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a flight simulator, meeting engineers and pilots and touring a model electric plane lab. Wayman’s day at Beta was this Wednesday. On June 11, the company plans a flyover above Williston Central School as part of the students’ Genius Hour open house. BY JASON STARR “This is my dream come true,” Observer staff Wayman said Tuesday. “It’s really Sixth-grader Jonah Wayman exciting. I’m going to learn a lot. has a lot in common with Beta It’s going to be really fun.” Katie Clark, who works in Technologies founder and CEO community outreach and commuKyle Clark. Both are Williston nications for the company, hears Central School-educated, both are echoes of CEO captivated by Kyle Clark (her aviation and both husband) in are bullish on Wayman’s enthuelectric-powered siasm. flight. ­— Jonah Wayman Kyle Clark Beta TechWilliston Central School grew up in Wilnologies is desixth grade liston and went veloping electric to WCS until airplanes out of his eighth-grade its headquarters at Burlington Inyear, when he moved to Essex. He ternational Airport and two manugraduated from Essex High School facturing facilities on Avenue D in — where he met Katie — and went Williston. Wayman reached out to on to study math and engineering the company as part of his “Genius at Harvard. According to Katie, Hour” project on electric planes in Kyle used a signing bonus from Joy Peterson and Jared Bailey’s huthe Washington Capitals where he manities class at Williston Central. had signed on to play professionT h e al hockey in c o m p a n y, the NHL, to fresh off an instead eneye-poproll in flight ping ($368 school and million) inbecome a livestment censed pilot. announce“Jonah ment from sounds a lot Amazon and like Kyle did Fidelity, prewhen he was sented Waya kid,” Katie man an unsaid. “His forgettable passion for offer: spend Wayman sits in the cockpit of Beta aviation goes Technologies’ Alia electric airplane. a day at the back as long airport, flyas he can remember. And he loves ing in a helicopter piloted by forinspiring kids to fly.” mer Obama Administration Marine The company’s community One pilot Nick Warren, testing out

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Beta founder and CEO Kyle Clark explains the controls of the Alia to Jonah Wayman at Beta Technologies’ headquarters at Burlington International Airport on Wednesday morning. COURTESY PHOTOS BY BRIAN JENKINS OF BETA TECHNOLOGIES

outreach efforts were hampered over the past year by the pandemic. Wayman’s visit marks the start of a renewed effort to “inspire the next generation of aviators,” Katie said. She predicts that thousands of pilots and mechanics are going to be needed to work on electric aircraft in the future. “We’re very excited about what we are doing here and really excited to share what we have going on with kids, students and the community,” she said. “It’s been a long time coming for us. If we can make an impact on a student who is passionate about aviation and share what we’ve learned and create a meaningful experience for him, that is super meaningful to us … We’re thrilled to have Jonah here and to show him around.” The company’s aircraft, the Alia, is being developed as a manned delivery plane with investments from Amazon, UPS and United Therapeutics. The plane can take off and land vertically, reach

A Beta Technologies helicopter takes off with WCS sixth-grader Jonah Wayman in the passenger’s seat.

speeds of 170 mph with a 250-mile range and carry over a ton of cargo, according to an April report in VTDigger. It is charged with ground chargers that the company manufactures on Avenue D. The plane seats six. Passenger electric planes are in the company’s future plans, as are unmanned delivery planes. “Our first roll out will be in delivery, but we are designing our aircraft to eventually move people as well,” Katie said. Beta was founded in 2017 with eight employees. The company’s new facility at the airport will help it more than double from its current 200 employees.

“In the next few years, we’re going to have to be rolling out an aircraft a day to meet our goals and keep our promises,” Katie said. The investments from UPS and Amazon are significant milestones for the company. “It is a pretty big deal,” Katie said. “It shows a vote of confidence that we’re the real deal and that they have faith that we are a leader in this industry and we are going to be able to bring this product to market and make an impact on the environment. It’s validating to have companies like UPS and Amazon and United Therapeutics behind us and show that they believe in what we’re doing.”

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Summer school options expanding

BY ELAINE PINCKNEY CVSD Superintendent

While this year has been challenging for the Champlain Valley School District community, it has also presented us with many opportunities to think about things in different ways. This has resulted in some positive changes. For example, summer programming, which had always been a local school initiative, is now a cross-district collaboration resulting in more and better opportunities for all of our students. This summer, we will offer expanded programming for CVSD students who are invited. Parents who believe their student is in need of summer programming, but have not received an invitation, can contact their child’s teacher. Summer programming is an opportunity for re-engagement, relationship building and academic programming for students who need it. We realize that for many families, summer is already filled with activities and may include travel or connecting with family and friends. Others may still be looking for

educational opportunities for their children. We are in the process of developing a couple of opportunities and we are partnering with several local organizations to try to provide a myriad of options for families. Some of the options include: • K-8 Academic Camp: 8 a.m.-12 p.m.,Monday through Thursday, July 12-Aug. 5. This camp is for students who are referred through their local school. There will be a large focus on building classroom community, following routines and some literacy and math instruction. The program serves students from all K-8 schools and is located at two sites — in Williston and Shelburne. • SEL camp: 8 a.m.-12 p.m., Monday through Thursday, July 12-Aug. 5. This camp is for students who receive significant behavioral and social-emotional supports during the school year and are referred by their school. There will be a large focus on social-emotional wellness, peer interactions and self-regulation. • CVU Workshops: CVU is offering several workshop opportunities for rising

ninth-graders. Whatever your plans are this summer, we hope that you find it is full of engagement and connection, and that you are able to take advantage of fleeting sunshine, warm weather and the growing season we call summer in Vermont!

Early release day moves to Wednesday

Elaine Pinckney is the superintendent of the Champlain Valley School District. She is retiring at the end of this school year.

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For the past three weeks, we have been taking third- and fourth-graders on walking and hiking adventures. These have taken place Wednesday afternoons, after students have participated in remote learning. The first two weeks, we explored the Allen Brook Nature Trail in back of Williston Central School. Last week, we took students from Kaleidoscope House on a hike up Five Tree Hill and down Sucker Brook Trail. What a blast! We will be taking Equinox House this coming Wednesday and Mosaic House the

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Starting in the fall, K-8 students will be dismissed one hour early on Wednesdays for staff professional development, team collaboration and other essential work. This is a change from prior years, when the early release was on Tuesdays.

Wednesday after that. Close to 20 students have joined us each time. For the trip to Five Tree Hill, we all met at school. The bus dropped us off at Five Tree Hill, then picked us up at Sucker Brook. We’re so happy we are doing something together and providing this opportunity for students to get outside and move. — Lynn McClintock, Williston Central School physical educator

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Richmond Farmers’ Market kicks off June 4

The Richmond Farmers’ Market reopens for the season June 4 with a dozen new vendors alongside returning favorites. The market will be open Fridays from 3-6:30 p.m. through Oct. 15 on the Volunteer’s Green in Richmond. Shoppers can find local produce, prepared food, baked goods, cheese, artisanal crafts, wellness products, fine liquors, soap, honey and more. “Our market is a community watering-hole,” said market manager Ariana Matthews-Saltzman. “It gets folks outside in a safe, social environment and brings people together over good food and good music. “I believe that farmers’ markets are a convenient and rewarding way to vote with your dollar,” she continued. “Our vendors are

local business owners and when you support them, you are supporting your community and growing the local economy one sunny Friday at a time. In 2020, we all saw firsthand how important local resilience is — choosing to shop at the farmers’ market is a step in that much-needed direction.” This year’s market will host 20 full-season vendors, plus a rotating roster of half-season and day vendors. Four new farmers will join longtime cornerstone Last Resort Farm. Richmond-based New Tradition Farm will focus on seasonal salad and braising greens mixes, along with homemade dressings. Prima Materia will bring wild and cultivated mushrooms; Rocky Hill Farm will provide organic vegetables, eggs and rabbit; and Valhalla Farm will offer a variety of produce.

Shoppers looking for a meal can find savory handheld pies from Pie Empire; empanadas, tamales and ceviche from Aromaticah; and stuffed cabbage and baklava from Kadric’s Bakery. New this year are gourmet burgers from Glory Burger, a new Richmond-based business. New vendors will also offer fresh handmade pasta, cookies and baked goods, handcrafted marshmallows, CBD products, pottery, artwork, herbal skincare and makeup products, among other items. Returning vendors will provide honey, cheese, soap, ice cream, Alaskan-caught seafood, plant and flower arrangements and more. The market welcomes a new assistant manager this year, Marissa Green of Charlotte. “I wanted to get involved in

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Eugenie Doyle sells her organic produce from Last Resort Farm during the 2020 Richmond Farmers’ Market. OBSERVER COURTESY PHOTO

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EBT card at the market receives an additional $1 in Crop Cash coupons for every $1 redeemed from an EBT card, up to $10. Crop Cash coupons can be spent on fresh fruits and vegetables. “I personally can’t wait to grocery shop at the market as a patron,” Matthews-Salzman said. “There are so many different types of food vendors, from veggies to meat to dairy to bread and mushrooms, not to mention the awesome prepared food vendors whose offerings are perfect to throw in the freezer for a rainy day.” While COVID-19 regulations are loosening, the market asks that shoppers continue to wear masks and stay at least 6 feet apart while shopping. For more information and to see the full lineup of vendors, visit www. richmondfarmersmarketvt.org.

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Burlington police roll out urgency-based response plan

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City council-imposed staffing cuts cause department to prioritize resources BY GRACE ELLETSON VTDigger On busy nights for police, the Burlington Police Department will dispatch officers quickly to high-priority calls and respond to less urgent calls at a later time. The policy, called the Priority Response Plan, is being instituted because of low department staffing, acting Chief Jon Murad said at a Monday press conference. The policy is the department’s latest strategy for dealing with last summer’s Burlington City Council decision to cut officer staffing by 30 percent through attrition and reinvest the money in racial justice initiatives. Murad also said he’s interested in applying to be the permanent police chief. The mayor’s office announced May 14 that the chief search will resume in June after being postponed because of

COVID-19. Murad said the urgency-based response plan is a way to avoid losing active police coverage between 3 and 7:30 a.m. Murad said that, after he warned in December that the police staffing shortage could lead to the 3-to-7:30 coverage gap, he’s heard considerable community concern about that possibility. The new priority plan will help avoid that. This is not the first time the Burlington police have prioritized urgent calls over others when call volume is high, Murad said. But he wanted to issue a written policy as staffing drops will force police to put some calls on the back burner, he said. “The reason police exist is to keep people safe by preventing and responding to crime and disorder with and for our neighbors,” Murad said. “But the disorder part may have to take a back seat when staffing is low, when incident volume is high and when we are dealing with priority one and priority two incidents.” Police will respond first to “priority one” calls — such things as assaults, overdoses and vehicle

Burlington’s acting Chief of Police Jon Murad speaks about the department’s new Priority Response Plan at a press conference Monday. PHOTO BY GLENN RUSSELL/VTDIGGER

crashes. Priority two calls come next. They include mental health incidents and trespassing. Priority three calls are the least urgent and include noise complaints and van-

dalism. City Council President Max Tracy, P-Ward 2, and Council Public Safety Committee Chair Zoraya Hightower, P-Ward 1, did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the new plan. All calls will eventually get a response, Murad said. But department policy requires at least two officers at each incident response. With six or seven officers on the day and evening shifts, only three calls can be responded to at a time.

The Burlington Police Department now has 77 officers available, down from 91 last summer. Asked whether his policy will raise fears among residents that their calls will go unanswered, Murad said he wants to be honest with the community. He doesn’t think this plan affects public safety — low staffing does. “I wanted to make certain that we are being as honest and forthsee POLICE page 5

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right with our neighbors as possible,” Murad said. “And the point of this is to make certain that our neighbors can know where we are, so we can all work on this together and be in this situation together.” Burlington police have received City Council approval to hire 10 more community service officers and liaisons — unarmed positions that handle various duties in the department, to take pressure off overburdened cops. It can take seven months to hire and train these individuals, Murad said. He doesn’t know when those positions will be filled or how long the urgency-based policy will be in force. Since the policy took effect May 2, Burlington police have had a handful of instances where the “stacking” method of calls, from most urgent to least urgent, was used. Murad said he didn’t have numbers yet on how many calls the police received in those instances. The department began to use the policy more frequently as of May 19. “We had very, very large parties. We had incidents with robbery, gunfire, vandalism,” Murad said. “And it’s not simply the volume of those incidents. It is also the complexity of those incidents and the way in which they absorb police resources quickly.” During the weekend, a massive party took place in the streets of Hickok Place, Isham Street and Loomis Street early Sunday morning. In a press release, police estimated 400 people, largely college students, flooded the streets. In the midst of it all, a fight had broken out and police received several reports of gunfire. Additionally, early Saturday morning, police responded to another report of gunfire after a large party on Isham Street. It’s not yet known if the incidents were related, according to a police press release, and Murad said Monday there are still no suspects in the

case. Police were also hit by vandalism last Monday. Police allege Micael Bizuneh smashed the windshields of six police cruisers, racking up $2,800 worth of damage. He was charged with felony mischief. Police said Bizuneh has been involved in similar acts of vandalism in Barre, Montpelier and Berlin. A judge asked that Bizuneh be referred to a Howard Center mental health team, but it was not available, so Bizuneh was released. Bizuneh told officers he would be back to vandalize more cruisers. On Saturday, he was arrested again and charged with vandalizing at least nine cars in downtown Burlington. When police approached him at the Committee on Temporary Shelter Daystation, they allege, he admitted to the vandalism. When he was taken to the police station, he spit directly into an officer’s eyes, police allege. Bizuneh was being held for lack of $10,000 bail on multiple charges of vandalism and assault with bodily fluids. In a statement, Mayor Miro Weinberger said the urgency-based response plan maintains public safety while police staff levels are low. Weinberger has consistently opposed the police staffing cuts. “It is important for the community to understand that in serious incidents, when you need help, the BPD will respond,” Weinberger wrote. “The community should also know that the administration is focused on multiple strategies to keep this period of dramatically constrained public safety response resources as short as possible.” On the search for a new police chief, Murad said he hopes the community will decide he offers what Burlington needs. “I am very, very, very confident that I don’t think there’s somebody who’s going to care more about this police department, or who is going to have the, you know, the capacity to really look out for the men and women inside this police department and look out for our neighbors,” Murad said.

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Notes from the Legislature BY REP. ERIN BRADY And that’s a wrap! The 2021 session is certainly one for the record books, as legislators conducted the entire session on Zoom and managed the vast infusion of federal aid that has come to our Green Mountain State. Our just-passed state budget for FY2022, totaling $7.35 billion, focuses on the COVID recovery of Vermonters and their communities. With the help of substantial federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars, we were able to make numerous high-impact, once-in-a-lifetime investments. Our budget strengthens systems and services that increase health and well-being. It brings broadband and connectivity to unserved Vermont communities to facilitate remote work, telehealth, online learning and small business creation. It invests in childcare to increase affordability and accessibility. It makes a massive investment in increasing affordable housing stock for low- and middle-income Vermonters. It prioritizes climate change and clean water. Finally, I am proud of how this budget begins to intentionally center racial and social equity in our investments.

For those wanting even more detail, two interactive dashboards show how the $1.25 billion in federal funds has been allocated and spent so far. These tools allow users to display and filter data several ways and are available at: www.spotlight.vermont. gov/expenditures-it-and-employees/ crf-transparency. This is a remarkable source of information from the Vermont Department of Finance and Management. Recognizing the unprecedented opportunity beyond FY2022 provided by these federal dollars, our state budget includes the authorization for a statewide, community-based engagement process to solicit from Vermonters their thoughts for investing in the future of our state. Vermonters’ recommendations will then be reported to the requisite legislative committees for budget and policy development. As soon as I know more, I look forward to sharing the details of this opportunity to help invent our future together. I am also pleased to share several policy accomplishments this session.

Kids, families and education • We took monumental steps to-

ward reforming our childcare system to make care more affordable, ensure fair wages for providers and create a study to identify future revenue sources for a more subsidized universal childcare system. • We provided immediate increased access to health care for income-eligible pregnant women and children, regardless of their immigration status. • We made strategic use of federal relief money to improve the health and safety conditions in schools by taking a statewide inventory and assessment of all school buildings and requiring radon testing in schools; this will put Vermont in a good position should a federal infrastructure bill come to pass. • We provided additional resources for literacy instruction and created an Advisory Council on Literacy to engage in innovative thinking to improve literacy outcomes across the state. • We created a new grant program that will allow eligible districts to innovate as “community schools” to become hubs that help kids and families access vital services such as health care, see BRADY page 7

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The truth about trapping Trapping is animal cruelty. It is time to end trapping forever. It is time to divorce trapping from hunting. As a veterinarian, I have treated cats and dogs caught in traps. Most required amputation of the affected limb. The tissue damage was extensive and infected. Judging from their own comments and pictures, trappers seem unaware of the pain and suffering these animals endure. The trapped animals are treated as objects, not sentient animals. Selfies of trappers show trappers taunting trapped animals and often using a “whacking stick” to kill them. Trappers also kill the trapped animal by standing on its chest or trachea to suffocate it. Reasons to ban trapping include: — Only one in three trapped animals is the target animal. If non-target animals are alive to be released, many suffer injuries that affect their life span. — The target animal is often inhumanely killed with a “whacking stick,” or its chest is crushed by the trapper standing on it, or it is asphyxiated by the trapper standing on its throat — or it is shot. — Some trappers do not check their traps daily or properly ground them. So animals suffer longer, like the fox seen in Williston running with a trap attached to its leg. — Sometimes traps are set illegally, potentially trapping pets. Eight states and 88 countries have laws restricting trapping. The most strict is New Jersey’s ban on the manufacture, sale, possession, import, transport and use of traps. Vermont must be added to the list. Peggy Larson Williston

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mental health counseling or help with food or housing, often right in the building. The bill also kick-starts a grant program to help schools buy more food that’s grown or produced locally and moves us closer to achieving universal school meals. (We did a lot of work on this in my committee and it is my favorite bill of 2021.) • We approved a large grant to the Vermont State Colleges, UVM and VSAC to provide up to two free classes to adult Vermonters looking to boost job skills or change careers, and one free class to all 2020 and 2021 high-school graduates. Grads can go to www.vsac.org/tryone-course-tuition-free to get this much-deserved graduation present!

Centering equity • We acknowledged that systemic racism is a direct cause of the adverse health outcomes experienced by BIPOC communities in Vermont by passing a joint resolution, J.R.H.6, and created a “Health Equity Advisory Commission” made up primarily of Vermonters whose lives have been impacted by historic ineq-

uitable treatment in accessing health care. • We apologized for sanctioning and supporting eugenics policies and practices through legislation that led to forced family separation, sterilization, incarceration and institutionalization for hundreds of Vermonters by passing a joint resolution, J.R.H.2. • We expanded the Office of Racial Equity by adding two positions to this important work.

Strategic investments • We started the conversation about putting the state’s public pension system on a path toward long-term sustainability so that teachers, troopers and state employees can rely on a well-funded, solvent system when they retire. H. 449 made governance changes to the Vermont Pension Investment Commission to include more financial expertise and established the Pension Task Force to meet this summer. • We allocated funds for a dozen systems upgrades, including replacing the four-decades-old mainframe at the Department of Motor Vehicles, modernizing the Bright Futures Information System to serve childcare programs, addressing severe technology constraints at the Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance program, and making crit-

Book sale? Yes; book donations? No The Friends of the Library have decided to hold a very scaledback book sale this year. It will be held outside the library for one day only, July 2 from 4-7 p.m. while the town band concert and the ice cream social are happening. We made this decision for two reasons: The library community room that we use to sort book donations will not be available this year, and our concern about social distancing in the school gymnasium.

Almost there Home stretch, last mile, red zone … choose your metaphor, but here in Vermont we are almost ready to return to life as we knew it before the pandemic. Ready for summer barbecues and concerts? Excited to host friends you haven’t seen in more than a year? Eager for a cocktail party with no masks or social distancing? I sure am. We have been through so much already. Our collective patience and adherence to public health guidelines has made Vermont one of the safest and smartest places to ical cybersecurity upgrades. • We created a package of programs and benefits (S. 62) that will support workers and employers post-pandemic and shore up the unemployment insurance system for the future. • Finally, as a social studies teacher who wants all of my students to graduate feeling that their voice matters, I am particularly thrilled that we passed S. 15 to continue to allow universal vote-by-mail. Record voter turnout was a “silver lining” in the pandemic as Vermont saw turnout at 74 percent participation! Since I cannot summarize everything the Legislature accomplished here, I encourage you to go to my website (www.erinbradyforwilliston.com) to read a more detailed report on the session, or reach out to me at ebrady@leg. state.vt.us. It has been an honor to represent Williston in these difficult times and I look forward to connecting with our community this summer while I’m out on the bike trail with my kids, stopping at Adams Farm for ice cream and exploring the farmer’s market at Isham Family Farm. Erin Brady represents Williston in the Vermont House of Representatives.

Because of the smaller size of this year’s sale, we are not asking for book donations. If possible, please save your books for 2022 when we expect to be back in the gym for our usual two-day sale. There will be jars on the tables for people to make a cash or check donation, but we won’t be able to make change. Also, please bring your own bags. There will only be four categories of books: adult fiction, adult nonfiction, youth and children — and media. Tables will be labeled. The sale will be weather dependent. If we have to cancel, we will put a sign at the library and

post our decision on the library website and Facebook page. Proceeds from our annual book sale support library programs and activities, such as activity kits, books for the summer reading program, family programs like Wildlife Encounters and second sets of Vermont Golden Dome and Green Mountain award books. Thank you for understanding our decision and hope to see you at the book sale!

be during COVID-19. Vermont’s vaccine program continues to be the most effective in the country. We have vaccinated nearly 75 percent of the population. Vermonters have stepped up in big ways to get us to where we are today. But we’re going to do even better. Gov. Phil Scott and state health leaders have challenged us to get to 80 percent vaccinated to fully re-open and lift all COVID restrictions much sooner than planned. To make this vision a reality, we have to keep up the good work and continue vaccinating Vermonters. We’re almost there. We’ve already vaccinated more than 412,000 and we need roughly 27,000 more of our friends and family to get the vaccine to achieve our goal.

If you know people who have not made an appointment, help overcome the obstacle they have, whether it is a ride to the pharmacy or assistance with the website. It is normal to have questions about medicines and vaccines. We can talk with people who have concerns in a helpful way that can make them more comfortable with getting a shot. Also, follow guidelines until they are lifted. We must continue the safety measures that have fueled our effective response until the rate of vaccination is high enough to safely resume normal life. Thanks for your help in getting us there.

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Hardball heaven

Redhawk Ryan Eaton rips a double to left center during CVU’s game vs. the Mount Mansfield Cougars in Hinesburg on May 20.

Redhawk Oliver Pudvar gets safely back to first during CVU’s game vs. the Mount Mansfield Cougars in Hinesburg on May 20.

Armadillos second baseman Brent Tremblay makes the sure-handed play during their game vs. Woodsville, N.H., on Sunday at Williston Central. OBSERVER PHOTOS BY AL FREY

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Redhawk Jared Anderson got the starting nod as CVU took on the Mount Mansfield Cougars in Hinesburg on May 20.

Williston Armadillos pitcher Ken Freeman throws a pitch during their game vs. Woodsville, N.H., on Sunday at Williston Central.

Armadillos left fielder Dan Peck makes the catch during their game vs. Woodsville, N.H., on Sunday at Williston Central.

Redhawk Asa Roberts scores a run during CVU’s game vs. the Mount Mansfield Cougars n Hinesburg on May 20.

Armadillos shortstop Eli Rogue barrels up a pitch during their game vs. Woodsville, N.H., on Sunday at Williston Central.

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CVU lacrosse makes it five in a row

BY LAUREN READ Observer correspondent

The CVU girls lacrosse team won its fifth straight game with a 17-4 victory over Burlington on Monday. Twelve different players scored goals for the Redhawks, who move to 10-4 with the win. Sydney Peet had a goal and four assists for CVU, while Petra Kapsalis, Madison Peet, Gretta White and Chloe Snipes each tallied twice. Lily Ledak, Tess Everett, Talia Masson, Ava Bartlett, Rosie Hark, Brooke Smith and Amelie Scharf each added a goal. Clare Stackpole-McGrath made nine saves to earn the win. The Redhawks also got a win over Middlebury last

Thursday, with White scoring six goals to lead the team to the 17-8 victory. Snipes chipped in with five goals, while Scharf added two goals and two assists.

GIRLS TENNIS

South Burlington 4, Champlain Valley 3: The CVU girls tennis team suffered its second loss in a row, falling to South Burlington on Monday. Lindsay Beer got a win in No. 1 singles and Addi Maurer also got a victory in No. 5 singles for CVU (6-4). Phoebe Henderson and Charlotte Sisson won at No. 2 doubles.

BOYS TENNIS

Champlain Valley 4, South Burlington 3: The CVU boys tennis team rebounded from a loss to Stowe with a win over South Burl-

The Redhawks gather for a pregame huddle before taking on the Burlington Seahorses in Hinesburg on May 17.

Redhawk Turner Elliott slings a shot on goal during CVU’s game vs. the Burlington Seahorses on May 17 in Hinesburg.

ington on Monday. Henry Bijur and Ben Sampson got wins in No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively. Cooper Whalen and Riley Marchund got a win in No. 1 doubles, and Jack Biggins and Drew Strobeck combined for a win in No. 2 doubles.

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Champlain Valley 18, South Burlington 11: Alex Leonard scored six times and dished out one assist to help CVU grab a win over South Burlington on Friday and remain undefeated. Shane Gorman added four goals and one assist for the Redhawks, who move to 12-0. Sean Gilliam and Colin Zouck each had a hat trick, while Nolan Shea and Cam Saia both tallied once. Jake Bowen made nine saves

to earn the win.

TRACK AND FIELD

The CVU boys and girls track teams came home with first place wins from a meet on Friday in Burlington. On the boys side, seven athletes finished first in their events to help the Redhawks to 156.5 points and first place. Kai Hillier (pole vault) and Drew Buley (high jump) came in first in the field events for CVU, while Gregory Seraus (100 meters), Matthew Servin (800 meters) and Gus Serinese (300-meter hurdles) were tops in the track events. The 4x100 meter relay team of Serinese, Seraus, Aidan Miller and Hayden Berard came in first for CVU, while Berard, Servin, Seraus and Caleb Nye came in first in the 4x400 meter relay.

CVU’s Gretta White runs past her Essex defender during the Redhawks’ game vs. the Essex Hornets on May 18 in Hinesburg.

On the girls side, the Redhawks got four first-place finishes and 128.5 points to earn the top spot. Harper Danforth was first in the javelin, Emma Crum was first in the 1500-meter race, Jasmine Nials was first in the 400-meters and Vivienne Babbot was first in the 100-meter race.

BASEBALL

Rice 1, Champlain Valley 0: Rice scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning for the only run as the Green Knights beat Champlain Valley on Saturday. Oliver Pudvar took the loss for the Redhawks (11-3), giving up just one run on five hits. He went 3-for-4 at the plate. Asa Roberts added a double and Ryan Eaton went 2-for-3.

CVU’s Petra Kapsalis takes the draw during the Redhawks’ game vs. the Essex Hornets on May 18 in Hinesburg.

CVU’s Tess Everett puts up some tough defense during the Redhawks’ game vs. the Essex Hornets on May 18 in Hinesburg.

CVU’s Dicey Manning looks to pass during the Redhawks’ game vs. the Essex Hornets on May 18 in Hinesburg. OBSERVER PHOTOS BY AL FREY Redhawk Devon Fay wins a ground ball during CVU’s game vs. the Burlington Seahorses on May 17 in Hinesburg.

Redhawk Nolan Shea gets by the Burlington defender during CVU’s game vs. the Burlington Seahorses on May 17 in Hinesburg.

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Managing forests for pollinators

BY ETHAN TAPPER Special to the Observer

In recent years, there has been an increase in interest in managing our yards and meadows for pollinators. Pollinators are the creatures that help flowering plants reproduce by carrying pollen between flowers. Up to 80 percent of Vermont’s plants, including many of our food crops, require the assistance of pollinators. While many people think of pollinators as critters in wildflower meadows, most pollinators require healthy forests to thrive. Many different species pollinate plants — bats are a pollinator of bananas, for instance — but when we talk about pollinators we’re usually talking about bugs. In scientific terms, “bugs” are invertebrates, animals without spines, a category that includes everything from crayfish to spiders, insects and snails. About 95 percent of all the species on earth are invertebrates; that is 1.25 million known invertebrate species (as many as 30 million may actually exist), compared to 60,000 species of vertebrates (what most of us would call “animals”). Vermont is home to about 21,000 species of invertebrates. “Bugs” represent a massive share of our local and global biodiversity. Vermont is home to about 300 species of native bees, many of which are important pollinators of both wild and domestic plants. Vermont’s bees and butterflies get the lion’s share of the credit, but equally important pollinators are flies, beetles, slugs and moths. In fields and yards, we can improve pol-

linator habitat by encouraging a diversity of plant species — mowing less and planting or encouraging native annual and perennial plants. We can introduce more complexity by planting native shrubs like dogwoods and Viburnums, which provide habitat for pollinators in addition to other wildlife species, like songbirds. Excellent resources about managing for pollinators in open areas abound. A good place to start is with the Xerces Society (www.xerces.org). Most people don’t realize the profound importance forests play in maintaining pollinators on our landscape. While some pollinators, like the monarch butterfly, spend most of their life in the open, most of Vermont’s pollinators are completely reliant on, and adapted to, forests. These pollinators may visit your yard, but they live in the woods. Many species of bees, for instance, nest in tree cavities, rotten wood and in leaf litter. And a huge number of moths and butterflies rely on native trees to complete various parts of their life cycle. Forests also need bugs. In addition to helping plants reproduce, pollinators perform other critical ecosystem roles like acting as decomposers and feeding larger species like songbirds. To protect and enhance pollinator habitat in the woods, the answer is a mix of good forest stewardship and addressing biodiversity threats. Vermont’s dynamic forests support a wide variety of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants that occur on different sites at different stages in forest development. Managing Vermont’s relatively young, simple forests to be more diverse and complex

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provides opportunities for a wider range of flora to thrive, in turn providing a more diverse array of niches and habitat opportunities for pollinators. We need to recognize the importance of tree mortality in providing growing space for diverse plant and shrub communities, and creating features like dead wood, which is critical habitat for pollinators like our wood-boring bees. Managing forests for complexity can also help make them more adaptive and resilient in a changing climate, ensuring that there is habitat for pollinators into the future. Any threat to forests is an existential threat to pollinators. Protecting forests from fragmentation and development is critical to pollinators, not to mention to forests’ ability to clean our air and our water, provide habitat

for wildlife and sequester and store carbon. When we think about protecting pollinators, we need to expand our efforts to include things like controlling invasive exotic plants and addressing deer overpopulations, both of which can have a massive negative influence on diversity in our forests. In providing habitat for pollinators, as with many other things, forests are behind the scenes, subtly making the world work. They are what allow us to enjoy beautiful native wildflowers and the food in our gardens and farmers’ markets. To protect pollinators, we need to think beyond the meadow. Ethan Tapper is the Chittenden County Forester. He can be reached at ethan.tapper@vermont.gov or at (802) 585-9099.

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Community orchard gives grafting lessons to eager learners ALEXANDER BINZEN Special to the Observer “Grafting lets you plant a whole orchard for free,” announced Randolph native Camden Walters, manager of the budding Randolph Community Orchard, which, along with climate-change activist group 350Vermont, organized a tree grafting workshop earlier this month. Some 40 people gathered at the orchard near Interstate 89’s Exit 4 interchange for the chance to graft their own apple and pear trees from stems Walters cut. By the end of the day, the participants were able to take the new trees home. “You can feel the energy,” said Vanessa Rule of Strafford, 350Vermont’s new lead organizer. “People are really ready to get back out there and start making change.” Walters described tree grafting as a useful, traditional rural skill. It is a cloning technique that involves cutting a branch from a desirable species of fruit or nut tree in the winter or early spring, and keeping it cool and wet until it can be grafted onto a cut branch of a compatible species. The workshop focused on grafting onto rootstocks — stems with well-developed root systems of less-productive species in the same genus. Grown for grafting, rootstocks are far cheaper than buying saplings of popular apple or pear varieties, selling for around $3, as opposed to $30. The other type of grafting, Walters explained, is called branch grafting, when the tips of the branches of unproductive trees are snipped and other species are grafted on. These grafted branches bear fruit in just a few years. “You could have one apple tree where every branch is a different variety,” he said. After Walter’s demonstration, it was time for attendees to try it for themselves. With around 30 species to choose from, folks were free to make as many grafted apple and pear trees as they pleased. The process is fairly simple. Attendees started by slicing down into the rootstock’s stem, then they slotted a sharpened end of a branch of the desired species, known as the scion wood, into the rootstock’s notch, then sealed the connection by wrapping it in grafting tape. Then the tree is ready to be planted.

Most of the people in tems, and how we can kind attendance were planning of transform our food systo plant their trees at home. tem and create community Andrew Malaby from Chesorchards and many food forter left with a dozen apple ests around the state for peoand pear trees. ple in need,” said Pulskamp. A group of young peoThis aligns well with ple traveled down from Walters’ vision of the RanBurlington to graft trees as dolph Community Orchard. part of a group called Food Walters and his wife, JesNot Lawns. The organisica Taffet, are developing zation is the brainchild of an edible community land21-year-old Molly Meehan, scape. Taffet and Walters who explained the initiative plan to use the orchard’s 25 to turn underutilized green acres to show what regenerspaces into edible gardens. ative, perennial agriculture She said the group will be can look like. planting the grafted saplings Molly Meehan of Burlington-based Food Not Lawns The workshop was around town, as well as giv- shows off the rootstock of a soon-to-be apple tree. 350Vermont’s first in-pering them to homeowners COURTESY PHOTO BY ALEXANDER BINZEN son event since lockdowns with lawn space. began last year. Heather Cathy Ross of East Walling- paign. Vermont has been losing Buckner of South Royalton is an ford was excited at the prospect of forest in recent years, explained organizer of 350Vermont’s MothJaiel Pulskamp, one of the leaders erUp! Program, and helped put the regenerating old orchards. “It’s free food!” she ex- of the campaign. Rewild Vermont event together. She said the graftbegan last fall, and aims to plant ing workshop was very popular, claimed. The grafting workshop tens of thousands of trees in the and that there will likely be another was part of 350Vermont’s on- next two years. one in the fall. “A large focus is on food sysgoing “Rewild Vermont” cam-

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Presenters sought for annual renewable energy conference

The 2021 Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) conference, “REV It Up: Climate Action, Equity & Resilience” will take place Oct. 4-5 in South Burlington. The largest comprehensive renewable energy event in New England, REV’s annual conference and expo convenes more than 500 business, policy and finance experts from across all four major clean energy sectors: electricity, heat/cooling, transportation and efficiency. “REV2021, our 21st annual conference, will focus on ideas and solutions that build an equitable and sustainable energy future for New England,” said Olivia Campbell

Andersen, Renewable Energy Vermont’s executive director. The conference committee invites interested speakers to submit presentation proposals by Friday, June 18. Presentation proposals must be submitted online at www. revconference.org. Topics of interest include: energy and climate equity; transportation and thermal electrification; comprehensive energy planning, including Vermont’s climate action plan; grid modernization; energy storage; renewable heating; legal, legislative and policy updates; finance tools; and net zero and living buildings.

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avoid wetlands and assist in wetland preservation and restoration efforts.” Managing wetlands properly is integral to achieving water quality protection goals; wetlands offer natural filtration of sediments and nutrients from water. Some of the state’s wetland maps are more than 50 years old. DEC is offering an online training at 7 pm on May 18 for anyone interested in helping map wetlands. People who are able to identify common wetland plants, such as cattails, marsh-marigold and cinnamon fern are highly encouraged to join. This training will offer a quick overview of how to use the iNaturalist app and how specifically to collect data to help map wetlands.

Feds designate alternative fuel corridors in VT

The Vermont Agency of Transportation has received federal designation of three highways as alternative fuel corridors, which will further solidify and support Vermont’s efforts to decarbonize its transportation system and accelerate electric vehicle adoption. • U.S. 2 between Danville and Montpelier • U.S. 7 between Bennington and the US7/I-189 interchange in South Burlington • VT 9 between the Vermont/New Hampshire border and the Vermont/New York border The Federal Highway Administration also listed two highways in Vermont as pending alternative fuel corridors: • U.S. 2 between Danville and the Vermont/New Hampshire border • U.S. 7 between Bennington and the Vermont/Massachusetts border “Federal designation of these highways supports Vermont’s continuing work

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Time to reinvest in Vermont’s working lands BY WILL STEVENS Vermont’s post-European settlement identity and cultural history are inextricably linked to the working landscape. However, the relevance of working lands to the state’s future economic and social fabric is at a tipping point. As fewer Vermonters work the land, more Vermonters lose appreciation and empathy for the people, businesses and communities whose lifeblood is linked to the land. At its best, the working landscape is verdant and beckoning, but if the working stops, the landscape reflects abandonment. Vermont has been, and continues to be, an attractive place for in-migration because of the working landscape and all it represents. New Vermonters like the beauty of the varied scenery and recreational activities made possible by our “natural capital” (the land, air and water) and our ability to sustain it. Earlier migrants were motivated in large part by the promise of making a living from the land, and essentially created today’s working landscapes. Instead of nurturing the natural capital, however, many newcomers treated what they found as if it was a resource to be exploited. Within several generations, the landscape was dotted with failed dreams and environmental degradation. This is in stark contrast with the earliest inhabitants of the area now called Vermont, who lived within the limits of the land’s ability to provide. The challenge before us is to create an environment where folks — whether native-born or newly arrived — who want to make a reasonable living from the land and contribute to Vermont’s overall economy and quality of life have the opportunity do so. We must employ bold, creative actions that support the things we want and resist the things we don’t. Our recent track record suggests that we have the ability to rise to the task. For example: — The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund’s 2010 Farm to Plate initiative is one example. The initiative collected, for the first time ever, data on Vermont’s food system. The resulting snapshot of food production, distribution, spending and consumption patterns led to the creation of a 10-year strategic plan that was designed to enhance the components of Vermont’s food sector. The plan included a number of strategic goals, and formed working groups to achieve them. Many of the goals were met or exceeded well within the plan’s timeframe. The initiative was so successful that last year the Legislature authorized Farm to Plate 2.0, which will run until 2030. — The Working Lands Enterprise Fund was also created by the Legislature in 2012. This was a direct outgrowth of the Council on the Future of Vermont’s finding that 98 percent of Vermonters surveyed supported Vermont’s working landscape. The fund tangibly shows the state’s commitment to a prosperous working landscape.

Businesses and support services in the agriculture and forest products sectors can apply for funds that are designed to stimulate business growth and employment opportunities, help legacy businesses modernize so they can better compete in the marketplace and explore potential new market ideas for Vermont products. — The Vermont Land Trust is dedicated to ensuring land access to future generations of people willing to productively work the land. To date it has conserved about 590,000 acres of land in Vermont for forest and farm-based businesses, recreational opportunities and ecological health. — The Farm and Forest Products Viability Program within Will Stevens the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board provides personal, financial and professional resources designed to help individuals develop the skills needed to profitably make a living from the land. The key to success in these and other initiatives is their focus on the prize, the working landscape and everything it represents: economic opportunity for individuals and businesses; prosperous and well-functioning communities; clean air and water; and a diverse, productive and resilient land base. By using Vermont’s working lands as the framework for the development of sustainable economic and environmental policies, future generations will continue to be drawn to what Vermont has to offer, either as workers of the land or their allies. For many Vermonters, the 2008 Great Recession and the past year’s COVID pandemic have brought home the idea that we need to regain control over and reinvest in the things we value and may have let slip away: regional food security, the importance of relationships and local governance. Working lands play a role in all of these. Relationship-based agriculture represents one path forward. Made up of fulland part-time producers, and by far the largest percentage of Vermont’s roughly 6,000 farmers, these operations are throwbacks to the Vermont of pre-World War II. Most of the output from relational farms is consumed within several miles of the farm itself, through community supported agriculture (CSAs) and farmers’ markets. This provides opportunities for producers and consumers to become personally acquainted through meaningful transactional relationships. These personal interactions can lead to a sense of community, which provides fertile ground for understanding, caring and empathy across sectors. The relatively small scale

of relational working lands businesses also provides affordable gateways to opportunity for next-generation producers. Working lands policies and programs must include both long-time and first-generation residents. It is not enough to have successive iterations of first-generation people who count on the land for their livelihood. Place-based knowledge, which comes only after years of interactive experience with the land, is vital to land-based operations. It is also an undervalued resource. Knowledge of simple things such as frost pockets, rain shadows or fox dens is critically important to management decisions and best learned from personal real-world experience and the inter-generational transfer of knowledge. A working lands community shares a common understanding of how and why things are done the way they are. Families who rely on the land for their livelihood view their relationship with the land differently than those who don’t. With commodity agriculture in particular — where much of the production is exported and/or consumed far from the farm — non-farming neighbors have little reason to know or care about farm life. This represents a challenge for our rural communities at a time when Vermont is fac-

ing a potential surge in so-called COVID and climate refugees. Many of our recent in-migrants are moving to Vermont because of our working lands, but few of them intend to make their living from our agriculture or forest sectors. All Vermonters need to know that authentic working lands enterprises bring value to the state at a relatively low cost if mutual interests are clearly identified. We need to be willing to commit any and all available resources to maintain, support and promote our working landscape. We’ve done a lot of good work around land conservation, business planning, market development and intergenerational succession planning for agricultural and forest operations. Our next steps should include using our brand (or image) to add value to our products, creating and demonstrating pathways to profitability for working lands-based enterprises, developing a regional niche for our agriculture and forest-derived products, and viewing our land base more in terms of “capital” to be conserved and enhanced and less in terms of a “resource” to be exploited and degraded. We need to take a systems approach as we consider the future of our working landscape, because its importance is one of the few things that we all seem to agree on. Will Stevens is a first-generation farmer and co-owner of Golden Russet Farm in Shoreham. He served in the Vermont Legislature from 2007-2014. He is a past president of Vermont Organic Farmers and is currently a member of the Vermont Community Foundation’s board and chair of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund board.

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Portable water tanks were crucial weapons for the firefighters battling a weeklong blaze in Killington.

Killington wildfire persists for days after unpermitted burn BY EMMA COTTON VTDigger About 10 fire departments and dozens of firefighters battled a forest fire in Killington that spread through 30 acres of mountainous

terrain and lasted for a week, finally dying down over the weekend. Meanwhile, officials say abnormally dry conditions are increasing fire risks. Firefighters crossed the Ottauquechee River and confronted steep terrain to control the blaze, which was sparked by a fire started without a permit on private property. Lars Lund, a state forest fire supervisor who’s based in Rutland and helped fight the fire, said Mon-

A firefighting hose leads into smoke in the midst of a stubborn fire in Killington. Firefighters battled the blaze across 30 acres of mountainous terrain for a week. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LARS LUND

day that departments are still monitoring the area. He said at least

federal and state wildfire agencies, said Vermont’s fire season started

early this spring, as snow melted quickly and debris became exposed and dry. “In Vermont, almost all wildfire response is handled by local fire departments, most of which are volunteer,” said the report, published in early spring. Resources, it said, including volunteer, state and federal, “do not appear to be spread thin; however, that may change if the drought continues to worsen.” Last week, just south of the Vermont border, near Williamstown, Mass., a separate blaze swept through more than 940 acres of forest, the largest wildfire in Massachusetts in two decades. Lund said he compared notes with the fire supervisor in Massachusetts, who said larger fuels, such as logs, were sustaining the burn. The situation in Killington, which took place within the same week, was similar, but on a smaller scale. “That was a little bit unusual, because those larger fuels were burning, and also ground fuels,” he said. There are three types of wildfires, said Kathy Decker, the state’s forest protection program manager. Ground fires ignite soil and debris beneath the forest floor. Surface fires catch debris on the ground, and canopy fires ignite the crowns of trees. In the Northeast, surface fires are most common in the spring as snow melts and uncovers debris leftover from the fall, which serves as fuel. Then, as trees leaf out and green plants on the forest floor reemerge, reports of wildfires typically decrease, and the season fades until fall. Ground fires typically take place in autumn, when debris has collected and dried over the summer. “As the greening up happens, the incidence usually goes down,” Decker said. “I think what we’re seeing is really dry conditions, and the wind conditions also, which push and move fire quicker.” The blaze in Killington was both a surface fire and a ground fire, Lund said. Firefighters believed the blaze had been extinguished last week, but it popped up again on Wednesday from underground. “It would burn in the ground fuels, and then the wind would pick up, and it would start burning through surface fuels,” Lund said. “That’s why the Killington fire has been kind of stop-and-go. We thought we had it, and it flared back up again.” In spring, the wildfire season typically begins in southwestern Vermont, Lund said. This year, the first fire was reported on March 3 see FIRES page 17

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SENIORS

Should you be screened for lung cancer?

Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about lung cancer screenings? I was a big smoker, but quit years ago, so I’m wondering if I should be checked out. Former Smoker Dear Former, Lung cancer screening is used to detect the presence of lung cancer in otherwise healthy people with a high risk of lung cancer. Should you be screened? It depends on your age and your smoking history. Here’s what you should know. Smoke rises over the mountain from a Killington wildfire that lasted a week. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LARS LUND

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in Pownal, in the state’s southwestern corner. State officials recently told VTDigger that this March was the second driest in 21 years. The dry conditions date back to last summer, when Killington had several other wildfires, including a ground fire that smoldered for several days on Deer’s Leap, not far from last week’s blaze. Both Lund and Decker encouraged landowners and campers to be conscientious about burning this year. Burns require a permit, which can be obtained from local fire wardens, who can help assess

conditions. Fire wardens won’t issue permits on dry, windy days, for example, and may perform site inspections to ensure burns are taking place in appropriate locations. “Plan your burn,” Lund said. “Can you drag a hose to your pile? Do you have equipment on site that can suppress the fire? Is there a barrier around your burn site? Is it too close to your house, or under any service lines or electrical lines?” Burns should be attended at all times, he said. While summer should lower the incidences of fire, Decker said, it’s impossible to predict how the upcoming season will look. “We’re not out of the woods. It really depends on the amount of precipitation we get,” Decker said.

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Savvy Senior BY JIM MILLER

two out of every three people diagnosed with lung cancer are 65 or older. Most health insurance plans cover lung cancer screenings to high-risk patients, as does Medicare up to age 77.

Screening Pros and Cons Doctors use a low-dose computed tomography scan (also called a low-dose CT scan, or LDCT) of the lungs to look for lung cancer. If lung cancer is detected at an early stage, it’s more likely to be cured with treatment. But a LDCT isn’t recommended for every high-risk patient. LDCT scans have a high rate of false positives, which means that many will undergo additional (and unnecessary) screening or medical procedures, such as another scan three, six, or even 12 months later to check for changes in the shape or size of the suspicious area (an indication of tumor growth). For some patients, the anxiety or worry

that goes along with waiting can be a real issue. Or you may need a biopsy (removal of a small amount of lung tissue), which has risks, especially for those with underlying health conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or emphysema. For example, in people with emphysema, there’s a chance of a lung collapsing during the procedure. If you meet the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force criteria for high-risk lung cancer, the University of Michigan offers a free online tool (see www.ShouldIScreen. com) to help you decide if you should get an LDCT. It’s also important to discuss the benefits and risks with your primary care doctor before making a decision.

Tips for Testing If you and your doctor determine that you should be screened, look for an imaging facility whose staff follows American College of Radiology requirements when performing low-dose CT scans. You can find accredited facilities at www.ACRaccreditation.org. This can help to ensure an accurate read of your scans by a highly trained, board-certified or board-eligible radiologist. You may need a referral from your primary care provider. Most insurance companies, including Medicare, require this before they’ll cover the cost of screening. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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May 12 at 2:23 p.m. — Police gave a no-trespass notice to an individual at a citizen’s request on Old Creamery Road. May 12 at 4:47 p.m. — Police responded to a report of suspicious behavior on Maple Tree Place. Upon arrival, the individual was not present. May 12 at 5:16 p.m. — Police provided a case number for lost property. May 12 at 6:17 p.m. — Police responded to a report of theft on Cypress Street. May 12 at 11:18 p.m. — Police conducted a motor vehicle stop for speeding on Interstate 89. The operator was found to be under suspension and cited accordingly. May 13 at 7:29 a.m. — K9 Duke visited with emergency healthcare staff on Colchester Avenue to celebrate Nurses Week. May 13 at 8:50 a.m. — Police responded to a request for a lockout on Harvest Lane. The officer was able to gain access to the vehicle. May 13 at 12:19 p.m. — Police assisted Williston Rescue with a medical call on Aspen Lane. May 13 at 2:02 p.m. — Police responded to a motor vehicle collision on Industrial Avenue. There were no hazards at the scene and both operators were evaluated by Williston Rescue. May 13 at 4:16 p.m. — Police responded to a report of theft on Marshall Avenue. Upon arrival, the officers took an individual into custody and cited them accordingly. May 13 at 8:40 p.m. — Police assisted Williston Rescue with a

medical call on Lamplite Lane. May 13 at 9:52 p.m. — Police responded to a motor vehicle complaint on Lake Iroquois. Upon arrival, the officer asked everyone to leave the area. May 14 at 12:02 a.m. — Police assisted Vermont State Police with a motor vehicle collision on Interstate 89. May 14 at 2:12 a.m. — Williston Police assisted Essex Police by attempting to locate an individual on Park Street. The officers cleared the location without contact with the person. May 14 at 11:52 a.m. — Police responded to a report of suspicious behavior on Harvest Lane. Upon arrival, the officer took a report of the behavior and advised the citizens accordingly. May 14 at 1:26 p.m. — Police responded to a report of property damage. The officer assisted in passing on insurance information. May 14 at 1:40 p.m. — Police escorted employees on Market Street. May 14 at 3:48 p.m. — Police provided a case number for property damage on Harvest Lane. May 14 at 5:11 p.m. — Police responded to a dispute on Lamplite Lane. The officers provided a courtesy ride to one of the individuals. May 14 at 5:27 p.m. — Police responded to a report of trespassing on Maple Tree Place. Upon arrival, the officers could not locate the person. May 14 at 9:02 p.m. — Police assisted Williston Rescue with a medical call on Interstate 89. May 14 at 10:01 p.m. — Police responded to a report of a noise disturbance on Williston

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EMPLOYMENT FULL-TIME MEMORY CARE MANAGER Join the dedicated team at Vermont’s first nonprofit, affordable residential memory-care community, Memory Care at Allen Brook, where 14 residents receive high-quality care based on the Best Friends™ approach to Alzheimer’s care. As manager of this acclaimed residence in Williston, you’ll supervise and mentor the team-based staff and oversee all operations, including resident services, clinical oversight, regulatory compliance (including HUD, Medicaid, Residential Care and Assisted Living regulations), food services, maintenance, and budget preparation and review. Requires a bachelor’s degree in human services, social work, healthcare administration or a related field; at least two years of administrative experience in residential care or three years of general experience operating a HUD-licensed residential care home, nursing facility or assisted living community; and knowledge of HUD and other applicable housing regulations, Medicaid programs, ACCS, ERC and other funding programs and governing bodies related to assisted living. Must have demonstrated leadership skills, exceptional interpersonal communication skills and the ability to relate to a variety of people, excellent organizational and time-management skills, and be computer literate and familiar with MSWord and Excel. Submit your application or resume to Human Resources, Cathedral Square, 412 Farrell St., Suite 100, S. Burlington, VT 05403 or by email to jobs@ cathedralsquare.org. Visit cathedralsquare.org/jobs for a list of current openings. Our organization and our communities are welcoming and inclusive, embracing diversity in all its forms. E.O.E.

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LIBRARY YOUTH PROGRAMS StoryWalk on the Green: “Frog and Toad Are Friends” June 1-30. Read along with Frog and Toad on the Town Green and get ready for Lyric Theater’s summer reading kick-off production of “A Year with Frog and Toad” on June 19. Meditation for Kids Wednesdays, June 2 and 9, 1:15-

1:45 p.m. Join us via Zoom. Ages 8-14. Email programs@damlvt. org to register. Preschool Music on the Green Thursdays, June 3 and 10, 10:3011 a.m. Dance, wiggle and sing along with musician Linda Bassick. Register at www.damlvt.org. StoryWalk in the Park: “What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?” June 4-30. Enjoy a stroll and story

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MULTI-AGE PROGRAMS Summer Reading Challenge Registration Starts Tuesday, June 1. All ages are invited to register for the Summer Reading Challenge on the library’s Beanstack site: www. damlvt.beanstack.org. The challenge is open to all Williston and St. George residents and runs from June 19 to Aug. 14. Summer Reading Kick-off: “A Year with Frog and Toad” Saturday, June 19, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. (Rain date: Sunday, June 20.) Enjoy the Lyric Theater’s production of “A Year with Frog and Toad” on the Town Green. Tickets are required and available for free from www.lyrictheatrevt.org.

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The Dorothy Alling Memorial Library is now open for in-person service, no appointment necessary. Patrons may visit Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Ages 15 and under may visit with an adult. Patrons and staff are required to wear a properly fitting mask and to socially distance inside the library. Please mask or socially distance when attending outdoor programs at the library. To place holds, apply for a library card, get updates on programming and access to all of the library’s digital offerings, visit www.damlvt.org. Public wifi is available 24/7 from the patio. The library will be closed Monday, May 31 in observance of Memorial Day. window display of origami paper cranes (orizuru) that members of the community created. The project will be on display through the month of June. Guided Meditation Fridays, May 28 and June 4, 12:30-1 p.m. Maryellen Crangle leads a short meditation online. New Perspectives Book Discussion Tuesday, June 1, 12-1 p.m. Join us to discuss “Your Guide to Forest Bathing” by M. Amos Clifford. Available as an audiobook in Hoopla or in print from the library. Current Events Wednesday, June 9, 10-11:30 a.m. Connect with others for informal conversation about newsworthy topics during these interesting times. Cooking Matters: “Dirt” Book Discussion Wednesday, June 9, 12-1 p.m.

Forest Bathing Guided Walk Tuesday, June 15, 12-1 p.m. (Rain date: Thursday, June 17.) Join Duncan Murdoch, certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, for a walk on the Town Green to introduce the principles and practice of forest bathing. Register at www. damlvt.org. Brown Bag Book Discussion Tuesday, June 22, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Come discuss Mary Beth Keane’s “Ask Again, Yes.” Print copies are available to borrow from the library.

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2021 at the McClure Miller Respite To:Colchester Marianneafter Apfelbaum House in a couraPaper: Williston geous 4+ year battle withObserver Glioblastoma. SheTODAY’S was bornDATE: on May 25, 1968 05/20/2021 in Burlington, VT the daughter of NAME OF FILE: 1298_WO Scott &DATE(S) Carmen TO (Arel) Kingsland. RUN: 05/27/2021 Tracy graduated from Milton Jr./Sr. High School in 1986 and in SIZE OF AD: 1/16 page (2” x 5”) 1995 moved to Florida and pursued her passion for nursing and TO:and LPN dereceivedEMAILED her LNA Marianne@Willistonobserver.com grees. In 2005 she moved back to a few. Many of these places she Vermont and earned her RN degree travelled with her very dear friend in Williston Observer from VTPublishes Tech on May 19, 2007. Kelli Coggins. She lived in Florida for 10+ While in Saudi, Tracy met years and then moved back Auction to VT the love of her life and soulmate, SECTION: Classified and began PO#working 1298 at the UVM James (Gordo) Mcilmoyle. They Medical Center in the Emergency married January 26, 2015 in Las Room. In 2012 she headed out on a Vegas. Tracy and Gordo built a new adventure as a traveling nurse home in Bali, Indonesia where that took her to Everett, WA, Wal- they had planned to retire before nut Creek, CA and to Riyadh, Sau- Tracy’s diagnosis. Her wishes are di Arabia where she had to retire for her ashes to be spread over after her cancer diagnosis. the Indonesian beaches they have Tracy was independent and spent time at. not afraid of new adventures which Tracy is survived by her lovallowed her to travel and visit plac- ing family, husband James (Gordo) es such as Greece, Italy, France, Mcilmoyle of Williston; parents England, and Turkey to name but Scott & Carmen Kingsland of Mil-

ton; sister, Shannon Leclair & husband Steve of Shelburne; daughter, Racheal Martell & husband Deny Pratama Putra, and granddaughter, Melati Martell of Bremerton, WA and many aunts, uncles, cousins & friends. Tracy is also survived by three stepchildren, Taryn Mcilmoyle and granddaughter Taylor, Patrick Mcilmoyle; Riley Legare and husband Willie, and grandson, Milo Legare. She was predeceased by her grandparents, Ralph Sr. & Helen Kingsland and Joseph & Rose Arel. Uncles, Wayne and Ralph Kingsland, Jr. The family would like to express our deepest gratitude to Dr. Alissa Thomas at UVM Medical Center Neurooncology for all her compassionate care for Tracy and our family. Also, to the amazing staff at the McClure Miller Respite House, they are truly God’s angels. Per Tracy’s wishes, there will be no services. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Tracy’s memory to the McClure Miller Respite House, 3113 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester, VT 05446.

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SUMMER PROGRAMS www.Willistonrec.org • 802-876-1160 • recreation@willistonvt.org Below is a listing of upcoming programs for the Summer- June through August. Detailed information on each program can be found on the Recreation Website:

www.willistonrec.org Registrations are accepted with the Rec. Dept. or directly with the company or instructor if listed. Program offerings are Virtual- Live instructor, Online, or In-Person.

VIRTUAL PROGRAMS Online Live Guided Breathing for Healing, Empowerment & Expansion Age 18+, June 3-July 1 Thursday Mornings, 7:00-8:00am Thursday Afternoons, 4:00-5:00pm $90 Res/$95 Non. Instructor: Ashley Hodgetts Get yourself organized! Age 18+, June 7-28 Mondays, 6:00-7:00pm $60 Res/$65 Non Instructor: Gillian Franks Strength Training Age 50+, Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:30-11:30am Free to Seniors. Instructor: Toni Kunker Yoga- Gentle/Seated Age 50+, Fridays, 10:30-11:30am Free to Seniors. Instructor: Toni Kunker Ukulele Clinics Age 18+, Online Live with Clare Innes To register email instructorukuleleclare@gmail.com Let the instructor know you saw the offering with Williston Recreation

Chess Programs Age 6-12, Online Live with Chess Wizards Thursdays- June 3-July 22, 2:00-3:00pm Tuesdays, July 6-Aug 24, 10:30-11:30am $114 Res/$124 Non

VIRTUAL PROGRAMS or IN-PERSON PROGRAMS Gentle Chair Yoga Virtual w/Live Instructor or In-Person. (fully vaccinated if attending in person) Age 18+ Tuesdays & Thursdays, 8:00-8:50am S1- June 8-July 1 S2- July 6-29 $130 Res/$135 Non Fitness Yoga Virtual w/Live Instructor or In-Person. (fully vaccinated if attending in person) Age 18+ Wednesdays & Saturdays- Wed- 5:30-6:20pm & Sat- 9:00-9:50am S1- June 9- July 3 S2- July 7-31 $130 Res/$135 Non

IN-PERSON PROGRAM Track & Field New this year, this week-long Track and Field Camp focuses on running, jumping, and throwing. Athletes will have the opportunity to participate in a State Virtual Meet, based on times and distances. Ages 6-9, July 12-16, 5:30-6:30pm Ages 10-14, July 12-16, 6:45-8:00pm $50 Res/$55 Non Instructors: Director Elise Seraus and CVU Athletes

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CAMPS R.E.C. Camp Recreation Experiences for Children. Day Camp for children entering grades 1st-8th in the Fall 2021. Camp Options: Full Days- 7:30a-5:30p, Mornings- 7:30am-12:30pm or Afternoons- 12:30-5:30pm. Combine with an Enrichment Camp to make it a full day of camps or if your child is in another program/camp, combine with the REC Day Camp to make it a full day. Check out the Camp Grid on the Rec website to plan your child’s summer. Enrichment Camps: Spots are still available in the following camps. Register now! Baseball Camp Ultimate Frisbee Camp Girls Self-Defense Camp Vermont Futbol Academy Camp Chess Wizards Camp Knitting Camp Horsemanship Camps Arts Camps Minecraft Mania Camp Engineering Camp Rocketry Camp Lego Engineering Camp Wow! Science Camp

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