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August 11, 2022

On golden bay

PHOTO BY MARY BAUMAN

Alan Bauman of Shelburne took his kayak out in Shelburne Bay trying to catch a large bass that he and his wife Mary have nicknamed Walter in homage to the trout in “On Golden Pond.” But the fish weren’t biting, Mary said, likely too busy admiring the sky like she was, noting, “what a gorgeous place we live in!”

Study sets roadmap for bike infrastructure in Shelburne COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

Shelburne has apparently spent quite a bit of time studying how to make the town a less hostile environment for cyclists and pedestrians. There are some 20 preexisting transportation studies, gateway studies and specific road and corridor studies — some that date

back to the 2000s — that, in some form or another, have investigated how to make parts of town a little more friendly toward bikers and walkers. Now, a new study has compiled all those earlier reports to create a town-wide implementation plan. The long-awaited Shelburne Walk Bike Connectivity Study, funded with tax dollars and a grant from the Chittenden County

Regional Planning Commission, uses those various documents to synthesize a roadmap of sorts for the town to take “to build a prioritized list of active transportation projects that will make Shelburne a safer and more inviting place to walk and bike,” the study reads. “What we found out right away — unlike other communities that we’ve worked with that really had very little on the books in terms of developing bicycle and pedestrian

infrastructure and studies — Shelburne had quite a rich history of this,” said Dayton Crites, a senior planner at Dubois & King who helped formulate the plan. “We thought the best use of this plan’s efforts was to look at all your previous studies, reach out to the community to really assess their values and really put those See BIKE on page 10

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Caring for Canopy grant plants sycamore, hackberry, birch, oaks in Shelburne parks The Shelburne Tree Committee recently received a Caring for Canopy Grant from the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program for new trees at two Shelburne parks. Hullcrest Park added two

northern red oak and one river birch. Davis Park is now home to two common hackberry trees and an American sycamore. These species are native to Vermont and offer value to wildlife, in addition to shade and other

direct tangible benefits to humans. The Davis Park trees are planted near several mature ash trees. Interplanting new species among mature ash is a current goal in the committee’s strategy to address the emerald ash borer infestation.

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New owner takes over Shelburne Country Store PAX LOGIODICE COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE

The Shelburne Country Store has a new owner. Previous owners Steve and Deb Mayfield sold the store in June to South Burlington resident Carmone Austin after 15 years running the shop. The store has been open and operating since 1850, and the recent sale is one of many times in its life that the store has shifted ownership. Austin chose to take on the store largely because of her prior experiences with local, community-oriented small businesses. “I grew up in a general store,” she said. “So this is a very familiar environment to me … This is like coming home.” More than a decade ago, Austin founded the Village Scoop, an ice cream shop in Colchester, and she has also run an antique center and a coffee shop. She’s only owned the country store for about a month, but she already has a strong sense of the store’s character. “It’s a nostalgic business,” she said. “It brings people back in time, to a time when they were a kid.” Deb Mayfield, who with her husband Steve still owns the Country Christmas Loft just down the road in Shelburne, said the couple decided to sell so they could put their full attention on the holiday-themed store. “We’re hoping that if we focus on one thing, we can do it really well,” she said. She added, “It’s been a real privilege to have the time that I’ve had here and for the people in the area to have welcomed us into their lives.” Going forward, Austin wants

to maintain what many see as the country store’s role as a hub in the town. “It’s maintaining the integrity of the store, and to carry on what has been built here, because I think it’s really important that we carry on the Shelburne Country Store and the way it has served the community,” Austin said, “because we are an important business to the community at large.”

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Deb Mayfield, left, sold the Shelburne Country Store to South Burlington resident Carmone Austin, shown above, in June.

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Vermont to get $212 million for projects Vermont is getting more than $212 million in Congressional spending for 38 projects included in Senate appropriations bills, according to the office of Sen. Patrick Leahy, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The 12 annual appropriations bills fund the federal government and must now go through conference negotiations before being passed by the House and Senate and signed into law by the president.] “Whether it is supporting the revitalization of our historic downtowns, or providing the resources to grow made-in-Vermont ideas into national programs, these bills make worthwhile investments across Vermont,” Leahy said. Leahy secured $34 million for the Burlington International Airport to support its renovation and expansion. At the University of Vermont, he secured $30 million to support programmatic development at the Honors College, promoting intellectual integrity, accountability and leadership among students, $15 million for the Institute for Rural Partnerships, $13 million for food systems, $10 million for the Rural Centers Against Addiction, $2 million for unmanned

aircraft systems research, and $5 million to establish a new Climate Impacts Center of Excellence. Norwich University will get $16.4 million for a multi-disciplinary cyber fusion research and development center to create educational and workforce training opportunities in areas such as cybersecurity, information operations and dominance, computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning and real-time decision making practices. Lake Champlain will see $25 million for the Lake Champlain Geographic Program, and $11 million for the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission for both Champlain and Lake Memphremagog. Other funding included: • $500,000 for Shelburne Farms’ historic farm barn. • $2.35 million for the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. • $12 million to revitalize Cherry Street and improve pedestrian access to the Church Street Marketplace. • $10 million for the Preservation Trust of Vermont Village Community Trust Initiative to provide assistance for 20 communities across Vermont. • $6.5 million to the Center for the Environment at St. Michael’s College.

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Shelburne Police Blotter Total reported incidents: 85 Traffic stops: 7 Warnings: 6 Tickets: 2 Medical Emergencies: 31 Domestic incidents: 2 Suspicious incidents: 9 Citizen Assists: 3 Thefts: 10 Fraud: 2 Car crashes: 2 Pending investigation: 11 Aug. 1 at 7:51 a.m., 9:03 a.m., 9:15 a.m. and 11:08, four instances of thefts from motor vehicles were reported to police — three on Gardenside Lane and one on Harrington Avenue. Aug. 1 at 10:11 a.m., a three-car crash was reported on Shelburne and Webster roads with no injuries reported. Aug. 1 at 5:04 p.m., a Falls Road resident reported that his daughter and her juvenile son had been evicted and were at his home trying to get into his house to pick up personal belongings. Police informed each side to speak with an attorney to settle the matter. Aug. 1 at 5:19 p.m., Shelburne Fire assisted Charlotte Fire and Rescue at a brush fire out of control on Hinesburg Road and Spear Street. Aug. 1 at 5:36 p.m., police stopped an erratic motorist who was reportedly having a medical issue. The patient was transported to the hospital. Aug. 1 at 8:21 p.m., a woman told

Rash of car break-ins reported in Shelburne A rash of motor vehicle break-ins has police notifying the public of safety tips to avoid having their belongings stolen. At least a dozen incidents of items being taken from parked cars have been reported to police in the past two weeks, according to police incident logs, most of which seem concentrated on Route 7 near commercial parking lots. The Shelburne Police Department is urging people to lock their cars, leave windows closed, not leave cars running and to not leave “keys or valupolice her boyfriend was yelling at her and was out of control. Officers arrived at the scene and helped mediate the situation. Aug. 2 at 9:40 a.m., a Winter Haven resident reported theft of items from her residence. Aug. 2 at 7:48 p.m., a fraudulent use of a credit card was reported at Kinney Drugs. A fraud report was taken, and the case is under investigation. Aug. 2 at 9:38 p.m., a woman reported items had been stolen from her car in the Kinney

ables in your car where thieves can see and never leave your license, debit/credit cards, or guns in your car.” “Worrying about car theft and break-ins shouldn’t keep you up at night. True, you can’t stop every crime, but with a few sensible precautions, you and your car can become much less attractive targets,” police said. If your car has been broken into, call 911, take pictures of the damages, contact your insurance agent and beware of potential identity theft, police said. Drugs parking lot. Aug. 2 at 10:54 p.m., police responded to a man on the side of roadway near Kwiniaska Golf Course flashing a red light, but it turned out he was taking pictures of the night sky. Aug. 3 at 12:26 a.m., another person had items taken from their car, this time from the parking lot of Shelburne Bay Senior Living. Aug. 3 at 6 a.m., a caller reported his vehicle had been stolen, but See BLOTTER on page 9

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Supremes hand down victory for rule of law Guest Perspective John McClaughry In its final week in session, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down four opinions that brought the wrath of the left down upon the six justices in the majority. One expanded parental choice in education to sectarian schools, one ended New York’s arbitrary regulation on carrying firearms for self-defense and one held that there is no constitutional right to abortion. The fourth one drew hostile fire from the anti-climate change movement: West Virginia v. EPA. Among the Vermont complainers was Roxanne Vaught, executive director of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility. Wrote she, the court “limited the EPA’s ability to reduce climate pollution from power plants, severely damaging our ability to tackle our escalating climate crisis.” The co-chairs of the Vermont Legislature’s climate caucus, Democratic Rep. Sarah Copeland Hanzas and Progressive Sen. Chris Pearson, let fly with “last week the Supreme Court sided with big polluters, limiting the EPA from setting the kind of highly effective emissions standards we need.” Yes, the case dealt with Environmental Protection Agency regulation of power plants, but that only happened to be the controversy that brought into focus a much broader issue: what authority do the regulatory agencies have to order people to do what the regulators want, or be punished? The answer is the authority of the Constitution, and laws duly enacted by Congress pursuant to the Constitution. Few disagree with that. The great difference of opinion comes when Congress passes a sweeping but vague law, and the regulators eagerly fill in the details. At what point should the regulators be made to say, “Whoa! The authority Congress gave us doesn’t go that far.” Faced with numerous cases of regulatory overreach, the Supreme Court in 1984 established the Chevron doctrine. It required the court to defer to the presumably expert regulators who could produce a “reasonable” interpretation of ambiguous laws. This lightened the court’s caseload, but destroyed political accountability for actions by regulators at a lot of federal agencies. The West Virginia case originated with President Barack Obama’s failure to get Congress to enact his Clean Power Plan. With the pressing need to be hailed as the global champion of the war against “climate change,” and a battle cry of “We Can’t Wait!”, Obama decreed rules that in effect directed all power plants to switch from coal and natural gas fuel to generation provided by renewables. After a tortu-

ous trip through the courts involving three presidents, the issue of whether EPA had sufficient Congressional authority to decree such a generational transformation came before a court unsympathetic to a runaway regulatory bureaucracy. The government admitted that the required transformation would “impose billions in compliance costs, raise retail electricity prices, require the retirement of dozens of coal plants and eliminate tens of thousands of jobs.” The Court, rightly, deemed the Clean Power Plan to be a “major question,” and as such, it had to be founded on “clear Congressional authorization for the authority the EPA claims.” In plain English, if Congress decides that such a program should be carried out, Congress has to make its authorization explicit and clear. Members of Congress and the president who signs the bill have to go on the record, and face the consequences from the citizenry. That accountability is not a popular concept on Capitol Hill, or for that matter in Montpelier, where the Vermont Climate Council promotes sweeping regulation by agency bureaucrats, that no legislator will ever have to vote on. Example: the clean heat standard, cleverly designed to pay for millions of dollars of favored energy improvements (weatherization, heat pumps, etc.) with money taken from heating fuel consumers, built into the higher price of that product. Justice Elena Kagan delivered a dissent based on the horrors of climate change: “Modern science is unequivocal,” rising oceans swamping coastlines, 4.6 million extra heat deaths per year, etc. She argued for immediate regulatory action no matter what the cost, and that down in the bowels of Sec. 111 of the Clean Air Act some rationale can be found to support the Clean Power Plan, with no further action by Congress. Not persuasive. President Joe Biden, urged on by Sen. Bernie Sanders, is reported to be fashioning a declaration of a “national climate emergency” that he hopes will authorize him to do whatever he thinks is needed to be done to fend off a climate Armageddon. The Supreme Court will probably not be persuaded that such a desperate use of unaccountable executive power is constitutional. David Rifkin, counsel for the 27 states and plaintiff industries in the case, said following the court’s opinion, “The power of the administrative state is certain to recede, bolstering democratic accountability, economic growth and liberty.” That should be a happy outcome for anyone defending democracy and the rule of law. John McClaughry is vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute.

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In consideration of the hopeful hand’s resuscitating power of oppression and cruelty are impossible to ignore, I can look to my other hand to remind me of what is holy. Remarkably, Carole Vasta Folley it’s often found in the simplest of forms. Kindness. A breath. Drops of rain that fall Not sure about you, but I’ve been made to earth. quite forlorn by the glut of disturbing Maybe grace is the definition of this current events. Whether it is a 10-year old other hand. That one can spy the solo ripe girl in Indiana or a child in the Ukraine, berry in the overgrown hedge or see beyond how can one unplug from all this dire news when people are suffering? Face it, it’s been someone’s petty behavior to the beating heart inside. Grace, as in how the tough to look the world straight in dictionary describes it, “unmerited the eye. divine assistance given to humans Recently, I overheard a pundit for their regeneration.” say worse is coming. My innards This spiritual renewal provided all but shouted, “Worse? It gets by our other hand seems to be an worse?” My head dropped into alchemy of awareness, appreciamy hands. It was then I took tion and connection. And as real notice. Two hands. I have two of as what’s on the news. them. Suddenly, I realized I had Sometimes, all it takes is a merely been looking at one. mere glance at our other hand to The hand I’d been staring at Carole Vasta Folley ignite this grace. Let’s face it, the showed me daily that the world hand itself is quite a marvel. As is frightening and terrible things Alan Alda said when portraying Hawkeye happen. ’Tis true. Listen to the news; the on the TV show M.A.S.H., “Have you any evidence is damning. idea of the incredible complexity of this But what about the other hand? The one piece of human apparatus?” with love and friendship and neighbors and At other times, we can’t seem to find our dogs and passions and hobbies and music hopeful hand, though it dangles at our side. and words and sunsets and dewy dawns? Understandably, we’re distracted by obligaDoesn’t this list go on and on? tions and stressors that multiply overnight. Of course, each person’s delightful It is here, in the muck, where I’ve begun other hand is specific to themselves, but no matter. It is clear as day. Indeed, there is joy practicing something to remind me of this hand’s resuscitating powers. in this messy world just as there is tragedy. I hold my two hands palms up and Two hands. Both valid and significant. close my eyes for a beat. That’s it. This On the days where the heavy hand

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small gesture sparks my consciousness and reminds me of the sublime truth that, of course, there isn’t just bad in this world. There’s oh so much more. Granted, sounds silly or simplistic. But, is it? Turns out acknowledging this buoyant other hand has the power to improve relationships, sharpen minds and even extend our lives. Seems a worthwhile trade to me. It was a dairyman from Anatevka who first introduced me to the two-hand concept. In the midst of growing antisemitism in czarist Russia, Tevye found his two hands not only revelatory, but edifying. When his daughter Tzeitel begs to break tradition and wed an impoverished tailor, Tevye wrangles both sides. “On the other hand, he is an honest, hard worker. But on

the other hand, he has absolutely nothing. On the other hand, things could never get worse for him, only better.” Tevye’s “other hand” mantra is more than an ode to the yin-yang of our lives. It reminds us how, like the fiddler on the roof, we need balance. We need both hands. Tevye used his to hold opposing truths simultaneously. He did this in order to help him navigate a bumpy, scary and changing world. I can learn to do the same. Carole Vasta Folley’s In Musing column has won awards from the Vermont Press Association, The New England Newspaper and Press Association, and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

Letters to the Editor Coexistence between people and black bears is imperative To the Editor: Seeing a mama black bear lead her three little cubs across a fallen log in the clearing ahead is a moment in which you feel such a connection with wildlife. The bear family accepts your presence there as a visitor, but sadly, humans are not as tolerant of bears. Black bears are crucial to Vermont for

a variety of reasons. Not only are they majestic, intelligent creatures who provide immeasurable joy to photographers and wildlife enthusiasts, but they also play an important role in the dynamic web of Vermont’s ecosystem. But black bears are in trouble. They face various threats from climate change, cars and daily human activities. Some threats are difficult to mitigate, such See LETTERS on page 7

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continued from page 6 as a changing climate, while others should be simpler, namely humans changing their behavior. In recent years, the number of human and bear interactions has increased. Part of this is due to Vermont Fish and Wildlife formalizing online bear reporting on its website. Bear incidents are also on the rise due to mandatory composting, people feeding birds year-round, more people keeping chickens and people not practicing proper animal husbandry, just to name a few. What’s happened is that bears have learned over the years that they can find high-calorie/high-fat food in human-populated areas without much effort. Cubs spend almost two years with their mothers and during this time they are soaking up all their mother’s knowledge, but also some of her bad habits. While blaming the uptick in bear incidents on a higher bear population is an easy conclusion to make, it’s not accurate. I was happy to read that the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department bear biologist refuted claims that the bear population is increasing and instead attributed bear incidents to a change in bear behavior and range. While I agree with the department on a lot of things, we part ways when it comes to their support of bear hounding. Hounding involves packs of dogs that are unleashed into the woods and run uncontrolled for miles in pursuit of their prey. The hound hunters track the dogs with GPS devices. Hounding starts on June 1 when bear cubs are still learning how to climb trees and when mother bears should be able to nurse their young without being harassed. This activity lasts all summer long. Then,

starting on Sept. 1 bear hounders can use their hounds to shoot bears dead from trees. What I cannot reconcile is that if we want bears to feel comfortable in the woods and not our backyards, then why does the department allow this? This is an example of letting politics rule wildlife regulations. When that happens, wildlife loses. If Vermonters work to become more conscious of the way their lifestyles impact bears, we can decrease the number of human-bear conflicts. This includes simple actions such as not leaving trash outside or bird feeders out year long. Additionally, properly fencing in chicken coops and crops. Black bears are a vital part of our ecosystem that deserve to be respected and protected. Vermonters must become more aware of how their actions increase interactions with these bears and try to change. Justine Goldblatt Burlington

Anti-hunting groups create faulty divisions To the Editor: I want to discuss the root cause of the recent attacks on hunters in Vermont. This type of violence against community members who hunt is a direct result of the way anti-hunting groups in the state have chosen to vilify their neighbors who hunt. This is the natural result of seven years of propaganda and misinformation, and it is entirely predictable. With terms like sadist, psychopath and abuser used to describe community members, it is no wonder that such an event

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has now occurred twice. The surprise, perhaps, is that it took so long. This macing of a hunter and last year’s attack on another member of the hunting community should send a message to everyone associated with these groups even peripherally that it is time to step back and re-evaluate their support. The folks who were attacked were victims, but the perpetrators of the recent attacks were also victims. Victims of an ongoing misinformation campaign that lead them to make conscious decisions to harm fellow citizens. Neighbors who were engaged in lawful activities and were harming nobody. This event further highlights the need for enhanced penalties to be levied against individuals who choose to harass community members who engage in these outdoor pursuits. We need better deterrents to this type of unwarranted violence. The facts support the value of hunting as it is carried out across the landscape of our

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COMMUNITY Education, enrichment talks set for fall in-person, on Zoom Education & Enrichment for Everyone is a lifelong learning organization open to all. Weekly lectures are held on diverse topics every fall and spring, Fridays from 2-3 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington, and on Zoom. For more information, visit eeevermont.org, email info@eeevermont.org or call 802-363-6937. Membership gives each member access to nine lectures. Non-members are welcome for a fee of $8, check or cash, payable at the door. To enroll, mail a check for $55 per person by Friday, Aug. 26, with your mailing address, phone number and email address to EEE, c/o Glen Roa, 400 Wake Robin Drive #305, Shelburne VT 05482.

Memberships will also be accepted at the church. Here is the schedule of upcoming lectures this fall: • Sept. 9: “The War in Ukraine and Russian Public Opinion,” Will Pyle, Middlebury College. • Sept. 16: “Lights! Camera! Action! A History of Montpelier’s Savoy Theater,” Rick Winston, founder and co-owner of the Savoy. • Sept. 23: “The State of the Lake and Ecosystem Indicators Report for 2021,” Colleen Hickey, education and outreach coordinator, Lake Champlain Basin Program. • Sept. 30: “China and America-Economically and Politically in the Crosshairs,” Eric Hanson, chartered financial analyst.

• Oct. 7: “Forecasting the 2022 Midterms: The End of the Democrats’ Majority?” Matthew Dickinson, Middlebury College. • Oct. 14: “Challenges Facing Vermont’s Health Care System and How it is Impacting Access,” Bill Schubart, former chair of Fletcher Allen Health Care. • Oct. 21: “Changing of the Guard: What the Shift in Political Leadership Means for Vermont,” Peter Hirschfeld, Statehouse reporter, VPR and PBS. • Oct. 28: “Iconic Woodcuts and Illustrations of Rockwell Kent,” Alice Boone, curator of education and public programs, Fleming Museum of Art. • Nov. 4: “The Roots of Latin Jazz,” Ray Vega, University of Vermont senior lecturer.

Community Notes Senior Center offers meals for pickup The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, Aug. 11, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features chicken-n-biscuit, chicken in gravy, red mashed potatoes, diced carrots with dill, biscuit, pound cake with strawberries and cream and milk. You must have pre-registered by Monday, Aug. 8, with Lori York, 802-425-6371 or lyork@ charlotteseniorcentervt.org. The meal on Thursday, Aug. 18 — register by Aug. 15 — is cavatappi with cheddar cheese and Canadian bacon, beets, broccoli florets, dinner roll with butter, Craisin and date cookies and milk. The meal on Thursday, Aug. 25 — register by Aug. 22 — is turkey burger with carrots, onion and celery sauce, rice pilaf, Brussels sprouts, dinner roll with butter, fresh fruit and milk. Check the website for last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.

Workshop features ancestral storytelling, quiltmaking, poetry Join artist Christle Rawlins-Jackson on Saturday, Aug. 13, 1 p.m., at the Authentica Gallery on the Clemmons Farm, 2190 Greenbush Road, Charlotte, as she shares the story of her ancestors who were the Black Loyalists of Nova Scotia, and her

experiences in the slave forts in Ghana, through quilts and poetry. After her presentation, Rawlins-Jackson will lead participants in creating quilt collage postcards and short poems to share their own ancestral stories. This storytelling workshop is designed for family audiences ages 5 and up. Learn more at clemmonsfamilyfarm.org/summer2022.html. Parking is across the street. The workshop will be held outdoors if weather is nice, indoors if not.

Zoe’s Race Join the fun on Sunday, Aug. 28 at Oakledge Park in Burlington and support Howard Center to make homes accessible. Zoe’s Race is a family-friendly event with food, music, a free 1K fun run, a 5K walk/run and 10K run along Lake Champlain. Register or volunteer at howardcenter.org/ zoes-race-2022.

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funds benefit local migraine and headache research and fellowship training programs at University of Vermont Medical Center Headache Clinic. It’s free for kids 6 and under, $25 until Aug. 25, when the fee increases to $35. Dress up in your best purple flair for a chance at a prize. More information at btv.milesformigraine.org, katie@milesformigraine.org or 802-734-7598.

Need a boost? Free vax clinics in June There is a free, walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic with Garnet Healthcare at the Charlotte Senior Center Tuesday, Aug. 23, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. No appointment is necessary. Vaccines and boosters are available for pediatric Pfizer (ages 5-11), and adult Pfizer (12 and up) and Moderna (18 and up). The newly approved COVID19 vaccines for children under 5 years will also be available.

Birds of Vermont holds community day at museum Birds of Vermont Museum, 900 Sherman Hollow Road in Huntington holds a museum community day, Sunday, Aug. 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and it’s free for members. There will be special events all day. More at birdsofvermont.org. On Saturday, Aug. 27, join the month bird monitoring walk, 7:30-9 a.m. to record birds on the museum property, learn something new, share what you know, or both. Free, donations welcome. preregister at the website.

Knights of Columbus wins Star Council Award Bishop DeGoesbriand Knights of Columbus Council #279 has received the distinction of Star Council, the international organization’s top award for local councils. The Star Council Award recognizes overall excellence in the areas of membership, promotion of fraternal insurance benefits, spon-

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Become a 4-H health ambassador, hero Teens with an interest in mental health and well-being may apply to become a teen health and wellness ambassador through the University of Vermont Extension 4–H Health Education Resources for Outreach, Engagement and Service program (HEROES). The program provides free training for 20 Vermont teens, ages 14-18, to help them promote healthy living in their communities. Among the topics to be covered are the importance of food and nour-

Obituary

With son Steven and daughters, Wendy and Patti, they eventually moved to Charlotte to enjoy life in the country. Gert served her community in many ways. She was a staff nurse at then Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, also serving as a nursing instructor. She was a member of the Burlington Visiting Nurses Association and served on the

University of Vermont Family Associates Executive Committee. She was also a member of the South Burlington and Champlain Valley League of Women Voters and was heavily involved with The Red Hat Society in the local community. For many years, she volunteered at the Replays retail outlet in South Burlington. Her many interests included tennis, golf, photography, bridge, gardening and cooking. She loved flowers, always having a beautiful bouquet on the dining room and kitchen tables. Gert’s devoted husband of 69 years, Charlie, died last October. She is survived by their three children and two grandchildren, Van and Wyatt Burnheim, who live in Australia with their mother, Patti. A joint celebration of Gert and Charlie’s lives will be held at the Charlotte Congregational Church, where they were active long-time members, on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 10 a.m.

site on Northside Drive. Aug. 5 at 10 a.m., a Harrington Avenue resident reported their home had been vandalized. Aug. 5 at 12:17 p.m., a caller reported a man unresponsive on Ridgefield Road. Police and EMS determined the patient had died and the state medical examiner’s office was notified.

The death was not found to be suspicious. The name of the deceased was not immediately available. Aug. 5 at 3:44 p.m., items were stolen from someone’s car at VIP Tire. Aug. 6 at 11:16 a.m., a retail theft was reported from the Lake Champlain Yacht Club.

Genevieve Lotz Genevieve Porter Lotz, known to all as Gert, died peacefully from natural causes on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Born in Boston on June 14, 1927, to Hazel Mattson Porter and Dwight Porter Sr., Gert lived most of her childhood with her mother and younger brother, Dwight Jr., in Lowville, N.Y. She encountered challenges in her young life, including caring for her brother while her mom was at work during his battle with polio. This introduction to caregiving undoubtedly contributed to her decision later in life to pursue a career in nursing. Gert graduated from the University of Rochester with a degree in nursing. While living in Rochester, she met the love of her life, Charlie, a World War II veteran who was an engineering student. They married on Sept. 20, 1952, and moved to Burlington, where they started a new life and family.

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continued from page 4 it was later determined the vehicle had been repossessed. Aug. 3 at 10:16 a.m., a Barstow Road resident reported her neighbor was screaming at her after she asked to have a landscaper’s truck removed from a right-of-way. Aug. 5 at 8:34 a.m., a theft was reported from a construction

ishment, physical movement, stress management, sleep and rest, relationships, school-life balance and self-compassion. Applications will be accepted at go.uvm.edu/health-heroes until Sept. 9. Enrollment in 4-H is not required. Participants must be available to attend in-person training sessions on Sept. 24 and Oct. 15, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at Living Well at the Dudley H. Davis Center on

the UVM campus in Burlington. Participants will learn and practice mindfulness techniques, different forms of movement and motivational interviewing as well as learn to make nutritious snacks with the end goal being the creation of a customized program to deliver to groups in their community. For more information, contact Margaret Coan at mcoan@uvm. edu.

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continued from page 1 together to create a prioritized matrix,” Crites said. The final product is a culmination of two public meetings and more than 100 resident responses to a survey asking how they feel about the town’s pedestrian infrastructure. More than 70 percent of respondents felt the town should expand its transportation network sooner rather than later. “I’m tempted to joke and say we need a study done to understand how we’re supposed to use our study,” selectboard chair Mike Ashooh said. “I think we should put this on an agenda coming up soon with concrete next steps. Let’s just do something. We have all the information we need, we have all of the motivation and inspiration, it’s just time to do it.” If the town decides to pursue the improvements laid out in the study, Shelburne will see its village transform with improved sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes and a quarter mile long trail, along with shared-use paths, destination areas and traffic calming measures like speed bumps, visual cues for drivers and traffic diverters. The study — which can be read at bit. ly/3p8GFii — recommends breaking improvements down into three tiers. The first tier would focus on improvements within the core of the village. The second tier would focus on the broader town region — Bay, Irish Hill, Falls, Marsett and Bostwick roads, for example — and would target extending the Burlington Greenway southbound through Shelburne.

The third tier would extend bike lanes around the perimeters of the town boundaries. First-tier projects are estimated to cost $4,383,000 to complete. The second tier is expected to total $5,547,500, and the final tier is estimated to total $2,435,200, bringing the total estimated cost of the projects to $12,365,700. What the study doesn’t provide, however, is new infrastructure suggestions. “We didn’t look at this project to propose new infrastructure or new projects, we looked to identify where there were gaps and really compile everything that had been done prior,” Crites said. “This report exists the way it does because we identified that you have really good planning studies, and we don’t want to add one more on top of if that is just a bunch of recommendations without foundation. We felt that organizing this and prioritizing the previous studies as we did really gives you good marching orders and some pieces that can be implemented quickly because you’ve done the work already.” That appears to be in the town’s hands. Ashooh during the July 26 selectboard meeting tasked the town’s bike and paths committee with “giving us a build out list, give us a five-year or 10-year plan.” “Give us the order, give us the priorities,” he said. “We sort it out and we get to work.” Katherine Izadi with the Community News Service contributed to this report.

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CVU girls’ basketball hosts golf tournament fundraiser The Champlain Valley Union High School girls’ basketball team is hosting its second annual golf scramble to raise money to support the program. The tournament will be held on Sunday, Sept. 25, at the Cedar Knoll Country Club, Route 116, Hinesburg. The event will begin at 9 a.m. with registration and a light breakfast with players teeing off at 10 a.m. Snacks, lunch, prizes and appetizers, along with a cash bar, are included in the $90 per player or $360 per foursome price for those who register before Sept. 1. Prices rise to $100 per person and $400 per foursome after that date. Champlain Valley Union High School has one of the preeminent girls’ basketball programs in the state, winning six state championships in the past 10 years with

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Breezed through 5. Time units (abbr.) 8. Pigeon’s murmur 11. Moves aside in fright 13. Partner to “ahh” 14. Taxis 15. Monetary units of Turkey 16. Returned material authorization (abbr.) 17. Prolific Italian opera composer 18. Restaurants 20. One’s grandmother 21. Ancient Greek City 22. Italian mountain ranges 25. Data 30. Acted in an obedient way 31. Autonomic nervous system 32. Not on the up-and-up 33. Mock lightly 38. Mimic 41. Built 43. A neighborhood 45. Inflammation of the kidneys 48. Semitic fertility god 49. Temporary name of Seaborgium 50. Wise people

55. Tear down 56. __-fi (slang) 57. Diamond weight 59. Frosted 60. Predecessor to EU 61. Makes changes to 62. Some are secret 63. Tooth caregiver 64. Old English poet CLUES DOWN 1. Sign language 2. In style 3. Norwegian river 4. People with impaired hearing 5. Large stinging paper wasp 6. Bucharest is its capital 7. River in Ireland 8. Type of TV 9. Double-reed instruments 10. Spanish motorcycle manufacturer 12. Midway between south and southeast 14. French commune 19. Alike 23. A bachelor’s apartment 24. Foot part between the ball and ankle 25. Belonging to a thing

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26. Japanese classical theater 27. Supervises flying 28. Not even 29. Capital of Saudi Arabia 34. Electronic countermeasure 35. Consumed 36. American politician (abbr.) 37. Sun up in New York 39. Casually looked through 40. Revealed the presence of 41. Peyton’s little brother 42. Diana __, singer 44. Study of moral values and rules 45. Civil Rights group 46. Makes less severe 47. Made an emotional appeal 48. Vivacity of style 51. One who is highly skilled 52. Gets around in pursuit of pleasure 53. Famed guitarist Clapton 54. Most common Japanese surname 58. Recipe abbreviation

Page 16 • August 11, 2022 • Shelburne News

News from Pierson Library ‘But Why’ book authors at library on Shelburne Day On Shelburne Day, Saturday, Aug. 20, the Pierson Library will host activities for families, kids and adults. At 11 a.m. in the old town hall, Jane Lindholm and Melody Bodette will read from their new “But Why?” book series based on the popular podcast of the same name, which is designed “for curious kids.” The books tackle perplexing questions like, “Why is milk white?” and “Why are goat eye pupils shaped like rectangles?” Also that day, the library will distribute scavenger hunts from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. to help patrons learn more about the library and how the Shelburne community can use the library’s spaces and resources. Those who complete a scavenger hunt will earn a ticket for a free ice cream from the SCOOP ice cream truck, which will be outside the library during those hours. While visitors are exploring, they should be sure to check out the library’s new outdoor sculpture entitled, “Education

Jen Rose Smith

will save the world,” which was installed outside the community room.

Learn about the art of slow travel Forget whirlwind trips and bucket lists, slow travel can enrich your experiences of this astonishing world. From walking and cycling vacations to cultural immersion, join travel writer Jen Rose Smith and explore how slowing down invites journeys that are deeper, more meaningful and more

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Authors Jane Lindholm and Melody Bodette will be on hand at Shelburne Day, Aug. 20, at Pierson Library.

surprising while reducing the environmental impacts of tourism. Meet Smith and listen to her talk on Sunday, Aug. 14, 6:30

p.m. in Shelburne’s historic town hall. Smith is a travel writer who lives in Richmond. Her stories have been published in the Wash-

ington Post, National Geographic and BBC Travel. She is also the adventure editor of Sierra magazine. More at jenrosesmith.com.

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