Shelburne News - 3-23-23

Fitting tribute

Statehouse, local rep honor Marshall and Kate Webb

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Shelburne picks bylaw overhaul consultant

Process expected to take nearly two years

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A consultant has been hired to assist Shelburne’s planning commission and planning and zoning staff with a massive bylaw overhaul that has been in the works since December.

The Windor-based consulting firm PlaceSense, has been a professional land-use planning service since 2005 and has experience, “with a variety of projects, from small to large-scale, residential to commercial development and rural to urban design,” according to the firm’s website.

“We work with municipal, nonprofit and private sector clients to create places for people – communities with quality housing, strong economies, attractive public spaces, safe streets and healthy ecosystems,” the site reads.

Aaron DeNamur, the town’s planning coordinator and assistant zoning administrator, said while the town only received this one bid, the subcommittee responsible for the hiring was thoroughly impressed and confi-

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dent with PlaceSense’s experience.

The decision for this work comes after a contentious, nearly year-long zoning battle in a designation of the town’s zoning known as the mixed-residential character district. Hiring a consultant was the next step

for many residents who have been actively involved in zoning decisions this year, including a residential group known as the Shelburne Alliance for the Environment, or S.A.F.E, who urged the planning commission to “stay the course with their original idea of using an experienced and inde-

pendent consultant to help them chart the path forward for their very important project.”

“There are not a lot of consultants in the state who do this kind of work to begin with and there’s a lot of other municipalities trying to do similar (work),” DeNamur said. “The few consultants that

do this are very, very busy.”

“I was impressed by their very quick understanding of the issues that we were identifying,” commission member Marla Keene said at the March 8 plan-

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The Champlain Valley Union High School Redhawks with their championship trophy. The girls defeated St. Johnsbury 43-29 in the Division I title game on March 3 at the University of Vermont’s Patrick gym. See story on page 11.

Committee bill would protect vulnerable adults

From the House Rep. Jessica Brumsted

We’re approaching the unofficial halfway point of the session, which means we have a lot going on right now in all legislative committees and on the floor of both the House and Senate as we begin the second half of the session.

As the vice chair of the House Committee on Human Services, I can attest to the fact that we have been super busy in the past couple of weeks. We have been hammering out the details of important legislation on subjects such as an interstate compact on placement of children, nutrition programs for older Vermonters, updating statue for adult protective services and disability rights, housing supports and reducing overdoses.

More specifically, the committee passed H.171, a bill that aims to protect vulnerable adults. The law investigating alleged abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable adults has not been updated in nearly 50 years. The Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living has been working with an advisory committee for several years to propose comprehensive changes to this law.

This legislation modernizes our current 50-year-old law to strengthen protections for vulnera-

ble adults, focus on victims’ rights and provide a path for restitution for families and victims. The bill also improves the range and scope of behavior covered as financial exploitation.

The legislation creates two tracks for alleged abuse, neglect or exploitation reports, one for an assessment and one for a full investigation, leading to greater flexibility in redressing harm through protective measures and restorative justice.

Our committee also worked to pass important legislation to reduce opioid overdoses in Vermont. Over the past several years, Vermont has experienced record-breaking rates of fatal overdoses due to disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased prevalence of fentanyl. H.222 is an omnibus overdose response bill with bipartisan support that seeks to reverse the trend of fatal overdoses, and it is only one step in our ongoing work to strengthen access to life-saving services in Vermont’s communities.

Vermont has a considerable need for recovery housing. H.222 will allow a recovery house with eight or fewer beds to be permitted as a single-family home, which will remove current zoning barriers and increase the number

Brumsted honors Webb in Statehouse reading

The Vermont House of Representatives read a resolution March 21 in honor of Marshall Webb of Shelburne, the co-founder of the nonprofit education organization that now owns and operates Shelburne Farms. He died Aug. 11. After the reading of the resolution, Shelburne Rep. Jessica Brumsted offered these words about Webb and his wife, recently retired Shelburne representative Kate Webb. (Read the House resolution here: bit.ly/3JR9GKf)

Thank you, Madame Speaker. You all heard the reading of the resolution we just passed in honor of Marshall Webb — so elegantly composed about a person who led such a beautiful, profound, and nurturing life. But as we all know, it is almost impossible to capture the depth, breadth, and influence of anyone’s life in a resolution or even in a short speech. The sheer force and passion of Marshall’s life, lived daily with love and care and vision, showered our community, our state — even the world — with the beliefs that each of us could make our world a better place, that each of us could make our planet a more sustainable place, that each of us could live more meaningful lives – and Marshall gave us those beliefs by living a life of example and a life of teaching, always conveyed with patience and love.

The accolades from around the world bestowed on Marshall since his untimely passing in August of last year are so very well-deserved — and really, so amazing — and I want to add a couple of my own to this special person who has meant so very much to our town of Shelburne, to the people who live there, and to so many other Vermonters who access Shelburne Farms.

The creation and formation of

Shelburne Farms by Marshall and his siblings is not simply a bit of preserved land. It is a sanctuary of peace, relaxation, renewal, daydreaming, sometimes challenge, and always conviviality — with those you are with, with those you meet along the way, and with nature. It a place of safety and harmony. It is an island of reprieve in our hectic, chaotic world.

As a Shelburne resident, I am forever grateful to Marshall for this great legacy. I am also grateful to Kate, our former beloved colleague, who not only stood at Marshall’s side as he lived out the magic of who he was — Kate was his partner, his champion, his collaborator, his sounding board, and his companion in each of his endeavors through the years of their lives together. Their love for each other was surpassed only by the love they shared with all the members of their family.

I am honored to have Marshall’s wife, Kate, and many members of their family as my guests with us here today to honor Marshall.

Madame Speaker, on behalf of the other member from Shelburne and myself, I present to you and through you, Kate Webb and her family. Please join me in welcoming them to our House of Representatives.

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Retired Rep. Kate Webb, center, with Shelburne Farms president Alec Webb and their families at a Statehouse ceremony honoring the late Marshall Webb. Rep. Jessica Brumsted, far right, honored Kate Webb after the ceremony. See her remarks below.

In last week’s story on inductees into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame, we incorrectly identified John Koerner as the gymnast depicted in the photographs. In fact, the photos were of legendary Vermont gymnast Thomas Dunkley.

Students earn top spots

A group of 22 students representing six Vermont high schools participated in the 14th annual Vermont Brain Bee at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine on Feb. 11.

Competitors in the event are tested on their knowledge about the brain, nervous system and how people function.

Skylar Foster, a student at Burlington Technical Center who is also a senior at Mount Mansfield Union High School, captured first place. She will go on to compete in the national Brain Bee Championship at the University of California Irvine in April.

Her teammates, Corey Wemple, a senior at Champlain Valley Union High School and

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of recovery houses across the state. This change aligns recovery house zoning with what is currently permitted for group homes serving people with disabilities.

The bill also removes barriers to treatment for Vermonters who are Medicaid beneficiaries by streamlining the process for getting prescriptions. Statewide access to syringe disposal and legal protec-

Vaughn Larkin, a senior at South Burlington High School, tied for second place.

Emma Blanchard, a junior representing South Burlington High School, took third.

The Team Award went to Burlington Technical Center.

In addition to Burlington Technical Center, participating schools included CVU, Rice Memorial High School, St. Johnsbury Academy, South Burlington High School and Windham Regional Tech Center/Brattleboro.

The daylong event featured written and practical examinations — including real brain specimens — and case presentations by neuropsychologists Sharon Leach, Ph.D. and Abigail Ryan Ph.D.

tions for Vermont’s syringe service providers are also increased in this legislation. H.222 also modernizes Vermont’s laws on Naloxone (Narcan) to support innovative ways for people to access this life-saving medication. Finally, this legislation makes permanent Act 46 of 2021, which removes the criminal penalties for possession of a personal use amount of

buprenorphine.

The human services committee will be working on a whole plethora of Senate bills in the coming few months. More specifically, we will address legislation on child care and early childhood education, flavored tobacco, toxics in our environment, and housing supports for homeless Vermonters living in transitional sites.

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

This month the fourth Monday falls on March 27. You can also always find more information on the legislative webpage (legislature.vermont.gov) or reach out to me at jbrumsted@leg.state.vt.us.

Rep. Jessica Brumsted, a Democrat, represents voters in St. George and Shelburne in the Chittenden 5-2 district.

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Shelburne Police Blotter

Total reported incidents: 62

Traffic stops: 29

Warnings: 31

Tickets: 19

Medical emergencies: 17

Suspicious incidents: 3

Domestic incidents: 1

Agency assists: 4

Citizen assists: 8

Welfare check: 1

Automobile incidents: 12

Car crash: 6

Fraud: 3

Alarms: 6

Pending investigations: 3

March 13 at 12:50 p.m., a two-car crash that occurred earlier in the day on Shelburne Road was reported to police.

March 13 at 11:31 p.m., a caller reported a two-car crash with no injuries on Shelburne Road.

March 14 at 10:16 a.m., another two-car crash with no injuries, this time on Webster and Lower Webster roads, was reported to police.

March 14, police responded to

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March 15 at 11:40 p.m., troopers were called to an undisclosed Shelburne Road motel and found that Nichole Cushing, 28, of Burlington, and was arrested for violating an abuse prevention order.

several automobile incidents, including a tractor trailer having difficulty on the roadway near Shelburne and Webster roads at 12:10 p.m.; multiple vehicles driving off the roadway on Dorset Street and Cheesefactory Road at 11:39 a.m.; and a car sliding off Irish Hill Road at 10:56 a.m. Shelburne police also assisted Hinesburg police with incidents on icy roads.

March 14 at 1:30 p.m., police responded to a one-car crash on Webster Road, and vehicles off the roadway on Dorset Street around 1:15 p.m., and off Webster Road and Gardenside Lane at 1:08 p.m.

March 14 at 2:22 p.m., a fraud complaint reported to police is under investigation.

March 14 at 2:38 p.m., police dealt with more cars off the road, on Route 116 and Dorset Street. A wrecker removed the cars.

March 15 at 6:52 a.m., a two-car crash with injuries was reported on Shelburne Road. All patients refused transport to the hospital.

March 15 at 11:19 a.m., a fraud was reported to police. The case is under investigation.

March 15 at 2:12 p.m., a caller reported an unwanted guest at Harbor Place was creating a disturbance. Police located the individual and escorted them

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Act 250: Vermont’s housing crisis demands smarter growth strategies

Guest Perspective

Michelle Kersey

It’s been in the news a lot recently — Vermont is facing a housing crisis. Vermont’s housing crisis dominates the discussions of hospital recruiters, business boardrooms and dinner tables of residents increasingly struggling to secure and maintain housing. Recent estimates by the Vermont Housing Finance Agency indicate that we’ll need to add 30,000 to 40,000 new homes by 2030 to meet the demand and stabilize the housing market. This will be a heavy lift for a state that, in recent years, has only averaged 2,100 new homes per year.

Closing Vermont’s housing gap will require unprecedented housing construction. Many worry that growth will destroy our bucolic landscape, alter the character of our historic villages and threaten the natural environment. Smart growth policies can help us to meet our state’s overwhelming housing needs while preserving Vermont’s vibrant communities and natural environment.

Smart growth policies encourage building within existing neighborhoods and downtowns. This approach to development facilitates a mix of building types, uses a range of housing and transportation options and focuses development next to jobs, stores, services and public transportation. It takes advantage of existing infrastructure like water and sewer, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by eliminating long commutes for work or groceries, helps reduce the cost of new

Schoolchildren seek solutions to climate

To the Editor:

Climate change is affecting everyone. We will have to take action on the problem.

The 2022 State of the Air Report said Vermont remains one of the cleanest states in air quality, with some of the lowest levels of the most harmful and common types of air pollution: particle pollution and ozone. But

housing, encourages the creation of walkable communities and increases the use of public transportation services. Concentrating growth within village centers limits sprawl across the rural landscape and fosters livable communities.

Smart growth policies will not succeed if applied locally or in a fragmented way: housing challenges cross local boundaries and need regional and statewide solutions. According to an article by the Brookings Institution, “if land-restricting policies are adopted only locally, housing prices are very likely to rise. Only if such policies are adopted regionally, along with other policies that raise densities, can smart growth avoid making housing less affordable.” We can learn from New Zealand’s example — nationwide zoning reform there helped more than double the number homes permitted over the course of a five-year period.

The Vermont legislature is currently deliberating legislation that would employ smart growth principles. This legislation would address many of the current barriers to development across the state and need for statewide policies. Legislation in the Senate would reduce minimum parking requirements, allow duplexes and quadplexes where single family units are allowed and encourage more housing, such as accessory dwelling units, where sewer and water exists. Together, these reforms form an important tool in our response to the housing crisis.

Enabling a broader range of units by right will increase the amount of housing in our downtowns, where people want to live

— closer to activities, shopping, restaurants and services. Allowing denser development helps lower the cost of housing — it’s basic math. The high cost to build new homes has been driven by inflation and the increased costs of supplies and labor - construction costs have nearly doubled over the past five years. Utilizing municipal water and sewer and spreading the cost of land, infrastructure and construction of items like roofs and foundations across more than one unit of housing, makes each unit of housing cost less.

Smart growth is not a silver bullet. Zoning reforms must be accompanied by investments in affordable housing, efforts to reduce the cost of building and investments in municipal infrastructure. Reforms to local zoning must also be accompanied by a careful reexamination of Act 250 to better balance our housing needs with our preservation goals. To create 30,000 to 40,000 new units of housing, we’ll need to look beyond the 41 square miles that make up our village centers.

Vermont has a choice: it can choose to manage the housing crisis with smart policies, or the housing crisis can continue to manage the state. The cost of inaction is high: our children will continue to move out of state, older Vermonters will continue to struggle to stay in their communities, our hospitals will continue to struggle to provide healthcare because they cannot recruit or retain healthcare workers to

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Is Affordable Heat Act really about saving the planet?

Guest Perspective

John LaBarge

Vermont Democrats and Progressives are obsessed with the implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act they passed four years ago.

Since Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the Clean Heat Standard Bill during the last legislative session, the majority’s obsession in passing the act has increased. Back in Montpelier this year and in veto-proof control, the Democrats and Progressives have decided to give the failed bill a new name and find a way to put what appears to be a tax and mandates on the backs of fuel suppliers.

This year, legislators changed the name of the vetoed Clean Heat Standard to the Affordable Heat Act to make it more palatable, hoping Vermonters will accept it because it impacts the fuel suppliers rather than the consumers — wink, wink.

Why can’t Sen. Bray understand the straightforward physics that just two countries alone, with emissions totaling more than 13 billion tons per year now and up to 37 billion tons per year in just a couple of years, will instantly erase whatever reduction Vermont achieves? Still, he will vote to fiscally squeeze more from Vermonters who own gasoline-powered cars and trucks, or who heat their homes, cook or plow fields for hay or and grow food with carbon-based fuels?

There is no way Vermont on our own will save our planet or reduce the global carbon load, period. All the convoluted pieces of legislation will accomplish is inflicting an even higher level of unaffordability to live here in Vermont.

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The bill would force fossil fuel dealers to purchase clean heat credits, the cost of which will be passed on to their customers, thereby raising the cost to heat our homes. Those other companies selling non-carbon-fuel-based clean energy heating products will receive the money from the purchased clean heat credits.

This means those businesses much favored by the Democrats and Progressives — such as businesses that install electric heat pumps, winterize homes, sell solar panels, invest in wind generation, electric vehicles — will be on the receiving end of money from the purchase of the clean heat credits.

This all sounds confusing to most people, and it’s meant to. The bottom line is this is merely a thinly veiled tax on fuel consumers.

Why are legislators so obsessed with forcing people off carbon-based fuels to electricity or wood? The answer, they say, is obvious. We must reduce our carbon footprint to save our planet.

This is nice but no matter how much they tax Vermonters and mandate changes, Vermont will have no impact on the total global carbon load.

Here are some facts. Vermont ranks 51st in the nation in carbon emissions, producing little more than five tons of carbon per year. A recent study by the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature stated India produces 2.46 billion metric tons of carbon a year or 6.8 percent of the total global emissions. According to the Institute for Energy, China’s carbon emissions in 2021 were expected to increase by 4 percent to 11.1 billion metric tons and that is expected to increase to 36.4 billion tons as China continues investing in coal-fired power plants.

Sen. Chris Bray, in an interview, stated reducing Vermont emissions is straightforward physics. The top three emissions generators are transportation at 40 percent, heating at around 34 percent, and agriculture at about 16 percent.

Vermonters by heart are environmentalists and readily admit the climate is changing and thousands are currently trying to do the right thing at a pace they can afford. We honestly get the problem and are moving in the right direction and don’t need politicians to socially manipulate us through taxation, mandates and product banning.

We don’t need to be forced to move to urban settings or change how we get to work, how we heat our homes, what appliances we use or even what kind of lawn mowers, chainsaws and snowblowers we must purchase because they will ban the use of small gas engine tools along with a ban on gas and diesel automobiles.

So why this constant and relentless push to pass the Affordable Heat Act and more types of extreme legislation? It’s really not about saving our planet because it’s obvious Vermont will have no impact on reducing global carbon loading even if we achieve zero emissions.

Here’s what I think this is all really about. There are over 25 special interest groups coordinating in Vermont, working to pass all kinds of legislation banning, mandating or heavily taxing carbonbased fuels just to achieve their political agendas.

Vermont is politically an easy target and quite easily manipulated by the onslaught of special interest groups and money. These groups and lobbyists practically live in the Statehouse during a legislative session. Off season, they recruit and train other activists in Vermont to run for local and state political positions. Once they have found their candidate, they heavily fund and support getting them elected to help fulfill their agendas.

Passing their legislation assures more power for these groups by having more people contribute to their lobbying organizations. The reason to immediately pass expensive, radical environmental bills and put the financial squeeze on lowand middle-income working Vermonters comes down to this: follow the money, follow the money, follow the money.

John LaBarge lives in Grand Isle. He is a former representative of Grand Isle County in the Vermont House.

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Build a rain barrel, help the lake

Ready for spring? Then join the Rethink Runoff stream team in a rain barrel workshop and build and paint a rain barrel in preparation for warmer weather.

By installing a rain barrel you can save water and money and help local streams at the same time. The stream team is hosting a workshop to teach you how to build, paint, install and maintain your own rain barrel.

When it rains, stormwater moves quickly over impervious surfaces such as buildings and roads, picking up pollutants like nutrients, sediment, oil, chemicals, road salt and metals. By capturing stormwater before it flows over roads urban residents can help decrease the amount of pollutants entering Lake Champlain.

The water you save in a rain barrel can be used for watering lawns and flower gardens and washing your car or tools. Rain barrels help decrease runoff to Lake Champlain by capturing and holding rain water during a storm, and that means cleaner water for everyone.

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animals as well.

If global warming continues, we will have heat waves and large storms, and winters will not be as cold. Soon it will be too late to stop climate change.

Some things we can do to help prevent climate change are to try and save energy by turning off the lights when we are not using them, and recycling plastic, cans and other things. You can take public transportation or walk or ride a bike to nearby places, carpool and avoid gas cars.

We cannot stop climate change by ourselves. We need to work together to help prevent it and stop it from destroying our planet.

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CVU board appreciates budget approval

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On behalf of the entire Champlain Valley School District, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your support in passing the budget for our

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deliver care, schools will continue to be understaffed because teachers drawn from other areas can’t find housing and restaurants and retailers will continue to shut down for lack of service workers. Instead, Vermont should imagine a thriving state that includes revitalized village centers with easy access to schools, restaurants and social events; diverse communities

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Rethink Runoff, a program managed by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, is an ongoing public outreach effort to reduce dirt and pollutants in stormwater runoff in the Lake Champlain Basin.

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made up of a variety of racial and economic backgrounds with a mix of families with children, young singles and retirees; and a greener, more sustainable Vermont where people don’t need to drive an hour to get to jobs, stores and services.

Michelle Kersey is chair of the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition.

Engagement Announcement

Chittenden County legislators meet at library

Meet your legislators on Monday, March 27, 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the Shelburne Pierson Library community room.

Representatives Jessica Brumsted and Kate Lalley, along with senators Thomas Chittenden, Virginia Lyons and Kesha Ram Hinsdale, meet the fourth Monday of every month at the Pierson library.

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, April 11.

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Interfaith group takes spring grant applications

The spring deadline for Shelburne Charlotte Hinesburg Interfaith Projects (SCHIP) grant applications is Saturday, April 15.

Since SCHIP began making grants many nonprofits have used their awarded funds to continue their missions to improve the lives of their neighbors and strengthen their communities. Grants range from a few hundred to several thousand dollars. Grants may not exceed $3,000 per request and only one grant can be received within a one-year period by any one entity.

Grants deadlines are Saturday, April 15 and Sunday, Oct. 15. Application forms are available at theschip.org.

Doctor explains Medicare privatization plans

Alanna Pinard-Brace and Tristan Spearing of Stony Brook, N.Y., have announced their engagement.

Pinard-Brace graduated from Champlain Valley Union High School in 2015 and received a bachelor’s degree in music from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam in 2019 and a master’s degree in music education in 2020. She is a music educator.

She is the daughter of MaryBeth and Tony Pinard-Brace of Shelburne.

Spearing is director of residents at SUNY Stony Brook. He graduated Manlius Peeble Hill High School in 2015, and also received a bachelor’s degree in music from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam 2019, and a master’s degree in music education in 2020.

His parents live in Rockville, Md.

The couple got engaged at Niagara Falls in August. A Sept. 28, 2024, wedding is planned at the Inn at Weathersfield in Vermont.

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 is baked ham with raison sauce, sweet potatoes, Capri blend vegetables, wheat roll with butter, Congo bar and milk.

To order a meal contact Kathleen at agewellstcath@gmail.com or 802-507-1107. Deadline to order is Wednesday, April 5. If this is a first-time order, provide your name, address, phone number and date of birth.

Registration forms will be available at meal pick up. More atagewellvt.org.

Shelburne Museums holds Vermont Sampler Initiative

Members of the Vermont Sampler Initiative are working with local museums, historical societies, historic homes, private collectors and descendants to locate, photograph and document American samplers from the 17th to 19th centuries for an online searchable database of American schoolgirl needlework. Is there a sampler collector in your life? Have you inherited an ancestor’s sampler? Let the Vermont Sampler Initiative know. The organization is seeking volunteers to document samplers, either in-person or online. Training and support provided.

Bring antique samplers to sampler identification and documentation days at the Shelburne Museum on Friday and Saturday, April 21 to 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A second sampler identification day will be held at the Vermont Historical Society in Barre on Friday and Saturday, May 12 to 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information email samplersvt@gmail.com.

Grammy winners headline All Souls concert

Grammy-winning artists Jason Vieaux on guitar and saxophonist Timothy McAllister headline a Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival concert at All Souls Interfaith Gathering, 291 Bostwick Farm Road in Shelburne on Tuesday, April 11, at 7 p.m.

The concert will feature works by Pat Metheny, Astor Piazzolla and the Vermont premiere of “Sweet and Doleful Timbres,” a music festival co-commission by Vermont-raised composer Pierre Jalbert.

Tickets are limited. More at lccmf.org.

On Thursday, March 30, Dr. Marvin Malek, past president of Vermont Physicians for a National Health Program, will give a presentation on the privatization of Medicare.

The program, sponsored by the League of Vermont Women Voters, runs from 1-3 p.m., at the Barre Area Senior Center, 131 South Main St.

Malek will discuss Medicare Advantage, direct contracting and the new ACO/REACH program. The primary focus will be on the impacts of these privatization initiatives on the care beneficiaries receive, on the costs Medicare beneficiaries will face and the effects of these changes on the financial stability of the Medicare program.

Malek has spent most of his career in community medicine, providing care to underserved populations, including Latino, Black and Navajo communities. He currently works on the hospital care team at Springfield Hospital in Vermont.

The event is cosponsored by Vermont Physicians for a National Health Program, Vermont Health Care for All, Vermont State Employees’ Association and Vermont Workers’ Center.

NAMI holds mental illness, recovery workshop

The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont is offering an in-person mental illness and recovery workshop for family members, peers and community members who want to learn more about mental health and recovery at the Essex Police Department, 145 Maple St., on Saturday, March 25 from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The workshop will include information about major mental health conditions, an overview of effective treatments, accessing services throughout Vermont,

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Samuel B. Feitelberg

Samuel “Sam” B. Feitelberg, 93, of Shelburne, died the night of Thursday, March 16, 2023, at The McClure-Miller Respite House.

The son of Dr. Abraham and Rose Feitelberg, Sam was born in the Bronx, N.Y., in the shadow of Yankee Stadium. His life was shaped by his love for his family and his belief that every human being has the right to strive toward their highest creative potential.

In 1952 Sam earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, a Certificate of Physical Therapy from Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1953 and a Master of Arts from Columbia University Teachers College in 1954.

Sam holds a Certificate of Labor Administration from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business (1980) and an honorary doctorate from Utica College (2015).

From 1954 to 1956, Sam served in the U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps assigned to Walter Reed Army Hospital as a staff physical therapist. It was there he was inspired to help move physical therapy into its own professional realm.

Discharged during the polio epidemic, he returned to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center as its chief pediatric physical therapist. He began his academic career in 1959 as an instructor in the physical therapy program at Columbia University. In 19651970 he was chairman of physical therapy at Downstate Medical Center, SUNY Brooklyn.

He then went on to establish and direct two schools of physical therapy: at the University of Vermont in Burlington (19691996) and School of Science, Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. (1997-2011).

He was awarded the title of professor emeritus at the University of Vermont (1996) and Clarkson University (2011).

Sam was an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association since 1953, serving as president of the Section for Education (1986-89); a member of the nominating committee (198689); and a member of the board of directors (1990-93). In 1997 he was named as a Catherine Worthingham Fellow by the association.

He is also the recipient of the Lucy Blair Service Award in 1983, the Vermont Chapter Distinguished Service Award in 1990 and 1997, and the Diversity 2000 Award in 1996.

Sam dedicated himself to strengthening cultural equity, respect and understanding in his work and personal life. He

worked tirelessly to suffuse diversity ethics and cultural proficiency as part of campus life, physical therapy education and patient services as essential to developing a responsive and compassionate society.

He created opportunities for young people from marginalized communities to attend schools of physical therapy. His work lives on in the Samuel B. Feitelberg Endowed Scholarship established by Clarkson University to benefit a physical therapy student who share his commitment for service and advocacy for underserved or culturally diverse populations.

Sam’s vision of physical therapy included its application in national and global pursuits. He worked with NASA at the Langley Space Center in Virginia developing programs to assist astronauts performing tasks in a weightless environment. That research became incorporated into therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease.

Sam delighted in bringing teams of people together. He spoke humbly of how much he learned from his patients. He revered his faculty and found tremendous promise for the future in his students. His wisdom came from what others taught him through their experiences together.

Some of Sam’s proudest achievements came later in life when in conjunction with Rotary’s Hands to Honduras he helped to establish the Oscar Edgardo Pineda Castro Rehabilitation Center for children in Tela, Honduras. For over 16 years Sam was inspired and forever grateful to the wonderful staff and patients in Tela and to all those that traveled and supported the center and its mission.

In 2007 he was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Shelburne-Charlotte-Hinesburg Rotary Club. Sam was a devoted Rotarian and treasured the many friendships he made within his chapter.

Sam also played a pivotal role in the construction of the Shelburne Veterans’ Monument. He

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was honored to have participated in this project and loved the camaraderie of his fellow veterans. He treasured Saturday morning fundraising for the monument under the veterans’ pop-up tent at the Shelburne Farmers Market. He was extremely grateful to the dedicated committee that helped make the project come to life, and to the town of Shelburne and everyone who contributed to the project. Being a veteran truly touched his heart.

Sam enjoyed restoring old boats, cars, houses and his extraordinary collection of Lionel trains. A day well spent was sitting by the lake with family and friends at the family’s summer cabin on Lake Champlain.

Sam was fortunate to spend almost 70 years with the love of his life, his wife Gail, and their four children, Cher, Debbie (Poulin) and son-in-law, Tony, Lisa (Davi-

son) and son-in-law, Mark, and son, Michael and daughter-in-law, Dana.

Sam’s grandchildren, Kyle Coulam, Adam, Jordan and Sophie Davison, Daniel Feitelberg, along with Lena Biggs, Shane and Shannon Poulin were an endless source of pride for all they have accomplished and the wonderful people they have become. The family will forever miss his wonderful stories, lessons, sense of humor and unconditional love.

Visiting hours will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2023, from 4-6 p.m. at Ready Funeral Service, South Chapel, 261 Shelburne Road, Burlington. A celebration of Sam’s life will take place later this spring.

His family would like to thank the University of Vermont Medical Center and the McClure Miller Respite House for their love, respect, dignity and excellent

medical care.

In lieu of flowers, please consider honoring Sam with a donation to: Samuel B. Feitelberg Physical Therapy Endowment Scholarship, Clarkson University, 8 Clarkson Avenue, Potsdam NY 13699; or the Shelburne Veterans Monument Fund, P.O. Box 88, Shelburne VT 05482.

Arrangements are in the care of Ready Funeral & Cremation Service. Online condolences are welcome at readyfuneral.com.

Gary Mace

Gary Mace, 73 of Shelburne, died on Saturday March 18, 2023.

A celebration of Gary’s life will be held on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, from noon-3 p.m. at All Souls in Shelburne.

A full obituary will appear next week.

Larry Sinnott

Larry (Lawrence) Sinnott, a former resident of Shelburne, died at his home in Estancia, N.M. on Monday, March 6, 2023. He was 84.

Born Dec. 17, 1938, he was predeceased by his father and mother, George and Bernadette Sinnott; and his younger brothers, Bill and Jim Sinnott.

He leaves his brother, George of Michigan, and sister, Joan of

Larry Sinnott

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CVU boys win school’s first-ever basketball title

Champlain Valley was hunting for its first ever program title, taking on the three-time defending champs, trailing by eight points, and running low on time.

The Redhawks needed a spark, and they needed one fast.

Enter Ollie Cheer.

The junior came into the game with just under four minutes to play in the third quarter and the Redhawks trailed Rice 31-22. When he left the game with three minutes to go in regulation, Champlain Valley had a 37-34 lead.

It was a lead CVU would not relinquish as they beat Rice 42-38 to capture the Division I boys’ basketball title — the program’s first ever — on March 11 at University of Vermont’s Patrick Gym.

“It’s obviously really an exciting accomplishment and one we are very proud of,” coach Mike Osborne said. “These guys and this team will be the bar for others to reach and match.”

Cheer’s four points were key for the Redhawks’ win, but it was his defense and hustle that helped galvanize the team, Osborne said.

“Ollie was a spark off our bench all year long,” the coach said. “He brought an increased level of aggressiveness and physicality and purpose we really needed in the third period.”

While Cheer provided a second half spark, Tucker Tharpe was a key presence on defense and Kyle Eaton and Alex Provost provided

the team’s offensive effort. Tharpe’s presence held Rice star Drew Bessette to only five points, which helped CVU stay in the hunt against the three-time defending champs until the Redhawks could begin their second half push.

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“Tucker simply worked his tail off all night to make sure Bessette did not get space for his lethal 3-point shot,” Osborne said. “His teammates supported him well as communicators through screens and with their support.”

That defensive effort was key as Rice jumped out to a quick lead and then entered halftime 24-19. The Green Knights then extended their lead to 31-22 but there was no panic on the very experienced CVU bench, which had plenty of comebacks during the regular season.

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CVU’s first program title comes in its 100th year of competition and after a steady climb up the ranks of DI basketball in the last five years.

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The Champlain Valley Union High School Redhawks pose with the trophy after defeating Rice 42-38 to claim the Division I title at the University of Vermont’s Patrick gym on March 11.

Girls’ basketball returns to top with state title win

The last five years of Division I postseason play have meant different levels of frustration for the Champlain Valley girls’ basketball team.

First came two straight losses in the DI title game to rival St. Johnsbury. Then COVID-19 hit, forcing a shutdown of the tournament and a shared title in 2020, followed by a playoff game forfeit in 2021 — both with CVU entering the postseason with a 20-0 record.

Then last season came a shocking upset in the semifinals to Mount Mansfield, the first time the Redhawks lost in the semis since 2010.

This season, CVU got to release some of the frustration, beating No. 3 St. Johnsbury 43-29 in the state championship game March 3 to win its first title in six years.

“After the way our team played at the end of last year, the players and the coaches were determined to redeem ourselves this year,” CVU coach Ute Otley said. “We weren’t sure that would mean a state title, but we definitely wanted to be playing our best basketball at the end of February.”

“It feels great to be back on

top, hoisting the trophy in Patrick Gym, but it didn’t happen by accident,” Otley said. “The girls had put in a lot of time and energy over the past several years to reach their ultimate goal. I’m proud of them.”

When the Redhawks wrapped up the regular season, they recommitted to their goal of a state title and made sure that everyone on the team was on the same page.

“We challenged the girls to show everyone how well they played together,” Otley said. “With that teamwork mentality at the forefront, I think it took pressure off individual kids who might have felt the need to play perfect basketball or do something in the post-season that was more than what they’d done all year.”

Otley credits the seniors for helping keep the team on track and for leading on the court throughout the season. Maddie Bunting and Kate Bogut provided the defensive effort, Elise Ayer brought energy and rebounding, and Shelby Companion and Addi Hunter brought all the offense the team needed, including 16 points from Hunter in the championship game.

“The five seniors were very instrumental in our success this year. They all played large roles and they all contributed by doing what they do best,” Otley said.

“All five of them stayed focused on our goals and put the team first, which is why we had the success we did.”

With that focus the Redhawks were able to cruise to their ninth state title, winning all three playoff games — including the final — by double digits.

“Day in and day out during the regular season we reminded each other of our ultimate goal, which was to be playing our best basketball at the end of the season,” Otley said.

The senior class got CVU back on top and now they turn things over to the next generation of Redhawks, which includes nine players from this year’s team.

“We now have nine returning players with real varsity experience,” Otley said. “The ones who contributed nightly — Elise Berger, Samara Ashooh, Merrill Jacobs, Lauren Vaughan and Zoey McNabb — will be hungry to experience the ultimate victory again, and the ones who didn’t get a chance to contribute regularly on game night will be hungry to assume a new role on the team.”

Now that CVU has got its hands back on the DI trophy, Otley said that very motivated group will look to make sure that the Redhawks get a chance to lift it again.

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The team celebrates with the trophy after defeating St Johnsbury 43-29 in the DI state championship game.

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ning commission meeting. “It was almost like they had seen it before.”

When asked what other towns the firm has worked with DeNamur said “it would be easier to name the towns they haven’t worked with.”

The firm’s website lists more than 20 municipalities it has helped to update zoning and land use regulations within the last decade.

DeNamur said the work will cost the town $70,000 and the contract — which was finalized on Wednesday — will expire by December 2024 or “whenever the work is done, whichever comes sooner,” he said.

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Larry was born in Shelburne where he attended elementary and high school.

Sinnott was a proud veteran serving in the U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, U.S. Merchant Marine in Vietnam, and Army National Guard in Desert Storm.

$25,000 state bylaw modernization grant in January to encourage pedestrian-oriented development to support more housing opportunities, Shelburne Town Manager Lee Krohn said at a December planning commission meeting that the remaining dollars for this project will come from “money presently allocated for economic development purposes.

“The selectboard to date has been OK with that idea, recognizing that a regulatory overhaul is fundamental to economic and community development,” Krohn said.

The planning commission has also suggested utilizing American Rescue Plan Act funds for the project.

The process will likely take roughly 18 months, with the first two to three months being a “really deep analysis of the regulations,” DeNamur said. “After that they would come to us and say, ‘this is our work plan from here on out.’”

“We have such hope and faith that you guys will be able to clean this up for us, for the town,” S.A.F.E member and Shelburne resident Robilee Smith said at the recent meeting. “Not just for the neighborhoods that happened to be near the first big development in the mixed-residential character district. Many of us feel that the character of Shelburne is really at risk here and it’s precious.”

After his Navy service he got degrees in education and art. He loved teaching art. He taught in military schools, on Indian reservations and from his home in Estancia.

Larry also loved music and played with several country western bands. He volunteered on a sher-

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Student milestones

Evan McMahan of Shelburne was named to the dean’s list at Bates College for the fall 2022 semester. McMahan, the son of Jeffrey J. McMahan and Heather E. Ross, is a graduate of Champlain Valley Union High School.

Richard Hall of Shelburne was named to the fall dean’s list at Stonehill College.

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March 15 at 2:26 p.m., police responded to an unresponsive resident at the Shelburne Bay Senior Living center and determined the patient had died. Officers investigated and determined the death was not suspicious. Police did not immediately release the name of the deceased.

March 15 at 11:33 p.m., a man called police and said his

The following Shelburne students made the fall dean’s list at the University of Vermont: Willow Devoe-Talluto; Petra Kapsalis; Oscar Ewald; Advik Dewoolkar; Aiden Pricer-Coan; Felix Walberg; Solvei Eisenman; Sabine Foerg; Gabrielle Witt; Joshua Ashooh; Boaz Pike; and Lars Jensen.

Courtney Vincent of Shelburne was named to the University of New Hampshire’s dean’s list for the fall semester.

Xander Miller of Shelburne was named to the fall president’s

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Above: Finn Yarbrough of Ferrisburgh as Prince John with his Fawning Theydies, from left, Chris Acosta of Burlington, Katie Pierson of Shelburne and Clarity Phillips of Burlington in the Shelburne Players’ production of “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood” at Shelburne Town Center.

Right: Karlie Kauffeld and Alex Nalbach, both of Shelburne, as the Town’s Gal and Robin Hood. Shows continue on Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25, at 7 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday.

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