The Citizen - 10-13-22

Hinesburg House candidates face off

How should Vermont address its housing crisis?

Phil Pouech: We must review and, if necessary, revise local and regional zoning regulations to ensure they do not disincentiv ize a much-needed build-up of lower income housing for both rental and purchase. I am presently leading an effort by the selectboard and affordable housing committee to develop new town grant funded opportunities. These funds will be used to support and leverage regional and state affordable housing organi zations to help ensure new development in Hinesburg includes perpetually affordable housing.

The state can and should provide tax incentives, minimize development costs and eliminate other regulatory steps that present ly hinder low-cost housing developments. Low-income housing goes beyond just the initial cost of housing. For example, areas designated for such development should be coordinated with public transit corridors, which can increase affordability by mini mizing the need for high-cost transportation. Funding for these programs could come from the actions that drive up housing costs such as new high-cost housing developments and second home ownership. Property tax trans fer fees can be focused to support lower cost housing programs.

Sarah Toscano: First, stop building houses that drive up the market rate of hous ing for most families. Let’s also tax second homes heavily, then take that revenue and build affordable housing with it. Politicians shouldn’t think that they know everything — they should elicit ideas from people who know how to drive down the market prices of real estate and raw materials.

As the state’s voucher program winds down, some of Vermont’s homeless population could lose housing. Would you

Regional planners confront climate change

AARON CALVIN STAFF WRITER

About 100 years ago, Vermont was three degrees cooler than it is today; 80 years from now, it’s going to be anywhere from three to 12 degrees hotter, according to David Grass, an environmental health program manager with the Vermont Department of Health.

“That means a lot more extreme heat days,” he said. “So, to the extent that we can begin adapting — doing the long-term planning, the mitigation work, and some short-term planning — what do we do lead ing up to and during the crisis, we’ll figure out the steps that we need to take to protect Vermonters and to protect each other, which

is what it comes down to.”

While Vermonters are no strangers to the frigidly cold days of winter, it’s the increased frequency of dangerously hot days, when temperatures reach over 95 or even 100 degrees Fahrenheit, that could represent an increased health threat to the state’s most vulnerable populations.

“Heat is not a threat that we have to deal with very frequently, and it’s because of that it looms large as a threat for us,” Grass said. “Some of the places around the world where they’ve seen high levels of death and illness resulting from heat events are those places that are least accustomed to experiencing them, so the effort here is to get ahead of that.”

To that end, the department of health is urging regional and town-level planning commissions to identify both their most vulnerable populations and cooling centers to keep them out of the heat.

The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission is taking the lead in Vermont’s most populated cluster of towns and attempting to identify and map out emergency responses to temperature extremes and other emergency events that could arise out of a changing climate.

A draft of a new hazard mitigation plan is working its way through the commission, the second such plan in which environmen

PHOTO BY REBECCA FOSTER

Erin and Brian Just with their twins, Kit and Tate, seeing their picture for the first time in the Charlotte Energy Committee’s new interpretive sign at the solar-compost shed at Charlotte Central School. The sign highlights how the interconnected initiatives on the site that have been worked on by volunteers over the last few years — solar power, pollinator garden, composting, bike rack — create a more resilient community.

Parts of Hinesburg town forests close for hunting

To encourage deer hunting in Hinesburg’s town forests, sections of both the Hinesburg Town Forest and LaPlatte Headwaters Town Forest will be closed to all recreation except hunting between Monday, Oct. 24, and Sunday, Dec. 11, as a management tool to prevent over-browsing by deer.

Based on feedback received from different user groups about the whole forest being closed for short periods during the deer hunting season, the Hinesburg Town Forest Committee voted in August to only close a smaller section of the forest for a contin uous period.

The committee hopes this will better serve all user groups by preserving some access to the town forests while encouraging hunting in other areas. Reduc ing deer density will reduce over-browsing, which negatively impacts early successional growth and understory regeneration.

During this period non-hunt

ing activities like walking, hiking, trail running, mountain biking, ATVs and horseback riding restricted to the western section of Hinesburg Town Forest around the Hayden Hill parking areas.

The following recreational trails will remain open to all activ ities normally allowed: Maiden, Russell’s Ramble, Sheep Thrills, Missing Link, Back Door, Stealth and a section of the Eagle’s Trail from the trailhead at Hayden Hill West to the height of land at the start of Sheep Thrills.

In the LaPlatte Headwaters Town Forest, all trails will remain open as the closed area does not have recreation trails.

Remember that hunting, per state regulations, is allowed every where in both town forests regard less of any closure. We encourage all users to wear bright-colored clothing during deer season while out in the woods.

For maps of the trail closure areas, see bit.ly/3ehdvM6.

Charlotte takes steps to make Halloween safer

Halloween is approaching and this year the spooky holiday cele bration in downtown Charlotte promises to be safer, better and more fun.

Safety, of course, is paramount. Each year the town informally closes Greenbush Road between the Old Brick Store and some where down Greenbush Road, but this year there will be profes sional traffic control and the road will be fully closed between 4:308:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31, for trick or treating. (Residents who live within that area will still be able to leave and return to their

houses.)

There will be live music in the Old Brick parking lot from 5:307:30 p.m. Local legend Lowell Thompson and his band will play Halloween hits and everything in between. The show is free, rain or shine, and everyone is welcome.

The Old Brick parking lot will be decorated with pump kins and lights, and instead of noisy gas-powered lighting at the intersection, organizer will be using quiet, sustainable battery powered lights.

People are encouraged to park to the east of the intersection of

Boat steward program stops spread of aquatic invasives

MATTHEW GORTON AND KATE KELLY CONTRIBUTORS

Lewis Creek Association recently wrapped up its boat launch steward program at Bris tol Pond and Monkton Pond and helped to keep invasive aquatic species from spreading through out the watershed and state.

The association picked Bris tol and Monkton ponds due to their popularity with anglers, recreational boaters, wildlife enthusiasts and for their natural communities. As of 2022, there are three known aquatic invasive species in Bristol Pond: Europe

an frogbit (Hydrocharis morsusranae), Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) and brittle naiad (Najas minor); and two in Monkton Pond: Eurasian watermilfoil and curly-leaf pond weed (Potamogeton crispus).

Both ponds could function as introduction points for the spread of invasives. Stewards inspect watercraft for invasive species and biological materials, identi fy and remove suspicious spec imens, collect data and educate the public about stopping the spread of invasive species.

The majority of watercraft inspected at both ponds did not

carry invasive species, but they were found on 67 separate water crafts.

If stewards hadn’t intercepted the vegetation, these boats could have potentially spread these species to other bodies of water.

Lewis Creek Association also coordinated a day with Lake Champlain Basin Program and Vermont Department of Envi ronmental Conservation staff and community volunteers to remove brittle naiad from Bristol Pond. Volunteers and staff made good progress on control of an infes tation near the boat launch, but further work will be required.

Greenbush and Ferry roads, at or near town hall, senior center, and at a temporary parking area just east of town hall.

Parking at The Old Lantern is also available for those arriving from the south.

If you’re interested in volun

teering the day of, go to bit. ly/3RRa5NA. Donations for traf fic control and the music can be made here: bit.ly/3STLx83.

PHOTO BY MATTHEW GORDON

The boat launch stewards took a morning to learn about and harvest European frogbit in Town Farm Bay in Charlotte.

South Burlington man runs for U.S. House as independent

Matt Druzba

Matt Druzba of South Burl ington is running for the U.S. House of Representatives as an independent.

“I’m not a Republican, Demo crat or long-time politician but rather your ordinary Vermont citizen and proud American with a passion to effect good change through working with both sides of the aisle,” Druzba said in a press release. “I am a left-lean ing moderate with conservative undertones.”

“I am a true independent. I will not be beholden to any politi cal party, political action commit tee or special interest group, like most Democrat or Republican candidates are,” he wrote.

Druzba, born in Albany, N.Y., and raised in nearby Niskayuna, was active in sports while grow ing up.

“The Northeast was my back yard and included many visits to quaint towns, hiking trails, camp sites and ski slopes of Vermont,” he said.

Prior to college as a junior in high school, Druzba was accepted in an advanced Reserve Officer Training Corp program to become an officer in the Army Reserve and National Guard. He received his ROTC officer commission and bachelor’s degree in comput er software at Excelsior Univer sity.

Over the past 35 years, Druzba has held many leadership posi tions, including the New York

Matt Druzba

Department of Social Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Eastman Kodak, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the law firm of Wiggin & Dana.

Druzba has experience in mergers and acquisition, and has had experience at a few dot coms, mortgage firms, and more.

Druzba, with his wife and three children, moved to Vermont seven years ago to help with his mother-in-law who was diag nosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

Almost four years ago, his wife, Cecile, was unexpectedly killed by an impaired driver early one morning.

“Since then, my three adult children and I have been able to move forward within our respec tive journeys. This leads me back to my personal journey running in Vermont, as an independent, for U.S. Congress.

“Even though I have been an independent for many years, I was a Reagan-Republican as well

as a Democrat, for approximately 10 years each. During my tenure within each of the two political parties, various and sustained disappointments caused me to act upon my conscience and leave each party,” he said.

“I now recognize and support areas within each party platform, which is why I am a solid indepen dent and moderate. This makes me an ideal alternative candidate for Democrats and Republicans as well as a strong candidate for independent and swing voters,” he said.

Druzba said his five priorities are the full support for women’s rights, reducing the effects of climate change, balancing support for the 2nd Amendment, commonsense gun control and supporting personal reproductive liberty.

“With over 35 years as a successful finance and technol ogy business leader, more than 25 years as a father of three, 10 years as an officer in the military, and a youth lacrosse coach and community volunteer, I have a wealth of knowledge, seasoned experience, honesty and to repre sent Vermonters in Washington,” he wrote. “I have the breadth of seasoned leadership, drive and time required to effect positive change for Vermont, our country, our democracy and our future. It would be my honor to repre sent you in Washington. I would work tirelessly for the people of Vermont and the U.S.

Learn more about Druzba’s credentials, platform and story at mattd4vt.com.

Charlotte kids learn to code in library program

friends, and everyone should try it.”

Declan Pagnucco loves playing Fortnite and he’s taking his passion for the popular video game to the next level.

The Charlotte Central School seventh grader is learning how to create his own game based on the battle-royale phenomenon with the Charlotte Coding Club.

Every Wednes day, the Charlotte Library fills with kids like Pagnucco who’ve joined the club to learn the magic behind their favorite video games and more. The group is for students grades six through 12 who want to learn how to code.

The group was started in March by Christi na Asquith, co-founder and chief operating officer of Hack Club, a Shelburne-based nonprofit that supports student-run high school coding clubs.

“Coding is like a superpow er,” Asquith said. “It’s a really fun way to build cool stuff with your

On a recent Wednesday, around 15 students in the club were in the middle of a six-week program that would lead them to create their own games. The current program runs until Oct. 26, but Asquith plans to run another one in 2023.

The kids have been learning different coding languages and using a program called Sprig, a game engine and web-based editor that lets people code retrostyle games. The system was created by Hack Club, and kids who submit their game designs can receive a device to play them on.

Asquith orig inally started the club with a plan to teach kids about web design. But she soon found the kids were more inter ested in video games and the club switched focus. She decided they should learn JavaScript, a coding language used for making interac tive content like animated graph ics, interactive maps, pop-ups and

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anything else that moves across a screen. It’s the coding language Sprig works with and is perfect for creating the kind of relatively simple games kids can build.

Asquith said she wanted to combine the technical side of coding with the creativity of video games to help the students get excited about their work.

Charlotte Central School seventh-grader Odie Kallock, one of the club members at the library on a recent Wednesday, had already completed one session of the program. For Kallock, figuring out the code and the challenge of getting it to work is exciting, and

seeing what he can create is fun.

As Asquith said: “I don’t want coding to seem like a dry, irrele vant and disconnected theoretical concept. I want within the first class for them to see the results of what they’ve built.”

Kids can join the program without any experience and start learning code and designing games from their first meeting.

The students like how they’re able to pursue projects based on things they enjoy. “It’s fun because you get to create things you want to create,” Charlotte Central School sixth-grader Asher David son said. He hopes to make a game

about sports, especially basketball.

Coding can be challenging, too. But the kids have been up to the task, and Asquith is there to help. During the recent meeting the students faced a few hurdles: making a block move or change a color on their computers. As they worked away for more than an hour Asquith answered many tough questions, and kids who solved one problem got up to eagerly help others.

“They have begun to shift their mentality and their mind set from just being consumers of video games, to creators of video games,” Asquith said.

PHOTO BY ABIGAIL CARROLL

Students in the Charlotte coding club taught by Christina Asquith at the Charlotte Library.’

“Coding is like a superpower,” Asquith said. “It’s a really fun way to build cool stuff with your friends, and everyone should try it.”

— Christina Asquith

Why Johnny can’t tweet?

Poor Elijah’s Almanack

Peter N. Berger

While Twitter began as a medium for posting urgent messages like what your favorite reality TV star had for breakfast or things you ordinarily wouldn’t bother to tell casual acquaintanc es if you accidentally wound up sitting next to them, tweeting has grown in scope and gravity since it was hatched 16 years ago.

Now our presidents have Twit ter accounts on which they offer the government’s 280-character positions on world and national affairs. It reminds me of Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” where the great truths of the revolution were reduced to “four legs good, two legs bad.”

Right alongside Twitter, Facebook is where our self-ab sorption gets to stretch out and consume as much space as it wants, meaning all the space in the world. In addition to enabling us to bask narcissistically in full view of strangers we designate as “friends,” Facebook also provides a service to the criminal under class by alerting them to what our children look like and when we’ll be away from home.

According to NEAToday, American schools are “embracing social media as a teaching tool.” While Twitter and Facebook were once regarded as a classroom distraction, and students’ postings as a threat to their privacy and security, a growing cadre of teach ers has been shrugging off those concerns since they rest only on social media’s documented role as a distraction and threat to students’ privacy and security.

Even as they urge us to rear range public education around a pernicious commercial phenom enon that’s less than two decades old, supporters concede that teach ing via social media is still contro versial. A 2013 survey conducted by Pearson, the software, publish ing and assessment giant, found that while 41 percent of educators were using it in their classes, 56 percent described classroom use as “more distracting than helpful.”

In an especially creative application of statistics, promoters claimed that “education dominates the Twittersphere” because “out of the half billion” daily tweets, “4.2 million are related to education.”

For those of you without an iPhone on which you can do the calcula tions, that’s a less than staggering eight tenths of a percent, assuming everything that’s categorized as education actually is educational.

One eager superintendent defends social media classroom use on the grounds that there’s

suddenly “so much information out there.” In this information age, popular fiction ignores several pertinent facts.

First, thanks to Aristotle, The New York Times, Walter Cronkite and the Encyclopedia Britannica, there’s always been much more information out there than students could ever take in.

Second, the reason that many American students are uninformed and poorly educated isn’t that they lack electronic access to what other uninformed American students think.

Third, books, newspapers and most nightly news networks have editors who, while fallible, filter out most of the nonsense and libel. Who filters Facebook?

Advocates argue that social media apps allow students to “share and regularly provide feedback on each other’s work.” This same theory prompted the introduction of writing confer ences several decades ago, where students comment on and correct each other’s essays. Unfortunate ly, few students know enough to make many useful comments.

The superintendent alleges that teachers can’t “just teach from a textbook anymore.” The reality is, though, that good teachers have rarely taught from a single text book. Depending on the subject, as long as I’ve been in school, teachers have always drawn from magazines, newspapers, films, reliable websites and their own minds. What the superintendent really means is schools can’t get a lot of students to pick up a book anymore. .

Read? Who needs to read?

Another devotee has long encouraged her students to email each other during class. She

concedes she exercises little control over the content of their messages, but she’s happy they’re “so comfortable communicating electronically,” as if adolescents who can text in their pockets need help getting comfortable. She seems unconcerned, even unaware, that she’s effectively traded some portion of her curriculum — and her purpose — for what we used to call passing notes in class. Social media applications expand that idle conversation exponentially.

Primary level enthusiasts recommend Twitter for students who are just beginning to read. Kindergarteners, for example, can connect with other 5-year-olds around the country by sharing photos and classroom work. How do they do this since they can’t read and write? Who’s actually doing the sharing? What aren’t children learning while they, or their teachers, are busy tweeting? Do we really want fingers that don’t yet know how to hold a pencil tapping out letters that many pre-readers don’t yet recognize to form combinations that often aren’t words?

Welcome to yet another reason 21st century Johnny won’t be able to read.

Welcome to another generation of Twitter customers.

Welcome to 21st century wisdom in 280 characters or less.

Repeated studies trace chil dren’s escalating problems with socialization, attention and sleep to excessive exposure to video images. Meanwhile, American schools devote more and more time to alleged learning in front of a video screen.

The self-esteem movement

Oh, my heavens: Looking to the stars

In Musing

Carole Vasta Folley

I don’t read horoscopes. I skim them. It’s because I can tell instantly if it’s applicable to my life. Like if the horoscope speaks of adventure when I’m home sick in bed, I’ll disregard it as a bunch of bunk. However, if it advises focus while I’m in the midst of a huge project or recommends imbibing when I’m headed to a family reunion, then I’ll take note. I’ll cut the dang horoscope out and laminate it.

I’m not sure why I bother. It could simply be because, every now and then, a horoscope says just the right words to soothe my soul and send me on my way.

But first, before any laminating, I had to get over my despair at my zodiac sign. Even as a kid, I’d bemoan, “Why, oh why, am I a Sagittarius?” I mean, what girl wants to be half horse and half man? With a bow and arrow, nonetheless. Besides, it was never lost on me that the half horse part was the back end, if you get my drift. And a bearded man? A burly chested one at that. Face it, the centaur of my youth needed a bra more than I did.

How I’d pine for a different birth

month, wishing I was born in late August and could be a Virgo. A young maiden carrying a sheaf of wheat. Exquisite. I’d have settled for even a crab or a scorpion. But no. My sign will always be essentially a horse’s ass.

Eventually, I grew up, matured, left my whine behind, put it in my glass, and accepted my sign. But to this day, it never has made sense. Sagittarians are “adven turesome risk-takers, with a sharp business and sports mentality.” Has the zodiac ever met me?

But who am I to argue with astrology?

It’s been around since Mesopotamia. That’s the cradle of civilization, people. This idea that the placement of planets, sun and moon can be analyzed and interpreted into predictions for our daily benefit is quite astonishing. Perhaps I should take it more seriously.

So, today, I checked my horoscope at three different sites. The Washington Post said I should explore places I haven’t been. The Chicago Tribune recommended trying something new. And Cosmo said I should get outside my comfort zone. I picked that one because it’s kind of like traveling. Plus, I’ve never been there.

I’ve noticed this astrological Ann

Landers doles out universal, semi-helpful, advice. Therefore, aren’t horoscopes miss ing the full spectrum of being human? That some days are just hard. What if, instead of some positive-thinking maxim, our horo scope said the truth?

Like, “Today will be challenging, people won’t be nice and you’ll drop some thing, maybe on your foot, it’ll hurt, you’ll curse inappropriately and when you finally limp home, a stench from hell will tell you something has turned vilely rotten in your refrigerator, but you can’t find it because there’s too many containers of unidentified inedible leftovers and as you reach behind the bagged lunch you forgot to give your kid so they had nothing to eat all day, for a beer, another one will land on your foot, yes, of course, the same one . . .”

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corrupted our children’s self-image so each thought he was the most important person in the room. Now we’re inflating children’s self-importance further by perverting their school days into reality television. Yes, you’re a star on your class Facebook page.

We’re so proud of our cutting-edge efforts to get our students electronically connecting and learning side-by side with online children they’ll never see. Mean while, we lament that bullying is on the rise because they can’t get along with the

I think you get the idea. Some days are just like that.

So, maybe occasionally getting a horo scope that reads, “For the love of god, don’t go outside today!” Or “Are you kidding me, you haven’t flossed all week?” would be the perfect addition to their usual peppy prophecies.

Meanwhile, I’ll continue to read my horoscope. And, if I don’t like it, I’ll just pretend I’m a Virgo. Don’t worry, it’s OK, I switch it up; I’m a Sagittarius, you know, an adventuresome risk-taker.

Carole Vasta Folley’s has won awards from the Vermont Press Association, The New England Newspaper and Press Associ ation and the National Society of Newspa per Columnists.

children they deal with every day.

Experts lament that students have suffered by being cut off from each other by COVID-19. Every day they tout the devel opmental benefits of in-person schooling. Yet now that we have students back in the same room, we have them connecting via telephones and TV screens.

It doesn’t take a hashtag to see the folly in that.

Peter Berger has taught English and history for 30 years.

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PHOTO BY AL FREY

Soccer action nets CVU two hat tricks

and Zoe Zoller and Anna Morton also scored.

Field hockey

Girls’ soccer

Champlain Valley 9, Brattle boro 1: Ella Knudsen and Chloe Pecor each had a hat trick as the girls’ soccer team ran way with a win over Brattleboro Monday.

Anna Morton, Erin Fina and Zoe Klein each tallied once, while Riley Erdman (two assists), Natalie Webster, Esther Cuneo and Alex Loner all had assists.

Emma Allaire got the win in goal for CVU, which moves to 8-0-1.

The Redhawks also captured a win Saturday, beating Mount Mansfield 4-1.

Pecor had two goals for CVU,

Champlain Valley 3, Mount Abraham 1: The Champlain Valley field hockey team opened a 2-0 lead in the first half and did not look back in its win over Mount Abraham Monday, Oct. 10.

Miranda Oppenheimer had a goal and an assist for the Redhawks, who move to 7-2.

Danielle Gamelin and Tess Ever ett each added a goal for CVU, while Emma Kim and Emily Gay each added an assist.

Grace Ferguson and Rianne Nagelhout combined to get the win in goal.

It was the second win in a row

for CVU, which also beat Burl ington 2-0 on Saturday, Oct. 8.

Emma Kim and Claire Marcoe each had a goal, while Rianne Nagelhout stopped five shots in the shutout.

Football

Champlain Valley 38, Burr and Burton 35: Champlain Valley came out on top in the battle of the unbeatens on Saturday, beat ing Burr and Burton 38-35.

The Redhawks had a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter but had to hold off a late push from visit ing Burr and Burton.

Max Destito threw for 210 yards and three touchdown passes, Alex Provost had a 17-yard TD

CVU’s Zorah Ngu, a junior, battles for possession during a recent Redhawks’ game against St. Johnsbury Oct. 3. CVU blanked the Hilltoppers 5-0.

support making space available in Hinesburg?

Toscano: Absolutely, if those being served were able to over come our lack of substantial public transportation. I have no problem housing the homeless population if a facility was built and transporta tion was arranged; at the moment we are not conveniently located for those who cannot drive.

Pouech: It is important that homeless families be provided a wide range of support services to help them “fill in” the missing pieces that resulted in them becom ing homeless. Those services include mental health, job training, addiction support or just a helping hand up. As of now, it would be extremely difficult for Hinesburg to provide this level of support for a large influx of people, but Hines burg may and should be able to support a small number of home less or new refugee families if we had coordination of town, state and non-governmental service organi zations. This may be an opportuni ty for the state to support and help coordinate these efforts for all local communities.

Do you believe a woman should have the right to abortion? Do you support Prop 5?

Pouech: I fully support Prop 5 to ensure every Vermonter is afford ed personal reproductive liber ty. I believe the Supreme Court’s decision is not a constitutional interpretation but rather a political position. I worry that other person al freedoms we have established in recent years are also under threat. It is unfortunate that these freedoms have become state-by-state issues; I will do what is possible to push federal legislation to protect indi vidual rights. Until such time, it is critical that the Legislature protect Vermonters’ individual freedoms.

Toscano: Yes, absolutely. My personal feelings govern only my own uterus, and I don’t have the right to make decisions for anyone else. I do not believe the govern ment should be involved in person al medical decisions and I would never vote in a way that would remove someone’s right to make their own medical decisions.

What are your views on commu nity policing, and how would you like to see police departments adapt — or not — to address racial disparities in traf fic stops and incar ceration rates?

Toscano: I think a lot of law enforce ment training needs to be scrapped and rewritten. A couple members of the community have been very vocal about this with me as they shared their law enforcement career expe riences.

If the entire police training program was dismantled and started over, we would probably eliminate racial disparity because officers would be properly trained. Skillsets would include how to assess situations and suspects quickly and correctly — thus not jumping to conclusions based on incorrect criteria.

Pouech: I believe Hinesburg has a strong record in community policing and the data collected by the state shows no racial dispar ities in traffic stops. Despite this success, it is critical that we provide police department employees with all the tools and training necessary to continue to serve all members

of the community. We must also ensure tight oversight and follow up when complaints or issues arise, as this information will allow our town to maintain and improve its current system. Public safety response can and should include

ble, their pay and compensation will need to reflect those expecta tions. As a member of the select board, I have worked to pursue more regional solutions to locally funded services. There are oppor tunities to regionalize some public safety services and increase service levels while sharing overhead and capital costs.

impact low- and moderate-income families. We must push hard to meet Global Warming Solutions Act commitments. Those who still minimalize climate change’s impact to Vermont should at least recognize every dollar spent on fossil fuels sends money out of state and until we transition from fossil fuel reliance, we will contin ue to see unstable and ever-increas ing costs.

non-armed social and mental health service providers working side by side with police. Despite Hines burg’s record, the state must ensure rigorous oversight of local and state policing. They must contin ue to gather accurate data regard ing racial disparities and make it publicly available so we can all be held accountable for addressing these issues.

Should the Legislature be involved in ensuring adequate staffing at municipal and state police departments?

Pouech: State and local govern ments are challenged right now to provide adequate staffing. Just like we are doing in Hinesburg, we must continuously measure our needs and budget accordingly. We must recognize that when we insist officers be highly trained and capa

Toscano: Yes, because at this point we need to create standards by which agencies are recruit ing and retaining qualified candidates. I’d want to consult with police unions to see where they stand on this issue among the staff ing problems being faced right now. One way or anoth er, the Legislature is going to be either involved in fund ing and grants, or regulation of the recruiting and selection process.

What should the Legislature do about climate change?

Toscano: Everybody wants to save the Earth. The way we attack climate change is to go after pollut ants and not small family farms. What I’m not willing to do is add taxes and pretend that those funds are going to change the planet. There’s already enough tax burden and I’d like to see it reduced. My fellow Vermonters are suffering enough under today’s tax burdens and runaway spending. We need to rein it in a bit.

Pouech: I put climate change as our No. 1 long-term existen tial threat. It is now impacting Vermont’s environment and it is and will continue to unfairly

We must build up local renew able energy as the backbone of the electric grid, take multiple actions including weatherization to increase energy efficiency, strengthen and expand public transit options, and imbed energy efficiency into land use planning. I believe we should restructure the Vermont Public Utility Commission away from governor appointments to appoint ments by the Legislature. This will help to make the vommission more accountable to citizens and their desire to expand locally derived renewable energy, both solar and wind while ending issuance of new permits for fossil fuel infrastructure projects. Every action taken in the Statehouse must consider how that action will impact our goals to meet the Global Warming Solutions Act.

I believe we can make this tran sition to clean energy and efficiency without unduly impacting low- and moderate-income Vermonters. It has become increasingly clear that when you weatherize your home and convert the heating system to high efficiency heat pumps, heating and cooling costs will be reduced and remain predictable. These actions will result in long-term energy cost savings and

We should pass the clean heat standard to expand funding for weatherization and provide afford able solutions for low-income families to stabilize heating costs; require the public utility commis sion to expand renewable energy and end permitting of fossil fuel infrastructure; provide a statewide funding plan for expansion of public transit; imbed energy effi ciency into land use planning; and expand broadband to encourage remote work to minimize wasteful commuting.

List three issues you’d like to address should you win the November election.

Pouech: Climate change is our No. 1 long-term threat.

My second priority is to institute more progressive tax structures. Those with the means and those who benefit the most from society must pay their fair share to support our institutions. The over-reliance on property tax, specifically those taxes on single-family homes and low-income rentals is unfair because property is not always an

accurate measure of income. Expansion of the existing homestead property tax relief program is one way to move this forward.

My third issue is more local to Hinesburg. Our town will experience a large amount of development and population growth in the next few years. We need the state to support Hinesburg’s need to provide water and waste water systems that are both more energy effi cient and better for the environment. State funding is also critical to protect waterways, minimize stormwater impacts and strength en infrastructure for more severe weather events. State policies on transportation must focus on efficiency and alternate transpor tation options. Hinesburg cannot continue to accept more inefficient traffic through its village center. The state can also play a major role in helping communities regionalize town services. We should realize that it is unsus tainable to expect each individual town to provide high quality critical services (such as policing, fire, and medical response).

Toscano: First and foremost, I will reform the mental health system. Every one who needs help will receive it without long wait times. Crisis care shouldn’t be run through the emergency room. I’ve done seri ous in-depth research and modeled a new system; I’m looking forward to introducing new legislation to put this into place.

Next, I want to make Vermont affordable to live in, especially for those who already are here. We need to pull back spending anywhere we can and reallocate resources to help families and seniors survive. Over the last couple years, I’ve been amazed at how many people have fantastic ideas that

could be done realistically. If only we had the support to get some of these projects off the ground, whether it’s a small amount of space or a borrowing a truck that’s needed.

The biggest problem I come up against is that people only vote for familiar names and don’t engage with candidates. I know that there’s tons of people out there with great ideas and resources and I’d like to draw from that well of good ideas in my district.

There’s nobody better to decide what’s right for Vermont than Vermonters.

Third, I’d like to see more done to stim ulate growth and sustenance in the small business sector. I’d like to see the Legisla ture help families with small businesses and farms recover from the financial devastation brought by COVID-19.

I have about 12 major points but priori tized to three as requested.

Do you agree that low pay for legislators’ results in a citizen legislature that is not very representative of Vermont?

Toscano: I do not agree. I believe that lack of voter engagement makes people think that running for office is not a possibility. By engaging voters and stimulating conver sation, I’d like to create replacements for me, showing others that they can do this too while engaging other citizens in the process.

Pouech: I agree that the present level of legislative pay and lack of benefits limits the pool of qualified representatives who can represent their districts. I readily admit I am privileged to consider serving in the Legisla ture because I have the time and can absorb any loss of income that comes with this

commitment. I know there are many other potential legislators who are constrained by finances. State government is supposed to be a citizen legislature. If we open the opportunity to serve, to all income and social standards, legislation will better serve all Vermonters. I would consider changes to base pay and the provision of benefits if it was based on an income-sensitive scale to expand the make-up of the legislature to be more representative of the citizenry.

What is your position on paid family leave?

Pouech: I support the recent legislative efforts to provide mandatory paid family leave up to 12 weeks. I believe their proposed funding structure of a minimal payroll tax of 0.2 percent to 0.38 percent is affordable, fair and necessary to provide family friendly jobs and communities.

Toscano: Most full-time jobs include paid leave. I do not support a system of mandato ry paid-into family leave. Perhaps for those who are self-employed, but most jobs already offer paid leave. A self-sustaining system for the self-employed may work, but that’s not for all Vermonters.

A new education funding formula could mean the Champlain Valley School District could face either hefty spending

increases or cuts to the education system, or a combination of both. How would you explain to a voter/taxpayer your support or opposition to these changes?

Toscano: I have a lot of concerns about the school district at the moment. This is a complex topic, and I could make a lengthy reply and provide a lot of research, but with the speed at which things change my words and observations could be irrelevant in a month. I’d certainly support enough funding to recruit and retain adequate staff. I don’t believe the community can handle any more property taxes.

Pouech: Education spending has chal lenged this state for years. I will always make sure changes to taxing formulas ensure equal education for all Vermonters. This will require towns with more financial resources to support those school districts with few resources and more needs. At the same time, I believe there are actions that can be taken statewide to help lower and control educa tion costs. For example, each school district negotiates and obtains on the open market medical benefits for their school employees. While I strongly support providing high qual ity health benefits to our school staff, I think we could provide the best available benefits at lower costs if we negotiated at the state

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Hinesburg firefighters hold annual craft fair

Join the Hinesburg Firefighters Associa tion for their fall craft fair, Saturday, Oct. 15, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Hinesburg Fire Station.

The fair gives sellers the opportunity to share crafts and wares and will include local crafters as well as outside business consul tants.

Proceeds benefit the Hinesburg Fire fighters Association.

Start the week right at a Monday Munch

The next Monday Munch at the Charlotte Senior Center is Oct. 17, 212 Ferry Road, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The meal features a Mexican feast and frosted pumpkin squares.

A $5 donation is appreciated.

On Oct. 24 enjoy spaghetti bolognese with beef, caesar salad, garlic bread and pumpkin pie with whipped cream. A special Halloween munch on Oct. 31 features lunch but also a costume contest (costumes are

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optional). Wear your Halloween costume, mask or hat. Halloween treat bags and hopefully no tricks. The meal will consist of assorted sandwiches, potato salad and pumpkin pie cupcakes.

Check the website in case of last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.

Lewis Creek Association holds annual celebration

Lewis Creek Association holds its annual celebration on Saturday, Oct. 15, 3-5:30 p.m. at the Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road.

There will be a pre-party bike tour of Ahead of the Storm sites for ages 12 and up with a parent; meet at Charlotte Town Hall parking lot with bikes and helmets at 1 p.m.

Annual party includes stories, music and puppet show, and a live animal presenta tion by Southern Vermont Natural History Museum. There will be maps and exhibits of the association’s programs and a tour of the Charlotte Library rain garden

More at lewiscreek.org.

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO TOWN OF CHARLOTTE MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

The Selectboard of the Town of Charlotte does hereby ordain:

Pursuant to 23 V.S.A. §1007 and 24 V.S.A. §1976, the Motor Vehicle and Traffic Regulation Ordinance adopted September 22, 1980, and as amended September 11, 2000, February 11, 2002, June 15, 2009, April 11, 2011, November 14, 2011, April 22, 2013, April 14, 2014, and September 9, 2019, is hereby amended as follows:

Section 1(A)(5) of said Ordinance is added so that Section 1(A)(5) states as follows:

(A) A maximum speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour:

5. On Hinesburg Road from the intersection with Mt. Philo Road westerly1,600 feet to be designated as a School Zone per 19 V.S.A. § 921.

Section 1(B)(1) of said Ordinance is amended so that Section 1(B)(1) states as follows (added text in underline):

(B) A maximum speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour:

1. On Hinesburg Road from the intersection of Church Hill Road extending easterly to 1,600 feet before the intersection with Mount Philo Road.

Adopted this 4th day of October, 2022.

CHARLOTTE SELECTBOARD

By: /s/Dean Bloch, Town Administrator and Duly Authorized Agent

This Amendment to the Town of Charlotte Motor Vehicle and Traffic Regulation Ordinance shall become effective on December 3, 2022, unless a petition signed by not less than 5% of the qualified voters of the Town requesting a town meeting vote on the question of disapproving the amendment is filed with the Town Clerk or Selectboard on or before November 17, 2022. The full text of the Town of Charlotte Motor Vehicle and Traffic Regulation Ordinance may be viewed at the Town Clerk’s office.

For more information, contact: Dean Bloch, Town Administrator, Charlotte Town Hall, 159 Ferry Road, P.O. Box 119, Charlotte, VT 05445, (802) 425-3071 ext. 5

Help the school district envision its future

The Champlain Valley School District is holding a series of forums to identify the community’s shared values and priorities as it designs its strategic plan for the next five years.

Share your thoughts at this link, bit. ly/CVSDOct22, or come to one of three upcoming forums:

• Thursday, Oct.13, 6 p.m., Champlain Valley Union library.

• Saturday, Oct. 15, 9:30 a.m., Williston Central School community room.

• Monday, Oct. 17, 9 a.m., Pierson Library, Shelburne.

Hinesburg United Church holiday bazaar approaches

The United Church of Hinesburg will hold its annual holiday bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 19, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.

Shop in grandmother’s attic, the jewelry corner and an arts and crafts center. There will be homemade baked goods from local cooks, including baked beans, pies, home made breads, cookies and fudge, as well as the traditional “Brown Bobbies” table.

Lunch will be offered between 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and features homemade soups and sandwiches. Each order includes a free dessert.

For your shopping convenience, a local wreath maker will have a variety of Christ mas wreaths for sale in the parking lot.

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level rather than require each district and town to battle it out with health care insur ance providers.

How will your life experiences shape your legislative priorities?

Pouech: I have a 30-year history of service to Hinesburg, ranging from volun teering on recreation programs to serving in elected positions. I have worked directly with many Hinesburg residents. A good exam ple of this is my 20-plus years coordinating Green-Up activities, where I have learned the importance of bringing citizens of all ages and beliefs together to work for a common cause. I have witnessed small children grow up with an ethic of caring for their communi ty that, at least in part, grew from their early experiences as Green Up volunteers.

I’ve also been actively involved in the United Church of Hinesburg. I believe Hinesburg is fortunate to have a strong base of nonprofit service organizations and that I personally benefit when provided the oppor tunity to join in their service missions

Through my ongoing service as a select board member I have demonstrated an abil ity to understand the complex governmental processes that towns must follow. I am will ing to put the time in to learn and remain open minded to understand and respect all perspec tives on the wide variety of issues that arise. I am proud that as selectboard chair, I worked to ensure every voice was heard and every step taken, or decision made was as the result of an open and honest process of dialogue and compromise.

The bazaar is held at the Osborne Parish Hall next to the church on Route 116 in the heart of Hinesburg Village.

Learn all about Dragonheart at senior center talk

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, join Dragonheart Vermont’s execu tive director Nina Atkinson and board chair Pat King for an overview of the Lake Cham plain Dragon Boat Festival, benefitting local cancer survivors, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road.

They will share stories from the Club Crew World Championships, and what it is like to compete representing Dragonheart Vermont and the United States.

Register by Monday, Oct. 17 at 802-4256345.

Register ahead for Age Well meals

The Age Well meal pickup for Thurs day, Oct. 20, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features pork cutlet, brown gravy, mashed potatoes, diced beets, mini wheat hamburger roll with butter, watermelon and milk.

You must have pre-registered by Monday, Oct. 17, with Kerrie Pughe, 802-425-6345 or kpughe@charlotteseniorcentervt.org

Check the website for last-minute cancel lations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.

I have chosen to address the ongoing challenge of affordable and accessible trans portation by serving as Hinesburg’s commis sioner to the Green Mountain Transit board. My efforts ensure Hinesburg maintains and hopefully increases bus transit options there by reducing the need for and reliance on high cost of single occupancy vehicle transporta tion. I have been a strong supporter of provid ing no-cost bus service because bus transpor tation should be an option for citizens who wish to minimize their environmental impact and may be the only option for the lowest income families.

Finally, I decided to run for state repre sentative for personal reasons. I don’t do this to push my personal agenda, opinions, or my own sense of what is right and just, although I clearly have them, I am driven by a true desire to serve. The decisions I make in Montpelier will be based on what I believe is best for Hinesburg and its citizens.

Hinesburg is a loving community and a place in which I am proud to have raised our family. Hinesburg’s quality of life should not be taken for granted. We must continue to work hard to guard Hinesburg’s community values. I feel fortunate to live here and it is the reason I am motivated to give back.

Toscano: My life experiences have shown me that those of us who are able need to stand up for community members who need support. I advocate for and help fulfill the needs of residents who need me on a regular basis. Furthermore, I will make the life expe riences of the citizens of Hinesburg be the driving force behind the changes I will make.

CLIMATE CHANGE

dangers specifically tied to a changing climate have been factored into emergency

procedures.

The plan, mapped out in detail across nearly 400 pages, digs deeply into granular detail for both the likelihood that Chitten den towns will face certain types of envi ronmental emergencies, and how best to prepare for and respond to them.

Some Chittenden towns are at greater risk than others. On a scale that ranges from low to high, both Charlotte and Shelburne face a medium risk to their population due to severe temperatures and flooding, while South Burlington and Hinesburg are at lower risk for such dangers.

When it comes to severe rainstorms, however, South Burlington, Hinesburg and Shelburne all face a high-level risk, but only Hinesburg residents have been determined to face elevated risks from severe winter storms.

South Burlington has 45 hazardous waste sites, the second highest number

of such sites outside of Burlington in the county.

The analysis is based on a comprehen sive study of climate change published by the University of Vermont in 2021. Key findings highlighted in the hazard miti gation plan include the increase in aver age temperatures in Vermont since 1900, particularly winter temperatures, which have increased 2.5 times faster than average annual temperatures since 1960.

The time free of freezing temperatures has also lengthened by three weeks since that date and, on average, lakes and ponds have thawed three days earlier each decade. Extreme temperature events are expected to grow in frequency, according to climate experts.

Vermont has gotten wetter too. Since 1900, precipitation has increased 21 percent, with 2.4 more days of heavy precipitation than in the 1960s, mostly in the summer. This wetter climate will impact forestry and rainstorm operations and will require storm

water, infrastructure and planning improve ments.

Some changes are irrevocable, but some can be mitigated. Over 70 bird species are expected to disappear from Vermont in the next 25 years. If carbon emissions continue apace or grow, the ski season is expected to be shortened by a month by 2080, but only by two weeks if emissions are reduced.

According to regional planner Dan Albrecht, this hazard mitigation plan is all about taking stock of the possible threats alongside towns’ vulnerabilities and capa bilities. To him, climate change is not so much the problem as a broader phenomenon that affects a variety of hazards Chittenden towns will face in the years to come.

The regional plan is intended to act as a guide for local planning commissions, where the preparedness efforts can be hammered out in detail. Progress has been made over the past decade or so in helping municipalities strengthen bylaws around hazard mitigation and establish master plans

for stormwater issues.

Identifying cooling centers for those dangerously warm days is relatively simple in Chittenden towns, where air-conditioned public buildings such as libraries are easily identifiable, as opposed to Vermont’s more rural towns.

The whole back section of the plan iden tifies possible mitigation strategies, accounts for state and local initiatives, and includes how the regional planning commission can assist in these efforts.

One aspect that’s difficult to plan for is the increasingly erratic nature of potential severe weather events.

“It’s just so highly variable. The summer has been just wicked dry, whereas other summers, it’s a big rainstorm once a month. It’s obviously variable, but it definitely seems in recent years that the intensity has grown. It affects the bread-and-butter issues for towns, like roads are the bread and butter of both our urban towns and our rural towns,” Albrecht said.

Positions include a sign on bonus, strong benefits package and the opportunity to work at one of the “Best Places to Work in Vermont”.

Service Coordinator: Continue your career in human services in a supportive environment by providing case management for individuals either for our Adult Family Care program or our Developmental Services program. The ideal candidate will have strong clinical, organizational & leadership skills and enjoy working in a team-oriented position. $47,000 annual salary, $1,500 sign on bonus.

Residential Program Manager: Coordinate staffed residential and community supports for an individual in their home. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a team-oriented position, have strong clinical skills, and demonstrated leadership. $45,900 annual salary, $1,500 sign on bonus.

Direct Support Professional: Provide 1:1 supports to help individuals reach their goals in a variety of settings. This is a great position to start or continue your career in human services. Full and part time positions available starting at $19/hr, $1,000 sign on bonus.

Residential Direct Support Professional: Provide supports to an individual in their home and in the community in 24h shifts including asleep overnights in a private, furnished bedroom. You can work two days, receive full benefits and have five days off each week! Other flexible schedules available, starting wage is $20/hr, $1,000 sign on bonus.

Shared Living Provider: Move into someone’s home or have someone live with you to provide residential supports. There are a variety of opportunities available that could be the perfect match for you and your household. Salary varies dependent on individual care requirements. $1,000 sign on bonus.

Join our dedicated team and together we’ll build a community where everyone participates and belongs https://ccs-vt.org/current-openings/

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WARNING TOWN OF CHARLOTTE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The legal voters of the Town of Charlotte are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Charlotte Town Hall & Town Office, 159 Ferry Road in said Town, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to vote on the following articles by Australian ballot to begin at seven o’clock in the forenoon and to close at seven o’clock in the afternoon.

BY AUSTRALIAN BALLOT

Article 1: Shall the Town vote to amend the Town of Charlotte Land Use Regulations to make legislatively-mandated changes to Sections 4.2(A)(2), Accessory Dwelling, Section 4.16 Telecommunication Facilities, Section 4.20, Energy Facility Siting and Development Standards, Section 5.4(C)(2), Conditional Use Review (for multifamily dwellings), as approved by the Selectboard on October 4, 2022, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4442? (Copies of the proposed amendment to the Land Use Regulations are available for review at the Town offices and on the Town’s website at www.charlottevt.org.)

Article 2: Shall the Town vote to amend the Town of Charlotte Land Use Regulations to revise and clarify existing standards, make technical updates and revise definitions in Table 2.5(D), Rural District Conditional Use Table, Section 3.2(C)(7), Access Management Standards, Section 3.2(D)(5), Roads and Driveways, Section 3.7 Nonconforming Lots (Existing Small Lots), Section 3.8(2) Nonconforming Uses of Land & Structures (Nonconforming Structures), Section 4.3, Adaptive Re-Use, Section 4.15, Public Facility, Section 4.19(B) Accessory On-Farm Businesses, Section 6.2, Subdivision Waiver Authority, Section 9.2, Exemptions, and Section 10.2, Definitions, as approved by the Selectboard on October 4, 2022, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4442? (Copies of the proposed amendment to the Land Use Regulations are available for review at the Town offices and on the Town’s website at www.charlottevt.org.)

Article 3: Shall the Town vote to amend the Town of Charlotte Land Use Regulations to enact new (or revised) policies and standards in Section 4.2, Accessory Dwelling, and Section 4.17(A), Temporary Structure or Use, as approved by the Selectboard on October 4, 2022, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4442? (Copies of the proposed amendment to the Land Use Regulations are available for review at the Town offices and on the Town’s website at www.charlottevt.org.)

Article 4: Shall the Town vote to amend the Town of Charlotte Land Use Regulations to reflect the transition to the Development Review Board throughout the Land Use Regulations to replace either “Planning Commission” or “Zoning Board of Adjustment” with “Development Review Board,” and to Section 9.9(A), Municipal Administrative Requirements, as approved by the Selectboard on October 4, 2022, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4442? (Copies of the proposed amendment to the Land Use Regulations are available for review at the Town offices and on the Town’s website at www.charlottevt.org.)

Article 5: Shall the Town vote to amend the Town of Charlotte Land Use Regulations to enact new (or revised) policies and standards in Section 4.2(A), Accessory Dwelling, as approved by the Selectboard on October 4, 2022, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4442? (Copies of the proposed amendment to the Land Use Regulations are available for review at the Town offices and on the Town’s website at www.charlottevt.org.)

Article 6: Shall the Town vote to amend the Town of Charlotte Land Use Regulations to enact new (or revised) policies and standards in Section 3.6(B)(1), Lot, Yard & Setback Requirements, and Section 7.2(C), Lot Layout, as approved by the Selectboard on October 4, 2022, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4442? (Copies of the proposed amendment to the Land Use Regulations are available for review at the Town offices and on the Town’s website at www.charlottevt.org.)

Dated this 5th day of October, 2022, at Charlotte, Vermont.

CHARLOTTE SELECTBOARD

By: /s/James Faulkner /s/Frank Tenney /s/Matthew Krasnow /s/Louise McCarren /s/Lewis Mudge

The legal voters and residents of the Town of Charlotte are further warned and notified that a public informational hearing will be held at the Charlotte Town Hall, 159 Ferry Road, Charlotte, and remotely on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, commencing at 7:00 o’clock in the afternoon (7:00 p.m.) for the purpose of explaining Articles 1 through 6. The public may attend the public informational meeting in-person or through the Zoom platform or by telephone at the following link and phone numbers:

Link to join meeting online (via Zoom): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89342555932?pwd=bkt2aUNvaXFicnpWV0RETnRmQVk5QT09 Join by phone at this number: 1-646-558-8656

Meeting ID: 893 4255 5932 Passcode: 209520

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ROUNDUP

catch and Dylan Frere caught two touch down passes. Asher Vaughn added two rushing touchdowns and Aidan Morris hit a 31-yard field goal for CVU.

With the win, the Redhawks move to 6-0 in their Vermont schedule.

Boys’ soccer

Champlain Valley 6, Burlington 1: The boys won their seventh game in a row on Saturday, beating Burlington 6-1.

Eli Marden found the back of the net twice for CVU, which moved to 9-1. Zach Spitznagle, Diego Robinson, Sam Denni son and Miles Glover all scored.

Evan Statton and Ziggy Babbot combined to earn the win in goal.

Girls’ volleyball

Champlain Valley 3, Montpelier 0: The girls’ volleyball team won in straight sets Saturday, beating Montpelier to remain

undefeated.

The Redhawks won the first set 25-20, then the second 25-10 and wrapped with a 25-13 third set win.

CVU is now 8-0 on the season.

Golf

Champlain Valley placed all four golf ers in the top five and the Redhawks won the Division I qualifying tournament at Ralph Myhre Country Club Thursday,

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CVU will play in the DI state champi onship Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Orleans Country Club and enter as the top team.

Cooper Guerierre led all golfers with a 75 for CVU, while Bryce Bortnick, Zach Vincent and Jack Bryan all finished with an 80.

The Redhawks finished first with a team score of 315, followed by Essex (328) and South Burlington, 341.

Town Meeting Election is the close of the Town Clerk’s office on November 7, 2022. (Any other person authorized by you who is not a family member must apply in writing or in person for a ballot for you.)

WAYS TO VOTE YOUR EARLY BALLOT:

• You may vote in the town clerk’s office before the deadline.

• Voter may take his or her ballot(s) out of the clerk’s office and return in same manner as if the ballots were received by mail.

• Have ballot mailed to you, and mail or deliver it back to the clerk’s office before Election Day or to the polling place before 7:00 p.m. on Election Day.

• If you are sick or disabled before Election Day, ask the town clerk to have two justices of the peace bring a ballot to you at your home. (Ballots can be delivered on any of the eight days preceding the day of the election or on the day of election.)

ON ELECTION DAY:

If your name was dropped from the checklist in error, or has not been added even though you submitted a timely application for addition to the checklist, you can fill out a new registration form.

If the clerk or Board of Civil Authority does not add your name, you can appeal the decision to a superior court judge, who will settle the matter on Election Day. Call the Secretary of State’s Office at 1-800-439-VOTE (439-8683) for more information.

If you are a first time voter who submitted your application to the checklist individually by mail and did not submit the required document, you must provide a current and valid photo identification, or a bank statement, utility bill, or government document that contains your name/current address.

If you have physical disabilities, are visually impaired or can’t read, you may have assistance from any person of your choice. If any voters you know have disabilities let them know they can have assistance from any person of their choice.

If you know voters who cannot get from the car into the polling place let them know that ballot(s) may be brought to their car by two election officials.

If you have any questions or need assistance while voting, ask your town clerk or any election official for help.

NO PERSON SHALL:

! Vote more than once per election, either in the same town or in different towns.

! Mislead the board of civil authority about your own or another person’s true residency or other eligibility to vote.

! Hinder or impede a voter going into or from the polling place.

! Socialize in a manner that could disturb other voters in the polling place.

! Offer bribe, threaten or exercise undue influence to dictate or control the vote of another person.

FOR HELP OR INFORMATION: Call the Secretary of State’s Office at 1-800-439-VOTE (439-8683). (Accessible by TDD)

If you believe that any of your voting rights have been violated, you may file an Administrative Complaint with the Secretary of State’s Office, 128 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05633.

If you believe you have witnessed efforts to commit any kind of fraud or corruption in the voting process, you may report this to your local United States Attorney’s Office. If you have witnessed actual or attempted acts of discrimination or intimidation in the voting process, you may report this to the Civil Rights Division of the United States

Department of Justice at (800) 253-3931.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTERS using Paper Ballots

CHECK-IN AND RECEIVE BALLOTS:

• Go to the entrance checklist table.

• Give name and, if asked, street address to the election official in a loud voice.

• Wait until your name is repeated and checked off by the official.

• An election official will give you a ballot.

• Enter within the guardrail and go to a vacant voting booth.

MARK YOUR BALLOT: For each office listed on the ballot, you will see instructions to “Vote for not more than one, or Vote for not more than two, etc.”

• To vote for a candidate, fill in the oval to the right of the name of the candidate you want to vote for.

• WRITE-IN candidate(s). To vote for someone whose name is not printed on the ballot, use the blank “write-in” lines on the ballot and either write-in the name or paste on sticker, then fill in the oval.

CHECK OUT:

• Go to the exit checklist table and state your name in an audible voice.

• Wait until your name is repeated and checked off by the official.

CAST YOUR VOTE by depositing your voted ballot in “Voted Ballots” box.

LEAVE the voting area immediately by passing outside the guardrail.

ARIES

March 21 - April 20

It may be tempting to throw your weight around and assert power in a situation, Aries. But this may back re in the long run. Try to be a team player.

TAURUS

April 21 - May 21

Taurus, someone close to you may be driving you crazy, and you’re tempted to let them know. However, go with the ow instead and enjoy this calmer approach.

GEMINI

May 22 - June 21

Gemini, an important decision must be made in the days ahead. Take a calm approach and do your best to keep your emotions out of this discussion.

CANCER

June 22 - July 22

Once you involve others in a situation, it can be dif cult to dial back their involvement, Cancer. Consider whether you should ask for input or go it alone this week.

LEO

July 23 - Aug. 23

Leo, rather than shouting from the rooftops how much you love a person, it may be better to take a more subtle approach. Reel in your excitement for the time being.

VIRGO

Aug. 24 - Sept. 22

Keeping secrets is not the way to go, Virgo, especially when they are kept from someone close to you. Why all the smoke and mirrors? Be open and honest with yourself and others.

LIBRA

Sept. 23 - Oct. 23

A nancial situation may be worked out this week or even in amed, Libra. The only way to stay ahead is to keep careful track of your expenditures.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

Be honest with yourself about your needs, Scorpio. If you don’t feel like socializing in a loud and public manner, organize a group to come over for some more quiet R&R.

SUDOKU

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SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21

Getting involved with chores and other tasks can occupy your mind with some busy work, Sagittarius. After a brief mental break, you can return to more serious tasks.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20

Finances may get a boost this week as a new income stream falls into your lap, Capricorn. Investigate it fully before getting deeply involved.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 21 - Feb. 18

Opening up about your personal life may relieve some pressure and stress that you have been feeling, Aquarius. Find someone who doesn’t have a close stake.

PISCES

Feb. 19 - March 20

Don’t spread the word about a big idea until you are sure about it and ready to move, Pisces. Don’t let others steal your thunder.

CROSSWORD

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1990s

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by water

Late “Growing Pains”

Married couples

Sicilian city

worker

between

DOWN

of owls

queen

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female deity

calendar month

posture

stubborn

work

maps of

fallen

credit card

of church

state

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of Sikhism

Where you nd the milk

Institute legal proceedings against

The neural structure

of the brain

spinal cord

surprise

Have a debt to

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of managing nancial risks (abbr.)

Patty Hearst’s captors

Put into service

10-year periods

Surgical clamp

unable to move

to lack of wind

Where rockers work

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