Shelburne News - 06-16-22

‘Resist despair’ CVU graduation speaker says

Ceremony features Olympian Megan Nick, student speakers

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

It would be hard to argue that another graduating high school class has lived through more tumultuous times in U.S. history.

Champlain Valley Union High School’s Class of 2022, having been abruptly sent home in March 2020 thanks to the COVID19 pandemic, “saw and still see widespread economic strife and the amplification of crumbling social support systems,” said graduating senior and Hinesburg resident Eva Frazier, and have witnessed an explosion of racial strife and the confrontation with their country’s dark history of racism.

“Just weeks ago, a white nationalist took 10 Black lives in the name of replacement theory, fearing a multiracial America,” she said. Then, while writing her speech, reports of 21 dead in Uvalde, Texas, most schoolchildren, hit her social media feed.

“As a young person, the past two years have been enough to inspire doom, depression and despair,” Frazier said in her speech to her fellow 285 graduates and hundreds of audience members. “When witnessing these events, often through a screen, it is easy to be paralyzed by the bleakness of the world around you — I felt this countless times, distraught by the posts on my Instagram grid and newsfeed.”

“But today, I urge you to resist the despairw you feel and move through hope toward action. We must feel and then act alongside our pain,” she said. “So today, I say take the time to recognize the hate around us. But, instead of despair, I like to advocate for action caused by a vote for a stronger future.”

Frazier this year was selected for the U.S. Senate Youth Program, where she worked with Vermont Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders, and she is set to attend Harvard

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As is tradition, the graduates toss their mortarboards into the air. Olympian Megan Nick was CVU’s featured speaker. Grads cheer on their classmates.

Welch, local solar leaders optimistic about

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U.S. Rep. Peter Welch on Friday praised President Joe Biden’s recent moves to boost solar energy in the wake of the administration’s trade inquiry into Southeast Asian producers, which industry leaders say has stymied solar installations.

“Federal policies must be helpful, not harmful,” said Welch, one of 80 lawmakers who signed a letter to the president last month urging the administration to soften the inquiry’s blow on domestic solar energy.

Welch, who is running for Vermont’s open Senate seat, spoke about those issues outside Green Mountain Solar in South Burl-

ington that morning alongside the company’s president and founder, Paul Lesure, and Chad Farrel, CEO of Encore Renewable Energy in Burlington.

Biden on Monday, June 6, issued a two-year pause on tariffs against solar products from Southeast Asia and invoked the federal Defense Production Act, which allows the White House to direct production from manufacturers to jumpstart alternative energy sectors. The moves came in response to a Department of Commerce investigation examining whether solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam contained Chinese parts, which are subject to tariffs.

Solar industry leaders believe

the inquiry could threaten scores of planned projects and lead to thousands of layoffs.

“It’s all scary for financials, but also for customers and employees,” Lesure said. “Without panels, installers have no jobs.”

Lesure and Farrel said they believed their companies’ futures were jeopardized by the trade inquiry.

The business owners described times when they had to tell employees they wouldn’t have work for the next week because solar installations were down. Biden’s actions, they said, gave them hope that the domestic supply chain for alternative energy products would continue to grow.

Both Lesure and Farrel called for greater federal control over renewable power sources.

“We need a strong domestic solar supply chain,” Farrel said. “Jobs around the country must not be outsourced overseas.”

Welch stressed his appreciation for the administration’s response and said the hold on import tariffs is good for homeowners, the clean energy initiative and affordable energy efforts.

He also focused on the importance of manufacturing and installing affordable electric parts domestically, especially crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and panels, which had been under tariff.

The next steps? The trio stressed two points: the continued use of the Domestic Production Act to expand American clean energy manufacturing and passing environmental legislation with incentives for adopting renewable energy.

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Chad Farrel and Paul Lesure chat with Rep. Peter Welch before last Friday’s press conference.

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Fire chief Jerry Ouimet at the recent Shelburne Volunteer Fire Department award ceremony at the Old Lantern with Kelsey Parker, Rookie of the Year, and Greg Forsyth, Firefighter of the Year. Not pictured is assistant chief Andrew Dickerson, who was named Officer of the Year.

Total reported incidents: 96

Traffic stops: 1

Warnings: 1

Medical Emergencies: 24

Welfare checks: 2

Citizen Disputes: I

Suspicious incidents: 6

Thefts: 9

Car crashes: 6

Pending investigation: 9

June 6 at 7:01 a.m. a two-car crash was reported on Shelburne Road near Harbor Road.

June 6 at 9:57 a.m., another two-car crash was reported, this time on Shelburne Road near Webster Road.

June 6 at 1:16 p.m., a man had items stolen from his car on Northside Drive. The case is pending further investigation.

June 6 at 4:32 p.m., a walk-in reported receiving threats from a family member. An outreach worker assisted the individual.

June 7 at 5:38 a.m., a motorcycle stolen from Winooski was found in the parking lot of JT’s Contracting. The bike was returned to its owner and Winooski police were notified.

June 7 at 10:15 a.m., items were taken from a car in the parking lot of Spillane’s Village Mobil. The case is under

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investigation.

June 7 at 12:31 p.m., a 2-car crash was reported on Shelburne Road with no injuries.

June 7 at 8:29 p.m., a woman’s friend had taken her boyfriend’s property at the Harbor Place Motel and refused to return it. Police arrived and the property was returned.

June 7 at 9:53 p.m., juveniles were drinking booze at a concert at Shelburne Museum and were removed.

June 8 at 2:59 p.m., items were stolen out of a car parked at the Blue Water Center. The case is under investigation.

June 8 at 4:49 p.m., police are investigating Bostwick Road resident’s report of items being taken from their residence.

June 8 at 8:13 p.m., a vehicle on Shelburne Road was vandalized.

June 9 at 12:36 p.m., a trespass order was issued against an individual who refused to stay off an owner’s property on Shelburne and Hinesburg roads.

June 9 at 5:13 p.m., a two-car crash was reported on Shelburne Road with injuries. All patients refused treatment at the hospital.

June 10 at 10:44 a.m., a two-car crash was reported on Shelburne Road, but no injuries were reported.

June 10 at 1:28 p.m., a school bus broke

down on Harbor Road near Shelburne Road. A wrecker removed the bus.

June 10 at 2:11 p.m., a theft was reported from the Spillane Village Mobil. The case is under investigation.

June 10 at 9:57 p.m., a woman at the T-Bird Motel was yelling at anyone who walked past her room. Police instructed her to quiet down for the night.

June 11 at 6:11 a.m., a two-car crash was reported on VT Route 116.

June 11 at 10:59 a.m., someone had items stolen from their car on Martindale Road.

June 11 at 3:44 p.m., a theft of a car was reported on Shelburne Road.

June 11 at 8:26 p.m., a woman having mental health issues agreed to be taken to the hospital for evaluation.

June 11 at 8:30 p.m., a group of juveniles were banging on someone’s door with

a baseball bat, a caller told police. The group was located but they did not have any baseball bats — they were just celebrating graduation. They were told to keep the noise down and stay off other people’s property.

June 11 at 9:56 p.m., a homeowner on Bishop Road was issued a warning for stoking a large bonfire without a burn permit.

June 12 at 2:29 p.m., a theft was reported from a Dorset Street residence. June 12 at 5:11 p.m., dispatch received from a woman who claimed someone had taken her birth certificate and that a neighbor had been hypnotizing her. The caller refused help from outreach and EMS.

June 12 at 11:03 p.m., a group of juveniles partying at the town beach scattered when police arrived.

McKibben speaks about new book at Pierson

Shelburne’s Pierson Library welcomes Bill McKibben for its first third Sunday adult summer reading event, Sunday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the historic town hall attached to the library.

McKibben will be speaking about his new book, “The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened.”

Back to the Beach Night returns June 21

Join the Shelburne Recreation Department at Shelburne Beach for its 23rd annual Back to the Beach Night picnic to kick off the start of beach season, Tuesday, June 21, 6-8 p.m.

A bounce house will provide entertainment for the kids and be sure to bring a swimsuit to enjoy a

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swim. Bring a side dish or dessert to share for the potluck picnic if you’re able. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and drinks will be provided.

To cut down on waste, please bring your own plates and silverware. This event is free and open to all Shelburne residents.

Women’s fund grants advance gender equity

Vermont’s largest philanthropic resource dedicated to women and girls has handed out $311,190 in grants for 2022.

In all, 35 Vermont nonprofit organizations that advance gender equity and justice received grants from the Vermont Women’s Fund.

“We approach our annual grant funding as the engine that drives positive change,” director Meg Smith said. “At the heart of this work are the nonprofits that deliver the opportunities they provide for women and girls in Vermont.”

Locally, Vermont Women’s Fund 2022 grant recipients included The Safety Team, South Burlington, $10,000.

Community church concert features Ray Vega

Jazz trumpeter Ray Vega and his quartet will perform at the First Congregational Church of Essex Junction, 39 Main St., on Sunday, July 10, 7 p.m.

The Ray Vega QuARTet plays a variety of jazz styles. Vega has established himself as one of the innovators of the international

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jazz and Latin music scenes. A trumpeter, percussionist, composer and arranger, he presents jazz from an original and contemporary perspective.

The performance is part of the Community Concerts at First music series celebrating artists from Vermont and New England. Suggested donation of $20 per adult (children under 18 free). Concert proceeds support the church community outreach and Dismas House. Space is limited. Reservations can be made in advance (fccej.org) or at the door. For information, contact Ann Gray, grayann8@aol.com or (802) 878-4088.

Bone Builders returns to Shelburne church

The United Way Bone Builders program returns to Shelburne United Methodist Church, 30 Church St., on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 a.m. beginning July 5.

The Bone Builders program is an exercise program designed to prevent the negative effects of osteoporosis. It is designed for both men and women and is open to all seniors. Church membership is not required.

Go ahead, ‘Shake your Buoy’ fight cancer

Sail Beyond Cancer Vermont’s first annual Shake Your Buoy charity fundraiser will take place Thursday, June 23, 6-10 p.m., at the Echo Leahy Center, 1 College St., Burlington.

The evening features heavy hors d’oeuvres, live auction including lakefront vacation stays, 50/50 raffle, tableside magic tricks by magician Steve Taubman, and DJ Corey Gottfried.

Only 150 tickets will be sold. Go to bit.ly/3NfIswo.

Community Foundation

grants spark community

The Spark Connecting Community Program has awarded $79,000

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Gregory Seraus’s state record in the 100-meter dash was 10.76, breaking the record set in 2002 of 10.82.

Bill McKibben

All American kids should hold the right to turn 18

Teaching other people’s children is a weighty responsibility. Teachers are trustees. The children in my classroom aren’t mine to mold the way I want them. I’m uncomfortable advocating an opinion their parents wouldn’t want them to hold.

Of course, you can’t teach history without touching on opinions. You also can’t teach it honestly without acknowledging that our nation hasn’t always lived up to its ideals. The Mexican War, for instance, was a war for land. We offered to buy what’s now most of our West, and when Mexico declined to sell, we beat them in a war. Then we bought it from them.

I don’t hesitate to explain that to my students. First, it’s true. Second, it’s important for them to understand that loving and appre-

ciating your country doesn’t mean you have to be blind to its faults and mistakes. Third, the Mexican War is for the most part safely in the past.

An insurrection incited by a defeated president, on the other hand, is neither safe nor confined to the past, especially when his lies and my students’ questions just keep on coming.

I owe my students’ parents the respect due them as the rightful sovereigns in their children’s lives.

But I owe my students the truth as I understand it.

All this has been the way of things long before Gov. Ron DeSantis declared war on Disney World and the Enlightenment.

We live at present in a republic, which means we choose representatives to govern for us. In addition to choosing wisely, our proper participation commonly involves questioning, even challenging the decisions our representatives make.

Our quarter-millennium of protest, debate and discourse hasn’t always been pleasant, intelligent or well-reasoned, but it’s helped keep us healthy, especially when the debate has come down on the side of our better angels.

As I write, we’re once again locked in our recurring dispute about guns and the Second Amendment. We’ve once again convened the debate over the bodies of children. Once again progressive ideologues in the House will likely pass a gun safety bill that goes beyond anything Senate Republicans will accept. And once again Republicans will fail to accept even the most modest proposals.

I’ve carried on years of reasonable conversations about guns with students, parents and neighbors, in which I’ve learned as well as taught. But I will tell you plainly that while I respect the Second Amendment, I find many Americans’ glorification of

its single sentence increasingly excessive, more akin to a fetish or dervish ecstasy than a constructive exchange of practical thought.

Some of us are idiots. Others are fools. Still others are both. Far worse, some American leaders are liars and manipulators. Some don’t mind if the country goes to hell as long as they get a crack at being president.

The 2008 Heller decision established an individual right to keep and bear arms, but writing for the Supreme Court majority, conservative Justice Scalia made clear that “the Second Amendment right is not unlimited … not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” He specifically included “prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill” and “laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms” as examples of limitations that are

entirely constitutional.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz knows all this. He knows that requiring background checks doesn’t violate the Second Amendment. But instead of acknowledging the truth about background checks, he accuses Democrats and the media of trying to “restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens.” He waxes lyrical about the protective power of good guys with guns while he’s addressing the NRA’s convention, the year’s most notable gathering of self-proclaimed good guys, even though the good guys weren’t permitted to bring their guns into the convention.

The hypocrisy and deceit are appalling and predictable.

While we talk about background checks and magazine capacities, which we must, we need to remember that all gun owners aren’t the same, any more than all gun safety advocates are the same.

I met one of my NRA neighbors a few years ago. He’d just bought his wife an assault rifle and was teaching her to use it. He was away a lot for work, she was home alone with their two young boys, and their house was on a lonely, wooded country road, the kind many Americans still live on — no local police, troopers nearly an hour away, a house broken into every so often.

One night he came home to find a truck, lights off, idling at the mouth of their driveway. It sped away as he drove closer.

He wanted his wife to have a weapon that could kill intruders. He didn’t want her to be outgunned. He wasn’t gleeful about it. He wasn’t a monster. He wasn’t Ted Cruz. He was just trying to defend his family.

Yes, we are divided about guns and the Second Amendment.

Yes, I may favor more or fewer limitations on guns than you do.

Yes, our efforts at sensible gun safety are undercut by lies and foiled by self-interest.

It isn’t Uvalde’s school police chief whose conscience should be most stricken. It’s Cruz and the multitudes of politicians like him who float above the blood and the bodies, for whom an 18-yearold’s opportunity to purchase an assault weapon matters more than a 10-year-old’s right to one day be 18.

Peter Berger has taught English and history for 30 years.

MANAGED BY MERIDIAN SENIOR LIVING

The overarching reason I’ve decided to run for Senate is because my years of experience in Africa have taught me that the democratic process thrives with healthy competition.

There was an open seat in the district until the very last minute and I could have dropped out when Kesha Ram Hinsdale got back in the race, but I thought about the reasons why I was interested in serving, principally that Montpelier doesn’t have enough representation from working parents.

My parents moved to Orange County in the late 1990s and there was a thriving high school nearby. It’s now closed. We are going to be the oldest state in the country by 2030 and we need to put our demographic crisis up front and start to encourage working parents to come here. This is the best place in the world to raise kids: it’s beautiful, it’s safe, we value community connections and education.

I think we need more people in the capital that have an eye toward the future and what kind of state we can become.

I’m looking forward to having conversations across the newly formed district. We have a choice of three votes in this election. I’m not running against any of the incumbents as they all bring something positive to the table. What I am offering though is a new and under-represented voice in Montpelier. We need Vermonters who are working, who have kids in child care, who are paying a mortgage.

Some of the issues that are key to me:

• We need safe, affordable housing in the district close to where people work.

• We need to be resilient and proactive toward climate change. I’ve seen the effects of climate change firsthand in Africa. We are so lucky here in the West that we can adjust for this change and take as many steps as possible toward mitigating its effects.

• Broadband and reliable cellular service must be a reality for all in Chittenden County. We aren’t going to get industry at a scale needed to attract workers. People will need the ability to telecommute. I was doing it for years before the pandemic.

• Early child care providers in Chittenden County need a living wage and families need support with this critical service. My wife and I had, at one point, three kids in child care and the expenses were considerable. This issue is very close to me based on our personal experience and seeing others struggle with the costs. We also need to recognize the critical role these providers serve in preparing our kids for the next step.

• Investments and economic plans must prioritize our aging population and working parents. We need to look hard at the consequences of the demographic shift in other parts of the state, like in Orange County, and understand that is going to put a strain on us in Chittenden County. Getting people here is tied into our housing crisis,

but our demographic challenges must be a priority.

• The tactical gun culture in our country is bizarre and foreign to me. As someone who responsibly owns guns and who hunts every year, I think I have legitimacy as a Democrat in calling for Vermont to take steps toward guns laws that protect our constitutional rights and ensure that only responsible people own firearms. Gov. Phil Scott may have taken a first step, but we can do more on this.

(Mudge is running for one of three seats in the newly formed Chittenden Southeast District, which includes South Burlington, Bolton, Burlington’s South-End, Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, Jericho, Richmond, St. George, Williston and Underhill. Other candidates include newcomer Steve May, and incumbents Thomas Chittenden, Virginia Lyons and Hinsdale.)

PUBLIC

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Champlain Valley School District (formerly Chittenden South Supervisory Union) including the towns of Charlotte, Hinesburg, St. George, Shelburne, and Williston intends to destroy the special education records of all students who exited from any special education program during the 20162017 school year.

A permanent record of the student’s name, address, phone number, grades, attendance record, and year completed is maintained without time limitation.

Lack of gun control about the power of men

To the Editor: Can we openly talk about guns and how our legislators fear passing bill to regulate the sale of guns? Let us consider their fears for a moment. Legislators might lose constituents, lose their insurance, a healthy salary, prestige, power and who knows what. The National Rifle Association might not like them anymore. If they pass a bill regulating guns, they would be regulating men.

Now this would create issues.

These same legislators have no difficulty passing a bill to overturn Roe v. Wade. Legislators can decide to regulate or control women’s’ bodies, but it gets dicey if they are going to control men and the sale of guns. Controlling the sale of guns and requiring a background check is entirely different from dominance over women.

Their popularity with men might well be reflected in their reelection.

Legislators are concerned about saving the life of the unborn and I understand that. But if legislators are really

concerned about the unborn, what about the living? Where are the laws that regulate the sale of guns? Why are we still asking for gun reform, background checks, an end to the sale of assault rifles? Why are the living of less importance than the unborn? Does anyone else see a problem with this picture? Unborn children are protected, but the living are not. In all cases our legislators do not want to regulate men and their guns — their toys. Innocent children are shot in classrooms when they are doing what they were sent to school to do. Teachers there to protect and guide those children are shot. Men and women are killed at concerts. Folks are killed in churches and synagogues while worshiping. Folks are killed in grocery stores or while driving. When is enough, enough? How many more need to die? Let us take a serious look at the legislators we elect to office. Let us protect the living, not only the unborn. Your votes count. Let us protect our democracy. It is fragile.

Doris Sage Shelburne

Any former student, who has reached 18 years of age, may review and/or receive these records upon request. Also, any parent of a student who is 18 years of age or older, who has retained parental rights, may obtain these records.

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Shelburne Parks & Rec News

Shelburne Beach

Shelburne Beach is now open for the season. Shelburne residents can purchase season passes at the beach with proof of residency. Please have your ID and car registration with you along with check or cash payment only.

More information about costs, hours, guests, groups and more can be found at shelburnevt.org/182/ Beach-Information.

Fall soccer

Early registration ends Friday, June 17.

The Shelburne Recreation Soccer League is for students entering grades one through six in the fall. All teams will be assigned one practice night during the week and will complete in games on Saturdays. The program starts the first week of school and runs through early October.

Registration fee before June

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in grants to organizations and municipalities across the state.

The grants go to projects that strengthen community connections and build social capital — where a small amount can fuel connections that make a bigger impact over time.

“The central themes of these grants are sparking community engagement and supporting Vermont’s youth and families,” said Holly Morehouse, vice president of grants and community impact at the Vermont Community Foundation. “How these organizations plan to accomplish this range

17 is $35. After the fee goes up to $55. Registration closes Aug. 5. Kids will be placed on a wait list and put on a team if space allows after this date.

The uniform fee is $25.

The program needs volunteer coaches, so fill out the volunteer section on the registration form. Training is provided for coaches and referees.

Summer basketball camp

Campers will learn and practice fundamental skills each day. Afternoon session only, for ages 11-to-14 years old.

Friendly games and competitions with an emphasis on teamwork and general knowledge of the game, directed by Nick Elderton. Participants will receive a T-shirt.

Registration deadline is June 27, and camp dates are July 18-22, 1-4 p.m. on the outdoor courts at Davis Park. Cost is $125

Community church concert features Ray Vega

from outdoor recreation to visual arts and music to growing food.

Local grant recipients included:

• Audubon Vermont received $1,658 to support Gender Creative Kids Outings organized by Outright Vermont for youth under 13 and their parents and caregivers.

• HOPE Works received $2,000 to support the HOPE Works healing garden, which will provide a safe space for survivors of sexual violence to share in community. All produce and flowers will be made available to survivors.

Jazz trumpeter Ray Vega and his quartet will perform at the First Congregational Church of Essex Junction, 39 Main St., on Sunday, July 10, 7 p.m. The Ray Vega QuARTet plays a variety of jazz styles. Vega has established himself as one of the innovators of the international jazz and Latin music scenes. A trumpeter, percussionist, composer and arranger, he presents jazz from an original and contemporary perspective. The performance is part of the Community Concerts at First music series celebrating artists from Vermont and New England. Suggested donation of $20 per adult (children under 18 free). Concert proceeds support the church community outreach and Dismas House. Space is limited. Reservations can be made in advance (fccej.org) or at the door. For information, contact Ann Gray, grayann8@aol.com or (802) 878-4088.

News from Pierson Library

A new storywalk will be on display along the Ti-Haul path starting Saturday, June 18, and will be up for at least a month.

Working in collaboration with Betsy Cieplicki in the Shelburne Parks and Recreation office, the path was chosen for its accessibility for young children and families. The Ti-Haul is level, easily accommodates strollers and is dog friendly. (Dogs must be leashed).

The path is just over a mile long and is accessible from both Bay and Harbor roads.

The picture book selected by children’s librarian Katie Bosley is “Jabari Jumps” by author and illustrator Gaia Cornwall and is suitable for children ages 3-6.

“Jabari Jumps,” just in time for Father’s Day and the summer heat, features a family’s outing to

a public pool. When published in 2017 the book received glowing reviews from The New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post and School Library Journal. This book reminds kids that

it’s OK to be scared. In fact, it’s perfectly normal to feel nervous when doing something for the first time. The simple but heartfelt story makes the difficult topic of taking risks accessible to an elementary age audience.

Storywalks bring picture books outdoors. Pages are made weather safe through lamination and mounted at eye level so that readers can enjoy nature while staying active.

This opportunity was made possible by Bosley of the library staff and Kristin Kelly Jangraw, Julia Shrier, Holly Brough, Rebecca Jewett and Lily O’Brien of the library board.

For more information about the Ti-Haul path, visit the parks and rec page on the town’s website and click on the Shelburne Bay Park link.

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CVU boy’s lacrosse makes it nine in a row

LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT

When you play in 17 Division I state championship games, you learn a few lessons.

When you win 11 of those games — and the title that comes with it — you pick up a few more.

If you’re on a team that wins eight DI state titles in a row, you might know how to win another.

The Champlain Valley boys’ lacrosse program added to its cache of trophies Saturday, beating Burr and Burton 13-11 in the championship game to win its ninth straight title and 12th overall.

“It’s just crazy,” senior Turner

Elliott said. “It’s hard to believe in some ways. We’ve just been able to go for so long, but it’s just been a blast every year.”

Matias Williams scored three times for the Redhawks, while Elliot added two goals and two assists. Nolan Shea, Peter Gilliam and Owen Pierce each tallied twice on the team’s road to the title.

“We had a tremendous offensive game plan and a good face off game plan so when we were in pressure situations that helped us to shine through,” coach Tom Garvey said. “I was not surprised to see new guys step up and fill in those roles and take advantage of those opportunities today.”

The Redhawks offense took advantage of a few lucky bounces early, getting on the board with two quick strikes from Colin Zouck and Elliott and then scored two more at the end of the first quarter for a 4-2 lead.

CVU never trailed in the game.

“Lacrosse is a game of runs and a game of momentum,’ Garvey said. “A lot of credit to Burr and Burton, they’re a very, very good team, a very well coached team and formidable opponent so we feel very fortunate to have one today.”

Leading 11-7 to start the fourth, CVU faced a comeback from the Bulldogs, who narrowed the score to 13-11 with just over four

minutes remaining in the game.

Goalie Jake Bowen had eight saves for the Redhawks.

“Jake, he’s a captain and a leader for us. He’s been a rock in there all year,” Garvey said. “He just made some tremendous saves at big points in the game. We allowed them to get back within two and he stepped up and made really good saves.”

After the Bulldogs hit the post with three minutes remaining CVU took control of the ball and moved it around the field to kill the clock, counting down the seconds until they could celebrate the title.

“We had to fight this one to the end,” Bowen said. “Once we got

the ball, running it up with like 10, 20 seconds left, that’s when I kind of knew. But up until that point, I was having a heart attack. I was focused the entire way, but oh my god, it was stressful.”

The Redhawks finished with a 18-1 record this season and continued the program’s winning legacy.

“CVU has such a strong history in sports and athletics and especially lacrosse,” Garvey said. “These boys work hard all year round and this is the culmination of a lot of hard work and sacrifice that happened throughout the year. What you saw here today was product of that.

“I couldn’t be prouder as a coach.”

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The CVU boys’ lacrosse team poses for a team photo after the school’s ninth straight Division I title. See more photos online.

Friday, June 10, 2022 | Patrick Gymnasium, University of Vermont

Liam R. Achilles

Jared A. Anderson

Rory J. Anderson

Zackery T. Aubin

Jack C. Averill

Nolan P. Avery

Vivienne F. Babbott

Riley K. Bagnato *++

Sophie Ballard

Alex L. Baraby-Putnam

Grace Barrett

Ava K. Bartlett

William A. Bartley

Andrew N. Bastress *

Holden Batchelder

Allison M. Bates *++

Celilo Bauman Swain *

Jacob R. Beauchamp

Hope S. Beaudoin

Olivia J. Beaudry

Lindsay Beer *

Eva L. Benway

Makai Bertrand

Jake S. Bialowoz

Ari Bick

Patrick Bilodeau

John R. Bingel *

Aidan Blasius *

Emily H. Bliss ***

Keagan R. Bothwell

Morghan L. Bourgeois

Jake R. Bowen

Olivia C. Brand

Sabina E. Brochu *

Eliza H. Brooks

Annalise M. Brown

Ethan Bryce

Andrew Buley ++

Kayden Bushey

Duncan R. Campbell

Ryan J. Canty

Brodie Cardinal

Angelos W. Carroll

Brendan J. Chalmers

Isabel C. Charlson

Elizabeth M. Charney *

Logan Claffy

Liliana Clark

Brandon L. Clodgoe

Elliott S. Clow

Oliver R. Cobden

Caille Comeau

Paige Comeau

Quinn A. Connolly

Rory F. Connolly

Griffin L. Cote ***

Kayla R. Cousino

Larson Couture

Moises A. Cowart

Emma L. Crum *++

Isaac D. Curschmann

Philip I. Davis ++

Gracie M. Deavitt

Gerasimos Delaportas

Audrey A. Delp

Koy O. Denis

Phoebe B. Dennison *++

Sachi Depot

Mason O. Desautels

Avery G. Devereux

William P. Devereux

Aidan H. Devine *

Kai J. DeVoe-Talluto

Kristen M. Donnelly

Claudia R. Dornbierer

Ian Dunkley

Hayden T. Durgin

Kaylee M. Eaton

Turner B. Elliott *++

Evelyn R. Emmons *

Nora A. Engisch *

Evan J. Ferrara

Benjamin J. Fox

Eva C. Frazier *++

Spencer J. Freeman

Kwadwo Frimpong

Abigail S. Gagnon

Karen S. Galvez

Karyssa Garafano-Lapan

Riley J. Gauthier

Loa E. Georgsdottir

Shane Geraldez *

Isabel L. Glickman

Demi I. Godbout

Rowan C. Godbout

Gregory S. Goldsmith

Mya A. Greenfield *

Aidan J. Greer **

Eric P. Guczek-Nasab **

Jalan Gurung

Samiksha Gurung +

Isabella L. Hackerman *++

Renzo Hall

Phebe Hardy

Madeline M. Haydock *

Dylan J. Hayes-Francis

Johannes G. Hemmett

Phoebe M. Henderson

Alexander H. Hilgerdt

Hayden A. Hilgerdt

Kai Hillier

Abigail F. Hillmulh

Sam G. Holmes ++

Aiden P. Jaremczuk

Kassidy J. Jay ***++

Erik N. Jensen **

Braedon C. Jones **

Elijah B. Jones ***

Peyton R. Jones *++

Leif J. Jurgenson

Katrina H. Kajenski

Jared P. Kartschoke

Saoirse C. Kearney

Jonas W. Keim

Rachel A. Kelley

Amelia J. Kenney

Leigh M. Kerbaugh *++

Myleigh E. Kilbon *++

Henry R. Kramer

James W. Kreider

Nicolas L. Krieger

Maxwell J. Krupp

Carson L. LaBarre

Emmett M. LaChapelle

Zander LaDue

Benjamin K. Ladue

Elizabeth A. LaDue

Aden LaGro

Finnegan M. Lahey

Jack H. Lamphere **

Emily A. Lang

Emma M. LaPierre ***

Alyssana C. Lasek *++

Lily R. Lawson

Noah S. LeCours ***

Chase A. Lehman

Luke A. Leonard ***

Alexander D. Lewis

Ray E. Lindsley

Zachary C. Loftus

Jacob M. Ludwar

Maggie Madden *

Jack T. Mahar***

Henry T. Marcoe

Erin C. Marino

Carmella R. Martone

Sydney C. Mast

Alexander G. Matthews

Daniel Maynard

Benjamin McAuliffe

Isabella E. McCaslin

Zander R. McClain

Eliza McLean

Evan B. McMahan *

Mary E. McNamara *

Evan J. Mead

Ayesha Memoli

Bridget G. Merchant

Eliza M. Merrill

Luka E. Mester

Samuel Metevier

Raymond S. Michalak

Zoe R. Milboer

Molly Milne-Gerlaugh *++

Tristan K. Minehart

River E. Mitchell

Gannon A. Mitton

Charlie Y. Mjaanes

Nakobe Morgan Parmett ++

Heather K. Moss

Clayton Murphy

Adia C. Murray

Jasmine G. Nails

Marin A. Napoliello

Innogen Naylor *++

Griffin L. Newberry

Steven Nguyen

Nicole Noonan

Trinity A. Nye

Cody J. O’Neil

Collin S. O’Neil

Olivia C. O’Rourke

Diego L. Ortiz

Hailey Q. Palmer *++

Ryan P. Paradee

Lauren M. Parent *

Tarik Pasic

Skyler J. Paya

Nickerson F. Peach

Tomas G. Peach

Anna C. Perrotta

Myles Peterson

Sophie K. Pidgeon

Owen B. Pierce

Nina W. Pike

Tristan R. Pillsbury

Gabrielle J. Pockette

Jake Potter

Mina Pricer-Coan *

Oliver C. Pudvar **

Mina Radivojevic

Nicholas Rakochy

Ethan T. Ravlin

Scott A. Reynolds

Donovan A. Richardson

Emma S. Richling

Briege A. Riley

Olivia A. Roberts

Max C. Robertson

Emily A. Roth-Longe

Emily A. Roth-Longe

Maddison Russell

Jack H. Rutz

Jackson F. Ruwet

Eric W. Sandage

Schye Sanderson

Leo V. Sarandos

Kelsie M. Schug

Remy C. Schulz *

Anthony J. Seidita

Gregory Seraus

Augustine D. Serinese

Alexandra Servis

Nolan M. Shea **

Chloe E. Silverman *

Avery G. Smith ++

Chloe E. Snipes

Olivia M. St. Peter *

Emery Sterling

Sophia N. Stevens *++

Chloe G. Stidsen

Zoe Stief

Richard T. Stoddard

Hailey G. Stokes

Kennady R. Sweeney

Lila S. Taylor**

Chance L. Therrien

Konstantin J. Thurber

Jasmin Y. Townsend-Ng

Isabella Trello

Sean M. Trifaro

Asja Tuco

Connor B. Turnbaugh

Kalin A. Turner

Erin Tuvell

Mia E. Twarog

Veronica Valliere

Anna G. Van Buren*

Eleanor Van Vranken *

Taylor N. Vincent

Ruby M. Volzer

Felix Walberg*++

Ryan S. Walker

Kyrell J. Ward

Carson T. Webster

Fritz J. Wetzell

Samuel W. Whitcomb

Griffin Wilczynski

Celia P. Williams

Neva Williams *++

Abigail G. Willis ***

James P. Wilson

Kahlyn A. Wilson

Ryan Winegar

Isaac R. Winsten-Pinel

Gabrielle R. Witt ***

Luna Wood

Phineas R. Wormser

Amelia J. Worth

Tyler G. Wuthrich

Anika W. Zia

Malcolm G. Ziter

Colin B. Zouck

Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Rotary J.

Coach David Bremner Awards

Craig Sampson Memorial Award

Creative Writing Awards

Luke Leonard, Kennady Sweeney Design Technology Award

Diligence Awards

Direction Center Award

Donald Moore Cross Country Scholarships

Dylan Peters Visual Arts Memorial Scholarship

El Premio de Espanol

Aidan Devine, Turner Elliott, Alyssana Lasek, Chloe Environmental Activism Award

Excellence in Mathematical Thinking Awards

Excellence in Science Awards Turner Elliott, Excellence in Scientific Inquiry Awards Lindsay Faculty Awards

Family and Consumer Science Award

French V Language Awards

Felix Walberg, Isabel Charlson, Myleigh Kilbon

Friends of CVU School Spirit Award

Gov. Phil Hoff Vermont Honor Scholarship

Greg Cluff Award

Hart Athletic Awards Humanities Award Integrity Awards

Nora Van Vranken, Oliver Pudvar and Jack Averill make

Scholarship

Allen Rotary

Award Ryan Canty

Emma Crum, Chance Therrien

Eric Guczek-Nasab

Elizabeth Charney, Aidan Devine, Philip Davis

Hope Beaudoin, Alexandra Servis

Renzo Hall

Scholarships Kai Hillier, Jasmine Nails

Scholarship Jasmin Townsend-Ng

Rory Anderson, Phoebe Dennison, Chloe Stidsen

Olivia Brand

Awards Myleigh Kilbon, Felix Walberg

Elliott, Isabella Hackerman, Alyssana Lasek

Lindsay Beer, Angelos Carroll, Anika Zia

Sabina Brochu, Augustine Serinese

Kahlyn Wilson

Andrew Bastress, Mya Greenfield, Augustine Serinese

Alyssana Lasek

Eva Frazier

Turner Elliott, Sophia Stevens

Phoebe Dennison, Olivia St. Peter

Moises Cowart, Tristan Minehart

John Phillip Souza Band Award

Journalism Award

Kathy M. Stringer Devost Scholarship

Kevin Riel! Memorial Scholarships

Larry Wagner Math Awards

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award

National Federation of High Schools

Award of Excellence

Michael G. Hart Baseball Scholarship

Outstanding Business Student Awards

Isabella Hackerman

Myleigh Kilbon

Briege Riley

Chloe Stidsen

Andrew Bastress, Philip Davis

Avery Smith

Alyssana Lasek, Felix Walberg

Braedon Jones

Lila Taylor, Aidan Greer

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University this fall.

She was among Champlain Valley Union High School’s nearly 300 students who on Friday received their high school diplomas dressed in cap and gown in the University of Vermont’s Patrick Gymnasium. Frazier was one of several student speakers, joining Luke Leonard and Sophia Stevens, to address the audience.

“When you walk across the stage today, it’s for you, but it’s not yours alone,” principal Adam Bunting said. “This short walk is for your families, your friends, your mentors, teachers, guardians, siblings — the walk reflects the efforts of your community past and the promise to your communities in the future.”

This year’s graduates were the recipients of dozens of awards: the environmental activism award, the outstanding business student award, the resilience award, and the diligence award, to name just a few.

The ceremony also featured speaker Megan Nick, who won Olympic bronze in aerial skiing in Beijing this winter.

Only seven years ago, Nick was among those graduating from

Champlain Valley. She spent her high school years seeing her dream of being an Olympic gymnast come to an end, but then discovered a skill and affinity for aerial skiing.

“Looking back now, I realized that during these formative years of my life, it wasn’t so much about which sport I was best at, or what extracurriculars might fit into the best college — it was about how I challenged myself that made me the athlete and the person I am today,” she said.

“It is important to tell you all that in many ways my story is less about winning the bronze medal and more about the countless failures I endured,” she said. “What mattered most throughout this process was the perseverance and will to become a better version of myself by overcoming the endless crashes, the painful injuries, the long recoveries from surgery and the competitions where I came up short.”

“As long as I have the fortitude to keep trying my best, I can walk away from this chapter as a better person in all aspects of my life, which is something I think we all should be striving toward.”

The Seal of Biliteracy Samiksha Gurung

Theatre Award Eliza Brooks, Mina Pricer-Coan, Amelia Worth

Tom Titus Track and Field Award Gregory Seraus

Tomorrow’s Business Leader Award: (FBLA) Oliver Pudvar

Twenty-First Century Social Studies awards Jack Averill, Nora Engisch, Myleigh Kilbon, Jake Potter, Amelia Worth

University of Vermont Green and Gold Scholarship Eva Frazier

Vergilian Latin awards Duncan Campbell, Isabella McCaslin, Donovan Richardson

Visual Arts Department Award Jasmin Townsend-Ng

Waitsfield & Champlain Valley

Alyssana Lasek, Carmella Martone, Eliza Merrill, Celilo Bauman Swain

Outstanding English Student Awards

Telecom Eunice B. Farr Incentive Award Heather Moss

Volunteer Outreach Club Award Leigh Kerbaugh

Outstanding Essayist Awards

Riley Bagnato, Finnegan Lahey, Gregory Goldsmith, Felix Walberg

Palmer Athletic Awards

Pat Mraz Library Award

Principal’s Leadership Award

Redhawk Football Award

Renaissance Artist Award

Resilience Award

Robert J. Pepper awards

Sara Grayson Memorial Award

School Directors awards

The Director’s Award for Chorus

The Peter Marsh Foundation

Silent Servant Award

Ryan Canty, Chloe Snipes

Amelia Worth

Myleigh Kilbon

Angelos Carroll

Ruby Volzer

Zoe Milboer

Jack Averill, Kalin Turner

Ray Lindsley

Celilo Bauman Swain, Avery Smith

Duncan Campbell

Allison Bates, Phoebe Dennison

Williston-Richmond Rotary Scholarship Amelia Worth

Zeke Kassel Memorial Awards Audrey Delp, Karen Galvez

VSADA Scholar/Athlete Awards Jack Averill, Vivienne Babbott, Ava Bartlett, William Bartley, Andrew Bastress, Allison Bates, Lindsay Beer, John Bingel, Aidan Blasius, Sabina Brochu, Andrew Buley, Ryan Canty, Emma Crum, Phoebe Dennison, Rowan Godbout, Aidan Greer, Kai Hillier, Samuel Holmes, Jared Kartschoke, Jonas Keim, Mary McNamara, Charlie Mjaanes, Angelos Carroll, Paige Comeau Turner Elliott, Nora Engisch, Madeline Haydock, Phoebe Henderson, Peyton Jones, Braedon Jones, Alyssana Lasek, Benjamin McAuliffe, Nakobe Morgan Parmett, Clayton Murphy, Innogen Naylor, Trinity Nye, Hailey Palmer, Lauren Parent, Sophie Pidgeon, Oliver Pudvar, Remy Schulz, Augustine Serinese, Chloe Silverman, Chloe Snipes, Sophia Stevens, Chloe Stidsen, Lila Taylor, Isabella Trello, Anna Van Buren, Felix Walberg, Fritz Wetzell, Samuel Whitcomb, Neva Williams, Abigail Willis, Tyler Wuthrich, Anika Zia

PHOTO BY AL FREY make the presentation of the class gift at Champlain Valley Union High School’s graduation Friday.

PHOTOS BY AL FREY

Scenes of the Class of 2022 graduation at Patrick Gymnasium

Friday on the University of Vermont campus. Below right, senior speaker Eva Frazier addresses the class.

Clinched!

Above: The Angels won the Shelburne Little League championship game to clinch the Majors Tournament Championship on June 5. Almost 400 kids turned out this year for Shelburne Little League, which includes kids from Hinesburg and Charlotte. Top row, from left, assistant coach Mike Dupee, Zeke Dupee-Negron, Jaime Nassar, Isaac Russell, assistant coach Ken McAvey, Reid McAvey, Parker Trono, Amadeo Bird Matarazzo, head coach Jamie Nassar and Sawyer Jennings. Bottom row, from left, Brigs Page, Evan Foster, Jacob Osekoski and Drew Friesen. Not pictured: Tate Gardner.

Left: Reid Kenneth McAvey, 11, bats while Owen Daley, 12, mans the plate in the June 5 championshop game for the Majors. The photo was captured by volunteer board president Mike Niebur.

Opposite: Little League AAA winners, back row, from left: assistant coach Justin Bessette, Devyn Coolidge, Nico Lucier, Finn Wolff, Grayson DiGuglielmo, Gunnar Spear, head coach Jonathan Wolff and assistant coach Shon DiGuglielmo. Front row, from left, Henry Wolff, Graham Saraceno, Lane Edelbaum, Noah Bessette, Owen Brill, Oliver Holoch and Oakley the mascot.

PHOTOS BY MIKE NIEBUR

Roger J. Merryfield

A celebration of life for Roger Merryfield, who died June 27, 2020, will be held Sunday, June 26, 2022, at 2 p.m. at the Malletts Bay Congregational Church UCC, 1672 W. Lakeshore Drive, Colchester, with Rev. Sally May officiating.

The celebration of life will also be held virtually at https://us02web. zoom.us/j/82599924353.

Everyone is encouraged to remember something special about Roger to share with those attending in person or via Zoom. Roger would want to be remembered by the great memories you have of him and the

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many laughs Roger shared with all of you.

A memorial service will be held in the chapel at the Vermont Veterans Cemetery, 487 Furnace Road, Randolph VT, on Monday, June 27 at 1 p.m. Roger wanted to be buried with his fellow soldiers who he had the highest respect for. All are welcome at both the celebration of life and memorial service.

Arrangements are in care of Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home.

Lisa Holden Echo

Lisa Holden Echo, 60, died Thursday, June 9, 2022, after a 14-year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Lisa grew up in Shelburne and lived in Shelburne after she met the love of her life, Curtis R. Echo III.

She was born on April 3, 1962, in Burlington, daughter of the late Leland and Nancy (Pitts) Holden. Lisa attended Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg. She graduated in 1980 and continued her education at the University of Vermont and later was employed by Hannaford, formerly Martins. Lisa met her husband Curt on the first day on the job. She was

employed at Hannaford for 42 years and loved her work, ending her career there as a pharmacy technician.

Lisa married Curt on Oct. 13, 1984, at the Methodist church in Shelburne on a beautiful fall day. Shortly thereafter, three children arrived: Kate, Mallory and Curtis IV, who added so much love to her life.

Their life was spent as a closeknit family, going on trips to Disney, shopping, entertaining and watching Curt IV play baseball. She loved to laugh and show her friends and family how much she cared through

her wonderful cooking and gift giving. She loved her grand dog, Dodger, a 1-year-old goldendoodle very much.

She was loved by all who knew her and made an impact on the lives of many. She was blessed to have a multitude of wonderful friends.

Lisa was never more loved than by her extended family: her late brother, Lee Holden; her brother, Mark Holden; her niece, Sarah Keveson and her family; and her in-law family, Curtis Jr. and Carol Echo, and Candace and Peter McCarthy, Caren and Herb Foard, and Chris and Heidi Echo and their families.

The Echo family would like to extend a special thank you to the oncology department at University of Vermont Medical Center, especially Dr. Kim Dittus, Dr. Chris Anker and Dr. Jennifer Gilwee at adult primary care who took great care of her through her long and enduring battle with breast cancer.

A service for Lisa will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at 10 a.m. at the Blue Ribbon Pavilion at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made on behalf of Lisa to the SD Ireland Cancer Research Fund, P.

O. Box 2286, South Burlington VT 05407.

Arrangements are in care of Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home, Essex Junction.

Paul A. Dye Jr.

Paul A. “Joe” Dye Jr. died peacefully on Monday, June 6, 2022, at The Arbors at Shelburne of complications from primary progressive aphasia.

Born in July 1936 in Woodsville, N.H., Joe was youngest of four children of Paul A. Dye Sr. and Ruth Hatch Dye. He grew up in Brattleboro and graduated from Brattleboro High School in 1954.

After serving for two years in the U.S. Army, Joe attended the University of Vermont. A member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and elected to the Boulder Society, he graduated in 1960 with a bachelor’s degree in education. In 1965, he received a master’s degree in counseling from Boston University and a certificate of advanced graduate study from Northeastern University in 1970.

For five years Joe taught

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We Can Take It!

Roger J. Merryfield

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English at high schools in Liberty, N.Y., and Stoneham, Mass. He then began his career as a high school counselor at Stoneham High School. Joe returned to Vermont in 1971 and spent 23 years in the guidance department at South Burlington High School, retiring in 1996. From 1980-1982 he was director of guidance at The American School of The Hague, Netherlands.

Joe always had a special place in his heart for all teens, but especially for those who needed his listening ear, sage counsel and unconditional support. The connections he made with students in Family Living Theater, a class he co-designed and directed, were particularly rewarding for him.

Outside school, Joe dedicated much of his time to local theater productions. Whether acting, directing or serving as a board member, he was active with both Lyric Theater and Essex Community Players and was a founding member of Shelburne Players. When not involved with plays, he enjoyed his athletic pursuits: biking, kayaking, downhill and cross-country skiing, pick-up basketball, and watching his beloved New York Giants. Joe was also an avid reader and a fine writer.

Joe married Betty McDonald in 1960 and soon became a loving and actively involved father to his four children. With everything from camping, biking, swimming at the “Quarry,” and playing board games to making root beer, doughnuts, fudge, his special cinnamon buns and “bug juice,” he provided lasting memories for his family. Added to these memories were living for two years in The Netherlands and traveling in Europe.

Once retired, Joe and Betty continued to travel widely in the U.S. and Europe, and then ventured forth to Africa, Asia and South America.

Joe leaves his wife, Betty; daughter, Pamela Dye (James Alexander) of Deerfield, Ill.; sons, Paul III (Terry Moore) of Lexington, Mass., Sean (Jenny Russett) of Vergennes, and Christopher (Pamela) of Hampton, N.H. He also leaves nine grandchildren, Rachel and Emily Dye, Katie, James and Hender Dye, Joe, MJ and Rosie Alexander, and Mia Dye; two great-grandchildren, Declan and Corbyn; step-grandchildren, Grady and Allie Clark; and three step-great-grandchildren Ava, Ady and Anderson.

Also surviving him are his sister, Sondra Winer of Georgetown, Mass.; sister-in-law, Anne Houghton (Russell) of Littleton, N.H.; brother-in-law, Bernard Couture of Essex Junction; and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by brothers, Hender and Lee’ sister-in-

determined by the family.

The family wishes to extend their heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Marie Sandoval, his primary physician for many years, and all the amazing, caring staff at Gazebo North, the Arbors at Shelburne, and University or Vermont Home Health & Hospice.

law, Jean Couture; brother-in-law, James Winer; and grandson, John Louis Dye.

A time for celebration and reflection on Joe’s life will be held for friends and family at a later date

In lieu of flowers, please send a contribution to Lyric Theater, 7 Green Tree Dr, South Burlington VT 05403 (lyrictheatrevt.org); Shelburne Players, 5420 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne VT 05482 (shelburneplayers.com); or UVM Home Health & Hospice, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester VT 05446 (uvmhomehealth.org/donations).

Arrangements are in care of Stephen C. Gregory and Son Cremation Service, South Burlington.

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• Boys Basketball: June 19-23

• Girls Softball: July 17-21

• Boys/Girls Volleyball: August 3-7

• Girls Basketball: August 7-11

(Overnight: $425 / Day Camp: $275 • 5th-12th Grade Students)

Paul A. Dye Jr.

Effort to regulate wake boats gets nod from Hinesburg

Boats create environmental harm, responsible wakes group argues

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

Hinesburg has sent a letter of support to the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources asking it to study the issue of wake boats on lake ecosystems, and to potentially develop statewide regulations in response to a push from a group looking to mitigate wake boats’ effect on Vermont’s lakes and ponds.

The group, Responsible Wakes for Vermont Lakes, petitioned the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources in March urging the group to study the effect wake boats have on the ecosystems of lakes and ponds, and potentially manage or restrict wake boat activity in the state.

The group asked the selectboard to sign a letter of support of the petition, which is being reviewed by the agency.

Wake boats are motorboats designed specifically to produce large waves for wakeboarding and wake surfing. These boats create waves “much greater than that produced by other boats or by wind-driven waves,” the petition read.

Wake boarding and wake surfing are the fastest growing segment

of the watercraft and recreational boating industries, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association.

Responsible Wakes for Vermont Lakes identified Lake Iroquois in Hinesburg as one of 11 lakes throughout the state where wake boats and wake-enhancing devices “can cause environmental damage, degrade water quality, create safety hazards for people in or on the water and near shore, and cause physical damage to property and shorelines,” the group wrote, citing several academic studies.

The boats, the group argues, help erode shorelines, increase algal blooms due to stirred up sediment, destroy habitat and disrupt aquatic plants, as well as threaten lake and pond wildlife.

In their petition, the group cites a first-hand report from William Wright, of Shelburne, who said that in 2020 his then 4-year-old grandson was playing in the water next to his dock on Lake Iroquois when a “large wave from a wake boat washed him under the dock.”

“As he was wearing a life jacket he was caught between the water and the underside of the dock. One of his cousins pulled him out before other waves arrived so he was not

hurt, but easily could have been,” he said. “This event reinforced my concern over the generation of such large wakes on small lakes.”

There’s a history of the selectboard taking up environmental issues on Lake Iroquois. In 2020, the selectboard debated the dangers of applying the herbicide ProcellaCOR to areas of the lake.

The selectboard has been “interested in what’s happening in Lake Iroquois and wanting to make it the best possible resource for humans and for wildlife that live around the lake,” selectboard chair Merrily Lovell said. “I think there’s a lot of evidence that wake

boats are pretty detrimental to birds, like loons, that nest on the edges of the lake.”

Currently, the only limitation on wakes is a 200-foot no wake zone from a shoreline, according to Meg Handler, a member of the group that lobbied the Hinesburg selectboard asking for its support to “help prevent the degradation of the water quality in Lake Iroquois and other lakes and ponds.”

Handler previously pushed against the use of herbicide ProcellaCOR in the lake.

“This 200-foot zone is inadequate for a new class of boat called a wake boat,” she said. “We

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are asking the state to address this growing problem now by managing wake boat activities sooner rather than later before it gets to be too big a problem to solve. Water quality at Lake Iroquois depends on your protection and you can do a lot to help us by supporting this petition.”

At its June 1 meeting, the selectboard received pushback from property owners on Lake Iroquois, arguing against any support for regulations on wake boats.

“This may be a bigger issue elsewhere, but I’d like to call on what I think is the localized picture of Lake Iroquois,” said Rodney Putnam, a Lake Iroquois resident and member of the town’s recreation committee who owns a wake boat. “On our lake there’s maybe 90 properties in that neighborhood, there’s approximately 30 power boats, and of those numbers there’s only three wake boats — mine being one of them.”

He called parts of the group’s petition “sensationalized,” and argued that the larger boats causing environmental damage are not

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— Rodney Putnam, Lake Iroquois

An aerial shot of Lake Iroquois.

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present on the small Lake Iroquois. He also wondered if curtailing wake boats would “affect my property (and) my resale value ... does it limit the number of people who might be interested in my property and the value declines?”

“Every lake is different and to paint a broad brush of every lake in the state and say, ‘you can’t do this anymore’ across the board isn’t necessarily fair,” he said. “Every lake should be looked at differently and surveyed.”

Michael Summers, another homeowner on the lake who owns a wake boat, told the selectboard that there is an etiquette on Lake Iroquois since he’s been there, and all the boat owners respect each other.

“I’ve never seen anybody not follow that etiquette. We’re all held to these boating standards, we all follow them, and I think it’s unfair to ban a certain thing with the understanding that people are following the rules,” he said. “To put out blanket mandates, it’s not the right thing to do.”

Jack Widness, the head of Responsible Wakes for Vermont Lakes, said during the June 1 meeting that according to the data, wake boats “have doubled in terms of their power. As the wakes get bigger, the damage we talk about that’s included here by reputable academic researchers, indicates that there are significant damage to

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the environment on the lake shores, the bottom of the lake, as well as interfering with other people that are on the lake.”

“Our position is based on the evidence we’ve presented through our petition,” he said.

The selectboard, in its decision,

walked back writing a letter asking for regulations on wake boats and instead wrote a letter expressing support for the study of the issue. Selectboard member Mike Loner expressed caution about “the appropriateness of the selectboard” being asked to write a letter in

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“In supporting this, I would like to see the state go through a thorough investigation and decide statewide — not just one body of water — what the impact is from these wake boats and what they believe should be done,” select-

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“Lake Iroquois has some unwritten rules and people are following them. That’s good and I believe that’s probably true,” he said, “but it sounds like there should be some real rules written and applied appropriately.”

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Covered with mud

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Type of footwear

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Exam

Extinct ightless bird of New Zealand

“Rule, Britannia” composer

Small Eurasian deer

A population of small whorled pogonia — believed to be extinct in Vermont since 1902 and listed as threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act — has been documented on Winooski Valley Park District conservation land in Chittenden County.

“Discovering a viable population of a federally threatened species unknown in our state for over a century is astounding,” said Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department botanist Bob Popp. “It’s Vermont’s equivalent of rediscovering the ivory-billed woodpecker.”

The small whorled pogonia is a globally rare orchid historically found across the eastern states and Ontario. Previous searches for the species in Vermont have been unsuccessful. As with many orchids, little is understood about the species’ habitat needs. Populations in Maine and New Hampshire are found in areas of partial sun including forest edges and openings.

“A challenge of locating rare orchid populations for conservation is that so much of where they grow is determined by things we can’t easily see or measure,

like networks of fungi in the soil,” Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department assistant botanist Aaron Marcus said. “These kinds of discoveries are only possible because of the vibrant communities of enthusiasts and professional botanists who work together to understand and document Vermont’s plant diversity.”

Marcus says the department was first notified of a possible small whorled pogonia population in Vermont thanks to the observations of two community scientists: John Gange of Shelburne and Tom Doubleday of Colchester.

“John is a passionate and skilled botanist who specializes in orchids and closely follows the sightings people report on the community science app iNaturalist,” said Marcus. “John noticed that birder and retired greenhouse manager Tom Doubleday had used the app to ask for help identifying an unfamiliar wildflower last July and reached out to us with the news that the small whorled pogonia had very likely just been discovered in Vermont.”

Popp, Marcus, Doubleday and Gange returned to the site together this spring and confirmed the pres-

ence of small whorled pogonia, which was in bloom at the time. Rare orchids are at high risk from illegal collection and accidental trampling by passive visitors, according to Marcus. To protect the pogonia’s location from potential disturbances, Doubleday removed the public coordinates from his post.

The department’s next steps will be to work with the Winooski Valley Park District to look for the small whorled pogonia on nearby conservation land and monitor the population to make sure this species has the best possible opportunity to flourish in Vermont’s portion of its native range.

“We’re incredibly fortunate that this small whorled pogonia population is on land protected by the Winooski Valley Park District,” said Popp. “It speaks to the importance of habitat conservation. When we conserve a piece of land, we rarely know all the species that are there, but we do know that conserving intact natural communities yields the best odds for supporting Vermont’s biodiversity, from common species to rare ones.”

PHOTO BY JOHN GANGE

A small whorled pogonia blooms on Winooski Valley Park District conservation land.