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Sportswriter looks back on 50 years Ted Ryan to be inducted into Vermont Sports Hall of Fame COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
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Ted Ryan, a longtime Vermont sportswriter, will be inducted to the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame on April 30.
Ted Ryan’s first byline was relatively short but still a bit of a challenge. He was a senior in high school in 1964, writing a piece as the newest Rutland High School sports correspondent for the Rutland Herald. “It took me forever to write that first story, which was probably about six inches long,” he said. “But once I got through that and got into it, it did come fairly easily. I felt comfortable.” More than 50 years later, the amount of copy Ted Ryan has written for newspapers in Vermont would be difficult to tally. He’s written thousands of stories as the beat writer for the University of Vermont See RYAN on page 12
Shelburne cop under investigation, records show Stems from January use of force incident COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Jon Marcoux, a corporal with the Shelburne Police Department, is currently under criminal investigation by the Vermont State Police stemming from a use of force incident in January, according to documents obtained through a public records request. Marcoux, the department’s public information officer who is currently on administrative leave, was involved in an incident on Jan. 23 where someone had their car stolen in Shelburne, police records show. He later observed the vehicle and followed it, eventually pulling the driver over on Shelburne Road around 3:30 p.m.,
when the use of force in question allegedly occurred. The individual was taken into custody on a charge of operating a vehicle without owner’s consent. Marcoux could not be reached for comment. A more complete picture of the incident remains unclear. The records, obtained via a request to the Vermont Department of State’s Attorneys and Sheriffs, are heavily redacted because information in the report, if released, could “interfere with any criminal prosecutions” or “reveal the identity ... of individuals who are potential witnesses to or victims of a crime,” according to Evan Meenan, deputy director of the department. Documents sent to the Shelburne News
reveal that there are multiple body camera recordings from the incident — three recordings of Marcoux, one of officer Bob Lake, who was also involved in the incident, and two from the dash and rear cameras in the police cruiser — although those were not made available. Police logs for that date show a minor vehicle crash at Shelburne Road and Longmeadow Drive and that one of the vehicles fled the scene. The use of force review, standard procedure for departments when an officer uses any kind of physical force to get someone to comply, was “not in response to any specific allegation by the person subjected to the response or anyone else,” Shelburne police records show. Acting police Chief Michael Thomas, in a Feb. 8 email, asked Chittenden County
State’s Attorney Sarah George to review the video of the use of force “for potential criminal charges.” George, responding the following day via email, said that after viewing the report along with video footage of the incident that she “would request (Vermont State Police) conduct a criminal investigation and make a determination about whether a citation is appropriate.” “I would prefer this be treated like any other assault investigation and have the troopers assigned make a recommendation or decision regarding a citation, rather than it being sent as a review,” she said in an email to state police officials. State police Capt. Jeremy Hill, commander of the bureau of criminal investigations, said that the investigation is almost complete and will be sent to George once it’s finished.
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Bessette’s swan song
Passing the stanza
I have written this poem to describe “My Incredible Journey.” I think this is one of my very favorites because I was able to reflect on the wonderful things that we as a community were able to accomplish. To bring a community together to enjoy the art of writing. I will be forever grateful for being nominated for three terms and representing Shelburne, and for being the only poet for a city or town in the state. I would like to thank the Shelburne Selectboard, Shelburne Police, trustees of the Pierson
Library, the always helpful staff at the library and director Kevin Unrath and, last but not the least, the great teachers and amazing students that I had the privilege to work with for the wisdom those students shared with me. Let us now move forward with our new poet laureate, Rob Broder. May we support him as he starts his own incredible journey and let the program grow as it was intended to. Rick Bessette Shelburne poet laureate April 2016 to November 2021
My Incredible Journey By Rick Bessette
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Shelburne’s first poet laureate, Rick Bessette, seated, passed the torch to the town’s newest poet laureate, Rob Broder, on April 20 in the Shelburne Town Hall. Bessette served in the position for six years. See their work at robertbroder.com and rickbessette.com.
News from Pierson Library A new show of digital and analog images created by photography students at Champlain Valley Union is on display in the ground floor gallery. The works include digitally shot images printed with an inkjet printer as well as silver gelatin prints shot on black-and-white film and printed in a darkroom.
Each week during the course students chose a topic or prompt to inspire and direct their image making. Some of the prompts included reflections, streets ahead, flash photography, long exposure, storytelling, portraiture, portraits through glass, macro and perspective. The process of progressing
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from prompt to exhibition includes individual students interpreting the prompts, learning and gaining inspiration related to the prompt, shooting a collection of 30 or more images, then sharing and selecting their most effective images, enhancing and editing the images, and finally printing, matting and framing. The following is a list of the student photographers. Photography department instructors Emily McLean and Tim Duvernoy helped to make this exhibit possible. Liam Achilles Mona Cohen Shelby Companion Koy Denis Phebe Hardy Hayden Hilgerdt Sam Holmes Logan Hytten Elizabeth LaDue Alexander Lewis Iain Mahaffey Ava Medici Luka Mester Lia Militello Nakobe Morgan Parmett Nickerson Peach Kennady Sweeney Griffin Wilczynski Stop by for a few moments to appreciate each image and you’ll find these moments will enrich your day.
My incredible journey Began so long ago, Inspired by a good man, He was my “UNCLE JOE”. Rhyming quatrain his style And writing just for fun. I, raised believing this is How poetry was done. I shared my gift of writing To those that were shut in. Shared my story with students On how poetry begins. My book of poems was published Two thousand ten the year. Was sold in local bookstores To those both far and near. Our veterans asked for a poem,
The words to be engraved. Carved into Vermont granite, For eternity saved. Was named “THE PEOPLE’S POET” Writing poems in my nest. {our sunroom} Nominated town poet, I never could have guessed. Writing from the heart about My true emotions felt, And simple words expressing My situations dealt. I’m thankful for those I met While journeying my way. I pray tomorrow’s sunset Finds me farther than today.
Review: ‘Spying on the South’ retraces Olmsted’s travels MARC VINCENT CONTRIBUTOR
Tony Horwitz’s “Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide,” follows up his immensely popular “Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War,” his travelogue and commentary on American attitudes toward the Civil War. “Spying on the South” has a narrower but equally ambitious goal: To retrace Frederick Law Olmsted’s travels in the South in the mid-1850s in order, like his predecessor, to understand Southern attitudes on social, religious, racial and economic issues in a polarized time. Olmsted is best known as the father of American landscape architecture — he designed Central Park in New York City — but before that, he was an undercover correspondent for the New-York Daily Times (now the New York Times), reporting on the slave economy of the South. Like Olmsted, Horwitz uses a range of transportation, including riverboats, to travel from Washington, D.C., down the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers to New Orleans and Texas. His observations, whether visiting depressed post-industrial towns in West Virginia or booming suburbs in Texas, are perceptive and often humorous, such as his misadventures riding a mule — which gave him a concussion. “Spying on the South” expertly balances historical accounts and contemporary commentary while tracking Olmsted’s appreciation of the connection between democracy and public parks. Like Olmsted, Horwitz sets out optimistic and hopeful for meaningful discourse but returns home resigned to the division of Americans into impregnable political silos. Luckily, we can experience Olmsted’s landscape design right here in Shelburne by visiting Shelburne Farms, which was conceived by the great master. The delightful visual interplay of rolling hills, woodlands, meadows and lake is vintage Olmsted, and due, at least in part, to his travels in the South.
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Bald eagle comes off endangered list, new species, habitats added The bald eagle has been removed from the state endangered and threatened species list, but five other species and three critical habitats were added. The bald eagle was de-listed after over a decade of restoration efforts. “This is a milestone for Vermont,” wildlife division director Mark Scott said. “This reflects more than a decade of dedicated work by Vermont Fish & Wildlife and partners. It shows that Vermonters have the capacity to restore and protect the species and habitats that we cherish.” That conservation capacity will be essential moving forward, Scott said. Along with de-listings for the bald eagle and short-styled snakeroot, a flowering plant of dry woodland habitats, Thursday’s update added as endangered two invertebrates, the American bumblebee and a species of freshwater mussel known as the brook floater, and two plant species, Houghton’s sedge and rue anemone. State endangered species are considered at immediate risk of becoming locally extinct in Vermont. One bird species, the eastern meadowlark, received a new designation as threatened. State threatened species are considered at risk of becoming endangered without
timely conservation action. Three important landscapes also received new designations as critical habitats that are essential for the survival of threatened or endangered species in Vermont. The newly listed sites support species including the common tern and eastern spiny softshell turtle, as well as little brown, northern long-eared, and tricolored bats. “These new listings reflect
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School vacation, and I was delighted to have my 10-year-old granddaughter join me at the Statehouse. She got to witness legislative debate in my Human Services Committee and on the House floor during the day that she was there. It was fun for both of us!
2022 Legislative Session adjournment is right around the corner. Much of the most important work of the session is coming to final resolution on bills in the House and the Senate before they land on the Governor’s desk. The bills can be found at legislature.vermont.gov. A few bills to watch for: • FY 23 State budget, H.740 • Pension Reform for state employees & teachers • School financing options, S.287 • Mental health supports, S.197 • Clean Heat Standards, H.715 • Transportation Programs, H.736 I hope to see many of you around the district to say thanks for your support and to gather signatures on the petition for my reelection campaign! Reminder: Green Up Day on Saturday, May 7th! Pick up your bags from the Shelburne Town Clerk and join many of us throughout Vermont as we clean up our roads and fields. Green Up – an amazing venture that Vermonters have enthusiastically supported since its inception in May of 1970! I appreciate hearing from you and can always be reached at jbrumsted@leg.state.vt.us This ad was not printed at government expense.
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Shelburne Police Blotter Total reported incidents: 65 Traffic stops: 15 Traffic tickets: 8 Traffic incidents: 5 Warnings: 10 Arrests: 0 Medical Emergencies: 15 Thefts: 1 Car crashes: 5 Pending investigations: 6 Incidents: April 18 at 11 a.m., Shelburne police assisted Hinesburg police with a man having mental health issues. April 18 12:31 p.m., a two-car crash was reported earlier in the day with no injuries in the Shelburne shopping park. April 18 at 8:10 p.m., Burlington police received a report from a man about being sexually assaulted at Harbor Place. Shelburne police responded and took the man to the hospital for evaluation, where he provided a statement of what happened the night prior. Officers said they were unable to verify his claims and the case was turned over to Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations. April 18 at 10:33 p.m., a Quality Inn guest reported someone knocking on their door and that occupants next door were too loud. Police told them to keep the noise down.
April 19 at 12:25 a.m., a drunk man smashed a car window in the parking lot of the Quality Inn. Vermont State Police responded, and the man was taken to hospital. April 19 at 6:40 a.m., a one-car crash was reported on Route 116, but when police arrived there was no one in the vehicle. April 19 at 6:56 a.m., a driver crashed their car and damaged a fire hydrant on Bostwick Road. The patient refused to be transported to the hospital. The Shelburne Water Department was notified of the damaged hydrant. April 19 at 10:10 a.m., a caller reported finding a man at a residence that was being shown to potential buyers. Police escorted the man off the property. April 19 at 1:02 p.m., a two-car crash was reported on Shelburne Road. No injuries were reported. April 19 at 4:38 p.m., a Webster Road resident reported a theft of property from her home. The case is pending further investigation. April 20 at 8:59 a.m., a caller reported that his car had been stolen a few days earlier, but police later learned the vehicle had been recovered in Burlington. April 20 at 8:29 p.m., a man alleged
that someone was hacking into his cellphone. Shelburne police took no further action. April 22 at 4:06 p.m., a walk-in dropped off a credit card they had found in the area. The card was eventually returned to its owner. April 22 at 10:15 p.m., a Shelburnewood Drive resident called to report loud music at a neighbor’s residence. Officers spoke with the homeowner about the music. April 23 at 10:44 a.m., a caller reported a theft from her car on Pine Haven Shores Road. The case is being investigated. April 23 at 2:29 p.m., there was a two-car crash on Shelburne Road. No injuries were reported. April 24 at 3:43 p.m., a Harbor Road resident reported receiving harassing phone calls. The case is pending further investigation. April 24 at 4:35 p.m., a person reported that their daughter was threatening self-harm and needed assistance. Officers located the juvenile, and they were transported to the hospital. Note: The incidents above are not a full recount of police activity, rather a highlight of some of the events that occurred.
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OPINION Word play: Besotted, smitten and head over heels trousers? Well, you might as well put them on over your bloomers. Call them pants, people. Wait Carole Vasta Folley a minute, they’re joggers. No, leggings. I’ll get back to you. I love words. They’re so Meanwhile, why not use practical. And free. We collect our word treasure trove to be them throughout our lives, like clever? Or should I say erudite? artifacts of our experience, Don’t describe your over-exalmost unaware of their power citable friend as annoying, say and potential. It’s unimaginable she’s effervescent. Handcrafting the countless ways potholders? Call them we string our cache bespoke. And don’t of words together to dare say you’re bored, express the mundane to instead try, “I’m overthe sublime, from our come with ennui.” If deepest thoughts to our someone recommends grocery list. How lucky an antibiotic, hand them are we? a dictionary. The average person While it’s delicious knows over 40,000 using words that are words. Not all at once. foo-foo — yes, that’s in They’re tucked away Carole Vasta Folley the dictionary — most in the recesses of times, speaking directly our mind, along with is what’s best. Let’s call a hoe a oft-forgotten lyrics, vows and hoe, meaning the garden implebest intentions. Thank goodness they are filed away as our catalog ment used to break up dirt. For instance, do we really expands every year because need to say powder room we’re always learning new anymore, let alone john? God words. Times change and we must go forbid we say the word toilet. Since it means the bathroom with it, even if it means ending itself and the act of dressing, our sentences with an enthusiastechnically, couldn’t one go to the tic “amirite?” Yes, that’s a new toilet to toilet? Yep! By the way, word in the dictionary, albeit those three letters are a 24-point slang. But chill peeps, don’t dis triple-word-score in Scrabble. A slang, it mondo helps score extra game that accepts the word “za” words. for pizza. Seriously, Scrabble? Maybe new words purposeWould you like it if we called fully push out old words, such you “Ble?” as dungarees. The use of which Maybe we have thousands of ages us faster than basking in words for the sheer endeavor of the sun slathered with baby oil. using them creatively, such as And don’t say slacks either. And
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making new expressions. Instead of the nautical term “under the weather,” coined when ill sailors were sent below deck, let’s switch it up. Next time your co-worker is sick, how about saying, “Oh, he’s below deck.” You never know, it could catch on. There are times I wish we’d be more precise with words. For example, the word hate. Can we use it less in our day-to-day parlance? Must we hate the weather? Our hair? Soy lattes?
The Kardashian series? OK, that last one might have merit. But the point is that catastrophizing displeasure or inconvenience disempowers the word hate. Let’s use dislike for those things we don’t like and save hate for things that are truly hateful. So many words are right at our disposal. We use them at will. To pray, to sway, to play, to nay-say or namaste, to make hay, say hey or convey yay. We use them on holiday and every day, whether in Piscataway or
Paraguay, to make our way, sing with Beyonce and, dare I say, even seize the day. But let us be our own word guidance counselor and choose words that matter and say exactly what we mean. Considering the Oxford English Dictionary has more than 600,000 entries, the perfect word is waiting for all of us, amirite? Carole Vasta Folley is a Vermont award winning playwright and columnist. Contact her at carolevf.com.
Vermonters challenged to clean up roadways Guest Perspective Kate Alberghini Green Up Day, a 52-year-old tradition that spans generations of volunteers, continues to impact our landscape and quality of life. Many residents have been contacting the Green Up Vermont office, concerned about the amount of trash on the roadsides this spring, looking for Green Up Day supplies and information — and solutions. I can’t tell you the number of times I have heard, “What kind of person thinks it is OK to roll down the window and toss their trash into the environment.” Indeed, it is disappointing and there is no good answer, other than continuing to work yearround on a variety of initiatives inclusive of continuing promote the ever-so important Green Up Day and extend education for waste reduction. Giving up on Green Up Day because litter keeps happening would be disastrous. Beyond having an unhealthy impact on where we live, work and play, our tourism economy would
suffer immensely. Additionally, municipalities just don’t have room in their budgets to include the labor for litter clean up. Do the math. If the 22,000 volunteers in 2021 were paid minimum wage for only two hours of their time — most work far longer than that — it would cost well over a half a million dollars. So how do we combat the problem of litter. This year has been amazing in the support and eagerness of volunteers getting out and cleaning up already. There are a few towns who have already run out of the signature Green Up Day bags and have requested more. Many schools are back and more interested than ever to do their part. Communities are reviving their outreach and sense of celebration around Green Up Day with community projects, volunteer breakfasts and potlucks. This togetherness is fueled by two years of social distance that never let go of the social duty to work together in cleaning our environment. Green Up Day 2021 statistics showed trash pickup increased by 70 percent or higher. Vermonters cleaned 75 percent
of the approximately 13,000 miles of town roads. With more people involved this year and the heightened concern for trashy roadsides, Green Up Vermont is challenging more Vermonters, clubs and businesses to get out and help clean every mile. Together we can do this and prove to the nation that litter has no place here. Our “Brave Little State” can make a very large statement that will in turn get more people to listen and act in ways that will further protect the environment with waste reduction, innovative recycling efforts and will further inspire future generations to be influencers for a clean environment by making simple changes to their everyday routines. The habit of keeping the environment clean will make a huge difference to the health of our planet. Green Up Day is Saturday, May 7. Consider grabbing a friend or your family and taking a walk with a Green Up Day trash bag. Find your town details at greenupvermont.org. Kate Alberghini is executive director of Green Up Vermont.
Letters to the Editor Why not Mike Thomas for next police chief? To the Editor: Considering the excellent job acting Shelburne police chief Michael Thomas has done amid the sorry handling of the Noble fiasco and his length of service to the town, why are we looking abroad for a new chief?
Thomas stepped into the breach without hesitation and, as far as I have read in the Shelburne News, he has done a commendable job keeping the skeleton police department covering the town as much as it is possible under the circumstances. The logical decision is to make Thomas the new chief of the Shelburne police.
Let’s close this sorry chapter of one mishandling after another and get it right this time. Thomas has proved his mettle. He needs to be given the rank and remuneration he deserves. The Shelburne Selectboard owes it to us. Henri de Marne Shelburne
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Community Notes Shelburne greens up Saturday, May 7 Green Up Day bags are available at the Shelburne town clerk’s office and Shelburne Supermarket. Follow the link — bit. ly/37ttfYJ — and let organizers know where you will be greening up. Filled bags should be left in the town dump truck at Turtle Lane between 7 a.m.-3 p.m. on Green Up Day. Town officials ask trash picker-uppers not to leave bags on roadsides. Call 802-985-5116 with questions.
Catherine’s, Age Well team up to provide meal Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish in Shelburne are teaming up to provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 and older on Tuesday, May 10. The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot, 72 Church Street, 11 a.m. to noon. The menu is baked roast pork with raisin sauce, sweet potatoes, Capri blend vegetables, dinner roll, apple crisp with topping and milk. To order a meal: email (preferred) Sheryl at soberding@ yahoo.com or call 802-825-8546 by May 5. For first timers, please fill out the registration form, which can be downloaded from agewellvt.org.
Hort farm welcomes board member, curator Kate Schubart has joined the Friends of the Horticulture Farm at the University of Vermont as a board member. Schubart is a retired journalist and editor who created and produced Camel’s Hump Radio for Vermont Public Radio. She helped found the Vermont Journalism Trust, the parent organization of VTDigger, and was its Statehouse reporter for five years. She has master gardener training and has been a volunteer for the Friends of the Horticulture Farm over the years, and has run its annual plant sale twice. “I’m particularly interested in the invasives, because that should be of interest to anybody who has a garden or cares about the ecosystem in Vermont,” Schubart said. Paul Wieczoreck, horticulturist and owner of Champlain Valley Landscaping has joined the Friends of the Horticulture Farm as the curator of its rhododendron collection. He has been a rhododendron collector and grower for 35 years. The rhododendron collection
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Church offers concert with ‘Mothers in Mind’ Charlotte Congregational Church welcomes pianist Annemieke McLane back to its sanctuary for a concert, on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, 2-3 p.m., 403 Church Hill Road. McLane’s program is titled, “Music with Mothers in Mind: Love, Loss, Laughter and Life,” and will feature Beethoven’s Sonata Pathétique, framed by works by Debussy, Mendelssohn and Part. A free-will donation basket will be available, and all proceeds benefit the church’s partnership with Malayaka House in Uganda. (malayakahouse.com) Questions? Go to charlotteucc. org, email charlotteucc@gmavt. net or call 802-425-3176.
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Vermont Day School students took an all-school field trip to BETA Technologies, an electric aerospace company in South Burlington, during CLIC week — Create, Learn, Innovate and Celebrate. As students rotated to different stations, they saw the company’s Alia aircraft up close, visited a charging station, learned how electric energy is created and sat in the flight simulator. BETA then challenged students from the Shelburne school to design and create a book that can teach other children about their work. Above, students learn how motors rotate.
Pancake breakfast sales will help Ukrainians Enjoy a Knights of Columbus pancake breakfast at St. Catherine of Siena’s parish hall Sunday, May 1, 9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 72 Church St., Shelburne. All proceeds will go to Catholic relief services to help Ukrainian families. More at bit. ly/3ECRobD.
Register ahead for Age Well meals The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, April 28, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features roast turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, sliced carrots with parsley, dinner roll, pumpkin pie with cream and milk. You must have pre-registered by Monday, April 25, with Lori York, 802-425-6371 or lyork@ charlotteseniorcentervt.org. The meal on Thursday, May 5 — register by May 2 — is chicken with marsala sauce and mushrooms, mashed potatoes, carrots, wheat roll, blueberry crisp with cream and milk. The meal on Thursday, May 12 — register by May 9 — is roast
pork with raisin sauce, mashed sweet potatoes, Scandinavian vegetables, wheat roll, apple crisp with topping and milk. The meal on Thursday, May 19 — register by May 16 — is roast turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, winter squash, cranberry sauce, dinner roll, pumpkin pudding with cream and milk. Check the website for last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.
Mansfield Mountain Band performs at senior center The Mansfield Mountain Band from Richmond performs a free concert at the Charlotte Senior Center Sunday, May 1, 1 p.m. The four-piece acoustic group is armed with banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass and vocals, bringing a blend of traditional Bluegrass and Americana classics, along with original songs.
Featuring: Thomas Bryce on banjo, Jordan Duffy on mandolin, Charlie Wilson on guitar and Jeremy Hobawrt on bass.
Glider, sailplane pilot shares a gliding life On the second Thursday of the month, men gather for a men’s breakfast and conversation at the See COMMUNITY NOTES on page 9
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Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road. This month’s program, May 12, 7-9 a.m., features guest speaker is Fritz Horton, a sailplane and glider pilot. He will share his gliding experiences — and plans to bring his plane to the senior center. Register with Tim McCullough at cubnut5@aol.com. Suggested donation is $5.
212 Ferry Road, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The meal celebrates Cinco de Mayo with a taco bar or bean taco bowls, Mexican rice, Mexican wedding cake with ice cream and dulce de leche sauce, and tortilla chips. A $5 donation is appreciated.
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SPORTS Shelburne Parks & Rec News Redhawk soccer camp Join CVU varsity coach Stan Williams and other soccer coaches and players for a week focused on a variety of age-appropriate technical skills for kids entering grades four through nine in the fall. Campers will be divided by age groups and all participants will receive a ball and a T-shirt. Participants who attend the afternoon session will be taken to the school by a counselor. Registration deadline is Monday, June 20. Camp dates are July 11-15, 9 a.m.-noon. The fee is $185, and the camps will be held at the outdoor athletic fields.
Fall youth soccer The registration deadline for fall youth soccer is Friday, June 17. The Shelburne Recreation Soccer League is for students entering grades one through sixth in the fall. All teams will be assigned one practice night during the week and will compete in games on Saturdays from Sept. 10 to Oct. 8. First to fourth grade play all games at Shelburne Community School Saturday mornings. Fifth and sixth graders play other town recreation teams, both home and away. Travel in the area is required for this age group.
Games are Saturday morning or afternoon. (Kindergarten and pre-school soccer program registration will be announced in August.) The fee is $35, or $55 after June 17. Registration closes Aug. 5. Kids will be placed on a wait list after this date. A uniform shirt is required; it is the same reversible jersey as past years. Order a shirt when registering if your child does not already have one; the cost is $25. To guarantee proper sizing, order by June 17. This program is run by volunteer coaches. Please fill out the volunteer section on the registration form and sign up for coach and referee training.
Gentle yoga Join instructor Kay Boyce for this gentle yoga class, with attention to correct alignment, breath work and stretches. Build strength, tone muscle and find new flexibility. This class is great for those new to yoga or who simply want to enhance their personal yoga practice. Bring your own yoga mat and a cotton blanket or large beach towel. Registration deadline is Monday, May 9. Session dates are Thursdays, May 12 to June 16 at the town gym, 9-10 a.m. Fee for the four-week session is $65; $75 for non-residents.
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Boys’ lacrosse Champlain Valley 10, Mount Mansfield 4: Champlain Valley’s defense kept Mount Mansfield under control as the Redhawks beat MMU 10-4 on Thursday, April 21. Matias Williams had a hat trick for CVU, which moves to 4-0 with the win. Nolan Shea and Peter Gilliam each tallied twice, while Jake Bowen stopped nine shots in goal. Colin Zouck, Jack Lamphere and Joey Merola each added a goal for the Redhawks.
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OBITUARIES Leon Lestage Leon J. Lestage, 83, of Williston, died peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Burlington on Aug. 28, 1938, to Clement J. Lestage and Mable (King) Lestage. Leon grew up and attended schools in Burlington and Essex. Leon will sadly be missed by his loving wife, Dixie (Jimmo) Lestage; his daughter, Michelle Jimmo of Hinesburg; his son, Jay (Krystal) of Huntington; very special and only grandson, Tyler of Charlotte; godson, Pieter Jimmo of Seymour, Conn.; brother, Clement (Midori) of Seattle, Wash.; sisters, Barb (Richard) Lamos of St. Albans, Mary Anne (Theodore) Cook of Colchester, and Nancy of New York; many cousins, nieces and nephews; and very special friends, Doug and Irene Brown. He was predeceased by his sister, Jane McWilliams, and brother William Lestage. Leon had a lot of interests and worked at many different types of jobs throughout his lifetime, his last and most recent being a crossing guard at the Essex/Westford School District. Leon really enjoyed this role and helping to keep the children safe. During the 1980s and 1990s, Leon traveled all over Vermont selling baseball hats and T-shirts at local fairs and small-town country stores and was affectionately known as “Mr. Shoes.” Leon became a certified and bonded locksmith and worked as a locksmith for the last 20 years. Leon was adept in picking house locks and autos in surprisingly no time at all and helped people obtain their belongings. Leon and Dixie operated the Fit For A King Catering business for over 20 years. Leon was the sous chef but was also affectionately known
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as the “Social Butterfly” and head “PR representative.” Many might remember Leon as their bus driver as he drove for Chittenden South Supervisory Union School District for all grade levels. Leon was known to dress up in costume each Halloween as he drove the bus. Prior to driving the school bus, Leon also worked in the Champlain Valley Union athletic department maintaining the fields and athletic equipment. He ran boys’ intramural basketball and weekend adult basketball. He served on several fire department and rescue squads, including being one of the first members on the Iroquois First Response and Hinesburg Fire Department. He was sent to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and rode the ambulance for eight weeks to become the first certified EMT in Vermont. Many may remember that Leon spent many years studying and gathering information and artifacts of the Vermont State Police to support his goal of writing a book about its history. He was in the process of completing this project and the work will continue to move forward in honor of him. This project was near and dear to his heart. When Leon moved to the Williston area, he enjoyed being
able to casually walk to local businesses. Leon loved animals and he was often seen pushing his cat Doc in his kitty stroller around the community. He was a busy man, and he loved his family and was especially proud of his children and grandchild’s accomplishments and memorable moments spent with them. He had a quick wit, sense of humor and infectious personality and a super charismatic nature. Leon enjoyed life to the fullest by participating in many types of activities. He and Dixie attended many farmers markets, particularly the Shelburne Farmers Market. They enjoyed hunting for bargains and treasures at garage sales. They were both members of Shelburne Farms and visited there regularly. Leon enjoyed riding e-bikes and kayaking along the Lamoille Valley with the goal of crossing the finish line at the Lost Nation Brewery in Morrisville. Leon and Dixie visited wineries and taste tested around New England with family and friends, particularly with brother-in-law Elwin Jimmo and wife Sieka. Leon was an avid sportsman for many years and enjoyed hunting and fishing with friends and family. Leon was involved with the Hinesburg Boy Scouts for many years and traveled with them to Pennsylvania on an outdoor camping trip. He was an avid gardener and enjoyed reaping the harvest. He entered many vegetables at the fair and took many high-placed ribbons. A celebration of life for Leon Lestage will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2022, between 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Catamount Country Club, 1400 Mountain View Road, Williston. This is the party Leon would have planned. Come and share your stories and let’s celebrate his life the way he would have wanted.
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continued from page 12 hockey teams alone, not to mention the heaps of copy he’s written about fishing, auto racing, baseball, softball, soccer, “basketball, obviously,” and, of course, hockey — along with all of the winter sports played and practiced in Vermont. “I guess I haven’t done a lot of volleyball because it’s so recent as a varsity sport in Vermont,” he said, working hard to think of a sport he hasn’t covered during his tenure in the Green Mountains. Now, Ryan’s tremendous career, which he retired from in 2019, will be honored as the 2022 David Hakins Inductee into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame “for exceptional promotion and development of sports and athletics in the Green Mountain State,” the group’s website reads. He will be inducted on April 30 at the Delta Marriott Burlington Hotel in South Burlington alongside fellow inductees Jayne Barber, Taylor Coppenrath, Stan Dunklee, Cathy Inglese, William “Bill” O’Neil, Erin Sullivan Lane, and Tim Thomas — the ninth class of inductees. He’s grateful, naturally, but says he feels “funny” about the whole thing. “You’re going to look at that list, and all of the ones before, that are all so talented or athletic, and their accomplishments as coaches,” he said. “And you know, I didn’t do that, all I did was write about their accomplishments. I’m honored, but I’m really humbled to even be put in that class.”
He knew at a young age he was never going to be a great athlete. Instead, Ryan built a decades-long career documenting the development of dozens of sports and their athletes in the state with ease, all underpinned by a love for Vermont. “I had a great time — 55 years. I used to say, once upon a time, I was going to have to grow up and get a real job. Well, I never did,” he said. “I never had a job because when you love what you do it isn’t work. I loved it for the whole time I was doing it.”
Student journalist Ryan began his career with the Rutland Herald, where he would work summers, filling in for the full-time writers on vacation. He kept up the work as he studied mathematics at the University of Vermont. Although by the time he was first enrolled, “having had a taste of sports journalism, I was pretty set that I was going to be pursuing that instead,” he said. His lifelong love of sports is evident — his home is adorned with photos of him with legendary athletes: Arnold Palmer, Willie Randolph, Mickey Mantle. Eventually, he became the Herald’s sports editor and remained there until 1975, when the Burlington Free Press recruited him as a beat writer covering the University of Vermont’s hockey team. His coverage took him throughout New England, driving through “rather hellacious snowstorms getting to Ithaca, N.Y., for Cornell
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great, but it was everything I could do. It was the best I could do.” But while the number of games to cover has increased, the pages to put them in, and the reporters to write about them, have been on a steady decline. “The internet was the best thing that ever happened, and the worst thing that ever happened,” he said. He saw the writing on the wall and took a buyout from the Free Press in 2008, but he couldn’t stay away and continues to freelance. He kept going until 2019, when Gannett, the company that owns the Burlington Free Press began cutting even more coverage, so he decided that would be it. Now he plans on doing a bit of traveling, while waiting for the warmer weather to come so he can gear up for his mens’ softball league. “My goal throughout my career was really pretty simple. … It was three parts. Be accurate, be honest, be fair,” he said.
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TAURUS April 21 - May 21 A lot of things are keeping you on your toes, Taurus. There’s a good chance you have been craving some quiet time. Find a retreat and stay there for a couple of days.
GEMINI May 22 - June 21 There are no obstacles in your way on the path to success this week, Gemini. If you have been holding off on big plans, now is the time to push things into action.
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Jul. 23 - Aug. 23 Leo, take a moment and be sure a goal you’re pursuing right now is really worth it. If finances are involved, you will likely have to pay it back in the near future.
VIRGO Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 Virgo, collaboration could be key in the days ahead. Another person gets the ball rolling and now you can join in. Follow their lead and trust this person’s judgment.
LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 So many voices are shouting at you from different directions, Libra. With so much advice coming your way, you may not know which way to turn. Mull it over a bit longer.
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June 22 - Jul. 22 Cancer, aligning your goals with others is a surefire way to get things accomplished. You can deviate onto your own course when action is established.
Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Nothing is guaranteed, but taking a risk this week could pay off in a big way, Scorpio. Things are more likely to go your way this time of the month, so start moving!
SUDOKU Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Pay some extra attention to your life at home, Sagittarius. There are issues that can use a little attention. Letting them fester could lead to big problems.
CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 A hectic week is likely ahead of you, Capricorn. Things seemingly pop up out of nowhere and you have to figure out how to tackle them all. Try to delegate some of your tasks.
AQUARIUS Jan. 21 - Feb. 18 It’s understandable that you want to make some waves right now, Aquarius. However, it may be better to aim for subtle ripples instead of a cannonball splash.
PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20 Express your confident side at work and others will be inspired, Pisces. It’s good to stray out of your comfort zone every so often.
CLUES ACROSS 1. North American people 6. Chinese surname 10. Fit in at the last minute 14. “Very” in musical terminology 15. Underwater displays 17. Crosby’s bandmates 19. Belong to he 20. Informed about the latest trends (archaic) 21. Sequences of alternating turns 22. Genus of grasses 23. Satisfy 24. Petty quarrel 26. Made level 29. Ruler of Iran 31. Historical region of Syria 32. Food suitable for babies 34. Something to lend 35. Zone of oceanic trenches 37. Philippine island 38. Domesticated animal 39. Plant of the lily family 40. Bluish green 41. __ Tomei, actress 43. Without (French) 45. Lilly and Manning are two 46. Apply pressure to
47. Divide in half 49. Bad deed 50. Don’t know when yet 53. Hollywood’s greatest honor 57. Aiming to exhort 58. Faked 59. A way to pierce 60. Midway between northeast and east 61. Points CLUES DOWN 1. Chop up 2. __ Spumante (Italian wine) 3. Egyptian goddess 4. Split pulses 5. Afflict 6. Type of area rug 7. Tide 8. Affirmative 9. Sudden change 10. One picked 11. Debauched man 12. Stiff bristles 13. Famous arena 16. Established rules and methods 18. Injection 22. Father 23. Protein-rich liquids 24. He delivers gifts 25. Advanced degree
ANSWERS
27. Fencing swords 28. Chinese mountain range 29. Shaft horsepower (abbr.) 30. Precursor to hemoglobin 31. Much __ about nothing 33. Compound fabric (abbr.) 35. A way to act slowly on 36. Ottoman military commanders 37. Popular kids’ network 39. Hard compound 42. Sympathize with 43. Northeast college 44. Blood group 46. Frosted 47. Turn away 48. Benefit 49. Dry or withered 50. Bangladeshi monetary unit 51. Reproduced 52. Contributes 53. Thrust horse power (abbr.) 54. Wear 55. Promotes retention of water (abbr.) 56. Very small
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