is hopeful that perhaps another bidder will surface at the auction.” Mark Fischer, Pacific Group Resorts’ chief financial officer, said Tuesday afternoon that the judge has yet to rule on the receiver’s motion seeking approval to move ahead with the proposed sale process. Fischer said that, until that happens, there is no official offer or any signed agreements in place. Steve Wright, Jay Peak’s general manager, said Tuesday that any sale of the resort is still in the “early” stages. “There is a lot more that will come through as we kind of move through the timeline, as we move through August and into September,” he said.

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August 4, 2022 • no injuries reported on the scene. July 12 at 3:19 p.m. — Police responded to a report of an animal problem on Williston Road.

July 10 at 4:25 a.m. — Williston Police Department responded to assist Vermont State Police on Interstate 89. South Burlington Fire Department responded to evaluate a citizen and provide medical care. July 10 at 7:19 a.m. — Police responded to a report of a suspicious person on Hawthorne Street. Upon arrival, the officer was unable to locate the individual in the area. July 10 at 10:51 a.m. — Police responded to a request for assistance on Walnut Street. July 10 at 11:55 a.m. — Police provided a case number for property damage on Market Street. July 10 at 1:40 p.m. — Police responded to a report of suspicious behavior on Maple Tree Place. At the business’ request, the individuals were issued trespass notices from the premises. July 10 at 5:28 p.m. — Police provided a case number for property damage on Marshall Avenue. July 11 at 8:24 a.m. — Police com-

pleted a requested welfare check on Zephyr Road. July 11 at 12:51 p.m. — Police took custody of found property on Boxwood Street. Once located, the officer returned the property to its rightful owner. July 11 at 1:17 p.m. — Police responded to a report of an animal problem on Boxwood Street. Upon arrival, the individuals did not require assistance. July 11 at 2:08 p.m. — Police responded to a motor vehicle complaint on Bradley Lane. Upon arrival, the vehicle could not be located in the area. July 12 at 8:09 a.m. — Police served a document on Williston Road to assist the Chittenden County State’s Attorney. July 12 at 12:14 p.m. — Police responded to a report of retail theft on Harvest Lane. July 12 at 12:52 p.m. — Police responded to a vehicle collision on North Williston Road. There were

July 12 at 3:32 p.m. — Police issued a trespass notice at a business’ request. July 13 at 12:34 a.m. — Police responded to a 911 hang-up on Eastview Circle. The officer called Williston Fire Department to evaluate the citizen. July 13 at 6:40 a.m. — Police responded to a report of suspicious activity on Simon’s Plaza. The officer spoke with the citizen and they didn’t require assistance. July 13 at 9:52 a.m. — Police responded to take custody of found property on Wright Avenue. July 13 at 10:20 a.m. — Police completed a background investigation for local employment. July 13 at 12:42 p.m. — Police provided a case number for property damage on Harvest Lane. July 13 at 1:09 p.m. — Police issued a trespass notice at a business’ request. July 13 at 5:04 p.m. — Police responded to a vehicle collision on Marshall Avenue. There were no injuries reported on the scene.

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plaint on Gore Road. Upon arrival, the vehicle could not be located in the area.

July 13 at 9:21 p.m. — Police completed a requested welfare check on Harvest Lane.

July 14 at 8:59 p.m. — Police responded to a report of a parking problem on Chelsea Place. Upon arrival, the citizen agreed to move their vehicle without issue.

July 14 at 7:02 a.m. — Police assisted Vermont State Police on Dugway Road. July 14 at 8:10 a.m. — Police responded to a report of a suspicious event on Industrial Avenue. July 14 at 10:42 a.m. — Police provided a case number for property damage on Marshall Avenue. July 14 at 12:19 p.m. — Police completed a background investigation for local employment. July 14 at 1:36 p.m. — Police responded to a vehicle collision on Paul Street. There were no injuries reported on the scene. July 14 at 3:03 p.m. — Williston Police responded to assist Saint Albans Police Department in responding to a call on Frontage Road. July 14 at 3:37 p.m. — Police responded to a vehicle collision on St. George Road. Upon arrival, there were no injuries reported on the scene. July 14 at 6:51 p.m. — Police responded to a motor vehicle com-

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July 15 at 6:24 a.m. — Police responded to assist Vermont State Police with a vehicle collision on Main Road. July 15 at 9:56 a.m. — Police responded to a report of threats on Wright Avenue. The officer issued a trespass notice at the business’ request. July 15 at 10:40 a.m. — Police served a restraining order on Porterwood Drive. July 15 at 10:53 a.m. — Police escorted employees on Market Street. July 15 at 1:09 p.m. — Police completed multiple VIN verifications on Mountain View Road. July 15 at 1:56 p.m. — Police completed multiple VIN verifications on Avenue B. July 15 at 3:46 p.m. — Police provided a case number for property damage on St. George Road. see POLICE page 14

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July 15 at 8:59 p.m. — Police assisted a citizen on Interstate Corporate Drive. July 16 at 1:50 a.m. — Police assisted Essex Police Department with a medical call on West Street. July 16 at 3:30 a.m.—Police conducted a motor vehicle stop on Williston Road. Tthe citizen was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence. July 16 at 5:30 p.m. — Police responded to a report of an animal problem on Harvest Lane. Upon arrival, the vehicle had left the area.

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An aerial photo shows the Ethan Allen Express leaving Burlington on its first trip to New York City on Friday morning.

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public transportation is absolutely critical to addressing the existential threat of climate change. The Ethan Allen extension is an important step in that work right here in Vermont. I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of making today a reality. To my mind, our state and federal governments can and must do even more to improve public transportation for all.” Sen. Patrick Leahy added:

“Restoring passenger rail service in Vermont has been a priority for me during my time in the Senate, including securing more than $100 million for rail improvements that have made the restoration of passenger service between Burlington and New York City possible.” Other speakers included: Transportation Secretary Joe Flynn; Gov. Phil Scott; Jennifer Mitchell of the Federal Railroad Administration; Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner; and Vermont Senate Transportation Chair Dick Mazza.

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Did you know National Bowling Day is Saturday, Aug. 13? Many bowling centers celebrate this holiday with promotions for both kids and adults who bowl that day. Lace up your bowling shoes, select the best ball for you, and get ready to have some fun, because The Mini Page takes a look at bowling this week.

Bowling balls

Bowling is a sport that involves rolling a ball down a 60-foot lane and knocking down as many pins as possible. A bowler gets two tries to topple all 10 pins per frame. A strike happens when a bowler knocks down all 10 pins in one roll. A spare means a bowler left pins standing on their first try and then knocked over the remaining pins on the second (final) roll of the frame. A gutter is on each side of the lane. It’s like a little trench. If a bowler’s ball goes into a gutter, they get a score of zero for that roll.

Competing

Some families like to bowl together for fun as a hobby, some people bowl in leagues and others bowl in competitions. Leagues are available at bowling centers for kids and adults, and sometimes kids and adults bowl together. Leagues offer bowlers a chance to compete weekly, often in a fun, relaxing learning atmosphere. From leagues to tournaments, there are many opportunities in bowling for young bowlers — even in elementary school — to earn scholarships for college and trade schools.

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Sometimes kids use bumpers when they are learning to bowl. These are like guardrails that keep the ball on the lane so it doesn’t go into a gutter.

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Bowling basics

Bowling centers have a designated area somewhere in the building where a bunch of balls are located. These are called house balls, and they’re available for anyone to use. An important thing to keep in mind when selecting a house ball is choosing a weight that is comfortable for you. Sometimes when people bowl regularly, they’ll purchase their own bowling balls and shoes from a pro shop, which is a business that specializes in selling bowling equipment.

When a person walks into a bowling center, they might think it’s noisy inside. That’s probably because of the balls rolling into the pins and crashing loudly. Bowling pins are made of made of wood covered with a plastic material. The plastic is painted, and a glossy finish is applied. Sometimes you’ll notice black marks on the pins. The marks are from the pins flying around and getting knocked down all the time. A pinsetter is an automatic device that sets the pins on the pin deck at the end of the lane after each ball. Pins stand in nearly the exact same position every time due to the reliability of the pinsetter. Before there were automatic pinsetters, kids, often called pin boys, were responsible for setting up the pins one by one and returning the balls to bowlers after they rolled. This could be a dangerous job, as a pin or ball could strike a pin boy and injure them. photo by Dwayne Madden

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Resources On the Web:

• kidskonnect.com/ sports/bowling/

At the library:

• “The Alley Gator Bowling Book” by Joe Lacey • “The Prankster Strikes at League” by H.A.M. Westring

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Words that remind us of bowling are hidden in this puzzle. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: BALL, BOWLING, BUMPER, FRAME, GUTTER, HOBBY, HOLIDAY, LANE, LEAGUE, PIN, PINSETTER, SCHOLARSHIP, SHOES, SHOP, SPARE, SPORT, STRIKE, TOURNAMENT.

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Bria: How quiet is a bowling alley? Brandon: So quiet that you can hear a pin drop!

Sometimes kids use bumpers when they are learning to bowl. These are like guardrails that keep the ball on the lane so it doesn’t go into a gutter.

• “The Alley Gator Bowling Book” by Joe Lacey • “The Prankster Strikes at League” by H.A.M. Westring August 4, 2022 • Williston Observer • Page 17

many opportunities in bowling for young bowlers — even in elementary school — to earn scholarships for college and trade schools.

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ginia enjoyed every moment with Bill sharing in the company of their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Virginia was predeceased by her parents James T. Thurston and Pearl E. Durett; brothers Wendell Thurston, Sydney Thurston, and James Thurston, Jr. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Bill Fraties of Colchester, VT; her loving twin sister Brenda Viens of Fayston, VT; her beloved children: Jeffrey Atwood and wife Simone of Richmond, VT; David Atwood and wife Connie of Clayton, NC; Jennifer Provencher and husband David of Williston, VT; Michael Atwood and wife Shawn of Grand Isle, VT; her five grandsons; James Quill and wife Kristin of Williston, VT; Christopher Atwood of Charlotte, NC; Zac Poland of Burlington, VT; Cody Atwood of Richmond, VT; and Tyler Atwood of St. Albans, VT; her two beautiful great granddaughters; Kinsley Atwood of Charlotte, NC and Penelope Quill of Williston, VT; and her many nieces and nephews. Virginia’s heart went out to all Military Veterans. She requested that in lieu of flowers, to please donate to The Josh Pollata House in Colchester, VT. A memorial service will be held at Malletts Bay Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, 1672 West Lakeshore Drive, Colchester, Aug. 11, 2022 at 10 a.m. Arrangements are in the care of Perkins-Parker Funeral Home.

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the fullest and looked forward to each day she could spend with the love of her life, Bill. Virginia worked at IBM for 25 years until retiring to enjoy the next chapter of her life. She was an avid gardener, loved westerns and war films, and enjoyed boating, fishing, hunting, traveling, and classic car shows. She road her own Harley Davidson on which she enjoyed many trips throughout the North and Southwest. Virginia had a love of jewelry, beautiful stones, and sterling sliver of the Southwest, acquiring her collection over several trips across the United States. She had a deep knowledge and appreciation of flowers, affectionately referring to her extensive family of plants as, “The Girls.” Each summer her home was a rainbow of colors for all to enjoy when passing by Blakely Road. Whether it was backyard cookouts, swimming in the pool, picking blueberries, or cooking their favorite dishes, Vir-

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Virginia J. Fraties Virginia J. Fraties passed away peacefully on Friday, July 22, 2022, at her home in Colchester, VT. She was surrounded by her devoted husband and loving family. Virginia was born on November 18, 1942, in Burlington, VT. She was raised in Waterbury Center by her parents, James T. Thurston, Sr., and Pearl E. Durett. Virginia was a loving, kind, and caring woman, and it was important to her that she instill those same qualities in her four children. Her foremost goal in life was to be a good mother — an objective she undoubtedly achieved. Virginia found joy in motherhood. From baseball games to horseback riding, she was actively involved in the lives of her children and championed their every success. Virginia was a constant source of support and generosity, sharing the precious love of family with friends and relatives alike. Virginia had the endearing and uncanny ability of, “telling it like it is.” An undeniable spitfire with a laugh-out-loud sense of humor, Virginia also had a gift of reaching people deeply, while always maintaining a message of positivity and hope. For the past 34 years, Virginia has been deeply loved and supported by the love of her life, William E. Fraties. There was never a cross word spoken between the two of them — only shared love, tenderness, compassion, and affinity for Harley Davidsons. She was a beautiful, spirited, soul that lived life to

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Games in the park

Williston residents take to the pitches at Village Community Park for some fierce but friendly soccer on a recent summer evening. OBSERVER PHOTOS BY AL FREY

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