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CVU’s Riley Erdman scores in a Feb. 2 matchup against the Kingdom Blades. Champlain Valley won 4-3.

CVU emerges from January COVID-19 flare-up SCOOTER MACMILLAN STAFF WRITER

As the number of positive COVID-19 cases falls at Champlain Valley Union High School in February, school is getting a bit more back to normal.

Since the infection rate at the school jumped dramatically after the holiday break, the month of January was spent with a modified schedule to reduce personal interaction at the school, which pre-pandemic thrived

upon communication and close personal interaction.

When students returned for the first day after the holiday break, principal Adam Bunting said 30 students tested positive.

To cope with the sudden rise in positive cases, the school adjusted the schedule, including stopping the C3 portion of the day where the school sets aside 25 minutes for students to interact in activities that, before this year, were extracurricular and only happened outside of school hours.

Bunting said the three C’s in C3 are community, clubs and connect time. It was adopted at the beginning of the school year to give students the opportunity to be involved in activities that some might be excluded from, particularly those who don’t have transportation other than the school bus.

The C3 program was dropped from the schedule in January because, although there are a wide variety of activities students can sign up for during this time, they almost all involve interaction that is not socially

distanced.

This Monday, the school added the C3 period back into the school day.

“We will be ready to pivot if our numbers change. It’s clear that our case count peaked in mid-January,” Bunting said in the school newsletter. “Our goal for the next month is to remain alert while maximizing opportunities for our students to engage with their academics, interests and friends.”

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Three projects will change Hinesburg village, town forest Tyler Labrie of Evernorth said the cost to the town would just include staff time for work on the Three new projects are on the project and legal fees. The total horizon in Hinesburg — two that town expense should be less than could have a significant impact on $5,000.

Cindy Reid of Cathedral the town’s village and another on Square said her organization will the town forest.

On Groundhog Day, the select- manage the apartments when board gave unanimous approval they are built. They hope to start to hire a landscape architect for construction in October and open a plan to develop Lot 1, which the following October.

“We appreciate the town’s the board hopes will eventually become the town’s bona fide town support for this desperately needed expangreen. sion as housing Also, in “I think this is a prices climb,” the village, the Reid said. “Even board approved small project. We though we don’t by a 4-0 vote have a preferto apply for a don’t need Frederick ence list, we grant to kickstart try to let local a construction Law Olmsted.” people know project to build 24 more afford— Merrily Lovell about this opportunity kind of able senior living units at Kelley’s Field. Board first to serve as many local people member Dennis Place recused as we can.”

She said they have already himself because he is chair of the started a list of people interested development review board.

This will double the number in the apartments.

The cost of the project is of affordable senior living units in Hinesburg, director of planning projected to be around $9.1 and zoning Alex Weinhagen said. million.

In the first step toward building the Kelley’s Field units, the Town green board greenlit an application for The town has received two a $605,000 Vermont Communi- bids to turn Lot 1, the large grassy ty Development Implementation area behind the fire and police Grant. Hinesburg will just be a departments, into a town green — pass through for the funds, which one for $12,600 and another for will go to Cathedral Square and $4,000.

Evernorth, the project’s managers.

Town manager Todd Odit “As a town, I think this is suggested American Recovery something we should be all in on,” Plan Act funds or budget surplus board member Phil Pouech said. could pay for developing a plan, SCOOTER MACMILLAN STAFF WRITER

but Pouech said he was less concerned about how the plan is paid for and more concerned about getting it done.

“Let’s go ahead and get the proposal done and the plan put together so we’re ready to move forward,” Pouech said, adding the town has been talking about this for 10 years.

Chair Merrily Lovell was disappointed that neither of the quotes came from local landscape design firms.

“I don’t think we need a fancy firm with people in Australia and Boston and Colorado who have worked in big cities. I don’t think we need a big firm like that,” she said.

She also advocated for planting a few trees, putting in some benches “and maybe a gazebo” and waiting five years before getting a professional landscape design done to see how the area develops, saying there were going to be a lot of changes in that area.

But board member Maggie Gordon argued that planting trees

without a plan could mean those trees might need to be cut down later when the town decides what it wants for a green.

Besides a gazebo, other amenities selectboard members suggested included playground equipment, a climbing wall, an ice-skating rink and a splash pad.

Using an expected planning and zoning department budget surplus would be a good way to pay for a professional plan, Pouech said.

“I think this is a small project,” Lovell said. “We don’t need Frederick Law Olmsted.”

Board members lent unanimous support to move forward.

$100,000 for town forest The board also voted unanimously on a memorandum of understanding with the Vermont Land Trust as the Hinesburg Town Forest is set to grow by 291 acres this month as the town closes on the so-called Carse family parcel.

As part of managing the expanded town forest, Hines-

burg will get $100,000 to pay for expenses such as parking improvements or erosion control.

In addition to grants of $300,000, fundraising efforts raised another $120,000 to reach the $420,000 needed to buy the property.

The town reached its goal in December with more than two months to spare.

“The community was really generous in donating money.

The foundation really wants to support this project because you all have really cared for a wonderful resource,” Bob Heiser of the Vermont Land Trust said. “It’s great the community has supported it in such a wonderful way.”

The purchase will grow the Hinesburg Town Forest from 834 to 1,125 acres. The town also has the LaPlatte Headwaters Town Forest of 301 acres.

Pat Mainer, chair of the Hinesburg Town Forest Committee, told the board, “We are really a lucky town to have two town forests.”

COVID

continued from page 1 Although the peak of 30 positive cases a day was alarming, it was short lived. He said within a week the number of positive cases dropped to around 17 a day.

“The number just kept dropping and dropping to the point where the past week we’ve had zero cases,” Bunting said.

After the holidays the absentee rate was over 15 percent of students. There was also a high absentee rate among teachers.

Now, they’ve had several days where the absentee rate is about 3 percent, which he said is lower than the percentage of students who would be absent on a normal

winter day.

During the peak of COVID-19 cases, an extra lunch period was added so the lunchroom would be less crowded. The lunch area also expanded into the hallways to make mealtime more socially distanced.

The extra lunch period means, Bunting said, ninth graders are eating more of a brunch with their lunch period starting at 11 a.m.

The school plans to keep the extra lunch period for a week or so to see how the infection rate goes.

Bunting said most students returning after testing positive for COVID-19 have reported mild cases. Most positive cases school officials hear about feature no symptoms or a day of sore throats and sniffles.

“Sore throat is the symptom we hear most about,” Bunting said.

He points to the school’s high vaccination rate as a reason why CVU students seem to experience milder symptoms.

Because some students have missed so many days of school, the school held a “harbor day,” where teachers worked with small groups of 2-10 students to get them up to speed on their studies.

Regular classroom instruction was suspended for the day.

Bunting said, harbor days are when “you bring all the ships into harbor restock, refuel, get reset for the journey ahead.”

A second harbor day will be held Feb. 15.

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Zuckerman launches bid for governor lite

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Vermont’s spring snow goose hunt will be held from March 11 through April 23.

Vermont sets special snow goose hunting season Vermont’s spring snow goose hunt will be held from March 11 through April 23.

Since 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has allowed hunting to reduce the population of migrating greater and lesser snow geese as well as Ross’ geese.

The numbers of these geese have grown so high that they are destroying habitat for themselves and other species, officials say.

Eight states in the Atlantic Flyway — Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Vermont — will hold a spring goose hunt in 2022.

In Vermont, the daily bag limit is 15 snow geese, and there is no possession limit.

“The breeding population of greater snow geese has grown from approximately 50,000 birds in the mid-1960s to 714,000 birds today,” said David Sausville, Vermont’s wildlife management program manager and waterfowl project leader. “This increase has resulted in damage to agricultural crops and marsh vegetation in staging and wintering areas from Quebec to North Carolina.

“Hunting pressure to date has aided in reducing the population from its high point of just over 1 million birds during the period of 2000-2010,” he said. “The Atlantic Flyway has established a goal of 500,000 greater snow geese to bring populations in balance

with their habitat and reduce crop depredation.”

During spring migration, snow geese typically move through the Champlain Valley in late March and early April. They usually pass through Vermont quickly in route

to their spring staging areas along the St. Lawrence River Valley.

They remain there for about a month before moving on to nesting areas in the Canadian Arctic.

For regulation information, go to vtfishandwildlife.com.

Hinesburg farmer and business owner David Zuckerman is running for lieutenant governor.

Zuckerman previously served two terms in the job from 2016 to 2020 and was a longtime state representative and senator.

“I want to return to the office of the lieutenant governor to build on the strengths of our rural communities by expanding broadband, investing in small-scale manufacturing, expanding access to land for historically marginalized communities, and increasing support for our farmers and loggers,” he said in a press release.

He also expressed the desire to continue working on programs and policies that help Vermonters from every corner of the state, from investing in child care to expanding affordable rental

and home ownership options, and the need for swift action to combat the climate crisis.

“Vermont is at a crossroads,” he continued. “The cost of living is rising, and wages are not keeping up, our rural economy is struggling, and the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our environment. Politicians say we need to get back to normal.

But for many, pre-pandemic normal was an everyday struggle. The time for bold action is now.”

Zuckerman is the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Vermont State Legislator Award from the Vermont Natural Resources Council, the 2013 Renewable Energy Vermont Renewable Energy Legislative Champion Award, and the 2014 Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Legislator of the Year award.

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CRIME & COURTS

Medical panel revokes doctor’s license conduct.

The state panel also agreed Coates be assessed $4,000 The Vermont Medical Practice in administrative fees for his Board has voted unanimously to misconduct case and issued a revoke the license for a former public reprimand.

The two mothers maintain Central Vermont doctor, who has Coates used his been sued by own sperm to get two mothers on “It’s always a big both pregnant claims he secretand delivered ly used his sperm ask to ask a witness their respecto impregnate tive babies the women more to participate at a in Decemthan 40 years ago public hearing about ber 1977 and instead of using February 1979, the intended their own medical records show. donors.

The agreement The discicare.” between the plinary action mothers and against Dr. John had Boyd Coates III, — Assistant attorney Coates mandated that now of Shelgeneral Megan Campbell the unknown burne, follows fathers would the recommended findings of a hearing panel in be young medical school doctors, December that found him guilty records and testimony showed.

Assistant attorney general of six counts of unprofessional MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT

Megan Campbell, before the vote last week, said the state was standing by the findings of the hearing panel in December. She said the evidence supported the outcome of unprofessional conduct.

“It’s always a big ask to ask a witness to participate at a public hearing about their own medical care. In this hearing that was even more true when the care was extremely personal and private in nature,” she said.

The two mothers, one daughter and a doctor that specializes in medical-ethics at New York University were the witnesses during the day-long hearing in December.

Hearing Officer George Belcher, a retired state judge, gave the medical board a chance to go behind closed doors to discuss the case, but it appeared the members had read enough from the reports and hearing that they were ready to vote.

When polled, the five voting board members each said they had no questions.

Dr. Coates and his defense lawyer, Peter Joslin of Montpelier, declined to appear at the virtual hearing this week, Belcher said.

Joslin had said in December that Coates would not contest the six claims of unprofessional conduct and that he planned to mail his medical license back to the state. Joslin said Coates, 80, has not practiced since he retired about 13 years ago.

The state said it still wanted to proceed to make sure Coates never got to practice medicine again.

Coates practiced from 1974 to 1986 at Central Vermont Medical Center and the office of Associates in Gynecology and Obstetrics in Berlin. He was associated with University of Vermont Medical Center and Mountain View Physicians Office in Colchester from 1986-2009, records show.

While the names of the two mothers and their daughters have been made public through court records and during testimony at the December hearing, the newspaper has opted not to identify them.

Both women have filed unrelated medical malpractice lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Vermont.

One of the federal cases is due for a jury trial in late March in Burlington. Coates has admitted being the father in that case, but the remaining issue is the damages to be awarded, court records show.

The patients were unknown to each other until the daughter of one mother tried to trace her real father due to medical issues.

Both mothers said they felt violated and deceived.

“It’s kind of like medical rape,” one testified during the December hearing.

The daughter born to the other woman said it was “traumatic” to learn her father really wasn’t her father.

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A heartfelt bah humbug frequent Campbell soup dinners.

Thanks a lot Mr. St. Valentine.

In Musing And just try to pick the right valentine Carole Vasta Folley for a classroom of bullies. For God’s sake, these kids weren’t nice to me on a daily Valentine’s Day is ausgespielt. Sorry, basis, why was it normalized for me to but it’s really my favorite synonym for a past-tense f-bomb. Ausgespielt, as in “done, give them a love note? And which ones to pick? Was Scooby Doo really the message played out!” Or in more common German I wanted to send or dare I select cards with vernacular, Valentine’s Day is kuchen! Wait puppies that shout, “Doggone it, be mine!” a minute, that’s coffee cake. I meant, kaput!

Then ensued prepubescent anxiety on Name one person who loves Valentine’s steroids. Would I get a valentine in return?

Day. Someone who earnestly looks forward to the middle of February as some hallowed These Hunger Games finally ended in signal to celebrate love. Frankly, as holidays fourth grade when the school instituted a go, it might even rank under Columbus Day, rule where everyone had to give a valentine to everyone. The irony escaped my 9-yearwhich is saying something. old self as I was too focused sucking the That’s OK. St. Valentine never intended words “Be Mine” off a chalky for us to gorge on sappy senticandy heart. ments. This third century saint As I grew older, Valentine’s was all about bees. Apparently, he Day morphed into some societally was awarded the title Patron Saint desired proof that I was lovable. If of Beekeeping after St. Francis I was in a relationship and didn’t was controversially named Patron get a card, the horror! Or worse, Saint of ALL Animals. Upon when sweetheart-less and every appeal, they let Valentine have kiss begins with Kay, being alone bees, you know, to avoid a whole felt like I was a leper in “Ben brouhaha.

Hur.” History is quite sketchy on this Carole Vasta Folley Even when deliciously in love as there were two St. Valentines. and gifted with valentines, they What do they have in common felt obligatory. Like that prostate besides honey and EpiPens? Officiating secret weddings. Well, that, and they exam, which I’m sure wasn’t top of his list.

Was he really inspired to get me a card? were both beheaded. Not very romantic.

Flowers? Chocolates?

Some suggest the origin of Valentine’s Why not make the gift more useful?

Day is an ancient Roman festival that celebrates spring. Now, that’s something I could How about a Valentine’s Day oil change? get behind. On Valentine’s Day, Vermonters Or if you really loved me, you’d unload the dishwasher. could rejoice in only six more weeks of Listen, if you’re a Valentine’s Day lover, arctic temperatures. I was just about to cut don’t let me squash your beating heart. some red paper hearts when I learned that Have at it. By no means are you alone. This said festival included pairing off women year, 145 million Valentine’s Day cards will with men — wait for it — by lottery. be sent. Phew, that’s a lot of cards to deliver.

Again, not very romantic.

Maybe I’ll buy just one and hand it to my Maybe I have a jaded heart. If so, I postal carrier. came by it honestly as the Valentine’s Day These days, she could use some love. indoctrination began in preschool. Up until sixth grade, the annual ordeal began with Carole Vasta Folley is a Vermont award my mother buying packages of valentines winning playwright and columnist. Contact for seven children. I don’t know where she her at carolevf.com. found the money, but it does explain the

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Concept rendering of a phased approach to the Charlotte Community Center.

Support Charlotte Community Center study, supporters say initiative — donating over 150 hours of professional services.

Through our work, we’ve found considNicole Conley erable interest within the community for Indoor track, multi-sport courts, town this project. The town-wide survey — there meetings and even a pool? That’s what were 322 participants — indicated interest community members expressed interest in in a wide range of programs. They includif a community center is built in Charlotte. ed aquatics, multi-purpose courts, fitness On March 1, voters will have the oppor- studio space, indoor walking track, a space tunity to support article 6: “Will the voters of to hold elections and town meeting, as well the Town approve raising a sum of $50,000 as a potential outdoor gathering space for by property taxes for the fiscal year July 1, a farmers’ market, community gardens and 2022, to June 30, 2023, for the purpose of performance events. funding a feasibility study The survey results for the Charlotte Commualso noted interest The $50,000 request nity Center project?” in other community Proposed by the services such as a desigis an estimate of what Community Center nated emergency shelter study of might cost Committee, the feasibility and new location for the study will professionally food shelf. and is an amount that research and deliver critIn addition, the siting ical information needed subcommittee investiwon’t be exceeded. The gated several site opporfor our community to accurately evaluate the tunities and evaluated actual cost may be less their potential to serve benefits and costs of developing a community the needs of a future depending on the bids. center. The programs center.

Specifically, this study subcommittee created will: business models for operations and reve• Be conducted by an architecture-led nue, along with a list of potential program consulting team with experience develop- offerings and space requirements. ing community centers.

All the committee’s work culminated in • Develop conceptual plans, identify site a presentation to the Charlotte Selectboard locations and summary of proposed space in September. We informed the board in needs. order to continue to further refine and deter• Provide project cost estimates for both mine the feasibility of this impactful project construction and any other costs. we believe a professional consultant should • Determine a financially viable oper- conduct a more detailed feasibility study. ating budget detailing projected revenues Selectboard members supported the and expenses, including program offerings, idea and added it as a separate article to be annual maintenance, supplies and staffing. considered by the voters of Charlotte on • Determine viability of funding options, Town Meeting Day. The $50,000 request including private fundraising. is an estimate of what study of this scope • Propose alternate plans such as a might cost and is an amount that won’t phased approach. be exceeded. The actual cost may be less The community center committee depending on the bids. is made up of individuals experienced We are excited to share the work in architecture, construction, planning, we’ve done to date with Charlotte resicommunications and fundraising. We are deeply committed to the progress of this See CONLEY on page 7

Guest Perspective

The Citizen • February 10, 2022 • Page 7

Vermont must clean up its heating sources experienced by the 20 percent of Vermonters with the lowest income as shown in the accompanying chart. Energy burden Rep. Mike Yantachka profiles can also be associated geographically with the highIt is very apparent by now that est energy burdens occurring climate change is happening both in rural communities because locally and globally with rising of increased transportation fuel average temperatures and devas- costs.

Vermont’s cities, towns tating effects, including extraordinary wildfires, flooding and and villages own and maintain other extreme weather events. approximately 7,000 old buildings that are expensive In September 2020, to heat and have a large the Vermont Legislacarbon footprint. To ture enacted the Global meet climate goals and Warming Solutions Act ease the energy burden that set greenhouse gas on municipal budgets, reduction targets and H.518 will support created a climate councommunities with techcil to develop a Climate nical assistance, design Action Plan to achieve support and funding to those targets. make municipal assets The council published its report in Rep. Mike Yantachka more energy efficient and to displace fossil December 2021, and in fuels with cleaner January the Legislature options. began working to implement it.

It will expand the State Transportation accounts for about 40 percent of greenhouse Energy Management Program electric sector, which is subject gas emissions in Vermont and to help municipalities finance to the renewable energy stanheating accounts for about 34 improvements and assist munic- dard, fossil fuel corporations are percent. Targeting these two ipal leaders, who may lack the under no obligation to reduce the carbon pollution energy-intensive sectors will give technical experof their product. us the best chance of meeting the tise to assess Transportation A clean heat target of a 40 percent reduction the best investstandard would from 1990 levels of emissions by ments to increase accounts for about require fossil efficiency and 2030. fuel corporaThe House Committee on resilience, with 40 percent of tions to provide Energy and Technology has start- help from Efficleaner heating ed crafting legislation from some ciency VT and greenhouse gas fuel options and of the specific recommenda- regional planning for pollutions of the Climate Action Plan commissions. emissions in Vermont pay tion-reduction With one-third regarding heating, including a Vermont’s municipal energy resilience plan of and heating accounts measures that benefit Vermont(H.518) and a clean heat stan- climate pollution These coming primardard. for about 34 percent. ers. include employThe climate council was ily from fossil careful to insist that whatever fuels used to heat buildings and ing cleaner heating options, like measures were taken to reduce water, dependence on fossil fuels heat pumps, heat pump water greenhouse gas emissions, that is expensive with unpredictable heaters and advanced wood heat they be done in an equitable price swings for consumers. If to displace fossil fuels or supportmanner to prevent impacting you heat your home with oil or ing weatherization and efficiency those with the highest energy propane, you’re paying as much measures.

A clean heat standard places burden. Energy burden is defined as 40 percent above last year’s as the total household energy prices. This creates an especially the obligation of lowering expenses for heating and electric- large energy burden for lower-in- emissions on fuel sellers while presenting Vermonters with ity divided by household income. come Vermonters.

Unlike our highly regulated choices on how and when to move The highest energy burden is

Report from the Legislature

to cleaner heat. To ensure equity in the application of the standard we are considering various design options such as requiring a high fraction of credits to come from serving low- and moderateincome homes, providing extra credits for providing clean heat in rental housing and making incentive payments income-sensitive.

Without implementing a clean heat standard, Vermont will not meet its emissions reduction requirements under the Global Warming Solutions Act. Your emails, myantachka. dfa@gmail.com, or phone calls, 802-233-5238, are welcome. This article and others can be found at mikeyantachka.com.

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continued from page 6 dents. Please join us for a virtual information session on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. to see the results of the committee’s work and ask questions about the project and proposed feasibility study. The committee will also participate in the public information meeting for town meeting articles on Saturday,

Feb. 26, 9 a.m.

Vote yes on Article 6.

Nicole Conley is Charlotte recreation director. Community members who cannot attend the meetings can call or email recreation her at (802) 425-6129, ext. 204, or recreation@townofcharlotte. com.

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Vermont’s hunting traditions deserve our respect If you were curious about my love of the woods, I’d tell you that a hunt endears me to the wild Will Staats places where I’ve trapped a beaver or tracked a buck. These places I learned to hunt and inherited imprint themselves on my soul my passion for nature from old and I would do almost anything to Vermont woodsmen in Addison protect them. There are non-hunters County. The woods were part who also have spiritual connections of their lives. They spent some to wild places, and I respect them. portion of every day in the woods, But for me, this connection hunting, trapping and hunting with involves hunting, often with my dogs. I spent my childhood learnbeloved dogs. This is my culture. ing from them.

For many of us, it is how we raised When I was 17, I lived in a log our children. cabin on a mounYou say, tain and trapped If you force out the “Times change. for my living. This hunters and trappers Your traditions experience gave must stop. They me a vital underwhose practices you involve unacstanding of wildceptable pain life ecology and don’t like, if you snub and suffering led me to pursue a of animals.” I your nose at their career in wildlife understand this conservation. I’ve lifestyles and culture, concern intensealso lived a rich ly. Hunting life as a woodsyou will be forcing involves death, man, a hunter and and often some trapper. out some of Vermont’s measure of In my mind, strongest and most suffering. I care these activities are deeply for the complementary. loyal wildlife advocates. animals I hunt Wildlife bioloand take no gists, hunters and pleasure in the act of killing. trappers understand the need to Hunters and trappers have protect wild places. always embraced new technologies I cannot convince you to like and methods that make these pracor agree with my cultural hunting tices more humane. We should and traditions. Respectfully, I don’t have evolved. Taking an animal’s understand the joy of running a life demands respect. It is also 6-mile loop on a wooded path or important to note that many of the careening down trails on a bike — trails that cut through good wildlife very best hunts, particularly with hounds, end in no death at all. habitat. But I don’t tell you not to There is so much talk these do these things. days about the value of diversity

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and respecting cultural traditions.

But it seems that these values only hold for certain people — and certain cultures. Will you also admonish the native peoples of Canada or Vermont and tell them their century-old traditions of survival and respect for nature are wrong and must be stopped?

During these legislative arguments about hunting, there has been indifference toward the people most knowledgeable about these practices and those who have the most to lose. There has been little attempt at even the appearance of curiosity or interest or respect for who we are and what we do.

In fact, there has been active hostility. Opponents of hunting have likened us to white supremacists and serial killers. As a state that identifies so strongly with progressive values, the hypocrisy is stunning.

While we bicker, the real problems facing wildlife grow. As a biologist, I have sat on the witness stand, testifying against massive energy projects that would have huge impacts on wild spaces, often proposed by companies from out of state. I was not joined in those rooms by anti-hunting activists, but the trappers and hunters I know had my back.

As climate change progresses and more people migrate north, we will see more development encroaching on the last of Vermont’s wild spaces.

Additionally, with our changing demographics, I’ve seen a growing intolerance of wildlife. I’ve rescued bears off private property and faced countless indignant homeowners who don’t understand that they’ve moved into what has always been good bear habitat.

These are the major problems we face, and the education and

advocacy needed to protect wild places will require all of us to work together, and soon. It will require tolerance of difference. It will require working with people you don’t agree with and don’t understand.

If you force out the hunters and trappers whose practices you don’t like, if you snub your nose at their lifestyles and culture, you will be forcing out some of Vermont’s strongest and most loyal wildlife advocates. You will be sending the very clear message: “Your cultural traditions do not matter. All that you have learned over generations about our wilderness and wildlife does not matter. You don’t belong here anymore.”

Traditionally, Vermonters have respected the privacy and different ways of their neighbors, with

Gun bill closes Charleston loophole To the Editor: I want to thank Vermont House and Senate members who voted to pass S.30. Our state needs to ensure that our current gun laws are very clear and fully enforceable in order to protect victims of domestic violence and other vulnerable Vermonters.

I am urging Gov. Phil Scott to sign this bill into law. I deeply care about protecting all Vermonters. S.30 will strengthen Vermont’s current gun laws by closing the Charleston loophole, a dangerous gap in current law that allows firearms sales to occur without a completed background check.

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the mutual certainty they’ll pull each other out of a ditch when the day comes. It has made this place civilized, and it is a tradition worth saving.

We don’t have to like each other or share the same values. But we must find common ground in protecting our wild places before it’s too late. Maybe if we concentrate on this shared mission, mutual respect and understanding will grow.

arms have been sold to Vermonters who failed background checks but were able to obtain them through the loophole. It’s common sense to require a background check to be fully completed before the sale of a firearm.

Additionally, S.30 would strengthen Vermont’s extreme risk protection law, prohibit guns from being inside hospitals and reinforce laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and others with dangerous histories. S.30 is a crucial step in making sure current Vermont gun laws are clear and enforced.

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Community Notes Garden experts talks songbird, garden habitat Charlie Nardozzi offers Gardening for the Birds at the next Charlotte Senior Center Wednesday lecture on Feb. 23.

Many gardeners are rightfully concerned about the decline of songbird populations.

Although much of the problem stems from bigger issues — habitat loss, climate change and agricultural chemicals — home gardeners can help. Nardozzi will highlight ways to help migrating and overwintering birds by growing the right plants, properly feeding the birds and providing water, shelter, nesting sites and habitat in our yards.

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The free, in-person lectures start at 1 p.m. Questions? Leave a message at (802) 425-6345 or visit charlotteseniorcentervt. org.

Holocaust Memorial hosts antisemitism workshop The Vermont Holocaust Memorial holds its third educators’ workshop, “Analyzing See COMMUNITY NOTES on page 12

News from Charlotte Library All programs will take place via Zoom unless noted until further notice. Links can be found on the library website.

115 Ferry Road, Charlotte. 802-4253864. Register at charlottepubliclibrary.org or info@charlottepubliclibrary.org.

Regeneration book discussion Tuesdays, Feb. 15 and Feb. 22, and Monday, Feb. 28, 7-8 p.m.

Sustainable Charlotte and the library host a discussion of Paul Hawken’s “Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation.”

Media literacy take 2 Today, Feb. 10, 7-8 p.m.

There continues to be more opportunities for disinformation, declining trust in established news organizations, and increasing popularity of conspiracy theorists. Join a conversation on media literacy with Adam Davidson, Chea Waters-Evans and Jesse Wegman. Davidson has been a staff reporter for the New York Times and the New Yorker.

Waters-Evans has been a reporter for The Citizen and Shelburne News, and now The Charlotte Bridge, while Wegman is an editorial board member of the New York Times. Get the Zoom link on the library website.

Candidates night Wednesday, Feb. 16, 7-9 p.m.

A conversation with the candidates on the Charlotte Town Meeting ballot. Each candidate will have a few minutes to present an opening statement, then the floor will be open

for questions and discussion. Get the Zoom link on the library website.

Health research literacy Thursday, Feb. 17, 7-8 p.m.

Join Jim Hyde for a discussion on how to tell fact from fiction and hyperbole from reality when it comes to understanding health research findings and information. Hyde taught epidemiology and biostatistics at Tufts Medical School for more than 35 years. Bring questions, concerns or articles to discuss. Register for link.

Mystery book group: ‘The Eustace Diamonds’ Monday, Feb. 21, 10-11 a.m.

The third novel in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser series, “The Eustace Diamonds” blends dark cynicism with humor and a keen perception of human nature. Following the death of her husband, Sir Florian, beautiful Lizzie Eustace mysteriously comes into possession of a hugely expensive diamond necklace. As gossip and scandal intensify, her truthfulness is thrown into doubt and, in her desire to keep the jewels, she is driven to increasingly desperate acts.

iPhone tips and tricks Wednesday, Feb. 23, 11 a.m.-noon Bring your iPhone for some hands-on learning with tech librarian Susanna Kahn.

Get tips on searching, organizing your apps, the share menu, helpful apps and more. Time for questions. Registration is required at the senior center, 802-425-6345.

News from Carpenter-Carse Library To register, reserve books or for more information, contact Meg Malone at meg@ carpentercarse.org. Masks required indoors.

Storytime registration Tuesday, Feb. 15, 9:30-10 a.m.

Stories, songs, and rhymes. Reach out to jen@carpentercarse.org to sign up for a small-group, in-person storytime session.

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Book discussion: ‘Stories of your Life and Others’ Tuesday, Feb. 22, 7-8 p.m.

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Girls’ basketball Champlain Valley 73, Burlington 27: Shelby Companion scored a gamehigh 16 points and Champlain Valley ran past Burlington the win Monday, Feb. 7.

Chloe Snipes and Samara Ashooh each added 12 points for the Redhawks, who move to 10-2.

Addi Hunter netted 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to earn the double-double for CVU.

Girls’ hockey Essex 6, Champlain Valley-Mount Mansfield 2: The Champlain ValleyMount Mansfield girls’ hockey could not hold off Essex in a loss on Monday.

Tess Everett and Hannah Schmid each had a goal for the CougarHawks, who fall to 8-6.

Riley Erdman added an assist and Grace Ferguson stopped 27 shots in net for CVU-MMU. It was the second loss in a row for the CougarHawks, who fell to South Burlington in overtime on Saturday, Feb. 5.

Sofia Richland scored in overtime for the Wolves to lift South Burlington to the 3-2 win.

Everett scored twice for CVU-MMU and Erdman chipped in with an assist.

Boys’ hockey BFA-St. Albans 3, Champlain Valley 1: Champlain Valley dropped its second game in a row, falling to BFA-St. Albans 3-1 on Saturday.

Alex Zuchowski had the lone goal for the Redhawks (4-9-1), with Angelos Carroll adding an assist on the play. Jason Douglas made 31 saves in losing effort for CVU.

Boys’ basketball Rice 53, Champlain Valley 50: Champlain Valley could not hold off Rice in the fourth quarter as the Green Knights outscored them 14-10 to pull out the narrow win on Friday in boys’ basketball.

Kyle Eaton had 12 points for the Redhawks, who saw a potential game-tying three-point shot blocked as time expired. Sam Sweeney added 11 points for CVU. With the loss, the Redhawks fall to 11-3.

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Shelby Companion scored a game-high 16 points in a 73-27 rout against Burlington Monday, Feb. 7.

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To go or not to go?

How birds weather winter The Outside Story Rebecca Perkins Hanissian Were it not for compelling evidence to the contrary, I’d believe I descended from birds — migratory birds in particular. So familiar to me are the urges and behaviors of migratory birds, I’m pretty sure I blushed, or at least looked around sheepishly, when learning of them in my undergraduate ornithology class.

Take hyperphagia (excessive eating), if you will. Every fall, like a songbird building fat reserves for its epic flight, I ransack my environment for calorie-dense foods.

As the temperature drops, my hunger grows. By November, I’m buttering Fig Newtons.

I also experience a human equivalent of zugunruhe, the fun-to-say word that explains a restlessness that cues birds to migrate. Each autumn I waste hours on my computer shopping for flights south, where surviving winter does seem easier.

Moreover, I relate completely to pre-migration molting, when birds upgrade to sleek new flight feathers. My annual desire to upgrade to faster cross-country skis feels positively constitutional.

Yet, despite my urges to go, here I am, wintering in Lyme, N.H., making the most of it with what I have. I dare say, the adaptations of the birds that also stay here and make do are as awe-inspiring as the aforementioned adaptations of those that go. Take, for instance, the blue jay, whose ability to survive our harsh winters is a cerulean feather in evolution’s cap.

Like the northern cardinal, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch and other species that grace our winters, the blue jay will grow approximately 25 percent

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Gregory Seraus was the top performer for the Redhawks, coming in first place in the 55-meter dash and the 300-meter race. Kai Hillier came in second in the 3,000meter race and fourth in the 1,500.

Drew Buley rounded out the top finishers for CVU, with a first-place placement in the high jump.

For the girls, Grace McNally was fifth in the 600-meter race and Amelia Novak came in fifth in the triple jump event.

more feathers, fluff them to create insulative air pockets and weatherproof them with body oil. In other words, the bird makes itself a parka!

Like humans, birds shiver to generate body heat and maintain temperature. But shivering is energetically expensive. So, during the coldest of periods these birds will involuntarily decrease their heartrate, respiratory rate and body temperature to conserve heat and energy.

Another fascinating adaptation to conserve heat and energy is the countercurrent heat exchange system in birds’ legs. This system enables birds to maintain a body temperature of approximately 100 degrees while their feet are all but frozen.

According to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, a tight network of blood vessels allows for the transfer of heat from blood leaving the body to blood returning to the body so as not to chill the bird or lose significant heat as blood circulates through exposed feet. Moreover, due to birds’ superfast circulation, blood doesn’t stay in their feet long enough to freeze.

While it’s tempting to lump birds into two flocks: those that migrate and those that don’t, according to Phil Brown, bird conservation director at the Harris Center for Conservation Education, we shouldn’t.

“Migration is not one thing, it’s a broader story that varies among and within species,” he said.

According to Brown, even the blue jay will make a mini migration when, as happened last year, certain food crops fail.

Some species are hardwired to migrate, unable to resist the urges and instincts of their evolutionary life history strategy. These birds will go regardless of food availability or weather conditions.

The broad-winged hawk, New England’s most common breeding raptor, will ride thermals, or upward currents of warm air, rising off ridgelines all the way to South America.

While it will touch down to feed along the way, no quantity of prey will convince it to curtail its trip. Other species, Brown says, are more facultative in their strategy. Red-tailed hawks are a good example. Some members of the species will winter in their breeding grounds while other individuals, depending on size, age and sex, will be pushed south.

The dark-eyed junco is even more practical, moving to lower elevations or slightly south for more favorable wintering conditions. Bald eagles will alter their diet based on food availability, eating more carrion (dead animals) than they do during other seasons.

Shivering, eating and napping my way through winter, perhaps

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Educators will gain tools to facilitate classroom discussions on the role and impact of Nazi propaganda during the Holocaust and enable relevant, critical analysis by their students of contemporary

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. WILLIAM FULLER, ET AL. Civil No. 2:21-cv-143-cr NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE In obedience to a Judgment Order, Decree of Foreclosure and Order for Judicial Sale entered on January 7, 2022, and recorded in the Town of Hinesburg, Vermont, for breach of the mortgage as stated therein, and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 11th day of March, 2022 at 2:00 p.m., at the land and premises known as 70 Birchwood Drive, Hinesburg, VT 05461, the said real property and improvements thereon, as further described in said mortgage (the “Property”), will be auctioned, “AS IS, WHERE IS” with no representations or warranties, express or implied, of any kind, subject to all superior liens, if any, to the highest and best bidder for cash.

The legal description of the property foreclosed upon can be found in the mortgage filed in the Town of Hinesburg Land Records and all deeds and instruments of record. The physical address of the property is 70 Birchwood Drive, Hinesburg, VT 05461.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the property at any time prior to the auction by paying the full amount due under the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure, including the costs and expenses of auction.

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Monday Munch returns for Valentine’s Day The next Monday munch at the Charlotte Senior Center is Feb. 14, 212 Ferry Road, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The menu features festive tortellini soup with sausage served with green salad and homemade cookies.

Take-out orders are available and help the environment by bringing your own containers. A $5 donation is appreciated. Check the website in case of last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.

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Carpenter-Carse holds snowy day tea party Bundle up and head to the Carpenter-Carse Library for an outdoor tea party, Saturday, Feb. 12, 11 a.m.- noon.

Make a teacup bird feeder and have fun in the snow making snow cakes with colorful water and muffin and pie tins. Then enjoy something hot to drink and real teacakes and settle into a snowy seat for a teatime story.

Register ahead, so contact jen@ carpentercarse.org or sign up at the circulation desk to reserve a spot.

It’s time for kindergarten registration in Charlotte If your child will be 5 years old

by Sept. 1, they will be eligible to attend kindergarten at Charlotte Central School.

Call Naomi Strada at 802-4256600 or email at nstrada@cvsdvt. org to receive a registration packet.

Registration extends through Friday, Feb. 18.

Register ahead for Age Well meals

Charlotte ski, ride The Age Well meal pickup for program needs equipment

Thursday, Feb. 17 is from 11 a.m. to noon, Charlotte Senior Center is Feb. 14, 212 Ferry Road, and features spaghetti and meatballs with marinara sauce and parmesan cheese, spinach, dinner roll, grapes and milk.

Pre-register by Monday, Feb. 14, with Lori York, 802-425-6371 or lyork@charlotteseniorcentervt. org Feb. 24 features oven-fried chicken breast, red mashed potatoes, Capri vegetables, dinner roll, pumpkin pudding with cream and milk. Register by Feb. 21.

The meal on March 3 — register by Feb. 28 — is beef stroganoff with sour cream, egg noodles, broccoli florets, cauliflower, dinner roll, strawberry shortcake and milk.

Check the website for last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.

Oscar film screening features ‘King Richard’ Enjoy a screening of “King Richard” Thursday Feb. 10, 1-3 p.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road.

In the film, Will Smith plays the determined father of Venus and Serena Williams as he relentlessly drives his young daughters to become tennis superstars.

Screenings are free, but registration is required as there is limited

Do you have ski or snowboard equipment you are not using? Then the Charlotte ski and ride program wants to hear from you.

One of the ways to keep these sports inexpensive is through the donation and lending of equipment.

The program, for kids kindergarten to eighth grade, is especially in need of boots, skis and small snowboards for young children, but skis and boards for older children are also needed.

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Student milestones Lucy Mathews of Hinesburg was named to St. Lawrence University’s fall 2021 dean’s list.

The following University of Rhode Island students made the fall 2021 dean’s list: Emma Bissonette, Hinesburg; Abby Ferrara, Hinesburg; and Genevie Lemieux, Charlotte.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized Jakob Holm of Charlotte for being named to the fall dean’s list.

Angela Fortin of Charlotte was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2021 semester at Quinnipiac University.

Sophia Kehr of Charlotte was named to the fall 2021 dean’s list at Hartwick College.

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Included herein is any interest of the within Grantor in and to the property conveyed or leased by Frederick W. Baldwin to Isaac Higbee and Lyman F. Clark, Deacons of the Congregational Church in Hinesburg by instrument dated May 11, 1841, of record in Volume 11, Page 250 of the Hinesburg land records; the property conveyed by Rosamond A. Harris to the Congregational Church and Society by instrument dated May 14, 1913, of record in Volume 22, Page 381 of the Hinesburg land records; the property conveyed by Dwight Eddy and Mary Barnum Eddy to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Incorporated, by warranty deed dated September 22, 1945, of record in Volume 28, Page 216 of the Hinesburg land records; and by lease of the Congregational Church and Society to the Town of Hinesburg dated March 2, 1979, of record in Volume 43, Page 258 of the Hinesburg land records.

Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1061, this notice is posted at three regular posting places in the Town of Hinesburg and published in the Hinesburg Citizen, a newspaper of general circulation within the Town of Hinesburg on February 10, 2022.

If a petition signed by 5% of the legal voters of the Town of Hinesburg objecting to this conveyance is presented to the Town Clerk within 30 days of the date of the posting and publication of this notice, then the Town will cause the question of whether to sell the property as set forth above at a special or annual meeting called for that purpose.

The Selectboard has authorized the Selectboard Chair to effectuate the conveyances, unless a petition in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1061 (a) is presented to the Town Clerk by 4:00 PM on March 14, 2022.

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR BIDS, NOR AN OFFER TO SELL THIS REAL ESTATE TO ANY PERSON ON ANY PARTICULAR TERMS OR CONDITIONS. Dated at Hinesburg, Vermont, this 2nd day of February, 2022.

By: /s/___________________________________ Merrily Lovell Selectboard Chairperson

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Bide your time for a week or two until you can spend time with a special someone.

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July 23 - Aug. 23 Leo, bring people together is your specialty. Put your talents to use and encourage friends and family to get together for some fun. The party will be welcomed by all.

VIRGO

April 21 - May 21 Taurus, craft an eclectic guest list for an upcoming party you’re hosting. The more points of view you can hear, the more engaging the event will be.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Gemini, a loved one needs you and you’re the right person for the job. Find a way you can lend a hand. Your efforts won’t go unnoticed and pitching in will prove its own reward.

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Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 Someone in your life could be at a crossroads, Virgo.

Lend an open ear if he or she needs to talk. Your support will be well-received and recriprocated when the time comes.

LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 Libra, your talents will be in high demand in the days and weeks ahead. Take things one task at a time and embrace the responsibility and trust.

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June 22 - July 22 Cancer, you may need to tighten the purse strings in the days ahead. Limit purchases only to the necessities for the next few weeks until you feel more secure.

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Scorpio, you usually are outgoing, but this week you may feel shy and reserved.

Stick closer to home if you’re not feeling the social scene right now.

SUDOKU Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Sagittarius, now is the time to spread a little good cheer.

Let others know how much you care and encourage them to do the same. This will have a positive effect on everyone’s mood.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Activities that have you working in a group go as planned, Capricorn. Your willingness to work with others and set a good example is highly valued.

AQUARIUS Jan. 21 - Feb. 18 Aquarius, a brief separation from someone special in your life has you feeling melancholy. Surround yourself with friends to brighten your mood as much as possible.

PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20 Treat yourself to a meal at a favorite restaurant or go on a little retail therapy spree. You deserve a little pampering.

CLUES ACROSS 1. One point east of due south 4. City in Maine 10. Inquire too closely 11. Make dirty 12. Small Greek island 14. Bitterly regret 15. Millisecond 16. __ the ante 18. Without value 22. Eurasian ryegrass 23. Authentic 24. Having a mournful quality 26. Not out 27. Salvador __, Spanish artist 28. Cargo (abbr.)

30. This (Spanish) 31. Sino-Soviet block (abbr.)

34. Slang for trucks with trailers 36. Helps you hear 37. Steer a boat 39. British School 40. Genus of olive

41. Computer term (abbr.)

42. Horse gear 48. Give off 50. A type of salt 51. Exposing human vice or folly to ridicule 52. One who watches birds 53. Sailboat 54. A major division of geological time 55. Sodium 56. American state 58. Soak in water 59. Thin decorative covering of fine wood 60. Affirmative

7. A way to address 8. Obstruct 9. Atomic number 45 12. Ill-mannered 13. Opaque gem 17. Indicates before 19. Remove 20. Populous Argentine city 21. More cunning 25. Rich dessert 29. Payment (abbr.)

31. Footwear 32. Famed Alabama city 33. Sheep’s cry 35. Arrogance 38. Clergical vestment 41. Serving no practical CLUES DOWN purpose 1. One of the four seasons 43. An evening party 2. Its sultan is famous 44. Print errors 3. A lens for correcting 45. Not good defective vision in one 46. Egyptian Sun god eye 47. Industrial German city 4. College degree 49. Scottish island 5. Soldiers need it 56. Early multimedia 6. Japanese car 57. Atomic number 18 manufacturer

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