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— Emilie Krasnow
Monica Ostby captured this lovely shot of Wheelock Woods in South Burlington near the University of Vermont ropes course on Aug. 24.
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“The campaign has kept me focused and kept me going because I know so many people are struggling right now. And if there’s anything I could do to make people’s lives better, that’s all I want to do.”
The last few months of Emilie Krasnow’s life have been bitter sweet, heavy with looming grief like a rollercoaster ticking slowly higher, but also wonderful, like the rush of it hurtling down the track at fullAtilt. beautiful dream rimmed with Southherwhenfordreamsadness.unbearablePartofthecametrueKrasnow,37,shewonbidforoneofBurlington’s five House seats in the Aug. 9 prima ry. Just like her late father, Gerald, a intenden-9dencenearlyonKrasnowfromfromrepresentativeCharlotte1994-1998,knockedthedoorofeveryresiinherChitdistrict,spiteofbeingthe only candidate for the seat on the ballot. Should she win in the Novem ber General Election, Krasnow will head to Montpelier next year. But at the same time her campaign has flourished, she’s been helping care for her mother who still lives in Krasnow’s child hood home in Charlotte and who, for the last few years, has been in hospice.InJuly before the primary, tucked into a red booth at the Parkway Diner next to a stack of campaign flyers, Krasnow teared up, saying she wasn’t sure if her mom, Susan, would make it to the “Ielection.asked her, when the seat opened up, if I should do it, and she said, ‘This is your dream. This is what your dad wanted, this is what I want,’” sherecalled.KrasnowIt’snothowexpectedher first campaign to look.She’s been entrenched in the political sphere, visiting the Statehouse with her father, who served as a Charlotte School Board member as well, since she was a little girl. Work on campaigns for candidates throughout the state, including former Lt. Gov. David Zucker man, brought Krasnow into this work as an adult and helped her Hometown to House Candidate talks grief, hope on campaign trail
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The first day of school is behind us — on Monday all new students, sixth and ninth grad ers hit the halls, while returning kiddos started class Tuesday.
DEW Construction in Willis ton is managing the project and working with interim superin tendent Violet Nichols and staff on construction details, design and a timeline. As of press time, the temporary classrooms are projected to be installed in Janu ary, although officials noted this is subject to change depending on several factors at the manufactur ing “We’relevel. trying be mindful of the lack of budget here,” Nichols said at the Aug. 17 school board meeting. The approved school budget does not include any funding for zero energy modulars or other infra structure supports for enrollment issues.No cost esti mates are yet newusecialsbondacouldsourceavailable.Onepotentialoffundingcomefrom$1.3millionthatoffiintendedtotofundtheroofatFred
“We are excited to be able to offer our students the opportunity to ride on emissions-free trans portation for the first time in our district’s history,” South Burling ton School District communica tions coordinator Corey Burdick said. “We will have two electric buses on route this fall with two more anticipated soon. This initia tive furthers the district’s goals around climate change mitigation and is in alignment with the ways we have been partnering with the city on renewable energy. Our local partners helped make this a reality and we can’t wait to see our students’ reactions on the first day of school.”
To help fund the project, the school district received a grant of $965,000 through the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation with funding from Vermont’s Volkswagen Environ mental Mitigation Trust Funds. The power company provided additional incentives toward the buses and chargers based on the amount of carbon emissions the project is expected to reduce — the equivalent of taking 905 gas-powered cars off the road.
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Four new electric buses come online in South Burlington
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“We are pleased to apply settlement funding toward clean er air and a brighter future for Vermont’s students,” said Depart ment of Environmental Conserva tion commissioner John Beling. “The electric school buses deployed in South Burlington will reduce the risk of exposure to harmful diesel emissions for the students, bus drivers, schools, and communities they serve.”
School officials look to ZEMs for overcrowding
At Rick Marcotte Central School and Orchard School, where both eshomessizeingsportablecallschoolcouldenergyknowncrowdingschools’toary,ent.lookthepercentommendedoverthanschoolselementaryhavemore100studentsthestate-rec85capacity,campuswon’tmuchdifferButbyJanuonesolutiontheelementaryoverissues,aszeromodulars,beinstalled.ZEMs,asofficialsthem,arebuildthatrangeinanduse,fromtooffictoclassroomsto entire school campuses.Since last fall, an enroll ment committee, composed of community members and school personnel, has been working on finding solutions to the elementa ry schools’ overcrowding issues, initially recommending the use of temporary trailers last spring and then the installation of modular units this summer.
Highland Electric Fleets provides all the equipment and services needed to implement the project and keep the buses running smoothly, making the upgrade to electric simple and affordable.“Byremoving the upfront cost and complexity, we help districts across the country upgrade to electric buses that can reliably transport students and also provide power to local electric grids during periods of peak demand,” said Ben Schutzman, vice president of fleet operations at Highland. Green Mountain Power provided $55,000 to help with the switch.The school district will also share energy with the grid during peak energy use times.
erick H. Tuttle Middle School and a new HVAC system, but Nichols noted the ZEMs could also quali fy for the money. The enrollment issue goes “hand in hand” with school impact fees, which the school board approved to move forward this summer, Nichols added. As the school board cannot enact the fees, which are imposed on developers of new construction, she intends to develop a propos al with city government staff to present for city council consider ation.
South Burlington kids are back in school
South Burlington students will be riding to school pollution-free this year, thanks to four new elec tric buses that have joined the school district’s Vehicle-to-gridfleet. bus char gers will also allow the buses to provide stored energy to the grid during energy peaks, which further reduces carbon emissions and costs for all Green Mountain Power customers across Vermont.
One of the new electric school buses that join the school’s fleet this fall.
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New pickleball courts open at city’s Szymanski Park
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Enthusiasts turn out for the grand opening of new pickleball courts in South Burlington this week.
Several dozen pickleball enthu siasts turned out at Szymanski Park Monday for a ribbon-cutting cere mony at the new courts and some fun inaugural play. Among them were Ted and Judy Selfridge, a couple who led the way to get pickleball courts built in South Burlington, and who often expressed the many health and wellness benefits of the sport to the Recreation and Parks Commit tee. They first advocated for pick leball lines on the public tennis courts, which eventually evolved into use of the elementary school gym during the winter. When the time came to reha bilitate the Szymanski courts, the Selfridges rallied others to bring four pickleball courts to the city. Some additional amenities are in the works: benches and rollers and possible new lighting. Linda Norris organized Monday’s festivities, and Adam Cate, deputy director of public works and avid pickleballer, managed the project to completion.
The Lawrence triplets, all South Burlington High School students, earned the rank of Eagle Scout and held a celebratory Court of Honor on Aug. 17. William and Lizzy, in the middle, earned the rank in the fall and Gracie, on the left, earned it this summer. The trio waited until they all achieved the Eagle Scout rank so they could celebrate together. Eagle Scout trio
Johanna Nichols and Lyn Blackwell, members of the League of Women Voters, will talk about the language and benefits of Article 22 to amend the Vermont Constitution, review the history of abortion rights in Vermont, and open a dialogue with participants about their experiences with family planning before and after passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973, on Monday, Sept. 14, 3-4:30 p.m., at the Montpe lier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St., Montpelier.
Proponents of Article 22, the Reproductive Liberty Amendment, says it protects every person’s right to make their own reproductive deci sions about whether and when to become pregnant, use temporary or permanent birth control or seek abortion care. If passed, Vermont will become the first state to fully protect reproductive rights in its constitution.Moreinformation at lwvofvt.org or league@ lwvofvt.org.
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Total incidents: 219 Public assists: 8 Traffic stops: 4 Retail theft: 15 Trespass: 11 Disturbances: 12 Agency assists: 15 DUI: 2 Alarms: 27 Suspicious event: 8 Car crashes, with property damage: 5 Mental health issues: 10 Top incidents: Aug. 22 at 6:27 a.m., police looked into a theft from a vehicle on Shelburne Road. Aug. 22 at 11:59 a.m., a welfare check was performed on Kind ness Court. Aug. 22 at 12:05 p.m., police were called to a report of a missing person on Swift Street. Aug. 22 at 12:16 p.m., police inves tigated a DUI on Shelburne Aug.Road.22 at 6:24 p.m. and 6:49 p.m., two reports for leaving the scene of accident came into police minutes apart. Aug. 23 at 11:32 a.m., police looked into a report of fraud on Lime Rock Road Aug. 23 12:29 p.m., police investigated a retail theft, the first of four that day on Dorset Street. Aug. 23 at 3:07 p.m, a larceny report on Kennedy Drive. Aug. 23 at 5:26 p.m., a person with drugs was reported to police. Aug. 23 at 6:25 p.m., police inves tigated a suspicious event on Williston Road. Aug. 23 at 7:57 p.m., a problem with a juvenile was reported on Duval Street. Aug. 22 at 8:13 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Dorset Street. Aug. 24 at 1:32 p.m., an undis closed sex crime was reported on Country Club Drive. Aug. 24 at 1:39 p.m., an animal with a problem was checked by police on Central Avenue. Aug. 24 at 2:12 p.m., a theft from a motor vehicle was reported on Berard Drive. Aug. 24 at 6:57 p.m., someone complained about a juvenile on Anderson Parkway. Aug. 24 at 7:00 p.m., police checked on the mental health status of someone on Gregory Aug.Drive.24at 9:14 p.m, a vacant house check was conducted on Fair way Drive. Aug. 24 at 10:48 p.m., police received a report of unlawful mischief on Patchen Road. Aug. 25 at 10:00 a.m., an accident at Dorset Street and Kennedy Drive resulted in injury. Aug. 25 at 1:11 p.m., a person on Baycrest Drive reported some one stole items from a structure. Aug. 25 at 2:16 p.m., a sex crime was reported on Hinesburg Aug.Road.25at 5:17 p.m., an accident on Spear Street resulted in property Aug.damage.25at 6:48 p.m., police took a report of a suicidal person on Dorset Street, the last of three. The other two were both report ed earlier on Lime Kiln Road. Aug. 25 at 8:37 p.m., the last of four retail theft reports on Dorset Street, the first of which took place at 6:15 p.m. Aug. 25 at 9:36 p.m., police investi gated a DUI on Williston Road. Aug. 26 at 3:50 a.m., police checked out a reportedly suspi cious event on Williston Road. Aug. 26 at 7:38 a.m., an accident at Shelburne and Allen roads resulted in property damage. Aug. 26 at 12:22 p.m., police are investigating a report of stalking on Woodcrest Drive. Aug. 26 at 4:19 p.m., police assisted with a welfare check on Shelburne Road. Aug. 27 at 1:59 a.m., someone was intoxicated on Dorset Street. Aug. 27 at 2:44 a.m., police direct ed traffic on Williston Road. Aug. 27 at 1:29 p.m., a retail theft was reported on Dorset Street, one of two on the day. Aug. 27 at 4:02 p.m., a juvenile was reported as a runaway on Grandview Drive. Aug. 27 at 8:57 p.m., threats were made on Patchen Road. Aug. 28 at 12:31 p.m., a report of stalking on Shelburne Road. Aug. 28 at 7:48 p.m., police inves tigated a report of domestic assault on Dorset Street. Aug. 28 at 7:35 p.m., police assist ed with a mental health issue on Twin Oaks Terrace. Aug. 28 at 8:00 p.m., a theft on Olde Orchard Park was reported. Aug. 28 at 10:38 p.m., police responded to a report of intox ication on Williston Road. Arrests: Surma Johnson, 45, of Shelburne, was arrested Aug. 28 for domes tic Jenniferassault.Phillips, 30, of Berkshire, was arrested Aug. 27 for retail Brandontheft. D. Locke, 30, of St. Albans City, was arrested Aug. 25 on an in-state warrant. Laura L. Davis, 52, of Colches ter, was arrested Aug. 24 on an in-state warrant. Kenneth W. Campbell, 55, of Shel burne was arrested Aug. 20 on an in-state warrant. A 17-year-old juvenile was arrested Aug. 6 for retail theft. Note: The incidents above are not a full recount of police activi ty, rather a highlight of some of the events that occurred. 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How’d dog park planners miss the tree?
Small-scale farming intersects economic, climate crises
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To the Editor: As a dog owner and South Burlington resident, I’m appalled by the published excuses as to why the dog park isn’t the size it was originally designed to be. Wetlands, a tree and ledge must have sprung up overnight after the land was surveyed and reviewed prior to construction. (Barking mad: Four years later, dog park still ‘coming soon’, Aug. 18, 2022) I understand having to avoid a wetland per Vermont regulations, but how do you miss a tree? On top of that, the entrances are not accessible. What facility is built in this day and age that does not accommodate disabled individ uals?Ihope my dog is still alive to enjoy the park someday. By the way, he’s only 16 months old.
Grace Oedel is executive director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont.
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Stuart Stevens South Burlington Letters to the Editor I belong to a local CSA that supplies my weekly milk from a small herd of 15 or so cows. Across Charlotte’s gentle hills the small herd grazes: One of the farming practices known for sequestering carbon out of the air and growing healthy soil, while creating wildlife corridors, polli nator habitat and filtering water. Truly exemplary people tend this land. They regularly host pasture walks to share with other farmers how they have restored so much ecosystem health to their land and soil. They also offer incredible generosity and build community within their pricing model, offering milk at a sliding scale range so that all Vermonters have equal access to this nourishing product. They exemplify the best of the best in small-scale farming. Then, two weeks ago, an acci dent: tractor flipped, broken leg. It was a harsh moment of reality. The family had a brief debate, and quickly made the call that after being in dairy for almost 20 years, they would sell the cows. This accident wasn’t the main reason, but it was the last straw; dairy farming has become simply too taxing, too costly and, despite caring deeply and being the best managers and commu nity members, dairy simply isn’t tenable.Why is this? Why are Vermont’s postcard-perfect farmers one broken leg away from having to sell their cows? Factors surely vary farm to farm, but the big picture remains the same at present: economic crisis (inflation, fuel, feed all up enor mously, while the price of milk is not) and climate crisis (ever drier and hotter years, making hay more costly and scarce, cows harder to keep cool and healthy, new infrastructure demands to beat the heat) — both layered onto a federal policy background that values giant corporate profit above all else. Dairy isn’t unique. Farms of all types are having a rough season — wells running dry, transport costs up to get to market, consumers who them selves have less in their wallets to spend on Corporatefood.consolidation — that is, a few major companies gobbling up all they can of food production and distribution — is a pattern that repeats across the whole food system. I’ve painted this picture to some non-farmer friends who have replied with some form of, “Yeah, true. But it’s hard for all small businesses.” Which is absolutely correct, and we should investigate why being small in any sector is impossible right now. You don’t have to dig too deep; corporate consolidation is ubiquitous.But,for two major reasons, farming is also different. We all need to First,care.farmers aren’t just busi ness owners. Farmers, particular ly organic farmers, are ecosys tem stewards. Organic dairy farms keep land open — organic regulations require cows to be on pasture — sequestering carbon, protecting biodiversity and filtering water. What happens if an unconserved farm goes out of business?Lookno further than the mini storage units recently plunked down in what had previously been a farm field up in Fairfax. Then think about that pattern repeated across the state: the ripples of box stores slapped onto any field that a farmer can’t afford to keep in produc tion. Consider what this does to Vermont’s identity as a pastoral, beautiful place people wish to come visit and live. What it does to the rural community that the farm helped to sustain. Think also of the environ mental difference of a store versus a farm field. What happens to the rain that falls on that impermeable concrete parking pad and the soil under neath it. Consider the pollinators that used to find food for their journey in the hedgerows and the wildlife that came to the pond to drink.While on the surface this looks like an outcome of an economic crisis, it morphs into yet another small piece of kindling tossed onto the climate fire that grows hotter by the year. Or, in the hopeful alternative, each small, organic farm that can remain viable protects a bucket of water for dousing climate chaos.Second, farmers grow food, which, at the risk of stating the obvious, we all need to stay alive. Currently, you can go to a box store and buy food brought in from away. But we must not quickly forget the lessons we learned at the start of the pandemic about how utterly brit tle massive food supply chains are.How it doesn’t take much to disrupt that food showing up stocked on our shelf. What will we eat when the next disrup tion happens if there is no local farmer who has been able to keep producing?Wecannot let short-term economic crises exacerbate longer-term climate chaos and food insecurity. Vermont’s small and organic farmers feed us, help Vermont thrive and feed our chances of a habitable planet. Every way we as individuals — if we are in the fortunate economic group who can — or we as a collective through state policy and investment, can support organic, small farms in thriving is a step toward a livable future for us all.
University of Vermont. My great grandparent’s home was the boarding house where the men from the dairy lived. The house has since been relocated to make room for the Davis Center. I do remember my grandpar ent’s home well, and I remember the many people who would be at her and grandpa’s dining table. Grandpa took his meals in the kitchen. It’s just the way they worked. And it was a way to squeeze one more person into the diningThere,room.boarders shared a noon meal and very little conversation.
The last of the Hill boys closed the door on their South Burlington hillside barn in the mid-1980s. The two bachelor brothers and their sister main tained the homestead their entire lives, never married and farmed into their late 70s. Sister Janice ran the house. She was a modest, sweet woman with a shock of white hair and a wide, kind smile. The joke.tomenhard-workingwerebrothersbashful,wholovedtellagoodTheyweremy grandmother’s kin.I remember them well. Kind people. Modest people. Good Vermonters. The story goes that when Ed and Pud walked their cows to the truck for the last time, they wept. How could they not? Their farm had already been cut in half by the development of Interstate 89. They had no heirs to take over the operation, and both were too old to do it them selves any longer. And so, it was time to let go. Each cow, by name, was guided into the truck that would take them to their new home. The brothers cried. The house and barn are still there. I see it every time I drive north into Chit tenden County on Interstate 89. It is no longer an withnowdairyoncewhereBurlingtonyears.beenfarm.operatingHasn’tfor40TheSouthfarmtheHillsraisedcowsisdottedcorpo rate buildings and a few marble Whale’s Tails. From that farm, I am told, my great grandmother would walk to Burlington for a cup of coffee and a chat with my grandmother at her home in the south end of town. My great grandmother and grandmother both operated boarding houses. The first was at Guest Perspective
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Mary Collins
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The few boarders who lived at the house would retire to the sun porch with the newspaper and a piece of my grandmother’s homemade apricot pie — she was a wonderful cook! The others, who came for meals only, would head back to their jobs. That home on Foster Street was fully four miles, and more than an hour’s walk each way from the Hill Farm. Yet, my great grandmother thought nothing of making the trip into town in her sturdy black shoes. My great grandparents on my father’s side were also forced off their West Berkshire farm in the late 1930s. It was from there that my grandfather migrated to Burl ington to work at the UVM Dairy and how he and my grandmother met. His parents, too old to farm, with their barn destroyed by lightning some years earlier, no children or grandchildren left to maintain the operation of what had once been a thriving farm on 1,000 acres, and no money to pay the back taxes, had to let their farm go. That property is, thankfully,
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now owned by one of my brothers. Tim purchased it about 20 years ago. His family now lives there part time. Sugar maples and apple trees have been planted, bee hives, a generations-old family tradi tion, are stacked in the fields like they had once been, and a host of grandchildren now enjoy a bit of country life that is bred into their bones. My brother’s children and their spous es, the great-great grandchildren of the earlier Collins relatives, are committed to holding onto the property and making good, honest use of it. That has been their promise. But they cannot afford to live here. So, they spend holidays and vaca tions on the land, and come up for long weekends when they can. Every visit is an effort to restore a sense of purpose to the property. It has been a true labor of love, with the emphasis on the labor. We are no longer an agrarian society. We can no longer sustain ourselves in our small towns and communities, on farms or otherwise. Elementary schools and our colleges are closing. The price of land and property has skyrocketed. It has become coveted but not used in a sustainable, communal sense. Our current generation of young Vermonters is moving away. There is little community-owned retail: no local grocer, no small pharmacy, no filling station with an owner/mechanic, no respectable jobs at the grain mill. How could we have let this happen? Do we not know what we have? What is worth protecting and sustaining about Vermont? Or are we merely pretty photo graphs on a tourism marketing website? Expensive real estate that only the wealthy can afford to own? Working farms, working businesses and working people sustain communities. I am buoyed by the knowledge that there is a rekindling of interest in small farming and food production ventures by the current generation of Vermonters and those who choose Vermont as home. I’m grateful that institutions like the Universi ty of Vermont, Vermont Technical College and Sterling College exist to teach new technologies and to sustain old traditions. That gives me hope. But it doesn’t address the lack of voice in our Legislature on behalf of not just the farmer or all that farming sustains on behalf of our Vermont way of life. Nor does it address the loss of the many small-town enterprises we once depended upon and, to a great extent, took for granted. When legislation to legalize prostitution becomes a topic, when more than 1,250 disparate bills are introduced between the House and Senate in the last year alone, when yet one more governor’s task force, coalition or hybrid office to serve any number of things — commerce, education, health care — with extremely well paid execu tive teams who aren’t from or among us are created, even though we already have any number of task forces, coalitions, government offices, nonprofits and highly paid consultants of every kind, I’d say we have a lot to do to reconnect to who and what we once were, to work cooperative ly and creatively together for the greater good, and to hopefully create a more level playing field that all Vermonters can feel they are a part of as both contributor and beneficiary. The inequities in Vermont are grossly understated and woefully out of balance. And it’s getting worse. Not only are farms disappearing but small businesses, manu facturers and our schools and colleges. Even our most precious possession, our young generation, is leaving. They are being forced out by the high cost of education, lack of opportunity, low wages, and the high cost of living. I believe it is imperative that we remember who we once were, and yet, we also must know enough to embrace change in ways that are meaningful, inclusive and kind. It’s more than clinging to nostalgia. It’s legacy and heritage and knowing where we’re going because we know from where we came. It includes and celebrates new ideas, but it doesn’t relegate old s--- to the dung heap. It’s work. Real work. Not the kind of work that keeps one behind a desk enact ing policy, but the kind of work that puts food on the table and helps you maintain a more humble, grounded outlook on life. It’s picking berries with your kids. It’s cleaning out a stall and feeding your horse an apple. It’s repairing equipment, attending town meeting, and showing up for the annual chicken barbecue to benefit the town’s volunteer fire department and leaving a few extra dollars in the till on your way out the door. It’s not money. It’s not title. It’s not gaining privilege, power and exclusive access at the expense of others. It’s knowing that what you put into something is in equal measure to what you get out of it. I’ll leave you with the following last few lines of a poem by Hayden Carruth, a beloved poet who once made his home in the hills of Johnson. It’s called “Marshall Washer” and comes from Carruth’s collection “In A Distant Land” and it speaks of the “things,” the “remnant of human worth” that doesn’t come with a price tag but is of inestimable value. I dare say, more value than those things we seem to covet. By the way, Marshall Washer was a real person, not a fictional character. So before we lose the sense of the real Vermont, perhaps some may need this reminder, while others may need an introduction. I’m sure Carruth wouldn’t mind that I share it with you, nor would Marshall Washer. Nope. They wouldn’t mind a’tall.
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“How can I learn the things that are not transmissible? Marshall knows them. He possesses them, the remnant of human worth to admire in this world, and I think to envy.” Mary L. Collins lives in Lake Elmore.
“These types of do-it-yourself fundraisers are growing in popu larity because they are easy to do, effective and allow participants to support causes in the way they choose,” Mary Rockwell Thon, development director, said. Participants can do any activity they choose — hiking, swimming, yoga, crafting, skiing, baking, yard sales — literally anything. They create a fundraising page on the Do Absolutely Anything website, personalize it and invite friends and family to donate to their efforts and join them in their activity.Allfunds will go toward the group’s prevention for programs such as the Healthy Relationships Project, Family Support Programs and Safe Environments for Infants andMoreToddlers.atpcavt.org/events. more left, Burlington branch manager Larry Bridglal, COTS outreach specialist Romy Theisen, COTS digital media associate Jaclyn Dennis.
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Prevent Child Abuse Vermont is holding a fundraiser that anyone can take part, anytime and from anywhere.DoAbsolutely Anything (to prevent child abuse) is an online platform that provides the tools to anyone who wants to raise funds doing any kind of activity they like. It is available all year long, allowing participants to start and promote their activity at the time that works best for them.
Stephanie Bissonette, a teach er of the visually impaired and director of children services at Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in in South Burlington, will be demonstrating reading and writing with braille, Friday. Sept. 30, at 3:30 p.m. at the South Burlington Public Library. Learn to read and write your name in braille and take home a braille alphabet card.
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Liselotte Leicht Liselotte M. Leicht, 90, of South Burlington, died on Sunday, August 14, 2022, at the McClure Respite House in Colchester after a struggle with cancer. A native of Austria, Lisel otte was born on Feb. 13, 1932, the only child of Gretl and Emil Habacher, who owned a small grocery store in Altmuenster in the province of Upper Austria. Liselotte had no siblings, but grew up with many friends and cousins, who lived nearby. As a child, she experienced the hardships of World War II. When Allied bombing attacks on German and Austrian cities forced thousands of civilians to flee to the towns in the country, Lisel otte’s parents and their neighbors opened their home to orphaned children and displaced families. When the war ended, Lisel otte was 13, and American troops occupied Upper Austria. What a treat it was for her and her friends to walk up to the local train station, where the U.S. soldiers had pitched their tents, and chat them up, trying out the English they had learned at school. They were, of course, always reward ed with chocolates and bubble gum. Asked if she would like to go to America someday, Liselotte remembered responding, “I go to America when I am 20.” So, it came to be. Liselotte met Otto H. Leicht, a refugee from Hungary, and at the age of 20, she married him and started a new life with him in the United States. They first settled in the Hungarian enclave of New Brunswick, N.J., then bought a house in Fords, N.J., where they raised their four chil dren, a daughter, Dietlinde, and three sons, Peter, Edgar and Chris topher.Liselotte always said she enjoyed being a stay-at-home mom, like most women in her neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s. Her passion was child care. When her own children were grown, she made new friends by babysitting for their children too. Later, she spent time with her six grandchildren whenever she could.After her beloved husband Otto died of cancer at the age of 66, Liselotte moved to Burlington, where her youngest son, Christo pher, was already living with his family. She had been to Vermont before and loved it, because the mountains, lakes and climate reminded her of her native Austria. As a widow, she found a new home for herself at “The Pines,” a senior residence in South Burling ton. There she enjoyed her inde pendence, as well as the social life and safety the residence offered. Liselotte continued her support of young people by mentoring at the Rick Marcotte Central School and participating in a program called Grand Friends, where a Vermont college student could “adopt” a grandparent. For 25 years, she was also a member of the local German club. Almost every summer, Lisel otte visited her daughter Dietlinde in Austria, where she worked as a teacher. This gave her the oppor tunity to visit old friends, but she also often visited her other sons, Peter and Edgar, and their families in Pennsylvania and Georgia. Liselotte will be remembered for her laid-back ways, her sense of humor and her kindness and compassion for others. She was a born storyteller and loved tell ing her grandchildren about her youth and what she learned from it: To live modestly and mindful ly, to respect others and the envi ronment. She enjoyed swimming, hiking, biking, cross-country skiing and listening to classical music.Liselotte is survived by her daughter, Dietlinde; her sons, Peter (Eileen), Edgar (Jan) and Christopher (Donna); and her six grandchildren, Katherine, Adam, Ciara, Patrick, Derek and Melanie. A celebration of life will be held for Liselotte at The Pines of South Burlington on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 3 p.m. The family wishes to extend their heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Halle Sobel, Lisel otte’s primary physician for many years, and the caring staff at the University of Vermont Home and Hospice.Forthose wishing to do so, donations in her memory may go to the McClure Miller Respite House, 3113 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester VT 05446. Obituary
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Krasnow describes herself as a people person — “a talker,” she said,It’schuckling.true:one question about what she considers to be the most important issues facing South Burlingtonians leads her to cover housing, education, social justice and inclusivity, paid family medi cal leave, the dog park, the library, food insecurity, reproductive rights and the pressures facing the “sandwich generation,” Gen Xers taking care of their children and agingAmongparents.other things. Sometimes her talking points exude that politician sound, something difficult to avoid after working at the Statehouse and on other campaigns for 10 years, but it also it doesn’t hurt that she has a gift of gab and endorsements from the big names in Vermont politics.She said she will use her range of experience, volunteering gigs and her recent campaign to achieve her No. 1 goal of bring ing “more voices and ideas into the “Afold.”decade of community orga nizing has people from all over the state supporting me because they know that I will not only advocate for my district, but I will advocate for my community in South Burl ington and all of Vermont, just like my dad did,” she said.
“The last couple of years I’ve been caretaking for my mother and volunteering, and I recognize that I have the privilege to do that and not everyone does. But my mom wanted me to be there and as she faces her final time, I don’t want to look back and not be there,” she said. Krasnow has also been study ing at night with a program through the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Busi ness, and she’s also a graduate of Vermont’s Emerge program, which trains and supports Demo cratic women candidates for office. Some of her fellow grad uates over the years include Shel burne Rep. Jessica Brumsted, Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, and Vermont Senate Pro Tem and Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, Becca Balint.
Left: Emilie Krasnow has been helping to care for her mother, Susan, who’s struggled with cancer, giving her intimate but painful insight into something she wants to tackle as a legislator: reforming health care and supporting caregivers.
Recently Krasnow’s full time job has been helping to take care of her mother — a “privilege” she doesn’t take for granted, Krasnow said.It has opened her eyes to ineq uities in the health care system and made her push for paid family and medical leave a big part of her “Ifplatform.I’melected, I will advocate for it the minute I’m there,” she said, adding that “being a care taker is not easy” and that there
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should be more support for care givers in the health care system. She also volunteers at various places, including the South Burl ington Food Shelf every Thurs day, the Infinite Youth Center, and she is a member of the South Burlington Democrats, the Library Aspire Campaign, Rotary and the city’s housing trust fund committee, among others.
To outgoing South Burlington representative Maida Townsend, who has known Krasnow since she was knee-high and used to work at Winooski High School with her father, Krasnow’s dogged campaign is one example of her true commitment.
Above: Gerald Krasnow, the late state representative from Charlotte, often brought his daughter Emilie along with him to knock on doors and to the Statehouse. He died in 1998, leaving the governor to appoint Emilie’s older sister, Alysia, to serve his remaining term.
“I think it’s really, really important to show people how much the process means to you, how much they mean to you. How are our folks supposed to know unless you come knocking at the door?” Townsend said. When Krasnow was working as an aide at the Statehouse, the pair would often carpool together: “So I got to hear her about what she was doing and how it was for her to have to be a silent observ er in this committee room or that committee room. To do that takes great stamina,” Townsend said.
clarify some of the issues closest to her heart — affordability, hous ing and health care, to name a few. Despite running unopposed, she’s campaigned loudly, posting yard signs, sending out flyers and gaining support from establish ment Democrats around the state, including Rep. Peter Welch, Sen. Thomas Chittenden, Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale and Rep. Ann Pugh, whose seat Krasnow hopes to succeed and who is acting as her campaign Fortunately,treasurer.sheand her mom were able to share her primary win together, Krasnow said in a follow up interview last week. “The campaign has kept me focused and kept me going because I know so many people are struggling right now. And if there’s anything I could do to make people’s lives better, that’s all I want to do,” she said. A varied platform Underneath the polished peri winkle blue button-down Kras now often sports, she has a swath of ink. Tattoos on her arms and legs give a peek into who she is in her personal life — a lover of punk rock, motorcycles and inde pendent film — and the somewhat “rebellious” teen she was growing up. Although, she noted, despite her musical leanings and ability to skateboard, she was still voted class president in eighth grade.
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COURTESY PHOTO Emilie and her sister, Alysia, hung out at the Statehouse in Montpelier when their father, Gerald, represented Charlotte in the 1990s.
“At the end of that first day I said to her, ‘I know you’re going to run for office one of these days. When you do, you call me and I’ll write you a check’,” he said. “She is what she seems to be by the way,” Carmolli added. “She’s kind and bright and her heart is absolutely in the right place. She wants to do this not for her own self but to be of service.” Krasnow has one more election Nov. 8 to determine if she will head to Montpe lier to represent South Burlington in the House. Also running for South Burling ton House seats are Kate Nugent, Brain Minier, Martin LaLonde and Noah Hyman, all unopposed.
While Butler can’t vote in Vermont elections, one of Krasnow’s constituents, Peter “Pedro” Carmolli can — and did, casting his vote in the primary for Kras now on Aug. 9. Carmolli, the director of the South Burlington Food Shelf where Krasnow volunteers every week, said that when he met her nine years ago, he “instantly liked her.”
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Emilie Krasnow, 37, won her primary bid for South Burlington state representative earlier last month. She later got to hear as they carpooled together about Krasnow’s constituent work for the lieutenant governor when Zucker man was in office.
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“I was always really impressed with how she had this very deep, almost cellu lar understanding of the importance of connecting Vermonters who aren’t direct ly part of the legislative process with whoever their representative might be, so that their voices were heard, their issues were heard, that real life experience was transferred,” Townsend said. “She was invaluable for that. It was clear to me that she said she understood quite profoundly that it wasn’t a superficial kind of thing. It meant a great deal to her.”
Gerald Krasnow, a teacher in the Winooski School District and active participant in local and state politics, died just two weeks after his election in 1998, when Krasnow was just 13. His impression on her early life has been a huge influence on the last couple decades of Emilie Krasnow’s life, and his commitment to public service is part of what inspired her to follow in his footsteps and run for the Legislature, Krasnow said. “I pretty much grew up (in the State house),” she said, recalling hanging out with her dad and listening to books-ontape when he was in session. Her sister, Alysia Krasnow Butler, was appointed to serve the remainder of their father’s seat when she was just 26. Butler lives in Massachusetts and chats with her sister on the phone at least once a day. She’s incredibly proud of the campaign Krasnow has run so far. “Sometimes I feel like in the political world, women have to work twice as hard to be taken seriously,” she said, noting how hard Krasnow has worked to prove herself even though she’s running unop posed. “My mom is her biggest champion and cheerleader. She perks up the most when we talk about Emilie and her campaign. No one could be prouder of her right now,” she added. “She’ll take everything our dad taught her and bring it to her term.”
The ordinance will require that all new buildings in the City of South Burlington utilize a renewable primary heating system and a renewable domestic water heating system. The objective is to achieve a high degree of conservation of energy and, where possible, reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses. This will be achieved by requiring the heating and domestic water heating systems in all new buildings to meet specified energy efficiency performance standards and maximum allowable heat loss standards.
The South Burlington Community Chorus is starting rehearsals for its winter concert scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 17. Well-known Vermont singer and choral director Erik Kronke is returning, along with pianist MaryJane Austin. The concert will feature a varied program of winter and holiday themed music. Rehearsals begin Tuesday, Sept. 13, at South Burlington High School, and contin ue every Tuesday evening from 7-9 p.m. The chorus is made up of a diverse group of people of all ages and backgrounds with just the common love of making music together and having fun doing so. All singers will need to be fully vaccinat ed against COVID-19, show proof of vacci nation, and wear KN-95 or N-95 masks for rehearsals. A decision will be made regard ing masking for the concert closer to the date. For additional information regarding travel or changes in reported cases of the virus, the chorus will be following its own guidelines. These will be made available uponOnlinerequest.pre-registration is required. The first two weeks are free so why not give it a try? For additional information includ ing cost, registration and concert program information, visit sbchorusvt.org or email
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Tech help in the digital lab Friday, Sept. 2 and 16, 10 a.m.-noon Come to the digital lab for one-on-one assistance. There is an evening tech help on Monday, Sept. 19 from 5-6:30 p.m. Chess club Saturdays, Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Join the Chittenden County Chess Club for a game or just to watch. New members welcome. Cookbook club Tuesday, Sept. 6, 5:30-7 p.m. Cook, eat and discuss recipes from “Korean American: Food that Tastes like Home” by Eric Kim. A reserve copy will be available for browsing. Sign up at the circula tion desk or email sbplprograms@southbur lingtonvt.gov. Morning book group Thursday, Sept. 8, 10:30-11:30 a.m. A discussion of the best-selling “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles. Copies available at the library. In-person, on Zoom.
• Defines new buildings as all new construction of residential, commercial, or industrial buildings with a heating source and/or a domestic water heating source.
Author Ann Averyt Tuesday, Sept. 13, 6-7 p.m. “In Sense of Place, State of Mind” Ann Averyt shares her experience of living in Vermont for four decades with insight and humor, offering the Vermont perspective. Best known as a contributor to the commen tary series on Vermont Public, her writing career spans more than 50 years. Presented in partnership with Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston. Seed saving workshop Saturday, Sept. 17, 10:30 a.m.-noon The library’s local seed library has connected with University of Vermont researchers and seed saving expert Sylvia Davatz for this workshop. Write time Mondays, Sept. 19, Oct. 3 and 17 and Nov. 7, 1:15-2:15 p.m. New and experienced writers discover and explore with guidance from Mary Ann Fuller Young, a trained associate of Amherst Writers and Artists. Puzzle swap Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2:30-5 p.m. Bring a puzzle you’ve already completed and leave with a new puzzle to put togeth er. Bring any 250-plus-piece general adult puzzle(s) that you would like to trade during the event.
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• Requires that all new buildings in the City of South Burlington utilize a renewable primary heating system and a renewable domestic water heating system.
WARNING City of South Burlington September 19, 2022 at 7:30 P.M. Public Hearing
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An earlier concert of the South Burlington Community Chorus.
Specifically, the proposed ordinance:
• Defines renewable primary heating system as a heating system that meets at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the building’s design heating load calculated per the Vermont Commercial Building Energy Standards energy code and is fueled by electricity, wood pellets or wood chips, or other renewable fuel.
The proposed ordinance also includes a process for obtaining a waiver from the requirements of the ordinance and mandates the appointment of a building inspector.
• Defines renewable domestic water heating system as a domestic water heating system that is fueled by electricity, wood pellets or woodchips, other renewable fuel, or solar thermal energy.
matchrequired,intocommunitytoationed,Chorussbcommunitychorus@gmail.com.TheSouthBurlingtonCommunitywasfoundedin1973andissupportinpart,bytheSouthBurlingtonRecreandParksDepartment.Itisdedicatedgivingpeopletheopportunitytosinginachorus.TherearenoauditionsjoinandnorequirementthatsingersliveSouthBurlington.Althoughtheabilitytoreadmusicisn’tsingersmusthavetheabilitytopitchandabletofollowalongwith the written score. Some familiarity with choral singing or reading sheet music is recommended.Thisisnot a drop-in chorus so singers should be committed to attending weekly rehearsals. Singers are asked to pay dues and the cost of the music. Financial assis tance is available.
A copy of the proposed ordinance is available at www.southburlingtonvt.gov or upon request at the City Clerk’s office, South Burlington City Hall, 180 Market Street, during regular office hours. www.southburlingtonvt.gov
THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON are hereby notified and warned that a public hearing will be held at the South Burlington City Hall, 180 Market Street, South Burlington, Vermont, on Monday, September 19, 2022, at 7:30 P.M., for a second reading and potential final passage of a proposed new City ordinance regulating heating systems and domestic water heating systems in new buildings.
For information about any program ming, cancellations or in-person changes, call 802-846-4140 or email southburling tonlibrary.org. Some events may change from in-person to virtual. Some events require preregistration. Masks are encour aged. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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SCORPIO Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Scorpio, you can be effective and ef cient when you’re in your element. Others will attest to that this week after they see you in action. Enjoy the attention.
CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Capricorn, let your emotions rather than your intuition guide you this week. That’s not something you hear often, but it’s for the best right now.
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TAURUS April 21 - May 21 Taurus, it may prove challenging to gure out where inspiration will come from next. Rather than seeking it out, wait for things to unfold more organically.
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AQUARIUS Jan. 21 - Feb. 18 Aquarius, even though you have little to no work to do this week, the stars indicate you will be busy nonetheless. Enjoy any down time you can muster. PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20 Few signs understand the importance of building a strong foundation as well as you, Pisces. Start crafting a new relationship this week.
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“This year we’ve set a high bar with a fundraising goal that will allow us to award a record number of grants,” said Kelly Brush Foundation executive director EdieThePerkins.foundation hopes to raise $975,000, which will allow the foundation to allocate over $1 million for adaptive sports equip ment, setting a record for annual grants awarded by the foundation. Last year, the event drew more than 942 in-person and virtual riders, including 47 hand cyclists, and raised more than $825,000 to provide direct support for adaptive sports equip ment like skiing, basketball, cycling, and tennis.“We’ve set a big goal because we want to be able to give more people from the spinal cord community than ever the opportunity to enjoy being active,” said Kelly Brush, whose family started the foundation following a ski racing accident that left her paralyzed in 2006. In-person participants can ride 100-, 50-, 20- or 10-mile routes through the scenic Champlain Valley. For those who can’t make it to Vermont, the foundation offers a ride anywhere option that allows participants to join in the fundraising ride from the road or trail of their choosing.
Green Mountain Bicycle Club September rides Kelly Brush Ride returns
Cyclists from all over the region will be once again gathering in Middlebury to join in the biggest charity cycling event in the state, the 17th Kelly Brush Ride. The ride, devoted to the Kelly Brush Foundation’s mission to inspire and empower people with spinal cord injuries to lead active and engaged lives, returns Saturday, Sept. 10.
• Saturday, Sept. 3 Lamoille Valley Rail Trail: The 40-mile ride from Jeffersonville to Morristown is completely flat with a packed stone surface. 8:45 a.m. Meet at Lamoille Valley Rail Trail trail head in Jeffersonville. Leader is Phil Littler, 802-309-2464 or phil.littler@me.com.
PHOTO BY KELLY BRUSH FOUNDATION
• Sunday, Sept. 18 Century day: Three rides, all following the same route for the first 25 miles with a food stop in Bristol. The Metric Centu ry is 62 miles via Bristol and Vergennes. The full century is 100 miles to the Crown Point Bridge and returning through the Champlain Valley. 7:30 a.m. Meet at Wheeler lot, Veterans Memo rial Park, South Burlington. Phil Littler, 802-309-2464 or phil.littler@me.com.
Hand cyclists on the 16th Kelly Brush Ride last year. The ride draws more than 900 riders from all over the region to raise funds for people with spinal cord injuries. This year’s ride is Sept. 10 in Middlebury
Registration is now open at kellybrush foundation.org/ride.Onlineregistration closes Sept. 7.
• Saturday, Sept. 10 Underhill gravel ride: A 27-mile ride combining pavement, gravel and trails. 8:45 a.m. Meet at Underhill Central School. Leader is Brian Howard, 802-3040610, bjhowd@gmail.com.
For rules of the road or membership information, go to thegmbc.com, where a detailed calendar lists the group’s rides with contacts for ride leaders.
• Sunday, Sept. 25 Venice en Quebec: Ride 40 miles from Alburgh across the border to Venice en Quebec, a summer resort on Missis quoi Bay. Lunch. The return is through Alburgh Springs border crossing. Bring passport or required customs documents. 9:45Meeta.m. at Alburgh Community Educa tion Center. Leader is John Bertelsen, 802-557-4633, jo.bertel@gmail.com.
