The Other Paper - 8-17-23

S. Burlington charts course with city plan

Officials plan series of meetings this fall

South Burlington is at a historic inflection point.

Faced with a growing housing crisis statewide and, as a result, a shortage of skilled workers critical for essential services in the state, the city is working quickly to bolster its housing stock and its commercial development.

But it also recognizes the threat of climate change and faces tremendous pressure to conserve land while reducing its population’s reliance on motor vehicles.

See CITY PLAN on page 13

SB High School student sparks social justice conversations

While most high school students take the short summer months as a time for much-needed rest and recreation, South Burlington High School sophomore Auish-

ma Pradhan has been hard at work spearheading a two-week social justice camp that deals with combating some of the most difficult issues facing students today.

The Education Justice Coalition of Vermont — formerly the Vermont Coalition for Ethnic and Social Equity in School — is

a statewide coalition led by a multicultural group including people of color from various racial and ethnic groups, disability rights advocates and LGBTQ advocates.

This year’s summer camp offered a space for youth from all over Chittenden County to learn and identify ways to make their

schools and communities better while also building lasting relationships to strengthen youth organizing in the future.

Pradhan, along with two other students,

See SOCIAL JUSTICE on page 12

PHOTO BY DICK PRATT

Dick Pratt captured this bear walking near Barstow Road on Aug. 7, the latest in numerous sightings in residential neighborhoods.

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CCV announces half-priced tuition for in-state students

LILLY KELLER CONTRIBUTOR

Vermont residents can now get a 50 percent discount on tuition for specific programs at the Community College of Vermont in the 2024 academic year through the Vermont Tuition Advantage Program.

The program, spearheaded by Gov. Phil Scott, aims to offer more education and training opportunities to Vermonters for in-demand jobs. The program offers seven associate degree programs and 14 certified programs, including STEM studies, clinical medical assisting and human services.

For the school’s president, Joyce Judy, the program has been a long time coming.

“It’s our responsibility to make sure that we’re offering the courses and the programs that Vermonters and Vermont businesses need because 95-96 percent of our students are Vermonters, they’re staying here, and they’re not going to move,” Judy said.

Scott proposed the program last December as an economic strategy to assist businesses and Vermonters. Judy said that the program will ensure that job vacancies throughout the state are filled.

“The incentive applies — or the half tuition applies — to those courses and programs that support businesses in high-demand fields,” Judy said. “It’s a win for Vermonters because they’re getting the education they need, and it’s a win for employers because we need (qualified workers) to stay in Vermont.”

As Vermont’s second-largest college, CCV educates more than 10,000 students annually. It provides 12 associate degree programs and 22 career certificate programs. The college is known for being one of the most budget-friendly options in the state, charging $280 per credit for in-state students, compared to the University of Vermont’s $678 per credit.

Although it is surrounded by 21 other colleges within the state, Judy attributes the school’s prosperity to its part-time facul-

ty and number of facilities across the state, including in Morrisville.

“We don’t have a central location, we have 12 different locations that are rooted in their communities, and they mirror their communities,” Judy said. “One of the things that makes us unique is we have 100 percent part time faculty. The students always compliment and say the faculty is so strong because they have so much practical experience.”

Throughout her 14 years as the president of CCV, along with 26 years prior at the college, Judy has consistently advocated for improved access to higher education. With over 40 percent of CCV’s courses being offered online and at the 12 branches across the state, Judy highlighted the institution’s aim of nurturing committed and engaged learners rather than just focusing on success statistics.

While she can’t solely credit the school’s ongoing success and steady enrollment to its education model, given that community college enrollment has dropped almost 40 percent nationwide since 2010, Judy said that the pandemic and the state’s COVID-19 relief fund have allowed many Vermonters to allocate time and funds toward their education.

“What happened during COVID-19 is that there was a lot of federal money that came in and because it wasn’t necessarily related to employment, the government put a significant amount of money into providing people with the option to go to CCV,” Judy said.

Before the pandemic, Community College of Vermont had 5,104 students — a figure that leaves out students also attending classes at other institutions — enrolled for courses in the fall of 2019. In 2020, that number dropped by just two students. By fall 2022, the enrollment had increased to 5,544 students.

Following a 2021 survey of students who utilized COVID-19 funding, Judy found that over 90 percent of those who enrolled during

the pandemic did it because they now had the time and money to pursue higher education.

“The tuition advantage program is in some ways a carry-over of that relief fund,” Joyce said. “It’s just one of those ways Vermont is continuing to address affordability.”

Current students in eligible programs can access the advantage program through course registration. New students can access the program by contacting their local CCV center and schedule a new student advising program.

COURTESY PHOTO Community College of Vermont president Joyce Judy.

“One of the things that makes us unique is we have 100 percent parttime faculty.”

— Joyce Judy

this life-size puzzle with family while learning about Fort Ticonderoga's history along the

Art gallery intern curates library show

An exhibition of paintings, “Let the Light In,” curated by Essex High School senior Xandra Ford, an art gallery intern this spring, features the work of four Vermont artists, Liz Hawkes deNiord, Joy Huckins-Noss, Jill Madden and Julia Purinton.

The exhibition will hang in the South Burlington Public Art Gallery at the library through Oct. 19.

“Let the Light In” explores the effect of light in art. Some of artists in the show utilize the absence of light, through shadow or obscurity, to showcase complex emotional themes, while others use the presence of light, through colors or patterns, to show similar complexity from a different perspective.

All four of the artists exhibit light in such a way that it’s brought to the forefront of the viewing experience. You are drawn in by the details, in the way light bursts through a tree line or radiates from a building before it’s engulfed by the black night sky above it. In some works, light is merely a suggestion through an abstract change in color, while in others the patterns are explicit.

The artists show how the power of light can reflect feelings of joy, nostalgia or comfort, revealing the world in a more forgiving way. They also show how darkness can be despair, fear or melancholia, making us see the world through a more oppressive lens.

Hawkes deNiord’s artwork addresses the distillation of

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dreams, emotions and the present in a visual language that marks the ordinary as extraordinary or the smallest things as notable. Her multi-layered paintings emerge as luminous abstractions that recalibrate the world through the effects of light and color and with awe.

Huckins-Noss creates a textured surface of light and color through a process of layering colors on top of each other repeatedly. Her paintings show her deep relationships with nature.

Madden finds challenge, inspiration and renewal through

the changing seasons, light and temperature. Her studio is the outside world, where she reflects on our interconnectedness with wilderness and the changes brought by humans and climate change.

Finally, Purinton seeks connection and commonality through her depiction of landscapes. Her use of color and light evokes a feeling of familiarity as well as mystery. Purinton explores joy, loss, growth and regret and hopes that viewers will find a sense of recognition in her work.

Above, “Yield,” oil, 14”x18” by Joy Huckins-Noss. Below, “Paramita I,” acrylic on canvas, 36”x36,” by Liz Hawkes deNiord.

CRIME & COURTS

Drug dealer caught with crack cocaine in motel room sentenced

They also seized about 2.5 ounces of crack cocaine in the raid.

South Burlington Police Blotter: Aug. 7 - 13

Agency / public assists: 25

Directed patrol: 22

Welfare check: 20

44, of Burlington, was arrested for retail theft on Williston Road.

A Chittenden County drug dealer, who was caught with crack cocaine in his Shelburne motel room, has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute drugs and the unlawful possession of a firearm by a multi-time convicted felon.

Van Vincent Thomas, 41, also had more than $40,000 in cash, a Ruger Redhawk .44-caliber revolver with an obliterated serial number and 43 rounds of ammunition at the now closed Red Apple Motel on U.S. 7 near Bay Road during a court-ordered search by Homeland Security Investigations on March 23, 2022, records show.

Homeland Security agents and Milton police began a criminal investigation into Thomas in January 2022. They were monitoring him a month later when he drove with a companion from the Shelburne motel to the University Mall on Dorset Street in South Burlington where he sold $1,000 worth of crack cocaine to a confidential informant, court records show.

Thomas, who also is known as “Kevin,” had at least five felony convictions, including for sale of cocaine in Chittenden County in 2017 before the latest case began, court records show. As a convicted felon it is illegal for him to possess a firearm or ammunition.

The government said his other four felony convictions stem from Michigan and include carrying a concealed weapon and three counts for the delivery and manufacture of drugs in 2004, 2009 and 2010, court records show.

Thomas worked jointly with two other defendants, Jonathan Arnold, 27, and Chad Dillion, 37, to distribute crack cocaine in the Chittenden County area, a sevencount federal indictment maintained.

Dillion, who now uses the first name “Cejai,” was provided both money and small amounts of crack cocaine in exchange for allowing Vincent and Arnold to initially set

See THOMAS on page 12

Alarm: 17

Suspicious event: 15

Trespass: 13

Motor vehicle complaint: 13

Larceny from motor vehicle: 13

Retail theft: 11

Accident with property damage: 11

Traffic stop: 10

Field contact: 10

Foot patrol: 9

Disturbance: 7

Noise violations: 7

Stolen vehicle: 6

Juvenile problem: 6

Animal problem: 6

Total incidents: 278

Arrests:

Aug. 7 at 12:13 p.m., Bienvenido H. Hernandez, 36, of Woodside, N.Y., was arrested for felony retail theft on Dorset Street.

Aug. 8 at 12:51 p.m., Mike G. Thompson, 40, of South Burlington, was arrested for grand larceny on Dorset Street.

Aug. 8 at 11:35 p.m., Xin S. Jin, 34, no address given, was arrested for failing to have a license on Williston Road.

Aug. 9 at 12:22 p.m., Moses Akot,

WELCOME TO THE SOUTH BURLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE

DEAR PARENTS & STUDENTS:

The South Burlington School District Transportation Department is excited to welcome you back for the 2023-24 school year!

SAFETY PROTOCOLS

Please assist us in stressing safety by reminding your child to:

1. Dress appropriately for the weather.

2. Maintain polite and proper behavior while at the bus stop and at all times while riding the school bus.

3. Stand 10 feet from the curb.This ensures visibility and traffic safety.

4.Wait until the bus comes to a complete stop with flashing red lights and STOP sign extended.

5.Wait for the driver’s signal to cross the street.

6. Make sure you can always see the driver while walking near the bus.

7. Store backpacks in the overhead compartments and watch for any loose items that could get caught.

8. No eating or drinking on the bus.

9.Take a seat promptly and remain seated during the entire ride.

10. Use an “inside” voice while on the bus, and comply with any reasonable request of the driver.

11. Be kind and courteous at all times to the driver

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS

regarding your child’s transportation needs, please feel free to contact Kathy LaRock, Transportation Manager, at 802-652-7479 or 802-318-0435. We look forward to serving you and your child!

SINCERELY,

The Transportation Department, South Burlington School District

Aug. 9 at 9:51 p.m., Austin C. Hanley, 27, of Essex Junction, was arrested for driving under the influence, second or subsequent offense, on Airport Parkway.

Aug. 10 at 1:35 p.m., Loralie Elisa Fuller, 33, no address provided, was arrested for unlawful trespass on Dorset Street.

Aug. 12 at 1:50 p.m., Jacob S. Hertle, 25, of Essex Junction, was arrested for driving under the influence, first offense, on Interstate 89 near exit 14.

Top incidents:

Aug. 7 at 7:36 p.m., police investigated a report of sex trafficking on Gregory Drive.

Aug. 9 at 2:47 p.m., a suspicious event was reported on Quarry Hill Road.

Aug. 10 at 5:30 a.m., police are investigating a burglary on Williston Road.

Aug. 10 at 3:55 p.m., police were called to an overdose on Hadley Road.

Aug. 13 at 1:08 p.m., police are investigating a report of stalking on Community Drive.

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OPINION

A No. 2 problem seems to be getting worse

To the Editor:

Considering recent conversations around the environmental impacts of building a recreation path in Hubbard Park, as an avid jogger on our pathways I’m concerned about a related environmental issue — a No. 2, if you will — that seems to be festering of late: dog poop.

To quote the former president, there seem to be a lot of “massive dumps” all over our rec paths.

According to the Google, pet waste adds harmful bacteria and nutrients to local waters when it’s not disposed of properly. It also can get stuck on the underside of expensive running shoes. In case you forgot, it also smells bad.

This is an invitation to dog owners to recommit yourself to those high standards of pet care you’ve strived for ever since you first heard The Baha Men, all those years ago.

Tyler Samler South Burlington

Newspapers must keep police, officials accountable

To the Editor:

It’s hard to imagine a more important role for the local newspaper — any newspaper — than covering the police.

The police are gun-carrying enforcers of the law. They can be intimidating, even scary. More so nowadays. The days of Mayberry are long over. Abuses of law enforcement’s immense power are well established.

We all know that feeling when an officer pulls us over and comes up to the window of our vehicle. Things could go very, very wrong. Particularly if you’re poor, or Black, or, for some reason, the officer has a grudge against you or even if the officer is just having a bad day.

So, when the Stowe police chief dismissed an officer recently, and the Lamoille County state’s attorney indicated that the officer’s conduct had been questionable, the newspapers of the Vermont Community Newspaper Group, which publishes The Other Paper, did exactly what it must. It sought to find out why.

When the newspaper was denied access to the information and appealed, the town sued the newspaper. The town lost.

It is a small but important victory. As it turns out, the officer in question was “untruthful” in a traffic stop. So, no wonder he was sent packing. And now, other communities where this police officer might seek employment have that valuable information at their disposal. No one else would have stepped up to advocate for openness. That role always falls on newspapers, despite the well-known economic difficulties they face.

The newspaper would have had plenty

of reasons to just play along, kowtowing to the town’s obvious desire for secrecy. Tangling with the town’s bigwigs is expensive, might hurt a valuable working relationship, might even be bad for business as bigwigs talk to other bigwigs and use every leverage they have to punish their opponents.

But the newspaper fought for access and information, and it won. Well done.

Biddle Duke Springs, N.Y.

Duke was the former editor and publisher of The Stowe Reporter from 1998-2014.

Court did validate Higher Ground opponents’ concerns

To the Editor:

The Other Paper’s July 27 article with the headline “Local residents lose Higher Ground case” overlooked the significant win residents actually had in court.

Rather than the court dismissing litigation, the legitimacy of the neighbor’s concerns was, in fact, validated by the court, which added these and other requirements to Burton’s permit:

• Burton will install one or more permanent noise monitoring stations at their property line, and World Health Organization limits will be enforced.

• Burton shall coordinate with the cities of Burlington and South Burlington to ensure that no event parking will take place on Arthur Court or in Queen City Park, and further, that this coordination may entail the funding of tow trucks for enforcement.

• Ticketed performing arts center events will end by midnight, with a maximum of 12 events per year ending by 2 a.m. This particular condition updates an Act 250 permit that would have allowed events 365 days per year ending by 2 a.m. These conditions are proof positive that the neighbors and Citizens for Responsible Zoning have presented legitimate concerns that legal precedent supports.

The ongoing concern is that the court did not include any means for enforcement of the conditions. Enforcement would rely upon action by the Citizens for Responsible Zoning. This enforcement would require neighbors to hire an attorney to enforce the conditions.

As South Burlington’s newspaper of record we are very disappointed that the above information requires submitting an opinion response. Your reporting should have included comment by neighbors in addition to a Burton senior executive and the owner of Higher Ground.

The Other Paper has always maintained editorial neutrality, and expressed support for the community it covers and lives in.

For more than 20 years

Street outreach team meets people where they are

Guest Perspective

Kelly Deforge

With the state’s expanded motel program for people experiencing homelessness on temporary extension, overdose rates reaching new record highs and so many recent news stories about violence and behavioral issues in public spaces, concerns about impacts on affected individuals’ well-being and the community are understandably running high.

Amid these concerns, it’s been gratifying to see movement in the state toward funding innovative approaches like mental health urgent care centers and systemwide mobile crisis outreach programs. Howard Center has partnered with other designated agencies, the Community Health Centers of Burlington and the University of Vermont Medical Center and submitted proposals to the state to implement both models. With funding secured, we look forward to bringing them on-line soon.

At Howard Center, we know the value of on-the-ground support because our street outreach team has been providing it in Burlington for 24 years. When properly resourced, the program has been transformative because it establishes relationships with people upstream from hospital emergency departments and police interventions.

Often, the team has been able to address issues faced by individuals before those issues become critical. Street outreach, founded to help people in the city center and adjacent areas access social services and health care and to intervene instead of police with trusted clinically skilled individuals integrated within a treatment-focused and mission-driven organization, today has five members who start most days at 8 a.m., checking on people who are out and about early or have slept outdoors.

Police dispatch and officers on the street know the outreach team and contact them when situations require a social services intervention rather than a police response, or when a co-response is more likely to best meet an individual’s needs. More often, the relationships team members build over time with people in the community create a high level of trust and familiarity, so people approach team members proactively when they need support, and business owners and office workers call when they have questions.

As one team member succinctly put it, “people tend to open up pretty quickly once they understand who we are.”

The team helps people with all kinds of needs. Members help people make appointments for mental health counseling and medical services, and they accompany those who are anxious about using facility-based

services to their appointments. Another crucial part of the team’s work is providing basic needs like cellphone minutes, help with transportation and survival gear like sleeping bags and boots. Team members carry overdose reversal medication, administering it several times in recent months.

Often, the people street outreach help have multiple problems.

“Maybe someone has a relationship conflict,” said a team member, “and that leads to homelessness first, then substance use, then to mental health issues. Things just compound for them.”

The team works to interrupt this escalation by addressing underlying issues and avoiding worsening problems that can end in a medical emergency, arrest or incarceration. And the approach works.

The team helps about 1,000 people every year, and the vast majority remain stable and avoid the most tragic outcomes. Most importantly and almost universally, the individuals we help report being listened to and treated with respect and care. It is no surprise then that our street outreach team has been asked to consult with groups across the country and in Canada, resulting in replication of the outreach team concept in several other cities.

That success inspired Howard Center’s community outreach team to partner with

several local municipalities. The team’s work is similar as it often prevents a police response for social service needs and provides needed resources and a bridge to services and treatment. The team began working in six communities initially and is now offering support in nine communities throughout Chittenden County — Colchester, Essex, Hinesburg, Milton, Richmond, Shelburne, South Burlington, Williston and Winooski.

What a great example of shared investment in the well-being of our communities serving some of our most vulnerable neighbors.

In the last few years clinicians have also partnered with Vermont State Police to provide mental health crisis assessment, de-escalation, consultation and support. Through this partnership, people who otherwise may have entered the criminal justice system are instead connected to the mental health and social services supports they need.

As Howard Center board and community members, we are proud to say that when we say “Help is here” at Howard Center here is often where our friends and neighbors need help — in the community.

Kelly Deforge is vice president of Howard Center’s board of trustees. She lives in Essex.

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The impact of this page one article is huge. A May 18 guest perspective, which was referenced in the July 27 article, identified the issues which Judge Mary Teachout addressed, several of which are listed above. The reporting missed the boat by not including the conditions in the July 27 article. (“New Higher Ground a bad fit for South Burlington,” May 18, 2023)

Wendy Bratt

Doug Goodman

Michael Turner

Citizens for Responsible Zoning

South Burlington

Editor’s note: See also “Burton-Higher Ground litigation awaits ruling from judge,” May 18, 2023.

Champlain Rightway, not Champlain Parkway

To the Editor:

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been circling the new roundabout on Shelburne Road in Burlington with ease. Other folks say the same. Wouldn’t it make sense if we had more roundabouts like the ones around Montpelier?

Studies have shown that roundabouts are safer than traditional stop sign or traffic signal-controlled intersections. They also reduce delays and improve traffic flow. Contrary to many peoples’ perceptions, roundabouts move traffic through an intersection more quickly, and with less congestion on approaching roads.

Finally, they are credited with reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Champlain Rightway has proposed three roundabouts along the Champlain Parkway plus wider bike lanes and walking paths. One of these roundabouts would occur just before Curtis Lumber on Pine Street and send cars over to Battery Street on the waterfront.

It’s called the Railyard Enterprise Project and has been in the works for years. This route would steer cars away from the densely settled King and Maple neighborhood, disproportionately harming low-income residents and people of color. This is one of the most densely racially diverse communities in the state.

The current project will result in a 37 percent increase in traffic in the MapleKing community. Plus, heavier traffic means higher risk to pedestrian safety. The

Racial Justice Alliance opposes the current route through this neighborhood.

Another roundabout would be located in the south end of Burlington where City Market and Flynn Avenue meet. A third roundabout would be located where Pine Street ends at Queen City Park Road.

This dead end will have a major impact on people traveling to and from Burlington. Last summer, a group of residents who live in Queen City Park of South Burlington stood at the corner of Pine Street and Queen City Park Road with a road sign that read, “Pine Street Dead-Ends Here.”

We passed out flyers informing motorists about the plan to dead-end Pine Street to make way for the Champlain Parkway. The drivers said it would be a major disruption. Some didn’t know about the Champlain Parkway and others said, “What’s wrong with the city?”

The Pine Street Coalition supports the Champlain Rightway. They are opposed to the Champlain Parkway because of increased traffic congestion, speed, noise, light pollution, increased air pollution and multiple traffic lights.

Tony Reddington was the mover and shaker behind the Pine Street Coalition. Years earlier, Reddington worked to stop a major highway through Keene, N.H., by using roundabouts as an alternative and his organization won the battle. He died this past year, but his battle for safer highways continues.

The Racial Justice Alliance and the Pine Street Coalition need to continue to fight the good fight to make the Parkway a safer and saner alternative.

Unfortunately, federal judge Geoffrey Crawford recently gave the go-ahead for construction to continue on the Champlain Parkway for a project that has been in the works for five decades. I’m angry that we are building a highway to nowhere — where we’ve already cut down a forest, losing carbon in the process — and plan to run a highway through a poor neighborhood in a time when we should know better.

City leaders are complicit in allowing the current design of the Parkway to proceed. It’s as if we are living in the past rather imagining what the future could bring. What can you do? Get involved and support the Champlain Rightway.

Ron Krupp South Burlington

Young musicians join Potter, Sanders to talk arts in state

Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and singer-songwriter Grace Potter recently hosted a town meeting on the arts in South Burlington with young Vermont artists and Vermonters from across the state. The events featured performances by Potter, as well as up-and-coming Vermont artists Kingdom All Stars, Sound Check and Catherine Viner, a recent Rice High School graduate, pictured top right.

Following the performances, the musicians joined Sanders and Potter for a panel discussion about how to advance the arts in Vermont and create more opportunities for young Vermont artists.

“These are difficult times,” Sanders said. “School boards are being forced to face unacceptable decisions — whether they have enough funds for the arts, for a language teacher, for athletic programs. Some of them are choosing not to have the arts at all. But I think it is pretty clear to all of us — from today and from what we experience in our daily lives and in the daily lives of our children, our families, and our communities — not only should we not be cutting back on the arts, we should be expanding them.”

Added Potter: “It’s time to bring dignity to the teachers and professionals working tirelessly to inspire young generations to explore their creative force. It’s time to build arts programs centered around a purposeful, responsible, inspired society.”

“It’s such a great creative outlet for me,” musician Catherine Viner said. “When I can’t put things into words, I put them into songs. Having the opportunity

to share my music in front of a captivated audience who truly understood and supported the arts was an amazing experience. It gives me hope that as we continue to shed light on the importance of the arts in Vermont, others will feel the support I felt while performing in this event.”

COURTESY PHOTOS

Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus

Mosquitoes collected in Alburgh and Vergennes in late July have tested positive for West Nile virus at the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory.

So far this season, 824 mosquito pools — groups of up to 50 mosquitoes of the same species collected from the same site — have been tested. These are the first detections of West Nile virus in Vermont this year, and there have been no reported human or animal cases of the virus disease this year.

The last confirmed human case was in 2021.

West Nile is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. Historically, the virus has been found in all counties of Vermont from June through October, but the risk is highest in late summer and early autumn. Most people who are infected do not have any symptoms. Some people will have fever, headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea or a rash.

While far less common, few people infected will develop serious illnesses, such as encephalitis. People age 60 and older and those with certain medical conditions are at greater risk for serious illness.

Since 2002, there have been 17 human cases of West Nile virus in Vermont. There have been no human cases of the more deadly eastern equine encephalitis since 2012.

“We expect to find West Nile virus in mosquito pools during the summer months,”

state public health veterinarian Natalie Kwit said. “Fortunately, most people infected will never have symptoms, and cases of West Nile virus have been rare in Vermont. The best protection is to take simple measures to protect yourself and family from mosquito bites.”

The health department offers these tips to prevent mosquito bites:

• Wear long-sleeved shirts and pants when outdoors.

• Limit your time outside at dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are more likely to bite.

• Use insect repellent labelled as effective against mosquitoes. The EPA has a tool to help find the right repellent for you. These can also protect you from tick bites.

• Get rid of standing water in places like gutters, tires, play pools, flowerpots and bird baths.

• Mosquitoes breed in water that has been standing more than four days.

• Cover strollers and outdoor playpens with mosquito netting.

• Fix holes in screens and make sure they are tightly attached to doors and windows.

Horse owners should consult with their veterinarians and make sure their animals are up to date on vaccinations for this and other diseases spread by infected insects or ticks.

More at healthvermont.gov/mosquito.

Highland Center hosts bear talk

Learn all the essentials about black bears with Ben Kilham, wildlife biologist, bear rehabber and author on Sunday, Aug. 20, 3 p.m., at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

The audience will learn about the lives and habits of the bruins that share our fields and forests. Questions such as mating habits, raising young, the greatest threats to bears, and how we can avoid conflicts.

Kilham has been rehabilitating and releasing injured, orphaned and abandoned black bear cubs brought to the Kilham Bear Center by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department since 1993. The Center receives cubs from New Hampshire,

Vermont and Massachusetts.

Kilham and his nephew, Ethan Kilham, are the primary bear caregivers. His wife, Debbie helps with the very young cubs.

Cubs brought in early spring of one year will be released by New Hampshire Fish and Game the following spring.

There are natural and man-made dens in the forested enclosure for the cubs to use to hibernate for the winter.

Kilham recently collaborated in “Pandas,” an IMAX 3D film recently released featuring the partnership between Kilham and Chinese researchers, who are relying on his expertise to reintroduce rare giant pandas to the wild.

Pet estate planning: What will happen should you die?

Guest Perspective

Dr. Kathleen Shaw

Most pet owners are very aware of their furry friend’s dependence on them and worry about what will happen when they die. Others may be faced with the death of a pet-owning relative or family member who did not have a plan in place for their animals.

There are several options to find homes for these animals and, with some advance planning, you can make sure that your pets have loving forever homes after you die.

First, let’s explore what happens if a relative or close friend dies without a plan in place. Can you or a trusted friend or family member foster the pet while a new home is being found? Perhaps one of these trusted people can be an emergency caregiver for the animal if it is left in the former owner’s house.

Be aware that when an animal has lost its owner, it can be out of sorts and the disruption in routine can make it anxious and depressed. It may not eat well or act normally, so take that into account when you or someone else is fostering or adopting. Be patient and give lots of tender-loving care. If there is any question, contact a veterinarian.

Consider keeping the pet. If you are determined but do not have experience with pets, your state or local veterinary medical association can provide all the necessary information. Bookstores, libraries and shelters also can point you in the right direction.

You may not want potential adopters to have to fill out a lengthy questionnaire about their ability to adopt, but asking some basic questions in advance will help ensure the pet has a new forever home, rather than being shuffled from place to place because folks did not think ahead.

Things to ask yourself or a potential adopter include whether they have other pets, enough

space and the financial ability, time and resources to care for a pet.

A third option is to mention the pet on the deceased’s memorial site, since many families and friends will visit the site and see that the pet is up for adoption.

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or even in your purse or wallet. Consider setting up a trust for your pets in your will. A trust is a legal agreement providing for the care of your pet in the event of your death.

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Also, contact local veterinarians. Many keep lists of people looking for specific types of pets. Use sites like petfinder. com and adoptapet.com to post the pet and let the community know you have a pet up for adoption. Another suggestion would be to contact a breed-specific rescue group.

As a last resort, contact a local shelter. No one wants to take an animal to the shelter, but if you have exhausted all other avenues, it may be the best chance for the animal to find a home. Shelter workers want to find homes for animals just as badly as you do.

Planning for your own pet

How can you plan for your own animals in the event of your death? First, talk to your friends and family and line up at least one (preferably two or three) emergency caregivers who are responsible and capable of caring for your pets for a few days.

They are not necessarily the ones who will give your pets forever homes, but rather they will care for your pets while a foster or permanent home can be found.

Make sure these emergency caregivers have feeding and care instructions for your pets, contact information for your vet and a key to your house. You will want to make sure the rest of your family, friends and loved ones know how many pets you have, and that contact information for your emergency caregivers is available. Keep this information somewhere in your home that is easy to find,

With a trust, you set aside money and assign a specific trustee, who takes control of the trust if you die or become unable to care for your pets. Because this is a legally enforceable arrangement, you can rest assured that your directions regarding your pet will be followed.

And don’t forget to check in with your pet care team from time to time. Life situations may change, and you may need to find other people who can take on the responsibility. With some planning ahead, you can make sure your pets — or the pets of loved ones — are provided for.

Dr. Kathleen Shaw services on the communications committee of the Vermont Veterinary Medical Association, a professional organization of 380 veterinarians dedicated to compassionate animal care and quality medicine.

Valerie M. Ferrara

The sunny and wonderful Valerie Marie Ferrara (Furst), died Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at Central Vermont Hospital. Her daughter, Jennifer (Gin), was with her when she died.

Valerie was born to Valentine and Margaret Furst in Malvern, N.Y., in 1942. She graduated from New York University at Stony Brook, and was a math teacher in Huntington, where she met American history teacher and soon-to-behusband, Richard (Dick) Ferrara.

Following family members to begin a new life in Florida in the 1960s, she embraced the warmth and sunshine of her new home.

Always a people person, she became a guidance counselor as her final career path and found much fulfillment in the job. She was considered a great listener, and had a wicked sense of humor, often pointed at herself.

After retirement, she and Dick traveled around the world, making

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a new community and wonderful friendships at Quarry Hill and, despite the cold, considered Vermont home.

Valerie leaves behind her daughter, Jennifer, son-in-law, David, and their child, Elijah; sister, Marjorie and brother-in-law, Edward and their family, daughter, Diana, son-in-law, Sean and their child, Aidan.

She also was close with Richard’s son, Rich, and his family, including his wife, Barbara and daughters, Nicole and Anna.

many friends along the way. While it’s true that she couldn’t remember the plot of a film, she never forgot a person she met.

Val had a special bond with her sister, Marjorie Maurer. Though nine years apart, they seemed like twins, and were on such the same wavelength that they often sent the identical birthday cards to friends.

In 2017 Valerie moved to South Burlington to be near her daughter and grandchild, Elijah. She found

A small celebration of life will be held for local friends and family in South Burlington on Thursday, Aug. 17, at 2:30 p.m. at the Residence at Quarry Hill. If you wish to honor Valerie, wear her favorite color, orange; and donate to your local nurse’s organization.

She did not have explicit wishes, but she would be charmed to know you thought of her. Visit awrfh.com to share your memories and condolences.

Valerie M. Ferrara

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Louise Hammond captured this shot of a great horned owl near her home on Shea Drive in South Burlington Sunday. “In 17 years, I have only seen one other great horned owl here,” she said. “Pure magic!” Hammond said the owl visited for quite a long time, at least until dark.

a trust, you can assign a specific trustee, who takes control of the trust if you die or become unable to care for your pets.

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Shelburne Age Well hosts Grab and Go meal

Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish in Shelburne are teaming up to provide a meal to go for anyone age 60 and older on Tuesday, Sept. 12.

The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church St. from 11 a.m. until noon and are available for anyone 60 or older. Suggested donation is $5.

The menu is Swedish steak with mushroom sauce, seasoned penne pasta, broccoli, wheat bread, vanilla fluff with blueberries and strawberries and milk.

To order a meal contact Kathleen at agewellstcath@gmail.com or 802-503-1107. Deadline to order is Wednesday, Sept. 6. If this is a first-time order, provide your name, address, phone number and date of birth.

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

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

Student milestones

Matthew Vigneau of South Burlington, a freshman at American University, made the dean’s list for both the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters.

Jade McGahey of South Burlington was named to the spring semester president’s list. Jade was also named to the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester. She attends Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla.

Caitlin Lyford-Byrne of South Burlington was named to the Curry College spring dean’s list.

The following students from South Burlington made the spring semester dean’s list at St. Lawrence University: Brooklyn Beamish, a psychology major; Caitlin Erb, who is majoring in biology and anthropology; and Kristen Varin, a data science major.

Homestead offers ‘Writing Historic Fiction’ talk

Ethan Allen Homestead Museum hosts “Writing Historic Fiction” on Sunday, Aug. 20, at 2 p.m. with local author Angela Moody.

Moody will provide insight into how one begins to write historic fiction, so the program is ideal for anyone considering writing historic fiction or for those who are curious about the writing process.

Admission is free but donations are appreciated.

Shelburne church hosts Red Cross blood drive

Give the lifesaving gift of blood at the Shelburne community blood drive sponsored by St. Catherine of Siena Parish is holding a blood drive Tuesday, Sept. 19, noon-5 p.m., 72 Church St., Shelburne.

To sign up, call 800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org and enter Shelburne to schedule an appointment. Appointments are strongly recommended as walk-ins cannot always be accommodated.

If you are an eligible type O, B - or A - donor, consider making

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On Shelburne Day, Michael Clough will bring his birds of prey to the library, Saturday, Aug. 19 at 11 a.m. Meet hawks, owls and falcons. There is no registration necessary for this event. A scavenger hunt will also be held.

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Mea Ree Jan and Eliza Willis of Winooski High School, emphasized the coalition’s mission of “by youth for youth” by carefully considering how to meet the needs of students while also creating an accessible, creative and fun experience.

Pradhan said campers identified topics of student interest through the application process.

“We really thought about what we wanted to talk about and how we wanted to go about making sure that it’s still engaging and not really boring but making sure that they’re able to get information out of it as well and not just all fun,” Prahan said.

Throughout the two weeks, a total of 26 students navigated a slew of topics centered around identity and belonging, LGBTQ rights, gun violence, antiracism and disability rights and lawmaking with guest speakers from a variety of organizations like Planned Parenthood, Vermont Center for Independent

Living, Green Mountain Self-Advocates, and Charlie Judge, a city councilor for Winooski.

“We’re not experts in the topics, so we do need help. We learned a lot from the presenters, and most of them included activities as well. It was engaging,” Prahan said.

The trio was aided by facilitator and education justice organizer Kayla Loving, who has been with the coalition for almost a year. Although Loving was present throughout the entire two weeks, much of the work was led by the students.

“We got a lot of help from the adults, but it was mostly me, Eliza and Mea Ree leading it,” Pradhan said. “It was making sure that students could see that although we’re youth, we are able to do some bigger roles and that we are capable. It’s all about empowerment.”

At a showcase this month, students demonstrated what they

learned through art, poetry readings, dance and skits. The halls of Outright Vermont — a community space in Burlington meant to support LGBTQ youth — were lined with posters that said, “If you don’t act like adults, we will,” placed next to a drawing meant to depict the effects of gun violence on students.

For Pradhan, these conversations are not new to her everyday vocabulary, and social justice work

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is something she has focused on since attending Winooski Middle School prior to her years in South Burlington.

“I never really got to learn about this stuff in class or school, unless I directly asked the teacher to talk about it,” she said. “Last year, we had Roe v. Wade as one of the big topics that we talked about, and the fact that a lot of people didn’t even know that was happening was really shocking.”

She also explained that she played a small role in helping to find the district’s new director of diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-racism and social-emotional learning, Monica Desrochers,

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up their drug dealing business at her then-Milton home on Lamoille Terrace in January and February 2022, records show.

The crack cocaine was stored at the Dillion home and was sometimes sold there, records note. Dillion also sold drugs on behalf of Vincent, court records show.

Senior Federal Judge William K. Sessions III said Thomas would get credit for the 17 months he has been detained as a danger to the community while his felony indictment was resolved. Sessions also explained that Thomas will be on supervised release by the U.S. Probation Office for three years once he is freed.

The judge imposed concurrent 27-month sentences for each felony and assessed $200 in court costs.

Arnold, who maintained Thomas was the “boss,” withdrew from the conspiracy in February 2022 and moved back to Michigan, Smith said in court papers.

Until his indictment in

who was hired in May to replace Dee-Dee Loftin Davis.

“We’re trying to get student involved in these interview processes as well,” Pradhan said, pointing out that the people in these positions directly affect students. As camp winds to an end and Pradhan preps for her junior year, she is committed to finding ways to help her school implement these conversations more into classrooms — work she says is essential for student success.

“Students having a space where they’re able to comfortably share and learn and discuss and just being able to debate and talk comfortably is really important.”

Vermont, Arnold’s only significant blemish on his record was a charge of carrying a concealed firearm when unlicensed in Michigan shortly before he came to Vermont, Smith wrote.

It appears he was on pre-trial release in the gun case when he committed the crimes in Vermont, Smith said. A Michigan court eventually imposed a one-year term on probation, and it appears the conviction has since been dismissed after completing a rehab program, court papers noted.

Dillion, who admitted to a crack cocaine sale earlier this year, was due for sentencing this month, but both sides agreed in June to give her a chance to enroll in the Federal Drug Court program in Burlington.

Milton Police and Homeland Security had an informant make three drug buys from Dillon in January 2022, including at the University Mall and the Milton Park and Ride on U.S. 7, court records show.

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South Burlington High School student Auishma Pradhan gives two thumps up next to social justice camp facilitator Kayla Loving and two other student leaders, Eliza Willis and Mea Ree Jan.

“Students having a space where they’re able to comfortably share and learn and discuss and just being able to debate and talk comfortably is really important.”

— Auishma Pradhan

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Through its 2024 City Plan, South Burlington hopes to balance these two targets: Increase the supply of desperately needed housing while mitigating climate change through local greenhouse gas reductions and conservation efforts.

This guiding document, laid out in draft form first published in July, charts the course for Vermont’s second largest city, and aims to develop an “overreaching policy statement of what we want South Burlington to be and strive for in the coming decades,” the document reads.

The plan can be found on the city’s website at bit.ly/3L3ZWwL.

Formation of the plan began in fall 2022. Each of the city’s policy committees were invited to provide feedback, including the bike and pedestrian committee, the affordable housing committee, and many others.

Since then, the city has worked on a public outreach campaign, planting lawn signs advertising community listening sessions for the plan, running newspaper ads and posting online polls.

The first update to the plan since 2016, the document will be used for the next eight years to guide city policy and communicate the city’s long-range vision to the public and neighboring municipalities, indicating their policy intentions in several different sectors: housing, the economy, energy, environment, transportation— as well as its recreation and community services.

While there are similarities between the 2016 and draft 2024 plans, the city does “reframe, tweak, and modify” policy in several areas — notably increasing emphasis on its role in the climate crisis.

The overriding objective of the plan, according to the plan, “is to make every policy decision through the lens of climate resilience and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.”

Housing, population, and economic development

South Burlington is growing. Since 2010, when the U.S. Census counted 17,904 residents, the city has grown by nearly 15 percent to 20,292, per the 2020 census count.

And that is expected to continue over the next several years. The city is anticipating an annual growth rate of 1.5 percent a year.

The city is becoming more diverse, meanwhile, with those identifying as non-white or two or more races making up 70 percent of the population increase in the past decade. The city is also beginning to trend slightly younger, owing to growth in the aged 20 to 35 population.

That’s all good news for Chittenden County, which seeks new skilled workers to support growing

services in the county. But it puts pressure on a city that serves as a hub for employment and transportation for the county to house those new residents.

South Burlington, and the state as a whole, “are facing an unprecedented housing shortage and affordability problem. Housing retention and development are fundamental elements of this plan,” the city plan reads.

The city is already well underway to meet this development goal in its City Center — the culmination of years of zoning to transform the area along Market Street into a downtown hub.

Several development projects, through private developers as well as partnerships with the University of Vermont and the University of Vermont Health Network, will add at least 400 units of housing.

It hopes to continue this momentum by instituting formbased codes, bonuses and incentives, waivers and expedited review processes, and require minimum stories and allow for increased maximum height or stories within City Center and along transportation corridors.

But the problem of affordability remains. To tackle this, the city hopes to increase the number of affordable units by 1,000 by 2035, including 750 units affordable to households earning up to 80 percent of area median income. There are currently 900 permanently affordable housing units in South Burlington.

Ultimately, the city’s goal is to increase the vacancy rate to 5 percent — Chittenden County has for the past year held a rental vacancy rate of around 1 percent — and decrease the “prevalence of homelessness and residents with insufficient housing” and reduce by half the percentage of households who spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing.

“Lacking housing restricts economic growth and hinders our ability to meet our climate change mitigation goals,” the draft city plan reads. “If people cannot afford to live here and have to commute long distances, they may be less likely to accept a job in South Burlington which limits our businesses’ access to workers. If people do accept jobs but commute long distances, they are likely dependent on single-passenger vehicles, which increases vehicle miles traveled and increases vehicle traffic, counter to our climate change mitigation goals.”

Energy and the environment

South Burlington has perhaps taken some of the most ambitious steps to reduce its share of greenhouse gas emissions in the area.

It adopted in October 2022 its

Climate Action Plan, which has since guided the city into instituting land use regulations requiring the installation of solar photovoltaic systems in new commercial buildings and some new residential buildings.

An ordinance approved in November, meanwhile, requires new buildings permitted on or after Feb. 15 to use renewable energy sources for their primary heating and domestic water heating systems.

But the city still sees a long way to go toward meeting its goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2030 and by 95 percent by 2050.

“We are facing an existential threat from a warming planet and worsening climatic conditions,” the draft reads. “We must incorporate mitigation and adaptation measures as a top priority goal in the plan.”

It hopes to do this by replacing 75 percent of gas vehicles with all electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2030 to reduce emissions by 42 percent.

By increasing housing density in the City Center and along its main transportation hubs, city officials hope to reduce vehicle miles traveled in the city by 2.5 percent annually through 2030.

“To reduce overall vehicle miles travelled in our community … the city will need to reorient its transportation network from passenger cars to walking, biking, using public transportation, and evolving personal transportation technologies,” the plan reads.

But the city must balance its housing goals with the often-competing policy goal of conservation. The 2024 city plan hopes to conserve at least 51 percent of the city’s land area, including conservation of contiguous lands and plan “for a landscape that allows for continued viability of mammal species.”

To meet its goals the city “hopes to implement a new open space plan,” and “work with adjoining municipalities and regional entities to enact complementary land use policies where wildlife habitat areas cross city boundaries.”

City officials will continue to hold public hearings on the city plan during planning commission meetings. The city council will then hold its own meetings and is expected to formally adopt the plan in December.

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SOUTH BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

The South Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing in the South Burlington City Hall auditorium, 180 Market Street, South Burlington, Vermont, or online or by phone, on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. to consider the following:

Appeal #AO-23-01 of Robert Payson and Kathy Brunette (17 Apple Tree Court, South Burlington) appealing the decision of the Zoning Administrative Officer that there is no performance standard violation at 408 Shelburne Road.

Board members will be participating in person. Applicants and members of the public may participate in person or remotely either by interactive online meeting or by telephone:

Interactive Online Meeting (audio & video): us06web.zoom.us/j/89882653227

By Telephone (audio only): (646) 931-3860, Meeting ID: 898 8265 3227

A copy of the application is available for public inspection by emailing Marla Keene, Development Review Planner, mkeene@southburlingtonvt.gov.

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March 21 - April 20

Do not ght your emotions over the next few days, Aries. You need to embrace your feelings or you might not grow in your relationships. Show everyone the true you.

TAURUS

April 21 - May 21

Taurus, capture all of your great ideas on paper or in digital form to refer to later on. You’re feeling creative right now, and soon you can turn this into projects that have legs.

GEMINI

May 22 - June 21

Time isn’t on your side right now, Gemini. You may wonder how you can add hours to the day, but you must make due with the time you have.

CANCER

June 22 - July 22

Cancer, you are seemingly more irresistible than ever before and you’re not quite sure what to do about this newfound attention. You may want to retreat, but enjoy the limelight.

LEO

July 23 - Aug. 23

Leo, roll with whatever energy you feel coming off of the people around you. If everyone is subdued, then take that cue. If others are revved up, then you will want to light your own re.

VIRGO

Aug. 24 - Sept. 22

Hush your inner critic, Virgo. You are doing the best possible job you can at this time. You’re simply too hard on yourself and you need to cut yourself some slack.

LIBRA

Sept. 23 - Oct. 23

People do not operate as ef ciently when they are running on fumes caused by stress, Libra. It’s time to slow down and let others handle things for a change.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

Scorpio, lately you have taken on the role of project manager and it ts you perfectly. Even though you’re juggling multiple tasks and details, somehow things will work out ne.

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SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21

You’re usually content being the world explorer, Sagittarius. However, lately you nd the most comfort sticking closer to home. Do whatever makes you happy.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20

Capricorn, fantasy keeps moving closer to reality for you this week. Don’t count out any of those dreams you have been having as they may be inspiration for new plans.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 21 - Feb. 18

You cannot help being unusually focused on all of the little details, Aquarius. It could be a way to quiet your mind, which has been running nonstop for a few weeks.

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Feb. 19 - March 20

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5. Calendar month (abbr.)

8. Monetary unit of Burma

11. Twyla __, US dancer

13. Everything included

14. “Antman” actor Rudd

15. Italian city

16. Nowhere to be found

17. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls

18. Turkish of cer

20. Perform on stage

21. Ribosomal ribonucleic acid

22. Canadian coastal provinces

25. Furnishes anew

30. Edible mollusk

31. No seats available

32. Garden gurine

33. Two-legged support

38. Rest here please (abbr.)

41. In a silly way

43. One from the Golden State

45. Photographers

48. Native religionn in parts of China

49. Dickens character

50. Brodway actress Daisy

55. Ancient Greek sophist

56. Undivided

57. Daniel __, French composer

59. Nocturnal S. American rodent

60. Rusty

61. Jewish spiritual leader

62. Patti Hearst’s captors

63. Popular global holiday (abbr.)

64. Tall, slender plant

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2. Fellow

3. It’s issued from volcanoes

4. Type of acid

5. Winged nut

6. Arouses

7. Things are served on it

8. San Diego ballplayer

9. Currency and a Chinese dynasty

10. __ mater, one’s school

12. Exclamation that denotes disgust

14. Hairstyle

19. Supreme ancient Egyptian god

23. They __

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25. Mock

26. One point north of due east

27. Chinese philosophical principle

28. Type of tree

29. Persuade to do something

34. A place for travelers to rest

35. National Gallery of Art designer

36. Panamaniaan province

37. Field force unit (abbr.)

39. Whalers’ tool

40. Simply

41. Nigerian City

42. Not one

44. Obstruct

45. Political plot

46. Manila hemp plant

47. Dough made from corn our

48. Fishes by letting the bob y

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Plant that makes gum

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