Shelburne News - 9-28-23

Sign of the times

Guillemette Farm stops milking operation

LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER

Jan. 11, 2023, was a bittersweet day for the Guillemette family. It was the last day they would milk a cow on their 75-year-old dairy farm.

Bernie Guillemette sat on the back of his old pickup truck wiping the tractor grease off his hands, as he cast a reminiscent gaze over the house his 101-year-old mother still resides in and the farm where he has spent his entire life.

“I didn’t think this was going to bother me,” he said as he clasped his calloused hands together, tears welling in his eyes. “One thing you have to realize is, unless you’re in this business, you don’t understand what people are going through. So, even though the farm is still here, it still hurts me to talk about because it’s quite a legacy.”

The farm that sits at the corner of Pond

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Juvenile cited for bringing BB gun to football game

police chief Anthony Cambridge.

event,” Sanchez said.

A 17-year-old who “threateningly displayed” a BB gun during a varsity football game at Champlain Valley Union High School Saturday was cited for possessing a dangerous weapon on school property and for giving police false information.

The juvenile, a male from Hinesburg and a former CVU student, was reportedly showing the weapon to people and pointed it at least one person, according to Hinesburg

“He was showing it to people, lifting his waistband. You could not tell the difference — unless you really knew guns — if it was a real gun or not,” Cambridge said.

Several students in the audience saw the gun and notified an administrator on duty who called the Hinesburg police, according to a letter district superintendent Rene Sanchez sent to parents and other members of the district.

“The police responded immediately and ensured the safety of those attending the

Police arrived on scene and found the juvenile, who told police he didn’t have a weapon. Officers later found the gun in a backpack.

Police issued the juvenile a trespass notice to stay off school grounds and was then taken to the Hinesburg Police Department, Cambridge said, and later released to a family member.

He was cited with possession of a dangerous weapon on school property and giving false information to police.

The incident remains under investigation, and Cambridge said the juvenile could possibly face a charge of criminal threatening.

Sanchez, in the district-wide letter, said mental health staff will be available for students upon their return to school.

“We know that a traumatic event such as this can elicit a variety of reactions from our young people,” Sanchez said, adding that “all CVU parents and caregivers will receive a separate message from principal (Adam) Bunting sharing pertinent information as it arises.”

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

PHOTO BY LIBERTY DARR

Bernie Guillemette stands in front of his 75-year-old dairy farm in Shelburne. The family still farms but no longer milks cows.

Bergh takes helm at Vermont State U

PETER D’AURIA VTDIGGER

David Bergh, a former Johnson State College administrator and president of the recently shuttered Cazenovia College, will be the next interim president of Vermont State University.

The Vermont State Colleges board of trustees announced the appointment last Friday. Bergh will begin in the position Nov. 1, replacing outgoing interim president Mike Smith, and is expected to stay in the position for roughly a year and a half.

“I am incredibly impressed with the students, faculty, staff, and leaders of Vermont State University and throughout the Vermont State Colleges system,” Bergh said in a press release. “The transformation planning and the modernization work done over the last few years is truly remarkable. I believe that this work paves the way for growth and viability at our campuses and will be a national model to build on.”

Bergh spent 20 years working in the Vermont State Colleges system, according to the press release. He held multiple administrative roles at the former Johnson State College, now the state university’s Johnson campus, including serving as the dean of

student life and college relations and dean of students.

More recently, Bergh held administrative roles, including roughly a year and a half as president of Cazenovia College, a small private college in Cazenovia, N.Y., that closed earlier this year.

In an interview, Bergh said that he sees the potential for Vermont State University to become “a potential national model for serving students and communities.”

“I think that there’s been a really thoughtful approach taken to, ‘What are the best ways to strengthen this university, to make it a resource and a real asset for the state of Vermont, and for the students in Vermont?’” he said. “And so, I’m excited to be a

part of that and help advance that initiative and that work.”

Rep. Lynn Dickinson, R-St. Albans, who chairs the Vermont State Colleges board of trustees, said that the job opening drew “a really excellent applicant pool.”

But Bergh stood out for his time in Vermont and his experience in rural education, she said, as well as his time working closely with

students and local communities.

Dickinson said that Bergh’s time overseeing the closure of Cazenovia College would help ensure that Vermont State University thrives.

“He knows what happens if you don’t hit the marks and be successful in the transformation,” she said. “He knows the warning signs and he knows the process. We hope that because he has that experience, he will be more effective in trying to move the transformation along.”

Cazenovia College shut down this spring amid “a combination of financial challenges (that) were more than the College could overcome,” according to its website.

At Vermont State University, Bergh will inherit an institution that also faces daunting challenges. It was officially created this summer through the merger of Castleton University, Vermont Technical College and Northern Vermont University.

Those three public institutions spent years struggling financially amid declining enrollment and little in the way of state appropriations. The consolidation, officials hoped, would set them on a course to financial stability.

For Vermont State University, however, 2023 has been anything but stable. In February, the institution’s inaugural president, Parwinder Grewal, announced a plan to downsize sports programs and remove books from libraries.

Those decisions created an immediate uproar, and Grewal resigned abruptly in April. Trustees reversed those cuts and tapped

Mike Smith, a former Agency of Human Services secretary with a reputation for turning troubled institutions around, to fill the void.

But Smith, who had come out of retirement for the gig, planned only to stay until Nov. 1. That left the trustees searching for another interim president.

Bergh acknowledged the challenges facing the institution, which is carrying a roughly $22 million structural deficit.

“There is not an unchallenged place in the higher ed landscape right now,” Bergh said. “It’s going to take some creative thinking for colleges and universities to find ways to be vital and vibrant and relevant.”

This week, university leaders signaled that more changes are on the horizon. Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Sophie Zdatny, who oversees Vermont State University and the Community College of Vermont, announced that she would be resigning at the end of the year.

A task force has also been examining the state university’s academic offerings, with an eye toward programs that could be consolidated or trimmed altogether. Smith is expected to issue recommendations about potential cuts Oct. 1.

Bergh’s salary has not yet been finalized, according to Vermont State Colleges spokesperson Katherine Levasseur, but will likely be around $225,000 annually. Smith, who will end up spending six months in the role, will make half that amount.

David Bergh

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The Fulham family, shown here with owner Nick Cowles on the right, has been visiting Shelburne Orchards for 15 years to pick apples to bring back to their home on Cape Cod.

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The Affordable Heat Act, or Act 18, directs the commission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Vermont’s heating-fuel sector and to design a regulatory structure based on clean heat credits.

The technical group will assist the commission in designing the ongoing management of the program and in developing the accounting methodology and values for clean heat credits and measures.

Parole board declines to release man convicted of strangling wife in 1993

TIFFANY TAN VTDIGGER

The Vermont Parole Board on Sept. 19 declined to release from prison a man convicted of strangling his wife three decades ago, saying Gregory Fitzgerald would be “a detriment” to the public and “potentially harmful” to the victim’s family.

Fitzgerald, 66, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Amy Fitzgerald in Shelburne in 1993 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Fitzgerald denied killing his 30-year-old wife — until last year, when he struck a deal with the Chittenden County State’s Attorney’s Office. At that time, he agreed to withdraw a state lawsuit and admit to the crime in exchange for a reduced sentence of 35 years to life in prison.

With credit for good behavior and pre-sentence jail time, Fitzgerald retroactively qualified for parole in 2019. On Tuesday morning, he appeared for the first time before the three-member parole board via video link from Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport.

After Amy Fitzgerald’s brother, Alan Zeltserman, asked the board

to deny his parole request, Gregory Fitzgerald told board members he would accept whatever decision they made.

“I’m actually quite at peace with myself right now,” he said. “I’ve come to accept whatever the board decides today.”

Zeltserman, who also appeared by video and whose statement was read by a victim services specialist, said police believed Fitzgerald had been planning to kill him, too, as part of what investigators have described as an elaborate scheme to get rid of his wife.

“A police detective opined to us at the time that Fitzgerald was probably planning to murder me and blame my sister’s murder on me,” Zeltserman said in the statement read on his behalf. “I shudder to think what would have happened to me.”

Zeltserman also described how his parents never recovered from the death of their only daughter, one of three children.

“Shortly before she died, my mother Ellen reminded me that when she passed away, it would be up to my brother and I to see that Fitzgerald remained in prison,” he said.

The Vermont Department of Corrections said Fitzgerald met the

basic requirements for parole — such as completing programming and finding transitional housing for offenders. But his parole officer, Isiah Moore, expressed some reservations.

“This wasn’t just a crime of passion. There was a lot of planning and manipulation that went into this crime,” Moore told the board. “What’s going to happen when he gets released? And how do you mitigate all the concerns, you know? Is that ever possible?”

In response to the parole board members’ questions about his plans if he were to be released, Fitzgerald said he expected to work as a handyman at a property management company co-owned by a formerly incarcerated person. He also said he was hoping to complete work on a bachelor’s degree.

With shoulder-length hair and a gray mustache, Fitzgerald appeared entirely different from images of him taken during his trial in 1994.

After board members deliberated privately for about 20 minutes, board chair Dean George announced that they had denied Fitzgerald’s request.

“We’re finding at this time you would be a detriment to the community and potentially harmful to the family of the victim,” George said.

Fitzgerald nodded and thanked the board before the video feed ended.

Amy Fitzgerald’s body was found in a condo in Shelburne, where she had been living while pursuing a master’s degree at the University of Vermont. She was also a captain in the U.S. Army. Family members have said they believe her husband killed her to collect on a $100,000 life insurance policy.

To avoid getting caught, police said, Gregory Fitzgerald had accomplices and an elaborate scheme to travel from Texas, where his wife believed he was

enrolled in college. Instead, he’d been dismissed from the University of Texas and had a secret girlfriend.

Under the established process, Fitzgerald’s case would come up for a parole board review every year. But the corrections department could also request at any time that the board interview him for parole consideration, said Mary Jane Ainsworth, director of the board.

Besides parole, she said, incarcerated individuals can also be released to the community under the corrections department’s furlough program.

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Left: A decades-old photo of convicted murderer Gregory Fitzgerald, who’s now 64.

Right: Gregory Fitzgerald attends his parole board hearing on Sept. 19 via video link from Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport.

Pedestrian killed on Shelburne Road

A pedestrian was killed crossing Shelburne Road on Monday around 8:45 p.m., according to South Burlington police.

A vehicle hit the pedestrian at the intersection of Fayette Drive. Police said despite life-saving measures on scene the pedestrian later died the University of

Vermont Medical Center.

The driver, who was also taken to hospital, was screened for intoxication, a standard part of any fatal motor vehicle crash, police said.

Police released little information, calling the investigation active.

The South Burlington Fire Department, Vermont State Police, and Shelburne Police Department assisted at the scene of the crash. Witnesses are asked to contact Det. Martin Maloney at 802-8464192 or mmaloney@southburlingtonpolice.org.

Shelburne Police Blotter: Sept. 18 - 24

Total reported incidents: 51

Traffic stops: 10

Warnings: 12

Tickets: 2

Arrests: 1

Medical emergencies: 22

Mental health incidents: 1

Suspicious incidents: 6

Agency assists: 1

Citizen assists: 5

Welfare check: 2

Motor vehicle complaints: 1

Car crash: 2

Animal problem: 1

Fire: 1

Theft: 4

Fraud: 2

Harassment: 1

Alarms: 2

Pending investigations: 6

Sept. 18 at 6:12 a.m., a fraud was reported from a Morgan Drive residence and is under investigation.

Sept. 19 at 9:14 a.m., police conducted a welfare check on the request of a friend of a

local resident, who turned out to be OK.

Sept. 20 at 9:54 a.m., a second fraud complaint was reported to police and is under investigation.

Sept. 20 at 2:40 p.m., a two-car crash with no injuries was reported on Falls Road.

Sept. 20 at 6:54 p.m., Shelburne police, fire and rescue were dispatched to assist a boat in distress on Lake Champlain. The boat and occupants were located and safely returned to shore.

Sept. 20 at 8:34 p.m., police issued a trespass notice to an individual caught stealing from the Tractor Supply on Shelburne Road.

Sept. 21 at 12:48 p.m., a second retail theft from Tractor Supply was reported, but police could not find the individual and the incident is under investigation.

Sept. 22 at 4:18 p.m., a harass-

ment report was taken after a caller reported being threatened by a guest at the Shelburne Campgrounds. The incident remains under investigation.

Sept. 23 at 12:25 a.m., a Harrington Avenue resident was told to keep the noise down after neighbors reported a loud party to police.

Sept. 23 at 3:05 a.m., police made an arrest for driving under the influence on Shelburne Road and Harrington Avenue. Police have not released the name of the driver.

Sept. 23 at 10:44 a.m., a caller reported a two-car crash with no injuries on Shelburne Road and Pine Haven Shores.

Sept. 23 at 10:42 p.m., a LaPlatte Circle resident reported a theft of items from their home.

Sept. 24 at 2:21 p.m., a third retail theft was reported at Tractor Supply and is under investigation.

Fasten your seatbelts for another Vermont futures project

Guest Perspective

John McClaughry

Once again, Vermont’s future is the topic of an initiative by a high-powered collection of partners, this time under the auspices of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.

A good case can be made that today is an apt time for another Futures report, hopefully free from interest group agendas. That’s because demographic trends, the COVID-19 pandemic, a crippling flood, billions of federal dollars, a soaring homelessness problem and the belief in a global climate emergency have put a lot of forces into motion to seek the driver’s seat for the state’s future.

Let’s look at some earlier efforts.

In 1987 Gov. Madeleine Kunin appointed a Governor’s Commission on Vermont’s Future, chaired by the former head of President Carter’s Environmental Protection Agency. This important person had settled in Vermont earlier

that same year, and the governor seemed to think he was well suited to advise Vermonters on their state’s future.

Its theme was centralized control of land use to prevent private landowners from doing anything contrary to the public interest. That interest was to be defined and enforced through regulations ominously described by Kunin as “uniform in standard, specific in requirements, and tough on delinquents.”

The Legislature passed Act 200 of 1988, but her longed-for state land controls faded away soon after passage, when 125 towns adopted resolutions condemning the scheme.

In 2006 the Ethan Allen Institute, aided by a Project Advisory Group heavy with economists and business leaders, produced a report entitled “Off the Rails: Changing Economics, Accumulating Obligations: How Will Vermont Cope with a Challenging Future?” Alas, its analysis, projections, warnings and recommendations did not appeal to legislators

and others determined to extend the reach and responsibilities of state government and find some way to extract the new costs from increasingly overburdened and overregulated taxpayers.

In 2021 the federally funded Vermont Council on Rural Development held 22 rural summits around the state to learn what our communities need to do, and to stand for … to build a successful, prosperous and unified Vermont in 2050.” It produced “The Vermont Proposition” featuring, as I wrote at the time, “what you would get if you assembled a dozen of the most high-minded, most sincere, politically correct liberals in the state, who as liberals are not at all hesitant to use

the power of government to make sure everyone falls in line with the grand vision.”

“The Vermont Proposition” was the first to point to the supposed climate emergency to bolster its pleas for bold action to defeat “the existential threat of our time” that if unaddressed, “will result in catastrophic impacts on communities, states and ultimately on world civilization.” Its leading proposal was carbon pricing, better known as a carbon tax, to generate a huge revenue flow to subsidize favored people and enterprises waging war against climate change.

In December 2021 the Vermont Climate Council, a government

within the government, released its Climate Action Plan promoting similar far-reaching goals. Last May the Legislature approved the Vermont Climate Council’s clean heat standard over Gov. Phil Scott’s veto and gave the Public Utility Commission $2 million to find a workable way to impose higher costs on home and business heating fuel users without calling it a tax.

In January 2025 the Legislature will vote on this plan, designed to extract $500 million from heating fuel users by 2030. And now comes the Vermont Futures Project. With a board of business-friendly leaders, the project is at work to use the magic of data to define updated economic development goals. Central to this work is the goal of increasing Vermont’s population to 802,000 and increasing housing inventory to 350,000 non-seasonal units by 2035.

“It’s essential that we invest in

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And now comes the Vermont Futures Project. With a board of business-friendly leaders, the project is at work to use the magic of data to define updated economic development goals.

Letters to the Editor

Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the Champlain Valley School Board and its chair, Angela Arsenault. It has been edited for clarity and style.

Champlain Valley School District transgender policy raises concern

To the Editor:

In the spirit of “bringing all voices to the conversation,” I am sure you will read my concerns about having biological males using biological female rest rooms and locker rooms and vice versa, and also my concerns about biological males playing on biological female teams and vice versa.

Would you put your teenage self in that locker room and undress in front of a young man who has decided to identify as female?

Are you going to place all these female athletes in this situation? What about the girls who may not want to be in a locker room with a biological male? What about boys who don’t want to be in a locker room with a biological female? Where are their rights?

As much as people want everything to be equal, are you willing to look at the real and major differences between males and females?

Top of the list on those differences:

• Physically, bone density and muscle mass are greater in males. Males are stronger and faster overall. Males who want to identify as female will never be able to rid themselves of that Y chromosome.

• Females who want to identify as male will never be biological men. It doesn’t matter how much surgery they undergo or drugs they take. These are facts that cannot change.

• Are you placing our female students at high risk of injury by placing biological males in their sports? Are you placing our female students in harm’s way by placing biological males with a penis in female students’ locker rooms?

• Even if a male gets their penis cut off and a surgeon adds a “vagina,” does this person still have a Y chromosome?

• Even if a female gets a “penis” made from the skin on their arm or leg, will that make them a man?

I do not know what it is like for a transgender student or the biological male and female students in schools these days. Do you? Are you listening to all of them? Are

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strategies and remove barriers to strengthen our economy, scale up Vermont’s impact on sustainability, and make progress on social equity,” executive director Kevin Chu said. “Vermont needs to prioritize helping the people who will be most affected by climate change.”

Climbing aboard the Climate Catastrophe Express and declaring for social equity are predictably necessary to gain sympathetic attention for data-driven recommendations these days.

Without prejudging what one hopes will be a timely and useful report, it’s certainly debatable whether a 24 percent increase in the state’s population will assure Vermont’s

you hearing all their concerns? Do students and parents feel like they can be heard without violence or judgement? Are people allowed to disagree with you and have their own opinions?

Would your policies erase biological women and our progress in independence and in sports?

If any of these women get hurt on the field by a biological male or raped in a locker room by a biological male, then who will take responsibility?

Have you looked at alternatives for transgender students? For example, build or designate a transgender locker room and bathrooms or start transgender teams who can play against other transgender teams. Look at all sides of the issue and be aware of all consequences.

Note that I have many more questions than answers and I certainly do not know what it is like to be transgender and know how a transgender student feels. I am really trying to see all sides to these policies. It is a tough situation for you all and I am sure you all are trying to do the right thing.

Susan Bowen Shelburne

Please support tiny pantry, need continues

To the Editor:

I am writing to encourage people to get out and support the tiny pantry. The tiny pantry is a source of food for people that need it. It is outside and available anytime. With the ending of COVID-19-era subsidies, the need for assistance with food has increased.

There has been a decrease in people’s food stamp benefits, but the price of food did not go down with it. Having encountered people that have made use of the tiny pantry they said that it has been a blessing while they waited to be approved for food stamps.

With the increased usage of the tiny pantry, it is important that the community come together to keep it full. Donations should be dropped off at the tiny pantry located in the parking lot of the Shelburne-Charlotte-Hinesburg Interfaith Project.

Kristen Ellwood Shelburne

happy future. If most of the new arrivals come here to work for and create businesses, hire workers, pay taxes and sell products into a national or global market, it would be a very happy day.

If the bulk of the new residents are unskilled immigrants fleeing socialist regimes, plus non-workers who come here to sample Vermont’s generous benefit programs, participate in the controlled substance trade and demand the many varieties of social justice ... well, not so fast.

John McClaughry writes for the Ethan Allen Institute, a conservative think tank in Vermont.

Hannah Dorfman

With her family by her side, Hannah Dorfman, 35, of Shelburne, died peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, after living with cancer for over two years. Hannah is a beautiful soul who lived life to the fullest. She will be remembered for her ready smile, positive energy and unconditional kindness. Hannah’s life was rich by every measure, astonishing in its details and full of love to its dying ember.

After spending her formative years in the Boston area, Hannah moved with her family to Shelburne where her love for the performing arts blossomed. Family gatherings at Thanksgiving set the stage for her earliest performances as she danced around the living room and shared her emerging (and squeaky) passion for the clarinet, filling the house with joy and laughter.

Hannah honed her skills in dance and music and opened her talents to a wider audience. She hit the stage for the first time

at age 10, representing Shelburne 4-H with a captivating solo dance performance of Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” in front of a full auditorium. By her early teenage years, she had performed in drama productions at her beloved OMNI Camp in Maine and played clarinet with the Vermont Youth Orchestra’s small ensembles.

While Hannah never shied from the spotlight on stage, she thrived behind the scenes. As any cast or crew would attest, organizing a production is no small feat. Thanks to Hannah’s strong work ethic and persistence, her spatial awareness and organizational skills, and her can-do attitude, she made a difficult job seem effortless. Every production team

who worked with Hannah would be quick to acknowledge her ability to direct others with clarity, integrity and warmth. Helping others shine was not just her job, it was part of her DNA.

In high school, she stage-managed memorable performances of “Into the Woods” and “Les Misérables.” At Ithaca College, her theatrical endeavors included such musicals as “The Full Monty,” “Urinetown” and “The Count of Monte Cristo.” During an unforgettable semester abroad with the Mark Summers Casting Agency in London, Hannah learned the art of producing music videos and commercials.

Upon graduating with a degree in drama and dance, Hannah moved onto Broadway, becoming a production assistant for “Anything Goes,” “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” and “Brief Encounter.” Her professional experience soared to new heights when she stage-managed several national tours that included Jay-Z and Will Smith’s production of “Fela! The Musical,” Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa’s “The High Road Tour” and Derek and Julianne Hough’s “Move Beyond: Live on Tour.”

Eventually, Hannah’s adventures took her to Las Vegas to help the Broadway musical “Rock of Ages” set up residency at The Venetian. Cast and crew became a second family to her, and she soon created a home within the Vegas entertainment community. When one cast member began a variety show called “Mondays Dark” to raise money for local charities, Hannah was among the first to volunteer her time and skills.

When live performances dried up during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hannah turned to production work in TV and film. She moved to Los Angeles in 2021, bringing her endearing personality and theatrical gifts to Hollywood. She became an assistant location manager for “Generation,” “Made for Love,” “American Crime Story,” “Studio 666,” “Euphoria” and “Shrinking” — all the while fulfilling her dream of becoming a California Girl, rocking out in her white jeep while driving with friends down Sunset Boulevard on their way to the beach.

Sports dominated Hannah’s spare time. Rarely a day would go by without SportsCenter playing for hours-on-end in the background of her apartment. She was a devout New England Patriots fan and loved watching football with friends. She supported the Boston Bruins but enthusiastical-

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ly cheered on the Vegas Golden Knights. Hannah combined passion and profession when coordinating entertainment for the WNBA Las Vegas Aces, the NCAA PAC-12 basketball tournaments and the NBA All-Star game.

The consummate professional, Hannah did not let cancer treatment get in the way of her work. She continued giving 100 percent on the sets of “The Old Man” and “Mayans M.C.”

Against all odds, she fulfilled her dream to complete a fulllength feature film, working long days and late nights on “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley.”

Hannah was unassuming, fun-loving and strong. She always put others first. Working with some of the biggest names in entertainment, she remained true to herself, embracing everyone for who they were — whether or not they were in the limelight.

Relationships were the cornerstone of Hannah’s life. She had an uncanny ability to befriend people, and she nurtured those friendships in ways others often do not. She always stayed close, and she never forgot. To Hannah, if you were her friend, you were her friend for life.

She touched the lives of many people and will forever live on in their hearts and memories.

Hannah will be sorely missed by her family. She leaves her parents, Richard and Gillian; brother, Luke; as well as her other “families” scattered around the globe.

A celebration of Hannah’s life will be held at All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, beginning at 11:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to consider a donation to the Hannah Dorfman Performing Arts Scholarship at Champlain Valley Union High School, a legacy fund to support students aspiring to pursue futures in entertainment and the performing arts. Checks can be made payable to the scholarship and mailed to: CVU Hannah Dorfman Performing Arts Scholarship, c/o Champlain Valley Union High School, 369 CVU Road, Hinesburg VT 05461.

Joan L. Wulfson

Joan Lear Wulfson, 92, died peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her family, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023.

Joan was born to the late Edwin Lear and Frieda Reichel Lear on June 14, 1931, in Elizabeth, N.J. She graduated from Battin High

devoted her energy and organizational talents to many causes. Her work organizing Vermont’s amateur tennis leagues may be what connected her most to the Vermont community. She was the U.S. Tennis Association league coordinator for Vermont for over 25 years. Her outstanding work in Vermont was recognized, and she was asked to join the board of USTA New England, where she served for many years.

Joan’s dear friends and travel partners, Mary Selby and Diane Meyer, traveled with her to New York, France, England and Australia to attend each of the tennis grand slam tournaments.

School and from Trenton State Teachers College, where she studied to become a physical education teacher. Joan was interested in athletics from a young age. She first played tennis in high school, as well as basketball and volleyball. In her physical education teacher training, she would learn numerous other sports. Tennis would continue to play a prominent role in her life.

Joan taught Phys Ed at Westfield High School for three years and was working there when she met Jay Wulfson. In 1955 they were married in Elizabeth, N.J. While living in East Brunswick, N.J., they started a family, and soon had four children, David, Lisa, Todd and Gary. In November 1963, they packed the family up for the big move to Burlington, where she helped Jay start the Vermont Railway from the remnants of the Rutland Railroad.

There was a lot of work to be done, and Joan gracefully handled multitasking before it was a thing. She excelled at organization. As the kids grew older, she was able to apply those skills as a volunteer and board member for a number of organizations, including the Baird Children’s Center.

After she and Jay divorced in 1974, Joan took on the role of office manager at Christ Church Presbyterian and didn’t relinquish it for 25 years.

In 1975, Joan met John Q. Caswell, and their mutual love of tennis became the backdrop for a loving partnership that lasted until his death in 1998. John’s sons Craig and Chris were devoted to her and continuously checked in on Joan and remained close for the next 25 years.

Over the years of living in and around Burlington, Joan made many special friendships. She

After being a snowbird in St. Petersburg, Fla., for many years starting in the 90s, Joan moved full-time to St. Petersburg. As would be expected, she spent time there as president of the Women’s Tennis Association of Isla Del Sol Yacht and Tennis Club.

In 2019, the draw of her grandchildren and children outweighed her distaste for cold weather, and she moved back Shelburne. Her family was so happy to have her close by for her last years.

Joan is survived by her sister, Carol Reed of Belvidere, N.J.; sons, David (Chrissy) of Shelburne, Todd of Burlington and Gary (Danielle) of Bristol; grandchildren, Christy, Jenna, Nicole, Christopher, Angela, Jessica, Alexandra, Samantha, Anna, Jacob and Sierra; and great-grandchildren, Lily, Evelyn, Grayson, Sawyer and Steele.

She was predeceased by her daughter, Lisa.

Joan had some special caregivers over the last few years, including Mary Joy “MJ” Patchett, whom she thought of as a dear friend, and her granddaughter, Angela Navin, who grew very close while helping during Joan’s final year in Florida.

A gathering in her honor will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made locally to Kids on the Ball, 19 Lindenwood Drive, South Burlington VT 05403.

Joan’s legacy of love for her family, passion for tennis and dedication to her community will be cherished and remembered always. Arrangements are in the care of Champlain Cremation Service.

To send online condolences to her family please visit vtfuneralhomes.com.

Joan L. Wulfson

COMMUNITY

Community Notes

COURTESY PHOTO Borderlands, the annual outdoor performance event along a forest trail at Shelburne Farms, presents “Bravely Ever Onward, on Sundays in October. Also this year, a nighttime presentation of “Bravely Ever Onward” as a sound and light show will be held on Saturday evenings, Sept. 30 and Oct. 14 and 21. This performance shapeshifts familiar folk and fairy tales to gather wisdom for a generation experiencing loss. Inherited stories give us the navigational stars for young to find their path. What might we discover from the wise elders, the magician, the nightingale, the ravens, the mermaid, Baba Yaga or the Frog Prince? All proceeds support Treewild, Enchantment Camps and Shelburne Farms programs for children. More at treewild.org.

Pierson Library hosts Vermont

author

Join the Pierson Library in Shelburne on Thursday, Oct. 5, at 6:30 p.m. for Vermont author Meg Madden who will discuss her book, “This Is a Book for People Who Love Mushrooms.”

The talk, accompanied by a slideshow presentation, is free and all are welcome.

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, Oct. 10

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 chicken cacciatore, wheat rotini pasta, peas and carrots, wheat bread, pumpkin cookie and milk.

To order a meal contact Kathleen at agewellstcath@gmail.com or 802-503-1107. Deadline to order is Wednesday, Oct 4. If this is a first-time order, provide your name, address, phone number and

date of birth.

If you haven’t yet filled out a congregate meal registration form, bring a completed registration form with you or send one to: Age Well; 875 Roosevelt Highway, Ste. 210, Colchester VT 05446. Forms will be available at meal pick up.

Learn about restaurant tickets to dine at participating restaurants at agewellvt.org.

Williston church hosts chicken pie supper

A takeout-only chicken pie supper will be held Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Williston Federated Church, 44 North Williston Road, Williston.

The meal includes chicken pie and biscuit, squash, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, cranberry sauce and either apple or pumpkin pie.

Tickets are $15 for adults; children $8. Pick up times are staggered starting at 4:15 p.m. Just drive into the parking lot and an attendant will take your name and payment and retrieve your meals.

Call 862-7400 to make a reservation.

UVM Extension holds two agritourism webinars

University of Vermont Extension is hosting two free webinars for agritourism operators in October.

“Legislation to Support Agritourism in the United States” will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 1 p.m. U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton from Virginia and other legislative leaders will present information about the purpose and intent of the bipartisan Agritourism Act, designed to create an Office of Agritourism in the U.S.

Department of Agriculture.

To register, go to go.uvm.edu/ legislation.

The following Wednesday, on Oct. 11, “Growing the Global Agritourism Network: Findings from Evaluations of Webinars and Conferences,” will begin at 10 a.m. Register at go.uvm.edu/ growing-agtourism.

Enjoy Age Well meals at Charlotte Senior Center

The Age Well meal pickup for Thursday, Sept. 28, is from 10-11 a.m., Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Road, and features roast pork with gravy, boiled potatoes with parsley, butternut squash, wheat bread and butter, cookie bar with dates and Craisins and milk.

You must have pre-registered by the prior Monday at 802-4256345 or meals@charlotteseniorcentervt.org

The meal on Thursday, Oct. 5 features baked meatloaf, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, wheat roll, sugar date cookie and milk.

The meal on Thursday, Oct. 12 features chicken cacciatore, wheat rotini pasta, peas and carrots, wheat bread, pumpkin cookie and milk.

The meal on Thursday, Oct. 19 features pork cutlet with peppers and onions in sauce, mashed cauliflower, beets, wheat roll, applesauce and milk.

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

Webb Neagley gives talk in about new book

Join local Vermont nonfiction author Marilyn Webb Neagley for a discussion about her newest book, “Attic of Dreams, a memoir,” at the Charlotte Senior Center on Thursday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m.

Neagley has spent most of her life in Shelburne where she now resides with her husband, Mark.

Starting her career as an architectural interior designer, she veered toward environmental stewardship and became president of Shelburne Farms. She has been a commentator for Vermont Public Radio and has written essays for her local newspaper.

She previously wrote “Walking through the Seasons.” Co-sponsored by the Charlotte Library. Free, but registration recommended at 802-425-6345 or charlotteseniorcenter.org.

‘Bravely Ever Onward’

Cross country girls take top spot at Manchester meet

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Cross country

The Champlain Valley girls’ cross-country team took the top spot in the Manchester Invitational on Saturday.

Alice Kredell came in second overall to pace the Redhawks, while teammate Estella Laird was third. Lydia Donahue came in ninth place and Charlotte Crum was 14th. Audrey Neilson finished in 20th to round out the top five CVU runners.

For the boys, the Redhawks came in ninth place overall. Daniel was the first CVU runner across the finish line in 17th. Owen Deale was 32nd, Charles Garavelli was 50th and Kody Gutterman was 70th.

Boys’ golf

The boys traveled to the Newport Country Club on Thursday, coming in second in the North Country Invitational.

Cooper Guerriere was the top finisher for the Redhawks with a 78, Jack Bryan finished with a 79 and Camden Ayer had an 80. Jake Strobeck finished out the scoring with an 81.

Boys’ soccer

Champlain Valley 2, St. Johnsbury 1 (2OT): Luke Sampson delivered the game winner in the second overtime period and

Champlain Valley beat St. Johnsbury 2-1 on Saturday, Sept. 23.

Sampson’s winner came on a penalty kick in the fourth minute of the second overtime. Ziggy Babbott stopped seven shots in goal.

With the win, the Redhawks move to 5-1.

Field hockey

Champlain Valley 4, Burlington 0: The field hockey team moved to 4-1 after beating Burlington on Friday, Sept. 22.

Bibi Frechette tallied twice to pace the Redhawks, while Sophie Maddie and Lonne Kilkman each chipped in a goal.

Sophie Comeau got the win.

Girls’ volleyball

Champlain Valley 3, Burlington 0: The girls’ volleyball team swept Burlington in straight sets on Thursday, Sept. 21.

The Redhawks won the first set 25-9, followed by a 26-24 second set and wrapped up the win with a 25-12 victory in the third.

Football

Champlain Valley 54, St. Johnsbury 7: The Champlain Valley football team raced out to a 40-7 lead in the first half and did not look back in a win over St. Johnsbury Saturday.

Quarterback Ollie Cheer threw for 129 yard and four touchdowns, Anderson McEnaney had 25-yard rushing TD and returned a kick for

a score. Brian Rutherford had two touchdown catches, while Billy Bates and Nolan Walpole each added a rushing touchdown.

Michael Dunbar and Dylan Frere each had an interception

and the Redhawks recovered three fumbles.

The win moved CVU to 3-1.

Girls’ soccer

Champlain Valley 1, South

Burlington 0: Reese Kingsbury scored the lone goal to lift the girls to a win over South Burlington Friday.

Anya Johnson got the shutout with four saves

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PHOTOS BY AL FREY

Left: Essex’s Avery Stockamore moves to defend against CVU’s Reese Kingsbury during the Hornets’ 3-1 loss to the Redhawks on Sept. 20 in Hinesburg. Right: Emily Gay moves the ball downfield in Champlain Valley’s 4-0 shutout of Burlington on Sept. 22.

Vermont hunters can report some kills online

Vermont hunters will be able to report turkeys and some deer they harvest this fall online at vtfishandwildlife.com.

Turkeys may be reported online or in-person at a regional big game reporting station.

Deer may be reported online or in-person during the archery and muzzleloader seasons, but deer must be reported in-person during the youth and novice deer hunting weekend on Oct. 21-22 and during the regular deer season on Nov. 11-26. This in-person reporting requirement allows biologists to collect important information from deer during these seasons.

Bears must be reported in-person at a regional big game reporting station.

Wildlife officials release list of tracking dogs

The list of certified leashed tracking dog owners who volun-

Brazilian jiu jitsu

New session added! Brazilian jiu jitsu introduces the fundamentals of self-defense and grappling techniques. Training sessions will consist of warm-up exercises, hands-on self-defense, grappling scenarios, both standing and on the ground, along with an anti-bullying philosophy.

In addition, jiu jitsu helps practitioners develop personal responsibility, discipline, self-awareness, respect and confidence, along with both physical and mental strength. This is a beginner’s program so no prior martial arts experience is required. A mouthguard is highly recommended.

For grades six to eight. Registration deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 11. Session dates are Oct. 16 to Nov. 22; Mondays, 3:15-4:30 p.m.

teer during the hunting seasons to help hunters locate deer or bear that have been shot during hunting season but not yet recovered has been released.

The leashed tracking dog owners, who provide their services free of charge, must pass an extensive exam in order to be certified and licensed.

This list, which may be updated during hunting seasons, is available at vtfishandwildlife.com.

Take a timeout for turtles: nesting beach cleanup day

The annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day is Saturday, Oct. 14, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking for volunteers to help.

Participants should rrive at North Hero State Park at 10 a.m. After finishing at North Hero, the group will carpool to another site in Swanton.

Volunteers will pull up vegetation on nesting beaches to prepare turtle nesting sites for next year.

Shelburne Parks & Rec News

and Wednesdays 2:15-3:30 p.m. Fee is $140.

The instructor is Shayne Fenton. Bolton after school program

This popular after-school program offers kids in grades five to eight a fun evening of night skiing with friends at Bolton Valley. Registration dates and program information can be found on our website, shelburnevt.org/184/ bolton-ski-ride-program.

Crossfit kids

Kids can join right after school (grades five to eight) to improve general conditioning, including a focus on core, strength, agility, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. Based on the principle of movement mechanics, consistency, form and then intensity, the program pushes

Wildlife Briefs

A spiny softshell turtle hatchling. Spiny softshell turtles are listed as threatened on Vermont’s threatened and endangered species list. turtles and snapping turtles.

They may also find a few hatchlings that occasionally remain in nests underground this late in the year. In addition to threatened spiny softshell turtles, these nest sites are also used by map turtles, painted

Some of these hatchling turtles will be raised in captivity by the ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain while they are small and most vulnerable to predation. They will be released back into Lake Champlain next spring.

Participants should wear layers of warm clothes and bring water, work gloves, a leaf rake, short-handled tools such as trowels, and their own lunch.

For more information, contact Toni Mikula at toni.mikula@ vermont.gov.

for quality movement throughout childhood.

Consistent mechanics translates to higher sports performance and fewer sports injuries for kids. Research also indicates that exercise is beneficial to cognitive function, which means a consistent training program will have a positive impact on a child’s academic achievement. Participants of any fitness ability are welcome to join as workouts are adjusted to the individual fitness level in a non-competitive environment.

Dates are Thursdays, Oct. 19 to Nov. 16, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Deadline to register is Friday, Oct. 13.

The fee is $95, and the classes are led by Nick Mead and Field House staff.

See the complete listing of programs at shelburnevt.org/160/ parks-recreation.

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get rabies.The virus is spread through the bite of an infected animal or contact with its

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

People should not touch or pick up wild animals or strays – even baby animals.

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.

creemees. Kids will enjoy meeting animals from

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

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Road and Vermont Route 116 has been a working dairy since the farm’s origin in 1948 when it was bought by Bernie’s parents, Ludger and Cecile Guillemette.

“My dad ends up back at the house one day and he tells my mom, ‘Well, I bought a farm,’” he laughed, a wide smile spreading across his weathered face. “My mom is right out of Montreal, so to take somebody out of the city and bring her down here, that’s pretty gutsy.”

Nearly every building seen standing on the farm today has been built by the Guillemettes and holds generations of blood, sweat and tears, and at one point was just one of nearly 15 dairy farms on Route 116 from Williston Road, and just one of the nearly 4,000 dairy farms throughout the state.

“I can still name all those farms by name,” Guillemette said, counting off 10 with his fingers.

The reasons for their closures, he said, is unique to each farm, but common threads like children not being interested in taking over the business or the farms simply not being big enough to sustain themselves in today’s dairy market are the main reasons why nearly 3,500 of those farms have vanished in recent years.

“It wouldn’t have been very many years ago, you could have asked me, and I would have told you that I don’t think I will ever not see milk cows here,” he said. “And I’m not talking a long time ago, either, but there’s just been so many changes.”

Bernie officially took over the farm from his parents in 1981, but now, after four

decades, he said the story is beginning to change.

“I’ve got a 43-year-old son, Kyle. He’s got three daughters and I’d been tiptoeing the idea for a while and I told him, ‘Kyle, you probably ought to think about getting a nice job that pays really well and doesn’t work you very hard,’” he said, noting that a farmer works eight days a week.

“I have seen the writing on the wall that nothing’s going to get better for younger farmers.”

The decision to stop milking was not an easy one since the whole operation was the bread and butter of the farm.

“Seven days a week, night and morning,” he said. “That was our main source of income.”

Times are changing, though, as social and economic forces are making it more difficult for small family farms to stay afloat, particularly since the price of milk is government controlled. Costs like farm upkeep and repairing old machinery have gone up tremendously while the demand for milk and its byproducts has simultaneously decreased.

“There’s so many alternative beverages, so people aren’t drinking as much milk,” he said. “We didn’t have that maybe when I was a kid. You’ve got to remember, in this area, every town had their own creamery.”

The farm was part of the dairy cooperative Dairy Farmers of America, which is owned and governed by nearly 14,000 members across the United States, including nearly 130 dairy farmers in Vermont,

and markets almost one-quarter of the milk produced in the state.

Guillemette has served on the board since joining the co-op, but since he no longer ships milk, the farm is no longer part of the co-op, which he says is also a difficult hardship to overcome for different reasons.

“We used to have a meeting once a month,” he said. “So, you rub elbows with people from different states, but you got all the same things in common, so that becomes another little family. I’ve never done Boy Scouts or anything, but I guess that’s what you could call it for me now. I’ll miss that part of it, the community.”

After selling nearly 120 milkers, he still has some bred heifers and calves for beef, but the milking system has been shut down completely since January.

“I’ve got some friends even that have said, ‘Why didn’t you just get rid of everything?’ Well, I could have, but I told them I could never cut both my arms off the same day,” he said. “I miss my cows. I’ll miss them till the day I die.”

To sustain some business, his daughterin-law-law, Janna, and his wife, Joanne,

developed a self-serve farmstand two years ago with local and homegrown produce, cut flowers, honey, beef, pick-your-own sunflowers and pumpkins.

On a larger scale, in addition to renting some of his 400 acres of property and selling machinery he no longer uses, Guillemette said that he was planning on selling hay this year, but with all of the rain “that’s not working quite as well as I thought it was going to.”

Although the future of the farm remains slightly uncertain, Guillemette said things could be a lot worse, and just because milking has stopped doesn’t mean other farm chores stop too. So, every day, like clockwork, he will get up with the sun and do what needs to get done to keep the wheels turning.

“This could be a falling out between Kyle and myself and that’s not the case. It could also be that he or I was injured, so that’s thankfully not the case,” he said. “Some people said, ‘you’ve always been a survivor, so I don’t think you’re gonna stop now.’ We’ll figure something out. I’m not really worried about that.”

“It wouldn’t have been very many years ago, you could have asked me, and I would have told you that I don’t think I will ever not see milk cows here. I’m not talking a long time ago, either, but there’s just been so many changes.”

— Bernie Guillemette