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July 14, 2022

Weekly news coverage for Charlotte and Hinesburg

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House race: Democrats face off Newcomer Evans challenges incumbent Yantachka Chea Waters Evans, a longtime Charlotte journalist, is running against incumbent Rep. Michael Yantachka for the Chittenden 5 House district seat that serves Charlotte and a small slice of Hinesburg.

Yantachka, a 12-year veteran of the House, faces Evans, the former editor of the Charlotte News and reporter for The Citizen, and currently editor of the online newsletter The Charlotte Bridge, in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, Aug. 9. We asked the candidates a series of questions, presented here.

Could you summarize your position on abortion rights and Prop 5, the Reproductive Liberty Amendment? If your position has evolved, please explain.

Chea Waters Evans: My position on abortion rights is simple: abortion is health care, and people who can become pregnant should have the absolute right to control their own health care.

My position on Prop 5 is equally definitive. It’s critical that voters pass this proposal when they vote in the November General Election. I was born one year after Roe v.

Wade passed, so until now I’ve lived my entire life taking abortion rights for granted.

It’s important to give that sense of safety and security to all Vermonters.

My position hasn’t evolved because I’ve See REPRESENTATIVE on page 10

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The Mystic Party Band will entertain Charlotters at the town’s annual party at the Charlotte Town Beach on Saturday.

Charlotte town party, Music at the Beach are back It’s time to party!

The Charlotte Town Beach Party returns Saturday, July 16, 4-8 p.m., so come meet and greet and eat.

The free barbecue features food from local vendors like Fat Cow Farm, Misty Knoll, Stoney Loam Farm, Adams Berry Farm and gelato by Backyard Bistro.

There will be live music by the Mystic Party Band and demonstrations

by Charlotte Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service.

Fortin’s Lawncare and Snowplowing and Ceres Farm will do the grilling.

Bring a favorite potluck dish to share, and bring your own beverages, plates and utensils.

Not allowed: dogs and grumpy people. Allowed: donations for the band.

Music at the Beach Music at the Beach also returns in July and it’s free with a season parking pass or paid day pass.

VSO quartet classical concerts set to the sunset will be held on three consecutive Wednesdays, July 20, July 27 and Aug. 3, and a finale on Aug. 17

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Picnicking starts at 5 p.m. with music at 6 p.m.

Bring your favorite person and picnic dinner. Donations encouraged.

Finish off the season with the a cappella Green Mountain Chorus on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 6 p.m. This fun, buoyant barbershop chorus offers the show for free, but donations are welcome.

All events are weather permitting.

Check for updates on the Charlotte Recreation Facebook page and details available at billandeva@gmavt.net or 802-343-4350.

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Hinesburg honored for forestry Several Vermont tree champions recently were recognized by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program for their stewardship of their community’s forests and trees.

Paul Wieczoreck of Hinesburg won the Hamilton Award which goes to a tree warden who has advanced the goals of urban and community forestry through public education and sustainable forestry practices. As Hinesburg’s tree warden for 20 years, Wieczoreck has guided the removal of hazard trees, led the town’s public tree and ash inventory and advised his town’s planning commission and development review board in both the development of regulations and during the review process of major subdivision applications.

He also organizes volunteers to plant trees on Green Up Day and to inspect and prune trees in the fall to prevent damage from sidewalk snowplows. In addition, he is the president of the Hinesburg Land Trust and led the effort to acquire 291 additional acres for the Hinesburg Town Forest, increasing its size to 1,125 acres.

Chittenden County forester Ethan Tapper won the Practitioner Award recognizing his leadership in the profession and unique contributions to the field of urban and community forestry.

As county forester, Tapper has developed and implemented management plans for many municipal forests, including Indian Brook Park in Essex and Andrews Community Forest in

New town garage in Charlotte?

Less than a month before the state primary vote, the Charlotte Selectboard hopes sending an informational flyer to residents will help their quest to build a new town garage after the old one burned down last winter. Voters are being asked to authorize town spending of $1.5 million, a portion of the total overall cost of $3 million. The other half of the money will be offset by federal pandemic relief funds and highway department savings. For a resident paying taxes on a $500,000 home, their tax increase will be approximately $72, with that price tag decreasing every year for 20 years.

While they have not yet gone out to bid for the project, the selectboard discussed a new design rendering of the garage at its proposed location, the former flea market site between Route 7 and Greenbush Road, and the varying costs of mailing a flyer at its meeting Monday. The selectboard voted to mail the flyers to taxpayers at a total cost not exceeding $2,500 — that includes printing, folding and postage. The estimated printing will be about $1,300 but the board didn’t have solid figures for how much postage would cost.

“We just want to be as clear as we can be with everybody, that’s for sure,” selectboard chair Jim Faulkner said.

Voters should see two articles on their Aug. 9 ballot: the first authorizing the construction of a new garage and the second authorizing $1.5 million in funds.

Richmond. He writes newspaper columns on a regular basis and hosts tree walks and other educational events to educate the public about forestry practices that enhance ecosystem health.

Amanda Garland, Barre City, won the Leader Award.

The Vermont Arbor Day Award was given posthumously to David Raphael, founder of LandWorks, a landscape architectural firm in Panton. This award recognizes an individual who has made a longtime commitment to preserving

and protecting the local urban and community forest.

The Unsung Hero Award was given to John Akielaszek of Montpelier. He developed an emerald ash borer preparedness plan a decade ago, which was invaluable to town officials when the pest was discovered in Montpelier in 2018.

Shelburne and South Burlington were among those towns who earned Tree City USA recognition.

More at vtcommunityforestry. org.

State offers advice for backyard burners With summer now underway, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation reminds Vermonters to follow these guidelines for backyard burning.

Burning some types of materials can release harmful pollution that can affect neighboring prop-

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erties. By following these guidelines, Vermonters can help reduce air pollution and protect human and environmental health.

Backyard burning of brush, deadwood or tree cuttings collected from normal property maintenance is allowed under the air pollution control regulations as long as no public or private nuisance, such as excessive smoke, is created.

Follow these guidelines for a safe burn: • Allow green materials to dry prior to burning.

• Consider wind speed and direction before beginning the burn.

• Postpone burning if atmospheric conditions are not favorable to disperse the smoke — more at bit.ly/3l65UzO. • Ensure the fire burns hot.

• Obtain a local burn permit from the town fire warden. See the fire warden directory at bit.ly/3wm85Eo for your town’s information.

“Our best suggestion is to avoid burning altogether and let the materials decompose naturally,” said John Wakefield, the department’s compliance section chief for the air quality and climate division.

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Mike and Vicki Loner with their daughter Alex at their new inn in Hinesburg.

New Birch and Berry Inn is already drawing a crowd COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

Don’t let the last name fool you. Mike Loner really enjoys company.

So much so that Loner and his family have spent the last two years building a new home from scratch on Mechanicsville Road with the intent of keeping a portion of the house as a little inn, with four bedrooms and a maximum occupancy of eight.

Loner, and his wife Vicki, moved to Vermont in the 1990s “but even way back then were, like, ‘We should open a small bed and breakfast or little inn.’ We’ve always kind of kept an eye out for that,” he said.

Now, they’re living the New England dream — almost. They’re not quite a bed and breakfast, just an inn, since they don’t have food available. But it’s unlikely guests will be disappointed.

The couple moved to Hines-

burg in 2007, but in 2014 “started looking seriously” for property where they could build an inn and home for themselves.

Mike has been on the Hinesburg Selectboard since 2020. Vicki is the chief executive officer at OneCare Vermont They bought the property on Mechanicsville Road, formerly part of the Quinn Farm, just south of the Champlain Valley Union High School.

“It just kind of never really happened until a few years ago,” he said. “This lot became available. I was, like, I think we can do it.

They started the house in summer of 2020, and it’s been a long and winding road since.

“There were a ton of delays,” he said. It was finally finished in April, and the couple got their state certificate of occupancy and a state license to run as an inn.

Named the Birch and Berry Inn, it features four rooms and has a maximum occupancy of eight.

“It’s been going really well,” Loner said.

They’ve been booked since they opened in May and have had more than 20 guests. “So far it’s all word of mouth and Airbnb.”

They’ve had three of the four rooms listed on Airbnb, but they “haven’t listed the fourth room yet, because we’re also getting a lot of local calls — mostly friends or people I’ve known for a while, who are like, ‘Hey, I heard you’re up and running, my mom’s coming in for a week, do you happen to have a room?’ So, we’re trying to make it so we when we get those phone calls, we’re sure we have a room,” he said.

It’s been a bit of an adjustment, but there seems a sense of relief that a dream in the works for more than 20 years is finally materializing.

“It’s been surreal,” Vicki said.

“I remember talking about this when we first moved to Vermont.

Now we’re here.”

Vermont sugarmakers post sweet season Maple production in Vermont grew by 800,000 gallons over the previous year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported.

Vermont maple syrup production in 2022 totaled 2.55 million gallons, and Vermont again led the nation, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Vermont remains the top producing state in the nation.

Vermont maple syrup producers put out 6.65 million maple taps in 2022, an increase of 150,000 over 2021. Yield per tap is estimated to be 0.383 gallon, significantly up from 0.269 gallon from the previous season.

Vermont has led the U.S. in the number of maple taps every year since 1916 and was only out-produced in 1926 and 1918. In 2003 Vermont had 2.12 million taps and

has been steadily increasing to 6.65 million in 2022. Annual production prior to 1935 was typically between 1 million and 1.4 million gallons.

This dropped to around 200,000 to 300,000 gallons in the 1970s.

Since 2003 Vermont’s maple syrup production has increased from around 500,000 gallons to 2.55 million gallons in 2022.

For complete statistics, go to bit.ly/3Obg52a.

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If you’re older, a booster vaccine can mean the difference between a mild or severe COVID infection. Learn more about the COVID booster and why it’s important to be vaccinated.

Call our Helpline at 1-800-642-5119 or visit Vaccine4Vermont.com Helping older Vermonters age well.

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CRIME & COURTS Old firework shuts down trains in Charlotte An expended firework found in a birdhouse next to a path maintained for railroad service vehicles suspended train traffic Monday for several hours.

At about 10:30 a.m. July 11, the Vermont Rail System reported finding a “possible grenade” near the

railway line in Charlotte at Ferry Road.

Vermont State Police suspended freight train traffic for about two hours.

Troopers found the device shaped like the body of a hand grenade, but the bomb squad determined the plas-

tic device had no fusing system and appeared to be the expended remains of a consumer-grade firework.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 802-8787111 or leave an anonymous tip online at vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.

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This expended remain of a firework was found in a birdhouse near the rail line in Charlotte.

July 4 at 9:50 a.m., a 911 hangup on Forest Hedge Road was due to a defunct landline.

July 4 at about 1 p.m., a report of a person picking up what resembled a gun off the ground near the Hinesburg Community School playground turned out to be a teen boy handling an air soft gun.

Police explained that the teen had left school to play with air soft guns with his friends but had forgotten something at the school, returning to fetch it and forgetting the toy gun was with him. Police talked to the youngsters about gun safety and reported that they were “very receptive.”

July 4 at 8:30 p.m., while out monitoring fireworks, police patrolled the Hinesburg Community School where they wrote up a juvenile for

possessing and consuming alcohol. The juvenile was issued court diversion paperwork.

July 5 at 10:15 a.m., a resident on Rigg’s Road accidentally

dialed 911.

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Vermont State Police Blotter July 10, 9:48 p.m., police responded to a three-car accident near 1725 North Road in Hinesburg that resulted in serious injuries.

Police said a jeep driven by Billy Bennet, 43, of Hinesburg, broke down in the road. BJ Bennett, 20, parked close to the jeep, using his headlights to illuminate it in an attempt to get the vehicle back on the road. BJ Bennet was between the vehicles when Valerie Spadaccini, 72, of Hinesburg, who didn’t to see the disabled vehicle in the

road, hit it from behind.

Bennett was pinned between the jeep and his truck and suffered a severe leg injury. Both men were taken to University of Vermont Medical Center.

Spadaccini and her passenger were treated at the scene.

Police said speed or impairment do not appear to be factors in the crash, which remains under investigation. Anyone with information should contact Trooper Brandon Sweet at (802)878-7111.

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OPINION Tragic and cruel – the subjugation of women continues country who copes daily with inequality, sexism and fear.

Today, we are less safe.

Carole Vasta Folley Our president called this ruling “a tragic error” and said, I really do not know where “Let’s be very clear: the health to begin. So, since my previous and life of women in this nation column voiced the value and are now at risk.” humanness of vulnerability, I’ll Agreed. Though start there. I’m afraid, I dispute the word very afraid, angry, “now,” Mr. President, overwhelmed and in as women have long despair. Indeed, it is endured inequities in vulnerable to state these these United States, feelings in print. But at ones that underleast I have the liberty mine and debilitate a to do so, to speak out woman’s economic and not be silenced. security, personal Let’s pray I don’t safety and health. lose that right as well.

Unfortunately, we For those who think Carole Vasta Folley women have had to that’s overdramatic, take what we can get, rest unassured. The including getting paid 84 percent Supreme Court’s recent decision of what men receive for equal to deny a woman’s basic human work. If you’re a man, imagine right to control her own body that income loss simply because and future forewarns further atrocious discrimination to come. of your anatomy. Now, imagine you are one of the 15 million The overturning of Roe v. Wade single mothers in the U.S. is the canary in the minefield of and, just in case life isn’t hard this extremist court. enough, your constitutional right The June 24 decision by to manage your own body is unelected justices eviscerated stripped, impacting your health, my constitutional right to bodily your financial future, your very autonomy. And my daughter’s life. rights and my granddaughter’s Worse is that people of color rights. And every woman in this

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and those in marginalized and low-income communities, who already face barriers to health care thanks to the same people who take our rights, will suffer the most from this heinous Supreme Court decision. So too will people with disabilities and transgender individuals. And, if that’s not enough, women with medically dangerous pregnancies will die. If you’re unsure about that, read what the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has to say about abortion and the treatment for ectopic pregnancies.

Oh, the fairytale that this ruling is all about the sanctity of life. Were that true, it’d mean that those who have hijacked a woman’s bodily autonomy would make it their mission to care about the children who come from those fetuses, right? They’d never allow schoolchildren to be slaughtered because it’s more important they have access to firearms, right? They wouldn’t endorse an immigration policy that puts children in cages, right?

They’d behave as if the lives of women matter and create legislation that feeds children and takes responsibility for the most vulnerable among us, right? And,

certainly, they’d lead in such a way that over a million Americans wouldn’t have had to die from this pandemic. Wouldn’t these be caring for the sanctity of life?

The consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade get more heartbreaking by the day. A 10-year-old rape victim, forced to travel across state lines to have an abortion, went from Ohio to Indiana, where they’re also likely to ban the procedure.

Many states’ bans contain no exceptions for rape or incest survivors. I am an incest survivor and I’m brought to my knees knowing that our government sanctions forced birth. Let one man experience the terror of abuse and see how policy would change.

In the current polarized political landscape, it’s essential to remember that the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade was written by a lifelong Republican and that five of the seven justices who made the case for choice in 1973 were Republican appointed.

Even Reagan, when governor, signed into law one of the broadest abortion laws in the nation.

And federal funding for family planning programs was part of

George H. W. Bush’s landmark legislation, Title X. Polls show the majority of Americans did not want Roe v.

Wade overturned. So, who is leading this attack? I see mostly men, in power, using the faux cloak of “pro-life” and Christianity as their rallying call, all while dismantling democracy.

What’s next on their agenda?

Justice Clarence Thomas advocates the court reconsider rescinding other rights, such as same-sex marriage and access to birth control. The canary is getting louder.

Of course, we women must continue to fight injustices while being aggressed against. A time unhonored oppressive truth. I ask all men who have women in their lives to actively stand against the atrocity of this ruling. To care about this injustice with as much fervor as if they took away your inalienable rights.

Because they will.

Carole Vasta Folley’s column, In Musing, has won awards from the Vermont Press Association, The New England Newspaper and Press Association, and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

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Advocacy group endorses Mudge, Hinsdale, Lyons for Senate He supports zoning regulations that ensure that housing does not outstrip a community’s Andrew Chalnick needs and resources. Currently, Mudge serves on the Charlotte Voices of the Environment Selectboard, where he also is a grassroots group of Chittenserves as a liaison to the energy den County residents concerned and conservation committees. about the world that we are We are confident that he will leaving to future generations. fight to protect and preserve VOTE’s mission is to advocate the natural resources in South for policies, actions and candiBurlington and other towns in dates that will help mitigate the Chittenden Southeast Senate climate change and protect the district and environment. elsewhere in We sent each the state. We VOTE’s mission is of the candidates know from his in the Chittento advocate for answers to our den Southeast questions and Senate race a policies, actions and from meeting set of questions. with him that Candidates candidates that will he understands responded and what is at stake their responses help mitigate if we continue are posted in full to cut down at voices-enviclimate change trees and pave ronment-sb.com. over meadPlease join and protect ows. Mudge Voices of the knows the Environment in the environment. benefits open voting for Lewis lands provide Mudge, Kesha Ram Hinsdale in mitigating the effects of and Ginny Lyons in the primary climate change. He will bring election on Tuesday, Aug. 9. a much-needed fresh approach Lewis Mudge’s positions on in state legislation to stem addressing the climate crisis and the ever-increasing loss of preserving the natural environVermont’s natural lands, and ment are aligned with ours. He at the same time improve the wants to prevent further forest economic conditions of the averfragmentation, maximize weatherization for the most vulnerable, age Vermonter.

Ginny Lyons brings years of cut out loopholes for biofuels, experience as a senator reprelimit waste going into our landsenting our district. She has long fills, build affordable housing listened to the experts behind with maximum efficiencies in the science of the climate crisis urban areas while preserving and helped lead the charge for existing open space, reduce renewable generation, transporrunoff into Lake Champlain through best practices and incen- tation alternatives, energy efficiency, weatherization, land use tives and enact carbon pricing planning, the reduction of fossil which leads to both economic fuel use and the growing health and climate benefit.

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issues related to climate change.

As the chair of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Lyons has sponsored several bills focusing on environmental justice, including a renewable energy economy bill, a bill banning bisphenol A (BPA) in consumer products and the first greenhouse gas reduction goals for the state.

She supports the principles of smart growth and the need for communities to be zoned properly encouraging village and town core development for mixed housing of all types.

She believes municipalities need to plan land use together through the Chittenden County Regional Planning Committee.

She is a member of the Lake Champlain Advisory Committee and has been a tireless advocate for cleaning up the pollutants upstream by working with the agricultural department to create buffer zones to prevent pollution discharge into the tributaries and Lake Champlain.

Lyons co-sponsored Prop 5, the constitutional amendment for

reproductive liberty, supports the Global Warming Solutions Act, the bottle bill and the clean heat standard bill and continues to advocate for placing a price on carbon.

Kesha Ram Hinsdale’s legislative record proves her grasp of the related crises of climate change and environmental degradation. She co-authored the recently passed environmental justice law and is a vocal supporter of measures that would increase our resilience to climate change, including a just transition for home heating fuels, establishment of a civilian climate corps and critical investments in electric grid hardening.

Ram Hinsdale supports numerous pending pieces of legislation focused on similar issues, including a Senate bill (S. 234) that would prevent the dismantling of Act 250, a House bill (H.715) to establish a clean heat standard, and a House bill (H.175) to expand Vermont’s bottle bill.

She is a champion for human health, co-sponsoring a bill

Congregational leaders offer opposition to Dobbs To the Editor: As Christians in the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ, we oppose the Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs. Wade. We believe that God is the creator of all living beings and things, and that all human beings are created with the gift of free will and are of equal

value.

We believe that all people have a right to determine what one does with one’s own body, recognizing the difficult and painful yet life-supporting and sustaining necessity in making the decision to have an abortion.

This is a statement rooted in our Christian faith that opposes any policy, precedent, statement or law that limits a human being’s right to bodily autonomy, determination, dignity and respect.

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Ram Hinsdale recognizes that Vermont’s housing crisis is intertwined with the environmental crisis, co-authoring a bill (S.226) that calls for transit-oriented, inclusionary housing in neighborhood development areas, in addition to grants for first-generation homebuyers and repairs for mobile homes to help increase and sustain our workforce while preserving our remaining natural resources. If re-elected, she would work to restore blighted properties in downtowns and village centers while preserving essential green space.

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Therefore, we stand with all women and people who can become pregnant in their right to choose, as we continue as followers of Jesus Christ, children of God, and members and friends of the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ to actively work together to answer our Christian call to love one another.

Matt Van Wagner, deacon, College Street Congregational Church, South Burlington Rev. Kevin Goldenbogen, Charlotte Congregational Church, Charlotte Rev. Susan Cooke Kittredge, Charlotte Congregational Church, Charlotte Hadley Bunting, Charlotte Congregational Church, Charlotte Rick and Sally Kerschner, Charlotte Congregational On behalf of the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ

Vote Phil Pouech for state representative To the Editor: I’ve known Phil Pouech since our sons attended the local schools together, as members of the United Church of Hinesburg, and as Hinesburg Selectboard See LETTERS on page 7

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Sheriff’s department warns of phone scam The Chittenden County Sheriff’s Department is warning of a phone scam where someone is impersonating one of its deputies.

“Multiple residents have reported getting calls from Det. Sgt. Brian Welch about missing jury duty. While Sgt. Welch is a deputy in our department, he nor any other representative of the sheriff’s department would reach out via phone,” according to a press release.

According to the reports, the “deputy” told them they could pay for their outstand-

ing warrant over the phone with gift cards.

The department reminds the public to hang up the phone when getting such calls, and not provide any personal information such as date of birth, social security number or credit card information.

The sheriff’s office would never ask for money for any reason and urges people to report these incidents to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office at 800-649-2424 or 802-656-3183. Contact the sheriff at 802-863-4341 with questions.

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continued from page 6 members. Pouech chaired that board for five years and is still a selectboard member.

He serves and has served in various leadership roles at the United Church, including more than 15 years on the church council, steering committee and trustee treasurer. He’s organized Hinesburg’s Green Up Day activities for more than 20 years and prior to his retirement last year, he held management positions at NRG Systems in Hinesburg and AllEarth Renewables in Williston.

Pouech is a respected and effective leader and representative.

There are some fundamental qualities that I look for in a candidate: • Respect everyone: We all come from a unique set of life experiences.

• Listen: Empathize and hear what others are saying.

• Share information: Keep people informed and share your opinion.

• Be thoughtful: Consider input from all sources when making decisions.

• Be trustworthy: Don’t deceive or misrepresent and do what you say.

• Do the work: Study and understand the issues and the implications of your actions.

• Be organized: Bring people together.

• Lead: Good leadership results from having and applying these qualities.

Phil Pouech checks all the boxes and will be an effective and respected state representative. Please join me in voting for him in the primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 9, and in the General Election Nov. 8.

Jonathan Trefry Hinesburg

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COMMUNITY Community Notes Need a boost? Free vax clinics in June There is a free, walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic with Garnet Healthcare at the Charlotte Senior Center Tuesday, July 26, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

No appointment is necessary.

Vaccines and boosters are available for pediatric Pfizer (ages 5-11), and adult Pfizer (12 and up) and Moderna (18 and up).

The newly approved COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 years will also be available.

Buck Hollers tonight on library lawn Don’t forget that tonight, Thursday, July 14, 5-7 p.m., the Buck Hollers headline Grange on the Green on the lawn of the Charlotte Library.

The band features sweet harmonies, head-turning a capellas, soulful R&B, witty lyrics, rollicking Irish tunes, and more.

Check social media for any last-minute rain delays.

Upcoming Red Cross blood drives Upcoming Red Cross blood drives include: St. Catherine of Siena, 72 Church St., Shelburne, Tuesday, July 19, 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Vibrant Church, 2025 Williston Road, South Burlington, Monday, Aug. 1, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

CVU instructor a finalist for Teacher of the Year Abbie Bowker, a visual art teacher at Champlain Valley Union High School in the Champlain Valley School District, is one of four finalists for the 2023 Vermont Teacher of the Year through the Vermont Agency of Education.

“It is my goal to educate the field and the public on the benefits of cognitive choice in education, the power of harnessing student interest, and identifying values and systems that align with and help support student choice and voice,” said Bowker when asked what she would share with her colleagues.

Other finalists include Amy Clapp, an elementary school teacher at Salisbury Community School in the Addison Central School District; Aziza Malik, an elementary school teacher at Champlain Elementary School in the Burlington School District; and Robyn Newton, a physical education teacher at Vergennes Union Elementary School in the Addison Northwest School District.

The winner will be announced early next school year.

Finalists are selected by a review committee of Vermont teachers of the year, from an applicant pool of outstanding teachers nominated by each school district in Vermont and other educators nominated directly for the honor.

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Here’s the rest of the summer lineup: • July 21: A House on Fire • July 28: Barbie-N-Bones • August 4: Quadra + Fireworks display

Vermont PR firm grows by two To recent University of Vermont graduates have joined Junapr, a Vermont public relations firm based in Charlotte.

Rose Kaufmann and Josie Gingold, former Junapr interns have joined the firm.

As marketing and team coordinator, Kaufmann will take develop social media marketing strategies, manage Junapr’s external marketing efforts, and overseeing internal communications. At university she was a contributing writer, editor and social media committee member of the student-run organization, Her Campus, and she interned at the non-profit Hannah’s House.

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Aktkinson and Gurwitz will also preview the upcoming Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival, benefitting local cancer survivors, that takes place Sunday, Aug. 7.

Register by Monday, July 25.

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

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Obituary Barbara B. Lewis Barbara Ann Berg Lewis, 87, a beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, teacher, wife and friend, died peacefully on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at the University of Vermont Medical Center from chronic medical conditions.

Barbara graduated summa cum laude from Mount Holyoke College, majoring in chemistry, and remained sharp up to the end of her life. She loved reading and read almost every mystery novel from the Pierson Library in Shelburne.

She will be remembered her for her incredible courage, determination and never-ending love and support for her family and friends.

Barbara lived a full life. She was born on April 24, 1935, in Newark, N.J., to John F. and Mildred (Pearl) S. Berg and was raised with her sister Millie in Maplewood, N.J. She graduated from Columbia High School and went to Mount Holyoke where she excelled in her studies and formed lifelong friendships. After marrying John Lewis in 1957, and after the birth of their three children, she completed graduate studies in teaching and earned a master’s degree from the University of Vermont.

Barbara first worked at Smith Kline and French in Philadelphia, supporting her family as a chemist while her husband was in medical school. After the family moved

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to Charlotte in 1968, she worked at Champlain Valley Union High School and taught chemistry for a decade, where she won Vermont Teacher of the Year and was invited to attend an award dinner at the White House.

She also won the Timm Award from New England Chemistry Teachers in 1990. Later, Barbara moved to higher education and taught chemistry at St. Michaels, Norwich University and the University of Vermont. After she and John moved to Colorado for a decade and a half in 1994, she taught chemistry at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

Barbara loved Vermont and was an avid volunteer and gave many tours at Shelburne Farms.

She and John traveled widely and saw all the continents of the

world, often traveling with The Slapdash Crew: four of their closest college friends. She also thoroughly enjoyed watching her grandkids play basketball, soccer and volleyball, as well as attending their many extraordinary musical performances.

Barbara was predeceased by her daughter, Jeanette, and her parents.

She is survived by her husband, John; her daughters, Judy Lewis Pugliese and Jacquie Lewis-Wang and their spouses, Sam Pugliese and Qiang (John) Wang; her grandchildren, Annabella and Antonio Pugliese and Sophia and Phillip Wang; sister, Millie Cunningham; nephews, Derek and Bob Cunningham; and a large and loving extended family and friend group in Vermont and beyond.

Barbara, mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, teacher and wife will be dearly missed for her constant caring, love, understanding and support. She was the social networker, organizer and memory bank for her family, and her intelligence and spirit will be missed dearly.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at the Charlotte Congregational Church, 403 Churchill Road in Charlotte.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Pierson Library (piersonlibrary.org) in the memory of Barbara Lewis.

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always believed in the right to reproductive freedom.

Rep. Mike Yantachka: I support the right of a woman to make her own reproductive choices. I voted for H.57 (Act 47 of 2019) preserving the right to abortion. I also voted for Prop 5 that year. In February 2022 as Prop 5 came up for a vote, there was more controversy around this constitutional amendment that gave me concern.

I felt the amendment was overly broad and voted against Prop 5.

As a result of the criticism I received on this issue from my constituents and the arguments presented as to why Prop 5 is important to guarantee reproductive autonomy without interference from the state, I reevaluated my rationale and came to the conclusion that I should have voted for Prop 5 the second time. Reproduction is a personal choice that cannot or should not be interfered with, trusting that each woman is capable of determining what is best for her.

How far should the state go in addressing climate change? What initiatives do you support that will move the state’s energy grid toward sustainable sources of energy? Do you support the clean heat standard, and if so, how will you ensure that middle-income Vermonters aren’t hit with massive increases in home heating costs and weatherization requirements? Did it concern you that lawmakers seemed unable to explain how the standard would affect Vermonters financially?

Yantachka: Climate change is an existential threat to our lives and to the future of humanity. It is happening now and will only get worse without effective measures to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

We have to do all we can to reduce those emissions, 75 percent of which are generated primarily from fossil fuel use in transportation and heating in Vermont.

In contrast, our electricity generation is 65 percent renewable and is on track to become 75 percent clean by 2032. We must take measures like weatherization of our homes and using electricity driven heat pumps to reduce our heating dependence on fossil fuels, and we must help Vermonters heavily dependent on personal transportation to move to more fuel-efficient vehicles, including EVs and hybrids.

Vermonters are already being hit hard by high and volatile fossil fuel prices.

The clean heat standard is a way to help Vermonters transition to cleaner heating technologies with the assistance of fossil fuel suppliers. The clean heat standard bill (H.715) tasked the Public Utility Commission and the Department of Public Service to define the criteria obligating fossil fuel suppliers to help with the transition. The bill had special provisions to help inoculate low- and moderate-income households from untenable cost increases. The increased costs of fossil fuels due to the clean heat standard, however, would be nowhere near the cost increases we have seen since February, which are generating huge profits for fossil fuel companies at the expense of the American people and economy.

in 2021, has a provision that allows small telecom providers like WCVT to have access to federal funds for broadband. I have been working with WCVT and the Charlotte Selectboard to access funding to complete fiber cable buildout throughout the rest of Charlotte.

Currently, Vermont state lawmakers earn $774 weekly during the legislative session, with no health care benefits, for an annual base pay around $13,932. Do you think this prevents some Vermonters from serving and results in less diversity of thought in the Legislature? Should pay be increased?

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Evans: The Global Warming Solutions act of 2020 requires Vermont to reduce greenhouse gas pollution incrementally, at pre-determined levels, until 2050. The first goal, 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, is fast approaching. The state should address climate change, at the bare minimum, by meeting those mandates, which they’re legally obligated to do.

The last legislative session attempted to do so, but ultimately it didn’t pass, by a small margin. I think the progress made with that failed bill is actually a great opportunity to move forward with another one that addresses the issues raised with this question.

I support the clean heat standard as a concept, and I think modeling the progression in reduction after other states’ successful plans is a great way to get started, but I also think Vermont has a unique population and geography, and it’s important for lawmakers to be more specific and transparent about the costs associated with this plan and to investigate rigorously if and how those costs will be passed on to homeowners and small businesses.

The Legislature needs to get further into the weeds on costs and the day-to-day details and specifics of how the financial aspect of this bill would work. Then they need to pass that information on openly and honestly to their constituents. It’s important to strike a balance between protecting the Earth and the realities of lower-income Vermonters who are already struggling with fuel and heating costs.

in the state. We all know, though, that the situation is more complicated than that.

• Money. People are worried about a recession coming in the next year or so.

We’re facing possible tax increases here in Charlotte for schools and a town garage in the coming years. Raising taxes, whether it’s on a state or town level, exacerbates that stress, but the after-effects of the pandemic mean a lot of people need a lot of help right now. Instead of raising taxes every year and throwing money at challenges, I think there’s potential to work smarter, maximize the use of federal relief funds on practical expenses, and at the same time continue to spend our money on education and helping Vermonters who need it.

• The environment, our lake, and our land. The big question is this: How does Vermont, and Charlotte, move into the future, accommodate a higher population, support seniors and young families, while also conserving and protecting our land and the lake, which is what makes this place so special? Careful development in practical places, maintaining town plans, protecting wetlands, and continuing to focus on creative and sustainable energy solutions will help.

What are the top three issues facing Charlotte and how would you propose to address them?

Evans: For the past decade, as a local journalist, I’ve spent a lot of time talking to Charlotte and Hinesburg residents about their communities. This is what I’ve seen come up time and time again, and here’s how I think we can address it.

• Housing. It’s important that the state find a way to help communities plan neighborhoods and housing that accommodate an economically diverse population without placing the burden of expense on taxpayers. Support and education for planning and zoning boards and employees would help, as would continuing the careful work of refining and updating Act 250. News stories about our town are quick to point out that Charlotte is one of the most affluent towns

Yantachka: Charlotte is a very wonderful community but has very little to offer in affordable housing. I hope that our village centers will be able to host more affordable housing options while maintaining our rural character. Charlotte residents will have an opportunity to present their vision of what Charlotte should be when the Community Heart and Soul project under consideration by the Charlotte Community Partners kicks off.

A second issue is maintaining a profitable agricultural base that helps maintain our rural character. I sponsored the agritourism bill (H.89, Act 31 of 2021) with 49 cosponsors — Democrats, Republicans, Progressives and Independents — which limits the liability of farms engaged in agritourism. This provides another source of income from participating farms aside from their regular operations. Several farms in Charlotte are beneficiaries, including Philo Ridge and Sweet Roots.

A third issue I think is important is making sure that every Charlotte resident has access to high-speed broadband. The Vermont Community Broadband bill, which was developed by my committee

Yantachka: Since legislators get paid only from January to about mid-May, it is difficult for younger individuals who must support a family to both serve and maintain a job that pays for living expenses. A pay increase would help, but the challenge would remain depending on flexibility of employers or the ability of the individual to support themselves.

As for diversity of thought, the 150 members of the House put a lot of thought and study into issues and hear from every conceivable side of every issue through the committee process. Dialog is open and robust, and new ideas are exchanged not only formally but through the many caucuses one can participate in. I am a member of the Climate Solutions Caucus, the Rural Economic Development Working Group, the Working Vermonters Caucus, the Social Equity Caucus and the Tourism Caucus. All attempt to collaborate across demographic and party lines to propose policies that committees can consider.

Evans: When I decided to run, someone told me that in the Vermont Legislature, everyone is either retired or independently wealthy. As a single mom who is neither of these things but is fortunate enough to have the financial and employment flexibility this job requires, I see how the current compensation model can exclude many voices that should be heard as we move forward as a state. Those voices include people of color, women, LGBTQ+ Vermonters, and economically diverse people who are less likely to fall into those rich or retired categories.

If more money isn’t the solution, which it might be, the sticky problem of giving oneself a raise might be avoided if the Legislature voted to increase the pay a period of years from now, when many current legislators might have moved on or retired. It’s also possible to provide an avenue for benefits, like health insurance, which wouldn’t increase the taxpayer burden much but would allow legislators to take other jobs that have more flexibility.

The governor signed the Legislature’s new education formula into law, which could mean the Champlain Valley School District will have to face tough choices in coming years, either hefty spending increases, cuts to the education system, or a combination of both. How would you explain to a voter/taxpayer your See REPRESENTATIVE on page 11

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support or opposition to this measure?

Evans: I would say I support it, but with an asterisk — the same asterisk that Gov. Phil Scott mentioned when he signed the bill. For one thing, more money doesn’t always mean progress, so a clearly defined accountability system needs to be implemented with the allocation of those funds.

Also, there are no guidelines or requirements to use that money specifically for student programs like direct support for English learners, rural or low-income students. That should exist to ensure that the money is doing what the Legislature intended.

It’s important that those who have more lift those who have less; Vermont, correctly, has a long history of making sure that education spending is equitable.

Charlotte has often been put in the position of providing proportionately more support.

I think school districts around the state would do well to operate as transparently and openly as possible about how they plan to spend that money, and to show after the fact exactly what they used it for. I think this would be a terrific idea for all school budget items; if something isn’t working the way we thought it would or should, it’s OK to try something new. This is what we teach our kids in school, anyway!

Yantachka: I voted for the bill that bases the new funding formula on pupil weighting. This system assigns more weight to students who are from low-income families, English language learners and small rural districts. This is because the cost of educating those students to their potential are higher. The Champlain Valley School District is fortunate to have fewer students who fall into those categories, and so will have a smaller cut of the education pie.

It is important to remember that it is the constitutional responsibility of the state to provide an equitable education to all Vermont students, that the amount of education spending is determined at the local level with input from voters in each school district, and it is the obligation of the state to provide the revenues necessary to fund the budgets that were passed by voters. Achieving equity is always challenging and requires give and take. Hopefully, it results in a system that is fair as well as beneficial to all students.

Why should voters pick you over your opponent?

Yantachka: I stand on my record. I have represented my

district of Charlotte and part of Hinesburg effectively for 12 years. I believe I have represented it well and contributed to a better, safer, more prosperous, cleaner and healthier Vermont. While my work as a member of the House Committee on Energy and Technology focuses on energy, the environment and telecommunications, I have not neglected other needs and concerns of our people, especially working families.

The endorsements of Vermont Conservation Voters, Rights & Democracy, and the Vermont State Employees Association are acknowledgements of my work.

With the support of the voters of Charlotte and Hinesburg I hope to continue this work for the next two years.

Evans: I have a forward-thinking mindset. I’m a working parent with children in school and my mother lives here, too. I understand distinctly not only the challenges of families today, and those facing seniors in our community, but the challenges the next generation is going to face. I’ve got a vested interest in Charlotte from all those points of view.

You know what’s uncomfortable? Being a reporter in the

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same town where you live. It’s not always fun to go to the post office or town hall or Rotary meeting and bump into someone you just wrote a story about. But it’s also been fun and rewarding — growth happens in uncomfortable circumstances. I have the thick skin and the curious nature to represent the heck out

of Charlotte and Hinesburg in the Statehouse.

I think by now, people know that even when it’s not pleasant, I’m going to stand up for what’s important to Charlotters and I’m going to be open and transparent about the process.

After years of reporting, I know a bit about a lot. I know this

district well, and I know what’s important to people. Also, for better or worse, I think people know by now that I stand up for what I think is right, that I’m open to listening to people’s opinions, even when they differ from my own, and I know when my own opinions need to take a back seat for the greater good.

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ly made reports about the same individual, who perhaps had some mental health issues and was allegedly harassing customers and staff. Police arrived, determined that the person was not a threat, nor had they harmed anyone, and waited until they got a ride.

July 6 at 2 p.m., police checked the well-being of a resident on North Road to find them at home and doing just fine.

July 6 at 5:15 p.m., police assisted medical personnel on Green Street who were transporting to the hospital an individual who, in the past, has been aggressive toward first responders. There were no incidents.

July 7 at 11:55 a.m., a false alarm went off at Champlain Valley Union High School.

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July 9 at 12:45 p.m., a false alarm went off at a residence on Farmall Drive.

July 9 at 5 p.m., the manager of Kinney Drugs on Route 116 reported someone in the store appeared to be “out of it and confused,” perhaps intoxicated or struggling with some mental health issues, but the person had left the scene by the time police arrived. State police picked up the case.

July 10 at 10 p.m., a three-car crash on North Road left two people injured and needing hospitalization. Police reported that the first car had broken down and while the occupants were attempting to get it back onto the roadway, a passing car hit one of the individuals, then was struck by a third car.

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Protect nesting loons: Enjoy them from a safe distance Few birding experiences rival hearing the haunting call of the loon or seeing them glide by in protected coves on a lake.

Boaters and anglers, however, should remember to enjoy loons from a safe distance.

“Loons were removed from Vermont’s endangered species list in 2005, but they face continued threats from human disturbance during the breeding season and ingestion of fishing gear,” Doug Morin, wildlife biologist with Vermont Fish and Wildlife, said.

“Many areas where loons nest on Vermont’s lakes are surrounded by signs reminding people to give loons the space they need, but not all nesting areas are marked,” he said. “Enjoy loons from a distance rather than approaching them, whether you are in a boat or on shore.”

Anglers should also avoid lead fishing tackle, Morin said.

Every year Vermont loons die from lead poisoning after swallowing fishing tackle.

Lead sinkers weighing one-half ounce or less are prohibited in Vermont, but larger tackle still has the capacity to slough off lead into the environment over time. Morin also recommends anglers to be careful to not attract loons to bait and lures, and especially to not leave any fishing line behind as it can entangle and kill loons.

Eric Hanson oversees the Loon Conservation Project for the Vermont Center for Ecostudies in partnership with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. He and his colleagues monitor Vermont’s loon popu-

Help monitor loon populations Volunteers interested in monitoring loons for the Loon Conservation Project should contact Hanson at loon@vtecostudies.org. Volunteers can monitor lakes all summer long with a focus on lakes with loon pairs and nesting.

Volunteers can also survey one or two lakes on Loonwatch Day, being held July 16 this year, between 8 and 9 a.m. The goal is to survey all lakes greater than 20 acres at the same time, which provides a population count and checks on small lakes that are surveyed less often during the rest of year.

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Loons nesting along lake shorelines are susceptible to human disturbance, and their nests can be flooded and destroyed by motorboat wakes.

lation and have put out game cameras around loon nests to monitor the behavior of people around them.

Hanson says most people are respectful of nesting loons and give them space, but people sometimes inadvertently harm loons without meaning to.

“Loon chicks can be difficult to see, so we ask motorboaters to note where loon families are and to avoid those areas,” said

Hanson. “We also ask that motorboaters obey ‘no wake’ laws within 200 feet of shorelines because boat wakes can flood and destroy shoreline loon nests.”

As Vermont’s loon population continues to increase and canoeing and kayaking continues to become more popular, there is greater potential for people to come into conflict with loons.

Hanson reminds boaters to avoid pursu-

ing loons in a canoe or kayak, especially loons with young.

“Occasionally a loon will be curious and approach people and if that happens, just enjoy it,” said Hanson. “However, loons that are constantly swimming away from you are stressed and may abandon their young if they feel they are in danger.”

Hanson also urges shoreline property owners to maintain appropriate habitat for loons, including a forested area along shorelines where loons can nest. Having shrubs and trees instead of lawns along shorelines also improves water quality which is essential for healthy lakes and loons.

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