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A nearly 200-unit residen tial development, the largest ever planned for Hinesburg, is nearing final approval by the town’s devel opment review board. The Haystack Crossing, set to be built in the Hinesburg Village just north of the Kinney Drugs on the west side of Route 116 and to the south of Shelburne Falls Road, is in the final review state with the board. Members on Tuesday, Sept. 6, were set to potentially finalize the application by Black Rock Construction but could not proceed because the board did not have a quorum. housing development nearing final approval HOUSING on page 11

al humanitarian organizations in a country that has been mired with conflict for decades — through the first and second Sundanese Civil War and the War in Darfur. It makes Abunaib, the newest director of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for the Champlain Valley School District both wildly overqualified and perhaps exactly what is needed for the largest school district in Chittenden County, which is 90 percent white (Vermont is even whiter at 95 percent white), according to 2022 census figures. “In the communities where

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With the Red Sea and the Arabi an Peninsula to the east, the Nile River cutting through much of the country, and countries like Egypt, Ethiopia, Chad and Libya surround ing it, Sudan makes for a hotbed of ethnic and cultural diversity, with more than a dozen ethnic groups and hundreds of ethnic subgroups calling the country home. This is where Dr. Asma Abunaib grew up, initially hoping to pursue a career in textile engineering in her youth but eventually pivoting to a career working with internation

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Move aside, Alfred Hitchcock. He needed 32 actors to film his 1935 spy thriller “The 39 Steps” starring Robert Donat and Made leine Carroll. The Middlebury Community Players does it with four in its comedy adaptation of the film at town hall theater. Four actors play all the movie roles, switching costumes, voices and accents to create a simul ta-neous spoof of, and homage to, Hitchcock’s classic, as well as spy thrillers in general. The winner of the 2007 Olivi er Award for Best Comedy, “The 39 Step” is fast-paced and fun. The production is direct ed by Gary Gillen, who direct ed Middlebury Community Players’ production of “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)” in 2019, and features Rainwalker Winterpainter as Richard Hannay, Jillian Torres as Annabella Schmidt, Pamela and Margaret, and Kevin Commins and Rob Demic as “The Clowns,” who play the remaining 30-plus characters.Theproduction is stage managed by Chris Frappier and co-produced by Mary Longey and Jane Kimble. “The 39 Steps” runs Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 15-17 at 7:30 p.m., with a Sunday, Sept. 18, matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 on Thursday night, and $17 for the remaining shows, plus ap-pli cable fees. Tickets 802-382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

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While risks around the corona virus remain, including indications like those from a study published by the American Medical Asso ciation that estimated up to 10 percent of children who contract COVID-19 could be at risk for extended and lingering effects from the virus, the state indicat ed to nurses that testing would no longer be a “first-line strategy” against the virus, instructing them to instead incorporate monitoring and treatment into broader health and wellness programs. Schools are largely welcoming this return to a health policy that puts school nurses back in charge as a return to some sort of normal cy after two years of a wearying strictness. “We were very excited to welcome our students and staff back for this new school year on August 29 and 30,” said Corey Burdick, South Burlington School District communications coordi nator. “So far, the feedback from administrators, students and staff has been very positive and the feel is a bit more relaxed since everyone is back in person full time without restriction. There is definitely a sense of optimism and hope as we begin to bring back more programs that were paused or reimagined during the height of the Accordingpandemic.” to the adminis trative team at the Shelburne Community School, “there was a palpable lightness to the start of this school year compared to the past two years. You can see it (literally the smiles on faces) and feel it throughout the entire build ing and Whilecommunity.”theschoolremains flex ible with masking and expects to continue to see masked students at the school, there’s a commu nity-wide feeling that overall COVID-19 has become manage able. “We’re seeing the passion, excitement, and engagement coming back to the building — which is comforting and a relief. We are very appreciative of all our community support, encourage ment, patience and understanding over these past few years,” the administrative team said. “Our full student, faculty and staff community was able to meet together for the first time since February 2020. The visual alone was a powerful reminder that each one of us is an important part of the whole,” Adam Bunting, Cham plain Valley Union High School principal, said. “Our students are grateful to move beyond the liter al and figurative social distancing of the past three years — created by the pandemic, stress, and isola tion of single perspective social media.” Looking ahead In a state and country strug gling to attract and retain teaching and administrative staff, South Burlington still has over 40 posi tions the school district is looking to fill.Open positions in the district include everything from education support personnel, bus drivers and at least one guidance counselor. Meanwhile, the Champlain Valley School District is all set for administrative and teacher posi tions, though like its neighboring district, they’re still in the market for paraeducators, facilities and food service workers.

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For the first time since 2019, students of all ages arrived for the first day of school last week with out masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19. In a memo sent to schools, the Vermont Agency of Education and Department of Health announced a shift in policy. While masks were made optional last spring, the agency has relinquished control over health decisions back to those who were making them prior to the pandemic’s eruption: school nurses. “As we begin to think of COVID-19 as an endemic disease, we once again need to shift our thinking,” the memo said. “COVID-19, like the flu, is now a part of our lives.”

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Vermont Parks Forever has completed its 8th season of fund ing a student internship at Mt. Philo State Park, the oldest state park in Vermont. The program memorializ es Will Hagedorn of Charlotte who grew up hiking and sledding on Mt. Philo. During college he worked at Mt. Philo State Park as an intern, a job he loved. Will died unexpectedly in 2013 at 24. In Hagedorn’s memory, his family created the William Camer on Hagedorn Mt. Philo Forever Fund at Vermont Parks Forever. Supported by family, friends and donors, the fund offers an opportu nity every year for a young person to connect with nature, practice environmental stewardship, devel op teamwork and collaboration skills and experience working with the Likepublic.Hagedorn, this year’s intern, Jonan Story, grew up hiking and sledding on the mountain before joining park staff to learn public service and land manage ment this “Jonansummer.hasbeen a huge asset,” park manager Nathanael Hancock said. “This internship is impera tive to our work here at Mt. Philo StateEachPark.”year, former interns return as staff, signifying the success of this annual internship. “The unique opportunities that interns receive goes beyond fostering independence and a love for serving our community,” said Colleen Metzler, Mt. Philo’s assis tant park manager. “They learn leadership skills from previous interns that return each year. The internship program instills pride and hard work in our interns that translates to long term success as park attendants year after year.” Multiple interns returned in both 2021 and 2022 to work as park“Westaff.are honored to provide this internship in Will’s memory each summer and foster a lifelong commitment to the environment in local students,” Vermont Parks Forever executive director Sarah Alberghini Winters said.

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The South Burlington Fire Department and the Vermont Air National Guard put out the fire late in the evening on Friday, Aug. 26. Crews worked for about an hour and a half to extinguish the flame. The shipping container was filled with lithium-ion batteries for the company’s aircraft. Offi cials with the South Burlington Fire Department said that a battery failure likely sparked the blaze.

No injuries were reported, and the fire did not interrupt flight operations at the airport, officials said.Lithium-ion batteries are a critical component to electric vehicles and electronics but, in rare instances, can spontaneously catch fire or explode.

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This is the second time that the company has had a lithium-bat tery fire. A battery failure caused damage in 2019, according to reporting from WCAX.

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Beta Technologies has been located at the airport since 2019 and, in July, signed a new lease agreement with the Burlington International Airport for at least 75 years with a six-year exten sion. Since then, it has continued to expand its staff and has invest ed over $15 million in renovations and on a facility expansion plan. The company plans to hire another 300 employees and 50 interns by 2023, with total spend ing and salaries expected to exceed $2 billion through 2024.

A battery fire that set a contain er ablaze at Beta Technologies, the electric aerospace company with space at Burlington International Airport, remains under investiga tion, officials said.

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The company manufactures electric vertical aircraft and charging stations and has made headlines in prominent media outlets including Forbes and The New York Times as it has quick ly grown into a pioneer in green aviation.Theairport, while physically located in South Burlington, is owned and managed by the city of Burlington.

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The audit will focus on the school district’s culture, academic achievements, disciplinary practic es, curriculum and teaching capaci ty, and the support services it offers students, families and staff. “If you’re from Vermont, you know your community, you know the diversity of your community, you’re aware about it (and) when you have a kid in the class that acts in a certain way, you can under stand based on your knowledge of the community what the assump tion is that makes this kid behave this way,” she said. “But when you have somebody who’s coming from a very differ ent background that you have no idea about, your mind is blank.” she added. The work comes from “asking questions in an inclusive way and trying not to have assump tions, and just try to learn from the kid, from their family, from the environment they are coming from. Where does that (behavior) come from and then, from there, you can have your right analysis to support them.”

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The district’s first director of diversity, equity and inclusion, Rhiannon Kim, quit six days after being hired in July 2020. The second director, Liliana Rodri guez, resigned last year, citing health and family concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Abunaib says she has a solid foundation to begin her work, and one that should set her up for success. Her full-time position gives her plenty of time for the role, and her team, she says, all under stand the nature of the community and what challenges it faces. “The district valued the posi tion, you can feel the leadership is very welcoming to us,” she said. “Dr. Abunaib’s knowledge and experience will enable the district to not only continue our DEI jour ney but also further it at a more rapid pace,” superintendent Rene Sanchez said in a press release. “With our other directors, she will help us increase inclusivity and equity within our schools.” Born in the north of Sudan, Abunaib later lived in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. She received an undergraduate degree in textile engineering, a trade she “loved at that time” and wanted to continue. “Then the economy started to collapse,” she said. The country had been dominated “by a military regime since 1989 ... a group of thieves who enriched themselves and didn’t care about the country.” She then earned a degree in peace and development studies from Juba University in Khartoum and began working on the interna tional stage as the conflict in West Darfur broke out in 2003. For years, she moved between posi tions for various United Nations agencies like the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Resource Center, as well as the African Union and the BBC World Service“SeeingTrust.all that struggle, all that suffering ... I think my experience in Darfur, that was what really led me to change from engineering to inclusion and conflict transforma tion,” she Throughsaid.a connection in her work, she applied for and was accepted to Intercultural Service Leadership and Management School for International Training Graduate Institute in Brattleboro. She briefly lived in Vermont, but returned to Sudan to continue international work, only to eventu ally make her way back to Vermont in 2016 to pursue a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Vermont.She’s been in the Green Moun tain State ever since. She first took a job with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, where she established the program Financial Empowerment for New Americans.“Itwas a very innovative proj ect and I loved being a part of it,” she said. “My mission was to establish the project to increase the inclusivity of the organization and to introduce the organization to that new American community. It was very low participation for these communities at the time.” There, she learned of the chal lenges that these new Americans faced, and “really gave me the knowledge about the challeng es of inclusion in Vermont.” She also saw some of the blind spots in state’s work to help integrate these groups into the community at large. “I didn’t see them” when she had been earning her degree. “But when I started working for Cham plain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, they gave me the access to their families, I started going to their houses and eating with them and talking to them — they felt safe enough to talk about everything, including the education of their kids and how they strug gled with the school communica tions and all this stuff. So, then I realized that ‘Oh, that is what you call a forgotten population.’” Her work in the program helped them integrate into the state’s finan cial system, helping them to build credit. But she found many people in these communities were barely above the poverty level, with little income, unstable housing and a shaky job “Theremarket.isalot of them who are not happy to be in the poverty level. They’re not happy to not have enough income, jobs or housing,” she said. “There is no inclusivity in that — there are people who have tons of expertise from their coun tries, that would not get the same job here,” she said, despite them having equivalent certifications for the “Everybodyroles. I was talking to was hoping and dreaming of a better life, and I don’t think the government is preparing the Vermont employment forces for that,” she added. Now, she hopes to take that lens to her work in the education system and establish an atmosphere of inclusion among the district’s employees.Onemajor component of her work will be the district’s equity audit, which is set to be complet ed this month and will assess the efficacy of the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion measures.

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Whoever said what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger hasn’t taken my motherin-law to Verizon. Turns out Nietzsche coined this oft-used aphorism. Apparently, he never met my mother-in-law. Or, more accu rately, stood next to her while she balled her hand into a fist and said she wanted to slug the sales associate.DidImention she’s 90? Let me be clear, my motherin-law has countless amazing attributes. She is an author, an artist and an activist. But what you really need to know is that her natural habitat is the out of doors. Go ahead, abandon this woman in the Amazon, she’d be fine. She’d make friends with a poison dart frog while whittling a blowgun. Drop her into the Blue Mountains and she’d construct a lean-to in the first hour. Strand her in the Mojave and she’d find water all while hitting it off with a fringetoed lizard. I am not kidding. She’s Steve Irwin, Bear Grylls and that Ibackyard.comfortablemother-in-lawneeds!”“I’vewaltzedyear’spresentedintofromrolledMutual-of-Omaha-Wild-KingdomMarlin-Perkins-guyallupintoone.Shecanhandleanythingcaimantosnakes.Justdon’tbringherVerizon.IwaswellawareofthechallengeasI’mstillrecoveringfromlastforayintoBestBuywhenInaivelythroughtheslidingdoorsthinking,gotthis!IcanhelpwithallhertechTruthis,I’mtheoppositeofmyintrepidandamexceedinglymoreinstoresthanIaminmyownGivemeendlessaislesanyday.cannavigateacrowd,locateanitemand

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negotiate a deal in my sleep. What can’t I do? Handle my mother-in-law in an elec tronics store. It’s as if she’s in combat where enemy forces are flashing screens, fluores cent lights and unfathomable hardware. That day at Best Buy, I watched in alarm as my mother-in-law transformed into a warrior with an attitude problem. Shielding herself from the rays of technology and commercialism, she wasn’t so much Wonder Woman as The Hulk with hemorrhoids. We escaped to the parking lot leaving behind bewildered customers and offend ed salespeople. I vowed never again.Never say never. A quote attributed to Charles Dickens, yet another man who never met my mother-in-law.But,justlike the pain of child birth, the Best Buy bedlam was erased, and I agreed to take her to Verizon. Although, this time, my mission was clear. Get in and out, not as soon as humanly possible, but more like The Flash on speed.Sothere we are, inside the lair of the largest wireless carrier in the U.S. and my mother-in-law is mad. I’m talking capital M mad. She is indignant that the sales repre sentative, let’s call him Dave, was not inter ested in helping us. Yes, he had no warmth or, come to think of it, personality, but is that his Ifault?could tell my mother-in-law was again in combat mode, but now I wasn’t sure who’s side I was on. I picked Dave. He looked less scary. As Dave continued to care less, my mother-in-law seethed. Ready to blow, she put the screws to him, grilling Dave about the “bullshit” company policy to attach demo phones to the counter so she couldn’t pick them up. Clearly not up to inquisition, he mumbled, “I like my job.” That’s when I realized, aw, Dave has a sense of humor. While I assumed the role of mediator, the words “just shoot me now” may never have crossed my lips, but they were among the many thought-bubbles roiling above my head. We eventually left without a phone or our dignity, neces sitating a return visit. I’m considering valium. Do not think bad about my mother-in-law. I owe her tenfold. Like the time we were hiking in Arkan sas. As usual, she led the way and cleared my path, knowing my Verizon is the forest. As she came upon a huge snake coiled tight, she excitedly waited to show me. Call me Dave at that moment. I too was uninterested and clearly not up to the task. As my fear swirled and I went into my own combat mode, my motherin-law held my hand and steered me around the terrifying reptile. She respected my limitations with under standing. So, you see, it’s the least I can do for her. After all, Nietzsche also said, “There is always some madness in love.”

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University of Vermont Medi cal Center is the only hospital in Vermont where many lifesav ing procedures are performed. To these patients, the care we provide isn’t bells and whistles, it is life and death. On my weekly rounds, I also run into medical students, resi dents and nursing students and many others learning and training in our academic medical center. We have a shortage of clinicians and health care providers in the U.S., including Vermont. We provide a learning envi ronment for future health care providers. Once they graduate, some of them remain in state to contribute to the health care system. Last year 28 physicians stayed in Vermont to practice after completing their training. Recently, we hired 150 nurses, many who graduated from UVM’s nursing program. These home-grown health care provid ers receive excellent training here and are our best bet for overcom ing the workforce shortage that plagues all American health care. The University of Vermont Medical Center regularly is recognized as an excellent place to receive care. For the second year in a row, we were awarded five stars from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Only 15 percent of hospitals in the U.S. receive five stars. This ranking takes into account many factors such as patient experi ence, outcomes and cost. In short, value.Interms of cost, the center says that benchmark procedures at the medical center cost the same or less than the national average. Our Medicare spending per beneficiary is less than both Vermont and national averages. In fact, we’re the lowest cost academic medical center for Medicare in the country. These high ratings help us to attract and retain world-class physicians, nurses and other clinicians.Without an academic medi cal center, Vermont would be sending patients out of state for many specialized treatments and procedures, further compounding our already existing challenges for access to timely care. Besides the inherent risks, inconvenience — and sometimes impossibili ty — of travel for a patient and their family members, it would also cost our state. Costs often are higher at out-of-state academic medical centers. I am proud of the nearly 8,000 people who work at the Univer sity of Vermont Medical Center, all with the singular mission of providing exceptional care to their neighbors, friends and fami lies. We have an amazing team of highly trained and dedicated people here to serve Vermonters. Our academic medical center is a key component to the health system in Vermont. The work we do may seem like “bells and whistles” to an insurance provid er, but for the patients who need us and the teams who deliver the care, these aren’t frills, but care that is needed and expertly delivered. Vermont’s academ ic medical center must remain strong, current and viable so it is ready when we, or our loved ones, need it.

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Vermont’s largest insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield, recently submitted a letter to the Green Mountain Care Board ques tioning the value of University of Vermont Medical Center, Vermont’s only academic medical center.Blue Cross Blue Shield said that the care we provide has too many “bells and whistles.” I am not aware of many bells and whistles we provide. We try to provide good food to patients and their families, and adequate parking and a clean facility. But mostly we are focused on excellent patient care that patients need, often to save their lives. I understand that our insurers can be far removed from the health care setting, and so the inherent value of high quality, close-tohome care might be lost on them. If they joined me in this past week on my weekly rounds, health insurance executives would have seen incredible, complex and comprehensive care being delivered at the medical center. They would have seen parents on the pediatric floor anxiously waiting as their child received lifesaving cancer care available nowhere else in the state. Maybe they would have met a patient who just received a transcatheter aortic valve replace ment, a complex non-invasive heart surgery. Our hospital is the only one in the state to provide this procedure. They may also have seen a trauma patient whose lifesaving care depended on Vermont’s only level 1 trauma center.

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For a stunning display of blooms in early spring, most New England gardens would benefit from the addition of a remarkable perennial — the hellebore — and fall is a great time to plant a bed of them. Among the first plants to herald spring, hellebores have gained huge popularity due to their many laudable qualities. Hellebores are non-invasive evergreen perennials coveted for their resistance to cold and their abundant, durable and colorful blooms. They can thrive for over two decades and are undeterred by hungry deer and rabbits. Helleborus (hellebore) is a genus of about 20 species of extremely cold-hardy herbaceous perennials in the Ranunculace ae (buttercup) family. This plant is native to mountainous regions of Southern and Central Europe from the eastern Alps through Germa ny, Austria, Switzerland and Italy to the north ern Balkans. One species, Helleborus orientalis, is commonly known as the Lenten rose because it blooms during the weeks leading up to the Easter holiday. Helleborus orientalis cross-pollinates well with other species of hellebores resulting in stunning specimens. Hybrid hellebores grow into mounds up to 24 inches tall and 30 inches wide. Although their foliage varies in shape and color, most share glossy palmate leaves with serrated leaflets.Their long-lived blooms are not flowers, but large colorful sepals that remain on the stems until the seeds mature. Although the blooms change color following pollination, they do not lose their aesthetic appeal. Hybrid hellebores are easy to grow in plant hardiness zones 4-9. They thrive in partial shade in moist but well-drained soil. In New England, they can grow in full sun provided they receive sufficient moisture.

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Hellebores tolerate most soils and will benefit from a yearly application of compost, preferably in the spring. When planting, take care to keep the crown at soil level by digging a hole as deep as the pot they came in. Burying the crown too deep will discourage blooms. Loosen the root ball if needed, level the plant in the hole and water the roots. Continue to cover the roots with soil, taking care not to bury the crown. Be sure to keep mulch away from the crown. If your hellebore is established, consider pruning the previous year’s foliage to keep your plant looking fresh and to prevent the spread of diseases from the old leaves. Creating a hybrid cultivar is a meticulous, time-consuming process that involves a lot of trial and error. Additionally, when grown from seeds a plant may take five to six years to reach marketable size. These factors have prompted many breeders to patent their culti vars and charge growers royalties and licens ing fees, ultimately resulting in high consum er prices.Although hellebores are pricey, don’t let this intimidate you from investing in such robust plants, especially ones that will take center stage in your shade garden for the next 20 years.

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There is a free, walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic with Garnet Healthcare at the Charlotte Senior Center Tuesday, Sept. 13, 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 27, 9:30-3:30 p.m. No appointment is necessary.

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Vaccines and boosters are avail able 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.

All Souls Interfaith Gathering will host its 21st annual choral celebration on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m.The annual tradition was start ed by founding pastor Rev. Mary Abele and over the past two decades has welcomed community choir members and spiritual lead ers from various traditions. This year the choral celebration will take place on the All Souls lawn with the theme “Unity in Commu nity.”Members of community choirs, including the All Souls choir, will be under the direction of music director Ronnie Romano. The call and response kirtan will be sung by Kirsten Rose and family. Lead pastor Rev. Don Chat field will provide a reflection on the theme. Participants are encour aged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to enjoy the natural setting. Admittance is by donation. Shelburne church hosts film showing on adoption St. Catherine of Siena Parish hosts “An Adoption Journey,” the story of one family’s person al journey on Sunday, Sept. 25 at

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Do you have a son who enjoys camping, hiking, making friends and learning new skills? Come meet Scout Troop 690, Saturday, Sept 10, 3-6 p.m. at the Hinesburg Community School field. Scout Troop 690 meets Thurs day evenings, 6:30-8 p.m. at the Hinesburg United Church parish hall.Our activities throughout the year include local hikes, camping, district and council activities, and more.For more information, contact Scout leader Norman Smith at nwsmith@gmavt.net.

Shelburne church hosts Red Cross blood drive St. Catherine of Siena Parish is hosting a blood drive in partner ship with the American Red Cross on Thursday, Sept. 15, noon-5 p.m., 92 Church St., Shelburne. For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call 800-733-2767 or sign up online at redcrossblood.org. Prevent Child Abuse hosts anytime fundraiser Prevent Child Abuse Vermont is holding a fundraiser that anyone can take part, anytime and from anywhere. Do Absolutely Anything (to prevent child abuse) is an online platform that provides the tools to anyone who wants to raise funds doing any kind of activity they like. It is available all year long, allowing participants to start and promote their activity at the time that works best for them. “These types of do-it-yourself fundraisers are growing in popu larity because they are easy to do, effective and allow participants to support causes in the way they choose,” Mary Rockwell Thon, development director, said. Participants can do any activity they choose — hiking, swimming, yoga, crafting, skiing, baking, yard sales — literally anything. They create a fundraising page on the Do Absolutely Anything website, personalize it and invite friends and family to donate to their efforts and join them in their activity. All funds will go toward the group’s prevention for programs such as the Healthy Relationships Project, Family Support Programs and Safe Environments for Infants andMoreToddlers.atpcavt.org/events.

Senior center hosts Monday Munch

The next Monday Munch at the Charlotte Senior Center is Sept. 12, 212 Ferry Road, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The meal features chicken salad niçoise — chicken, potato, egg, green beans and more — on a bed of lettuce, and apple cake.A $5 donation is appreciated. The menu for the munch on Sept. 26 features a meatloaf, mashed potatoes, broccoli salad and apple pie with ice cream. The menu on Sept. 19 has not yet been announced.Checkthe website in case of last-minute cancellations at char lotteseniorcentervt.org.

The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, Sept. 15, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features Swed ish steak with mushroom sauce, seasoned penne pasta, chopped broccoli, wheat bread with butter, fresh fruit salad and milk. You must have pre-registered by Monday, Sept. 12, with Kerrie Pughe, 802-425-6345 or —charlotteseniorcentervt.orgkpughe@ThemealonThursday,Sept.22registerbySept.19—isturkey tetrazini, Scandinavian vegetables, wheat dinner roll with butter, apple and berry crisp and milk. The meal on Thursday, Sept. 29 — register by Sept. 26 — is roast pork with gravy, boiled potatoes with parsley, butternut squash, wheat bread with butter, apple cake with icing and milk. Check the website for last-min ute cancellations at charlottese niorcentervt.org.

Pick up meal to go at St. Catherine’s Sept. 13 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, Sept. 13. The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church St., 11 a.m.-noon.

All Saints Episcopal Church welcomes new minister Rev. Bram Kranichfeld is the new minister-in-charge at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1250 Spear St., in South Burlington. Prior to attending seminary in Montreal, Bram practiced as an attorney in the Chittenden County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Vermont Attorney General’s Office. His wife Erin, son Henry, daughter Aria, and mother-in-law Sheryl were special guests for his inaugural service on Aug.14.

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Rotary Club of Charlotte-Shel burne-Hinesburg holds its annual golf ball drop at The Kwini Club-Gonzo’s Driving Range in Shelburne Friday, Sept. 16, 4 p.m. Last year’s event netted more than $11,000, which was distrib uted among the fire and rescue services in the three towns. The person whose ball gets in the hole or nearest the pin wins $1,000. The next closest win $500 and $250, respectively. The person with the ball farthest from the hole will get a large gift basket of golf-related items and Vermont products.Proceeds will support the purchase of automated external defibrillators and other emergency services in our area. To purchase a number and for more information go to bit.ly/3w CpdXi.Ball numbers will also be available for purchase at the club the day of the event.

COURTESY PHOTO Rotary Club of Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg holds its annual golf ball drop Friday, Sept. 16, 4 p.m. 11:30 a.m. in the parish hall, 72 Church St., FollowingShelburne.thepresentation, a light lunch will be served. Masks are required. For more information, contact Alice Benson at jbenson288@ comcast.net or (802) 999-9344.

Dr. Cornell West speaks at resource center Dr. Cornell West will be the featured speaker as part of a diver sity speaker series at the Flynn Theater Saturday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m., sponsored by the Greater Burling ton Multicultural Resource Center. West will be joined by a community panel asking ques tions. He is an author, activist and philosopher known to many as Brother West. He is Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theo logical Seminary and a former professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University and professor emeritus at Prince ton InformationUniversity. about tickets at flynnvt.org, 802-863-5966 or gbmrc.org. Rev. Bram Kranichfeld

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Champlain Valley Union High School hires new activities director

“Whether it’s helping them with diet, dietary health, nutri tional goals, fitness goals, work out plans or teaching wellness, my goal is to alleviate outside stress and help them succeed,” he said.Now that he’s settled in Vermont, McCollum wants to work closely with students, parents, instructors and coaches to provide a positive high school experience and prepare students for college and beyond. “Having knowledge of the entire student-athlete spectrum, and on the college administrative level, I feel like I can work from all different angles to help the community,” he said. When he was in high school, McCollum participated in chorus, band and the chess club and said he understands how hard it can be to balance studies with sports and other extracurriculars. “I know there’s a lot that every one involved in co-curriculars is dealing with, and (my experience) helps me see the whole situation from all views,” he said. McCollum acknowledges that managing all co-curricular calen dars and supervising staff and coaches is not easily handled by one person, so he was grateful to work with Bunting in hiring assistant activities director Chris Shackett.“Chris has been awesome and we’re tackling this together,” McCollumMcCollumsaid.is happy to do his part as a Redhawk and hopes his son will also become one some day.“It will be a great environment and a great atmosphere in which to raise my kids,” he said.

“It’s important to continue to build upon the legacy that came before,” he McCollumsaid. was himself a student-athlete when he started on the path to his current adminis trative position. He was All-State in basketball, football and track and field at Washingtonville High School in upstate New York. After graduating, McCollum accepted a Division I football scholarship from the University of Connecticut, where he played for four years while obtaining a bachelor’s degree in human development.Hewent on to receive a master’s in counseling from Pace University and met his partner along the way. Until this year, she lived in Vermont with their son while McCollum lived in New York. When the COVID-19 pandem ic hit, McCollum was coach of the Vaughn College men’s basketball team in Queens and as one of the school’s athletic directors. But he wanted to find a job closer to his family.He would often trek to Vermont to work remotely while spending time with his family, and on those trips he’d go running through the countryside. One such run took him through Hinesburg, he said, and he immediately fell in love with Redhawk nation. “I saw kids outside with masks on, socially distanced and playing outdoor volleyball, and I saw the signs on parents’ lawns,” he said. “I thought, ‘The atmosphere at this school must be amazing.’”

“The hiring pool for the activ ities director was as competitive as I can remember,” Bunting said. “Many, many excellent educators applied. Ricky is doing fantastic so far.”From April through August, outgoing activities director Dan Shepardson has taught McCol lum the ropes. McCollum said he couldn’t ask for a better mentor.

“I thought, if I could some how find a way to help out at CVU or even be the activities director there, it would be like a dream come true.” Sure enough, the position opened, and McCollum applied. McCollum joined the Vermont Air National Guard reserves in 2020 and works weekends in support services as a fitness and wellness coach for the airmen.

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“Dan and I have a great rela tionship,” he said, “I shadowed him as much as I could.” McCollum wants to honor Shepardson’s philosophy and methodology, but he also has new ideas to introduce.

Page 10 • September 8, 2022 • The Citizen KARSON COMMUNITYPETTYNEWS SERVICE Ricky McCollum is bringing years of experience from every level of student athletics to his new role at Champlain Valley Union High McCollumSchool.was chosen to oversee CVU’s co-curriculars by a hiring a team that consisted of students, teachers, staff, coach es and community members. His commitment to ensuring that students always feel a sense of belonging and allowing them to develop life-long healthy habits is what makes McCollum the right fit for the job, according to prin cipal Adam Bunting.

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The project would be one of the first in a long line of projects work ing their way through the town’s review board. The Hinesburg Center 2 project would consist of nearly 100 units; final application materials have been submitted. In March, Jan Blomstrann, the founder and former owner of the energy firm NRG Systems in Hinesburg, announced last week that she would be donating 46 acres of land for a new affordable housing development through a partnership with the Champlain Housing Trust. In total, the town is expected to see nearly 500 units come online within the next five to 10 years, officials said.

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SCHOOL continued from page 2 Eight years in the making, the 76-acre development would feature 176 units, a mixture of single- and multi-family housing as well as a 50-unit senior housing building, along with commercial spaces and 20 units of affordable housing.“It’s the biggest development project Hinesburg has ever seen — in the history of the town,” Hines burg’s director of planning and zoning Alex Weinhagen said. “It’s a very significant project.” First proposed and undertaken in 2014, the project went through several sketch plans that were initially denied by the develop ment review board in 2014 and 2015 — based on the lack of avail ability of wastewater and munici pal water at the time to service the project. Those denials, however, were overturned by the state Environ mental Court upon appeal. The development review board was set to finish its prelim inary review in July 2020 but was developers sought and were given an extension. The final applica tion materials were submitted in March, and the board has contin ued its review through three hear ings — Aug. 2, Aug. 16, and Sept. 6. The next meeting is set for Sept. 20. The development review board has already started drafting condi tions of approval. After it closes the final hearing, the board will have 45 days to issue a written decision.“Itstarted going through the review process, had a few hiccups along the way, and only now, seven or so years later, is it final ly coming to fruition with a final review,” Weinhagen said.

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Both districts have diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the top of their list of initiatives for this school year as schools look to combat the learning loss suffered by students when the pandemic forced them out of classrooms, which affected students dispro portionately depending on the resources available to them at home.In South Burlington, their effort will be led by De-Dee Loftin-Davis, who was hired at the end of the last school year and will include a mentorship program. Her efforts will be bolstered by an equity policy passed by the school board earlier this year aimed at gathering data and analyzing issues of Champlaindiscrimination.Valleyis prioritiz ing “growth and belonging” as main areas of focus districtwide. “The meaning we have attributed to growth is the academic achievement and prog ress students will make this year. Belonging starts with the idea of what engagement looks like in a learning environment. Then, belonging transcends from mere engagement to a feeling or a sense of ease, safety, honor, joy and love. Finally, belonging is devel oped and supported when we know each person’s story,” said Champlain Valley School District superintendent Rene Sanchez. Champlain Valley is also developing a multi-year strategic plan for the district and is hoping for significant participation from the community. Commu nity members can provide at the district’s website. Drills return In schools across Vermont, another, a more disconcerting sign of a return to normal was announced by the Agency of Education as well: the return of active-shooter drills. With mass shootings a common occurrence across the United States and high-profile incidents like the 21 students and teachers killed at Uvalde, Texas, in May have kept preventing such incidents in the minds of educa tors.As restrictions around COVID19 mitigation lift, the agency is once again requiring schools to conduct active shooter drills along with guidelines to attempt to limit anxiety in student responses to these practice Champlainscenarios.Valleyis in the process of re-establishing a district-level safety team for the pandemic era, according to communication director Bonnie Birdsall.The team will be made up of a diverse group of members including law enforcement and will review the district’s safety programs to include active threat responses and options-based approaches to active threats, she said. The district’s operations and facilities team will continue to conduct periodic safety inspec tions as part of our safety program. South Burlington is still at work on revisiting its safety plan and was unable to provide further details by press time.

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Students in kindergarten through fourth grade complete in a STEM challenge using Legos. Morning book group: ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ Wednesday, Sept. 14, 10:30-11:30 a.m. This informal group meets virtually on the second Wednesday each month. The pick for September is “The Devotion of Suspect X” by Keigo Higashino. Parent book club Thursday, Sept. 15, 7-8 p.m. Join Amy Sayre, ParentIN coordinator for the Champlain Valley School District, for an evening of refreshments and a discus sion of the book “Live Love Now: Relieve the Pressure and Find Real Connection with Our Kids” by Rachel Macy Stafford. RSVP and request a book (as available), at rachel@ carpentercarse.org. Circle sing with Jody Albright Thursday, Sept. 22, 6-7:30 p.m. Workshop open to all levels and based on a group singing method used by Bobby McFerrin. Circle-singing is easy to learn and you don’t have to know how to read music. Held outdoors; $5-10 suggested donation. RSVP with Rachel. Monthly craft club Friday, Sept. 23, 3:15-4:30 p.m. Students in grades 2 to 5 can sign for one or all of this semester’s Friday afternoon craft clubs. Learn about and create a differ ent seasonal craft, discuss seasonal book rewcommendations and enjoy a snack with cocoa. Sign up at jen@carpentercarse.org or stop by the circulation desk.

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