Shelburne News - 6-22-23

Tree stewards

Group plants 200 trees at Allen Homestead

CVU grad speaker says

‘Find purpose, passion’ in life

STAFF WRITER

LIBERTY DARR

The prevailing message to the Champlain Valley Union graduating Class of 2023 was simple: When the going gets tough, find the chocolate chips.

On a day that was full of many firsts, the 350 graduating seniors and those who filled the benches in the University of Vermont’s Patrick Gymnasium saw happy tears, reminiscent words and, of course, ringing cowbells and flying chocolate as each senior speaker showcased the unique personalities of the graduating class.

Welcoming words shared by

Anna MacFaden reminded those preparing to walk the stage of those who were there during their first steps, their first time hitting a home run or scoring the game-winning basket, and even those moments spent crying doing math homework at the kitchen table.

“Every outdoor sports game I’ve attended since the ninth grade, I’ve sat in the crowd and rang this bell,” MacFaden said as she held a white cowbell in the air. “But the original people ringing the bell for us are the people filling the stands:

See GRADUATION on page 7

Shelburne officials seek solutions as motel voucher program ends

LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER

As the motel voucher program that housed thousands during the pandemic ends, Shelburne officials are trying to figure out how to handle the influx of people experiencing homelessness in town.

The General Assistance Emergency Housing Program has been supported by federal funding for the duration of the pandemic, but as that support winds down, the program has narrowed eligibility during warmer months to stricter, pre-pandemic criteria.

Pride month

The expanded eligibility that housed roughly 800 people in motels ended on June 1 with additional eligibility restrictions set to expire July 1. Of the 1,223 who remain currently eligible, the Burlington District’s Office — which includes those housed in the five motels in Shelburne — has nearly 241 people who still utilize the program, down from 353 on May 31.

“I know because of the work I did a year ago that Shelburne is

See HOUSING on page 10

Out into the world

PHOTO BY AL FREY

Champlain Valley Union High School Class of 2023 packed Patrick Gymnasium at the University of Vermont campus on June 16 for the afternoon commencement ceremony.

One Tree Planted sponsors 200 trees at Ethan Allen Homestead

DENIZ DUTTON COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE

The soil breaks apart like cake as I carve a pit about as wide and deep as my shovel on a stretch of earth along the Winooski River. I hover a silver maple sapling above the pit, lowering it until the root collar appears level with the edge.

Then I shovel the soil back in, tamp down the squishy dirt around the stem and shimmy on the 4-foot-tall, opaque piping that entombs the sapling and protects it from deer browsing and vole girdling. I finish with the satisfying sound of a wooden stake being jettisoned into the earth with a mallet and zip-tie it to the piping — voila, one tree planted.

That was the experience for about 20 volunteers who came out to the 100-foot-wide strip of land at the Ethan Allen Homestead in Burlington on April 18 for One Tree Planted Day, an event hosted by the Intervale Center, Winooski Valley Park District and the nonprofit One Tree Planted.

In about two and a half hours, the volunteers had planted 200 trees to expand a buffer strip along the river.

“It’s important because — I mean, you can hear the birds, right? — it provides habitat, carbon sequestration and also bank stabilization so the bank doesn’t keep eroding,” said Duncan Murdoch, the Intervale Center’s natural areas stewardship coordinator, who led the planting.

“Eighty percent of Vermont

was clear-cut right up to the rivers for sheep,” he said. “There was no vegetation, no trees or anything to hold the soil, so the soil would just drain off the hills and the land, and it would clog the rivers. Planting all these trees prevents all that from happening.”

Shelburne-based One Tree Planted, which oversees reforestation and forest restoration projects in 18 countries across six continents, provided $860 for the trees.

On June 20, the group is set to celebrate its 100 millionth tree milestone.

The organization says it planted 52.8 million trees last year, and while the 200 saplings now in the ground at the Ethan Allen Homestead sound like a drop in the bucket, the group sees community-scale projects as some of its most important.

“The community events, while small in scale, can be the difference between someone not having ever thought about reforestation and tree planting to potentially pivoting and changing the direction they end up going in,” Global Director of Projects Aaron Minnick said.

One Tree Planted came to the environmental nonprofit scene in 2014 and has quickly grown into one of the big players in global reforestation and forest restoration.

“We are very quickly, if not already, passed the number of trees that Arbor Day plants,” Minnick said of the Arbor Day Foundation, which has been around since 1972.

This is the second year One Tree Planted has provided a grant to the Intervale Center to plant trees during April — recognized by some environmental groups as Earth Month.

“Last year, we did over 100 different events just in the month of April globally. I think this year we blew past that,” Minnick said.

Last year, the Intervale Center organized tree planting on “marginal farmland,” Murdoch said, land deemed too risky for agriculture due to the threat of increased flooding from the Winooski River. “Instead of just mowing (those areas) year after year,” the Intervale Center and Audubon Vermont worked togeth-

er to create ecosystems that would serve as bird habitat and boost flood resilience, Murdoch said.

One Tree Planted has some 400 planting partners, but very few are in Vermont. “It’s harder to do projects because there just isn’t as much need,” Minnick said of the state and New England at large. “Forests sort of come back on their own. If there’s a field and someone decides not to plow it anymore, in a couple years maples and everything just kind of come in. So, the need for reforestation is a little lower.”

Stephanie Clement, the group’s project manager for the Northeast and Canada, agreed. With 78 percent of Vermont forested,

“it makes it a little bit difficult for large scale reforestation,” she said. “Plus, there’s a lot of natural regeneration that comes back in, the forests are fairly robust. In that sense, it’s not a priority area for reforestation.”

North America contains the most projects in the organization’s portfolio, which Minnick attributes to a large amount of post-wildfire restoration work out west and in British Columbia. In Vermont, the focus tends to be on restoring riparian areas, which take up a smaller percentage of land.

Because most land in Vermont is privately owned, the process to get trees in the ground can be complex.

That’s why One Tree Planted focuses on community-level efforts in Vermont, like the volunteer day along the Winooski River in April.

“We love putting trees in our public spaces; we like making nature a part of our cityscapes,” Clement said. “There’s such a desire to give back to the community. Folks are really interested in keeping those green spaces. We don’t necessarily take them for granted. So that sort of desire for volunteership, that giving back sense, I think that’s just built into Vermont DNA.”

More at onetreeplanted.org.

Deniz Dutton is a reporter with the Community News Service, a program in which University of Vermont students work with professional editors to provide content for local news outlets at no cost.

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At a tree planting in the Connecticut River Valley in 2022.

One Tree Planted focuses on communitylevel efforts in Vermont, like the volunteer day along the Winooski River in April.

Field hockey camp

This popular and fun camp is the perfect summer introduction to field hockey for beginners or a chance to practice skills for those who already play.

Players must provide mouth guard, shin guards and a full water bottle. Sticks are available if needed. Registration deadline is Monday, June 19.

Shelburne Parks & Rec News

The camp with instructor Megan Maynard-Jacob runs from July 10-14, 8:30-11:30 a.m. It is for kids ages 7 to 14. Cost is $145.

Redhawk soccer camp

Join CVU varsity coach Stan Williams and other soccer coaches and players for a fun week focused on a variety of age-appropriate technical skills. But the

News from Pierson Library

number one emphasis of the camp is fostering a love of the game of soccer.

Campers will be divided by age groups and all participants will receive a ball and a T-shirt. For kies entering fourth to ninth grade in the fall.

Registration deadline is June 18, and the dates are July 10-14 from 9 a.m.-noon. Cost is $225.

On Tuesday, June 27, at 10:30 a.m., the library holds a farm to ballet meet-and-greet storytime. Meet A Farm to Ballet dancer and hear the farm to ballet story read aloud by the author. Attendees will play dance games, complete an obstacle course and enjoy a simple craft. Recommended for ages 4-9. Registration required at 802-985-5124 or email kbosley@ shelburnevt.org.

Thursday, June 29, at 1:00 p.m. is the summer reading program kick-off with magician Peter Boie. Pick up your summer reading Log, street sign passport, register for a summer full of free library

Correction

The headline on Jane Dorney’s June 8 Connect the Dots column, should have read “Packing materials can be made from Vermont’s bountiful basswoods,” not softwoods.

events, and see the nationally acclaimed Boie — billed as a magician for non-believers — perform

live at the Pierson. Recommended for ages 4-10. This free event requires no registration.

DISCOVER, LEARN AND GROW

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Licensed teacher on staff, Universal Pre-Kindergarten partner, 4 STARS accredited.

Now accepting enrollment for 2,3,4 and 5 days for 2023-2024 school year. Limited spots available.

For more information contact MJ at mj@ourhousevt.com

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Field hockey camp signups are underway in Shelburne.

Rail training

Obituary

Priscilla Thomas Hill

A Catholic Mass and celebration of life will be held for Priscilla Thomas Hill on Friday, June 30, 2023, at 2 p.m. at St. Catherine’s of Sienna Church in Shelburne.

Priscilla died on March 9, 2023.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Priscilla’s name to Green Mountain Pug Rescue.

Shelburne Police Blotter: June 12 - 18

Total reported incidents: 87

Traffic stops: 16

Warnings: 7

Tickets: 12

Arrests: 1

Medical emergencies: 24

Suspicious incidents: 9

Welfare check: 2

Car crash: 3

Animal problem: 5

Theft: 11

Fraud: 4

Pending investigations: 15

June 12 at 8:31 a.m., a two-car crash with no injuries was reported on Falls Road.

June 12 at 11:08 a.m., Shelburne fire and rescue were dispatched to the Vermont Day School,

where several individuals were stuck in an elevator.

June 12 at 12:36 p.m., a fraud complaint was reported to police from Collamer Circle.

June 12 at 3:18 p.m., Shelburne fire assisted with an aircraft emergency at the Burlington International Airport, but the units were quickly cancelled from the call.

June 13 at 7:06 a.m., a car crashed into a power pole on Shelburne Road, police said. The driver refused transport to the hospital.

June 14 at 7:43 a.m., police responded to five calls of theft from motor vehicles on Falls Road, and one from Bacon

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June 14 at 10:51 a.m., a caller told police his car had been stolen. The vehicle was later found on Lime Kiln Road in South Burlington, and the case is under investigation.

June 14 at 9:39 p.m., a one-car crash with no injuries was reported on Irish Hill Road and Autumn Hill Lane.

June 15 at 10:23 a.m., a two-car

crash was reported on Irish Hill Road and Spear Street with no injuries.

June 15 at 3:36 p.m., Shelburne arrested Eric Oak, 42, of Middlebury, on an outstanding warrant from Hillsboro County, N.H. He was lodged with the department of corrections.

June 16 at 3:36 p.m., police found and escorted an individual off the Countryside Motel property after callers told police they

were creating a disturbance and refusing to leave.

June 18 at 12:08 a.m., a caller reported an unwanted guest refusing to leave the Countryside Motel. Police issued the individual a trespass order.

June 18 at 5:46 p.m., police responded to another call of an unwanted guest, this time at the North Star Motel. The individual was issued a trespass notice and was escorted off the property.

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Shelburne Fire Department recently hosted a regional rail response tabletop exercise with a wide array of mutual aid and emergency response partners. The event was organized by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission and Vermont Emergency Management.

Priscilla Thomas Hill

OPINION

For gay, trans people the battle is far from over

Guest Perspective

Walt Amses

When police came down on Stonewall, a mafia-owned Greenwich Village bar, in 1969, they didn’t roust the capos, dons, underbosses and consiglieres, they were there for the “queers,” who were for years harassed, entrapped, routinely beaten by cops and even blackmailed by the Genovese crime family, relying on a sign-in sheet promoting the bar’s faux exclusivity, targeting wealthy patrons who preferred keeping their sexual orientation private. What no one realized at the time was that the evening would be different.

As recently as the mid-1960s — still an extension of the repressive prior decade rather than anything approaching revolutionary — New York City bars could face penalties, including being shut down by the State Liquor Authority, for serving alcohol to “known or suspected” homosexuals. It was considered disorderly conduct when such individuals socialized or “gathered.”

Later in the decade, when upheaval became the norm, the LGBTQ community refused to be left on the sidelines, bursting through the metaphorical closet door that

summer night at Stonewall and never looking back.

Though the battle for gay rights, largely thought to have begun with the Greenwich Village riot, actually goes back nearly 100 years with the formation of the Society for Human Rights in Chicago, which disappeared after a very short time with the arrests of society members. But it set the stage for what followed.

Decades later, the Mattachine Society in Los Angeles and San Francisco’s Daughters of Bilitis — the first lesbian rights group in the United States — emerged in 1951 and 1955, respectively, becoming the precursors of a movement aimed at changing the world.

Some sociologists, like Elizabeth A. Armstrong and Suzanna M. Crage, believe that Stonewall was an “achievement of gay liberation rather than the cause,” pointing out that several other riots preceded that iconic moment but have largely faded from memory based on several factors, not the least of which is timing.

In 1969, the country was in turmoil, with young people amped up and frustrated over a multitude of divisive issues.

Vietnam was raging and Nixon had begun secretly bombing Cambodia; riding the crest of the civil rights movement, Black

liberation was taking hold; the National Organization of Women drew 500 feminists to New York for the Congress to Unite Women; and the country felt as though it was being torn apart.

Woodstock was coming but so was Altamont; we would walk on the moon while the earth was out of control; and history notwithstanding, Stonewall launched a more militant phase of the gay rights saga that would make astonishing gains both legally and socially over the next half century.

As we enter Pride Month, the progress made thanks to the LGBTQ community and allies, unthinkable 50 year ago, should certainly be celebrated with satisfaction by all Americans, especially those living in Vermont, which, despite its diminutive size, blazed a trail for the rest of the nation. Beginning with the introduction of the first civil union bill in 2000, extending the benefits and protections of heterosexual marriage to same sex couples, followed up nine years later with another first, a same sex marriage law enacted by statute rather than judicial mandate.

As dazzling as all this was, none of it came easy. Termed the “least civil debate in the state in over a century” by Gov. Howard Dean, who at times wore a bulletproof vest, according to a Vermont Public report in 2013, the anti-civil-union activists descended on the state as did the national media.

Gay men and lesbians were denounced as abominations, certain to experience the wrath of God. The fictitous homosexual agenda came under fire with warnings that civil unions would destabilize traditional marriage, allowing outsiders to drive the state down an immoral path of no return.

Nearly a quarter century later the tent show proselytizing, dire warnings and threats to traditional marriage crumble under the weight of absurdity. Tens of thousands of gay couples have been married and gay marriage is now the law of the land, supported by over 70 percent of the country. In short, nothing happened.

But we should never forget that evangelical Christians and red state governors

thrive on absurdity and the same paranoia that fueled this debate from the beginning is being resurrected by conservative politicians either bent on authoritarian rule or with designs on the White House, and often both.

While gay marriage is enshrined in federal legislation, carefully targeted, systematic discrimination, determined to marginalize the community out of existence, if possible, is becoming rampant. CNN reports at least 417 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in state legislatures since the beginning of the year, more than twice the number of a year ago, a record according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

Many are designed to isolate already vulnerable young people through the promotion of ignorance, excising any mention of gay rights from school curriculums, banning books if a single reactionary parent complains, and denying gender affirming health care for trans youth.

While we celebrate Pride this month — and the vast distance we’ve traveled — we should remember that the bottom feeders are still out there and they’ve reissued a license to hate with open carry for homophobia becoming dangerously routine in many areas of the country.

Glaring examples of an authoritarian future come from Texas and Florida with legislation straight off the cave wall, doing away with DEI offices at state universities, rendering diversity, equity and inclusion illegal. Let that sink in for a moment and imagine what it means for not only the LGBTQ community but for everyone else as well.

Without diversity, equity and inclusion, will certain people and groups be considered illegal? The Lone Star bill was sponsored by GOP state Sen. Brandon Creighton who explained: “The days of political oaths and racial profiling in university hiring are behind us.” Whatever that means. Similar legislation is being considered in several other states.

The battle to put hate back in the closet is ongoing.

Walt Amses lives and writes from Vermont.

GRADUATION

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families, parents, guardians, siblings, friends, new and old.”

Senior speaker Anders Erickson, on the other hand, playfully chucked handfuls of Hershey’s kisses at his fellow classmates as he urged them to find joy in the little things and the good moments in times where it might seem impossible — a task he calls “finding the little chocolate chips.”

“Sometimes it feels like there’s no way to end the doom and gloom and discord, but there are always chocolate chips to find in the deepest cracks at the back of the closet where you least expect it. They’re always there,” he said. “For example, when my car runs out of gas, and I’ve got to make a detour to the gas station this just means I’ve just got more time to look at nature and listen to the music: chocolate chip. When my job screwed up my hours and I had more time to sit at home and be creative: chocolate chip.”

Senior speaker Ananya Rohatgi told those assembled that she really began to appreciate Champlain Valley Union the most when it wasn’t with her, recounting the semester last year she spent in Washington, D.C.

“While there were plenty of memorable things that I thought to write this speech about, like when Mitch McConnell winked at me right before the John Lewis Voting Rights Act failed, the most important and applicable moment was when I got a concussion on my second day on the job from a 64-ounce Hydroflask falling on the back of my head,” she said.

“As I was sitting in an empty room, on the verge of being kicked out by a water bottle, it didn’t matter whether or not I deserved it. My grades didn’t matter. My extracurriculars didn’t matter. A lot of the things that we’ve believed to find our worth and success as students didn’t matter, because I learned that when there’s an obstacle in the path you set for yourself, there’s only one thing that truly matters: how you recover from that setback.”

The class picked Advanced Placement economics and social studies teacher, social justice club leader and assistant soccer coach Christopher Smith as its keynote speaker, who himself is graduating as he leaves his CVU teaching career of 15 years.

“In order to achieve happiness,

I think you have to place two items in your life: passion and purpose,” he said. “I want to thank you for showing me that the younger generation can and will make the world a better place. Thank you for bringing meaning and purpose to my time here at CVU. I am truly honored to be graduating with you today.”

The speech concluded with a more than 30-second standing ovation from the class, displaying their infinite thanks to Smith through claps and whistles.

Throughout the entirety of the two-hour ceremony, excitement for the future filled the air of the gymnasium and principal Adam Bunting reminded graduates that this day was only just the beginning.

“Each diploma means something different to the person who earns it,” he said. “It is a representation of your story. When you walk across the stage today, it is for you. But it is not yours alone. The short walk is for your families, your guardians, your friends, your mentors, your teachers, your siblings, and even for those who challenged you and helped you grow.”

PHOTOS BY AL FREY

From top left, a member of the jazz trio plays as the 350 graduates funnel during Champlain Valley Union’s 2023 graduation ceremony. Graduating senior Anna MacFaden gives welcoming remarks with cowbell in hand. Senior speaker Anders Erickson encourages fellow graduates to find the good moments in life even when it might seem impossible.

Friday, June 16, 2023 | Patrick Gymnasium, University of Vermont

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Oliver M. Steadman

Cameron J. Steele

Hadley G. Stockwell •

Ian Story

Christian T. Surdak

Samuel W. Sweeney

Dakotah Taylor

Fernando Tejera

Trey Terricciano

Dominik Tetreault

Say Eh ler Tha Moo

Wilder G. Tharp •

Hayley Thomas-Shover

Sawyer G. Thorpe

Kyle Tivnan * ^

Kylie H. Tolan * **

Carly Trapeni * ^

Cayden L. Tucker ***

Samara M. Tucker

Connor Turnbaugh

Addison R. Urch

Jameica Valliere

Ethan Varricchione

Isabelle G. Varricchione ^

Logan B. Vaughan **

Zachary Vincent

Zoe Voth

Xander R. Walker

Scott Wallace

Lenaya J. Waterhouse

Grace M. Wells

Corey W. Wemple ^

Chase Whitman ** ^

Margaret L. Whitman

Javante S. Williams

Samuel Williams

Eliza Willoughby ^

Leila Wright

Samuel J. Yager * ^ •

Cleo N. Young

Harrison J. Young-Glatz

Rustum Zia ^

Zachary C. Zizza

Zoe J. Zoller * ^

Matthew W. Zych ^ •

Arthur H. Scott Scholarship Awards

Rowan McKinney, J. Allen Bates

Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Rotary & Denny Bowen Memorial Awards

Coach David Bremner Awards

Craig Simpson Memorial Award

Creative Writing Awards

Madeleine Connery, Gabriel Nelson, Sarah Sides

CVU Senior Rowing Award

Design Technology Award

Diligence Awards Emmitt Hayes, Gloria Direction Center Award

Donald Moore Cross Country Scholarship

Dylan Peters Visual Memorial Scholarship

El Premio de Español

Elise Ayer, Madeline Bunting, Madeleine Connery, Frazee, Thomas Roberts, Sloane Roy, Rustum Zia

Environmental Activism Awards

Excellence in Mathematical Thinking Awards

Iris Miller-Bottoms, Matthew Servin, Zachary Spitznagle

Excellence in Science Awards

Iris Miller-Bottoms, Gabriel Nelson

Excellence in Scientific Inquiry Awards

Nathaniel Frazee, Neika Haire

Faculty Awards

Sawyer Falkenbush, Tyler Forrest, Anna

Grace Kafferlin,

Family and Consumer Science Award

Jacob Medici

Prat Mraz Library Award

Shamir Rimal

Zia

Sides

Sophie Ball-Dolan, Zachary Santos

Ella Polli, Evan Statton

Joseph Merola

Phoenix Caldwell, Sylvia Chapman,

Lucas Barton

Jack Gourlay

Gloria Perez Millington, Adrian Statkevicus

Kieran Roberts

Scholarship Matthew Servin

Scholarship Will Richardson

Morgan Ackerly, Lindsey Auriemma, Connery, Ethan Cook, Tess Everett, Nathaniel

Julia CichoskiKelly, Madeleine Connery

Awards Jared Kennedy, Spitznagle

Grace McNally, Anders Erickson,

Brianna Armstrong, Aiden Blevins, MacFaden, Mario Robinson

French V Language Awards

Karina Bushweller, Lewis Kerest, Marisa Kono, Ava Rohrbaugh, Zachary Spitznagle, Kyle Tivnan

Friends of CVU School Spirit Award

Governor Phil Hoff Vermont Honor Scholarship

Greg Cluff Award

Hart Athletic Awards

Humanities Award

Kyle Tivnan

Lily Mincar

Ananya Rohatgi

Madeline Bunting

Wilder Tharp

Integrity Awards Annika Gruber, Dylan LeBlanc, Katherine Roberts

John Phillip Souza Band Award

Ethan Cook

Journalism Award Colin Halliburton

Kathy M. Stringer Devost Scholarships

Kevin Riell Memorial Scholarships

Larry Wagner Math Awards

Lasalle Lacrosse Awards

Catherine Manning, Isabella Nash

Ava Rohrbaugh, Samuel Sweeney

Keaton St. Martin, Samuel Yager

Madeline Bunting, Samuel Decker

Master Musician Awards Ann Bingel, Miles Glover, Marisa Kono, Thomas Roberts, Hadley Stockwell

Michael G Hart Baseball Scholarship

National Federation of High Schools

Award of Excellence

Outstanding Business Student Awards

Robert Fragola

Anders Erickson

Kylie Tolan, Logan Vaughan

Outstanding English Student Awards Morgan Ackerly, Iris Miller-Bottoms, Matthew Servin, Hadley Stockwell

Principal’s Leadership Scholarship Awards Miranda Oppenheimer

Redhawk Football Award Maxwell Destito

Renaissance Artist Awards Morgan Ackerly, Phoenix Caldwell

Robert J. Pepper Science Awards Dylan LeBlanc, Miranda Oppenheimer

Sara Grayson Memorial Award Anders Erickson

School Directors’ Awards Jaden Parker, Carly Trapeni

The Director’s Award for Chorus Grace Kafferlin

The Peter March Foundation

Silent Servant Awards Morgan Ackerly, Erin Fina

Tom Titus Track and Field Award Matthew Servin

Tomorrow’s Business Leader Award (FBLA) Harper Anderson

21st Century Social Studies Awards Madeleine Connery, Anders Erickson, Tess Everett, Lily Mincar, Matthew Servin

University of Vermont Green & Gold Scholarship Anders Erickson

U.S Presidential Scholar Samuel Yager

Virgilian Latin Awards Phoenix Caldwell, Stella Ewald, Kieran Roberts

Visual Arts Department Awards Sylvia Chapman, Vivien Sorce

Waitsfield & Champlain Valley Telecom

Eunice C. Farr Inventive Award Cassidy Fleming

Vermont’s Golf Association Scholarship Elise Ayer

Volunteer Outreach Club Award Ann Bingel

Williston-Richmond Rotary Scholarship Grace Kafferlin

Outstanding Essayist Awards

Karina Bushweller, Natalie D’Amico, Rochelle Kanarick

Palmer Athletic Awards

Tess Everett, Alexander Provost

Woody Herman Jazz Award Hadley Stockwell

Zeke Kassel Memorial Awards Connor Brien, Cameron Steele

PHOTOS BY AL FREY

Two graduates sport smiling faces and peace signs as they celebrate the end of their high school career, and another shows off her mortarboard.

HOUSING

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like fifth or third now; it was fifth last year,” Rep. Jessica Brumsted of the Chittenden-5-2 district recently told the Shelburne selectboard.

In May, Chris Winters, new commissioner for the Department for Children and Families, sent a letter to towns aimed at identifying funding or resource needs such as access to shelter, services, showers, food, clothing; medical care; street outreach services; and planning and coordination to expand long-term emergency shelter needs in communities.

As of last week, Brumsted was shocked to learn that Shelburne was not among the more than 50 towns that had already submitted these letters of interest to Winters.

“There’s no reason why,” she said. “If one of those 50 letters is not ours, we certainly should have one in there tomorrow if we possibly can, just saying the things that we think. It doesn’t have to be formal. People have written letters that have a starting paragraph and then just bulleted the things they’d like to do.”

Exact funding available for towns remains uncertain since Gov. Phil Scott vetoed the $8.5 billion state budget last month. Lawmakers will reassemble this week in an attempt to override his veto while also working to strike a

motel voucher deal. But Brumsted explained, “We don’t even know if we’re going to be able to override, we still need more votes. So, we’re supposedly starting on the 20th and will be there until the end of the week or until we get something done.”

In the meantime, Shelburne town manager Matt Lawless said, “We definitely will send (the letter). I’m working on it now, detailing the costs and exactly how we are going to scope this. We certainly have a need here.”

The work will continue to include the town’s social services committee along with an unofficial task force made up of selectboard members Cate Cross and Andrew Everett, Shelburne’s police chief Mike Thomas, the Champlain Housing Trust, and Brumsted.

Some of the solutions discussed with the housing trust are the need for showers or a day station in town as well as the possibility of the trust temporarily reopening 15 of its rooms in the former Harbor Place that is currently under renovation for more permanent housing.

The soon-to-be chair of the social services committee, Sean Moran, said the committee had not been cued in to work with the task force in prior meetings but anticipates that going forward the two

would work in conjunction with Lawless.

Social services committee

Although the committee is more than willing to help, its role in town is slightly limited. The committee is allotted $38,000 a year from the town to address the needs of the residents by directly supporting organizations that serve them.

“We aren’t really providers of services, we approve grants to providers,” former chair Sue Irish said.

“If you came to us and said, ‘I would like to help the homeless. Can you help me buy 100 sleeping bags?’ Well, unless you wrote a grant, and we could see where it was going, we cannot just do that,” Moran said. “We can’t go and say, Here’s $10,000 or $5,000, use it for what you want.’ We have to be asked for it.”

For example, the committee has set up its own voucher program with the police department that will reimburse an officer who spends money out of their own pocket to put someone they find may be at risk into a hotel or supply them with food.

“We set that up last year because Officer (Josh) Flore would call me at 10 at night saying ‘I have somebody without food,’ Moran said.

“So we’ve set up a fund where we will reimburse an officer per event up to $300 if they have to buy (someone) a hotel room or buy a bus ticket or buy gas.”

“Officer Flore basically said if he could drive around with the back of his truck full of food he would,” board member Andrew Everett said. “His first reaction to people is, ‘Are you fed and how can I help?’ They have zero interest in criminalizing homelessness.”

Conversely, Moran said he’s reached out to a number of churches in Shelburne looking for means of support and was mortified to be met with closed doors when it came to dealing with homelessness.

“Some of the churches I went to said, ‘No, homeless, it’s just usually drugs.’ and I said, ‘Are you kidding me? Do you know how many rich people also sell drugs out of their rich little homes?’ I was furious.”

Misplaced blame?

Selectboard members also explained that homelessness has been a topic of contention among residents and some former selectboard members with many conflating a perceived increase in crime to the people living in the hotels along Route 7, specifically Harbor Place, which is owned and operat-

ed by Champlain Housing Trust.

“We’ve agreed with CHT to look at the police data to see what it was telling us because we’re also hearing a lot from community members saying, ‘My house is broken into because of these damn homeless people,” Cate Cross said. “So, we’re saying is this really what we’re finding or is this misplaced blame?”

Cross, who is also the liaison to the diversity and equity committee, explained that the problems are multilayered, stemming from a scarcity of housing, mental health problems, addiction and abuse.

According to the 2023 Chittenden County Point-in-Time count report, released by the Chittenden County Homeless Alliance, Vermont has the second lowest vacancy rate in the country, while Chittenden County is at a 20-year low of 0.4 percent, with more than half of renters paying more than one-third of their income for housing.

“We’re really trying to figure out how can we be welcoming and help people get people back on their feet,” she continued. “It’s been a journey and we’re certainly just at the beginning, but it’s already been pretty cool to rebuild the relationships with Howard Center and Champlain Housing Trust.”

PHOTO BY AL FREY Champlain Valley Union High School Class of 2023 celebrates their graduation with traditional cap tossing and cheering.

The Hitmen Community Notes

Lions offers free vision screenings for kids

On Saturday, June 24, the Champlain Valley Lions will offer free vision screenings for children at University Mall in South Burlington.

Using a portable, high-tech screening camera, specially trained Lions Club volunteers can perform a comprehensive, no contact, vision analysis for any child in about a minute.

Free vision screenings for children are offered through Lions KidSight USA, a Lions Club program whose goal is to identify eye problems early so that children with vision impairments or disease can be referred to specialists for appropriate care.

Since its inception, KidSight Lions volunteers have helped prevent, treat and cure eye diseases in tens of thousands of Vermont children.

Free KidSight vision screenings are part of the core Lions’ commitment to work on behalf of the blind and visually impaired. Thanks to advances in technology, prevention is now a key part of that commitment.

Parents can bring their children 6 months and older to the University Mall from 1-4 p.m. for a free screening. There will also be refreshments and information on how to volunteer for future KidSight vision screenings.

Shelburne hosts blood drive July 19

St. Catherine of Siena hosts a Red Cross blood drive on Wednesday, July 19, noon-5 p.m., 72 Church St. in Shelburne

Appointments are recommended as walks-ins cannot always be accommodated. To sign up call 800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org.

If you are a type O, B negative or A negative donor, consider making a power red donation. Questions? Contact Laureen Mathon at lmathon104@gmail.com.

Tiny art auction returns, raises money for food shelf

Responsible Growth hosts Hinesburg’s fifth annual tiny art auction from July 4 to July 18.

Each canvas measures just 4 inches square, and this year’s artists include Mary Azarian, Cynthia Guild-Kling, Marcy Kass, Gregory Maguire, Sarah Morri-

son-Yates, Nola Parker, John Penoyar, Ashley Wolff, and others.

The art will be on display on July 4 at the United Church Osborne Parish Hall, the location for the library book sale.

Bidding for the auction, which begins that day and ends July 18, will be done online at biddingowl. com/rghinesburg.

All proceeds benefit the Hinesburg Food Shelf.

Shelburne Age Well hosts July 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, July 11.

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. Suggested donation is $5.

The menu is cheese tortellini with alfredo sauce, peas and carrots, spinach, wheat bread, watermelon and milk.

To order a meal contact Kathleen at agewellstcath@gmail.com or 802-503-1107. Deadline to order is Wednesday, July 5. If this is a first-time order, provide your name, address, phone number and date of birth.

Learn about restaurant tickets

to dine at participating restaurants at agewellvt.org.

Homestead celebrates Ethan Allen this weekend

Celebrate Ethan Allen Day, a Vermont state holiday, on Friday, June 23, by visiting Allen’s last home in Burlington, the Ethan Allen Homestead, which plans a weekend of events.

Vermont residents get in free on Ethan Allen Day just by showing a Vermont ID. To plan a visit, visit ethanallenhomestead.org.

SALE

Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25, also features a Revolutionary War reenactment. Encampment reenactments will be held June 24 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and June 25 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

The Ethan Allen Homestead monthly lecture series will begin at 2 p.m. on June 25, 2 p.m. with local historian and author Glenn Fay. Fay will present “An Intimate History of the Ethan and Fanny Allen Family in Burlington 17871789.”

The in-person lecture is free with a suggested donation of $10.

Quality

COURTESY PHOTO

SB Nite Out brings back The Hitmen on Thursday, June 29, 5-8 p.m., at Veterans Memorial Park, South Burlington. Now in its seventh year, friends, family and neighbors spend evenings in the park listening to live music and enjoying different cuisines, on Thursdays through August. The concert on July 6 features The Grift.

COURTESY PHOTO “Vase of Flowers” by Mary Azarian

Green Mountain Bike Club offers rides as June closes

Saturday, June 24

Mostly unpaved MUP Ride No. 2 — 20 miles on the scenic and less travelled roads through the farmlands of Charlotte including Guinea and Roscoe Roads. Meet at 9:15 a.m. at Charlotte Central School, Hinesburg Road.

Leaders: Brian Howard, 802-304-0610, bjhowd@gmail. com and William Regan (571) 730-8160, william.regan.802@ gmail.com.

Sunday, June 25 Way to Weybridge — 64 miles of rolling hills from Shelburne through Vergennes and on to Weybridge. Meet at 8:45 a.m. at Shelburne Village Shopping

Center.

Leaders: Allan Kunigis, 802-324-9958, akunigis@gmail. com, and Dawn Fragola, 802-2388752 dfragola1127@gmail.com.

Saturday, July 1

Gravel Gravel — 43-mile route through Texas Hill, Dugway and Duxbury loop. The ride starts with a fairly big climb and then a downhill out to Duxbury and North Road out to Waterbury.

Meet at 9:15 a.m. at North Rd turnaround or possibly Iroquois Trucking on Mechanicsville Road.

Leaders: Brian Howard, 802-304-0610, bjhowd@gmail. com, and Karl Garen, 802-3180116, kgaren@gmail.com.

Information Technology Director

JOB SUMMARY

The City of South Burlington is looking for an innovative, strategic and dynamic proven leader to be our next IT Director: oversee and lead all aspects of Information Technology for the City; design and develop IT strategies and infrastructure, hardware and software, network operations and security, server maintenance and connectivity, help desk and customer service operations and project management. Administrative functions include budget and resource management. As a Department Head, this position is a member of the City Manager’s Leadership Team.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a related field, plus a minimum of five years’ experience in information technology leadership and administration, equivalency considered. Learn more about the position and see a detailed job description by visiting: southburlingtonvt.gov/jobopportunities

APPLY NOW

Review of applications will begin July 5, 2023. To apply, please email an South Burlington City employment application form, cover letter, resume and three references to sbcityjobs@southburlingtonvt.gov with “IT Director” in the subject line.

Job Openings

The Town of Hinesburg, Vermont seeks qualified applicants for the following positions:

• Highway Foreperson

• Highway Maintainer

• Water and/or Wastewater Operator

• Firefighter/AEMT

• General Seasonal Summer Help

Detailed information and an application form can be found at www.hinesburg.org under the employment tab. Applications can be mailed or delivered to Todd Odit, Town Manager, 10632 Route 116 or emailed to todit@hinesburg.org.

The Town of Hinesburg offers a comprehensive benefits package and very competitive pay. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applications will be reviewed as received and accepted until the position is filled.

CVU player named Pitcher of the Year

LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT

After pitching the Champlain Valley Union High School baseball team to a Division I state title this season, Stephen Rickert walks home with some extra hardware. The CVU junior was named the Pitcher of the Year when the coaches’ announced the all-league baseball teams this week.

GARAGE SALE/YARD

ALL NEIGHBORHOOD YARD SALE: (Almost) everything free. Fri. and Sat., (June 23-24) 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. 18 - 20 homes in our walkable neighborhood, across from Shelburne Museum. Enter at Meadow Lane.

The Redhawks also had players earn all-league honors in the Metro Division.

Robbie Fragola (second base), Kyle Tivnan (outfield), Chris Robinson (pitcher) and Declan Cummings (designated hitter) were all named to the first team.

Pitchers Elise Berger and Aaron Larose were named to the second team from CVU, while Zach Santos and Travis Stroh both earned honorable mentions.

Chris Robinson was also named to Vermont’s Twin State roster. The annual doubleheader matchup against New Hampshire will be held on Saturday, June 24, at Norwich University. First pitch will be at 10 a.m. Ultimate

The Champlain Valley boys’ ultimate frisbee team ended the

season with some all-state honors. Thomas Garavelli was named to the first team by Ultimate coaches, while DJ Steinman and Victor Colon were both named to the second team.

Ice hockey

Three Champlain ValleyMount Mansfield girls’ ice hockey players will take the ice on Saturday, July 1, in the Make-A-Wish Hockey Classic.

Tess Everett, Hannah Schmid and Samara Tucker will all represent Vermont in the 26th VermontNew Hampshire matchup. The game will start at 4 p.m. at the University of Vermont’s Gutterson Fieldhouse.

The two states will also faceoff in boys’ hockey following the girls’ matchup.

PHOTO BY AL FREY

CVU’s Stephen Rickert toes the rubber at the start of the Redhawks’ quarterfinal win over the Colchester Lakers on June 2 at home. The junior was named the Pitcher of the Year for the all-league baseball team.

ARIES

March 21 - April 20

Aries, sometimes you do not have to take action to x problems. Certain issues will work themselves out on their own. Don’t feel the need to rush in and nd a quick solution.

TAURUS

April 21 - May 21

Right now the spotlight is on you and your talents, Taurus. You have a large group of admirers who are looking to see what you can produce next.

GEMINI

May 22 - June 21

You will recover quickly from disagreements with others, Gemini. These situations may give you a new perspective and compel you to change a few things for the better.

CANCER

June 22 - July 22

Con de in a friend about something that is troubling you, Cancer. Talking about the issue could start you down a path toward a solution. Thank others for lending an ear.

LEO

July 23 - Aug. 23

Leo, on the outside everything may seem to be going along ne with a friend. But things may be different on the inside. Treat others tenderly to avoid piling on.

VIRGO

Aug. 24 - Sept. 22

Vacation vibes are high this week, Virgo. You are daydreaming about potential destinations. Narrow down your prospects and zero in on your favorite features.

LIBRA

Sept. 23 - Oct. 23

You may want to know what another person is thinking but don’t want to come off too pushy, Libra. If you phrase the question the right way, it won’t seem like an interrogation.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

Your physical and emotional health may be a focal point this week, Scorpio. Book some time for re ection, rest and relaxation. Solitude can help you clear your mind.

SUDOKU

Here’s How It Works:

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must ll each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can gure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

CROSSWORD

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21

Sagittarius, you are staying on top of your responsibilities and have good energy moving through this week. However, by the time the weekend arrives you may be running on empty.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20

Try having some fun outside of your comfort zone, Capricorn. It is good to try new things from time to time and push the boundaries you have set up for yourself.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 21 - Feb. 18 Aquarius, this week you may nd yourself meeting new people and tting into groups you had not imagined. Network as much as possible while having fun along the way.

PISCES

Feb. 19 - March 20

Pisces, nances may have been on your mind and you are eager to pay off some debt. It could take a while, but you will be successful.

CLUES ACROSS

1. Understand intuitively

5. Two of something

9. Not involving computer tech

11. Acclaimed

13. Undermine

15. The condition of being concealed or hidden

16. Irritate

17. The process of developing a theory

19. Ceramic jar

21. Not fresh

22. Dad’s fashion accessory

23. Popular review site

25. New Mexico county

26. ‘__ death do us part

27. Fees

29. Takes with force

31. One-time Yankees rookie sensation

33. Gordon and Snider are two 34. Body parts 36. Arranges

38. Fiddler crabs

39. Mimics

41. Witnesses

43. They __

44. Lasso

46. Runs down

48. In response to

52. Bird-like dinosaur

53. Metamorphic stages

54. Conditions of incapacity

56. Sodas are sold in these units

57. Break away from

58. Ethereal

59. Boggy

CLUES DOWN

1. Mangled

2. Ruf ed some feathers

3. Not young

4. Lakers legend

5. Nocturnal S. American rodent

6. Direction (Scottish)

7. Intestinal in ammation

8. Spring back in fear

9. Owl genus

10. Girls

11. Unbeliefs

12. Force unit

14. Expired trade agreement

ANSWERS

15. Went alone

18. Animal noises

20. Woman who graduated from a speci c school

24. The very top

26. Organs in males

28. Earnings

30. Z Z Z

32. Reddish browns 34. A salt or ester of acetic acid 35. A place to get off your feet 37. More disreputable

Kidney condition 40. Cease moving

Quick

Extra seed covering

“Survivor: Panama” winner

inspects

RABIES BAIT

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The week-long bait drop is a cooperative effort between Vermont and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services to stop the spread of the potentially fatal disease.

Rabies is a deadly viral disease of the brain that infects mammals. It is most often seen in raccoons, skunks, foxes, and bats, but unvaccinated pets and livestock can also get rabies.The virus is spread through the bite of an infected animal or contact with its

saliva. If left untreated, rabies is almost always fatal in humans and animals. However, treatment with the rabies vaccine is nearly 100 percent effective when given soon after a person is bitten by a rabid animal.

So far this year, 23 animals in Vermont have tested positive for rabies, and 14 of those have been raccoons.

According to wildlife officials, rabid animals often show a change in their normal behavior, but you cannot tell whether an animal has rabies simply by looking at it. People should not touch or pick up wild animals or strays – even baby animals.

SHELBURNE DAY

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All in the Details

Shelburne Historical Society will have a display and president Dorothea Penar will lead a cemetery tour at 1 p.m. Food vendors round out the event with everything from coffee and lemonade to burgers and creemees. Kids will enjoy meeting animals from Shelburne Farms, craft projects, and

face burne-Hinesburg head the Golf depending land.