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The Shelburne Selectboard has asked the consulting group working on the town’s wastewater treatment project to evaluate the cost of consolidating its operations at Turtle Lane, a win for residents opposed to consolidating at the Crown Road site. Engineers with Aldrich + Elliot previ ously recommended the town consolidate its operations at the Crown Road facility. The endeavor would cost upwards of $30 million, would be one of the most expen sive capital projects in Shelburne’s history and would take years to build. But after hearing concerns from proper ty owners near the Crown Road facility on Mariners Cove and Mariners Way — and after visiting both sites last week — select board members moved to request a study on the efficacy of consolidating at Turtle Lane.“If we’re talking three months of addi tional engineering to get these questions answered, for me that feels like the proper thing to do,” selectboard member Matt Wormser said. “If we’re going to drop $30 million, we better be darn sure of the cost and implications of all our options.”
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Noble’s attorney, Norm Blais, said that he upholdingcommitted“remainstohisend of his contract if they do ask him to do consulting work.”
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“I think we owe it to the town to do our due diligence,” he added.Shelburne currently operates two wastewater treatment plants: one on Crown Road and another on Turtle Lane off Harbor Road. Both are aging, with equipment and infrastructure at each well over 20 years old. The town will soon have to bond to upgrade its operations. The town has some options: it could upgrade both facilities — unlikely given the cost — or it could upgrade either the Turtle Lane or Crown Road site. Wayne Elliot, the senior engi neer and president of Aldrich + Elliot, recommended earlier this month that the town convert the Turtle Lane site into a pump station, and expand its opera tions at Crown Road. Wastewa ter would be pumped from Turtle Lane northbound to the Crown Road station for treatment. Property owners on Mariners Cove and Mariners Way, howev er, have suggested that Turtle Lane may be a more suitable option — it is on a 50-acre site with fewer residential homes in the Thearea. alternative, converting Crown Road into a pump station and consolidating at Turtle Lane, was not evaluated in precise detail, Elliot said, but added it would not take very long to conduct a study, which would cost around $15,000.
“It’s probably going to be more expensive operationally, but there could be some tradeoffs in the capital costs,” Elliot said. “This is a decision that’s going to cost the town more than any other capital expenditure we’ve ever had in our history. Our kids are going to live with it — wait ing three months and spending an extra $15,000 seems like smart money,” Doug Merrill, a Mari ners Cove resident, said. Selectboard members were mostly in agreement that Crown Road was the ideal site, but none theless approved the evaluation of Turtle Lane. One major obstacle with the Harbor Road plant, however, is that it discharges into McCabe Brook, which has little capability to handle wastewater discharges and faces stringent effluent limits. The Crown Road plant discharges into Lake Champlain, where state effluent limitations —restrictions on the quantities or rates of chemical concentra tions in water quality — are much more forgiving than the brook. A new discharge point, possi bly extending north into Shel burne Bay, would be “difficult, but I think it’s worth having the discussion with the state,” Elliot said.“I will be direct and straight forward: the facts kind of align in a way that it would be very expen sive and onerous to consolidate at Turtle Lane,” selectboard Chair Mike Ashooh said. “It seems to make more sense to consolidate at Crown Point for a variety of reasons.”
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Five months after signing a nearly $200,000 settlement agree ment, former police Chief Aaron Noble hasn’t done much consult ing work for the town of Shel burne.Town manager Lee Krohn, in response to an inquiry from The Shelburne News, said that he was not aware of so,”IthisAaronrizedpersonIbeinquiry,responsetheirandbetweencorrespondenceanythetownNoblesincesplit.“InfurthertoyourpleaseadvisedthatamtheonlyauthotocontactNobleinmatter,andhavenotdonehesaid.Thismightnot
After his leave in Decem ber, the town brought in former Vermont State Police director James Baker to evaluate the reasons for the exodus of police Johanna Nichols and Lyn Blackwell, members of the League of Women Voters, will talk about the language and benefits of Article 22 to amend the Vermont Constitution, review the history of abortion rights in Vermont, and open a dialogue with participants about their experiences with family plan
Proponents of Article 22, the Reproductive Liberty Amend ment, says it protects every person’s right to make their own reproductive decisions about whether and when to become pregnant, use temporary or permanent birth control or seek abortion care. If passed, Vermont will become the first state to fully protect reproductive rights in its constitution.Moreinformation at lwvofvt. org or league@lwvofvt.org.
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be surprising — Noble, as part of the agreement, is not allowed on police or town hall premises unless invited by Krohn — but the stipulation that Noble would continue to work with the town as a consultant through Oct. 15, 2023, offered taxpayers foot ing the bill some consolation. Noble’s attorney, Norm Blais, said that he “remains commit ted to upholding his end of his contract if they do ask him to do consulting work.”
Under the terms of the settle ment, the town is under no obliga tion to provide any assignments to Noble.After a turbu lent tenure as Chief, inailing—tookKrohn,leadershipoftheingAfterrockstherelationshipNoble’swithtownhittheinlate2021.receivnoticeoftown’s“lackfaith”inhisfromNoblefamilyleaveleavingthedepartmentstasis.
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Rita Ann St. George
A rain of golf balls from a hovering helicopter is a fun sight to see and that’s what you get when the Rotary Club of Char lotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg holds its annual golf ball drops at The Kwini Club-Gonzo’s Driving Range in Shelburne on Friday, Sept. 16, 4 p.m. Rotary has had its golf ball drop for many years to benefit many good causes in the area. Last year’s event netted more than $11,000, which was distrib uted among the fire and rescue services in the three towns. The odds are great as there are a limited number of balls. The person whose ball gets in the hole or nearest the pin wins $1,000. The next closest win $500 and $250, respectively. The person with the ball farthest from the hole will get a large gift basket of golf-related items and Vermont products. At the event, golfers and wannabes can compete in a long ball driving competition using the club’s power tees and TopTracer range. Prizes will be offered for longest ball and closest to the pin. Proceeds will support the purchase of automated external defibrillators and other emergency services in our area. Winners need not be present. To purchase a number and for more information go to bit.ly/3w CpdXi.Ball numbers will also be available for purchase at the Kwini Club at the time of the event.
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Rita Ann St. George Rita Ann (Thomas) St. George, 89, died on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. She was born on Sept. 24, 1932, the youngest daughter of Rita (Noonan) and Fred Thomas of Shelburne. She grew up on their dairy farm where she acquired her work ethic. In 1952, she married Richard St. George, and they went on to raise five children. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard (1987); daugh ters, Chardy (2012) and Carmie (2015); son, Bill (2020); her parents and siblings, Pat, Thelma, Ursula, Jim and Jerry. She is survived by her oldest daughter, Candace Boyce of Shel burne, and her youngest, Richard and his wife, Dawn of Charlotte. She also leaves behind many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, friends and her faithful little dog, Pippen. Rita spent 25 years at the University of Vermont in the tele com department before retiring. Previously, she worked for many years at Garden Way Research and the once famous Harbor HideAway restaurant. She loved visits from all her grands and greats and looked forward to lunches each month to celebrate loved ones’ birthdays. She never went by a good garage sale without stopping to look for treasures.Shewas most proud of being part of the Charlotte Volunteer Fire and Rescue Auxiliary. She loved everyone on the department, espe cially her son and grandsons. She took special care in seeing that they were fed and hydrated during their training sessions and fires. This was her pride and joy next to her family. Her funeral was held at St. Cath erine of Siena Church in Shelburne on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at 11 a.m. with burial in the village cemetery. A gathering in the hall followed the committal. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Rita’s honor to the Charlotte Fire and Rescue or the Humane Society of Chittenden County.
A crowd gathers as the helicopter heads in to make the drop during a previous Rotary club golf ball drop fundraiser in Shelburne.
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Former police chief James Warden, who served for 30 years, was placed under suspension in July 2017 and then abruptly signed an agreement to perform consulting work for the town. It is unclear what type of consulting work Warden did, if any.Since the fallout, Shelburne’s police department has stabilized somewhat under the direction of Chief Michael Thomas, who was appointed to the role after serv ing as acting chief during Noble’s absence. The department has six offi cers in full-time rotation, provid ing enough flexibility to cover days and evenings without over time or without officers being alone on a shift. Two officers now at the Vermont Police Academy will at some point move into the fulltime ranks in Shelburne, which is still contracting with the state police for some overnight cover age. But Thomas said he hopes to have that back in-house once the department is fully staffed with nine full-time officers. “Things are looking up,” Thomas said previously. later issued the man a trespass Aug.notice.27at 11:12 a.m., a Hedgerow Drive resident reported a theft of items from his residence. Aug. 27 at 12:03 p.m., a retail theft was reported at Kinney Drugs. The responding officer located the individual involved and they were issued a trespass notice and released. Aug. 28 at 7:17 a.m., a walk-in reported her neighbors were banging on her door and were “using unkind words” with her, police said. The officer spoke with them about the problem and suggested she speak with her building’s management. Aug. 28 at 1:12 p.m., a caller on Shelburne Road reported he was having a verbal dispute with his girlfriend. The woman had left prior to the officer’s arrival, and the man said he did not want any further assis Aug.tance.28 at 4:40 p.m., a vehi cle was reported stolen from Winter Haven Road.
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To the Editor: I am writing to address some crucial information that seemed to be left out of the article “Shel burne planners set zoning change hearing for Sept. 8.” (Aug. 18, 2022)To be clear, the mixed resi dential character district does not border Route 7. It encompasses the established neighborhoods between the mixed use atreet sistrict and the railroad tracks to the Thewest.land that fronts Route 7 (mixed-use street district) would not be affected and developers could still opt to submit develop ment applications using formbased code. One example would be the uncontested Maple Leaf Carpet cleaning building with residential units above. I also would like to make some clarifications as to how this loophole in the mixed residential character district district was identified. The Brandon/Crom bach project was submitted to the development review board for sketch plan review on Sept. 1, 2021, and that is precisely when the abutting neighbors realized how big of a development could be built on this 6-acre parcel in a residential district with the majority of the parcel is not in the mixed-use street district. The sheer size of the maxi mum buildout proposed was the first time that any developer had demonstrated to the develop ment review board or planning commission what was possible under form-based code in this district and so we all got a peek into Pandora’s box. Neighbors raised the red flag to the planning commission and Letters to the Editor 6 I belong to a local CSA that supplies my weekly milk from a small herd of 15 or so cows. Across Charlotte’s gentle hills the small herd grazes: One of the farming practices known for sequestering carbon out of the air and growing healthy soil, while creating wildlife corridors, polli nator habitat and filtering water. Truly exem plary people tend this land. They regularly host pasture walks to share with other farmers how they have restored so much ecosystem health to their land and soil. They also offer withinbuildgenerosityincredibleandcommunitytheirpricing model, offer ing milk at a sliding scale range so that all Vermonters have equal access to this nourishing product. They exemplify the best of the best in small-scale farming. Then, two weeks ago, an acci dent: tractor flipped, broken leg. It was a harsh moment of reality. The family had a brief debate, and quickly made the call that after being in dairy for almost 20 years, they would sell the cows. This accident wasn’t the main reason, but it was the last straw; dairy farming has become simply too taxing, too costly and, despite caring deeply and being the best managers and commu nity members, dairy simply isn’t tenable.Why is this? Why are Vermont’s postcard-perfect farm ers one broken leg away from having to sell their cows? Factors surely vary farm to farm, but the big picture remains the same at present: economic crisis (infla tion, fuel, feed all up enormous ly, while the price of milk is not) and climate crisis (ever drier and hotter years, making hay more costly and cowsscarce,harder to keep cool and healthy, —beatdemandsinfrastructurenewtotheheat)bothlayered onto a federal policy background that values giant corporate profit above all else. Dairy isn’t unique. Farms of all types are having a rough season — wells running dry, transport costs up to get to market, consumers who them selves have less in their wallets to spend on Corporatefood.consolidation — that is, a few major companies gobbling up all they can of food production and distribution — is a pattern that repeats across the whole food system. I’ve painted this picture to some non-farmer friends who have replied with some form of, “Yeah, true. But it’s hard for all small businesses.” Which is absolutely correct, and we should investigate why being small in any sector is impossible right now. You don’t have to dig too deep; corporate consolidation is ubiquitous. But, for two major reasons, farming is also different. We all need to First,care.farmers aren’t just business owners. Farmers, particularly organic farmers, are ecosystem stewards. Organic dairy farms keep land open — organic regulations require cows to be on pasture — sequestering carbon, protecting biodiversity and filtering water. What happens if an unconserved farm goes out of business?Looknofurther than the mini storage units recently plunked down in what had previously been a farm field up in Fairfax. Then think about that pattern repeated across the state: the ripples of box stores slapped onto any field that a farmer can’t afford to keep in produc tion. Consider what this does to Vermont’s identity as a pastoral, beautiful place people wish to come visit and live. What it does to the rural community that the farm helped to sustain. Think also of the environmen
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3. The youngster on Littlefield Drive voluntarily picking up trash blowing down the street from neighbors’ trash bins at the curb on a windy day.
The teenager who, when his neigh bor was in the hospital, mowed the man’s lawn and left no indication of who had done the good deed.
Bob ShelburneRowe Climate fix cultural, not technological
To the Editor: Is it OK to fall in love with a town? Some may say the word love is inappropri ately too strong for anything but another human being. If that’s the case, perhaps they will accept my saying I have a serious crush on Shelburne. My dear mother used to tell anyone who would listen how worried she was about the state of the world. When I reminded her that worrying would not solve anything, she replied, “I know, but at my age (she was 89), worrying is the only thing I can do.” Yes, the news of the day is often a cornucopia of contentiousness, but in recent weeks, I have been witnessing the people of Shelburne proving my mother wrong. In dozens of small ways, our neigh bors are making a difference by demon strating the love and simple kindness that exists in our wonderful community. Here are just a few examples of what I’ve1.seen:The shopper at Shelburne Supermar ket who, without saying a word, stepped in to help a woman straining to reach a container of milk on the top shelf of the cooler.2.The diner at The Dutch Mill Restau rant anonymously paying the bill for two police officers having coffee.
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7. A person leaving a stack of quarters on the table at the Wash Shed Laundromat in Shelburne Shopping Park with a note saying, “For anyone who needs them. Have a nice day.”
— Rick Bessette, written in honor of his friend, Marshall Webb, Aug. 18, 2022 selectboard for 10 months, proving finally that an independent consultant should look at Shelburne’s form-based code, specifical ly the mixed residential character district. Their findings were alarming that these types of massive build outs were possible and indeed not in keeping with the Shel burne town plan. Lastly, I would like to address the fact that until the zoning changes, the Brandon/ Crombachs are free to submit their final plan to the development review board if they have all the necessary documentation to do so. They filed for and were approved a six-month extension on April 7. Shelburne residents should seek out more information than what is presented by one or two parties. Relying on a single source for information will never give you the whole picture.
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4. The little girl on Oak Hill Drive who, on a hot day, set up a table at the end of her driveway to and offered free lemonade to the people passing by.
Of this land through its seasons. Every view and scene you captured Purely for love, the reason. Your forest and trails will miss you. Your voice whispers in the breeze. Your chapel was always with you When you walked beneath the trees. We knew your love of Orchard Cove, Western views along the shore. Lake Champlain and Adirondacks, Beauty meaning so much more. We’ll remember you each morning And in every setting sun. We will carry on your mission Not forgetting ALL you’ve done.
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5. The person stopping at the side of the road and giving bottles of cold water to a Shelburne Highway Department crew patching a pothole on a 90-plus degree day.6.
8. The man sitting in his car waiting for a parking space Saturday morning at the farmers market. Then, when the space became available, instead of taking the spot himself, he motioned to an approach ing elderly couple to take the space. There are so many people in Shelburne who, without fanfare or recognition, are making the world a better, gentler place, one small act at a time. That’s why — and yes, I’m going to use the word — I love this town and great ly admire the wonderful folks who have chosen to live here.
To the RobertEditor:Letovsky’s guest perspective is an excellent example of authoritative ignorance. If one looks at the externalities of the production of coal, for example, an energy source he feels should be included in the mix, one can quickly see that it is the most expensive energy source ever invented.
Start with the mining and production, black lung, dead and injured miners, denuded mountain tops, destroyed envi ronments, then move on to the burning, asthma in kids down wind, mercury, acid ified lakes, radiation and then, the kicker, carbon in the atmosphere. Global warming is the most expensive consequence of burning fossil fuels in the history of humanity. None of these expens es is on your electric bill. Zillow estimates that over a trillion dollars of real estate is going to be, literally, underwater in a couple of decades. Any burning of carbon is now too Letovskyexpensive.alsoignores energy storage as a way to mitigate the fluctuations of solar and wind, commercial scale energy storage is a fast-growing industry. Heck, the new Ford F150 Lightning can be used as storage for your house. The myopathy of Letovsky doesn’t end there. Our culture has been stealing from future generations and living unsustainably for 7,000 years. It is only now that we have just run out of room. The true fix is not technological, but cultural. The Australian aboriginal people lived sustainably for at least 40,000 years. They worked less and loved more. But, like all the First Nations people, we destroyed them. Maybe they hold the key to our salvation?Weare like the guy who jumped out of the 20th story of a building on a bet and as he is passing the 10th floor thinks, “Things are going pretty good so far!” We are supposed to pay off the mort gage and leave the kids the house, not burn down the house and leave the kids the mortgage.
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Like many business and nonprofit leaders in our commu nity, we are seeing dramatically increasing costs recruiting and retaining skilled people. More than 60 percent of our annual expenses go to pay for people — by far the single largest driving factor in the 2023 budget request. The budget we presented to the Green Mountain Care Board will help us retain great employees, help many gain new skills and advance in their careers, and will help us recruit the best talent from the region and the country to fill the hundreds of vacancies we currently have. We know increasing insurance costs are competing with other inflationary pressures everyone is dealing with — from individual households to businesses and nonprofits. The request before the board does not mean that insurance premiums will auto matically increase at the same rate we’ve requested for the coming year. For years when our commercial rates were at or near zero, commercial insurance holders still saw near double digit premium increases. In fact, commercial insurers paid out less than they or we budgeted during the toandfromseekvigorouslywe’reInumlatematicallyshouldn’thospitalThispandemic.meansratesautotransintopremiincreases.addition,workingtoincreasesMedicareMedicaidoffsetwhat we need from commercial payers. We’re very thankful that Gov. Phil Scott’s administration and specifically Agency of Human Services secre tary Jenney Samuelson have been working with us to find opportu nities on these fronts. Our goal is simple: To share with the Green Mountain Care Board and the people we serve in Vermont and Northern New York the work we’ve done to put forward the most responsible budget we could develop, while minimizing the impact to patients, protecting critical services people depend upon and continuing to make forward progress address ing Onaccess.behalf of the entire network, we appreciate — and need — the partnership and support of everyone in this region as we take on this complex work.
Shelburne News • September 1, 2022 • Page 7 tal difference of a store versus a farm field. What happens to the rain that falls on that imperme able concrete parking pad and the soil underneath it. Consider the pollinators that used to find food for their journey in the hedge rows and the wildlife that came to the pond to drink.
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While on the surface this looks like an outcome of an economic crisis, it morphs into yet another small piece of kindling tossed onto the climate fire that grows hotter by the year. Or, in the hopeful alternative, each small, organic farm that can remain viable protects a bucket of water for dousing climate chaos.Second, farmers grow food, which, at the risk of stating the obvious, we all need to stay alive. Currently, you can go to a box store and buy food brought in from away. But we must not quickly forget the lessons we learned at the start of the pandemic about how utterly brit tle massive food supply chains are.How it doesn’t take much to disrupt that food showing up stocked on our shelf. What will we eat when the next disrup tion happens if there is no local farmer who has been able to keep producing? We cannot let short-term economic crises exacerbate longer-term climate chaos and food insecurity. Vermont’s small and organic farmers feed us, help Vermont thrive and feed our chances of a habitable planet. Every way we as individuals — if we are in the fortunate economic group who can — or we as a collective through state policy and investment, can support organic, small farms in thriving is a step toward a livable future for us all.
The University of Vermont Health Network recently present ed next year’s budget proposal to the Green Mountain Care Board. Despite years of serious belt tightening, several major forces are driving the need for a signifi cantTheincrease.health network took this opportunity to share with the board what’s at stake and explain why its budget proposal is neces sary to stabilize finances and put it on a path to sustainability. Together, the two of us have more than three decades of experience managing and reviewing hospital budgets. From our perspective, this is the most crucial budget we’ve assembled. Actions taken now will clearly impact the future of health care in ourTocommunities.servepatients in the way they deserve, it’s essential we stabilize finances to protect services, invest in staff and maintain modern facilities. Our network-wide operating margin — the funds left over after expenses, which we use to make those vital investments — has shrunk from 3.26 percent in fiscal year 2017 to a projected negative margin of -3.39 percent at the end of this fiscal year. To cover operating expenses, we’ve been forced to tap into cash reserves at a rate that puts our long-term financial sustainability at risk. This cannot continue. We recognize we are not alone, as many organizations in health care and beyond are struggling to balance budgets in the face of inflation, work force shortages and supply chain disruptions. What has made our situation particularly challenging is that we went into the COVID19 pandemic more than two years ago already on uncertain ground. Compared to other states, Vermont strictly regulates hospital budgets. Since 2017, our budgets have been constrained, growing below the rate of medi cal inflation and below the rate necessary to cover our expenses. Health care is about people taking care of people. To not only respond to the needs of all of the patients who come to us every day, but innovate the ways in which care is provided, we need talented nurses, physicians, social workers, phlebotomists, environ mental and food service workers, and many others.
Al Gobeille is the executive vice president for Network Oper ations and COO of the Univer sity of Vermont Health Network. Rick Vincent is the executive vice president for finance and CFO of the network. budget request, what’s at stake Al Gobeille & Rick Vincent Since 2017, our budgets have been constrained, growing below the rate of medical inflation and below the rate necessary to cover our expenses.
Pick up meal to go at St. Catherine’s Sept. 13 Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish again team up to provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 or older on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church St., 11 a.m.-noon. The menu is Swedish steak with mushroom sauce, seasoned penne pasta, chopped broccoli, wheat bread with butter, fresh fruit salad and milk. To order a meal, email Sheryl Oberding at soberding@yahoo. com or call 802-825-8546 by Sept. 9. (Please note we printed the wrong date in our headline last week.)
ON NEWSSTANDS SEPTEMBER 8 • SEPTEMBER 22 • OCTOBER 6 • OCTOBER 20 DEADLINES: THURSDAYS BEFORE EACH ISSUE Ads will be grouped with a special banner and editorial content VERMONT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER GROUP STOWE REPORTER • NEWS & CITIZEN: 802.253.2101 SHELBURNE NEWS • THE CITIZEN: 802.985.3091 THE OTHER PAPER: 802.734.2928 ADVERTISE IN THE BEST LOCAL GUIDE FALL HOME, GARDEN & DESIGN PROJECTS COURTESY PHOTO Shelburne resident Fleet Marine Force Corpsman Perry Melvin, paymaster for the Donald Cook Detachment, Marine Corps League, presented a $500 check to Austin Therault of WPTZ-TV for its Stuff the Bus program. The program provides school supplies to area students in need. The drive continued through August. Back to schoolCommunity Notes See COMMUNITY NOTES on page 9
Learn about waste district’s recycling plans Chittenden Solid Waste District is proposing to build a new recy cling facility, or materials recov ery facility, in Williston. Vermont ers are recycling more and more but the current facility is outdated, inefficient and limits the amount that can be recycled. The waste district will hold a presentation for Charlotte, Shel burne and Hinesburg residents on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 5:30-7 p.m. at
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First Friday features funk with the Reflexions Free First Friday, the last of 2022, returns Sept. 2, 5-7:30 p.m. to Shelburne Museum. Check out the historic build ings, play lawn games and enjoy food from local vendors, includ ing Lake Champlain Chocolates, Southern Smoke Foods, Taco Truck All-Stars and Weathervane Café.Beginning at 6 p.m, enjoy live music from the reggae-funk band Reflexions. More information at shelbur nemuseum.org.
Free vaccine clinics continue in September There is a free, walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic with Garnet Healthcare at the Charlotte Senior Center Tuesday, Sept. 13, 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 27, 9:30-3:30 p.m. No appointment is necessary. Vaccines and boosters are avail able for pediatric Pfizer (ages 5-11), and adult Pfizer (12 and up) and Moderna (18 and up).
Try out shape-note singing at Charlotte Senior Center Shape-note singing, or a cappella, four-part harmony, has been called “full-body, shout-itout singing” and is also known as Sacred Harp (1750-1850).
PHOTO BY LEE KROHN Pick your own sunflowers are back at Rusty Iron Ranch on Spear Street in Shelburne.
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Shelburne News • September 1, 2022 • Page 9 the Charlotte Senior Center. Come learn more about how this new facility will allow Vermonters to recycle more pack aging and preserve landfill space — without impacting taxes. Learn more at cswd.net/ mrf-bond. Prevent Child Abuse hosts anytime fundraiser
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont is holding a fundraiser that anyone can take part, anytime and from anywhere.DoAbsolutely Anything (to prevent child abuse) is an online platform that provides the tools to anyone who wants to raise funds doing any kind of activity they like. It is available all year long, allowing participants to start and promote their activity at the time that works best for them.
The newly approved COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 years will also be available.
Learn about Vermont’s Ethan Allen Homestead Ethan Allen Homestead exec utive director Angie Grove offers “Ethan Allen Homestead: A Site of Historic and Community Pres ervation,” Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1 p.m.The homestead is one of the oldest sites of both Native Amer ican and European occupation known in Vermont, but what makes it truly special is how the site is still being used as a center of community today. Grove will explore the history of the homestead and its current offerings for the community today through its historic and ecological preservation, community gardens, school programming, walking and cycling trails, living history events, lifelong learning workshops and lectures, volunteer opportunities andRegistermore. by Monday, Sept. 12 for the free talk. Questions? Visit charlotteseniorcentervt.org.
The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, Sept. 15, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features Swed
The Charlotte Senior Centers holds a sing-in on Sunday, Sept. 3, 1-3 p.m. with Mark Williams. Songbooks are provided and the event is open to both newcom ers and experienced singers. There are no performances and no audi tions, and a “good voice” is not required.Stopby to listen, sing and leave whenever you wish. Questions? Email Kerry Culli nan at kclynxvt@gmail.com.
On the second Thursday of the month, men gather for breakfast and conversation at the Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road. This month’s program is Sept. 8, 7-9Thisa.m.month the guest speaker is Eric Howe, the program direc tor of the Lake Champlain Basin Program (lcbp.org). Howe will talk about the current health of the lake as well as the goals and mission of the Lake Champlain Basin Program. To register, contact Tim McCullough at cubnut5@aol.com. Register the Tuesday before the breakfast. Suggested donation is $6 Shelburne church hosts Red Cross blood drive St. Catherine of Siena Parish is hosting a blood drive in partner ship with the American Red Cross on Thursday, Sept. 15, noon-5 p.m., 92 Church St., Shelburne. For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call 800-733-2767 or sign up online at redcrossblood.org.
Lake Champlain Basin director at men’s breakfast
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“These types of do-it-yourself fundraisers are growing in popu larity because they are easy to do, effective and allow participants to support causes in the way they choose,” Mary Rockwell Thon, development director, said. Participants can do any activity they choose — hiking, swimming, yoga, crafting, skiing, baking, yard sales — literally anything. They create a fundraising page on the Do Absolutely Anything website, personalize it and invite friends and family to donate to their efforts and join them in their activity. All funds will go toward the group’s prevention for programs such as the Healthy Relationships Project, Family Support Programs and Safe Environments for Infants andMoreToddlers.atpcavt.org/events.
Blood is a perishable product that can only come from volunteer blood donors. With someone in the U.S. needing blood every two seconds, blood products must be constantly replenished, according to the Red Cross. Donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with type O negative, A negative and B negative. Register ahead for Age Well meals
ish steak with mushroom sauce, seasoned penne pasta, chopped broccoli, wheat bread with butter, fresh fruit salad and milk. You must have pre-registered by Monday, Sept. 12, with Kerrie Pughe, 802-425-6345 or cakewheattoesroast29andwheattetrazini,—charlotteseniorcentervt.orgkpughe@ThemealonThursday,Sept.22registerbySept.19—isturkeyScandinavianvegetables,dinnerrollwithbutter,appleberrycrispandmilk.ThemealonThursday,Sept.—registerbySept.26—isporkwithgravy,boiledpotawithparsley,butternutsquash,breadwithbutter,applewithicingandmilk. Check the website for last-min ute cancellations at charlottese niorcentervt.org.
South Burlington Library hosts braille demonstration Stephanie Bissonette, a teach er of the visually impaired and director of children services at Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in in South Burlington, will be demonstrating reading and writing with braille, Friday. Sept. 30, at 3:30 p.m. at the South Burlington Public Library. Learn to read and write your name in braille and take home a braille alphabet card.
Connect the dots, Shelburne News, Jan. 21, 2021)The lack of stone walls has also made it easier to consolidate the smaller farm fields of 5 to 10 acres to the much larger sizes today. These features work together to make a distinctive clay valley farming landscape, anchored by the brick houses. Now, every handmade brick house I see reminds me of the warm hands that shaped the clay into brick, as well as the ice-cold water that deposited that clay.
Above: An early 19th-century house, circa 1815, on Falls Road in Shelburne made of handmade bricks using a local clay deposit. Below: No two handmade bricks are exactly alike. Some have pebbles, small pits or shallow, parallel grooves due to the early brickmaking techniques.
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When the invitation came to visit an old brick farmhouse nearby, I jumped at the chance. The owners walked us around their home and passed along its stories. One wall section had been removed because of water damage, and the bricks had been saved in a shed out back. Look ing through the old bricks, I could see they were basically the same size, shape and heft as modern bricks, but no two bricks were exactly alike.When I found one with finger impressions baked in, I knew they were truly handmade. Once I delved into the bricks’ stories, I also found that they were deeply knit into the story of the landscape. The bricks dated to the early 1800s and were made of local clay from a low area just down the road, now a cornfield. I visited the site and could feel the clay’s plasticity while kneading some soil in my hands. To one side was a square-sided pit where some of the clay had been harvested. The kiln had also been nearby, and the small brick frag ments scattered through the cornfield were its tangible evidence more than 150 years later.In that era, bricks were made by hand using wooden molds. The clay was labo riously mixed and kneaded, then handpressed into molds and the excess scraped off with a flat, wet stick. They were then knocked out of the molds and set to dry for days. They were turned regularly to promote even drying and discourage bend ing. Once dry, they were built into a kiln shape and wood-fired in a carefully moni tored process. When finished, the best ones were used for house exteriors, and the others in less critical areas. The bricks in the shed were idiosyn cratic. Some had small, embedded pebbles, not unlike the cornfield’s soil. Some had pitted surfaces, or were curved, probably from the molding and drying process. Some had shallow, parallel grooves along the tops, probably from the wet stick scraping off the excess clay. The fingerprints were from handling it while still wet. These brick details were witnesses to the many hands and multiple steps involved in their creation.Each brick weighed 4 to 5 pounds, and with the thousands needed to build a house, the total weight of bricks moved from kiln to house site was measured in tons. In these pre-railroad days, newly finished bricks traveled by horse- or oxen-drawn wagon to house sites. It’s not surprising that most were built very near the clay source. After this visit, I watched for old brick houses in my journeys, and read any stories I could find. Many Champlain Valley towns have 10 to 20 brick farmhouses from this era, and there are many mentions of using local clay from near the house site. After mapping them, I noticed that most of the old brick houses are at 600 feet in elevation or below. We have the glaciers to thank for this. Not only did the glaciers generate huge volumes of clay and other particles as they scraped over rock faces, but they also moved huge quantities of these particles in their meltwater. In the last glacial stages 13,500 years ago, glacial Lake Vermont was formed when an ice dam plugged the Champlain Valley’s northern end. The ice dam held back the melted glacial water that normally drained north and filled the basin to about 600 feet in elevation for about 1,500 years. All of Lake Vermont’s tributaries brought meltwater filled with sediments from the glacier-scraped hillsides. After the ice dam failed, the lake level dropped, and was partly replaced by salt water flooding to about 300-feet in eleva tion. The Champlain Sea, as it was called, lasted 2,000 years, and very heavy clay deposits accumulated during its time. The Champlain Valley below 600 feet, then, had mostly clay-rich soils dating to these two different stages of the glacier’s melting. The valley’s glacial history set the stage for the old brick houses, but it also brought other related landscape features. Because the clay makes very rich farming soil, farms were established early and are still very productive. With few stones in the soil, no stone walls were built around the fields. Instead, early farmers brought in non-na tive black locust trees to use for fencing, and many of the old brick farmhouses have black locust trees nearby. (“Black locust trees have ties to origins of local farming,”
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Jane Dorney is a consulting geographer who does research and education projects to help people understand why the Vermont landscape looks like it does. See more at janedorney.com.
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Aspens, also known as poplars or popple, are trees in the Populus genus. Vermont is home to four species of poplar: bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata), eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides), balsam poplar (Populus balsam ifera) and trembling or quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). While all the aspen species are unique, trembling aspen is perhaps the most enigmatic of the bunch. It is the most widely distribut ed tree in North America, with a range that stretches from Alaska to Newfoundland and south into Mexico. It is the only upland deciduous tree in parts of western North America and defines aspen and aspen-birch forests — some of the most common forest types in the lake states and some western states.All the poplar species’ leaves tremble or quake — shimmering in the wind. They do so because the petiole — the stem that attach es leaf to twig — is flat. This trem bling appears to be an adaptive quality: reducing leaf herbivory, lowering leaf temperature, lower ing transpiration (the loss of water from leaves) and helping light reach lower parts of aspen crowns. Trembling aspen is shade-in tolerant, requiring nearly complete sunlight to establish. Aspens seeds are small, wind-borne and abundant, spreading far and wide across the landscape. While most of the seeds produced each year don’t land on an appropriate site, their mobility increases the chance that a lucky few will — usually the aftermath a large disturbance. Once established, aspens grow at a dizzying rate, easily out-com peting other, slower-growing species before declining and dying young — for a tree — usually at around 60-80 years of age. Like white birch, trembling aspen is so intolerant of shade that its presence in your forest is almost certainly an indicator of a large natural or human-caused disturbance in the past. If you were to count the rings on one of your aspens, it would tell you about how many years ago that disturbance occurred. Due to its short lifespan, trem bling aspen is often considered a relatively ephemeral species in our forests. However, one of trembling aspen’s most interesting qualities is its resilience. Cutting an aspen tree often results in an abundance of fast-growing root sprouts, clones which may grow four or five feet tall in a single growing season.Especially in the western United States, this quality means that the lifespan of an aspen can be indefinite; it can continue to clone itself for generations. An aspen clone in Utah called Pando, or the “Trembling Giant,” is considered by some to be the oldest and most massive organism on Earth, cover ing more than 100 acres and esti mated to be between 14,000 and 80,000 years old. In Vermont, trembling aspen provides important habitat for many wildlife species, including several bird species in decline. It is important habitat for ruffed grouse, which use aspen stands of several different ages to complete different parts of their life cycle. Trembling aspen is also important for pileated woodpeckers, which forage for grubs and insect larvae in its soft wood, often creating cavities used by a huge variety of wildlife species for dens and nests. While not commonly used in lumber, aspen wood is light, soft and pretty, often becoming purplish as it ages. It is a poor fire wood, although sometimes used by maple sugarmakers for boiling sap. Throughout its range, aspen’s most common use is as pulp for paper. At present in Vermont, demand and prices for aspen timber and pulp are generally poor. Due to its low market value, aspen is a species that I manage nearly entirely for wildlife. Creat ing some larger, at least 2-acre canopy gaps where all or nearly all of the trees are cut creates potential habitat for the species, as well as a variety of other early-successional trees, plants and shrubs and for the pollinators, birds and mammals that depend on them. Cutting some larger aspen within these gaps will inspire them to produce clones, creating a vibrant young aspen forest rela tively quickly. Outside of canopy gaps, I leave most aspen trees as legacy trees. These trees live out their natural lives, eventually declining, becoming riddled with cavities, dying and becoming dead wood on the forest floor. In life and in death, trembling aspen provides so many benefits to our forests.
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Cutting larger aspen in forest gaps inspire them to produce clones, creating a vibrant young aspen forest relatively quickly.
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Starting in September: pickleball clinics, yoga, Essentrics, volleyball, table tennis, men’s basketball. Program details and regis tration information is at shelburnevt.org/160/ parks-recreation.
This week, Pierson Library is focusing on some new children’s programs for the start of Beginningschool.Sunday, Sept. 11, the library will be open seven days a week as follows:
Crossfit kids Kids in grades five through eight can join Shelburne Recreation right after school to improve general conditioning including a focus on core, strength, agility, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. Based on the princi ple of movement mechanics, consistency, form and then intensity, the program pushes for quality movement throughout childhood. Consistent mechanics translates to higher sports performance and fewer sports injuries for kids. Research also indicates that exer cise is beneficial to cognitive function, which means a consistent training program will have a positive impact on a child’s academic achievement.Participants of any fitness ability are welcome to join as workouts are adjusted to the individual fitness level in a non-competi tiveRegistrationenvironment.deadline is one week prior to the session start date. Sessions will be held on Thursdays, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Session dates are Sept. 15 to Oct. 13 or Oct. 20 to Nov. 17. The fee is $70. Instructors are Nick Mead and Field House staff. Preschool soccer Designed especially for children 3-5 years of age, not enrolled in kindergarten, with the idea that children naturally want to have fun. Includes age-appropriate games that lets kids enjoy the game while learning basic skills without the pressure of winning or competition. They’ll also learn to work cooperatively with other children. It’s a great firstThereexperience.isaminimum of eight participants and a maximum of 15. Registration deadline is Sept. 7 or when program is full, and it opens Aug. 29 at 8 a.m. Program dates are Saturdays, Sept. 10 to Oct. 8. Session A is 9-9:45 a.m., and session B is 10-10:45 a.m. Cost is $75. Led by Soccer Roots staff at the Shel burne Community School soccer fields. Parent volunteer helpers are encouraged.
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A movie night for kids will be held on the first Wednesday of each month, 6-8 p.m., in Shelburne Town Hall. The series starts with multicultural films co-spon sored by Shelburne’s Equity and Diver sity Committee from September through December.Families are welcome to bring their own supper and have a picnic inside. Popcorn and water will be provided, along with chairs and tables. In keeping with the theme of celebrating diversity, after the movie, attendees will take a few minutes to talk about what they watched. Here’s the movie lineup:
• Sunday and Monday, noon-5 p.m.
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• Nov. 2: “Moana,” six and up, 113 minutes, featuring Polynesian culture.
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Kindergarten Mini-Mites soccer Join coaches from Soccer Roots for a fun and active soccer clinic on Saturday morn ings. Participants learn and practice basic soccer skills while engaging in age-appropri ate activities and games. This co-ed program will take place on the Shelburne Commu nity School soccer fields with a maximum number of 20 participants. Kids must be enteringRegistrationkindergarten.deadline is Sept. 7 or when program is full, and it opens Aug. 29 at 8 a.m. Program dates are Saturdays, Sept. 10 to Oct. 8. Session A is 11 a.m.-noon, and session B is noon-1 p.m. Cost is $55. Led by Soccer Roots staff at the Shel burne Community School soccer fields. Parent volunteer helpers are encouraged.
Pierson now has storytime for the littlest ones from 10:30-11 a.m. on Tues days and Thursdays, yoga storytime from 10:30-11 a.m. on Saturdays. On Saturday, Sept. 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Read to a Therapy Dog starts. Call 802-985-5124 to sign up for a half hour session of “Tails and Tales” read to a dog. Movie night
• Sept. 7: “Hair Love,” ages 3 and up, 7 minutes, and “The Snowy Day,” 4 and up, 40 minutes., featuring African American culture.•Oct. 5: “Over the Moon,” six and up, 95 minutes, featuring Chinese culture.
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TAURUS April 21 - May 21 Taurus, it may prove challenging to gure out where inspiration will come from next. Rather than seeking it out, wait for things to unfold more organically.
SCORPIO Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Scorpio, you can be effective and ef cient when you’re in your element. Others will attest to that this week after they see you in action. Enjoy the attention.
CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Capricorn, let your emotions rather than your intuition guide you this week. That’s not something you hear often, but it’s for the best right now.
ARIES March 21 - April 20 Listen to the people around you as well as your inner voice this week, Aries. With all the information at hand ,you can make some dif cult decisions with con dence.
CANCER June 22 - July 22 Ideas come from where you least expect them this week, Cancer. Keep your eyes wide open and pay attention to all conversations so you can be attuned to any clues.
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Sagittarius, professional motivation is easy to muster this week. Embrace your extra energy and put it to good use at work. Others will take notice.
Shelburne News • September 1, 2022 • Page 15 CLUES ACROSS 1. Taxi 4. Cattle disease (abbr.) 7. Before the present 8. They burn in a grill 10. Enough (archaic) 12. “A Doll’s playwrightHouse” 13. Long loop of cloth worn around the waist 14. Napoleonic Wars battle 16. Chinese surname 17. Fragrant essential oil 19. Follows sigma 20. Model 21. A place with many dining options 25. BBQ dish 26. Corn comes on it 27. A sheep in its second year 29. Triad 30. They __ 31. Actor DiCaprio 32. TV’s “Edith Bunker” 39. Sustenance 41. Man who dishonorablybehaves 42. Cause a loud, harsh sound 43. A way to take in liquids 44. Gene type 45. The Miami mascot is one 46. Excessive tissuesaccumulationuidin 48. Casino machine 49. Contains cerium 50. Something with a letter-like shape 51. ScandinavianHandwoven rug 52. Legendary actress Ruby CLUES DOWN 1. Conqueror 2. Kin relation 3. Increases the value of 4. Pack 5. Popular nut 6. Dogs’ enemies 8. Former OSS 9. Unpleasant person 11. Come again? 14. Beverage container 15. Rock formation 18. Dorm of cial 19. The bill in a restaurant 20. Type of jug 22. actionrequiringImportanceswift 23. Out t 24. Small Eurasian deer 27. Weight used in China 28. A major division of geological time 29. Popular beverage 31. Con ned condition (abbr.) 32. Practical joking 33. Pouchlike structure 34. Pound 35. Lilly and Manning are two 36. Stopped discussing 37. ballplayerBaltimore 38. Candymaker 39. One thousandth of a second (abbr.) 40. Northern sea duck 44. Partner to cheese 47. Cannot be found CROSSWORD
LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 Libra, big nancial decisions are looming. A little restraint now can pay big dividends down the road. The rewards will be worth it.
LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 Leo, seek the path not often taken this week, even if it seems long and winding. Sometimes the most direct way to go is not the easiest even if it seems that way.
GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Gemini, do not be afraid to think outside the box this week. The stars are spurring you in a particular direction that could in uence various components of your life.
PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20 Few signs understand the importance of building a strong foundation as well as you, Pisces. Start crafting a new relationship this week.
SUDOKU Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must ll each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can gure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
AQUARIUS Jan. 21 - Feb. 18 Aquarius, even though you have little to no work to do this week, the stars indicate you will be busy nonetheless. Enjoy any down time you can muster.
VIRGO Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 Virgo, you have a strong urge to start one project or another that can be used as a stepping stone to a promotion. Run your ideas by someone you trust.
Cyclists from all over the region will be once again gathering in Middlebury to join in the biggest charity cycling event in the state, the 17th Kelly Brush Ride. The ride, devoted to the Kelly Brush Foundation’s mission to inspire and empow er people with spinal cord injuries to lead active and engaged lives, returns Saturday, Sept.“This10. year we’ve set a high bar with a fundraising goal that will allow us to award a record number of grants,” said Kelly Brush Foundation executive director Edie Perkins. The foundation hopes to raise $975,000, which will allow the foundation to allocate over $1 million for adaptive sports equip ment, setting a record for annual grants awarded by the foundation. Last year, the event drew more than 942 in-person and virtual riders, including 47 hand cyclists, and raised more than $825,000 to provide direct support for adaptive sports equipment like skiing, basketball, cycling, and tennis.
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• Hides or capes with no part of the head attached.•Clean skullcap with antlers attached.
“Chronic wasting disease is a very persistent disease that can resurface after years of absence,” said Mark Scott, Vermont’s director of wildlife. “Vermont’s regulation is designed to help prevent it from infecting Vermont’s deer and the drastic population reduction measures that would be required if it appears here.”
PHOTO BY KELLY BRUSH FOUNDATION
“We’ve set a big goal because we want to be able to give more people from the spinal cord community than ever the opportunity to enjoy being active,” said Kelly Brush, whose family started the foundation following a ski racing accident that left her paralyzed in 2006.In-person participants can ride 100-, 50-, 20- or 10-mile routes through the scenic Champlain Valley. For those who can’t make it to Vermont, the foundation offers a ride anywhere option that allows participants to join in the fundraising ride from the road or trail of their Registrationchoosing.isnow open at kellybrush foundation.org/ride.Onlineregistration closes Sept. 7.
Hand cyclists on the 16th Kelly Brush Ride last year. The ride draws more than 900 riders from all over the region to raise funds for people with spinal cord injuries. This year’s ride is Sept. 10 in Middlebury
• Antlers with no other meat or tissue attached.•Finished taxidermy heads.
Hunters traveling outside Vermont to hunt deer or elk need to keep in mind that a regulation designed to protect Vermont’s wild deer from chronic wasting disease remains in effect, according to state wildlife officials. Chronic wasting disease is a fatal disease of the brain and nervous system in deer and elk. Abnormal prion proteins produce lesions in the brain that cause disorientation and emaciation in conjunction with other abnormal behaviors. This highly contagious disease is always fatal to deer. It is illegal to import or possess deer or elk, or parts of deer or elk, from states and Canadian provinces that have had chron ic wasting disease, or from captive hunt or farm facilities with the following excep tions:• Meat that is cut up, packaged and labeled with hunting license information and not mixed with other deer or elk during processing.•Meatthat is boneless.
A fine of up to $1,000 and loss of hunting and fishing licenses for one year are applica ble for each deer or elk imported illegally. For information, go to vtfishandwildlife. com and cwd-info.org.
Wildlife officials remind hunters about rules on importing deer, elk
• Upper canine teeth with no tissue attached. Vermont’s importation regulations currently apply to hunters bringing in deer or elk carcasses from Alberta, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missou ri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennes see, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
