The Other Paper - 11-3-22

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Vallee family establishes long Covid foundation

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

It was only after his son had died that Skip Vallee learned how much he had truly accomplished.

Just 27 years old, Charlie Vallee, born in Burlington and raised in South Burling ton, was a distinguished member of the U.S. intelligence community, and throughout his young life worked at prestigious institutions like the Institute for the Study of War, the Center for Strategic and International Stud ies and, the United States Special Operations Command — earning its civilian of the year award in 2021.

Speaking at his memorial in May — attended by dignitaries such as Gov. Phil Scott, U.S. Congressman Peter Welch, and former Gov. Jim Douglas — Vallee revealed he could “now relay who Charlie really worked for,” the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense’s Intel ligence arm.

Vallee and his wife, Denise, learned after he died that Charlie had been named head of the DIA’s chief counterterrorism group, and discovered that Charlie’s efforts assisted in the U.S. raid on ISIS leader Hajji Abdallah in February.

“I always thought he was a leader at whatever he did,” Vallee said.

But after contracting COVID-19 in early January, Charlie’s symptoms persisted — growing more debilitating over time. By March, he was experiencing uncontrollable arm shaking, and brain fog so overwhelming he had trouble reading and retaining infor mation.

He was getting lost in grocery stores with trouble finding his way out, and while he was

SB considers zoning change for Tesla dealership

COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER

South Burlington is considering a change in its zoning district along Shelburne Road to accommodate a Tesla dealership, a multi-billion-dollar electric vehicle manu facturing company that asked the town for the zoning change to build a dealership in the former Hannaford grocery store build ing.

In an Aug. 3 letter to city planner Paul Conner, attorneys representing Tesla said it

had identified the former Hannaford “as a prime candidate for its new facility” in Chit tenden County and that the site “matches Tesla’s corporate goal of minimizing envi ronmental impacts by the re-use of an exist ing facility.”

“Unfortunately, the location is not zoned for automobile sales or services,” the letter reads.

The city’s planning commission heard the proposal on Oct. 24, and approved the draft amendments, which “will go to the City Council for the first reading” on Monday,

Nov. 7, “at which time they would likely set a public hearing for their first meeting in December,” Conner told The Other Paper.

Tesla’s request to the city was first reported by the Burlington Free Press.

If ultimately approved by the council, the dealership would be the first established by Tesla in Vermont. Headed by Elon Musk, the company has pioneered the mass manu facture of electric vehicles and generates billions in revenue.

PHOTO BY AL FREY

Anthony Bouffard runs the ball in South Burlington’s season-ending loss to Champlain Valley Union on Oct. 29. See story on page 11.

On the move

supposed to be deployed to Jordan in February, he ultimately request ed a medical leave of absence, unable to handle his job responsi bilities, Vallee said.

He returned home to Vermont to visit his parents in late April, a week before he died. “He didn’t really want to go out that much, but he sort of seemed normal,” Vallee said. “You just don’t know some times.”

He went back to Washing ton, and on May 3, after suffering through four months of long Covid symptoms, died by suicide.

“Nothing prepared us for the news of May 3,” Vallee said at his son’s memorial, “where not under standing what long Covid did to our son is almost as bad as the shock of death.”

In the wake of their tragedy, the Vallee family has channeled their grief into trying to help other families who may be in similar circumstances. They’ve started the Charles M. Vallee Foundation, a research organization, to spread awareness of long Covid’s impact on the brain and mental health by supplying grants for research.

“We want to deploy as many resources as we can quickly,” Vallee said. “Because I think there are a lot of folks out there that need to be given some hope.”

‘No one understands why’

David Kaminsky, a pulmonary and critical care physician with the University of Vermont Medi cal Center since 1995, remembers Charlie as a young kid, playing hockey with his son in Chittenden County leagues.

He remembers seeing him in videos posted to Facebook from Slovakia, after he was plucked from the South Burlington commu nity, at just 11 years old, to go to the eastern European country after Vallee was nominated in 2005 by former President George W. Bush to be the United States’ ambassa dor.

When he read Charlie’s obit uary, it reminded him of how important his work has become in the past two years.

Kaminsky — along with Katherine Menson and Suzanne Lawrence, a pulmonologist, and a physical therapist and clinical research educator at the University of Vermont Medical Center, respec tively — started a Covid recovery group in February 2021. The group meets over Zoom once a month, where dozens of people in Vermont and from all over the country meet to share stories and talk.

“It’s just to have someone to talk to, so they feel they’re not totally alone,” Kaminsky said. “That’s been very valuable for the community.”

Individuals with long Covid

experience a cocktail of symptoms, persisting for three months or longer after initial exposure to the Covid-19 virus.

Patients have reported a wide range of neurological symptoms — numbness in the hands or feet, intense migraines, spontaneous muscle pains, loss of smell or taste, the list goes on and on — but the most common reported symptoms include brain fog, shortness of breath and extreme fatigue.

Early studies have suggested that anywhere from 10 percent to 30 percent of people infected with the coronavirus end up developing long-term symptoms, and recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that nearly one in five people who have been infected with COVID-19 have some form of long Covid — potentially thousands of people in Vermont and millions throughout the country

“There are definitely people out there have been sick over two years now, which is just unbeliev able to think about,” Kaminsky said. “I mean, this is what devas tates people — they turn into these chronically exhausted people who can’t get out of their house. They miss their friends, they can’t work.”

“We’re talking about highly functioning people who just get slammed,” he added.

These symptoms often take a pernicious toll. A paper published by the European Respiratory Jour nal found 13.8 percent of patients with long Covid screened positive for depression. While there is no

data on the frequency of suicide rates among people with long Covid, according to a report by Reuters, scientists from organiza tions including the U.S. National Institutes of Health are beginning to study a potential link follow ing evidence of increased cases of depression and suicidal thoughts among people with long Covid.

The illness has been likened to chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalogic encephalomyelitis, which, like long Covid, has been consistently hard to define and often overlooked by physicians.

“And now suddenly, long Covid comes along at a much higher profile affecting people all around the world, and it’s caused research ers to look more closely now at chronic fatigue,” Kaminsky said.

Physical symptoms aside, perhaps the most frightening aspect of the illness are the neuro logical aspects — what patients have described as a disconnect between their brains and their nervous systems to the rest of their

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Charlie Vallee, above at left, with a Colgate University soccer teammate. Next page, with his parents, Denise and Skip.

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body. Post viral has always been a theory for chronic fatigue syndrome, Kaminsky said, “but now that there’s more research going into it, I wonder if we’ll be able to nail that down more definitively.”

The National Institute of Health last year, after getting $1.5 billion in funding from the U.S. Congress, launched an initiative to iden tify the causes and the means of prevention and treatment of individuals who have been affects by COVID-19.

President Joe Biden’s administration in July 2021 designated long Covid as a disabil ity under federal civil rights laws. But so far, those with the illness say efforts have not been enough. A stalled long Covid bill has been stuck in the U.S. Congress.

Kaminsky’s own research has been tracking lung function in 50 patients who contracted COVID-19, some of whom were hospitalized and severely ill, and others who were asymptomatic.

He hopes to publish his findings in the next several months. But, in general, many of the people he sees who report shortness of breath have no identifiable abnormalities in their lung function at all.

“If you look at what’s been published so far, other people have been finding the same thing. It’s very, very worrisome because it means that somehow Covid is affecting the way we perceive our breathing, or somehow the signaling of what’s going on in the lungs to the brain is somehow off,” he explained. “So, the brain thinks you’re short of breath even though the lungs are working fine.”

“It’s very frightening because no one understands why.”

‘We just don’t know what to do’

Charlie had tried everything.

Psychological examinations, neurologi cal tests, a complete MRI, a wide range of medicines and supplements — and a visit to the George Washington University Long Covid Clinic.

But “at every turn, we heard the same thing — we just don’t know what to do, and time will heal this affliction,” Vallee said in his eulogy. “We will never know why more time to heal was not enough for Charlie. What we do know, is that he was one of the most wonderful people to ever walk the face of this earth ... he was a prince among men.” Now, the Vallee family hopes to tackle

this problem head on — to “fund research designed to produce treatments, or at least pathways to help these folks get some hope,” Vallee said.

Having survived his own bout with myeloma — initially diagnosed in 2017 with a return in 2021, but now in remission — Vallee will take another dive into under standing a perplexing medical condition, and what treatments exist.

Articles on the foundation’s website — which can be found at bit.ly/3FvaQtj — detail some of the research that’s been conducted, including an article from the Mayo Clinic on “dealing with ‘brain fog.’”

Vallee said “a couple people” have expressed interest in donating to the founda tion, but they’re still working out the exact mechanisms for financing.

And while the grant program is just getting started, Vallee said he was encour aged by the National Institutes of Health funding, “but those programs take a while.”

“I think what we’re going to focus on is what kind of relief is available now to people that are struggling, just to give them hope,” he added.

At UVM, physical therapy has shown demonstrable improvements, but “this has to be a very different kind of physical therapy than most people have encountered,” Kamin sky said, indicating a more gradual and less intensive therapy as demonstrated through research by the Mount Sinai group in New York City.

“Most people when they have physi cal therapy ... the physical therapist really pushes them to get them back into shape,” he said. “That strategy backfires when you try it in a long Covid patient, because as soon as they exert themselves too much, they get wiped out. Fatigue, extreme fatigue that can last for days and weeks.”

Meanwhile, getting the word out is para mount for Kaminsky and his colleagues, showing those afflicted with the illness that they should be taken seriously, that those treating them should take it seriously, and, most important, that patients are not alone.

“I think if Charlie had had some sense that there was hope — and I think there is because I think in the end, most people kind of get over it, it may take a while,” Vallee said. “But what pathways can we show these people?”

Dr. Aerwen Stagers, DMD

South Burlington Police Blotter

Agency / public assists: 21 Traffic stop: 18 Suspicious event: 16 Accident: property damage: 15 Retail theft: 13 Disturbance: 12 Motor vehicle complaint: 11 Welfare check: 11 Larceny from motor vehicle: 9 Total incidents: 240

Arrests:

Oct. 29 at 3:56 p.m., Jonathan R. Narbonne, 33, of South Burling ton, was arrested for disorderly conduct and simple assault.

Oct. 29 at 10:29 a.m., Kevin Mack, 51, of South Burlington, was arrested for second-degree aggravated domestic assault.

Oct. 29 at 3:16 a.m., Kyle Thomas Wolfe, 34, of Rutland City, was arrested for violin conditions of release.

Oct. 28 at 1:56 a.m., Sara T. Beams, 39, of Monkton, was arrested for driving under the influence, first offense.

Oct. 28 at 1:46 a.m., Connor M. Fitzgerald, 28, of Bellows Falls, was arrested for interfering with access to emergency services and first-degree aggravated domestic assault.

Oct. 27 at 3:08 p.m., Amanda K. Stuart, 31, of South Burling ton, was arrested for disorderly conduct, giving false informa tion to a police officer, retail

theft and for an in-state arrest warrant.

Oct. 26 at 11:30 p.m., Tory E. Keyser, 34, of South Burlington, was arrested for driving under the influence, first offense.

Oct. 25 at 12:14 p.m., Rocky C. Racicot, 42, of Hinesburg, was arrested for aggravated disorderly conduct, first-de gree aggravated domestic assault, second-degree unlaw ful restraint, and for an in-state arrest warrant.

Oct. 25 at 5 a.m., a 16-year-old, no town of residence provided, was arrested for unlawful mischief.

Oct. 24 at 5:59 p.m., Justin wA. Gravelle, 27, of Essex Junction Village, was cited into court for driving with a criminally suspended license.

Oct. 24 at 5:25 p.m., Patrick M. Rogers, 44, of Ludlow, was arrested for retail theft.

Incidents:

Oct. 30 at 4:18 p.m., police dealt with a problem with a juvenile on Dorset Street.

Oct. 30 at 2:47 p.m., someone left the scene of an accident on Hannaford Drive.

Oct. 30 at 6:49 a.m., a vehicle was reportedly stolen on East Terrace.

Oct. 29 at 1:15 p.m., someone on Barrett Street reported items stolen from their vehicle.

Hinesburg driver arrested in Williston for attempting to run over girlfriend

A Hinesburg man has been arrested for aggravated domestic assault, unlawful restraint and aggravated disorderly conduct after reportedly assaulting a woman in a moving truck and then attempting to run her over.

Rocky C. Racicot, 42, remains in jail for lack of $5,000 bond.

On Oct. 25 at approximate ly 12:14 p.m. South Burlington police say they arrived at Willis ton Road and Kennedy Drive

after getting a report of some one trying to run another person down with his truck.

Police said that after a phys ical fight broke out between Racicot and his passenger in the truck as it traveled down Willis ton Road, the victim tried to jump out, but Racicot grabbed her by the hair and prevented her escape.

She told police after she threw his cellphone from the truck, he stopped and she fled

into a nearby parking lot, where Racicot attempted to run her over.

Racicot was later stopped by a South Burlington officer in Williston.

If you or someone you know has been a victim of domes tic assault, call the statewide confidential hotline at 800-4897273 or visit the website for the Vermont Network Against Sexual and Domestic Violence at vtnetwork.org.

Oct. 29 at 12:33 p.m., on Dorset Street, police are investigating a larceny from a person.

Oct. 28 at 11:46 p.m., a suspicious event on Iris Lane is pending investigation.

Oct. 28 at 6:33 p.m., police assist ed with a mental health issue on Market Street.

Oct. 28 at 6:01 p.m., a fraud was reported on Country Club Drive. The matter is pending.

Oct. 28 at 4:47 p.m., police are looking into a report of a sex crime on Dorset Street.

Oct. 28 at 2:03 p.m., identify theft was reported on Wildflower Drive.

Oct. 27 at 3:46 p.m., an accident at Hinesburg and Van Sicklen roads resulted in injury.

threats being made.

Oct. 27 at 10:15 a.m., a sex crime is under investigation on Cranwell Avenue.

Oct. 26 at 8:43 p.m., a suspicious event was reported on Forest Street.

Oct. 26 at 4:12 p.m., police took care of an animal problem on Lindenwood Drive.

Oct. 26 at 3:58 p.m., illegal dump ing was reported on Airport Road

Oct. 26 at 2:45 p.m., an accident resulting in injury happened at White Street and Williston Road.

Oct. 26 at 12:49 p.m., police are investigating a fraud on Grego ry Drive.

Oct. 25 at 6:40 p.m., threats were made near Dorset Street and Williston Road, followed by second report minutes later, at 6:56 p.m., this time on Shel burne Road.

Oct. 25 at 4:41 p.m., police were called to an overdose on Dorset Street.

Oct. 24 at 1:32 p.m., police have property either lost or found on Shelburne Road.

Oct. 24 at 9:59 a.m., police assist ed youth services on Gregory Drive.

Untimely deaths:

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Oct. 27 at 2:01 p.m., on Garden Street police took a report of

Oct. 25 at 9:36 p.m., police assisted with a suicidal person on Pheas ant Way.

Oct. 24 at 7:54 a.m., police respond ed to Grandview Drive for the death of Peter Cimino, 65, of South Burlington. The medical examiner’s office is determin ing cause and manner of death.

In Musing Carole Vasta Folley

“November is usually such a disagreeable month.” So wrote Lucy Maude Montgomery.

In those words, the Canadian author captured the disappointment I felt as Halloween brought October to a close. Although summer is long past, once the calendar turned to November, it felt a death knell to coatless walks, al fresco dining, and that delicious quirky sense of freedom that seems to captivate on balmy days.

And why shouldn’t Novem ber cause melancholy? After all, seasons are uncanny in their ability to remind us of our own mortality. “A time to be born, a time to die.” Whether read in church or sung by the Byrds,

there’s no question about which time is November.

Besides, there’s the impending deadline of it all. Flower pots aching to be relieved of their wilted glory, spigots needing to be turned off, their hoses coiled for hibernation, and lawn furniture that looks plain embar rassed to be left outside.

Every year Novem ber begins with a bang. A one-two punch of vexation to announce its arrival like some harbin ger of gloom wearing a waterproof fleece-lined puffer jacket from L. L. Bean.

First, November puts an end to Daylight Savings Time. How better to scramble our circadian rhythms all while making sure we can start and finish our work day in what appears to be the dead of night.

But that’s nothing compared to what’s next. Elections. As

OPINION

on November’s cold shoulder

if November wants to remind us straight away of uncertainty and possible loss. Maybe, in a moment of schadenfreude, November jumped at the opportu nity to have Election Day forever emblazoned on its calendar page. If so, what a grim sense of humor this eleventh month must have.

And this year’s election? It’s a doozy. Thanks, November. There are close to 300 election-denier candidates on the ballot, many who support or dismiss the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, all while they argue against science, women and LGBTQ rights.

Laws were passed in 2021 making it harder to vote and almost 16 million voters were removed from the rolls, most of them in states with a history of voter discrimination. In effect, free and fair elections are on the ballot this year in America. Seri ously, November?

Ah, I know. I’m being too hard on this penultimate month of the year. It’s not November’s fault,

especially considering it was originally the ninth month of the year. Its name is from the Latin “novem” meaning nine.

Imagine the indignity of being the Roman calendar’s ninth month beginning in spring, then, thanks to some brand-spanking new months, you get pushed to 11th place. You’re not even top-ten anymore. You’ve gone from tender buds on the branch to dead leaves on the ground. It makes sense November’s gloomy. I’d be upset too. No wonder it’s the same month common for the onset of SAD, seasonal affective disorder.

But here’s the amazing thing. Through all the dismalness, November does its best to make amends. It’s hard to believe that this scrappy month brings us through its many challenges to nothing less than a Thanksgiving. There’s that sense of humor again, November. I see you.

What a perfect metaphor for life. How through the dark and

dying, the ending and grieving, the bleakness and despair, there is still so much to praise. Indeed, as in Ecclesiastes, to everything there is a season, and it is our dear November that helps us complete that circle. Bless her heart.

So, on the 24th, when I sit at our table, I will look at those I love, the harvest that provides and the warmth that envelops. I’ll look outside at the landscape that sleeps only to nurture a burgeon ing spring.

I will look inside to my own beating heart and my bigger knowing that there is a need for November — for all the gyra tions, the grand roller coaster of change, that indeed brings us life. And for that, I will give thanks.

Carole Vasta Folley’s In Musing column has won awards from the Vermont Press Associa tion, The New England Newspa per and Press Association and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

Carole Vasta Folley

Disabled veterans deserve more for their sacrifices

To the Editor:

Disabled veterans are grossly under compensated. They’ve been asking various Congresses and administrations for fair and adequate compensation since the end of World War I in November 1918, 104 years ago.

In 2023 a totally disabled veteran with no dependents is compensated at the ridic ulous rate of $43,463 dollars a year. The National Average Wage Index for 2021 was $60,575 dollars per annum and the median income for 2021 was $70,784. The per capita gross domestic product in 2021 was $69,288, among the highest in the world.

Disabled veterans are only compensated for projected lost wages, and not a loss of quality of life payment. U.S. courts now routinely award quality of life payments in any judgment concerning personal injury cases.

We can levy at least a penny tax on every dollar traded on the stock market to pay for the compensation due to our disabled veterans. This would be above and beyond the 1 percent tax on stock buybacks recently legislated and would apply to the entire stock market. The New York Stock Exchange alone traded about 1.46 billion shares a day in 2019. There are presently 13 separate stock exchanges operating in the United States

This is now a national security problem — once our youth fully understand that, should they be seriously injured or sickened in the line of duty, they are looking at a life time of near poverty as disabled veterans. This realization among young people will cause the armed forces to quickly collapse. In fact, enlistments are already dropping precipitously.

No one wants to be played for a fool, not even a young person. And that is what we are doing here.

We have no right to expect young people

to make a lifetime sacrifice so that elites can evade a fair level of taxation as they have for several decades. Congress must act to correct this injustice. If Congress does not act, then we must prepare ourselves as a nation to live without viable armed forces for many years to come and that would be a great danger to all of us.

Tom Barnes South Burlington

Siegel is the right pick for Vermont’s future

To the Editor:

I am a junior at South Burlington High School. I am a proud supporter of Brenda Siegel, the Democratic candidate for gover nor.

As a young person I am frustrated about the lack of progress from the current administration. However, I believe Siegel represents the leadership we need. She has been a lifelong advocate for all Vermont ers. As a single mother she experienced financial and housing difficulties firsthand and has also been impacted by the opioid epidemic. She has dedicated her life to supporting Vermonters whose stories and struggles have been long pushed under the rug.

I encourage people to explore Siegel’s social media pages and website to learn more about her agenda and her concrete plans for our state.

Brenda Siegel is honest, compassionate and the change our state needs. She will work with and for Vermonters, just as she has for her whole political career. I urge the people of South Burlington to choose Siegel on Nov. 8 for the future of Vermont.

Earl Aguila South Burlington

Townsend supports Siegel for governor’s office

To the Editor:

I am writing in support of Brenda Siegel’s candidacy to be governor of Vermont.

Siegel is realistic. She knows what she’s up against, but she is undaunted. She is a woman of deep integrity. Her politics center on people. She is a powerful voice for lead ing with and not shrinking from our values. It was Siegel, after all, who spent 27 days and nights on the Statehouse steps last Octo ber, vowing not to leave until the emergency housing program for those experiencing homelessness was fully reinstated. I confess that I would not have had that strength.

Housing all Vermonters, healing the overdose crisis, commitment to bold climate action, building a bottom-up economy: these are Siegel’s priorities, backed by specific plans outlined on her website and articulat ed in detail during the gubernatorial debates. She comes at these issues informed by her personal experience of being a single mom whose home was lost in Tropical Storm Irene; a sister and aunt who lost her brother and nephew to substance use disorder; a small business owner. She knows, firsthand, the struggles of hardship and poverty.

Siegel is a powerful thinker and has a passionate voice. She is not pie-in-the-sky. She is thoroughly grounded and unafraid of delivering no-nonsense challenges or sharp critiques to the current administration’s record. She is equally clear in demonstrat ing what she offers instead.

She has earned the endorsement of former Gov. Howard Dean as well as the endorsement of Congressman Peter Welch, and the Democratic leadership of both the Vermont House and Senate. I encourage you to visit her website and the recordings of the gubernatorial debates. I encourage you to vote for Brenda Siegel.

Rep. Maida Townsend South Burlington

Maida Townsend represents the Chitten den 7-4 district in the Vermont House

Cold-climate heat pumps: the rest of the story

To the Editor:

What is the real cost of owning a cold-climate heat pump and does it make sense that we can become fossil fuel inde pendent soon?

I really think the concept of moving heat from one place to the other without having to create it is part of the future. But, for a few reasons, I do not think the future is here yet.

Cold-climate heat pumps are not reliable enough to take over as a primary source of heat in the average home in Vermont’s climate. They are very susceptible to power fluctuations and are not always sold or installed with the necessary protection measures. Additionally, we do not have enough trained technicians to service them. Also, most manufacturers are not in the United States, so supply chain issues remain a possible problem.

The true cost of ownership is not being told. The successful installation of these heat pumps must be done with best practic es by a competent installer. I do not see or hear anything about the cost of professional cleaning of the indoor and outdoor units, which must be done every two to three years.

While these heat pumps can have extended warranties, the cost of labor is not included, provided you can find some one that is trained to work on them. Most installers move from one job to another without looking back, leaving the cost of maintenance and service to the homeowner.

What can we do to become less depen dent on fossil fuels as soon as possible?

We have manufacturers in the United States that are trying to make more reli able and serviceable cold-climate heat pumps. We need to support and invest in more companies like them by investing in training for contractors and incentives to take care of the units they install. We need to realize that we can get to zero fossil fuel use, but for the near future we will need some form of back up until we can make heat pumps in cold climates more reliable and serviceable.

Gary DuCharme South Burlington

Letters to the Editor

South Burlington schools juggle loss of federal COVID-19 funds

From the School Board

Dr. Travia Childs Violet Nichols

In March 2021, as part of the American Rescue Plan Elementa ry and Secondary School Emer gency Relief (ARP ESSER) Fund, under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a total of nearly $122 billion was provided to states and schools districts to help safely reopen and sustain the safe operation of schools impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

These funds were reserved for addressing students’ academ ic, social and emotional needs, especially student subgroups that were disproportionately affected by COVID-19, including racial and ethnic groups, children from low-income families, children with disabilities, English learners, gender, migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care.

These funds are allowable for supporting the implementation of evidence-based interventions focused on addressing learning loss and evidence-based summer enrichment programs, as well as for administrative or operational costs to address issues related to COVID-19.

The South Burlington school district received $4,838,325 in ESSER funds. There are three grants connected to these funds: ESSER I, ESSER II and ARP ESSER.

Through extensive stakeholder consultation, as well as connec tion to the district’s ends policy and continuous improvement plans, we have allocated this funding to support students and staff in ways that are connected to ongoing initiatives in a pandem ic-induced context. All our important work is interconnected; these funds have allowed us to support students with greater capacity in the ways that we know impact learning.

We received $352,101 for ESSER 1, which was used to support remote learning and purchase personal protective equipment and general safety and sanitation supplies.

For ESSER II, we received $1,382,740 that was used to support continuity for learning for remote, hybrid and in-person learning models, purchase tech nology to support these models, purchase sanitation supplies to

keep schools open and hire staff to support learning loss, including summer school, as well as social and emotional learning.

With ARP ESSER, we have $3,103,484 in funding, which is being used to support opera tions, including testing supplies, behavior facilitators, counselors, and clinicians in social, emotional and mental health), and interven tionists, tutors, staff and teaching salaries and stipends for academic purposes.

Community feedback has supported the direction of the lion’s share of this funding goes to support social, emotional and academic learning. As we know, the social, emotional and academ ic imposed by the pandemic will not be mitigated during the duration that this funding is avail able to support the needs of our students, staff and school system.

All these funds that have been used to address the social, emotional and academic impacts of the pandemic have been used to support many one- or two-year-only positions. Data shows a continued need to support students in these areas moving into fiscal year 2024, but ESSER funding is slated to be exhausted at the end of fiscal year 2023.

As we enter this difficult budgeting year, one where infla tion is at a high, we have unbud geted facility needs, with Act 173 funding and staffing implications, and we will no longer have access

to undesignated funds as we did in fiscal year 2022, our teams will review data to determine if we will be able to continue with added (ESSER-funded) one-year-only positions, includ ing math intervention teachers, guidance counselors, nurses, and health, art, music, language arts and social studies teachers who are supporting students with social, emotional learning and academics. As we are not antic ipating benefiting from ESSER funds in fiscal year 2024, as a team, we will need to evaluate student needs and make difficult, data-driven decisions to best support students.

Interim superintendent Violet Nichols appreciates those who have engaged with the district to help determine how to utilize these funds best to support students, staff and the school community. “I am heartened to know that even heading into the financial climate that exists for many other Vermont districts and us, our students, staff, adminis trators, community and board is partnering to ensure our proud tradition lives on here at South Burlington.”

For more information, visit South Burlington School District’s ESSER page at bit.ly/3SQ2Vtm. Dr. Travia Childs is chair of the South Burlington School Board, and Violet Nichols is interim superintendent of the South Burl ington School District.

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Community Notes

Fall book sale back at SoBu library

The Friends of the South Burl ington Public Library hold their big fall book sale in the communi ty room on the second floor of the library, 180 Market St., on Friday, Nov. 4, 2-5 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Children’s and adult fiction and non-fiction books in very good condition, popular paperbacks, audio books and DVDs and a table of classics and collectibles will be on sale at very low prices. New book bags, unique notecards and a raffle will be some of the extras.

In addition to cash and checks, credit cards and mobile payments accepted. Sales benefit the library.

BSA Troop 6110 spaghetti dinner fundraiser

The scouts of BSA Troop 6110 plan a spaghetti dinner on Satur day, Nov. 5, at the parish hall at St. Vianney Church, 160 Hinesburg Road, in South Burlington from 5:30-7 p.m.

Dinner will include spaghetti, meatballs, bread and a salad. Dine in or take it to go. There will also be a bake sale.

Bring your family and friends — and appetites — and meet the first female BSA Troop in South Burlington.

Founded this year, Troop 6110 welcomes girls between the ages of 11 and 17. For more information, email sbvtscouts@gmail.com.

Chittenden County looks   to form 18U hockey team

Chittenden South Burlington Youth Hockey, in partnership with Essex Youth Hockey, plans a full season for a youth 18U team.

If you’re interested, register at bit.ly/CSB18U2223.

Church holds bazaar in South Burlington

Faith United Methodist Church of South Burlington opens its doors for its annual holiday bazaar on Saturday, Nov 12, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 899 Dorset St.

The sale will feature a cook ie-walk extravaganza, fresh pies, fancy fudge and granola, home made soups to go, a lot of holiday décor, jewelry, art, new items for gift giving and gently used items to spruce up your home.

Proceeds support the Alzhei mer’s Association of Vermont.

A little Beethoven

The Burlington Civic Symphony presents its fall concert on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. at the Lyman C. Hunt Middle School in Burlington. The program features Beethoven’s Egmont Overture; J. S. Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor and Antonín Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World.” Conducted by Daniel Bruce, the concert is free and open to the public. Donations accepted. For more information visit bcsovt.org. Above, Daniel Bruce.

Masks encouraged. Many food items will be pre-packaged. Contact Diane at dgchamberlain@ gmail.com for donations and ques tions.

Richmond church serves  up chicken pie supper

The Richmond Congregational Church is holding a chicken pie supper takeout on Sunday, Nov. 6, 1-3 p.m.

The pies are filled with local chicken and savory gravy and no vegetables added this year. Dinner includes savory chicken with gravy, biscuits, squash with maple syrup, special coleslaw made the morning of pick-up, and your choice of a 9-inch apple or pumpkin pie. Pick is Nov. 6, from 1-3 p.m. at the the church, 20 Church St. Order at rccucc.org/chick en-pie-takeout-dinner or call 802-434-2053. Suggested donation is$65. All proceeds support the Richmond Food Shelf and Rich mond Congregational Church.

League of Women Voters   offer climate change talk

On Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. the League of Women Voters of Vermont, in partnership with Kellogg-Hubbard Library of Mont pelier, presents “What Climate Change Means to You.”

The talk will feature Vermont

state climatologist Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Jared Ulmer from the Vermont Department of Health, and Vermont Natural Resources secretary Julie Moore. The talk will focus on the effects of climate change on Vermonters, and will be moderated by Peter Walke, managing director of Efficiency Vermont.

To register for the free Zoom presentation, go to kellogghub bard.org/adult-programs. All guests must register.

Shelburne community   hosts blood drive

Give the gift of blood on Tues day, Nov. 22 from noon-5 p.m. at St. Catherine of Siena in Shel burne.

To give, call 800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org and enter Shelburne to schedule an appoint ment.

Cochran’s Ski & Ride   sale returns this weekend

The annual Cochran ski and ride sale will be held at Camels Hump Middle School in Richmond on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 6 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Shop for gear including alpine skis, snowboarding, telemark skiing, Nordic skiing, backcountry travel, boots, clothing and more.

COURTESY PHOTO

Lyric brings ‘Into the Woods’ to Flynn stage

Lyric Theatre Company kicks off its season with a Tony Award-winning show by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, “Into the Woods,” a tale filled with storybook char acters who may not always be as they seem.

“Into the Woods” weaves together the stories of princes and witches, the dangers that lurk in the darkness and the mystery of the unknown. Follow the journey of a baker and his wife as they set out to break a witch’s curse that prevents them from having a child of their own. Follow a spunky Little Red as she boldly embarks on her dangerous journey to grandmother’s house and meet Cinderella and Rapunzel.

But don’t expect the typical happily-ev er-after.

Based on some of the most well-loved characters of Grimm’s fairy tales, this capti vating dark comedy is made even more magical by the unique music by Sondheim. With set pieces designed by Jane Harissis and costumes by Kerry Farrell, the show is a feast for the senses.

The ensemble cast showcases the talents of Connor Kendall as The Baker, Anneka Shepherd as Little Red, Laura Wolfsen as The Witch, Merrill Cameron as Cinderella, and Eamon Lynch in his Lyric debut as The Narrator.

The show will go on at the Flynn Theater Thursday to Sunday, Nov. 10-13, at 7:30 p.m., with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m.

Election 2022: Know your polling place

In-person voting for the 2022 midterm election will be held on Nov. 8 throughout the state.

If voting by mail at this point in the process, officials suggest dropping off ballots directly at your polling place and not through the U.S. Postal Service.

Here are the hours and locations of local polling places in South Burling ton, where polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the following locations:

District CHI-8: City Hall Senior Center, 180 Market St. District CHI-9: F.H. Tuttle Middle School, 500 Dorset St.

District CHI-10: Chamberlin School, 262 White St. District CHI-11: F.H. Tuttle Middle School, 500 Dorset St.

District CHI-12: Orchard School, 2 Baldwin Avenue

All New Arrivals from DVf Monique L'hullier

Halston

Alice & Olivia Shoshanna

Joseph Ribkoff Hutch Brochu Walker Soia &Kyo MaxMara Mac Duggal

COURTESY PHOTO

Laura Wolfsen as The Witch in the Lyric Theatre Company production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” at the Flynn Theatre.

SPORTS

Season ends for some SB athletes

LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT

Football

Champlain Valley 49, South Burling ton-Burlington 20: The South Burling ton-Burlington co-op football team saw its season end with a loss to top-seed Cham plain Valley Union in the Division I football wild card game Oct. 29.

The Redhawks outscored the SeaWolves 28-7 in the second half.

No. 8 South Burlington-Burlington finished the season with a 1-8 record.

title defense come to an end with a loss to No. 2 Colchester in the Division I soccer quarterfinals on Oct. 29.

The Lakers scored in the first half to take the one goal lead, then held off the two-time defending champs to emerge with the win.

Alisa McLean had nine saves in goal for the Wolves to keep it close.

South Burlington finished the year with a 6-8-2 record.

Cross country

The South Burlington cross country teams headed to the DI state meet Oct. 29 in Thetford, with both teams finishing in the top 10.

For the boys, the Wolves came in fifth overall. Sky Valin paced the team with a 10th place finish. Austin Simone was 15th for South Burlington, while Evan Pidgeon

came in 33rd, Ollie Cloutier 43rd and Odin Cloutier 44th.

On the girls’ side, the team came in seventh overall. Emma Blanchard was the top finisher for the Wolves, coming in 23rd. Maggie Clark was 29th for South Burling ton, while Paige Poirer came in 41st and Gisele Zuchman was 48th.

Girls’ volleyball

Champlain Valley 3, South Burling ton 0: The girls volleyball No. 2 Champlain Valley in all three sets but was on the losing end of a 3-0 score Oct. 29 in the DI quar terfinals.

The No. 10 Wolves dropped the first 25-23, and then lost the second and third sets 25-21 to end their playoff bid.

South Burlingon finished at 6-9 on the season.

Girls’ soccer Colchester 1, South Burlington 0: The South Burlington girls’ soccer team had its

PHOTO BY AL FREY

S. Burlington’s Nathaniel Hasenecz heads the ball away from his goal during a September matchup against CVU. The Wolves need one more win to advance to the title game.

Field hockey, boys’ soccer, volleyball advance to semis

LAUREN READ CORRESPONDENT

Boys’ soccer

South Burlington 2, Burr and Burton 0: The top-seeded South Burlington boys’ soccer team advanced to the Division I semi finals with a 2-0 win over No. 9 Burr and Burton Oct. 29.

Evan Richardson scored early in the first half to put the Wolves in the driver’s seat and Jackson Adams added another goal late in the game to seal the quarterfinal win.

Andrew Chandler stopped two shots in the shutout.

South Burlington played No. 5 Essex in the semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m., after press time.

The Hornets advanced to the semis in dramatic fashion, beat ing No. 4 Mount Anthony in a shootout. South Burlington beat Essex in both regular season matchups, winning the first 2-1

and the second 3-1.

If the Wolves win, they will advance to their second straight DI title game. They lost to Essex in the finals last season.

Field hockey

South Burlington 3, Burling ton 1: A hat trick from Sabrina Brunet sent the South Burlington field hockey team to a 3-1 win over Burlington in DI quarterfinals Oct. 28.

Brunet’s three-goal effort helped the Wolves advance to the semifinals for the third year in a row. Miranda Hayes added an assist and Izzy Redzic made five saves in goal.

No. 2 South Burlington (12-21) now faces No. 3 Essex in the semifinals on Tuesday, Nov. 1, after the newspaper went to press.

The Hornets handed the Wolves one of their two losses during the regular season, beating South Burlington 1-0 toward the end of the regular season.

South Burlington will look to get a measure of revenge and advance to the title game and capture its second straight state championship.

Boys’ volleyball

South Burlington 3, Mount Mansfield 2: The fifth-seeded South Burlington boys volley ball team battled it out with No. 4 Mount Mansfield in quarterfinals Oct. 28.

The Wolves lost the first and second sets but finished 25-14 and 25-15 in the third and fourth sets to force a fifth, where the boys won the deciding set 15-9.

South Burlington now advanc es to face top-seed Burlington in the semis. The 13-2 Seahorses beat the Wolves in straight sets in both of their regular season meetings.

If the Wolves pull off the upset, they would advance to the program’s first final and face the winner of No. 2 Champlain Valley and No. 3 Essex.

HONOR

VETERANS

On Nov. 10, The Other Paper will be honored to publish photos of the men and women who have unselfishly served our country.

If you have a veteran who you would like us to honor, please mail or email your photo by

Thursday, Nov. 3

If you have submitted a photo in a previous year, you do not need to resubmit.

Please include name of veteran, branch of service, rank, years of service and town of residence.

Email photos and text to:

editor@otherpapersbvt.com or mail to The Other Paper, 1340 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT 05403

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS to the SOUTH BURLINGTON LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS

Public Hearing Monday, November 21, 2022 at 7:00 pm

Please take notice that the City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 21, 2022 at 7:00 PM to consider amendments to the Land Development Regulations. The amendments affect all parts of the City unless otherwise specified below. The hearing will be held in person and remotely via GoToMeeting. Participation options:

• In Person: City Hall Auditorium, 180 Market Street

• Interactive Online: https://meet.goto.com/SouthBurlingtonVT/city-council-11-21-2022

• Phone: (408) 650-3123; Access Code: 298-710-037

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the following:

A. LDR-22-05: Update the regulation of Transferable Development Rights (TDRs), including, but not limited to, expanding the receiving areas for TDRs, assigning value for TDRs, updating process for sending and receiving TDRs, and clarifying existing applicability in receiving areas (Section 2.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 9.05, 14.04, 15.A.11, Articles 15C, 18, 19, Appendix C)

B. LDR-22-06: Minor and Technical Amendments to Bicycle Parking, Performance Bonds, Submission Requirements, and Section numbering (Sections 13.03, 13.05, 14.11, 15.A.20, 17.04, 17.15, Appendix E)

Copies of the proposed amendments are available for inspection at the Department of Planning & Zoning, City Hall, 3rd Floor, 180 Market Street, and on the city website at www.sbvt.gov.

Helen Riehle, City Council Chair November 3, 202

The site in question was previ ously occupied by a Hannaford supermarket but was vacated in March 2018 after the company relocated north on Shelburne Road to the old K-Mart location.

The area is currently zoned as C1-R15 — a partially commercial and residential designation. Adja cent to the district, along Shel burne Road through Fayette Drive to Holmes Road, is zoned C1-Au to for dealership sales.

“The easiest solution would be to extend the Commercial 1Auto zone northerly to include 2 additional properties — the prop erty behind the gas station, Olive Garden and the Peoples Unit ed/M&T Bank and the former Hannaford property” Tesla’s attor neys wrote.

The letter was submitted by MSK Attorneys of Burlington.

“Engineer plans are ready to go if you do approve the zoning,” Liam Muprhy with MSK said at the planning commission meeting. “There’s going to be no change to the parking lot, no change in the building, the front façade will have a higher wall to put Tesla on the front of it. Other than that, nothing changes.”

The planning commission, however, moved to strip the C-1 Auto designation from most of the area south of the Freedom Nissan dealership on Saturn Way and remodel the district to main tain “a similar total amount of area that would allow for auto sales,” Conner said.

The zoning that would be converted out of auto would allow for further mixed-use develop ment.

“In making this change, the regulations would move the abil ity for a new auto sales business to a location further removed from Shelburne Road (along the west side of Fayette Drive) and plac ing greater emphasis for proper ties along Shelburne Road, which have greater access to transit and infrastructure, to support residen tial and mixed commercial uses such as the recently-built Larkin Terrace building at the southwest

corner of Shelburne Road and Fayette Drive,” he said.

Tesla, in its letter to the city, said that there are “no suitable properties” within the existing auto zone that “are not already owned or controlled by an auto mobile dealership.”

Not all residents were thrilled about the prospect. The zoning area had been a target for possible affordable housing developments.

“It sounds like we’re making an accommodation to put in a dealership in a prime location for mixed-income housing,” said Chris Trombly, chair of the city’s affordable housing committee. “It seems like we’re foreclosing on an opportunity for redevelopment there.”

Others were displeased with the process.

“If Elon Musk wants to have a Tesla dealership, let him buy some property on Shelburne Road that’s already zoned. Why do we have to change the rules for him,” said Mort Shapiro co-owner of the Freedom Nissan of South Burl ington franchise, and a resident. “Why is he any different than me? It took me 20 years to own my property ... I played by the rules.”

But many came out to the meeting to express relief that a Tesla dealership would finally be available in Vermont.

“It’s going to be a big help to Tesla owners to have this avail able,” said Martin Mayner, who drives a Tesla and said he often has trouble getting the car serviced and has to drive to New York to do so.

Scott Bennington, also a Tesla owner, said he “strongly supports the change to the zoning regula tions.”

“There are, I think, four Teslas in our immediate neighborhood. We picked up ours about a month ago, but we had to go down to Paramus, N.J., to pick it up,” he said. “Servicing is a distance away so it would just be more conve nient for all Tesla owners, and I think it would encourage electric vehicle usage if it was easier to get your Tesla serviced.”

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ZONING continued from page 1

Supreme Court Justice portrait moves from Chittenden to Lamoille courthouse

On Oct. 4, a portrait of Justice George M. Powers came home to the Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park.

Powers served nearly 32 years on the Vermont Supreme Court, the longest tenure of any justice. He was born in Hyde Park in 1861 and lived most of his life in Morris town until his death in 1938. His father was an associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court from 1875-1890.

According to “The Law of the Hills, A Judicial History of Vermont,” by Paul M. Gillies, Powers served in many capacities before rising to the state’s highest court. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1883, served as assistant clerk of the House, secretary of the Senate, and state’s attorney for Lamoille County from 1888 to 1890.

Powers married Gertrude Frances Wood bury in 1893, and they had four children, Horace Henry, Mildred Dorothy, Elizabeth

Lillian and Roberta Frances Powers. In 1902, he became reporter of decisions for the Vermont Supreme Court before serv ing from 1904-1906 as an associate justice of the same court.

After a five-year stint as a superior judge, Powers was elected to the Vermont Supreme Court in 1909, continuing to serve until his death in 1938, including nearly 11 of those years as chief justice. Powers had several opportunities to move higher but chose to remain in Vermont to serve his state and his hometown.

As a local lawyer and judge, Powers would have been well-acquainted with the Lamoille County Courthouse. While a portrait of his father H. Henry Powers has hung in the courthouse for many years, the same could not be said for George Powers.

Lamoille County Assistant Judge Joel Page was quite familiar with Powers and his family, as Page’s grandmother, Mildred Woodbury Page was the sister of George Powers’ wife Gertrude. Also, Page’s aunt

WARNING City of South Burlington

November 7, 2022, 7:00 PM Public Hearing

The legal voters 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, November 7, 2022 at 7:00 P.M. for a second reading and potential final passage of a proposed new City ordinance regulating heating systems and service water heating systems in new buildings.

The ordinance will require that all new buildings in the City of South Burlington utilize a renewable primary heating system and a renewable service 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 service water heating systems in all new buildings to meet specified energy efficiency performance standards and maximum allowable heat loss standards.

Specifically, the proposed ordinance:

• Requires that all new buildings in the City of South Burlington utilize a renewable primary heating system and a renewable service water heating system.

• Defines new buildings as all new construction of residential, com mercial, or industrial buildings with a heating source and/or a service water heating source.

• Includes a two-year exemption period from the renewable service water heating system requirement for multi-family, commercial and industrial new buildings.

• 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 applicable Vermont Building Energy Standards energy codes and is fueled by electricity, wood pellets or wood chips, or other renewable fuel.

• Defines renewable service water heating system as a service water heating system that is fueled by electricity, wood pellets or wood chips, other renewable fuel, or solar thermal energy.

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.

A copy of the proposed ordinance is available at www.sbvt.gov or upon request at the City Clerk’s office, South Burlington City Hall, 180 Market Street during regular office hours.

Phyllis Page Weinrich wrote a chapter of Powers’ biography, and Page had gone to school in Burlington with several Powers’ descendants.

When Powers’ great-granddaughter, Connie Cain Ramsey, a Chittenden County assistant judge, informed Page that she had a portrait of Powers that she’d like to donate to the Lamoille County Courthouse, Page and Lamoille County Assistant Judge Madeline Motta were happy to accept. The portrait was hung in the main courtroom, next to the bench where Powers may have presided.

Present for the ceremony were Motta and Page, as well as Ramsey, and her son J. Taggart Ramsey, Powers’ great-greatgrandson.

The portrait was at the Chittenden County Courthouse, but Connie Ramsey didn’t think it belonged there. “Lamoille County Courthouse is a much better place for the portrait to hang. My great grandfa ther is home now, where he belongs.”

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J. Taggart Ramsey and Connie Cain Ramsey, descendants of Vermont Supreme Court Justice George M. Powers, donated his portrait to the Lamoille County Courthouse.

RABIES BAIT continued from page 2

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.

Rabies is a deadly viral disease of the brain that infects mammals. It is most often

in

pets and livestock can also get

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virus is spread through the

animal

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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 face burne-Hinesburg head the Golf depending land. Rotary’s

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

DOULA

ARIES

March 21 - April 20

Aries, you’re normally content acting on a whim, but this week you may want to plan your schedule with a bit more detail. Think about what to accomplish.

TAURUS

April 21 - May 21

When considering a situation, remember there is more than meets the Taurus. Dig a little deeper and you may uncover the truth. Remember to ask the right questions.

GEMINI

May 22 - June 21

Gemini, you have an entire team rallying in your corner this week. You can use a little extra support. All you need to do is speak up and others will come to your aid.

CANCER

June 22 - July 22

Few things escape your notice, Cancer. However, this week something may just sneak by you. Don’t fret too much, as it’s not really vital. But try to focus better.

LEO

July 23 - Aug. 23

There’s a million things going on in your life this week, Leo. You need to zero in on one or two tasks and get down to business; otherwise, you can easily get overwhelmed.

VIRGO

Aug. 24 - Sept. 22

Virgo, listen to your heart this week. It will not guide you astray. You have some soulsearching to do right now to uncover some answers you have been seeking.

LIBRA

Sept. 23 - Oct. 23

Don’t let others bring you down, Libra. Focus and maintain a positive attitude and you can do just about anything you set your mind to this week. Start making plans.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

A big change is coming your way, Scorpio, and you’ve never been more ready. Adopt a receptive mindset and await all of the excitement that is coming your way.

SUDOKU

Here’s How It Works:

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

CROSSWORD

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21

Keep your eyes on the prize, Sagittarius. You are so close to the end result right now, so just a little more patience is needed. You’ll discover some surprising things.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20

There’s not much more you can add to a situation, Capricorn. When communication fails, it’s dif cult to overcome obstacles. A relationship may come to an end.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 21 - Feb. 18

Aquarius, when you put your hope in someone you can trust, the positive outcome shouldn’t be too surprising. Close friends and family will help out.

PISCES

Feb. 19 - March 20

There’s so much that you are eager to learn, so why not enroll in a class or take up a new hobby, Pisces? You can continue your education.

ACROSS

DOWN

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Expel from one’s property

Philly transit body

Small amount of something

Retirement account

Holey type of cheese

Young pig

Climbing palm

Discomfort

Bull ghter

High-level computer language

Fleshy extensions above the throat

Request

Equal to 10 meters (abbr.)

Bruce and Spike are two

Precipice

Wombs

A radio band

Emphasizes an amount

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