The Other Paper - 10-20-22

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Wastewater upgrade could exceed $30 million

lifespan reaches limit

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

South Burlington will have to take out a hefty loan if it wants to upgrade its aging infrastructure at the Bartlett Bay Wastewater Treatment plant, which would result in rate increases for the town’s water and wastewa

ter customers.

The city is aiming for a town meeting day vote for what officials expect to cost approximately $33,833,000, according to a presentation of the project shown at the city council meeting on Oct. 3. (View it here: bit. ly/3D3zqQm)

But with inflation, and little in grants

or federal funds available, an exact cost remains elusive and the project “may amount to a $31 to $40 million bond vote for upgrades” at the facility, Tom DiPietro, the city’s public works director, said at the meeting.

Police arrest murder suspect in library

Man wanted in double homicide

MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT

The young man was sitting at a comput er with headphones on in the South Burl ington Public Library, oblivious to those around him, but he was soon approached discreetly by four non-descript men in plainclothes who had him under surveil lance for hours.

Logan Lavar Clegg, 26, a transient, was a person of interest in an unsolved double homicide in Concord, N.H., and was less than 48 hours away from boarding a one-way flight to Berlin, Germany, when he was arrested in South Burlington last Wednesday, police said.

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Club honors members at SoBu park

The Burlington Garden Club recently honored three of its members with at a sign unveiling at its annual picnic at Vermont Garden Park in South Burlington.

Mary Jane Cain, Hester Pater son and Louise Kolvoord, all past presidents of the club in the 1970s and still members today, were recognized.

“Their efforts have been invaluable in achieving our club’s projects milestones. They contin ually inspire members through

their dedication, one-on-one mentoring and can-do attitude,” said Barbara Gaida, co-president of the club with Linda Lane.

“Their attention to detail and laser-sharp focus contributed to the continued success of the Burlington Garden Club,” added Doris Van Mullen, vice president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont.

The sign, which reads “Honoring Our Past, Embracing the Future,” is installed near the

bench in the Burlington Garden Club area at the park.

The sign features pictures of the three women and the club’s mission statement: to stimulate knowledge and appreciation of horticulture; aid in the protec tion of the natural environment; provide instruction in indoor gardening and floral design; and encourage and promote garden therapy, civic plantings, youth gardening and residential garden ing.

Sen. Ram Hinsdale receives EPA award

Chittenden County Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale was honored last week by the Environmental Protection Agency with a 2022 Environmental Merit Award for her environmental justice leadership.

The ceremony included regional EPA director David Cash, other regional environ mental administrators and other New England recipients. There were two awards given in the government category, one to Ram Hinsdale and the other to the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank.

In her remarks Ram Hinsdale thanked the EPA for its collabora tive effort to get translated public health information to immigrant communities in Vermont during the pandemic and for helping to

pass Vermont’s first environmental justice policy this past legislative session. She also added what it means to be recognized in a small, rural state.

“Vermont is often recognized for its envi ronmental leadership, but not necessarily for leading on environ mental justice. We have many disparities in who is impacted by natu ral disasters or faces a higher burden of envi ronmental impact, but we do not always use the lens of environmen tal justice,” she said. “It means a lot to be recog nized for over 15 years of work advancing environmental health and justice, and the work will continue for decades to come.”

More details about the awards can be found at bit.ly/3EFNiBz.

UVM Health Network joins national firearm access, safety movement

Thousands of leading hospitals and prominent health associations nationwide, including University of Vermont Health Network and University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, are uniting to encourage families to ask about gun access and safety measures.

Guns are the leading cause of death for children in the United States. Thirteen children die from guns every day. To encourage parents, grandparents, families and community members to take action by asking about gun safety, the UVM Health Network joins

thousands of hospitals, health systems, American Hospital Association, Children’s Hospi tal Association and The Catholic Health Association of the U.S. in a nationwide public aware ness and education campaign that encourages parents to ask if there are unsecured guns in the houses of their children’s friends.

This month the American Academy of Pediatrics released its new policy statement on the role caregivers, health care

PHOTO BY CAROLYN BATES

From left, Mary Jane Cain and Hester Paterson sit on the new memorial bench in South Burlington’s Vermont Garden Park commemorating the Burlington Garden Club.

Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale

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Lund Center receives $20K grant

Lund has received a $20,000 grant from NorthCountry Federal Credit Union to support Lund’s Parent Child Center services.

As a legislatively designated parent child center, Lund works with families across Chitten den County and the state using a strengths-based, multi-genera tional approach to support strong families.

Lund’s services aim to enhance parenting skills, foster the healthy

development and well-being of children, youth, and families, prevent child abuse and neglect, increase school readiness, support healthy family relationships and promote family economic success.

“Childhood is a formative time for development, and the qual ity of life for children and their families during these years can have a lasting impact,” said Bob Morgan, NorthCountry Federal Credit Union’s CEO. “We contin

ue to support Lund so that they can provide their services to all those who need it.”

“As families work to recover from the impacts of the last few years, these services are needed more than ever,” said Mary Burns, Lund’s president and CEO. “Because of this support, Lund’s Parent Child Center services help ensure children can get off to a healthy start and parents have the support they need.”

Age Well has received a $100,000 donation from Hannaford Supermarkets and the Hannaford Charitable Foundation to support its healthy meal deliv ery program.

The program distributes fresh and nutritious foods as part of a comprehensive health care plan for older adults with chronic health conditions in northwestern Vermont

The donation is one compo nent of a more than $1.5 million commitment to support healthy meal programs in New England and New York through the chari table foundation’s new Eat Well, Be Well: A Path to Better Health initiative. The program highlights the importance of nutritious food in achieving long-term wellness for food insecure individuals with a history of chronic illness.

The $100,000 donation to Age

Well in Colchester will support the introduction of a new compo nent to the non-profit organiza tion’s Meals on Wheels program, which delivers balanced prepared meals to homebound older adults throughout Vermont.

“At Hannaford, we have long believed that fresh food is a crit ical ingredient to ensuring the vitality of our communities,” said Hannaford Charitable Foundation board chair Peter Forester, who also serves as senior vice president of merchandising for the grocery retailer. “Healthy meal programs break down the barriers that many individuals face in regularly accessing the wholesome, nutri tious meals that their bodies and minds need.”

“As a family physician for over 40 years in Vermont, I have learned that one way to improve health care for older Vermonters

is to invest more in community based services, like Age Well,” said Dr. Allan Ramsay, president of the board of Age Well. “Treat ing nutritional food as medicine for people with diabetes can lead to better control of this disease and better quality of life.”

Correction

The South Burlington City Council moved forward an ordinance to regulate heating and domestic water systems in new construction, but did not officially pass it as report ed last week. As our story did note, city councilors will have a public meeting on the ordi nance on Nov. 7, where they hope to finalize its approval.

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NorthCountry Federal Credit Union CEO Bob Morgan with Lund Parent Child Center president and CEO Mary Burns.

CRIME & COURTS

South Burlington Police Blotter Cyclist killed on Hinesburg Road

Agency/public assists: 25

Alarm: 20

Traffic stop: 18

Accident: property damage: 10 Disturbance: 10

Suspicious event: 9

Retail theft: 9

Motor vehicle complaint: 8 Welfare check: 8

Public assists: 12

Larceny from motor vehicle: 7

Threats: 6

Total incidents: 233

Arrests:

July 15 at 4:15 p.m., Leon E. Parker, 55, of Burlington, was arrested for credit card and ATM fraud.

Sept. 19 at 8:32 a.m., Nicholas M. Adams, 42, of Burlington, was arrested for violating condi tions of release.

Oct. 8 at 4:38 p.m., William Kawoczka, 69, of South Burl ington, was arrested for disor derly conduct.

Oct. 8 at 7:08 p.m., Cher S. Shel tra, 46, of South Burlington, was arrested for violating conditions of release.

Oct. 12 at 1:19 p.m., Logan L. Clegg, 26, of South Burlington,

was arrested as a fugitive from justice.

Oct. 12 at 6:55 p.m., Dawn M. Torre, 47, of St. Albans City, was arrested for driving with a criminally suspended license.

Oct. 12 at 8:56 p.m., Matthew R. Cobb, 34, of St. Albans City, was arrested on an in-state warrant.

Oct. 14 at 3:23 p.m., Kayla M. Temple, 34, of St. Albans City, was arrested for retail theft.

Oct. 15 at 4:36 a.m., Kasandra J. Clark, 38, of Starksboro, was arrested for driving with a criminally suspended license and possession of drugs, misde meanor.

Oct. 15 at 2:04 p.m., Charles E. Whittemore, 47, of South Burl ington, was arrested for driving with a criminally suspended license.

Oct. 15 at 6:55 p.m., Kevin M. Zweeres, 46, of Winooski, was arrested for petty larceny from a structure.

Oct. 15 at 7:55 p.m., Andre J. Martel Jr., 38, of Georgia, was arrested on an in-state warrant

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A cyclist was killed on Hines burg Road Saturday after being involved in an accident with a motor vehicle.

Gerard Malavenda, 65, of Williston, was taken to University of Vermont Medical Center where he later died.

Police identified the driver of the vehicle as Richard K. Lewis,

69, of Hinesburg.

South Burlington police responded to the crash scene at 1410 Hinesburg Road around 12:16 p.m. on Oct. 15.

Officers assisted Malavenda until members of the South Burl ington fire and EMS and took him to the hospital.

Traffic on Hinesburg Road

was briefly shut down while the Vermont State Police crash recon struction team documented the scene near the Route 116 inter section with Dubois and Butler drives.

Anyone with information should contact officer Hazen Powell at 802-846-4111 or hpow ell@southburlingtonpolice.org.

Gun task force arrests SB man in July 4 shooting incident

MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT

A South Burlington multi-time felon was arrested at his home on drug and gun charges in connec tion with a July 4th holiday week end shooting in Burlington.

Leon Delima, 34, of 54 Subur ban Square, appeared in U.S. District Court in Burlington on Monday afternoon for a two-count federal indictment.

Delima pleaded not guilty to a charge of illegal possession of a .40-caliber pistol while being a convicted felon and a second

felony count of knowingly and intentionally possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute.

The indictment also seeks the forfeiture of the .40-caliber pistol used in the shooting about 10:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 at 351 North Avenue, known as Cambrian Rise housing. It was the former offices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington before it was sold.

Nobody was injured in the shooting and investigators found casings in the area, police said.

It is among more than two dozen serious shootings that police say have been reported in Burling

ton this year.

Burlington Police said Delima has faced six felony charges with three convictions, in addition to a multitude of misdemeanor charges and convictions and parole viola tions.

Magistrate Judge Kevin Doyle ordered Delima detained pending trial, citing his criminal history, participation in criminal activi ty while on probation or parole, history of violence, including use of a weapon, and a lack of steady employment.

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OPINION

Seize momentum of White House conference on hunger

Guest Perspective

Anore Horton & John Sayles

Sept. 28 marked the first White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in more than 50 years.

Elected officials, people who have experienced hunger, advo cates, nonprofits and private-sec tor leaders came together to discuss solutions to the ongoing injustice of hunger. Far too many in our country know the experi ence of not having enough food, including many neighbors here in Vermont.

Important advancements came from the first conference of this kind, held in 1969, including changes to food and nutrition policy, major expansions of what is now called SNAP/3SquaresVT and School Lunch Program, and the creation of the Supplemental Feeding Program for Women Infants and Children.

These changes made signif icant headway in eliminating hunger but, by the 1980s, policy change and program cuts caused a resurgence in hunger nationwide.

The goals and recommen dations coming from the 2022 conference offer a new chance to make positive, impactful changes for decades to come, but only if we seize this moment for bold action and solutions centered in equity and justice.

In Vermont, more people have experienced hunger this past year than at any other point during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent data collected by the University of Vermont-led National Food Access and COVID Research Team found that two out of every five people in the state have expe

rienced hunger in the past year. This means thousands across the state are struggling to consistently afford the nourishing foods they need and want.

As we face the ongoing impacts of the pandemic and inflation, we applaud the timely focus of the White House on hunger and its root causes, and we acknowledge the opportunities this renewed focus offers here in Vermont.

Holding the conference is a welcome first step, and we call on the White House to be account able, and to work with Congress to make the investments and implement the solutions outlined in the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

Many of the ideas the White House has proposed are tried and tested and, if implemented, will help to end hunger. We know that strategies like permanently expanding the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit and increasing the minimum wage work. The expanded child tax credit in 2021 kept 5.3 million people above the poverty line and drove child poverty to the lowest level since 1967.

Then it ended.

The White House has proposed cost effective invest ments in nutrition programs that we know will reduce hunger. These include expanding summer electronic benefit transfer to ensure families with kids can afford groceries when school is out, support for Meals on Wheels and expanding access to 3SquaresVT so that more people can use the program, including college students and formerly incarcerated individuals.

But the White House propos al alone is not enough. We can

— and should — do more. The White House strategy aims to decrease the number of house holds going without food, and to cut the number of households struggling to afford enough food, in half. In Vermont, that would mean one in five of us would still be facing hunger. We have a vision for ending hunger that doesn’t leave behind half of neighbors experiencing hunger.

The federal government must act to ensure that federal nutri tion programs like SNAP, school meals and Meals on Wheels can meet the needs of people facing hunger.

We need a national, permanent universal school meals program, SNAP benefits that cover the true cost of nutritious food, and investments to help organizations like the Vermont Foodbank meet the unprecedented demand food shelves and pantries are facing across the state.

We also need to address the root causes of hunger, not just a system that lifts some individuals out of poverty temporarily and excludes others. We need systems that allow everyone to have access to nourishing, dignified food. We need to address racebased inequities in access to food,

and to ensure our systems don’t require families to make impos sible choices in meeting basic needs.

Let’s not let this historic moment go to waste or the nation al strategy to gather dust. We are ready and we are committed to doing the work alongside state and federal governments and our partners in the public and private sectors.

Together we can end hunger.

Anore Horton is execu tive director for Hunger Free Vermont. John Sayles is CEO of Vermont Foodbank.

Letters to the Editor

Stepping into the best part-time job ever

To the Editor: We returned to Vermont in 2018 after a three-year hiatus in Banff, Alberta. My partner came back to start a private medical practice. During this transition, our family’s need for affordable health care became painful ly apparent. After a decade of filling the role of stay-at-home dad this responsibility fell to me. To provide insurance coverage for our family I first took a job throwing boxes at United Parcel Service, resulting in a broken foot, bruised ego and inability to be there for my kids when they needed me most.

One day, sitting in front of Orchard Elementary, therapy dog in hand, cast on my foot, waiting for my then fifth grader, I had a conversation with a stranger. He cordially asked about the dog,

my child, and how I’d broken my foot.

“You look a little old for that type of work,” he commented, telling me how his family had negotiated the health insurance quagmire and how schools were desperate for bus drivers. He explained that South Burl ington School was paying new hires while they obtained their commercial driver’s license. He told me about the generous benefit package that included weekends, school vacations and summers off and, best of all, it included health insurance for the entire family from the date of hire. I enthusiastically told my partner that evening about the conversation.

She responded, “If it seems too good ...” All the same, I inter viewed later that week and started two weeks later.

I’ve been driving a school bus for South Burlington schools

for two years. The running joke in our family is that I used to try and convince my partner to have a third child and now I have about 100 children on any given day. The kids that ride my bus are endlessly entertaining, full of hope, positive energy, enthusiasm for life and, occasionally, are a bit overwhelming. They have strong opinions and when given the opportunity are thrilled to share their thoughts.

A trusted administrator at the school once said to me, “stay in your lane; you are a bus driver.” The common image conjured of a bus driver is a paradigm that should change. Drivers have the sole responsibility to start and end our kids’ school days on a positive note and they generally do it well. It really could be the best part-time job ever.

Mark Gabel South Burlington

Every year 41K Vermonters are victimized by domestic violence

Legislative Update

Rep. Maida Townsend

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and has been since 1989. While October is the month for shining a spotlight, we need to be aware of domestic violence throughout the year.

What is domestic violence? The Vermont Department of Health defines domestic violence as a pattern of controlling and coercive behav iors which can include physi cal, sexual, psychological and economic abuse. These behav iors may occur separately or together.

Physical violence is explained as the intentional use of physical force with the poten tial for causing death, disability, injury or harm. Physical violence includes but is not limited to scratching, pushing, shoving, throwing, grabbing, biting, chok ing, shaking, slapping, punch ing, burning, using weapons or restraints or one’s body, size or strength against another person.

Sexual violence is explained as forcing a partner to take part in a sexual act when the partner does not or is not able to give consent.

Psychological violence, also known as emotional violence, is explained as includ ing but not limited to humiliating another, controlling what that person can and cannot do, withholding information from that person, deliberately doing something to make the person feel diminished or embar rassed, isolating the person from friends and family or denying access to money or other basic resources.

The Department of Health overview also references stalking and threats. Stalking is defined as harassing or threat ening behavior that an individual engages in repeatedly: following a person, appear ing at a person’s home or work place, making harassing phone calls, leaving written messages or objects or vandalizing a person’s property. Threats of physical or sexual violence include the use of words, gestures, weapons or other means to communicate the intent to cause death, disability, injury or physical harm.

The health department overview further notes that half of all homicides in Vermont are due to domestic violence and most of those deaths are firearm related. As you read this, please take a moment. Remem ber and honor the life of Anako (Annette) Lumumba, our neighbor. The nightmare of domestic violence had invaded her life and her children’s lives. She died by gunshot in May 2018, at her home, here in a lovely South Burlington neighborhood.

Who is impacted by domestic violence? The most basic of basics concerning domestic violence is the fact that it is an equal opportunity nightmare. Anyone of any gender, gender identity, sexual orienta tion, age, race, income or level of educa tion can find themselves facing domestic violence. Anyone, including someone

who might be right next door or across the street.

The Vermont Network Against Domes tic and Sexual Violence estimates that 41,000 Vermonters are victims of domestic or sexual violence every year, with about 10,000 of those being children.

What is this network? The Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence is a coalition of 15 member organizations working across the state for a violence-free Vermont, a Vermont where actions, beliefs and systems support all people to thrive. Check out their website to see the impact it had in 2022 — vtnetwork.org.

Also, on the site you will see the list of member organizations with direct electronic access to any of those organizations. One with which I am most familiar is STEPS To End Domestic Violence in Chittenden County. (stepsvt.org) What originally brought domestic violence front and center to my radar screen? Early in my 10 years as a state representative, a constituent asked to talk privately. We had a long conversation during which she described in detail the life lived by herself and her children. She moved my understanding of domestic violence from theoretical to as close as possible to lived experience without literally having the experience.

Equally important, she educated me about the factors listed in Vermont statute that a court may consider when consider ing relief from abuse orders. Psycholog ical abuse is not included. So began my repeated introduction of a bill in successive biennia to correct that omission.

To date, no legislative traction for this effort has panned out despite the consistent inclusion of psychological abuse in defini tions of domestic violence.

Physical abuse speaks for itself through bruises and broken bones. Psychological abuse does not present such evidence.

Psychological abuse relies on one person’s word against another and so, to date, given concern about unintended consequenc es, it has found no legislative traction. I profoundly hope that this can be corrected in the not distant future.

Please, if you have been reading this article and need help, reach out. You are not alone. If you are in immediate danger, call or text 911 right away. There is also the brand new 988 suicide and crisis lifeline.

For free and anonymous information and support, here are just a few of the resources available: Vermont Network domestic violence hotline, 800-228-7395; Vermont Network sexual violence and rape hotline, 800-489-7273; Vermont Adult Protective Services, 800-564-1612; and the Love is Respect Teen Dating Abuse hotline, 866-331-9474.

Please be safe and well, and do not hesitate to reach out to me with your ques tions and concerns: mtownsend@leg.state. vt.us; 802-862-7404; 232 Patchen Road; or Duke’s on Saturday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

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Reading fundamentals: Why Johnny can’t tweet?

“friends,” Facebook also provides a service to the criminal underclass by alerting them to what our children look like and when we’ll be away from home.

While Twitter began as a medium for posting urgent messages like what your favorite reality TV star had for breakfast or things you ordinarily wouldn’t bother to tell casual acquaintances if you accidental ly wound up sitting next to them, tweeting has grown in scope and gravity since it was hatched 16 years ago.

Now our presidents have Twitter accounts on which they offer the govern ment’s 280-character positions on world and national affairs. It reminds me of Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” where the great truths of the revolution were reduced to “four legs good, two legs bad.”

Right alongside Twitter, Facebook is where our self-absorption gets to stretch out and consume as much space as it wants, meaning all the space in the world. In addi tion to enabling us to bask narcissistically in full view of strangers we designate as

According to NEAToday, American schools are “embracing social media as a teaching tool.” While Twitter and Facebook were once regarded as a classroom distrac tion, and students’ postings as a threat to their privacy and security, a growing cadre of teachers has been shrugging off those concerns since they rest only on social media’s documented role as a distraction and threat to students’ privacy and security.

Even as they urge us to rearrange public education around a pernicious commercial phenomenon that’s less than two decades old, supporters concede that teaching via social media is still controversial. A 2013 survey conducted by Pearson, the software, publishing and assessment giant, found that while 41 percent of educators were using it in their classes, 56 percent described classroom use as “more distracting than helpful.”

In an especially creative application of statistics, promoters claimed that “educa tion dominates the Twittersphere” because “out of the half billion” daily tweets, “4.2 million are related to education.” For those of you without an iPhone on which you can do the calculations, that’s a less than staggering eight tenths of a percent, assuming everything that’s categorized as education actually is educational.

One eager superin tendent defends social media classroom use on the grounds that there’s suddenly “so much infor mation out there.” In this information age, popular fiction ignores several pertinent facts.

First, thanks to Aristo tle, The New York Times, Walter Cronkite and the Encyclopedia Britannica, there’s always been much more information out there than students could ever take in.

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Second, the reason that many American students are uninformed and poorly educat ed isn’t that they lack electronic access to what other uninformed American students think.

Third, books, newspapers and most nightly news networks have editors who, while fallible, filter out most of the nonsense and libel. Who filters Facebook?

Advocates argue that social media apps allow students to “share and regularly provide feed back on each other’s work.” This same theory prompted the introduction of writing conferences several decades ago, where students comment on and correct each other’s essays. Unfortunately, few students know enough to make many useful comments.

The superintendent alleges that teachers can’t “just teach from a textbook anymore.” The reality is, though, that good teachers have rarely taught from a single textbook. Depending on the subject, as long as I’ve been in school, teach ers have always drawn from magazines, news papers, films, reliable websites and their own minds. What the superintendent really means is schools can’t get a lot of students to pick up a book anymore.

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Poor Elijah’s Almanack Peter N. Berger

Repeated studies trace children’s escalating problems with socialization, attention and sleep to excessive exposure to video images. Meanwhile, American schools devote more and more time to alleged learning in front of a video screen.

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Read? Who needs to read?

Another devotee has long encouraged her students to email each other during class. She concedes she exercises little control over the content of their messages, but she’s happy they’re “so comfortable communicating electronically,” as if adolescents who can text in their pockets need help getting comfortable. She seems unconcerned, even unaware, that she’s effectively traded some portion of her curric ulum — and her purpose — for what we used to call passing notes in class. Social media applications expand that idle conversation exponentially.

Primary level enthusiasts recommend Twitter for students who are just beginning to read. Kindergarteners, for example, can connect with other 5-year-olds around the country by sharing photos and classroom work. How do they do this since they can’t read and write? Who’s actually

doing the sharing? What aren’t children learning while they, or their teachers, are busy tweet ing? Do we really want fingers that don’t yet know how to hold a pencil tapping out letters that many pre-readers don’t yet recog nize to form combinations that often aren’t words?

Welcome to yet another reason 21st-century Johnny won’t be able to read.

Welcome to another generation of Twitter customers.

Welcome to 21st century wisdom in 280 characters or less.

Repeated studies trace chil dren’s escalating problems with socialization, attention and sleep to excessive exposure to video images. Meanwhile, American schools devote more and more time to alleged learning in front of a video screen.

The self-esteem movement corrupted our children’s self-im age so each thought he was the most important person in the

room. Now we’re inflating chil dren’s self-importance further by perverting their school days into reality television. Yes, you’re a star on your class Facebook page.

We’re so proud of our cuttingedge efforts to get our students electronically connecting and learning side-by-side with online children they’ll never see. Mean while, we lament that bullying is on the rise because they can’t get along with the children they deal with every day.

Experts lament that students have suffered by being cut off from each other by COVID-19. Every day they tout the devel opmental benefits of in-person schooling. Yet now that we have students back in the same room, we have them connecting via telephones and TV screens.

It doesn’t take a hashtag to see the folly in that.

Peter Berger has taught English and history for 30 years.

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professionals, communities and legislators must play in reducing injuries and deaths in children from firearms by actively working together to implement a variety of action steps.

“Hospitals and health systems are part of the solu tion,” Al Gobeille, UVM Health Network COO, said. “Driven forward by the effort, passion and expertise of our clinicians, we will be an active voice in supporting initiatives and policies at the local, state and federal levels to reduce firearm violence.”

The UVM Health network is naming and treating fire arm violence as a significant and escalating public health emergency requiring common sense approaches to reduc ing firearm violence and its horrific effects. These efforts include:

• Enhancing security services within our facili ties, including installation of a metal detector at the UVM Medical Center Emergency Department;

• Launching a workforce workplace violence work group to review policies and identify gaps in securing facilities and responding to violent situations;

• Developing a networkwide suicide care pathway to include screening and lethal means counseling, including addressing firearms;

• Establishing a pilot to provide cable gun locks through pediatric practices to patients and families with firearms in the home; and

• Collaborating with the Clinton County, N.Y., Depart ment of Mental Health’s Coalition to Prevent Suicide and National Alliance on Mental Illness on efforts to raise awareness around fire arm-related suicide.

“Firearms pose a risk to our communities, especial ly our children. If we come together, there is so much we can do to keep everyone safe and protected,” UVM Medi cal Center injury prevention coordinator Abby Beerman said.

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The Outside Story

Rachel Sargent Mirus

One neighbor calls our house “the spider house” because so many orb weavers spin webs outside our large living room windows. Our spiders work on their webs at dawn and dusk, and I watch their silhouettes against pastel skies as they move like aerialists — twisting, pulling, building, repairing.

The orb web, with its two-di mensional, radiating geometry, is the iconic spiderweb. But vari ous spider species spin different web types, ranging from simple to complex. These include aptly named triangle webs, as well as funnel webs that sparkle with morning dew in lawns and fields, and myriad three-dimensional tangle or cobwebs, which have been compared to galaxies in their structural complexity.

Most frequently, a spider builds a web as its home, as its primary tool for catching food — or, often, as both. Usually, females settle down to spin while males wander in search of mates. Scientists have studied a few web-building behaviors, includ ing those of orb weavers and cobweb creators.

Orb web construction requires four different silk building mate rials and follows recognizable stages. The frame of the web is made from super-strong silk anchored by a second cementlike silk. A spider will start with

a proto web of a few threads, then spin the radial threads that create the web frame. Next, the spider adds a temporary auxil iary spiral, which stabilizes the web, allows the spider to cross between radii as it continues to build, and guides the placement of the final capture spiral. The capture spiral – used, as its name suggests, to capture prey – gener ally comprises an extra stretchy silk coated with a second silk glue. Some spiders, however, use a woolly silk that sticks to insects like fuzz on Velcro. Once a spider has committed to building a web, it takes about an hour to finish.

Research by Andrew Gordus of Johns Hopkins University has shown that spiders are constant ly assessing their webs for errors and will backtrack to previous construction stages to make adjustments, often necessary when building in unpredictable outdoor environments.

Gordus compares web build ing to dance choreography, noting, however, that, “ballet isn’t performed in a vacuum. There’s sensory input: the music.” For spiders, the music is their silk, and they are constantly listening with their legs. Partly this listening is literal, as spiders use their webs to detect vibrations transmitted through the silk. But they are also “listening” to the web by paying attention to how well it functions. A damaged or poorly built web must be improved or that spider risks going hungry —or getting caught by other predators.

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Just as a dance can have sections defined by characteris tic moves, the stages of orb web building are characterized by specific actions. When spiders make the radial threads, they walk in and out from the web center. When they build the inner spiral, they repeat a particular silk-an choring behavior. Their legs, which handle the silk, also have distinct gestures at each stage.

Spiders that build three-dimen sional tangle webs — commonly called cobwebs — also follow recognizable construction stages. As Markus Buehler and Wei Lu of MIT explain, spiders build ing this type of web first create a rough outline of the web, which includes key anchoring points, using the super-strong silk. Once these are established, the spider further develops the web, which may include elastic threads and sticky booby traps. Within two days, the spider has a web with all the primary functional architec ture, but they continue to improve and repair over time. Like orb web builders, cobweb builders are constantly listening to their webs.

The duration a spider keeps a web varies. Some will repair and reinforce a web over extended periods, while others will build new ones every night. Exempla ry recyclers, spiders often eat their old silk to reuse it. The orb weavers outside our living room window tend to keep a web for several days before consum ing the old web and spinning a new one. On the other hand, the American house spider on my bathroom windowsill has main tained the same web for months, extending it as she grew bigger and repairing it when I’ve moved a supporting object.

Regardless of what type of web they weave, I find spiders fascinating and agree with Gordus, who told me, “Spiders are wonderful creatures/ Most are harmless. They’re eating so many things around the house that we don’t want.” Given the number of webs around my home, it seems my house is being well-kept by these tiny, web-spinning guests.

Rachel Sargent Mirus lives in Duxbury. Illustration by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by North ern Woodlands magazine and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecol ogy Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, nhcf.org.

ILLUSTRATION BY ADELAIDE MURPHY TYROL

UVM extension hires new forestry specialist

Dr. Alexandra Kosiba recently joined the University of Vermont Extension as its new forestry specialist.

She will be based in the extension office in South Burlington.

Kosiba, a licensed Vermont forester, brings expertise to the job in several forest ry related fields, including climate-adaptive forest management, forest carbon science and management, tree physiology and forest ecology and health. Although her target audience is landowners, foresters and municipalities, she also will partner with state agencies, members of the forest econ omy, including loggers and producers, and organizations such as Vermont Coverts and the Vermont Woodlands Association.

In addition, she will continue some of the work she started in her previous posi tion as the climate forester for the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recre ation. This will entail leading the Vermont forest cargon inventory and serving as the state’s point person for foresters and land owners on forest carbon and carbon offset markets.

The U. S. Forest Service recently award ed her a grant through its Landscape Scale

Restoration grant program. One of the goals of this project is to determine what landowners, foresters and others need in order to include climate resilience in forest decisions and management. She will help develop resources to help Vermont’s forests and forest supply chain adapt to a changing climate.

The Amherst, Mass., native earned her doctorate and master’s degree in forest science from UVM’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. Previ ous employment included staff scientist at the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Coopera tive and a brief teaching stint in the forestry department at the university.

She is currently a member and chair of the Green Mountain Division of the Society of American Foresters and a member of the Forest Stewards Guild.

Kosiba lives in West Bolton on 10 acres of forestland in a house that she built with her husband.

They manage their land for recreation and climate resilience as well as harvest firewood and saw timber.

Reach her at (802) 651-8343, ext. 504, or alexandra.kosiba@uvm.edu.

Managed adaptability key to forest health, resilience

Into the Woods Ethan Tapper

Vermont’s forests tell a story of adap tation undertaken over massive expanses of time and across a dynamic landscape. Along this continuum of change, our flora and fauna have evolved and co-evolved, exploited niches, and developed complex relationships with one another and with their environment — eventually becoming the species that comprise our modern-day forests.

Over tens of thousands of years, these species have formed natural communities: ecosystems that are unique, resilient and biologically diverse.

In the last 300 years, Vermont’s forests have undergone a similarly remark able transformation but on a massive ly compressed schedule. Over just a few centuries, many wildlife species have been lost from our forests, some of which have returned or been reintroduced and some of which have not. Nearly all our forests have been cleared; many maintained as agricul tural land for a century or more.

Vermont has lost huge amounts of forestland and continues to lose thousands of acres each year. Our remaining forests are increasingly fragmented by deforesta tion, roads and development and degraded by a variety of introduced stressors, includ ing non-native invasive plants and non-na tive pests and pathogens that have caused the loss or functional loss of several import ant tree species.

We are in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, species across the globe going extinct

and racing toward extinction at an alarming rate. We are also in a climate crisis, with a climate that has changed and is changing faster than ever.

When change occurs slowly and in small measures, ecosystems and species are able adapt as they have for millennia. Today, this immense volume of changes and stressors — known collectively as global change — is occurring all at once and at an incredible rate. There is no going back, no returning to when Vermont was endless old growth forests, undammed streams and expansive networks of beaver wetlands. While mitiga tion — slowing these changes — is critical, the health and resilience of our forests will also depend on their adaptability.

Simply put, adaptability is the ability of a forest to adapt, to change. A key consid eration in managing for adaptability is the recognition of uncertainty: We don’t know exactly how global change will manifest in the future and so we need to ensure that our forests have the tools to adapt to a wide variety of potential future conditions.

One of the key ingredients in adaptabil ity is diversity. On a landscape in which forests are generally young and simple, managing for forests with lots of different tree species and different sizes and ages of trees — structural diversity or complexity — buffers forests from stressors that may affect a single species or a single size or age of tree, giving forests a range of potential adaptive pathways forward. Also critical is managing for diverse landscapes with many different types of forests and other ecosys tems.

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Dr. Alexandra Kosiba

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How to help wild bumblebee queens make it through winter

LAURA JOHNSON UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT EXTENSION

Wild bees are important pollinators for crops, gardens and wild plants. In Vermont there are over 350 types of wild bees, including 17 different species of bumble bees.

Bumblebees are efficient pollinators that are especially important for spring crops, such as early blooming berries and tree fruits. But by late fall, a colony that may range in size from 50-500 bees will have all died except for a single new queen.

As with all bees, the queens depend on pollen, nectar, clean water and safe nesting sites for survival, all of which are limit ed resources in our managed landscapes. In addition, there is strong competition among species for these resources.

Queen bees will be one of the first visi tors of spring crops, hungry after a long winter. To help them survive the winter, here are some things gardeners and land owners can do.

Leave blooms standing until the first hard frost. To gain enough body mass for winter survival, bees require a lot of pollen and nectar. Leaving plants up as far into the fall as possible, ideally until they are killed by frost, provides a good source of both.

Established rodent burrows are known

nesting sites for bumblebees. Maybe all those voles tunneling through your land scape have a saving grace?

Consider reduced mowing and avoid cutting back ornamental bunch grasses. Don’t rake up fallen leaves and skip the winter brush pile burn party. All these provide great rodent burrow materials and locations where bumblebee queens can nest during winter months.

Man-made structures can also become wild habitat. Whether it’s your 1800s stone wall reminiscent of New England sheep farming, an old foundation or your new $30,000 retaining wall, each provides protective cracks and crevices where bumblebees can find shelter.

Consider conserving historical struc tures on your land or cultivate new habitat by taking rocks picked from your proper ty to make a rock pile where bumblebee queens can nest as they enter diapause, a state of dormancy, for the winter.

Offering pollen, nectar and water sources late into the fall and abundant and diverse undisturbed shelters for nests will help ensure each queen’s survival and early season pollination services next spring.

Laura Johnson is the University of Vermont Extension pollinator support specialist.

PHOTO BY LAURA JOHNSON

of pollen and nectar so leaving plants up far into

Raised beds nurture healthier soils

NADIE VANZANDT

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT EXTENSION

For many home gardeners, raised beds offer better soil conditions, better drainage and aeration than in-ground gardens. They also extend the growing season by warming the soil earlier and, not least, they are easier on the body. Fall is a good time to start think ing about your raised beds for next year.

Did you know that the composition of the soil in raised beds is vital to their success? Amending soil with compost is a major factor in promoting soil health but, when applied in excess, compost can be detrimental.

Fertile soil is made up of 45 percent minerals, 5 percent organic matter, 25 percent water and 25 percent air. These percentages translate into a growing medium of 70 percent essential minerals from soil and 30 percent compost, taking into consid eration that water and air are present in both soil and compost. For raised beds, this corre sponds to no more than a 1–2-inch layer of compost mixed into a 6-inch layer of soil.

Minerals in soils are inorganic materi als derived from a parent material, usually local geological bedrock. They are a crucial source of nutrients for plants and are essen tial for plant structure and resistance to disease. Also, they impart better flavor and quality to the fruits and vegetables that we need for a healthy diet.

Organic materials found in soils are living organisms like microbes, bacteria, fungi, large and small insects and carbon-

based materials from compost. They deliv er important nutrients to plants. In addition, plants use carbon as a main source of energy to build plant tissues.

Products labeled as garden soil, potting soil and topsoil are often exclusively organic material. When sourcing soil for your raised bed, seek quality mineral-based soil from a reputable vendor who can back their prod uct with a soil test report and/or detailed content. The product should have a signifi cant amount of mineral materials.

At first, growing in raised beds filled largely with compost will yield good results because plant nutrients are readily avail able. But as compost ages, decomposition slows, and the release of nutrients decreas es. Eventually, plant growth, flowering and fruit production decline, leading gardeners to apply additional compost or fertilizers to boost the supply of nutrients.

Continued application of compost, particularly those that are manure-based, can be detrimental to your plants as a surplus of compost can create a build-up of phosphorus and ammonium.

Phosphorus in excess can adversely affect your plants’ ability to absorb iron and zinc and excess ammonium can result in excess soluble salts, which can burn plant roots and impact the ability of the plant to develop flowers or fruit. Excess nitrogen and phosphorus are also readily leached into groundwater and can cause a serious envi ronmental problem as it creates toxic algae blooms in lakes and ponds.

Compost is not a long-term source

Before putting raised beds to rest this fall, gardeners should consider ordering a soil test to analyze the soil to better plan soil amendment strategies for next spring.

of potassium. Found in soluble form in compost, potassium is easily lost through leaching. During drought conditions, compost dries out and repels rather than absorbing water, leading to run off.

Over time, compost alone will lose its structure and volume. Without the necessary mineral material, compost will form a thick non-porous layer that inhibits drainage, reduces soil aeration and promotes disease. Most importantly, many vital minerals are not present in compost in significant amounts to ensure optimal plant health.

This fall, before putting your raised beds to rest, consider ordering a soil test to

analyze your soil. Kits are available through the University of Vermont Agricultural and Environmental Testing Lab (https://pss. uvm.edu/ag_testing). Be sure to mark on your kit that this is for raised beds, since the lab runs a different analysis better suited for this situation.

You’ll have all winter to plan soil amend ment strategies. Meanwhile, prevent leach ing and loss of nutrients by covering your raised beds with leaf mulch or straw, instead of compost.

Nadie VanZandt is a UVM Extension master gardener from Panton.

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South Burlington library hosts author Rebecca Rupp

On October 27, 4-5 p.m., author Rebec ca Rupp will discuss her book “The Dragon of Lonely Island,” at the South Burlington Public Library.

Rebecca Rupp has a Ph.D. in cell biology and biochemistry from George Washington University and now works as a professional writer. She is the author of 200 articles for national magazines, on topics ranging from the natural history of squirrels to the archae ology of privies, and 20 books for both chil dren and adults.

She blogs on food science and history for National Geographic.

International film fest screens ‘Luca’ at SB public library

Set in a seaside town on the Italian riviera, Disney and Pixar’s “Luca” is a coming-ofage story about a young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer. Luca shares his adventures with his friend Alberto, but their fun is threatened by a deeply held secret: they are sea monsters from a world below the water’s surface.

Come to the South Burlington Public Library, grab an Italian snack and watch the movie on Friday, Oct. 28, from 4 to 6 p.m.

This is a special festival screening in partnership with the Vermont Italian Cultur al Association and the 2022 Vermont Inter national Film Festival.

Free parking is available at the library.

Hand Crafters celebrate 70th anniversary in South Burlington

Join Vermont Hand Crafters as they cele brate their 70th year at the Craft Vermont fine craft and art show, Friday to Sunday, Nov. 18-20, at the DoubleTree by Hilton in South Burlington.

Shop from a variety of Vermont artists, enjoy member demonstrations, win prizes and more.

For more information, vermonthand crafters.com.

Grab a roast pork meal to go in Shelburne Nov. 8

Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish in Shelburne are once again teaming up to provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 and older on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

The menu is roast pork with sauce, mashed red potatoes, butternut squash, wheat roll with butter, apple crisp with topping and milk. The meal will be avail able for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church St. from 11 a.m.-noon.

To order contact Sheryl Oberding at soberding@yahoo.com (preferred) or 802-825-8546.

The deadline to order is Thursday, Nov. 3.

If this is a first-time order, provide your

name, address, phone number and date of birth.

If you haven’t already registered for the meal program, forms will be at meal pick up, or download at bit.ly/3MIlVZx.

More at agewellvt.org.

State archives, records office holds open house, exhibit

The Vermont State Archives and Records Administration is hosting an open house on Thursday, Oct. 27, 5-7 p.m., to educate the public about how the state handles public records.

Take a behind-the-scenes tour, talk to staff and view a new exhibit, “Getting the Message Out (and In).” The exhibit will feature original public records that focus on government communication: how the state government conveys information the public needs to know how the public interacts with the government, and how the state markets itself outside of Vermont. The open house will be held at Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, 1078 Route 2, Middlesex.

Essex Junction church holds community jazz concerts

Community Concerts at First presents jazz pianist Tom Cleary on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 3 p.m., First Congregational Church of Essex Junction, 39 Main St

The Sunday after noon concert will feature piano music by Vermont jazz compos ers James Harvey, Paul Asbell, Brian McCar thy, Ellen Powell and Lar Duggan, and sacred tunes by Duke Elling ton. Come out to enjoy one of Vermont’s jazz musicians and raise funds for the Essex Community Justice Center. The performance is part of the Community Concerts at First music series

celebrating artists from Vermont and New England.

Suggested donation of $20 per adult (children under 18 free). Space is limited. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the door or bit.ly/3MBhfV7.

Craft, vendor show benefits Williston Central School

Williston Central School hosts a craft show on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Crafters and vendors come from all over Vermont to participate in this long running show that raises money for the Williston schools. The event started over 25 years ago and has grown to comprise more than 100 crafters and artists.

Sponsored by Families as Partners, Williston’s version of a PTO, the craft show is one of several fundraising events to support students in the school system.

Rebecca Rupp

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Diane Chamberlain, right, of the compassion team at Faith United Methodist Church presents a $5,000 check to Maria Moore of Pathways Vermont from proceeds of the church’s September flea market. Pathways’ mission is to end homelessness in Vermont and provide innovative health alternatives to those in need.

Pianist Tom Cleary

Jane Lindholm and Melody Bodette.

‘But Why’ podcasters, authors visit South Burlington library

South Burlington Public Library presents Jane Lindholm and Melody Bodette, authors and podcast hosts of the Vermont Public program “But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids,” on Saturday, Nov. 5, 10:30 a.m.noon.

The authors have two new non-fiction books for kids.

“Are Llamas Ticklish?” explores farms and farm animals

with questions like why is milk white and why can’t you find blue eggs in the grocery store.

“Do Fish Breathe Underwa ter?” answers all your questions about the ocean, including wheth er jellyfish are made of jelly and why pufferfish puff up.

More at butwhykids.org and southburlingtonlibrary.org.

Masks are encouraged for all library programs.

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Forests are more than trees. Managing for adaptability includes helping all native flora and fauna adapt to a changed and changing world. In addition to managing for diverse and complex forests, which will provide habitat and refugia for many species, we need to protect threat ened species and unusual habitats and to take action to create important habitats that are underrepresent ed across our landscape.

We also need to ensure that ecosystems are connected so that species can move between them as they are faced with changes and challeng es, and so that they can maintain the genetic diversity necessary to adapt.

Another important part of managing for adaptability is addressing threats. Deforestation, forest fragmentation, non-native invasive plants, animals, pests and pathogens and deer over population all undermine forests’ ability to regenerate, to change,

to become diverse and complex, and so threatening their adaptabil ity. All these threats are humancaused, and only we have the power to address them.

How will we help forests adapt to an uncertain future? We are in uncharted waters, off the map and becoming more so each day.

Responding to this moment will mean making uncomfort able decisions, doing things like managing forests, controlling invasive plants and changing our behaviors. Adaptability is a quality that we will need to cultivate both in our forests and in ourselves. The choices we make, the way we change, will dictate the world that we give to future generations.

Ethan Tapper is the Chittenden County forester for the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. See what he’s been up to, check out his YouTube, sign up for news and more at linktr.ee/ chittendencountyforester.

PROPOSAL 5

To see if the voters will amend the Vermont Constitution by adding Article 22 to read:

“Article 22. [Personal reproductive liberty] That an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one’s own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”

Forests are more than trees. Managing for adaptability includes helping all native flora and fauna adapt to a changed and changing world.

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Much like Shelburne’s waste water treatment plants, South Burlington’s facility is well past the typical lifespan of treatment plant infrastructure.

Built in 1970, the Bartlett Bay facility — located off Route 7 on Bartlett Bay Road — had its last major upgrade in 1999. Treatment plants typically need upgrades every 20 years.

Most of the mechanical and electrical process equipment is 23 years old, according to Jennie Auster, an engineer with Hoyle Tanner, and the anticipated remaining useful life for much of the building or mechanical equip ment at the facility is two to five years.

“There is one component where we’re already seeing fail ure,” she said.

Treated wastewater from the Bartlett Bay plant is discharged about 600 feet out into Shelburne Bay.

The project also includes upgrades to the Airport Parkway wastewater facility, to the tune of $1.8 million, to better manage solids generated from the Bart lett Bay site, and $4.5 million for refurbishments to the town’s pump stations near Lake Champlain.

Some of the pump stations have been in service for 50 years, and the existing cast-iron mains need replacing to prevent raw sewage spills into the bay.

The council supported the idea of a March bond vote and upgrade, but they will still need to vote to put the article on the ballot. That will be done as part of the 2024 fiscal year budget process, which will be presented to the council on Dec. 5, town manager Jessie Baker said.

The city will then “spend

December and January reviewing the proposed budget, hearing from the department heads, and making changes,” Baker said. “I anticipate that they will vote on this ballot item no later than their Jan. 17 council meeting.”

South Burlington residents have seen average annual rate increases of roughly 2.2 percent since 2013, but once bond payments for this project kick in, ratepayers would see an antic ipated increase of 6.75 percent in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to meet the financial obligations for annual bond payments, director of public works Tom Dipietro said.

That would mean a $71 increase in the annual cost to homeowners on the city’s water system. The bond would only be paid via revenues collected from ratepayers and would not be borne on the city’s general taxpayers, officials said.

About 90 percent of homes in South Burlington are served by the system, officials said.

The timing for the bond vote could change, but “this timeline lets us address” the aging infra structure “with some risk — we’re not going to have a new system up in two years,” Baker said.

A public information hearing on the bond vote is expected to be held sometime in February. If the bond is put on the ballot and even tually approved in March, bidding for the project should begin in 2024, with construction expected to begin in June 2024 and comple tion within two years, according to the presentation.

“I wish our federal government helped us more, but we have to do this,” city council Meaghan Emery said. “If we don’t, the consequenc es, I think, are worse.”

South Burlington Public Library 180 Market St., southburlingtonlibrary.org

For information about any programming, cancellations or in-person changes, call 802-8464140 or email southburlington library.org. Some events may change from in-person to virtual. Some events require preregistra tion. Masks are encouraged. 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.

KIDS & TEENS

Toddlertime

Every Tuesday through Dec. 13, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Join Miss Kelly and her puppets for storytimes geared to ages 1 to 3 with an adult caregiver.

Babytime

Wednesdays through Dec. 14, 10:30-11 a.m.

Join Miss Kelly and her puppets Bainbow and Lala for a gentle, slow storytime that features songs, rhymes and lap play.

Lego builders

Wednesdays through Dec. 28, 3-4:30 p.m.

Projects geared to kids ages eight and up, or ages six and up with an adult helper. Each week, builders explore, create and partic ipate in challenges.

Middle school makers

Thursday, Oct. 20, 4-5:30 p.m.

A different activity each month. For students in grades five to eight.

South Burlington Public Library

Kids’ Book Club

Thursday, Oct. 27, 4-5 p.m.

Kids in kindergarten through second grade and their parents are welcome to join Ms. Natacha for a book club for kids. Septem ber title is “Hundred Dresses” by Eleanor Estes. Preregister.

Craftytown

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 3-4:30 p.m.

Free projects geared to kids grade 5 and up; others need to be accompanied by an adult. Oct. 7: Make newspaper cats. Oct. 25: leaf crowns.

2022 Vermont International Film Festival

Friday, Oct. 28, 4-6 p.m.

A family event, “Luca” is a coming-of-age story about a young boy experiencing an unfor gettable summer. Luca shares his amazing adventures with his friend Alberto, but their fun is threatened by a deeply held secret: they’re sea monsters from a world below the water’s surface.

ADULTS Chess club

Every Saturday through Dec. 17, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Join the Chittenden County Chess Club for a game or just to watch. New members welcome.

Tech help

Friday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m.-noon

Join us every other Friday morning in the digital lab for 1:1 assistance and to learn new skills. An evening session is planned for

October. Register, space is limit ed.

English conversation circle

Monday, Oct. 24, noon-1 p.m.

English as a Second Language discussion group, facilitated by an experienced instructor Louis Giancola.

Excel workshop

Thursday, Oct. 20, 6-7 p.m.

Participants will learn to master conditional formatting, tables and formulas to use Excel efficiently.

Italian book club

Monday, Oct. 24, 10:15-11:15 a.m.

“Una Donna Puo Tutto, 1941: Volano le Streghe della notte,” by Ritanna Armeni.

Evening book group

Thursday, Oct. 27, 6-7 p.m.

Poet laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical and inspiring call for love and justice in “Poet Warrior,” a contemplation of her trailblazing life. In the second memoir from the first Native American to serve as U.S. poet laureate, Harjo invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses and humble realizations of her “poet-warrior” road.

A musical, kaleidoscop ic meditation, “Poet Warrior” reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing, poetry with the power to unearth the truth and demand justice.

Copies available to borrow; both in-person or Zoom.

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The Vermont State Police Tactical Unit, also known as the SWAT Team, with help from South Burlington Police, arrested Clegg without incident about 1 p.m. at the library on Market Street and was taken into custody.

Clegg, who was charged with being a fugitive from justice in Utah, has been in South Burlington since about May and worked at the Price Chopper on Hinesburg Road, police said.

Authorities in Washington state also reported that Clegg was involved in a fatal stabbing in 2018, but no charges have been filed. Clegg has claimed self-defense.

In court papers, South Burlington Det. Tanner Palermo said Clegg is considered “highly dangerous.”

He is a suspect in the double fatal shooting of Stephen Reid, 67, and his wife Djeswende “Wendy” Reid, 66, of Concord, but New Hampshire has not filed charges in the double homicide case.

The Reids lived in Vermont for a few years in the early 2000s. Steve was a senior associate for democracy and governance at ARD Inc. (presently Tetra Tech ARD) and Wendy was a program coordina tor at Vermont Refugee Resettlement, a field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, according to their obituar ies.

Vermont authorities were never notified that Concord, N.H. police had officers in South Burling ton conducting surveillance on Clegg — possibly trying to take him back to New Hampshire.

when arriving in their jurisdiction.

Birmingham called Concord authori ties and it became clear the Concord Police Department was operating independently in Vermont.

It was unclear why they were in Vermont as they had no authority to make an arrest or legally take Clegg across state lines.

Police have not said whether investi gators found evidence at the campsite that would link Clegg to the double homicide in New Hampshire. A crime scene search team from Concord was called to the scene.

The Reids went out for a walk about 2:20 p.m. Monday, April 18 and were reported missing by their family two days later. The two former international humani tarian workers were found shot to death on a walking trail near the Alton Woods Apart ment Complex in Concord.

The medical examiner’s office ruled both deaths were homicides due to multiple gunshot wounds, officials said. There have been no arrests.

Clegg, who was charged with being a fugitive from justice in Utah, has been in South Burlington since about May and worked at the Price Chopper on Hinesburg Road, police said.

The day after the arrest, a subsequent search warrant was executed in the woods off Patchen Road, where investigators found Clegg’s campsite. Police said they found a tent purchased in Concord and a firearm, among other things.

According to Vermont authorities, University of Vermont police first discov ered Concord police were in town after getting a tip about officers in the area. When confronted, the Concord officers explained they were trailing a person wanted for questioning in a double homicide.

University officials were concerned about campus safety for students and staff and whether they might put out a campus alert. School officials were told Clegg was believed to be living somewhere in Centen nial Woods, which runs between East Avenue in Burlington east to Patchen Road in South Burlington and is split by Inter state 89.

Former Vermont Public Safety Commis sioner Michael Schirling, who now works at the university, tried calling South Burl ington Police Chief Shawn Burke and Vermont State Police Commander Matthew Birmingham about the case. Birmingham, who was reached first, and later Burke, said they knew nothing about Concord police coming to Vermont to confront Clegg.

Concord police failed to provide the usual courtesy alert to local authorities

Clegg’s one-way airline flight for Germany was scheduled from JFK International Airport in New York City at 12:30 a.m. Friday, Palermo said. He said the ticket was bought Tuesday.

Concord police were able to trace a cellphone for Clegg to South Burl ington last week.

Clegg was first spot ted on Williston Road and later traced to the South Burlington library.

The Vermont State Police eventually had four officers inside the library and four more outside, Northern Troop Commander Matt Daley said.

Clegg appeared for a four-minute virtu al court hearing by computer from the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans.

Vermont Superior Court Judge A. Greg ory Rainville ruled Clegg could be held without bail on a probation violation charge and the court would impose $20,000 bail for charges in Utah.

A Cache County (Utah) judge placed Clegg on probation in November 2020 for three felonies — burglary, theft and receiv ing stolen property — and a misdemeanor for failure to stop for law enforcement in Logan City, Utah.

Clegg failed to appear for a meeting with his Utah probation officer in July 2021. U.S. Homeland Security Investi gations determined Clegg fled to Lisbon, Portugal from Chicago that June, Palermo said, and returned to the country in Novem ber.

New Hampshire officials have shared few details surrounding the double homi cide in the state’s capital.

Attorney General John M. Formella and Concord Police Chief Bradley Osgood finally confirmed in a press release on Thursday that a person of interest in the double homicide had been arrested in South Burlington the day before.

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SB harriers finish second in Swanton

LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT

Girls’ soccer

South Burlington 2, BFA-St. Albans 1: The South Burling ton girls’ soccer team snapped a two-game losing streak with a win over BFA-St. Albans on Saturday, Oct. 15.

Rachel Kelley and Diana Larrow each netted a goal for the Wolves, who move to 5-4-2.

Field hockey

South Burlington 2, Rice 0: South Burlington captured its eighth win in nine games as it beat Rice Saturday.

Sabrina Brunet had two tallies for the Wolves, while Izzy Redzic earned the shutout in goal with four saves.

With the win, South Burlington moves to 9-2-1.

Cross country

Sky Valin finished in the top 10 in the NVAC Metro Division Championship race Saturday at Swanton and the South Burlington boys’ cross-country team came in second overall.

Valin was third in the large school boys’ race, Austin Simone was seventh for the Wolves and Evan Pidgeon came in ninth over all.

Ollie Cloutier was 19th, Odin Cloutier was 20th and Rowan Nenninger came in 21st for South Burlington.

For the girls, Paige Poirier was the top finisher for the South Burlington team, which came in fifth overall. Poirier was 12th for

the Wolves, Maggie Clark was in 22nd and Emma Blanchard was 25th.

Football

Middlebury 16, South Burl ington-Burlington 8: The South Burlington-Burlington co-op foot ball team fell in a defensive battle to Middlebury on Friday, Oct. 14.

Nick Kelly hit Andrew Bouf fard with a 13-yard touchdown pass in the final minute game to close the game. The ensuing onside kick was recovered by Middlebury to end the comeback effort.

Sam Parris finished with 105 rushing yards and Kelly had 155 passing yards and a TD.

With the loss, the SeaWolves fall to 1-6.

Boys’ soccer

South Burlington 3, Colchester 3: Three different players found the back of the net as the boys soccer team battled to a tie with Colchester Saturday.

Evan Richardson, Simon Cafi ero and Milo Schmidt each had a goal for the Wolves. Jackson Adams added an assist, while Andrew Chandler made 14 saves.

The Wolves are now 9-1-2.

Golf

The South Burlington boys’ golf team finished in third place in the Division I state championship on Thursday at Orleans Country Club.

Teddy Maynard was the top finished for the Wolves, coming in fifth place with a score of 79. Evan Marchessault was sixth overall with a score of 80.

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The South Burlington girls’ golf team participate in the state tourney at Williston Country Club Oct. 11.

Wildlife officials remind hunters about restrictions on importing deer, elk

Hunters traveling outside Vermont to hunt deer or elk need to keep in mind that a regulation designed to protect Vermont’s wild deer from chronic wasting disease remains in effect, accord ing to state wildlife officials.

Chronic wasting disease is a fatal disease of the brain and nervous system in deer and elk. Abnormal prion proteins produce lesions in the brain that cause disorientation and emaciation in conjunction with other abnormal behaviors. This highly contagious disease is always fatal to deer.

It is illegal to import or possess deer or elk, or parts of deer or elk, from states and Canadian prov inces that have had chronic wast ing disease, or from captive hunt or farm facilities with the follow ing exceptions:

• Meat that is cut up, packaged and labeled with hunting license information and not mixed with other deer or elk during process ing.

• Meat that is boneless.

• Hides or capes with no part

of the head attached.

• Clean skullcap with antlers attached.

• Antlers with no other meat or tissue attached.

• Finished taxidermy heads.

• Upper canine teeth with no tissue attached.

Vermont’s importation regu lations currently apply to hunters bringing in deer or elk carcasses from Alberta, Arkansas, Colo rado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Penn sylvania, Quebec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

“Chronic wasting disease is a very persistent disease that can resurface after years of absence,” said Mark Scott, Vermont’s direc tor of wildlife. “Vermont’s regu lation is designed to help prevent it from infecting Vermont’s deer and the drastic population reduc

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tion measures that would be required if it appears here.”

A fine of up to $1,000 and loss of hunting and fishing licenses for one year are applicable for each deer or elk imported illegally.

For information, go to vtfis handwildlife.com and cwd-info. org.

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South Burlington High School cheerleaders cheer on the walkers at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday, Oct. 9.

SB businessman pleads guilty on federal drug charge

MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT

A South Burlington business man, whose home was the scene of four drug overdoses in less than four months — including two deaths — pleaded guilty to a federal charge of cocaine distribu tion.

Bruce Erdmann, 63, admitted he knowingly and intentionally distributed cocaine at his home on March 12, 2021.

That was the same day Erdmann provided his housekeep er with cocaine and she passed out for about five hours with nobody calling for medical help, South Burlington Police later reported.

Little was said during a U.S. District Court hearing Friday afternoon about the death and destruction that apparently became routine at Erdmann’s Swift Street home, according to the intensive South Burlington Police investigation. A 15-page police affidavit paints a picture of

rampant drug use at the Erdmann house and occupants not calling for help when several people had serious overdoses.

Erdmann was asked twice as he walked out of federal court if he had anything to say, but he remained silent both times.

Defense lawyer Ian Carlton said, “I don’t think so,” as he ushered Erdmann toward the door.

The 59-year-old housekeep er from Shelburne spent months in the intensive care unit at the hospital and was not expected to survive, South Burlington Police reported in court papers.

Erdmann’s wife and the son of a next-door neighbor died on back-to-back days in June 2021 at the house.

A local dentist — and the father of the second fatal over dose victim — also overdosed in July 2021 while visiting the Erdmann home, police said. The South Burlington Fire Department revived him with Narcan, and he was hospitalized for four days.

It appears federal and state prosecutors do not intend to file any charges in those cases against Erdmann, who has owned Blue prints Etc. on Farrell Street for more than 30 years.

The signed plea agreement with the office of U.S. Attorney Nikolas Kerest said his office will not prosecute Erdmann “for any other criminal offenses known to the United States as of the date it signs this plea agreement, (or) committed by him in the District of Vermont relative to drug distri bution and drug possession.”

The agreement was signed in early September.

Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George said in an email that she expects four misdemeanor charges she filed in state court against Erdmann will be resolved in conjunction with the federal case. Those charges stem from illegal possession of multiple drugs in June 2021 at Erdmann’s home.

Erdmann pleaded not guilty to

the four state charges.

South Burlington Police had asked George to file felony charges against Erdmann, includ ing illegal distribution of cocaine that led to the overdose of the housekeeper and for possession of methamphetamine, records show.

Chief federal judge Geoffrey W. Crawford said Erdmann faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, federal supervised release after being discharged from prison and up to a $1 million fine. The final sentence will be based on the federal sentencing guide lines, which are advisory.

Erdmann, who is due for sentencing Feb. 10 in Burlington, is the son of a prominent Burl

ington lawyer. Robert Erdmann was part of a leading Vermont law firm, mostly known as Dinse, Allen & Erdmann Burlington through the years.

Erdmann will remain free pending sentencing.

Erdmann’s wife, Ellen K. Erdmann, 62, died at the same house in June 2021 from acute fentanyl intoxication, her death certificate notes.

The next day, a family friend, Brian A. Miller, 29, overdosed while visiting the house to offer condolences to his friend Devin Erdmann, 29, police said.

Miller’s death was attribut ed to an acute combination of fentanyl and alcohol intoxication, records show.

BLOTTER continued from page 4

and retail theft.

Oct. 15 at 7:55 p.m., Leah Ann Martel, 36, of Winooski, was arrested on an in-state warrant, retail theft and providing false information to a police officer.

Oct. 16 at 3:10 a.m., Justin R. Howard, 22, of Greensboro Bend, was arrested for driv ing under the influence, first offense.

Top incidents: Oct. 9 at 11:31 a.m., police took a report of a missing person on Hinesburg Road.

Oct. 9 at 1:25 p.m., a sex offender registry compliance check was performed on North Jefferson Road.

Oct. 10 at 3:01 p.m., police were called to a domestic report on Market Street.

Oct. 10 at 4:49 p.m., a larceny from a structure was reported on Hawthorne Circle.

Oct. 11 at 9:29 a.m., an undis closed sex crime report on Shelburne Road.

Oct. 11 at 12:26 p.m., an animal problem was reported on

Williston Road.

Oct. 12 at 5:53 p.m., police investi gated a report of intoxication at Hinesburg Road and Simpson Court.

Oct. 12 at 10:45 p.m., a distur bance on Dorset Street.

Oct. 13 at 7:22 a.m., police inves tigated threats on Baldwin Avenue.

Oct. 13 at 1:18 p.m., an accident at Shelburne Road and Laurel Hill Drive resulted in injuries.

Oct. 14 at 11:59 a.m., illegal dump ing was reported on Joy Drive.

Oct. 14 at 8:53 p.m., police dealt with a problem with a juvenile on Dorset Street.

Oct. 15 at 12:16 p.m., a cyclist was killed in an accident on Hines burg Road. (See related, page 4)

Oct. 15 at 4:00 p.m., someone reported a larceny from their home or business on Frost Street.

Oct. 16 at 12:18 a.m., a noise violation on Market Street.

Oct. 16 at 4:04 a.m., police received a report of a trespasser on Logwood Street

DELIMA continued from page 4

Doyle set Jan. 16 for pre-trial motions.

The arrest was made through the new Chittenden County Gun Violence Task Force, created last month by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in partnership with local, state and federal law enforcement officers and federal and state prosecutors. It is designed to target gang violence and other serious cases involving firearms.

The federal grand jury in Burl

ington returned the indictment last Thursday and it was sealed until the task force could set up surveil lance at Delima’s home.

Burlington Police officers responded to the Oct. 2 shooting and found two men, including Delima, near Crowley Street. Offi cers took Delima into custody and found a felony amount of cocaine — more than 30 grams — in his possession, police said.

A second man was released without charges.

ARIES

March 21 - April 20

Aries, maintain your alignment with your dreams and tap into your warrior instinct if you come up against a signi cant obstacle later in the week.

TAURUS

April 21 - May 21

Taurus, you’re naturally good at juggling many different tasks simultaneously. Don’t be surprised if someone recognizes this and give you a few projects to handle.

GEMINI

May 22 - June 21

The theme of this week is “opposites” for you, Gemini.

If you’re a normally tidy person, you’ll leave a mess behind. If you are prompt, you will arrive late. It could be refreshing.

CANCER

June 22 - July 22

This week there will be a great deal of pressure on you, Cancer. Try to remain as calm as possible while ticking off the boxes on your to-do list. Ask for help if you need it.

LEO

July 23 - Aug. 23

Your leadership skills will be on display this week, Leo.

People at work and at home will call on you to make decisions and guide them ithrough various situations.

VIRGO

Aug. 24 - Sept. 22

Virgo, this week you could come up with a new plan to make a big difference in the world. It may start with an assignment at work or be inspired by volunteering.

LIBRA

Sept. 23 - Oct. 23

Libra, try to learn as much about the people around you as possible. They may share strategies that can affect your life in many positive ways. Start asking the right questions.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

You may need to brush up on your charm skills, Scorpio. Sometimes you come at people at full force. You could bene t from employing a more slow and stready approach.

SUDOKU

Here’s How It Works:

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

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21

Sometimes you can be naturally shy and quiet, Sagittarius. This week show others what lies beneath that quiet surface. Use your voice and get others excited about your thoughts.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20

Try not to hide in the shadows this week, Capricorn. This is your time to be in the spotlight and show others what you are made of. A spark will inspire you to act.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 21 - Feb. 18

Getting back into the swing of things after time away can take a little while, Aquarius. You may have forgotten some steps or feel out of practice. Don’t be too hard on yourself.

PISCES

Feb. 19 - March 20

You’re used to dealing with situations as they arise, Pisces. Plan ahead for what you anticipate will come along this week.

CROSSWORD

coopera the U.S. Services potentially fatal disease of the most often and bats, can also through the with its

saliva. If left untreated, rabies is almost al ways 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 nor mal behavior, but you cannot tell whether an animal has rabies simply by looking at it. People should not touch or pick up wild animals or strays – even baby animals.

SHELBURNE DAY continued from page 4

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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face painting.

Towards the end, the Charlotte-Shel burne-Hinesburg Rotary invites folks to head to the Little League field next to the Fire Station for the annual Rotary Golf Ball Drop and a chance to win prizes depending on where the numbered balls land. Proceeds from ticket sales help fund Rotary’s many projects through the year.

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