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Black Lives Matter flag decision put off until 2023

BY JASON STARR Observer staff

The Town of Williston now has the draft of a statement on dismantling racism to underpin a coming discussion about the fate of the Black Lives Matter flag that continues to fly on the Town Hall flagpole.

The flag was first raised in the winter of 2021 as a symbol of the town’s commitment to confronting racFor the complete ism in the wake of racial equity the police killing of values statement, George Floyd. The see page 10 selectboard reauthorized the flag last March while at the same time approving an investigation into how the town can turn the symbolism of the flag into anti-racism action.

The board, in a unanimously approved motion last March, said it would reconsider the flying of the flag at town hall when the investigation is complete.

Last week, a committee led by Williston Community Justice Center Executive Director Cristalee McSweeney delivered the results of its six-month initiative to express the town’s values around anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion. The values statement reads, in part: “Williston is comsee VALUES page 10

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Form-based code set to take effect

Selectboard gives final approval to new Taft Corners zoning regs

BY JASON STARR Observer staff

Barring a citizen-led appeal, new zoning rules that regulate what can and can’t be built on land in Williston’s Taft Corners area will become law Oct. 25.

The selectboard approved them last Tuesday after a lengthy discussion and numerous resident comments. Any appeal would require a petition signed by at least 5 percent of Williston’s registered voters to force a townwide vote to overrule the ap-

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“If you don’t like the idea that some part of Taft Corners might look a lot like a city at some point, I can’t offer a lot of comfort.

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proval, according to a “Notice of Adoption” that the town published this week.

The petition would have to be submitted to the Town Clerk’s office by Oct. 24.

The approved “form-based code” creates a plan for a block-style street grid, vertical mixed-use buildings (up to 87 feet in height) and public green spaces.

It was drafted over the past two years by the planning commission with input from residents and the help of a consultant. The goal of the code is to encourage a more pedestrian-friendly pattern of buildings for the area — a stated goal in Williston’s Comprehensive Town Plan. The regusee ZONING page 11

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PROPERTY TRANSFERS - SEPTEMBER 2022 • Theogene Mahoro bought 2 homes on Mountain View Drive from Henry Iby for 108,900 and $386,100.

• Scott Feldman-Peobody bought a home on Ledgewood Drive from Adam Bauer for $739,000.

• Kristin Clark bought a condominium on Kadence Circle from Northridge-Williston LLC for $610,403.

• Douglas Daigle bought a home on Walker Hill Road from Allen Lemieux for $390,000.

• Cody Benoit bought a condominium on Hideaway Lane from Darlene Ashley for $300,000.

• Barbara Martin bought a condominium on Commons Road from the Janice Parker Revocable Trust for $432,000.

• Cory Scritchfield bought a home on Wildflower Circle from Jayson Argento for $670,000.

• Martin Schmidt bought a home on 1.8 acres on Desarno Drive from Joanne Farrell for $1.3 million.

• Jeremy Hamm bought a home

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on O’Brien Court from Kyle Michel for $580,000.

Wendy Lapine-Kenny bought a condominium on Holland Lane from Andrea Martin for $453,000.

Jan Wilkinson bought a condominium on Churchview Drive from Alan and Josephine Caycedo for $475,500.

Hao Chen bought a home on Wildflower Circle from the David C. Resi Revocable Trust for $610,000.

Sergiu Toma bought a home on South Brownell Road from Cameron Morway for $520,000.

GPA LLC bought 9 acres of open land on Williston Road from James Robear for $1.3 million.

Gregory Shover bought a home on Terrace Drive from Oliver Quayle for $365,000.

Bryan Skyler bought a condominium on Westview Circle from the Sandra S. Jones Trust for $298,500.

Katherine Mullins bought a multi-family home on 2 acres on Old Creamery Road from the

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John Lawrence Ward Jr. Revocable Trust for $360,000.

John Joseph Synott bought a condominium on Cedar Lane from Roy Subharup Gupta for $320,000.

Fectau Residential Inc. bought a mobile home on Porterwood Drive from Joanna Key for $8,000.

Douglas Isham bought a mobile home on Red Pine Road from Janipher Kane for $155,000.

The Jeffrey P. Sercel Revocable Trust bought a home on Creeks Edge Drive from Mark Bernstein for $815,000.

Catherine Reimer bought a home on Chloe Circle from Northridge-Williston LLC for $851,858.

Chirag Lala bought a home on Maidstone Lane from Eswar Tipirneni for $650,000.

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Friday forum Candidates in the upcoming General Election, left, came to Williston Central School on Friday morning to field students' questions.

Seated on the stage are (L to R) Gov. Phil Scott, Charity Clark, Gerald Malloy, Becca Balint, Michael Tagliavia, David Zuckerman, Brenda Siegel, Joe Benning, and Congressman Peter Welch.

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The auditorium, decorated with candidate posters, was filled with students and teachers absorbing the living civic lesson.

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Cannabis stores report brisk early sales

BY FRED THYS VTDigger

Volunteers, funds sought to ‘Feed Starving Children’ Hundreds of Champlain Valley community members will fight world hunger through a partnership between With Love From Vermont and nonprofit Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). This MobilePack will add to the 1.3 million meals previously packed in Vermont and shipped around the world to FMSC partners to feed starving children.

Volunteers — including families, churches and civic groups from Williston — will make a difference by packing 100,000 meals in just three two-hour shifts over two days.

Volunteers will also drop off non-perishable food goods for area food shelves.

The event will take place Oct. 21-22 at A.D. Lawton Intermediate School, 104 Maple Street, in Essex Junction. Community members can support this MobilePack by making a donation to cover the cost of the food to be packed or by volunteering to pack food at the event. Donations may be made, and volunteers may register, online at www.give.fmsc.org/ Vermont.

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Cannabis sales have been brisk in the days since Vermont’s retail market for recreational cannabis opened Oct. 1.

“Fantastic” is how Dave Silberman described sales at his store, FLORA, in Middlebury. “We had a really nice opening weekend.

It was a lot of fun. It was exhausting.”

Silberman said customers had about a 45-minute wait when he opened the doors that first day. The nine employees who worked the store Saturday could not possibly have handled more transactions, he said, estimating that about 1,000 people visited the store over the weekend. He said the sales floor can handle about eight customers at a time while another eight customers wait in a lounge.

What was for sale these first few days was cannabis flower. Silberman said the store offered 11 different strains from five growers sold in pre-rolled joints and in 3.5-gram (about an eighth-ounce) and seven-gram (quarter-ounce) jars. Regulations require all growers must be based in Vermont and all sales must be of cannabis grown and processed in Vermont.

At Burlington’s Ceres Collaborative, which also opened last Saturday, chief operating officer Russ Todia said the store has seen lines every day it’s been open. He said the store has had about 12 customers inside at a time.

After the excitement of opening day, sales briefly subsided, Todia said, then rebounded again later in the week.

“It could just be that word has gotten around that we’re open,” Todia said.

Ceres has offered about a dozen varieties of flower in eighth-ounce jars, pre-rolled joints and seven varieties of gummies, as well as vape cartridges in different sizes, a distillate hash and a topical salve. Todia expects more varieties of flower and more edible options to arrive by the end of the month.

Silberman anticipates that FLORA will

Kristin Landry, left, hands a customer their order at Ceres Collaborative dispensary in Burlington on the first day of legal retail cannabis sales in Vermont on Oct. 1.

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have more strains of flower and its first batch of gummies for sale by the end of the month.

At last Thursday’s meeting of the Cannabis Control Board, chair James Pepper acknowledged problems with the diversity of product due to delays in approving licenses.

“But the supply held,” Pepper noted, after retailers and growers initially had said there may be a shortage of supply ahead of the retail opening.

Pepper also acknowledged delays in retailers receiving their certificates of occupancy from the state Division of Fire Safety, without which they cannot be licensed. He said the problem is occurring in cities and towns that have municipal inspection agreements with the division, including Barre, Bennington, Brattleboro, Burlington, Hartford, Montpelier, Putney, St. Albans and Winooski.

The board on Thursday licensed one more retailer, Apex Arboretum in Burlington, in addition to four manufacturers, three growers, four wholesalers (including Apex Arboretum) and a lab, SH Lab, in Colchester.

Vermont now has three labs licensed to test cannabis and five licensed retailers.

Mountain Girl Cannabis opened its store in Rutland in early October, and Scott Sparks, owner of Bud Barn, in Brattleboro, anticipates opening his store on Oct. 17.

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In Hinesburg, rural development restrictions draw debate

BY AUBREY WEAVER Community News Service Hinesburg landowners have clashed with town planners over proposed zoning changes that, to prioritize forest conservation, would more strictly govern land use across a large stretch of town.

“That’s not what my vision is for my property,” resident Tony St. Hilaire told the Hinesburg Planning Commission during a Sept. 14 meeting, the first of two last month where citizens aired concerns about the proposals.

Selectboard member Dennis Place expressed frustration at that meeting too, getting into a backand-forth with Planning and Zoning Director Alex Weinhagan over the wording and enforcement of the proposed policies.

Both meetings began with readings of a proposed revision to the town’s zoning rules for the Rural Residential 1 district, which covers densely developed areas along Richmond Road and sparsely settled areas to the north, around Mt. Pritchard, and the south, around Lavigne Hill Road.

The changes, proposed by commission member Lenore Budd, include decreasing the building density from 3 acres of undeveloped land per unit to 5 acres per unit. They are intended to “preserve significant forest blocks and core wildlife habitat, to retain access to other blocks of undeveloped forest land.”

Commission meetings on the subject have devolved into contentious exchanges between property owners and town officials. Landowners like Place argue the changes are hard to understand and based on out-of-date mapping.

Officials at the Sept. 14 meeting showed a map of areas that are home to wildlife. But residents disagreed with officials’ assessment of those wildlife corridors.

A number of attendees grumbled at that meeting that they’ve witnessed more deer carcasses behind Champlain Valley Union High School, not in the pockets on the map. The mapping was done by the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife in 2007, according to Weinhagan. There seemed to be a consensus among those present that the mapping was either speculative, out of date or both.

Place said he believes landowners looking for loopholes around the conservation standards could do so easily and questioned whether the

new changes could be enforced.

Notably absent from the first meeting was Budd. In an email to Weinhagan ahead of the meeting, she requested the revisions still be discussed at the meeting in her absence. Some commissioners and residents that night said she should have been present to explain the reasoning behind some of the wording.

She was present at last week’s meeting.

“I own a sugarbush, I’m not in conservation. I don’t know what (Budd) is trying to say here,” Place lamented.

“Several of the folks who have expressed some concern are expressing, you know, real concerns that are founded on their belief

that whatever changes come from this discussion, that some of those changes may further restrict how much they could develop their property,” Weinhagan said, adding, “and that’s a fair concern.”

But Weinhagan pointed out that the planning commission made a “concerted effort” to receive feedback from landowners on the revisions back in February. These debates are by no means new, he said.

The town planning office, which Weinhagan runs, routinely asks the commission to consider zoning changes, particularly in regard to the more rural areas in Hinesburg.

Those requests often spur debate with landowners.

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framework and rules by which property is developed,” he said, “so it’s a reasonable thing for a landowner to be curious and potentially concerned about a zoning change.”

What likely makes the Rural Residential district so contentious is that it’s a mix of highly developed and rural areas.

“It’s not a cohesive, homogeneous zoning district,” Weinhagan said. “It has some areas that are the densest settlement pattern in Hinesburg, areas along Richmond Road

that include the Birchwood drive neighborhood and two of our three mobile home parks … and then it has these areas to the north and the south … that are much more rural, much lower development densities, and in some cases, large areas without any development.”

The revision process has taken months longer than expected, Weinhagan said.

There is no deadline to make the change, and whatever revisions are approved could later be amended.

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GUEST COLUMN

A large-scale effort to support mental health

BY STEVEN BERBECO The pandemic has exposed the fault lines in our state’s mental health system of care, with many more of us trying to connect to services for depression, anxiety and other issues. World Mental Health Day (which was Oct. 10) gave us an opportunity to reconnect with each other in our shared efforts to protect and improve mental health resources for ourselves and our neighbors.

As I write this, about one in five positions are vacant across Vermont’s state-designated mental health and specialized service agencies, where nearly 1,000 Vermonters are waiting for mental health and substance use services. Therapists in private practice, too, say they are booked with people who decided to prioritize their mental health during the pandemic, contributing to long wait times for many of us to access care.

Youth mental health has emerged as a national priority,

and school leaders in Vermont are reporting growing complexity and severity of student behavior, including violent outbursts, threats of harm to themselves and others, and sexualized behaviors.

At the same time, there are limited mental health resources available to our public schools.

Vermont’s suicide rate exceeds the national average by 30 percent, and the most recent data from the Vermont Department of Health show the numbers continue to head in the wrong direction. Suicide is the eighth-leading cause of death in Vermont, touching every socioeconomic status, race, identity and community.

In response to these and many other mental health challenges that predate the pandemic, the United Way of Northwest Vermont launched the Mental Health Initiative earlier this year. This collective impact project leverages the participation of 100-plus community members to solve, at scale, many of our most pressing problems in the system of mental health care.

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Much like knowing how to administer CPR, understanding how to support someone in a mental health crisis can be a life-saving skill.

We have three volunteer-led action teams focused on the Mental Health Initiative’s initial priorities: workforce development for mental health providers, youth mental health, and suicide prevention.

The most effective solutions will come from engagement with mental health professionals and — very importantly — our neighbors with lived experience. But we know mental health touches all of us and overlaps with every sector, system and institution in our society, which is why we have welcomed the participation of representatives from our schools,

early childhood education, local and state government, religious and civic groups, and many other organizations and alliances that focus on mental health care and substance misuse.

We are excited about our early successes in promoting the effective integration of mental health first aid training into workforce programs and programs that support our oldest and youngest Vermonters. Mental health first aid is a course that teaches people how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.

We have also helped to connect mental health professionals with important cross-cultural training so that our neighbors can access care that better meets their needs.

Much like knowing how to administer CPR, understanding how to support someone in a mental health crisis can be a life-saving skill. Vermonters can contact the Vermont Suicide Prevention Center to learn more about mental health first aid training and other suicide prevention resources.

Together we can make a dif-

ference, strengthening timely access to appropriate mental health care for each other. Vermont has always been a community of communities where neighbors help neighbors. We are stronger when we come together to solve our problems.

The United Way’s Mental Health Initiative is all about elevating voices and bringing diverse perspectives together to not only respond to urgent needs but to create a stronger system of mental health care for all of us.

Join our vibrant conversations, our shared decision-making and our implementation of steps that aim to keep our neighbors safe and thriving.

Learn more about the Mental Health Initiative and get involved at: www.unitedwaynwvt.org/mental-health-initiative.

Steven Berbeco is the director of United Way of Northwest Vermont’s Mental Health Initiative, a collective impact project launched in early 2022. He lives in Winooski with his family and serves on the Winooski School Board.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Supporting change for Williston I read with interest the Letters to the Editor in the Oct. 6 issue of the Observer. Each author stated their support for their candidate of choice for the Vermont House of Representatives.

It is clear from the endorsements that a distinct choice is available to Williston voters this November. On the one side, there is the argument that, if you are content with the status quo and the “sharing of the same playbook” of the legislative past, then there is one way to vote. On the other hand, if you feel Williston and Vermont need some change in perspective and a focus on the immediate pressing needs of everyday life, then there is another way to vote.

I believe we need a change toward balance and common sense in Montpelier. Gasoline, health care, grocery and heating fuel prices continue to rise and are at historic levels. The tax burden on Vermonters is the fourth highest in the nation. Public safety concerns are high. Social Security income continues to be taxed on those who need relief the most.

The current “playbook” just isn’t working. We truly need change, common sense and balance in Montpelier.

The facts compel a choice for change to get us back on track to a prosperous future for Vermont.

I will be voting for new ideas and new perspectives. I will be voting for candidates who understand the kitchen table pressures all Vermonters are facing daily. I will be voting for Bruce Roy and Tony O’Rourke to represent me and the Williston Chittenden-2 District in the Vermont House of Representatives.

Norman Boyden Williston

Two proven leaders At the top of my ballot for state representative are my top choices, Angela Arsenault and Erin Brady. I hope they are your choices also.

Erin is our current representative who is also a nationally recognized school social studies teacher and who led the effort to pass the Universal School Lunch bill in her first term in the Legislature. She also has supported efforts to promote climate action and racial justice. She is a proven leader.

Angela is the chair of the Champlain Valley School Board.

She is a professional journalist and a prolific volunteer with the Williston Community Justice Center, the Williston-Richmond

Rotary Club’s many projects to assist those who need it, and the Education Justice Coalition of Vermont. She is also a proven leader.

These are two extraordinary candidates and the only ones running who support the constitutional amendment on reproductive liberty that assures women have the right to control their own bodies the same as men have had for centuries. Both have given many years of public service to Williston on the school board.

Please join me in voting for Angela and Erin on or before Nov. 8.

Terry Macaig Williston

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Fully supporting Erin and Angela I am thrilled to vote for two women for state Legislature who share many of my values and priorities for our community. Erin Brady and Angela Arsenault will be strong advocates for children and families.

We have a severe shortage of high-quality childcare in Vermont.

Early childhood professionals are underpaid and undervalued.

Childcare is a high priority item.

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October 13, 2022 paint a mini pumpkin or gourd. Registration required.

LEGO TIME

Thursday, Oct. 27, 3-4 p.m. Build something with the library’s LEGO collection.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library hours: • Monday and Wednesday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

• Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Visit www.damlvt.org to apply for a library card, renew materials, access digital offerings and register online for programs. For help accessing materials or services, call 8784918 or email daml@damlvt.org.

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Children in fourth grade and younger must be supervised by someone over 16 years of age.

STORYWALK

Come discuss your favorite horror novel, graphic novel or short story with the group.

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TEEN NIGHTS: DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS

Mondays, Oct. 17 and 24, 5-6 p.m. Ages 12-plus. Continue our first month’s campaign at the library.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME

Tuesdays, Oct. 18 and 25, 10:30-11 a.m.

Join Danielle for indoor or outdoor (weather-dependent) stories and fun.

AFTER SCHOOL STEAM FUN ACTIVITY

Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2-3 p.m. Try your hand at a fun experiment.

PRESCHOOL MUSIC AND PLAYTIME

Thursdays, Oct. 20 and 27, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Enjoy music with Linda Bassick, then stay to play.

TWEEN BOOK CLUB

On the Town Green: “Leaves” by David Ezra Stein In the Park: “The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy” by James Crews

Monday, Oct. 24, 3-4 p.m. Have fun discussing Golden Dome books in this tween-led discussion.

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Friday, Oct. 14, 5-6 p.m. Ages 12-plus.

Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2-3 p.m. Sign up to

MULTI-AGE PROGRAMS TELESCOPE NIGHT

Monday, Oct. 17, 7-8 p.m. Step outside to learn how to use the library’s telescope and view the night sky.

READ TO A DOG

Thursday, Oct. 20, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Call to schedule a 10-minute time slot to read to therapy dog Lola.

PUMPKIN CARVING

Saturday, Oct. 22, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Carve a pumpkin with family and friends on the town green. Registration required.

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BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 12:30-1:30 p.m. “Home Before Dark” by Riley Sager is a supernatural tale set in the Vermont woods.

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Wednesday, Oct. 26, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

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HEALTH AND RESILIENCE IN CHALLENGING TIMES

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working parents and early school start times. Universal meals level the playing field and reduce associated stigma.

Erin and Angela also share my belief that reproductive health care decisions are deeply personal and should be made between a patient and their physician. They support Article 22, the Reproductive Liberty Amendment. With Roe overturned by the Supreme Court, state-level protections are now vital to safeguarding access to reproductive health care.

Erin is a nationally recognized high school teacher, a member of the Champlain Val-

ley School Board and a working mom. She was first elected to the Legislature in 2020 and serves on the House Education Committee. Angela has a background in journalism, is the chair of the Champlain Valley School Board and is a dedicated volunteer with the Education Justice Coalition of Vermont, the Williston Community Justice Center, CY Mentoring and the Williston-Richmond Rotary Club.

I hope that Williston will join me in voting for Erin Brady and Angela Arsenault as our state representatives (Chittenden-2 District).

Katie Devitt Williston

Williston deserves Arsenault I have lived in Williston since 1987 and have never publicly endorsed a candidate until now. I urge you to vote for Angela Arsenault for state representative.

I got to know Angela while serving on the Racial Equity Partnership Committee. I’ve never seen anybody multi-task so well. Even though she’s busy, I’ve seen her volunteer to take on a task, because she’s passionate about it. Angela shows up, is action-oriented and gets things done.

I’ve also noticed how inclusive — not selective — Angela is when she works with a group of people.

She walks the walk. And you can tell by the way she talks about her 12- and 14-year-old children how proud she is of them.

Today, many critical issues are on the line: the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade; climate action; health care and child care for all; gun violence prevention; affordable housing; and inclusion, equity and welcoming diversity of all people. Angela has the experience, skills and dedication to fight for all of these issues. She’s a caring person who is a fighter.

Angela has been on the board of the Champlain Valley School District since 2019, and its chair since 2021. She has 20 years of experience as a professional journalist, includ-

ing reporting on family matters and women’s health. Her volunteer work includes working with the Education Justice Coalition of Vermont, the Williston Community Justice Center, CY Mentoring, the Williston-Richmond Rotary Club and the Williston Joy Brigade.

Williston deserves a state representative like Angela Arsenault.

Brant Dinkin Williston

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Values

The Black Lives Matter flag was first raised at Town Hall in the winter of 2021. The selectboard will reconsider its approval of the flag in early 2023.

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9:00-11:00 am Pierson Library, Shelburne We want every member of our community to be included as we design CVSD's strategic plan. You are invited to help identify our shared values and priorities. Please share your input at any of the upcoming Community Forums or use the survey link!

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flyer, posting online and sending emails. Reflecting the controvercontinued from page 1 sial nature of the subject, several businesses declined to post the mitted to identifying, addressing flyer. The committee anonymousand eliminating policies and pro- ly reported some of their reasons: cedures that have contributed to “This is not the direction we are institutional and structural rac- looking to go in” … “We don’t ism. Williston will address this want our business being retaliated harm through education, commu- against” … “We can’t take sides nity engagement and restorative — this ‘ask’ would reflect us takactions.” (See sidebar for the full ing the side of supporting this.” statement).

Other feedback encouraged But McSweeney also request- the committee and expressed suped more time — until the end of port for the work, McSweeney this year — for the selectboard to said during last week’s meeting of revisit its Black Lives Matter flag the selectboard. decision and consider a new way After collecting resident input to symbolize the town’s anti-rac- in the spring, the committee got to ism efforts. work writing the values statement “Maybe it’s a flag, maybe it’s not. through the summer. In addition Maybe it’s artwork, maybe it’s edu- to McSweeney, the committee cational opportunities,” McSwee- includes Pastor Paul Eyer of the ney said. “Our Williston Fedgoal is to make erated Church, “Our goal is to make sure we’re not former Willisjust putting up ton-Richmond sure we’re not just a symbol, but Rotary Club putting up a symbol, we are taking President Lesactionable steps ley Murray but we are taking … The core and Champlain actionable steps.” of the work is Valley School Cristalee McSweeney about what we Board Chair are going to and DemocratWilliston Racial Equity Partnership do to live up to ic nominee for those values so state representhat everyone tative Angela in our community feels welcomed, Arsenault, among others. respected and valued.”

“It was really heartwarming Putting off the Black Lives to have such a committed group Matter flag decision will also al- of people come together and relow McSweeney to incorporate ally think about everyone in the what she is learning at a diversity, community, and I think that the equity and inclusion leadership outcome will bring us to better course she is currently enrolled in places. The goal is to make Wilat Cornell University. That course liston the best we can have it be,” ends in December.

McSweeney said.

“We will be revisiting the isThe racial equity values statesue of the Black Lives Matter ment is on the selectboard’s Oct. flag probably in early January,” 18 agenda Town Manager Erik she said. “That’s when we will be Wells said. making a proposal to look at how The Racial Equity Alliance’s we want to visualize these val- goal is to have the values stateues. The issue of the Black Lives ment inform every aspect of Matter flag will be on the table for town government “so that we’re consideration.” really being thoughtful … and Before crafting the values making sure we’re constantstatement, the committee (called ly looking back at these values the Racial Equity Partnership) so we are holding ourselves sought input from community and each other accountable,” members through distribution of a McSweeney said.

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Town of Williston racial equity values statement Up for selectboard adoption Oct. 18 ANTI-RACISM

Williston acknowledges that racism exists. Williston is committed to identifying, addressing and eliminating policies and procedures that have contributed to institutional and structural racism.

Williston will address this harm through education, community engagement and restorative actions.

DIVERSITY

Differences of all kinds and a diversity of people contribute to a stronger, healthier and more vibrant community where all are celebrated and valued. Williston encourages and embraces diversity in all aspects of community life and civic engagement.

EQUITY

Every decision made from a governance and operational standpoint will be fair and impartial by consistently reviewing and redefining town policies and procedures. Decisions and actions will be made with the awareness of what each community member needs, recognizing and owning that some may require more than others.

INCLUSION

Williston is committed to identifying and eliminating barriers that limit community engagement by creating equal opportunity and access for all, regardless of race, class, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, political views, age, ability, identity or background status. All town programming, volunteer and engagement opportunities, leadership positions and community spaces will be open and accessible to all.

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lations prescribe the aesthetics (form) of buildings, rather than the traditional zoning rules that regulate building use.

The board’s approval came on a 4-1 vote. Board member Gordon St. Hilaire cast the opposing vote in deference to a group of residents dismayed by the prospect of 80-plus-foot-tall apartment buildings and the potential increase in population that would follow.

“Williston’s infrastructure cannot handle that type of influx,” resident David Martel said.

“That’s a lot of people. That’s a lot of cars. The streets aren’t designed for it. I don’t know if the sewer and water can handle it.”

Planning Director Matt Bou-

langer noted that the town’s existing growth management system, which caps the pace of housing development to a maximum of 50 new units per year, is in place to address concerns about overwhelming current infrastructure and wastewater capacity. He touted the benefits of the urban-style development pattern that the new regulations prescribe — where densely packed buildings create energy efficiencies, reduce car dependance and increase housing availability.

“If you don’t like the idea that some part of Taft Corners might look a lot like a city at some point, I can’t offer a lot of comfort,” he said. “That just comes with the territory of making a place a walkable downtown.”

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87-foot height (five stories) allowance under the new rules. On the outskirts of the district, building heights are capped at three and four stories.

Planning commission member Chapin Kaynor offered a reminder that planners undertook the process of changing Taft Corners zoning rules because of negative sentiment about developments recently completed (Finney Crossing) and now underway (Cottonwood Crossing). He also assured opponents that the plan does not itself constitute a development proposal.

“This is intended as a long-term design,” Kaynor said. “It’s not a plan to do any particular number of houses. It’s to say, ‘when houses are built, here’s the plan that it has to follow.’”

“Williston is lucky to have a growth problem,” resident Kyle Sala said, “but it’s a problem nonetheless. The buildings will get built either way. There’s really no stopping it. The form-based code is one of the best options we have to manage the growth in a sustainable way that has public benefit.”

Board member Ted Kenney echoed that sentiment in making the motion to approve the new regulations.

“Development is allowed in this area right now. It’s not like it was going to remain an open field across from Walmart forever,” he said.

“Buildings are going to be built whether we approve this or not.

“I’ve listened to what people are saying and I’ve thought about it and weighed it,” he added. “On balance, I think the form-based code is the way to go.”

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When change occurs slowly and in small measures, ecosystems and species are able adapt as they have for millennia. Today, this immense Vermont’s forests tell a story of adapta- volume of changes and stressors is occurring tion undertaken over massive expanses of all at once and at an incredible rate. There is no time and across a dynamic landscape. Along going back, no returning to when Vermont was this continuum of change, our flora and fauna endless old growth forests, undammed streams have evolved and co-evolved, exploited nich- and expansive networks of beaver wetlands. es, developed complex relationships with one While mitigation — slowing these changes — another and with their environment — even- is critical, the health and resilience of our forests tually becoming the species that comprise our will also depend on their adaptability. modern-day forests. Over tens of thousands of A key consideration in managing for years, these species have formed natural com- adaptability is the recognition of uncertainty: munities, ecosystems that are unique, resilient We don’t know exactly how global change will and biologically diverse. manifest in the future, so we need to ensure In the last 300 that our forests have years, Vermont’s forthe tools to adapt to a How will we help forests ests have undergone wide variety of potena similarly remarktial future conditions. adapt to an uncertain future? able transformation, One of the key We are in uncharted waters, but on a massively ingredients in adaptcompressed schedability is diversity. On off the map and becoming ule. Over just a few a landscape in which more so each day. centuries, many forests are generally wildlife species have young and simple, been lost from our managing for forests forests, some of which have returned or been with lots of different tree species and differreintroduced, and some of which have not. ent sizes and ages of trees buffers forests from Nearly all our forests have been cleared, stressors that may affect a single species or a many maintained as agricultural land for a single size or age of tree, giving forests a range century or more. of potential adaptive pathways forward. Also Vermont has lost huge amounts of forest- critical is managing for diverse landscapes land and continues to lose thousands of acres with many different types of forests and other each year. Our remaining forests are increas- ecosystems. ingly fragmented by deforestation, roads and Forests are more than trees. Managing for development, and degraded by a variety of in- adaptability includes helping all our native flotroduced stressors, including non-native inva- ra and fauna adapt to a changed and changing sive plants and non-native pests and pathogens world. In addition to managing for diverse and that have caused the loss or functional-loss of complex forests — which will provide habitat several important tree species. and refuge for many species — we need to We are in the midst of a biodiversity cri- protect threatened species and unusual habsis — species across the globe going extinct or itats and to take action to create important racing toward extinction at an alarming rate. habitats that are underrepresented across our We are in the midst of a climate crisis, with a landscape. We also need to ensure that ecosysclimate that has changed and is changing faster tems are connected, so that species can move than ever. between them as they are faced with changes

BY ETHAN TAPPER Special to the Observer

and challenges, and so that they can maintain the genetic diversity necessary to adapt.

Another important part of managing for adaptability is addressing threats. Deforestation, forest fragmentation and non-native invasive plants, animals, pests and pathogens — and deer overpopulation — all undermine forests’ ability to regenerate, to change, to become diverse and complex, thus threatening their adaptability. All of these threats are human-caused, and only we have the power to address them.

How will we help forests adapt to an uncertain future? We are in uncharted waters,

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Responding to this moment will mean making uncomfortable decisions — doing things like managing forests, controlling invasive plants and changing our behavior in many ways.

Adaptability is a quality that we will need to cultivate both in our forests and in ourselves. The choices we make, the way we change, will dictate the world that we give to future generations.

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Issue 42, 2022

Founded by Betty Debnam

Mini Fact:

Time to Write!

About 900 million books are sold in the U.S. each year.

photo by Lupuca

November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. For 30 days, participants are invited to let their imaginations run free and write a novel on their own at their own pace.

This week, The Mini Page learns about NaNoWriMo for kids.

Challenge

NaNoWriMo’s Young Writers Program (YWP) is geared toward students interested in challenging themselves through writing. During November, anyone who would like to participate is invited to write an entire novel in one month.

YWP is set up in a flexible way that allows young writers to choose their own goals. For example, if you would like your novel to be 1,000 words, then that’s OK. If you would like to write 10,000 or 50,000 words that month, that’s good, too. Whatever your goal is, there are tools to help you on the YWP website (see “On the Web” section).

Goals

While some students prefer to track their progress themselves, others sign up — with a grown-up’s help — on the YWP website and

use the word-counting and progress-tracking tools on there.

Some families decide to take on the NaNoWriMo challenge as a unit and write together. In other cases, grown-ups and kids in a household participate in NaNoWriMo by writing separate novels, but they spend their time creating while sitting side by side. There are many options, and authors get to decide what will work best for them.

Who’s it for?

Anyone can write a novel! In 2019, it was predicted that 95,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade were part of YWP and participated in NaNoWriMo programs.

“Being a novelist is a matter of keeping at it, putting one word after the other day after day. You can’t wait for the muse* to come to you — you have to create your own muse. We want everyone to be able to tell their story, to trust in the beauty of their muse,” says Grant Faulkner, executive director of NaNoWriMo. * “Muse” means inspiration.

How it works

If a student sets up an account online at YWP with a grown-up’s help, they can write and create online under that account after they log in to the website.

However, there are many other ways to write. Some authors like to jot down their stories with pencil onto paper and track their own progress. Others like to write in their favorite program on their computer.

If participants are very young, they might prefer to tell their story to a grown-up who will do the actual typing or writing on paper.

Goals

A writer can set a daily word count goal, which means every day they do their best to write as many words as they have set their sights on. Some writers have one goal: to see how much they can write in one month, without setting a daily goal. It’s really all up to the participant.

One important thing to remember is that it’s OK if a goal changes as the writer adjusts their plan.

Resources On the Web:

• ywp.nanowrimo.org

At the library:

• “Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Handbook” by Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter • “What’s Your Story?” by Marion Dane Bauer

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Try ’n’ Find

Mini Jokes

Words that remind us of NaNoWriMo are hidden in this puzzle.

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Wyatt: How do you catch a whole school of fish?

Whitney: With bookworms!

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While some students prefer to track their progress themselves, others sign up — with a grown-up’s help — on the YWP website and

Potter • “What’s Your Story?” by Marion Dane Bauer

NaNoWriMo. * “Muse” means inspiration.

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Professional services fee: This is a basic non-declinable fee that covers the funeral provider’s time, expertise and overhead: $2,300.

Transfer of the remains: This is for picking up the body and taking it to the funeral home: $350.

Embalming and body preparation: Embalming is usually mandatory for open-casket viewing, otherwise it’s not required unless the body is going to be transported across state lines. Embalming

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Funeral transportation: Use of hearse and driver is $325 to transport the body to the cemetery.

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Elaine L. Begin Elaine L. Begin, 69, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, due to a convergence of multiple long-term health issues.

The daughter of Albert H. Whitcomb and Joyce E. Payne, she grew up in central Vermont, eventually moving to Richmond and graduating from Mount Mansfield Union High School in 1971.

She married Michael P. Begin, the love of her life and constant companion and support, making their home in Jericho for the past 49 years. As a young dialysis patient and kidney transplant candidate in the early 1970s, she was active in advocating for the creation of a dialysis unit in Burlington. She soon received her father’s donated kidney at Mass General Hospital in Boston and lived a full, healthy life for two decades as a result.

While dedicated to being a fulltime mom, friend, and confidante to their only daughter, she also worked and volunteered in roles caring for the elderly and disabled. She graduated from Fanny Allen School of Practical Nursing in 1987 and enjoyed working as a nurse and phlebotomist. She was also a volunteer and leader of the local Ecumenical Ministry food shelf for three decades.

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once again found herself in need of dialysis treatment as well as a progressively growing list of related health issues, she drew joy and strength from her role as a fun, adventurous, sweet, and caring grandmother to her three grandchildren. She was fortunate to receive a second kidney transplant in 2015, allowing her several more years creating special moments and sharing memories with her growing family. If Elaine had to be described in three words, they would be: Tiny…

Fierce…Resilient.

Despite her ongoing health struggles, she faced them all with astonishing strength and courage, living each day to its fullest. She loved travel, music, craft shows,

playing with her grandkids, long rides, long chats, and HGTV. Coffee and chocolate were her favorite indulgences. She was a compassionate and loyal friend, loving and devoted to her family, and will leave an unfathomable void in their hearts and lives.

She leaves behind her husband of nearly 52 years, Michael; her daughter, Asmaa Michele (Ahmed) Daoudi; her grandchildren Rashid, Radia (Mohamed), and Oumniya; her maternal aunt, Janet Larkin, and a great many cousins, family inlaw, and life-long friends. She was predeceased by her mother, Joyce Lamberti in 2002; her father, Albert Whitcomb in 2020, and an infant sister, Shelly Whitcomb, in 1956.

The funeral service to honor and celebrate her life will be held on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, at 2 p.m. in the Hooker Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy Street in Barre. Family and friends may call at 1 p.m. prior to the service. Following the service, fellowship will take place at Delicate Decadence, 14 North Main Street, Barre. For a memorial guestbook, please visit www.hookerwhitcomb. com. In lieu of flowers, her family requests donations to be made to Essex-Jericho-Underhill Food Shelf, PO Box 65, Jericho, VT 05465 to provide for Thanksgiving meals.

Marsha (Williams) Duell Marsha (Williams) Duell, 76, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, after a short and unexpected illness. Her son, daughter and stepsister were by her side at McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester.

Marsha was born on May 9, 1946, in Rutland to John and Ruth (Bulris) Williams and grew up in Sudbury, VT. She graduated from Otter Valley Union High School and Albany Business College and lived most of her life in Essex and Williston.

On Sept. 23, 1994, Marsha married Rufus Duell, Jr., who predeceased her on Feb. 25, 2012.

Having met at IBM, they retired together and subsequently enjoyed camping throughout New England and traveling to Alaska.

Marsha also enjoyed tour groups to Scotland, England, Iceland and more. She was most passionate about her ancestry and traced her lineage as a direct descendant of The Mayflower. She was recently inducted as a member of the DAR.

Additionally, she was an expert quilter and a long-standing member of the First Congregational Church of Essex, member of their choir for over 30 years and a volunteer at their Heavenly Cents Thrift Shop.

Besides her parents and husband, Rufus, Marsha was predeceased by her stepmother, Frances Williams and stepbrother Charles Needham. She was also predeceased by her loving pets Shaggy and Sophie. She is survived by her brother Phil (wife Penny) of Alaska, brother Gary of Florida and stepsister, Judi of Colchester. She is also survived by her four children Peter,

John, Todd and Tami, twelve grandchildren, one great grandchild and several nieces and nephews.

A heartfelt thank you goes out to all of the staff at the McClure Miller respite house for their compassionate care.

Per Marsha’s wishes, there will be no calling hours or funeral. A memorial graveside service was held Oct. 13, 2022 at Resurrection Park Cemetery, South Burlington.

In lieu of flowers, the family would request that any donations in Marsha’s name be mailed to Vermont Society of Mayflower Decedents (VTSMD) attention Seth Hopkins, 850 Park Street, Brandon, VT 05733 and payable to “Vermont Mayflower Society”; or the McClure Miller Respite House: Mailed to UVM Health Network - Home Health & Hospice, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester, VT 05446.

Arrangements are in care of Corbin & Palmer Funeral Home, 9 Pleasant Street, Essex Junction, VT.

Douglass Gordon Prescott Jr. With heavy hearts, we share the passing of our beloved “Dougie”— father, grandfather, husband, uncle, friend, spiritual advisor.

Douglass Gordon Prescott Jr. died peacefully on Sept. 29, 2022 at the University of Vermont Medical Center. He was surrounded by the love and comfort of his loved ones, as well as compassionate UVMMC staff members, to whom he grew close during his extended journey leaving the physical plane.

Douglass was born on Staten Island, NY on June 26, 1942 to Douglass Prescott Sr. and Evelyn (Hill) Prescott. On the day Douglass was born, his father, a Captain in the United States Army during WWII, was assigned Officer of the Day, overseeing the New York Harbor. Evelyn bravely labored alone with the birth of Douglass Jr. as his father defended our country.

With roots in the Granite State, the young family returned to New Hampshire after the war to be near family due to the devastating loss of Uncle Alan Prescott in the European theatre. The family took up residence in Sanbornton Square, NH, where they lived in the historic Lane Tavern. It is here where Douglass met David Wiggins, with whom he shared a lifelong friendship rooted in fine arts and spirituality.

The Prescott family eventually built a home on Perkins Road where Doug’s passion for the arts both written and visual as well as his love of New England developed. It was during this time in a humble cabin that he produced his first works of art - his true passion.

After graduating from Laconia High School, Doug pursued his further education at the Boston School of Practical Art, Boston Architectural Center, eventually graduating from The Museum School of Fine Arts in the late 1980s. During his time in Boston and traveling back and forth to New Hampshire he met his first wife Pamela Matty from Northfield, NH whom he married in 1964 and with her had two sons, Christian and Tobey Prescott. He maintained a familial relationship with the Matty Family through his final days.

Having experienced profound life changes, Doug moved to Vermont to pursue a new career in the 1970’s, after having been called to help others in their recovery from

addiction disorders. He greatly enjoyed his work, sharing his experience, strength and hope with those who suffered, and was an inspiration for many. It was during this time that he met and married his second wife, Carolyn Auer in Wallingford, VT. They raised their two daughters, Abigail and Nettie, in Belmont, VT. Doug would eventually return to Sanbornton, New Hampshire, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He and Carolyn, to whom he referred as the “love of my life,” continued to share a close, meaningful relationship until his death.

He is survived by his four children; Christian (Margaret) Prescott and their son Liam of Hampstead, NH, Tobey and his children Tobey Jr. of Laconia, NH, and Madeline of Albuquerque, NM, Abigail (Christopher) Heck, and their son Oliver of Williston, VT, and Jeanette “Nettie” Prescott and her companion Charles Quine of Marin County, CA. Additionally surviving are his former wives Pamela Prescott of Laconia, NH, and Carolyn Prescott of Belmont, VT, brother Jeff (Mabel) Prescott and their three daughters Rachel, Alana and Camellia of Destin, FL, very special grand nieces and grand nephews in Florida, and lifelong close friend David (Anne) Wiggins of Concord, NH. A Celebration of Life for Doug will be held on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022 at the Sanbornton Congregational Church in Sanbornton, NH at 2 p.m.

In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to your local Turning Point Centers of Vermont or Sant Bani Ashram in Sanbornton, NH. The William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home in Tilton, NH is assisting the family with arrangements.

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Henrietta Williams Henrietta Williams, 95 of South Street in Essex Junction died on Sept. 28, 2022, UVM Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont.

She was born on Dec. 4, 1926, in Winooski, Vermont the daughter of Leon and Marie Le Beau St. Peter. She was married to Norman Williams on June 19, 1948, in Winooski.

She is survived by her children: Kathy (Bernard) Demosi of Murfreesboro, TN, James (Emily) Williams of Aynor, SC, Daniel (Kim) Williams of Fletcher, VT, Alan Williams of Essex Junction, VT and Patrick (Penny) Williams of Venice, FL, and many grandchildren and

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