Shelburne News - 1-26-23

CVSD adopts $96 million spending plan

District towns will see tax hikes

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

The Champlain Valley School District adopted its $96 million budget at its last district meeting and has warned a vote for Town Meeting Day.

The fiscal year 2024 budget, totaling $96,119,804, amounts to a 7.5 percent increase in expenditures from last fiscal year, driven by several factors including a general increase in health care, salaries, as well as in the district’s special education budget, among other things.

“One factor that is certainly affecting this budget is the consumer price index — the last time that I pulled the report was November and it was still at 7.1 percent,” said Gary Marckres, the district’s chief operations officer. “Everything is getting more expensive.”

School tax rate increases are included in all the district’s participating towns except for St. George; residents there will see a 1 percent decrease, or a $20 decrease per $100,000 of assessed home value.

Both Hinesburg and Charlotte will see a 5 percent increase, or a $79 increase per $100,000 of assessed value, while Shelburne will see a 6 percent increase, resulting in a $101 increase per $100,000 of assessed value. Williston will see a 2 percent increase, or a $37 increase.

One of the largest expenditure increases in the budget is for special education, which saw a 12 percent increase from the previous year.

The school district has had staffing trouble with its special educators and intensive care educators in recent years. Part of the 12 percent

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Shelburne gets bylaw grant to create ‘diverse’ housing

LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER

Shelburne received a $25,000 state bylaw modernization grant meant to encourage pedestrianoriented development to support more housing variety, affordability and opportunities.

The grant comes at a time when planning and zoning staff have already started looking for a

consultant to help with a comprehensive revision and modernization of the town’s land use regulations.

After what had been a contentious zoning year for Shelburne, one thing that residents and planning and zoning staff can agree on is that the current zoning bylaws are “unduly complicated, internally inconsistent and very difficult to understand,” said town manager

Lee Krohn.

Since 1970, Shelburne has experienced multiple periods of rapid growth that have more than doubled the population, leaving the town to balance a heightened demand for additional housing, economic development and protection of natural resources, reads the proposal issued in the search for the right consultant.

“So the goal (of the grant) is

that the state is hoping communities will take a deep dive into their zoning ordinances and find ways to encourage and enhance a greater variety and perhaps a number of housing units,” Krohn said. “It’s not uncommon that zoning ordinances have evolved over time and you’ve got all these density requirements and setback requirements and lot size requirements and pretty soon it’s a lot more limiting than might

actually make sense.”

Some residents have displayed an air of caution around more development in Shelburne, citing environmental concerns and inconsistencies that some development proposals may have with the town’s comprehensive plan.

“I know people are fearful about anything that might theoret-

PHOTO BY LEE KROHN

Beneath a caged heart of suet, two birds, each alike in dignity, gather for a snowy snack.

Town looks

The concrete block beach house on Shelburne beach has taken the first step toward what some call a long-overdue upgrade.

The historic structure was built by volunteers in 1956 after the Shelburne Beach was donated to the town in 1954 by Dunbar and Electra Bostwick.

The building is well past its aesthetic and functional prime due to minimal maintenance and few upgrades in the decades since it was erected.

In 2017, the town decided to pursue building a new structure and move forward with getting a design. Now, the town of Shelburne has issued a request for proposals for the construction phase of the project.

“We realized that it needed to be either replaced, renovated or improved. We could see cracks in the wall,” said Betsy Cieplicki, director of the Shelburne Parks and Recreation Department. “We have problems with the plumbing all the time because of its age and the way it was built. We also knew that if we kept band-aiding things, but we weren’t fixing the problems.”

At last year’s town meeting, voters approved borrowing $350,000 for the rebuild and additional fundraising efforts brought in a total of $27,873, mostly through individual donations.

With the town’s recent allocation of nearly $2.2 million in American Rescue

Plan Act (ARPA) pandemic relief funds, the ARPA committee has already recommended to the selectboard that $250,000 be designated for the new beach house.

“That’s an ideal kind of project that

beach house

ARPA money is, in my opinion, suited for,” town manager Lee Krohn said. “The project will last for decades and serve the community. It’s not a new program that requires ongoing funding beyond ARPA so it will lessen the amount of money the town needs to borrow.”

Submission deadlines for proposals is Feb. 10 and although the town had ultimately imagined construction beginning this spring, Krohn anticipates that construction will wait until after Labor Day this year when the beach closes and be ready for next summer.

“We had originally hoped for bids to come in on budget to get this done this spring before we open the beach for the summer season,” he said. “We came to realize that was probably not a realistic timeframe. You can’t always rush things through the way you might wish they could and this is a good example of that. The new beach house will be there for decades. If we lose one more summer season in the scheme of life, it’s not that big a deal.”

The architectural design of the new beach house was done by Shelburne resident and architect Jeff McBride, owner of Sidehill Designs, at no cost.

“Bless his heart,” said Krohn. “He’s been doing this work right out of the goodness of his heart to help the community get a project done.”

“He’s been absolutely instrumental in making this happen,” said Cieplicki. “He’s helped with things beyond what a normal architect designer would do.”

With his residence just miles from the beach, McBride considers himself lucky to be able to work on this project that will not only benefit the town but also his family.

“We did a number of design iterations in the spring and summer, narrowing in on what is ultimately going to get built. However, the overall idea behind the project is to make something that is much more functional than the existing beach house.”

The new beach house will feature four unisex bathrooms, two of which are fully Americans with Disabilities Act accessible, along with three outdoor showers and an updated lifeguard storage room. In addition, the building will also feature a new covered porch area or a cantilever roof to provide shade and a more community oriented feel.

“The functionality of it is vastly improved,” said McBride. “It’s a similar size footprint, but we’re moving the beach house 20 feet further away from the beach to a flatter piece of land that’s more centered onto the green and allows for access from each side.”

In addition to the practicality of the building, McBride has drastically improved the aesthetics of the building. Everything in the building is set to be clad in wood with stained-wood exteriors. “It’s this simple structure that’s really meant to kind of fit in with the Vermont landscape,” he said.

The Shelburne beach is treasured by residents, said Cieplicki.

“The beach has been an incredible resource for everyone that lives here,” said Cieplicki. “Basic necessities are needed to serve that space, but we also want to make it efficient, usable, pleasant — it doesn’t have to be ugly. I just don’t think there’s any reason not to improve it so that the people who use the beach on a regular basis in the summer can enjoy the space and make it more user friendly for everyone.”

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“It’s this simple structure that’s really meant to kind of fit in with the Vermont landscape.”

— Jeff McBride Sidehill Design

Space shortages pressure school districts in region

Capacity issues driven by new development

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

Shelburne Community School’s “B-Wing” has been comprised of six temporary classroom spaces for at least a decade now — not as temporary as was envisioned when they were first installed.

The South Burlington School District hopes to avoid that fate. The district began using temporary classrooms at the Rich Marcotte Central School and Orchard School in March, and the district will begin using education impact fees to cost out the district’s use of zero emission modular buildings, but the city will still have to develop a more permanent solution for a growing student population.

For the Champlain Valley School District, the problem of overcrowded schools may be coming to a head sooner rather than later. At Williston’s Allen Brook School, a shortage classroom space for the school’s K-2 population is forcing the district to earmark more than $400,000 for two temporary classroom spaces.

“This is really urgent,” Jeanne Jensen, the district’s former chief operations manager, said at the Dec. 13 board meeting. “It is a major problem for Allen Brook; it has to be addressed.”

With K-12 populations expect-

Take things apart

On Saturday, Feb. 4, at 10:30 a.m., learn how everyday things work through the simple act of taking them apart at “Taking Things Apart” in town hall. Learn how to use tools and dissect real machines with the help of engineers and volunteers.

News from Pierson Library

Artist talk with JC Wayne

On Sunday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m., artist JC Wayne shares the stories behind her art and Ukrainian youth art currently exhibited at the Pierson Library.

ed to increase over the next five to 10 years, officials with Champlain Valley School District are beginning to formulate a plan to refurbish their schools to ensure they meet the space demands of their member towns’ increasing populations.

It’s a district-wide and county-wide issue that, according to demographic reports, should continue to increase in intensity for both the Champlain Valley and South Burlington districts in the coming years.

Hinesburg is set to see a spike in K-12 populations in the next decade; the town already has the highest percentage of renter-occupied units among the Champlain Valley district’s member towns but has hundreds of housing units that have yet to be permitted on the horizon that were not accounted for in the district’s demographic report that was released in May.

Additionally increased student enrollment from new development in Williston will begin overwhelming capacity at the Allen Brook School, the report says.

However, potential renovations at Allen Brook come at a hefty price — to the tune of $47 million.

“We’ve known this was coming. We’ve had an architect

Enjoy taking things apart and making a mess at the library, without getting in trouble. Great for both boys and girls.

Contact the library to sign-up.

She will talk about how and why she uses art and words to build loving worlds and her ongoing art inspired “Voicing Art” poetry reading series.

Talk includes tours of the art and optional ekphrastic poetry-writing. Visit jcwayne.com/art

or call (832) 928-8837 for more information.

Learn to play the ukulele

Ukulele: noun — An instrument that sends out good vibes and transports you to a happy place.

On Thursday, Feb. 2, at 6:30 p.m. join the Pierson Library, for its first ukulele group — Me and Uke.

Bring your ukulele and some songs to share. All playing levels are welcome.

JC WAYNE

A painting by artist JC Wayne currently on exhibit at the Pierson Library. Wayne will present her work and an ongoing series, “Voicing Art,” on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. at the Pierson Library in Shelburne.

Novice Yang 24 tai chi

Yang 24 is the most widely practiced tai chi in the world. The tai chi you see people doing in public parks? That’s Yang 24.

The form is elegant and flowing with large, sweeping movements, and is suitable for all ages. The goal of this class is to provide a basic familiarity with the Yang 24 form and to introduce the principles of tai chi.

Previous experience is helpful but not necessary.

For further information contact the instructor, Lee Sheridan-Orr, at waliboonic@hotmail. com or text/call 802-238-4067. Masks are not required for this class but are encouraged. Registration is required.

Bring indoor shoes.

Class dates, in the town center gym, are Mondays, Feb. 6 to May 8, 11 a.m.-noon. February 6 –May 8.

Free, but donations to parks and recreation would be accepted through the instructor.

Parks & Rec News

Crossfit for kids

Kids can join right after school to improve general conditioning, including a focus on core, strength, agility, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. Based on the principle of movement mechanics, consistency, form and then intensity, Crossfit for kids pushes for quality movement throughout childhood.

Consistent mechanics translates to higher sports performance and fewer sports injuries for kids. Research also indicates that exercise 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-competitive environment.

Session dates are Thursdays, Feb. 2 to 23, 3:15-4:15 p.m., for grades five to eight.

Cost is $70 per session ($80

for non-residents). With instructor Nick Mead and Shelburne Field House staff.

Valentine dance

Me & My Special Person Valentine Dance tickets are on sale. This popular annual event is for kids kindergarten through fifth grade and their special adult person (dad, mom, grandpa, grandma, etc.).

Everyone will have fun with the photo booth, disco lights and great music by Top Hat entertainment. Treats, snacks and drinks will be served, and each child will get a memento to take home.

The dance is Friday, Feb. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Through Feb. 9, the cost is $25 per couple, $5 per additional person (additional sibling or adult).

Tickets can be purchased at the recreation office during business hours. Get them early so as not to miss out on this special night at the Shelburne Town gym.

The cost is $30 for tickets sold day of event and at the door.

Shelburne Police Blotter

Total reported incidents: 46

Traffic stops: 22 Warnings: 20 Tickets: 9 Medical emergencies: 22 Suspicious incidents: 5 Agency assists: 4 Automobile incidents: 2 Car crash: 3 Theft: 2 Fraud: 1 Alarms: 3 Pending investigations: 3

Jan. 16 at 1:51 p.m., a caller reported a theft of items from their Wake Robin Drive residence. The case is pending further information.

Jan. 16 at 4:49 p.m., a second caller from Wake Robin Drive told police items had been taken from them. The case is pending further information.

Jan. 16 at 7:33 p.m., someone called the cops because a tractor trailer parked behind VIP Tires had an open door. The officer determined the trailer was filled with old tires and there was nothing suspicious.

Jan. 17 at 9:55 a.m., a man on Shelburne Road reported finding bags and a cart near his property and told police he thought someone was camping under his boat. The items appeared to be from a homeless person, police said, and the property owner was told he could dispose of them.

Jan. 17 at 3:40 p.m., police took a

call of a fraud complaint from the Terraces, and the case is pending further investigation.

Jan. 17 at 4:22 p.m., Shelburne Police assisted a motorist with her disabled vehicle on Shelburne Road and Pine Haven Shores.

Jan. 18 at 11:32 p.m., Shelburne Rescue assisted Hinesburg at a car crash on Lewis Creek Road and Silver Street. Shelburne EMS transported the patient to the hospital.

Jan. 20 at 8:46 a.m., a caller reported someone creating a disturbance on a Green Mountain Transit bus. Police removed the person and transported them to the Countryside Motel.

Jan. 20 at 5:23 p.m., a one-car collision was reported with injuries on Cheesefactory Road. The patient refused transport to the hospital.

Jan. 20 at 7:71 p.m., another one-car crash was reported on Irish Hill Road. Police reported some injuries, but the patient refused transport to the hospital.

Jan. 22 at 12:40 p.m., police responded to Champlain Valley Union High School after a Shelburne resident posted a threatening Snapchat post. Police talked with a juvenile and their parents and it was determined not to be a credible threat.

Jan. 22 at 8:39 p.m., a two-car crash was reported on Shelburne Road and Longmeadow Drive with no injuries.

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OPINION

Housing, child care top list of session’s priorities

Report from Montpelier

Rep. Jessica Brumsted

Week three was busy at the Statehouse. Work began on the budget adjustment, a true-ing up of all state programs’ revenues and expenditures half-way through the existing fiscal year. An update of the open meeting law passed both the House and Senate and was sent to the governor for his signature. The much-anticipated child care financial study was released, and Gov. Phil Scott presented his budget during a joint session of the General Assembly, all amid the mix of debate in legislative committees throughout the building.

Scott opened his speech before the joint assembly with an emphasis on the opportunity to capitalize on remaining federal funds to fuel economic development. He described this year’s budget as his most significant and complex budget yet, detailing myriad opportunities for investments in several key areas, including regional support, housing, higher education, child care and workforce training.

On housing, the governor acknowledged the need for investments to expand beyond housing insecurity to help Vermonters achieve permanent housing, including options for middle-income workers. He also proposed significant investments in the development of rental housing and for municipal planning measures. Workforce training and investments in higher education also topped the list of the governor’s budget priorities, with millions allotted to vocational programming and the Vermont State Colleges System to grow Vermont’s workforce.

As a member of the House Committee on Human Services for the past four years, I was honored to be named vice chairwoman working alongside chair Theresa Wood from Waterbury. In addition to diving deep into the Budget Adjustment

Act, our committee heard from various community organizations, made an on-site visit to a community provider of substance abuse recovery services, and spent time understanding the early care and education financing study released by the Rand Institute.

The Rand report discusses the various models to provide high-quality early childhood education to Vermont’s families, their associated costs, and revenue options. The estimated costs range from $179 to $279 million to provide affordable access to quality child care while paying early educators a fair wage comparable to a primary schoolteacher in the public school system.

This study indicates that Vermont can expect up to 3,000 new people entering the labor market, anticipates $59 to $218 million more in gross state product, and $1.5 to $18 million in additional state and local tax revenue. It is important to note that the study does not account for the benefits to children, families and society from these investments.

This is a study that looks at what it would cost for Vermont to fully support a high quality child care system that supports early educators, young children and families. It also imagines several paths to funding Vermont’s child care system. This important study will assist the House Committee on Human Services in its work to propose legislation that provides a pathway forward for quality accessible child care that is affordable for Vermont’s families.

This year, I will be available along with Rep. Kate Lalley and senators Tom Chittenden, Ginny Lyons and Kesha Ram Hinsdale on the fourth Monday of every month from 4-5:30 p.m. in the community room of Shelburne’s Pierson Library to listen to your concerns, answer questions and strategize together on important legislative work.

As well, you can always find more information at legislature.vermont.gov and you can always reach out to me at jbrumsted@

D’Amico misses mark on harm, danger of using traps on animals

Guest Perspective

David Kelley

In his Jan. 19, 2023, column in the News and Citizen Jerry D’Amico claims leghold traps do “not torture or unduly harm the animal.” (“Trapping commentaries seldom right, most always distort truth.”)

He even claims, “I have walked up to captured animals that were sleeping, not struggling against the device.” He claims,

“animals are released unharmed, with only a numb foot.” Yes. That is right. As amazing as it sounds, D’Amico actually walks up to animals captured in leghold traps — and these animals are just sleeping!

In their social media guides to trappers the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies tells trappers to be careful about what they put on social media. They advise, “Your excitement and enthusiasm for trapping is the best promotion! Sharing

leg.state.vt.us.

Thank you for your trust in me. It is an honor to serve as your state representative.

Rep. Jessica Brumsted, a Democrat, represents voters in St. George and Shel-

burne in the Chittenden 5-2 district. Rep. Jessica Brumsted, a Democrat, represents voters in St. George and Shelburne in the Chittenden 5-2 district. Material for this column was provided through the Vermont House Democratic Caucus.

Letters to the Editor

Bobcat photo was amazing

To the Editor:

What an amazing photo of two bobcats on the front page of the Jan. 19, 2023, issue of the Shelburne News.

It’s so unusual as bobcats are reclusive forest dwellers generally shunning open spaces and hunting mostly at dawn and

dusk while resting during the day.

Two of them in the open in full daylight. How I wish I had been there to watch them!

Thank you to Mike Ireland for the shot. Made my day.

de Marne Shelburne

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OUTDOORS

The barn across the road from the house

We were walking down a wooded trail in Little River State Park in Waterbury to see some old stonework that a friend had found near her backcountry campsite. Through the brush ahead, a six-foot-tall stone wall appeared, and as we got nearer, we could see that it was a large, three-sided shape.

It had all the features of a 19th-century bank barn foundation. When my friend asked why it was in the woods by itself, I said it probably wasn’t and we should look for the remains of the old farmhouse that had once gone with it. I suggested we look first on the other side of the trail, which looked like the old road. As we crossed the road and pushed through the brush there, the stonelined cellar hole opened in front of our feet, as I had predicted.

The pattern of building the farmhouse and the barn next to the road but across from each other was very common in western Vermont in the 19th century, and many examples remain today.

Connect the Dots Jane Dorney

PHOTO BY JANE DORNEY

A 19th-century barn across the road from the farmhouse on a back road in Hinesburg. See BARN on page 7

In eastern Vermont, some farms followed this pattern and other farms connected all their farm buildings together — as in the children’s ditty “big house, little house, back house, barn.”

Each pattern had advantages and disadvantages and farm families had to weigh their choices before they decided how to build.

With connected farm buildings, the farm family could walk from their house through the attached shed, or “back house,” to the barn without ever going outside, no matter the weather. The biggest benefit came in the winter when the frequent livestock feedings, milkings and other farm chores could be done with much less exposure to the cold and wind.

Until well into the 20th century, the farm chores were done by lantern light. The lanterns had open flames from the candle, oil or kerosene they used, making them a fire hazard in the barns full of dry hay, straw and other flammables. Farmers were careful about where they placed the lanterns, but there was always a risk of one being knocked over and starting a fire. If the barn caught on fire, it could easily spread to the other attached buildings, including the house.

In western Vermont, most of the farm families decided they’d

rather go out to the barn in all weather to lower the risk of fire spreading between buildings. They usually positioned their barns directly across the road from the house. This meant they were close by and easy to find in the dark and the dirt roadway acted as a fire break to prevent flames from spreading from building to building.

The roadbed was also easily traversed when going from the house to the barn, even in winter. In the earliest years, roadway snow was packed down using a variety of homegrown methods and devices. In the later 19th-century, towns used specially designed snow rollers on the roads to make a good surface for the main mode of winter transportation: horsedrawn sleighs. Farmers crossing the road from their house to the barn in winter would walk relatively easily on the packed snow surface.

This pattern of placing the house and barn across the road from each other was usually possible because many early Vermont farms owned land on both sides of the road. The earliest farmhouses were built before the roads were laid out and the buildings were usually placed near the middle of their original lot, giving them

easier access to their whole parcel. When the first rural roads were put in, they usually connected farm site to farm site in a neighborhood, thus running through the middle of the farm lots.

Farm families, then, were able to put their farm buildings on both sides of the road and all of them would be on their property. This is very different from the placement pattern in the Midwest, where the rural roads were built on the lot

lines between farms and the farm buildings needed to be on the same side of the road.

Where the roads became heavily traveled thoroughfares, farmers moved away from this pattern of building their barns across the road from the house so they could avoid crossing a busy road to do barn chores.

I always watch for this pattern when I’m driving on the back roads. However, with most of the

old barns no longer housing farm animals, it’s not an everyday sight to see someone crossing between the house and the barn as it would have in years past, especially not with a lantern in hand.

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.

PHOTO BY JANE DORNEY 19th-century bank barn foundation in Little River State Park.

COMMUNITY

Community Notes

Shelburne Age Well hosts Grab and Go meal

Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish in Shelburne are teaming up to provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 and older on Tuesday, Feb. 14.

The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church St. from 11 a.m. until noon and are available for anyone 60 or older.

The menu includes Swedish meatballs with sauce, rotini noodles, brussels sprouts, French green beans, wheat dinner roll with butter, pineapple tidbits and 1-percent milk

To order a meal contact Sheryl Oberding by Wednesday, Feb. 8 at soberding@yahoo.com or 802-825-8546. Deadline to order is Wednesday Feb. 8. If this is a first-time order, please provide your name, address, phone number and date of birth.

If you haven’t yet filled out a 2022 congregate meal registration form, bring a completed registration form with you or send one to: Age Well; 875 Roosevelt Highway, Ste. 210, Colchester VT 05446. Forms may also be downloaded at bit.ly/3Xtebih

More information on this program can be found on agewellvt.org.

SCHIP hands out almost 30K to local nonprofits

The Shelburne, Charlotte, Hinesburg Interfaith Project (SCHIP) has awarded $27,500 to 11 non-profits in that met the criteria of serving the people of our communities in a variety of ways.

The recipients for the fall cycle included Age Well, Champlain Housing Trust, Feeding Chittenden, Hinesburg Community Resource Center, Joseph’s House, Kidpower, Prevent Child Abuse, Resource, Shelburne Rescue, St. Catherine of Sienna Church and Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

These awards are made possible because of SCHIP’s mission to raise funds through the sale of donated, gently used clothing, household items, accessories, art and collectibles at its resale shop in the yellow building on Route 7 next to the Shelburne town offices.

Since the first grants given in April 2005, more than $828,500 has been distributed.

SCHIP accepts grant applications twice a year. The deadlines are April 15 and Oct. 15 of each

year. The maximum grant size is $3,000. Application forms are available at theschip.org.

For more information on how to donate or volunteer visit the website or the group’s Facebook page or call the shop at 802-9853595.

Participating faith communities are All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne; Charlotte Congregational Church; Hinesburg United Church; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Charlotte; Shelburne United Methodist Church; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, Shelburne; St. Jude’s Catholic Church, Hinesburg; and Trinity Episcopal Church, Shelburne.

Girls on the Run seeks volunteer coaches

Girls on the Run Vermont needs volunteer coaches for its physical activity-based, youth development program that inspires students in grades three to eight to be joyful, healthy and confident.

Volunteer coaches utilize a curriculum to engage teams of girls in fun, interactive lessons. The spring season begins the week of March 27.

Teams meet twice a week for 90 minutes and the program culminates with all teams participating in one of two 5K events in Essex and Manchester.

Locations in need of coaches include Chamberlin School, Charlotte Central School, Christ the King, C.P. Smith Elementary School, Edmunds Elementary, Hinesburg Community School, Rick Marcotte Central School and Shelburne Community School.

More information is available at gotrvt.org.

BSA Troop 658 hosts spaghetti dinner fundraiser

On Saturday, Feb. 4 at The Bagel Cafe 1127 North Ave in Burlington, BSA Troop 658 will hold a spaghetti dinner fundraiser to benefit the troop’s 15-person Sea Base crew.

The Sea Base crew consists of 15 Scouts and leaders who will enjoy a week of sailing, fishing and snorkeling while studying astronomy, navigation, fish identification and coral reef ecology in August at the Sea Base High Adventure Camp in Florida.

Seating times are available at 5 p.m., 6:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. with take-out orders available between

Don’t forget the winter farmers market continues this weekend in Shelburne, Saturday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory. Farmers markets will also be held Feb. 11, Feb. 25, March 11 and March 25.

5 and 7:30 p.m.

The meal includes one beverage of choice, green salad and freshly baked garlic bread, spaghetti with Bove’s tomato sauce and home-made meatballs, Italian dressing and parmesan cheese, fresh-pressed pizzelles and vanilla ice cream. The cost is $25.

The $15 kids meal includes one beverage of choice, garlic bread, spaghetti with Bove’s sauce

and vanilla ice-cream with chocolate sauce.

Reserve before Saturday, Feb. 1, at bit.ly/3XH4AEG.

First Congregational Church hosts concert series

On Sunday, Feb. 5 at 3 p.m., the First Congregational Church of Essex Junction will host the first concert of its 2023 concert

season.

Blues guitarist Paul Asbell will share his fresh takes on blues and jazz standards, old-timey country tunes and original pieces from the American roots tradition. In his 50-year professional career, Asbell has played and recorded with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, David Bromberg, Mary McCaslin, Bobby McFerrin and

PHOTO BY LEE KROHN

Farmers market this weekend

OBITUARY

Joan E. Lauber

Joan Elizabeth Thompson Lauber, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and steadfast friend died on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022, in her home at Wake Robin in Shelburne at the age of 90.

She moved to Wake Robin in 2012 and there continued her lifelong commitment to volunteering and giving of her time to others. She served actively on the library committee, read to and delivered mail to residents in the Linden Health Center, played an important role with the Circle of Remembrance Committee, often in charge of the guest book at memorial services which was later given to the family and planned social events for residents of her floor in Butternut.

In 2019, she moved to Linden where she received compassionate and attentive care. Even in her last years her caring and giving spirit remained powerful as did her faith and love for a diverse and devoted family. Her personality shone through every day as she smiled at her neighbors and treated everyone with kindness.

Joan has always been a person of deep faith attending Prospect Presbyterian Church in Maplewood, N.J., during her youth, and then Community Congregational Church in Short Hills, N.J., from 1957 to 1999. She was church clerk from 1993 to 1998 and for many years cooked meals with her husband for more than 100 monthly attendees of the Couplers’ Club dinners. She also participated in the Bridges program, which made weekly lunches for unhoused residents in Newark, N.J.

After moving to Vermont, Joan was a member of First Church in Burlington. Her generous volunteer spirit was seen there as chair of the Altar Flower Committee, baking cookies and serving them with tea and coffee for the Memorial Reception Committee, weekly time at the Possibility Shop where she was in charge of keeping the used book section orderly, working with Small Potatoes serving community breakfasts and making bag lunches and driving for Meals on Wheels. She enjoyed working behind the scenes and quietly took care of whatever needed to be done.

Joan was born Oct. 14, 1932, to Irwin William Thompson and Helen Olwine Thompson. Joan grew up in Maplewood with her sister Ann and attended Fielding Elementary School, Maplewood Junior High School and Columbia High School, graduating in the Class of 1950. She attended Skidmore College and later graduated with a degree in psychology from Kean University of New Jersey in 1986 after her children were grown.

On Feb. 2, 1952, she married Robert H. Lauber and lived in Philadelphia where he attended dental school at the University of Pennsylvania and then Selma, Ala.,

where he served in the U.S. Air Force. The family returned to Short Hills in 1957 where Bob and Joan lived for 42 years in a home (and dental office) designed by Bob and his father and built by George Lauber’s construction crew.

Joan and Bob had four daughters, Lee, Betsy, Jill and Jody, and Joan was a stay-athome mom making lunch each school day when the girls walked home from elementary school. She volunteered in the Short Hills School library for many years and later was employed as a librarian there.

From 1987 to 1999 she was a project manager for Pro Libra, a private library consulting company that started, expanded and culled private, public and corporate library collections around the Northeast.

Throughout her life Joan enjoyed knitting and other needlework, bridge, gardening, flower arranging, reading, crossword puzzles and jigsaw puzzles. She played hundreds of hours of card games with children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Some of her favorites were pig, rummy, double solitaire, old maid and go fish. The Lauber family traveled around the country and to many of the western national parks with a pop-up tent camper and enjoyed vacations in Ocean City, N.J., to spend time at the beach and on the boardwalk.

As empty nesters Bob and Joan went on 23 Elderhostel (now Road Scholar) trips including to Italy, Ireland, the Grand Canyon, Maui Hawaii and the Florida and Georgia coasts. Joan was an avid lifelong learner.

Joan lived her faith in action and shared her values with other family members. At her death several grandchildren commented, “Grandma taught us to work hard by pulling every weed in the yard, how to be frugal by packing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, how to be thirsty for knowledge by reading and discussing life topics. Grandma is a part of us as we are of her.”

Joan was predeceased by her parents; her beloved in-laws, George and Beulah Lauber; her husband, Robert Lauber; daughter, Betsy Lauber Gannon Kilcommons; and son-in-law, Tom Moore.

She is survived by her daughters, Lee Lauber of Montpelier, Jill Lauber Paul and her husband, Bob of Starksboro and Jody Lauber Gaynor and her husband, Phil of Concord, N.H.; her sister, Ann Thompson of Asheville, N.C.; her son-in-law, Shawn Kilcommons of Bennington; 12 grandchildren, Anne Moore Odell, Eli Moore, Joshua Gannon, Corinne Nicoara, Justin Gannon, Oona Kilcommons, Jesse Paul, Hannah Mason, Charlotte Judge, Emily Gaynor, Ethan Gaynor and Olivia Gaynor; 15 great-grandchildren, ranging in age from 2 to 24, Theodore, Abraham, Ada, Quinn, Fiona, Ronan, Greta, Noah, Jack, Liam, Kelsey, Landon, Finley, Rowan and Carter; four nieces and a nephew; and three surviving cousins and their families.

A circle of remembrance celebrating Joan’s life will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at 2 p.m. in the Wake Robin meeting room, 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne. All are welcome to attend. Indoor masking is required.

If desired, gifts in Joan’s memory may

be made to the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS), PO Box 1616, Burlington VT 05402, or the Wake Robin Employee Appreciation Fund, 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne VT 05482.

Arrangements are in care of Corbin and Palmer Funeral Chapel, Shelburne.

Joan E. Lauber

CVU boys’ basketball keeps winning streak going

LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT

Boys’ hockey

Champlain Valley 2, South Burlington 2: The South Burlington and Champlain Valley boys’ hockey teams battled to a 2-2 tie on Saturday.

CVU also grabbed a win on Wednesday, beating BFA-St. Albans 2-1.

Travis Stroh and Trevin Keefe each had a goal for the Redhawks, while Jason Douglas stopped 26 shots in goal.

Keefe had the game winner in the third period, breaking a 1-1 tie with a score at 3:21 of the frame.

With the win, CVU moves to 5-5-2.

Boys’ basketball

Champlain Valley 52, Burlington 42: A 14-5 run in the second quarter was just enough to separate the Champlain Valley boys’ basketball team in a win over Burlington

on Friday, Jan. 18.

Alex Provost led all scorers with 22 points for the Redhawks, while Kyle Eaton added seven points.

With the win, CVU moves to 10-1.

Girls’ hockey

Champlain Valley-Mount Mansfield 5, South Burlington 1: Five different goal scorers found the back of the net as Champlain Valley-Mount Mansfield beat South Burlington in girls’ hockey on Saturday, Jan. 21.

Hannah Schmid, Miles Brien, Tess Everett, Megan Rexford and Riley Erdman each had a goal for the CougarHawks, who move to 10-2-1 with the win.

Sophie Brien, Samara Tucker and Karina Bushweller each added an assist, while Ella Gilbert stopped 14 shots in goal.

The win helped the CougarHawks rebound for a 4-0 loss to BFA-St. Albans on Wednesday, Jan. 18, with Gilbert making 31 saves in a losing effort.

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Champlain Valley’s Kyle Marvin placed 10th in a dual slalom at Cochran’s Ski Area in Richmond on Jan. 16. His combined time was 1:25.23.

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working on this for two years; he came up with a number that was jaw dropping,” Jensen said. “I thought the number was going to be in the single digits.”

For now, the modular classroom spaces at the Williston school are “intended to be a bridge between a future project and the space issues they have now,” said Gary Marckres, Champlain Valley School District’s newest chief operations officer.

With the 2024 budget approved, Marckres says he is starting a more comprehensive look at the district’s schools “and to build a capital plan that makes sense to address needs at multiple schools (or) to at least address the highest priority ones,” including schools in Williston, Hinesburg and Shelburne.

“A more comprehensive package will save taxpayers money in the long run,” he said.

South Burlington, meanwhile, has been facing overcrowding issues at both the Rick Marcotte Central and Orchard schools — both linked to population growth in the city — for some time now. Both schools exceed the state recommended 85 percent capacity by more than 100 students.

“This pressure has absolutely impacted the way that we’re able to deliver education to students in those schools,” South Burlington Superintendent Violet Nichols said.

All five of the district’s schools will begin to see climbing enrollment, according to a demographic report released in 2021.

South Burlington is expected to remain one of the fastest growing communities in Vermont, according to a report and data

from the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2020 Census data indicates the state population grew 2.8 percent between 2010 and 2020, while South Burlington grew 13.34 percent, from 17,904 to 20,292 residents, between the same time frames.

The expectation is that South Burlington is expected to add over 1,000 housing units (up to 1,400 if long-term trends continue) over the next 10 years.

To address the issue, the district plans on spending more than $6 million on temporary classrooms there — an immediate, albeit temporary, solution to a longer-term problem — as part of a $14.5 million bond for voters to consider on Town Meeting Day.

To recoup those funds, the city will use education impact fees — or fees levied on new housing development in the city — to pay for capital expenditures. The city council approved that use during its meeting on Monday night.

Meanwhile, more longer-term options to address classroom space remain undecided. South Burlington residents rejected a bond vote that would have raised taxes to renovate the middle and high schools in the city in March 2020.

Marckres gave no timeline for when the Champlain district’s capital plan would be completed but said a “district wide conversation will certainly be needed, probably to include reestablishing and reenergizing a committee to really look at each building strategically and see ... what kind of relationships we can build and have a comprehensive plan that addresses our needs and is most fiscally responsible.”

Man balks again on plea deal for five stolen Teslas

MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT

A former South Burlington man, who is charged with illegal possession of five stolen Teslas, has balked a second time during a federal court hearing calling for him to withdraw his not guilty plea.

Michael A. Gonzalez, 33, fraudulently obtained the five Teslas valued at about $607,000 from car dealerships in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Florida and had them brought across state lines to Vermont in 2018 and 2019, a federal indictment claims.

One Tesla was destroyed during a suspicious fire in Shelburne Bay on Lake Champlain in February 2019, the U.S. Secret Service has said. Gonzalez signed a 15-page plea agreement in September 2022 and a change of plea hearing was scheduled the following month. However, as the defendant arrived at court, he indicated he wanted to keep his not guilty plea on the record.

A second change of plea hearing was set for last Friday, but that time he said he now

wants a jury trial.

Chief federal judge Geoffrey W. Crawford agreed to accommodate the request and said the trial needs to be held by late March under the speedy trial act and the lawyers need to talk about a potential date.

Crawford ordered Gonzalez to serve six more months in prison on an unrelated case and said he would be on federally supervised release for two more years. The additional prison time comes from Gonzalez admitting on Friday that he had tested positive for cocaine at least four times and that he failed to tell his federal probation officer about five interactions he had with law enforcement.

Gonzalez began three years of federally supervised release in May 2021 as part of his conviction for trying to buy a firearm in 2019 while he had a pending felony charge for aggravated domestic assault, records show.

Gonzalez, who was living in Hinesburg at the time, failed to disclose to a Williston gun dealer he had a pending felony charge of aggravated domestic assault involving the mother of his child, police said.

why you enjoy trapping is a great way to spread the message that trapping is a fun outdoor activity.”

The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife has also advised trappers not to post their cellphone videos on social media. But trappers like D’Amico just can’t help themselves from broadcasting all the “harmless” fun they are having with leghold and body gripping traps.

On the Facebook posts of trappers themselves the truth of this so-called “fun” is as hard to escape as a Conibear trap. Warning: The truth is also heart wrenching.

I lived in Ennis, Mont., for six or seven years. We didn’t live too far from the Bar Seven Ranch. When beavers dammed the irrigation ditches at the ranch they called my neighbor, Curt Carson, and he killed them with Conibear traps. I helped him sometimes. I learned about trapping up close and personal. I don’t need to see it on Facebook. There was a kind of insanity to it all.

For centuries the beavers had dammed the streams and kept enough water distributed to sustain vast herds of buffalo. We killed all the beavers and so

the ranchers had to dig irrigation ditches from the rivers and streams to feed vast pivots to water and feed their cattle — in some cases pumping the streams dry. The beavers could have served that purpose with a lot less cost and without drying up the streams.

Carson and I came to disagree about our relationship with animals and wildlife. He always insisted dogs couldn’t go to heaven. I told him, in that case, I wasn’t going either. He said animals were put here to serve and support humans. But I always liked him, and I understood he had grown up in a pioneer family, and trapping had been about survival. Carson and his wonderful wife, Betty, are dead now. And many of Carson’s truths are no longer true.

D’Amico’s survival does not depend on trapping. And we have, as a species, slowly come to realize that wildlife, and even domestic animals were not put here simply to serve and support the human race. Today it is almost axiomatic that human and wildlife well-being are inextricably linked. It is long past time to develop a new ethic that recognizes that truth.

To inflict suffering on any creature for

fun and recreation was never justified. But today, following a pandemic that has killed millions, with its source in an ill-considered human-wildlife relationship, and in the midst of what many call “the sixth mass extinction” all the evidence says we must think anew.

Some have already begun that process. Ten states have trapping bans, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Washington and New

Mexico, and at least 108 countries, including all member countries of the European Union have done the same. The American Animal Hospital Association, the World Veterinary Association and the National Animal Control Association have declared that leghold traps are inhumane. Vermont should do the same.

David Kelley, a lawyer, is on the board of the Vermont Wildlife Coalition. He lives in Greensboro.

Michael A. Gonzalez

I learned about trapping up close and personal. I don’t need to see it on Facebook. There was a kind of insanity to it all.

HOUSING

ically, hypothetically, potentially allow more of anything to happen anywhere,” said Krohn. “Especially when you’re looking in a village core or along a main corridor where you’ve got all the infrastructure in place needed to serve residential development, doesn’t it make sense to at least reexamine the current systems and make sure they actually are accomplishing goals right?”

This bylaw modernization grant will “support local zoning bylaw updates to enhance the production of affordable homes in development-ready places, confront the state’s housing crisis and help communities become more equitable, energy-smart and economically strong and affordable,” says the state’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development website.

According to a housing affordability assessment done in 2020 by Vermont Housing Data, Shelburne is the wealthiest municipality in Chittenden County with an estimated median household income of $95,295, compared to the countywide median household income of $69,896.

For owner households in Shelburne, the median income is $120,341, compared to the countywide owner median of $94,318 and the statewide median of $72,439.

The median income for renter households was estimated at $69,297, compared to renter households median in Chittenden County of $41,256 and a statewide

median of $35,759.

The Vermont Housing Data website also indicates that Shelburne has only three designated affordable housing properties: Harrington Village with 42 units, Shelburne interfaith housing with 20 units and Wright House — which is restricted to elderly or disabled tenants — with 36 units.

None of these housing properties have current vacancies, according to the town’s website.

The town is set to get nearly 100 more units of affordable rental and homeowner units after the development review board approved plans from the Champlain Housing Trust to renovate the Harbor Place motel — located at 3156 Shelburne Road — into a residential village in May.

Another affordable housing development proposed by the Champlain Housing Trust in 2020 would have brought nearly 33 units of affordable housing to the former Champlain Lanes bowling alley site. However, that proposal was rejected by the selectboard after several public hearings and vehement opposition from residents.

Affordable housing projects aren’t the only developments to encounter opposition. This entire bylaw overhaul was ultimately sparked after a 15-month long battle regarding a 100-unit development proposal in the mixed residential character district in the town’s form based overlay designation. Residents cited issues with

the form-based code, potential traffic problems caused by the development and aesthetics that made the development unpalatable with some neighboring residents.

Responding to the resident-led backlash, developers Stephen Brandon and Shelley Crombach have since scaled back from the original 110-unit proposal to the current 78-unit proposal, which includes 22 units of senior housing.

Although approved by the development review board just two months ago, residents announced they are working with an attorney to file an appeal to the state’s environmental court to block the development.

“So people complain about other new housing developments that have occurred in recent times. The reality is they’ve all happened exactly where Shelburne has planned for them,” said

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increase includes the hiring of two new special educators at Champlain Valley Union High School.

“Really, since the beginning of the pandemic, we had been seeing an increase in the requirements and the need of students across the district for support, but we were understaffed at CVU,” Marckes said. “So, there are two special educators that are going to be added.”

Health care costs for the general staff were also a significant driver of the budget’s new expenditures. There was a 12.7 percent increase in health costs from the current year, Marckes said.

“Frankly, we’ve had some workforce challenges, and to increase hiring potential and competitive wages, we increased support staff (wages) by $2 per hour during fiscal year 2023, so that is driving some of the some of the increase as well,” he said.

Krohn. “Are they beautiful? Are they right? Are they good? I’m not going to get into that debate. But nothing has happened in places we didn’t expect it to be. It’s just change and people don’t like change. But every single one of them has happened in a place that has long been designated for residential growth.”

The grant requires a final report demonstrating compliance with the more than a dozen requirements: increase housing choice, affordability and opportunity in smart growth areas; increase allowed housing types and uses that could include duplexes; increase allowed lot, building or dwelling unit density that allows for compact, walkable neighborhoods.

Krohn said like all other towns in the state, Shelburne is working to balance, encourage and create more opportunity for a wider array of housing options while also

protecting natural resources and landscapes and making the town more pedestrian-friendly.

“I really feel a need to stress — because I know people are so fearful about changing rules even as they demand their own changes — but none of this is about the proverbial ‘paving paradise,’” said Krohn. “This is about reconstructing the zoning rules in ways that are clearer, simpler, easier to understand and more transparent and predictable.”

The final request for proposals for the bylaw overhaul has a deadline of Feb. 17. Should everything go as planned, the selection of the consultant will happen by March 17.

“It’s not about just loosening the reins and letting everyone do whatever they want, wherever they want,” he added. “There’s nobody who’s ever suggested that that’s what we’re trying to achieve.”

The district recently reached an agreement with the Champlain Valley Education Association for pay increases for district educators for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

District leaders, meanwhile, are also bracing for the potential impacts of Act 127, the legislative bill that adjusts the education funding formula.

The new formula tries to ensure that rural or low-income school districts with fewer resources are not forced to pass big tax hikes onto their residents by weighing students in these districts differently. As a result, Champlain Valley School District is facing a drop in pupil weights, which could eventually result in a budget hole that would need to be raised through a 16 percent homestead tax rate increase, or by dramatically cutting spending in the district.

The district this year did not increase programming in this

budget and has virtually the same programming expenditures as last year, Marckres said.

The legislation allows for a 5 percent cap in tax rate increases from fiscal years 2025 through 2029, which Marckres said gives the district some time to “right size and limit as much as possible the potential future impacts.”

“We are cognizant of the potential impacts of Act 127 and the change in the pupil weights,” he said. (But) there’s a lot more than just weighting in Act 127 and one of the critical pieces is that the agency of education and department of taxes, they’re directed by Act 127 to conduct a study on our current property tax formula and to compare that with an income-based system.

“Banking that it will be exactly the same system in five years — I don’t know if that’s a certainty or not,” he said.

“This is about reconstructing the zoning rules in ways that are clearer, simpler, easier to understand and more transparent and predictable.”

— Lee Krohn

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many others. He has taught guitar for more than 50 years.

Concert proceeds support Essex CHIPS and First Congregational Church of Essex Junction. There is a $20 suggested donation; those under 18 attend for free. Tickets are available at 802-878-5745 or bit. ly/3XxeQzO.

Enjoy Age Well meals at Charlotte Senior Center

The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, Jan. 26, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features barbecue pork rib, fried potatoes, carrots, southern biscuit with butter, fruit crisp with cream and milk.

You must have pre-registered by the prior Monday with Kerrie Pughe, 802-4256345 or kpughe@charlotteseniorcentervt. org

The suggested donation is $5. Check the website for last-minute cancellations at charlotteseniorcentervt.org.

League of Women hosts talk on non-citizen voting

On Saturday, Feb. 18 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, Marguerite Adelman or League of Women Voters of Vermont will present a free educational program on non-citizen voting, historical facts about non-citizen voting and what is happening in other states and nationally with non-citizen voting.

Both Winooski and Montpelier allow

non-citizen voting.

Burlington will consider a question to approve non-citizen voting at Town Meeting Day on Tuesday, March 7.

Co-sponsors include Immigration Justice Team of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, Chittenden Asylum Seekers Assistance Network, Fletcher Free Library and Town Meeting TV.

Stream at bit.ly/3H4gEZI.

Contact league@lwvofvt.org for more information or call 802-225-6032.

Governor’s Institutes open for applications

The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont has just opened applications for the 2023 offerings of its residential summer programs.

Students in grades nine through 11 can apply.

Governor’s Institutes take place on Vermont college campuses and give their attendees the opportunity to dive into a topic for up to two weeks of intensive study.

Each institute is focused on a career-oriented topic including arts, engineering, entrepreneurship, environmental science and technology, global issues and youth action, health and medicine, mathematical sciences and technology and design.

Last summer’s session welcomed 487 students from 72 high schools. To learn more or to apply, visit giv.org or email hello@giv.org with any questions. The deadline is March 31.

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ARIES

March 21 - April 20

Aries, make a concerted effort to focus your attention on something that interests you. This may require that you nd something new to stoke your passion.

TAURUS

April 21 - May 21

It’s a week for love and you have all of the resources available to take advantage and explore your feelings, Taurus. Work things out in your head before taking action.

GEMINI

May 22 - June 21

Gemini, currently you are playing a much smaller role at work than you would like. It is not that you aren’t capable, but it’s a matter of paying your dues before taking the next step.

CANCER

June 22 - July 22

Cancer, don’t box yourself in with a strict to-do list and schedule. You need a little more wiggle room to explore your creativity and what makes you happy.

LEO

July 23 - Aug. 23

Your open and outgoing nature may lead many people to think they know all about you, Leo. Instead, you can be quite a mysterious person. Show others only what you want.

VIRGO

Aug. 24 - Sept. 22

Believing someone is awless can set you up for disappointment when you realize no one can live up to that standard, Virgo. Be realistic when assessing partners or other people.

LIBRA

Sept. 23 - Oct. 23

Being available to other people is admirable, Libra. Make sure this is not at the expense of your own well-being. You may need to dial back and prioritize your own needs.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

Living in your comfort zone may lead to missed opportunities, Scorpio. You may need to let your risktaking side show this week. Enjoy the ride.

SUDOKU

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SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21

You might start to notice you are losing some traction in your love life, Sagittarius. Figure out a way to talk and spend more time together in the days ahead.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20

You may believe you can think your way out of a situation this week, Capricorn. But sometimes logic just doesn’t cut it. You may have to use your heart to get to the root.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 21 - Feb. 18

Take a second look at your talents and your abilities, Aquarius. You may have been selling yourself short for some time. But you can accomplish anything with some effort.

PISCES

Feb. 19 - March 20

Don’t make assumptions about how others see you, Pisces. You have a lot to offer. It’s time to recognize all your strengths.

CROSSWORD

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Large red deer

Pokes holes in

“Star Wars” hero Solo

One in a hospital

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