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Wastewater rates going up this year Hinesburg residents are set to see a significant hike in their wastewater rates this year — and in the coming years — as the town works to address debt repayment for the treatment plant replacement project. The town selectboard during its meeting on July 20, approved a 3.7 percent increase in the water and wastewater budget that
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will include annual increases to customers’ wastewater rates of anywhere from $120 to $145 per year, officials said. Those rates are expected to continue increasing over the next several years. The rate hike “is largely the result of the new wastewater treatment facility project,” selectboard chair Merilly Lovell said. Voters in 2020 approved an $11.7 million See WASTEWATER on page 3
VT state’s attorneys endorse Ted Kenney Saying it was time for a change in protecting the public, four current and former Vermont state’s attorneys endorsed Ted Kenney Monday afternoon in the primary contest for the Chittenden County State’s Attorney. Current state’s attorneys James Hughes (Franklin County) and Douglas DiSabito (Grand Isle County), as well as former Chittenden County state’s attorneys Lauren Bowerman and Bob Simpson, issued a joint statement supporting Kenney in the Aug. 9 Democratic primary.
All four are Democrats. It is unusual for sitting state’s attorneys to endorse a candidate in another county in a contested primary. The group is familiar with the work of Kenney, who has been a lawyer for 30 years and served most recently as a divisional chief for the Vermont Attorney General’s Office. Kenney previously had a private law practice in Colchester. “The state’s attorney is a counSee ATTORNEY on page 4
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Vermont Mittens, Outright Vermont partner to help LGBTQ community KATHERINE IZADI COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE
Vermont Mittens and Outright Vermont have joined forces to raise money for local LGBTQ youth through a new donation effort amid a surge of laws targeting the community. Vermont Mittens founder Jen Ellis — who earned national attention for crafting mittens worn by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders during President Joe Biden’s inauguration — promises to donate a portion of every sale of mittens to the Burlington LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit. “I can’t wait to see how we can harness this partnership together for powerful human connection and social change,” said Ellis, an elementary school teacher and a member of the LGBTQ community. More than half of the states in the U.S. lack laws protecting individuals from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, according to The Trevor Project, a nonprofit focusing on suicide prevention among LGBTQ people. The group also reports that 45 percent of LGBTQ youth have seriously considered suicide, a rate that’s higher among youth of color, and that one in five transgender and nonbinary youth tried to take their own life in the past year. The partnership began June 1 and will last at least one year. Vermont Mittens is a sister brand of Vermont Teddy Bear Company, which Ellis partnered with last year to mass produce her viral mittens. Together, the organizations hope to bring national awareness to the importance of caring about marginalized, at-risk youth. “People may think, ‘I don’t need this, or this is not for me’ and the truth of the matter is that it’s going to take us all to change the world that we’re living to benefit everybody,” Outright Vermont
executive director Dana Kaplan said. Outright hopes to reach visitors of Vermont Teddy Bear Company who may be questioning their identity or gender and to let them and their loved ones know they are not alone, Kaplan said. “We can spread Outright Vermont’s message, not just in Vermont, but outside of Vermont,” said Cassandra Clayton, brand creative design manager for Vermont Teddy Bear Company. “Hopefully get people to think about how they can be allies of the LGBTQ community in their own regions and states.” At least five candidates running for statewide office this year are members of the gay and transgender communities, including U.S. House candidate Becca Balint, Senate candidate Isaac EvansFrantz, gubernatorial candidate Brenda Siegel and state treasurer hopeful Mike Pieciak, all Democrats. U.S. Senate candidate Christina Nolan, a Republican, is also seeking office. Siegel, who, like Pieciak, is running unopposed in the party’s primary, has said she wants to make Vermont a sanctuary state for people fleeing states with active and aggressive anti-LGBTQ laws. She also wants to enshrine those rights in Vermont’s Constitution. Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who is running for re-election, signed a bill last April prohibiting defendants at trial from citing a victim’s gender or sexual orientation as justification for violence. Across the country, people charged with assaults and murders of LGBTQ people have used this strategy to win acquittal in court. This April, Scott also signed a bill streamlining the process for people to change the gender identity on their birth certificates. The law was championed by Rep. Taylor Small, P/D-Winooski, Vermont’s first openly transgender state representative, and allows Vermonters to
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Ride the dragons for charity at festival The 16th Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival, where community teams eagerly paddle 20-person dragon boats to raise money to support cancer survivors, returns Sunday, Aug. 7, 7:30 a.m., to the Burlington waterfront. Despite the pandemic, this year’s festival promises high-energy entertainment like Zumba for paddler warm-up, fast-paced paddling and splashing on the water, musical entertainment Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, along with savory treats from food vendors. Most important, each team will participate in at least two 200-meter races between Splash and the Coast Guard station, cheered on
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by fans. This year fundraising will go to the Cancer Patient Support Foundation, which supports Vermont cancer patients and their families so “all who face cancer can do so with dignity, confidence and serenity.” Since its inception in 2006, the festival has given over $3 million to organizations in the community including Camp Ta Kum Ta, McClure Miller Respite House and Integrative Therapies at the University of Vermont Medical Center Cancer Center. The Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival began in 2004 due to the efforts of founders Linda Dyer, a breast cancer survivor, and her husband, John.
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Convinced that research linking dragon boat paddling improves breast cancer recovery at a time when many doctors advocated rest, the couple began a breast cancer survivor and supporter team in 2006. A highlight of the festival is the mid-day flower ceremony when breast cancer survivors’ teams paddle into a flotilla formation and Dyer shares a few words as survivor Bonnie-Jean Arahonian sings a specially selected song. Paddlers from the water, joined by those on the docks, offer a flower to Lake Champlain in honor of their loved ones. More at dragonheartvermont. org.
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continued from page 1 bond to fund a new facility after the town two years earlier received a discharge permit requiring it to reduce the amount of phosphorus and ammonia in its discharges into the LaPlatte River. Nearly $6.3 million of the bond was forgiven through a “a mix of federal and state grants,” Lovell said. The remaining debt is being financed over 30 years, and the town is expected to pay $33,333 for the first phase of the loan installments. The new rates are “designed so that current users are only covering 50 percent of the expected $33,333 treatment facility phase I loan payment in fiscal year 2023,” Lovell said. “The other 50 percent of the loan payment will be covered by connection and allocation fees collected from new users.” Selectboard members during their meeting said that, as more development projects begin to come online in the village, that fixed cost will be spread out among new customers. There are currently 650 users on the wastewater system. Lovell said that if the “approximately 400 new units planned to be added to the system come to fruition, that would reduce an individual users share of the loan by 40 percent once all of those units were connected.” Nonetheless, rates are expected to continue climbing in the next several years. The town will have to pay annual loan payments of $182,033 once the construction of the plant is complete in either 2025 or 2026, town manager Todd Odit said. “Back when they were discussing the wastewater treatment plant upgrade, users were told to expect about a $360 to $400 annual increase, once all of the debt was on the books and needed to be paid for,” Odit said. “With the proposed increases here, residential customers are looking at an annual increase of $120 to $145, so combined with water, they’re looking at a $150 to $175 increase annually.” Leaving the wastewater fees unchanged would leave the overall water and wastewater budget with “a deficit of about $60,000,” Odit said. “That’s obviously not a good position to be in.” “Had the town started to increase the rates more gradually years ago, it wouldn’t have been more pronounced now, but that’s not where we are,” he said. The new facility, once it’s completed, will reduce phosphorus and ammonia discharge levels, and will also allow the facility to make increased treatment capacity possible, improve water quality and make the building more energy efficient, officials said.
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Shelburne’s Fisher wins second race in July Shelburne’s Kaiden Fisher did it again for the second time this month, winning the Flying Tigers race at Thunder Road at the Times Argus Midseason Championships night July 21. The rookie quickly overtook the field in the 50-lap race. Following the lap 23 caution,
Fisher’s outside had a whole lot of Cameron Ouellette. While Fisher powered away, Ouellette didn’t give in, staying within a car length. By lap 40, a new character arrived on the scene as Sam Caron charged hard on the outside to overtake Ouellette for second. As the final laps clicked away, Caron
gained inches in each corner, but Fisher held his own. Caron got to within one foot of Fisher’s rear bumper in the trip around the high banks, but it still wasn’t enough as Fisher took down his second win of his rookie season in the Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers followed by
Milton’s Caron and Barre’s Ouellette. Derrick Calkins of Hinesburg finished 15th. In other race action that night Cooper Bouchard of Hinesburg placed fifth in the Late Models and Michael Gay of South Burlington was 16th in the Street Stocks.
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continued from page 1 ty’s top law enforcement officer. As such, you are accountable to the community, victims of crime and defendants,” the four said in the joint statement said. “This requires working with all stakeholders to bring about lasting reform and work for justice for everyone.” “In our view, the situation in Chittenden County demonstrates a loss of needed focus on the victims of crime, public safety and the kind of collaboration that will bring about lasting reform,” the statement said. The statement said Kenney “understands that victims, many of whom carry scars for life, need a voice and that offenders need to be held accountable for their crimes while being treated fairly. … He
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Leavensworth Road where a man was injured after accidentally flipping his tractor over onto himself due to a steep slope. He was transported to the hospital with potentially serious injuries. July 20 at 7 a.m., a catalytic converter was reported stolen on North Road, adding to last week’s tally of similar thefts. July 21 at 12:15 p.m., another catalytic converter was reported stolen, this time on Richmond Road. July 21 at 6:30 p.m., at a different address on North Road, another catalytic converter was reported stolen. Police say this makes for six separate locations hit all within the last two weeks. July 22 at 11:30 a.m., an officer went to a residence on Route 116 to do a welfare check. July 23 at 3 p.m., multiple credit cards were reportedly stolen from an unlocked car on Mechanicsville Road. However, the cards were turned into the station the next day by someone who said they found them on the ground. July 23 around 10 p.m., a report of a family fight at Lyman Meadows came in after hours and it was passed onto Vermont State Police who reportedly brought one individual to detox but made no arrests. No injuries were reported.
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Phil Pouech, a candidate along with Christina Deeley, for the Chittenden-4 House seat is not currently chair of the Hinesburg Selectboard as reported last week. Merrily Lovell is the chair.
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OPINION Your vote could dictate direction of criminal justice reform ingly support criminal justice reform and want a public safety system that invests in people Jay Diaz over prisons, and that values the health, dignity and well-being of With Vermont’s primary all. election approaching on Tuesday, For example, when polled Aug. 9, it’s time for many voters last November, more than 70 to decide which candidates are percent of Vermont voters said a best aligned with their values — better way to prevent crime is to and that includes candidates for provide greater access to rehabilcounty prosecutor. itative programs as opposed to Vermont’s elected prosecusending people to prison. More tors, known as state’s attorneys, than 60 percent — and four in have tremendous five Democrats power in our — said they Voters should communities. would be more They choose expect their state’s likely to vote whether someone for candidates gets charged and attorney candidates who supported for what offense; police reform. whether to seek to support a smarter The the maximum University or minimum justice system that of Vermont’s sentence; and Center for whether to prosinvests in people Rural Studies ecute police offireached a simicers and governover prisons. lar conclusion ment officials for in 2020, with misconduct. nearly four in five Vermonters State’s attorneys have nearly supporting a reduction in the unlimited discretion to make number of people incarcerated in decisions that impact the course Vermont through investments in of real peoples’ lives, every day. community-based alternatives. A And they are on the ballot this poll from 2018 — the last year year, with contested primaries state’s attorneys were on the in Chittenden, Washington and ballot — indicated widespread Addison counties. For decades, Vermont’s public public support for candidates who favored alternatives to policing officials — including elected and incarceration. state’s attorneys — have paved So, where do your state’s the way for a system of mass attorney candidates stand on incarceration fueled by over-policing, racism and fearmongering. criminal justice reform today? To improve Vermonters’ understandToday, Vermonters know better. ing of their state’s attorney candiWe consistently and overwhelm-
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dates’ positions, the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont invited each candidate to answer 15 questions on issues impacting local communities — everything from police misconduct and the opioid crisis to racial disparities and mass incarceration. Out of seventeen candidates, only seven responded to the survey: Eva P. Vekos and Tim Lueders (Addison County); Sarah George (Chittenden County); John Lavoie and Zach Weight (Franklin County); Todd A. Shove (Lamoille County); and Michelle Donnelly (Washington County). The remaining candidates refused repeated invitations to respond over a three-week period — underscoring the lack of transparency and accountability common among many prosecutors’ offices. The good news is that, for many survey questions, the
responding candidates aligned with the viewpoints of a majority of Vermonters. All seven respondents pledged to hold traffic fine forgiveness and criminal record expungement clinics within their first year in office. Six of seven candidates agreed to publish policies and data on their office’s actions and would decline to prosecute minors for low-level offenses. Five of seven supported opening overdose prevention sites and other mobile services and agreed to implement Brady lists to track dishonest and biased police. All that is encouraging, particularly because in recent months some public officials have promoted false narratives about public safety to stoke fear and justify a return to failed tough on crime policies. It is important to recognize that these blasts from the past
— built upon racist tropes, the criminalization of poverty and an over-reliance on incarceration — aren’t what Vermonters want. We want solutions to issues such as discriminatory policing, record overdose deaths and chronic underfunding of mental health services — not more punishment. Voters should expect their state’s attorney candidates to reflect their values, and to be transparent about whether they support a smarter justice system that invests in people over prisons. If your candidate refused to respond to our survey, use your voice and ask them directly if they want to maintain the failed policies of the past or move Vermont closer to a more just, equitable, and holistic public safety system. Jay Diaz is general counsel for the ACLU of Vermont.
Letters to the Editor Why Phil Pouech won’t get my vote To the Editor: I am interested in having an actual leader be our representative and unfortunately, I have not seen Phil Pouech be able to show leadership skills in the last couple of years. When Hinesburg was considering a town mask mandate, he said, “People that are not masking up are not listening to the science
nor do I think they are being particularly good neighbors, but I just don’t want to enforce or make local businesses enforce a mask mandate.” That is a pretty good example of not displaying leadership skills. I want my representative to take a stand on issues and lead. Pouech apparently thought that masking was a good idea but didn’t want to lead the town in that direction even though he believed it was the right thing to do.
Why is that? Is that leadership? Where has his leadership been with all the mass shootings of late? Have you heard anything or read any statement by him? I sure haven’t. Where has Phil’s leadership been when the right to choose has been taken away (and will continue to be taken away) for so many women across our country? Have you heard anything or read any statement by Phil? I sure haven’t. (He finally addressed the issue last week when The Citizen posed the question of where he stands on abortion rights and Prop 5, almost a month after the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade.) It seems to me that he would just like to sit back quietly and rest his case on that fact that he has been a selectboard member to prove he is qualified to be our representative instead of putting his neck out and taking a stand. I’m guessing his strategy is to not offend as many as possible in hopes of a primary victory. That isn’t the type of leadership I am interested in. How about you? I may not agree with everything that Christina Deeley has stated, but I can tell you she has made her beliefs known and isn’t afraid to take a stand and lead Hinesburg in a better direction. Deeley deserves our support in See LETTERS on page 7
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continued from page 6 the primary election, and I hope she will emerge as the winner in the General Election. Matthew Lapierre Hinesburg
Support most qualified, support Clark for AG To the Editor: The race for Vermont’s Attorney General in 2022 has the chance to both make history and shape the future of our state. Charity Clark is the right person to tackle the high-stakes issues that the attorney general will be facing, including reproductive freedom, climate change and privacy rights. And Clark is the most qualified candidate in the race, without a doubt. She has served for the last eight years in the attorney general’s office, both as an assistant attorney general and most recently as chief of staff. The Vermont Attorney General’s Office is also the last statewide office to have never elected a woman. It is
beyond time to change that. We need a highly qualified attorney general who will be responsive to Vermonters and who has the proven experience to lead the office. Charity Clark is that leader, and I hope you will join me in supporting her in the Tuesday, Aug. 9 primary. Susan McClure Hinesburg
Now is our moment to elect Lewis Mudge To The Editor: I am writing to support Lewis Mudge who is running for election to the Vermont Senate in the Chittenden Southeast district in the Democratic primary Tuesday, Aug. 9. May I submit that you will find it difficult to secure a more well-qualified candidate. I know Mudge as an avid outdoorsman, hunter, skier, husband, Sunday school teacher, selectman for our town, volunteer, father and friend. He is articulate, loyal, totally honest and
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immensely hard-working and he dedicates himself thoroughly to his values-based convictions and follows up devotedly on getting things done. The Mudge family moved to Charlotte after living in Africa where Mudge spent most of his career documenting human rights abuses and crimes against humanity across war zones. Through this experience, he learned some key truths about life that gives him a distinct perspective on what is important and right. I know Mudge, his wife Niccola, and their three young boys decided to move to Vermont because it is a state that reflects their values: community, fellowship and outdoor life, and a place where a young family can flourish and contribute. I see an America deeply dissatisfied with the way things are going. The New York Times reports that only 13 percent of voters say the country is on the right path. There is a generational turnover coming in political leadership. The Boomer generation is about to retire, thus requiring new leaders. There
is a strong hunger for change that demands unconventional outsiders, and the further outside the better. Mudge is steeped in management and financial experience that will bring value to our state. His true love is field research as a tool for deep understanding of important issues and impacts on human life. He is a man who espouses the best of democratic principles. He wants to fight to keep our county green as it grows; he is committed to open spaces and access to nature; he wants families with young kids to have a helping hand with child care; he is committed to affordable housing for those most in need in Chittenden County; and, most important, he will take a genuine sense of community to Montpelier. If ever there was a moment ripe for Lewis Mudge in the Vermont Senate, this is that moment. Robert M. Caldwell Charlotte
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COMMUNITY Community Notes Music at the Beach Enjoy music, views of Lake Champlain and a fine summer evening at the next Music at the Beach, Wednesday, Aug. 3. Picnicking starts at 5 p.m. with music at 6 p.m. Bring your favorite person and picnic dinner. Free with a beach pass, but donations encouraged. The finale in the series is Wednesday, Aug. 17, with the a cappella Green Mountain Chorus, 6 p.m. Weather permitting. Check for updates on the Charlotte Recreation Facebook page and details available at billandeva@gmavt. net or 802-343-4350.
Try out shape-not singing at Charlotte Senior Center Shape-note singing, or a cappella, four-part harmony, has been called “full-body, shout-itout singing” and is also known as Sacred Harp (1750-1850). The Charlotte Senior Centers holds a sing-in on Sunday, Aug. 7, 1-3 p.m. Songbooks are provided and the event is open to both newcomers and experienced singers. There are no performances and no auditions, and a “good voice” is not required. Stop by to listen, sing and leave whenever you wish. Questions? Email Kerry Cullinan at kclynxvt@gmail.com.
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, Aug. 9, 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Aug. 23, 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
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Senior Center offers meals for pickup The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, July 28, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features breaded chicken breast with tarragon sauce, mashed cauliflower, spinach, dinner roll with butter, craisin and date cookies and milk. You must have pre-registered by Monday, July 25, with Lori York, 802-425-6371 or lyork@ charlotteseniorcentervt.org. The meal on Thursday, Aug. 4 — register by Aug. 1 — is meatballs in marinara sauce with parmesan cheese, penne pasta, mixed blend vegetables, dinner roll with butter, vanilla fluff with cream and milk. The meal on Thursday, Aug. 11 — register by Aug. 8 — is chicken-n-biscuit, chicken in gravy, red mashed potatoes, diced carrots with dill, biscuit, pound cake with strawberries and cream and milk. The meal on Thursday, Aug. 18 — register by Aug. 15 — is cavatappi with cheddar cheese and Canadian bacon, beets, broccoli florets, dinner roll with butter, Craisin and date cookies and milk. Check the website for last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.
Pick up meal to go at St. Catherine’s Aug. 9 Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish again team up to provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 or older on Tuesday Aug. 9. The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church St., 11 a.m.-noon. The menu is chicken with a
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Kyle Adams, a 1st grader from the Allen Brook School in Williston, is one of the 54 with his Doodle, “Mind Over Monsters,” which could soon appear on the Google homepage as part of its doodle contest for K-12 students across the United States. On his contest submission, Adams wrote, “Meditation is a powerful way to manage hard feelings, troubling thoughts, and lets our mind take a needed rest.” Voting ended July 12 and winners will be announced soon.
chicken in gravy, red mashed potatoes, diced carrots with dill, biscuit and milk. To order a meal, email Sheryl Oberding at soberding@yahoo. com or 802-825-8546 by Aug. 4.
Red Cross blood drives Vibrant Church, 2025 Williston Road, South Burlington, Monday, Aug. 1, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, Aug. 4, 2-7 p.m.
Senior center hosts Monday Munch The next Monday Munch at the Charlotte Senior Center is Aug. 1, 212 Ferry Road, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The meal features a Caprese BLT, roasted tomato soup, fruit salad and homemade dessert.
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A $5 donation is appreciated. The munch on Aug. 8 offers ham salad, corn salad, watermelon and a homemade dessert. Check the website in case of last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.
All Souls explores identity, appropriation with quartet All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne hosts “Inside Pitch: Folk Nationalism” with resident composer David Serkin Ludwig Tuesday, Aug. 23, 10:30 a.m. Join Ludwig for this exploration of identity. For composers, the question of identity manifests in their work — expressions of racial ethnicity, geographic or national culture, and other individually-defining aspects of their lives.
Ludwig will focus on the two composers whose works will be performed by the Catalyst Quartet at noon: British/Sierra Leonean composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. Both composers, drawing heavily on the components of their identities, raise issues of genre and appropriation that continue to be relevant today. The Catalyst Quartet is unusual in the classical world both for its own diversity and for its promotion of new works and works by non-white composers. “Like all great chamber groups, the Catalyst Quartet is beautiful to watch, like a family in lively conversation at the dinner table: anticipating, interrupting, changing subjects,” said the New York Times.
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Brick houses, and their connection to glacial age Connect the Dots Jane Dorney When the invitation came to visit an old brick farmhouse nearby, I jumped at the chance. The owners walked us around their home and passed along its stories. One wall section had been removed because of water damage, and the bricks had been saved in a shed out back. Looking through the old bricks, I could see they were basically the same size, shape and heft as modern bricks, but no two bricks were exactly alike. When I found one with finger impressions baked in, I knew they Jane Dorney were truly handmade. Once I delved into the bricks’ stories, I also found that they were deeply knit into the story of the landscape. The bricks dated to the early 1800s and were made of local clay from a low area just down the road, now a cornfield. I visited the site and could feel the clay’s plasticity while kneading some soil in my hands. To one side was a square-sided pit where some of the clay had been harvested. The kiln had also been nearby, and the small brick fragments scattered through the cornfield were its tangible evidence more than 150 years later. In that era, bricks were made by hand using wooden molds. The clay was laboriously mixed and kneaded, then handpressed into molds and the excess scraped off with a flat, wet stick. They were then knocked out of the molds and set to dry for days. They were turned regularly to promote even drying and discourage bending. Once dry, they were built into a kiln shape and wood-fired in a carefully monitored process. When finished, the best ones were used for house exteriors, and the others in less critical areas. The bricks in the shed were idiosyncratic. Some had small, embedded pebbles, not unlike the cornfield’s soil. Some had pitted surfaces, or were curved, probably from the molding and drying process. Some had shallow, parallel grooves along the tops, probably from the wet stick scraping off the excess clay. The fingerprints were from handling it while still wet. These brick details were witnesses to the many hands and multiple steps involved in their creation. Each brick weighed 4 to 5 pounds, and with the thousands needed to build a house, the total weight of bricks moved from kiln to house site was measured in tons. In these pre-railroad days, newly finished bricks traveled by horse- or oxen-drawn wagon to house sites. It’s not surprising that most
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Above: An early 19th-century house, circa 1815, on Falls Road in Shelburne made of handmade bricks using a local clay deposit. Below: No two handmade bricks are exactly alike. Some have pebbles, small pits or shallow, parallel grooves due to the early brickmaking techniques.
were built very near the clay source. After this visit, I watched for old brick houses in my journeys, and read any stories I could find. Many Champlain Valley towns have 10 to 20 brick farmhouses from this era, and there are many mentions of using local clay from near the house site. After mapping them, I noticed that most of the old brick houses are at 600 feet in elevation or below. We have the glaciers to thank for this. Not only did the glaciers generate huge volumes of clay and other particles as they scraped over rock faces, but they also moved huge quantities of these particles in their meltwater. In the last glacial stages 13,500 years ago, glacial Lake Vermont was formed when an ice dam plugged the Champlain Valley’s northern end. The ice dam held back the melted glacial water that normally drained north and filled the basin to about 600 feet in elevation for about 1,500 years. All of Lake Vermont’s tributaries brought meltwater filled with sediments from the glacier-scraped hillsides. After the ice dam failed, the lake level dropped, and was partly replaced by saltwater flooding to about 300-feet in elevation. The Champlain Sea, as it was called, lasted 2,000 years, and very heavy clay deposits accumulated during its time. The Champlain Valley below 600 feet, then, had mostly clay-rich soils dating to these two different stages of the glacier’s melting. The valley’s glacial history set the stage for the old brick houses, but it also brought other related landscape features. Because the clay makes very rich farming soil, farms were established early and are still very productive. With few stones in the soil, no
stone walls were built around the fields. Instead, early farmers brought in non-native black locust trees to use for fencing, and many of the old brick farmhouses have black locust trees nearby. (“Black locust trees have ties to origins of local farming,” Connect the dots, Shelburne News, Jan. 21, 2021) The lack of stone walls has also made it easier to consolidate the smaller farm fields of 5 to 10 acres to the much larger sizes today. These features work together to make
a distinctive clay valley farming landscape, anchored by the brick houses. Now, every handmade brick house I see reminds me of the warm hands that shaped the clay into brick, as well as the ice-cold water that deposited that clay. Jane Dorney is a consulting geographer who does research and education projects to help people understand why the Vermont landscape looks like it does. See more at janedorney.com.
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CLASSIFIEDS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL HEARING FOR AUSTRALIAN BALLOT ARTICLES TO BE VOTED AT SPECIAL TOWN MEETING The Selectboard of the Town of Charlotte hereby gives notice that a public informational hearing will be held on Monday, August 8, 2022, beginning at 6:35 p.m. at the Charlotte Town Hall, 159 Ferry Road, Charlotte, Vermont, and electronically on the Zoom platform (see information below) to hear questions regarding Article 1 and Article 2 of the Warning for the Town of Charlotte Special Town Meeting to be held on August 9, 2022, which state: ARTICLE I Shall the voters authorize the design and construction of an approximately 9,000 sq. ft. highway garage on Town-owned land west of Route 7 for an amount not to exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) to be financed over a period not to exceed twenty (20) years? ARTICLE II If Article I is approved, shall the Town of Charlotte issue taxable general obligation bonds or notes, or incur a taxable loan obligation in an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($1,500,000) to finance, together with other funds and resources of the Town, the design and construction of an approximately 9,000 sq. ft. highway garage on Town-owned land west of Route 7? The public informational hearing is being held as required by 17 V.S.A. §2680(g). Town officials will be present during the public informational hearing to answer questions regarding the articles. Please note: Selectboard members and members of the public may attend the meeting in person or via Zoom (see link and phone number below). Please contact Dean Bloch, Town Administrator (425-3071 ext. 5; dean@townofcharlotte. com), with any concerns, questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this meeting. Link to join meeting online (via Zoom): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/827615859 10?pwd=a0tvbGRVTnZ0cTZVTDZnZzY1UW85Zz09 Join by phone at this number: 1-929-205-6099 Meeting ID: 827 6158 5910 Passcode: 245343 Please see information for participating in Public Informational Hearing via Zoom by clicking here: https://is.gd/7oPSt6
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARNING The legal voters of the Town of Charlotte, Vermont, are hereby notified and warned to meet at Charlotte Town Hall, 159 Ferry Road in the Town of Charlotte on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) in the forenoon (a.m.), at which time the polls will open, and seven o’clock (7:00) in the afternoon (p.m.), at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian ballot upon the following Articles of business: ARTICLE I Shall the voters authorize the design and construction of an approximately 9,000 sq. ft. highway garage on Town-owned land west of Route 7 for an amount not to exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) to be financed over a period not to exceed twenty (20) years? ARTICLE 2 If Article I is approved, shall the Town of Charlotte issue taxable general obligation bonds or notes, or incur a taxable loan obligation in an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($1,500,000) to finance, together with other funds and resources of the Town, the design and construction of an approximately 9,000 sq. ft. highway garage on Town-owned land west of Route 7? The legal voters of the Town of Charlotte are further notified that voter qualification, registration and absentee voting relative to said special meeting shall be as provided in Chapters 43, 51 and 55 of Title 17, Vermont Statutes Annotated. The legal voters of the Town of Charlotte are further notified that an informational meeting will be held on Monday, August 8, 2022, at the Town Offices in the Town of Charlotte and electronically on the Zoom platform beginning at six-thirty (6:30) in the evening (p.m.), for the purpose of explaining the proposed project and the financing thereof. Adopted and approved at a special meeting of the Selectboard of the Town of Charlotte duly called, noticed, and held June 20, 2022.
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GEMINI May 22 - June 21 It’s possible you will find people to be extra aggressive this week, Gemini. Try not to react to what they are putting out. Instead, deflect that negative energy.
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54. A citizen of Iran 55. Christian hermit 56. She marries the groom 57. American patriotic society 59. Wine grape 60. School of Buddhism 61. A team’s best pitcher 62. Consumed 63. Time zone 64. Part of a company name 65. Type of bulb CLUES DOWN 1. Marine protozoan 2. You use it for your eyes 3. Set aside for a later time 4. Metrical foot 5. Famed journalist Tarbell 6. Consumes quickly 7. Rewards in a civil suit 8. Kamodo are some 9. Ballroom dance 13. Chum 14. Comedienne Gasteyer 17. A room to relax 18. Commercials 20. Six (Spanish)
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Lyons offers vision for reelection to Chittenden Senate seat Here is the completed questionnaire from Virgina “Ginny” Lyons, who is seeking her 12th term as a Chittenden County senator. Early voting has already begun and on Tuesday, Aug. 9, voters in South Burlington, Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, Williston, Richmond and the other towns in the new Chittendenn Southeast Senate district will choose three out of five Democratic candidates to send to the Statehouse. (Completed questionnaires for Thomas Chittenden, Kesha Ram Hinsdale and Lewis Mudge can be read at otherpapersbvt.com. Steve May did not participate.) Name: Virginia “Ginny” Lyons Age: 77 Occupation: Biology professor What are the top three issues facing residents in southeast Chittenden County and how would you propose to address them? Continued work for accessible and affordable health care such as mental health, substance use, prescription drugs, insurance, hospitals, long term care, telemedicine and local provider sustainability. Second, affordable housing for a variety of economic, social and health needs, including sustainable, energy efficient housing within growth centers, near transporta-
tion and municipal services. Third, continued investment in the workforce and child care to help families and economic development within the district.
decreased water quality, reduced ski seasons, negative health effects and more. The Vermont Climate Council, energy plan and Global Warming Solutions Act serve as guides for state and local work.
Could you summarize your position on abortion and Prop Do you think the state’s 5, the Reproductive Liberty climate action plan is attainAmendment? able and what initiatives do you I wrote Prop 5 as introduced support that will move the state’s and worked with others energy grid toward to pass it for a vote in sustainability? November. The amendYes. I support micro ment ensures individugrid development, als can make personal increases in distributed decisions about family generation with localplanning — signifiized battery storage and cant decisions affecting transportation electrifione’s family, social and cation. Each lead toward economic stability. The sustainability. intrusion of government into very person- Virginia “Ginny” Do you support the al decisions, especially Lyons clean heat standard, those between a woman and if so, how will you and her doctor, has not ensure that middle-inhappened in Vermont for nearly 50 come Vermonters aren’t hit with years. This proposal ensures that massive increases in home heatthe fundamental right of reproduc- ing costs and weatherization tive autonomy continues. requirements? Yes. I support incentives for How far should the state go in low- and moderate-income folks, addressing climate change? conversion to renewable electriVermont can reduce its green- fication, offsetting costs for home house gas emissions town by town heating and weatherization, adding toward net zero by attending to financial and educational inceneconomic development and social tives for fuel dealers and distribneeds. Higher temperatures cause utors to convert their business
models and ensuring biofuels do not cause imbalance for Vermont’s forests and food agriculture. Some have suggested that the pay for legislators, at $774 weekly during the session with no health care benefits, should be increased. What are your thoughts on the current compensation model and its effect on who runs for the State Legislature? Citizen legislators should be adequately rewarded for their work. Earning a living as a legislator should not be the goal. A pay increase and a health care safety net for legislators can begin after a full analysis. It is important anyone can run for the Legislature — not simply those with resources. The governor signed the Legislature’s new education formula into law, which could mean some school districts like Champlain Valley School District and South Burlington School District will have to face tough financial choices in coming years. How would you explain to a voter/taxpayer your support or opposition to this measure? Weighting factors for school funding haven’t changed in 30 years. The Legislature’s choice was either to ignore increased costs for English as a Second
Language learners or ensure equitable access to education. I support the latter. Overall, our educational system will benefit, as will new Americans. What is an issue that you think has been overlooked or needs more attention in broader state-wide discourse? Emergency service providers are worn out by COVID-19. We need to help mental health and substance use counselors and emergency response services, locally and statewide. In addition, removal of toxic chemicals from consumer products protects public health. Continuity is important for the Senate, when a third of the senators are leaving. I will provide stability to the Senate next session. I will also bring a scientific perspective for decision making. Data informed decisions ensure that working people have access to child care, Vermonters’ reproductive rights are protected, the health care economy is stabilized, renewable energy economy and transportation infrastructure expand, systemic reform addresses racial or other disparities, rural economies prosper, and people are food secure. I enjoy working with diverse people and ideas. My long-term record demonstrates my success.
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