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With the Red Sea and the Arabian Peninsula to the east, the Nile River cutting through much of the country, and countries like Egypt, Ethiopia, Chad and Libya surrounding it, Sudan makes for a hotbed of ethnic and cultural diversity, with more than a dozen ethnic groups and hundreds of ethnic subgroups calling the country home. This is where Dr. Asma Abunaib grew up, initially hoping to pursue a career in textile engi neering in her youth but eventually pivoting to a career working with international humani tarian organizations in a country that has been mired with conflict for decades — through the first and second Sundanese Civil War and the War in Darfur. It makes Abunaib, the newest director of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for the Cham plain Valley School District both wildly overqualified and perhaps exactly what is needed for the larg est school district in Chittenden County, which is 90 percent white (Vermont is even whiter at 95 percent white), according to 2022 census figures. “In the communities where there’s less ethnic diversity, people think there’s no need for DEI, but actually they need more,” she said. “You don’t know what diversity is and how you can be inclusive and why you need it. Your children will not be in this environment all the time, they will go out into the world, they will need to know what is going on, and that’s what the district is” trying to pursue, “for them to be out in the world and be good citi zens.”The role does not come without controver sy. Abunaib, who began in June this year, is the third person to take on the role in two years. The district’s first direc tor of diversity, equity and inclusion, Rhian non Kim, quit six days after being hired in July 2020. The second director, Liliana Rodriguez, resigned last year, citing health and family concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Abunaib says she has a solid foundation to begin her work, and one that should set her up for success. Her full-time position gives her plenty of time for the role, and her team, she says, all under stand the nature of the community and what challenges it faces.
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The town is lockedessentiallyintothe project because of significant state money that was divvied out in 2019. Select board members during their meeting on Aug. 23 asked if it would be more cost efficient to just pay the state back. “If it’s going to be $400,000 to build the damn thing out of our pocket, and it’s $100,000 to pay them back, let’s say for argu ments sake, maybe it’s cheaper to just pay them, cut a check for $100,000, and just cut our losses,” selectboard member Kate Lalley said. For now, the town is in a holding pattern, and is hoping to receive some grant funding to cut down the cost. It has applied for another grant from the state for $294,000, Krohn said, and has put in a request to Sen. Bernie Sanders, the chair of the U.S. Senate’s budget commit tee, for $300,000, “to try and close the gap so we can get this thing done.” “We haven’t heard from either so we don’t know the outcome, but if we don’t get any external sourc es of funding, we would need to find over $400,000 to get this proj ect done,” Krohn said. If the town does get either grant, it would still likely need to allocate $50,000 from its Amer ican Rescue Plan Act funds to round out the total project cost. Lalley, in a phone call with The Shelburne News, said the request to Sen. Sanders “seems unlikely to me, it’s a big ask,” but the grant request to the state “appears to be a more likely gamble to get some money.” “Fingers crossed,” she said. “Nobody went into this thinking it would be this costly. We unwitting ly signed up to build the Brooklyn Bridge.”Fornow, the town will await from the potential funding sourc es to hopefully close the gap. If not, then the town will “cross that proverbial bridge when we get to it,” Lalley said.
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A plan three years in the making to build a pedestrian and cyclist bridge over the LaPlatte River continues to get more and more expensive. Voters at Town Meeting Day this year approved allocat ing $168,000 as the town’s local share in build ing a pedestrian bridge and recre ation path over the LaPlatte River at the intersection of Falls and Irish Hill roads. The town in 2019 received a state grant for well over $100,000 for engineering, municipal project management, and other work to get bid documents ready for the project.But in the six months since the vote, the cost of the project “has jumped by orders of magnitude,” town manager Lee Krohn said. The local share for the proj ect would now end up costing the town $400,000, Krohn said. “Primarily, the bridge compo nent over the LaPlatte is a huge cost driver, but, no surprise, with the cost of oil, fuel and paving costs, we’re looking at dramatical ly increased costs and supply chain challenges and the whole nine yards,” he said.
Move aside, Alfred Hitchcock. He needed 32 actors to film his 1935 spy thriller “The 39 Steps” starring Robert Donat and Made leine Carroll. The Middlebury Community Players does it with four in its comedy adaptation of the film at town hall theater.
The production is directed by Gary Gillen, who directed Middle bury Community Players’ produc tion of “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)” in 2019, and features Rainwalker Winter painter as Richard Hannay, Jillian Torres as Annabella Schmidt, Pamela and Margaret, and Kevin Commins and Rob Demic as “The Clowns,” who play the remaining 30-plus characters. The production is stage managed by Chris Frap pier and co-produced by Mary Longey and Jane Kimble. “The 39 Steps” runs Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 15-17 at 7:30 p.m., with a Sunday, Sept. 18, matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 on Thursday night, and $17 for the remaining shows, plus ap-plica ble fees. Tickets 802-382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.
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“Nobody went into this thinking it would be this costly. We unwittingly signed up to build the Brooklyn Bridge.”
Four actors play all the movie roles, switching costumes, voices and accents to create a simul ta-neous spoof of, and homage to, Hitchcock’s classic, as well as spy thrillers in general.
The winner of the 2007 Olivier Award for Best Comedy, “The 39 Step” is fast-paced and fun.
Vermont Parks Forever has completed its 8th season of fund ing a student internship at Mt. Philo State Park, the oldest state park in Vermont. The program memorializ es Will Hagedorn of Charlotte who grew up hiking and sledding on Mt. Philo. During college he worked at Mt. Philo State Park as an intern, a job he loved. Will died unexpectedly in 2013 at 24. In Hagedorn’s memory, his family created the William Camer on Hagedorn Mt. Philo Forever Fund at Vermont Parks Forever. Supported by family, friends and donors, the fund offers an opportu nity every year for a young person to connect with nature, practice environmental stewardship, devel op teamwork and collaboration skills and experience working with the Likepublic.Hagedorn, this year’s intern, Jonan Story, grew up hiking and sledding on the mountain before joining park staff to learn public service and land manage ment this “Jonansummer.hasbeen a huge asset,” park manager Nathanael Hancock said. “This internship is impera tive to our work here at Mt. Philo StateEachPark.”year, former interns return as staff, signifying the success of this annual internship. “The unique opportunities that interns receive goes beyond fostering independence and a love for serving our community,” said Colleen Metzler, Mt. Philo’s assis tant park manager. “They learn leadership skills from previous interns that return each year. The internship program instills pride and hard work in our interns that translates to long term success as park attendants year after year.” Multiple interns returned in both 2021 and 2022 to work as park“Westaff.are honored to provide this internship in Will’s memory each summer and foster a lifelong commitment to the environment in local students,” Vermont Parks Forever executive director Sarah Alberghini Winters said. Jennifer Morton, Laura Howard, and Carol Fox
PHOTO BY LEE KROHN enjoy a late fall day at Mt. Philo State Park in Charlotte.
AARON CALVIN STAFF WRITER For the first time since 2019, students of all ages arrived for the first day of school last week with out masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19. In a memo sent to schools, the Vermont Agency of Education and Department of Health announced a shift in policy. While masks were made optional last spring, the agency has thinknurses.eruption:tomakingthosedecisionscontrolrelinquishedoverhealthbacktowhowerethempriorthepandemic’sschool“AswebegintoofCOVID19 as an endemic disease, we once again need to shift our thinking,” the memo said. “COVID-19, like the flu, is now a part of our lives.” While risks around the corona virus remain, including indications like those from a study published by the American Medical Asso ciation that estimated up to 10 percent of children who contract COVID-19 could be at risk for extended and lingering effects from the virus, the state indicat ed to nurses that testing would no longer be a “first-line strategy” against the virus, instructing them to instead incorporate monitoring and treatment into broader health and wellness programs. Schools are largely welcoming this return to a health policy that puts school nurses back in charge as a return to some sort of normal cy after two years of a wearying strictness.“Wewere very excited to welcome our students and staff back for this new school year on August 29 and 30,” said Corey Burdick, South Burlington School District communications coordi nator. “So far, the feedback from administrators, students and staff has been very positive and the feel is a bit more relaxed since everyone is back in person full time without restriction. There is definitely a sense of optimism and hope as we begin to bring back more programs that were paused or reimagined during the height of the Accordingpandemic.” to the adminis trative team at the Shelburne Community School, “there was a palpable lightness to the start of this school year compared to the past two years. You can see it (literally the smiles on faces) and feel it throughout the entire build ing and community.” While the school remains flex ible with masking and expects to continue to see masked students at the school, there’s a commu nity-wide feeling that overall COVID-19 has become manage able.“We’re seeing the passion, excitement, and engagement coming back to the building — which is comfort ing and a relief. We are very appreciative of all our commu nity andstudent,teamadministrativefewoverunderstandingpatienceencouragement,support,andthesepastyears,”thesaid.“Ourfullfacultystaffcommu nity was able to meet together for the first time since February 2020. The visual alone was a powerful reminder that each one of us is an important part of the whole,” Adam Bunting, Champlain Valley Union High School principal, said. “Our students are grateful to move beyond the literal and figurative social distancing of the past three years — created by the pandem ic, stress, and isolation of single perspective social media.”
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Total reported incidents: 66 Traffic stops: 2 Warnings: 1 Tickets: 1 Medical Emergencies: 22 Suspicious incidents: 5 Citizen Assists: 5 Domestic Incident: 1 Animal Problems: 2 Burglary: 1 Car Crash: 3 Pending investigation: 2 Aug. 29 at 4:28 a.m., someone called the cops on a “suspicious person” around Harrington Avenue. The individual was located and released. Aug. 29 at 9:15 a.m., Shelburne Police assisted the Chittenden County State’s Attorney’s office with annual criminal history check on all agency police offi Aug.cers.29 at 2:11 p.m., an erratic motorist was stopped on Shel burne Road near Shagbark Aug.Lane.31 at 7:12 a.m., police conducted speed and parking enforcement on Harbor Road and School Street for the first day of school. Aug. 31 at 10:04 a.m., a “homeless individual” was allegedly tres passing at Harbour Industries, a caller told police, but officers could not find anyone. Aug. 31 at 10:06 a.m., a commer cial burglary was reported at Exterus. A report was taken, and the case is under investigation. Aug. 31 at 7:26 a.m., an unattended controlled burn pit was creating lots of smoke in the area near Spinnaker Lane and Bay Road. Sept. 1 at 8:57 a.m., a caller was reportedly bitten by a rescue dog. Animal control and health officers were notified. Sept. 1 at 3:23 p.m., police issued a citation for violation of abuse prevention order after a woman told police her ex was bothering her at the Quality Inn. Sept. 1 at 4:46 p.m., a two-car crash was reported on Shelburne Road with injuries. All patients refused transport to the hospital. Sept. 1 at 5:24 p.m., a woman’s car was vandalized at The Terraces. A vandalism report was taken. Sept. 2 at 12:38 a.m., police and fire extinguished a dumpster fire at Elegant Floors that is believed to be suspicious. Sept. 2 at 1:31 p.m., a caller report ed receiving threatening phone calls. The case is under investi Sept.gation.2at 1:57 p.m., a walk-in dropped off a dog she had found running about town. The pooch was reunited with its owner. Sept. 2 at 2:08 p.m., a two-car crash was reported that had occurred earlier in the day on Falls Road. Sept. 2 at 7:47 p.m., a three-car crash was reported on Shel burne Road near Marsett Road. One patient was transported to the hospital.
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to was hoping and dreaming of a better life, and I don’t think the government is preparing the Vermont employment forces for that,” she added. Now, she hopes to take that lens to her work in the education system and establish an atmosphere of inclusion among the district’s employees.Onemajor component of her work will be the district’s equity audit, which is set to be complet ed this month and will assess the efficacy of the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion measures. The audit will focus on the school district’s culture, academic achievements, disciplinary practic es, curriculum and teaching capaci ty, and the support services it offers students, families and staff. “If you’re from Vermont, you know your community, you know the diversity of your community, you’re aware about it (and) when you have a kid in the class that acts in a certain way, you can under stand based on your knowledge of the community what the assump tion is that makes this kid behave this way,” she said.
Sept. 3 at 11:58 a.m., someone called the cops on a “suspicious person” on Shelburne Road, but police had no luck finding Sept.anyone.3at1:25 p.m., a caller told police someone was shooting into Shelburne Bay, but they couldn’t find anyone. Sept. 3 at 8:38 p.m., a caller report ed hearing gunshots in the area near Governors Lane, and when officers located the source of the noise, they found an indi vidual “dealing with a raccoon problem,” police said. Sept. 4 at 12:27 p.m., a man was escorted off the North Star Motel property after creating a disturbance.
“Then the economy started to collapse,” she said. The country had been dominated “by a military regime since 1989 ... a group of thieves who enriched themselves and didn’t care about the country.” She then earned a degree in peace and development studies from Juba University in Khartoum and began working on the inter national stage as the conflict in West Darfur broke out in 2003. For years, she moved between posi tions for various United Nations agencies like the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Resource Center, as well as the African Union and the BBC World Service“SeeingTrust.all that struggle, all that suffering ... I think my experience in Darfur, that was what really led me to change from engineering to inclusion and conflict transforma tion,” she Throughsaid.a connection in her work, she applied for and was accepted to Intercultural Service Leadership and Management School for International Training Graduate Institute in Brattleboro. She briefly lived in Vermont, but returned to Sudan to continue international work, only to eventu ally make her way back to Vermont in 2016 to pursue a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Vermont. She’s been in the Green Moun tain State ever since. She first took a job with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, where she established the program Financial Empowerment for New Americans.“Itwas a very innovative proj ect and I loved being a part of it,” she said. “My mission was to establish the project to increase the inclusivity of the organization and to introduce the organization to that new American community. It was very low participation for these communities at the time.” There, she learned of the chal lenges that these new Americans faced, and “really gave me the knowledge about the challeng es of inclusion in Vermont.” She also saw some of the blind spots in state’s work to help integrate these groups into the community at large. “I didn’t see them” when she had been earning her degree. “But when I started working for Cham plain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, they gave me the access to their families, I started going to their houses and eating with them and talking to them — they felt safe enough to talk about everything, including the education of their kids and how they strug gled with the school communica tions and all this stuff. So, then I realized that ‘Oh, that is what you call a forgotten population.’” Her work in the program helped them integrate into the state’s finan cial system, helping them to build credit. But she found many people in these communities were barely above the poverty level, with little income, unstable housing and a shaky job “Theremarket.isalot of them who are not happy to be in the poverty level. They’re not happy to not have enough income, jobs or housing,” she said. “There is no inclusivity in that — there are people who have tons of expertise from their coun tries, that would not get the same job here,” she said, despite them having equivalent certifications for the “Everybodyroles. I was talking
“But when you have somebody who’s coming from a very differ ent background that you have no idea about, your mind is blank.” she added. The work comes from “asking questions in an inclusive way and trying not to have assump tions, and just try to learn from the kid, from their family, from the environment they are coming from. Where does that (behavior) come from and then, from there, you can have your right analysis to support them.”
“With our other directors, she will help us increase inclusivity and equity within our schools.” Born in the north of Sudan, Abunaib later lived in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. She received an undergraduate degree in textile engineering, a trade she “loved at that time” and wanted to continue.
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Ina C. Tanch Ina Tanch, 92, died on June 19, 2022, in Shelburne. A memorial service to celebrate Ina’s life will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at 2 p.m., at Stowe Community Church, 137 Main St. Arrangements are in care of the Cremation Society of Chitten den County. To view the complete obituary or leave condolences, visit cremationsocietycc.com.
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To the KudosEditor:for printing the guest perspective by Dr. Robert Letovsky, a professor at St. Michael’s College. (“Legisla tors fail to look at big picture in energy plans,” Aug. 25, 2022).
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To the Editor: I do not recall an issue as hot as the current one in the Shel burne Police Department, which I am reading about in the Shel burne News. Seems there is no perfect department, whether it is water and sewer, administration or the police. I ask repeatedly for exit interviews in all departments to no avail in my own town. This should be a standard human resource department procedure. I am not suggesting there be a special human resource department in all towns, but the Vermont League of Cities and Towns must already offer guidelines and recommenda tions for this important aspect of all jobs performed in each town. Whether booted out or a voluntary resignation, the exit ing person will shine a light on the reasons why they really left. What was the deciding factor? What are the top three reasons the person decided to move on? What five or 10 recommen dations would they offer the department they left? It is as obvious as the nose on your face that this would be a value to the remaining folks on the payroll of the town and the selectboard. If the town’s administration has failed to ask for or require exit interviews, it is a problem the selectboard must address with its town administrator or town manager.
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The Stagecoach Inn houses the Shelburne Museum folk-art collection.
To mark its 75th anniversary, Shelburne Museum will reopen its historic Stagecoach Inn, home to the museum’s renowned American folk-artAftercollection.atwo-year renovation, Stagecoach Inn’s galleries have been refreshed and reinstalled with iconic selections represent ing the best of the museum’s folk art collection. New research looks past the formal qualities of weath ervanes, ship’s carvings, trade signs and more, digging into the origins, makers and functions of these objects to offer 21st-century perspectives reflective of the vast and varied ingenuity and creativity that inflects America’s rich visual story.The exhibit opens Sunday, Sept.“Renovating11. Stagecoach Inn created the opportunity to rethink how the American folk-art collec tion is presented,” said Thomas Denenberg, John Wilmerding director and CEO at the museum. “The new installation aims to deepen visitors’ understanding of the ‘invention’ of folk art in the context of the times in which the very category was created and elucidate narratives that are rele vantThetoday.”reinterpretation is also an opportunity to highlight Shelburne Museum founder Electra Have meyer Webb’s important role as a trailblazing collector, helping create the cannon of what we now call folk art as art and as one the very few women museum found ers.Built in 1873, Stagecoach Inn once served as an operating inn along the main stagecoach route from New York to Montreal. Webb acquired the property in 1949 to use as permanent home for her diverse and expansive collection of American folk art. The renovation included increasing energy efficiency, creating new display mounts and updating lighting, fire safety and security.
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Perhaps The Other Paper and other publications will see the value of publishing this well-researched opinion on the important topic of energy, climate change and national security.Letovsky’s course should be a requirement for every junior high, high school and college student, as well as every elected official and unelected bureau crat in our country. Thank you, sir, for your exemplary work and for allow ing your students to see the big picture, think for themselves and find solutions.
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where enemy forces are flashing screens, fluorescent lights and unfathomable hardware. That day at Best Buy, I watched in alarm as my mother-in-law transformed into a warrior with an attitude problem. Shielding herself from the rays of technology and commercialism, she wasn’t so much Wonder Woman as The Hulk with hemorrhoids. We escaped to the parking lot leaving behind bewildered customers and offended salespeople. I vowed never again. Never say never. A quote attributed to Charles Dickens, yet another man who never met my mother-in-law. But, just like the pain of childbirth, the Best Buy bedlam was erased, and I agreed to take her to Verizon. Although, this time, my mission was clear. Get in and out, not as soon as humanly possible, but more like The Flash on speed. So there we are, inside the lair of the largest wireless carrier in the U.S. and my mother-in-law is mad. I’m talking capital M mad. She is indignant that the sales represen tative, let’s call him Dave, was not interested in helping us. Yes, he had no warmth or, come to think of it, personality, but is that his fault? I could tell my mother-in-law was again in combat mode, but now I wasn’t sure who’s side I was on. I picked Dave. He looked less scary. As Dave continued to care less, my mother-in-law seethed. Ready to blow, she put the screws to him, grilling Dave about the “bullshit” company policy to attach demo phones to the counter so she couldn’t pick them up. Clearly not up to inquisition, he mumbled, “I like my job.” That’s when I realized, aw, Dave has a sense of Whilehumor.Iassumed the role of mediator, the words “just shoot me now” may never have crossed my lips, but they were among the many thought-bubbles roiling above my head. We eventually left without a phone or our dignity, necessitating a return visit. I’m considering valium. Do not think bad about my mother-in-law. I owe her tenfold. Like the time we were hiking in Arkansas. As usual, she led the way and cleared my path, knowing my Verizon is the forest. As she came upon a huge snake coiled tight, she excitedly waited to show me.Call me Dave at that moment. I too was uninterested and clear ly not up to the task. As my fear swirled and I went into my own combat mode, my mother-in-law held my hand and steered me around the terrifying reptile. She respected my limitations with understanding. So, you see, it’s the least I can do for her. After all, Nietzsche also said, “There is always some madness in love.”
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Whoever said what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger hasn’t taken my mother-in-law to Verizon.Turns out Nietzsche coined this oft-used aphorism. Apparently, he never met my mother-inlaw. Or, more accurately, stood next to her while she balled her hand into a fist and said she wanted to slug the sales associ ate.Did I mention she’s 90?Let me be clear, my mother-in-law has countless amaz ing attributes. She is an author, an artist and an activist. But what you really need to know is that her natural habitat is the out of doors. Go ahead, abandon this woman in the Amazon, she’d be fine. She’d make friends with a poison dart frog while whittling a blowgun. Drop her into the Blue Moun tains and she’d construct a lean-to in the first hour. Strand her in the Mojave and she’d find water all while hitting it off with a fringetoed lizard. I am not kidding. She’s Steve Irwin, Bear Grylls and store.mother-in-lawsleep.anday.yard.storesexceedinglymyher“I’vethroughBesteringlengebringfromintoWild-KingdomMarlin-Perkins-Mutual-of-Omaha-thatguyallrolledupone.Shecanhandleanythingcaimantosnakes.Justdon’therintoVerizon.IwaswellawareofthechalpresentedasI’mstillrecovfromlastyear’sforayintoBuywhenInaivelywaltzedtheslidingdoorsthinking,gotthis!Icanhelpwithalltechneeds!”Truthis,I’mtheoppositeofintrepidmother-in-lawandammorecomfortableinthanIaminmyownbackGivemeendlessaislesanyIcannavigateacrowd,locateitemandnegotiateadealinmyWhatcan’tIdo?HandlemyinanelectronicsIt’sasifshe’sincombat
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Although their foliage varies in shape and color, most share glossy palmate leaves with serratedTheirleaflets.long-lived blooms are not flowers, but large colorful sepals that remain on the stems until the seeds mature. Although the blooms change color following pollination, they do not lose their aesthetic appeal. Hybrid hellebores are easy to grow in plant hardiness zones 4-9. They thrive in partial shade in moist but well-drained soil. In New England, they can grow in full sun provided they receive sufficient moisture. Hellebores tolerate most soils and will benefit from a yearly application of compost, preferably in the spring. When planting, take care to keep the crown at soil level by digging a hole as deep as the pot they came in. Burying the crown too deep will discourage blooms. Loosen the root ball if needed, level the plant in the hole and water the roots. Continue to cover the roots with soil, taking care not to bury the crown. Be sure to keep mulch away from the crown. If your hellebore is established, consider pruning the previous year’s foliage to keep your plant looking fresh and to prevent the spread of diseases from the old leaves. Creating a hybrid cultivar is a meticu lous, time-consuming process that involves a lot of trial and error. Additionally, when grown from seeds a plant may take five to six years to reach marketable size. These factors have prompted many breeders to patent their cultivars and charge grow ers royalties and licensing fees, ultimately resulting in high consumer prices. Although hellebores are pricey, don’t let this intimidate you from investing in such robust plants, especially ones that will take center stage in your shade garden for the next 20 years. Nadie VanZandt is a UVM Extension master gardener. early
For a stunning display of blooms in early spring, most New England gardens would benefit from the addition of a remarkable perennial — the hellebore — and fall is a great time to plant a bed of them. Among the first plants to herald spring, hellebores have gained huge popularity due to their many laudable qualities. Hellebores are non-invasive evergreen perennials coveted for their resistance to cold and their abundant, durable and color ful blooms. They can thrive for over two decades and are undeterred by hungry deer and rabbits.
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One of the many species of hellebores, the springflowering Helleborus x ‘Rio Carnival’ produces beautiful pale yellow blooms with burgundy speckling.
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Helleborus (hellebore) is a genus of about 20 species of extremely cold-har dy herbaceous perennials in the Ranun culaceae (buttercup) family. This plant is native to mountainous regions of Southern and Central Europe from the eastern Alps through Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy to the northern Balkans. One species, Helleborus orientalis, is commonly known as the Lenten rose because it blooms during the weeks leading up to the Easter holiday. Helleborus orienta lis cross-pollinates well with other species of hellebores resulting in stunning speci mens.Hybrid hellebores grow into mounds up to 24 inches tall and 30 inches wide.
Valley is also developing a multi-year strategic plan for the district and is hoping for significant participation from the community. Community members can provide at the district’s website.
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Are trees individuals?
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Some tree species produce clones, sprout ing groups of genetically identical trees from their root system. Covering over 100 acres in Utah, an aspen clone called Pando is the most massive and perhaps the oldest organism — some would say clonal organism — on Earth, weighing an estimated 13 million pounds and thought to be between 14,000 and 80,000 yearsWhileold. Pando looks like a forest of young aspen trees, each tree is a ramet — genetical ly-identical and connected, at least initially, to the same root system. To think of these ramets as individuals is both right and wrong: they compete for light and even for resources within their common root system but are also indisputably part of a larger entity. Many of us have been captivated by the idea of the “wood wide web,” the under ground networks of mycorrhizal fungi that can connect trees together, even facilitat ing communication and resource-sharing between trees. While some have taken this research to mean that forests are unified entities, or that they are entirely cooperative and altruistic, the truth is more complicat ed: While they cooperate at times, trees also compete with each other, often to the death. Like a branch on a tree, a tree in a forest is both autonomous and dependent on a larger system. Even a small forest is comprised of billions or trillions of organisms, each living an autonomous, complex life. Trees rely on other organisms to build soils, to regulate populations of pests, for pollination and seed dispersal, and much more. Together, these countless independent organisms, their envi ronment and natural processes form a natu ral community: an entity with behavior and properties of its own. As the fate of a branch is linked to the fate of the tree to which it is attached, the fate of a tree is inextricably linked to the fate of this natural community. Like us, a branch on a tree or a tree in a forest is an individual but also part of some thing greater. As we exercise our autonomy as forest stewards, it’s up to us to recognize our part in the bigger picture, to learn how to sustain ourselves while also sustaining the trees, the forests and the living landscape to which we are connected.
The team will be made up of a diverse group of members including law enforce ment and will review the district’s safety programs to include active threat respons es and options-based approaches to active threats, she said. The district’s operations and facilities team will continue to conduct periodic safety inspections as part of our safetySouthprogram.Burlington is still at work on revisiting its safety plan and was unable to provide further details by press time. from 3
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Burlington still has over 40 positions the school district is looking to fill. Open positions in the district include everything from education support person nel, bus drivers and at least one guidance counselor.Meanwhile, the Champlain Valley School District is all set for administrative and teacher positions, though like its neigh boring district, they’re still in the market for paraeducators, facilities and food service workers.Both districts have diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the top of their list of initiatives for this school year as schools look to combat the learning loss suffered by students when the pandemic forced them out of classrooms, which affected students disproportionately depending on the resources available to them at home. In South Burlington, their effort will be led by De-Dee Loftin-Davis, who was hired at the end of the last school year and will include a mentorship program. Her efforts will be bolstered by an equity policy passed by the school board earlier this year aimed at gathering data and analyzing issues of discrimination.ChamplainValley is prioritizing “growth and belonging” as main areas of focus districtwide.“Themeaning we have attributed to growth is the academic achievement and progress students will make this year. Belonging starts with the idea of what engagement looks like in a learning envi ronment. Then, belonging transcends from mere engagement to a feeling or a sense of ease, safety, honor, joy and love. Finally, belonging is developed and supported when we know each person’s story,” said Cham plain Valley School District superintendent ReneChamplainSanchez.
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I started to think about this question after hearing a research er say that trees are “colonial organisms” — more like colonies of autonomous branch es than individuals. As I struggled to find answers, I found that this topic is as nuanced and as complex as our forests. While humans and other animals are unitary organisms — with a single body — plants and trees are modular organisms, comprised of repeating modules. Unlike unitary organisms, modular organisms like trees are unconstrained by the determinate growth of a human or animal body. Instead, they have an indeterminate growth pattern, able to repeat themselves over and over again by creating new roots, branches, buds and sometimes trunks. While branches are connected to a common trunk and root system, they may also behave autonomously, competing with each other for light and satisfying their own energetic needs before exporting resources to the rest of the tree. When they are shaded, or otherwise consume more than they produce, theyThroughdie. they have some autonomy, a branch is also part of a tree, an organism which must maintain its overall shape and growth pattern to survive. Trees regulate their overall growth largely through process es known as apical dominance and apical control, using hormones to suppress the growth of certain buds and branches. Trees with high apical dominance and apical control — like conifers — are excur rent, resulting in a relatively symmetrical shape. Shrubs are decurrent, with low apical dominance and low apical control creating an asymmetrical growth pattern of many competing stems. Deciduous trees fall in between these extremes, with a more-orless symmetrical (excurrent) overall growth pattern within which each branch is some whatWithdecurrent.somespecies of trees, such as east ern white cedar, branch autonomy is espe cially pronounced. Cedars form stem strips: sections of bark that connect groups of branches directly to groups of roots. When exposed to drought or other stressors a single stem strip, and its associated roots and branches, may die while the rest of the tree is relatively unaffected.
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Valley is in the process of re-establishing a district-level safety team for the pandemic era, according to commu nication director Bonnie Birdsall.
Drills return In schools across Vermont, another, a more disconcerting sign of a return to normal was announced by the Agency of Education as well: the return of active-shooter drills. With mass shootings a common occur rence across the United States and high-pro file incidents like the 21 students and teach ers killed at Uvalde, Texas, in May have kept preventing such incidents in the minds of educators.Asrestrictions around COVID-19 miti gation lift, the agency is once again requir ing schools to conduct active shooter drills along with guidelines to attempt to limit anxiety in student responses to these prac ticeChamplainscenarios.
Ethan Tapper is the Chittenden County forester for the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. See what he’s been up to, check out his YouTube channel, sign up for his eNews and read articles he’s written at linktr.ee/chittendencountyforester. trees individuals? something more complex?
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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). The newly approved COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 years will also be available.
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ROSH Sunday,HASHANAHSeptember 25 6:30 p.m. Bring in the new year with the JCOGS band 7:00 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah service 8:00 p.m. The Nosh presents dessert Monday, September 26 9:30 a.m. The Nosh presents coffee & pastries 10:00 a.m. Rosh Hashanah service 12:30 p.m. Tashlich by the river Tuesday, September 27 10:00 a.m. Rosh Hashanah service 12:30 p.m. Community Torah learning & potluck lunch Wednesday, September 28 4:00 p.m. Family learning service 5:30 p.m. Celebratory new year’s dinner
WWW.JCOGS.ORGFriday, September 30 6:00 p.m. Shabbat Shuvah YOM Tuesday,KIPPUROctober 4 7:00 p.m. Kol Nidrei service Wednesday, October 5 10:00 a.m. Yom Kippur morning service 12:30 p.m. Yizkor memorial service 1:00 p.m. Group walk, Rec Path 4:00 p.m. Yoga for Yom Kippur 5:00 p.m. Minchah afternoon service 6:00 p.m. Ne’ilah concluding service 7:06 p.m. Havdalah, break-the-fast
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Shelburne church hosts Red Cross blood drive St. Catherine of Siena Parish is hosting a blood drive in part nership with the American Red Cross on Thursday, Sept. 15, noon-5 p.m., 92 Church St., Shel burne.For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call 800-733-2767 or sign up online at redcrossblood.org.
Expert offers training for pregnant survivors Howard Center hosts a train ing for professionals who serve pregnant, birthing, and postpartum families, Thursday, Sept. 22. This virtual training gives nurses, doulas, midwives, social workers, doctors, psychothera pists, childbirth educators and others the resources and tools they need to better serve their clients or patients, many of whom may not disclose a history of sexual abuse. Topics of the training will include the impact of childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault on pregnancy, birth, postpartum See COMMUNITY NOTES page 11 VT
The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, Sept. 15, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features Swed 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 —charlotteseniorcentervt.orgkpughe@ThemealonThursday,Sept.22registerbySept.19—isturkey tetrazini, Scandinavian vegetables, wheat dinner roll with butter, apple and berry crisp and milk. The meal on Thursday, Sept. 29 — register by Sept. 26 — is roast pork with gravy, boiled pota toesparsley,with butternut squash, wheat bread with butter, apple cake with icing and milk. Check the website for last-min ute cancellations at charlottese niorcentervt.org.
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Pick up a 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.)
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Rotary Club of Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg holds its annual golf ball drop Friday, Sept. 16, 4 p.m. COMMUNITY NOTES continued from page 10 See COMMUNITY NOTES on page 12 Ronnie Romano
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Last year’s event netted more than $11,000, which was distrib uted among the fire and rescue services in the three towns. The person whose ball gets in the hole or nearest to 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.Proceeds will support the purchase of automated external defibrillators and other emergency services in our area. To purchase a number and for more information go to bit.ly/3w CpdXi.Ball numbers will also be available for purchase at the club the day of the event.
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Washington-based Selena Shelley is an approved “When Survivors Give Birth” trainer and adjunct faculty in the department of midwifery at Bastyr Universi ty. She has a psychotherapy and consultation practice in the Seattle area, and specializes in working with pregnant, postpartum, and parenting trauma survivors. The training is from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration is free and continuing education certifi cates will be available following the Fortraining.more information, contact pdetzer@howardcenter.org or visit howardcenter.org.
All Souls hosts annual choral celebration
All Souls Interfaith Gathering will host its 21st annual choral celebration on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m.The annual tradition was start ed by founding pastor Rev. Mary Abele and over the past two decades has welcomed community choir members and spiritual lead ers from various traditions. This year the choral celebration will take place on the All Souls lawn with the theme “Unity in musicdirectionbechoir,theincludingnityofty.”CommuniMemberscommuchoirs,AllSoulswillundertheofdirector Ronnie Romano. The call and response kirtan will be sung by Kirsten Rose and family.Lead pastor Rev. Don Chat field will provide a reflection on the theme. Participants are encour aged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to enjoy the natural setting. Admittance is by donation. Shelburne church hosts film showing on adoption St. Catherine of Siena Parish hosts “An Adoption Journey,” the story of one family’s personal miss a chance at winning $1,000
Rotary Club of Charlotte-Shel burne-Hinesburg holds its annual golf ball drop at The Kwini Club-Gonzo’s Driving Range in Shelburne Friday, Sept. 16, 4 p.m.
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Residential Program Manager: Coordinate residential and community supports for a considerate, resourceful, wheelchair-using man with a budding talent for photography and political activism. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a team-oriented position, have strong clinical skills, and demonstrated leadership. Two overnight shifts are required for this position. $45,900 annual salary Direct Support Professional: Provide 1:1 supports to help individuals reach their goals in a variety of settings. This is a great position to start or continue your career in human services. Full and part time positions available starting at $19/hr.
Program seeks mentors to help women rebuild lives journey on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 11:30 a.m. in the parish hall, 72 Church St., Shelburne. Following the presentation, a light lunch will be ForMasksserved.arerequired.moreinformation, contact Alice Benson at jbenson288@comcast.net or (802) 999-9344.
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Dr. Cornell West speaks at Burlington resource center Dr. Cornell West will be the featured speaker as part of a diversity speaker series at the Flynn Theater Saturday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m., sponsored by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center. West will be joined by a community panel asking questions. He is an author, activist and philosopher known to many as Brother West. He is Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary and a former professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University and professor emeritus at Princeton University. Information about tickets at flynnvt.org, 802-863-5966 or gbmrc.org. All Saints Episcopal Church welcomes new minister Rev. Bram Kranichfeld is the new minister-in-charge at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1250 Spear St., in South Burlington. Prior to attending seminary in Montreal, Bram practiced as an attorney in the Chit tenden County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Vermont Attorney General’s Office. His wife Erin, son Henry, daughter Aria, and mother-in-law Sheryl were special guests for his inaugural service on Aug.14.
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Women interested in making a lasting impact in the lives of other women are invited to become a mentor in the Vermont Women’s Mentoring Program, a restor ative reentry project at Mercy Connec tions.Along with the Department of Correc tions and other community partners, the program matches trained volunteer women with women who are in prison, under supervision in the community or partici pating in pre-trial services. “The program is pretty straightfor ward,” said Joanne Nelson, director of justice and mentoring. “Mentors go through an in-depth, training process. Afterward, they are carefully matched with a woman seeking a mentor. They meet about once a month and are also encouraged to attend multiple events throughout the year.” Mentors are asked to make at least a one-year commitment. They support, coach and function as new, healthy companions to trauma-affected women facing myriad challenges including isola tion from family, addiction, mental illness, loss of employment and finding housing. A five-week in-person training program starts Thursday, Sept. 22, followed by four consecutive Thursday sessions, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Volunteers interested in the training do not need to have prior knowledge of the criminal justice system or mentoring expe rience to participate. For more information, contact Nelson, at jnelson@mercyconnections.org or (802) 846-7164, or visit mercyconnections.org.
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Shelburne News • September 8, 2022 • Page 13 Antiques Collectibles directoryservice to advertise call 985-3091 or email advertising@shelburnenews.com shelburne news Contracting directory for rates: call 985-3091 or email advertising@shelburnenews.com Spring/Fall Clean Up Lawn LandscapeCare Design Stone Work PLEASANT VALLEY, INC. 802-343-4820 www.pleasantvalleyvt.com Insurance Landscape / Lawncare Landscape / Lawncare Nancy Marconi Certified Massage Therapist 64 Steeplebush802-985-8984ShelburneRoadcell338-7001MassageWorksVTDeepTissue,HotStones&SwedishMassage Intro Offer for New Clients Health However,alnearlyafterVermontofrabidnorwhetheratwild Shelburne Historical Society will have a display and president Dorothea Penar will lead a cemetery tour at 1 p.m. Food ven dors round out the event with everything from coffee and lemonade to burgers and creemees. Kids will enjoy meeting animals from Shelburne Farms, craft projects, and SHELBURNE DAY continued from page 4 Siding & Trim Work Carpentry Repairs Painting & Staining Decks & Porches Outdoor www.pleasantvalleyvt.com802-343-4820Structures Bottle Redemption Tenney’s Bottle Redemption bulk bottle returns & bottle drives 76 Jackson Hill Road • 802-425-2180Charlotte Maple & Vanilla Creamees Snack Bar • Creamee Window Propane Fill Station Mon.-Sat. 9am-6pm • Closed Sun. Bottle redemption closes at 4pm 10 Flavors of Milkshakes A N T I Q U E S WA N T E D Decluttering ? Dow nsizing ? Settling an Estate? We can help you discover, learn about and sell: WATCHES • JEWELRY • CO I NS • SILVER • ARTWO RK We can field questions, review photos and coordinate estate work . Contact Brian Bittner • 802 272 7527 • bittnerantiques@gmail com www.bittne rantiques. com Buying Sports and Collectible Cards Years of experience. Happy to answer questions and offer advice on your collection. Hyper Relic Sports Cards Contact Bob Trautwine hyperreliccards@gmail.com802-497-1681 Baseball, Football, Basketball, Etc. CLASSIFIEDS FOR SALE Fall cleaning - Echo gas trimmer with manual $45.00, Pressure washer AR Blue Clean with manual $75.00, Kenmore water softener with manual best offer, Indoor/outdoor runner 11’x 3’ tan/brown/green $25.00, Behr weatherproofing wood finish for decks, fences or siding, water cleanup, natural cedar, large container $75.00. Call 802-482-2274. Please leave message. Shelburne Parks & Rec News Lando Storrs of Shelburne raced outside to catch this cosmic view after a summer storm in August. Inspiration over Allen hill
Join instructor Kay Boyce for this gentle yoga class with attention to correct align ment, breath work and stretches. Build strength, tone muscle and find new flexibil ity. This class is great for those new to yoga or who simply want to enhance their person al yoga practice. Bring your own yoga mat and a cotton blanket or large beach towel. Minimum of six participants with a maximum of 14. Session dates are Thursdays, Sept. 15 to Oct. 20, with a deadline of Friday, Sept. 9; and Oct. 27 to Dec. 8 (no class Nov. 24) with a deadline of Friday, Oct. 21. Session time is 9-10 a.m. at the town gym. For residents the fee is $65; non-resi dent, $75.
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Essentrics is a full-body workout that will rebalance the muscles in your body through a dynamic and fluid combination of strengthening and stretching. By developing strong, lean muscles, the technique helps improve your posture and overall mobility. Perfect for men and women of all fitness levels. The music is great too. A mat and water bottle are all you need to participate. Tuesdays, Sept. 20 through Oct. 18, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the town gym with instructor Sherry Senior. The fee is $80. Registration deadline is Sept. 17. Fall prevention tai chi Learn a relaxing, joint-safe activity shown to make an impact on your daily life. This program is proven to improve flexi bility, reduce stiffness and help keep joints mobile. It can also improve concentration, memory, balance, strength, blood pressure and energy levels. Studies have shown that participation in tai chi can reduce recurrent falls. Class is sponsored by Age Well Vermont. Regis tration is requested. For more informa tion, contact the instructor, Chris Curtis at curwit@gmail.com.Sessionsareheld on Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 12 to Nov. 16, 11 a.m.noon. Please remember to bring indoor shoes to this free class. Limited to 24 participants in the Town Center gym. Check out all the Shelburne Parks & Recreation fall and winter programs at shel burnevt.org/160/parks-recreation.
Essentrics
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CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 This is the week to focus on nourishing your spiritual self, Capricorn. If you are religious, attend a service or volunteer for your house of worship; otherwise, meditate at home.
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VIRGO Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 Virgo, even though there have been some big changes in your life of late, there is room for more modi cation. You simply have to go with the ow for the time being.
CANCER June 22 - July 22 Don’t try to force your way into a situation, Cancer. If things don’t happen organically, you’ll have to try another way or accept things aren’t meant to be.
AQUARIUS Jan. 21 - Feb. 18 Aquarius, a sense of nervousness may have you acting without thinking things through. Team up with someone you trust to thoroughly vet ideas before diving in.
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LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 It’s easy to get thrown for a loop when so many things are changing rapidly, Libra. Keep your eye on the prize and you will likely come through on the other side just ne.
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Shelburne News • September 8, 2022 • Page 15 CLUES ACROSS 1. Grievous 7. Queens ballplayer 10. Honorable title 12. Created 13. Grillmasters do it 14. Wartime German cargo ship 15. Cocoplum 16. Hebrew calendar month 17. British thermal unit 18. Brews 19. One of Thor’s names 21. Decorative scarf 22. Clothes 27. -__: denotes past 28. A way to address a lover 33. Commercial 34. Utters repeatedly 36. Google certi cation (abbr.) 37. Taxis 38. Belgian village in Antwerp 39. Talk excessively 40. Broad volcanic crater 41. Surgical instrument 44. Listens to 45. Revelation of a fact 48. Paddles 49. Heard 50. Tooth caregiver 51. Metric capacity units CLUES DOWN 1. Protein-rich liquids 2. Musician Clapton 3. Wine 4. When you hope to arrive 5. Something one can get stuck in 6. Midway between east and southeast 7. Mothers 8. German river 9. Israeli city __ Aviv 10. Discharged 11. Areas near the retina 12. Greek sorceressmythological 14. Very unpleasant smell 17. “__ Humbug!” 18. White poplar 20. Journalist Tarbell 23. Teachers 24. One older than you 25. Long Russian river 26. Run batted in 29. Beloved Hollywood alien 30. Holiday (informal) 31. Furniture with open shelves 32. Argued 35. Sino-Soviet block (abbr.) 36. Cars have them 38. Volcanic craters 40. Made of fermented honey and water 41. Shelter mammalsforor birds 42. One who utilizes 43. Moves swiftly on foot 44. Builder’s trough 45. Architectural wing 46. 12 47. Paci c Standard Time CROSSWORD
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TAURUS April 21 - May 21 Don’t feel the need to conform to what others expect from you, Taurus. You don’t have to t into a mold. Figure out what works for you and go with it.
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Reevaluate your priorities this week, Sagittarius. You don’t need the best or the biggest to be happy. Focus on your health and the little things instead.
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